While Leng Shiqi continued his seclusion, Xingzhi Pavilion encountered quite a bit of trouble.
On this day, deputy manager Ren Ye was dealing with the large and small affairs of Xingzhi Pavilion when several other deputy managers and eunuchs hurriedly walked in with dissatisfaction on their faces.
Seeing this, Ren Ye knew that something had happened and asked, "What happened?"
He Feichen replied, "Ren daren, not long ago, many of our brothers were sent back when they went to pick up missions.
They said that the rules are different from before, but when we asked, they couldn't give us a reason. In short, they didn't give us any missions.
Even the two deputy managers couldn't do it!
They said that only Liu daren could do it! "
Ren Ye was an old man who had been in the Dark Thunder Guard headquarters for several decades. From He Feichen's short words, he could tell that someone was clearly targeting them!
The news of Leng Shiqi breaking through to Unity of Heaven and Man realm had already spread. Generally speaking, after breaking through to this realm, it would take at least a year or so to consolidate, or else it would lead to an unstable foundation and affect one's future cultivation.
Therefore, Leng Shiqi definitely couldn't come out of seclusion at this time.
Others naturally knew this and wanted to use this time to cause trouble!
And the only people who could target the four managers could only be the four managers. Ren Ye concluded that it was either Manager Hai or Manager Shentu who was secretly making a move.
Ren Ye muttered, "Is the great commander at headquarters?"
"The great commander has always appeared and disappeared unpredictably. We don't know his whereabouts, so it's almost impossible to find the great commander." He Feichen shook his head.
"Then what about Manager Gao?"
Eunuch Gao was Leng Shiqi's shizun. They were all the four managers, so needless to say, they had to be on the same boat. Now that they couldn't find the great commander, they could only ask Eunuch Gao for help.
However, He Feichen suddenly sighed, "News came from the palace yesterday. The Humble Prince ordered all the servants who had served the previous emperor to go to the imperial mausoleum to observe mourning for the previous emperor for three years. Eunuch Gao has already gone."
"Not good." Ren Ye realized that the situation wasn't good.
The Grand Commander was not here, Eunuch Gao was ordered to observe the mourning period, and then there were people who made things difficult for Xingzhi Court. All of these seemed to be driven by a mastermind.
Just Manager Hai or Manager Shentu alone would definitely not be able to do this. The identity of the mastermind behind the scenes would only be higher!
Missions were the foundation of the Dark Thunder Guards.
Only by continuously completing missions would one be able to obtain large amounts of resources and merit points, and thus have a path to promotion.
In the Dark Thunder Guards, except for those who were too old to be beaten, there were very few passive people.
If they didn't have any missions, they couldn't just stay in Xingzhi Pavilion forever.
In the long run, their Xingzhi Pavilion's reputation would be ruined!
This matter was neither big nor small. In short, it was very difficult to deal with.
Ren Ye rubbed the space between his eyebrows, feeling a headache coming on. "Let's not alarm Lord Liu for now. Let the brothers finish the tasks at hand first. If there's nothing left, go into seclusion or spar. We can't be idle."
"Yes."
He Fei Chen lowered his head and said, "But this is only a temporary measure. I'm worried that the other side will have follow-up plans. After all, it's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to defend against a stab in the dark. We can't just sit here and wait for death."
"How could I not know what you're saying? Relax, although us old fellows aren't as strong as before, the connections we've accumulated over the years are not few.
I'll use other channels to find out who is targeting us. If there's no other way, I'll take on some private work so that Xingzhi Pavilion won't be wasted. "Ren Ye already had a plan in his mind.
He turned to the other three vice managers and said, "You must restrain your subordinates for now. Don't cause trouble and don't easily get into conflict with others. As long as Lord Liu comes out of seclusion, everything will be solved."
Everyone agreed with Ren Ye's suggestion. Not letting them take on missions was only the first step against them. There would be more following, so it wasn't a big deal for them to endure it.
When their Lord comes out of seclusion, all problems would no longer exist!
Actually, they didn't know when it started, but they already had this much confidence in Leng Shiqi. After discussing the countermeasures, everyone dispersed.
Sure enough, something happened a few days later!
An ordinary War Thunder Guard in Xingzhi Pavilion was found to have abused his power for personal gain, embezzled huge sums of money, and was caught with the stolen goods. Without informing Ren Ye, he was directly sent to prison!
At the same time, many negative news about Xingzhi Pavilion spread rapidly, saying that they didn't want to make progress, were corrupt, and relied on the name of Leng Shiqi to be even more arrogant and domineering, and didn't put anyone in their eyes.
There were also people who stood up and said that Leng Shiqi didn't kill Thousand Illusion Sword Elder at all, and that it was all deliberate.
For a time, the reputation of Dark Thunder Guard Xingzhi Pavilion in the Imperial Capital was extremely bad!
Not only that, but there would always be some bad things happening every once in a while. The most serious thing was that several subordinates under Manager Hai and Manager Shentu went to the four counties under Leng Shiqi's supervision.
And their purpose was to seize power!
This was equivalent to breaking the roots of Leng Shiqi!
However, Leng Shiqi's strongest subordinates were all concentrated in the Imperial Capital, and only Ping Hui Prefecture had Yan Ming and Deng Xinlei in charge.
Unfortunately, the other three counties were not so optimistic. In the case where Leng Shiqi couldn't appear, his supervision power was in jeopardy.
During this time, Ren Ye was so busy that he seemed to have lost a lot of hair.
At first, he thought it was a general manager who was making a move, but in the end, it was Manager Hai and Manager Shentu who were targeting them at the same time!
Leng Shiqi was in seclusion, the commander was not here, and Eunuch Gao also went to the Imperial Mausoleum. Who could stop the two general managers from joining forces?
At this time, all the deputy managers and internal supervisors of Xingzhi Pavilion gathered in the meeting hall to discuss what to do.
Ren Ye said with a bitter face, "Manager Hai and Manager Shentu are pressuring us step by step. If we are really robbed of the right to supervise a few provinces and counties, then Xingzhi Pavilion will lose its foundation. What should we do?"
"They are going overboard. Aren't they afraid that the commander will blame them if he finds out?"
"Sigh, if the matter is settled, the commander will at most blame them. What can he do to them?"
"Then we can't sit still and wait for death. Otherwise, I will personally go down and definitely not give up the supervision power." One of the deputy managers said.
"No."
Ren Ye rejected, "As a deputy manager, if you personally seize power, then the headquarters will lose a lot of power. I'm afraid there will be even more chaos."
"If it really doesn't work, we can only ask Sir Liu to come out of seclusion. As long as Sir appears, at least the current situation can be stabilized."
"It still won't work. Sir has just broken through to the unity of heaven and man realm. If he doesn't consolidate his cultivation, it will affect his life!"
"This won't work, that won't work. Are we just going to wait for power to be seized?
At that time, even if Sir Liu comes out of seclusion, only an empty shell of Xingzhi Pavilion will be left. "
"…"
Everyone instantly fell silent. Because they really didn't have any good ideas. They could only watch as they slowly died like a frog being boiled in warm water.
Just as everyone was feeling anxious, a voice suddenly came in. "To make you all so anxious, what happened in Xingzhi Pavilion?"
When everyone heard this voice, they were slightly stunned at first. But immediately, they were pleasantly surprised. They turned their heads at the same time and saw a young man wearing a black and red official robe standing in front of the door of the meeting hall.
It was Leng Shiqi!