Chapter 21
"Fuck, why are you here?"
Seeing the bearded man suddenly appearing in front of him, Wu He almost jumped off the carriage.
Fortunately, Xie Qian in front of him reacted very quickly. The moment Wu He jumped up, he stretched out his hand to hold him down. This prevented Wu He from rolling off the carriage and being injured a second time.
"Huh~ Be careful, young people, don't make such a fuss."
Seeing the elder's posture in front of him, Wu He was also speechless, but at this time he had calmed , he did not answer the other party's words, but continued the previous question and said:
"Damn, didn't you leave? Why are you still here?"
Seeing that Wu He was not fooled and was staring at such a topic, Xie Qian scratched his head and looked at Xie Qian's direct gaze. Although he was helpless, he still said:
"In short, there are reasons for this matter. Anyway, according to the deal between me and your elders, I will follow your team for a period of time and will not leave until we arrive in Anyang."
"During this period, I will protect you from the oppression of the bandits and officials around you..."
As for the other party's words, Wu He was full of disbelief. The main reason was that the "such and such reason" was so perfunctory that no one could easily believe it.
But soon Wu He seemed to have thought of something and nodded.
"Oh, you are lost again, right..."
Hearing Wu He's words that directly poked his lungs, Xie Qian's expression suddenly became unbearable, and he looked like "Don't talk nonsense, it doesn't happen", which further confirmed Wu He's suspicion. .
Thinking back to the scene when the other party asked me for directions, this guy should have gone from Sangzhong Town to Lincheng Village to investigate the situation. He was fine when he came, but when he went back, he looked like he couldn't go back.
Then I had no choice but to find someone to ask for directions.
The distance between Lincheng Village and Sangzhong Town is quite easy to walk. Basically there is only one main road after leaving the village. You can reach it by walking straight along the road. Even this kind of road can be lost. It is conceivable that If Zhi Xie Qian wants to walk from Sangzhong Town to other cities, it will be completely difficult for him.
It is estimated that Xie Qian walked out. After a while, he thought of such a question and turned back.
Or, to put it more simply, he walked half a circle in the forest, only to bump into the Wu family class again...
Wu He thought that it would not be easy for a roadie to return the same way. The possibility of the latter should be greater...
Of course, Wu He could also see that Xie Qian was very concerned about getting lost, so he didn't mention this issue much. Anyway, he could also ask other people in Wu overtime about this matter. Compared with those things, Wu He was more I’m curious about Xie Qian’s identity.
And as if he had understood Wu He's expression, Xie Gan smiled, and without waiting for Wu He to ask, he said directly as if to show off:
"From the look on your face, you should be more curious about my identity than other things. Or maybe you are more curious about the Demon Suppression Division."
In response, Wu He nodded.
"There is actually nothing wrong with telling you this. After all, this kind of thing is not a secret. There are no explicit or hidden rules prohibiting it."
"It's just because it has nothing to do with most ordinary people. Just like the three provinces and six ministries, ordinary people probably know the county magistrate and the yamen servant." "Our Demon Suppression Division is a court organization independent of the three provinces, six ministries and the army. Its status is Not under the three provinces and six ministries.”
"That is a department that is responsible for all kinds of individual monks and monsters in the country."
There are only a few sentences about the functional parts of the Demon Suppression Division, which are briefly skipped. After all, this involves some internal things of the Demon Suppression Division. Other things do not need to be kept secret, but it is better not to say too much about this thing. Better.
However, when it came to the hierarchy within the Demon Suppression Department, Xie Gan suddenly became excited. He was not as solemn as when he introduced the functions before, but he explained it in more detail, with a show off face.
"You must have heard of the Imperial Examination, right? There is a Provincial Examination every three years, and only those who pass it can become a Tongsheng. There is also a National Examination every three years to become a Scholar, followed by the Imperial Examination to become a Gongshi, and finally the Imperial Examination to become a Jinshi."
"The selection of our Demon Suppressing Division is very similar to the imperial examination. We select the best of the best."
"First of all, there is the selection of family background. Needless to say, the selection standards for innocent families are the same as those for children's assessment."
"The second is talent selection. There are ten standards for this test, which will be quantified from multiple aspects such as vision, strength, speed, etc. In the same year and month, only data files are used, and selection is carried out according to standard lines and proportions."
"This is just the actual training and various assessments after being selected. There are countless, and they are even more difficult than the imperial examination."
"There will be a total of three levels among them. The lowest level is those who are disabled and dead. The corpses will be returned to their hometowns and pensions will be paid. This is what we call failure."
"The second grade is those who meet the standards, but are not outstanding. We call them Liangsheng. It means the pillars of a place. Most of the time, they will be sent to the local government and serve as the chief local guard, No. [-] local official. In addition to enjoying the local Salary, but also enjoy the central salary."
"Although Liang Sheng's local officials only serve in local areas, their status is only lower than that of local governors, and unless they are evil spirits, they are not even qualified to command local officials."
Wu He couldn't help but wrinkled when he heard this, and interrupted:
"With such great autonomy and considerable strength, if the local official Liang Sheng colludes with the local evil spirits, deceives the superiors and deceives the subordinates, or even assassinates the local governor, wouldn't Li Daitao be left alone and no one would dare to take care of him?"
Listening to Wu He's analysis, Xie Qian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then his expression when he looked at Wu He was a little different.
"I originally thought you were just an opera singer, but I didn't expect that you have pretty good cultural skills and you can speak the same thing."
However, Xie Qian did not struggle with this matter. He opened his mouth and explained the court's response method. However, this was indeed quite vague, and he obviously did not dare to explain more in these just said that there are special monitoring methods internally, and then skipped it hastily and talked about the last level of the Demon Suppression Department.
"As for the last batch of selectors, they are divided into three batches, namely the top pick, the second pick and the third pick."
"The number one scholar is the same as the number one scholar in the imperial examination. There can only be one. However, there are more than a dozen and dozens of people who come second and third place respectively. They are just a way of describing familiar things."
"The real name is that the number one scholar is the leader who enters the Dragon Guard and is responsible for the capital. It is called the Dragon Guard. The second place is Jiake who enters Tianluo Camp. Tanhua is the same Jiake who came from Diwang Ying. They are collectively called Tianluo Diwang Tianguan."
"And I, Xie Qian, am a Tianguan from the same Jiake family. I belong directly to the imperial court and enjoy the imperial salary. Every time I travel, my status is no less than that of an imperial envoy."
"Only when there is an evil or a big demon on the cholera side, and the local officials can't solve it, will we be dispatched."
"For example, I came out this time to hunt down the evil cultivator Liang Zhi who spread the plague 20 years ago, massacred seven villages, raised ghosts and refined corpses, killed the guard Liang Cai, and killed his father and mother. Oh, that's what you are talking about. Liang Xin, or Liang Bo..."
(End of this chapter)