Crossing the Sword

The next morning, before daybreak, Ye Shisan could no longer lie down. At this point, he finally gave up his plan to sleep, got up and ran to the martial arts training ground to practice the sword technique that he hadn't even had time to name yet. This time, he didn't do it all at once like he did last night, but instead broke down the eighty-one sword strikes and practiced them one by one. Because he was concentrating on the sword in his hand, he didn't notice when daybreak came.

"Shisan!" Jingwei had been watching from the sidelines for some time. When she saw Ye Shisan use all eighty-one swords, she called him and said, "I didn't expect you to be so diligent. You got up so early in the morning to practice swordplay."

Ye Shisan put away his sword and smiled, "This is a habit I developed since I was a child. I practice Kung Fu every morning. It not only relaxes the muscles and promotes blood circulation, but also makes you feel energetic for the whole day." After a pause, he continued, "However, today I did get up a little earlier than usual because I still couldn't fall asleep because I had a problem that I hadn't figured out."

"Don't think about it if you haven't figured it out." Jingwei waved her hand indifferently.

Ye Shisan thought that given Yi Jingwei's personality, she would definitely be curious and ask what the problem was. Seeing her say that, he was stunned for a moment and said, "Don't you want to know what the problem is?"

Jingwei smiled and said, "Almost all the participants in the Xinrui Masters Competition are young talents under the command of major powers. Of course, those players from small countries and the Lone Ranger are not included. As I said last night, this is a stage for major forces to show their talents and potential."

Ye Shisan nodded and said, "Then I understand. Uncle Yu wants me to participate, so he wants to let others know that I am his confidant. Otherwise, sending a commoner to participate will make others think that Shennong Country has no one, which will have a bad impact on the reputation of Emperor Yan in the future. But how do you know that this is the question I want to ask?"

Jingwei snorted and said, "You were so absorbed in that sword technique yesterday that you had no time to think about these things. I am already very satisfied that you have not forgotten what I said yesterday. And this question is the key, so I know you will definitely ask me this today."

Ye Shisan rubbed his nose in embarrassment and said, "Haha, you got it right. By the way, have you thought of a name for the sword move?"

Jingwei raised her neck and said arrogantly, "Of course, I thought about it all night yesterday, and the name is 'Bi Luo Jiu Chong'. How about it, cool, right?"

"Bi, Luo, Jiu, Chong?" Ye Shisan frowned and repeated, "It's quite cool and elegant, but can you change it to a more murderous one?" In fact, he wanted to call this move "Eighty-one Layers of Hell".

After hearing this, Jingwei sneered and said, "So what you mean is that the name I chose is not good?" There was a threatening look in her eyes.

"Okay, okay, okay!" Ye Shisan immediately apologized with a smile: "Just call it Biluo Jiuchong!" It was not because he was afraid of Jingwei getting angry, but more importantly, if he was asked to reject the name Jingwei had thought of all night, he really couldn't bring himself to say it.

"That's right!" Jingwei suddenly thought of something, took out a red silk scroll from her bosom, handed it to Ye Shisan and said, "Here, this is the imperial edict, you can take it to Shangdang Mansion to hand it over. Here is also a map, it is easy to find Shangdang Mansion on it. I have to go to class today, so I won't accompany you."

Ye Shisan didn't expect Jingwei to make such a thoughtful arrangement for him. He was grateful and said, "Thank you!"

Jingwei's eyes rolled and she said, "If you really want to thank me, why not teach me 'The Ninth Layer of the Azure Sky'?"

"No!" Ye Shisan answered straightforwardly. Seeing some disappointment in Jingwei's eyes, he smiled and said, "I just figured it out yesterday, so it's not perfect yet. This sword technique is a bit complicated. How about this, give me a month, and after a month, I will definitely teach you the completed 'Bi Luo Jiu Chong'! After all, you gave it the name, and this sword technique should be for both of us."

Jingwei was delighted and asked, "Really?"

Ye Shisan said frankly: "Is there anything I said that is false?"

"That's at least the second one." Jingwei made a face and said, "The first time was when you pretended to be a pervert to scare people."

Ye Shisan also remembered what happened at that time, so he pretended to be a playboy, put the imperial edict and the map to his nose, smelled it and said, "What a nice smell!"

Jingwei thought of the two things she had just taken out of her arms, and her pretty face immediately turned red. She punched Zhang Tianya in the nose and said, "Go to hell!"

At this time, Ye Shisan had already displayed his skills and was getting on the ground.

Looking at the imperial edict in his hand, he said to himself, "Why is this imperial edict red? Shouldn't it be yellow?"

In fact, he didn't know that there was no rule that imperial edicts must be in yellow. The imperial edicts of the six major countries were all in different colors. The imperial edicts of the Qing Emperor of Taihao were in turquoise, the imperial edicts of the Yan Emperor of Shennong were in red, the imperial edicts of the Bai Emperor of Dongyi were in white, the imperial edicts of the Zhuanxu Emperor of Sanmiao were in black, the imperial edicts of the Chiyou Emperor of Jiuli were in blue, and the imperial edicts of the Xuanyuan Emperor of Youxiong were in golden yellow, which had been passed down from generation to generation.

With the imperial edict, the handover went smoothly. The first thing Ye Shisan did after taking office was to call the master to the backyard alone and ask him for advice on writing.

Ye Shisan studied very hard. His master was called Ding Wei, who was about 40 years old. Ye Shisan was his immediate superior, so he naturally did not dare to be careless when teaching him. After a whole morning, he had added more than 400 words to his "Ancient Dictionary". Seeing that it was already lunch time, in order not to delay his afternoon studies, Ye Shisan specially invited Master Ding to have lunch with him, and also rewarded him with five immortal stone coins from his own savings.

However, he had thought that he could edit the dictionary more smoothly in the afternoon, but he did not expect that many officials of all ranks would come to congratulate him just after lunch. Although he did not like such occasions, he could do nothing about it.

It turned out that during the morning court session, Emperor Yan announced that Ye Shisan would take over as the prefect of Shangdang Prefecture. Of course, he couldn't help but praise Ye Shisan. And who can attend the morning court session if not a shrewd official? After observing his words and expressions, he immediately understood that Ye Shisan was now a favorite of Emperor Yan, so naturally he couldn't help but come to try to make friends with him. At first, it was only some officials with lower official positions than Ye Shisan, but later even Zhuque Hou Lingguang, the only one in Beijing among the four major princes under Emperor Yan, and the current Grand Tutor Chisongzi came together, making Ye Shisan very depressed.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." Just when he was struggling to cope with the situation, drums suddenly sounded outside the yamen.