Quick Wear: I'm Really Not a Scumbag

"Zhong Tianzhu?" A strange smile appeared on Chen Xuyan's lips.

Unexpectedly, he turned out to be Zhong Tianzhu.

At present, the court's attention is mainly focused on the Yan family. Zhong Tianzhu came from a poor family. He was just a peasant who had failed the examination for the title of Tongsheng several times. At the beginning of the uprising, he only led a few surrounding towns and eventually led an entire city.

The three cities now occupied are all cold and harsh places, and are no more worthy of the court's attention than the territories lost before.

"Go to sleep quickly." Chen Zhao extinguished the oil lamp without mercy.

Chen Xuyan closed his eyes.

—Room west of the courtyard gate

"You mean, Chen Xuyan has already guessed our identity? Why didn't I see it?" Lin Zengjie looked at Jin Yonghuai with suspicion.

This guy is indeed not a pedantic scholar, and since they have the same background, they have always had a good impression of Chen Xuyan, who is much more pleasing to them than Wei Siqi.

However, serving the court has never been their goal, so they are destined to be different from Chen Xuyan.

It is only a matter of time before we go against the trend.

Li Wentao took his foot washing water and was about to go out to pour it out.

Lin Zengjie quickly asked, "Brother, why didn't you react?"

"How should I react? You did something stupid and exposed your identity, and you're still afraid that others will find out? Are you planning to kill people to silence them?" Li Wentao almost poured the foot washing water in his hand on his face.

When he just escaped death a few years ago, this guy was quite cautious and careful about everything. How come he became like this after staying in Houyun City for a few years?

He poured the foot washing water on the onions that had just sprouted. These onions had been stepped on a few times today, and he didn't know how long it would take for them to grow back.

Lin Zengjia looked at Jin Yonghuai again, "What does this mean, big brother? He doesn't really want to take action against those two guys, does he?"

His expression is a little complicated?

Jin Yonghuai glanced at him sideways and said, "If your brain really isn't working well and you can't understand what I'm saying, it's best not to use it."

Fortunately, when the eldest brother led them to attack the camp, the instructions he gave were clear and concise. If he had taken a detour, Lin Zengjie would most likely have died on the battlefield.

Isn't it said that this person is lucky even though he is stupid?

Li Wentao walked into the house and lay down calmly on the couch. He felt a little confused and unsure about his future.

——In the Palace

Zhou Yusheng was walking around a huge alchemy furnace. The guards and palace maids around him lowered their heads in silence, waiting for his instructions.

At the same time, the boys and girls kneeling on the ground were also terrified. There were fewer and fewer companions kneeling beside them. They didn't know when they would become the materials for the dog emperor to refine elixirs. They didn't even dare to cry out loud, and could only cover their mouths with their hands and let the tears flow.

The silence was soon broken.

"Noble Concubine Chen is here!" The eunuch's shrill voice came from the hall.

A gorgeously dressed beauty walked into the palace and said, "May the emperor be blessed with good health and happiness."

Zhou Yusheng quickly grabbed her waist and helped her up, "My beloved concubine, there's no need to be so polite. Didn't I tell you not to be so polite in front of me?"

Dugu Nange smiled faintly and said, "I'm worried that those people in the previous dynasty would see me as a demon concubine who brought disaster to the country and the people. Father also warned me not to act willfully."

"I understand." There was a hint of pity on Zhou Yusheng's face.

"Once my elixir of immortality is completely refined, no one will bother us anymore. In the future, we can rule the Zhou Dynasty together and for generations to come, okay?"

Dugu Nange lay on his chest, a mocking expression on her face, but her tone remained as gentle as ever. "That's excellent. Your Majesty will surely get what he wishes for. I, the concubine, also hope to wait for that day soon."

She touched her belly. She had been in the palace for two years, so why was there still no movement?

Only after they have a child can the Dugu family take the throne, so they have to wait a little longer.

"Is there any important matter in the court?" Zhou Yusheng asked casually because he didn't care much about it.

In his view, those minor disturbances were just minor incidents, and it wouldn't be too late to deal with them once his elixir of immortality was completely refined. In his eyes, those who controlled the government were just tools, not to mention the Yan family.

They have no legitimate reason and are destined to be traitors forever.

"With my father here, there is naturally nothing important for you to worry about. However, an interesting thing happened in the city recently." A strange smile appeared on the corner of Gu Du Nan Ge's mouth.

"Oh? What's interesting?" Zhou Yusheng's interest was piqued.

......

--take an exam

"Chen Xuyan, you have to study hard in the exam. If you really pass, I will follow you in the future. I told my dad that I want to follow you." Wei Siqi looked at the crowds of people at the entrance of the examination hall in front of him. In fact, he was also looking forward to such a day.

Chen Zhao stood silently between the two of them.

He looked at Chen Xuyan and said, "You are already a juren at such a young age. If you fail the exam this time, there is always another chance. Your family is not worried. The most important thing is that you pass the exam safely."

Wei Siqi scratched his head awkwardly when he heard this.

Suddenly, there was a sound of disturbance all around, and then several people were separated. It took a long time before they got together again.

"Hey, what's wrong with these people? Do they know how to walk? They have to squeeze in between us on such a wide road?" Wei Siqi looked helplessly at the several large black footprints under his feet.

"I'm so angry! I have to go back and wash it myself again?!" He has been taking care of himself since he came to the capital, and washing is no exception.

Naturally, he was extremely angry at this moment.

The examination basket in Chen Xuyan's hand was a little unstable, so Chen Zhao squeezed over and took the examination basket at the first opportunity.

Li Wentao and the other two pulled them over from the left and right.

"What's wrong?" Chen Xuyan guessed what Li Wentao saw.

Li Wentao said nothing, but just silently searched for something in his exam basket.

Soon he found a note filled with words inside.

Wei Siqi was scared to death, "Who did this? He wants to kill you, right? It must be the Sun family! They must think we are in the same group and want you to get into trouble!"

"Cheating is a serious matter, and the perpetrator should be punished!"

"Who put this there?" Chen Zhao was shocked and scared. He had been following Chen Xuyan and had not noticed anything unusual. He was just being careless.

He had originally thought that he would have to carry the exam basket himself once he entered the exam room, so he could just give him some time to get used to it and learn the importance of it. Unexpectedly, he was tricked in just a short while, and he had to wrap up the cheat sheet again.

Li Wentao pointed at the scholar in front who was looking for them in confusion, "He was the one who released it during the chaos."

Wei Siqi glanced at the man and said, "That's my cousin! Sun Yiqin!"

"It's the Sun family indeed!"

Lin Zengjie had a look of disdain on his face. "He has a grudge against you, so why not just take revenge on you? If all else fails, he can take revenge on us accomplices. Revenge on a scholar? He's a scholar after all!"

"Give me the note and I'll put it in his exam basket later."

Chen Zhao clenched the note and said, "I can do it myself."

"You guys go ahead, I'll take him in." Li Wentao glanced at the crowd behind him. It seemed that more and more people were gathering around. He was afraid that if he waited any longer, there would be a long queue in front of the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall.

Chen Zhao looked at Chen Xuyan again and said, "Don't take it to heart. Just do your best on the exam."

"I'll go too." Wei Siqi felt very sorry.

"Don't worry, brother. It won't affect me. I'll go in first." Chen Xuyan picked up the exam basket.

......

They didn't take action until they saw Chen Xuyan carrying the examination basket into the Imperial Examination Hall. During this time, Jin Yonghuai somehow lingered next to Sun Yiqun and prevented him from entering.

"What are you doing? I'm a scholar!"

"You two idiots, hurry up and drag him away. I'm going in to take the exam!" Sun Yiqin's exam basket was almost knocked over.

He had already seen Chen Xuyan enter safely, and thought to himself that he had miscalculated.

What had gone wrong? Did he not throw the note in?

Jin Yonghuai disguised himself as a drunkard, and his face was disheveled and his facial features could not be seen clearly.

"God is so unfair! God! I fail the exam repeatedly. It's so unfair!" After shouting a few times, he fell to the ground unconscious.

The soldiers outside the examination hall didn't know what to do with him since he was a drunk after all, so they had to drag him away and throw him at a place quite some distance away from the Imperial Examination Hall.

Sun Yiqin was unwilling to accept this. It was fine as long as Chen Xuyan went to jail, but how come he couldn't even handle a drunkard now?

"A bunch of trash!" He didn't know who he was talking to, but fortunately the soldiers didn't hear it.

"Why don't you help me carry the exam basket!" The two servants took it in a hurry.

Chen Zhao and Li Wentao walked past him playfully and knocked over his exam basket.

"I'm sorry, I just sent my younger brother to take the exam, and I was a little anxious." Chen Zhao's face was still expressionless as always.

Naturally, there wasn't much apology on display.

"Are you blind? Why do you have to come close to me on such a wide road?" Sun Yiqun watched the servants picking up things, and naturally vented his anger on them.

Chen Zhao's eyes were fixed on him sharply. It turned out that he also knew that the road was very spacious.

Li Wentao smiled awkwardly, "I'm sorry, I was in a hurry. I'm sure you can understand. Besides, we just saw you accidentally bump into someone else's exam basket. Logically, you should understand how we feel."

Sun Yiqin's eyes flashed with guilt. "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I bump into someone else's exam basket?"

He looked at the faces of the two people carefully and found that they were indeed not the people around Chen Xuyan. Was it a coincidence?

"If you keep bothering me and causing trouble, I'll report you for obstructing the imperial examination!" After saying that, he snatched the examination basket from the servant's hand and walked into the Imperial Examination Hall without looking back.

Soon it was time for his body search.

They all took off the simple disguises on their faces at the right time.

"You are so brave to cheat in the imperial examination! Do you think we can't detect it?" Every year there are some people who take chances, but they are all discovered without exception.

Sun Yiqin's face instantly turned pale. "I don't have it, I don't have it! This is not mine. Someone put it in my exam basket."

But the examiner at the door had obviously heard this kind of talk too many times and said, "Take him away!"

Several soldiers dragged the limp Sun Yiqin away without any courtesy, like dragging a dead dog.

After seeing Chen Zhao, Wei Siqi and the others, he struggled desperately again, "It's them! They're the ones who hurt me! I was the one who stuffed the note into someone else's exam basket!"

The expressions on the two soldiers' faces were somewhat complicated, but they obviously didn't want to get themselves into any trouble, so they quickly dragged him away from the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall.

When Wei Siqi was pointed out, he actually felt a little inexplicably guilty, but soon he was elbowed by Lin Zengjie.

"You are a real bear, what are you afraid of?" He had to straighten out his awkward personality.

"Who said that? I'm not afraid!" He just helped stop the two servants, what was he afraid of?

If his father knew that he has such courage now, wouldn't he praise himself?

"Shall we go back and come back in three days?"

Chen Zhao nodded, "Let's go."

......

——Nine days later

After finishing these nine exams, Chen Xuyan really felt that this punishment was not something that an ordinary person could endure, and the original owner's body could barely hold on.

"I'll carry you upstairs." Chen Zhao carried Chen Xuyan on his back.

The remaining few people followed behind him, carrying his things in a hurry.

Jin Yonghuai looked back at the other examinees. These people were in even worse condition than Chen Xuyan. This imperial examination was really not something that ordinary people could endure. It was very demanding on the brain and body.

The people around were taken away one after another.

As soon as Chen Xuyan got home, he took a shower and lay down, but before he could fall asleep, Chen Zhao pulled him up again.

"Eat a bowl of noodles first, then go to sleep." Chen Zhao moved the table directly in front of the bed.

Chen Xuyan smiled and said, "Brother, I still have enough strength to walk to the table."

As soon as he smelled the noodles, his stomach rumbled. He was indeed hungry. Soon he finished a big bowl of noodles and then lay back on the bed.

Chen Zhao restored the table to its original position, carried the empty bowl and left the room. He also closed the window before closing it, and the room became completely quiet.

Four people outside the house were talking about the Sun family's affairs. Now the whole capital was in an uproar.

"I heard that the emperor was furious, saying that the Sun family had a bad family tradition. One of their children cheated in the imperial examinations, another kept a young eunuch, and the other daughter was as cruel as a snake." Wei Siqi's face was very serious.

Since the emperor noticed this matter, it proved that everything in the Sun family could be uncovered, even the fact that Sun Jiangxi favored his concubine and killed his wife could not be concealed.

"Now those censors are no longer accusing the emperor of refining the elixir. They've even put aside the issue of the Dugu family being the sole heir. They're all cursing Sun Jiangxi, saying that a mere fifth-rank official like him is so bold. He's simply a traitor."

Li Wentao's expression was very complicated. "The emperor is also involved in such matters?"

They don't care about the people affected by the disaster, don't want to take back the border, don't suppress the Yan family, and don't send troops to suppress the uprising. Instead, they just want to join in the fun all day?

What a shitty emperor.

Wei Siqi was confused. "Yes, so this proves that this matter is entirely the Sun family's own fault, and it has nothing to do with us."