The Martial Saint begins by collecting corpses.

"What is this?"

In an instant, all seven adults in the inspection team, including Zhou Mo and Su Wantang, frowned deeply, looking at the scales on the ground with a very bad feeling.

Lin Yuanrong and Lin Xiaojie both turned pale.

Lin Yuanrong glared at Lin Xiaojie, and Lin Xiaojie understood the meaning behind his words perfectly.

So, how did this thing end up in Lu Ming's hands?

Lin Xiaojie was also completely baffled. He had carefully kept the scale on Yan Pengfei's body, but Lu Ming suddenly took out another one.

Could this be the second one?

"What is this? Lin Sizheng, what's going on?"

Zhou Mo stared at Lin Yuanrong with some displeasure and asked.

Lin Yuanrong quickly said:

"This is an old case in the department. Unexpectedly, this newcomer, Crescent Moon, has found a clue. It seems that his merits and demerits can be offset."

"Lin Xiaojie, what's wrong with you?"

Finally, he shouted at Lin Xiaojie, his tone quite dissatisfied.

Lin Xiaojie's expression kept changing.

He vaguely knew that this scale was related to the recent missing persons cases in the city.

If this matter were to be exposed, it would be a major incident. Not only would the county magistrate lose his job, but even Lin Yuanrong might not be able to keep his position.

He can forget about getting a spot as a virtuous person.

"There's no time to think about that now," Lin Xiaojie hurriedly said.

"My lords, I never expected that Lu Ming would achieve such great results without making a sound, and he didn't even report it to me."

"Of course, I also made a mistake in not paying attention."

"Perhaps because Lu Ming is more capable, I had higher expectations for him and inadvertently assigned him more work, which caused him to neglect some other tasks."

"Since he has made contributions in this matter, I am willing to take the blame for some of the mistakes he made recently in investigating Yan Pengfei with Lord Shen Mo."

"Please grant me permission, Your Excellencies."

Caught off guard, Lin Xiaojie's words later revealed a remarkable demeanor and sense of responsibility.

Upon seeing this, the seven officials in the inspection team nodded to each other in agreement.

This Lin Xiaojie is quite responsible, and he spoke well. Although there are many doubts about this matter, he is, after all, Lin Yuanrong's nephew.

Zhou Mo waved his hand and said, "Let's deal with this first."

"Yes." Lin Xiaojie breathed a sigh of relief, bowed and agreed, then took Lu Ming and Shen Mo down with him, since Shen Mo also knew about the scales.

Now that Lu Ming has thrown out the scales, even Shen Mo can't be used as a pawn anymore. Otherwise, if he fights to the death, no one will have a good time.

After dealing with these two, we still need to find other people to report to the inspection team...

Lin Xiaojie's heart pounded, cold sweat poured down his forehead, and his head felt like it was about to explode at the thought of the trouble that was about to happen.

He ordered his men to take Shen Mo away. Shen Mo's personality was relatively easy to handle; his men could deal with him. But Lu Ming, based on his experience, was notoriously difficult to deal with.

He suspected that Zhao Meng had been secretly murdered by this person when Zhao Meng died suddenly, but he had no evidence.

He led Lu Ming to an empty courtyard in the inner quarters, and with a wave of his hand, several night patrolmen surrounded the courtyard with expressionless faces.

Lin Xiaojie's eyes flashed with a fierce light as he herded Lu Ming into the courtyard, glaring at him and saying:

"Lu Ming, do you realize the disaster your actions just now will bring to the Night Guard?"

Lu Ming said, "I need two Class C merit awards, and a warrant to leave the city to pursue the real culprit."

Lin Xiaojie's furious face froze instantly, and he said with a very unpleasant expression:

"What did you say? You dare to ask for such an exorbitant amount? Do you even know..."

Lu Ming unfolded the package layer by layer, revealing the scales inside. In the sunlight, the fleshy buds on the scales slowly wriggled.

Lu Ming stared at the scale thoughtfully and said:

"So this achievement isn't worth that much. It seems I need to discuss this further with Lord Zhou and Lord Su."

Lin Xiaojie's expression changed slightly as he looked at the strange scales in Lu Ming's hand. Lu Ming had taken the scales with him when he left. He had watched helplessly, but had no reason to stop him.

Seeing Lu Ming using this scale to threaten him, he was filled with rage.

However, thinking of the quota for outstanding talents, he took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and finally nodded:

"Alright, you certainly deserve it. Give me the scales, and I'll go get them for you in a bit."

Lu Ming wrapped the scales up and said:

"Don't wait any longer, let's do it now."

Lin Xiaojie clenched his fist, snorted coldly, and turned to leave in a hurry.

The surveillance team is still here. If it were just Lu Ming alone, they might be able to try to silence him, but that would also be risky.

Moreover, there's Shen Mo now, and Shen Mo is not easy to deal with.

Lin Xiaojie's expression changed several times, but in the end he still brought out two certificates of Class C merit and a letter of authorization requested by Lu Ming, stamped them with the seal of the Zhenye Division, and delivered them to Lu Ming.

After confirming that everything was correct, Lu Ming immediately handed the scale package to Lin Xiaojie and smiled:

"Thank you for the gift."

He then turned and left.

Lin Xiaojie quickly opened the package and saw that it indeed contained the scale. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking of the two merits he had just sent out—those were his merits, two Class C merits! They weren't easy to obtain!

He only had four shares in total, and he gave away half of them.

A wave of regret washed over him. Why did he choose to push Lu Ming out to explain himself?

This time, they lost both their wife and their army, and now they have to find someone else to take the blame. Unfortunately, it's too late for regrets now.

Holding the two certificates of top-level achievements, Lu Ming walked towards the pharmacy with great excitement.

The reason he didn't leave Heishui County immediately was that he was thinking of making a quick buck before leaving, since the secret internal cultivation medicine was extremely rare outside.

Another thing is to try and see if I can keep my position as a night patrolman for the time being, so that I won't be hunted down by the Night Watch as a deserter.

Now that his goal has been achieved, he only needs to exchange the two Class C merits for internal cultivation elixirs and then he can leave.

He hurried to the pharmacy and saw that the old pharmacist was still sitting in his rocking chair with his eyes slightly closed, as if he were asleep.

The apprentice was busy at work, and when he saw him come in, he quickly went up to ask:

"What do you need, sir?"

Lu Ming handed him two certificates of merit for Class C achievements and said:

"I want to exchange my achievements for twenty portions of the secret medicine for internal cultivation."

"Twenty portions?"

The apprentice shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, we only have five portions of the internal cultivation elixir left. I'm working hard to refine it, and I should be able to gather twenty portions by tomorrow. If you're not in a hurry, could you please come back tomorrow?"

Lu Ming frowned and asked in confusion:

"If you can make at least fifteen servings a day, why are there only five left if you make them every day?"

The apprentice replied:

"To prevent the medicinal materials from expiring, the internal cultivation secret medicine will not be made anymore once a certain quantity is reached, and it will be replenished when it is used up."

"I just didn't expect that so many adults would come to exchange for internal cultivation medicine recently, which has led to a rapid depletion of the internal cultivation medicine, and we can't replenish it in time."

Lu Ming thought to himself, it seems that many of the night patrolmen also sensed something was wrong. Although they didn't show it, they were secretly intensifying their training to improve their strength, just in case.

"It only takes one day..." Lu Ming pondered. "Give me these five portions first. Make sure to save some for me when the new secret medicine is ready; I need fifteen more tomorrow."

As he spoke, he took out two taels of silver and handed them to his apprentice.

The apprentice's face lit up with joy, and he said respectfully:

"Don't worry, sir."

Lu Ming nodded, turned around and went to the inner quarters, where he found an empty courtyard to stay in. This was one of the perks of being a night patrolman.

Now that he has truly offended Lin Xiaojie and Lin Yuanrong, only staying in the inner dormitory will actually make him safe.

After obtaining the internal cultivation elixir tomorrow, he will depart for distant lands. After a period of dedicated cultivation, he will become a tendon-strengthening martial artist and will no longer fear these two.

Unexpectedly, just as he finished tidying up the house, he heard a noisy cleaning sound coming from several small courtyards around him, followed by a familiar voice.

After listening for a while, he immediately realized that Zhou Mo, Su Wantang, and six others were going to stay here for the night.

He thought about it for a moment, then ignored it. In any case, he was no longer a capable person, and he had no further dealings with these seven people.