The Night Patrol Captain's Office is an agency under the "Garment Office" under the Shangshutai. It is responsible for patrolling the city of Yujing at night and maintaining order. It has a thousand soldiers and its own "Night Patrol Prison".
Corresponding to the Night Patrol Captain's Office is the Day Patrol Captain's Office, which has the same configuration as the Night Patrol Captain's Office.
As soon as Fang Jian received the imperial edict, he went to the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion to take up his post, because the edict clearly stated that he should take up his post that day.
The Night Patrol Captain's Mansion, like other avenue court institutions, has a tall gate, but there is a watchtower inside the high walls on both sides of the gate.
However, Fang Jian used his spiritual sense to scan the gate of the Captain's Mansion during the night patrol, and did not see anyone guarding the watchtower. Not only the watchtower, but there was no one guarding the gate of the Captain's Mansion.
It is clearly a military agency responsible for maintaining order, but the gate is deserted and there is no one at all. There is not even anyone guarding the gate. If this happened in the heaven of the three realms of the world, if there was no one guarding the South Gate of Heaven, there would definitely be a lot of heads falling to the ground.
Fang Jian remained calm and strolled into the night patrol captain's residence. He did not ask questions or stop anyone because there was no one on duty.
After Fang Jian and Yu Censhuang entered the Colonel's Mansion, they walked along the main road inside. The Colonel's Mansion was very large. Apart from the main road and several main halls, the wider areas on both sides were arranged like military camps.
Fortunately, after walking for a distance, Fang Jian finally saw people. He saw two Hunyuan Wuda Daluo Jinxians, wearing the robes of Dao Ting Qingshi, leaning casually on the jade pillar outside a hall and talking.
When Fang Jian and Yu Censhuang walked to the bottom of the steps of the main hall, the two ministers finally noticed Fang Jian, but they still stood there casually, their eyes fixed on Fang Jian and Yu Censhuang.
Fang Jian held the appointment edict from the Secretariat in his hand and walked directly onto the white jade steps. He first looked up at the name of the hall, 'Changyou Hall', and then came in front of the two ministers.
Fang Jian first bowed to the two officials and then asked, "Are you officials from the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion?"
When the two ministers saw Fang Jian saluting them, their faces remained calm and they just nodded lightly.
Seeing the two nod, Fang Jian immediately unfolded the imperial edict in his hand and said, "I am the new captain of the Night Patrol Captain's Office. My name is Fang Jian, and my Taoist name is Hongqing. You..."
Before Fang Jian could finish, the two nobles laughed disdainfully. Then the noble on the left looked at Fang Jian and said, "You're just another scapegoat. There's no need to say anything. Since you're here, just stay here and eat well for a few days and wait for death."
The official on the right also said, "Yes, you don't need to introduce yourself. We don't need to know each other. We are just passing by."
Upon hearing this and seeing the two men's extremely rude behavior, Yu Censhuang immediately stepped forward and said, "How dare you be so rude to the new captain."
"Hahaha." The two nobles laughed loudly, and then the noble on the left said to Yu Censhuang, "Little girl, don't be so fierce. Your captain won't live for many more days."
The nobleman on the right said, "We didn't mean to be rude to the new captain. We were just speaking the truth."
"You..." Yu Censhuang was about to continue speaking but was interrupted by Fang Jian.
Then Fang Jian looked at the two of them and said, "Regardless of whether I'm a scapegoat or not, regardless of how many days I can live, tomorrow at dawn, I want to meet with all the officials of the Night Patrol Captain's Office in Changyou Palace."
Fang Jian said this and asked the two of them, "What are your names?"
Seeing Fang Jian so calm, the two ministers were intimidated by his aura. Although they still felt disdain in their hearts, they stood up straight after leaving the jade pillar.
The two looked at each other, and then each introduced themselves to Fang Jian.
The one on the left said, "Su Kuang, the official in the Night Patrol Captain's Office."
The one on the right said, "Fa Zhen, the official of the Night Patrol Captain's Office."
"Okay." Fang Jian nodded and said, "I've got it in mind. Now, you two will tell all the officials in the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion to report in Changyou Hall at dawn tomorrow. No absence or delay is allowed."
After saying this, Fang Jian walked straight into the hall ahead. However, after taking three steps, he stopped and turned back to ask Su Kuang and Fa Zhen, "How many officers are there in the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion?"
Su Kuang said: "Twenty nobles."
Fang Jian nodded slightly, then turned around and walked into the Changyou Hall without looking back.
After entering the Changyou Hall, Fang Jian walked to the steps of the hall and sat down on the sandalwood chair behind the jade table on the steps.
There was a stack of documents on the jade table, but Fang Jian only needed to glance at it to know that the folded documents had not been moved for at least several months.
After Yu Censhuang followed Fang Jian into Changyou Hall, she saw Fang Jian sitting down inside and left. About half an hour later, Yu Censhuang returned to Changyou Hall and said to Fang Jian, "Sir, your courtyard and bedroom have been tidied. You can move in now."
Fang Jian raised his head from the scrolls and looked at Yu Censhuang, who had her hair tied up with her sleeves rolled up and looked very capable. He asked, "Did you go look for her?"
Yu Censhuang nodded and said, "Well, the people here are weird. No matter what I asked them, they ignored me. It took me an incense stick of time to find the captain's residence, but it has been cleaned up now." Having said that, Yu Censhuang smiled.
Fang Jian looked at Yu Censhuang's genuine smile, and a hint of tenderness appeared on his originally stern face. He said to Yu Censhuang, "There's no need to rush to move into the residence. I will stay in Changyou Hall today. You can go back and rest first."
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