Chapter 1968 Meeting Cao Qi Leader for the First Time
After killing Zhou Zhenbing to avenge Shangsha Village, Gu Yuan rushed back to Zhenhuo Hall without stopping.
Yi Wen and Yi Wu have also returned to the True Fire Hall.
According to the usual practice, after Gu Yuan returns to the True Fire Hall, he must first go to the Flying Eagle Hall to recover.
But when Gu Yuan returned to the Flying Eagle Hall, he heard Li Cheng say that Cao Meng, the leader of Yi Banner, was back.
Fei Yingwei gets two Qi Gathering Pills every month, while Xiao Qi Zhang gets five Qi Gathering Pills every month. When Gu Yuan left, he happened to catch up with Qili giving out Qi Gathering Pills.
Because Gu Yuan was not around, Li Cheng went to help Gu Yuan get the Qi Gathering Pill, but was insulted by Li Heizi in a strange way.
Li Heizi said that now Gu Yuan was only acting as the flag commander and could not pay according to the flag commander's treatment, so he only gave Li Cheng four Qi Gathering Pills.
In order to calm the situation, Li Cheng had to bring back these four Qi Gathering Pills first.
Gu Yuan didn't say anything after hearing this, he just wrote down the account in his mind.
According to Li Cheng, Cao Meng was originally on a mission in another place, but this time he came back specially to participate in the inner disciple promotion competition.
He was obviously a little surprised when he heard that Commander Zhou gave Yiqi's little flag leader to Gu Yuan. He wanted to see Gu Yuan as soon as he came back, most likely because he wanted to give Gu Yuan a beating.
But it was a pity that Gu Yuan was helping Yi Wen and Yi Wu do sect tasks and was not in the True Fire Hall, so Cao Meng did not see him.
Gu Yuan came back today. When Cao Meng found out, he asked Gu Yuan to see him.
Cao Meng is the flag leader of Yi Banner, and Gu Yuan is the flag commander under him. Gu Yuan should indeed go to see him.
But after all, Gu Yuan had conflicts with Cao Meng's close confidant Li Heizi right after he arrived. At this juncture when Gu Yuan had just become the flag commander, Cao Meng probably had bad intentions when he wanted to see Gu Yuan.
Cao Meng was waiting for Gu Yuan in the side hall of Feiying Palace. This side hall was also where Yiqi handled official business.
When Gu Yuan arrived at the side hall, not only Cao Meng was there, but also Li Heizi and several of his subordinates.
Li Heizi and others originally looked at Gu Yuan with displeasure, but now that they saw Gu Yuan walking in, they immediately stood up and said fiercely: "Gu Yuan, you really dare to come!"
Gu Yuan looked at Li Heizi coldly: "I am the flag leader of Yiqi, why am I afraid to come?
What?
Does this place eat people?”
Cao Meng frowned and knocked on the table: "Li Song, what are you doing?
You take the brothers out first, Gu Yuan and I have something to talk about!"
Li Heizi and the others glared at Gu Yuan unwillingly, and then walked out of the side hall cursing.
Due to etiquette, Gu Yuan raised his left hand and nodded slightly as a courtesy.
Cao Meng waved his hand and didn't care, but said lightly:
"Gu Yuan, right?
I have heard from you that although Commander Zhou asked you to be the commander of our banner, you have been here for too short a time and have not made any achievements.
If you are suddenly made the flag leader, I’m afraid even the brothers below won’t be convinced.”
Seeing that Gu Yuan was about to speak, Cao Meng raised his hand to stop him.
"Gu Yuan, since you have joined us, we will be brothers from now on. Don't worry, I will cherish every cent of you."
Seeing Gu Yuan swallowing his words, Cao Meng picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and spoke in an official tone:
"It's just that the situation of our Yiqi is more complicated, and I have already made an agreement with Commander Zhou.
As for you, you should be the acting flag commander for the time being, and you will be promoted to flag commander after you have made outstanding achievements, so that no one will gossip about you."
Gu Yuan smiled coldly, she was waiting for him here.
But he himself was not interested in this little flag leader, so he didn't say much, but said straightforwardly: "Okay, then I understand. If there is nothing else, I will go back first."
After Gu Yuan finished speaking, he turned around and left. Before he could reach the door, Cao Meng spoke again.
"Hey, Gu Yuan, what are you in a hurry for?
Wait a minute, I still have something to say."
Seeing that Gu Yuan was about to leave, Cao Meng asked to leave him behind, then he slowly took a sip of hot tea, then put the teacup on the table, thought for a moment and spoke again:
"Gu Yuan, you have just joined the Eagle Guard, and your cultivation level is low. You can't do much except patrolling, but patrolling is difficult to achieve meritorious service."
"Well, there is a good errand for you to do right now. As long as you do it well, you will be able to make meritorious deeds. Then you will be promoted to the rank of flag leader."
Gu Yuan looked at Cao Meng quietly and said nothing.
Cao Meng frowned slightly and said again: "What?
Don’t you want to go?”
Gu Yuan followed Cao Meng's words with an expressionless face and asked: "Leader Cao, you haven't told me what the errand is."
Cao Meng picked up the tea bowl again and blew it carefully.
At the same time, he looked at Gu Yuan out of the corner of his eyes.
He found that the new Gu Yuan didn't have any stage fright, and he didn't show any restraint when talking to him.
When answering his questions, he looked neither humble nor arrogant, with a vague aura of a superior person, as if he had seen the big world.
If Cao Meng hadn't found someone to find out Gu Yuan's details in advance, he would have thought that Gu Yuan was an heir trained from some big family.
"Ahem."
Putting down the tea cup, Cao Meng cleared his throat and then said:
"This errand is very simple.
But if you do it well, the credit will be quite big."
"Our True Fire Hall, I don't need to say more, you understand that our family has a big business and the law enforcement elders in some places will definitely not be able to take care of it.
Take the dining hall as an example. It costs tens of thousands of taels of silver every month. If something happens, it will cost hundreds of thousands of taels!"
Cao Meng's expression was a little solemn, and he put on a serious look.
"The dining hall is responsible for the food issues of the entire Zhenhuotang. They have small kitchens everywhere. The accounting for these small kitchens is very messy.
Some disciples in the dining hall secretly took out the elixirs used to cook ingredients and the meat of ferocious beasts, etc., and sold them for silver to line their own pockets."
"Originally, no one cares about these matters, but recently our True Fire Hall has been undergoing internal renovations, and the elders of the Law Enforcement Department want to dig out these bugs.
The higher-ups are also putting pressure on us and want us to investigate this matter."
Cao Meng pretended to be thinking about Gu Yuan, and even his expression looked sincere.
"I have thought about this matter and it is best for you to do it.
When you come here, you will be promoted to the rank of flag leader, so many people will be dissatisfied.
Secondly, you can also use this opportunity to show your face in front of the elders. Maybe one of the elders will take a fancy to you and accept you as an inner disciple?"
Cao Meng looked at Gu Yuan, waiting for Gu Yuan's answer.
In fact, Gu Yuan knew very well in his heart that as long as he was the Flying Eagle Guard, he had to obey Cao Meng's orders. There was nothing to discuss about this. He had to go whether he wanted to or not!
Going to check out the canteen is an offending job.
No need to think about it, it must be Duke Cao Meng avenging his personal revenge.