I have a knife, I can kill monsters when I take it out of its sheath

For the whole four days, Ji Chen visualized refining his Qi, refining his body, absorbing the essence of the sun, refining the broken saber, and purifying away the resentment attached to it due to the killings during this period.

At the same time, he also realized some other things through Qi refining, which were related to combat.

This needs to be tested in actual combat.

The county government office has been completely integrated by Ji Chen, forming an absolute prestige, and Ding Gongbo has also begun to rise to prominence.

Ji Chen found that he was very capable and ruthless, so he passed on the skills collected from the Black Hawk Gang to Ding Gongbo.

He doesn't have that much time to take care of Zaoban's affairs, so he needs a spokesperson, and Ding Gongbo is a good choice.

He is obedient!

On this day, Ding Gongbo found Ji Chen, and the county government began to collect taxes. Originally, Ding Gongbo was taking care of everything, and everything went smoothly. The merchants in Fenglin Town also voluntarily paid taxes.

However, the Tianlang Gang has too many properties and needs to pay a lot of tax money, more than 20,000 taels. The Tianlang Gang is afraid of accidents and hopes that Ji Chen will hand over it in person.

In the past, it was Team Leader Zhao who took over the handover, so Ji Chen didn't think much about it. He picked up his broken saber and followed Ding Gongbo to the Tianlang Gang's headquarters.

It was just to collect taxes, and Ji Chen didn't bring many people with him. Including Ding Gongbo, there were a total of six government servants.

Everyone came to the headquarters of the Sirius Gang, and under the leadership of a hall leader, they arrived at a warehouse.

Ji Chen was wondering to himself, shouldn't he hand over the taxes? Why did you bring it to the warehouse?

Fortunately, the hall leader gave an explanation in time, "Guys, please wait a moment. The gang leader is checking the goods inside and settling the taxes that should be paid. I will call him right away."

After saying that, the hall master walked towards the inside.

Ji Chen looked at the warehouse. It was not very big, but it was full of goods.

Perhaps his sense of smell was too sensitive, but he smelled a faint salty smell, like the smell of the sea or a salt mine.

Pickled products?

But the storage method is wrong.

With doubts, Ji Chen walked towards one of the piles of goods, poked the pocket with his finger, and took out the contents with a slight hook.

"Fine salt!"

Ji Chen frowned slightly, then he opened several other bags one after another and found that they were full of salt.

Ding Gongbo had been following Ji Chen, and his expression changed when he discovered this situation. He quickly ran to other piles of goods, poked the bag open with a knife, and the salt inside flowed out.

Salt!

This warehouse is full of salt, and it's still fine salt.

Daxia has extremely strict control over salt, especially fine salt, which is all under official control and strictly sold privately.

There are restrictions on the amount of salt that the people can use. It is only enough for food. Even if they are a little surplus, it is not enough for trading.

Several other government officials were stunned when they saw this. This amount of private information is enough to kill the entire Tianlang Gang, including all the gang members' families. The men will be sent to the army and the women will be sold into the teaching office.

One of them said angrily: "How dare the Tianlang Gang sell smuggled salt, how brave they are."

Only Ji Chen and Ding Gongbo felt that something was wrong. If it was really the Tianlang Gang selling illegal salt, why would they be brought to the warehouse where the illegal salt was stored?

Isn’t this just throwing yourself into a trap?

"I'll go inside and take a look!"

Ding Gongbo hurriedly ran towards the warehouse, but soon he came back with a very ugly look on his face.

"There is a door at the back. The hall master ran away through the back door. The door has been blocked."

"Go, get out of here right now!"

Ji Chen made a decisive decision and led his people to leave.

He already understood that this was a trap. Someone wanted to frame him. Once such a huge amount of personal information was put on his head, everyone around him would be implicated.

Before Ji Chen and others reached the door of the warehouse, chaotic footsteps could be heard outside. A group of detectives wearing light red tight-fitting black clothes appeared at the door and quickly blocked the door of the warehouse.

Behind the police officers, there were a large number of people from all walks of life, holding bright single swords, hundreds of them at least, crowded in from the alley outside, and quickly surrounded the entire warehouse.

The faces of the government officials behind Ding Gongbo changed wildly. No matter how slow they reacted, they knew they had been tricked.

Twenty detectives quickly crowded into the warehouse, closed the door of the warehouse, and sealed it.

A middle-aged man with a sword hanging from his waist came out.

This man is tall and tall, with a cold face and a look of thirty-eight or nineteen years old. His skin is slightly dark, and there are some short beards on his lips and under his chin.

"This police chief has received a tip that someone is selling illegal salt in huge quantities. We are here to conduct a search. If there is any obstruction, we will kill him on the spot."

Ji Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a sharp flash in his eyes.

The Black Hawk Gang was picked on by him, and now the master behind the Black Hawk Gang has come forward and wants revenge.

This is not surprising. When he picked the Black Eagle Gang, Ji Chen knew that he would provoke the Patrol Department. The only thing that surprised him was that the Sirius Gang was so brave and dared to join the Patrol Department to frame him.

"The leader is the chief arrester of the patrol department. His name is Cao Peixi. He is the iron-clad patrol officer and the person in charge of the patrol department in Fenglin Town." Ding Gongbo reminded Ji Chen in a low voice.

The patrol department and the county government office are only two streets apart, and there is little contact between the two agencies.

Cao Peixi is the iron-clad patrol officer of the Patrol Department and the chief arrester of Fenglin Town. He is a ninth-grade officer.

The thirty patrol officers under him are all from the ninth rank. From this, we can see how powerful the patrol department is. All the detectives are from the ninth rank.

Level 9 and 18, although it is only the last level, is still a hundred times more powerful than the county government officials, and the patrol officers also have the responsibility to monitor the local government, which is not someone they can mess with.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the patrol department is even more untouchable, and people have to walk around the entrance of the patrol department when passing by.

Normally when a government officer patrols the streets, he should walk around when encountering a police officer from the patrol department, and try not to have a conflict if possible.

Cao Peixi walked around the warehouse with a gloomy face, walked to the shelf, dipped his finger in a little fine salt, put it in his mouth, tasted it, spit it out, and then walked to Ji Chen's side. He said coldly:

"These private salts belong to you, right? As a Zaoban yamen officer, you take the lead in selling private salts in huge quantities. I think you should know what the crime is."

Ji Chen raised his eyebrows, "Captain Cao, the Bureau did a good job."

He expressed his appreciation without hesitation, and asked the king to go into trouble and frame him. Although it was a bit simple and crude, it was really effective. Everyone gained the stolen goods, and there was no room for argument.

Cao Peixi smiled coldly, "Thank you for picking on me, the Black Hawk Gang, and ruining my plans. This is what I'm paying back to you. By the way, I'd like to warn you that officialdom is not that easy to get around. You're not good at what you do."

"The officialdom is not like Jianghu. It doesn't just involve fighting and killing. Officialdom is about tactics and brains, not loyalty. In this place of Fenglin Town, I am the sky. I have the final say whether everything is black or white. , life and death are all under my control, live if I want you to live, and die if I want you to die."

"Really?" Ji Chen said coldly: "In my opinion, officialdom is actually the same as Jianghu. Whoever has the bigger fist is justified. I also have something to say to you, you idiot!"

Ji Chen directly drew his sword and struck it with one blow.

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