Heavenly Dao Formula

After a week of recuperation, Xia Fan's injury has healed greatly—even if he is not as good as a monster, the alchemist's recovery ability is far superior to that of ordinary people, especially when he is rarely free, he spends most of his time on entraining Qi On the other hand, it speeds up wound healing in disguise.

Although it still feels a little stinging to the touch now, it basically doesn't hinder the movement.

So Xia Fan decided to bid farewell to the princess.

When she saw Ning Wanjun, she was doing her own training—not entraining energy to exercise her body, but poking a wooden target in the sandy training ground. A large number of target rods with thick bowl mouths were suspended in mid-air by hemp ropes. It didn't look easy to bear the force, but half of them had been smashed by the spear, and there were cracked wood chips everywhere on the ground. Her forehead was also glistening with sweat, and the ends of her hair were pasted into coils.

It was so close that Xia Fan could even smell the sweat on her body.

Sure enough, not all beautiful girls are fragrant—when the sweat is wrapped in layers of fabric, it smells like it should.

Probably because she also realized this, after receiving the towel handed by the maid, the princess took the initiative to distance the two of them.

"Huh... don't you want to rest for a few more days?" Ning Wanjun said after hearing his intentions, "You can actually move here to live permanently. This village is a bit far from the Privy Council, but the level of comfort is comparable to that of the Privy Council. A small dilapidated house is much better."

"Thank you princess for your concern," Xia Fan cupped his hands pretendingly, "but it's close to the Privy Council after all, so it's easier to deal with emergencies."

"It seems that you are quite concerned about this matter." The princess slightly raised the corner of her mouth, "I just have to remind you that although you are already working in the command department, you will definitely encounter many difficulties at the beginning, and you have to do it well." Mentally prepare."

"That's why I want to go home early."

It would be no wonder if there were no difficulties - the Gyeonggi government might not mind using a magistrate to gain prestige, but the local privy government is different. They decided to do it themselves, but it was their vital interests.

"If you encounter a problem that you can't solve, you must come and discuss it with me." Ning Wanjun threw the towel after wiping off sweat into the hand of the maid, "Don't forget that I am your reliance, if you need any support, just say- —Although what I can do now is still very limited, especially on the bright side.”

... rely on it?

If he can't even sit in this position, I'm afraid the princess will immediately find someone else to support him.

But that statement at least sounds better than indifference.

"Then I'll take my leave." Xia Fan cupped his hands again.

The princess nodded, and then stopped him, "Since you don't plan to live in the villa, remember to come here at least once every two or three days. It's not just about the Privy Council, I also want to hear your opinion on other matters occasionally. "

"Other things mean..."

"Political affairs, foreign affairs, intelligence, everything I handle can be discussed."

For my opinion? Xia Fan was a little puzzled. In the eyes of outsiders, he should be just a random man with a lot of talent in magic arts. Not to mention giving opinions, it is a problem whether he can understand or not.

But considering that he failed to refuse this generous "reward" and actually boarded the other party's ship, it would not be a bad thing to learn more about additional information.

These days, the efficiency of information transmission is not only slow, but also highly stratified. For example, things like national policies and wars can only be obtained through dictation from the top. It is almost impossible for ordinary people to get timely and effective information.

"I see." He finally nodded.

...

Back in Jinxia City, Xia Fan first sent the fox demon back to his residence, and then went to the Privy Council Mansion.

There was no handover procedure, and there was no one to welcome them, so there was no one in the huge command department. If he hadn't received a new alchemist's robe from the receptionist and exchanged the copper medal for a jade medal, he would even have doubted whether the award the princess mentioned had ever happened.

Or, because of his injury and recuperation, the entire command department is on vacation?

Xia Fan had no choice but to come back to the front hall and find the reception officer.

More than half a month ago, the other party was still his guide, but now the status of the two is very different.

Seeing him return, the receptionist quickly bowed and asked, "Master, do you have anything else to say?"

"How many people were there in the headquarters before?" Xia Fan asked straight to the point.

"Uh... For alchemists, there are sixteen people, three of them are god judges, and one is in charge."

"What about non-alchemists?"

"That's a lot, about forty or fifty."

"But now there is no one in the command department!" Xia Fan raised his voice, "Yuan Zong was transferred away, and Zhang Shen was sentenced to die. There are only two people. Where are the others?"

"My lord..." The receptionist hesitated for a moment, "Since the news of your succession arrived, they have dismissed all non-alchemist members one after another, and the remaining alchemists were either transferred to other departments or chose to report illness, so ...There will be no one else in the command department for the time being."

"Transferred to another department? Who said that?"

The receptionist showed a embarrassed expression, "At that time...you hadn't taken over the post yet."

When he said that, Xia Fan understood everything. Because the handover was not carried out on the spot, Yuan Zong could completely say that the transfer was a previous decision. Of course, this kind of thing cannot be done by one person, and someone needs to cooperate with him. In other words, other undertakings are blatantly on the opposite side of themselves.

He is now a veritable commander-in-chief.

"Since these people don't even want to stay with the command department, can I just get rid of them?" Xia Fan said in a deep voice.

"Of course, you are in charge of the Ministry of Command. But you can only remove positions such as divine judges. Their status as alchemists is in the charge of the headquarters. As long as no obvious mistakes are made, Gyeonggi Prefecture will not deprive them of this official title."

"Then what about the new alchemists? I remember you said that we are the first batch to come."

"My lord, in fact, the second batch of newly promoted alchemists came to the mansion to report two days ago. There are six of them in total. But..." the receptionist hesitated to speak.

"But what? Say it. It's not your problem, and I won't blame you."

"If the academic department thinks that they have not completed the basic teaching and have not met the standards for performing tasks, they can not be released to the command department."

Well, Xia Fan rolled his eyes in his heart, since there is such a rule, then he must not be able to get anyone.

In the same way, it can be deduced that the Ministry of Finance will not approve the various expenses he applied for. As for the recording department...it doesn't matter if they support it or not.

The princess was right when she said that she would encounter many difficulties at the beginning, or in other words, the actual situation was even more difficult.

If he was just the representative placed by the princess in the mansion, then he would slowly win over and lure him afterwards, and with a little more effort, the other three departments would put down this unhappiness and join together again.

But what he wants to do is to completely eliminate the evil spirits, the kind that pulls out the roots together.

The divergence of interests between the two sides is so great that there is no possibility of reconciliation at all.

The Privy Council of Jinxia City has already regarded him as an obstacle.

After leaving the front hall, Xia Fan suddenly saw two familiar figures.

Wei Wushuang and Luo Youer.