Chapter 90: Reward Ceremony, Interception on the Road [Second update, please subscribe! Please give me a monthly ticket! ] According to convention, the awarding ceremony should have been held in the first district of the outer city, where the Outer South Yamen was located. However, the slaughterhouse case involved serious issues, causing panic among all parties in Linjiangfang and the people in the city. Therefore, this time the reward was placed in Linjiangfang. Originally the highest official here, Master Fangzheng was as busy today as a housekeeper, ordering his subordinates to prepare various chores. "Today's award ceremony must not have any mistakes or omissions. Every detail must be carefully checked by me." "As for the preparations before the award ceremony, are all the items you ordered ready?" "If we don't have enough good wine for the dinner, we can go to other markets to get some. If we really can't get enough, we can go to the southwest city or the southeast city and buy some at a high price!" "Is the food ready? Has the chef from the inner city arrived?" "Have you bought everything the city captain asked you to buy?"

"Tell Qingshanfang to send the best meat as soon as possible." "No one can touch the things here. That is the Snow Cloud Python that the city commander personally ordered people to capture!" "This table is the main seat. Those who sit here will be important people." Master Fangzheng shouted loudly. He Zhi, who was standing next to him, was Lin Lei's elder brother-in-law. He whispered, "The bowls and chopsticks are ready. The best ones are from Licheng. For example, these chopsticks have jade inlaid at the end and bone porcelain at the front." "Asshole! The matter of Liyang Commercial Bank is not over yet. You are using the items from Licheng on this occasion. Are you deliberately trying to embarrass the city commander?" Master Fangzheng slapped him in the face and said angrily, "Do you know who is sitting at this table?" "In addition to the city commander, there is also the deputy city guard from the inner city, the commander of the left army of the city guard, and even the seventh temple priest of Liuzun Temple." "In addition, there are also the senior officials of Qifeng City and the deputy commander of Qifeng City." "There is also the inspector of the General Building of the Tiansi in Qifeng Prefecture, and the flag bearer of the Outer South Division." "I heard that the city commander has invited another important person. It depends on whether he will show his favor or not!" "Even the city captain has to consider other people's expressions, but you don't even consider their expressions at all?" - Yangyuanfang. The white-clothed official who came from Qifeng City looked somewhat anxious. Deputy Commander Zhu was drinking tea nearby, looking quite relaxed. Mr. Lu sent people to invite them here to discuss the specific division of the future refining realm system. If you take part in it and leave your name, your fame will be passed down through the ages. "Why hasn't Lord Lu arrived yet? I will give rewards to the city lieutenant Wang Yuan later."

"It's not like we have to attend the award ceremony." Deputy Commander Zhu said solemnly, "In the future, if we can help out a little, we can leave our names in the future! It's rare that Lord Lu is willing to let us give advice. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity..." "But we came here from Qifeng City, and according to the rules, we are here to confer the title on Wang Yuan. Now the awarding ceremony is about to begin, and it would not be good for the two of us to be absent, right?" The white-robed leader said hesitantly. "Then you ask Lord Lu to go back, and we go to reward Wang Yuan?" Deputy Commander Zhu glanced at him and said, "Lord Lu's invitation, do you think it will delay the important business, so you want Lord Lu to go away first? Do you have the courage to say this to Lord Lu?" "..." The white-clothed leader's cheek twitched. "Besides, weren't all the treasures awarded given to the Gaoliu Castle Guard House?" Deputy Commander Zhu waved his hand and said, "The people of Gaoliu City don't know us, so let the deputy city governor go and give the reward in person." After a pause, Deputy Commander Zhu thought for a moment and said, "If it really doesn't work, I'll pretend to be sick and stay at home. You go and hold the fort first. When we're done here, I'll take your place?" "Now that we're done here, do I need you to take my place?" The man in white was quite angry, but he rubbed his brows and looked quite anxious. - At the same time, in the Wainan Division. General Han's face turned extremely gloomy. In front of him was the deputy commander from the inner city's main building and the inspector from Qifeng Prefecture. "Brother Han, as you said, there is indeed suspicion, but it is not enough to be used as real evidence." The deputy commander shook his head slightly and said, "In Gaoliu City, from the city guards to the street chiefs, to the caravans and shops under various forces... they all regard me, the Heavenly Supervisor, as a sword hanging over their heads." "So when we do things, we must have solid evidence and not just guess." "Without any evidence, arresting Wang Yuan, who has made great contributions this time, will inevitably arouse the anger of everyone in Gaoliu City, from the top leaders to the common people. Everyone is excited. Can you resist it?" "If we arrest someone without any evidence, people will be in a panic, and it is totally against the rules of our Tianjian Division for arresting criminals!" Following the deputy commander's words, General Han's face turned grim, but he said nothing. The deputy commander came forward and sighed. "Brother Han, the last time you captured Zhao Yuan, the deputy commander of the Outer South Yamen, you had sufficient evidence, and you notified us in advance and planned in secret. You did a great job, and the commander was very satisfied." "This time, if we want to capture Wang Yuan, who has made great contributions, these clues are far from enough!" The deputy commander said slowly, "More importantly, Qifeng City has confirmed that he is not a remnant of Jie Jin, and thus decided to reward him with the Qingfeng Seal!" "Brother Han should understand the importance of the Green Phoenix Seal." At this moment, the inspector sighed and said, "The last person to get it was Emperor Li Shenzong!" "so what?" General Han said expressionlessly. "The overall situation is the most important thing!"

The inspector said: "As long as it is confirmed that he is not the remnant of the calamity that is bent on destroying Gaoliu City, then he is still a member of the human race!" After a pause, the inspector said, "I have carefully read the files. All of this is based on Brother Han's preconceived guesses. There is no real evidence!" The deputy commander pondered and said, "To put it another way, even if he is the mastermind behind this, his original intention was not to destroy Gaoliu City." General Han asked solemnly, "What do you think his original intention was?" "First, let's assume that Brother Han's guess is correct." The deputy commander said in a deep voice: "His original intention should be to use this to make meritorious deeds, and use the Haoyang Divine Pill obtained from this reward to restore his old body to peak vitality for three days, and try to use this to impact the realm above the Refining Essence Realm." "If so, this person must have planned for many years and must have explored the path above the Refining Essence Realm very thoroughly." "I think he has more than 70% chance of completing the last step of 'refining essence into qi'." "From now on, Gaoliu City will have one more 'Qi Refining Realm' existence!" “Considering this, it may not be a bad thing.” The deputy commander paused and sighed, "Faced with the endless demons in the darkness, the survival of the human race lacks sufficient backbone!" The inspector sighed and said, "In the recently revised laws, human life is the most important. Only a few serious offenders are considered to have committed a capital crime... Brother Han knows what this means!" The deputy commander sighed and said, "This means that among the high-ranking officials in Qifeng City, the conservative faction that claims to 'consider the overall situation' has completely gained the upper hand. It is not something that you and I can shake." The inspector had a complicated expression on his face, and said, "Even if there is sufficient evidence and it is sent to Qifeng City, I am afraid that... the people above will choose to suppress this matter in order to protect such a person who is at the 'Refining Essence Realm' and may even be promoted to the 'Refining Qi Realm'." "At most, we'll give him a warning and make a note of him so he won't do it again." "But I'm afraid there's little hope of taking him down." After a pause, the inspector said solemnly: "More importantly, we don't even have solid evidence now. It would be absurd to arrest Wang Yuan based on this little clue!" "It's ridiculous indeed!" General Han looked extremely unhappy. He fell silent for a long while before he said, "Then we can only keep it under wraps for now and take action against him after verifying the evidence in the future?" "There is no way to do it. With the Green Phoenix Seal bestowed upon him, his name will soon spread throughout the cities of Qifeng Prefecture." The inspector shook his head and said, "Even if there is irrefutable evidence in the future, the higher-ups will still consider it carefully. At most, they will secretly take back the Green Phoenix Seal and suppress him secretly. In public... they will not easily touch him!" The deputy commander sighed, "Even those who have been awarded the Blue Phoenix Seal are despicable people who have committed numerous crimes. This will severely hurt people's hearts!" "Because you are afraid of hurting people's hearts, you choose to cover up the truth?" The scar on Han Zongqi's face suddenly turned red and flickered. The deputy commander looked solemn and said, "You have to remember one thing. Right now, there are only clues, but no real evidence... Your personal guess may not be the truth!" - At the same time, inside the Foundry. I saw a group of cavalry heading towards Linjiangfang.

The person in the lead was the deputy mayor of the inner city. The person beside him is the seventh priest of Liuzun Temple. "Why didn't Commander Yuan of the Left Army come with us?" Master Liu Qi said with a smile, "He left a team of cavalry to escort us?" "He left for Linjiangfang this morning." The deputy city guard said with a strange tone. "It seems that Commander Yuan still has some reservations about Wang Yuan's position as deputy commander." Master Liu Qi said with a smile, looking normal. This reward was mainly given to the person in charge of Qifeng Prefecture, the deputy city guard of the inner city, and him, the temple priest. As for the commander-in-chief of the Left Army, he only came to the outer city to strengthen the momentum of the enthronement ceremony and serve as a witness. After all, this time, Wang Yuan will be promoted to deputy commander of the left army. "Among the Left City Guards, the deputy commander is the position second only to him. Currently, there are only two of them, both of whom are his confidants." The deputy city lord looked calm and said, "Now that someone is suddenly given an honor, he is naturally unhappy." Master Liu Qi naturally understood that even after this time, Wang Yuan was still the city lieutenant of the Outer South Yamen, and the deputy commander of the left army was just an honorary title. However, if any changes occur within the Zuocheng Guard in the future, Wang Yuan will be qualified to intervene in the affairs of the Zuocheng Guard as the deputy commander. It is inevitable that Commander Yuan of the Left City Guard would think that this was a check on his power by the City Defense Office. "It's just an honorary title." The deputy city lord said helplessly: "This is a recognition of Wang Yuan's meritorious service this time, not a move to share power." "But no matter what, Wang Yuan receives the salary of the Outer South Yamen City Commandant, but he still has to receive military pay from the Left City Guards every month. No wonder Commander Yuan is quite unhappy." Master Liu Qi laughed and said so. In fact, who can tell whether the enthronement of the City Guard Office this time is a move to decentralize power? It seems to be a nominal position now, but once something changes, with the tacit approval of the City Defense Office, he can legitimately turn the nominal position into real power and become the leader of the Left City Guard! What's more, Liu Zun Temple has already calculated that the various treasures conferred upon City Captain Wang Yuan this time are extremely precious. If Wang Yuan had not slacked off in his practice because of his old age, he would still have sufficient attainments in refining essence into qi. Then after three days, it is hoped that one will be able to break through the boundary above the Essence Refining Realm and achieve the Qi Refining Realm! With powerful abilities and the tacit approval of the City Defense Office, the honorary title may turn into real power! Thinking of this, Master Liu Qi felt a little strange. This time, the rewards from all parties are different! Different resources make up for different shortcomings. It seems that they are all working together to make up for Wang Yuan's shortcomings and push him to the Qi Refining Realm? "So, only the Gaoliu Castle Guard House would give the Qi Gathering Orb?" Just then, a young girl's voice came from the front, sounding quite calm. This group of cavalry suddenly reined in their horses and stopped in the middle of the road. It was quiet ahead, with lush trees on both sides. But in broad daylight, the girl's voice seemed to be everywhere.

"In fact, since I learned the other truth of this matter, I have been very confused." "That's the city lieutenant Wang Yuan. Why do you think that after he has made great contributions, he will have enough resources to break through to the Qi Refining Realm?" "He defeated Jie Jin's plot and burned Jia Zi Tai Sui's body, so he was granted the Green Phoenix Seal and the Hao Yang Divine Pill. It was in accordance with the rules." "But the City Guard Mansion just happened to give me a Qi Gathering Orb. It's really too much of a coincidence." "It seems that all the rewards have already been determined." The girl's voice was filled with indifference as she asked, "Have you ever suspected something was wrong with Wang Yuan?" She sighed, "Or, after finding out that he wasn't a remnant of the robbery...even if they had some doubts, they finally suppressed them all, in the so-called consideration of the overall situation?" "Who are you? How dare you block my way?" The deputy city guard looked solemn and shouted, "How could there be a person like you in Gaoliu City?" He put one hand behind his back and gestured. The elite troops of the Left City Guards gradually spread out in all directions, each drawing their swords. But there was no sound ahead, only the girl's voice, which slowly spread along with the fog. "These are mists extracted from medicinal herbs. They are not transformed by evil spirits. Master Liu Qi's magic can be taken back." "These medicinal mists won't kill anyone. It depends on whether you can get out of this thick fog as soon as possible." "I think if there is a legendary hurricane car, it will probably be able to blow away the fog in the next moment." "If not, just wait for an hour for the medicine mist to dissipate on its own." Before the girl's voice fell, white mist had already enveloped the large area. The thick fog made it impossible to see anything. Everyone's heart sank to the bottom. (End of this chapter)