I, seal everything

Chapter 174 258~259 Undercurrent and promotion

in the city.

In an ordinary house.

In the evening, the lights in the room were flickering, and Qi Gang, who was dressed as a merchant, looked at the subordinates who came to report in front of him, and asked in a low voice:
"How about it, have you checked it out?"

"Return to Envoy Qi Nei, we have checked."

The congregation dressed like a peddler quickly said:

"The place where the explosion outside the city is said to be the hiding place of the four ghosts of Huangquan. An inspector named Ouyang Xu came from Zhoucheng to track the four ghosts all the way here, and seconded the supervision department to go to encircle and suppress them. But it never happened. Thinking about the boldness of the four ghosts of Huangquan, they planted thousands of catties of thunder, fire and explosives in the den in advance, and designed an ambush, which led to the explosion that night."

"A thousand catties?"

Gu Liangsheng on the side raised his eyebrows and smiled strangely:

"The Four Ghosts of the Underworld are very handy. Such a trap for martial arts masters might result in death or serious injury. Thousands of kilograms of thunder, fire and explosives are not Chinese cabbage. Where did they get them?"

The congregation who reported shook their heads and said: "I don't know about this, but I think it's nothing more than a channel like the black market."

Qi Gang narrowed his eyes and asked:

"Ouyang Xu, he should be a direct descendant of the Ouyang clan, and the arrangement of the four ghosts of Huangquan can't do anything about it?"

The congregation nodded:
"Yes, the four ghosts were completely annihilated, but Ouyang Xu and other experts from the government were also seriously injured, but I don't know what happened at the scene."

"It seems that Ouyang Xu has some skills."

Qi Gang nodded:
"But since it doesn't affect Madam's plan, it has nothing to do with us. You go down, the incense ceremony is coming, and the plan is about to be implemented. You should pay more attention these days, and don't leak the news."

"Yes!"

The congregation respectfully agreed, and retreated silently.

The silence in the room returned, and Gu Liangsheng's eyes flickered: "Tell me, can madam really invite that thing?"

Qi Gang smiled slightly: "It's not that you haven't seen Madam's methods before, so why doubt it?"

Gu Liangsheng smiled hesitantly:
"How dare I doubt Madam? It's just that since that thing, let alone Zhu Xiesi, the entire Lingqiu County will suffer for it, and the lives will be ruined."

"Sacrifice is always inevitable, isn't it?"

Qi Gang smiled indifferently:

"As long as it's not me who sacrificed, why bother him with the flood? I've been dormant for too long, and everyone is screaming and killing. It's time to let the Xie Division and even this dilapidated court know the methods I teach!"

A few days passed in the blink of an eye.

After upgrading the skills, Chen Zheng devoted himself wholeheartedly and quickly reworked "The Four Limits of Heavenly Sword" and "Kuixing Shenyoubu".

After all, the post-imperial exercises not only add higher-level cultivation content, but the original cultivation method has also undergone a lot of optimization. Naturally, it needs to be re-cultivated to master the changes.

But the leisurely days have not passed for a few days.

Kankan introduced the two new exercises, and the Secretary sent Chang Qing and others to urge them. It is said that the county guard will come to the Supervision Department for inspection today, and all personnel must be in place.

After being in the Supervision Department for so long, Chen Zheng had never seen a chief official of a city like the sheriff, so he packed up immediately and opened the door to leave.

After arriving in Sili.

I saw that the upper and lower are waiting in full battle, a look of nervousness and anticipation.

At the gate of the Supervision Department, all the other patrol envoys were present, and Liu Yuanming dressed up solemnly, waiting in awe.

"Chen Zheng."

Liu Yuanming obviously still didn't know the inside story of the death of the four ghosts in Huangquan, so he slightly blamed:

"The Lord Sheriff will come in a while, why are you here now?"

Chen Zheng cupped his hands pretendingly:
"Sorry Mr. Liu, the subordinate is late."

Chen Zheng has a background and strength, and Liu Yuanming doesn't want to criticize him too much, so he nodded and said:

"Be careful next time, wait here together."

Chen Zheng stood aside, Li Hongda and Shen Li on the opposite side cast their gazes and blinked.

Thinking of the news he learned on the way, Chen Zheng asked Huang Shihu beside him in a low voice:

"Inspector Huang, I heard that the moth that sold the explosives to Huang Quan Sigui Leihuo is the quartermaster of the Defense Army?"

The news that the four ghosts of Huangquan were outside the city caused quite a stir, especially the leak of thunder and explosives, which led the government to launch a sweeping raid on the black market.

The county guard personally gave the order, and the Supervision Department was extremely efficient. In just three to five days, the source of the leakage of thunder, fire and explosives was traced. It was a quartermaster of the defense army.

Huang Shihu nodded slightly, and said in a low voice with playfulness in his eyes:

"That's right. The quartermaster admitted to all the crimes of the gunpowder quartermaster, and hanged himself the night he was released from prison. The commander of the defense force is the eldest son of Teng Chenjiang, the second elder of the Teng family. He claims to have no knowledge of it and has been dismissed by the county guard."

"Just dismissal?"

Chen Zheng frowned, and smiled calmly:
"It's really a familiar routine."

It is a joke that a small quartermaster can resell thousands of catties of thunder, fire and explosives.

As for the so-called dismissal, it was only a fine of three drinks.

After all, the Teng family has been cultivating in Lingqiu County for many years, and they are the biggest local snakes. Even the county guards need their cooperation to manage government affairs,

Just a dismissal can only be regarded as a beating at best, and it won't take long for him to change his face elsewhere and take office grandly.

This investigation is clearly doomed to be anticlimactic.

that's it.

In the midst of chatting with each other, after nearly half an hour, there was a sound of commotion coming from afar. Everyone went out to look for the reputation, and saw a group of luxurious carriages and horses on the street. Come.

Liu Yuanming immediately led the crowd out to greet him eagerly. When the carriages and horses had just stopped at the gate of the Supervision Department, Liu Yuanming immediately came to the head of a distinguished and extraordinary four-horse carriage, bowed and said:

"Your Majesty Liu Yuanming, welcome to the Sheriff!"

Including Chen Zheng, the Supervision Department followed up and down to salute:

"Congratulations, Lord Sheriff!"

As soon as the words fell, the groom opened the door, and a majestic and tall middle-aged man dressed in a golden xuanque official uniform walked down slowly:
"Don't be too polite"

This is the Sheriff.
Chen Zheng lowered his head and looked at him out of the corner of his eye. He found that the sheriff had a deep aura and walked like a dragon and a tiger. It was obvious that he had a good martial arts cultivation.

Under the perception of the Celestial Eye Alchemy Technique, the faint sense of oppression and threat it exudes is no less than that of his master Lei Yunting!
Could it be that this county guard is still a martial arts master who has stepped into the secret realm of Qi refining?
"Master Sheriff, please!"

While thinking about it, Liu Yuanming earnestly invited Ouyang Ji, the county guard, into the division.

At the same time, Chen Zheng also noticed that in addition to the two officials who looked like chief bookkeepers, Ouyang Xu was also present in the entourage.

Among the stars holding the moon, Ouyang Ji, the county guard, led the crowd into the Supervision Department, and after looking around, he came to the meeting hall.

When everyone was seated, Ouyang Ji glanced at them gently:
"You don't need to be cautious. According to Ouyang's inspection, your supervision department has contributed a lot to the encirclement and suppression of the four ghosts in Huangquan. I came here today to see the situation in the department and to commend it."

Liu Yuanming smiled all over his face:
"Your Majesty the Sheriff is too polite. This is our duty, and it should be done."

Ouyang Ji smiled and looked around at the crowd: "Which inspectors were dispatched together that day?"

Liu Yuanming immediately replied: "It's Chen Zheng, Huang Shihu, Li Hongda, and Shen Li."

Chen Zheng and others who were named also stepped forward to salute immediately:

"I have seen the Sheriff."

"Not bad."

Ouyang Ji smiled, his eyes mainly focused on Chen Zheng:

"They are all the talents of our Lingqiu County, so you should be Chen Zheng?"

Chen Zheng didn't know whether Ouyang Xu had confided the truth to him, so he could only respond calmly:
"Sheriff, it's me."

"Sure enough, a hero comes out of a boy."

Ouyang Ji nodded in satisfaction:
"Ouyang Ancha has already told me that you have made great contributions to encircling and suppressing the four ghosts. You also captured and killed the notorious Black Bolt King before. I remember these credits in my heart. Today, I will promote you as the deputy commander of the Supervision Department and assist you." Commander Liu monitors the world!"

Deputy Commander?

Liu Yuanming's expression froze, and the other Li Hongda, Huang Shihu and others all showed shock in their eyes.

The Supervision Department said that it is not big or small, and there are only a hundred or so yamen servants under it, and they have not set up the position of deputy commander.

Moreover, Chen Zheng joined the supervisory department for only two months, and he was unexpectedly promoted by the county guard himself. How important is this! ?

This sheriff, what kind of plane is he doing?
Among the astonished and envious eyes, Chen Zheng was also very surprised, but he couldn't refuse in such a situation, so he could only pretend to be grateful and stepped forward:
"Master Xie Junshou valued it very much, and his subordinates are very grateful, and they must die to repay it."

"very good."

Ouyang Ji nodded with a smile, looked at Liu Yuanming again, and said:
"The annual incense ceremony is approaching. The ceremony will last for several days, and hundreds of thousands of people will burn incense to sacrifice. The cult monsters took the opportunity to make trouble, don't make any trouble, I will leave this matter to you and Chen Zheng, is there any problem?"

Liu Yuanming hastily stated:
"Don't worry, Lord Sheriff, we will definitely do our best to prevent any disturbance in the city!"

Chen Zheng also bowed and agreed.

The so-called Great Sacrifice of Incense and Fire is actually the most important and lively festival of the entire Guangwu Celestial Dynasty every year, which is basically equivalent to the Spring Festival and New Year's Day.

Its origin can be traced back to the legend that the gods and men from outside the sky came to the world 800 years ago to suppress evil spirits and catastrophe.

It is said that after the deity left, hundreds of millions of sentient beings felt grateful and grateful, and spontaneously molded golden bodies and erected statues for the deity, enshrining them as gods for the relief of suffering and helping the world, and every family worshiped with incense day and night, and gradually evolved It has become a grand ceremony that has lasted for thousands of years.

On this day, no matter their status is high or low, everyone from high-ranking officials to peddlers and pawns will go to the temple of gods to burn incense and make offerings.

Especially for thousands of ordinary people with low force or even no force, worshiping gods and men for blessings is a rare sustenance for them, and they are very pious.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you."

Ouyang Ji nodded, immediately got up and finished his inspection.

A crowd of people greeted each other off, and before he left, even the corporal patted Chen Zheng on the shoulder and tried his best to say a few words, which was beyond words, and attracted envious eyes from all around.

And wait until the sheriff's convoy is sent away.

In front of everyone, Liu Yuanming said bitterly:

"I didn't expect Deputy Envoy Chen to be valued so much by the county sheriff. It must be that his career is just around the corner. It really makes me feel ashamed."

Chen Zheng became the superior at once, and the other four inspectors were also in complicated moods, while Chen Zheng laughed:
"Master Liu, I'm just a bit of shit luck, Chen Zheng is nothing but nothing. What's more, the county guard's intention is to let me be your deputy. Naturally, all matters of the supervisory department should be done in the same way." You are master."

Although he didn't know why the sheriff suddenly took such a fancy to him, but the deputy commander of the Supervision Department had almost no meaning to him, and he had no time to compete with Liu Yuanming for power.

Not to mention that he is now a rebellious party of Ge Tiandao, and he doesn't have enough time to practice every day, so how can he have time to worry about other leisurely thoughts?

Seeing Chen Zheng's sense of humor, Liu Yuanming's expression became better, and he forced a smile and said:

"How can this be done? The Supervision Department is not my monopoly, and you and I need to work together to handle the tasks assigned by the county magistrate."

Chen Zhengxu and Wei Snake smiled on the surface: "Where is it, my qualifications and experience are shallow, and I still have to rely on Commander Liu."

After a few pleasantries, it was finally confirmed that Chen Zheng had no intention of fighting for power, so Liu Yuanming left satisfied.

Of course, in fact, he also knew that Chen Zheng was so young, so powerful, and was valued by the county guard.

After Liu Yuanming left.

No matter what thoughts they had in mind, the other five inspectors stepped forward to congratulate them one after another. Although they were full of envy, they were not too jealous.

After all, Chen Zheng's strength is obvious to all of them, and they are full of admiration.

Don't look at Liu Yuanming as a commander, he might not be as strong in terms of strength.

People will only admire those who are stronger than themselves, and in comparison, it is nothing to be a little less senior.

And while Chen Zheng was dealing with the congratulations from his colleagues, he was staring at the direction of Ouyang Ji's convoy leaving, and his thoughts flashed:
"What the hell does this sheriff want to do?"

At the same time, on the carriage.

"Uncle, are you going to take this Chen Zheng under your command?"

On the carriage, Ouyang Xu asked curiously.

"good."

Ouyang Ji nodded lightly:
"I came to Lingqiu County to take up the post. Although I have established a team, I still lack some independent talents. This person has already achieved three times of great accomplishment at such a young age. His future achievements are bound to be limitless. Compared with the core children of the clan Not too much. Now is the time to invest.”

"It is"

Recalling the battle situation back then, Ouyang Xu also felt complicated:

"Looking at the northwest of the Thunder Martial Arts Center, it's only a second-rate martial arts school. It's really unbelievable that such a talent can come out. But since he is a member of the Thunder Martial Arts Center, can he be completely used by my uncle?"

Ouyang Ji smiled lightly and said:
"It's an honor for such humble disciples from humble backgrounds to be able to do things for me. How can he refuse?"

(End of this chapter)