At the behest of Miaose, the first thing Wang Peng announced was that Zhou Zheng took over the torture hall.

This is not that Miaose intends to take away Zheng Yuan's power, but that Zheng Yuan is really seriously injured and can only be raised in the cave, and it is estimated that he will not be able to get out of bed for a year or two.

How could Zheng Yuan get hurt? This also has something to do with Zhou Zheng.

In order to cure his daughter's injury as soon as possible, Zheng Yuan licked his face and went to Qingying Peak to ask for elixir. I don't know how to anger Wu Shun, and he was beaten to death by Wu Shun, and he almost even lost his cultivation.

Although Miaose and the others were extremely annoyed, they could only negotiate symbolically, and after getting a few painless apologies, they swallowed their breath.

Let Zhou Zheng be in charge of the torture hall, and the first person to oppose is the elder Zhang Hao.

As the oldest elder in Maisendai, Zhang Hagi did not oppose Zhou Zheng in charge of affairs, but thought that Zhou Zheng should come to her to take charge of foreign affairs.

The elders of Maisendai belong to two major areas: external affairs and internal affairs. Foreign affairs are handled by Zhang Hagi, who is mainly responsible for the business operation in the sphere of influence, the recruitment of new disciples, and the communication and negotiation with other sects. In other words, Maisendai's money and external relations were all handled by Shohagi. Liu Hu and Liu Xu were dispatched by her.

The internal affairs of the Wuxiantai disciples, such as resource allocation, assessment, rewards and punishments, etc., were in charge of Wang Peng, and Bai Yue and Zheng Yuan were under his jurisdiction.

Zhang Hao felt that Zhou Zheng was replacing Liu Hu's position, so he should naturally come to work outside the mountain. And Zheng Yuan is only seriously injured, so Wang Peng can temporarily take on the position of the torture hall, and when Zheng Yuan recovers, he will be returned to him.

Miaose pondered for a long time, then asked tactfully, "I don't know what Tongzhen thinks." However, since he connived at Wu Shun to hurt Zheng Yuan, do you guess he will condone Wu Shun to kill Zhou Zheng? ”

Zhang Hagi immediately understood. If Zhou Zheng was on the mountain, no matter how angry Wu Shun was, he would not dare to break into the Wuxiantai Mountain Gate to kill people, which would mean that the two sects would directly start a war. However, if Zhou Zhengruo went out of the mountain gate, the other party would be able to find 10,000 grandiose excuses to kill him.

Zhang Hagi understands the righteousness and no longer opposes it. On the contrary, Liu Xu, who was sitting at the bottom, stopped talking a few times. Suddenly, she saw Miaose looking at her with great meaning, and her heart sank, and she hurriedly sat upright and did not speak again.

Seeing that no one raised a different opinion, the matter was decided on the spot.

Zhou Zheng said a few words modestly and happily accepted the order.

The torture hall, don't look at it, is only in charge of rewards and punishments, but whether it is fair or not can directly affect the emotional conduct of all the disciples in the sect. Is it righteousness, or is it evil? Is it to work together, or to deviate from morality? Is it the heart to make one place, or each has a small ninety-nine? In many cases, it starts with a small sentence in the torture hall.

With such a super revenge tool, Zhou Zheng's heart has long been happy! The embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed in an anthill, and he was going to start building this anthill now, and he had to get a few more!

On the first day of taking office, he transferred Guan Ju, Liu Zi and Yiyi to the torture hall. These are all their own people, and with them, it will be more convenient to do anything by themselves in the future! Moreover, it can also create an illusion of cronyism for everyone.

Since the last mention, Liu Zi has admired this new master from the bottom of her heart. Later, in the process of resisting the wolf army, Zhou Zheng took the lead again, thinking about the safety of his disciples everywhere, so that Liu Zi was completely devoted to it, and he was willing to do anything for Zhou Zheng.

Needless to say, Zhou Zheng personally visited Elder Bai Yue and highly praised Guan Ju's ability and his weak situation. Bai Yue was reasonable, and naturally nodded and agreed with Guan Ju to go over to help.

Yiyi is not to mention, she has always been careful and serious, the key is that she never dragged her feet when she did what she explained, and she never asked why!

It's just that Yiyi is this girl, every time she sees herself, she panics, and she doesn't dare to get along with herself, which makes Zhou Zheng confused.

However, Yiyi's cultivation also impressed Zhou Zheng. In just half a month, he was promoted from the middle level of the human level to the peak of the ground level in one fell swoop.

What a genius!

While calling his own people, Zhou Zheng said that he moved Miaose, and pulled Nie Shan, who was also an elder, and Cao Xiu, Miaose's apprentice, into the torture hall to help.

Zhou Zheng had his own thoughts, these two people, one was Elder Shang's apprentice, and Zhou Zheng needed to find out some things from him. The other, at first glance, is treacherous and sleek, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, there is such a person in the torture hall, the reward and punishment cannot be just! This is also what Zhou Zheng wants to see the most.

After doing all this, Zhou Zheng immediately shook off his hands and shook the shopkeeper, secretly proud in his heart, and waited for the torture hall to slowly become chaotic!

However, two days before Zhou Zheng was complacent, he was invited to the headquarters of the Suiyun City Law and Punishment Department to meet with the law envoys in charge of the torture halls of various sects.

The elders of the torture hall of each sect are self-appointed within the sect, but they must be reported and recognized by the Department of Law and Punishment.

If it is not recognized by the Department of Corrections, the sect must elect a new Torture Hall Elder. If, the Torture Hall Elder of a sect is not recognized for being replaced three times, then the Department of Law and Punishment will send someone to take up the post of the Torture Hall Elder of this sect.

This rarely happens. Under normal circumstances, it is just a formality, everyone gives each other face, and there are very few cases of holding on.

Before coming, Zhou Zheng had already arranged for Cao Xiu to come to the front station with heavy gifts. Not to mention, Cao Xiu is indeed a talent in this regard.

Entering the Department of Law and Punishment, Zhou Zheng was warmly welcomed, and the process went quite smoothly along the way. Finally, when he came to the door of the law envoy, Cao Xiu reported in a low voice, "This law envoy's surname is Huang, his name is Huang Cheng, and he is more rigid in his work. Last night, however, his wife had already accepted the gift. ”

Zhou Zheng patted Cao Xiu's shoulder approvingly, and then sorted out his clothes and announced to meet him.

As soon as they met, Huang Cheng warmly got up to greet him and burned incense and cooked tea himself. How can there be a bit of stereotype?

The two laughed and talked about interesting things while drinking tea, and before they knew it, they called each other brothers, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious.

"Brother Zhou, don't mind, let's go through a process." As he spoke, Huang Cheng called in two documents, one to ask and one to record. Huang Cheng then accompanied Zhou Zheng to drink tea.

"Zhou Zheng, the new Elder of the Torture Hall in Maisendai?" The paperwork asked, with a board and a glance, and no expression.

"Exactly down there."

"If a disciple kills or injures a mortal, what should he do?"

"It depends. If there are extenuating circumstances, they will be grounded for more than 100 years; Those who are bad will be abolished for cultivation, or they will be exchanged for their lives. ”

"A hundred years? Won't it be too light? ”

Zhou Zheng's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered that Yun Ling had told him that the Law and Punishment Division punished cultivators very harshly when they used spells in front of mortals, not to mention hurting people or taking their lives.

He just wanted to admit his mistake and change his words, when suddenly his heart sank. This question is a trap. His answers were basically copied from the precepts. If the other party asks such a question, he says that he is light, he is contemptuous of the rules, and if he says that it is not light, he must have fallen into a trap. Then the next one, or the next question, will surely leave you speechless!

"Under the heavenly steps, cultivators have the same lifespan as mortals in addition to their strong physique. Entering the Heavenly Ladder, it has only increased to three hundred years old, but it is still a white horse. A hundred years of introspection and repentance are enough to be worth a mortal's life, or even two lives. I think, no more, no less, just right. And, this is on the premise of extenuating circumstances! ”

The questioner was expressionless and could not tell if the answer was appropriate.

The man continued to ask.

"What is the crime of a disciple killing someone?"

"Capital offense!"

There are questions asked, no presuppositions. There are also questions answered, and there is no classification based on facts. However, both of them turned a blind eye and did not care, but continued to ask and answer.

"What is the crime of killing one person and saving ten people?"

"Imprisoned!"

"What is the crime of killing one person and saving a thousand?"

"Confinement!"

"What about killing one and saving ten thousand?"

"Reward!"

"What about killing one and saving tens of thousands?"

"Regard it as an immortal Buddha, bow and worship!"

There was silence in the room for a while, and a pin drop could be heard.

"What if you kill thousands of people for one man? What is the crime? ”

Zhou Zheng's heart was turbulent. Could it be that his identity has been revealed? Or did you say it by accident? He wasn't sure, but he was already accumulating his strength and ready to fight.

Zhou was as calm as water on the front, and he drank the tea in front of him with a smile. "This, you have to be able to catch it first!"

Huang Cheng laughed, "Brother Zhou said it well! It is estimated that such a character needs the action of the true immortals of the immortal level! It can't fall into the hands of the torture hall. ”

The questioning instrument was noncommittal, and then spoke again.

"The last question, who does the Zongmen Torture Hall obey?"

It's another pit!

Obey the orders of the leader, where is the punishment of the law? But what if you obey the orders of the Department of Laws and Punishments? The position of the elder of the torture hall is determined by the head, and he doesn't even listen to the words of the head, but hugs the thigh of the law and punishment department. Such a person will definitely not be trusted by the Department of Laws and Punishments! In the end, it's not human inside and out!

Zhou Zheng's mind turned quickly, and he replied with a serious face.

"Obey the orders of impartiality!"

Huang Cheng applauded again and again, and he patted Zhou Zheng happily, "Brother, welcome to join the Department of Law and Punishment!" ”

"Thank you, Brother Huang! Thank you both... Wait, am I not the Torture Hall Elder of Maisendai? How do I join the Department of Justice? ”

Looking at Zhou Zheng with a puzzled expression, Huang Cheng explained, "You are now the guest elder of the Law and Punishment Division, and you have been in charge of the Wuxiantai Torture Hall for ten years. After that, he returned to the Department of Justice and Punishment to reassign his duties. ”

Zhou Zheng was even more confused, why did he become a member of the Law and Punishment Division? Returning to Elder Keqing? It doesn't seem to be a low status. But what's going on?

However, Huang Cheng didn't say much, just enthusiastically sent Zhou Zheng out of the door, and the clerk who asked the question took him to collect the identity token.

In this way, in a daze, Zhou Zheng nominally broke away from Wuxiantai and became a guest elder sent by the Department of Law and Punishment!

Hearing the news, Miaose's jaw almost dropped. Zhou is the successor he wants to cultivate, why did he let the Department of Law and Punishment cut off his beard halfway?

There must be something strange in the middle!

Miaose immediately sent Wang Peng to investigate the matter. However, if you don't check it, you don't know, and when you check it, you will be so angry that you will smoke it!

It's weird, that precious apprentice of hers, Cao Xiu, is too lively!

Cao Xiu took a heavy salute and almost checked the whole of the Law and Punishment Division, and several main stewards were even more attentive.

However, Cao Xiu didn't explain much about his intentions, and always thought that everyone would tacitly understand it. But here's the problem!

It just so happened that not long ago, the Department of Law and Punishment vacated the position of a guest elder. In the face of such a generous gift, everyone naturally pays attention to this aspect. Who would have thought that spending so much energy and financial resources just for the sake of a torture hall elder?

The wood is already in the boat, and it is useless to be heartbroken! The only way is to let Zhou Zheng sit in the position of head within a year. Because, Elder Keqing has a one-year period of mutual election.

In other words, within a year, if Zhou Zheng is incompetent or makes a big mistake, the Department of Justice can withdraw his status as a guest secretary. Or, if Zhou Zheng has a very legitimate reason, he can also resign as a guest secretary.

A year? Miao Se thought to himself, as long as he can pass my test, as long as he can prosper for the sake of the sect, he will give him the position of head of the sect in a year!

No matter what Miaose thinks in her heart, Zhou Zheng can't be happy anyway. With this identity that everyone envies, he feels even more pressured!

Before, he was a little person, and after revenge, he could walk away without being noticed. Now, with the identity of the Judicial Punishment Division, if the revenge is exposed, he will face the pursuit of the entire Legal Punishment Division, and even the entire Immortal Cultivation Realm!

Turning around, back to the old situation.

Could it be that you really have a place only when you enter the Demon Dao?

Demon Dao, he didn't feel bad. It's just that Master Yichen and his lover Yun Ling have been cultivated by decency for many years, and they are all enemies of the Demon Dao. If you fall into the devil yourself, won't you trap them in a dilemma? Do you want to be their enemy?

He frowned!

However, these questions do not allow him to think deeply. He had just secured the position of the elder of the torture hall, but the next day he encountered a thorny problem.

To be exact, it should be a case.

A female disciple was killed, and before she died, she was obtained through a secret technique, and her spiritual cultivation was also stolen. Moreover, the deceased was still a disciple of Jin Beifeng.

As an elder of the torture hall, it was his own matter, and Zhou Zheng rushed to the scene with Liu Zi as soon as possible.

This female disciple Zhou Zheng knew that it was one of the female disciples who practiced Liu Hu's evil skills and was lured by Liu Hu to have a relationship, named Xia Huan.

Avoiding everyone, Zhou Zheng quietly asked Liu Zi, "Has Xia Huan been practicing the exercises that Liu Hu taught her?" ”

"Yes!" Liu Zi nodded embarrassedly, "I have persuaded her many times, but she said that this kind of exercise improves her strength quickly, and besides, she can't endure the hardships of cultivation." Yes, through, by having sex with men, she can practice, and she feels that this exercise is the most suitable for herself. ”

Zhou Zheng sighed, "You can't live if you do your own evil!" You secretly checked, which male disciples did she have affairs with? Cultivation is at least a male disciple above the peak of the ground level. ”

"Yes! Master. I'll look it up now. ”

"Wait." Liu Zi was just about to leave, but was stopped by Zhou Zheng again.

"You and Yiyi have been secretly spying on a few other female disciples who are still practicing this exercise in the past few days. At the same time, privately check several other peaks to see if there are any female disciples who practice this exercise. All spy on it! ”

"Master, what do you mean, you still want to die?"

Zhou Zheng nodded affirmatively.