I am a temporary worker in Jinyiwei, how did I become a powerful official?

Chapter 27: Yin Worm
Lin Shisan was an expert at fighting insects. But he had limited money in his pocket. He could only buy some third-rate, medium- and low-quality fighting insects to satisfy his insect addiction.

He was extremely delighted to see a top-quality insect today.

A true bug fighter won't show any interest in a good bug. It's like a sex maniac who enters a brothel and orders a beautiful courtesan with cleavage and vagina, only to find out after getting into bed and taking off his armor that the courtesan is a man.

It was such a miserable feeling.

Lin Shisan helped Luo Longwen to treat insects, not only to express his gratitude for saving his life, but also out of interest.

Lin Shisan said, "Doctor Luo, treating insects requires observation, questioning, and palpation. I have two questions for you, and you must answer them truthfully."

Luo Longwen nodded: "Just ask."

Lin Shisan asked: "Is the Golden Winged General a Yang insect or a Yin insect?"

Luo Longwen was disappointed: "Yang insect, Yin insect? Are you talking about male and female? Of course it's male. Can't you even tell the difference between male and female fighting insects?"

Lin Shisan spoke calmly, "Doctor Luo is wrong. The yin and yang I'm talking about are different from male and female. The Golden Winged General belongs to the True Green Fighting Cricket, which is divided into yin and yang. The yang ones live facing the sun. They are mostly found in crop fields or wastelands. They go out to look for food at sunrise. They hide and chirp at sunset. They are called Yang insects."

Luo Longwen became interested: "Oh? Then what is a Yin insect?"

Lin Shisan added: "The Yin seek places of extreme darkness to live. They are usually found in cemeteries or in cracks in rocks by the river. They will go out to look for food only when it is extremely dark at midnight. They hide at sunrise and are silent."

Luo Longwen thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Then my Golden Winged General must be a Yin insect. Magistrate Huang of Jing County told me that in order to catch this Golden Winged General for me, he dug up the graves of more than 130 poor ghosts."

Luo Longwen said it lightly, but Lin Shisan felt a shudder when he heard it.

Jing County is a place where good bugs are found. But in order to catch a good bug, you have to dig up more than a hundred graves?
How is this different from grave robbing?

The "Great Ming Code" contains an inscription: Anyone who discovers a coffin when excavating a tomb shall be beaten with a stick 100 times and exiled for 3,000 miles; anyone who discovers a corpse when opening a coffin shall be hanged immediately.

Officials of the Yan Party are corrupt, and so are officials of the Xu Party. But there is a big difference between the two.

Young cabinet minister Yan Shifan was arrogant and domineering, and the Yan party officials under him followed suit, always blatantly committing crimes, oppressing the people, and embezzling public funds.

In a word: The Yan Party likes to plunder and likes to drain the pond to catch all the fish.

The Xu Party, on the surface, "loved the people like their own children", but they liked to exploit loopholes in laws and systems, and exploited the people and embezzled public funds by making up excuses.

In a word: Xu Dang likes to take things by trickery and likes to use a small knife to slowly cut the flesh and blood of the people.

Lin Shisan was stunned for a long time after hearing what Luo Longwen said. He thought to himself: Isn't it too immoral for the magistrate to curry favor with the noble?

Seeing that Lin Shisan didn't speak for a long time, Luo Longwen said sternly, "What's wrong? You just saw more than 20 dead bodies and you are shocked? Young man, remember what I said, 'Killing and arson will bring you a golden belt.' If you are afraid of the dead, you deserve to serve animals in the elephant training center for the rest of your life."

Lin Shisan had no choice but to say, "Thank you Doctor Luo for your teachings."

Luo Longwen pointed at the purple sand worm pot and asked: "Is there any hope for this Yin worm?"

Lin Shisan said: "Of course there is hope."

Luo Longwen said, "You just said that treating insects requires observation, questioning, and palpation. We have observed and questioned. How do we palpate?"

Lin Shisan said, "Doctor Luo, I am sorry to show my ugliness."

After saying that, he picked up the probe that was inserted next to the insect pot, opened the probe and took out the probe grass.

Lin Shisan took the grass and carefully touched the Golden Wing General, muttering to himself: "The grass falls on the main gate, from light to heavy, from narrow to wide, the grass falls like flying, the breeze floats on the surface. Knowing the path of insects and exploring their nature, this is called sharp."

Luo Longwen listened with great interest: "There is such a thing! I am just fooling around with insects."

After a moment, Lin Shisan put away the grass and said, "I have found the crux of the matter. Doctor Luo, you have asked your friends to appreciate the Golden Winged General a lot recently, right?"

Luo Longwen nodded: "Yes, yes, yes! How do you know? How can I not let others appreciate the good insects? Wouldn't that be like walking in the night in fine clothes?"

Lin Shisan asked, "Among those who watched him, there were many generals leading troops, right?" Luo Longwen slapped his thigh and said, "Amazing, really amazing. How did you know that?"

Lin Shisan said: "Yin insects are most afraid of Yang energy. Who in the world has the most Yang energy? Naturally, it's the generals who lead the troops. They kill decisively and their Yang energy is overwhelming. I think there must be a general who got too close to the Golden Winged General when appreciating him, and a breath of extremely Yang energy sprayed on the Golden Winged General."

Luo Longwen was full of admiration for Lin Shisan at this moment: "You are absolutely right! Liang Dusi of the Shenji Camp is my sworn brother. His eyesight is not good. When he was watching my precious insects a few days ago, he pouted and leaned his head against the insect basin."

The imperial court had a system that strictly prohibited officials from the six ministries and departments from making friends with generals from the Beijing camp.

Luo Longwen, however, openly said that he was a sworn brother of Liang Dusi of the Shenjiying, without any hesitation, which shows that he was arrogant and disregarded the law.

The Shenji Camp was the firearms army among the three camps. This also explains why the people from the Criminal Department's Supervision and Arrest Division had firearms in their hands. I think Luo Longwen must have asked for them from his sworn brothers.

Luo Longwen didn't mean it, and Lin Shisan didn't mean it either. Only Chen Ju, who was listening, took note of it.

Chen Ju thought to himself: Hey, it's a waste of talent for Lin Shisan not to work in the Northern Pacification Division to handle the imperial case. In just a few words, he got out such a big secret that the Yan Party colluded with the generals of the Beijing Camp.

Lin Shisan said: "That Liang Dusi sprayed a few breaths of Yang Qi on the Yin insect, and the Yin insect naturally stopped opening its teeth."

Luo Longwen was a little anxious: "What should we do? Is there any hope?"

Lin Shisan was confident: "Of course it can be saved. As long as we give the Golden Winged General a breath of extremely yin energy, it will be able to regain its strength."

Sun Yue interrupted and showed off his smart brain: "The general leading the troops is extremely yang. The girl in the brothel must be extremely yin. Let the girl breathe on it, and it will work again."

Luo Longwen said: "What the fat young man said makes sense. But Eunuch Gao's courtyard is so solemn, I can't bring a whore here to pollute his place."

Whether the Yan Party officials were enemies of Gao Zhong or temporarily allied with him, they all respected Gao Zhong from the bottom of their hearts.

Not everyone is worthy of the seven words "turn the tide" - Gao Zhong deserves it.

Without Gao Zhong, the capital might have been conquered by the Tatars long ago. How could the officials of the Yan Party have the wealth and glory they have today?
Luo Longwen didn't want to bring a prostitute here and offend the great hero Gao Zhong.

Lin Shisan said: "The girls in the brothel can't be called extremely sinister."

Luo Longwen pondered: "They are not extremely yin. Then the extremely yin should be..."

As he said this, Luo Longwen looked at Chen Ju.

Luo Longwen believed that the eunuchs had lost their power, which was of course extremely sinister.

Chen Ju was embarrassed: "I am half yin and half yang, not completely yin."

Lin Shisan nodded slightly, indicating his agreement with what Chen Ju said.

Luo Longwen grabbed Lin Shisan's hand in a hurry and said, "My Captain Lin, please stop keeping us in suspense! Who is the ultimate yin?"

Lin Shisan pointed at Wang Xiaochuan who was chewing pork jerky next to him and said, "Little girls under six years old are extremely yin people."

Luo Longwen was overjoyed: "Huh? This is really a case of searching for something without any effort. My Captain Lin, no, Master Thirteen! Let this girl show her magical powers!"

Luo Longwen has a noble status, but because he comes from a merchant family rather than a scholar, he has a gangster air about him.

He did not care about the difference between superiors and subordinates, the old and the young, unlike those upright civil servants who loved to put on airs.

If you have the ability and can help me, then you are my friend, Luo. It doesn't matter what your background or status is.

In desperation, he actually called Lin Shisan "Master Thirteen".

Lin Shisan picked up Wang Xiaochuan and said, "Chew the jerky slowly and swallow it clean. Then blow on the insect basin."

(End of this chapter)