#53 - Six doors

From the gate of the Suspended Mirror Division to the courtyard of Willow Leaf Office, the distance was several hundred meters, and it took Wei Changtian half an hour to walk.

Fortunately, there weren't many people in the Willow Leaf Office, most of them must have been out on duty.

After chatting with Kong Changgui for a few words, and agreeing with the bald man to go to the brothel together when he recovered, Wei Changtian asked:

"Lord Kong, where is Centurion Xu?"

"She's out on duty."

Kong Changgui replied, but seeing Wei Changtian's slightly frowned brows, he quickly explained: "Centurion Xu hasn't fully recovered from her injuries, so I naturally wouldn't let her perform ordinary tasks."

"It just so happens that today is the day the Zhang family is executed, and many people are going to watch the excitement, the yamen doesn't have enough constables, so they wanted to borrow some manpower from the Suspended Mirror Division to maintain order, so I sent her there."

"Oh? The Zhang family is being executed today?"

Wei Changtian was stunned, only then remembering this matter.

Wei Xianzhi had mentioned it to him before, but he had forgotten all about it these days playing cards.

"Yes, it's at three quarters past noon today."

Kong Changgui looked at the hourglass in the room: "At this time, they should have finished parading the streets and arrived at the execution grounds."

"Okay, then I'll go take a look later."

Wei Changtian nodded, but didn't get up immediately, instead suddenly asking: "By the way, Lord Kong, what is the process for recruiting officers in the Willow Leaf Office?"

"Recruiting officers?"

Kong Changgui didn't know why Wei Changtian was asking this, but he still answered truthfully: "Generally speaking, the Division recruits people uniformly, and then distributes them to the Three Guards and Three Offices."

"But if it's just ordinary runners, we can decide on our own."

"I see."

Wei Changtian understood in his heart.

The official system of Da Ning was a bit similar to that of his previous life, divided into "officials" with official status and "runners" without official status.

The Suspended Mirror Division, as a special institution, had very strict selection criteria for formal officials, not only with thresholds for martial arts realm, but also strict background checks.

But "runners" were different, basically requiring only the nod of the head of each department to be registered.

"Lord Kong, I have something I'd like to ask for your help with."

After thinking for a while, Wei Changtian looked up and asked: "I wonder if the Office is short of manpower recently, if it is, I have some candidates here who are quite good."

"They are all little brothers who usually follow me, each of them is upright and law-abiding, they just want to find some work to do."

"Hmm?"

Kong Changgui was stunned, and immediately understood.

Young Master Wei was trying to pull strings to get people in!

"Short! Of course, we're short!"

He immediately stated: "I've been worrying about this matter recently, Young Master has solved my urgent need!"

"Haha, good!"

Wei Changtian didn't care whether it was really short or fake, nodding and smiling: "In that case, I will send people to bring them here one after another in the next few days, Lord Kong can arrange it as you see fit."

"If there is anyone who is useless, Lord Kong doesn't need to worry, don't break the rules just because they were recommended by me."

"Yes, yes, I understand."

Kong Changgui hurriedly nodded, and then heard Wei Changtian add: "Also, my father is too busy with official duties on weekdays, so don't bother him with such trivial matters."

"This..."

Kong Changgui was a little surprised when he heard this, but seeing Wei Changtian's smile that wasn't a smile, he lowered his head and replied: "Yes, this official understands."

"Well, thank you, Lord Kong."

Wei Changtian cupped his hands and stood up: "Then I'll leave first."

He looked at the closed door, and then suddenly realized something.

That's not right, it seems I'm the leader, right?

......

West Market, Execution Grounds.

When Wei Changtian arrived here, it was already a quarter past noon, and the "public display" stage was taking place on the execution ground.

Dozens of members of the Zhang family were tied up and kneeling on the ground, each with a death warrant stuck on their back, also known as a life-threatening placard, with each person's name and crime written on it - raising demons.

According to Da Ning law, prisoners can meet with their families to say goodbye before being executed, but it was clear that this process was not needed at the moment.

Because almost the entire Zhang family was here, and the remaining women were also imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice, waiting to be sent to the Jiaofang Division in a few days to become official prostitutes.

The crime of raising demons was equivalent to treason, which was not an empty phrase, unlike "the emperor committing a crime is the same as the common people."

"Bah! How dare they raise monsters! They should be cut into a thousand pieces!"

"I think they are all transformed from monsters!"

"Wuwuwu, my mother died at the hands of a monster, I, I want to smash you to death!"

"It is said that this Zhang Hongwen was actually a Minister of the Court of Judicial Review!"

"Dog official!!"

"......"

Eggs and vegetable leaves flew everywhere, and the onlookers were filled with righteous indignation.

Wei Changtian stood on a high place and looked around for a while, and soon saw Xu Qingwan who was seriously maintaining order.

The area she was responsible for was obviously more orderly than other places, the only eyesore was a purple-clothed constable standing next to her, who seemed to be showing diligence to Xu Qingwan.

Damn! You dare to lick my woman?!

Wei Changtian's face darkened, and he immediately squeezed through the crowd and came directly to the two of them.

"You..."

When Xu Qingwan saw Wei Changtian suddenly appear, the look of annoyance on her face instantly disappeared, and instead became surprised.

The purple-clothed constable didn't recognize Wei Changtian, he wanted to show off his power, but seeing that the latter's clothes and temperament were extraordinary, he hesitated for a moment and politely reminded him:

"This young master, the front is the execution ground, please stop."

"Oh?"

Wei Changtian stopped Xu Qingwan, who was about to speak, with a look, turned his head and smiled: "You are quite dutiful, but I just saw you only caring about pleasing this female official, it seems you are a bit derelict in your duties."

"Who are you?"

The purple-clothed constable was a little ashamed and annoyed at being exposed, but he still suppressed his anger and didn't immediately flare up: "Don't talk nonsense."

Wei Changtian chuckled: "I'm just an ordinary businessman."

"Businessman?"

The constable was stunned, and his tone instantly became unkind: "Humph! I'll give you three breaths to return to the crowd! Otherwise, come back to the yamen with me!"

"Return to the yamen? What crime have I committed?"

Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes and was still smiling: "I haven't entered the execution ground, why can't I stand here?"

"Don't fucking talk nonsense!"

The constable was so angry that he became incoherent for a moment: "I said you committed a crime, then you committed a crime!"

"Hehe."

Wei Changtian had a mocking look on his face: "Then what are you going to do to me?"

"What are you going to do? You'll know when you go to the yamen!"

The constable shouted and prepared to draw his saber to intimidate, but before he could touch the hilt, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck.

"Glug..."

His Adam's apple wriggled, and he looked down to see a long saber with a cold light casually resting on his shoulder.

"You, you dare to attack an official..."

He widened his eyes in disbelief, and a boundless fear suddenly surged in his heart.

Wei Changtian was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and with a flick of his wrist, he slashed down with the saber.

"Whirr ~"

The person was fine, but his pants fell down.

"......"

For a moment, the surroundings were incomparably quiet, and countless people stared blankly at the bright red underpants, dumbfounded.

Even Wei Changtian was a little surprised.

"I'll fight you!!"

The constable, whose little secret had been made public, was so ashamed and angry that he couldn't be more so, and regardless of Wei Changtian still holding a saber in his hand, he rushed up to fight desperately.

But at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and with a "bang", kicked him several feet away.

"Plop!"

A wail came from not far away, but the person who made the move didn't seem to hear it, and without saying a word, directly knelt down on one knee in front of Wei Changtian, lowered his head and said in a deep voice:

"Ji Hongan, Chief Constable of the Six Doors of the Capital Yamen, greets Young Master Wei!"