Terra Martial God and Merit System

"There's no need for this." Tallulah sat down next to her. "I forgave you a long time ago."

"Really?"

"Really? After all, we were all very young at that time."

Chen Huijie looked at Tallulah and suddenly remembered a truth her instructor had taught her in school.

'If you are happy enough in your life now, then you can accept all the suffering you have experienced in the past.'

There is no doubt....Tallulah does seem to be living a happy life now.

And me?

Chen Huijie asked: What about me?

"I feel the need to explain to you what I've been through." Tallulah said, "Well... there's no rush now, let's start..."

"I will begin by telling you how I was brought to Kosice."

Tallulah recounts her experiences with Kosice.

Her words were concise but clear, and there was a hint of heaviness in their plainness.

Tallulah tells the truth she learned from Kosice and the other party's educational goals.

"He wanted me to take revenge, to kill Wei Yanwu. He wanted me to become a cold-blooded ruler."

"What's your choice?" Chen Huijie asked.

"At first I believed it, but as I grew up, I didn't understand it anymore."

"Wei Yanwu and Kosice are birds of a feather. They are both willing to abandon their humanity for the sake of power and ambition."

"I don't want to be like them, not at all."

"I thought about ways to resist, but in the end I failed. Until... I went to Kamsk on an order from Koschei."

"I met Luo Chen."

..........

Tallulah began to recount her experiences in Kamsco.

Chen Huijie noticed a noteworthy point - when talking about Tallulah's life in Koschei for more than ten years, the other party summarized it in just a few minutes.

On the contrary, she was very excited and almost talked incessantly about Kamsco, a place where she had lived for less than a year.

Tallulah talked about the first time she met Luo Chen, how Luo Chen held her hand, how Luo Chen trusted her unconditionally, and...

She talked about these things in great detail, telling herself all the details.

But the more Chen Huijie listened, the more uncomfortable she felt.

"I felt like I should show you these things," Tallulah said, pulling out a small box from under the desk drawer.

After opening them, she began to show them to Chen Huijie one by one.

“This is a photo of my first public speaking experience…”

“This is a photo of me and the workers. I reviewed it at the time…”

"This is a doll given to me by a little girl. She said I am the best in the world..."

"This is...."

“And this…”

Chen Huijie felt like her throat was choked. She was silent for a long time before finally uttering a word - "Very good..."

Now she really felt the emotions in Tallulah.

It is an upbeat state of mind that is not afraid of danger and is full of happiness.

She was trying to share her joy and excitement with herself. But...it was hard for Chen Huijie to accept.

I even felt some jealousy in my heart.

She tried to suppress the emotion that shouldn't exist and calmed herself down. "So... I misunderstood him?"

"of course."

"But this is too bizarre." Chen Huijie couldn't help but speculate, "How does he know my identity and current situation? Xiaota, you shouldn't know..."

"Lin Yuxia is here." Tallulah said, "Maybe Luo Chen learned it from her... or he used his own intelligence network."

"Luo Chen knows a lot of secrets about this land. He has his own ways to get some information that we don't know."

"Maybe he's just hiding something from you..." Chen Huijie speculated maliciously. "You trust him too much..."

"Huijie you..."

Chen Huijie's heart moved, and she immediately shut up, "Just pretend I didn't say that."

Tallulah's expression softened a lot. "Anyway, I've said everything I wanted to say."

"Okay. Then why did he call me here?" Chen Huijie asked, "Does he really want me to take over the security system?"

"It's very likely." Tallulah said, "Luo Chen has done this many times... He likes to directly appoint senior officials. There have been no problems so far."

'This guy does things in a very strange way...' Chen Huijie thought silently in her heart, 'Xiaota seems to trust Luo Chen very much...'

'But he must have other plans...I can't completely believe what Xiaota said.'

'Perhaps I can pretend to agree for now. Then gradually find out the truth....'

Chapter 173 Appointment of Minister Chen

"Are you the graduate of Victoria Royal Guard Academy that the city lord mentioned?" Herag asked the girl in front of him.

"I am." Chen Huijie nodded, "I...uh...they asked me to come find you."

"Where is the appointment document?"

Chen Huijie handed the document to Helag.

Until now, she still hadn't expected that Luo Chen would give her the position of Minister of the Ministry of Public Security so easily.

This is not an ordinary job...

Even though she was a graduate of the Royal Victoria Guard College, it was rare to hear of previous graduates being able to achieve such rapid success after graduation.

Could it be...is it because of the little tower?

"No problem. Then Miss Chen..." Helag returned the appointment document. "I'll take you to the Ministry of Public Security first."

When Helag took Chen Huijie there, Chen Huijie kept looking at him.

She also knew Hellagur's identity before this - [Commander of the City Defense Force].

It was another position with real power and influence. Moreover, Chen Huijie could sense that this general was not a good-for-nothing.

Chen Huijie could sense in him the temperament that only a veteran soldier could have. He was calm, composed, rational, and meticulous in everything he did.

She could only feel this kind of temperament in some instructors in school.

Following him, Chen Huijie couldn't help but become serious.

"This is where the Public Security Department is located." Herag took her to a building. "From now on, it will be under your jurisdiction."

"Are you...not kidding?" Chen Huijie looked at the building in front of him.

There was a big hole in its door, and the entire door frame disappeared into nowhere.

At the door, there was a pool of blood that had turned black.

Looking inside, it was pitch black and I couldn't see anything.

"This is all caused by the city lord," Herag said. "During the riot, a group of members gathered here who deceived their superiors and subordinates."

"The city lord kicked the door open and rushed in, then killed everyone inside."

"I have been in charge of public security part-time since then... The office is in the military. This place has been abandoned."

"But now that you are here, everything will be fine." Herag continued, "I have a group of people who are good at public security. They are all soldiers. You can be in charge temporarily..."

"No!" Chen Huijie interrupted him, "Where are the other people in the Public Security Department?"

"I thought I had made it clear." Herag looked at Chen Huijie, "They were all killed by the city lord."

"why?"

"I've said it before - because they deceive their superiors and subordinates and don't do their job properly." Herag sighed, a little disappointed. His eyes seemed to say - 'Is this the level of graduates from the Victoria Royal Guard Academy?'

"What you mean is... there is only me and your people in this department now?" Chen Huijie couldn't help but confirm.

"That's right. And once you have established the structure, I will take the people back." Herag said, "They are all very important talents."

".....I...I'm not sure if I can..." Chen Huijie was a little panicked.

She had no experience in this area before, and her real purpose was not this, but to find out who Luo Chen was.

Could it be...

An idea came to Chen Huijie's mind - could it be that Luo Chen already knew her thoughts and therefore let her come to a department that had nothing?

"You have to be able to do it!" Herag said seriously, "Listen, I don't care about your grades in school. The reality has nothing to do with your grades in school."

"Luo Chen gave you this position, which means he trusts you very much. You can't let him down."

"..." Chen Huijie didn't say anything, but her eyes clearly showed her inner thoughts - she was a little indifferent to what Herag said.

Herag originally wanted to be tougher, but he was afraid that the other party would just run away after he said it.

He would have to endure the endless task of collecting corpses, so he took a breath and softened his tone.

"In fact, it's a good thing that I don't have anyone under my command. It's more convenient to build a team from scratch. When I took over the city defense army, I also spent some time cleaning up the remnants of the previous forces - that wasted a lot of my time."

"Commander Helag...can you tell me how you became the commander of the city defense army?" Chen Huijie suddenly asked.

"You want to know this?" Herag was stunned for a moment, "It doesn't hurt to tell you..."

"I am just an ordinary old man living in the slums. During a sudden natural disaster, I met the current city lord..."

"He did something that attracted me. Together we gathered refugees displaced by natural disasters. After he was knighted, I became the commander of the city defense army."

What Helag said was very simple. But for Chen Huijie, the amount of information was indeed quite large.

She realized that Tallulah didn't know these things. Maybe she could get more information from Hellagur.

"You were directly appointed as the commander of the city defense army? There must be a reason for this, right? For example, you have had work in this field before?" Chen Huijie asked.

"I did spend some time in the Ursus army before," Herag replied, "but that's all in the past."

"Can you tell me?"

"Tell me...Okay. Let me think about it..."

"About twenty years ago, uh... should be twenty years ago. I led... a surprise attack..."

"Also thirty years ago, I don't remember it very clearly. I think I was..."

"Wait!" Chen Huijie suddenly interrupted the other party's recollection, her face flushed with excitement, "The war you are talking about... is it happening in Casimir?"

"That was during the Ursus expansion period, right? I remember that these battles were recorded in the textbooks of the Royal Guard Academy. You...you were the commander of Ursus at that time?!"

"This battle was even listed as one of the ten great miracles of modern warfare. Oh my God! Did I see a real person?"

"It's just luck." Herag shook his head, as if he didn't want to talk about the past. "I'm just an ordinary city defense commander now."

"Before becoming the city defense commander, I hadn't come into contact with anything military-related for several years."

“And I’m old too…”

"Even though I am like this, I am now in charge of the city defense forces. I believe that you, young man, can definitely do it."

"What's more, you have gone through more advanced and systematic learning. This is far beyond what I have now."

"In short, the Ministry of Public Security is left to you." He patted Chen Huijie on the shoulder.

Chen Huijie was shocked. This was a famous general encouraging him... This was simply... too exciting.

"Oh, yes, there is also this. This is what you need to do recently. It is better to prepare early." Herag handed a stack of information to Chen Huijie, "I'm leaving first. If you encounter any problems, you can come to me."