Awaken Chapter 42

Is there a demon out there?

As the sheriff’s voice rang out, the crowd was all naturally filled with curiosity.

The three husbandmen rose at the first moment, with hardly any hesitation.

“Little friend Qingnian, suddenly there is an urgent matter, come and have a good chat.”

Fu Zi spoke up, leaving these words behind and left with the official.

The remaining two Fuzi did the same.

“Take care of yourself, three husbandmen.”

Xu Qingnian wanted to say that he should be safe, but after thinking about it, he didn’t say anything, as he knew how to advance and retreat to this level, he didn’t need to remind himself.

However, Xu Qingnian was a little curious, the demon was out of the world, what was the purpose of inviting the husbandmen over?

What is the purpose of inviting him?

Write an article to scold the demon?

If that was really the case, then one could also go up there and give it a try.

Before, Zhou Ling had said that Confucianism in this world was not the kind of tongue and cheek, so Xu Qingnian really couldn’t think of how Confucianism could punish demons.

He could only wait for these few fuzi to return and ask again.

But before Xu Qingnian could say anything, another figure crossed the crowd and came directly in front of Xu Qingnian.

It was Li Xin.

“Brother Qingnian, it’s urgent, follow me.”

Li Xin spoke, his face serious, as if there was something big.

Xu Qingnian did not ask, but got up and followed Li Xin out, Wang Ru wanted to follow, but Li Xin spoke.

“Brother Wang Ru, this matter can only be spoken to Brother Qingnian alone, so I hope Brother Wang Ru will forgive me.”

The matter was so important that Li Xin did not dare to let others sit in on it, so he could only ask Wang Ru not to follow.

“Good, then brother Qingnian, I will wait for you at the inn.”

Wang Ru knew how to behave, as Li Xin was the son of the ruler of the prefecture, he had come specially to look for Xu Qingnian, and was so nervous it must be a big deal.

Wang Ru did not follow.

Li Xin pulled Xu Qingnian all the way out, walked out of the Park House Academy, turned left and right, and arrived inside a mansion about a quarter of an hour later.

“Brother Qingnian, this is my private mansion in the Fudu, talk inside.”

Li Xin spoke out and invited Xu Qingnian inside.

“Good.”

Xu Qingnian did not hesitate and walked straight into the mansion.

Li Xin entered and closed the door behind him. The mansion was rather depressed, although there were signs of cleaning, but there was no sign of life, so it should be a vacant house bought to wait for appreciation.

“Brother Xu, this is a matter of great importance, so I have no choice but to invite you here, and I hope that Brother Xu will not take offence.”

Li Xin opened his mouth, first apologising and treating Xu Qingnian with respect.

“Xiandi has spoken highly of you, so you are in such a hurry, I think it is an important matter, just that my brother does not understand, what is the matter?”

Xu Qingnian had a little guess in his mind, but could not be sure, so he asked the other party.

Once this was said, Li Xin didn’t say any nonsense and answered directly.

“Does Brother Xu know Cheng Lidong?”

He asked.

“Know.”

Upon hearing this name, Xu Qingnian understood that he had guessed correctly.

But what made Xu Qingnian feel a bit bad was, how come this Cheng Lidong was still alive? It seemed that Wu Yan was in a bad way.

“Do you have a grudge against him?”

Li Xin asked again.

“No hatred, no grudge.”

“But Lord Cheng Lidong, Lord Cheng, visited Ping’an County some days ago, when I was experiencing a time of despair in my life, but I didn’t think that there was no way out of heaven, and I managed to survive.”

“But Lord Cheng kept thinking that I had practiced the so-called supernatural arts.

“It is only until today that I know what a foreign art is, and I am deeply speechless about it.”

Xu Qingnian did not say it in a subtle way, instead he was very direct, just like I am not afraid of being second guessed.

Once this was said, Li Xin nodded at once, and then continued to speak.

“Brother Xu, I naturally believe that you do not cultivate foreign arts.”

“It’s just that this Cheng Lidong used some unfounded excuses to say that at that time, Brother Xu was terminally ill and had no medicine to cure him, yet he suddenly healed himself, so it was hard to justify, so he bit the bullet and concluded that Brother Xu had cultivated a foreign art.”

“Let my father order that Brother Xu be apprehended and interrogated under severe torture.”

Li Xin said.

At that moment, Xu Qingnian’s heart frowned a little, this guy was really ruthless, he had come to South Yufu and still wouldn’t let himself go?

And there is no evidence, yet he is staring at me?

You think I’m a bad person?

Just Xu Qingnian did not rush to ask Li Xin his father was so choice.

Instead, he gave a cold snort.

“I, Xu, don’t like to fight for profits, but I can’t let others slander me. Brother Li, can you please help me, I want to see the Prefect and confront him, Cheng Lidong, face to face.”

“No, I will go to brother Wang Ru now and ask him to summon all the literati and confront him in front of everyone.”

“I have always acted with a clear conscience. I am a scholar, and although I have no power, I still have a pa*sion.”

Xu Qingnian was furious, but of course this was a lie.

He was not afraid of confrontation, the other side had no evidence anyway, and this was just a pretence for Li Xin to see.

Normal people’s first reaction to being wronged is to confront, this is only normal, if the first reaction is other, then it proves that this person has a ghost in his heart.

As expected, with Xu Qingnian being so angry, Li Xin was even more certain that Cheng Lidong had wronged a good man.

“Brother Xu, I thought the same thing, but don’t worry, my father is clear-eyed and his first reaction was to think it was impossible.”

“However, this matter involves foreign arts, and due to legal reasons, my father can only allow Cheng Lidong to investigate, but only in secret, no seizure no detention, no interrogation.”

“After the order was given, my father specially asked me to come and find Brother Xu, as a kind of advance transparency, Brother Xu, my father thinks highly of you, after all, you are a great talent of our South Yufu, please rest a*sured, if Cheng Lidong dares to wrongly accuse you, my father is the first to disapprove.”

Li Xin’s words were a statement of attitude, as long as Cheng Lidong didn’t have full proof, he wouldn’t try to find trouble with you.

Hearing this, Xu Qingnian was inwardly relieved, while outwardly he first gave thanks, and soon continued to be angry.

“This Cheng Lidong has so slandered me in order to get credit, I can hardly swallow this anger, furthermore even if I investigate in secret, it still makes me feel very unhappy, such a crime, like dung and water, I dare not touch it nor dare to touch it.”

Xu Qingnian is still indignant, this time not pretending.

Just ask yourself, you study well, study seriously, occasionally attend banquets, singing songs, eating delicious food, and suddenly a person runs over and says a sentence.

“You’ve got a wire of cloth, you’ve got a wire of cloth.

Who has the heart to read and study.

There is a saying that you don’t prevent a gentleman from preventing a villain, Cheng Lidong is obviously a villain, from the moment he interrogated himself in Ping’an County, Xu Qingnian knew that this guy must be the kind of person who would do anything to achieve his goal.

When this was said, Li Xin nodded, agreeing with what Xu Qingnian said.

You have to say other things also said, this sin of foreign arts, is dung water, the description is exactly right, whoever touches it is disgusting, you have not cultivated also disgusting, you cultivated more disgusting.

But soon Li Xin continued.

“Brother Xu this kind of encounter, my brother sympathizes, but it is not without a solution.”

Li Xin’s words made Xu Qingnian curious.

“How can I solve it?”

Xu Qingnian asked.

“Merit.”

Merit?

Xu Qingnian was a little curious.

“En, if Brother Xu has a merit name in his possession, then it is not something that a position like Cheng Lidong can move, and under the laws of Great Wei, a scholar with a merit name in his possession will not be punished above or imprisoned below.”

“Unless it’s a big case, and even if it is, it’s not Cheng Lidong’s turn to be in charge, at least not at my father’s level.”

“Brother Xu, my brother will give you a further insight, this year’s prefectural examinations, his majesty is extremely important, the top thirty-three in the prefectural examinations, can exceptionally hold additional merit, of course, the top thirty-three in the prefectural examinations all over the Great Wei combined.”

Li Xin revealed a peculiar secret.

In an instant Xu Qingnian understood.

Generally speaking, one had to enter the imperial examinations in the capital, and only after winning the examination would one have a merit title, and normally, pa*sing the prefectural examinations was equivalent to getting an entrance ticket to the imperial examinations.

The county exams, on the other hand, are local exams, and there is no merit in pa*sing the county exams, but you can become an official, but only in the county, not across the county.

Some people knew that they could not win the examination, so they went to the county examination, or they went to the county examination first, and after they pa*sed the county examination, they went to the imperial examination again.

This time, the government exams are really unprecedented.

But when you think about it, it is also unprecedented for a woman to become an emperor, so it is not a big deal to compare.

“I understand, but it’s a question of whether or not you can pa*s the exam, and you have to be in the top thirty-three, it’s a bit difficult.”

Xu Qingnian nodded his head.

However, Xu Qingnian did not have much expectation for this government examination.

He could still write poetry and lyrics, but he could still copy a handful of words, so he could revise them.

But writing essays.

Xu Qingnian had a few things in mind.

I’m sure it won’t work.

The fact that you can make a famous word like “Full River Red”, I think your writing is absolutely amazing.”

“To be honest even if brother Xu picked the top list, we would never be surprised.”

Li Xin started to pat rainbow farts.

And Xu Qingnian smiled and said a few modest words, something along the lines of I can’t I can’t, I think you’re better.

Li Xin, on the other hand, was terrified, and the various words were, I can’t I can’t, or brother Xu is awesome.

After the two people business blowing each other for a while, there is nothing else to do.

The reason why Li Xin was in such a hurry to find Xu Qingnian was because of this matter. Before that, Xu Qingnian had been reading a book in the bookstore and he didn’t dare to disturb it.

Now that he had finished, Li Xin did not intend to delay Xu Qingnian.

The day after tomorrow was the government exam, so hurrying back to prepare for cla*s was the way to go.

The two of them said goodbye, and as they were leaving, Li Xin suddenly spoke up, saying that after the provincial exams, his father was going to host a banquet for the juniors who had taken the provincial exams, and invited Xu Qingnian to come over.

Xu Qingnian was not stupid and knew what this meant, but he agreed without hesitation.

The two of them said their goodbyes.

Xu Qingnian then walked towards his residence.

Her pace was not too slow, and she was not thinking about anything.

The Prefect of Nan Yu House had asked Cheng Lidong to secretly investigate himself, so he thought that he was being watched every moment of the day.

It was even possible that Li Xin’s tip-off just now had been witnessed by the other party.

But it doesn’t matter, if he saw it, he saw it. Cheng Lidong is only a quasi-hundred households, and he is still a minor player in front of the ruler.

But after saying goodbye to Li Xin, Xu Qingnian didn’t want to look preoccupied, in case Cheng Lidong was really watching himself, this kind of performance would only make Cheng Lidong more certain that he had cultivated a foreign art.

Cheng Lidong, Cheng Lidong.

This man, he must die.

Otherwise, his heart would not be at ease.

On the street, Xu Qingnian was certain in her heart.

But at the next moment.

A familiar figure appeared not far away.

It was …….

Cheng Lidong.