On the distant street, two sedan chairs ca slowly, followed by several junior officers.
The sedan chairs stopped in front of the entrance, and the followers drew back the curtains, and two n clad in brocade official robes stepped down.
A man dressed in red attire was Deng Hongtao, the Director of the Personnel Departnt, responsible for the assessnt and evaluation of officials and was the principal executive officer for this imperial inspection.
The other man, adorned in a blue robe embroidered with silver pheasants, was Yu Huai, Ministry of Personnel Officer, primarily in charge of supervising the inspection process to ensure objective and fair results.
"Mr. Deng, Mr. Yu."
Lord Jian had been waiting early at the entrance and quickly ca forward to greet them.
"Lord Jian."
Deng Hongtao nodded slightly.
Yu Huai, on the other hand, was expressionless and completely ignored him.
Lord Jian, unfazed, smiled and said, "I know the two of you are busy with official duties and still need to inspect other governnt offices after this, so I would not dare delay. Shall we begin straight away?"
Seeing his eagerness, Deng Hongtao had a asure of him, "Then please, Lord Jian, lead the way."
"This way, please."
Lord Jian led everyone towards the Ding Fire Departnt Office.
Along the way, he whispered, "Mr. Deng, about the matter I troubled you with last ti..."
Deng Hongtao, without diverting his gaze, replied indifferently, "Rest assured, I will enforce the law impartially and ensure there are no errors."
Lord Jian’s smile grew even brighter, "That is good, very good."
Everyone arrived at the Ding Fire Departnt Office.
Chen Mo was seen sitting nonchalantly on the office chair with Li Yuan standing with hands behind his back.
"Chen Mo, when eting two officials from the Ministry of Personnel, you should stand up and pay respects..."
Just as Lord Jian was about to scold, Yu Huai, who had been stern-faced until then, stepped forward with a friendly smile and said,
"This must be Hundred Households Chen, the famous case solver? I have heard so much about you!"
"Hundred Households Chen solves cases divinely, his insights are like torches, and he has foiled the Demon Clan’s conspiracies nurous tis, truly a pillar of support for Great Yuan!"
"Having you is Great Yuan’s fortune!"
?
Lord Jian’s smile twitched at the corners of his mouth.
How could this man have two faces? He’s too good at buttering up!
Ministry Personnel Officer belongs to the official faction, the sa group as his father... Chen Mo knew very well, and bowed his hands, "This must be Mr. Yu? You flatter , it’s rely my duty. I am but a brick of Great Yuan, ready to be placed wherever needed."
Yu Huai, moved, said, "Mr. Chen, you are truly modest..."
"Cough, cough."
Not able to stand it any longer, Lord Jian cleared his throat loudly as a reminder, "Gentlen, shall we get down to business?"
Yu Huai glanced at him, snorted coldly, and remained silent.
Chen Mo waved his hands and said, "Bring out the case records and account books, let’s assist the two officials in their investigation."
"Yes."
Li Yuan responded.
Soon, the piles of case files stacked up on the table.
Deng Hongtao motioned with his hand, and the junior officers ca forward and began to categorize and tally up the cases.
Lord Jian’s mouth curved into a cold smirk.
He knew that Qiu Longgang had been making so underhanded moves recently, helping Chen Mo solve quite a few cases.
But so what?
According to the Sky Scale Guard’s standards, the case solving rate should reach above seventy percent.
Below fifty percent would be considered severe dereliction of duty and theoretically should result in demotion and punishnt, not only forfeiting the official position but potentially facing criminal charges!
"The Ding Fire Departnt’s unsolved cases piled high, previously Chu Zhuo bribed with two thousand taels, hoping to shift so cases to the Bing Fire Departnt to boost the governnt office’s case-solving rate."
"Even so, it’s still far from enough!"
"Such a short period, not to ntion fifty percent, even thirty percent would be tough!"
"Chen Mo, you’ve swallowed so much from , now spit it all out! We’ll settle our accounts slowly!"
Even though the Chen Family had a respectable background, it still belonged to the officials, authority only lies within the confines of the court, not in the streets.
Stripped off the Sky Scale Guard’s facade, just those previously offended, were enough trouble for Chen Mo!
Yet, Yu Huai gave Chen Mo a reassuring look, clearly aning: Don’t panic, I’ll handle it if anything arises!
...
An hour later.
The junior officers had finished tallying, and they presented the docunts to Deng Hongtao.
Sitting in his chair, Deng Hongtao looked at the compiled registers and account books, and after a slight pondering,
Lord Jian, unable to wait any longer, said, "Mr. Deng, we are pressed for ti, please announce the results quickly?"
Deng Hongtao glanced at him, stroked his beard, and spoke, "From what we see, the accounts have no issues, governance is handled well, and the records of criminal judgnts are clear. As for the case-solving rate..."
Hearing this crucial mont, Lord Jian’s breathing quickened.
"One hundred thirty-seven cases in total, of which over ninety percent were solved."
"Haha, ninety percent, Chen Mo, you’re finished—Um? Wait, what did you say?"
Lord Jian paused briefly, questioning if he had heard it wrong.
Deng Hongtao said, "A ninety percent case-solving rate, even the Divine Catcher of the Six Gates cannot achieve this standard. Hundred Households Chen really is divine in solving cases."
Chen Mo replied calmly, "Mr. Deng, you flatter ."
...
Lord Jian incredulously said, "Mr. Deng, could there be an error in the tally, how could it be ninety percent?!"
It had only been two short months, even if the entire Fire Departnt mobilized, it couldn’t be achieved!
Was Deng Hongtao displeased? "Are you doubting that I have falsified the records?"
This man has issues?
It was him who said he would enforce the law impartially and investigate thoroughly. Why is he unhappy now?
"It’s not what I ant..."
"If you don’t believe it, you can check it yourself."
Deng Hongtao handed him the register.
Lord Jian checked ticulously, and without a single mistake, it indeed turned out to be ninety percent!
He was dumbfounded, unable to comprehend how Chen Mo managed this...
"All registers and account books, I will submit truthfully to the Eastern Royal Palace."
"Now for the job report, Hundred Households Chen, do you have anything to say?"
Deng Hongtao asked.
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