Xiao Jingyao looked down at Wang Wufeng, and Wang Wufeng was trembling slightly. He knew that what Wang Xiao did must have been witnessed by Xiao Jingyao, but now he didn't know what Xiao Jingyao's attitude was.
In a word, give up your official position?
Or should he be summoned to Kyoto for a thorough investigation by the Inspectorate?
Wang Wufeng was despairing, thinking that his official career was over. At this moment, Wang Wufeng looked at the miserable Wang Xiao, with anger in his heart.
This cheating son deserves to die!
"Get up." Xiao Jingyao said, "Mr. Wang, this matter has been in my eyes from beginning to end. Right and wrong are all matters of public opinion. Your son is arrogant and domineering, and extremely naughty, but he has also learned a lesson. You take him with you. Go back and discipline him well. If he does it again, he will be killed without mercy."
"Take your people away and get out!"
Wang Wufeng couldn't believe his ears. He had long been prepared to be dismissed on the spot. But Xiao Jingyao brushed off the matter lightly.
Wang Wufeng, who was able to get into the position of the governor of a county, is not a shrewd person. He has been in the officialdom for many years, and he also knows a lot about the thoughts of these big shots. But I was the only one who couldn't guess what the Crown Prince was thinking.
"Your Highness, I'd like to leave you." Wang Wufeng reacted immediately and asked someone to lift Wang Xiao and leave quickly.
At this time, you must not touch Xiao Jingyao's brows, and leave as soon as possible.
Xiao Jamyao turned around and went upstairs, not caring about the next person.
I know the prince Mo Ruowan'er.
Wan'er walked up to Yu Zhi and said, "Mr. Yu, Your Highness, please go upstairs and have a chat."
Yu Zhi looked at Li Wantong and then at the people in Cangshan, feeling uneasy.
Wan'er glanced at Cang Shui, who had not yet left, and said lightly: "Young Master Yu, don't worry. I'm here to accompany Sister Li. I hope some people don't be ungrateful."
The sound was neither light nor heavy, just enough to reach Cang Shui's ears.
Cang Shui looked at the corpses of his two disciples, feeling sad in his heart. He never expected that the woman in green would be so ruthless.
Yu Zhi also looked at the woman in green. If she hadn't helped him, he might have been in an even more difficult situation.
"Thank you."
"Just a thank you? Cheapskate?"
"I don't have anything valuable on me. It's even more difficult to promise me my life." Yu Zhi pointed at Li Wantong and said, "Look, I already have an owner."
"Bah, Yu Zhi, you are still as shameless as ever."
"Do you know me?" Yu Zhi asked doubtfully. He thought about it carefully and realized that he didn't seem to recognize the girl in front of him. Strictly speaking, before Yu Zhi left Wenwen Academy and walked down Tiandao Mountain, he only knew Qiu Ruoruo.
The woman in green smiled and said, "Let's go."
Immediately, only Yu Zhi was left with a handsome back.
Yu Zhi looked at the woman in green and thought about it carefully, but still had no impression.
The storm was over, Yu Zhi sighed and clenched his fists. I am still too weak. If I had the cultivation level of my uncle, I wonder who would dare to bully my Tong'er. There was also the sneak attack from behind by the Cangshan disciples.
Yu Zhi looked at Qi Zhengchu and Cang Shui who were still alive, and his expression became even colder.
Coincidentally, Cang Shui also looked at Yu Zhi, and their eyes met in mid-air. Cang Shui's threat is full of meaning. He is the third elder of Cangshan, and his status is so high that he is threatening. It is really embarrassing. He would not kill Yu Zhi in public. After all, Yu Zhi was a courtier of Chu.
The ninth-grade sesame official is also an official. If Yu Zhi is killed today, tomorrow the Chu cavalry will set foot on Cangshan Mountain.
The bloodbath of twenty years ago is still vivid in our minds. Under the iron cavalry, all the northern sects bowed their heads.
But so what?
Cangshan today is no longer what it was twenty years ago.
Cang Shui withdrew his gaze, he was just a ninth-grade secretary of the Inspectorate, and the beasts in the northern mountains could eat more.
...
When Yu Zhi walked up to the second floor, Xiao Jingyao was already waiting by the window.
Xiao Jingyao looked at the gray clouds above Tianshui City. Is this the sky in Beiliang Mansion? But this day is too muddy.
Under this sky, it was really hard for Jamel Xiao to be in a good mood. Not only this oppressive sky, but also what happened in Tianshui Tower just now. read more, walk more. The ancients never deceived me.
Xiao Jingyao stretched out his hand toward the sky, as if he could touch the clouds and see the sun through them.
"I have met His Royal Highness," Yu Zhi said respectfully. Since the other party has revealed his or her identity, the proper etiquette must still be observed.
Xiao Jingyao turned around and said with a smile: "Brother Yu, you have known my identity for a long time. Why are you so polite?"
Yu Zhi straightened up, smiled calmly, and said, "Your Highness misunderstood. I didn't know His Highness's identity until today."
Let me admit it? What if you punish me for disrespecting the prince later? As for those who don’t know, it’s not a crime. Yu Zhi doesn’t believe it at all. Yu Zhi never mind speculating others with the greatest malice.
Although this person is His Royal Highness Prince Xiao Jingyao.
Xiao Jingyao's heart was like a mirror, and he said nonchalantly: "Since, Brother Yu now knows my identity. But from now on, you and I don't have to be cautious."
"Seriously?" Yu Zhi asked tentatively. The closeness and distance brought about by status cannot be eliminated by saying "no need to be formal".
Xiao Jingyao thought to himself: Brother Yu is really cautious.
"really."
Immediately, Yu Zhi sat down on the chair and poured himself a cup of tea calmly, looking really carefree.
Yu Zhi is a casual person who respects his teachers but also disdains vulgar etiquette. Therefore, most of the time he was unwilling to enter the imperial city.
Xiao Jingyao laughed dumbly when he saw it. He also sat opposite Yu Zhi and continued: "Brother Yu is an interesting person. He is a little different from the rumors in Kyoto."
Xiao Jamyao never believed those rumors. However, the rumors about Yu Zhi are more real. "The shame of asking": After six years of studying, he was not allowed to take the exam for four consecutive years. What boy would be willing to bear such infamy?
"The rumors your Highness heard are all true." Yu Zhi said, "I admit all the shame of asking. Your Highness had better stay away from me. If I tarnish His Highness's reputation, Your Highness will not be able to find a wife." Don’t rely on me.”
Xiao Jingyao smiled again. During the ten days' journey north, he really didn't have such a free chat with Yu Zhi.
"Brother Yu, does he owe me another favor?"
Yu Zhi stared at Xiao Jingyao with a wary look on his face, what do you want to do? The dignified prince still wants to take advantage of me?
Seeing Yu Zhi's appearance, Xiao Jingyao felt helpless and said with a wry smile: "Don't be nervous..."
"Your Highness, what you said is wrong. Just now, Your Highness saw injustice and upheld justice for the people of Chu. How can you say that you are selling me a favor?" Yu Zhi said matter-of-factly. He drank tea silently, with a myriad of thoughts in his mind, already thinking about the situation in the Imperial City of Kyoto, thousands of miles away.
The granddaughter of Prime Minister Li's family is going to marry the prince, and the third prince Xiao Jingyu is pressing hard for the prince's position. He is eyeing the prince's position, thinking that sooner or later he will take over the East Palace.
The situation is treacherous and turbulent, and getting involved with these two royal nobles will not end well.
You can't wade in this muddy water.
Xiao Jingyao showed the generosity that people in high positions should not have. "Brother Yu, can you and I be considered friends?"
Yu Zhi looked at Xiao Jingyao. He knew that this question was difficult to answer and he didn't know how to answer it. What does he mean?
Yu Zhi couldn't figure it out, but Xiao Jingyao drank tea unhurriedly, waiting for Yu Zhi's answer.
The wind and clouds outside the window changed, and suddenly there was heavy snowfall. On the distant mountain tops, the snow never melts all year round. Only in the north can there be such a scenery of eternal snow.
Yu Zhi looked at the snowy top, and after a long time, he finally said: "Yu Zhi is very grateful to go north with His Highness. Your Highness is willing to be friends with me, and I have no reason to refuse. It's just that I am weak and weak, so I'm afraid I won't be able to do anything. Your Highness is of no help.”
Xiao Jingyao likes Yu Zhi's temperament more and more. He is deep-minded yet magnanimous in his heart. He is cautious yet alert. He seems to have nothing to worry about, but he is careful at every step.
"Yu Zhi, you are too cautious." Xiao Jingyao said.
Yu Zhi also replied: "There are many people who want to kill me, so I have to be careful. Everyone knows that the situation in the Chu court is treacherous. Most of the civil servants are with Prime Minister Li, and most of the military generals are under the command of the King of Chu. The third prince, that is, Your Highness’s younger brother wishes that His Highness’s bones were buried in the snow-capped mountains in the north.”
"Beiliang Mansion is far away from Kyoto, but the storm of the Chu Dynasty is all about His Highness. In other words, wherever Your Highness is, there is the center of the storm."
Yu Zhi spoke very thoroughly, in a few words, concisely and comprehensively.
It was also the first time for Xiao Jingyao to hear such an analysis. Everyone knew the situation in the court, but no one dared to speak out clearly in front of the prince.
"However, His Highness is protected by a great cultivator like Mr. Lei, which is enough to prevent most dangers." Yu Zhi said again.
"Brother Yu, Miss Li should be impatient." Xiao Jingyao said.
Yu Zhi rolled his eyes and said, "Your Highness, I will take the first step. I wish Your Highness a smooth trip."
After Yu Zhi left, Xiao Jingyao sat in a chair and stared blankly, then shook his head and smiled.
Yu Zhi, Yu Zhi, countless people want to make friends with me, but you are afraid of them like a tiger and can't avoid them.
Yan Zimu stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, I know that this person really doesn't know how to commend himself."
Jamel Xiao smiled, but disagreed. "He is a smart man, smarter than those old foxes in Kyoto. It's just that he has no intention of pursuing an official career. Since he has nothing to seek, there is no need to force a smile with me."
"Perhaps the only thing he cares about is Miss Li downstairs."
Yan Zimu continued: "Your Highness, is Yu Zhi waiting for a price?"
Xiao Jingyao shook his head, walked to the window, and looked at the retreating figure of the young man on the street. "I have said before that he had a grudge with Xiang Jinghao, the crown prince of the King of Chu in Kyoto. According to Xiang Jinghao's over-the-top temperament, he will definitely not shake hands with Yu Zhi. In this case, Yu Zhi can no longer help The possibility of the third prince."
"Awaiting price? Haha, with Brother Yu's temperament, he won't be such a person. Maybe he really doesn't want to get involved in this turmoil."
