It was already midnight when Chu Chen returned to the County Ghosts and Gods Department.
When he went to the ghost market today, he didn't ask for leave, but took a normal rotation.
He rests during the day and works night shift at night, guarding the entire county all night long.
Folks jokingly call them "night watchmen".
This name is unremarkable, but it is the greatest praise that people can give to a person who devotes himself silently in the dark night.
Outside, if anyone mentions the night watchman, the people will give a thumbs up and praise him.
It has been more than a month since Chu Chen joined the Ghosts and Gods Division, and this is his first time to watch a night.
Being a "night watchman" is not something you can do casually.
Either he is an old official, or he is a first-class monk with quite good magical powers.
When Chu Chen took up the position of patrol officer in Class B, he was not placed in the queue.
Now that he had just shown his strength, Ghosts and Gods Division immediately started assigning him night duty.
After being promoted to an official immortal official, Chu Chen had a study room of his own in the side hall of the meeting hall.
He went straight to the office study, called for the clerk, and handed the corpse king's sales receipt to him.
"General manager and deputy squad leader, leave this matter to the younger one, and I will definitely help you get it done as soon as possible."
The middle-aged civil servant had a flattering look on his face.
"Well, that's hard work."
Chu Chen sent away the middle-aged civil servants and went straight to the meeting hall.
"Brother Chu!"
As soon as he entered the meeting hall of the Department of Ghosts and Gods, Huang Fugui smiled honestly and seemed quite surprised.
"Fugui, are you also on night watch?" Chu Chen was also quite surprised to see Huang Fugui.
Although the two were in the same yamen, after he was promoted to Immortal Official, their duties and responsibilities changed drastically, and their social interactions naturally decreased a lot.
"Well, my uncle and I are on night watch together. Hehehe, my childhood dream was to be a night watchman, to protect a place and let the people have a good night's sleep. This time it is a dream come true, fulfilling the promise I made when I was a child.
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Huang Fugui looked quite proud.
"fine."
Chu Chen nodded. The monks also practiced step by step from ordinary people. Everyone has nightmares when they were children, worrying about monsters breaking in, eating people and catching children, etc. Horrible experiences.
Becoming a "night watchman" and letting thousands of people sleep peacefully is the desire and ambition that many people have when they were young. It is simple and sincere.
"Deputy Huang is in charge!"
"Chu Chen, you are here. You and I will be on duty tonight."
Huang Mei, the deputy governor, was quite enthusiastic. He stretched out his hand to lead Chu Chen to sit down and casually ordered his nephew to pour tea and water.
"Actually, there's nothing wrong with being on duty at night. There are people on guard in every class everywhere. The two of us only need to deal with emergencies. Sometimes, there's nothing much to do all night long. You and I drink tea, surrender and practice cultivation. This job is also
It's finished."
Deputy Governor Huang Mei introduced his experience with a smile and made the job very easy.
But, after all, a night job is never that simple.
Especially since they are the only two immortal officials here, they will bear full responsibility for any demons and ghosts in the county who cause trouble, or fail to solve the problem in time, and they will not be careless in the slightest.
Sure enough, after the encouraging opening remarks and polite remarks, Deputy Governor Huang Mei began to talk about various precautions, procedures for handling emergencies, etc.
Some of them were mentioned by Master Xu Ping, and some were Huang Mei’s personal experiences, detailing everything.
After listening to the conversation, Chu Chen benefited a lot and gained a truly intuitive understanding of the "Night Watchman" mission of the Ghosts and Gods Department.
Deputy Guan Huangmei said that he could go back to the study to practice, and that it would not be too late to come out when an emergency arises.
However, it was Chu Chen's first night on duty, so he couldn't be so foolish as to run back to his office and study. No matter what, he had to stay there tonight to familiarize himself with various situations.
When he gets familiar with the night watch duties in the future, he can be more casual.
As Huang Mei said, under normal circumstances, there is nothing important that needs to alarm the two of them.
Two hours passed, and there was no emergency.
That is to say, two cases of lonely ghosts howling and disturbing the residents are reported below.
As soon as the inspector took action, the matter was resolved.
"How is it, Chu Chen, rich and noble? Do you feel bored?"
Huang Mei took a sip of tea happily and smiled at the two of them.
"It's indeed a bit boring, but it's a good thing if nothing happens. Isn't our vigil just for the safety of the people?"
Chu Chen commented quite pertinently.
"Exorcism" is much more interesting than this, and he still misses exorcism a little bit.
Compared to Chu Chen, Huang Fugui had more opinions. He said with a sad face:
"The dream is broken. When I was a child, I thought vigil was a majestic and passionate job. I didn't expect it to be so boring."
Deputy Huang Mei looked at Huang Fugui in spite of his anger and said:
"What do you know, kid? You are a hero when you slay demons vigorously, but the night watchman who is unknown and quietly guards you is not a hero?"
"You are so restless! Learn from Chu Chen. The greatest contribution of the night watchman is that the night is quiet and there is no disaster. What do you know?"
Deputy Huangmei scolded him, and the rich man nodded in agreement.
Chu Chen smiled helplessly. He hated it when some elders used him as an example to teach their children, but it embarrassed him to the point of embarrassment.
Fortunately, Fugui is not the kind of narrow-minded person. While listening to the instructions, he winked at Chu Chen and didn't care about being scolded.
The three of them were talking and laughing, feeling that the whole county was safe and sound.
As a result, things really happened.
Thirty miles north of the city, a ghost attack is suspected to have occurred in Taohua Village.
Contact with the outgoing patrol team was lost and the situation is unknown.
"Second uncle, leave this errand to me and Brother Chu. We will go to work and you can just rest."
Huang Fugui had been sitting impatiently for a long time. As soon as he heard about the case, he immediately volunteered.
Chu Chen was also happy to go on a business trip to kill ghosts and got up immediately.
Seeing this, Deputy Huang Mei shook his head and waved his hand, telling the two of them to leave early and come back early.
Chu Chen and Huang Fugui hurried out of the city, picked up the scroll given by the scholar, summoned the Pegasus, and went straight to Taohua Village.
Not long after, the two arrived at the entrance of Taohua Village, thirty miles north of the city.
It was dark in Taohua Village, except for the bright lights in the village, which was quite lively.
"Brother Chu, the villagers should have taken refuge in the Tutu Temple. There is a Tutu Temple, and the soldiers and horses in the temple protect it. I think the people will be safe."
Huang Fugui is a native of the mountains. He is very familiar with these situations and can make judgments at a glance.
Chu Chen nodded slightly.
The land gods in most villages have very average magical powers, and they have no way to deal with the more ferocious monsters and monsters.
Normally, the Earth God would ask villagers to take refuge in the Earth Temple.
Near the Earth Temple, no matter how weak the Earth God is, he can steadily control the power of heaven and earth.
As long as the demons and ghosts do not have magical powers that are powerful enough to cut down mountains and destroy temples, they generally cannot attack the Earth Temple.
"Let's go into the village and have a look."
When Chu Chen and Huang Fugui entered the village, they noticed a faint ghost aura.
It's just that the breath is very light, vaguely present.
Come to think of it, the ghost has already left.
When he came to the Earth Temple, he felt the ethereal power of heaven and earth, and Chu Chen pinched the magic formula in his hands.
"In this land, I am the evil master of Dachang Xianting, the right judge of the North Pole Exorcist Academy, and the deputy leader of the third squad of the Ghost and God Department of Xin'an County, Chu Chen. I heard the call for help and rushed here. Please show me. I am in urgent need.