Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 44 Let them see what a true court lackey is

The Tang family is considered a prominent family in the city. Its head, Tang Wenshang, serves as the county magistrate of Jiulin County, a seventh-rank civil servant.

The Tang family also has two caravans, many shops in the clan, and a large piece of land outside the city.

Zhang Yuan knew the Tang family because he had dealt with the Tang family caravan.

He transformed into a red fox and led the Red Fox Caravan to do business along the border. At this time, a caravan from the Tang family wanted to rob the caravan and swallow it up.

On that occasion, Zhang Yuan killed more than 20 people from the Tang family. Even Tang Wenwu, the family's top expert and the second master of the Tang family who was in the late acquired realm, died at the hands of Zhang Yuan.

The loss of the strongest member of the tribe, coupled with the damage to the caravan, took the Tang family two years to recover.

Zhang Yuan later asked Heibingtai to investigate the Tang family. The Tang family caravan was highly suspected of collaborating with the enemy Northern Yan.

Just because of the loss of their strong men, the Tang family has become more modest and has given up all border trade, and no one behind the Black Ice Platform cares about it.

But no one expected that this time it was Chen Wu who had a conflict with the Tang family members.

"Someone came this morning. The Magistrate just came to see me and told Chen Wu to come and apologize. Otherwise, he would stay in jail forever."

"Chen Wu is silent in prison," the sergeant shook his head, looking troubled. "You know the Tang family. They have money and connections. Why would we fight them?"

"I have to be polite when I see Tang Wenshang."

"If we really want to stand still, I can make Chen Wu strip off this robe and make him lose everything."

With a low sigh, the sergeant looked at Zhang Yuan and said, "If I were still in Luyang Prefecture, I would just keep an eye on them. Now that I'm gone, who knows, they might resort to some tricks..."

Zhang Yuan nodded and said, "I'll take him to the Tang family to apologize."

The sergeant's face lit up with joy, and Zhang Yuan's voice rang out again: "Chen Wu is not suitable to be a black uniform guard. It's better to be stripped of this black dog skin. Sir, please write a document to expel him."

The smile on the sergeant's face froze.

"You, what do you mean, kid?"

"Are you deliberately helping him to give up his responsibility?"

Zhang Yuan shook his head, his face serious. "Sir, I plan to have Chen Wu leave the Wuwei Yamen and train with the border troops."

Border troops?

Sergeant Qian Mu knew Zhang Yuan's other identity and knew that he had connections with the border troops.

When he heard Zhang Yuan say that he wanted Chen Wu to go to the border army, he hurriedly said, "The border army is dangerous, how can it be as safe as the Wuwei Yamen—"

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Yuan spoke up, "If Chen Wu stayed in the Wuwei Yamen, I'm afraid he would have no hope of becoming an innate cultivator. After a few years of training in the border army, he might have a chance to become an innate cultivator."

innate.

Qian Mu opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

He himself is only in the late stage of the acquired realm, and his path to advancement is blocked.

The innate realm is something that is out of reach and something that people don’t usually think about.

Only a 20-year-old middle-stage postnatal cultivator like Chen Wu has the opportunity to make a breakthrough.

If Chen Wu could really reach the innate realm, he would be one of the strongest people in the entire Luyang Prefecture.

If Zhang Yuan gave other reasons, he could still argue.

But it concerns Chen Wu's path of cultivation and the innate path, which is a major event concerning the future.

Only Zhang Yuan, who has supported and trained Chen Wu all the way, can make a decision on such matters.

"Then I'll write the document," Qian Mu said, his face showing a look of disappointment. He smacked his lips and said, "How did this matter turn out like this? It seems that my Wuwei Yamen is the one who suffers the most..."

Looking up at Zhang Yuan, Qian Mu's eyes flashed with a gleam of shrewdness.

"It's not impossible to write him a letter of expulsion, but don't run away this time."

"Come, follow me to see the judge."

……

Luyang Prefecture is a frontier prefecture. The fifth-rank prefectural judge in charge of military affairs also serves as a registrar and military officer, and his power is no less than that of a fifth-rank civil official, the prefect.

Qian Mu and Zhang Yuan went to the main hall of the yamen and reported to the soldiers stationed at the door. After a while, the soldiers led the two to see He Jin, the magistrate of Luyang Prefecture.

"Greetings, Mr. Judge."

Qian Mu and Zhang Yuan both clasped their fists and bowed.

He Jin looks to be in his early fifties, but he is actually over sixty.

He Jin, dressed in a green military officer's robe with floral patterns and with gray hair and beard, is one of the three great masters in Luyang Prefecture. He entered the Xiantian realm twenty years ago.

Without the Xiantian realm cultivation, he could not sit in the top position of military officer in a city.

"Zhang Yuan, Zhang Erhe," He Jin smiled when he saw Zhang Yuan, "What's the matter, did Sergeant Qian catch you by the horns?"

He Jin had met Zhang Yuan before. Five years ago, when Zhang Yuan returned from Toyota County, He Jin summoned him.

As the chief military officer of Luyang Prefecture, He Jin naturally wanted to see the military guards who had returned from the bloody battle in Toyota County.

Later, He Jin also guided Zhang Yuan in his martial arts training several times.

In the past two years, Zhang Yuan has been away more often. Luyang Prefecture has more and more business affairs, and He Jin is busy with work, so he hasn't seen Zhang Yuan.

"Your Excellency is right. This time we've really caught this kid by the horns." Qian Mu grinned, walked forward, and whispered a few words to He Jin. He Jin frowned at first, then his expression changed and he looked at Zhang Yuan.

"It's a shame to release a twenty-year-old who is in the middle stage of the acquired period..."

After a moment of hesitation, He Jin said, "Come here, bring the military merit book from the Wuwei Yamen in the palace."

The soldier at the door responded, and a moment later, a clerk holding a book in both hands walked in and bowed to He Jin.

"Let's see how much military merit Zhang Yuan has made in the past few years." He Jin waved his hand and said.

"Your Excellency, since Zhang Yuan joined the Wuwei Yamen, he has accumulated a total of 112 levels of military merits, both large and small. This was recorded just yesterday, and I remember it clearly."

The clerk looked up at Zhang Yuan with admiration on his face. "Since the establishment of the Luyang Prefecture Wuwei Yamen, over the past few hundred years, only five people have achieved over a hundred military merits. Zhang Yuan ranks third."

The highest position in the Wuwei Yamen was only the seventh-rank Wuwei leader, and the chief officer above him was already an official of the government office.

Most of those who can really kill strong men of level 30 or 50 alone will be transferred directly and it is impossible for them to stay in the Wuwei Yamen for a long time.

The Wuwei Yamen is not valued because there are no real masters among them.

"You've reached level 100 so quickly..." He Jin looked at Zhang Yuan with a look of surprise.

This guy returned from a three-month bloody battle at Toyota. He really had a murderous intention, but he hid it under the name of being a righteous man, so outsiders didn't know it.

When he was guiding Zhang Yuan in his training, he saw that there was a lot of violence in Zhang Yuan's swordsmanship, but it was cleverly hidden.

He Jin waved his hand to let the clerk leave and looked at Zhang Yuan with a serious expression.

"Zhang Yuan, the Luyang Prefecture Military Guard Office will be expanded soon. It will be directly under the command of this judge. At the same time, a lieutenant will be assigned to the post and the five captains will be reorganized."

"You are not an official, so you cannot be promoted directly to the rank of captain, but the government office can arrange for you to serve as a seventh-rank black uniform guard and take over the position of captain."

"I'll grant you the position after you pass the military officer assessment at the county government."

This was the condition for letting Chen Wu go to the border army. Chen Wu could go, but Zhang Yuan had to stay and serve as a captain in the Wuwei Yamen.

In fact, if Zhang Yuan wants to be promoted, he has plenty of opportunities.

The Chilin Army had invited him more than once, and Bai Shaoting even said that if Zhang Yuan went there, he could directly become his deputy.

Zhang Yuan has been focusing on his own cultivation over the years and has not paid attention to his official position in the court.

However, after discovering that the opportunity to enter the Grandmaster realm was actually a treasure of the relic level, his thoughts changed.

Just being an ordinary guard in Luyang Prefecture, it would be impossible for him to get access to information about treasures of that level in his lifetime.

Moreover, the merits on the roll of linen were almost paid off, and it was time for him to consider the future.

"Zhang Yuan can be the acting captain, but I have a condition."

Zhang Yuan clasped his fists, looked at He Jin, and spoke loudly.

"Tell me about it." He Jin chuckled.

As long as Zhang Yuan agrees to be the acting captain, he can agree to some conditions.

"I wonder how much you know about the Tang family?"

Zhang Yuan's voice rang out.

He Jin and Sergeant Qian Mu who was standing beside him were both stunned.

What does it mean?
"I have met Tang Wenshang, the head of the Tang family, several times. He serves as the county magistrate in Jiulin County. Jiulin has been a bit chaotic lately, and the government is considering removing the magistrate and replacing him with Tang Wenshang."

"There should have been rumors about this, right?"

Qian Mu had just said that Zhang Yuan agreed to take Chen Wu to the Tang family to apologize.

He Jin frowned and looked at Zhang Yuan: "The matter between Chen Wu and the Tang family's children is just a quarrel between young people. It doesn't matter. If you hadn't insisted on letting him leave——"

"Sir, you are being disrespectful to the Wuwei Yamen and treating us, the Zaoyiwei, as your lackeys. This is not just a dispute of pride." Zhang Yuan's voice interrupted He Jin.

"If this matter cannot be handled properly, the reputation of the Wuwei Yamen will be completely ruined. Even if we expand our forces, we will not be able to deter the other parties and will only waste money and food."

He Jin was about to speak when Zhang Yuan looked up, his face solemn, "Sir, don't forget, Chen Wu is a twenty-year-old late-stage post-natal cultivator. If such an elite Wuwei Yamen were forced to leave by the Tang family, what prestige does the Wuwei Yamen still have in the eyes of the people of Luyang Prefecture?"

Qian Mu opened his mouth but said nothing.

Weren't you the one who wanted Chen Wu to leave the Wuwei Yamen?
He Jin frowned slightly, and his aura stagnated.

Zhang Yuan's reasons were a bit far-fetched.

He insisted on arranging Chen Wu to join the border army, saying that he was forced by the Tang family.

But this was the condition proposed by Zhang Yuan for taking the position of acting captain.

And just as Zhang Yuan said, if this incident gets out, the prestige of the Wuwei Yamen will indeed be greatly damaged.

"What do you want?" Looking at Zhang Yuan, He Jin spoke in a deep voice.

"Since the Tang family members called us the Royal Guards lackeys, let's show them what real Royal Guards lackeys are." Zhang Yuan's face was calm, but there was a flash of murderous intent in his eyes.

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