Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 20 The Unexpected Examiner
Shang Lu was amused by Du Feng's sneaky look, and walked over to ask him: "Why are you standing so far away?"

"Lu Tou, the place you live in is a well-known haunted house. I dare not get too close. It would be terrible if I get spotted by a ghost."

Du Feng explained the reason.

Shang Lu looked him up and down and chuckled.

"Just you? You want to be targeted by ghosts? What are you dreaming of?"

"what?"

Du Feng didn’t understand, how could being targeted by a ghost be a good thing?

But he didn't ask much, he just looked at the haunted house in the alley and asked curiously: "Lu Tou, aren't you afraid to live in a place like this?"

"Why should I be afraid? I think it's fine."

"Have you ever encountered a ghost in this house?"

"Of course there is. A gentle, virtuous, beautiful and kind married female ghost."

"Hahaha, Lu Tou, you really know how to joke."

Du Feng didn't believe it and thought Shang Lu was joking.

Shang Lu didn't explain and was about to go to the yamen after leaving the alley, but was stopped by Du Feng.

"You are wrong, Lord Lu. The performance examination is not held in the government office, but in the training ground. I was afraid that you went to the wrong place, so I came to talk to you about this."

"The training ground?"

Shang Lu found out after asking that because the performance test involved the assessment of one's cultivation, there was limited space in the yamen and it was difficult to carry out the test.

The training ground was where the brave men of the county usually did drills, and since it was large enough, it was temporarily used as a venue for performance examinations.

The two of them went to the training ground immediately.

On the way, Shang Lu asked, "Why are you here alone? Where are the others? Are you still investigating the strange situation in Yunhua Mountain?"

"What are you investigating? They were quite serious in the first few days, but they just did it perfunctorily afterwards."

Du Feng gets angry whenever he talks about this matter.

He told Shang Lu that several other white-collar constables had determined that Shang Lu would not pass the test, so they had already found a new job and were waiting for Shang Lu to be dismissed so that they could "jump ship" immediately.

Two of them even defected to Sun Ying, which made Du Feng very unhappy. He had a quarrel with the two and almost came to blows.

"At this time, they must be trying to curry favor with their new leader."

Du Feng cursed: "They are all a bunch of ungrateful wolves."

Shang Lu smiled, seemingly not angry, but asked Du Feng curiously: "What about you? Have you found a new boss?"

Du Feng shook his head: "I'm not that kind of person! I'm loyal. Even if I have to look for you, it's after you, Lu Tou, are officially dismissed."

"It would be better if you didn't say the last sentence."

Shang Lu laughed in silence, looked at Du Feng deeply, and did not continue the topic.

Then he asked, "You had your performance test two days ago, right? How did it go?"

The white servants in the yamen were not on the regular staff and were classified as "auxiliary police" or "temporary workers". Although they were also subject to performance appraisals, they were the responsibility of local government offices.

"Inferior, just barely passed." Du Feng replied.

"Why are you waiting?"

Shang Lu couldn't help but frown.

Whether it's his cultivation or his attitude towards work, Du Feng shouldn't be evaluated as inferior.

"I didn't give the captain any money."

Du Feng shrugged, his tone full of sarcasm.

"For us white-duty constables, if we want to get good reviews in the performance evaluation, it doesn't matter whether we have the ability or not, we have to make enough money. All the money I saved was used to honor my mother. It would be bad if I didn't have money for them."

Shang Lu and Du Feng were chatting and soon arrived at the training ground.

Although it was still early, quite a few people had already gathered in the training ground.

In addition to the constables, there are also the guards of the soap squad, the force officers of the strong squad, as well as the guards of the jail, the warehouse guards, the militiamen, and so on.

Not only did the regular soldiers come, but all of their unofficial soldiers were present as well, to cheer for their boss.

Work can be done slowly, but flattery must be done promptly.

Shang Lu saw his unarmed constables in the crowd.

Just as Du Feng said, he was following other regular constables.

These people also saw Shanglu.

Some people looked embarrassed and looked away, not daring to look at him.

Some people saw it but pretended not to see it.

Regardless of the reaction, no one came over to greet Shang Lu. "Bah! You ungrateful thing!"

Du Feng spat on the ground.

Shang Lu wanted to laugh, as he felt that the scene before him was quite absurd, as if to say, “Don’t contact me again, I’m afraid XX will misunderstand me.”

However, it is still a little too early for these people to change jobs now.

Du Feng wanted to go over to argue with them, but was stopped by Shang Lu. He waited for a while in the training ground. Then the leaders of the three squads and the six chief clerks came with the chief clerk and the county magistrate.

The chief clerk and the county magistrate naturally did not have to stand in the training ground and sat in the temporary shed.

The three team leaders each restrained their subordinates and waited for the arrival of the performance examiner.

It was not until noon that the examiner from the county government finally arrived.

The people in the training ground had already become impatient and were complaining.

But when they saw the appearance of the performance examiner, they fell silent instantly.

Even the most stubborn person was frightened and dared not shout.

Just because there were tiger patterns embroidered on the robes of these two examiners.

The Ba State used the white tiger as its totem, and only one kind of person was allowed to embroider tiger patterns on their official robes—the shaman officials!
"Witch officer! It's the witch officer!"

"It's actually the witch officer who's going to preside over the performance test!"

"If we are favored by the witch officer, can we enter the witch academy? From then on, we will be able to rise to the top of our life?"

After a brief silence, the classroom became boiling with people exclaiming in surprise.

Not to mention that the officials were confused about the situation, the magistrate and the chief clerk sitting in the shed also had expressions of shock and bewilderment on their faces.

What the hell, what's going on? Why is there a witch officer in our county's performance evaluation? Is this going to be a big deal?

Even though they were full of confusion and anxiety, the magistrate and the chief clerk quickly stood up and went to greet him.

According to the rules of the State of Ba, the performance examiner is one level higher than the other, not to mention that he is a wizard with extraordinary powers, so he cannot be neglected.

At the same time, after being surprised, Captain Ma turned pale and thought to himself that something was not good.

The situation was originally very good when they were rounding up the wanted bandit, but he was eager to gain merit and commanded the detectives to advance recklessly.

As a result, not only was the person not caught, but several unarmed constables lost their lives.

Shang Lu's original body also died at that time.

It is no exaggeration to say that he was killed by Captain Ma.

Because of this incident, and his declining cultivation level, Captain Ma's performance evaluation this time is bound to be bad.

That's why he used his connections to get money.

I thought that after spending the money, I would definitely pass the performance test and even get a good evaluation.

As a result, it was unexpected that the person who received the silver did not come, but the witch official came!
Captain Ma was extremely upset and felt that this performance evaluation was likely to fail.

Sun Ying, who was standing by, did not notice her brother-in-law's panic.

His eyes were fixed on Shang Lu.

Seeing Shang Lu's surprised expression, Sun Ying couldn't help laughing.

"Haha, are you stupid? The witches have sharp eyes. Even if you have tricks to cheat, you can't hide it from them. You will definitely fail this performance test..."

Before he could finish his words, a slap hit Sun Ying hard in the face.

Not only was a clear five-finger mark left behind, but half of his cheek also swelled up in an instant.

Sun Ying covered her face, her eyes full of surprise and confusion.

Because the one who beat him was none other than Captain Ma.

"Sister...Captain, why did you hit me?"

"You dare to curse me to fail the performance test? Do you believe I will kill you?"

Captain Ma stared at him with red eyes and heavy breathing, like a wild beast, very scary.

Sun Ying was frightened and hurriedly explained: "Cursed you? I didn't, I was talking about the Chinese rhubarb..."

"Shut up!"

Captain Ma was upset and thought Sun Ying was too noisy and didn't want to listen to his explanation at all.

Sun Ying felt very aggrieved, but she didn't dare to talk back, so she could only swallow back all the words of explanation.

He turned his head and looked at Shang Lu, his eyes full of resentment, gritting his teeth and thinking:

"It's all because of you that I got beaten! You made me lose face in front of so many people! When the performance evaluation is over and you are fired, I will show you how I will kill you!"

(End of this chapter)