Chapter 169 This guy is so skilled, I really don't know where he learned it from
The middle-aged scholar who came to deliver the invitation was stunned when he heard Zhao Xing's answer, and he couldn't recover for a long time.

Until he realized what Zhao Xing said, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes: "In this case, I will go back and explain the reason, and I will report Zhao Sinong's words verbatim!"

After saying that, he was about to leave.

Zhao Xing waved his hand, and a strong wind instantly trapped the middle-aged scholar: "Did I tell you to leave?"

The middle-aged scholar was stunned: "I am the Shao County Magistrate's man, what are you doing?"

"You are just a dog-headed lawyer with no official title or rank, yet you dare to shout in front of me?" Zhao Xing stared at the man: "Do you really think you are an official? Kneel down!"

puff~
The middle-aged scholar was suddenly oppressed by a huge force and fell to his knees.

"Kacha~"

With just this one blow, both of his legs were broken and his knees were completely shattered.

He was not of any rank at all, but he was used to showing off with Shao Wanjie, so even the eighth-rank officials had to treat him as a guest of honor.

When he met Zhao Xing today, he realized that the power of officials is as strong as prison, which made him face the reality instantly.

"Master Zhao, please spare my life. I know I am wrong." The middle-aged scholar had broken bones and his face turned pale. He immediately begged for mercy.

The person in front of him does not play by the rules at all. What the strategist fears most is a fool or a madman!

Because you can never guess what the other person is thinking.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you." Zhao Xing said with a smile, "Come, write down Shao Wanjie's crimes carefully. You should know a lot."

The middle-aged scholar opened his mouth and immediately wanted to bite his tongue to commit suicide.

How could Zhao Xing let him have his wish? He immediately sent a gust of wind to hit his jaw, breaking his jawbone.

"It doesn't matter whether you write it or not. Shao Wanjie has committed many crimes, and it is very easy to collect evidence. The court is reorganizing the border troops this time, and Shao Wanjie will definitely die."

"I heard that you have a wife and children here, and I think they are in his hands. If your wife and children are not deeply involved, you can make a statement and I can guarantee that they will survive and I can rescue them within two hours."

"Of course, if you don't believe me and want to sink with Shao Wanjie's ship, just move your neck forward three inches. My strong wind can fulfill your loyalty."

The middle-aged scholar's heart trembled. He never thought that sending a banquet invitation would lead to this.

But everything in front of him showed that Zhao Xing was serious.

He is a Du Shui Ling and has no grudge against me, so why would he kill me?

Aren’t you determined to deal with Shao Wanjie?
For a person of lower seventh rank to dare to touch an upper seventh rank, either Zhao Xing is extremely powerful, or the court is really in need of a rectification as he said, otherwise it doesn't make sense.

After he got over the impulsiveness just now and started thinking, he didn't want to die anymore.

Although he couldn't speak, his hands could still write, so he immediately wrote on the ground with his fingers: Let them live.

Zhao Xing nodded, and then Long Xiao carried the middle-aged scholar to the side hall to write a testimony.

He picked up the written document and walked towards another side hall of the Du Shui Jian.

Due to its high standards, a row of statues of gods are enshrined inside the Du Shui Jian.

But these statues are very short, like fireplaces.

The luggage that Zhao Xing brought from the city included incense for inviting gods and a stack of specially made paper money for the dead.

He lit three sticks and immediately burned them in front of the statue of the god Dai Zong.

This is the medium for inviting gods, and the price is incense, silver, money and paper.

"Whoo~"

The incense burner in front of the statue of Dai Zong suddenly caught fire, and the statue of Dai Zong opened its eyes.

"Zhao Xing, the Water Commander of Yuncheng, what do you want from me?"

"An urgent official document should be sent to the Water Conservancy Bureau in the prefectural capital."

"An urgent order must specify the first person to whom it should be presented."

"Master Tan Taiming, the water supervisor of the prefectural city."

"can."

Zhao Xing burned the documents.

Hiss, hiss, hiss~ The three incense sticks and a piece of silver paper quickly burned out.

At the same time, the water conservancy bureau in the city was under investigation.

In Tan Taiming's public housing, there were three rows of god-like fireplaces, which were constantly spitting out official documents. After these documents flew out, they were automatically folded and soon piled up into a small mountain.

"Wow~"

Tan Tai Ming sat at the desk, with hundreds of official documents spread out in front of him. A sparrow feather order was sliding rapidly across the documents.

It kept opening and closing, and then flying into the fireplace.

In just a moment, he completed the approval of hundreds of official documents. Even so, there were still a lot of documents waiting to be signed piled in front of him.

Because the entire Jiutian Yingyuan Mansion has too many things to deal with, especially the combat readiness state, which is even busier.

"pat~"

At this moment, seven official documents fell directly into Tan Tai Ming's arms.

Urgent documents can jump the queue, but this is not the main reason, after all, there are quite a few urgent documents now.

The reason why they can be given priority is mainly because Tan Tai Ming had set up this mechanism in advance.

Which official documents should be read first are all set in advance.

Tan Taiming was a little slower in reading urgent documents, but he replied to all seven documents quickly, taking only one minute.

Although Tan Tai Ming is of the lower fourth rank, he has the help of the Three-Flower Golden Crown and the processing speed of his brain is comparable to that of a small ground mirror.

Zhao Xing originally planned to leave, because it was impossible for Tan Tai Ming to see it immediately. In such a huge Jiutian Yingyuan Mansion, there were so many messages sent to him every day, and it would take time for him to read them all.

But before he walked out of the door, the statue of the speedy Dai Zong opened his eyes again, the stove started burning again, and an official document flew out and went straight into Zhao Xing's arms.

"Huh? So fast?"

Zhao Xing was stunned. He hadn't even stepped over the threshold yet, and Tan Tai Ming had already replied?
Open it and take a look.

There are only eight simple words in the official document approval: wait and see, and don’t review if you can.

Zhao Xing thought for a moment and found that Tan Tai Ming gave him two choices.

First, don’t do anything and just wait for them to go through the process and send someone over.

The second is to arrest Shao Wanjie first, but do not interrogate him.

Both options make sense. Zhao Xing is the Du Shui Order and has no obligation to arrest anyone. He just needs to wait for the results.

Zhao Xing is not an ordinary Du Shui Ling, he is also a military minister, and is carrying out military tasks. As a military minister with strong combat effectiveness, he can prevent Shao Wanjie from running away according to the instructions from above.

The military minister has this obligation. After all, the military minister is good at fighting, just like when Lao Chen was fighting against the Xuantian Sect in Gucheng, he played the main role.

However, the interrogation was not Zhao Xing’s business.

Tan Taiming deliberately wrote the words "do not examine" to both remind Zhao Xing and protect him.

"Shao Wanjie is involved with the fifth-rank official Liu Junliang, and even more people. He knows too much, which is not good for me, so let me not interrogate him."

"I won't interrogate him. I will just assist in arresting him according to Tan Taiming's instructions. There won't be any trouble."

"Also, Tan Taiming may be hinting to me that the higher-ups may only intend to get rid of Shao Wanjie and not to escalate the situation further. At least, it is impossible for them to bring down Liu Junliang through my report. Even if they do, it is not my job to do it."

Zhao Xing thought for a moment, then walked out of the hall with the document in hand. "If it were a normal situation, I would just report it and wait. But now I have to buy time. The sooner Shao Wanjie is dealt with, the better. If I procrastinate for ten days or half a month, it will be very detrimental to my future development."

"In addition, if I arrest Shao Wanjie and lock him up, I can also protect Yuncheng's assets."

Once Shao Wanjie falls, he will be the highest-ranking official. Then, won’t the assets of Yuncheng be equivalent to Mr. Zhao’s money?

How can we develop without money?
"Catch them! Catch them hard! It is my duty as Zhao to fight crime!"

Zhao Xing found Long Xiao immediately.

At this time, he had just finished interrogating the lawyer.

"Get ready, go to the banquet."

"Ah?" Long Xiao was stunned. "We just arrested his people, and now he's going to a banquet again?"

"He doesn't know." Zhao Xing said, "I'm not only going to the banquet this time, I also want to arrest Shao Wanjie."

"Just like what Lao Chen did in Gucheng last time?" "That's right." Zhao Xing said, "Can you fight? Shao Wanjie is a bastard who is both civil and martial. He is a seventh-rank warrior. He has both the martial arts of a warrior and the method of using etiquette."

"Is he a swordsman?" Long Xiao asked.

"No."

"So he has a hundred seventh-grade protectors?"

"You're so awesome?" Zhao Xing asked in surprise. "Can you beat a hundred people at once?"

"Are you insulting me?" Long Xiao sneered, "You speak as if you are the only genius in the world. How many of those military officials of the same rank who are not from the four major academies can you defeat in Shiyang Cave Heaven?"

Zhao Xing pondered and said, "One hundred seems to be no problem."

Long Xiao slapped his sword and said proudly, "That's it. Among the more than 87,000 people in the Divine Might Army, excluding the Marquis, there are only five sword cultivators, and I am one of them. You ask me if I can fight? Isn't that an insult to me?"

"I'm sorry, I underestimated you. Please forgive me, Captain Brave."

"That's more like it." Long Xiao raised his belt, "But do you think I can help? I am your protector, this test is yours, not mine. If you want to speed up the rectification of Yuncheng's internal affairs, don't you have to do it? If I take action, it won't lower your opinion, right?"

Zhao Xing thought for a moment and said, "No, the third mission is mainly to control floods. I didn't ask you to help with the control of floods. We are helping the higher-ups to arrest people on a voluntary basis. Should this lower my reputation? Even if it does have an impact, it's not a big one. Weighing the pros and cons, getting rid of this cancer quickly is the most important thing for me. Getting back on track as soon as possible is the most important thing."

"Okay, you have the final say."

Shao Wanjie's mansion was built very luxuriously, comparable to the size of ten markets in Yuncheng.

He also did not allow common people to live next to him, and gave all the land to his cronies.

When Zhao Xing walked into the vicinity of Shao's mansion, he couldn't help but sigh that Shao Wanjie really knew how to seek death.

As he also held the position of county lieutenant, Shao Wanjie also sent two teams of guards to patrol around the Shao Mansion, and asked government soldiers to stand guard at his own private residence.

When Zhao Xing and Long Xiao arrived at the gate of Shao Mansion in the purple-horned carriage, they actually saw two teams of barbarian soldiers!

"A team of lion-headed soldiers and a team of bull-headed soldiers? He is just a mere viscount, and he actually dares to keep barbarian soldiers?" Long Xiao widened his eyes.

It is not that barbarian soldiers cannot be raised. Assimilated barbarian soldiers are not uncommon in Jiutian Yingyuan Prefecture, but the regulations stipulate that only the marquis' personal guards can recruit barbarian soldiers for their own use.

Apart from this, only military officers in the barbarian army system can command the barbarian soldiers, but they are official troops, not private troops.

Shao Wanjie deployed the Lion-headed Soldiers and the Ox-headed Soldiers to guard the gate, which was a big taboo.

"This man is simply lawless. He exceeds the rules in his mansion, keeps barbarian soldiers, deceives his superiors and subordinates, is corrupt, and arbitrarily transfers officials from the four departments to serve as his ministers..." Long Xiao looked at the two teams of barbarian soldiers, and his hand unconsciously grasped the sword.

"If you become a local emperor for too long, you will easily think you are the real emperor." Zhao Xing shook his head, "Kill these barbarians directly in a while, don't show mercy, but keep the body intact."

"I know."

Dadada~ The purple-horned carriage was stopped by the barbarian soldiers who set up a checkpoint two miles away from the gate.

"Zhao Xing, the water commander of Yuncheng, has come to the banquet at the invitation of Lord Shao."

Zhao Xing, wearing a crown and robes, opened the carriage door and displayed his official seal.

"So you are an official from the Celestial Empire." The bull-headed soldier who stopped the man on the road to question him had two bull horns on his head and a bull's nose, but the rest of his features were human.

After meeting Zhao Xing, his attitude suddenly became respectful.

"Let him go, let him go!"

The barbarians were ferocious, but after being civilized, they became as obedient as dogs when they saw the officials appointed by the imperial court of the Great Zhou.

Because in their eyes, the Great Zhou is the Celestial Empire, the ruler of China, and an unrivaled symbol!
The officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty cultivated to extremely high levels and still remained human, but they were different. They admired the Great Zhou Dynasty in every aspect.

The barbarian soldiers in costumes are all willing to serve as dogs for the Great Zhou.

They felt very inferior in front of the officials of the Great Zhou.

On the other hand, they looked down upon the barbarian tribes in the south.

They think it is an honor to be a dog of Da Zhou.

Ordinary barbarians cannot even become such a person if they want to!
The most ruthless ones in killing the southern barbarians are these barbarian soldiers in costumes.

"Sir, I'll lead the horse for you." The bull-headed soldier walked in front, nodding and bowing. After he led the horse reins, he immediately became proud and shouted as he walked, "Get out of the way, get out of the way, don't scare the sir!"

Inside the mansion, in a hot spring.

Shao Wanjie was lying in the arms of a pair of twin girls with cat ears. He was bare-chested and backless, eating grapes and drinking wine, with his hands reaching into the girls' lapels, causing them to laugh shyly.

Looking at the appearance of the twins, Shao Wanjie became very beastly and was about to go a step further when he heard a servant report.

"Sir, the new Water Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture, Zhao Xing, has arrived outside the palace gate."

"Oh?" Shao Wanjie raised his head from the girl's arms. He had a flat nose, squinty eyes, and a bald spot on his forehead. "You came quite early. Where's Fang Wen?"

"Master Fang hasn't come back yet."

"Hmph, this guy is becoming more and more ignorant. He didn't even come back to report after submitting the notice. I wonder where he is going to play with women again." Shao Wanjie cursed, never thinking that his master had already defected to the enemy.

"Take Zhao Xing to the side hall to entertain him and send him a few boxes of treasures. See how he reacts first and then report back in a quarter of an hour. Remember, a quarter of an hour later."

After Shao Wanjie finished speaking, he rushed towards the twin girls with a lustful look on his face: "Beauty, here I come."

In an exquisite side hall of the Shao Mansion, Long Xiao looked at the several boxes of treasures carried in by the servants with an unfriendly look, while Zhao Xing was resting with his eyes closed.

"Master Zhao, this is a gift from my master to you, to celebrate your new position."

Zhao Xing opened his eyes, but did not look at the butler who was speaking. He flicked his fingers and a flame burned the man to ashes.

"We've found the person, but he's still working. Should we wait until he's exhausted before going over?" Zhao Xing closed his eyes just now, using his life soul and the souls of heaven and earth to connect and sense the existence of Shao Wanjie and all the masters in the mansion.

With the help of the clouds in the sky and the wind in the air, he located Shao Wanjie's position in an instant.

"This place is filled with foul smells and foul smells. I can't wait any longer. I have to arrest them and get this over with."

"Okay." Zhao Xing grabbed Long Xiao, dived underground, crossed the rockery and corridor, and immediately came to the bottom of a hot spring.

"Beauty~" Shao Wanjie was still working and didn't notice anything unusual.

"Swoosh~" Zhao Xing and Long Xiao floated to the ground, snapped their fingers at the back of Shao Wanjie's head, and an invisible insect immediately flew into Shao Wanjie's body.

"Uh..." Shao Wanjie seemed to have accumulated sleepiness for several years and fell asleep immediately.

The two twins with cat ears were confused, but before they could raise their heads, Zhao Xing attacked again and knocked them unconscious.

"It seems that I don't need to do anything at all." Long Xiao sneered, "This guy has been corrupted in the hotbed of soft jade for ten years. He has completely collapsed... What should I do next?"

"Open the box." Zhao Xing said, "There are materials for the shapeshifting straw man in the Wenzhu box."

"Oh." Long Xiao put down the box immediately.

"Get up!" Zhao Xing stretched out his hand and pointed, and a phantom straw man appeared, turning into the appearance of Shao Wanjie.

"You follow the straw man and deal with the situation here, and keep the others calm." Zhao Xing said, "I will send the real master to the temple and lock him up."

"How about I send him to the temple? I'm not very good at pretending." Long Xiao felt that this was difficult to do. He was good at killing people, but it was difficult to pretend to be someone else. "Besides, you are very good at controlling the shapeshifting straw man, but it's easy to reveal flaws if you are far away."

Zhao Xing thought the same and took out his seal and threw it to Long Xiao: "Go quickly and come back soon. Remember, you must hand the person over to the priest of the Yuncheng Temple, Shen Mingyu, and personally watch him complete his confession in front of the Yin God of Justice and lock him up before you can come back."

"Remember, I'll be back soon." As a seventh-grade practitioner of the Evil Spirit, Long Xiao was already able to control the Evil Spirit to fly short distances. He immediately picked up Shao Wanjie and flew out.

Zhao Xing looked at the sleeping twin girls of different races and blew a gust of cold wind into their minds, which would make them unconscious for a short period of time and make them forget what had just happened.

Then he ordered the shape-shifting straw man to lie down on a chair next to the hot spring, and fished out the alien girl and placed her on both sides of the straw man.

He quietly slipped underground again, returned to the reception room, and created another phantom straw man that transformed himself into the appearance of a butler.

"Done." Zhao Xing clapped his hands and walked towards Shao Wanjie together with the 'Butler'.

In Bingjie, a sunny place, there stand spires hundreds of meters high.

Each tower rotates according to a unique trajectory.

One of the military towers had ten suns carved on its exterior and was filled with countless mechanisms and magic arrays. There were many mechanism masters busy at work on each floor. On the highest floor of the tower, there were three phantoms five meters high, staring at a ground mirror.

There are many separate images on the ground mirror, which are bird's-eye views of various places in Yuncheng.

The picture in the center shows a close-up of Shao Wanjie's mansion.

"We only needed to use the Straw Man Technique to deal with Shao Wanjie. According to the progress of the Fortune Disk, he will be much smoother than others in the future." One of the phantoms spoke in a loud voice: "Isn't the third round of the task we set for Zhao Xing too easy? He hasn't made any mistakes so far."

"It's easier said than done to use a trick to replace someone else's. "A purple light flashed on the other phantom. "It's not that the task we set is easy. It's that he is smart and capable. The test of politics is enough. There is no need to make him more difficult in this regard."

"I just feel that this boy is too skilled, as if he is used to it. Shiyang Cave Heaven didn't teach this, I really don't know where he learned it from."

(End of this chapter)