The Era of Generals

"What is the problem?"

Seeing his hesitation, Chen Ze couldn't help asking.

The official said: "The task document is real, so there is no problem, but if your Excellency is conducting the assessment for the first time, the authority I can review here can only be promoted to first-class counselor for you."

"So if there is a problem, it is my problem."

At the end, the official said with a wry smile.

"so……"

Chen Ze frowned. His task was thought up by that Hua Lao. It is estimated that there is no such precedent in the Military Aircraft Department. It is not that others deliberately made things difficult for him.

Could it be that he had to go back and find Mr. Hua?

He was pondering over here, not wanting that the middle-aged clerk's service status was very good, he thought for a while and said: "Your Excellency's situation is special, let me report it, maybe the head of this department can handle it with authority."

Chen Ze thanked him, and after waiting quietly in front of the stage for a while, he saw a clerk leading an imposing middle-aged man striding forward.

"Mr. Jing, this is the one!"

The clerk respectfully introduced Chen Ze to the other party, and then handed over the mission document.

The people in the Military Aircraft Department didn't show their general rank, but when they saw this person appear, everyone around them saluted respectfully, so it is estimated that his military rank is not low.

Mr. Jing didn't say a word, and didn't even look at Chen Ze, but focused on the task document.

Shaoqing, he closed the document, stared at Chen Ze with burning eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Is this task sent to you by Mr. Hua?"

Chen Ze replied yes, but Mr. Jing suddenly asked, "What's your relationship with Mr. Hua?"

This question stunned Chen Ze, and he immediately replied: "It doesn't matter, I will conduct the military rank assessment at the military aircraft in Bo'an City, Mr. Hua is the chief examiner, that's all."

This is the truth. Of course, Chen Ze has no regrets in his heart, but when he said it, he looked at the sullen Mr. Jing with a complex expression in his eyes.

Such an expression was only fleeting, so that Chen Ze felt that it was his own illusion.

Then I heard Mr. Jing say: "The document is correct. It was written by Mr. Hua himself, and the seal of the Bo'an branch is also correct. So, what about the mission?"

Chen Zelian put the bundle in his hand on the counter, "This is the head of Qi Sha, the leader of Gui Jianchou. Besides, all seventy-eight of his subordinates were killed, and their bodies were buried in Duoman Canyon."

Mr. Jing raised his chin slightly, and the middle-aged civil servant next to him untied his bundle with trembling hands, and saw a ferocious white head.

He turned back and searched on the mission wall for a while, and took out one of them. Chen Ze glanced at it, and the bulletin under the mission scroll read: Suppress bandits and ghosts, reward 10,000 for military exploits.

The clerk opened the scroll, took out a head portrait and carefully compared it with the head on the counter, and then reported to Mr. Jing: "It's Qi who killed him!"

Chen Zecai said again: "This time we wiped out the remnants of Gui Jianchou, and seized a lot of property in its old lair. I only picked the ones that are easy to carry and ordered them to be brought out. Right now, they are outside the door."

Mr. Jing took a deep look at him, and told the clerk: "Since it is correct, go through the promotion procedures for him. Find someone to count the property outside the door, and draw 10% as a reward according to the laws of the empire."

He didn't wait for the civil servants to agree, but turned around and wanted to leave.

"Mr. Jing, please stay!"

Chen Zedao: "I have one more thing to report!"

"What is it?"

Mr. Jing stopped and didn't look back.

Chen Zedao: "Can I borrow a step to speak?"

"Go upstairs."

Mr. Jing spit out the word lightly, then took a step, and walked to the second floor by himself.

Naturally, Chen Ze was not needed to count the belongings. There were Meng Yang and others outside who would cooperate with the people from the Military Aircraft Department to do the counting, so he followed suit.

The area of ​​the second floor is comparable to that of the hall below, and it is divided into more than a dozen rooms. The door plates say different categories such as Intelligence Analysis Office, Archives Room, and Military Aircraft Calculation Room. The doors are also closed, and Chen Ze can't see what's inside. Condition.

Mr. Jing, who went upstairs first, walked to the room at the end of the corridor, opened the door, and looked back at Chen Ze.

When Chen Ze also entered the room, he saw that this was Mr. Jing's office. From the table to the chairs, to the tea table for receiving guests, etc., they were all made of black wood, giving him a sense of simplicity.

And Mr. Jing stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back. Before Chen Ze could speak, he first asked in a low voice, "Old Hua...is he okay?"

Chen Ze was stunned, knowing that the person in front of him had some entanglements with Hua Lao, but he and Hua Lao only met once, so how can we talk about whether it is good or not?

Recalling the scene when he first met Hua Lao that day, he replied: "I drank too much wine."

"Is it?"

When Mr. Jing uttered these two simple words, Chen Ze could hear many different emotions from them.

Regret, lamentation, concern, besides this, there seems to be a trace of...anger?

Just when he didn't understand why, Mr. Jing turned around suddenly, with his calm and heavy face, he waved his big hand and said, "Okay, you can talk about your business now!"

Chen Ze is not a person who listens to gossip, so he immediately suppressed his doubts, rationalized his thoughts, and said loudly: "That's it, this time I took the task of Hua Lao to go to the poisonous mist forest to clear up ghosts and sorrows, and then Discover……"

At the moment, he shared with Mr. Jing what he saw and heard after he entered the Forest of Poisonous Mist, and even his final analysis.

From the beginning to the end, Mr. Jing did not say a word, but listened quietly to Chen Ze's narration, until he finished speaking, and then asked: "Then based on what you have seen, how should you deal with it?"

"Um?"

On the contrary, Chen Ze was stunned for a moment, thinking that you are not playing cards according to the routine!

On the way here, he thought about countless situations that he would encounter after reporting the military situation. After all, he did not have any substantive evidence, and the judgment that the Zhu Yan Empire might use the people in the Poison Mist Forest to do things was only based on his speculation. .

As for the only evidence, maybe Cheng Yu noticed that there was a tail behind him staring at this point.

But what can someone follow up?

Isn't it normal to send someone to follow up when officers and soldiers are found entering the Forest of Poisonous Mist?

Chen Ze's analysis is just a reasonable inference based on his military accomplishment in his previous life. The so-called "preparing for danger in times of peace", he is used to thinking about the worst outcome in everything, and then this result leads to various unreasonable abnormalities, and finally comes to the conclusion in conclusion.

But in front of other people's eyes, his behavior and habits are likely to be regarded as another four words-alarmist.

He was mentally prepared that his reasoning would not be accepted, and prepared several methods of proof to persuade him. The only thing he didn't expect was that the other party directly skipped this step.

"Mr. Jing, do you believe what I say?"

Chen Ze was puzzled.

But Mr. Jing didn't answer and asked instead: "You left from West Cloud City yesterday and entered the Forest of Poisonous Mist, right?"

Chen Ze replied: "Yes."

"Besides you, another group of people from Bo'an City came here yesterday evening, and they brought a piece of news."

Mr. Jing said word by word: "The three cities of Zhuyan, a total of 1.5 million elite soldiers came to Bo'an city four days ago!"