Outside South Yufu.
In the middle of a mountain range.
Cheng Lidong’s figure was extremely fast as he was chasing after a figure.
“Don’t run, I’m here to seek your cooperation.”
Cheng Lidong opened his mouth and told the other party not to run.
The latter, however, did not respond at all and continued to run.
In an instant, Cheng Lidong took out an elixir and after swallowing it, his speed instantly increased by thirty percent, catching up with the latter.
“Brother, don’t run, I am here to seek your cooperation, don’t worry, I will definitely not betray you.”
Cheng Lidong opened his mouth and stopped the other party.
It was a middle-aged man with ordinary looks, after being stopped by Cheng Lidong, he did not say a word and also swallowed a blood-red elixir.
“Cheng Lidong, do you take me for a fool? Looking for my cooperation? You already knew my identity when you chased me, you are a prospective hundredth household, a dog official of the Great Wei court, and you are looking for my cooperation? Cooperate with what?”
“I tell you, I have joined the White Cloth Sect since I was young, and I have gone through fire and water for the White Cloth Sect, my life was given to me by the Sect Master, and I will return it to him today.”
The middle-aged man spoke in a cold voice, he had a determined face.
And Cheng Lidong stood with his sword in his hand, looking at the other man and shaking his head, “You misunderstand, although I am an official of the court, I have resigned from my position as a prospective hundredth household, I have come to seek your cooperation because I want to join the White Cloth Sect.”
“If I lie to you, I shall not be allowed to die, furthermore I am now going with you to meet the people above, is your White Cloth Sect still afraid of me, a quasi-hundred households?”
Cheng Lidong said from his heart, not hesitating to make a vow.
The White Clothes Clan could not possibly be afraid of a prospective hundred households.
Looking at Cheng Lidong’s face full of determination, the man from the White-Clothed Sect was a little indignant.
“Why didn’t you say so earlier?”
He clenched his fist and roared.
“You kept running away from the party and I didn’t have time to say it?”
“And isn’t it the same to say it now?”
Cheng Lidong frowned slightly, not understanding why the other party opened his mouth like that.
“It’s not the same, I’ve already swallowed the Absolute Vein Pill just now, if you had said it earlier, I wouldn’t have taken it, Cheng Lidong, you son of a B*tch.”
As he said this, he directly spat out a mouthful of blood, and then lay straight on the ground, extinguishing his life.
Cheng Lidong: “……”
He was a bit confused, he really didn’t expect the White Cloth Sect to be so resolute, directly swallowing the extinction pulse pill, preferring to die rather than be captured alive by himself.
D*mn it!
Cheng Lidong clenched his fist, he was a little furious and a little annoyed to see this scene.
Ever since Xu Qingnian had left the Southern Yufu, he had started to secretly investigate another matter.
The trace of the White-Clothed Sect.
Wu Yan was a member of the White Clothes Sect, so if he gave something to Xu Qingnian, it would mean that Xu Qingnian had to meet with someone from the White Clothes Sect, and if he joined the White Clothes Sect, he could completely cooperate with Xu Qingnian.
Yes, he still wanted to co-operate with Xu Qingnian, whether he got Xu Qingnian killed or not was another matter. He hated Xu Qingnian and hated Xu Qingnian to death, but he knew even better how to do what was good for him and what was not good for him.
In the end, he chose to compromise and wanted to work with Xu Qingnian, but he knew that it was impossible for Xu Qingnian to work with him.
Especially now that Xu Qingnian was clearly intent, it was even more impossible for him to cooperate with him.
Previously, he had hoped that Xu Qingnian would fail and suffer from the suppression of the court, so that there would be a chance of cooperation.
But now there was no chance at all.
So he thought of another way, to find the White Clan and cooperate with them, so as to get the real handle of Xu Qingnian.
But now, it seemed that this solution still did not work.
He had gone to great lengths to find a disciple of the White-Clothed Sect lurking in the Southern Yufu, only to die like this.
Unhappy! Unhappy! It was extremely unhappy!
The White Cloth Sect disciple also did not know why, suddenly evacuating the entire South Yufu overnight, leaving behind this one pawn, escaping today to be captured by himself, but he did not expect such a result.
“Xu Qingnian! You really are a beast!”
Cheng Lidong clenched his fist, although this matter did not have much to do with Xu Qingnian, it did not stop him from cursing Xu Qingnian in anger.
He exhaled a long breath.
Cheng Lidong’s gaze was cold, given the current situation, there was a hundred thousand miles between him and Xu Qingnian, and if he dared to go after Xu Qingnian again, he could probably be killed by Xu Qingnian directly.
So he must only take another path.
Although this path was risky, he still had to take it, there was no way he could watch Xu Qingnian rise higher and higher, and there was absolutely no way he could watch Xu Qingnian monopolise the treasures.
It was absolutely impossible.
The next moment, Cheng Lidong left this place and disappeared.
The following day.
The following day, the capital of Great Wei.
The civil and military officials were at court as usual, but the only difference today was that the military officials were laughing louder and the Confucian officials were more silent than ever.
Everyone knows what happened yesterday, and many people are waiting to see the jokes of the Confucian officials today.
Although the group of Confucian scholars who issued the Zhaowen had, in a sense, still won, this group of military officials did not care if you won or not, a good show was necessary in the courtroom today.
“Enter the hall.”
With a loud and clear voice.
The civil and military officials entered the hall in unison.
After the officials had entered the hall, the crowd began to kneel down and worship.
“Long live my emperor, long live my emperor.”
After the voices trailed off, the voice of the empress rang out.
“Stand at ease.”
At that moment the crowd rose, as they did every day, and for the first half hour they were still discussing matters of state, in harmony with each other.
When the discussion of state affairs was over, everyone began to be silent.
It was normal for the Confucian officials to be silent, after all, they did not want to mention it of their own accord, so what was the point of bringing it up? What for?
It’s not that they can’t take the initiative to look for trouble, but they have to have an edge, otherwise they look like they’re siding with Xu Qingnian.
The reason for this is that there are a lot of unspoken rules in the courtroom that cannot be messed with.
Every word, every action, and even every statement represents an attitude, so the court must not talk nonsense, after all, nonsense talk is either put away under, or not.
Also at that moment, the empress’ voice rang out.
“All the loving ministers, how is the matter of Xu Qingnian?”
Her voice rang out, taking the initiative to bring up the matter as a way of throwing in the towel.
Once this was said, the Confucian officials could not pretend that they had not heard it.
“Your Majesty, the result of this matter has already come out, we have investigated clearly, Yan Lei did have some injustice in his words, so the great Confucian scholar has punished Yan Lei and informed the world’s literati that he is responsible for this matter, Xu Qingnian is not at fault.”
In the middle of the court, it was still Wang Jing who stood out and said so.
In front of the emperor, he could not say that what Xu Qingnian had gone astray, this was to disgust Xu Qingnian, not to disgust the emperor.
“Since it is naturally best to investigate the matter clearly, then this is the end of the matter.”
The empress’ voice continued to ring out, she was the emperor, she would not favour anyone, nor would she say to deliberately punish a group of people, unless she needed to, otherwise all matters, the best outcome would be to make a big deal out of it, and a small one out of it.
It was at this moment that the voice of the military official rang out.
“Your Majesty, I have a different opinion.”
Among the military officials, it was still Zhao Yan who came out.
“In my opinion, this matter is innocent of Xu Qingnian’s fault, but the day before yesterday at the morning court, Wang Jing angrily rebuked Xu Qingnian, after not investigating the truth of the matter, but all kinds of slander, so that Xu Qingnian suffered an injustice.”
“If it were other people, it would be fine, but this matter affects the world’s literati, and Xu Qingnian was scorned by the world’s literati for no reason, if we were to just let it go, wouldn’t that be unfair to Xu Qingnian?”
“In addition, Xu Qingnian has not yet joined the court, he originally has a heart of a child, but this matter is hastily ended, it is really cold his heart, so I suggest that if Xu Qingnian is not at fault, this matter should be heavily punished Confucian officials.”
Zhao Yan spoke up and made his attitude very clear.
If Xu Qingnian is not at fault, then there is something wrong with you, you have not investigated clearly and have tarnished his reputation, and he is a man full of pa*sion and dedicated to the country.
Zhao Yan’s words were not his own, but the response that the group of military officials as a whole came up with.
He seized this opportunity to strike a severe blow at these Confucian officials, after all, there would not be such a good opportunity next time.
When this was said, Wang Jing’s voice rang out.
“Your Majesty, there are many misunderstandings in this matter itself, although my ministers are a bit impulsive, but the reason is still Xu Qingnian somewhat slandered the holy intention, so a moment of anger, I hope Your Majesty will understand.”
Wang Jing opened his mouth, dumping all the pots on the saint.
“Joke, you slandered Xu Qingnian, causing Xu Qingnian to bear a great reputation, and now you find this kind of excuse, saint saint, it is good that the saint has pa*sed away, otherwise, the saint does not know how to take your words.”
Zhao Yan opened his mouth, he was not a Confucian scholar, as long as he did not insult the saint, there was no harm in saying something like this.
“You, Zhao Yan, you insult the sage.”
Wang Jing rebuked angrily.
“Here we go again, here we go again.”
“Your Majesty, I also have great respect for the saints, but this group of Confucian officials just use the saints to press people at every turn.”
“I would like to ask, is this the courtroom? Or is it the Palace of Letters? If it is in the Palace of Literature, I am guilty, but if it is in the courtroom, I do not feel that I have insulted the saint.”
Zhao Yan opened his mouth, and with one sentence, the scene instantly became extremely quiet.
Wang Jing, in particular, instantly turned pale, while many Confucian officials also turned a little pale.
He had been set up and shaded by Zhao Yan.
Zhao Yan’s words were ostensibly an explanation for himself, but what were they actually saying?
Was he saying that the imperial power was greater or the saints were greater.
Since ancient times, Confucian officials have served the saints, with the saints in the front and the imperial power in the back, following this logic, this does not matter, after all, it is a saint, it is normal to give some face.
The saint is no longer in the world, it is equivalent to a good luck charm, a spiritual symbol, often some big events, the emperor will also go to the Palace of Literature to worship the saint.
But this was only to appease the hearts of the literati.
Is the sage greater than the emperor? Anyone with a brain would know that the Emperor’s power is greater than that of the saints.
When you literati gather together, you can praise the saints as much as you want, and it is normal for the emperor to be inferior to the saints.
But when it comes to the court, it is the emperor who is the greatest. If the emperor is not the greatest, why is the sage the greatest? Then why isn’t a saint in control of the world?
Zhao Yan’s words were completely meant to put Wang Jing to death.
“Your Majesty! This is naturally a courtroom, Wang Jing is a scholar, so it is normal to respect the saints, and what he said just now was just a matter of fact, I hope Your Majesty will understand.”
At this moment, someone spoke up, a great Confucian, Zhou Lining, the Great Confucian of Zhou.
He spoke up to explain for Wang Jing, otherwise, Wang Jing would have been in trouble.
“What Zhou said is not true. It is understandable to respect the way of the saints, but what Wang Jing did is not agreeable to me.
“Let the world know that the court is as clear as a mirror, that right is right and wrong is wrong, and that there is absolutely no selfishness or collaboration to suppress.”
The Duke of An Guo’s voice rang out.
When the other side sent out great scholars, it was impossible for Duke An not to be on it, after all, he had spoken out for Xu Qingnian before, so he would simply be a good man and send Xu Qingnian a great gift.
“Your Majesty! The fact is that the government has not yet been able to find out whether or not it is at fault.”
“The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.
Zhou Lining spoke out and explained in this way.
“Joke, Zhou Ru, do you really think that I can’t read your memo?”
“On the surface, you are saying that you have had, but in reality, you continue to slander Xu Qingnian for going astray, you are really damaging people, making light of your own faults and avoiding the heavy, forcing Xu Qingnian into a desperate situation, you are really a teacher and a great Confucian.”
“Are you scholars not afraid of the wrath of heaven for doing this? This is if the sage is resurrected that day, I fear that the sage will strike out to destroy you and the others.”
The Duke of An was waiting for these words, and now that the other man had said them, he spat them out straight away.
Bunch of dogs.
“An Guo Gong! A lifetime of conquering and making countless merits for Great Wei, but not having read much, Zhou understands and does not argue with Duke An about anything, after all, Duke An has merited the society and the mountains.”
Zhou Lining did not get angry, at least not explicitly, but the words were also very damaging, directly scolding Duke An for not having read any books and not bothering to argue with you.
“Hehe, it is true that I have not read for many years, as I have been with the late emperor for many years, but I also know that wrong is wrong and right is right, where is the difference like you and others, who know the wrong and do not admit it.”
“Oh, I see, so that’s what studying is all about, then fine, in the future I’ll let my children and grandchildren study more, so that they don’t have to do something wrong and be abused.”
What kind of person is the Duke of An?
Although he hadn’t read much, he had at least read a little. He had been in the war all his life and had seen a lot. How many years had he been in the military?
“If you really know the holy words, you wouldn’t be able to say what you just said, but that’s fine, if you don’t mind, you can send your children and grandchildren to Zhou’s home, and I will teach them well, so that they can be a good story.”
Zhou Lining was a great Confucian, he was very strong in nurturing his temper, he was not angry at all, instead he said something that made the military officials a little annoyed.
He said, “You are an uneducated and rough man, you can’t teach your children and grandchildren well, let me do it.
It is not unusual for two people to quarrel in the courtroom.
At that moment, the empress’ voice rang out.
“All right.”
A bland voice rang out, and the two gangs instantly quieted down.
“Early this morning, Xu Qingnian had the Prefect of South Yufu, send a letter, so you and the others will first listen to Xu Qingnian’s intention.”
She opened her mouth and spoke of a matter.
At that moment the crowd was a little curious, not knowing what letter Xu Qingnian had sent.
Soon Wan’er took out the letter and began to recite it.
“Student Xu Qingnian, bowing to Your Majesty.”
“One, three days ago, at a banquet at the South Yu Palace, I angrily rebuked the great scholar Yan Lei, and this was a disrespect for my elders.
“Secondly, the student has ignored the strict law to seek redress for the people’s grievances and has acted recklessly, causing the people to take to the streets. There is always someone to redress the grievances of the people, so I beg Your Majesty.
“Forgive the sins of the people, the student is willing to suffer all punishments, and I hope that Your Majesty will understand, and I hope that Your Majesty will have mercy on the people of the world.”
“Thirdly, the student should not make a speech at this time, because Zhu Sheng’s intention is that all of us who study should do so because we are good learners. ”
“I hope that Your Majesty will forgive me for my crime.”
Wan’er’s voice resounded through the great hall.
At this moment, everyone fell silent.
Only everyone had different expressions, the Confucian officials all had ugly faces.
The military officials, on the other hand, were all a little odd, as if they were holding back their laughter.
This epistle from Xu Qingnian was a murderous execution of the heart.
The first sentence, to retreat as an advance, like the Great Wei Palace of Literature, you take the initiative to admit your mistake, I also take the initiative to admit my mistake, my mistake is that Yan Lei is so old, it is normal to lean on the old, I young people put up with it, what is the harm?
If you punish Yan Lei for transcribing the holy words, then I will go to a poor place to educate the people, which is a million times better than you transcribing something, right?
Of course, Xu Qingnian was so talented, the court would not let him do this, so it was just a nice thing to say.
The second sentence is even better, not for his own injustice, nor to complain, but to plead for the people, on the moral standpoint to stand, the Great Wei Palace of Literature won the hearts of the world’s literati with Zhaowen, then Xu Qingnian continue to win the hearts of the people, the world’s literati are many, but the world’s people are even more.
At the same time, Xu Qingnian also ridiculed the Zhu Sheng lineage once again, thinking that the mistake was that Yan Lei was unreasonable, but there was always someone in the Great Wei Palace of Literature who was reasonable, right? If the Great Wei Palace of Literature is not reasonable, the emperor is reasonable, right? There is no one who is reasonable?
But what made the military official’s heart so happy was the third sentence.
Didn’t you say that I, Xu Qingnian, had gone astray? I don’t think I have gone astray, but rather that I have made my words early.
After all, there are still all of you great scholars in the world, all of you leaning on the old and not allowing young people to come up.
My, my.
This epistle, with its three admissions of fault, is all a sarcastic reference to the disciples of this lineage of Zhu Sheng.
However, the technique in it is the same as that of the Great Wei Palace of Literature, which can be described as returning the favour to others.
Good guy.
Good man.
The officials all understood that Xu Qingnian was definitely not the kind of scholar who could only read by rote, his wisdom was by no means trivial.
“Your Majesty, what Xu Qingnian said is very true, I can see that Xu Qingnian is also willing to stop here, I wonder how Your Majesty will choose?”
At this moment, Zhou Lining seized the opportunity to speak up.
Although there were words in Xu Qingnian’s letter, the most beneficial thing for them at the moment was to make a big deal out of a small one.
Otherwise, it would only get more and more troublesome if they continued to pull it.
If the antagonist was a military official, they would definitely be willing to pull the wool over their eyes, but the antagonist was just one person, Xu Qingnian.
Even if Xu Qingnian was given a death sentence, they would have nothing to gain, but if Xu Qingnian caught them in the act.
They are the blood loss, especially this group of martial officials, moreover, they are watching the fire from across the shore, the Confucian officials’ lineage is not so stupid, hurry up and settle this matter before.
“Alright.”
The empress opened her mouth, the trouble had reached this level, she did have to make an end to it, it was impossible to keep dragging it out.
“Pa*s on my decree, Xu Qingnian angrily reprimanded the great Confucian, actually innocent people, a moment of anger, punish Xu Qingnian after entering the capital, letter Yan Ru to apologize, and Yan Lei law enforcement unfairness, fined six months salary.”
“The disorder of the people of South Yu Province is really a misunderstanding, there is no civil unrest, but according to the penalty of South Yu Province tax increase of 30% for one year, as an example to others, South Yu Province Governor Li Guangxin, improper supervision, remember his merits, merits and demerits offset, another penalty of one year salary.”
“As for Xu Qingnian’s self-sins, he is willing to go to poor places to educate people and teach to make up for them, I will allow it, but now Wei is in need of a large number of talents as it is in need of reconstruction.
“And the Confucian official Wang Jing, who has not investigated the cause of the matter, has defiled the innocence of others and caused a farce, is the chief of the crimes, and is dismissed from his official position and cannot be recorded for life.”
“Retire from the court.”
The Empress of Wei spoke up and put a final verdict on the whole matter.
The Confucian officials were all silent, especially Wang Jing, whose face was ashen.
He knew that he had become a scapegoat, and although the Great Wei Palace of Literature would not abandon him, and the rest of his life would not be any worse, he had left the court and lost almost everything.
“Long live my emperor, long live my emperor.”
The crowd did not dare to say more, and rose to withdraw from the court; His Majesty had opened his mouth, then they could only strictly go about carrying it out.
The military officials were full of smiles and carried the wind with them as they walked.
The Confucian officials were silent, with somewhat mixed feelings.
As for the civil officials, they took careful note of it, lest they encounter such things in the future.
All said and done, it’s just one thing: don’t get ahead of yourself, look at Wang Jing, now is it good? Only forty years old, it is reasonable to say that it is no problem to be a fifth rank official in the future.
Now there’s nothing left. This is the court.
Say one wrong word, take the wrong side once, and you can go home.
Don’t think you have someone behind you, unless you have the emperor behind you and he trusts you unconditionally, otherwise, no matter who is behind you, do one wrong thing and you can go home.
That’s not bad, it’s just a dismissal from office, it’s only tragic when you come across the kind that is sent to the frontier.
The hundred officials left.
It wasn’t until after leaving the palace that someone among the military officials couldn’t help but speak up.
“This Xu Qingnian, it seems that he is really a member of my Bing family, tsk, this letter couldn’t be written without some sharpness!”
“Yes, yes, with this person in my Bing Clan, the future is going to be great.”
The military officials opened their mouths and laughed, before they only thought that Xu Qingnian might be the main soldier of war, but this was also a possibility.
But now Xu Qingnian’s letter disliked the Confucian officials inside and out, making them sure that Xu Qingnian was the one who would lead the military expedition.
“En, Xu Qingnian can be properly cultivated, maybe the Northern Expedition can be brought forward.”
“Yes, the officials over the years are all wimps, each advocating rest and recuperation of people’s livelihood, this Xu Qingnian, at a glance, is capable of fighting.”
They said laughingly, deliberately speaking to the Confucian officials.
“Not necessarily, Xu Qingnian is a scholar and may not want to raise an army at all.”
Some Confucian officials couldn’t help but speak up and made a grim remark.
It was just that they themselves did not believe the words that were uttered, as Tian Ji Tai had long ago said that Xu Qingnian was ordered to lead an army to attack.
Basically, it could be concluded that Xu Qingnian was supposed to join the military.
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to raise an army, at least it’s not the same as you and other corrupt people.”
“Let’s go, today I’m happy, come to my house for a drink to celebrate this great talent.”
There were open mouths in the country, they were usually disliked by this group of Confucian officials, today it was so easy to see Confucian officials defeated, they were still not happy?
They left laughingly, leaving behind a group of Confucian officials who were furious.
“The matter of the Northern Expedition will only intensify as Xu Qingnian enters the capital.”
Some of the Confucian officials spoke up, their tone inexplicably emotional.
The reason was that everyone knew that Xu Qingnian should be the one who advocated the military invasion.
Thus, the holy decree was spread throughout the Great Wei.
The people of Nan Yu were completely relieved, even though the tax had increased by 30%, but at least they understood that the gathering of the people had been a major issue in all dynasties and generations, and that it was not uncommon for a more ruthless emperor to behead them all.
The good thing is that they didn’t make any trouble, they just supported them without words.
So the court’s punishment was not too severe, but not too lenient either.
In the Li residence.
When Xu Qingnian saw the decree, he fell into silence.
The contents of the decree were word for word.
But Xu Qingnian saw a lot of information in it.
This is a kind of favouritism, after all, writing a letter is only a letter, we can’t have the same life and death feud, Xu Qingnian fully understands and also agrees.
The fine of Yan Lei’s salary for six months was a warning to the Confucian officials.
The dismissal of Wang Jing is an attitude that shows that His Majesty is dissatisfied with the current Confucian officials’ power.
By removing him from office, he was just telling the Confucian officials that the emperor still owned the world.
As for exempting himself from educating people in a poor land, Xu Qingnian saw the emperor’s skill of balance, because this exemption was a temporary one.
What does temporary mean? It only meant that if one did a good job and served the country, then one could honestly become an official, and if one did not serve the country well and had any selfish motives, then one could go and honestly go back to the countryside to teach people.
“An emperor is still an emperor, none of those who can become emperors are really faint.”
Xu Qingnian felt some emotion in his heart as he instantly read the hidden contents of the holy decree.
Especially the emperor’s tactics, ah, there was always room for manoeuvre in any matter.
But thinking about it, a woman, becoming the empress of Great Wei and setting precedents, if she didn’t have some means, instead Xu Qingnian felt that there was something wrong.
“It’s a good thing that I, Xu, have one heart for Great Wei.”
Xu Qingnian muttered to herself, no matter who the emperor was, or what his character was.
Killing loyal ministers or treacherous ministers.
But definitely not to kill capable ministers.
After all, what his own Lord was engaged in was economic development, and not marching to war.
What kind of loyal subjects does the emperor hate? It is a person who is always picking on people, picking on people and not giving any solutions, this kind of loyal minister should be killed.
As for the traitorous ministers, it is fattened up to kill, after all, but the emperor who has some brains, how can not distinguish between loyalty and treachery?
A faint emperor is a different matter.
Why didn’t they fix you when they knew you were a traitor? Why did they let you make a lot of money? The reason is very simple, fatten them up and then kill them, or leave them to the next generation as a gift for newcomers.
If you are fattened up, then you can use it as an upgrade package, get some money every once in a while, get some money every once in a while, it is very comfortable.
I’m afraid that some emperors, mistaking the upgrade gift package for the newbie gift package, will kill them all at once.
But Xu Qingnian doesn’t panic.
He is neither a loyal nor a treacherous official, but a capable official.
The most important thing is that you can do your own work for the Great Wei and never beep the emperor, and never please him.
Of course, these are just the joking words of Xu Qingnian.
The first thing you need to do is to think about what path you should take.
Do you want to go straight to the court?
Xu Qingnian is not very willing to do so, the court forces are chaotic and complex, he is completely three no situation, no background, no contacts, no resources, others say a wrong word, take a wrong step, maybe there are forces behind the pocket.
If you say the wrong thing and take the wrong step, you can wait for death.
You have to think it through, it’s best to delegate yourself, or marginalize yourself a bit, so that you can first mix some seniority in peace, or else some of it will be too much to bear.
Shaking his head, Xu Qingnian did not continue to think more about it.
Instead, he began to think about another matter.
Agricultural production.
When he entered the capital this time, he would definitely have to meet with the emperor.
After meeting the emperor, what would the emperor ask himself? He would definitely not ask himself whether he had eaten or not.
How could the emperor be so cerebral?
He would obviously open up and ask himself about the An Guo policy. It is impossible for him to meet the emperor, then beat about the bush and tell him to go back, right?
Wouldn’t that be having nothing better to do?
Since it was a matter of An Guo Ce, one had to respond well.
The content of the An Guo Ce was to engage in the ‘Great Wei Money Bank’, but something like the ‘Great Wei Money Bank’ looked very impressive and was actually quite impressive.
There was a fatal problem though.
Suppose the people have no money whatsoever? As good as your money bank is, I don’t have any money.
How can I deposit my money if I don’t have any? Do you want the normal circulation of money? You can’t just leave one silver dollar for your own family and deposit the rest, can you?
For what? The small amount of interest?
If you can’t pay too much, you can only save the money you have left over.
The people’s living conditions at the moment were such that they didn’t have much money left over.
So this brings us to one of the most crucial things.
Agricultural productivity.
There is an old saying which is very true: food is the key to the people’s livelihood.
Food always comes first.
What is the source of most of the economic trade? It doesn’t stem from the fact that the country’s production is stable and the people are able to eat, and as soon as the money for food is settled, then they think about having fun.
If they can’t even get enough to eat, what else do they want to consume?
This is why there are no restaurants and flower houses in villages, towns and counties.
Why are there more such businesses in the prefectures and counties? Because people have at least met their basic needs.
When they had enough to eat, they thought of something else.
So if the current emperor was a wise ruler, he would have known in an instant what was wrong with the An Guo policy.
This is also where Xu Qingnian keeps an eye on things, it is impossible to write all the plans in at once, if you were to write them all in, then what would you want yourself to do?
Supervise? The management?
Sorry, there are simply too many of these NPC Wei, just get a few of the king’s sons to oversee it, or get a few Confucian students to oversee it, it’s perfectly adequate.
All of a sudden, one’s self would seem to be of little use.
Unless one comes up with something new to attract the emperor’s attention again.
Does he have it?
Surely one has.
But why bring it out directly?
You have to bring it out slowly, so what’s the point of bringing it out now? Do you think you have too much?
You’re a martial artist, so you can live to be two hundred years old, right?
According to the situation of the Great Wei Dynasty and the empress’ character, one day she would empty herself out. He would be a va*sal without any value of interest.
If the empress is nostalgic and lets herself go back to her old age, it would be quite comfortable.
But what if she does something wrong? What would the empress do if she saw herself as useless? What else can she do? She would have to abandon her son.
There is, of course, another solution, and it is a simple one.
Don’t become an official.
The best thing to do is to keep a low profile in the future, nod low when you see the Zhu Sheng lineage, and politely shout hello to all the brothers.
The big thing is to let Cheng Lidong keep looking for his own trouble, and when he can’t stand it anymore, he will report it, and the fish will die.
The big deal is to let the White Clothes Sect look for themselves, oh no, the White Clothes Sect look for themselves, they must be asking themselves to join in and then let themselves become undercover, or they have to go to be an official.
So the situation now, one can’t not be an official.
One must even go and become an official, and be the strongest and the biggest, and create another glory.
In this way, one can save oneself.
Of course the main thing is still the foreign arts, like the knife hanging over the head, one goes to be an official, the knowledge is more comprehensive, and it will be easier to target the foreign arts.
As for being afraid, Xu Qingnian is currently not afraid that someone will report him for practicing the supernatural arts.
When he was an eighth-ranked scholar, the great scholars could not see through him, and now that he is a seventh-ranked Ming Yi, at least the great scholars of heaven and earth cannot see through him either.
As for above the Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, Xu Qingnian was not sure, but he did not care so much.
So he had to become an official himself.
He did not have any human resources, and the only human connection he had was the emperor.
The imperial court is nothing but the emperor’s game.
The An Guo policy gave the emperor hope, then productivity would give the emperor more hope.
And this productivity, Xu Qingnian has three ways to solve.
First, seed rice, to put it simply, find something like potatoes sweet potatoes and plant them on a large scale, not currently, look carefully there should be.
Second, optimize tools, similar to the waterwheel ah, plowing tools to upgrade a little, especially the waterwheel, with a little channel irrigation, all over the counties will not be a big fight because of water, to ensure that every piece of land can be supported by water.
Thirdly, something like fertilizer, but this thing Xu Qingnian did not have any research, say completely ignorant is not, know a little bit of skin, want to solve or have to read more books, research and study, always can produce results.
The above three points are enough to impress the empress of Great Wei with herself.
The easiest thing to achieve was the waterwheel, which was a godsend for the country.
Take the example of Ping’an County, with 5,000 mu of fields and only two water sources, it could barely manage itself, but the next county couldn’t, so there were big fights over water sources year after year.
At the end of the day there were all sorts of competitions, and whoever won was awarded the water source, so there was definitely an occasional bumper crop and an occasional bad crop.
With the waterwheel, and the fact that this is a world with cultivators, it is entirely possible to build a better and more perfect canal irrigation system, so that by the time water from 500 miles away is brought over, all ten counties can make use of the water source.
It would be impossible not to have a good harvest.
If I can find potatoes and sweet potatoes, or even hybrid rice, it will be a great achievement.
If you can also get fertiliser, increase production and even create something like three-season rice.
In less than five years, the Wei dynasty will enter a stage of total prosperity again, and at that time, he will have promoted the Wei money bank to promote economic development and open up the world to trade.
The emperor will then be able to open up the sea and expand the colonies, and the world will be working for him.
May I ask what he is in the eyes of the Emperor?
Was he a capable minister?
Smaller in scope.
It was her own father.
It was her own father who was sent by God to let her enjoy the blessings.
At this time, Xu Qingnian could guarantee that even if someone reported that she was practicing a different art, so what?
The only thing the emperor did was to kill off this reporter, and the whole court, even the Confucian lineage, would have to hold their noses and prove that they did not practice the supernatural arts.
The peace policy, the productivity, the opening of the sea ban, the colonisation plan.
These things alone could make Great Wei ten times, if not a hundred times, stronger.
At that time, the barbarians in the north?
The next generation will be like dragons, beating ten barbarians with one.
We will push to the east and fight our way to the sacred mountains.
To the south, we will push across and level the hundred thousand mountains.
To the west, we will push across the Western Regions and overturn them all.
To the north, we will push across to the home of the barbarians and build a capital.
At this point, if there is nothing else to do, we will see if there is an immortal world, and if there is, we will fight in it.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingnian revealed a smile ah.
But beating up the immortal world was a bit exaggerated, but pushing across the world was no problem at all.
Of course these things would be left to the military officials.
Being a scholar himself, a gentleman should keep a good image by moving his mouth and not his hands.
At that moment, Xu Qingnian began to make plans, as well as drawing diagrams to get the concept of the waterwheel out of the way.
He didn’t have much time, and in three days he planned to leave South Yufu and make a trip back to report to his teacher, and to return home in style.
So he started working straight away, not wasting a single minute.
It was also at that moment that Li Xin arrived.
“Brother Xu, good things, great things, many princes and county princes in Kyoto have sent you congratulatory invitations and dozens of carts of gifts.”
“What you have done has won the goodwill of these military officials, so when you enter the capital in the future, at least you will have some strength.”
Li Xin was very excited, handing the congratulatory invitation to Xu Qingnian, excited beyond measure.
“En.” When he saw the congratulatory invitations, Xu Qingnian was calm and then said, “Brother Li, do me a favour, sell all those gifts and keep a small portion, I have another use for them.”
Xu Qingnian opened her mouth.
Xu Qingnian naturally accepts all gifts from others, but not for personal enjoyment, but for other things.
For example, this water tanker project.
The waterwheel project would definitely cost money, and it would definitely cost a lot.
It was just as well that the silver could be used for the waterwheel project.
“Alright, I’ll have someone do it now.”
Li Xin nodded his head.
And Xu Qingnian didn’t say anything more and began to do his own thing in earnest.
In the blink of an eye, three days had pa*sed.
This day.
Under the Nan Yu Mansion.
The people saw each other off, Li Xin, Wang Ru and others also saw them off, and all the readers of Nan Yu Mansion came.
“Gentlemen, let’s send them off here, what is Xu’s virtue and ability to have this kind of treatment.”
Outside the city gates, Xu Qingnian bowed deeply towards the people.
The imperial decree had come down, and the people knew about Xu Qingnian’s plea for mercy for them, and they remembered this kindness in their hearts.
Now that Xu Qingnian was leaving, they naturally came to see him off.
After paying their respects, Xu Qingnian and Chen Xinghe turned around and left, followed by Li Xin and Wang Ru, who wanted to see Xu Qingnian off for ten miles.
Leaving Nan Yu House.
Xu Qingnian handed a few pieces of paper to Li Xin.
“Brother Li, don’t ask too many questions, you order someone to build this to come, then just use the method I wrote above to do it, as for the silver needed to spend, didn’t you sell those gifts before, if there is a surplus, first deposit it with you, if it is not enough, please ask brother Li to help my brother advance some money first, then naturally repay it later.”
“In the meantime, every now and then, Brother Li must remember to write to me and inform me in time of any problems you encounter.”
The things Xu Qingnian took out were the design of the waterwheel and the method of using it.
Practice is the only way to test the truth.
It was impossible to say whether the water chariot was good, whether it worked, and whether it was suitable for the Great Wei Dynasty.
If you rashly went to Kyoto and told the emperor that it was very good and that you should promote it in a hurry, not to mention whether the emperor would agree or not, what if it didn’t work? What if there are other problems? How can you solve them yourself?
It would be better to let the South Yufu try it out first, Li Xin is his own fan brother, Xu Qingnian trusts him.
It is also not at all afraid that Li Xin will take it out and say that he made it up himself, after all, this kind of thing, if you talk nonsense, ask some random questions about it and you can’t answer it.
If it gets too big, the Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth has the power to ask for the heart, so if you’re not afraid to die, just admit it.
So Xu Qingnian had no scruples, but still had to remind Li Xin to keep it well.
“Please rest a*sured, Brother Xu.”
“If there is an overage, my brother will pay for it, no need for brother Xu to advance it.”
Li Xin took the drawing, but did not bother to look at it, but replied seriously.
“No, it’s as much as it should be, and there’s no need for me to advance it, all right, you guys don’t need to send ten miles, it’s a bit far, let’s go here, I don’t want to walk either, let’s get on the carriage, brother.”
Xu Qingnian patted Li Xin’s shoulder, then looked at Wang Ru and said, “Brother Wang, don’t send it off, next time you have the chance, let’s drink together, as long as we don’t go to the place of fireworks.”
Xu Qingnian said with a smile, and then got on the carriage that followed with Chen Xinghe.
Let’s seize the time to go back.
“Take care, Brother Xu.”
“Brother Xu, I’m also going to Kyoto to look for relatives in a few days, so I’ll find you for a drink then.”
Li Xin and Wang Ru opened their mouths and watched Xu Qingnian and Chen Xinghe leave.
The carriage sped on, the yellow sand rolling, and disappeared down the official road not long after.
Unlike before, the carriages arranged for Xu Qingnian by the South Yufu were all top-quality Thousand Mile horses, and it would only take half a day to get back, and by then Xu Qingnian would also have to take this carriage to Kyoto.
So two days in Ping’an County was almost enough time to get to Kyoto in five days.
Inside the carriage.
Chen Xinghe was as arrogant as ever and did not speak much.
Xu Qingnian originally wanted Chen Xinghe to get the water carriage, but thought that his brother was more arrogant and liked to study, so he didn’t want to delay him, plus the power of his brother could not do what Li Xin did.
After all, Li Xin was the son of the ruler, so he didn’t ask Chen Xinghe to help, but it didn’t matter, no matter who it was.
Then, after four hours had pa*sed, Chen Xinghe, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.
“Senior brother, senior brother will not go back to Ping’an County with you, senior brother will go back for a trip and plan to travel in the clouds in a few days, remember to write me a letter when you arrive in Kyoto, so that I know where you are and can pa*s correspondence when I have nothing to do.”
Chen Xinghe opened his mouth, he did not intend to go back, not that there was anything important, but with Xu Qingnian, going back was not very meaningful.
“Senior brother, aren’t you going to see your teacher?”
Xu Qingnian was a little surprised.
“Not going, coachman, stop for a moment.”
Chen Xinghe was decisive, and after asking the coachman to stop, he got down from the car and left alone.
“Senior brother, if there is something wrong, write a letter directly, and when you come to the capital, make sure to inform senior brother as well.”
Xu Qingnian still had a good feeling towards Chen Xinghe, his own senior brother learned from Zhu Sheng’s intention, but for his own sake, he became hostile with Zhu Sheng’s lineage, just this alone, Xu Qingnian knew that this senior brother was very good to him.
He shouted, while Chen Xinghe turned his back on Xu Qingnian and waved his hand as a parting shot.
The carriage sped on.
After the sound became less and less, Chen Xinghe could not help but turn back and look at the rolling yellow sand, and could not help but slowly speak.
“Both the river and the night are born.”
The faint words expressed Chen Xinghe’s painful heart.
Why did he not want to go back to his hometown with his clothes on?
But in front of Xu Qingnian, all light seemed so dull, and he, Chen Xinghe, would rather die than become a green leaf.
“I will travel in the four corners of the world and visit Mingxian, senior brother, although you have now made your intentions clear, senior brother will definitely surpa*s you.”
“The next time I see you again, senior brother will definitely make a statement!”
Chen Xinghe spoke, and after saying this, he left with a face full of determination.
And so it was.
Two hours later.
The carriage arrived at Ping’an County.
At this moment, almost all the people of Ping’an County had gathered and were waiting at the county gate.
When they saw the carriage, there was a momentary clamour.
“It is Xu Qingnian who has come!”
“It’s Xu Wangu coming.”
“Xu Wangu has come, quick, quick, quick, firecrackers.”
“Play music, play music, what are you all still standing there? Beat the gong and drums.”
As a single voice rang out, all of a sudden, Ping’an County looked incredibly lively.
The sound of gongs and drums.
The sound of firecrackers.
Those who didn’t know thought that the emperor had come.
The carriage came to a halt and Xu Qingnian slowly stepped down. Before he had time to react, the magistrate Li rushed over.
“Qingnian, Qingnian, you’re finally back, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”
“Come, come, come, hurry to the county office, a celebration feast has been prepared for you.”
The county lord was most excited and came up and took Xu Qingnian’s hand, looking incomparably enthusiastic.
“County lord, don’t be like that, don’t be like that.”
Feeling the enthusiasm of the crowd, Xu Qingnian was a bit tearful.
“Alas, what else do you call the county lord, you’re out of place, you’re out of place, just call him uncle, isn’t that what you were called when you were a child?”
“Let’s go, let’s go to the celebration feast, our county has produced a great talent like you, it’s a great honor for our ancestors.”
County magistrate Li was so excited that he dragged Xu Qingnian to the celebration banquet.
The thousands of people around him also looked extremely excited.
“Qingnian, I’m your third uncle.”
“Qingnian, I am your second grandfather, remember me?”
“Qingnian, when you came to my house as a child, I even gave you two eggs, remember?”
“What do you call Qingnian? Your name is Vanguard, Xu Vanguard, he’s a great talent of Vanguard.”
“Vanguard, didn’t you think my daughter was not bad looking when you were a child? Do you want to join in marriage? My daughter is marrying you.”
“Qing night, my daughter is beautiful, my daughter is watery, like it? Like to marry you.”
“Vanguard, want a wife or not?”
The villagers were incomparably excited, they each shouted, Xu Qingnian could not hear what they said at all, she could only keep smiling and nodding her head.
In this way, it went on until the celebration feast.
The whole feast was held in the ancestral hall, and the magistrate Li and all the clan chiefs burned incense and offered sacrifices, lamenting that Ping’an County had produced a great talent.
When the rituals were over, the magistrate asked Xu Qingnian to write some words for a plaque to be hung in the ancestral hall and at the entrance of Ping’an County.
The enthusiasm of the villagers was too much for Xu Qingnian to handle, but he still had to write.
He wrote a plaque about the people and the land, and his handwriting was fine and neat.
However, in the eyes of the people, this was the word of a saint, and they all praised it.
Even the brush used by Xu Qingnian was boxed up and put into the ancestral hall for worship, which was indeed a bit exaggerated.
Then came the celebration feast.
Everyone toasted, and Xu Qingnian returned the toast.
After two hours of drinking, Xu Qingnian eventually became somewhat drunk and everyone felt that it was almost time to send Xu Qingnian back to rest.
It was night.
Xu Qingnian was lying on his bed.
He was a little drunk, but not really drunk.
When he had almost rested, Xu Qingnian began to continue practising.
All these days, he had been practising in Ming Yi, but he had not practised in peace and was a bit wasted.
It definitely wouldn’t do.
Although he was of the seventh grade of Confucianism, Xu Qingnian understood at all times that he was a martial artist.
But looking at the current situation, it seemed that everyone ignored that he was a martial artist.
This was good, because when he caught up with his martial arts, if someone plotted against him, thinking that he was an unarmed student of literature.
He or she can show this not-quite-a-bottom card.
Come with a heavy blow.
A quarter of an hour later.
Xu Qingnian’s operation of the Heavenly Cycle was over.
The first qi vein was complete, and he was completely ready to gather the second qi vein, but there was no rush now, it was not too late to wait until he reached the capital to break through.
You can’t rush the martial arts, you have to build a good foundation.
Next month, the second qi vein will be formed, and then the third one the following month.
Then we can think about breaking through to the eighth rank.
The ninth grade condenses the veins.
The eighth grade is the Dantian realm.
This path of the martial arts must be followed and definitely not neglected.
Because it is something that can truly protect itself.
Imperial power or not.
Confucianism or not.
No matter how well connected people are.
If one day you are really not talented, if you are really in trouble, if you are a first-rate martial artist, who would dare to find you in trouble?
Even if you are a great scholar, what can you do?
I’m not an evil spirit, I’m a very positive person.
If I really P*ss myself off, do you believe I would dare to beat up a great scholar?
So after deciding on this idea, Xu Qingnian went to sleep.
The next day.
It was just after dawn.
Xu Qingnian got up and washed up, and then went to the carriage and took out some silver tickets and a lot of gifts, the silver was from the sale of the gift from the Duke of China, most of which was in Li Xin’s hands, used to make the water carriage, and part of which was in his own hands.
The silver was not a small amount, a total of two thousand taels. Xu Qingnian found the magistrate Li and gave the silver to the other party, to be used for the development of Ping’an County, and to repay the kindness.
Two thousand taels of silver was a lot for him, but it was not much for the whole Ping’an County, so he gave it to the magistrate as a reward for his kindness.
Two gifts were prepared.
One was for Dr. Zhao, but he was not at home, so Xu Qingnian did not think much of it and left the gift behind.
Xu Qingnian brought the rest to her teacher Zhou Ling.
When she arrived at Zhou Ling’s home, she was most excited.
The teacher’s mother was most excited and had already prepared many dishes, and the teacher had more than one person at home.
All the teachers from the ten miles and eight villages had come just to see themselves.
“Is this Xu Qingnian? He’s really a talented man.”
“Not bad, not bad, worthy of being a talent of the ages.”
“Master Zhou, still not coming to see your beloved disciple, alas, why can’t I meet such a disciple.”
“Coming early in the morning, this disciple of yours has done his best, and has prepared so many gifts, he is really envious of us.”
All the scholars praised Xu Qingnian and envied Zhou Ling at the same time.
And Zhou Ling slowly walked out from inside the lobby, wearing a new coat and glowing, it was obvious that he was happy, really happy.
Especially when some of the husbandmen complimented him, making Zhou Ling is happy to take off.
It had to be said that Xu Qingnian had come early the next morning, which was indeed giving face, having him as his master in mind, and preparing a lot of gifts.
How could this not make him happy?
Previously, there was speculation that Xu Qingnian was now so famous that he might not even remember him as a teacher, after all, he hadn’t taught Xu Qingnian anything.
But now Xu Qingnian’s appearance has smacked him in the face and made him look good.
“I, Xu Qingnian, have come to thank my master and mistress for being first in the high school examination.”
Xu Qingnian made a big salute towards Zhou Ling, one by heart, and also for these teachers.
His own teacher should definitely make him look good.
“No harm, no harm.”
Zhou Ling replied with a smile.
And Shifu was even smiling as she pulled Xu Qingnian and said, “Don’t be so polite, we are all family, Shifu has prepared a lot of good dishes for you, eat more, eat more.”
Soon, Xu Qingnian took her seat and also bowed to all the masters.
In the middle of the dining table, the crowd was simply praising Xu Qingnian, praising him as if he was a saint descending from the earth.
Zhou Ling didn’t say much and smiled throughout the meal, after all, if he said anything else, it would be easy to make people jealous.
The meal lasted for more than an hour, and the teachers were a bit reluctant to leave.
They told Xu Qingnian and Zhou Ling to stay well with their master and disciple.
“Teacher, Senior Brother Chen said there was something going on and he would come back to see you in a few days.”
Xu Qingnian spoke up, mentioning the matter of Chen Xinghe.
“Your senior brother’s nature is known to my teacher, I expected that he would not come.”
“Alright, you have come today, so I have something to ask you just in time.”
“His Majesty has asked you to enter the court in a few days, what are your plans?”
With the husbandmen leaving, Zhou Ling spoke very seriously.
Asking Xu Qingnian about his future plans.
“Teacher, the student plans, after going to the court, to visit some people first and ask their opinions.”
Xu Qingnian spoke out his thoughts.
“En, good, I heard that many people in the court are quite fond of you, so it is right for you to visit first.”
“But remember, talk less and listen more, listen to their opinions while not making a decision as soon as possible.”
“The court is as deep as the sea, you must think through every word, every step, every action, and never speak nonsense.”
“However, I have just talked with several masters, you have already offended the Zhu Sheng lineage, if possible, it is better to reconcile, after all, the Zhu Sheng lineage, is the top of the literati in the world.”
“Offending them will be harmful to you, plus there is one thing that you must not get involved in.”
Zhou Ling was very serious.
“Please speak clearly, teacher, and I will follow your instruction.”
Xu Qingnian replied.
“Don’t get involved in the Northern Expedition, no matter what, it has nothing to do with you, this is the biggest matter of the dynasty’s struggle, the state princes and county kings, the civil servants and great scholars are all fighting over it.”
“You have no roots and no money, participating in this matter is no less than stepping into the abyss, do you know that?”
Zhou Ling could not tell Xu Qingnian which step to take, he could only tell Xu Qingnian which step not to take.
“Student, I will remember.”
Xu Qingnian nodded his head.
“En, then there is nothing more for me to say, right, there is one thing, you help me.”
Zhou Ling got up and said this.
“Teacher, you say it straight.”
Xu Qingnian was a little curious.
And at this moment, Zhou Ling held a thick stack of books and placed them in front of Xu Qingnian and said.
“This is the book of education written by my teacher, you help me to put your name on it, it’s not much, a hundred or so books will do, later on my teacher will go to several surrounding provinces and talk about it.”
“You are going to enter the capital, so I will not delay you, come, write.”
Zhou Ling said seriously.
Since Xu Qingnian had become famous, he had also become famous along with him, and people from all ten miles and all counties and provinces came to ask him how he had trained Xu Qingnian.
So Zhou Ling wrote a book on nurturing people, thinking that if Xu Qingnian were to get a name, he would be able to sell it better, and the silver he would earn would not only subsidize his family, but also open a school.
Xu Qingnian was slightly silent, but still honestly put his name down, mainly thought it was something big, did not expect this.
“By the way, I’ve been studying ancient books these days and found a place that is somewhat similar to the Ming Yue Mountain you mentioned last time.”
Looking at Xu Qingnian as she was dropping her name, Zhou Ling casually pulled up a topic.
“Similar?”
“En, but it shouldn’t be either, you’re not looking for it now anyway.”
Zhou Ling could tell that Xu Qingnian was not interested in this matter, so he stopped mentioning it.
“En.”
Xu Qingnian nodded, he had already obtained the Martial Emperor’s Relic, the Wangqiu Mountain was the Ming Yue Mountain, and finding a similar location was estimated to mean about the same thing, and would be of little use to him.
Soon, hundreds of books ended up in name dropping.
Xu Qingnian breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Ling held a few dozen more books and said, “Drop a few more, it’s still early anyway, stay with me for a chat.”
Xu Qingnian: “……”
The year of Wuchang.
April 30th.
It was slightly dawn.
Xu Qingnian got on the carriage and slowly left under the gaze of thousands of people in Ping’an County.
After Xu Qingnian left, Magistrate Li waved his hand, and at once dozens of people dragged a stone tablet and set it up at the entrance of the county.
On it was written.
[Place of Xu Qingnian’s hometown].
Meanwhile.
South Yufu.
A carriage was also slowly coming out.
The person sitting in the carriage was none other than Yan Lei.
The encounter at Nan Yu Mansion was something he could never forget in his life.
Xu Qingnian, he remembered it in his heart.
The carriage moved slowly.
An hour later.
Suddenly, the carriage came to a halt.
Yan Lei frowned slightly.
The curtain was slowly pushed open.
It was a man, standing outside the carriage, blocking the way.
