Chapter 62

According to the six local academies formed by the six cabinets within the imperial court, the Internal Affairs Academy, which is in charge of local government affairs, holds the most significant authority.

The Inspectorate is responsible for local public security, the Martial Suppression Academy is responsible for martial artist affairs, and the Judiciary is mainly responsible for refining Sha weapons for the Imperial Camp Army.

These three academies are the three major force institutions in a locality.

There are two remaining academies: the Court of Justice, responsible for legal rulings, and the Supervisory Academy, responsible for supervising officials.

Because the Supervisory Academy has the power to supervise all officials, the vast majority of officials who fall from power and are imprisoned are related to the Supervisory Academy, so other officials do not have a very good impression of the Supervisory Academy.

But Li Fei did not mix in the system in this life, so he did not understand what the people from the Supervisory Academy wanted with him, and furthermore, a Level 4 Inspector had personally come to his door.

Out of professional habits from his previous life, he specifically studied the official structure of the Great Lan Dynasty after crossing over, which is divided into five ranks and eighteen levels.

The lowest first-rank clerk has five levels, the second-rank subordinate official above that has four levels, the third-rank appointed official has three levels, the fourth-rank seat official has three levels, and the fifth-rank cabinet official also has three levels.

A squadron leader of a local Inspectorate like Li Lei belongs to the second-rank subordinate official and is a sixth-level official.

If he were promoted to the captain of the First Main Squadron, he would jump three levels at once, becoming a ninth-level official, reaching the top of the second-rank subordinate officials.

Only after being promoted one step further to become a Deputy Chief Inspector could he rise to the third-rank appointed official and have the qualification to say he is an appointed official of the imperial court.

And the grading system of the Supervisory Academy starts from the lowest Level 1 Inspector, going up to Level 2 Inspector, to the highest Level 5 Inspector.

Only after that are there Inspectors, with the lowest being Level 1 and the highest being Level 4.

That is to say, this Cheng Bi in front of Li Fei is equivalent in official rank to the captain of the First Main Squadron of the Inspectorate, a ninth-level official.

"What business does Officer Cheng have with me?"

Li Fei asked calmly.

"I am a person who doesn't like to beat around the bush, so I'll say it straight: I want you to serve as a secret inspector for our Supervisory Academy."

Cheng Bi said.

"Secret inspector? Me?"

Li Fei was stunned.

He had even thought that the other party had come to question him because of something regarding Li Lei; he never expected it would be because of this.

"A secret inspector is not recorded in the files of the Supervisory Academy, maintains a single-line contact only with the person in charge, and receives a salary every month. If you do well and make contributions, you can start directly as a Level 5 Inspector after transferring into the Supervisory Academy in the future."

Cheng Bi first introduced the benefits of being a secret inspector to Li Fei.

Li Fei looked at the other party: "Is this Chief Gu's intention?"

He had just finished meeting Gu Zhenhui and was brought here by the other party's secretary, and then the people from the Supervisory Academy came. To say that Gu Zhenhui did not know about this, he felt it was impossible.

Cheng Bi looked at Li Fei with approving eyes, and his impression of the young man in front of him changed somewhat.

At first, when his superiors asked him to develop a 17-year-old young man into a secret inspector, he felt it was too much of a farce and was very resistant.

Now, at least he was not that resistant anymore.

"You are a smart person. Some things cannot be said clearly, but since I can appear here at this time, you should understand what it means."

Cheng Bi said.

Li Fei fell into deep thought. A moment later, he asked:

"Do you want to move against the Tiger Blade Gang?"

Cheng Bi revealed a look of surprise, then looked at Li Fei with some pleasant surprise.

He finally began to feel that the young man in front of him could become a secret inspector:

"Why do you say that?"

"Letting me be a secret inspector is nothing more than taking a fancy to my identity as the adopted son of Inspectorate squadron leader Li Lei, and also being a student at the Martial Arts Hall. If you wanted to target the Inspectorate, it would be impossible to find me, so it can only be related to the Martial Arts Hall. And everyone in Xingcheng knows that the Martial Arts Hall is the backyard of the Tiger Blade Gang; to investigate the Martial Arts Hall is to move against the Tiger Blade Gang."

Li Fei spoke eloquently.

Cheng Bi looked at Li Fei with great interest: "Continue, is there more?"

Li Fei: "Besides that, I have made it clear that I want to obtain a spot for the university at the Martial Arts Hall, and the conflict between me and the Tiger Blade Gang is irreconcilable. If you want to move against the Tiger Blade Gang, our goals are consistent. Choosing me as a secret inspector will naturally make me more diligent in doing things.

Finally, if the Tiger Blade Gang uses any underhanded means to deal with me next, I have the identity of a secret inspector, which can help you catch them by the handle."

Cheng Bi nodded with satisfaction.

These inferences were actually not difficult to reach; what was difficult was that Li Fei could think of these in such a short time.

To be a secret inspector, one must have this kind of reaction and keenness.

"Very good. Then are you willing to be this secret inspector?"

Cheng Bi asked.

Li Fei: "I want to know what exactly you want me to do?"

"The same as what you just said: if you can find evidence of the Tiger Blade Gang's illegal activities, just hand the evidence to me."

Cheng Bi said.

Li Fei smiled: "I don't believe the Supervisory Academy hasn't found evidence of the Tiger Blade Gang's illegal activities for so many years."

Cheng Bi's eyes became cold again, as if some bad memories had been stirred up:

"What can be found are all insignificant pieces of evidence that cannot hurt the Tiger Blade Gang's bones. I can tell you clearly that the Tiger Blade Gang has people in all six academies of Xingcheng, including our Supervisory Academy. In this very building, I don't know how many people have interests connected with the Tiger Blade Gang; even the Deputy Chief supports Yu Hu!

So if the evidence you find cannot give the Tiger Blade Gang a heavy blow, then it doesn't have much meaning. If we want to get rid of this tumor in Xingcheng, we must strike it dead with one blow!"

If the Tiger Blade Gang were just an ordinary small gang, the Supervisory Academy could completely wipe out the Tiger Blade Gang first and then come to find the so-called evidence.

But the Tiger Blade Gang is a behemoth in Xingcheng, and the interests in all aspects are too deeply intertwined. Not to mention the Supervisory Academy, even if Chief Gu Zhenhui wants to move against it, he can only follow the rules.

To put it bluntly, the struggle between Gu Zhenhui and Yu Hu is not between officials and bandits, but between officials and officials!

Or rather, in essence, it is a struggle of power and strength.

Li Fei nodded: "I understand. I am willing to serve as this secret inspector."

He did not think that the other party had pinned the hope of toppling the Tiger Blade Gang on him, a new student at the Martial Arts Hall; that would be truly ridiculous.

It was nothing more than Chief Gu feeling that the threat of the Tiger Blade Gang was increasing day by day, and just happening to see that Li Fei was a suitable candidate, so he took a casual step in the game.

Even if there was no harvest, it was nothing more than paying out an extra salary every month.

And if there really was a harvest in the end, then it would be a huge profit.

Having figured this out, Li Fei naturally chose to serve as this secret inspector without any psychological burden.

Anyway, he would train as usual, eat when it's time to eat, cultivate when it's time to cultivate, and get an extra salary every month—how good is that?

And if by any chance he really found some important evidence in the future, he would have one more means to deal with the Tiger Blade Gang.

Now he had seen clearly that if he didn't topple the Tiger Blade Gang, relying only on performing well in the Martial Arts Hall and relying on the results of each monthly exam to get a spot for the university, it was probably not very realistic.

"Good."

Cheng Bi nodded, took a small booklet from his bosom, and handed it to Li Fei:

"This is the deposit certificate for the Minxing Bank. Starting from now, someone will deposit fifty yuan into it on the 1st of every month; this is your salary. Later, if you can make contributions, the salary will rise, and there will be extra bonuses."

Li Fei took the deposit certificate; this salary was already higher than the monthly income of over eighty percent of the people in Xingcheng.

Subsequently, Cheng Bi told Li Fei in detail about the future contact methods and various secret codes.

"Li Fei, from this moment on, you are a secret inspector. I hope you can live up to this identity."

Cheng Bi finally stood up and said with a serious face.

"Yes."

Li Fei saluted the other party.

Subsequently, Cheng Bi left. After Li Fei waited for a while in the reception room, the secretary from before came in again and personally sent him out of the Administrative Hall building.

Returning home, Li Fei sorted out today's harvest:

A deposit slip for ten thousand yuan, a gun license, a Thunder Dragon handgun, a bottle of Iron Origin Pills, and a deposit certificate from the Minxing Bank.

He sensed the blood Sha Qi in his body and found that there had been some changes.

Besides that, he discovered that the recovery speed of the Blood Soul had also changed.

(End of chapter)