Chapter 339: I didn't see Shen Canghai back then
Of course Wei Wuji knew the chief arrester of the six gates of the Changping Mansion, but he knew him, but the other party didn't know him, because for a gang member like Wei Wuji, how could he know the head of a big family?
The leader of any major sect is not as important as knowing the real powerful people in the six local sects.
Therefore, before Wei Wuji came to Changping Mansion, he had already sent people to Changping Mansion to inquire about the relevant information of the main leaders in the six gates. However, what Wei Wuji heard were only written information and did not see it with his own eyes.
He has met the main leaders of the six gates of Changping Prefecture, so this is the first time he has met this big boss who is in charge of all the police officers in one prefecture and two counties!
The chief catcher of the six gates of Changping Mansion is named Wu Fan, and he is nicknamed "Open Sky Hand". As the name suggests, what he is good at must be palm skills. Judging from his appearance, he is not too old, and is probably only
Appearing to be in his thirties.
Although his actual age is definitely older than his appearance, it is not too much older. Wu Fang's current martial arts realm is in the late stage of the innate realm, and is not far from the peak of the innate realm.
In terms of strength alone, Shen Canghai in his later years was actually not as strong as Wu Fan. However, in the list of Changping martial arts masters compiled by the good guys, Shen Canghai has been at the top of the list for decades and has never changed hands.
The reason for this is firstly that Shen Canghai was indeed very powerful in his prime, and secondly because Wu Fan is not a native of Changping Prefecture, but the good guys who compiled this list are actually locals of Changping Prefecture.
Therefore, when compiling the list, they will inevitably favor Shen Canghai. It is understandable that Shen Canghai reached the top of the list at the peak of the Xiantian realm when he was in his prime. But now that his strength has dropped significantly this year, this top position should obviously be given to Wu Fan.
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It's just that the Golden Crown is the fact. The people who compiled the list also have an honest reason for such a ranking. That is, Shen Canghai was once the peak of the innate realm. Even in his later years, when his strength declined to the innate realm, there are still
Who can guarantee that he will not burst out at the peak of the Xiantian realm at the necessary moment?
Therefore, as long as there is no more peak Xiantian realm master in Changping Mansion, absolutely no one can be ranked in front of Shen Canghai. However, Wu Fan will definitely be ranked first in future lists, but not because his strength exceeds
Shen Canghai, but because Shen Canghai has passed away, any list in the world, whether formal or informal, will not rank the dead person on it.
However, Wu Fan was able to become the chief catcher of the six doors of Changping Mansion at this age. Although his strength was a large part of the reason, his mind was also far beyond ordinary people. For this list compiled by good people, Wu Fan did not
Instead of being jealous or hating Shen Canghai, he once made some remarks about it during the banquet. The general meaning was that in the past few decades, there have been several people in Changping Mansion who can be compared with Shen Canghai, who "chased the wind and the moon". Wu
It is already a great honor for Wu Fan to be discussed together with Senior Shen.
From these words, we can know that Wu Fan is definitely not the kind of person who is brave and foolhardy. Wu Fan's words not only dispelled many people in Changping Mansion who wanted to see Wu Fan and Shen Canghai hostile, but also made everyone
Everyone knows that Wu Fan has a broad mind.
The most important thing is that these words finally reached the ears of Shen Canghai. Hearing this, Shen Canghai was very fond of Wu Fan, so he personally came forward to have a meeting with Wu Fan. It is said that the two were in good terms at the time. , the Shen family will therefore continue their good relationship with the six doors of Changping Mansion.
So now that Shen Canghai has passed away, Wu Fan will definitely come to see him off in person, whether it is public or private. Yu Gong Shen Canghai is the head of the Shen family, the first family in Changping Prefecture, and as the head of the Shen family in Changping Prefecture, he The chief catcher of the six doors must be present.
Although his friendship with Shen Canghai is not that deep in private, they have met many times, and each time they can be said to be very happy, let alone not long ago. In order to deal with the family forces that were eyeing the Shen family, Shen Canghai and Shen Mingren also gave Wu Fan a large amount of valuable black gold, so considering this aspect, he also had to be present.
It's just that Wu Fan and Liu Pi are very different. In addition to being the head of the Liu family, one of the eight major families in Changping Prefecture, Liu Pi is also Shen Ye's uncle and is considered an in-law to the Shen family, so he treats Shen Ye well. Even Shen Zhizhong, his attitude can be considered mild.
But Wu Fan has no blood relationship with anyone in the Shen family, and apart from Shen Canghai having some personal relationship with him, even Shen Mingren is not very familiar with him, so facing the When Shen Ye and Shen Zhizhong said hello, Wu Fan just nodded lightly as a response, and his attitude seemed very cold. However, Shen Ye and Shen Zhizhong did not dare to be dissatisfied, but Shen Zhizhong quietly brought him there. In the lobby of the Shen family residence.
Wei Wuji couldn't help but smile secretly when he saw this scene. He didn't know whether Wu Fan was broad-minded or not, but now it seemed that Wu Fan was indeed a very proud man. However, at his age, he could be the sixth-door leader of Changping Mansion. Being the chief catcher, as long as the backer behind him is not particularly powerful, is indeed something to be proud of.
However, Wei Wuji couldn't help but joked to Shen Ye: "Xiaoye, it seems that the chief arrester of our Changping Mansion doesn't seem to take you two seriously. He doesn't even have time to say a few words to you. I owe you."
Hearing this, Shen Ye first looked around, then glared at Wei Wuji, and whispered: "I am the chief arrester of the six gates of Changping Mansion. If you put it in the entire six gates, you can be regarded as an official. The Shen family Only when my grandpa was alive could I have some friendship with him. Isn't it normal to look down on us juniors? If you speak like this, be careful that others will overhear you. Then I can catch you by surprise."
What Shen Ye said made sense. Wei Wuji nodded in agreement and stopped joking. At this moment, another person walked towards the Shen family mansion, and this person's dress was similar to that of Wu who entered earlier. They are exactly the same, except for the style of the wild goose-wing knife hanging from their waists.
If Wei Wuji guessed correctly, the man from the Six Gates who was walking towards them now should be Huang Tao, the chief inspector of the Six Gates of Changping Prefecture, nicknamed "Tongqiao Iron Arm" by the Jianghu people.
Looking at this nickname, you can tell that he, like Wei Wuji, is following the path of a body-refining warrior. However, not all body-refining warriors have the same body shape as Wei Wuji. At least the Huang Tao in front of him looks no different from ordinary people in appearance. .
Huang Tao and Wu Fan belong to the first and second leaders of the six doors of Changping Mansion. Logically speaking, since they are attending the funeral for Shen Canghai, they should come together. But now, Wu Fan arrived first, and then Huang Tao followed closely. What may seem like troublesome behavior is actually the most normal.
First of all, there is a gap between their identities. Huang Tao is one level lower than Wu Fan, so naturally the two cannot stand side by side in formal occasions, unless their relationship is particularly good. But from the current situation From the looks of things, it can only be said that the relationship between the two is not particularly harmonious.
However, this is a normal thing within the Six Doors. After all, the position of Supervisory Chief Inspector is nominally able to supervise all the local policemen except the Chief Inspector in the Six Doors. It seems that he is only the Chief Inspector. A subordinate, but in fact he has a power called cross-level reporting.
There is no doubt that this power is given to check and balance the chief arrester. Therefore, there is a natural contradiction between the supervisory chief arrester and the chief arrester, and it is still difficult to reconcile. After all, if these two people give up their contradictions, Once the reconciliation is done, their bosses probably won't be able to sleep.
Therefore, in the Davidic Dynasty, whether it was a state, a government, or even a county, in the six gates of these places, it was an open secret that the chief catcher and the supervisory chief catcher did not deal with each other.
For example, in Xiangliao County where Wei Wuji was born, Sun Haoyu, the chief inspector, always wanted to replace the chief arrester Dong Chengcheng. Later, it even evolved to the point where the two started fighting, although the two finally put aside their old grudges because of Wei Wuji's emergence. , but it only suppresses the contradictions, but does not mean that there are no contradictions.
As for the situation like that in Fu'an County, where the chief catcher and the supervisory chief catcher live in harmony and are like brothers, it is a special situation among special situations. Firstly, because the friendship between Yuan Shilin and Liu Zhicheng is quite deep; secondly, because Both of them have strong backers, so even if they get along harmoniously, their bosses don't dare to have any dissatisfaction.
However, the situation of these two people is only a special case after all, so most of the six doors are still like the six doors of Changping Mansion. The chief catcher and the chief supervisory catcher each have their own thoughts, but they hide them in their hearts. I won't say it out loud, but from the outside, there's nothing wrong with the way the two get along.
Shen Zhizhong sent Wu Fan to the lobby of the Shen family before, but he has not returned yet, so Shen Ye had to go up to greet him alone and said: "Shen Ye of the Shen family has seen Mr. Huang arrest his head."
In fact, from Shen Ye's words, we can also hear another contradiction between the chief arrester in the Six Gates and the chief inspector, and that is the issue of how outsiders call them. According to common sense, in Changping Only Wu Fan in the government can be called the chief catcher, while Huang Tao can only be called the chief supervisor.
But to put it bluntly, everyone is out to get involved in the world, and no one is a fool. Who would call Huang Tao the Inspector General and the Head Catcher when addressing him?
Even if he has the courage and strength, this kind of behavior is just looking for trouble. No one with a normal mind would do such a thing, so people in the Changping Mansion also call Huang Tao the chief catcher.
Well, there is obviously only one chief arrester in the six gates of Changping Mansion, so who is Wu Fan or Huang Tao?
Of course, people with knowledge would say it was Wu Fan, but if they were people without knowledge, they might actually regard Huang Tao as the chief arrester. Of course Wu Fan could not blame others for this, but what exactly was he thinking in his heart? Yes, then others have no way of knowing.
However, compared with Wu Fan, Huang Tao is obviously much more approachable, and he responded to Shen Ye's greetings with the same gentleness. Therefore, Wei Wuji has a much better sense of Huang Tao than Wu Fan, because in Wei Wuji's opinion, Wu Fan is too proud. , it really doesn’t make people like him, and Wei Wuji only feels this way because he is also a proud person. Two proud people are destined to be unable to become friends.
Although Huang Tao is at the same late stage of the innate realm as Wu Fan, he is older than Wu Fan, and at the same time his status is lower than Wu Fan. And Huang Tao is not willing to stop here in life, so naturally I want to compete with Wu Fan.
It's just that although the strength of the two sides is almost the same, it is obvious that Wu Fan is superior in terms of potential. Therefore, Huang Tao feels that he cannot compete with Wu Fan, so he can only choose to start from other directions and win over the Changping Mansion. One of the ways is that the eight major families support him.
Huang Tao knew that the Shen family gave Wu Fan a large amount of black gold a few days ago. Of course, you can only worship one god in the same temple, so since the Shen family sent gifts to Wu Fan for protection, they naturally would not give them to Wu Fan again. Huang Tao gave him a gift, but Huang Tao didn't feel very angry because he understood the rules of the world.
What really interests Huang Tao is the strength that the Shen family is showing now. After Shen Canghai's death, the strength of the Shen family will be greatly weakened. This is something that many people in Changping Mansion have thought about before, but as the Shen family takes over With a rare item like black gold, even if their strength drops, it won't be as much as originally imagined.
After Shen Canghai passed away, Shen Mingren became the head of the Shen family. The relationship between Shen Mingren and Wu Fan was not as close as that of Shen Canghai, so Huang Tao felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he planned to win over the Shen family. Only when he comes to his own side can he be so polite to a junior like Shen Ye.
Shen Zhizhong was away, and Shen Ye still had to stay outside the door to wait for other guests, so Wei Wuji could only lead Huang Tao to the Shen family lobby. Huang Tao looked at Wei Wuji carefully on the way, and then suddenly asked: "Brother Are you not from the Shen family?"
Although Wei Wuji didn't know what Huang Tao meant, he still answered honestly: "If the boss arrests me, I am indeed not a member of the Shen family, but Shen Ye is my fiancée, so if I are counted as a member of the Shen family It's all right, but I don't know how the chief catcher can tell that I'm not from the Shen family?"
Huang Tao said with a smile: "Because I am also a body-refining warrior, so I can tell at a glance that you are also a body-refining warrior, and the Shen family is most famous for the family's secret skill [Zhui Feng Twenty-Eight" Lu Qian Yue Sword Technique], so I believe that if I were a member of the Shen family, I would not choose to take the path of body training, after all, this path is much more difficult than Qi training."
Chapter completed!