From a beggar on South Street to the supreme devil

Chapter 10: The Sergeant
Actually.

Du Huai didn't expect Jiang Chen to show any talent.

The first time he saw Jiang Chen, he knew that his body and blood were average, and he just barely reached the standard to start practicing martial arts.

He is no different from the young men who came to participate in the selection in previous years.

In his eyes, this quality can be summed up in three words:

Unqualified.

There are only so many positions for the Dragon and Tiger faction's runners, and each one has his own position.

Either leave it to a martial arts genius or to a rich kid.

Because these two, one has talent and the other has financial resources, both have the opportunity to achieve success in martial arts.

Ordinary teenagers from ordinary families have neither of these, so there is naturally no need to recruit them.

This is also the reason why Shunanfang Yamen did not recruit a single person for two consecutive years.

When the Dragon and Tiger Sect recruits people, they are looking for talents, not personnel.

Therefore,
After determining Jiang Chen's situation,
Du Huai was going to take the money first, and after Jiang Chen finished his presentation, he would politely refuse the offer of comfort and encouragement and just deal with the matter.

However, the current situation really made him somewhat unexpected...

Du Huai took the pipe out of his mouth.

"Your stick technique... do you have a master?"

Jiang Chen saw Du Huai's expression and thought that his performance should be good, and he felt a little relieved.

He said, "No, I just practiced it myself."

Du Huai asked again: "How long have you been practicing?"

Jiang Chen replied: "About a month. I have only been in Yanyang City for three months and have only recently started trying."

Jiang Chen knew that now was not the time to hide his talents, and the most important thing was to show his talents as much as possible.

Du Huai was silent for a moment.

You can find out how long you have been in Yanyang City by just checking.

What's more, his stick technique has already taken shape.

Don't say I only practiced for a month.

Even if one has only practiced for one or two years and can reach this level, he is still an excellent martial arts talent.

Du Huai pondered in his heart.

Although he lacks Qi and blood, and his talent for cultivation is average, he has good talent in martial arts, so he can indeed be accepted.

Thinking of this, Du Huai made up his mind and put the pipe back into his mouth: "Okay, you passed."

"Thank you, sir!"

Jiang Chen was slightly delighted and said with a fist.

Du Huai smiled and waved his hand: "No need to be polite, since you have joined the Dragon Tiger Sect, we will all be a family from now on."

After saying that, he shouted outside the hall: "Kong Ye, come in."

"Coming." Kong Ye walked quickly into the hall. He had been waiting outside the door.

Du Huai pointed at Jiang Chen and said, "He passed. Take him to Xing Fei to get the skills and token."

Kong Ye looked at Jiang Chen in surprise, then nodded: "Yes."

Jiang Chen also put down his killing stick and bowed to Du Huai, saying, "Thank you, sir."

Then he followed Kong Ye out of the hall.

……

Outside the hall.

"I didn't expect you to pass. It seems you have a good talent."

Kong Ye walked in front of Jiang Chen and spoke casually.

Jiang Chen smiled and said, "It can be considered as barely passing."

He could naturally see that Du Huai was being perfunctory before he demonstrated his stick skills.

After all, [Acting Skills] not only improves his own acting skills, but also improves his ability to read people's expressions.

If it weren't for the fact that his skill of using a club was quite good, Du Huai would have most likely refused.

Kong Ye said, "Okay, we are colleagues from now on. Now I will take you to find Captain Xing."

The head of the police, also known as the squad leader, is the most important person in Shunanfang Yamen besides the yamen chief.

Each captain of the police would have several officers under his command.

"Okay." Jiang Chen nodded.

The two of them came to the east wing together, and Kong Ye knocked on the door.

"Uncle Xing."

"Come in." A slightly old voice came from the east wing.

Kong Ye pushed the door open and walked in. A man in his fifties was resting in front of a desk in the room.

He had gray hair and was probably only ten years younger than Du Huai. He lay in an armchair with a calm expression, holding a gourd of wine in his left hand and pouring it into his mouth.

The air was filled with a strong smell of alcohol. Jiang Chen looked at it and blinked.

Is this Captain Xing going to be my future boss?
Why does it feel a bit unreliable...

No, let alone this person, I feel that the Shunanfang government office, from top to bottom, is not very reliable.

The yamen official is smoking in the main hall, the captain of the police is drinking in the side room... Will there be more officers gambling in the classroom later?
All kinds of thoughts were flying around in Jiang Chen's mind.

at this time.

Xing Fei, who was sitting on the armchair, raised his eyelids: "What's wrong?"

Kong Ye explained: "Lord Du sent someone to serve as a clerk."

Xing Fei glanced at Jiang Chen behind Kong Ye.

He stood up slowly, opened a small door in the room, and took out a book and a blank token.

"What's your name?" Xing Fei asked.

Jiang Chen immediately realized that he was being asked, and replied: "Jiang Chen, Jiang He Jiang, Xing Chen Chen."

Xing Fei laughed, smelling alcohol from his mouth: "That's a pretty big name."

Then he suddenly flipped out a scimitar in his hand.

The knife light circled on the wordless token, and a name appeared on the front of the token - Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen blinked his eyes.
I didn't see it clearly, what amazing knife skills...

Xing Fei casually threw the token and the technique over: "The technique is not allowed to be passed on to others. Memorize it within a month and then return it."

Jiang Chen took it and took a look at the cover of the martial arts book.

The cover reads "True Essence Blood Moving Method - Copper Skin Chapter".

This name seems to be quite impressive.

Jiang Chen nodded: "Understood."

Xing Fei sat back in the armchair, picked up the wine gourd with his left hand, and waved his right hand, signaling the two to leave.

Jiang Chen and Kong Ye turned and left.

……

Afterwards, Kong Ye took Jiang Chen to meet several colleagues.

As expected by Jiang Chen,
Several police officers were hiding in the cell gambling, and even invited the two of them to play with them.

After leaving the classroom, Jiang Chen was somewhat speechless: "Brother Kong, are all normal government offices like ours?"

“Well…” Kong Ye’s eyes twitched slightly, and he forced a smile, “It was like this when I first came here.”

The two talked for a while.

Kong Ye said, "Normally, each of us has a street to patrol. Now, there is only South Street in Shun'anfang that is not under the jurisdiction. Do you want to go there?"

Jiang Chen had nothing to choose from, so he naturally agreed.

Kong Ye nodded, and suddenly remembered something, his face straightened, and he said:

"When you patrol South Street from now on, you must pay attention to two things."

"The first thing is the demon."

"Do you know that a demon appeared near Shun'anfang?"

Jiang Chen nodded.

He had heard about this from Lao Qian.

Kong Ye said: "Before entering the first realm of martial arts, ordinary people cannot fight against demons. If you encounter one, don't hesitate, just run."

Jiang Chen nodded.

Kong Ye continued: "The second thing is Liuguang Sect..."

He paused, as if he was organizing his words.

"Although our Dragon Tiger Sect and the Liuguang Sect are both affiliated sects of the Dragon Elephant Sect, we are in the same city after all. Over the past hundreds of years, conflicts have accumulated..."

"So, open and covert fighting is not uncommon."

"A few days ago, a murder case occurred near South Street. Several people were killed. I suspect that it was the people from the Liuguang Sect who did it."

"You should be more careful yourself."

A homicide case in which several people died... Could this be referring to Gao Wei and the others?

This thought flashed through Jiang Chen’s mind.

No wonder few people came to investigate this matter. It turned out that Liuguang sent someone to take the blame for me.

Jiang Chen inquired about the specific matters of the officer and then said goodbye.

All the way back to the South Street Ancestral Hall.

In the ancestral hall, Old Qian was lying on a pile of straw, drowsy.

Jiang Chen glanced at him and laughed loudly, "Old Qian, I've become a Shun'anfang official!"

Qian Duobao opened his eyes dazedly, blinked, and looked puzzled:
"WTF?"

……

(End of this chapter)