Seven-star Sword Master

"Okay, Inspector Zhao, go quickly."

Zhao Lei was no pushover either. After returning, he went straight to Ma Jinbao and told him the situation. He then added:

"It's like this, Chief Ma. Didn't Zhou Yiming and Wang Yushi, the first-level patrol guards of the Sifu, just join the Sifu? I wanted to take them to the city to broaden their horizons."

Ma Jinbao just pondered for a moment. To be honest, he also had some opinions about the new envoy to Pingbei. However, as Liu Xiangyang's adviser, his every move represented Liu Xiangyang's opinion, so he had to consider again and again before expressing his opinion on some things.

"Since we are going to take a few patrol guards to patrol the city, Patrol Officer Zhao, you can do whatever you want."

"Got it."

Zhao Lei's face lit up with joy, and he bowed to Ma Jinbao repeatedly to express his gratitude.

To be honest, he came here just to test Ma Jinbao's attitude. If Ma Jinbao did not agree with his suggestion, then he would pretend that nothing had happened.

Not refusing means agreeing. After understanding Ma Jinbao's meaning, Zhao Lei called several patrol guards to accompany Hu Juncai to patrol the city.

After Hu Juncai and his group left, Ma Jinbao came to Liu Xiangyang's room.

Liu Xiangyang had just returned from Shen Changming and was preparing to go back to recuperate when he ran into Ma Jinbao who was coming over.

"What's the matter, Jinbao?"

Ma Jinbao hurriedly trotted to Liu Xiangyang's side.

"My Lord, where have you been?"

"Nothing, just came back from Lord Shen."

"It is like this, sir. The damage caused by the black bear has been counted. Please review it."

As he spoke, Ma Jinbao handed a jade slip to Liu Xiangyang with both hands.

Liu Xiangyang frowned. Normally, Ma Jinbao would not bother him unless there was something important. However, he did not say anything. He took the jade slip and said:

"Come in and talk."

"what's up?"

After entering the room, Liu Xiangyang went straight to the point.

"This is the kind of person you are..."

Ma Jinbao then told Liu Xiangyang everything that Zhao Lei had told him before, but he did not explicitly say that Hu Juncai wanted to win over Zhao Lei, but instead said in a tactful way:

“Patrolman Zhao Lei said that Lord Hu wanted him to go patrol the city together. Later, Patrolman Zhao came to me and said that he wanted to find a few patrol guards to go with him.

I thought it was a good thing that the new Pingbei envoy wanted to know more about the current situation in the city, so I agreed.

Mr. Lu’s fellow countryman Wang Yushi and Fatty Zhou’s nephew also went there.”

Liu Xiangyang frowned at this and glanced across the room at where Shen Changming was.

How could he not understand what Ma Jinbao meant? This new Pingbei envoy had just arrived at the Inspection Office and started forming cliques and factions right away, which really made him feel disgusted.

At this moment, he had a very bad impression of Hu Juncai. This man was not only arrogant and scheming, but also looked down on others.

"Well, I see."

"I'm leaving now."

When Hu Juncai saw the group of small fry that Zhao Lei had brought, he felt extremely disdainful of them. He thought that a group of small grasshoppers in the Spirit Induction Realm could be crushed to death with ease.

However, these were all people Zhao Lei called. Maybe these people would work for him in the future. Thinking of this, he felt better.

After just walking around the city a few times, Hu Juncai felt disgusted. He had originally hoped to meet some monsters on the road to show off his muscles, but he didn't even see a chicken feather.

So he asked Zhao Lei what was going on. It was not like this when he was in Fanyang County.

However, the answer he got made him very dissatisfied.

"That's right, sir. Previously, under the leadership of Lord Liu, Eunuch Xu, and Lord Lu, we specially sealed off the city and cleared out all the demons lingering in the city, so the city has been very peaceful during this period."

Hu Juncai was extremely unhappy when he learned about this situation. Originally, he came out this time just to let these people see his strength, but now this trip has become a lonely one.

Not only that, Zhao Lei's attitude also made him extremely unhappy.

Isn't it obvious that he is deliberately showing off the achievements of Liu Xiangyang and others in front of him when he said this?

Since he failed to build muscles, he had to choose other methods.

"Okay, it's already noon, everyone must be tired, right? Let's go, I'll treat you."

Since he couldn't show off his muscles, he decided to show off his financial resources.

Chunhua Tower.

The group looked at the plaque in front of them and looked at each other in bewilderment. It was broad daylight and they were still on duty, so it wouldn't be a good idea to come here, right?

When the steward learned that the new Pingbei Envoy from the Inspection Office had arrived, he hurried over to accompany him in person.

"You are the manager here, right? Go and call all the girls here. Everyone here is my brother. Each of you can choose two."

This move won cheers from some people, who shouted that Lord Hu was open-minded.

Seeing that things were gradually getting on track, Hu Juncai finally showed a relieved smile.

This was Wang Yu Shi’s first time here, and he was obviously not quite used to it. Fortunately, Zhou Yiming persuaded him and he did not turn around and leave immediately.

The patrol guards around were all hugging girls left and right, enjoying the girls' mouth-to-mouth feeding. Only Wang Yu Shi seemed a little out of place.

Although the two girls sitting on his left and right were also veterans, they were still a little confused by Wang Yu Shi's attitude.

At this moment, they couldn't sit or stand here, and the identities of this group of people were not people they could afford to offend.

However, although other people noticed the abnormality here, they did not take it seriously. After all, there will always be a few outliers in a group of people.

After the group of people had eaten and drunk their fill, it was already the hour of You, and Hu Jun was then surrounded by them and rushed to the Si Mansion.

"Brothers, we have eaten and played well. If you have any problems in the Inspection Department, just come to me. I will definitely do it for you if I can."

"Good good!"

Cheers were heard from time to time in the field.

Looking at the cheers from the patrol guards, Hu Juncai was very satisfied with today's goal, so he said to Zhao Lei and the others earnestly:

"In that case, you must serve me well from now on!"

"Good good..."

Eunuch Xu was sitting in the lobby with a sullen face. Ever since he learned in the afternoon that the new Pingbei Envoy had gone on patrol with a group of patrol guards and ended up at a brothel, he had been sitting here waiting.

Hu Juncai was leading a group of patrol guards towards the Si Mansion with high spirits.

In his mind, since these people had eaten his food, it meant that they were on board his pirate ship. If they didn't listen to him, he would make things difficult for them.

"Master Hu is really in a good mood!"

As they entered the Si Mansion, they heard the duck-like voice of Eunuch Xu.

His voice sounded extremely uncomfortable in itself, and on top of that, these people were already drunk, and they felt guilty for going out to drink during their shift. When this voice fell into their ears, they instantly became extremely uncomfortable, and in an instant, they had goose bumps all over their bodies.

"Oh, it's Eunuch Xu. I just took office today and wanted to treat my subordinates to a meal."

There was nothing wrong with what he said, and Eunuch Xu couldn't find fault with it. Besides, Shen Changming had not left yet and was still in the Si Mansion, so Eunuch Xu would not insist on being serious about this matter.

"You all get down."

Following Eunuch Xu's order, Zhao Lei and his group scattered like monkeys after a fall.

"you!"

This scene made Hu Juncai extremely angry. These guys had just promised him that they would follow him in the future, but in the blink of an eye, they were sent away with just one word.

Zhao Lei followed the crowd towards his residence, but where no one else could see, he showed a strange smile.

That’s right, he was the one who secretly asked someone to notify Eunuch Xu.

Since Hu Juncai dared to treat him so arrogantly and domineeringly, he must be a pushover.

You said you can leave, but you have to wait for me to say something, right? Although he would not let them go.

"Okay, so that's how you play, huh? Okay, okay, my food isn't that delicious!"

Hu Juncai was getting angry and was determined to teach Zhao Lei and the others a lesson.

"Lord Hu only allowed it once. This time, I won't say anything for Lord Shen's sake. If it happens again, I will submit a memorial directly to the Imperial Capital Inspection Office."

After saying this, Eunuch Xu turned around and left without waiting for Hu Juncai to reply.

Hu Juncai stared at the direction where Eunuch Xu left with his eyes slightly narrowed. After Eunuch Xu's figure disappeared from his sight, he opened and closed his mouth slightly, as if to say:

"Damn eunuch!"

To be honest, Hu Juncai did not take Eunuch Xu seriously, but Eunuch Xu himself represented the position of the Da Qi royal family, which forced him to treat him with caution.

Zhao Lei came to Ma Jinbao as soon as possible.

"Inspector Zhao, you are amazing. Lord Hu is so lucky to have such a smart and capable subordinate like you."

Ma Jinbao joked with Zhao Lei with a smile.

This Zhao Lei is quite capable. He usually doesn't seem to show off his abilities, but this one move caused Hu Juncai, who had just taken office as the envoy to Pingbei and hadn't even sat down yet, to start a fight with Eunuch Xu.

"No, no, I was just protecting myself..."

The purpose of Zhao Lei's trip was to take over an outing mission from Ma Jinbao, so that he could stay away from Hu Juncai's sight for a short period of time.

On the other side, Hu Juncai returned to his room angrily and began to ask Bai Haiqing's confidant about the identities of the previous patrol guards.

Bai Haiqing's confidant is named Zhou Tian, ​​a second-level patrol guard.

"Crackling..."

When Hu Juncai learned the specific identities of those people, he could no longer suppress his anger and began to smash everything that could be smashed in the room. All kinds of jade articles and vases were smashed to pieces.

All the patrol guards during the day have powerful backgrounds in the Patrol Department, like Wang Yushi, who is from the same village as Lu Feipeng.

And Zhou Yiming, his uncle was a thug arranged by the noble family to work in the Inspection Department, etc...

There are many people like these, but their relationship is not as deep as that of these two. However, they all have one thing in common, that is, it is impossible to win over these people.

"You are such a jerk, Zhao Lei. I tried my best to recruit you, but you played tricks on me like this. Fine, fine, fine..."

After Hu Juncai vented his anger, he looked at Zhou Tian with an angry face, and saw him glaring coldly and said:

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"