When Shen Zhui and Zhao Hu walked into this majestic hall, they saw that the hall was packed with people, almost hundreds of people.
And Master Liu and a burly figure stood high in the hall.
Shen Zhui separated from the crowd, came to the front, clasped his fists and bowed.
"My subordinate Shen Zhui has met Director Liu and Ban Tou Wang!"
The middle-aged man turned around when he heard this. It was Wang Long, the top master in the martial arts class, a Xiantian realm warrior!
Wang Long was wearing a white gown. Although he was over fifty, he looked younger than his actual age. His fair and rosy face made him look a bit handsome.
Although he is a martial arts practitioner, his overall appearance is elegant and unrestrained, with a jade tree facing the wind. He does not look like a normal martial arts practitioner, but more like a Confucian scholar.
Wang Long smiled lightly: "Well, no need to be polite."
"This time I am gathering all brothers to announce a big event."
Wang Long looked around at all parties and said loudly: "Arrest and punish, serve the country with all your heart, and serve the court with loyalty."
"Enforce the law appropriately and act appropriately."
"Advocate martial arts and virtue, and perform your duties faithfully."
"..."
"So today, I will promote him to the ninth level of criminal arrest, and give him a fine steel ruler, a pair of silver scale armor, and a law enforcement badge..."
When Wang Long said the commendation to the end, everyone was shocked.
Especially Yang Wu, his heart was filled with anger.
"This Shen Zhui has been promoted to the ninth level!"
"I also gave you an extra fine steel ruler and silver scale armor! I have worked for eight years, but it is not as good as his three years."
The rest of the people also kept talking about it
"Oh my god, there are only five people in my martial arts room with ninth-level waist cards, and Shen Zhui can actually get one!"
"Shen Zhui, who is at the seventh level of the day after tomorrow, can kill the desperadoes of the eighth level of the day after tomorrow, and he is only seventeen years old. Such talents should be valued by the county magistrate!"
"…………"
The discussion was quickly suppressed.
Shen Zhui stepped forward and half knelt down, and said in a deep voice: "Shen Zhui thanked the county magistrate, thanked the team leader, and thanked Director Liu."
At this time, Master Liu also stepped forward with a new waist badge in his hand: "Shen Zhui, it was supposed to be the county magistrate who personally issued the order for you today. However, my lord had something to do at the moment, so he ordered me to do it for you. I hope you don't want to It’s a failure to live up to the great intentions of the county magistrate.”
Shen Zhui took the badge and said respectfully: "Thank you, Lord County Lord. I will do my best and fulfill my duties loyally!"
After the process was completed, Wang Long and Master Liu left, leaving only the people in the hall talking about it.
"Shen Zhui, congratulations."
"Shen Zhui, well done."
"..."
Many people congratulated him one after another. They were all colleagues, and they often worked together to carry out arrests. Most of the people in the Wuban room had good friendships.
In particular, Shen Zhui was young and had good fighting prowess. He was respected by the county magistrate, so many people fawned over him.
"Good fellow, Shen Zhui, you really deserve a treat this time! When you mention ninth grade, I'm only eighth grade..." Zhao Hu said with a sour tone.
"Brother Hu, definitely, definitely." Shen Zhui also responded with a smile.
Looking at this brand new ninth-level waist card, he was also a little sad.
There are nine levels of Houtian warriors, and one level corresponds to the first level.
Now that he has been promoted to the ninth-level criminal arrest, he only needs to obey orders from Wang Long and the county magistrate in the martial squad room.
An eighth-level prisoner like Yang Wu no longer dared to stop even if he was told to stop.
This is the second thing. In addition to the increase in monthly salary, he can receive five Small Return Pills from the Ministry of Household Affairs every month, which will also become 20 pills! There is also an additional Big Return Pill!
"Martial arts, body skills, I can use good deeds to exchange for enlightenment time, but the skills cannot be understood."
"I am worried about the slow improvement of my cultivation level... Now that the Small Return Pill has been increased by four times, my cultivation speed will also be accelerated several times, and my cultivation level will be improved faster. It is really a timely help."
In fact, according to the accumulation of merit, Shen Zhui can be promoted to the eighth level at most...
But the county magistrate directly promoted him to the ninth level and gave him additional weapons and armor. This was because he took a fancy to his talent and planned to focus on cultivating it.
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After the awards were over, Shen Zhui, surrounded by Zhao Hu and others, prepared to go to a restaurant to celebrate.
As soon as I left the martial arts squad room, I saw five or six government officials passing by carrying a stretcher.
The stretcher was covered with pieces of white cloth, and there were traces of blood on it.
Seeing this scene, the expressions of everyone who had been laughing and joking suddenly became solemn. Some people clenched their fists and gritted their teeth, with tears welling up in their eyes.
Seeing this situation, Shen Zhui was stunned and quickly asked Zhao Hu in a low voice: "Brother Hu, this is..."
Zhao Hu sighed and said: "Eight days ago, the two brothers Liu Wen and Liu Wu in the martial arts class received a murder case and were ordered to go to Yangjiazhuang to handle the case. The seven-day deadline passed, but they still did not return. They were discovered this morning. The corpse was dumped beside the official road outside the city..."
"Yangjiazhuang? That's not..."
Zhao Hu nodded solemnly: "Yes, it is the territory of the Yang family, a wealthy family in the county."
"How dare they?!" Shen Zhui was in disbelief.
"Why don't you dare?" Zhao Hu laughed at himself. "Although our dynasty has established one hundred and eight thousand temples to protect all people, and there are countless powerful and mysterious Taoist laws to monitor the illegal things in the world."
"However, the scope of supervision by the Shen Tao Law is only within the county, and the towns outside the city are beyond the reach of the whip. There are Shen Tao Law supervision in the county, and those wealthy clans do not dare to commit crimes in the city, because they will inevitably be discovered. But outside the city, everything is dark, and people can only investigate the case, visit and collect evidence."
"Although there is a 'Moon Festival' every month, and there is a 'Year Festival' every year, the temple is used to expand the search scope, trace past cases, and even find the murderer in old unsolved cases."
"But those powerful clans also have ancestors who were enshrined as Yin gods and enshrined in the family ancestral hall. Luck has blessed their descendants and can block the investigation. It is too difficult to overthrow the clan."
Shen Zhui was speechless for a moment.
The Zhou Dynasty government built temples, canonized those dead heroes as Yin gods, and established Taoist circles to monitor illegal activities.
It is equivalent to establishing a more advanced 'eye of the sky' system than in previous lives.
But wealthy families have ancestors who have made meritorious deeds, and there are also Yin gods in the family. Although they are not as powerful as the Yin gods in the temple, their nature is completely different.
The gods in the temple are not called Yin gods, but gods. They follow the laws and regulations of the imperial court and are bound by vast power.
The Yin gods enshrined by powerful families are the souls of the powerful members of the family after their death.
A stronger Yin Shen would give the family an additional shelter against reconnaissance.
Only then did Shen Zhui understand why he was appointed as the county magistrate because he was either colluding with the local wealthy family or it was difficult for him to get out of the county seat with government orders.
Now the current county magistrate has been in power for three years and has been so strong, but this kind of killing of officials still happens.
You can imagine how arrogant the big families in Heyuan County used to be.
"I know clearly that this matter must be related to the Yang family, but I can only endure it."
Shen Zhui sighed.
Once out of the scope of the supervision of gods, Taoism and law, the legal system of this world becomes as crude as it was in ancient times.
"Let's go... This matter is not something I should be involved in." Zhao Hu patted Shen Zhui on the shoulder.
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The celebration banquet was held at Yunyan Restaurant. The food here tasted authentic and twenty taels of silver was enough for dozens of people to eat.
But Shen Zhui, who was supposed to be the protagonist of this banquet, ended up having a tasteless meal.
From time to time, the previous scene appeared in his mind.
"Last month, the county magistrate inspected thousands of acres of fertile land where the Yang family hid taxes, and arrested a dozen evil people who were seeking shelter from the Yang family. This month, six brothers died inexplicably. I don't know if I will do the same in the future. To end up like this..."
Shen Zhui was a little emotional.
In Heyuan City, the relationship between the wealthy clans and the county magistrates was already at loggerheads.
From time to time, members of the Li and Yang families would cause trouble and commit crimes, and would be caught and beheaded.
From time to time, people from the government who were handling cases died outside the city.
"Strength, only if you are strong enough can you not be afraid of these overt and secret struggles. If you can break through to the innate warriors, then you will have a foothold in this world."
"Sooner or later, the county magistrate and the Li Yang family will have a falling out, and a winner will be decided. In the past three years, I have been ordered to handle cases, arresting or killing the lawless elements of the Li Yang family, and refusing Yang Wu's solicitation. I have offended these two big families, and there is absolutely no room for maneuver."
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Heyuan County, Dongcheng District House.
"Creak~" Shen Zhui pushed gently and opened the courtyard door.
"Chai'er, are you back?"
"Father, it's me." Shen Zhui closed the door to the courtyard, and with a quick glance, he took in the house with two wings and a courtyard.
Ever since he traveled through time seven years ago, he was adopted by his adoptive father and has been living in this small courtyard.
"Father, what are you busy with?" Shen Zhui followed the voice to the woodshed.
Next to the woodshed that he built, there was a white-haired old man, hunched over, chopping firewood. When he saw Shen Zhui coming back, the old man paused and said with a smile: "It's almost winter, prepare to light a charcoal fire."
When Shen Zhui saw that his adoptive father, Shen Shan, was sweating on his forehead, he immediately ran over and said, "Father, what are you planning to do with this? Let's go buy some for the winter."
He has always refused to let his adoptive father do anything, but even though his adoptive father Shen Shan promised, as soon as Shen Zhui left, he couldn't rest anymore.
"This is what I do myself. It's not easy for you to make money, so why spend that wasted money?" Shen Shan was still chopping firewood.
"Then let me help you." Shen Zhui had no choice but to grab the ax.
His adopted father didn't have much background, he was just an ordinary charcoal seller.
That winter seven years ago, if his adoptive father had not taken him in, he would have either starved to death or froze to death.
Later, his adoptive father became familiar with the county government officials by selling charcoal, and sent him to work as a government servant, where he learned some tips on keeping fit.
It was at that time that he activated the evil punishment system, and his martial arts practice progressed by leaps and bounds. From a small handyman in the strong class, he entered the martial arts class room and became an official policeman.
"Wow~" After filling the water tank with water and stacking the dry firewood, Shen Zhui walked to the side of his adoptive father Shen Shan.
"Father, it's getting cold, let's go inside."
"Hey, okay."
After sending his adoptive father into the house, Shen Zhui also returned to his room and sat cross-legged on the bed.
In front of him, there was a wooden box placed.
It was during the day that he received the rewards for being promoted to the ninth level.
"With these twenty small return pills, I wonder if I can break through to the eighth level of the day after tomorrow?"