This doesn't make sense? Is he wrong
"Qiao Pifu?" Shen Qinghe poured tea while trying to find out Qiao Mu's background:
"Of course I have to give Mr. Wang face. But you have to be honest with me. After all, your ability is determined by your position."
Qiao Mu naturally would not reveal his true identity.
But since Shen Qinghe in front of him is an old friend of the bandit king Song He, he is probably not a pedantic bureaucrat.
Qiao Mu then said seriously:
"I'm Qiao Pifu, my hometown is outside the province, I'm not a local. I just couldn't stand the local tyrants bullying the villagers, so in a rage, I killed the royal family... No, I killed the tyrants, it's been five or six years now."
It turned out to be a criminal... Shen Qinghe suddenly realized.
Although a sixth-rank warrior can easily become a sixth-rank martial official without real power, there is still a major prerequisite.
That is to say, a clean background without any stain.
It would be too absurd if a bandit or a murderer could become an official in the court just by practicing some martial arts, even if it was an official without real power.
"If local tyrants oppress the people in the countryside, then killing them is certainly not a bad thing..." As Shen Qinghe spoke, he felt something was wrong again.
Judging from Qiao Mu's words, he is a chivalrous man who hates evil, and there is nothing wrong with that.
But the problem is, is this "Qiao Pifu" a high-level warrior with a damaged soul
It seems that this so-called local tyrant is not an ordinary tyrant. Could he be a cultivator from the immortal sect
The Great Yan court was averse to immortal cultivators, calling them strange people. As a criminal, Qiao Pifu was worried that his crime would be exposed, so he called the "immortal cultivators" local tyrants, which was not wrong.
After all, rebelling against aliens is a grave crime.
"Let's not talk about this first. I wonder where Mr. Wang, who recommended you, is doing now? By the way, I haven't seen him for many years." Shen Qinghe asked again.
When questioned, although Shen Qinghe's expression did not change, his body leaned forward slightly in his chair. Although he adjusted himself quickly, the subtle movement still caught Qiao Mu's eyes.
After his eyesight was enhanced, Qiumu could notice various subtle changes.
"Compared to recommending me, does Shen Qinghe care more about Wang Songhe's affairs? It seems that the two of them are not ordinary old friends. He really wants to know about Wang Songhe's affairs, but he subconsciously hides it."
"From what I heard, he doesn't seem to know much about Wang Songhe's current situation?"
After thinking for a while, Qiao Mu did not elaborate, but said ambiguously:
"Mr. Wang Songhe's whereabouts are mysterious. I don't know much about it. It seems he has gone into seclusion in the mountains?"
Wang Songhe was engaged in rebellious activities, and Qiao Mu would naturally not say anything without knowing Shen Qinghe's background.
"Live in seclusion? Where?" Shen Qinghe asked several more times, but Qiao Mu always answered perfunctorily without giving a direct answer.
After a while, Shen Qinghe lost interest and gave up asking.
"In that case." Shen Qinghe nodded:
"Then you should report to the Six Gates in two days. With your ability, you are more than qualified to be a constable in Heyang Prefecture."
Shen Qinghe was a seventh-rank prosecutor, in charge of handling criminal cases.
Although the official position is not high in this city, it is easy to arrange a mere captain of police.
Constables and captains of police are not even officials, they can only be considered minor clerks.
Shen Qinghe is a righteous person and hates things like backdoor dealings.
But generally speaking, using the backdoor means sending people who are unworthy of the position into the job and making them just idlers in the workplace.
And a high-ranking warrior like Qiao Pifu, being a mere constable? Can that be called a backdoor
If you go through the main gate, even the government office may not be able to accommodate such a great god.
"Master Wang must have other intentions, but it's a pity that he didn't elaborate in the letter... He must have some unspeakable secret." Shen Qinghe thought silently.
He stood up and personally escorted Qiumu out the door and saw him off.
Qiao Mu didn't care too much about the identity of the captain.
He was going to live in the city of Heyang Prefecture, and having such an identity could save him from a lot of trouble. After all, Qiao Mu himself was an illegal resident and a wanted criminal who was trying to assassinate the mayor of Yancheng.
He didn't care much about the identity of this captain of the police, it was just a temporary measure.
Qiao Mu came to Heyang City, firstly, to follow his mysterious intuition, and secondly, Yan City could no longer accommodate him, so he came to the city to seek a high-quality death.
But these are short-term goals.
As for the long-term goal... He is still thinking about assassinating that damn emperor and causing a big epic death!
"Young Master Guo said that the Great Yan Emperor would come to Yancheng within a month, so I naturally can't stay in Heyang City for too long, so I don't need to care about this mere identity as a head constable."
...
Shen Qinghe personally sent Qiao Mu out the door.
Just like that, the housekeeper of the mansion came in quietly.
He picked up the letter of recommendation on the table, glanced at it quickly, his face changed slightly, and he carefully put the envelope back where it was.
After Shen Qinghe returned home, he was stunned when he saw the envelope, and quickly burned the letter of recommendation on a candle.
After finishing this task, he went into the study in the mansion and began to read the classics in the study.
"Is there a kind of soul injury that can make a warrior's energy and blood not obviously damaged, but at the same time, his strength is only one tenth of what it should be, making it difficult to exert his strength?"
He didn't know much about the soul, so this time he was flipping through books in the study to verify whether his ideas were correct.
And all this was silently watched by a pair of eyes.
..
Half a day later.
East of Heyang Prefecture.
The Shen family's housekeeper walked through the dark alley and entered an ordinary courtyard. Inside the house was a middle-aged man with bulging temples and eyes as cold as a deep pool.
"Master Chu, something big has happened." The butler reported:
"Shen Qinghe, who has always been stubborn, actually arranged for an acquaintance of his to be a small police chief, so I was cautious and took a peek at the recommendation letter..."
"The letter of recommendation was signed by Wang Shanhe, who resigned from office many years ago!"
Um
After listening to the report carefully, Chu Xing's expression suddenly changed.
A warrior who has been seriously injured and whose strength is only one tenth of what it used to be, but who is obviously full of energy and is not a weakling
After the two sides finished chatting, Shen Qinghe immediately went into the study to look up the classics and materials related to aliens and spirits.
Was this mysterious man named Qiao Pifu recommended by Wang Shanhe
Looking at Shen Qinghe's actions, this man named Qiao Pifu, his injuries are related to the spirit and the alien? But what about the abundant blood and qi
Perhaps, we need to meet that Pifu Qiao in person and find out his background in order to draw a deeper conclusion.
All kinds of questions flashed through Chu Xing's mind, and an idea came into his mind.
Shen Qinghe, you have been holding back for so long, but your chicken feet are finally showing.
"Qiao Pifu, Shen Qinghe, and... Wang Shanhe, whom His Majesty has always been concerned about? This matter is indeed not a small matter. Since His Majesty is in the capital, he must report it immediately."
Chu Xing thought for a moment and hurried out.
Chapter 62: A high-quality product with damaged soul
The restaurant in the west of the city, Zuixianju.
In a private room on the second floor, a man in a yellow robe stood by the window with his hands behind his back, looking down at the people coming and going on the street below.
The city of Heyang Prefecture is considered a big city in the entire South. It is quite prosperous and bustling with people passing by.
Only occasionally when a pedestrian who looked like a Taoist priest walked by, the pedestrians next to him would quietly walk away, leaving a small empty space on the originally bustling street.
Behind the man in yellow robe, Chu Xing, who had just entered the room, knelt on the ground, called out "Your Majesty", and reported what had just happened.
Shen Qinghe, once a seventh-rank county magistrate, was transferred to the capital to serve as an official due to his outstanding political achievements. Over the years, he held many official positions of varying sizes, and his highest position was the fifth rank, as a doctor in the Ministry of Justice.
As for how he was later demoted to the lowest position, banished from the capital, and became a seventh-rank official, that is another story.
The reason why Shen Qinghe received special attention and even had Feiyuwei specially placed in the mansion as a housekeeper was not only due to his own reasons, but half of the reason was due to Wang Shanhe.
"Finally, there's news about Wang Shanhe?" The man in yellow robe turned his head, with a hint of interest flashing in his eyes.
"Yes. Wang Shanhe recommended a man named Qiao Pifu. This should be the first time he has contacted his former student Shen Qinghe since he resigned from office." Chu Xing replied.
"Wang Shanhe? He is quite calm."
"He has been missing for about thirty years, right?" The man in the yellow robe showed a look of emotion:
"At that time, he carried the coffin to the court and told the late emperor that the strange man was the source of the chaos in the world. The late emperor ordered the Jinwu Guards to shoot him with bows and arrows. He had never learned martial arts before, so he was immediately hit by several arrows and fell to the ground. However, he still insisted on his own opinion and crawled towards the late emperor's throne... I was still young at that time, but I was deeply impressed by him."
"Later, there was news that after he resigned from his post, he turned to practicing Taoism. I think this is nonsense. How could he practice Taoism when he hated immortals so much? But I didn't expect to hear news about him today."
Decades ago, when the previous emperor was in power, the Great Yan Dynasty was full of talented civil and military officials, and there was no shortage of heroes who were willing to sacrifice their lives for the country.
However, since the war with aliens, the Martial Saint, who was hidden as the leader of the military officers, suffered a disastrous defeat. The fortunes of the Great Yan nation began to decline, and it had to bow down and make concessions in front of the immortal cultivators.
Most of the civil and military officials who were stubborn and dared to resist the outsiders died tragically.
At that time, the Martial Saint was in his prime and was a first-rank military officer of the dynasty. He was secretly the leader of all military officers and was undoubtedly the most dazzling star in the court.
Wang Shanhe was the Minister of Justice at the time and was a second-rank civil official. Although not as dazzling as the Martial Saint, he was also a senior official in the court.
The Martial Saint survived the war and then resigned from his position and title.
Wang Shanhe carried the coffin and made a last-ditch appeal, and nearly died in the Golden Palace.
Among the many other civil and military officials, those who were tough enough either died tragically in the catastrophe, or those who survived by chance like Wang Shanhe left the court in despair.
The so-called backbone of warriors and the character of scholars have been broken by the cultivators in the past few decades.
Those who dared to sacrifice their lives for the country are basically dead.
Today, the court of Dayan is filled with those who are greedy and despicable. Even he, the emperor of Dayan, has to compromise in front of the immortal cultivators.
So he misses that era decades ago.
In that era when the country was in crisis, the backbone of the military and the character of the scholars remained.
People like Wang Shanhe are the epitome of the last era.
Whenever he heard this person's name, he sighed.
“I really don’t know how many ministers in this court are willing to sacrifice their lives for the country and die for the king.” The man in yellow robe sighed.
As the emperor of Dayan, he certainly wanted to have more people like Wang Shanhe in the court.
Chu Xing, who was kneeling in front of him, could only watch with his eyes and nose, and he couldn't and didn't dare to respond to these words.
After the man in yellow robe recovered from his emotion, he asked about what happened this time.
Chu Xing replied: "Wang Shanhe's recommendation letter did not mention his specific situation, so Shen Qinghe probably doesn't know it either."
"If there is a breakthrough, it may fall on that guy Qiao he recommended."
The man in yellow robe nodded slightly.
Wang Shanhe has disappeared for more than 30 years. Now he has finally contacted his former students. I think he must have some plan.
After all, he was once a second-rank official of the current dynasty. Now he suddenly recommended a common man like Qiao to be a minor clerk who is not even an official
It would be fine if this Qiao Pifu was an ordinary person.
But according to the information Chu Xing had obtained, this Qiao Pifu was obviously no ordinary person.
"This Qiao Pifu seems to have damaged his soul. According to what he has said, his strength is only one tenth of what it used to be. He is in the weak stage."
"But judging from the intelligence from the informant, this person is obviously full of energy and is a martial artist who has achieved great success in martial arts. It is hard to imagine that his strength is only one tenth of what it was at this moment..."
"Recommending him to the capital as a small constable is obviously a waste of his talent. It is very wrong."
"After he visited Shen Qinghe, Shen Qinghe immediately went into the study to look up the classics and materials related to aliens and spirits... This is also worth pondering."
After hearing Chu Xing's report, the man in yellow robe was quite surprised and became interested.
Originally, he just had a different opinion of Wang Shanhe, who carried the coffin and died for his remonstrance, because of his childhood experience, so he also had some thoughts about Qiao Pifu recommended by Wang Shanhe.