CH 48

East Qin Prefecture.

Danyang City.

Governor's Mansion.

After reading the confidential report, the first secretary Cheng Hexin looked at the governor buried in the documents with anxiety.

After a long time, Sheng Huaixuan finally said, "I understand. You can go now. Oh, by the way, increase the aid budget for Changshan County, and continue to block all news related to Changshan County."

Cheng Hexin opened his mouth wide and asked, "Governor, do you have any other instructions?"

Sheng Huaixuan showed a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, but still didn't look at him, and continued to bury himself in the documents. "No, you can go now. There are more important things."

Cheng Hexin could only leave helplessly.

After a long time, in the quiet governor's office, Sheng Huaixuan whispered to himself:

"I'm a little looking forward to it."

"That kid always brings surprises."

He looked calm, as if the heavy workload had not affected him at all.

"Maybe the teacher was right."

"Is the performance that only happens once every thirty years about to begin?"

"Hmph, the old hero has not yet retired."

At this moment, the door of the governor's office was pushed open with a bang, and the chief of staff Ling Huayue rushed in, shouting, "Governor, it's a mess! That kid is causing a mess! He is openly and indiscriminately killing imperial officials, ignoring the ban of the governor's mansion. He must be severely punished!"

Sheng Huaixuan helplessly pinched the corner of his eye. "See, the unruly fool always arrives on time."

He raised his head and asked, "Huayue, is everything ready for the Thirteen States Joint Conference?"

"Not yet." Ling Huayue replied.

Sheng Huaixuan became serious. "Then hurry up."

Ling Huayue was silent for a moment, then bowed and said, "Yes, Governor!"

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East Qin Prefecture.

Changshan County.

Lin Wen first went to Huai Town to inform Fang Dashan to lift the blockade restrictions, and comforted the injured soldiers. Fortunately, no one was in life-threatening danger, and several seriously injured soldiers were saved.

It was a lucky misfortune.

As a result, the crisis of evil karma was finally resolved.

The escaped good karma was also found, and although it cost an additional 26 points, it didn't matter. As long as people were alive, they could always earn it back.

With the illness cured, Lin Wen suddenly felt a hundred times lighter and his mood was much brighter.

At the same time, he realized that he needed to find a professional assistant to help him, and couldn't just rely on his own brain.

At least he had to think carefully before making decisions.

On the way back to Changle Town, Qin Luoshuang gave Lin Wen a rundown on her father and the power, authority, and abilities represented by the Qin family.

This was first-hand insider information that ordinary people didn't know so clearly.

But in Lin Wen's ears, it was like a lullaby, and he fell asleep halfway through.

When he was woken up by Qin Luoshuang, who was playing the zither to a pig, he found that his elemental spirit had recovered to 2%.

"Haha, I didn't expect you to have this function."

"What function?" Qin Luoshuang asked angrily, sitting a little further away. "If you want to say something vulgar, please stay away from me."

"It's nothing, don't be angry." Lin Wen was in a good mood and high spirits. "Rest assured, when we get back, I'll appoint you as the deputy sheriff."Qin Luoshuang cast a sidelong glance at him. "Why do I feel like you've become the emperor of the empire? Just appoint me as a governor."

"Okay, no problem."

Lin Wen readily agreed.

"As long as you do well, I'll appoint you as a governor in the future."

Qin Luoshuang covered her face, feeling like she was sitting on a bus full of mentally ill people.

"Whatever you say, but I won't do menial tasks. I'll just give you advice."

"Why?"

"Those menial tasks require a lot of grassroots experience to do well. Do I look like someone who has worked at the grassroots level for a long time? Besides, Zhao Minggong has already done a good job, I can't compare to him."

"Okay."

Lin Wen thought about it and agreed. Everyone has their own specialty, and what she said made sense. "Just follow me and be my strategist."

"It's a chief of staff!"

...

Back in Changle Town, Lin Wen's first sight was the long convoy of trucks carrying supplies to the town.

The second thing he saw was Old Xie, the deputy director, running towards him. Lin Wen immediately became alert.

After an extremely cheesy conversation that lasted thirty minutes, Old Xie finally left with satisfaction.

Qin Luoshuang looked at him with a complicated and disdainful expression. "I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. Walking on the right path is indeed deceiving."

Lin Wen shook his head. "You don't understand. Understanding the world is knowledge, and understanding human nature is the art of dealing with people. This is called social skills." But in his heart, he was thinking, "The supplies really arrived as promised. It seems that Old Xie is risking his life to get a permanent position."

With Qin Luoshuang's sulky expression, they arrived at the temporary command post. Huang Mingxiao was having a meeting, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Lin Wen.

"Sheriff Lin, you're here. That's great! I have something to report."

Lin Wen joined the meeting.

Qin Luoshuang stood behind him with an expression that said "don't come near me," causing Huang Mingxiao to hesitate to ask her anything.

The meeting was held absent-mindedly, except for Lin Wen and Huang Mingxiao, who were the main discussants. The others were all absent-minded, their eyes unconsciously shifting towards Lin Wen.

But the meeting itself was still successful because Lin Wen and Huang Mingxiao were the main decision-makers.

Lin Wen confirmed the standard for distributing supplies to the victims, emphasizing that some of the work could be delegated to representatives of the victims, which would greatly reduce the problem of insufficient manpower and private enrichment.

He announced that the reconstruction work would officially begin tomorrow and reassured Huang Mingxiao that there was no need to worry about funding and supplies.

After the meeting, Lin Wen wanted to try out Phoenix Nest's quality and asked, "Yuanfang, what do you think?"

"Don't just change my name like that!" Qin Luoshuang wanted to hit this weird sheriff, but when she thought about how this idiot had better martial arts than her, she felt very depressed.

"Luoshuang, what do you think?"

"Call me Miss Qin, okay?" Qin Luoshuang gritted her teeth and said each word.

"Why are you so troublesome?" Lin Wen grumbled.

"It's clearly because you're too weird!"

After a while, Lin Wen explained the current situation and the problems they encountered to her.

"What?"

After listening, Qin Luoshuang was shocked.

"You only have a total of more than 17 million yuan in funding, and you dare to set the standard at 1.2 million per day?""Wait, why wouldn't the empire send aid? Who is behind this?"

"I don't know," Lin Wen said confidently.

Qin Luoshuang was almost ready to sigh in exasperation.

"How could you not know? Are you stupid or from another planet? Or have you given up on everything and just don't care?"

"That's impossible," Lin Wen denied, "A gentleman is honest, while a villain is always suspicious. Why would I want to know about those scumbags hiding in the shadows?"

Qin Luoshuang looked at him, speechless.

She now realized that she seemed to have boarded a thief ship. The captain was driving it at full speed on a river full of hidden reefs, and she didn't know that she could be crushed at any moment.

To slow down the ship's destruction and give herself enough time to find a way out, Qin Luoshuang decided to help him with all her heart.

"Don't speak, let me think. The empire wouldn't target you since General Sheng even gave you military power. There are many people who have issues with Sheng Huaixuan, but the ones who have the ability and willingness to withhold resources are most likely from the Highest Council."

"What is the Highest Council?"

"Shut up!"

"I think, I think... The Highest Council has eight Highest Councillors. The one who has the deepest grudge with Sheng Huaixuan is probably that disgusting Yu Zhongxian."

"Oh! I remember now," Lin Wen slapped his forehead, "During the rebellion, a bald man said he was following orders from Yu Zhongxian. He also mentioned something about the council."

"The Highest Council!"

Qin Luoshuang felt like her heart was breaking. For the first time, she hoped that a man would not ignore what she said, whether he agreed or not.

"If it's him, then it's not easy to deal with. Auditing and reviewing are within their legal authority, and it's difficult to overturn them. We need to think of another way..."

"No way, is it that troublesome? Just tell me where this Yu guy is, and I'll go kill him."

Qin Luoshuang was almost suffocating, "Yu Zhongxian is in the capital. How are you going to kill him?"

"That's easy. I'll just twist his neck, and he'll die. This kind of person must be totally corrupt, so it's worthwhile to kill him."

"Okay, even if you have incredible skills and can kill Yu Zhongxian with a breath, what's next? His deputy will take over, and the auditing won't end, and resources won't come. Are you going to kill them one by one?"

Lin Wen scratched his head, realizing it was impossible.

If there were two people who were not completely corrupt, he would be stuck. If Yu Zhongxian himself wasn't fully corrupt, he wouldn't be able to do anything.

Moreover, the journey was long, and if he failed, he would have wasted a lot of time.

"What should we do then?"

"My brother Lin, I'm thinking about it," Qin Luoshuang said.

"Okay, take your time. Later, you can go find a fat man named Yuan Zhimen and ask him to arrange for your job, accommodation, and other issues."

After saying that, Lin Wen ran away because he found a place where he could accumulate good karma. The effect of "Lingcat's Victory" had not yet expired, and it would be foolish not to take advantage of it.

Qin Luoshuang was left alone in the wind, feeling incredulous.

How could there be such a person?

Aren't you worried that I'll run away?Although she thought so, Qin Luoshuang did not attempt to escape. She was still unsure how she was found.

If she hadn't been found, she could have escaped after a few more days, even if the checkpoint was still sealed.

But it was too bad.

However, Qin Luoshuang didn't regret it too much. It was rare for someone to promise to protect her, even though she didn't think he could hold out against her father.

But at least she could live here peacefully for a while before her father found her, and she could accumulate some capital to escape.

It was a good thing.

She didn't understand how the sheriff had found her. They shouldn't even know each other.

But she chose to believe his words for now.

Recalling his ridiculous words along the way and his behavior of not attacking even in the most critical situation, Qin Luoshuang felt that he shouldn't be a bad person.

Of course, human nature was extremely complicated. Qin Luoshuang had seen too many cases of loyalty, filial piety, integrity, righteousness, and trustworthiness turning into disloyalty, impiety, lack of integrity, discourtesy, lack of righteousness, and lack of trustworthiness. She couldn't guarantee that Lin Wen wasn't such a person.

Hopefully.

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Hopefully, he would be better.

She watched as Lin Wen ran all the way, greeting everyone he met along the way, whether they were officials or civilians, and responding to each of them.

Then he joined the reconstruction work of the collapsed warehouse at the end of the town, working together with the dusty laborers. With perfect coordination, power techniques, and control of his body, he quickly erected the frame of the warehouse, like a monkey jumping up and down, and soon erected the crossbeams, main beams, and girders, greatly increasing the progress of the project.

In Qin Luoshuang's understanding, people with such skills usually had high status. No matter which side they joined, they would be extremely welcome and would be treated as honored guests, even if they just became mercenaries, they would be worth a fortune.

Therefore, they would never mix with the common people, let alone do these menial tasks, because in their eyes, this was a derogation of their status and value.

Moreover, this person was the sheriff of a county.

What a strange guy.

Qin Luoshuang muttered to herself, a smile appearing on her face that she didn't even notice.

He really isn't afraid that I'll run away.