You must know that Daze State’s Ministry of Civil Affairs also has evaluation indicators for local officials.

Normally, the supervisor will conduct an assessment, and then write an assessment review and send it to the staff department for archiving.

But the big plan exam every three years is different.

This is a key factor that determines where local officials will go next, what position they will take, and even whether they can become officials.

As a result, Cui Changshou became very concerned about this matter.

Not only did he say that a total of 100 people in the strong and fast classes in the county government office were available, he also called the inspection department over.

The inspector of the Mining Furnace County Inspection Department is named Sun Bisheng. He was born in the northwest frontier army in the past. Because of his military exploits, he became an official here.

Therefore, when she saw Sun Bisheng, Fang Xiaoyue felt a fierceness coming towards her face.

After listening to the introduction by the county magistrate Cui Changshou, Sun Bisheng immediately said that there were monsters causing trouble in the county. This was also his duty and he would definitely help.

But before that, Taoist Master Qingyu needs to find Huang Pizi's hiding place.

Fang Xiaoyue left the county seat and hurried to Wuquguan to find Taoist Master Qingyu.

Taoist Master Qingyu had wanted to contribute before. At this time, Fang Xiaoyue had even moved the county magistrate and the inspection team, so he naturally would not refuse.

Of course, Taoist Master Qingyu cannot postpone it at this time. Otherwise, the county magistrate and the inspector will be furious, and his martial arts temple may not be saved.

Early the next morning, Fang Xiaoyue and Taoist Master Qingyu came to the gate of the county town. The Taoist boy followed behind him holding a wooden magic sword.

County magistrate Cui Changshou and inspector Sun Bisheng stood waiting outside the city gate with hundreds of government officials and more than fifty county soldiers.

After the two saw Fang Xiaoyue, they immediately came forward and exchanged pleasantries.

Fang Xiaoyue also introduced Taoist Master Qingyu to the two adults.

Of course, the attitude of these two adults towards Taoist Master Qingyu was completely different from that of Xiaoyue. They were not as cold as ice, but at least there was a bit of indifference in their expressions.

This is not surprising. To these two officials, Taoist Master Qingyu is just a Taoist priest without official status.

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Taoist priests without official status can do whatever they want in front of them.

Of course, if they were Taoist officials from the capital, they might greet them with smiles. After all, the Taoist officials who supervise the Taoist Department are always directly subordinate to His Majesty the Emperor, and they are completely different concepts from ordinary Taoist priests.

After some pleasantries, Taoist Master Qingyu didn't feel dissatisfied. He was used to it.

After all, this is how the world is, and it is normal for officials to look down on Taoist priests.

After looking at the time, Taoist Master Qingyu immediately took out a talisman and asked Fang Xiaoyue to take out the silver pen.

There is a little yellow-skinned demonic energy left on the silver brush, which can be used as a medium for initiating magic.

Swiping the talisman on the silver pen, the talisman turned into a slowly burning yellow bird. After rising into the air, it slowly turned around and flew in one direction.

Seeing this, Taoist Master Qingyu followed him with the little Taoist boy.

Fang Xiaoyue didn't hesitate and followed immediately.

Cui Changshou and Sun Bisheng led the government officials and county soldiers behind them.

Each and every one of the government officials wore uniforms and held various weapons such as iron rulers, machetes, and iron chains.

The county soldiers were all wearing leather armor, half of the county soldiers were holding light crossbows, and half of the county soldiers were holding long swords.

This group of people marched along the official road in a mighty manner, shocking many pedestrians and hurriedly retreated to both sides of the road, not daring to stop them for even a moment.

After all, at this time, even a fool will know at a glance that the government is responsible for the execution. If you dare to block it, no one will cry out for you if your head is chopped off with a knife.

After marching five or six kilometers south along the official road, the government officials seemed a little tired.

But those county soldiers were still in high spirits.

This is not surprising. The county soldiers trained by retired border army generals like Sun Bisheng are naturally much better than those of the government officials.

Cui Changshou, on the other hand, left early and was out of breath. Fortunately, Fang Xiaoyue brought the carriage. When the county magistrate was tired from walking, he directly got on the carriage without any reservation at all.

Of course, no matter what, Fang Xiaoyue still felt a little admiration for Cui Changshou, as a civil servant, who did not sit in the county government, but led the team to exterminate monsters.

But after thinking about it, this situation is not too strange.

After all, after more than 200 years since the founding of the Daze Country, its armaments have gradually weakened, and it is far from the scene where military commanders dominated the world at the beginning of the founding of the country.

The use of culture to control military force promoted by successive emperors has shown some effectiveness.

In addition, Daze Kingdom has never lost any battles, so whenever there is a war, the most excited people are not the military officers but the civilian officials.

Of course, the main reason for this is that no matter how much Daze Kingdom uses culture to control military force, its ancestral laws are not allowed to be changed.

Especially outside the royal family, if you want to be knighted, you must have military merit!

This makes it difficult for civil servants in Daze Country to be granted titles.

Because in any war, it is the generals who get the credit.

But this also greatly increased the interest of civil servants in the war.

As long as there is an opportunity to intervene in the war, they will pounce like mad dogs to fight for dominance and earn military merit.

This is the key reason why County Magistrate Cui Changshou is not afraid of monsters and is on the front line.

Sun Bisheng, on the other hand, rode his war horse and walked proudly on the side of the road.

As a military attaché, he has the right to ride a horse, but the Kuangluo County Inspection Department probably does not have war horses.

This war horse should have been brought back by Sun Bisheng from the border army.

After walking another seven or eight hundred meters, Taoist Master Qingyu stopped.

Fang Xiaoyue saw the yellow bird hovering over a village from a distance.

"Where is it?" He asked Taoist Master Qingyu with some confusion.

"That's where the monster hides."

Taoist Master Qingyu chuckled lightly, with a somewhat relaxed expression on his face.

He was relieved to be able to find the monster's hiding place relatively easily.

After all, the county magistrate and the patrol inspector arrived at the scene at the same time, which still put a bit of pressure on him.

You can imagine how angry these two officials would be if he couldn't find the hiding place of the monster.

"The yellow bird hovers over the monster's hiding place, isn't it afraid that the monster will find it?"

Cui Changshou got off the carriage at this time and asked when he saw this.

"Master Cui, don't worry. This is the Suzaku magic that is unique to our martial arts temple. The Suzaku transformed by it is invisible to monsters."

When Qingyu Daozhang said this, not only Fang Xiaoyue, but also Cui Changshou and Sun Bisheng who came closer looked at the yellow bird with doubtful eyes.

You call this Suzaku?

Do you really think we don’t know the names of the four mythical beasts?

Are you putting too much emphasis on your own Taoist temple?

Of course, even if they were a little disdainful, they would not say this in front of Taoist Master Qingyu. After all, finding the hiding place of the monster was a great achievement.

No matter what, it is impossible to shame someone in person.

After confirming that the monster was hiding in this village, Cui Changshou called a head catcher and asked about the situation in the village.

This head catcher was a former talent and was in his forties. He was the son of his father. He had been working in the county government for more than twenty years. It could be said that he was very familiar with the situation in Kuangluo County.

Especially in the village in front of him, he had come to collect taxes several times before, and everyone from the village chief to the villagers knew him.

"Sir, this village is called Huangjia Village, and the village chief is named Huang Sheng. He is a big family in the village..."

Zeng Weicai was very eloquent and quickly introduced the Huangjia Village.

"I'm afraid the village chief Huang Sheng has a close relationship with Huang Pizi. I saw a Huangpizi temple at the head of the village. The person who funded the establishment of the temple as engraved on the stone tablet was Huang Sheng. Maybe the nest of Huangpizi is hiding there.

In Huang Sheng's family, after all, a yellow man like this who has built a temple cannot be too far away from the temple at ordinary times."

Taoist Master Qingyu had already taken advantage of his free time to go around the village. When he heard what Zeng Zeng said, he immediately came to a conclusion.

After Fang Xiaoyue and Cui Changshou looked at each other, they felt that what Master Qingyu said made sense.

After all, their main business is to catch monsters, and they are definitely much better than people like me in this aspect.

After some discussion, hundreds of government officials dispersed into groups of five and surrounded several key intersections leading in and out of Yangjiacun.

After the county soldiers entered the village under the command of Sun Bisheng, they went straight to Huang Sheng's house.

Only Taoist priests Qingyu and Fang Xiaoyue wandered outside the village, checking for leaks and filling gaps to prevent any yellow-skinned dogs from escaping by jumping over the wall.

I have to say that with this arrangement, let alone Huangpizi, even a vixen would find it extremely difficult to escape.

It should be said that Huangjia Village is not that big, with only about fifty households and a total of about three hundred people.

Such villages are very common in Daze Country.

It was just over two o'clock in the morning, which was around 9:30 am.

The villagers of Huangjia Village had already gotten up early. Before 8 o'clock in the morning, they carried farm tools, took their wives and children, and went out to plow the fields.
To be continued...