The princess is soft!The sick villain is crazy

Chapter 130 Conspiracy
Zhou Rong suddenly raised his eyes: "Who?!"

The only answer to him was the solemn wind.

The long sword was only a few feet away from him, seeing that one strike was not enough, the opponent drew back the long sword, and another strike struck.

Zhou Rong has been reading sage books for so many years, so he has never learned any martial arts.Even if he dodged a few tricks, he was already unable to do what he wanted.

A few large holes were poked out of the paper window, and with a "hiss", the paper on the window was torn off vigorously, and a man with a black cloth mask stood outside the window, with a pair of stern eyes, and another sword stabbed at him.

Once again, Zhou Rong dodged sideways in embarrassment, accidentally kicked the foot of the table, and fell to the ground in pain.He endured the pain and said loudly: "Who are you? Why did you harm me?"

He didn't remember that he had made enemies in Beijing... If he had, it was only Mo Yuxuan's shopkeeper, but he had already been imprisoned for misappropriating other people's property.

The masked man didn't answer, turned over and jumped into the study, the sword scratched Zhou Rong's chin, and fine blood oozes out.

Is that how it is explained here?He is not reconciled, he is not reconciled!
Zhou Rong closed his eyes in despair, wailing in his heart.Can someone come and save him, can...

The cold and heavy sword did not pierce his body as expected, and with a "bang", the masked man fell to the ground.There was silence all around, Zhou Rong opened his eyes a little, and saw the young man in black lowering his eyes, carefully wiping the dagger.

Zhou Rong was almost exhausted, and his voice was hoarse: "Li, Master Li?"

Li Mingji hummed lightly, and slashed the masked man's back shoulder with the dagger, and the cloth fell down, revealing a tattoo on his shoulder.

"A domesticated mortal."

His tone was not surprising.

Guessing that something might happen to Zhou Rong in the next few days, Li Mingji paid more attention and followed him out, and he really found the masked dead man.

But Li Mingji did not rush to make a move, but stood outside the window and waited patiently.Only when Zhou Rong was on the verge of life and death, did he deal with the dead.

Once a person walks through the gate of hell, he knows that no matter what family and country feelings, no kind of scholarly spirit, are not as important as his own life.Fame and dignity are things outside the body, and survival is the only way to survive.

No one understands this truth better than Li Mingji.

In his previous life, he was tamed by Xiao Sui into a loyal dog in this way, and he was resurrected from the dead, pouring paranoid feelings towards Shu Yao.

Carefully playing with the dagger in his hand, it reflected Zhou Rong's pale face, "Why?"

"Your existence has touched the interests of some people." Li Mingji's tone remained unchanged, almost indifferent, "So, someone wants you to die."

Sudden additional tests, unexpected rankings, and inexplicable murderers who wanted to murder him...

This Vanity Fair has long been corroded by moths, and is full of dark mud.And once he stepped here, he would also be swallowed by the swamp.

Zhou Rong is so smart, how could he not understand what Li Mingji meant?By this point, he already understood everything.

"My test paper," he said hoarsely, "was it taken away by someone?"

Li Mingji raised his eyebrows inexplicably, "Who knows, the possibility of being replaced by an impostor is not ruled out."

yes.At that time in the examination room, faced with the questions of the additional examination, the children of the officials around were unable to write.Only he answered calmly and completed the examination paper in the shortest possible time.Their minds are not on the topic at all, so will they fail to notice him?

Imperial examination, oh, imperial examination...

Zhou Rong leaned against the wall, as if drained of strength, his eyes were full of depression and confusion.

Li Mingji glanced at the bundles scattered on the ground, "Want to leave the capital? I can arrange carriages and horses to take you to the south of the Yangtze River."

Zhou Rong came back to pack his things.

But he looked around for a week, only to realize that he had nothing to take away, nothing more than a pen, a few books, a few rags and clothes, everything he could learn and memorize had already been left in his heart.

What is the use of being full of economics?It's not about bowing to power.

A burst of strong unwillingness welled up in Zhou Rong's mind.

Looking at the masked corpse on the ground, Zhou Rong lifted his robe and knelt down in front of Li Mingji.

"Zhou Rong, please help me!"

"Adult" is a polite title, but "Lang Jun" is a respectful title for the following.Zhou Rong gritted his teeth and paused every word: "Your Majesty intends to reform the imperial examinations and bureaucracy since he added the test. Zhou is not willing to stop here, unwilling to leave the capital without achieving anything, and begs you to help me!"

The young man looked down at him, his handsome face was neither sad nor happy, his expression was like a god who ruled over everything, or an evil ghost reborn from the ashes.

"You should have some guesses about my identity. So, do you also ask me?"

Zhou Rong thought of those years when he studied hard in the poor window, and those resounding vows in school and in front of his mother's hospital bed.If the ideal he pursues is like this, he will regret it for the rest of his life. Is he really willing?
He asked back: "Your Majesty is dormant in the court, what is your plan?"

At first, Zhou Rong thought that Li Mingji sneaked into the Yong Dynasty to restore the country.But now he found that he didn't care about these things. The bureaucracy of the Yong Dynasty was already very corrupt, and Emperor Yong trusted him very much. He had countless opportunities to stir up trouble, but he didn't do it.

Even, the things he did seem to be helping Emperor Yong to get things on the right track.

What is he trying to figure out?
Li Mingji's eyes were indifferent, and he didn't answer his question.

However, Zhou Rong calmed down: "When the former dynasty fell, eunuchs monopolized power, the two parties fought, and countless exorbitant taxes bound thousands of people to the land. It took ten years of painstaking efforts to exchange for a peaceful and prosperous world. If the courtiers can't keep the Taizu's country, who will take the throne, and what difference does it make?"

These words can already be regarded as treasonous, if someone with a heart heard it, ten nine clans would not be enough for Zhou Rong to punish, so he had obviously already given up.

Li Mingji finally laughed out loud.

"Mr Zhou Lang is too worried, I don't have such lofty ambitions."

He just wanted to use the cruelest and most painful way to destroy Xiao Sui's business for many years, so that he could taste the futility.

"Mr. Zhou, please get up."

There is no clear answer, but Zhou Rong has already grasped his meaning.

He bowed deeply: "Zhou Rong sees the lord!"

……

In the imperial study room, Emperor Yong is still studying this policy article.

A closer look reveals that this policy article also has many shortcomings.Most of the candidates' examples are taken from ancient books, and they lack practical experience in participating in politics, so they obviously have little contact with them in daily life.But he knows how to start from the actual situation of the people, although simple, but very real.

It is very extraordinary for a scholar in his twenties to have such a vision.I don't know what it will be like to be an official in the future.He will have a good talk with this candidate when he waits for the palace exam tomorrow.

"Your Majesty, Princess Huaxi and Princess Jiayi are asking to see you."

"Your Majesty, Li Mingji is begging to see you."

The two voices sounded almost at the same time, Emperor Yong raised his eyebrows in surprise, when was it so lively around him?

(End of this chapter)