Chapter 150: Coming for Lin Chen

Daliang Capital.

The imperial court hall, at this moment, all officials of the Third Rank in the capital are here.

Everyone has a heavy face. The passing of Daliang's Marquis of Northern Suppression not only means that the Northern Frontier will be unstable, but it will also affect the entire Daliang.

The Marquis of Northern Suppression has a very high reputation among the ranked martial artists of Daliang.

Emperor Liang Wu scanned the ministers below and said in a deep voice: "Before the old Marquis passed away, he left a last word to be buried in the Northern Frontier, to accompany the founding emperor, and not to hold a grand funeral. What do you ministers think?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks it is inappropriate. The old Marquis has made contributions to our Daliang. How can his funeral not be in the state funeral specification? I fear many soldiers will have complaints."

"The old minister agrees. The old Marquis must have a funeral, and it must be treated with the etiquette of a state funeral."

The two old men at the very front spoke, and the purple-robed old man standing in the middle asked after hearing this: "If the etiquette of a state funeral is carried out, how should we announce the achievements of the old Marquis to the people of our Daliang?"

Once this was said, the hall fell into silence.

They knew the achievements of the old Marquis, and the ranked martial artists knew it, but the ordinary people didn't know.

To announce the achievements of the old Marquis, it was necessary to inform the ordinary people of the real situation in the Northern Frontier, and this was contrary to the imperial edict left by the founding emperor that year.

The matter of the demon race must not be passed to the mouths of ordinary people.

"Your Majesty, ministers, this official has a word."

After a long while, a middle-aged man in the hall stood out and said loudly: "That year, the founding emperor issued a holy edict not allowing the disclosure of the demon race to ordinary people, because the people were afraid of the demon race. But our Daliang has been through more than two hundred years, and it is already different from the past. There is really no need to hide the demon race from the people anymore."

Once this was said, the already quiet hall became even quieter, and a needle could be heard.

That was the holy edict of the founding emperor!

"Qiao Qing, do you know what you are saying?" An official shouted.

"Minister Ge, this official naturally knows what I am saying. This official can stand here and be in the same hall with you ministers because I have received the grace of the martial arts prosperity policy set by the founding emperor."

Before Qiao Qing spoke, he had thought about how much waves his words would cause.

"But ministers, ask yourselves, is this holy edict of the founding emperor still applicable today?"

"Daliang has been around for nearly three hundred years, and how many Sixth Rank martial artists have been produced? How many families are behind these martial artists? The matter of the demon race is no longer a secret, but it is only the bottom-most people who don't know."

"Minister Cui, this official will ask one question: in our Daliang territory, occasionally demon race traces appear. Do those people who know about the demon race really all get sent to the military camp?"

The official in the second row on the left twitched his mouth when he heard this. Regarding the people knowing about the demon race, the people below had long been turning a blind eye.

Seeing that this Minister Cui didn't answer, Qiao Qing didn't feel surprised and continued: "The old Marquis passed away. The Northern Frontier demon race, and even the East Sea sea race, and even the demon race hiding in our Daliang territory and gasping for breath, I fear they will all take action. By then, the people who know about the demon race will be several times, dozens of times, or even hundreds of times the current number. Minister Cui, do you want to send all these people to the military camp?"

The officials in the hall showed contemplation on their faces. They had to admit that what Qiao Qing said made a lot of sense.

In fact, this holy edict of the founding emperor was already out of date. They had also noticed it long ago, but because of the founding emperor's high prestige, no one had discussed this matter in the court.

Seeing that no one came out to refute him again, Qiao Qing looked at Emperor Liang Wu on the steps of the hall: "Your Majesty, this official requests the abolition of this holy edict of the founding emperor."

Emperor Liang Wu didn't respond, but looked at the three old men in front and asked: "Do the three old ministers have any suggestions?"

"The old minister feels that the holy edict of the founding emperor was only to eliminate the fear of our Daliang people toward the demon race, and now our Daliang people, even if they hear about the demon race, I fear they will not have fear in their hearts. Since this is the case, there is indeed no need to hide this matter anymore."

"The old minister seconds this."

The other two old men also gave the same opinion.

Emperor Liang Wu had a glimmer of light in his eyes: "Good. Since this is the case, I will go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple tomorrow to plead guilty to the founding emperor."

Pleading guilty meant abolishing this holy edict.

"The Wen Pavilion should draft an edict, recording all the achievements of the old Marquis. In addition, regarding how to inform the people of our Daliang about the demon race, if you ministers have good suggestions, you can submit them to me."

Informing the people about the demon race seemed simple, but to make the people not fear demon beasts and yet understand demon beasts, the scale needed to be grasped just right.

"The three old ministers stay, others retire."

Emperor Liang Wu was a decisive person. The other officials in the hall knew that His Majesty was going to discuss with the three ministers how to deal with the crisis that might appear in Daliang after the old Marquis passed away.

Although Daliang is prosperous, there are many external enemies, and it is not sitting on a bed of pillows, and there are even internal troubles!

Jiangnan Circuit.

The new Martial Administration Secretary takes office.

Su Lingchuan and other directors of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo went to the gate of the Martial Administration Secretary of Raozhou Prefecture to greet him in person.

After a long while, the sound of horse hooves came, and everyone saw a figure riding a horse, dusty and tired.

"It's Secretary Xing."

Although Su Lingchuan and others were a bit puzzled about this Secretary Xing riding a horse to take office alone, the strong momentum on the other party had already indicated his identity, so they saluted one after another.

Xing Xing Huai Feng got off the horse and smiled: "No need to salute. The position of Martial Administration Secretary is related to the martial arts education of a prefecture, and the responsibility is heavy. This official received the transfer from the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo suddenly and didn't dare to delay for a moment."

Hearing this Secretary Xing's words, Su Lingchuan curled his lips imperceptibly. The position of Martial Administration Secretary is indeed heavy, but Raozhou Prefecture would not be in chaos just because there was no secretary for a few days.

Originally, the imperial court rules of Daliang were that the deputy managed daily affairs, and the main official was only responsible for arrangements on major matters.

To put it bluntly, there was nothing major in Raozhou Prefecture at the moment. Even if the position of Martial Administration Secretary was vacant for a month, it would not affect the operation of the Martial Administration Secretary.

"Secretary Xing is willing to take on the martial arts education of our Raozhou Prefecture. It is truly a model for us."

"I cannot be a model. Everyone, follow me in."

Xing Xing Huai Feng took the lead and stepped into the gate, and Su Lingchuan and others followed behind.

Martial Administration Secretary Hall.

Xing Xing Huai Feng sat in the main seat, looked at everyone who took their seats, and said in a deep voice: "This official doesn't like politeness, so I won't say any official words to everyone. When this official entered the city gate this time, someone gave this official a whistleblowing letter."

Xing Xing Huai Feng's words came out, and the faces of the eleven directors of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo changed slightly.

A new official takes office with three fires. Is this Secretary Xing so impatient?

Whistleblowing letter?

Is someone reporting them, these directors?

"Is the Su official of Poyang County here?"

"This official is here."

Su Lingchuan stood up from his chair. He didn't expect that this first fire of the newly appointed secretary would burn on his head. Could it be because he was a disciple of the previous secretary, so he didn't like him?

No wonder his teacher reminded him to manage Poyang County well. It seemed he had anticipated the occurrence of this situation.

"Wanting to burn this fire on my head, I fear you found the wrong person."

Su Lingchuan muttered in his heart, but there was not much panic. In terms of political achievements, the results achieved by Poyang County in the more than half a year since he took office as the director of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo were much better than the previous one.

"Lord Su, your Poyang County has a student named Lin Chen?"

Hearing Xing Xing Huai Feng's words, Su Lingchuan was stunned. Could it be that he guessed wrong? This Secretary Xing was not targeting him? After all, Lin Chen was a political achievement to him, but just now this Secretary Xing mentioned a whistleblowing letter.

In the hall, Zhang Wangshan and others also had doubts in their eyes. At first, they also felt that this Secretary Xing's first fire was going to burn on Su Lingchuan, but mentioning Lin Chen made it impossible.

"Returning to the adult, my Poyang County has such a student named Lin Chen, who is currently going to the training ground of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo for special training."

"Going to the training ground for special training?" Xing Xing Huai Feng's eyes narrowed slightly: "Lord Su, have you had a detailed understanding of this Lin Chen?"

"Adult, this official is a bit confused. Lin Chen meets the genius system of the Martial Administration Secretary and has been approved by the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo, and Lin Chen's strength is also obvious to other adults." "Lord Su, don't misunderstand this official's meaning."

Xing Xing Huai Feng looked at the tit-for-tat in Su Lingchuan's words and suddenly sighed: "This official knows what it means for you to have a genius student in your jurisdiction. That Lin Chen is a student of your Poyang County martial arts hall, and he is also a student under this official's jurisdiction."

"It's just that when this official entered the city, someone wrote a letter to report Lin Chen. If it were an ordinary person, it would be fine, but it happened that this person is Lin Chen's cousin, reporting that Lin Chen is unfilial, disrespectful to his grandfather, and has no respect for his elders."

Su Lingchuan's face changed, and Xing Xing Huai Feng continued: "Our Daliang needs martial arts geniuses, but what we need even more are genius martial artists with excellent character. If Lin Chen's character really has problems, then it is the dereliction of duty of our Martial Administration Secretary and Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo."

"Adult, this is too arbitrary. According to what this official knows, Lin Chen is from Linhu Village. The people in the village praise his character, and even the students who are in the same school and martial arts hall as him are full of admiration for Lin Chen. These are all recorded in Lin Chen's file. Adult, just check it and you will know."

Picking on Lin Chen's problems, Su Lingchuan couldn't bear it at all. Even if the other party was his direct superior, so what?

His teacher was transferred, but he took a step up. As long as he didn't make mistakes, even if this Secretary Xing was the secretary, he couldn't do anything to him.

The only disadvantage was that it was impossible to get extra resources from the Martial Administration Secretary in the future, but the resources that should be given still had to be given, otherwise the major families of Poyang County would not agree.

"The records on paper are ultimately the pens of others. This official believes in what my own eyes see. Regarding Lin Chen's matter, this official has decided to investigate it personally. Whether it is true or false, it will soon be clear."

Xing Xing Huai Feng's Seventh Rank martial artist momentum was released, and the atmosphere in the entire hall instantly became heavy.

"This official's style of doing things has always been decisive. Everyone, accompany this official on a trip to Poyang County."

Su Lingchuan's pupils contracted. He didn't expect that this Secretary Xing had just arrived in Raozhou Prefecture and was going to investigate Poyang County immediately.

No matter how decisive, there was no such reason for doing things.

He had a guess in his heart: this Secretary Xing was afraid that he was coming with bad intentions, specifically targeting Lin Chen.

Although Daliang had character requirements for students, as long as the ancestors for three generations had not done evil, and had not done such crazy things as killing brothers and killing fathers, the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo would not investigate other aspects too thoroughly.

But what he couldn't understand was how Lin Chen offended this Secretary Xing. With Lin Chen's situation, he couldn't even touch this Secretary Xing with eight poles.

Raozhou Prefecture, Huo Family.

The old patriarch of the Huo family narrowed his old eyes and was playing chess with his son.

"Father, is it necessary to take action against Lin Chen so urgently?" Huo Kang had doubts in his heart. This Secretary Xing had just taken office, and his father had arranged for Lin Ming to report Lin Chen. Was it too urgent?

"Since the knife has been sharpened, it must be used."

"Father, what the child means is that Secretary Xing has just arrived in Raozhou Prefecture. I fear he will have scruples in his heart, or choose to handle this matter privately because of Lin Chen's talent."

Slap!

Huo Zhong dropped a chess piece on the chessboard, making a crisp sound.

"The Li family revealed a piece of news to me: Xing Xing Huai Feng and Li Yuan are scholars of the same batch."

Huo Kang's mouth opened slightly: "This time Xing Xing Huai Feng was able to be transferred to the position of Martial Administration Secretary of Raozhou Prefecture, was it the Li family who exerted force behind the scenes?"

"Otherwise, who do you think Xing Xing Huai Feng relied on to be able to serve as the Martial Administration Secretary? In a prefecture, there are many Seventh Rank martial artists, but there is only one Martial Administration Secretary."

"If this is the case, Lin Chen's reputation for being unfilial will definitely be confirmed. Even if there are hidden feelings, don't even think about competing for the model student of the Jiangnan Circuit."

"To kill a snake, you must kill it. Not only can he not compete for the model student of the Jiangnan Circuit, but he must also have his qualifications for the martial arts examination in the future revoked."

Huo Zhong looked at his son. This Lin Chen's martial arts talent was there. Today's Huo family's planning, wait until Shu'er and Li Zhe are married, it can't be hidden from those with intentions. If Lin Chen is given a chance to rise, he might be a great threat to the Huo family in the future.

Revoking the qualifications for the martial arts examination, Lin Chen can no longer obtain cultivation resources from the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo and Martial Administration Secretary. Relying on his family background, he will stop at Organ Cultivation in this life.

After a few years, arrange for someone to let Lin Chen die without anyone knowing. No one will offend the rising Huo family for a fallen genius.

"Also thank that old Marquis for his death. If it weren't for the old Marquis's passing, several martial artists qualified to compete for the secretary position would have gone to the Northern Frontier. Even if the Li family exerted force behind the scenes, this Xing Xing Huai Feng might not have been able to take the position of Martial Administration Secretary of Raozhou Prefecture."

Good wind relies on strength to help our Huo family rise to the clouds. For this point, I should give this old Marquis a few more sticks of incense.

Poyang County, He Ruyun received the report that the Martial Administration Secretary was coming to Poyang County with many directors, and he was also shocked.

This newly appointed secretary should have just taken office, and he came to Poyang County as soon as he took office?

Thinking of the matter mentioned by Su Lingchuan when he talked to him a few days ago, He Ruyun had a guess in his heart. This Secretary Xing was afraid that he was coming with bad intentions.

"Adult, someone outside the door is asking to see you. It's the one beside Lord Su."

Listening to the subordinate's report, He Ruyun immediately waved his hand: "Let him in."

After a while, Su Lingchuan's confidant walked in hurriedly: "Official He, my adult asked me to inform you that this time that Secretary Xing is coming for Lin Chen."

"Coming for Lin Chen, tell me clearly!"

If it were for Su Lingchuan, He Ruyun would have to consider whether to intervene. But if it were for Lin Chen, then consider a fart.

He is the county magistrate of Poyang County, and Lin Chen is a person from Poyang County. Although there is a genius martial artist in his jurisdiction, the great achievement is on the side of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo, but he as the county magistrate can also follow along.

The most critical thing is that the secretary of the Martial Administration Secretary really can't control him. His superior is the prefect of Raozhou Prefecture.

He had also inquired about this Secretary Xing's background. Although he is a Seventh Rank martial artist, he is already over sixty, and his life is just like this. And the Xing family behind him, only one Ninth Rank martial artist had appeared in the ancestors before him.

"Lin Ming personally reported Lin Chen as unfilial?"

He Ruyun recalled for a moment. It seemed that the people below had reported to him that Lin Ming was involved in a human trafficking case, and the people below wanted to ask if they should search the whole city for Lin Chen's cousin.

At that time, looking at Lin Chen's face, he didn't give instructions. The people below would naturally understand his meaning.

No need to search the whole city for Lin Chen's cousin, but if the other party appeared on his own, he should be arrested.

"Tell Constable You, since the criminal has appeared, don't hurry to arrest him."

Su Lingchuan's confidant understood He Ruyun's meaning in seconds. This was to deliberately delay and buy time.

"One thing doesn't bother two masters. I will delay here, you go to Linhu Village. The village chief of Linhu Village is a smart person. Inform him of this matter, and he will know what to do."

"Thank you, Adult." Su Lingchuan's confidant answered excitedly.

"Senior Brother Zhang, thanks."

On the other side, Su Lingchuan, who had just entered the city from the North Gate, looked at Xing Xing Huai Feng more than ten feet ahead and thanked Zhang Wangshan beside him in a low voice.

The city was bustling with people. Xing Xing Huai Feng was Seventh Rank, but at this age, his Qi and blood had begun to go downhill, so he couldn't hear their conversation at such a distance.

He was able to have time to reveal the situation to his confidant only because the number of horses in the Martial Administration Secretary's stable was insufficient, and he was delayed by temporarily borrowing horses.

The horses in the Martial Administration Secretary's stable would naturally not be insufficient on weekdays. Su Lingchuan knew this very well, and he knew even better that the steward who managed the stable of the Martial Administration Secretary was a distant relative of Zhang Wangshan.

"Although the county competition lost to you, I am very unconvinced, but for Lin Chen, I am convinced. Such a good seedling, I don't want to see him destroyed by some people."

Zhang Wangshan whispered. After the county competition ended, Shen Ge wanted to know more detailed information about Lin Chen, so he ordered people to collect it. After reading Lin Chen's martial arts experience, even he was moved.

Su Lingchuan nodded: "I won't let him succeed."

"This Secretary Xing Xing Huai Feng and Lin Chen should have had no intersection. I fear there are hidden feelings inside."

Zhang Wangshan pointed his chin at Xing Xing Huai Feng's back, and a glimmer of light flashed in Su Lingchuan's eyes. He thought of the Huo family in Raozhou Prefecture.

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