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Chapter 118: The Mediocre Under the Incompetent King (Part )
Lin Wanmo was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Xu Yuan then told Lin Wanmo about his experience on the Ghost Wu Mountain. Lin Wanmo's eyebrows immediately arched, and he gritted his teeth and said angrily, "I saw at first sight that fat guy was not a good person!"

Xu Yuan stuffed all the letters into his arms and picked up a cloth bag: "I'm going to see Ma Tianshou. You cook first and I'll come back to eat in the evening."

Lin Wanmo was feeling lazy: "Can I not do it..."

Xu Yuan pretended not to hear and strode out the door.

……

Ma Tianshou had already learned the whole story of this trip from Fu Jingyu and Mr. Yan.

After Xu Yuan arrived, the old man sighed, "Originally, I asked you to go with me because you were more familiar with Guiwu Mountain. I just wanted you to be my guide. Now I am extremely glad that I let you go with me, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!"

Xu Yuan first took out all the letters and said, "Old Master, please take a look. These are the letters my second uncle has written to my family over the years. This is the one Zheng Rongkui gave me. It can almost be concluded that it was forged by Zheng Rongkui."

Ma Tianshou was a sixth-rate scholar and must be an expert in handwriting. He only glanced at it and dismissed it with disdain: "One glance, it's fake."

Old Yan took it and said as he looked at it, "Zheng Rongkui keeps a little ghost. This trick originated from Siam. One of the functions of that little ghost is to fulfill the wishes of the sponsor. It wouldn't be difficult to help him forge a letter."

Xu Yuan asked, "Can you help me contact my second uncle?"

"Don't worry, we will naturally investigate this. Now..." Ma Tianshou paused: "I formally invite you to join the Department of Extermination of Filth!"

Xu Yuan no longer hesitated and bowed: "Thank you for your kindness, old sir. I am willing to do this. From now on, I will rely on you and the seniors to take care of me."

Ma Tianshou laughed heartily, holding Xu Yuan's arms with both hands to help him stand up. "This case is something we in Jiaozhi South Office haven't encountered in ten years. I can't say it's all your credit, but you should at least take 70%! It's us old guys who benefited from your help."

Xu Yuan heard that he seemed to be referring to something else, and looked up with some confusion, but Ma Tianshou just smiled and said nothing.

Elder Yan said, "The position of commander of the Jiaozhi Southern Office has been vacant for a long time. Although the old man has already been in charge of the Southern Office's affairs, he has never been promoted. This time... it's almost certain to be his."

Xu Yuan hurriedly congratulated him, and Ma Tianshou waved his hand and said, "We're all family from now on, no need to be so polite. I'm a little different from others. Although I also like flattery, I don't like it that much."

Xu Yuan couldn't help but smile.

"Okay, let's get down to business." Ma Tianshou's expression straightened. "Last time, I promised you the position of Inspector, but since you've made new contributions in Ghost Witch Mountain, the position of Inspector is obviously insufficient. So, I'll give you the position of Deputy Inspector!"

The highest official of the Quwu Division in each province was the "Dutong". The organization below was slightly different. Large provinces had four offices: East, West, South, and North, each with a commander.

There are several deputy commanders under the commander.

Next are the Chief Lawyer and the Deputy Chief Lawyer, then the Inspector and the Deputy Inspector; the School Inspector and the Deputy School Inspector.

Finally, there are the Mountain Moving Captain and the ordinary Captain.

Ordinary lieutenants are divided into three grades: no pattern, single pattern and double pattern.

In addition, there are county officials and their subordinates in each county.

There are also some positions such as "handler" and "treasurer", with different levels.

Normally, when the Southern Office sent people on official business, a captain leading several lieutenants would be enough.

The prosecutor will only step in when the case becomes difficult.

The censor was of the ninth rank, and the deputy censor was of the second ninth rank. The inspector was of the eighth rank, and the deputy was of the second eighth rank.

When Ma Tianshou promised Xu Yuan the position of inspector, he said "ninth rank", which actually meant deputy, but he did not say it explicitly.

This time was actually the same. It wasn't that the old man was deliberately fooling around, but because the inspectors and patrol inspectors often had to lead teams to handle cases. Xu Yuan had just joined the Department of Extermination of Filth and was unfamiliar with many procedures. He had to find an old man to guide him first, and after he had adapted to all aspects, he could be promoted.

Seeing Xu Yuan about to thank him again, Ma Tianshou grabbed him and said, "I've already said it, no need for these empty formalities. Come, come, sit down, and let's talk about this case again."

Xu Yuan sat down, and there were only five people in the room: Ma Tianshou, Old Yan, Lu Zhengyan, Xiang Qinghuai and Fu Jingyu.

Song Lu was not among them.

"Regarding Prince Yong...everyone, please share your thoughts." Ma Tianshou started the conversation. Old Yan had already thought about this in his mind along the way and said, "It's impossible to move, and it's not easy to move. In recent years, the people in Prince Yong's mansion have been restless. It is said that this is because Prince Yong has been in poor health since he was demoted, so he and those around him are a little impatient.

But His Majesty seemed unwilling to personally kill his son. When something went wrong, he only issued an imperial decree of reprimand, without imposing any substantial punishment. It seemed as if he was waiting for… Prince Yong to collapse and die.”

Although there is a private seal on the contract as evidence this time, which can be used to execute Lord Chunyu, King Yong will be implicated and will most likely be reprimanded by the emperor.

"Chun Yu Wei must die!" Lu Zhengyan said.

The emperor hated the "treacherous and flattering" people who encouraged the mediocre king the most.

No one else expressed their opinions. Xu Yuan made up his mind to listen and watch more during the meeting and try not to speak.

Ma Tianshou snorted and said, "Even if there is direct evidence, we can't touch King Yong."

As long as the emperor does not have the intention to kill, King Yong will have no worries about his life.

No matter how heinous the things he did.

Ma Tianshou drank a sip of his tea and suddenly cursed angrily, "Chun Yuwei is just a bookworm! Does he think he's so smart? He doesn't even consider that the Dragon King of the Grand Canal was humiliated at Ghost Witch Mountain. So many years have passed, and people have finally forgotten about it. Does the Dragon King of the Grand Canal want the Ghost Witch Mountain incident to be brought up again?"

Xu Yuan immediately understood: From the perspective of the Grand Canal Dragon King, you guys have solved a problem that even I couldn't solve. Are you more capable than me?!

Old Master Yan also realized what was happening and shook his head, saying, "Chun Yuwei was just a lecturer in the Eastern Palace back then. To put it bluntly, he read books to the Crown Prince and explained the meaning of the classics.

Those who were truly talented, such as the Prince's Grand Tutor and the Grand Preceptor, had long been killed by Your Majesty.

In the past few years, Prince Yong’s palace has been plagued by incidents, and His Majesty has killed a number of them. The only ones left are Chunyu Wei and other mediocre people with high aspirations but low skills…”

For example, Chen Liangxuan had a very high opinion of himself, but why did Your Majesty only demote him to Nandu and then behead him directly?
Of course, it is because Your Majesty feels that this person is incompetent and cannot make any waves.

Ma Tianshou took a deep breath and waved his hand vigorously: "Forget it, let's not talk about them anymore, let's talk about the demon-killing army."

Mr. Yan repeated what he had said before in a slightly more tactful way.

Ma Tianshou snorted, "Let's not worry about the future. Let's follow the lead of Widow Yang and investigate him thoroughly! Xiang Qinghuai!"

Inspector Xiang immediately stood up and clasped his fists: "Here I am!"

"You are in charge. Dig as deep as you can. Don't listen to anyone else until I stop!"

"As ordered!"

Xu Yuan nodded secretly. The old man wanted to dig out as much truth as possible before the bigwigs above reacted.

Then I thought again, this case originally belonged to me and Fu Jingyu, why not let us continue to be responsible for it?

"This is to protect both of us. If you keep digging... you'll be hated!"

(End of this chapter)