I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

East Factory.

Jiang Yuan and Chen Liu, who had divided the benefits, were sitting in the courtyard enjoying themselves.

"Old Jiang, I think you'll be living in the capital for a long time. Why don't you consider buying a house?"

"In my opinion, any house of the thirteen families is good. Moreover, they are all houses where someone has died. The price is cheap too. Now is the perfect time to sell them." Chen Liu glanced at Jiang Yuan with a squint.

Jiang Yuan curled his lips. Stay for a long time? Stay for a long time? Bullshit!

After this matter is finished, I will go back to Taiping County no matter what.

"Forget it, I'm a coward and can't afford it."

Just as Chen Liu was about to speak, Wei Yong came over quickly and said, "My Lords, the Crown Prince's Grand Tutor Zhou Chen requests an audience."

Chen Liu immediately sat up straight: "Zhou Chen? What is he doing here?"

"I don't know, but he was carrying a big package." Wei Yong said honestly.

"Then please come in quickly." Chen Liu said lightly. After all, they are in the same camp, so it can't be a bad thing.

After a while, when Zhou Chen stepped into the courtyard, Chen Liu immediately greeted him: "What a rare guest! How did Grand Tutor Zhou find time to come here?"

Zhou Chen nodded at Chen Liu and said, "Captain Chen, it's been a long time since we last met. However, I'm here for Lord Jiang."

"For me?" Jiang Yuan stood up in surprise. Had he ever spoken to this guy?

It seems not, so there is only one possibility, that he came here on the orders of Duanmu Yuanchen.

"In that case, Grand Tutor Zhou, please speak frankly. I am all ears."

Zhou Chen looked at Jiang Yuan deeply, then turned to Chen Liu and said, "General Chen, I would like to have a chat with Lord Jiang. Could you please excuse me?"

"That's no problem." Chen Liu nodded, turned around and said goodbye to Wei Yong.

In the courtyard, Jiang Yuan had already smelled something unusual.

"Grand Master Zhou, a wise man doesn't speak in veiled terms. Speak frankly."

"Lord Jiang is a straightforward man." Zhou Chen said with a smile, took off the package on his body, spread it out on the table, and a pile of memorials appeared in front of Jiang Yuan.

"Grand Tutor Zhou, what do you mean?" Jiang Yuan frowned slightly. The memorial was something that only Duanmu Yuanchen could read. It was neither reasonable nor moral that it should be placed in front of him, Jiang Yuan.

Something must be wrong when things are out of the ordinary! There is something wrong with this kid.

"Sir Jiang, this is the memorial submitted by the ministers in the past two days impeaching the Ning family." Zhou Chen explained, pointing to the memorial.

Jiang Yuan looked at the memorial calmly: "Grand Master Zhou, I've already anticipated this, but what does this have to do with me?"

"No, no, no! Of course this has something to do with you." Zhou Chen waved his hand and pulled out a chair to sit down.

"I would like to congratulate Lord Jiang on his upcoming achievement."

At this point, Jiang Yuan's heart was already pounding. Unparalleled achievement? Perhaps it could be a fatal disaster!

"Master Zhou, may I ask where your achievements come from?" Jiang Yuan still asked without giving up.

Zhou Chen reached out and picked up a memorial, and said softly, "Master Jiang, you have contributed a lot to the Ning family's affairs. His Majesty, in recognition of your hard work and great contributions, has specially ordered me to deliver this memorial to Master Jiang's residence."

"Master Jiang can sort it out today and present it to His Majesty at the morning court tomorrow. By then, everyone in the court and the country will understand that Master Jiang is upright and unafraid of authority, and he will overthrow the Ning family."

"From now on, Lord Jiang will surely be famous and recorded in history!"

As soon as Zhou Chen finished speaking, Jiang Yuan suddenly raised his head and laughed:

"Hahahaha! What a great achievement! This will go down in history! What an incredible feat!"

Zhou Chen's expression turned a little cold. There are some things that you can see, but you must not say them out loud without knowing what is good for you, otherwise you can't blame the imperial power for being ruthless.

"Master Jiang, are you dissatisfied with this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Yuan slowly stopped laughing, picked up a memorial, and looked at Zhou Chen with a somewhat ferocious expression.

"Sir Zhou, since His Majesty values ​​me, as a minister, how can I go against the will of the Lord?"

"Go back and tell His Majesty that I, Jiang Yuan, will list all the crimes of the Ning family at the court tomorrow morning!" Jiang Yuan spoke word by word.

Zhou Chen still nodded with a smile, turned around and left without saying a word. At the moment when he was about to walk out of the courtyard, Zhou Chen let out a sigh that only he could hear.

Duanmu Yuanchen was kinder after all.

According to Duanmu Yuanchen's original words, these memorials should be handed over to Jiang Yuan. If Jiang Yuan is willing, then Jiang Yuan can expose it. If Jiang Yuan is unwilling, then he must not be forced.

"Young man, don't blame me. Imperial power has always been cold and ruthless."

"What's more, you've already gone too far. Even if His Majesty tolerates you, the noble families won't tolerate you, and the civil and military officials won't allow you to stand in the court."

"I have earned you a great reputation for eternity. Take care of yourself."

After muttering a few words in his mind, Zhou Chen walked forward without looking back.

In the courtyard, Jiang Yuan looked at the memorials piled on the table, shook his head and smiled, "I was really naive to think he would be a different emperor."

"It seems that once they sit on that chair, all emperors in the world are the same."

Zhou Chen spoke nicely about his unprecedented achievement, but he was actually pushing all the risks onto Jiang Yuan. To put it bluntly, he was transforming the conflict between the imperial power and the Ning family into hatred between Jiang Yuan and the Ning family.

Unconsciously, Jiang Yuan narrowed his eyes: "Alright, I was originally considering whether to take action or not. Since you do it on the first day, don't blame me for doing it on the fifteenth!"

After muttering, Jiang Yuan stood up and yelled towards the room behind him: "Li Hu! Come out and work!"

"Sir, I'm here, hehe! Is it finally my turn?" Li Hu walked out of the room quickly and spoke impatiently:

"My lord, what can I do for you?"

Jiang Yuan waved towards Li Hu: "Come here, you have a whole night, I want you to do this..."

After a moment, Li Hu nodded solemnly: "I understand, sir, don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter properly!"

"Go ahead, go early and come back early." After Jiang Yuan said this, he waved at Li Hu, indicating that he should leave on his own.

At this point, there was no one in the courtyard except Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan leaned back in his chair and looked up at the sky.

Do you regret it? Not really, but it's a really bad feeling. No wonder there are so many rebellious people in Chinese history. So that's why.

Recalling the days when he and Duanmu Yuanchen had not had enough to eat in the mountains, the expression on Jiang Yuan's face gradually turned cold.

He truly saw how power transformed a kind-hearted, carefree boy into a cold-blooded emperor.

Today's Duanmu Yuanchen is no longer himself, and can no longer be considered a human being. He is a puppet of power.

After an unknown amount of time, footsteps were heard and Chen Liu walked into the courtyard cautiously.

"Old Jiang? What's going on? Why did Grand Tutor Zhou come to see you?"

After Jiang Yuan recounted the incident expressionlessly, Chen Liu's expression gradually turned gloomy.

"Old Jiang, you..."

"Needless to say, I had already anticipated my own ending long before coming to the imperial capital." Jiang Yuan said indifferently.