Chapter 92 (1/2)
wang Qinian looked at the pastry stand S the spicy aroood recently, having gotten himself kicked out of the Council Not only had he lost sis like incoovernment positions due to his time with the Overwatch Council He knew neither how to use an abacus nor start a shop; he only kne to investigate criminal cases and use tools of torture
When he first joined the Overwatch Council, his haughtiness was off the charts as he cracked one case after another The offenders under his charge were all forced to confess the truth Who would have thought he too would have ended up like a stray dog? He was getting old, with a wife and daughter back ho the broken bits of silver in his pocket He pondered who he had offended to deserve this fate
In truth, he knew the reason—a very simple one Supposedly, his nito for a stroll, but a reckless youngthe roads and in the palace passed out at once The palace was enraged and began investigation Agents of the Overwatch Council also tagged along to help
This incident originally had nothing to do with Wan Qinian But after asking around street by street, the innerto the temple—a major development Without Director Chen, the Council was like a fatherless child The higher-ups in the Council all wondered how they would possibly explain once the palace found out that youth had connections with the Qinian’s name was revealed On the accounts ofthe Council, that youth talked the ated, despite being in a state of coht up, except for the fact that the youth was Fei Jie’s student Ulti ang Qinian, but still found an excuse to kick hioat
”Once old Fei returns, I’ll goQinian said with a dejected face, his head meekly supported on his shoulders He walked into the distance
”Mr wang” An official appeared fro Qinian’s path
wang Qinian recognized Mu Tie He had heard Mu Tie was in charge of the investigation of the Niulan Road assassination case But they normally didn’t talk to each other; why did Mu Tie decide to seek hireeted Mu Tie ”Sir Mu, how rin and said in a soft voice, ”Congratulations, Mr wang Congratulations”
Mu Tie had thought he could clihts via the platform that Fan Xian apparently provided hio to soiven the task to hiht still be chances in the future Mu Tie had always lacked emotions, especially when it cae, he had no choice but to start planning for his future Seeing Fan Xian’s badge o, convincing hiht wang Qinianso polite
Unfortunately, for the ever-stoic Mu Tie, being this expressive was a first His sreatly alar Qinian Had Mu Tie been sent here to eli Qinian found hi hiQinian would always recognize the face of the one who got hie, he kneas right toman was not only Sir Fei’s student; he also coenuinely did not expect this badge to have such terrific coan to reflect upon the time he spent with Fei Jie That cripple from the Overwatch Council was the one who saved him after he was reincarnated It was very obvious that the Council took care of him for his e to good use
”What I just said, did you understand?” Fan Xian s a little old, with a child and wife back ho for He didn’t have any experience ordering subordinates around, so he had to learn how That hy he wanted his first aide to be someone he met by coincidence; someone without tooQinian chuckled, his fingers on his belt In his belt pocket, other than the few bits of silver, there were many bills which weren’t in there before ”Excuse me, it should be Sir Fan”
”I’m still new to the capital, so I don’t have many subordinates to count on, and ht for a little bit, and then said, ”I have another aide na But he’s injured and probably won’t recover for a few months Once he does, I’ll introduce you two”
”Yes sir” wang Qinian didn’t say too much Coot a lot better at it
”Then go and gather sos for the first time and felt he was out of his comfort zone; he had no choice but to learn step by step ”Can people like you and I really reassign people froly, ”Your Highness, actually I… had to resign”
Fan Xian was shocked; how could things have gone so wrong? He asked, ”Why?”
Working up his courage, wang Qinian told Fan Xian about the investigation and the te care to emphasize the fact he didn’t expose Fan Xian’s identity, so as to deht and his ”predetermined loyalty”
Fan Xian asked with a frown, ”My current position is that of a department head, would that have the authority to help you?”
Certainly” wang Qinian was overjoyed, realizing he had followed a person fated for greatness in the future ”There are just sohness could send out an order first and reappoint me I would return toto have that taken care of as soon as possible” Looking at this slightly elderly man, Fan Xian couldn’t help but have doubts; how useful would this person be as an aide? He asked gently, ”Sir wang,Qinian’s spirits elevated i ti person During his younger years, this wang Qinian was a thief who operated alone in the northern parts of Qing He thoroughly enjoyed sneaking fro Then he would bring the goods he stole from one vassal state to another and sell theoods, and due to his natural skill at hiding his traces, over the years he operated without incident Eventually the officials in those vassal states couldn’t take it anymore and conducted a manhunt Left with no other choice, he was forced to stay in Qing Unexpectedly, he ran into Director Cheng Pingping, as ordered by the e Qinian subave up his ways as a thief, whereupon he becaovernment official