Jiang Cheng considers himself a tough guy. Even if he can't bear all the torture in Xuanqing Guard, he can still bear half of it. But now he found that he had taken it for granted. Not to mention Xuan Qingwei's torture, even the methods Pang Ban was inflicting on him now made him almost unable to hold back and scream.
I don't know how long it took before Jiang Cheng felt that the horrible pain and itch in his body gradually decreased and finally disappeared.
At this moment, Jiang Chengcai swallowed a mouthful of blood, which was all caused by his teeth that he had just gritted his teeth to bear the pain.
Kneeling down again, Jiang Cheng continued to wait for Pang Ban's words without saying a word.
"This time I will take a small punishment as a warning. I hope that in the future, anything that touches the bottom line will be done with my consent first. Do you understand?"
"My subordinate understands." Jiang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he had narrowly escaped the test this time. But it seems that the "Blackwater" project he named is about to be interrupted.
But Pang Ban's next words made Jiang Cheng's heart agitate again.
"Who else besides you knows the full story of this plan?"
"Only Shen Hao, the hundred-household official of the Black Flag Camp in Fengri City, knows the whole story."
"This plan was also planned by him?" Pang Ban ignored Jiang Cheng's previous statement that the plan came from his guidance. Jiang Cheng was not the kind of person with strange thoughts. Although he was brave, he could not come up with such a plan.
"Yes, sir, the original planner and current executor of the Blackwater Project are Shen Hao. His subordinates only control the general direction." Jiang Cheng was also a bachelor and did not shy away from bringing Shen Hao out.
"That's a talent, and you need to control it well. If you use it well, it will be a boost, but if you use it poorly, it can set you on fire."
"Yes, sir, Shen Hao was promoted by his subordinates. His character and temperament are very good, and he is also a disciple of his subordinates. It can be said that he has no qualms about Xuan Qingwei."
"That's good. You can continue to leave this matter to Shen Hao. As for you, it's best not to come forward directly. If things go wrong, you're too big to take it off, do you understand?"
"This... subordinate knows."
"In addition, I will continue to monitor the progress of the dental department. I hope to have a final conclusion within this year on whether it can achieve the desired results."
Half an hour later.
Jiang Cheng walked out of the Commander's Office and looked back at the Zhuhong Gaomen, but he felt relaxed about surviving a disaster.
Although I suffered some hardships, the matter was finally settled. And as he expected, Pangban was interested in the second part of the Blackwater Project. Although he didn't say it explicitly, he clearly indicated that he was going to kill those people in the civil service group.
The civil servant group has many and complex factions, but now they are collectively called Pang Ban. It is conceivable that these factions have a tacit understanding on matters against Xuan Qingwei.
This was something Jiang Cheng had never thought of before.
Even though Jiang Cheng is now a fourth-rank official, the special establishment of the Xuanqing Guard prevents him from contacting the high-level officials of the dynasty, and he has no chance to go to the temple to experience it. So before, he only knew that the wind in the temple was not going well, because His Majesty had not established a crown prince, so the seven princes' minds were wandering. But I didn't expect it to have reached this point?
Even according to what Pang Ban said just now, the secret war has begun to evolve into a feud. What is this?
Your Majesty is still here, and all the disciples are fighting?
This is a bad sign!
Jiang Cheng thought about it and felt a little heavy, because he felt a sense of urgency from Pang Ban's words. Because even Pang Ban began to connive with him in carrying out the Blackwater Plan. You can imagine how much pressure and storm came from outside the Xuanqing Guard.
Jiang Cheng didn't know that what really worried and stressed Pang Ban was not actually the wandering thoughts of the seven princes.
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On the second day after Jiang Cheng returned to the Yamen, a group of twenty personal guards quietly disappeared from the list of personal guards without any warning.
Shen Hao, who was far away in Fengri City, met these twenty masters who had been concealed by Jiang Cheng using Spring and Autumn Brushwork in a small town tavern outside the city.
"My subordinates are joining Mr. Shen."
Twenty people in the private room of the tavern lined up in four rows to greet Shen Hao who came in. The aura of these people alone made Shen Hao feel inexplicably powerful.
Not all of them were unfamiliar faces. Shen Hao had seen some of them before. Although he couldn't name them, he knew that these people were Jiang Cheng's personal guards. I secretly thought that Jiang Cheng indeed paid enough attention to this matter.
The tavern was opened by Feilong's men, and Feilong had the insight to establish many of these conveniently hidden strongholds within the jurisdiction of Fengli City. So there is no problem with security.
Shen Hao sat down, poured himself a glass of wine, then looked at this group of people with a strong military temperament and asked, "Did Mr. Jiang say anything when he sent you here?"
"Master Jiang asked us to obey your arrangements and commands."
"Which one of you is the leader?"
Two people stood out from the first row in the crowd. He handed over his hands and called himself: "My subordinate Zhang Lie is a small flag officer of Group A." "My subordinate Liu Meng is a small flag officer of Group B."
"Tell me about each of you's cultivation and what you are good at."
"yes."
Among the twenty people, four are in the God-Gathering Realm, the highest level of the God-Gathering Realm is the fourth level! He was taller than Shen Hao, but strangely, Shen Hao did not feel the slightest threat from his realm. He even felt that the other party would not be his opponent. I was confused but didn't show it.
The other sixteen people are all masters of the fifth to eighth levels of Qi refining. With this kind of cultivation, they are definitely the top contenders in hundreds of Xuanqing Guard offices everywhere.
And speaking of being good at it, these twenty people also brought a surprise to Shen Hao. These people are the best at the art of summation. They can do the art of summation from three to ten people. In addition, two of these people are good at finding traces. Three of them are good at torture, and one is good at formations and illusions.
These twenty people are a complete fighting system! And it's still the kind that can be split and combined at will. This kind of device can be used easily by hand and can be adapted to many situations.
However, it seemed that these twenty people did not know why they were quietly sent to Fengli City. They all looked seriously and looked at Shen Hao secretly. They were probably also curious about what would happen to them.
"You all come from the military?"
"Yes sir."
"If I ask you to become ruffians or stingy officials from now on, and completely destroy the prestige of Xuanqing Guard in the world, your identity may not be restored until you die. Are you willing to stay?"
Shen Hao's words did not change the expressions of these people. They all said that they would not flinch whether they were going up the mountain of knives or going down the frying pan.
"Well, since you have this confidence, I won't say anything more. From today on, your records in Xuanqing Guard will be set to the highest level of confidentiality, and ordinary people will no longer be able to find out about you. I will never know that you have ever stayed in Xuanqing Guard.
You will be divided into two groups and go to two different places to perform tasks. It just so happens that you have divided yourselves now. I will take a group of people away now. You decide for yourself who will go with me first? "
