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Chapter 116: Wangchengdu Defense Envoy (Subscribe)

When the Sixth-Rank Censor Lin Tianda entered the door, Zhuang Mingyue didn't even bother to stand up. She just sat upright and bowed in the air as a courtesy.

Lin Rui originally wanted to stand up, but when Zhuang Mingyue stood in his way, he realized that he didn't need to be too polite to Censor Lin, so he just sat in his chair without moving.

He is now also a member of the Imperial City Bureau and a seventh-rank military commander. He is already an official and his status is on par with Zhuang Mingyue, the seventh-rank inspector.

Lin Rui sighed secretly. It was said that the people of the Imperial City Bureau of the Great Song Dynasty were extremely arrogant. In the Great Song Dynasty, they were even more arrogant than crabs. Now he saw that they were indeed extraordinary.

This Lin Tianda is a dignified sixth-rank censor, a "clean stream" in the court, and his status is much higher than that of an ordinary sixth-rank official, yet he is looked down upon by Zhuang Mingyue.

Lin Tianda stared coldly at Zhuang Mingyue, then glanced at Lin Rui, who was sitting to the left of Zhuang Mingyue. He didn't bother to return the greeting and asked bluntly, "Are you Lin Twelve, the new commander of Wude?"

Seeing Lin Rui bow and acknowledge, he waved his robe sleeves and said, "I have come here by order of my superiors. First, to review the case of the Zhu uncle and nephew kidnapping a descendant of the previous dynasty, forging demons, and burning and killing civilians. Second, to conduct a 'Demon Test' on Lin Twelve to determine if he is a demon from beyond the realm. Since you are here, let's begin now."

"There's no rush!" Zhuang Mingyue smiled faintly, picked up the teacup, and blew on the tea leaves nonchalantly. "Before Censor Lin can use the Heavenly Demon Test, he still needs to set up the formation first, right? It just so happens that our Wangcheng County's Zhang Tui Guan and Lord Wang of the Judicial and Administrative Office have also arrived. I've sent someone to invite them. They will be here shortly to serve as witnesses for Commandant Lin."

This was done right away, with a group of officials as witnesses. Not only would this save trouble in the future, it would also prevent Lin Tianda from making other excuses later or tampering on the spot.

She then looked up at the man in black behind Lin Tianda and said, "Excuse me, who is this person behind Censor Lin? He looks familiar to me."

Lin Tianda expressionlessly tore off the cloak of the man in black, exposing his facial features and expressions to everyone.

"Jiang Hanzhang!"

Zhuang Mingyue narrowed her eyes, sizing up the former Dianshi. Then, she raised the corners of her lips slightly and said meaningfully, "I never thought Dianshi Jiang would become like this. Thinking back to just a few days ago, when we were drinking at the same table and working side by side, it really makes me feel emotional."

Although Jiang Hanzhang still maintained his human form at this time, his skin had changed into something magical, covering his entire body like old tree bark, and his hands were locked tightly with iron chains.

The corners of his lips trembled when he heard this, and he clenched his teeth tightly.

How could Jiang Hanzhang not hear Zhuang Mingyue's sarcasm?

Looking back to a dozen days ago, he was still a respected official who could call the shots in Yinyue County, forcing Zhuang Mingyue to be subservient to him; a dozen days later, he was neither human nor ghost.

And all this is because of Lin Twelve next to him!

"Imperial Censor Lin!" Zhuang Mingyue's voice turned cold. "Don't you know that Jiang Hanzhang is also one of the masterminds of the Zhu uncle-nephew case and a wanted criminal by the Imperial City Bureau?"

"How could I not know?" Lin Tianda's expression was cold and calm, his righteous indignation awe-inspiring. "This man is my student. When I learned that this beast was involved in the Zhu uncle-nephew case, I immediately captured him and sent him here personally. Firstly, he could serve as a witness, and secondly, he would face the consequences of his crime!"

Zhuang Mingyue understood immediately after hearing this.

This Jiang Hanzhang must have been sent here by Prince Han's palace as an abandoned pawn.

She deduced that Jiang Hanzhang, as one of the masterminds, would definitely push most of the blame onto Zhu's uncle and nephew, and try his best to exonerate King Han. After all, the dead cannot speak.

Zhuang Mingyue didn't care at all and sneered with disdain.

This case involves more than 100 descendants of the Great Zhou Dynasty and people in Yinyue County. How could King Han get away with it so easily?

Even the King of Han's brothers would not sit idly by and watch him get away with it so easily.

This time, even if he doesn't die, he will be skinned alive and will lose a lot of points with the emperor.

Then the hall returned to calm. Lin Tianda took out some cinnabar and Yuanshi and concentrated on setting up a formation on the ground in the center of the hall.

While waiting, Lin Rui studied the essence of Yi Jin Lian Gu in his mind.

To ensure that everything went smoothly, he also spent 5000 soul points to push Yi Jin Lian Gu to the Grandmaster level.

This can elevate his comprehension to an incredible level, allowing him to fully comprehend all the essentials of Yi Jin Lian Gu in a very short period of time, and enhance his control over this secret technique.

Just half a minute later, Zhang Tui Guan, the prosecutor of Wangcheng County mentioned by Zhuang Mingyue, and Wang Tixing of the Judicial Inspection Commission came one after another.

At this time, Lin Tianda had almost finished setting up the formation: "Everyone is here, you can check the formation. If there are no problems, we can start."

Lin Tianda looked very confident, with his hands behind his back: "Please come in, Captain Lin!"

Lin Rui himself is a grandmaster of basic formations, and he has also deduced some of the intermediate formation knowledge in the Divine Art of Controlling Laws to the grandmaster level.

He took a casual glance and found two small flaws in the magic circle.

However, this flaw reduced the effectiveness of the formation. Lin Rui pretended not to notice it. After Zhuang Mingyue and the others checked it, he walked to the center of the formation and stood still.

At this time, Lin Tianda asked Lin Rui to take off his upper body clothes, drew some talismans on his body with red ink, and then took out a compass-shaped magic weapon, stood opposite Lin Rui, and began to cast the "Heavenly Demon Test" on Lin Rui.

This device, jointly developed by three Nine Realms 'Guardian Mages' of the former Song Dynasty, is specifically designed to detect extraterritorial demons. It includes a series of spells, performed with specialized instruments, designed to discern the spirit, body, and bloodline of extraterritorial demons. Even the slightest flaw will be detected by the 'Demon Detector'.

Jiang Hanzhang, who was standing next to him, became very excited and stared at Lin Rui intently.

This demon from outside the domain who caused him to fall into this situation will not escape death today!
Wang Sen on the other side was extremely nervous. He tried his best to control himself so that no strange expression would show on his face.

He didn't understand why Lin Rui didn't run away, but instead let them test him obediently?
Did Brother Rui have any solution? Or was he just hoping for a lucky break?

The Blood Knife Lady standing outside the door was quietly gathering strength, ready to strike with her knife at any moment.

Although there are only three fourth-grade ones among them, they all have seals granted by the court and have extremely high combat power, so she must give her all in this battle.

However, after half a minute, the brows of the Sixth-Rank Censor Lin Tianda gradually furrowed.

There was nothing wrong with Lin Twelve's body, consciousness, or bloodline. He also didn't find the thing called a 'biochip' in Lin Rui's head.

The soul and body of this Captain Lin are very compatible, and he is clearly a native of Tianji Star.

"This is impossible!" Jiang Hanzhang's eyes were bloodshot as he glared at Lin Rui, letting out a muffled roar. "He must be a demon from outer space! He has to be. There are countless abnormalities about him. Not only is his cultivation progress different from that of ordinary people, but he can't speak Mandarin or write! More than one person in the government office told me that Lin Twelve sometimes behaves like a different person. They say his reactions are dull and stupid, not like the real Lin Twelve!"

Zhuang Mingyue, who was sitting at the head of the table, was stunned when she heard this. She wondered if the clerks and servants in the county government had said this. Why hadn't she and Mr. Du heard them mention this?

The Sixth-Rank Censor Lin Tianda was hesitant. He did not think that not being able to speak Mandarin and write were characteristics of the extraterritorial demons.

All the demons captured by the imperial court in the past hundred years were proficient in the official language and writing of the imperial court.

As for the fact that his cultivation progress was not like that of ordinary people, it actually cleared up the doubts about Lin Twelve.

When those extraterritorial demons first descended, even if they cultivated very quickly, they would hide themselves and dare not reveal themselves for fear of attracting attention.

Therefore, it is highly likely that Lin Twelve is not some extraterritorial demon.

Lin Tianda immediately shook his head and formed a seal with his hands.

The matter of conducting the Heavenly Demon Test on Lin Twelve was instructed by someone in the Prince Han's Mansion. Jiang Hanzhang did not know what excuses he used to make someone pay a large sum of money to ask him to do it.

Since Lin Tianda has taken the money and promised that person, he must do this matter properly and leave no one with anything to say.

A moment later, blood flames began to burn all over Lin Tianda's body. As he formed a complicated hand seal with his hands, a huge shadow gradually appeared at the bottom of the steps outside the lobby of the county government office.

The figure is nine feet tall and in human form. It is covered in golden armor, has three dragon heads, and six arms. It looks like a three-headed, six-armed god in ancient Chinese mythology.

"National Guardian Dragon!"

Zhang Tuiguan and Wang Tixing, who were standing nearby, were slightly moved when they saw the phantom of the war dragon.

Lin Rui was also surprised. This Lin Tianda actually used the last step of the Demon Test.

Summoning the spirit of the national guardian dragon would consume a large amount of energy, blood, and life essence, so normally, no one would use this method in the "Demon Test".

He felt secretly uneasy, worried that his Yijingulian and Guangshu techniques would be exposed, as the generals and admirals had not mentioned such a situation in the post.

However, the three-headed war dragon opposite opened the vertical eye between its eyebrows, stared at Lin Rui up and down for a moment, and then turned into green smoke and disappeared with a "puff".

The blood flames on Lin Tianda's body also disappeared. He looked pale and weak, and said with a difficult voice: "According to the determination of the Heavenly Demon Strategy, Lin Twelve is not an extraterritorial demon!"

When Jiang Hanzhang heard this, he collapsed to the ground, his face filled with disappointment and bewilderment. "No, how is this possible? How is this possible? There must be something wrong."

Zhuang Mingyue smiled with satisfaction upon seeing this. She knew that Lin Twelve was definitely not an 'outside demon': "Asshole, come, take this demon cultivator away from me."

She stood up from her seat and pulled out a document from her sleeve. "Lin Twelve, receive the order! The Shazhou garrison commander has issued an order ordering Wude Commandant Lin Twelve to immediately rush to Wangcheng County to serve as the Deputy Defense Commissioner of Wangcheng County, and also temporarily act as the Defense Commissioner of Wangcheng County!"

As Zhuang Mingyue said this, not only was Lin Rui surprised, but Wang Sen's heart was also in turmoil.

What did the county magistrate just say? Lin Rui was actually going to Wangcheng County to serve as the Deputy Defense Commissioner of Wangcheng County, and was also going to temporarily serve as the Defense Commissioner of Wangcheng County?
Although the rank of Wangcheng Defense Commissioner is low, only the sixth grade, his authority is high enough to compete with the local county magistrate!

Lin Rui has only been here for a few days, and he has already been promoted to such a high official position?
No! The most crucial thing was that his brother Rui had actually infiltrated the Imperial City Division's inner circle of backup!

Since Lin Rui has been entrusted with such an important task by the Imperial City Division, it means that he has been regarded as one of their own by an important faction in the upper echelons of the Imperial City Division and needs to be cultivated!
Even Zhang Tui Guan and Wang Ti Xing changed their expressions. The look and smile they gave Lin Rui became more warm and sincere.

Although the two of them were higher in official rank than Lin Twelve, they were still in Wangcheng County and had to look at the face of Lin, the Defense Envoy.

(End of this chapter)