Promise!

Chapter 68, Jiang Wei

Team leaders Ke Jingxing and Song Jie brought Zhuang Jin to the courtyard and private room assigned to his team.

Song Jie only met Zhuang Jin once to get acquainted with his new colleague, and then left. Ke Jingxing stayed and said a few more words: "The team leader has a lot of free time, just... our Furong Street..."

Ke Jingxing has been in Furong Street for a few months and is considered an old man. It is really good to have such an old man to lead the way. Zhuang Jin is a newcomer and will subconsciously be considered half of his own. His previous acquaintance and conversation with Song Jie were quite harmonious. Now he introduced Zhuang Jin to the rights and obligations of the team leader, as well as the situation of the street.

Zhuang Jin had heard about the treatment of a team leader from Qian Wende. After hearing it in detail again, he still felt it was quite good. He had free time during normal times and could practice to his heart's content. It was more comfortable than teaching martial artists or martial arts for an incense stick in the morning and afternoon in the past few months. He only needed to be on night duty once every three days, patrolling with the team for two hours until midnight.

"Captain Shangyuezhuang's team was ambushed by the Medicine King Gang warriors, and most of the team was killed. Only a second-level warrior named Jiang Wei survived. He's considered a veteran in the team, so you can ask him if you have any questions..."

Because the teams also had to hold a meeting that morning, Ke Jingxing said all this and told Zhuang Jin to come to him if she had any problems, and then he left.

Zhuang Jin also went out and got to know Yue's men.

He is at the third level of the realm and is the team leader, commanding four people, consisting of two second-level warriors and two first-level warriors.

Zhuang Jin was slightly pleased when he saw Yue's team members, among whom were two familiar faces.

Du Yunqi was the only official warrior who emerged during the first month of teaching martial arts. He learned the Black Evil Palm while studying martial arts in the following month and received the reward for the optional task in March. Now, which is the last month, he is currently at the first level and is stuck at the bottleneck between the first and second levels.

The other party took the initiative to choose the north of the city this month. Seeing that Zhuang Jin was the team leader, he took the initiative to choose to be assigned under Zhuang Jin.

Zhou Chao is the one who has been teaching the martial arts student for the second month and who told him not to be grateful. He also taught him martial arts the month before and had been his teacher for two months. This month, he did not take the initiative to choose Zhuang Jin.

——Because he learned martial arts the month before last, but didn't get started, he only had one month to choose a mission. Last month he chose the Shen family headquarters, and this month he was assigned to the north of the city. Probably the General Affairs Department saw that Zhou Chao was Zhuang Jin's student, so they assigned him here according to the 'principle of familiarity'.

At present, this student is also at the first level, but he continued to practice martial arts last month and also mastered the Black Evil Palm.

To be honest, when Zhou Chao saw that Zhuang Jin was his team leader, he was dumbfounded. He groaned in his heart and sighed that he had bad luck and was in great misfortune. How come he ended up under Master Zhuang again?
In fact, he did not choose the Shen family headquarters last month, but the North City Street. Generally, there would be no adjustments, and it would not be under Zhuang Jin's command this month. The current situation is actually caused by his pursuit of stability last month.

Jiang Wei, at the second level of the Sutra Realm, is the only old man in the team. He was the only one who survived the sneak attack by the Medicine King Gang last month. He suffered minor injuries, needless to say.

The last second-level warrior is named Pan Zimo. He participated in the martial arts recruitment one year later than Zhuang Jin. He started learning martial arts in the second month and received a three-month reward. This month, the self-selected task time also ended and he was assigned here.

Introduce yourself and get to know each other.

The four team members, including the somewhat awkward Zhou Chao, were all respectful and honest to Zhuang Jin, at least on the surface.

It's also normal. Not to mention the saying "a higher-ranking official can crush a lower-ranking official", if Zhuang Jin is unhappy with someone, he is fully capable of targeting him. For example, if the team leader is on duty at night and encounters a sneak attack by the Medicine King Gang, if there is spare capacity, who should he support first and who should he support later? The difference in order can sometimes mean the difference between life and death!
"Jiang Wei, right? You are a veteran in our team. Tell us in detail about the situation in Furong Street." Zhuang Jin looked at Jiang Wei.

"Yes, Captain Zhuang." Jiang Wei stood up, half bowed, and explained with an apologetic smile, "We don't have much to do here on the street. We mainly urge the street merchants to pay their monthly bills. If anyone hasn't paid on time, we'll go and ask them... Generally, no one dares to deliberately delay. After all, their shop is here, and they can't run away."

"And then there's the daily patrols. Hey, those are just trivial matters. Let's go and mediate some of them. There's some benefits to that. Captain Zhuang, you don't have to go, but you'll get the biggest share. Just take a three-day shift and lead the night patrol... Within the streets, each of our three teams has their own division of responsibility, and it's already established with the other two teams. It's a common practice..."

"Okay, you are a veteran in the team, so take them with you today to familiarize themselves with the place!" Zhuang Jin nodded slightly.

"okay!"

Jiang Wei agreed and continued to be courteous, "Captain Zhuang, you just arrived today, so you haven't prepared anything yet... The things used in the room belong to the previous team leader... who died... It's bad luck... I know where to buy bedding and other sundries here, and where to buy them cheap and practical. Leave these chores to me, and I will definitely take care of them for you. Just rest assured."

Zhuang Jin glanced at the other party, did not refuse, and took out one or two taels of silver.

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Soon, Jiang Wei brought back the things he bought and gave the remaining money to Zhuang Jin. He asked him some more questions and asked him to take Du Yunqi, Zhou Chao and Pan Zimo out on patrol.

As the team leader, Zhuang Jin didn't have to worry about these things and was preparing to practice.

"Brother Zhuang!"

At this time, Qian Wende hurried over. He had just finished a meeting with his team and had been absent. He came to Zhuang Jin to show his courtesy: "It's a pity that I'm not in Brother Zhuang's team. I'm in trouble. I came here just now. Brother Zhuang, let me check for you and see what bedding and other miscellaneous items need to be replaced..."

"What, you've already bought it?"

He was quite dissatisfied that someone dared to steal his job. When he heard that it was Jiang Wei, he said, "Brother Zhuang, you don't know what's going on. Don't let yourself be deceived by this villain. I think Jiang Wei is not a good person. Brother Zhuang, you must be careful."

Zhuang Jin glanced at Qian Wende and recalled Jiang Wei, a slightly plump man with a face that looked like a chrysanthemum when he smiled. From their previous conversation, it seemed that this person spoke in a frivolous manner and seemed untruthful.

However, after such a short contact, it is still a bit premature to judge him as a villain or a bad person.

Seeing Zhuang Jin's disbelief, Qian Wende immediately grew anxious. As someone who shared a similar background, he was extremely sensitive to his own kind. He said, "Brother Zhuang, believe me! I've noticed something's amiss with Jiang Wei for a long time. Last month, their team was ambushed, and everyone from the team leader down was killed by the Medicine King Gang warriors. He was the only one who survived... Although we happened to see the Medicine King Gang warriors besieging his former team leader when we went over to support them, he wasn't a key target, so we were lucky... But thinking about it later, I still feel something is amiss..."

"Oh?" Zhuang Jin nodded and narrowed his eyes slightly after hearing this.

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(End of this chapter)