Chapter 3: Overt and covert fighting

Wuban main hall.

When Shen Zhui and Zhao Hu walked into this majestic hall, they saw that the hall was packed with people, almost hundreds of people.

And Master Liu and a burly figure stood high in the hall.

Shen Zhui separated from the crowd and came to the front, clasping his fists and bowing.

"My subordinate Shen Zhui has met Director Liu and Team Leader Wang!"

The middle-aged man turned around when he heard this. It was Wang Long, the top master in the martial arts class, a Xiantian realm warrior!

Wang Long was wearing a white gown. Although he was over fifty, he looked younger than his actual age. His fair and rosy face looked a bit handsome.

Although he is a martial arts practitioner, his overall appearance is elegant and elegant. He does not look like a normal martial arts practitioner, but more like a Confucian scholar.

Wang Long smiled lightly: "Well, no need to be polite."

"This time I am gathering all brothers to announce a big event."

Wang Long looked around at all parties and said loudly: "Exercise arrest and Shen Zhui, serve the country with all your heart, and serve the court with loyalty."

"Enforcement is measured and conducted appropriately."

"Practice martial arts, respect morality, and be loyal to your duties."

"..."

"So today, I will promote him to the ninth level of criminal arrest, and give him a fine steel ruler, a pair of silver scale armor, and a law enforcement badge..."

When Wang Long said the commendation to the end, everyone was shocked.

Especially Yang Wu, he was even more angry.

"This Shen Zhui has been promoted to the ninth level!"

"I also gave him an extra fine steel ruler and silver scale armor! I have worked for eight years, but he is not as good as he worked for three years."

The rest of the people also kept talking about it

"Oh my god, there are only five people in my martial arts room with ninth-level waist cards, and Shen Zhui can actually get one!"

"Shen Zhui is capable of killing eight-level outlaws at the seventh level of the day after tomorrow, and he is only seventeen years old. This kind of talent should be valued by the county magistrate!"

"…………"

The discussion was quickly suppressed.

Shen Zhui knelt forward and said in a deep voice: "Shen Zhui thanked the county magistrate, thanked the squad leader, and thanked Director Liu."

At this time, Master Liu also stepped forward holding a new waist badge: "Shen Zhui, originally, the county magistrate was supposed to personally hang the badge for you today. However, my lord had something to do at the moment, so he ordered me to do it for you. I hope you don't want to It’s a failure to live up to the great intentions of the county magistrate.”

Shen Zhui took the badge and said respectfully: "Thank you, Lord County Lord. I will do my best and fulfill my duties loyally!"

After the process was completed, Wang Long and Chief Liu left. Only the people in the hall were left talking about it.

"Shen Zhui, congratulations."

"Shen Zhui, good job."

"..."

Many people congratulated him one after another. They were all colleagues, and they often worked together to carry out arrests. Most of the people in the martial arts squad room had good friendships.

In particular, Shen Zhui was young and had good fighting prowess. He was valued by the county magistrate, and many people fawned over him.

"Good fellow, Shen Zhui, you really deserve a treat this time! When you mention ninth grade, I'm only eighth grade..." Zhao Hu said in a sour tone.

"Brother Hu, definitely, definitely." Shen Zhui also responded with a smile.

Looking at this brand new ninth-level waist card, he was also a little sad.

There are nine levels of Houtian warriors, and one level corresponds to the first level.

Now that he has been promoted to the ninth-level criminal arrest, he only needs to obey orders from Wang Long and the county magistrate in the martial arts squad room.

An eighth-level prisoner like Yang Wu no longer dared to stop even if he was told to stop.

This is the second thing. In addition to the increase in monthly salary, he can receive five small pills from the Ministry of Household Affairs every month, which will also become twenty pills! There is also an extra big return pill!

"Martial arts and body skills, I can use good deeds to exchange for enlightenment time, but the skills cannot be understood."

"I am worried about the slow improvement of my cultivation... Now that the Small Return Pill has been increased by four times, my cultivation speed will also be accelerated several times, and my cultivation will be improved faster. It is really a timely help."

In fact, according to the accumulation of merit, Shen Zhui can be promoted to the eighth level at most...

But the county magistrate directly promoted him to the ninth level and gave him additional weapons and armor. This was because he took a fancy to his talent and planned to focus on cultivating it.

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After the awards were over, Shen Zhui, surrounded by Zhao Hu and others, prepared to go to a restaurant to celebrate.

As soon as I left the martial arts squad room, I saw five or six government officials passing by carrying a stretcher.

The stretcher was covered with pieces of white cloth, and there were traces of blood on it.

Seeing this scene, the expressions of everyone who had been laughing and joking suddenly became solemn. Several people clenched their fists and gritted their teeth, with tears welling up in their eyes.

Seeing this situation, Shen Zhui was stunned and quickly asked Zhao Hu in a low voice: "Brother Hu, this is..."

Zhao Hu sighed and said: "Eight days ago, the two brothers Liu Wen and Liu Wu in the martial arts class received a murder case and were ordered to go to Yangjiazhuang to handle the case. The seven-day deadline passed, but they still did not return. They were discovered this morning. The corpse was dumped beside the official road outside the city..."

"Yangjiazhuang? That's not..."

Zhao Hu nodded solemnly: "Yes, it is the territory of the Yang family, a wealthy family in the county."

"How dare they?!" Shen Zhui couldn't believe it.

"Why don't you dare?" Zhao Hu laughed at himself. "Although our dynasty has established one hundred and eight thousand temples to protect all people, there are also countless powerful and mysterious Taoist laws to monitor the illegal things in the world."

"However, the scope of supervision by Shen Shen Tao Law is only within the county, and the towns outside the city are beyond the reach of the whip. There are Shen Tao Law supervision in the county, and those wealthy clans do not dare to commit crimes in the city, because they will inevitably be discovered. But outside the city, everything is dark, and people can only investigate the case, visit and collect evidence."

"Although there is a 'Moon Festival' every month, and there is a 'Year Festival' every year, the temple is used to expand the search scope, trace past cases, and even find the murderer in old unsolved cases."

"But those wealthy clans must have ancestors who were enshrined as Yin gods and enshrined in the family ancestral hall. Luck will bless their descendants and prevent detection. It is too difficult to overthrow the clan."

Shen Zhui was speechless for a moment.

The Zhou Dynasty officials built temples, canonized the dead heroes as Yin gods, and established Taoist magic circles to monitor illegal activities.

It is equivalent to establishing a 'Sky Eye' system that is more advanced than in previous lives.

But the wealthy clans have ancestors who have made meritorious deeds and are one of these hundreds of thousands of Yin gods.

It is equivalent to naturally having an anti-reconnaissance shelter.

Only then did Shen Zhui understand why he was appointed as the county magistrate because he was either colluding with the local wealthy family or it was difficult for him to leave the county seat due to government orders.

Now the current county magistrate has been in power for three years and has been so strong, but this kind of killing of officials still happens.

You can imagine how arrogant the big families in Heyuan County used to be.

"I know clearly that this matter must be related to the Yang family, but I can only endure it."

Shen Zhui sighed.

Once out of the scope of the supervision of gods, Taoism and law, the legal system of this world becomes as crude as it was in the ancient times.

"Let's go... This matter is not my responsibility." Zhao Hu patted Shen Zhui on the shoulder.

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The celebration banquet was held at Yunyan Restaurant. The food here tasted authentic and twenty taels of silver was enough for dozens of people to eat.

But Shen Zhui, who was supposed to be the protagonist of this banquet, was not enjoying the meal.

The previous scene flashed through his mind from time to time.

"Last month, the county magistrate inspected thousands of acres of fertile land where the Yang family hid taxes, and arrested a dozen evil people who took refuge in the Yang family. This month, six brothers died inexplicably. I don't know if I will do the same in the future. To end up like this..."

Shen Zhui was a little emotional.

In Heyuan City, the relationship between the wealthy clans and the county magistrates was already at loggerheads.

From time to time, members of the Li and Yang families would cause trouble and commit crimes, and would be caught and beheaded.

From time to time, people from the government who were handling cases died outside the city.

"Strength, only if you are strong enough can you not be afraid of these overt and secret struggles. If you can break through to the innate warriors, then you will have a foothold in this world."

"Sooner or later, the county magistrate and the Li Yang family will have a falling out, and a winner will be decided. In the past three years, I have been ordered to handle cases, arresting or killing lawbreakers from the Li Yang family, and refusing Yang Wu's solicitation. I have offended these two families to death, and there is absolutely no room for maneuver."

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Heyuan County, Dongcheng District House.

"Creak~" Shen Zhui pushed gently and opened the courtyard door.

"Chai'er, are you back?"

"Father, it's me." Shen Zhui closed the courtyard door, glanced at Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com, and took in the house with two wings and a courtyard.

Ever since he crossed over seven years ago, he was adopted by his adoptive father and has been living in this small courtyard.

"Father, what are you busy with?" Shen Zhui followed the voice to the woodshed.

Next to the woodshed that he built, there was a white-haired old man, hunched over, chopping firewood. When he saw Shen Zhui coming back, the old man paused and smiled: "It's almost winter, prepare to light a charcoal fire."

When Shen Zhui saw his adoptive father Shen Shan's forehead was covered with sweat, he immediately ran over and said, "Father, what are you preparing this for? Let's go buy some for the winter."

"I do this myself. It's not easy for you to make money, so why spend that wasted money?" Shen Shan was still chopping firewood.

"Then let me help you." Shen Zhui had no choice but to grab the ax.

His adopted father didn't have much background, he was just an ordinary charcoal seller.

That winter seven years ago, if his adoptive father had not taken him in, he would have either starved to death or froze to death.

After that, his adoptive father became familiar with the county government officials by selling charcoal, and sent him to work as a government servant, where he learned some tips on keeping fit.

It was then that he activated the evil punishment system, and his martial arts practice progressed by leaps and bounds. He went from being a handyman in the strong class to entering the martial arts class room and becoming an official policeman.

"Wow~" After filling the water tank and stacking the dry firewood, Shen Zhui walked to the side of his adoptive father Shen Shan.

"Father, it's getting cold, let's go inside."

"Hey, okay."

After sending his adoptive father into the house, Shen Zhui also returned to his room and sat cross-legged on the bed.

In front of him, there was a wooden box placed.

It was during the day that he was rewarded for being promoted to the ninth level.

"With these twenty small return pills, I wonder if I can break through to the eighth level of the day after tomorrow?"