Two days later.

"Spicy chicken, these turtle grandsons, usually call Lao Tzu brothers, one by one more righteous than anyone else, now Lao Tzu has something to do with their death, so they all push back, it's shameless!"

Wang Mazi walked around the room, his face was distorted with anger, but he couldn't hide the depression and frustration in it.

There is not much time left before the annual exam, but at this juncture, the old monk in the outer kitchen has passed away, which is equivalent to Wang Mazi having no backer, and naturally someone wants to take his position.

It's not too big a deal, and it's not impossible to let it out, but it can't be at this time, otherwise it will inevitably affect the next annual exam.

It's not that it affects Wang Mazi, he is from a civilian background, even if he doesn't have the identity of the head of the kitchen supervisor, he can still participate in the annual examination, as long as he pays the registration fee in full.

It is estimated that no one will deliberately embarrass him on this issue, after all, Wang Mazi is not the first time to take the annual examination, and the talent shown by him makes people unable to raise any vigilance.

Of course, without this position, Wang Mazi's future life will not be easy, but that will be in the future.

But Chen Mu is not good, although the annual examination of "Liantai Temple" has no explicit restrictions on the identity of applicants, it seems that as long as you pay the full registration fee, you can participate in the annual examination.

But that's just on the surface, in fact, there are still a lot of cats in it, and Wang Mazi is clear.

For example, in Chen Mu's status as a slave worker, it is enough to do a lot of articles, at least from the normal situation, it is impossible for a slave worker to save enough for the annual examination registration fee, so from this article alone, Chen Mu is unlikely to take the annual examination.

But this kind of thing is a typical trivial matter, and under normal circumstances, no one is full enough to take care of it, and then Wang Mazi's identity as the head of the kitchen supervisor to operate, this matter will be fooled.

However, the current situation has changed, according to Wang Mazi, someone is eyeing his current position, and will naturally use various means to force him to comply.

This naturally also includes making trouble for Chen Mu, although they still don't know that Wang Mazi wants to support Chen Mu to participate in the annual examination, but this matter cannot be bypassed, Chen Mu is a slave laborer, and if he wants to participate in the annual examination, someone must guarantee it, otherwise he will not be able to pay the registration fee if he has the money.

Normally, the guarantor does not necessarily require a noble identity, such as the identity of Wang Mazi, the head of the kitchen supervisor, which is almost enough.

But now that Wang Mazi's position is being targeted, then this matter is a variable, not to mention guaranteeing Chen Mu and letting him participate in the annual examination, even Wang Mazi's own annual examination journey may not be 100% smooth.

Of course, Wang Mazi didn't want to sit still, so he spent the past two days running around, trying to mobilize the network he had been painstakingly building.

It's a pity that the wind knows the strength of the grass, and the board knows the Chengchen, those good brothers who call Wang Mazi brothers and brothers on weekdays, and are so affectionate that they don't want to, but now no one is willing to stand up for him, which caused Wang Mazi to jump like thunder here.

In fact, this is also a helpless thing, according to Wang Mazi, this time he also poured blood mold, the old monk has just passed away, and it will not be so quick to be unlucky, who knows that the temple does not know which new official monk's brother-in-law, just took a fancy to the fat shortage in the kitchen, this time it caused a big trouble.

Fortunately, this matter is not an absolute dead end, according to Wang Mazi, the most important position in the outer kitchen, of course, is not him, the head of the overseer, but the chief monk.

This is also the only person who has the status of a monk in a place like the outer kitchen, according to the practice of the temple, it is to arrange those formal monks who have little development potential to retire and live a mixed life, such as the old monk who has just passed away, which is a typical example.

For example, it is theoretically impossible to arrange for the newly promoted official monk to be the chief monk, after all, he has just been promoted to a formal monk, and it will take a few years to verify whether this person has development potential.

There is a glimmer of life in this, and the monks who will be arranged to retire and live a mixed life will mean that there is no future at all, and the only remaining willingness is to make money and live a more comfortable life.

It's better to bribe a monk with no future like this, and if you meet a kind-hearted master again, such as the old monk who has just passed away, it will be a very comfortable backer.

Although such a backer has no future, it is more than enough to fight against ordinary troubles, after all, the official monks who can be sent out to support the elderly are more or less in the temple and have some doorways and relationships.

Otherwise, if there is no potential for development, there is no relationship and backing in the temple, most of them will not even be able to get the opportunity to release the retirement and make a living, even if it is the lowest-level one-star martial artist, the "Liantai Temple" still has a lot of places that need cannon fodder to fill the pit.

This is not far from the front line, it is a dangerous place, such as the "Liantai Temple", such a small force, the number of official monks killed and injured every year is at least dozens or hundreds, and the most tragic years can even kill and injure hundreds of people, it is not an exaggeration to say that it hurts the muscles and bones.

It is also this normalized number of dead and injured that leads to the "Liantai Temple" to hold annual exams regularly, and it is almost impossible to refuse, the most important reason is that there are many dead and injured every year, and there must be fresh blood to fill the pit.

In this case, the fighters of the "Liantai Temple" are actually in a state of long-term shortage, at least the cannon fodder is definitely not enough, even if those peripheral thugs are used to fill the pit as much as possible, it is more or less necessary to match some formal monks, and death is always inevitable.

Besides, places like the outer kitchen are not unlimited, and only one supervising monk is needed in each place, so in general, the number of pension monks who can be arranged is very limited, and they are not really qualified to compete for these positions.

Wang Mazi's previous backer, that is, the old monk who had just passed away, must also be a figure with a background, otherwise it would be impossible to sit firmly in this position.

But people die like lights go out, and the old monk has a future, which is also his own connections or favors, and it has nothing to do with Wang Mazi.

Although the old monk can also be regarded as Wang Mazi's backer, it is more pleasing to the eye to see Wang Mazi, and the old monk himself has no relationship that needs to be arranged to occupy the position of the head of the supervisor, so in the end Wang Mazi was cheapened.

But now that the old monk has passed away, it is natural that people walk the rhythm of tea and coolness, and Wang Mazi has no other backers and connections, so it is reasonable to give up this position.

The only hope is that Wang Mazi can get a new backer, such as the monk in charge of the outer kitchen who was newly sent from the temple.