Life Hunter

"Don't worry, I'm very afraid of the Demon Sect. By the way, what's the name of the high-level Demon Sect master who destroyed the mountain?"

Zhou Chunfeng hesitated for a moment and said: "The elder of Hua Mo Shan, the new third-grade minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Fu Jianqi, the junior brother of the leader of Hua Mo Shan Zhang."

"I seem to have heard of this name somewhere." Li Qingxian frowned and thought.

"The disaster in Lucheng is related to him. When Depu turned into a dead demon land, he appeared there. He is unpredictable with magic skills. Don't provoke such a person." Zhou Chunfeng said.

"No wonder, it turns out that Liu Shida mentioned this person. Uncle Zhou, don't worry, I am afraid of death and will not provoke anyone I can't afford to offend." Li Qingxian said with a smile.

"The notes you put on the All Saints' Classics in the closet are very good." Zhou Chunfeng looked deeply at Li Qingxian.

"Every word is from the heart, every sentence is from the liver and gallbladder." Li Qingxian said calmly.

"How do you feel about this incident?" Zhou Chunfeng asked.

When Li Qingxian heard this, he was taking the exam with a familiar elder again. He carefully recalled what happened, sighed for a long time, and said: "Life is like chess, don't be greedy for victory."

"This is what Zhao Shoufu said."

"Huh? Zhao Yishan also said that?"

Zhou Chunfeng nodded and said, "What else?"

"At first, the cancer will only hurt the distant island state, and later it may only hurt the distant state capital, and then it may hurt the town of Depu near Shendu. Now, it has hurt many people around me. When I can Visually, the cancer may touch the skin and then enter the bones." Li Qingxian said.

"You said human lives are worth more than military exploits?" Zhou Chunfeng asked.

"Of course. We won't have any military exploits this time, but we can fight for them next time, but if the people are gone, they will be gone forever. The death of one person may not seem important, but the death of a group of people will also lead to the death of their possible future generations. Among their descendants, there may be people who can achieve greater military exploits and save more human races, but because of the military exploits of a few people, they will never appear in this world."

"Yes, you can have many things as long as you take your time. It's just a matter of more or less. But if people are gone, they are really gone..." Zhou Chunfeng looked out the window.

The sky is blue, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant.

"What if only one of the cancer and his teammates can stay?" Zhou Chunfeng asked.

Li Qingxian shrugged and said: "I don't know, and I can't answer it. However, maybe people like you and Zhao Yishan can answer it. Even if your generation can't solve it, as long as generations of people survive, , it will definitely be solved. The premise is that we can survive."

Zhou Chunfeng let out a long sigh, and after a long while, said: "I'll rest for a few days, and don't show off your wealth these days. But... you should be busy first."

"I understand, goodbye Uncle Zhou."

Li Qingxian stood up, picked up the pastries on the table, and then winked at Zhou Hen.

Li Qingxian walked out of Chunfeng Residence and sat in a pavilion not far away.

After a while, Zhou Hen came over.

"Little Uncle Zhou, are you in trouble?"

"No."

"Then why are you here so late?"

"I'm wondering what you mean by winking at me." Zhou Hen said expressionlessly.

Li Qingxian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Uncle Zhou hesitated just now. Is there something wrong?"

Zhou Hen frowned and said: "Let me think about it, first of all, the death of the patrol department is a big deal, and the placement of the families and the future corpses is also a problem. Then when we were not in Shendu, Mr. Zhou was angry because you were killed. In the Jinluan Palace He accused the Ministry of Punishment of incompetent management to his face, and was so angry that the Minister of Punishment almost took action. And..."

Zhou Hen glanced around and said secretly: "Your Excellency, I think it is not a good thing for the emperor to send the inner factory to serve as supervisors everywhere. Once the inner factory supervisors are spread all over the ministries, how will the officials do their jobs in the future? The eunuch said that is not the case. He only supervises government affairs, and the emperor says he is an eternal sage, but as long as he is a human being, there will be problems."

Li Qingxian nodded lightly.

Zhou Hen thought for a while and then said: "By the way, the patrol department is short of money."

"What's going on?" Li Qingxian asked.

"The expansion of the Patrol Division requires four or five times the troops, horses, food, weapons, etc. than the original Shendu Division. Part of it is allocated from above. But the problem is that even if the emperor issues the imperial edict, various departments will shirk and delay. You should understand this. ." Zhou Hen said.

"We all know this. It's better for the county magistrate to take charge now." Li Qingxian said.

"They can only allocate funds in batches, especially the funds from the Ministry of Accounts. It's not that they don't want to give it, but the Ministry of Accounts is really short of money recently. There is no other way, Master Zhou had to borrow it from the Night Guard Finance Department. The head guard never offends anyone, so he agreed. But Finance Secretary Zheng Wei Yong promised and sent 500 taels of silver yesterday. I almost beat him up when I heard about it. What is this money enough for?"

Li Qingxian thought of the night singing in Mrs. Wei's bedroom that night, and said: "I guess Wei Yong was offended. Our patrol department can't ask the internal factory for money? We will go when we can't work hard, and we won't give you any money."

Zhou Hen shook his head and said: "The inner factory belongs to the inner court, and all expenditures are allocated by the inner treasury. Those eunuchs in the inner factory have their eyes high, why are they so polite when they see you? You can pull money from the inner factory. Take the inner court's money If you use it to support foreign officials, the emperor will be willing to do so, but the ministers will object, it is impossible."

"I think there's something going on here." Li Qingxian frowned.

Zhou Hen glanced at Li Qingxian in surprise and said, "You are pretty smart. I didn't notice it at the time, but Mr. Zhou said that some officials in the imperial court used this method to fight against the expansion of the inner factory and the patrol department. This is also One of the reasons why Wei Yong dared to deal with it."

Li Qingxian nodded and said: "This makes sense. It seems that the establishment of the patrol department and the inner factory's monopoly of power will still trigger a backlash."

Zhou Hen sighed: "The original money of the patrol department was used to expand the army, which was not much. Now that so many people have died, the pension has become a big gap. Our night guard's pension is already large. It used to be The Financial Secretary has to pay for it, and it’s rare for so many people to die at one time. Now we have to pay for it ourselves, how can we afford it?"

"Can't I just use the money I got... Uh, no." Li Qingxian quickly realized the problem mid-sentence.

"Why, you still want to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver on Ye Wei to win people's hearts?" Zhou Hen said.

Li Qingxian shook his head. The number of night guards who died in the previous battle in Guicun was very small, so it was normal for him to give some money. But this time the scale is so large that it cannot be handled with personal money. Every money must be clean, otherwise it will be an obvious handle.

Zhou Hen said: "Master Zhou said that there is no problem in delaying the pension, but the problem is that too many people died this time. Once the Demon Sect's Punishment Department takes revenge, sends people to provoke, start a riot, and scare Shengshou, what do you think the consequences will be?"

When Li Qingxian heard this, he sighed and said, "This officialdom is really getting into trouble."

"Who knows how many doorways are hidden here that even Mr. Zhou can't see clearly? There are only a few days left before the Holy Sage's birthday. Do you think he can sleep?" Zhou Hen said.

"There's really no way to transfer my money to the Patrol Department? Can't we borrow a temporary loan?" Li Qingxian asked.

Zhou Hen shook his head and said: "How many pairs of eyes are staring at this place now. At this time, nothing can go wrong. Mr. Zhou doesn't want you to reveal your wealth because he is afraid that you will act recklessly."