Huang Miao seemed to have developed a keen interest in this matter:

"Is this person your friend? Do you know him?"

The fat man thought about it and shook his head:

"I don't know him. I was rummaging around in antiques when a man in a black Mao suit suddenly showed up. His hat was pulled down so low that I couldn't see his face. He gave me a map and told me to go there if I wanted to get rich. He also said there was a big tomb where I could make a fortune. I didn't pay much attention and threw the map away. Later, when I was really broke, I saw the map again and decided to try my luck. I didn't expect that I, a leader in tomb-raiding, would almost go digging a grave. It was obviously a trick on me!"

The fat man became more and more excited as he spoke, and his face turned blue with anger.

At this moment, the weasel's voice suddenly sounded:
"Hey, have you seen that master too?"

Everyone's eyes turned to the weasel, and the fat man asked in confusion:
"What master? The man in the Zhongshan suit?"

Huang Miao immediately asked:
"Weasel, have you seen this person too?"

The weasel nodded:
"It was that master who showed me the way and I was able to find that treasure land. He also told me to practice well there and even accidentally let it slip that Yang Soul can help improve cultivation. That master was very nice and warned me not to do that. It's a pity that I didn't listen, otherwise it wouldn't have turned out like this."

Hearing this, Zhang Lingyu and Feng Baobao also realized that something was wrong.

"He let it slip? That's unlikely. I feel like he revealed it to you on purpose."

Zhang Lingyu frowned and looked at the fat man:

"Also, that person seemed to have led you there on purpose."

The fat man was a little confused, but to Zhang Lingyu and the others, this matter seemed to be a little wrong.

At this moment, Huang Miao looked at the fat man:
"Fatty, did you bring the map? Let me see it."

The fat man nodded and opened his backpack. Zhang Lingyu then noticed that the fat man's bag was stuffed with a lot of jewelry.

Seeing the surprised looks of several people, the fat man smiled a little embarrassedly:
"I didn't want to make a wasted trip. You were busy investigating, so I just took some. It's okay, whoever sees it gets a share!"

As he spoke, the fat man took out a piece of parchment.

However, when he opened the parchment and prepared to hand it to Huang Miao, his eyes widened:

"Why... why is the picture here gone?"

Huang Miao took the parchment from the fat man, and sure enough, it was empty, without even a single word.

"That's not right. I came here according to this map. How could there be nothing left?"

Zhang Lingyu and the others also looked confused, only Huang Miao was holding the blank parchment, looking thoughtful.

Soon, Huang Miao looked at Zhang Lingyu:

"Lingyu, go get a handful of incense ash."

Zhang Lingyu didn't have time to think about it, nodded, turned around and ran to the inner room.

A few seconds later, he came back with a handful of incense ash and quickly sprinkled the ash on the parchment according to Huang Miao's instructions.

In an instant, a ball of black gas emerged from the parchment, but soon disappeared.

Looking at this ball of black air, Wang Ye frowned and looked at Huang Miao:
"what is this?"

Huang Miao's eyes were solemn, and he spoke word by word:
"It's Yin energy. The map that Fatty saw before should be the one that gathers Yin to form the word."

"Gathering Yin to form a word?"

Several people looked at Huang Miao in confusion, feeling puzzled.

Huang Miao sighed softly, as if this matter made him feel a little heavy:

"The man in the black Zhongshan suit you mentioned doesn't seem to be a simple person. Gathering Yin to form a word requires very precise control of Yin Qi, which shows that he has some skills. Moreover, the method he practices tends to be unorthodox. But we still don't know why he led Fatty and the weasel to the ancient evil place of the altar..."

Huang Miao's heart was full of doubts, almost all about this mysterious man whom he had never met before.

If guiding the fat man there was a coincidence, then it was definitely not a coincidence that the weasel had also seen him.

Moreover, the weasel learned the method of absorbing the yang soul from this person.

What exactly is his purpose?

Huang Miao did not express these doubts, as he knew that it would be impossible to reach a conclusion now.

But according to Huang Miao's initial judgment, this mysterious man should also have some knowledge of Feng Shui.

Otherwise, he would not have been able to make such a fuss about the ancient evil spirit in the altar.

This matter needs to be investigated, but there is no rush...

Thinking of this, Huang Miao's face returned to normal. He calmly handed the parchment in his hand to the fat man and said:

"Let's discuss this matter again when we get back."

As he spoke, Huang Miao looked at Zhang Lingyu:

"You have worked hard, go to bed early. Remember to call the military district and tell them..."

After saying that, Huang Miao stood up and walked towards the office.

Several people looked at Huang Miao's back and felt that this matter was unusual.

"Brother, what's wrong with the director?" Zhang Lingyu asked with some concern. Wang Ye shook his head, indicating that there was no need to worry.

"He was just thinking about that mysterious man..."

The fat man suddenly realized what was going on, and said with his eyes wide open:

"You mean, I was fooled by that person?"

Wang Ye replied expressionlessly:
"I'm afraid he is planning a big game, and you are just a pawn in it..."

The fat man had a confused look on his face, but he never stayed lost in thought for long.

Sure enough, the fat man soon thought of something and asked:
"Brother, how come you are against the country now and wear a suit!"

Zhang Lingyu said unhappily:

"Don't talk nonsense, the young man is now a deputy director-level cadre."

The fat man widened his eyes in surprise and looked at Zhang Lingyu in disbelief:
"Lingyu, what about you? You don't have a job offer, do you?" Feng Baobao interrupted Zhang Lingyu and said proudly:

"We don't have one yet, but we will also take the civil service exam. If we pass, we will have a formal establishment."

"Ah?" The fat man was stunned. He never thought that his good brothers who had shared hardships with him have now joined the national team, while he is still a freelancer.

This made the fat man feel a little uncomfortable, and he even pretended to wipe his eyes:

"You guys are so mean. You all have been cleaned up, but I'm still hanging around out there. I don't care. I want to join the Core Bureau, too. You can't just not help me, can you?"

The fat man had planned this a long time ago, but he only found the opportunity to say it now.

Zhang Lingyu and the others saw through the fat man's thoughts, but they never said it out loud.

Now hearing what the fat man said, Zhang Lingyu and Wang Ye looked at each other and sighed.

Seeing them sigh, the fat man panicked:
"No way, you really don't intend to help me?"

Zhang Lingyu patted the fat man on the shoulder and said earnestly:
"Fatty, don't even mention you. Even Feng Baobao and I are only temporary members now. Only after passing the exam can we truly become a member of the Core Bureau. This is the rule set by the director, and I can't help you. The most we can do is to plead for you and let you stay and study. But whether you can join the Core Bureau in the end depends on you. No one can help you!"

Wang Ye and Feng Baobao also nodded heavily. Their singing in unison made the fat man stunned on the spot.

After a while, the fat man gritted his teeth and said with determination:

"Okay, we finally got together, we can't be separated again. You are all government officials now, so there is no point for me to mess around. It's just an exam, right? It won't be a problem for me! I'll risk it! You all want to get a job, so I have to get one too!"

Zhang Lingyu was secretly happy in his heart, this was exactly the result he wanted.

But he still said with a serious face:

"Then you have to think about it carefully. Don't do this kind of thing again in the future!"

As he spoke, Zhang Lingyu pointed to the backpack in front of the fat man. The zipper of the backpack was open, and it was filled with various jewelry.

The fat man hesitated for a moment, but after a few seconds, he made up his mind and pushed the backpack to Zhang Lingyu:
"Here, here, here. I'll give you this too! Consider it my tuition payment!"

When he said this, the fat man even felt so distressed that his eyes turned red.

Zhang Lingyu and Wang Ye were a little surprised and looked at Fatty with new eyes. You know, Fatty was famous for being greedy for money, and he must have made a great decision to make such a decision.

From another perspective, this also shows that Fatty is a person who can distinguish right from wrong. In this matter, his ideological awareness has never been low.

"Okay, in that case, my brother and I will go and talk to them for you!"

As they spoke, Zhang Lingyu and Wang Ye walked into Huang Miao's office with their backpacks.

The fat man's eyes were full of anticipation at this time. He looked at the backpack that was getting farther and farther away, and the expression on his face was distorted.

Feng Baobao, who was standing nearby, looked at the fat man curiously and asked:
"Is it that serious? Are you so sad?"

The fat man said angrily:

"You don't understand! For me, the question of which is more important, money or life, is not a question at all. It doesn't matter if I have life or not, but if I lose my money, it's really gone!"

At this time, Zhang Lingyu and Wang Ye had already walked into Huang Miao's office and expressed the fat man's desire to stay.

Huang Miao did not refuse. Zhang Lingyu and Wang Ye did not know that Huang Miao actually knew Fatty very well.

Although Fatty seems unreliable, he is often more thoughtful than Zhang Lingyu. Fatty is not just about brute force, he advocates simplicity and directness which can often solve problems more effectively.

Of course, Huang Miao also made the rules clear and no exceptions can be made!

Fatty also needs to pass the assessment before officially joining.

Before that, he didn't mind giving Fatty one-on-one special training. After all, the Core Bureau was destined to have a lot of staff in the future. There were nine subordinate teams alone, plus a series of members such as civilian cadres, so there would definitely be a lot of people.

Having one more fat guy can be considered as an additional staff member.

As for the bag of jewels, Huang Miao handed it over to Wang Ye without even looking at it. After thinking about it, Wang Ye decided to keep the jewels as funds for the core bureau in case of emergency.

Just like that, the core situation finally calmed down.

Fatty pulled Zhang Lingyu and Wang Ye to have a long talk; Feng Baobao had gained a lot of insights from this battle and sat alone in the training room to digest them; the weasel didn't dare to run anymore and could only sit at the door with his legs crossed and look at the moon outside the window; Huang Miao sat alone in the office, frowning and thinking about the mysterious man mentioned by Fatty and the weasel.

However, Huang Miao still has no idea what this mysterious man's intentions are.

The time has not yet come, but once it is ripe, Huang Miao will definitely uncover the mystery and find out the truth behind it.

But before that, he was more focused on thinking about the construction of the core bureau and the team and new members that would be added next...

Not long after, Zhang Lingyu called the military district headquarters. To Hou Hao's surprise, the contact information he had given Zhang Lingyu received a response so quickly.

After listening to Zhang Lingyu's retelling, the first thing Hou Hao did after hanging up the phone was to call Pan Xing and Xie Xia Xia.

"Old Chen, Xie Political Commissar, I just received a call from Zhang Lingyu from the Core Bureau. He said that their director believes that simply relocating the graves is not enough to completely avoid subsequent problems. If we want to properly solve it, we need to not only expand the military base, but also set up the back mountain area as an armory after the expansion, store a large number of heavy weapons, and use the evil energy of the weapons to suppress the evil energy."

Hou Hao relayed Zhang Lingyu's words in detail.

After hearing this, the two did not question it immediately, but began to think about how to deal with it. This attitude fully shows that after the last incident, they have full faith in the core bureau.

Xie Xiaxia thought for a moment and said:
"The application documents for expanding the military base have not yet been submitted to the provincial military region, so there is still time to revise them. But I am worried that if the provincial military headquarters asks why we suddenly want to expand the base, how will we explain it?"

As the political commissar, Xie Xia Xia naturally had to consider these practical issues.

Although the intention to expand the station was mentioned in the previous meeting of the provincial military region, the provincial military department should approve the application smoothly after the application is submitted. But just in case, Xie Xiaxia still hopes to be prepared in advance.

Hou Hao thought for a moment and replied:
"I don't think this is a problem. We can say that the training grounds at the military district garrison can no longer meet the soldiers' daily training needs. In order to ensure effective training of soldiers and the best state of combat readiness, we need to expand the garrison. The provincial and ministerial heads should not refuse. What I am more worried about is how to apply to the provincial and ministerial departments to mobilize heavy weapons. Our garrison is an important protection area for military weapons, but heavy weapons have never been within our protection scope. What should we do?"

Hou Hao obviously took Zhang Lingyu's words to heart, so he was eager to find a safe solution that would not only make the provincial military headquarters agree to allow the garrison to accept heavy weapons, but also eliminate all doubts.

Pan Xing, who had been silent the whole time, frowned and thought for a while before saying:
"It's not easy, but we can only try. After the base is expanded, we can show that we have more places to store munitions and fully demonstrate the security of our base and its best geographical location in the province. These are our advantages and we need to express them. As for whether it is agreed or not, it is not up to us to decide."

Hearing this, Hou Hao nodded. As the head of the group, he finally made the decision:
"Okay, let's give it a try. Political Commissar Xie, go and modify the application documents for the station, and add our willingness to guard the heavy weapons. Logically speaking, the provincial military department should not refuse the upgrade of weapon guards. Send it out first, and we'll see what the result is then!"

"understand!"

After receiving Hou Hao's order, Xie Xia Xia immediately nodded and quickly left Hou Hao's office.

Hou Hao and Pan Xing were the only ones left in the room, so it was more convenient for them to talk.

"Old Wu, this is also an opportunity for us. I think this can be accomplished." (End of this chapter)

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