Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 1114 Only asked for my 95,000

Lin Feng bid farewell to the reluctant Duan Sanniang and left a message for Mu Tou Lian, saying that they could meet in the capital city after he recovered from his injuries. Then he followed Miao Changfeng to the prefectural government office in Luocheng.

Miao Changfeng knew that Mu Chuan was very capable. According to Duan Erye's account, Yan Jin, a second-generation inner disciple of the Tianshan Zhengyi Sect, was suspected to have been killed by Mu Chuan. Therefore, he treated Mu Chuan differently from other guards.

Although the guards he chose were all experts in the martial arts world, they were still far inferior to the cultivators of hidden sects.

Miao Changfeng was very excited because there was now a cultivator in his guard team.

Therefore, their attitude towards Lin Feng was very different, and they did not impose too many restrictions on him. They just let him go, as long as he didn't fall behind or get too far away from them.

Lin Feng, now dressed in full Imperial Guard armor and equipped with weapons, rode a tall horse, hidden among hundreds of Imperial Guards.

With such a formidable formation, Tsuruta Gen and the others had no way of finding him.

Those cultivators who wanted to find Lin Feng racked their brains but could never have imagined that Lin Feng had actually infiltrated the Imperial Guard of the Great Zheng Dynasty and become the personal bodyguard of Miao Changfeng, the Prime Minister of the Great Zheng Dynasty.

After Lin Feng officially joined the Taisho Imperial Guard, he learned the true purpose of Miao Changfeng's visit to Luoyang.

Crown Prince Zhao Jian originally led his troops to attack Lindu Prefecture, one of the eight prefectures in Zhenxi, but the city was locked in a stalemate due to the fierce defense of the Zhenxi Army under Li Donglai.

Faced with the formidable walls and high walls of Lindu, the Taisho Imperial Guards suffered heavy losses and had no choice but to retreat temporarily.

Following an imperial decree issued by Emperor Zhao Zheng, Crown Prince Zhao Jian temporarily led his army to retreat into Luoyang to await further battle.

As night fell, Miao Changfeng checked into a luxurious mansion arranged by the prefect.

The prefect prepared a lavish feast to entertain them.

Miao Changfeng stayed in Luocheng to wait for Crown Prince Zhao Jian's arrival. He had received an imperial decree and had another task to discuss with His Highness the Crown Prince.

As usual, Prime Minister Miao Changfeng attended the banquet and took the main seat, with Prefect Zhao Yichen sitting side by side with him. To his right was General Wei Xianzhen, the garrison commander of Luocheng, and below him were a group of high-ranking officials from the Luocheng government.

A dozen or so guards stood in the corners to ensure the Prime Minister's safety.

The courtyard outside was also filled with imperial guards armed with guns and knives.

As the captain and deputy captain of the guard, he had to stand not far behind the prime minister, keeping watch for any unusual movements around him.

How could Lin Feng possibly stand behind Miao Changfeng and watch him eat and drink?

Miao Changfeng's position should have been Lin Feng's.

Therefore, it was the captain of the guard team and another vice-captain standing behind Miao Changfeng.

Lin Feng was in charge of security outside the house. He could wander around the entire courtyard to check and supervise whether the guards were in place.

Miao Changfeng's guard captain is named Miao Yong, who is Miao Changfeng's nephew.

This pairing is the norm; naturally, people tend to trust blood relatives more.

Especially for personal bodyguards, since it concerns one's own life safety, it is essential to have someone you completely trust by your side.

The deputy captain was named Chen Dongping, who was also the nephew of Miao Changfeng's wife.

The two of them had followed Miao Changfeng in the martial arts world before, and their skills had naturally become very formidable through repeated battles.

Miao Changfeng's entire guard team consists of 600 people, with the two captains and deputy captains each leading 300 people. Lin Feng, as the newly appointed deputy captain, has no subordinates for the time being.

Lin Feng didn't want to manage people; he was quite comfortable on his own, and having subordinates would only get in his way.

He was dressed in armor, with a sword at his waist, and wandered around the mansion, looking here and there.

The house was built very luxuriously. Although it couldn't compare to the Duan family mansion, it was still a high-class residence.

The guard team consisted of six hundred men, with numerous overt and covert posts. Lin Feng didn't know how the posts were arranged, but he didn't care about them anyway.

Each of these guards has a distinguished background; they are either martial arts masters or overlords in the Jianghu (江湖, the martial arts world), or sons of officials from Luocheng or the capital.

If you want to become the Prime Minister's bodyguard, how can you get in without a certain status and position?

Now that a vice-captain has suddenly appeared out of nowhere, many people are not convinced. Although they don't know whose relationship he is, apart from the Prime Minister's close relatives, everyone else here is extraordinary.

As guards, unlike soldiers on the battlefield, they rarely had the opportunity to earn military merit, making it difficult for them to be promoted.

If you want to take a step up, it depends on whose family wealth you have.

Below the captain and deputy captain are the squad leaders and platoon leaders, each of whom was promoted through connections and bribery.

Of course, apart from a few truly skilled individuals who rose through the ranks based on their past reputations, their starting point for joining the team was already high.

Lin Feng is not only young, but I've never heard of him having any special abilities.

They're all seasoned veterans of the underworld; a little inquiry is all it takes to find out.

I've never heard of such a master. He must have bribed a lot of treasures to climb to the position of vice-captain.

This method of advancement is the most despised, yet it is also the fastest and safest way to get promoted.

He's not a relative of the Prime Minister, and he has no reputation in the martial arts world.

Having infiltrated the guard team, he was naturally disregarded and no one paid him any attention.

People respect each other based on ability. As guards, whoever is the most skilled is the boss.

Those who rise to power through money must be generous in order to gain the respect of others.

Lin Feng was well aware of these intricacies, but he completely disregarded them. He didn't rely on this for a living, and he didn't know how many more days he would be staying here.

Moreover, these soldiers will all be enemies of his Zhenxi Army in the future, and those who refuse to surrender must be annihilated.

Miao Changfeng had a wide circle of friends and was well-informed, so almost no organization could pose a threat to him.

Therefore, these guards are not under pressure. The guards are very relaxed, and as long as they don't leave their posts, there are no other requirements.

They were just as relaxed and carefree as Lin Feng, chatting with each other. Even when Lin Feng, the deputy captain of the guards, walked past them, no one paid him any attention, treating him as if he were invisible.

When Lin Feng arrived at a waterside pavilion, a dark figure emerged from the shadows and waved to him.

Upon approaching, Lin Feng discovered a hidden guard post. The guard was around forty years old, with a full beard, and looked like a very slick fellow.

"Hey brother, how much silver did you spend to become the vice-captain?"

The first thing the two said to each other was to pry into each other's privacy, showing absolutely no sense of propriety.

This shows they didn't treat Lin Feng as a superior at all. Even if they were at the same level, they wouldn't ask such a question if they weren't familiar with each other.

Lin Feng wasn't annoyed: "So how much did it cost you to get into the guard team?"

The middle-aged man grinned and said, "Heh heh, this number."

He held up five fingers, one facing up and one facing down, and gestured with them.

Lin Feng was startled: "One hundred thousand taels?"

The middle-aged man grinned and shook his head: "If it were 100,000 taels, I would be the deputy captain, and you wouldn't get a share."

Lin Feng sighed inwardly, "Damn, Miao Changfeng is too ruthless. It costs 100,000 taels of silver to get a deputy captain position."

It turns out that I'm quite valuable in Lao Miao's eyes.

"My family spent ten taels of gold to get me a corporal position, while you must have spent over a hundred thousand, right?"

Lin Feng said calmly, "No, you only asked for 95,000."