Ministry of Justice.
Inside the main office.
Xu Qingnian sat at the table, quietly looking at this dossier.
[In the forty-third year of Wu Yuan, on the ninth day of the fifth month, there was a disaster in Pingqiu Prefecture, a severe drought for seven years, the sky was red and ten thousand miles of earth were split.
[On the seventh day of the ninth month in the forty-third year of the Wu Yuan era, the Great Wei Heavenly Supervisors invited the elders of the Da Luo Sect to ask for rain for the Pingqiu Prefecture, but the sky was strange and the rain could not be brought.
On the first day of March in the 44th year of the Wuyuan era, the inspector Zhou Zheng went to Pingqiu to investigate the aftermath of the disaster, but found that the people of Pingqiu were still suffering, with no gra*s, no living creatures, and no food for their children.
In the forty-fourth year of the Wu Yuan era, on the twentieth day of March, the Ministry of Justice and the Da Lisi joined forces to investigate the matter, and eventually found that Zhang Nantian, the governor of Pingqiu, had embezzled 20 million taels of silver from the disaster relief.
In the 44th year of the Wuyuan era, on the 22nd day of the 3rd month, Zhang Nantian, the ruler of Pingqiu Prefecture, learned of the seriousness of his sins and had his entire family killed, hanging from a beam and dying by his own hand.
In the 44th year of the Wu Yuan dynasty, on the first day of the 4th month, the court of the Great Wei Dynasty met with the Minister of Justice, Zhang Jing, and the Secretary of the Da Lisi Temple, Gu Yan, to approve the case, and the charges were confirmed.
[The first day of the fifth month of the forty-fourth year of the Wu dynasty, the first volume of the Pingqiu disaster relief case]
[Approver: Minister of Justice, Zhang Jing]
[Approving authority: Secretary of the Da Lisi Temple, Gu Yan]
[Handler: Minister of Justice, Li Yuanhao]
[Handler: Zhang Zhengzhong, Minister of Justice] [Handler: Zhang Zhengzhong, Minister of Justice]
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Looking carefully at the entire dossier, the whole volume gives Xu Qingnian the impression that.
The search for stolen money.
The purpose of the dossier was also to find the stolen money.
But the problem is, the content of this volume is obviously problematic ah.
Xu Qingnian knew about the Pingqiu province, but only from the book, it was the northwestern region, at least 10,000 miles away from the Great Wei Dynasty, and it was close to the Western Continent.
This kind of place itself is more quickly arid, so it is not a big deal for drought to happen.
And although there was an immortal dao in this world, it was just that something like a rain seeking talisman was no longer an ordinary immortal means, but a divine ability, the exact operation of which Xu Qingnian did not know.
But Xu Qingnian still knows how rain is formed, when water vapour rises and meets cold to form rain.
The Rain Seeking Talisman would not be so scientific, it would purely rely on immortal power to convert into rain and then fall down.
So the Rain Seeking Talisman was extremely precious, but generally speaking it would rain as long as the Rain Seeking Talisman was used, but the Pingqiu Mansion was always in drought.
That was problematic.
Considering that it was during the Wuyuan period, it could be explained. At that time, Emperor Wu was in the middle of his fifth northern expedition, and there was already a bit of anger in the sky.
This world was not a conventional world, with the transcendent power of the martial and immortal paths, so many things could not be explained by science.
Xu Qingnian would have to accept the drought as a set point.
But it was not the drought that made Xu Qingnian feel instantly puzzled and out of place.
Rather, it was the three points of corruption, suicide and the violent death of the whole family.
Firstly, embezzlement in the court is not an unusual thing, it is just a different method.
The cleverer ones were to make a name for themselves, painting and jade, and taking bribes to embezzle.
The dumber ones were those who were allocated money from above to buy something or other and had the other party increase the price, of which the profits went to themselves.
The more straightforward one is this, where the top allocates money for disaster relief and the bottom starts to enrich itself.
But the question is, if you can be the ruler of a government, you can’t be so stupid, can you? Even if you were greedy, Xu Qingnian would admit it if you were greedy for a few million taels of silver.
However, if he had directly embezzled 20 million taels of silver, the remaining 10 million taels would have to be eaten by each of the people below him, so how much could the victims really get?
How much could the victims get?
But considering Emperor Wu’s northern expedition, this is not impossible, after all, the Emperor has no time to worry about such things, so it is not impossible to embezzle 20 million taels of silver, at least logically it can stand.
But the point of suicide is a bit odd to Xu Qingnian.
The first day of March, someone else investigates you, the 20th day of March, someone else convicts you, and you commit suicide on the 22nd day of March?
How long did it take before and after?
The least you can do is not even be pedantic? At the very least, you should have shouted a few words, “Your Excellency, listen to my sophistry.
But this Zhang Nantian was extremely decisive, so his death was a bit unreasonable, at least not logically.
Of course, we can’t rule out that this Zhang Nantian was a goon.
But the last piece of information made Xu Qingnian feel even more curious.
Execute the whole family?
This was completely untenable.
These two dynasties were no match for the original Great Wei, but at least the Great Wei Dynasty could not touch them.
If you can’t get away yourself, your whole family can still get away. If you dare to embezzle 20 million silver, you probably haven’t embezzled much in your day-to-day life.
If they were to run to these two dynasties with this amount of silver, they would probably be greeted with a smile.
What is the concept of 10,000,000 taels of silver? One tael of silver is equivalent to a thousand dollars in the previous world.
That’s 100 billion, and it’s real silver, not some fixed a*set. Even if it’s half less, I guess the Ministers of Accounts of the Sudden Evil and the First Yuan Dynasties would have to greet them personally.
Other than that, as long as you are willing to pay half of the silver up, the rest of the money is enough to make your whole family rich and well for ten generations.
So this logic does not stand up at all.
If we had to force it, we would have to say that the Sudden Evil and the First Yuan Dynasty were too far away to run over.
But the problem is that Pingqiu is close to the west, and to the west there are many islands and many small countries that are known as the Kingdom of Heaven on the Sea.
There was no problem running here, right?
The Great Wei Dynasty was on a northern expedition, and if the northern expedition won, maybe this guy would still have to die, but if he lost, it would be like now, strong is still strong, but there is absolutely no way that he would fight the Sea Kingdom of Heaven for a corrupt official.
This is completely unnecessary, the loss is not worth the gain, probably the cost of starting the war, are better than the 20 million taels of silver.
So there is absolutely no need for Zhang Nantian to kill his entire family.
It is not a good thing to extinguish the queen.
So there is something wrong with this case file.
“The whole family died a violent death.”
“Isn’t that killing to exterminate?”
Soon, Xu Qingnian was extremely keen to perceive a message.
People had died, and the whole family had died violently.
It was a typical case of killing and silencing.
“This Zhang Tiannan should just be the scapegoat.”
Xu Qingnian slowly put the dossier away, then looked at Zhou Nan and said, “Are there any other dossiers?”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth, this was a case he couldn’t take on, nor did he want to.
It was too involved, 20 million taels of silver in stolen money, and he had to find it himself?
A hundred years?
Moreover, even a fool could see that there must be something else behind this dossier, if he could see it himself, could the Minister of Justice see it? Can the Secretary of the Da Lisi see it?
If they can’t see it, that’s good, it proves that the officials of the Great Wei are all brainless.
But is this possible?
So Xu Qingnian doesn’t touch it, nor does he want to, and when it comes to causing a whole lot of trouble, the Confucian officials will have to look at it as a joke.
“Ah …… Your Excellency, just …… Just this one file, this is arranged by the Squire Lord, said you just came to the Ministry of Penalty, many things do not know, instead of laboring to deal with too many cases, it is better to deal with this one.”
Zhou Nan lowered his head and smiled sarcastically, informing Xu Qingnian.
“Just deal with this one?”
Xu Qingnian frowned slightly, as the head of the Ministry of Penalty himself, he was supposed to be managing the day to day, reviewing the dossiers every day, thus demonstrating his talent.
His Majesty had retreated in order to allow himself to come to the Criminal Affairs Department, which was supposedly to allow him to work well and simmer his seniority for two years, and then he could almost be promoted.
If he could handle some good cases, he might be promoted straight away.
But isn’t it a bit oppressive to ask yourself to work on this one case?
It’s not that the case isn’t big enough, but it’s too big for him or her to work on, or even to say that the case is from the previous dynasty, and isn’t the reason for this that no one is asking for it?
There are so many cases in the new dynasty that are not given to oneself, but prefer to give a volume of this?
In an instant, Xu Qingnian smelled the smell of suppression.
“Which retainer is it?”
Xu Qingnian asked.
“Squire Feng.”
Zhou Nan replied.
Squire Feng?
“Feng Jianhua ……”
The Ministry of Penalty had one Shang Shu, two left and right retainers, followed by four Outward Bounders, eight chiefs, sixteen magistrates, and thirty-six counting histories, each of which held four counting histories each.
At the same time, there were also twenty-seven officials, stationed at the head of each county, who sent all the files to the Ministry of Justice.
So don’t look at the large number of people, but when it gets busy, you do have to work overtime every day.
Feng Jianhua was a minister of the Ministry of Justice, a serious official of the fourth rank, much bigger than himself, a seventh rank official.
Above himself was the sixth-ranking official, and above him were 27 other officials, but the officials were in charge of their own affairs and generally did not hand over to the officials, who were directly in contact with the retainers.
But a Servant Lang is giving orders directly to him, overriding the Minister of Justice and the Servant Lang.
It seems that the other party is trying to suppress him.
Xu Qingnian was not stupid and already understood what the other party meant.
He was giving himself a dossier like this so that he would know what he was doing and retreat.
The other thing is that Xu Qingnian will not accept this dossier, even if he does, he does not dare to do it.
Either investigate the truth out.
The truth is that it is not a good idea to do so.
Both are hellishly difficult, and if you have this ability, Xu Qingnian is still here to nag?
The purpose of the Ministry of Justice sending this dossier is to make you sit here and wait for nothing to happen.
The government’s intention is to make you sit here and wait.
As a result, the Ministry of Justice will say that they have been thinking about a case for two to three years.
The first thing you need to do is to ask the Ministry of Justice what happened to Xu Qingnian.
What’s more, who is His Majesty the Great Wei? The most important thing is that he is the one who has to do everything every minute of the day, and there are talented people from generation to generation.
The emperor will forget about him and the court before he even shows his face.
So combining the above two points, one must not sit idly by and wait for death.
“Where is Lord Feng?”
Xu Qingnian asked.
“Uh …… Lord Xu, Lord Feng has gone far away, and he asked me to convey a message to Your Excellency.”
“This matter is difficult, but Lord Xu is a genius of the ages, so I think it should not be too difficult.”
Zhou Nan replied.
Once this was said, Xu Qingnian understood completely.
People have even found a back way, a direct line far out, so one can’t find him.
And one can’t go to the Minister of Justice either.
There is no other reason, if you want to be a good official, you have to go up the hierarchy, above you is a member of the staff, above the member of the staff is the official division, then the minister, the Minister of Justice.
If you’re not satisfied with a job you’ve been given, you can go straight to the Minister of Penalties and overstep your bounds, whether they help you or not.
It is like when an incident happened in the Southern Yufu, the ruler of the prefecture did not know how to decide, he came to the imperial city and asked the emperor what to do about this matter.
A better-tempered emperor will help you deal with it, and then you can go home and retire.
A less temperamental emperor will also help you deal with it, and then you will receive a beating and go home again.
Things are explained from above, you can’t do it, there are problems, you can react to your superiors, but this superiors can never be crossed, unless it’s an exclusive exclusive matter.
A case of this magnitude, the staff minister would certainly not dare to hand it over to himself, the squire was just right, so he could only find Feng Jianhua to solve it.
But it looks like the other party is determined to screw himself.
Sure enough, stepping into the court meant endless trouble.
“I understand.”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth, then spoke, “Get all the information files of the people involved in this case.”
Since the other party had shoved it down his throat, Xu Qingnian had nothing to say, so he would first find the relevant information and take his time to read it.
He couldn’t just sit here and stare at it, could he?
“Yes.”
Without any nonsense, Zhou Nan took Xu Qingnian’s token and directly moved off to fetch the information.
After Zhou Nan had left.
Xu Qingnian began to write a letter.
When he came to the Ministry of Punishment himself, I guess the people above and below the Ministry of Punishment were particularly unhappy with him, a twenty year old brat who had directly a*sumed the position of a subordinate seventh-ranked master, I believe many people were unhappy.
After all, the position in the Ministry of Justice is originally a carrot and a hole, so if you take up a position yourself, others will have even less chance of promotion.
Furthermore, the Minister of Justice is Zhang Jing, who is a member of the Dongming Society, and the Dongming Society is a wolf that will show its fangs when it waits for the Northern Expedition debate to be capped.
But the only thing standing in the way of the Dongming Society is the Confucians. Apparently the Dongming Society is still on good terms with the Confucians, and at least everyone is a civil servant, more or less well-read, no matter that they are not of a particularly high rank.
In that case, whether it was an internal or external factor, the Ministry of Justice did not treat themselves well either, otherwise they would not have let themselves take over the case.
Unfortunately, they thought too little of themselves.
Even if Xu Qingnian was stupid, he would not fall for this trick. Since the Squire was far away, Xu Qingnian could just arrange for his own forces to come in.
The two brothers, Yang Bao and Yang Hu, are not strong in martial arts, but if they are trained carefully, they will not be far behind, and they are not working on any dangerous cases.
The most important thing is that they are his own close friends.
Xu Qingnian did not ask Zhou Nan to send a letter for him, he could send it out himself at some point.
It was only after about an incense stick of time that Zhou Nan arrived belatedly.
He appeared outside the door with a look of embarra*sment on his face.
“Lord Xu, the case library is a bit busy today, and I can’t transfer the corresponding dossiers, so I’m told to come over tomorrow.”
Zhou Nan said with a sarcastic smile, somewhat embarra*sed.
“Can’t transfer it?”
Xu Qingnian’s eyes stared at him, he couldn’t even get the information? How else could he judge the case?
It seemed that the Ministry of Criminal Justice had received information from all up and down.
“You tell him that Squire Feng asked me to fetch it, and see what he says.”
Xu Qingnian spoke up.
“Yes.”
Zhou Nan nodded, and then left.
This time, however, Zhou Nan soon returned, though there was still no dossier of information in his hands.
“Lord Xu, they said that the case file library is very busy these days and that the Ministry of Criminal Justice is investigating another big case, so let Lord Xu wait for a while.”
Zhou Nan smiled sarcastically.
“Original words.”
Xu Qingnian took a sip of the tea on the table and calmly spoke out, looking at Zhou Nan.
“Uh …… Wait.”
Zhou Nan replied with his head bowed.
“But your Excellency should not be anxious, the case library is indeed just as busy, and the twenty-seven official divisions need to pick up a large number of volumes every day.”
“Then again, it is also true that this is a busy time, so I will get up a little earlier in the next few days, go to the case library and wait, and fetch the relevant volumes for Your Excellency.”
Zhou Nan spoke up and said so.
Xu Qingnian could see that Zhou Nan should not be someone who had been placed beside himself, nor was he the kind of person who deliberately followed the orders of the Yang, but should be an unasked-for character who had been sent to a*sist him.
“Fine, then Xu Mou will wait.”
Xu Qingnian was not in a hurry, he had quite a lot on his plate at the moment, so he took it as a way to familiarise himself with the environment.
And so it was, until the tenth hour.
The working hours of the Great Wei Dynasty are Mao, and the closing time is You, minus an hour’s rest at lunchtime, six hours of work a day, which is quite hard, plus occasional overtime, and no allowance.
The reason for this is that Great Wei is very poor at the moment.
However, the good thing was that there was a day off every ten days, but the six departments were on a rota and it was impossible to rest together.
When the time came at ten o’clock, Xu Qingnian got up and left the Ministry of Punishment. Many people cast glances along the way, naturally curious about Xu Qingnian.
But curious as they were, no one greeted Xu Qingnian, not even with a nod.
This is what happens when you are not treated well.
Stretching her back, Xu Qingnian ignored these people and did what she needed to do.
It was a pity that the residence given by His Majesty was still being renovated, otherwise there would be no need to stay at the inn.
A quarter of an hour later.
On the way home.
Perhaps because they were wearing official clothes, the people on the way were a bit in awe, and when they pa*sed by the West Street, the Fan people also cast curious glances, but unlike the ordinary people, these Fan people were not in awe, they were probably too young to be curious.
Only just back at the inn, a familiar figure appeared.
It was the Yongping Shizi.
“Yongping Shizi?”
Xu Qingnian called out, and the latter was waiting for something at the inn, and as soon as he heard Xu Qingnian’s voice, he revealed a joyful look.
“Brother Shouren!”
Yongping Shizi walked quickly and looked at Xu Qingnian with a smile on his face.
“Brother Shouren, these days, my brother was busy with something, so I didn’t come to see Brother Shouren first, it’s my brother’s fault, I hope Brother Shouren won’t blame me.”
Yongping Shizi said so, full of apologies.
“You have spoken too much, you have spoken too much, Shizi has really spoken too much.”
“It is truly a blessing for Xu that Shizi Yongping has taken time out of his busy schedule to come and see Xu, come, come, come, if Shizi does not suggest it, let’s have a small drink at the inn.”
Xu Qingnian said with a smile.
After a long day of suffering from the cold shoulder at the Ministry of Punishment, Xu Qingnian was naturally happy to have an acquaintance.
“Good, let’s have a small drink at the inn.”
The innkeeper took one look at Xu Qingnian and Yongping Shizi and hastily asked the junior to arrange an elegant room.
It didn’t matter that he didn’t know these dignitaries, but he had to be familiar with them, otherwise it would be a problem if he accidentally offended them.
Up to the elegant room.
Xu Qingnian and Yongping Shizi were seated. Knowing that Yongping Shizi was frugal, Xu Qingnian ordered two hot dishes, two cold dishes and a pot of wine, which was about right.
After a while, after the dishes were served.
Xu Qingnian and Yongping Shizi drank three gla*ses of wine from each other.
After three rounds of wine had pa*sed, Yongping Shizi spoke directly.
“Brother Shouren, I will not say much else, you started the school of the heart, my humble brother supports you, although my humble brother also learns from Zhu Sheng’s intention, but he has not yet clarified his intention, even if he does, I still agree with Brother Xu’s talent.”
“This I admire, but I came to see Brother Shouren today for two things.”
To Yongping Shizi spoke.
“Those two matters?”
Xu Qingnian asked.
“First, in a few days, the Peace Poetry Competition will be held once every three years, and since Brother Xu is a genius of the ages, I dare to invite him.
Yongping Shizi laughed.
“The Taiping Poetry Fair?”
Xu Qingnian didn’t know much about this, but he understood something in his heart from the name.
It was not strange for literati to gather together, this kind of thing.
“Yes, the Taiping Poetry Competition is one of the three major literary events in Wei, so Brother Xu is extremely lucky to have just arrived in the capital and be able to see such an event.”
“There will be questions from the four great academies, the Great Wei Palace of Literature, and His Majesty, and the poetry will be used to meet friends, the grandness of which cannot be described, and the city will be full of festivities, second only to the Kyushu Poetry Festival.”
Yongping Shizi replied.
The Peace Poetry Fair, the Kyushu Poetry Fair, and the Four Seas Poetry Fair were the three major events for literati, and were no less important to the world’s talented people than the imperial examinations.
Especially the Kyushu Poetry Fair, where the world’s top scholars would gather to meet friends with poetry.
Anyone who made a name for himself at such a time would basically be making a name for himself completely and utterly.
“Understood, since Shi Zi invited me, I will naturally go.”
Xu Qingnian agreed, there was nothing going on at the Ministry of Punishment anyway, and looking at this situation he would probably have to sit on the bench for a while.
Of course, Xu Qingnian did not intend to make any contacts when he attended this event.
The people who came were all literati, and since most of them were from the Zhu Sheng lineage, there were definitely many people who hated themselves.
Xu Qingnian would make good use of this Peace Poetry Festival, and would press the spirit of these literati when the time came, he couldn’t just sit around and wait for death all the time, could he?
“What about the second thing?”
Xu Qingnian asked.
When the second matter was mentioned, Yongping Shizi looked slightly uncomfortable to speak up, but after thinking about it, he spoke up.
“Brother Xu, did you see the Huai Ping County King a few days ago?”
Yongping Shizi opened his mouth and asked.
Once this was said, he glanced at Xu Qingnian, however Xu Qingnian appeared very calm and did not have any fluctuations.
“I have met.”
Xu Qingnian replied.
“Brother Xu, my humble brother knows your temperament, but I just still have to discourage you a little.”
“The Huai Ping County King is extremely powerful, his father is still around, he is both a scholar and holds military power, fighting, you cannot fight him, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, I still hope that brother Xu is cautious.”
“My humble brother’s family father knows about this matter and is willing to help Brother Xu to regulate it.”
Yongping Shizi said the second thing.
Xu Qingnian had a conflict with the Huai Ping County King, and the story spread that day, and many people knew what had happened.
When the Confucian scholars learned of the incident, they praised the true nature of the County King of Huai Ping, while the civil officials only said that Xu Qingnian did not know how to be generous and dared to provoke even the County King of Huai Ping.
As for the military officials, they were silent, not because they did not help, but because Xu Qingnian did not come to them either.
Moreover, if Xu Qingnian came to them when she encountered such things, then they would also look down on Xu Qingnian.
If they couldn’t even stand this kind of setback, wouldn’t they be devastated if they encountered something even more disgusting in the court in the future?
The court is a jianghu, and a jianghu is not a place for fighting and killing, a jianghu is a place for human feelings and world affairs.
The purpose of Yongping Shizi coming over was to hope that Xu Qingnian would lower his head and admit his mistake, he knew the power of the Huai Ping County King and also knew that Xu Qingnian would not have any good consequences if he provoked the Huai Ping County King, so he asked his father to step in and reconcile things.
“No.”
Xu Qingnian shook his head straight away as he refused the Yongping Shizi.
“Shi Zi has a kind heart, my brother appreciates it, but this matter, there is no need for Shi Zi’s help.”
Xu Qingnian refused outright.
There was no other reason, he and the Huai Ping County King had already formed an enmity, what kind of person was he, Xu Qingnian?
Although it is said that it is better to settle a grudge than to make up for it, but there is no such thing as a good thing in this world.
You bully me young, and when I have power and ability, I will understand you?
Sorry, Mister Xu is not a saint, if he were a saint, then he would curse your whole family and make you untouchable for a thousand lifetimes.
“Brother Xu, this …… And what is the pain?”
Yongping Shizi said with some emotion.
“It’s not why I’m suffering or not, Shizi, my brother asks you, if I, Xu, really lower my head and really apologize to the Huai Ping County King, this Huai Ping County King will definitely not find me in trouble?”
Xu Qingnian asked calmly.
This sentence made Yongping Shizi silent, because he knew that even if Xu Qingnian really apologized, he probably didn’t care, and he could even do whatever he wanted to do, which was just to get by on the surface.
So why should he apologize.
“Ugh.”
Yongping Shizi sighed, and then spoke.
“Brother Xu, I understand in my heart, so I won’t advise you any more, but if one day, the Huai Ping County King really comes after you, I have a way to avenge you.”
Yongping Shizi said this.
“Revenge? How can I take revenge?”
Xu Qingnian was a bit curious, he was only the son of the emperor, how could he take revenge on the Huai Ping County King?
“The King of Huai Ping has a daughter who is very beautiful and charming, and she will come to the Peace Poetry Competition.
“When the two families join in marriage, I will leave her alone, isn’t this revenge?”
Mu Nanping said seriously.
Xu Qingnian: “……”
Good guy, clear thinking, had to give a nod of approval.
“Xiandi’s high opinion.”
Xu Qingnian said as he raised his cup, while Mu Nanping couldn’t help but smile, it looked like he was serious.
“Right, brother Xu, what realm of martial artist is this Huai Ping County King?”
Xu Qingnian asked.
“The peak of the fifth rank, someone who is half a foot about to step into the king realm, very strong, perhaps in the top 100 of the Great Wei Dynasty.”
Mu Nanping replied.
The peak of the fifth rank?
Half a foot into the fourth rank.
Xu Qingnian was a little surprised, he had thought that the other party was a third or second rank.
He didn’t expect it to be only the fifth rank?
Is the fifth rank of martial artist that strong? A mere aura can crush oneself to death?
It seems that one must cultivate this path of the martial dao himself.
“Brother Xu, to be honest, instead of surpa*sing him in the martial dao, you can actually surpa*s him in another way altogether, such as in the official dao, or the Confucian dao.”
“In the martial dao, Brother Xu, let’s forget about it, we are all scholars, there is no point in practicing martial arts, furthermore, the martial dao is about basic roots and bones, the Huai Ping County King grew up soaking in spiritual medicine, taking medicinal meals at every meal, and after he grew up, he even bathed in extremely dominating beast blood to strengthen his body.”
“Let’s not overthink it.”
Mu Nanping spoke up, not to discourage Xu Qingnian, but this was the truth.
The Confucian Way could be said not to be about roots, having talent was having talent, and even a humble family could produce noble children.
However, the martial arts path is different, and the root training from an early age is extremely important, and the further you go, the greater the resistance.
It was good that Xu Qingnian had an idea, but it was basically impossible.
“En, just asking casually.”
Xu Qingnian didn’t say anything more, and the two began to talk about other things, nothing more than Mu Nanping praising Xu Qingnian, believing that Xu Qingnian’s establishment speech was somewhat shocking, and Xu Qingnian was just modest for a few moments.
In the end, Mu Nanping mentioned one more thing.
“Brother Xu, are you used to staying at the Ministry of Penalty?”
He asked so.
“It’s alright, quite relaxed, don’t worry about anything yourself, you get paid when the time comes, it’s quite good.”
Xu Qingnian replied.
“Alas, I don’t know what’s going on, Brother Xu obviously has the talent of the ages, but he didn’t expect to offend so many people in one breath.”
“The good thing is that Brother Xu has some backing as he has the protection of the martial officials and theirs, all right, the hour is getting late.”
“Brother Xu, I will leave now. If there is anything, just come and find me at the Yongping Palace.”
The time was getting late, so Mu Nanping got up to leave. Xu Qingnian sent Mu Nanping away and sent the letter away as well.
Having done so, Xu Qingnian went back to the guest room to rest.
It was also at that moment that the voice rang out.
“Kid, did you hear what he said? The path of martial arts is extremely bumpy, if you don’t build a good foundation in the first day, it will be hard to do it in the second day.”
“He’s absolutely right, that so-and-so Huai Ping County King from two days ago, has medicinal qi in his blood, has dipped into medicinal pools since he was young, has put down a lot of money, and now he’s only a fifth rank.”
“But he was wrong about one thing, it will be difficult for the Huai Ping County King to advance to the fourth rank in his lifetime, his roots are still not good, unless he can obtain the legendary True Dragon’s precious blood, otherwise it will be as difficult as heaven to step into the fourth rank and become a king.”
It was the voice of the Dan God’s Ancient Scripture.
The Dan Shen Ancient Scripture possessed the ability to grow and shrink by itself, and was usually hidden among Xu Qingnian’s sleeves, unnoticed.
“I have not yet reached the appropriate realm, and I can break through to the eighth grade, so I don’t need to worry about senior for now.”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth and replied in this way.
He could hear the meaning of the Dan God’s Ancient Scripture, wanting to allow himself to give him the medicinal materials to refine a realm-breaking pill.
“Kid, you’re good at everything, but you’re too guarded… I’ll tell you straight out, the Realm Breaking Pill isn’t something you have to reach perfection to swallow, you can break through to the next realm directly by swallowing it at any realm.”
“And the realm-breaking pellet is a perfect realm-breaker, there will be absolutely no side effects, if you try it for the first time, you will understand.”
Dan Shen Gu Jing continued, enticing Xu Qingnian to refine the Realm Breaking Pill.
“Senior, if that’s the case, then it would be even more impossible for junior to refine an eighth grade realm-breaking pellet, it’s already in the middle stage, wouldn’t it be a blood loss to refine it?”
“Instead, why don’t senior just tell me what herbs are needed for the Seventh Grade Realm Breaking Pill, so I can go and find them?”
Xu Qingnian said.
Whether the Realm Breaking Pill had any side effects, Xu Qingnian did not know.
But when she could rely on herself, Xu Qingnian still thought of relying on herself, and when she couldn’t, it wouldn’t be too late to get the Realm Breaking Pill.
“Forget it, when you reach the seventh grade, you will naturally understand everything.”
Dan Shen Gu Jing had nothing more to say.
Since Xu Qingnian was wary, then let Xu Qingnian think about it on her own, and when she reached the seventh rank anyway, many things would be known to Xu Qingnian herself.
“Senior, don’t be angry, don’t worry, when the time is right, junior will naturally try to gather all the medicinal materials by all means.”
Xu Qingnian did not offend the Dan God Ancient Scripture either, after all, sooner or later he would still need the Dan God Ancient Scripture himself.
It was like after the seventh grade.
Now that he was a scholar and an official of the Ministry of Punishment, he had a ton of things to do, and there were probably even more things to do down the road.
It was simply impossible to have the time to cultivate martial arts, plus even if one had the time to cultivate, the speed would definitely be slow, and of the extremely slow kind, and sooner or later one would need the Dan Shen Ancient Scripture to help.
“En.”
The Dan God Ancient Scripture returned a sentence, and then continued to fall into a deep sleep.
With that, Xu Qingnian also began to continue his cultivation.
He first tempered his physical body once more, with the Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique, and then rolled his Golden Crow Qi and blood, turning it into internal Qi, and after walking through three large circumferences in his body, it disappeared into his Qi veins.
To open up the third qi vein, it would take at least three or four months at this rate of cultivation.
It was somewhat slow, but in comparison to a normal martial artist, this was already a divine speed.
A normal ninth-grade martial artist, who wanted to reach the eighth grade, could easily spend thirty to fifty years, and this had to be supplemented by various spiritual medicines; one did not need anything, and if one cultivated Qi condensation normally, one could finish it in three to four months.
But Xu Qingnian understood one thing.
That was that after three or four months, when one really promoted to the eighth grade, without the next grade of foreign arts, the cultivation speed would instantly be knocked back to its original form ah.
This was also a trouble.
When that time came, the only way to solve it was to rely on the Dan Shen Ancient Scripture.
After a while, Xu Qingnian didn’t think much about it, and it was almost dawn.
It had taken close to six hours for the three circumferences, and it was now five minutes past the celestial hour.
Xu Qingnian moved off and went to the Ministry of Punishment.
But this day, as yesterday, no one paid any attention to him.
The case library also still did not give itself the appropriate dossier on the grounds that it was busy with official duties.
The company’s main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers.
Since he understands, Xu Qingnian will not take the bait.
Three days later.
Xu Qingnian received three letters from Yang Bao and Yang Hu. The two were excited to learn that Xu Qingnian had summoned them to the capital to work for Xu Qingnian for a long time, and they purposely found someone to answer the letters for them.
The letter was simple: they had already left and were expected to arrive at the Imperial City within five days, and they had also brought a few other trusted brothers with them.
The main reason was that they were afraid that Xu Qingnian did not have enough manpower, which Xu Qingnian had also said in his letter, so if there were people they could trust, they would bring them along.
The second letter was from senior brother Chen Xinghe, informing him that he intended to come to the imperial capital to prepare for the imperial examinations, and to see if there was anything he could do to help himself and to stay with him when the time came.
This made Xu Qingnian a little happy, after all, his senior brother was also a smart person, if he came, he could indeed help himself with some things.
For example, the grandchildren of the Duke of An can be handed over to his senior brother to teach them during the week, and he can just make his own plans.
The third letter, on the other hand, was sent by Li Xin.
He informed Xu Qingnian that the waterwheel had already been built, and that he would take Ping’an County as a test subject. There were four counties around Ping’an County and a big river a hundred miles away, which was very suitable for the construction of the waterwheel.
As for how effective it would be, we still had to wait for some days.
At that moment, Xu Qingnian wrote back, informing Chen Xinghe of his address, and also wrote back to Li Xin, telling him to keep a careful eye on it, and if there was nothing important, it was best to keep an eye on it at all times.
If there was nothing important, it was best to keep an eye on him at all times. If there was anything, he should write back immediately.
With that, Xu Qingnian began to wait in silence in the Ministry of Penalty.
The following day.
At last, something happened that made Xu Qingnian happy.
The school that His Majesty had given him was ready, so he could not stay at the inn. After the Duke of An knew about this, he sent some maids and servants, but Xu Qingnian politely refused, and the Duke of An did not say anything more.
The first thing that Xu Qingnian did was to wait for the Yang Bao and Yang Hu brothers to come and let them do odd jobs first.
The name of the academy was named ‘Shouren Academy’ by Xu Qingnian.
After inviting some women over to make the beds and clean up a bit, Xu Qingnian settled down.
The hall was very large, with a lobby and an inner hall, a place for teaching and a guest room on the left, a dining room and a miscellaneous room on the right, plus a large courtyard with a small pond and willows, which was very nice.
The only pity is that His Majesty gave it to himself to live in, not to himself, and if he is no longer an official, the property is not his own, so he still has to work hard to earn money to buy a house.
And so it goes.
After another salty day.
The two brothers, Yang Hu and Yang Bao, finally came.
After they arrived, Xu Qingnian was relieved.
The entire Ministry of Penalty did not treat them at all, and no matter what they did, they would be hindered. Although Zhou Nan was not someone who had been placed here by others, he was not one of their own either.
There were a lot of things for Zhou Nan to do, and Zhou Nan would only go and whisper and say nice things on both sides and be bullied in all sorts of ways.
He has a lot of pity for Zhou Nan, but what Xu Qingnian knows even more is that Zhou Nan is holding himself back. If he wants to gain a foothold in the Ministry of Justice, he has to have his own cronies, and he has to deal with this matter quickly.
Otherwise, he would really be played by the Ministry of Justice, the Confucian family, and some other forces.
It’s a good thing that Yang Bao and others are here.
Then …… It is also time to fight back.
