Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 1291 Holding Multiple Positions

The woman laughed: "Look at your physique, have you ever killed a chicken?"

"I really have killed before."

The woman looked Lin Feng up and down strangely a few times.

"Oh, you don't seem interested in me."

"I can not."

"Pah! The way you looked at me just now, it was like you wanted to crawl into my body."

Lin Feng smiled bitterly and helplessly: "My family is poor, and my children are hungry. I haven't eaten for two days either. How can I have any other thoughts?"

He figured it was probably because the old man Lan Yu could no longer satisfy the woman's desires, especially since he always came and went in a hurry late at night, or perhaps he didn't come every night.

The woman fell into deep loneliness and isolation, a stark contrast to her previous life of extravagance and indulgence.

"Okay, you stay here and don't move. I'll go get you something to eat."

The woman excitedly got up, got out of bed, went out, and closed the door behind her.

The man was handsome and looked very clean. Although he was a petty thief, he was a good match for relieving his loneliness.

With a high-ranking official like Lan Yu supporting her, how could she possibly lack money?

It wasn't entirely a physiological need for her; it was more of a playful mindset.

Lan Yu is the Grand Preceptor of the Great Zheng Dynasty, a person of high status and great power, who is her strong support, so she has basically no fear of these petty thieves.

After Lin Feng and the other women left, he immediately lifted the blankets, placed his palm on the circular indentation on one side, released his internal energy, and used his consciousness to guide the internal energy to open the mechanism inside the bed.

At this distance, moving a body with one's mind is not a problem, but it would be difficult if the distance were slightly longer.

Because of this method, he did not place too much importance on Zhu Qisheng's gold medal.

Seeing that the bed was a bit loose, Lin Feng braced himself against one side with his foot and pushed it outwards with force.

With a series of creaking sounds, the heavy bed frame began to separate.

In the very center of the bed, a square black hole was visible.

Lin Feng's consciousness sank down, and after scanning around, he found a bunch of circular patterns on the inside of the wooden bed.

He continued using the same method as before, using his internal force to open the mechanism, and then gripped a recessed area with his hand and pulled it upwards.

This time, amidst a commotion, a three-foot square wooden block slowly rose up.

Lin Feng let out a breath and realized that although these mechanisms were ingenious, they required a lot of strength from the person activating them, otherwise it would be impossible to move the heavy wooden bed.

As the block rises, a copper ring is revealed on the ground, embedded within it.

Lin Feng shook his head. He would definitely need to pull the copper ring to open the entrance on the ground before he could enter the underground garage.

The way Zhu Qisheng opened his underground treasure vault wasn't particularly ingenious, but unless one was a cultivator like Lin Feng, an ordinary person really wouldn't be able to open the entrance.

Shaking his head, Lin Feng quickly restored the wooden block to its original position and pulled the protruding bed back into place.

He heard footsteps and knew the woman was coming back.

The woman held a black lacquered wooden tray with several delicate pastries on it.

"Oh, I made this for you myself, you're so lucky."

Lin Feng pretended to be hungry, reached out and picked up the snacks, stuffed them into his mouth one by one, and swallowed them without much chewing.

"Oh my, what exquisite pastries! Why are you eating like a donkey..."

The woman shook her head as she watched, but still covered her mouth and laughed.

Seeing that Lin Feng was choking, he quickly got up to pour tea.

"Eat slowly, no one's going to take it from you."

The woman propped her head up with her hands and lay on the bed watching Lin Feng eat.

"Hey, what's your name? Where do you live?"

"Lin San, you're from the suburbs. What about you?"

"My name is Chenxiang, and my hometown is Funing Prefecture."

"Oh, it's quite far from here."

"Lin San, you can't be a thief forever."

"There's no other way. We don't have any skills, and the crops we grow at home aren't enough to feed us."

Chenxiang thought for a moment and said, "Lin San, how about you come work as my bodyguard?"

"Will your husband agree?"

"Don't worry about it. I'm in charge here. He's never home anyway; he's a high-ranking official in the imperial court."

Lin Feng shook his head: "Don't lie to me. How could a high-ranking official in the imperial court live in such a small house?"

Chenxiang pouted: "This is just his villa; the main residence is the largest."

“That’s right, I’ve seen the boss’s house before.”

"Hey, tell me, how big of a house did you visit?"

"I'm good at light footwork, I've been to the imperial palace, do you believe me?"

"Huh? Really?"

The two chatted as the sky began to brighten.

"I have to go, the road will be difficult to travel in the daylight."

"Aren't you going to be my bodyguard?"

"My children at home are still hungry, I have to go back and tell them."

"Okay, I'll bring you some food, you have to come over."

"Such a good job, of course I have to come."

Chenxiang smiled broadly, her heart filled with joy. She led Lin Feng out of the room and into the kitchen to get some food.

Most of the maids, servants, housekeepers, and guards in the mansion were still in bed because it was early. Only Xiao Hong, the maid who had served him that night, stared blankly at Lin Feng, unsure of what to say.

Chenxiang ignored her and personally packed a package for Lin Feng, filled it with food, and gave Lin Feng a few loose silver coins before leaving.

He casually pinched Lin Feng's arm.

"Lin San, remember to come back."

Lin Feng nodded to her, quickly left the courtyard, and disappeared into the morning mist.

The Prime Minister sent someone to summon the three Lin brothers from Hongsheng Escort Agency to the Prime Minister's residence to serve as his servants.

Pang Bohong, the chief镖头 (chief镖头, head镖师, of Hongsheng镖局), personally saw Lin Feng and his two companions off at the gate, earnestly reminding them not to forget that he was still the deputy chief镖头 of Hongsheng, and to come back and visit often.

Lin Feng, along with Ye Liangcai and Qiao Jushan, bid farewell to Chief Escort Pang and headed to the Prime Minister's residence to report for duty.

This time, Miao Changfeng did not assign Lin Feng to a position in the Imperial Guard. Instead, he handed over all eight hundred soldiers from his own Prime Minister's residence to Lin Feng, asking him to do his best to improve their combat capabilities within half a month.

Miao Changfeng was truly impressed by Lin Feng's ability to train troops. Just the fact that he led 500 Imperial Guards all the way from Luoxi Prefecture to Guangfeng County in Fu'an Prefecture was a feat that had never been seen before in the Dazheng Imperial Guards.

Although Lin Feng was not part of the Imperial Guard, he was still a seventh-rank official in front of the Prime Minister's residence. He enjoyed the official rank and treatment of a fourth-rank official in the Taisho era and served as the deputy commander and chief instructor of the Prime Minister's residence guard battalion.

Miao Yong remained in command.

In other words, Lin Feng's only responsibility is to train and instruct the guard battalion. If he wants to mobilize the troops to go out of the city to carry out missions, he must ask Miao Yong to speak up.

Ye Liangcai and Qiao Jushan were also appointed as commanders of the guard battalion, each leading four hundred cavalry.

As the Prime Minister of the Dazheng Dynasty, Miao Changfeng naturally had more than just these eight hundred guards. In addition, there were twelve hundred regular soldiers dispatched by the Imperial Guard, who took turns on duty at regular intervals.

This policy was a rule specifically formulated by Emperor Zhao Zheng to prevent ministers from buying off too many imperial guards and turning them into their own private armies.

Lin Feng was also secretly wondering why the training period was set for half a month.

Training soldiers is a long-term and stable task. Soldiers will not make significant progress in half a month. The only way to improve them is to change their mindset and make them accept a different approach to military management.

However, there will be no significant effect on physical fitness and technique.

Lin Feng didn't expect to achieve any results. These weren't his own Zhenxi Army, and these people would become enemies of the Zhenxi Army sooner or later anyway.