Chapter 11: Li Jin is very opinionated
A few moments ago, after He Yunxiao rubbed Jiang Wuyou’s shoulders, he was seen by Yang Qi, who immediately asked Qian Yuan to invite Li Jin, the son of the Li family, to the Minister of Rites.
As the Prime Minister and the Princess were involved, Qian Yuan dared not delay and rushed back to the Li residence as quickly as possible.
At that moment, Li Jin was studying in his study.
On his left, he was studying the masterpieces of great scholars. On his right, the poems of a hundred schools of thought. And in the middle, the laws of Qi.
Then secretly playing Go under the book.
Knock knock knock.
“Young Master!!”
Li Jin was so shocked that his hand shook and messed up a few pieces. Not caring to reset them, he hastily covered the board with the book and then said, feigning calmness, “Who is it! I am studying!”
“Young Master!, it’s me, Qian Yuan!”
“Oh! It’s Qian Yuan!”
Li Jin smiled brightly and got up to open the door for Qian Yuan.
“Hi, so it’s brother Qian, I thought it was my father who was here.”
If He Yunxiao had heard this, he would have had to take advantage of Li Jin. But Qian Yuan, being a doorkeeper, did not dare to think about it at all.
Li Jin let Qian Yuan into the room, and rather proudly removed the book that concealed it in front of Qian Yuan, revealing a board of broken chess.
“How about it? Come for a couple of games?”
Qian Yuan had no such intention.
“Young Master!, He Yunxiao!”
“Oh, that one is quite handsome.”
“He Yunxiao, Jiang Wuyou!”
“Jiang Wuyou? Oh, the one who dances.”
When Li Jin saw that Qian Yuan had no intention of playing chess, he had to make himself to his seat and push on again.
“Young Master!, He Yunxiao actually condescended to rub Jiang Wuyou’s shoulders.”
“Huh?” Li Jin was surprised for a moment, then said as a matter of course, “Isn’t that what He Yunxiao is like? It would be strange for him to rub a man’s shoulders.”
“Young Master!, Yang Qi told me that there is no peace in the court recently, and the Eldest Princess and Prime Minister Han are fighting fiercely. This is an opportunity!”
Li Jin looked bewildered, “Cousin Aunt and Prime Minister Han? What opportunity?”
“An opportunity to suppress Prime Minister Han!”
“How to suppress?”
“He Yunxiao’s father, He Yuanhao, is a great general of our dynasty. If the eldest princess can seize the opportunity for He Yunxiao to make a mistake and use it as an excuse to weaken He Yuanhao’s position in the army or his connection with Prime Minister Han. It could greatly reduce the Prime Minister’s power in the army in any way.”
Li Jin rubbed his chin and said very assertively, “What you say seems to make sense.”
Qian Yuan rode the wave of victory and continued to sugarcoat his words.
“Catching He Yunxiao’s grip, that’s a great achievement! What He Yunxiao did at that time was in the eyes of the entire Spring Breeze Mansion. Moreover, Brother Yang Qi and Brother Shen Kuan were all present at that time, so there is no need to worry about witnesses. As long as Brother Li goes to the Spring Breeze Mansion and confronts He Yunxiao, then the great merit of supporting the rituals, purifying the evil wind and suppressing the Prime Minister will all be yours.”
Li Jin slapped his thigh, “My father and cousin always thought I was stupid, but now that I have such a big merit in front of me, I’d be a fool if I didn’t take it!”
” Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!” Li Jin immediately urged, then took out a token and said, “Brother Qian, take this order and go to Commander Yang of the Imperial Army.”
“Commander Yang?”
“Yang Zhe! He is my cousin’s confidant, and this is the person who usually looks down on me the most. You go to him and ask him to come to Spring Breeze Mansion to have a glimpse of how this lord supports the righteous way!”
……
Jiang Wuyou naturally objected to He Yunxiao going to compete with Chu Fan.
A seventh-ranked person fighting a ninth-ranked person and allowing the ninth-ranked person three moves?
If Chu Fan were to take it seriously, he would be able to knock He Yunxiao down in one move.
But how could He Yunxiao let his kind-hearted sister Jiang ruin his plans, so he had to coax her and say, “Don’t worry, sister, I’m already an eighth-ranked martial artist, so I’ll be able to fight a ninth-ranked Chu Fan for a few moves.”
But Jiang Wuyou still couldn’t rest assured and tugged on He Yunxiao’s sleeve to walk him to the staircase at the foot of the martial arts observatory.
Looking at Sister Jiang, who looked like a little wife, He Yunxiao was helpless in his heart.
He couldn’t say that I had conspired with Chu Xiaoxiao, could he?
So he had to soften the situation and at least have Jiang Wuyou let go of his hand.
“Don’t worry, sister, I’ll be back as soon as I leave.”
Jiang Wuyou didn’t have her usual temperament of reprimanding He Yunxiao, she only said quietly, “If you can’t beat him, admit defeat, if you try to be brave, I won’t forgive you.”
After seeing He Yunxiao down the stairs, Jiang Wuyou said to the martial artist Yahou, who was standing by the stairs, “He Yuanhao’s son is extremely important to me, so even if you expose your strength, you must not let anything happen to him.”
Yahou glanced at He Yunxiao suspiciously and thought to himself, “I’m afraid even He Yuanhao doesn’t want such a bastard son, what use can he use to you?”
However, his excellent education as a secret agent made him not question his superior decision.
Executing his mission perfectly was what he should do.
“The subordinate understands.”
After He Yunxiao descended the stairs, he walked straight towards Chu Fan’s table.
Chu Fan’s place was, originally, isolated, but once he had shown off his martial arts talent, a bunch of people gathered around, each finding topics to try to talk and laugh with Chu Fan.
Naturally, Chu Fan was not a good talker and was slightly introverted and mute, the opposite of He Yunxiao, who suffered from social bullying.
However, Yang Qi and the others were making hard work of finding topics of conversation, which made the whole scene seem happy and harmonious.
He Yunxiao noticed that Chu Xiaoxiao continued to maintain her cute sister persona, sitting quietly next to Chu Fan, her eyes sparkling as she looked at him.
Only He Yunxiao noticed that her right hand was half-retracted into her sleeve, subtly covering the teeth marks.
Looking at Chu Xiaoxiao’s now well-behaved appearance, He Yunxiao silently exclaimed in his heart that the author of “Girl, I just want to cultivate” was awesome!
A good girl in front of people, but a demoness behind people.
Damn it, was this kind of sick and delicate persona, something one could come up with? What exactly has the author been through?
As they watched He Yunxiao walk in, the crowd that had been talking and laughing stopped talking to each other.
Chu Fan stared at He Yunxiao, Chu Xiaoxiao looked at Chu Fan slightly nervously, while He Yunxiao carelessly swept over the people present.
Calling on the original owner’s memories, there were really not many people he could recognize.
The one with slender eyebrows and a hawk’s nose was Yang Qi, a seventh-ranked official. The one shaped like a round ball, with his eyes narrowed into slits, was Shen Kuan, the son of Yin Jingfu’s Yin. The white-clothed gentleman with a folding fan in his hand is Feiyun, the young master of the restaurant Drunken Immortal.
The clean-faced but muscular, strong looking scum was the young leader of the Yinjing Iron Eagle Gang, Tie Weiqi. The last man recognized as a dry, lean man was the King’s disciple, Yan Cong.
These people belonged to Yinjing Juncai, and were not related to Yinjing dudes like He Yunxiao.
At this moment, when they saw He Yunxiao walking over without any scruples, each of them had thoughts in their minds.
They had come here to befriend Chu Fan, the future star of the Great Qi Martial Dao, and naturally, they also had the desire to show off their abilities in front of Chu Fan.
With a ninth grade martial arts cultivation, even if he were to seek an official position now, it would not be too difficult for him to obtain a sixth grade instructor position in the Imperial Army.
A sixth-ranked instructor was not really the turn of these people to be deliberately attentive, but Chu Fan was simply too young. At this age, with this kind of talent, it was almost certain that he would enter the Grandmaster realm.
It would be a very different story if he were to enter the realm of Grandmaster.
If he was at the Grandmaster realm, he could become the Commander of the Great Imperial Palace Guards, in charge of the security of the palace.
Although he was a fourth-ranking official, he was a figurehead for the Emperor, the Princess, the Empress Dowager, and others.
Sometimes a word or two can make a person fall into the abyss or rise to the top.
Such was the power of the vassal.
If he had not chosen the career path, with the strength of the Gradmaster Realm, he would still be able to start a sect or a faction, and if he befriended him today, he would be a powerful force in the future.
Seeing He Yunxiao approaching, Shen Kuan, gritted his teeth and thought of settling the matter for Chu Fan, so he rose and greeted the Marquis with a smile, “Brother He, you must have had some misunderstanding with Chu Fan’s sister during the banquet, how about this, for the sake of my Shen Kuan, let’s have a drink today and forget about the feud.
He Yunxiao frowned, “Who are you?”
Shen Kuan knew that He Yunxiao was arrogant and domineering and was unreasonable, so he had to continue to explain, “I am Shen Kuan and my father, Shen Kaiyun, is the official Yinjing governor.”
He Yunxiao took on his usual domineering attitude, ” Which rank of official are you?”
“Third rank.”
“That’s not familiar. Make way, I’m looking for Chu Fan for something.”
Naturally, Shen Kuan did not want to give way. Normally he did not dare to dislike He Yunxiao. But now, to be on friendly terms with Chu Fan, the star of the future, and with the support of Yang Qi and the others behind him, he decided to be forceful for once.
“Brother He, you were already at fault for being rude to Miss Chu in the first place. Now that Brother Chu doesn’t want to pursue the matter, don’t be unreasonable.”
He Yunxiao laughed out loud.
“You knew I had wronged at that time, why didn’t you stop me at that time? When Chu Fan shows his martial arts cultivation and has a promising future, and now you, Shen Kuan, have known to stand up for Miss Chu?”
He Yunxiao paid no attention to Shen Kuan, pushed him away to come in front of Chu Fan.
Afraid that no one would hear him, he shouted, “Chu Fan, listen carefully. I, He Yunxiao, have come over this time to apologise to Chu Chu, Miss Chu!”
When He Yunxiao said this, there was a sudden freeze in the crowd. Even the two people on the martial arts stage over there, who were in the middle of a match, also stopped and looked over at He Yunxiao.
There was just one question in everyone’s mind.
How can a man be so arrogant when he’s making a fucking apology!
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