Chapter 43.

With these words, the entire room fell into silence.

Master Xu still had that shrewd look on his face, and after saying these words, he stroked his beard and left.

When Master Xu left, the originally quiet county office immediately fell into a boil.

The constables began to talk heatedly, and all they talked about was this matter.

They were not interested in the matter of Sheriff Xie’s promotion.

High or not, it has nothing to do with them.

The most important thing was that the position of constable was vacant!

How could a county office not have a constable?

Now that the position is vacant, it means that they will be the first to be elected.

Not only will they get a raise in salary, but they’ll also have jurisdiction over all the constables.

Even if they went out to the streets to get more oil, they would be able to get more.

The constables were all very excited, and a few of them were even ready to sign up.

Zhou An was not excited.

Whether he was a constable or not had nothing to do with him.

He would just receive a small salary, ask for a small establishment, and have a small layer of security.

More importantly, he wanted liver proficiency.

These days it was better to be less in the limelight.

Though lately he was making more of a splash.

“You go back first today, I have some things to do.” Zhou An spoke to Yu Hang and left alone.

Yu Hang was also nervous lately, getting closer and closer to the imperial examinations, becoming more and more depressed.

He didn’t say anything, so he just agreed.

After Zhou An left the courthouse, he headed directly to the Zhen Gui Division.

He happened to run into Sheriff Xie, who was wearing the attire of Zhen Gui Si, at the entrance of Zhen Gui Si.

Sheriff Xie also saw Zhou An and immediately greeted him.

“Good day, Lord Xie.” Zhou An said with a smile.

Sheriff Xie waved his hands, “Brother Zhou is overstating things, this life is all saved by you, if you see Xie in the future, just call him Brother Xie.”

Mixed rivers and lakes, which can not have a little brain?

In Sheriff Xie’s eyes, Zhou An’s future is immeasurable.

Don’t look at the current Zhou An in the small Anding County, maybe one day will soar.

Not to say flatter, at least you can’t be offended.

“Brother Zhou is here to register? Come in with me, I’ll say you’re my friend so you can register in a low profile as well.”

Sheriff Xie also knew that Zhou An didn’t want to expose his identity, so he patted his chest and assured him that he would let Zhou An register in a low-key manner.

Zhou An arched his hand and said, “Thank you Brother Xie, I’ll make a note of this brother, let’s have a meal together sometime.”

Playing in the jianghu these days, you can’t just play with a strength, you also have to play with a little bit of human feelings.

Other people welcome you with a smile, you should also treat each other with courtesy.

Face was something that everyone gave to each other.

“Brother Zhou come with me.”

Sheriff Xie led the way in front.

It was also Zhou An’s first time coming to Zhen Gui Si, and after walking in, he realized that the layout inside was very different from the county office.

If the constables inside the county courthouse were all sun-dried salted fish, the people of the Town Guile Division were like busy ants.

Every member of the Zhen Gui Si who passed by was in a hurry.

Moreover, Zhou An also realized that all of these members also had a few brushes, much better than the miscellaneous fish constables in the county office.

“The matter of the Beast Cult is still in the aftermath, so everyone is very busy.”

Sheriff Xie explained to Zhou An while bringing Zhou An to a hidden room.

“Elder Zhang is inside, just go straight in.”

After saying this, Sheriff Xie left.

Zhou An didn’t dawdle, knocked on the door and pushed it in.

The room behind the door was not big, but the layout inside was good, and the furniture was placed in a rather tasteful manner.

At this time, Zhang Si Xian was writing with his head buried in his desk.

The recent matter of the Beast Cult was nearing its end, and there was a lot of information that needed to be reported.

The process was extremely complicated, and he had already worked an extra night shift.

After hearing the sound of the door opening, Zhang Si Xian raised his head.

When he saw that it was Zhou An who had arrived, he put down the brush in his hand and raised his hand to signal Zhou An to sit down.

“Is Senior Zhang’s injury better?” Zhou An asked.

Zhang Si Xian made a pot of tea for Zhou An and placed the teacup in front of Zhou An: “It’s alright, there are quite a few elixirs within the Zhen Gui Si, I’ve recovered to the seventy-eight percent, but I still need to recuperate.”

Zhou An took a sip, the tea smelled strong, it was good tea.

Zhang Si Xian naturally knew, why Zhou An had come, and took out a booklet, “I have recorded it in detail, see what’s wrong.”

Zhou An received it in his hands and flipped through it.

It contained some information about him and had an evaluation.

Top of the third-rate experts.

“Nothing major.” Zhou An said, “This information isn’t something that regular people can just flip through, right?”

Zhang Si Xian nodded, “Even if you turn it over, no one will bother you, don’t worry about this, this is the law of Da Chu, the reason why they have to be registered is also because they are afraid that they won’t be able to find them after messing up.”

Zhou An understood that this was similar to the filing in his previous life.

“If there’s nothing else, then I’ll leave first.”

With things done and information registered, Zhou An was still waiting to go back to his liver proficiency and didn’t want to stay here much longer.

“Wait, Brother Zhou, I heard that the government office is recently recruiting constables, do you have any interest?” Zhang Si Xian suddenly called out to Zhou An and asked seemingly offhandedly.

Zhou An frowned: “Lord Zhang’s information is quite good, Sheriff Xie has just joined the Zhen Gui Si, the government office will definitely be recruiting new sheriffs, after all, so many sheriffs still have to be managed, but I don’t have any interest, I don’t have a lot of ambition as a person, I just want to be free.”

He was truly not interested at all.

After becoming a constable, there would be more things instead.

It affected his liver proficiency.

With this mind, who would become a constable.

Wouldn’t working hard to become stronger smell better?

Zhou An was now thinking of a different way to develop the proficiency of the Swimming Dragon Steps first.

Then arrange the time to raise the proficiency of the three skills.

Or develop new skills.

Zhang Si Xian sniffed and fell into deep thought.

Zhou An’s frown deepened as he sensed that the other party was definitely up to something.

There was something in the words, there must be something else to say.

“Brother Zhou, it’s like this, I am trying to get you to join the Zhen Gui Si.”

Zhang Si Xian mentioned a word and wanted to continue.

Zhou An immediately raised his hand to stop Zhang Si Xian’s next words.

“Lord Zhang, I appreciate the good intentions, but I am indeed a person who does not like bondage too much.”

For a person to gain something, they must first lose something.

The power, wealth, and status that the Zhen Gui Si had gained were all fought for with his life, and the bondage was immense.

If he did join, he had no chance of liver proficiency.

Losing the watermelon and picking up the sesame.

This kind of thing he would not do.

Zhang Si Xian said helplessly, “Brother Zhou, since the words are all said and done, let’s forget about it.”

He did want to persuade Zhou An to join, so that he would also be able to add a great general to Anding County.

But now it seemed that persuasion was useless.

He also knew it was useless, so he stopped persuading.

Zhou An did not say anything else and left the Zhen Gui Si.

On the way back, he was already thinking about the Swimming Dragon Steps and had a specific method.