Chapter 183: Our Patrol Guard Office is a Brick

In his heart of hearts, Huang Ji wanted to slam the teacup directly into the other person's face.

But catching a glimpse of Commander Ming's blade nearby, which seemed on the verge of being unsheathed, and thinking of the speed at which the other person drew their blade...

The teacup Huang Ji was clutching went up and down, down and up.

The teacup was ultimately placed steadily back on the table.

This scene, this situation, seemed like a repeat of a previous one. But compared to before, Ming Tiao, who was beside them, had become even more silent.

Across the table, Wen Gu was still waiting for Master Huang's reply.

Huang Ji took a deep breath and said, "What if I don't agree?"

Wen Gu still said amiably, "We naturally respect Master Huang's wishes. But if that is the case, we will have no choice but to settle for the next best thing and go find others who are interested in this plan." Huang Ji understood.

If he refused here, this brat would turn around and go find that group of physicians!

Huang Ji glared with wide eyes.

Threatening me, are you?!

I am... actually being threatened!

What was Huang Ji wary of?

This brat really understands!

It's not just bluffing; he really understands!

From the way the one surnamed Wen spoke of his Study Tour experience just now, it was clear that this person didn't care at all whether the ones doing the work were physicians or Gu Masters.

And he's an expert!

From that drawing just now, it was already clear that Wen Gu had a very clear line of thought.

That group of physicians couldn't compare to him in terms of raising Gu, but there were many physicians. Being valued by the Zhao Family, every one of them had once been a famous doctor in their own right. If they worked together, they might really be able to pull it off! In his current situation, Huang Ji was not afraid of a layman giving blind instructions.

You give blind instructions, I give a blind response; anyway, this Evil Plague-ridden world doesn't matter to me.

But if someone who knows the trade comes along—

He gives instructions, you don't move, and he immediately kicks you aside to find someone else!

If threatened with other things, or even threatened with his life, Huang Ji would not be afraid.

But being threatened in his own professional field, he was truly trapped!

If the work of a Gu Master were snatched away by those people from the Physician school, or worse, if they achieved fame and success after doing it.

That would simply be the shame of all Gu Masters! The founding masters would all crawl out of their coffins to strangle him, this degenerate disciple! His peers would all hate him to the bone! From the moment he got serious about "physician or Gu Master," he was destined to be manipulated.

This is a threat of having his ecological niche squeezed out!

Huang Ji's eyes flickered uncertainly.

Wen Gu did not rush him either.

Master Huang pondered deeply, thought hard for a long time, and finally said, "Very well, having rested for so long, it is time to get moving!"

From the south to the north, this was the first time Huang Ji had encountered someone who knew the trade, someone who didn't force him to turn over a new leaf, and who also possessed sufficient power.

He consoled himself.

Once you pass this Village, you really don't know if there will be another shop!

Having made his decision, Huang Ji especially wanted to produce results to slap the faces of those people from the Physician school!

Why is it that those who study medicine can serve the emperor, while those who play with Gu are viewed as a scourge by the powerful and noble?!

I want to look down on them from a technical standpoint!

Having received the reply he wanted to hear, Wen Gu became even more sincere: "Then let's discuss the details! While the summer heat hasn't passed, we can do quite a bit of preparatory work!" Huang Ji's first reaction was to refuse.

I said I would get moving, but I didn't say we would start work immediately!

Why are you rushing me?!

Wen Gu said, "The climate in the north and south is different."

Huang Ji thought about it, and it made sense.

The climate in Beidi is different from the south; in a while, the temperature will start to drop. Once autumn and winter arrive, the Gu insects will all wither, and it will indeed be inconvenient to handle many matters. If we don't do it now and keep waiting, we'll have to wait another half a year.

Forget it, let's start work then!

But Huang Ji put on airs and made a demand: "I want that divine artifact, the what-is-it-called mirror!"

Wen Gu immediately said, "No problem!"

With the equipment in place, the project could be more efficient; a good thing!

Wen Gu asked again, "I wonder, Master Huang, what requirements do you have for the site selection?"

Those experiments certainly couldn't be done in the city area; they had to be done further away, and a separate site had to be chosen.

Ming Tiao, who had been listening silently on the side:???

So fast?

We're already talking about site selection?!

He thought Deputy Envoy Wen had only come over today to see what kind of person Huang Gushi actually was.

He didn't expect that not only would he get the other party to start working, but even the follow-up arrangements were already being made!!

No mention of future prospects, no promises of benefits, no grand talk of dreams...

It just feels like he skipped the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and many other steps and went straight to starting work?

No, perhaps the future prospects and dreams were all hidden in the conversation between Wen Gu and Huang Ji, in that blueprint!

It's a pity that Ming Tiao couldn't understand that blueprint!

A path to the heavens is laid out before you, but if you don't understand, you don't understand!

Ming Tiao's thoughts wandered.

Over there, Wen Gu continued to chat with Huang Ji about the details of site selection, construction, and equipment.

Huang Dashi's first requirement for the site selection was that it must have water and be suitable for the growth of plants!

Rivers, lakes, or water channels, ponds, etc., would all work.

Ming Tiao came back to his senses at this moment and said worriedly, "But such places are prone to mosquito and insect breeding."

Breeding mosquitoes and insects easily leads to other plagues.

Huang Dashi said, "What I want is for mosquitoes and insects to breed!"

Ming Tiao stopped talking.

He only complained in his heart: You bunch of Evil Cultivators are truly evil enough!

You specifically choose places opposite to what everyone else would!

Another good while passed.

Wen Gu and Huang Dashi finally finished talking; the preliminary framework had already been constructed, waiting only for subsequent refinement.

But some of the work could already begin!

Wen Gu was very satisfied; he and Ming Tiao came out of the small courtyard.

A guard walked over at this time. Looking at the armor on the other party, it seemed like the leader of these guards.

Ming Tiao knew the other party and greeted him, but when the other party looked at Wen Gu, his expression was not very good.

That man said, "Deputy Envoy Wen, you still need to have some scruples in your actions; don't take everything upon the Patrol Guard Division!"

If it weren't Wen Gu standing in front of him, he would have started cursing long ago!

Huang Dashi was an important figure; previously, the guarding was carried out jointly by the Patrol Guard Division and Lao Zhao's guard team.

But those mainly responsible for guarding were the Armored Soldiers sent by Lao Zhao, not people from the Patrol Guard Division.

Whether it was Pei Jun or Deputy Envoy Wen, coming to Huang Dashi's small courtyard required obtaining a token from Lao Zhao.

Under Lao Zhao's command, there was also a team of physicians specializing in researching the Evil Plague, and a separate Yi Fang had been established.

Originally, the people in the guard team thought they would allocate a portion of their men to join the Yi Fang and take over Huang Dashi's affairs.

But now it seemed the Patrol Guard Division actually wanted to snatch this matter away!

"Deputy Envoy Wen has chatted so much with Huang Dashi, with blueprints and site selection... but whether it can be done still depends on Commissioner Zhao's decision!" The man's tone was slightly stern. "Ah, I already discussed it before coming here," Wen Gu replied.

That man:.........

No, you had already arranged all of this before you even came here?!

The man endured it, but still couldn't help accusing: "Why does your Patrol Guard Division have to manage everything?!"

Wen Gu smiled amiably: "Our Patrol Guard Division is like a brick; we are moved wherever we are needed!"

That man:.........

Meddling in other people's business, overstepping one's authority—to put it so elegantly and refinedly!

You kid look dignified and handsome, with clear eyes and fine brows; why do you act like this?

The man looked at Ming Tiao, his eyes silently saying: How is it that your division's Deputy Envoy has this kind of style?!

Ming Tiao avoided his gaze and remained silent.

Once they left the small courtyard and were far from the guards' sight.

Only then did Ming Tiao say to Wen Gu, "Deputy Envoy Wen, those people are members of Commissioner Zhao's guard team. They probably think Huang Dashi is their own credit, and now that it's been snatched by the Patrol Guard Division, it's inevitable they have resentment!" Wen Gu said, "I have already discussed this matter with my uncle-in-law. Since they do not think beyond their own positions, then we shall not yield!"

Ming Tiao had taken remedial cultural classes, and later, working beside Pei Jun, he had also come into contact with quite a bit of cultural knowledge.

He could roughly understand the meaning of Wen Gu's words.

In short, Wen Gu looked down on the guard team's attitude and efficiency in handling things, and Commissioner Zhao also wanted to use this to knock the guard team down a peg.

And so, he pried away the work that the guard team already had in their hands!

Thinking of this, Ming Tiao felt a chill in his heart: Wait, is Deputy Envoy Wen using this matter to point at me?

He was also the type of person who "only looks at the work in his own hands and ignores everything else."

Steadying his emotions, Ming Tiao recalled the matter of Huang Dashi and asked proactively, "Deputy Envoy Wen, will Huang Lin's Gu arts really be effective?"

Wen Gu explained patiently, "His Gu arts are mainly used for offense and defense, not for healing. Now, we just need to see if his Gu arts can have some slight therapeutic effect after making corresponding adjustments." It might not be the best method, but every "possibility" must be tried.

"Living things influence each other with their breath; all things complement each other, and they mutually generate and overcome one another. We haven't found a perfect counter yet, but we have already found things that repel each other, so it is worth trying hard!" Ming Tiao noted down these words of Wen Gu.

He had one more thing he didn't understand and asked, "Commissioner Zhao established a separate Yi Fang, gathering many famous doctors; why not let them have more exchanges and discussions with Huang Dashi? Perhaps they could make progress together?" Wen Gu explained, "Do you think this is an ordinary literary gathering, discussing poetry and scholarship? Different schools of thought would only engage in fierce debate and come to blows. They are all capable people; one side is arrogant, and the other is even more arrogant. If they exchange ideas to the end, it will be a rather discordant result." If they were really allowed to clash head-on, it would be a fight to the death!

The famous doctors of the Yi Fang and the morally twisted Huang Dashi—these two can have a middleman to pass messages, but they cannot be allowed to meet and communicate directly. Otherwise, it would be like Mars hitting the Earth; both would explode. All energy would be consumed in the struggle, and in the end, perhaps not a single practical thing would be accomplished. That is definitely not what Xinzhou wants to see!

Ming Tiao understood. Those two must be kept apart!

He also thought that since Deputy Envoy Wen had intercepted this matter, he would certainly need to mobilize a group of people from the Patrol Guard Division.

Because of this, there must be someone sufficiently trustworthy and with enough authority to supervise.

"Who is being arranged to take charge of this matter?"

Ming Tiao went through the several Commanders, including himself, in his mind.

Wen Gu said, "One matter should not trouble two masters; of course, I am asking Patrol Guard Envoy Pei to take on this heavy responsibility!"

Ming Tiao stammered, "... Boss Pei is still recovering from his injuries."

Wen Gu said, "Exactly, it is precisely because he is recovering from his injuries and cannot handle many things that this task is even more suitable for him!"

"The site is selected, and a small courtyard will be built. He can recover from his injuries there, supervise Huang Dashi's work, and also strengthen control over the Patrol Guard Division." Ming Tiao: It seems to make sense, but it also seems like something is wrong.