Chapter 148: Monument of Merit
"I see."

Jiang Yue nodded slightly.

"it is good."

Patrolman Liu smiled and said, "Patrol Captain, your monthly salary is 20 taels of silver, three Jade Pills, and you will also have an official residence in Kudai County. You still have seven days of official leave, and after seven days, you will go to Zhou Yuan Mansion to take up your post. This is your official uniform, and you will no longer be given hawks, dogs, or horses."

As he spoke, Inspector Liu took out four or five sets of official uniforms from the package behind him and handed them to Jiang Yue.

The patrol lieutenant's uniform is also pure black, and is divided into inner and outer clothing, as well as a standard cloak that looks like a windbreaker. On the chest is embroidered a tiger descending the mountain in black and white tones, and there are four cloud flags on the chest, which looks mighty and domineering.

Jiang Yue took over the official uniform and took up his post in seven days.

"Well, after talking about Captain Jiang's promotion, there is also the matter of Chief Yuan's promotion."

Inspector Liu looked at Yuan Qinghuan again and said softly, "Master Yuan, you have made great contributions in refining the talisman this time, and you will be promoted to the position of the Water Department of Yunzhou Prefecture."

"what?"

Yuan Qinghuan was stunned and asked in confusion: "Why didn't I go to Zhou Yuan's house?"

"Cough cough."

Inspector Liu coughed lightly and said cryptically, "Master Yuan, this may be your family's decision."

"understood."

Yuan Qinghuan was a little depressed.

"Well, there is nothing else to do. Both of you will take up your posts in seven days. You will have seven days off so you can go back and visit your families. Then you will have to take up your posts in seven days."

Inspector Liu smiled and said, "I won't say much. I wish you two a bright future. I will take my leave now."

"Master Liu, take care."

Jiang Yue saw Inspector Liu off until he was out of the city, and then he returned to the lobby of the yamen.

The little flags had smiles on their faces and were happy for Jiang Yue from the bottom of their hearts.

No matter where you get promoted, it's a promotion, right?
"We congratulate Lord Jiang on his promotion to Patrol Captain!"

Flag Officer Xiaowu said with a smile, and all the other flag officers bowed and congratulated him.

“It’s a tough job.”

Jiang Yue waved his hand and said helplessly: "No need to congratulate me now. When I leave Zhou Yuan Mansion, congratulate me. It's not like Master Yuan has a good place to go."

"No."

Yuan Qing stared at Jiang Yue and said gently, "It's not my wish. If possible, I would rather go to the Zhouyuan Prefecture Water Bureau instead of working in the provincial government. That way, I can continue to work with Lord Jiang."

Jiang Yue saw Yuan Qinghuan's eyes, smiled slightly, and said: "There will always be a day when we will meet again."

"Ok."

Yuan Qinghuan's momentum weakened and he shook his head dejectedly.

If Jiang Yue showed any interest, she would rather have a fight with her family and go to Zhou Yuan Mansion to join Jiang Yue.

Jiang Yue is tall, tough, talented, powerful, and he cares for the people and has good intentions. Yuan Qinghuan is a young girl in love. She witnessed everything Jiang Yue did in the nine counties. How could she not be moved?

But it was obvious that Jiang Yue had no interest in her and was rejecting her in a tactful way.

Yuan Qinghuan's face was gloomy, but he forced a smile and said, "Lord Jiang has great power and authority, and he will definitely handle Zhou Yuan Mansion properly. I will be waiting for good news from Lord Jiang in the state government office."

"must!"

Jiang Yue laughed out loud.

That night, officials from Yuqing County gathered in the county for a meal to say goodbye. At the same time, the news of Jiang Yue's resignation and promotion spread like wildfire and soon spread to the nine counties.

Tao Qian and Yuan Tong were afraid that Jiang Yue would leave the next day, so they came to Yuqing County overnight to visit him and express their gratitude and reluctance to part with him.

The next morning.

Jiang Yue packed his bags and prepared to leave Yuqing Jiu County. He first went back home to check on the situation. After all, he hadn't been home for two months. Although he had sent letters, he was still a little worried.

Just after walking out of the government office and leaving Yuqing County, Jiang Yue unexpectedly saw many people outside the county who had spontaneously organized themselves. They were reluctant to let Jiang Yue leave.

These people included farmers and fishermen. They all looked at the scene from afar without saying a word, but their eyes were filled with gratitude and nostalgia.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it were not for Jiang Yue, these people would hardly be alive until now. Not to mention anything else, the conspiracy of Jade-faced Fox Qingjiu alone is enough to kill a group of people. If Jade-faced Fox Qingjiu's strength increases greatly later, he may not be able to massacre all the people in the nine counties before Pei Hu arrives, but it is still very likely that he will massacre most of them.

The people just looked at Jiang Yue until he disappeared into the distance riding on his white dragon horse.

The Chief of the Political Affairs Department, Lu Yang, stood among the people, looking at Jiang Yue going away, his thoughts in a turmoil.

Since Jiang Yue arrived and beheaded Yuan Qinghai, the cloud of collusion between officials and demons that had shrouded the nine counties for more than 30 years has completely dissipated. Now there are no demons in the water, no demons in the mountains, the floods have receded, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. All this is thanks to Jiang Yue.

Lu Yang was a native of Yuqing County. He was even more grateful to Jiang Yue than these ordinary people.

"Pass the order."

Lu Yang instructed the officials around him, "Order the craftsmen to prepare materials and build a monument to commemorate what Lord Jiang has done for the nine counties. I don't want to see that after a few decades or generations, no one will remember what Lord Jiang has done for this area."

After Lu Yang learned that Yuan Qinghai and others raped women and provided living people as food for the demons, he tried many ways to report it, but to no avail. More than 30 years of darkness were ended by Jiang Yue. One can imagine how Lu Yang felt.

The Monument to the Merits of the People can be considered as something Lu Yang did to express his gratitude to Jiang Yue.

"Yes, my lord!"

The officials in the Wentang were also grateful to Jiang Yue, so they naturally would not refuse this matter, and they all rushed to find the craftsmen.

"Well, next, notify the people and leave their names on the Monument of Merit to prove Lord Jiang's achievements."

Lu Yang ordered.

"Yes!"

The officials left in response.

The craftsmen acted quickly, and in about half an hour, they built a huge stone tablet, on which were engraved the achievements made by Jiang Yue in the nine counties. They also carved a statue of Jiang Yue. The people spontaneously left their names on the tablet and asked the craftsmen to engrave their own names.

On the huge monument of the people's achievements is a statue of Jiang Yue. On the stone tablet below the base are inscribed Jiang Yue's achievements and the names of the people. It stands on the bank of Yuqing Lake.

The breeze blows and the lake surface sparkles.

The pavilion in the middle of the lake where Lord Bai was worshipped has been demolished. There is no debris on the lake. At a glance, the sky is reflected on the lake, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.

Peace has returned to the nine counties.

Under Lu Yang's leadership, perhaps this place will soon become the most prosperous area in Huichun Prefecture again.
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On the other hand, Jiang Yue was not in a hurry to go home, but strolled around the Water Palace in the Nine Counties, and asked Xia Qi to go to Jiang Liu in Zhou Yuan Palace to check the situation first.

The Huichun River connects several prefectures and runs through several mountain ranges. The prosperity of the river is even comparable to that of towns on land, but that is the civilization of water beasts.

Let Xia Qi go and explore the way first, so that Jiang Yue can get to know Zhou Yuan Mansion more easily.

After explaining everything to Xia Qi, Jiang Yue went straight to Qing County.

Xuntian was flying rapidly over Jiang Yue's head. Xiaotian was riding on a white dragon horse just like Jiang Yue, looking like a human and a dog, with his teeth bared.

Tread-tap-

About an hour later, Jiang Yue had returned to Qingniuling along the official road and could see the outline of Qing County.

Jiang Yue couldn't help but feel a little timid as he got closer to home.

Where the hometown is, there are only memories and old friends. "Let's go home!"

Jiang Yue laughed loudly, Xuntian had already landed on his left hand. He was riding a big horse, holding a white dog in his arms, holding a goshawk, and dressed in a black shirt, looking very heroic.

Tread-tap-

When they arrived at the gate of the ancient city, the gatekeeper was stunned when he saw Jiang Yue. After hesitating for a moment, he tentatively called out "Sixth Master".

"it's me."

Jiang Yue smiled and nodded, then asked, "Do we still need to pay a city wall donation to enter the city now?"

"Ahem, Sixth Master, of course not."

The yamen runner coughed dryly and said, "This city wall donation was thought up by the finance and taxation officer of the government department. He was caught by the patrol and dismissed from his post."

"That's it."

Jiang Yue smiled, said nothing more, and led the horse into Qing County.

I haven't been home for more than two months, but Qing County still has that familiar feel. It's very lively, the market is bustling, and there are many yamen runners patrolling the roads.

"Compared to the nine counties, the officials in Qing County are still doing practical things."

Jiang Yue was leading the horse, feeling a lot of emotions in his heart.

In the nine counties, officials colluded with demons, raped women, and provided food to the demons. The people felt like they were in purgatory, with their lives hanging by a thread every day.

Comparatively speaking, there are only a few bastard yamen runners in Qing County who are causing harm to the local people, but the others are pretty okay. At least the people will not be fed to the demons.

Tread-tap-

Jiang Yue led the horse and headed straight to his own residence.

Just as he reached the door of his house, Jiang Yue heard a sound of laughter coming from the yard. He led his horse inside and saw that it was Silang holding a wooden sword and practicing killing techniques.

Grandpa Jiang Cong was sitting on a bench nearby, smoking his pipe with the old one-armed man and chatting about everything under the sun. The warm sunlight shining into the courtyard made it even more cozy.

After not seeing each other for more than two months, Grandpa and the old one-armed man are still the same, with traces of time on their faces, but Silang has changed a lot.

Before, Shiro was only 1.6 meters tall, but now he has grown a head taller, at least 1.75 meters. His thin figure has also become plump, and he has some muscles.

The dance of the long sword in his hand was very formal and methodical, which was a symbol of his character.

"Eh? Jiro is back?!"

Jiang Yue stood at the gate and watched for a while, and was soon discovered by his grandfather and the old one-armed man.

"came back."

Jiang Yue smiled gently.

"Second brother is back?!"

Silang shouted in surprise, dropped the wooden sword in his hand, turned around in surprise, and found Jiang Yue standing at the gate of the courtyard looking at him with a gentle smile on his face.

Seeing this, Silang couldn't help his lovesickness and rushed over to hug Jiang Yue, tears sparkling in his eyes.

Since he entered the mountains as a child, Jiang Yue has always been an elder brother who is like a father to Silang, but he is closer to him than his father and there is not so much estrangement between them.

"Good boy, you sank a lot."

Jiang Yue put Silang down with a smile, moved his fingers on Silang's body, and said in surprise: "Silang, you have already broken the tendon barrier? The bone barrier is about to break as well."

"Yes."

The old one-armed man took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Erlang, Hao'er's talent in martial arts is really amazing. He has broken through three levels in two months and is about to break through the fourth level. It is estimated that he can become a martial artist in three months. Of course, he is still a little worse than you."

“What a rapid progress!”

Jiang Yue rubbed Silang's head and said with a smile: "It seems that Silang's time in the past two months has not been in vain. That's great."

"Haha, I'm working hard to be like my second brother!"

Silang said with a smile, surprisingly much more cheerful than before. Without being told by the adults, he ran directly into the house to pour water for Jiang Yue.

Several people entered the house and sat at the table in the main room. The old one-armed man asked Jiang Yue about what had happened in the past few months.

He was devoted to studying medicine and teaching his disciples, and didn't care about what was happening outside. So he hadn't heard about Jiang Yue's recent deeds. He only heard about the big event of the Dragon Binding Rope treasure appearing in the Nine Counties, but he wasn't sure about what happened afterwards.

"Fortunately, the matters in the Nine Counties have basically been settled."

Jiang Yue had great respect for this old senior and smiled gently, "Your achievements are not bad. You will be promoted to patrol captain in seven days. These seven days are official. You have just arrived home."

"It's the patrol captain!"

The old one-armed man widened his eyes and said in surprise: "Erlang, your promotion speed is too fast!"

After being surprised, the old one-armed man stroked his beard again and said with a smile: "But think about it, it makes sense. If you have enough strength, you will be promoted all the way if you have achievements. This is something that no one can stop. But your strength is improving really fast. I am afraid that you have surpassed me now."

There is one more thing the one-armed man didn't say.

That is full of dangers. I guess only Jiang Yue himself knows that this promotion is by no means easy. It is an achievement that one has to risk his life to get it.

Of course the one-armed old man would not say these things in front of Jiang Cong and Silang. He just lamented that Jiang Yue was growing too fast.

It has only been less than half a year since he went from being a young boy who had to hide his mountain products when he sold them to being an independent mountain patrol captain.

"Erlang, are you only staying at home for seven days this time?"

This is where Grandpa Jiang Cong’s focus is.

"Yes."

Jiang Yue smiled and said, "There are only seven days of public holidays. After that, I have to go to Zhou Yuan Mansion to take up my post. It will probably take me even longer to come back then."

"Longer"

"It depends on the situation. Maybe it will take a year or two for me to come back."

Jiang Yue sighed.

The task assigned to him by Yunzhou was to patrol Zhou Yuan Mansion and not allow any members of the Beast God Cult to enter the Qianli Langdang Mountain area.

It is unknown how long the inspection will take.

"Well, go ahead, go ahead."

Although Mr. Jiang Cong missed Jiang Yue, he was still very open-minded. He reminded him: "A real man should do something. Don't act like a little girl. Grandpa is waiting for you to make achievements at home."

"it is good."

Jiang Yue nodded heavily.

"What do you want to eat? Grandpa will buy you some. The bear and venison meat you hunted before all went into Shilang's stomach."

Jiang Cong laughed.

Seeing this, Silang felt a little embarrassed. He scratched his head awkwardly and explained, "Brother, I don't know why. I have a big appetite, so I eat more."

"Hahaha, this is normal. I'll go to the mountains to find you some good medicine in the next few days. You can't fall behind in resources."

Jiang Yue planned to go to Funiu Mountain again to find some precious medicines to leave for his younger brother, and to save some time for himself.

(End of this chapter)

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