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Chapter 41 Capture the Flag
"What? Father, do you know him?" Jia Gui was stunned when he heard Jia Zhen's words.

Logically speaking, Xu Hao's reputation should not have reached the court of the Daxuan Dynasty.

After all, he was just a country bumpkin from outside, and only the palace guards knew him. Others simply didn't bother to interact with him.

"I guess I understand!" Jia Zhen pondered for a moment and asked, "You said he became the chief of the imperial guards?"

"Yes, I don't know what kind of luck he had, but last night while on duty, he encountered the strong men from the Pacification Division who were besieging the Evil Demon Ridge. He took advantage of the opportunity and killed the strong men from the Evil Demon Ridge, making a great contribution.

He was valued by Tang Wan'er, the Ninth Princess's attendant, and today he was promoted to the rank of General Flag Officer by the Pacification Division, and has become my direct superior."

Jia Zhen frowned when he heard this.

He received a subtle hint from the boss that he didn't want to see the Xu family, so he wanted to suppress the Xu family and leave them with nowhere to go.

After investigation, he originally thought that the Xu family was nothing special, but he didn't expect that Xu Hao would become the chief commander of the imperial guards.

In this way, the Xu family had a foothold.

How can this make him please the boss?!

No, we have to get rid of this layer of protection.

Jia Zhen took a deep breath, looked at his son Jia Gui, and said, "I remember that the garrisons outside the imperial palace outside the imperial guards have a tradition of capturing flags at low levels?"

Jia Gui immediately understood and said, "You mean, let me go and capture the flag?"

Jia Gui immediately became excited.

The guards outside the imperial palace are basically idle positions, but because they are affiliated with the imperial guards, there is also a tradition of promotion from below, which only requires mutual consent and official reporting.

This is encouraged. Of course, the higher the official position, the greater the restrictions. But for the general flag, he only needs to inform the captain of the imperial guards and use some connections, and it should be possible.

If the challenge is successful and he has some merits, he can directly deprive the other party of his position.

He had been jealous of Xu Hao before and was unwilling to be led by Xu Hao. Now, the method proposed by Jia Zhen was very much in line with his wishes.

As for whether the challenge was successful or not, that was not what Jia Gui considered at all.

A poor outsider who didn't even have a rank a few days ago. He was able to enter the human level by relying on some coincidences.

And he has long been a powerful person in the human-level skin refining realm.

Even in the Skin Refining Realm, he had already cultivated to the limit of tree bark.

In other words, he had a dream of becoming a strong man and wanted to cultivate the Stone Skin level of the Skin Refining Realm to deepen his foundation. Otherwise, he would have relied on elixirs to break through to the second level of the human level, the Flesh Refining Realm.

Xu Hao is just no match for him.

Jia Gui felt that Xu Hao was lucky enough to kill an evildoer from Xiemo Ridge who was seriously injured by a strong man from the Pacification Division. Otherwise, Xu Hao would not be qualified to become the general flag.

Now, as long as he defeats Xu Hao, he will become the chief flag bearer of the Imperial Guard and obtain an official position.

With an official position and the help of his father Jia Zhen's connections, he will surely be very successful!
Jia Zhen looked at Jia Gui's excited eyes and asked in a deep voice, "Tomorrow, you will go to the Imperial Guard Captain Liu to inform him, and then ask Xu Hao to agree to the flag-grabbing competition. Do you have confidence?"

"Don't worry, father. One of my hands is enough to beat Xu Hao!" Jia Gui said confidently.

"That's good!" Jia Zhen smiled slightly, patted Jia Gui on the shoulder, and said seriously, "As long as you become the general flag, I will find a way to let you obtain more resources and better skills. By then, my Jia family may be able to have both civil and military talents!"

"Yes!" Jia Gui was also excited when he heard Jia Zhen's empty promises.

He is now looking forward to tomorrow arriving early so that he can snatch Xu Hao's position as the general flag officer.

The sky darkened, then became bright.

At the Xu family, Xu Hao woke up early. After washing up, he went to the restaurant for breakfast.

After eating, Xu Hao went straight to the palace, ready to start looking for his first opportunity since becoming the general flag.

Xu Hao crossed the palace gate and, as was customary, headed directly to the Imperial Palace Guards headquarters. The Imperial Palace Guards were originally part of the Imperial Guards, but were now under the command of the Pacification Division and divided into several guards.

Among them, the guards that Xu Hao belongs to are the Southern Guards.

A guard had a thousand men, with one captain of a thousand, ten captains of a hundred, and several general flags.

The number of general flags depends on the size of the area they are stationed and patrolling.

Since Xu Hao was appointed as the general flag, he naturally had to report to the garrison and then be assigned to the area under his command.

The handover was quick.

After the imperial palace guards came under the command of the Pacification Division, their efficiency became much faster.

Because from memory, when Xu Hao became a royal guard, it took a lot of time just to assign him a place, and it also consumed a lot of energy and financial resources.

Now, all he needs to do is report and then be assigned to Xu Hao according to the area that has been planned long ago!
"Here are the four candidates for the small flags you will lead!" After completing the identity procedures, the person in charge handed Xu Hao a list.

A general flag is in charge of three to five small flags.

Xu Hao was able to command four small flags. Obviously, the area he was stationed and patrolling was neither too big nor too small, and was in the middle of the main flag.

Xu Hao took out a piece of silver and took the list. He glanced at the list and saw a familiar name, Jia Gui!
This was the original owner's 'rival in love', who had once 'fought' with an official woman named Wu Yanyan and tried his best to please her.

It’s just that Wu Yanyan is a scumbag girl, and she switches back and forth between Jia Gui and the original owner with ease.

This caused hostility between Jia Gui and the original owner.

"Interesting! Enemies always gather together, and enemies always gather together!" Xu Hao murmured.

Yesterday, through Xu Qianzhi, he analyzed that the head of the Ministry of Revenue behind Jia Gui might be in collusion with the White Lotus Sect. As to whether it is true or not, let's see what Jia Gui will do next.

However, one must always be careful.

Perhaps, Xu Hao can use Jia Gui to trigger more events and find more opportunities.

Xu Hao put away the list and went straight to the Imperial Palace Avenue area under his command.

Xu Hao walked briskly, and when he arrived at the general flag's guard area, a lot of guards had already gathered there.

There are four small flags, including Jia Gui.

These people were obviously there to greet him.

However, when Xu Hao looked at them one by one, he found that Jia Gui's eyes were extremely resentful and fiery.

It was as if he was looking at a dish, as if he wanted to eat him alive.

Xu Hao took a glance and walked away calmly.

If it were the original owner, he might still be afraid, but he is a time traveler, and his current cultivation has reached the fourth level of the human stage, plus he is the general flag.

It can be said that if he had not estimated the power and background behind Jia Gui, he could have crushed him to death with one hand.

"General!" When Xu Hao arrived, several small flags hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Even Jia Gui did not behave in any unusual manner at this moment, but the inexplicable emotion in his eyes became more and more intense.

"Well, everyone, from now on we are one." Xu Hao glanced at the small flags indifferently, his gaze landing on Jia Gui, and asserting his authority, "I don't care what the other general flags think. In my place, everything from now on is my decision. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can raise it now!"

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