After the regular morning meeting, the ghosts and gods lined up to collect their reward money.
Chu Chen received one thousand and fifty jade coins.
One thousand jade coins is an additional reward from the Ghosts and Gods Division. In addition, the salary of fifty jade coins last month was also paid in advance this time.
Jade coins are generally divided into two types.
One is the copper coin style, which is round on the outside and square on the inside. A copper coin is a jade coin.
The other is a banknote style, with fifty jade coins per piece and one hundred jade coins per piece.
Chu Chen received ten hundred-yuan bills and a small jade coin, and stuffed them into the bracelet fairy hole in his sleeve.
"Now that I'm rich, I can buy twenty-one packs of Yihun Xinxiang, and my fifty soldiers and horses can be turned into Yellow Turban warriors. Well, I can also expand the army appropriately and strengthen the soldiers and horses at hand."
Chu Chen thought in his mind that with the blessing of the Heart Temple, he could refine weapons much better than ordinary mages.
It would be a pity not to take advantage of this advantage.
Shake people to make them come back, but after all, you are borrowing external force, and there are many restrictions on its use, so it is always not as reliable as having soldiers and horses who are loyal to you.
While Chu Chen was making secret calculations, his former "boss", the deputy head of Class B, walked over with a shy smile.
"I've met the general manager and deputy squad leader~"
Deputy Team Leader Liu, who was slightly put on weight, smiled like a Maitreya Buddha, with a flattering look on his face.
Chu Chen nodded slightly and said with a smile: "No need to be polite, Deputy Team Leader Liu. Why, Deputy Team Leader Liu wants to see me for something?"
"Hehe, here's the thing, I want to explain to you, I didn't know that the White Bone Empress offered a reward to you that day..."
Deputy Team Leader Liu Balabala talked a lot, explaining that he really didn't know that day and didn't understand that the White Bone Empress was offering a reward to him, otherwise he would definitely not have arranged for him to go out alone to handle the case.
Later, he explained that there was no one behind him and it was just a coincidence.
As he talked, Deputy Team Leader Liu was sweating.
After he understood the cause and effect, he suddenly understood why the atmosphere among the four governors that day was so weird, and he realized what a stupid thing he had done unintentionally.
Does Xu Duguan think that he is being instigated by others?
Doesn’t the new immortal official in front of him think that his intentions are evil?
In the past few days, Deputy Team Leader Liu had trouble sleeping and eating due to this, and he was gradually losing weight.
Although Chu Chen didn't like the snobbish and sophisticated Deputy Team Leader Liu, he believed the other party's explanation, smiled and said:
"Deputy Team Leader Liu, don't think too much. You acted according to the rules, so there is nothing wrong with you."
Deputy Team Leader Liu nodded, and then said: "Then... Xu Du will take care of that..."
"This is also what my master meant."
"Oh, that's good, that's good!"
Deputy Team Leader Liu breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile on his face became more exaggerated, humble, and vaguely meant to please.
The two sides didn't chat for long. Soon Huang Fugui and Zhang Xiucai arrived, and Deputy Team Leader Liu went about his official duties very wisely.
"Brother Chu, congratulations!"
The two of them congratulated Chu Chen one after another.
Chu Chen waved his hand and said humbly: "It's a fluke."
Zhang Xiucai shook his head: "There is no such thing as a fluke. You have really made great achievements, and your accumulated merits have led to an extraordinary promotion. No one can say anything."
"Who said that? The third shift patrol officers were all jealous and had a lot of sarcastic and weird words. I was so angry that I almost started a fight with them just now." Huang Fugui muttered, quite unhappy.
Chu Chen laughed: "Fugui, don't get angry with others over such a trivial matter, there's no need."
"Hmm~"
Huang Fugui nodded and said with emotion: "I thought that the three of us would work together for at least two or three months. I never expected that we would have to work on products one after another, and we would have to be busy with our own things from now on."
"Fugui, don't be coy. It's a good thing to be independent. Let's get together and celebrate after the office is over."
The three of them nodded.
Zhang Xiucai took Huang Fugui to work on errands, and Chu Chen also went straight to the Xin'an City God's Temple.
He was in charge of "Chaodu" and had a lot of dealings with the Xin'an City God, and soldiers and horses had to be recruited from the City God.
When a new official takes office, the first thing he does is naturally visit the City God and arrange errands.
"Judge Chu~ Congratulations!"
The Xin'an City God warmly received Chu Chen.
In fact, the Xin'an City God has always been kind and enthusiastic towards Chu Chen.
However, there are still slight differences.
The previous "enthusiasm and kindness" were mostly due to the potential of Taoist Xu Ping and Chu Chen. It was the elders who were optimistic about the "juniors".
But this time when he visited the City God's Temple again, the Xin'an City God's attitude towards Chu Chen had undergone subtle changes.
In the words, the elders' encouragement to the younger ones was less encouraging, and there was a faint more "equality" flavor.
Chu Chen could feel this change and was happy about it.
"City God, please take care of me, a junior in school, in the future."
"Hey, that's wrong. In the future, when you are in charge of salvation matters, I, the City God, should be the one to ask you. Without your help, it won't be possible to save the souls of the dead."
Xin'an City God thought for a while and said:
"Judge Chu, it's a coincidence that there have been many dead souls who have reached their end of life recently and are in urgent need of salvation. When do you think you will be free?"
When Chu Chen heard that there were souls in urgent need of "transcendence", he immediately became interested.
"Junior is free at any time. Is there anyone who is here today?"
"Yes! In fact, a lot of dead souls have reached the deadline in the past few days. It's just that everyone in the Ghosts and Gods Department is busy with the case of the Bone Lady, so I didn't bother all four of them to take care of it. Anyway, it won't matter if it's a few days later."
"City God, what are you waiting for? It's better to hit the sun than to choose another day."
"Easy to say, easy to say, let's go, Judge Chu, follow me into the underworld."
The Xin'an City God also acted vigorously and resolutely. Without much chatting, he led Chu Chen into the backyard of the City God's Temple.
A team of Yin Chai waited quietly.
In the front, there are Yincha playing the "Silence" and "Avoidance" cards, and in the back are two Nuange ghost sedans.
Chu Chen and the City God each sit on one roof, which is quite impressive.
Sitting on the ghost sedan, a gloomy wind howled.
Chu Chen's vision went dark at first, and then he opened his eyes again, and the world changed drastically.
It was a dark world with no sky and howling wind.
There was a faint light flickering all around, cold and lonely.
Not long after, a ghost town several times larger than Xin'an County appeared in front of us.
In the ghost town, the ghost residents live like ordinary people in the world, living next to each other, all businesses are prosperous, and it is quite lively.
The City God's ceremonial procession appeared in the ghost town when he was traveling. Wherever he passed, the residents of the underworld prostrated themselves on the ground and paid homage respectfully.
That scene was quite shocking.
Chu Chen was slightly speechless. This City God had more cards than Magistrate Xu.
After all, when Magistrate Xu swaggered through the city, the common people could only avoid him and bow their hands in worship. How could there be such a grand scene of thousands of ghosts prostrate themselves to worship him?
"City God, this is really a big scene. Speaking of which, this is the first time for this junior to see so many dead ghosts." Chu Chen couldn't help but sigh.
When the City God heard this, he showed no pride or joy at all. Instead, he frowned and said:
"Oh, stop talking. I'm so worried. There are more and more ghosts in Xin'an Hell. I work hard for it every day. It's too hard."
Speaking of this, the City God remembered something and said: "Judge Chu, if I remember correctly, you only have fifty soldiers and horses in your jar. Now you will be promoted to an immortal official. Fifty soldiers and horses are too few.
No matter what, we need fifty more troops."
The City God rubbed his hands and tried his best to sell: "Don't worry, I will definitely give you elite soldiers. They are all heroic souls who died on the battlefield. They are all capable of fighting well. You will definitely be satisfied."
"One hundred soldiers and horses..."
Chu Chen hesitated slightly, seeming to be thinking about something.
When the City God saw this, he immediately became anxious and retreated:
"How about adding another twenty-five troops?"
Chu Chen shook his head, and when the City God was disappointed, he spoke again.
"Why don't we add another 150 troops and horses, so we can raise just 200 troops and horses!"