Quick Wear: Welcome to the Crazy Scene

Shen Jin finished leading the way and brought Xiao Jiangran to the small courtyard.

They caught Chen Jinbao, Zhaoxue, and the fake Qi Ci red-handed, while the real Qi Ci was tied up and unconscious on the ground. If they had been a step later, she would have been beheaded.

The deserted courtyard was filled with soldiers in armor, banging and hammering, making it very lively.

As a guide, Shen Jin left the courtyard early and stood with the group of children who were craning their necks to look inside.

"what happens!"

They asked each other questions, but none of them knew anything. Their curiosity grew stronger, and they scratched their heads.

"Hehe, the ghost living here has been caught."

Shen Jin smiled and said something to the children.

Soon after, the neighbors started to spread rumors, saying with great confidence: "Have you heard of the haunted house at the end of Jinxing Lane? Let me tell you!"

"This evil ghost is jealous of our Master Qi, so it transformed into his appearance and wants to eat him!"

"Oh, that's too much! Lord Qi is the savior of our family. Have you caught this ghost? I will fight it!" As he said this, he put down the tea bowl, picked up the eating utensils beside him, and wanted to get rid of the ghost.

"Of course. Lord Qi is a deity descended from heaven, blessed by Wenqu. Look, he has caught the man pretending to be a ghost and is executing him in public."

"Master, do you think we should go to the temple to pray on behalf of the master? How could he be haunted by a ghost? Is there anyone who wants to harm him?"

I heard that the secrets between those big shots are much more serious than the chickens they raise eating other people's vegetables.

Shen Jin and the crowd of onlookers stood together, awaiting their execution. Impersonating an official and taking his place was sheer audacity and unheard of! If not dealt with severely, it would only encourage this kind of inappropriate behavior.

Furthermore, the government guards were just for show, and the fake Qi Ci was cheating people inside without anyone noticing. This incident also sounded an alarm within the government.

If someone tried to assassinate them or steal secrets, I'm afraid they would be happy to offer their heads and secrets to them.

All in all, Shen Jin was quite satisfied with the result. If he had to find a flaw, it would be that the number of completed tasks remained at 0.

The system explained this without any guilt.

"Qi Ci wasn't a corrupt official. The fake Qi Ci did want to be corrupt, but he hadn't started yet. At most, it was an attempted murder. As for Chen Jinbao, he insisted that he was coerced into committing suicide. He was a pure victim. Naturally, there's no way to judge."

It gloated: "In the original plot, Chen Jinbao was guilty of such a serious crime, but he was rescued. Now this matter is just a piece of cake."

"No rush, no rush."

She likes the plot line, defeating one and digging out a bunch of settings.

Shen Jin opened the task list. Under her operation, the impact of the Qingtian drought has been reduced to a minimum. It can be said that this plot ended early.

Droughts were common in Qingtian, and the county residents had their own strategies for dealing with them. However, the county magistrate's inaction prevented the entire county from mobilizing to dig canals to connect to the river. Villagers and towns also shirked responsibility, leading to a lack of unity and a snowballing effect, ultimately leading to an unstoppable situation.

The locust plague was simply adding insult to injury, forcing them onto a strange path and cutting off their last chance of survival.

But if the people had not suffered from the disaster, and had ignored the insect pests in the fields due to poor harvests, the locusts would have fed chickens, ducks, geese and birds in their early stages and would naturally not have flourished.

The affairs of life are interconnected, and because we were born in an ancient society with low productivity, the impact is even more far-reaching.

Now, Qi Ci has personally mobilized Qingtian's forces to resist the drought and revive the farmland. The original chain of tragedy has been cut off at the source, and the snowball has lost its power when it falls.

In political and intrigue literature, the most important thing is foreshadowing. In contrast, in the real world, the so-called foreshadowing all comes from the lineage of the family.

Here we have to talk about Chen Jinbao's identity.

The Guanghe Chen family is a line of Chen descendants that was moved out of the main genealogy in an unknown generation.

The ambitious young man who had won the imperial edict was assigned to the remote Qingtian County because he did not have enough money and connections. From then on, there was no hope of promotion and no future.

Chen Jinbao thought carefully about the first half of his life and finally decided to find a big backer for himself.

So, he searched through the family tree, and finally, after many twists and turns, he found the Guanghe Chen clan. Chen Dai was the most representative figure of the Guanghe Chen clan. In his prime, he was appointed one of the Three Dukes and the Grand Tutor of the dynasty.

Chen Jinbao was naturally not stupid enough to try to establish kinship with the Chen family in Kyoto. He then dug up the family tree and finally found someone who was useful to him from another branch three generations away.

Chen Shengli, the prefect of Changhe Prefecture.

The transfer order was issued by Qi Ci to Chen Shengli, who appointed him as a Tongpan of the sixth rank.

Because of his youth and handsomeness, he hooked up with Chen Shengli's daughter Chen Shuxue, married into the Chen family, and began his life as a wealthy family man.

Even if the drought ended early, the plot here would not change. This was because Chen Shengli was the second corrupt official to be punished after Qi Ci.

Although Shen Jin didn't think that what happened to Qi Ci would happen a second time, after she unlocked Chen Shengli, she still went to check on Chen Shengli's character with trepidation.

Fortunately, this is a real corrupt official.

Although she should feel deeply sorry about this, Shen Jin still breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, she had to fill the hole left by Qi Ci herself.

What a bittersweet story this is. Her storyline is only unlocked with Xiao Jiangran, and the corrupt officials here are not ordinary corrupt officials.

Otherwise, in the later stage, Xiao Jiangran will be in a high position and can seize an entire government just by talking. If this place is also counted, shouldn't she just lie back and wait for the protagonist to show his power?

But the system said: "Those corrupt officials who are just filling in the numbers don't count. At best, they are just background elements and have little impact on the protagonist."

"Don't forget our premise. The protagonist is lost and has no clues to guide him. Therefore, the corrupt officials you need to find are those who can bring actual disasters and benefits to Xiao Jiangran."

When you are an ant, it is naturally a cause for celebration if you kill three ants at once. But now that you have become an elephant, there is nothing to boast about even if you crush an anthill with one foot.

At most, they would say, "There are quite a lot of ants here."

Shen Jin sat on the treetop, looking at Xiao Jiangran's back in the distance and murmured, "Where should I go to find a suitable extra blood pack for you?"

If he is too powerful, he will be crushed to death; if he is too weak, he will be of little help.

The most important thing is not to delay!

This is also a hidden limited-time task.

After all, if Xiao Jiangran gets promoted, the number of corrupt officials she can find will be even more limited, and she can only look for them among those first-rank officials and royal relatives.

Shen Jin sighed.

There was no wind at this time, and the leaves were silent, with only the buzzing of summer cicadas.

Amidst the chirping of cicadas, she let her thoughts wander. "It's actually pretty easy to find. The six ministries are all categorized. Officials, Households, Rites, Military, Works, and Agriculture."

Let’s start with the simplest food.