Looking at the middle-aged fisherman in front of him who was still waiting for his response, Hong Ji was secretly surprised. Many years ago, when they helped him, they were not as powerful as they are now.
"Are the foundations they're building getting stronger, and are more people occupying high positions?"
This thought flashed through his mind, but Hong Ji had no intention of reporting to the police.
He doesn't care.
Just as Daxia didn't care about him back then, he also didn't care about Daxia.
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At the Jinyiwei guard station, many people gathered together.
Everyone had a serious look on their face. Today was different from the past.
The Jinyiwei captain who used to be cautious and prudent suddenly became fashionable, and in an extraordinary way.
He suddenly summoned many members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and gathered them together.
First, the two Jinyiwei general flags who had neglected their duties and violated laws and regulations in recent days were pulled out and scolded on the spot.
The one with the more serious offense was directly suspended from work for reflection, and the other was also given twenty lashes of the cane.
The originally mild-mannered captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard suddenly established his authority in front of a group of people so swiftly that they no longer dared to be as careless as before.
But after establishing his authority, Xue Cheng did not leave, but stood in front of everyone with a smile on his face.
"I know you've been laughing at me these past few days. I've been wearing a lot of amulets and charms to ward off evil spirits, and I've been begging for amulets from various Taoist temples. I look terrified, and my appearance is no better than that of a beggar. I'm afraid you've been laughing at me in your hearts every day."
Everyone looked serious. If the two Jinyiwei generals had not been scolded and beaten with sticks before, they would certainly find this matter funny.
Even though this captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was now wearing the same outfit that was laughed at by the officials of Jiujiang County, they still found it funny, but they did not dare to laugh in their hearts or on their faces.
In the past, the captains of the Embroidered Uniform Guard spoke to them gently and didn't care about these things, so they just smiled and let it go.
Now that the captain has become more dignified and is demonstrating his strength, if a subordinate mocks his superior in public, he is simply courting death.
Xue Cheng didn't care what the people below were thinking and continued, "Don't say you want to laugh. When I look in the mirror, I find myself looking funny and ridiculous."
The group of people below looked at each other in confusion.
Xue Cheng said indifferently: "But what's the harm?"
"You think I want to be like this?"
"I was just trying to save my life."
He lifted his robe to reveal his chest, and immediately everyone present widened their eyes.
The chest was broad, and the pectoral muscles were strong and powerful, showing the strength of the body in the True Yuan Realm. But this was not the point. The point was that on the left side of the chest, above the heart, there was a black palm print.
The palm print was obviously that of a woman, with slender and long fingers, and even the traces of nails were visible.
Moreover, it didn't look like the mark left by a fight. The palm print appeared under the skin, as if someone had slapped him in the face from a distance.
Among the people present, those who were summoned by the centurions to come to the Jinyiwei to discuss matters, the lowest one was a small flag of the Jinyiwei, and they were considered to have official status and had good vision.
It was obvious at a glance that these were not traces left by a normal fight with a human, but rather traces of evil.
"Bai Hu Zhen was attacked by an evil spirit?"
"It's really not a rumor, but the captain has been staying at the Jinyiwei station the entire time and hasn't gone out at all. What kind of evil spirit could have taken action in the Jinyiwei station?"
"This palm print has been on my chest for several days and hasn't disappeared. If it goes even a little deeper, I'm afraid I'll be..."
Everyone's faces changed drastically. They had never expected such a drastic change.
Looking back now, they no longer think Xue Cheng is overbearing.
After all, he came here happily to be the chief of the Jinyiwei and became a captain of the Jinyiwei. However, he was almost taken away by evil spirits in the Jinyiwei station within just a few days of taking office.
What’s even more frustrating is that he used his connections to ask for a bunch of possessed talismans to save his life, but ended up being laughed at by his colleagues and the Jinyiwei.
Of course, normal Jinyiwei people would not dare to laugh. They did all this because they had someone’s support.
Someone in the crowd secretly looked at the deputy captain, but the rich captain also looked extremely shocked, without showing any expression.
Xue Cheng noticed the changes in the expressions of everyone below at a glance. When a group of people looked uneasy, he had heard a lot of sarcastic remarks from these people behind their backs these days. He was never petty and wrote down every one of them in his little notebook.
At this moment, he sneered and said, "I originally thought it was an accident, but it was only recently that I conducted an investigation and found out that the attack on me in the guardhouse was not an accident, but someone wanted me dead."
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of everyone present changed drastically, especially those who had stood beside the deputy captain and laughed at Xue Cheng these days. They were even more shocked and couldn't believe it.
They secretly glanced at Xue Cheng, and then secretly looked at the deputy captain.
The handprint Xue Cheng made on his chest could not be faked. It was indeed a life-threatening situation. In their opinion, his heart meridian was even injured. His whole body looked unwell. Combined with Xue Cheng's performance in recent days, it was completely consistent.
For a moment, the expressions of many people present all became strange. Plotting against the boss has always been a tacit agreement and done in secret. No one can ever be caught. After all, this is a taboo at any time.
It would be fine if it succeeded secretly, no one would pursue it, but if it was exposed, then it would be a big problem. Looking at Xue Cheng's attitude, he summoned all the people from the Jinyiwei, and it was obvious that he had obtained a lot of evidence.
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