Lin Chen knew that he was ugly and that he had no backing, but he also had his own backing, which was that he was ruthless in his bones, both to himself and to others. In this way, he managed to get some fame in Xuanqing Guard along the way.
But who doesn’t know the benefits of having a backer? If Qin Haiping hadn't had an old man who was an envoy to the town before, would he have been able to become the official of the Xuanqing Guard in Jiang'an City?
It's a pity that no one is willing to accept a hideous-looking person as his confidant. His eyes hurt just by looking at him. When he thinks about it again, such an ugly face is not much better. What if he betrays you in the future?
But people always get lucky, and Lin Chen felt that he was getting lucky now.
Now Lin Chen is the deputy commander of the Black Flag Battalion of the fifth rank. He has become as powerful as the Xuanqing Guard's Qianhu Officials, and even has more power than the Xuanqing Guard's Qianhu.
The most important thing is that now Lin Chen's Shangfeng does not judge people by their appearance. Not only does he praise him, but he also takes the initiative to express enough goodwill to him.
At the previous wedding ceremony, Mr. Shen asked his confidant Wang Yiming to inform Lin Chen that he would be the main member of the wedding team. This made Lin Chen so flattered that he could not calm down his excitement all night long.
Who can serve as the main force of the wedding team? Naturally, they are the closest brothers and friends. Considering Mr. Shen's special life experience, he probably has few friends, but he still has close confidants, such as Adjutant Wang Yiming. But Lin Chen didn't expect that he would be lucky enough to be one of them.
On that day, Lin Chen dressed up well and even put powder on his face, just to make himself look a little kinder so as not to cause trouble for Mr. Shen and scare others. And he didn't say a word the whole time and just did whatever he was told. It wasn't until the wedding ceremony was over that he dared to relax and let out a long sigh of relief.
After that, Lin Chen could clearly feel that the attitude of his subordinates, colleagues, and even some local people around him was changing rapidly. He even received greeting cards and invitations that he hadn't received in a long time, and some people wanted to make friends with him privately. Can you believe it?
Since Mr. Shen has extended his kindness, there is no reason why a duckweed like Lin Chen should not accept it with great gratitude. With Lord Shen's support, Lin Chen can stand more firmly in Jingbei.
Therefore, whether it was the use of manpower for missionary work in remote areas or the secret investigation of the Qin family under Master Shen later, Lin Chen did his best to implement it. In order to ensure that the missionary team had sufficient combat effectiveness, he even sent out 80% of his personal guards.
Putting himself on Master Shen's line is the attitude that Lin Chen currently feels he should maintain.
Hard work will eventually pay off. Lin Chen got an "excellent" in last year's official evaluation as he wished. Later, when the official report within Xuanqing Guard comes out, his name can be found on it, which will make his official voice within Xuanqing Guard public for the first time.
Even though he was happy after returning, Lin Chen was also thinking about the brief confidential meeting held by Master Shen after the evaluation meeting.
To be honest, although this meeting was short, it gave Lin Chen a feeling of "long experience". Before this, he had never imagined that the evil monks had penetrated to such a terrifying extent in the Jingji Dynasty.
Of course, where did Master Shen come from with this news? How to ensure its authenticity? Lin Chen didn't dare to ask these questions. But he knew that in addition to the people they met in the Black Flag Camp, there was also a group of spies specializing in intelligence. The leader of this group of spies is Wang Jian, who is rarely seen on weekdays and always welcomes people with a smile.
Others didn't know it, but Lin Chen never dared to underestimate Wang Jian and showed the greatest kindness in contacting him. But he could clearly feel a deliberate distance from Wang Jian. Although I feel regretful, I don't dare to try to close the relationship easily. After all, people in the intelligence field have many rules. If you don't pay attention, misunderstandings will occur, and the gains will outweigh the losses.
I think the information about the evil monks this time was also done by the group of people in Wang Jian's hands, right?
After coming back, Lin Chen was thinking about how to do this in advance. Compared to the other two deputy commanders and Wang Yiming, who was originally from Jingxi, Lin Chen felt that he had to make more contributions if he wanted to enter Master Shen's inner circle.
For example, they took the lead in launching a screening operation for all monks in Jingbei.
Of course, this matter will still have to wait until a formal warrant is issued before it can be made public. Now if you want to be ahead of the curve, you have to figure out the strategy first.
The loose cultivators outside are best dealt with. Just post a notice and set a time and place to allow them to arrive on time to wait for screening. Anyone who dares not to be present will have a problem.
Want to run? That is extremely difficult. Every casual cultivator has detailed records in the local area. As for casual cultivators who want to travel around the country, they also need a road guide issued by the local government. Otherwise, even if you don't need to teleport the magic circle and take the official route all the way, as long as you are interrogated, you will be detained and interrogated, ranging from fines to hard labor.
If you really think about it, the status of casual cultivators in the Jingjiu Dynasty is actually not much different from that of ordinary people. Even casual cultivators who commit crimes are often severely punished.
So casual cultivation is not a problem.
In addition to casual cultivators, there are also disciples from various sects. Lin Chen is also relatively relieved in this regard. The sect maintains the same concept as the Jingjiu Dynasty in dealing with evil monks. Moreover, the sect itself does not lack the means to screen evil monks, and the number of people in the sect is not large, so self-examination should not cause any problems, and there will not be much resistance.
The main difficulties are in local government offices.
The more ignorant people are, the more naive and self-righteous they will be.
Compared to the casual cultivators who travel outside the country and the disciples of sects, the officials in local government offices basically have a vague concept of "cultivation". Even officials with good cultivation will not spend much thought on this. At most, the purpose is to strengthen the body and prolong life. Who wouldn’t like to be an official for a few more years?
For the evil monks, for the officials in these yamen, they seem to be very close and yet far away. Most of them have only heard about it, never seen it, and they don’t know what the evil monks look like. They only know that they are related to "ferocious" ", evil, crazy, cruel" and other negative words are linked together.
So, didn’t you, the Black Flag Battalion, come to us to look for evil monks to cause trouble? Which one of us here do you think is "ferocious, sinister, crazy, and cruel"?
It is precisely because of ignorance that we are stubborn.
What Lin Chen has to do is to complete the screening without intensifying conflicts.
February twenty-first.
Xiao Linzheng, the chief officer of the local government in Qizhou City, Jingbei, welcomed a visitor who made his heart tremble: Lin Chen, the deputy commander of the Black Flag Battalion.
The two talked secretly in the public room for nearly an hour before they came out. Lin Chen's face was still ugly and ferocious with no expression, but Xiao Linzheng's face was extremely gloomy.
Then the Qizhou local government opened its door and welcomed in a group of nearly a hundred soldiers from the Black Flag Battalion...
