From a refugee to a martial artist

Chapter 125 Mission
It was afternoon and the cicadas were chirping.

Meng Yuan and Tie Niu went to the place to look for plum blossoms.

Now that his status is rising, Meng Yuan is no longer a rookie and knows more about the affairs of the palace.

Ying Rushi had a lot of properties under his control. In addition to various farms, he also had several shops and even a fleet of merchant ships.

Most of these business affairs were managed by Xunmei, and Yingru trusted Xunmei so much that he didn't even send anyone to supervise them, and allowed Xunmei to keep his confidants.

But Yingru doesn't like to go out, Prince Xin is also a person who avoids people, the Crown Prince is stupid and dumb, and Xunmei handles things on behalf of Yingru, who is like a big shot in the palace.

Xunmei is an upright gentleman, fair in his dealings, and moderate in his rewards and punishments. He is also kind-hearted.

"Senior Brother Meng!" After entering the hall, Hu Qian and Wu Changsheng immediately stood up.

"Come and sit down." Xunmei was very pleased to see that Meng Yuan bowed as usual, without any negligence or the rude habits of a warrior. Instead, he was humble and polite, just like a gentleman.

I still remember the first time I met this man many years ago. Xunmei thought that the boy looked good, could read and do math. She wanted to train him and send him to work in a shop, to make him an accountant or a shopkeeper in the future.

But this man had a desire to learn martial arts, and Xunmei was a good person to the end. After she rescued him to the palace, he unexpectedly revealed his true abilities and won the favor of Nie Yannian.

After that, he made rapid progress all the way, broke through the stone gate, and advanced to the seventh level of martial arts. Not only did he gain the recognition of the princess, but he also joined the Demon Suppression Division and became a small flag officer.

Xunmei could see that the princess also had expectations for this young man, otherwise she would not have brought Jiang Tang to her side to raise him.

It took just over half a year for him to go from being a migrant gelder to his current status.

Xunmei took a look at Meng Yuan and saw that the young man was handsome. She had known before that Jiang Tang could not control this man, and was worried that he would be led astray by Nie Yannian. But recently, she heard from Hu Qian that Nie Yannian might have let the meat rot in the pot and didn't know who was the boss and who was the subordinate.

"I heard from Jiang Tang that you have been at home these days, but something went wrong with the Hundred Households Office?" Xunmei first served two bowls of iced sour plum soup.

Hu Qian and Wu Changsheng also looked over curiously. Tie Niu was drinking sour plum soup that he almost choked.

"The boss has other arrangements, so I just want to concentrate on practicing martial arts at home." Meng Yuan said with a smile.

Xunmei nodded slightly, and she didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, her father-in-law would help her. Besides, it's easy for young people to become arrogant when they suddenly gain power, so it's good to temper their temper.

"Sister Mei, what's the matter? I will do whatever I can." Meng Yuan was very sincere.

"What can I do?" Xunmei smiled and took out a letter. "It's from Mr. Chen Shouzhe. He wants to ask you for help with something. I wonder if you are free."

When they killed people everywhere in Hedong County, Chen Shouzhuo clearly saw it all, but he did not say anything. Instead, he protected them. Meng Yuan has always been grateful for this favor.

Since the other party had spoken, Meng Yuan had no reason to refuse.

He took the letter and tore it open. It turned out that Chen Shouzhuo had a very difficult case and wanted to ask Meng Yuan for help.

Now that Meng Yuan is a minor flag officer, he has a general understanding of the operation of the government below.

In most counties and towns, the county magistrates would manage the situation on their own and report to the higher authorities on time. If there were any big bandits or robbers that could not be dealt with, they would report it to the provincial capital immediately.

Then the city will send people to solve the problem. But if the city is also difficult to solve, they will have to ask the soldiers of the hundred households for help, or even report to the army.

Generally speaking, most problems can be solved if the Hundred Households are dispatched. After all, there are more low-quality soldiers than medium-quality ones, so the low-quality ones are easy to deal with.

People above the seventh rank are either recruited by the imperial court or belong to a certain force. They will spontaneously maintain order and profit from it.

Of course there are exceptions, such as thin-waisted slaves, Jie Kaiping, and even some people with strange personalities, which require special personnel to be sent from above to deal with.

Now, the property of Prefect Xie of Songhe Prefecture has just been raided, and a deputy of the Hundred Households Office has just died. Both the civil and military officials are in chaos, and they have no time to take care of the affairs below.

And this case was not a big one. It was a town under Chen Shouzhuo's jurisdiction, where a flower-stealing thief appeared.

The thief should be a seventh-rank warrior, with supernatural powers and good at hiding his identity.

Meng Yuan didn't understand what the case was, nor did he know how to catch the thief, but he could see clearly that Mr. Chen must have made some plans, and all he lacked was a sharp knife.

Moreover, I learned from the thin-waisted slave that the Rat Dao Conference would be held in the mountains behind Wangjiang Cliff.

The exact location is unknown, but behind Wangjiang Cliff are the continuous mountains to the south.

The town where the crime occurred is called Qishui Town, which is more than 100 miles south of Wangjiang Cliff and only more than 30 miles away from the continuous mountains.

Meng Yuan can also use this case to investigate the affairs of the Rat Taoist Society.

"How is it? Are there any difficulties?" Xun Mei looked at Meng Yuan with a smile.

"No." Meng Yuan put away the letter and said, "Mr. Chen is a good official, I am naturally willing to serve."

"That's good." Xunmei nodded and wrote another note, "You can take the three of them with you, so you can learn more. Mr. Chen has always been honest and never flatters or accepts gifts. Don't spend all his meager salary!"

She handed the note to Hu Qian and said, "Hu Qian, you take care of the money. Five hundred taels is enough for your expenses."

Hu Qian happily took it and asked eagerly, "Shall we set off now?"

"No hurry, we'll leave tomorrow morning." Xun Mei put away her smile and said seriously, "Hu Qian, Zhao Tieniu, Wu Changsheng, you three are the most outstanding in the training ground, but this time you are going out to gain more experience, so you can only listen to Meng Yuan along the way."

Xunmei looked at Meng Yuan and warned him, "If anyone disobeys discipline, you can deal with him."

Meng Yuan agreed with a smile.

After chatting for a while and refilling the iced sour plum soup, the four of them said goodbye to look for plums. Not long after the four of them walked away, Meng Yuan said seriously: "The three of you go back to the training ground, check your weapons and bows, and have a good rest. I will come to find you tomorrow morning!"

Hu Qian and the other two responded obediently and were extremely submissive.

After driving away the three men, Meng Yuan came to the gate of Jingyuan and asked someone to go find Jiang Yatou.

"Brother," Jiang Tang held the whisk, not looking like a quiet little Taoist priest. She said worriedly, "You'd better not come to Jingyuan these days."

"I came to see you." Meng Yuan tapped her forehead and asked, "Is Xiangling still in solitary confinement?"

Jiang Tang shook his head. "He's been released. He's practicing calligraphy every day."

"That's good. She is a good student. You should learn more from her." Seeing that no one was around, Meng Yuan grabbed her whisk and looked at it. He said, "I have accepted the mission and will be leaving tomorrow. I estimate that I will be back in a few days."

"Then I'll make you something delicious in the evening!" Jiang Tang stared into Meng Yuan's eyes.

"Well..." Meng Yuan returned the whisk, "I will ask Master Nie for advice tonight."

"Brother, just tell me you're looking for Sister Nie. You don't have to hide it from me." Jiang Tang grabbed the whisk and said, "When you come back, take me out on horseback. I also want to see Dajiang write poetry!"

"Okay." Meng Yuan agreed immediately.

After seeing the little girl off, Meng Yuan took the little red horse and went to the guard post.

Although I am unemployed at home now, I still hold my official position. If I want to go on a long journey, I need to inform Zhang Guinian.

When they arrived at the guard post, they saw Gong Zihua guarding outside the lobby. Meng Yuan glanced inside and saw Captain Li, Ke Qiuxian, Zhang Guinian and other captains discussing something inside.

Mingyue was there too, but she was sitting aside, concentrating on flipping through the case files.

"What's going on?" Meng Yuan pulled Gong Zihua aside and asked in a low voice.

"Master Ke led people into the mountains two days ago. Captain Li, our Boss Zhang, Miss Mingyue, Senior Nie and others all went there. They just came back today." Gong Zihua replied in a low voice.

It seems that I still haven't found a way to unlock the screen.

Meng Yuan smiled and asked, "Why don't you see Master Nie?"

"He went to the martial arts industry as soon as he came back." Gong Zihua smiled.

The two were just talking together when Captain Li stood up in the lobby.

"It's all in vain. Master Ke's information is not very accurate! Let's discuss it another day!" Captain Li said tiredly and walked out of the hall.

Meng Yuan discovered that Captain Li looked at him with a somewhat friendly gaze.

"Have you recovered from your injury?" Captain Li waved at Meng Yuan with a smile.

Do you know that I was the one who killed him? Meng Yuan looked at Mingyue, but saw that he was in the lobby, still looking down at the files.

"Meng Xiaoqi, didn't Captain Yao say last time that you were injured and asked you to recuperate at home? Are you fully recovered?" Huang Yousheng, who was beside Captain Li, said with a smile.

Meng Yuan finally understood that the reason why he was unemployed at home was really to recuperate.

Just as he was about to say something, Captain Li nodded slightly and said, "I think your temper has been tempered."

What on earth is going on? Meng Yuan was confused.

"Meng Xiaoqi," Captain Huang Yousheng sighed and said, "Our captain likes your character and wants to help you, but seeing that you are young, we are worried that your strength will break easily, so we want to temper you..."

What have you done before? You were suppressing me just now, and now you want to recruit me? I am the Third Miss's sword. I can give it to Mr. Chen and Captain Zhang, but not to you!

"Huang Baihu means that Qian Hu wants to employ me?" Meng Yuan was a straight-forward gentleman. He immediately smiled and said, "I am a subordinate of Zhang Baihu. You might as well tell Zhang Baihu directly."

After finishing his words, Meng Yuan clasped his fists and bowed to Zhang Guinian, saying, "Captain Zhang, my injury has relapsed recently, so I guess I can't do it..."

"The garrison is currently under the charge of Captain Li. You can talk to Captain Li directly." Zhang Guinian said seriously.

Meng Yuan was kicked back, so he said, "Captain Li, my injuries have recurred, and I need to rest for a few days."

Li Jinyun frowned when he heard that. He knew very well that this person disdained his kindness. He snorted coldly and walked away immediately.

Huang Yousheng smiled happily at Meng Yuan, then followed him slowly.

"You are such a stubborn kid! When your superior shows you goodwill, you should just go with the flow and enjoy a good life in the future!" Zhang Guinian taught him seriously, and pointed at Gong Zihua and others, "Don't learn from Xiao Meng!"

"Well, just fight!" Ke Qiuxian came out, shook his head and sighed.

"Master Ke, you know who I am!" Zhang Guinian quickly explained.

Ke Qiuxian said no more and walked away.

Mingyue also stood up. She glanced at Meng Yuan with a cold expression on her face. She walked out without saying a word.

"You have some friendship with her, go and send her off...eh?" Zhang Guinian was about to wink at Meng Yuan when he saw that he had already quickly followed.

(End of this chapter)