Chapter 23
Early the next morning, Pang Jun arrived at the Shenyiwei Yamen. Although the Shenyiwei was considered a part of the army, it did not belong to the Ministry of War, but was directly under the emperor, so it had an independent yamen. The place where Pang Jun went to report was the Shenyiwei Yamen located in the east of the city.
Throughout history, most of the Divine Guards were promoted from the military, and very few were directly appointed from among the military candidates, let alone a second lieutenant who was a mid-level leader. This was the first time in hundreds of years of the Great Jin Dynasty that this had happened.
The front of the Shenyiwei Yamen was not big, with a plaque inscribed with "Shenyiwei Yamen". There were only two handsome guards on duty in front of the door. As soon as Pang Jun stood in front of the door, the guard came over and asked him. Pang Jun took out the appointment letter and stated his identity. The guard hurried inside to report.
After a while, a man in his fifties ran out of the government office and said, "Liu Zhuangyuan has arrived so early. I was sitting far away at the Qianqiu Banquet and couldn't see him clearly. Today we can finally meet."
Pang Jun bowed and said, "Ziye greets this gentleman. I wonder who he is..."
"You're welcome. My name is Li Shenji, and I'm the chief of the Intelligence Department of the Shenyiwei, as well as the deputy governor of the Shenyiwei. Since the governor is not here today, I will be the one to receive you. Please follow me in." The Intelligence Department of the Shenyiwei is the place where all the intelligence collected by the Shenyiwei all over the world is gathered. Unlike the Military Intelligence Department, they do not participate in military intelligence gathering, but are more involved in domestic affairs gathering.
As Li Shenji turned into the gate, he was greeted by a towering plaque with four large characters "Serve the Country with Loyalty and Devotion". He walked to the lobby, where he saw a group of civilian staff from the Shenyiwei busy at work. They looked like peripheral personnel handling daily affairs. He walked through the lobby and went straight to the backyard. Suddenly, he saw a training ground with a group of people practicing.
Those who are selected to join the Divine Guards all have their own special skills, usually fighting or martial arts, or light skills or hidden weapons, or other miscellaneous skills, so everyone's training method is different.
Li Shenji brought Pang Jun to the front of the crowd. When everyone saw Li Shenji, they immediately stopped their training, quickly surrounded him, and looked at the two of them with burning eyes.
Li Shenji said, "I told you yesterday that you will have a new second lieutenant today. It's him." Then he pointed at Pang Jun and said, "Introduce yourself to everyone."
Pang Jun stepped forward, bowed to the people around him and said, "I am Liu Jun Liu Ziye of Qinzhou. I am honored to meet you all. From now on, we are all colleagues and will serve the country together. I am counting on you all."
However, Pang Jun, as a young man with no foundation, was able to be promoted to the position of Second Lieutenant of the Divine Guard. A group of arrogant people would certainly not be so easily convinced. So, someone said: "Liu Ziye, right? He came to the Divine Guard to be a Second Lieutenant before his hair has even grown out? He looks like a rabbit god. Did he give his back garden to some nobleman to enjoy in exchange for the high position?"
Pang Jun narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction of the voice. He saw a middle-aged man looking at Pang Jun with provocative eyes. Seeing Pang Jun staring at him without saying anything, he became even more arrogant and said, "Why are you looking at me? Am I wrong? What's the matter? Do you have the guts to touch me? I'm going to fuck your asshole open and fuck your mother's cunt through too, hahahaha."
Pang Jun looked at Li Shenji and saw that he didn't move, so he asked, "Master Ling, who is this person? Is his provocation considered an insult to his superiors?"
Li Shenji said leisurely: "This person is one of the deputy captains of the Second Team of the Shenyi Guard, named Chen Wu. In the Shenyi Guard, strength is respected. Insulting a superior is not a serious crime, but if the superior has the ability to punish, then it is up to the superior to decide."
Pang Jun nodded and said, "So, am I his superior now?"
"Calculate."
"Okay." Pang Jun had just finished speaking when his figure flashed and he flew in front of Chen Wu at lightning speed.
Although Chen Wu was arrogant, he was not incompetent. Moreover, he was also on guard against Pang Jun's sudden attack and waved his palm to block it.
With a "pa" sound, Chen Wu was knocked back two steps by Pang Jun's palm. Before he could finish his surprise, Pang Jun attacked again, with a punch, a palm and a finger, all hitting Chen Wu's shoulder, chest and abdomen, completing the three stages of breaking the defense, causing damage and chasing in one go, without any delay.
Those people are elites selected from the army, aristocratic families or the guards. There are at least five people who can keep up with Pang Jun in terms of martial arts, although not many. However, after they can catch up in terms of internal strength, speed and strike judgment, there are not many people who can keep up. Perhaps those schoolmasters, guard supervisors or the palace servants can do better than him.
After being hit by Pang Jun, Chen Wu fell to the ground, spit out two mouthfuls of blood, and then lost consciousness. Pang Jun turned his head and said to the people who were still in shock: "Come two people, take him to get treatment, and after the treatment, drive him away. As for the vacant deputy lieutenant position, I will recommend you to the Guard Governor and Lord Ling based on your performance."
"Pa pa pa pa," Li Shenji clapped his hands and said, "Qinzhou Liu Jun is really amazing, worthy of being the martial arts champion. Well, today I am here to say hello to everyone. From the day after tomorrow, Lieutenant Liu will officially take office. At that time, you will be under their jurisdiction. As for what will happen next? I will not take care of you. Disband."
"Yes." After everyone said this, they left the training ground while looking at Pang Jun. Obviously, Pang Jun's precise and ruthless attack just now shocked them.
Then Li Shenji introduced several other lieutenants of the guards and the heads of various departments one by one. Everyone nodded slightly towards Pang Jun. Even if they knew him, some of them had seen Liu Jun's actions just now and knew that this boy, who was probably only half their age, was not such a simple person, so they all had a relatively good attitude.
At noon, Pang Jun invited several managers of the Shenyiwei to have dinner at the restaurant. After the meal, they went their separate ways.
In the Shenyi Guard Office, in a study, two old men were drinking tea. One of them was the head of the Intelligence Department, the deputy governor of the Shenyi Guard, Li Shenji, and the other had three long beards, wore a long robe, a phoenix belt around his waist, and a square scarf on his head. He looked quite otherworldly. This man was the governor of the Shenyi Guard, Ling Buxu. Ling Buxu asked, "Shenji, what do you think of Liu Jun?"
"Reporting to the Guard Commander, Shen Ji believes that this boy has a talent for martial arts, is relatively thoughtful, and knows how to behave. Although he seemed reckless today, he actually did not offend anyone except Chen Wu. Not only did he silence the people in Team 2, but he also freed up a vacancy for those people to compete. In any case, those who are promoted to deputy lieutenant will be grateful to him. At such a young age, he has already won the hearts of the people to such an extent. He has a bright future."
"Oh? In that case, you think he is an ambitious person?"
"Not really. Shenji believes that he is not an ambitious person, but a doer. There are many ambitious people in the world, but not many people have the strength to match their ambitions. Moreover, the goals of ambition will become bigger and bigger with one's position. He is different. He belongs to the type of person who 'does his job within his position'. His goal is very clear, that is, no matter what position he is in, he will do his best within the scope of his authority and responsibilities to do things." Li Shenji replied.
"You seem to be optimistic about him." Ling Buxu said with a smile.
"So what if you are optimistic about him? His entire future will ultimately depend on the person above. Since that person, Dajin has never had such a good talent." The person Li Shenji was referring to was actually Pang Yun.
"Whether you are an ambitious person or a practical person, the existence of the Divine Guards is only to serve the royal family of Dajin. Everything else has nothing to do with us. You have been in the Divine Guards for forty years. Can't you see through it?" Ling Buxu's eyes became sharp, as if he could see through people's hearts.
"Haha, it's not that easy. If I had seen through it, I'm afraid I would have already become a monk. Would I still be here?" Li Shenji said with a wry smile.
"Sigh..." The sighs of the two echoed in the room.
In fact, generally speaking, the Shenyiwei do not have much work to do on a daily basis. Unless there are special circumstances, they only need to go to the Wei Yamen every day to report for duty and gather once to see if there are any tasks. If not, they can be disbanded. It can be said to be quite relaxed, but once they start moving, they will be as powerful as thunder and lightning. This requires the guards of the Shenyiwei to train for a long time and exercise their abilities so that they can quickly get into the state to perform tasks. The Shenyiwei training ground provides a variety of training equipment, so the guards stay there.
After a few days, apart from reporting for duty every day, Pang Jun had almost no affairs to deal with. However, when he was free, he would fight with the warriors of the Shenyi Guard. After a few days, as everyone was holding back, the several lieutenants were evenly matched in terms of martial arts. But if they really fought, Pang Jun was sure that he could kill any one of them in a one-on-one situation. If there was any regret, it was that he had never met the Guard Commander Ling Buxu, nor had he fought with Li Shenji.
He knew that with his current martial arts skills, he might be able to match Li Shenji in actual combat moves, but he could see that Li Shenji's brilliance was restrained, and it was obvious that he had a very high level of attainment in internal strength. Although he had been using the "Harmony Force" to fuse the two internal forces together and make them complement and enhance each other, Li Shenji had accumulated internal strength for decades after all, and he had only practiced martial arts for twelve years. It would be impossible for him to surpass him without a major breakthrough. However, he still wanted to know how big the gap was between him and the top masters of the Dajin Dynasty in a fair fight (Pang Jun killed Yue Tai using a strategy, not a head-on kill).
On the first day of July, after the roll call, Pang Jun still did not stay in the Wei Yamen. No one said anything about his behavior. After all, most of the people in the second team were intimidated by his martial arts and ruthlessness, and people with his ability would not care about him, so he was happy to be free.
As July came, he suddenly remembered that he had promised "Yaoguang" Lu Tao to go to Huangjue Temple to steal scriptures, so after the roll call, he came to Huangjue Temple, intending to scout the area first and then plan his action.
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Tang Yuxian: 36 years old, Pang Jun's biological mother, a mature, noble and stunning beauty. She was Pang Yun's wife. After Pang Yun's death, she was taken as a princess by the King of Wei for unknown reasons. She felt guilty towards Pang Jun and had a twisted love for him, so she allowed him to rape her.
Liu Hongxu: 33 years old, wife of Zhao Zhuo, son of Zhao Wuji, the head of the Huangji Sect in Beijing, Tang Yuxian's best friend and bodyguard, the only person who knows about Tang Yuxian's twisted love. She was subdued by Pang Jun in a courtyard in the mountains and was raped.