In the evening, the presiding minister's house of Yuanyang City.

The doors and windows of a side room in the back hall were closed, and the doors and windows were guarded by messengers.

In the wing, the furniture is complete, and a middle-aged man in a green shirt and an old man in purple in his fifties and sixties are sitting, drinking tea, and talking.

The middle-aged man in the green shirt is the head of the house. The old man in purple is Zhou Dongcang, the director of Yuanyang City, who is nearly sixty years old, and he is also the president of the Yuanyang branch of the Founding City Association.

Both of them are scheming people, and the head of the house said unhurriedly: "My subordinates said that Hua Zhongxian was killed by an arrow shot by Master Ma. ”

Zhou Dongcang suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and said deeply: "Really?"

"Really. ”

"Where is the corpse?" Hua Zhongxian is not dead, and his heart is not steady.

"The corpse is in the Shiyang Town Market, and it has been turned into dust by the Qi Refining Cultivator's Imperial Qi. ”

"Qi Refining Cultivator?"

"It's the Sunset Daoist from the Imperial City. ”

"I've heard of him. "As long as it's not from the realm of Yuanyang City, it's fine.

"There is one more piece of news. ”

“......”

The head of the house said with an extremely grim expression: "Yuanyang Wei and the city defense battalion have been hit hard in the Shiyang Town market, and they have suffered heavy losses,......

"What? How many people died?"

"The news just came that the death toll has not yet been determined, and it is estimated that it will not be less than sixty percent. ”

"So much, what's going on?"

"It is said that the new commander of the city defense battalion and the commander of the Yuanyang Guard provoked the high-level qi refining cultivators without authorization, and were attacked by the wind dragon and the fire dragon. ......”

"Oh, I don't need to go into details. I've seen high-level Qi refining cultivators perform Imperial Qi before. "Qi refining cultivators can control various natural elements such as wind, fire, thunder, and electricity through qi control. If a high-level Qi Refining Cultivator was doing his best to control Qi, the scene would be when the sky changed color and the earth roared.

"No matter what, Ma Baiyu will not escape his duties. ”

"He can lie about the military situation, pretend that the mountain bandits are coming, and hide from the world. ”

The head of the house said: "Everyone knows that it was the Qi Refining Cultivator who took action to destroy the army,......

"You don't know, the Great Xuan Dynasty Hall will not believe the sabotage of high-level qi refining cultivators, let alone investigate the actions of high-level qi refining cultivators. It will only distort the true situation of the matter, and nothing will be done. ”

"I know that. Could this really be the case—the Great Xuan Dynasty and the Qi Refining Cultivators support each other and don't interfere with each other?"

"I'm almost sixty years old, and I've seen everything through. "Only high-level Qi refining cultivators and great noble landlords are the dominant ones in the world. They colluded with each other to maintain their dominance.

The head of the house said: "Director Zhou, there is another good news. ”

"Please. ”

"The new commander of Yuanyangwei, the commander of the city defense battalion, and several officials of 1,000 households and 100 households were killed at the same time. ”

Zhou Dongcang was stunned for a while, and then he exhaled and said, "Where did the news come from?"

"First of all, the news from the Church of the Holy Maiden. Later, my eyeliner in the city defense camp said the same. ”

"Is the information reliable?"

"The people who spread the news are all the people who opened our city townspeople's association. ”

"If the news is true, Hua Zhongxian and Ma Baiyu's cronies should be almost dead. ”

"Master Zhou, can we take the opportunity to seize the military power of Yuanyangwei?"

"It is difficult to win the military power of Yuanyangwei, but the military power of the city defense battalion can be won over. ”

The city defense battalion is subordinate to the military room of the main office, and when Hua Zhongxian was the chief officer, Ma Baiyu was the chief of this functional room, and Hua Zhongxian was directly in charge.

"With the power of the army, Director Zhou can realize his ambitions. ”

Zhou Dongcang stroked his palms with some excitement, and said in his heart: I have been waiting for this day for thirty years. He said softly and eagerly: "Quick, you quickly find Liang Xuezheng, take out five hundred taels of silver from Yuanyang Academy, and send it directly to the Flying Eagle Gang rudder, I want to deliver the news to Bacheng, Greentown, and Kaicheng." ”

"I'll arrange for someone to do it right away. ”

"No, you're going to do it yourself, it's a big deal. If the big thing happens, Yuanyang City will be the territory of you and me. ”

"The day of exhalation and raising eyebrows is coming. Director Zhou, can I take your place after the matter is completed?"

"This ...... Ahem, of course. The experienced and steady Zhou Dongcang didn't expect that the head of the house would directly make such a request. He patted the shoulder of the head of the house and said, "Do it well, I just said, if the big thing is done, Yuanyang City will be the territory of you and me." ”

The spirit of the head of the house was lifted, and he said: "My brother-in-law has led the army for many years and can serve the head of Zhou." ”

“......”

"There are many vacancies for thousands of officials and hundreds of officials,......"

"Where is your brother-in-law leading the troops?"

"My brother-in-law is Jiang Tao, the captain of the right team of the guard battalion of the main office. ”

Zhou Dongcang's face changed twice, and he hurriedly agreed: "Okay." I am lacking the command of the troops. ”

Being an official is like this, if you don't run for an official and ask for an official, how will the leader know what you think. If you run for an official position and want an official, the leader will consider you, after all, there are too many people under the leader, and there are many talents. Even if there are not many competitors in this unit, there are many talents in other units.

In officialdom, only after promotion and advancement can there be better treatment and higher salary. A promotion is required for a salary increase.

After getting the promise of Director Zhou, the head of the house was very excited.

At this time, the soldier at the door knocked on the door in a low voice and said softly: "Report." ”

"Speak. ”

"Master Martha has returned. ”

Zhou Dongcang was a little surprised, he glanced at the head of the house, and the head of the house hurriedly retreated.

After Zhou Dongcang sorted out his official uniform, he called a follower to go to the chief of Ma Da, who had just returned, to report to work, and wanted to share the fruits of Ma Baiyu's victory on the occasion of the report.

The head of the office stood at the door of the office room in the back hall, and when he saw Zhou Dongcang going to see the director of Ma Da, he said in his heart: Zhou Dongcang always pays attention to the whereabouts of the leader, communicates with the leader in a timely manner, and understands the latest status and ideas of the leader. After sitting in the office room in the back hall for a while, he quietly went to the side hall to find Liang Xuezheng in the school room and conveyed Director Zhou's instructions on how to use money.

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Partial hall study room. There are only two people left, the head of the house and Liang Xuezheng.

As soon as the head of the house explained his intention to Liang Xuezheng, Liang Xuezheng became extremely excited, he didn't care about the five hundred taels of silver, and he was not in a hurry to agree to embezzle. Xindao: I have been sitting on the cold bench in the school room for nearly 20 years, and the opportunity has finally come. He asked, "Did the Yuanyangwei and the city defense battalion really lose sixty percent of the officers and soldiers?"

"Yes. ”

"Is the commander of the city defense battalion really killed?"

"Yes. ”

Xuefang Xuezheng's heart was beating extremely fast, and he asked, "You said that I was transferred to the city defense battalion, is it feasible?"

"Nope. ”

"Why?"

"Are you transferred to the city defense battalion, do you have any position?"

"Why not?"

You have been transferred to the commander of the city defense battalion, what should my brother-in-law do?" "The commander of the city defense battalion is a military position, and you are a student position, so your resume is not suitable. The city defense battalion needs to be commanded, and it is estimated that Liang Xuezheng will be very difficult to suppress the majority of the soldiers under him. ”

"What Master Jiang said is extremely true. ”

Looking at Liang Xuezheng's slightly disappointed expression, Director Fang Jiang smiled and said, "Brother, are you interested in taking over as the head of the official house?"

"What?" Liang Xuezheng stood up violently, looked at Master Jiang excitedly, and asked, "Is this true?"

"Really. ”

"What are you going to do?" will ......"

"You don't have to think about it, Director Zhou has his own arrangements. ”

Liang Xuezheng violently shook Director Jiang's hand, shook it a few times, and said: "If I can take over as the head of the house, I will thank Director Jiang for his great kindness and great virtue for the rest of my life." ”

"That's a big deal. Brother, you are also half of my fellow villagers, and fellow villagers should support each other. ”

"Half a fellow countryman?"

"Isn't your family's virtuous helper, my sister-in-law the one who opened the city?"

The expression on Liang Xuezheng's face paused for a moment, and said with a smile: "Haha, exactly." "Xindao: Your mother, you are annoying to open the city, my daughter-in-law is the one who opened the city, am I half of the people who opened the city?

Seeing that the sky was already dark, Director Fang Jiang said, "Brother, the things arranged by Director Zhou must be done as soon as possible." If we follow Master Zhou, we can all go further and live this life in vain. ”

"Jiang is in charge, although rest assured. Six hundred taels of silver will be sent to you tomorrow morning. ”

Six hundred taels to five hundred taels Chief Jiang had a clever idea in his heart. smiled: "Liang Xuezheng is really polite." ”