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Chapter 72 Li Yunrui: Studying hard behind closed doors? Aiming to take the imperial examination? I want him to pass!

Seeing that his son-in-law looked strange, Fan Jian didn't dare to ask.

This is a secret order!

Ye Zheng thought about it and did not reveal the contents of the secret order to Lao Taishan.

Lao Deng is a very suspicious person.

Asking Old Taishan to deliver this secret order, if there are other contents, it may not be to test Old Taishan later, but this...

"Uncle, it's getting sunny, let's have lunch together."

It was a rare occasion for Old Taishan to come, so Ye Zheng had to (demote) the official position and entertain Old Taishan well, drinking a lot of wine.

When he returned to Fan's house, the young lady who came to greet him glared at him many times.

"I'm happy, so I drank a little more." Ye Zheng smiled and pretended to be stupid.

"Not again!" The young lady was a little angry.

Ye Zheng muttered something but didn't respond.

"Ok?"

The young lady widened her eyes.

Ye Zheng was helpless. "After that, we will have to drink when we welcome the bride and return to the parents' home. Old Tai... Uncle Shi is in a good mood and wants to invite me to drink. How can I refuse?"

Fan Ruoruo was startled, and then her cheeks flushed.

"What's going on? So happy?" Fan Xian happened to be in the front yard, and came over. Seeing his father's miserable condition, he exclaimed in surprise.

The young lady glared at him angrily again, then walked away with light steps.

Without moving closer, Fan Xian, who was standing in the distance, tilted his head and gestured to his courtyard, "Let's go."

Entering Fan Xian's courtyard, Ye Zheng's alarm bells suddenly rang in his heart, but when his gaze followed a certain part of the courtyard wall, the alarm bells subsided again.

Fan Xian followed his gaze and praised him with a smile, "My friend said that you are an extraordinary person. Based on my perception, I can detect his movements at least within ten feet. Just now you were at least five feet away from him. If I go to Northern Qi this time, with you protecting me, what do I have to worry about?"

"Grand Master, won't you go to Northern Qi with me?" Ye Zheng asked with a hint of confusion in his eyes.

"He's got other things to do."

Fan Xian said vaguely.

In fact, regarding the matter of Wuzhu, he never explained whether Wuzhu was a grandmaster, leaving Ye Zheng to guess.

My uncle is always on guard against him.

It's a matter of life and death, so it's understandable.

He doesn't do any humanity tests.

In this way, he would not feel guilty about hiding some things from his uncle.

"Speak frankly, I will show you the truth about this world. When I return from my mission to Northern Qi, I want you to take over the First Division of the Inspection Institute."

The two stopped between a row of moon-shaped doors, and Fan Xian went straight to the point.

Ye Zheng's face was as calm as water. "Brother, you should know that I am a military hero, my uncle is a great master, and the Inspection Bureau is responsible for monitoring all officials in the capital. If I take the position, I am afraid that some people will not be able to sleep well, and His Majesty may not agree."

"You don't have to worry about that." Fan Xian suddenly became strong, and said, "I am risking my life to go to Northern Qi, not to accumulate meritorious service, but to smoothly take over the two major cusps of the inner treasury and the Inspection Institute in the future. I know someone has been arranging my life. I just want to live my life according to my own ideas, and I don't want to be a puppet controlled by others!"

Ye Zheng smiled, "Even if it's for your own good?"

"He or they think it's 'for my own good'!" Fan Xian retorted, with anger between his brows.

Ye Zheng smiled, his smile was pure and peaceful, "I have heard of a reversal before. In the past, girls hated their mothers arranging dates for them. Later, mothers carefully selected the best. I don't know when this became popular."

"They may have recognized the difference between bread and love, but neither of them is a problem for me." Fan Xian still insisted.

Ye Zheng stopped talking and nodded, "If His Majesty has the will to take over the Inspection Institute, I can do it too."

"But what is your purpose in doing this? The chief of the First Division of the Inspection Bureau is at least a fourth-rank official."

"Besides, the burden of being the director of the First Division of the Inspection Institute is a lifetime responsibility. I am in the martial arts class and the literary class. With my own talents, I will eventually have a future. If I have to make such a great sacrifice, I have to pay more, uncle."

Fan Xian: "…"

So I told you the truth about the world and gave you such a powerful position, so in the end, I have to compensate you.

What capitalist algorithm?

"Think about it, uncle, you take Sister Wan'er to travel around, and ask your sister and I to stay in Kyoto and work for you. Is this appropriate?"

Ye Zheng talked nonsense again.

Fan Xian laughed angrily, "Then how about letting you be the director of the Inspection Institute in a few years?"

Ye Zheng pretended to be in deep thought, curled his lips, and said, "It's not impossible."

"Go away." Fan Xian pointed at the gate, his fingertips stretched a little upwards due to the force.

"Look at you, you're anxious again." Ye Zheng smiled and said, "We can talk, right?"

Fan Xian took two deep breaths and said, "You, you just make one condition. Just one."

"The Inspection Institute is full of talented people. You don't have to rely on me. The conditions... wait until you have negotiated with the higher-ups and I will be the head of the Inspection Institute."

Fan Xian glared at the man speechlessly.

I've said all kinds of good and bad things about you, yet you still don't forget the good things!
"Okay, take a look." Fan Xian took out a stack of papers from his sleeve.

At this moment, Ye Zheng was somewhat shocked. Just like that... he was handed over the secret to him?
I took the paper and opened it.

Ok…

The handwriting was obviously from the same person as the one that scattered all over the city last time.

It should be Wuzhu who helped to copy it, and there should be some deletions.

"Son?" Ye Zheng expressed his doubts at the right time.

"This is what my mother left for me."

"It's so expensive, I can't look at it."

After Ye Zheng finished speaking, he turned around and moved away from his uncle's outstretched hand, causing his uncle to roll his eyes.

"There is no time travel, no parallel universe, this is still..."

'The world is cooling down significantly, and large areas of mid- and high-latitude regions are forming...'

'Our time has ended, we have opened...'

'When I woke up, I found that the ice age had passed and the old era had been destroyed...'

"Many pioneers survived and spread civilization to the new humans..."

'Their legends are also the secrets of the temple!'

The content of the letter ends here.

Ye Zheng knew there would be a sequel.

But the subsequent content concerns my uncle's life, so it is understandable to hide it.

It is really remarkable that my uncle has achieved what he has today.

At least he fulfilled his promise meticulously and showed him the truth of this world!

He closed the paper slowly and carefully, not only to show his shock at the "truth of the world", but also because his uncle had revealed so much to him.

"What's your mother's name?" He handed over the paper in his hand and asked seriously.

"You know the monument at the entrance of the Inspection Institute? There's a signature on it, and that's my mother's name."

Ye Zheng was ashamed of his uncle's honesty.

Shouting this name in Kyoto could cause a lot of trouble.

Ye Zheng was silent for a moment, not trying to digest the shock of the news, but thinking about how to change the subject.

"Brother, you may not understand some of the unspoken rules of Kyoto City. It is best not to mention your mother's name from now on. I am not being disrespectful, I am doing this for your own good."

Without waiting for his elder brother-in-law to respond, he continued, "Thank you very much for telling me the truth about this world. Fan Xian, forget about the conditions I just mentioned. I think you must have your reasons for wanting me to be the director of a department of the Inspection Institute. Okay, I agree to your request. I don't need an imperial decree. I can also have Chen Pingping's endorsement."

Fan Xian nodded, hesitated, and said, "Some people want me to be a lone minister, and some people want me to be an important minister. Since ancient times... do you and I remember any lone ministers or important ministers who started well and ended well?"

"You are right. There are many talented people in the Inspection Institute. You are not the only one. But since you are my brother-in-law, you and I... Besides, I think you are a kind person with good character, good calculation and strategy. You are more suitable after all."

Ye Zheng smiled.

My eldest uncle wants to push the Inspection Institute out at this moment, for he is afraid that he will get it later.

He nodded and said, "Brother, you are wrong. I am not a kind person, but a very kind person."

Fan Xian: "…"

……

two days later

Xinyang Boundary Monument
A luxurious carriage moved slowly forward.

Yan Xiaoyi, who had been waiting at the boundary marker, stepped forward and knelt down on the side of the road.

The carriage stopped and Li Yunrui, wearing a luxurious black robe, slowly got off.

Fang walked up to Yan Xiaoyi and said, "Get up," and a fast horse came running from behind.

Yan Xiaoyi was a little alert.

The female official stepped forward and helped stop the horse.

The driver dismounted and said to the female official, "Fan Xian has been ordered to go north and will set off immediately. Ye Zheng has announced to the public that he has been studying hard behind closed doors and plans to take the imperial examination next spring."

"understood."

After the female official turned around, the man got on the horse again and galloped away.

"Ordered to go north? Study hard behind closed doors?"

"Heh." Li Yunrui sneered. "It just so happens that the border between the two countries is vast and desolate. If something unexpected happens, it is inevitable."

"Your Highness, the place where I am stationed is also on the way north." As soon as she finished speaking, Yan Xiaoyi immediately understood her meaning, and there was a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.

"I'll send someone to contact you immediately if I know Fan Xian's specific itinerary."

"Then wait."

Li Yunrui nodded slightly with satisfaction, and then looked at the female official beside him, "The examiners for next year's spring examination have not been decided yet, send a message to the crown prince, no matter who the examiner is, I want Ye Zheng to pass the exam!"

(End of this chapter)