In Liangjiang County, within the Confucian Academy.
A Grand Confucian looked at the many chaotic students, angrily shouting, "What is there to be proud of? Have you all understood the sag...
Chapter 115 Slapping Ren Xueliang
As Ren Xueliang finished speaking.
Zeng Anmin's heart sank suddenly.
He suddenly looked up at Ren Xueliang.
Sure enough, I saw Ren Xueliang with his head down, and a fleeting smile on the corner of his mouth.
Oh shit!
It's not directed at me!
Is this grandson coming for the little fat guy? ! !
After Ren Xueliang said this.
The surrounding environment suddenly became quiet.
Everyone's mouth opened wide.
Countless eyes fell on the little fat prince.
A gloomy look flashed in the eyes of the chubby prince Wang Yuanzhen.
Obviously, he didn't expect Ren Xueliang to reveal his identity in front of everyone.
And there was no sign!
Watching Ren Xueliang's extremely realistic acting.
The prince gritted his teeth.
With his words, I could no longer stay in the Imperial College!
His thoughts turned very quickly, and he looked at Ren Xueliang coldly:
"Who asked you to come?!"
Ren Xueliang raised his head blankly, then looked towards Zeng Anmin and said:
"I just heard that Zeng Anmin, who won the championship today, is here, and I wanted to invite him to have a simple meal. No one asked me to come..."
The prince looked at Zeng Anmin and his brows moved slightly.
There was calmness in his eyes.
Since his identity has been exposed, he simply stopped pretending.
His chest was puffed out and his face was expressionless.
An image of awe-inspiring presence comes to life on the paper.
Zeng Anmin looked at him and received the signal from the fat prince.
have to.
It looked like that, but the look he gave me said it all.
He took a slow breath.
He walked over the prince.
Slowly came in front of Ren Xueliang.
Ren Xueliang was still confused, and his body was still in a posture of saluting towards the prince.
He didn't know why Zeng Anmin came out at this time.
“Bang!!!”
The next moment.
Zeng Anmin's hand had already fallen on his face.
Zeng Anmin did not use any martial arts energy in this slap.
But he used the power array that Sai Chuxue had carved on his body.
"Bang!!!"
Ren Xueliang didn't even have any thoughts in his mind before he was slapped unconscious.
Without a word, he lay on the ground.
“Young Master!!!”
When the three strong men saw this scene, their faces changed drastically.
Subconsciously, he was about to pounce on Zeng Anmin.
"If the three of you dare to move, his life will be in danger."
The prince walked slowly, protecting Zeng Anmin behind him.
He narrowed his eyes and stared at the three strong men.
"this……"
The three strong men stopped instantly.
“Kneel down!”
The prince suddenly shouted at the three strong men: "You are not polite when you see me?"
There was a roar in the sound.
That is the power that comes from living in the royal family for a long time!
"Puff!"
No one expected it.
The first person to kneel on the ground was Liu Xian, who had just been slapped by Ren Xueliang.
Liu Xian's face was extremely dull at this moment. He didn't even dare to look at the prince and just knelt on the ground.
There is only one thought in his mind now.
Oh my god!
He is the prince? ?
Then I argued with him a few days ago?
I don't think I called him Fatty, did I? Oops, I forgot whether I did or not...
"Puff!!"
Following Liu Xian, he knelt on the ground.
The students around were also stunned for a moment.
They had no doubt what the fat man meant.
They just knelt down...
The three strong men were sweating profusely at this time, and they knelt on the ground without thinking.
Zeng Anmin did not hesitate at all.
He walked up to the three strong men with an expressionless face.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
A slap on each person.
Very even.
A bowl of water is held very evenly.
on site.
Only three people did not kneel.
One is the prince himself.
The second is Zeng Anmin.
The third is Qin Wanyue.
At this time, Qin Wanyue had opened her mouth wide.
She looked at the chubby prince with extremely confused eyes.
Countless words flashed through my mind at once...
"It's just that the prince is too weak in character."
"I hope he can wake himself up through this illusion."
"If you say so, then the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace is not good at judging people. How could he be classmates with a villain like Wang Qianzhi... Alas."
"The future of our Great Holy Dynasty... is truly worrying."
…
She said all these words in front of the prince...
Her face was a little flushed at this time.
It's the embarrassment of saying bad things about someone in front of them and being overheard.
this……
The prince didn't care about it at all.
There was only regret in his eyes.
He looked at Zeng Anmin and sighed softly: "Quan Fu..."
"I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to accompany you in the future."
It's obvious.
After Ren Xueliang appeared today, he will no longer be able to come to the Imperial College.
Zeng Anmin looked around and then lowered his voice and said:
"After returning to the palace, if anyone asks, just say you're here to study at the Imperial College. Don't mention any connection to me."
Zeng Anmin didn't say much to the chubby prince.
He suspected that this was an act instigated by the eldest princess and Ren Weizhi.
This is not difficult to see from Ren Xueliang's identity.
Their purpose is also simple.
"Return the favor" to yourself, or in other words, to respect your father.
Dad sent the green viper to the eldest princess.
It's a warning.
The meaning of Ren Xueliang exposing the prince's identity in public is very simple.
Whether you mean it or not.
I can throw mud at you for forming a clique with the prince.
It is also a warning.
"Um."
The prince just sighed, then glanced at Ren Xueliang who was lying unconscious on the ground, and said to the three servants with an expressionless face:
"roll."
The three servants stood up quickly as if they had been pardoned and carried the unconscious Ren Xueliang outside.
"I came to the Imperial College with no intention of disturbing you. I came here solely to study."
The prince's voice sounded calmly in everyone's ears.
"To avoid future inconvenience, let's end it today."
After saying that, he gave Zeng Anmin a reluctant look.
Then he turned around and walked outside.
"Farewell, His Royal Highness."
Zeng Anmin respectfully saluted the fat prince from behind.
…
After the prince left.
The Imperial College was now filled with silence.
Liu Xian then dared to stand up tremblingly and walked to Zeng Anmin. His voice was trembling:
"Quan...Quan Fu brother...Wang Zhi is actually......"
Obviously, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak clearly.
Zeng Anmin was too lazy to explain so much to him.
Just glanced at him and nodded:
“You performed well today.”
It was obvious that when Ren Xueliang was about to take him away, Liu Xian appeared to protect him.
"hey-hey."
Liu Xianhan smiled and scratched the back of his head.
"Brother Quan Fu."
Qin Wanyue only walked up to Zeng Anmin at this time, and she looked at Zeng Anmin's hand with some heartache in her eyes.
Pursing his lips, he said worriedly:
"Is your hand okay?"
Zeng Anmin's mouth twitched.
I was the one who hit him.
What can I do?
He smiled reassuringly and said, "It's okay."
"Those three rough guys look tough and thick-skinned... and you haven't learned any martial arts..."
Qin Wanyue still couldn't help but worry.
Well……
Zeng Anmin didn't know what to say.
He waved his hands at everyone and said:
"Everyone, go away! Go study hard!"
Having said that, he took Qin Wanyue and Liu Xian towards the school.
…………
After school.
Zeng Anmin walked out of the Imperial College with a very calm expression.
He now had only one thought in his mind.
We can't delay any longer.
The first thing to do right now.
That is to collect all the evidence of the crimes of the eldest princess and the Minister of Revenue Ren Weizhi.
But before that, I have to go back home and have a good discussion with my father about what specific actions to take.
…
"Master is back?"
As soon as he walked into the yard, he saw Qi Bo practicing martial arts with Dachun.
"Well, where's my dad?"
Zeng Anmin nodded calmly and then asked Qi Bo.
"The master is in the study."
Qi Bo looked respectful.
"Um."
Zeng Anmin took a deep breath and walked towards the study.
I came to the door of the study in my father's yard.
Zeng Anmin knocked on the door gently: "Dang, dang, dang."
"who?"
Zeng Shilin's slightly tired voice sounded.
"It's me, Dad. I have something to talk to you about."
Zeng Anmin pushed the door open directly. He looked over and saw his father sitting at the desk with a roll of documents in his hand.
"What is it?"
When Dad saw Zeng Anmin come in, he frowned slightly.
"Why are you so gloomy? Are you under a lot of pressure at court?"
Zeng Anmin rarely saw fatigue between his father's brows.
He sat opposite his father curiously, with concern and inquiry in his eyes.
Dad just glanced at him lightly and didn't say anything:
"Just tell me if you have something to say."
Well.
Zeng Anmin has also gotten used to it.
He smiled nonchalantly, his eyes slowly searching his father's desk for a while.
When his eyes came into contact with the pair of extremely conspicuous red jade cups on the table, his eyes lit up slightly.
"Huh? When did this kind of fun come about?"
He simply reached out and took one of the small cups in his hand and played with it.
The small blood-red jade cup in his hand showed his nobility.
"The Chicken Blood Jade Cup?"
Zeng Anmin murmured after playing with it for a while.
This kind of chicken blood jade is extremely precious.
Although Shangshu Di is not short of money, this kind of thing is hard to come by.
"If you come here to steal something, take it and don't bother me here."
Dad's mouth twitched.
Every time my eldest son comes to the study, there is always something missing on the table.
"Who gave it to you?"
Zeng Anmin raised his head, frowning slightly:
"This kind of ill-gotten gains..."
As he spoke, he took another chicken blood jade cup in his hand.
…
Dad didn't say much, just answered softly:
"The eldest princess's return gift."
?
Zeng Anmin looked up suddenly.
The eldest princess’s return gift?
Return gift?
"No...the time you gave him snake soup?"
Zeng Anmin blinked.
He began to doubt his ears.
A serious look flashed across Dad's eyes, and he nodded slowly.
"After I gave her the snake soup that day, she sent someone to return the favor."
As he spoke, the old man frowned deeply and picked up a piece of cloth from the other side of the table and handed it to him:
"She treats her father as someone she can do whatever she wants."
"Well……"
Zeng Anmin took the piece of cloth.
Blinked and looked.
There was only one sentence on the cloth.
[Thank you for your consideration, Master Ren. I hope you will accept this small gift.]
Just a few simple words, and an extremely subtle feeling came over me.
This kind of handwriting is standard woman's handwriting.
However, after seeing the cloth, Zeng Anmin looked up instantly, with a serious look in his eyes.
I just happened to meet my father's gaze.
Neither of them spoke.
After a long time, a hint of admiration flashed in the old man's eyes. He looked at Zeng Anmin and asked:
"You felt it too?"
Zeng Anmin said solemnly, "The relationship between the Princess and Ren Weizhi... seems to be just average!"
Although this sentence is short, it contains a great message.
First of all, the eldest princess is a member of the royal family.
If she had worked with Ren Weizhi for a long time, her tone would never be so polite.
Of course, the eldest princess's vigilance is not ruled out.
"Um."
Dad nodded slowly, then looked out the window, his voice tinged with sadness:
"Furthermore, if this line of words was truly written by the Princess herself... then do you recall the handwriting on the secret letter you gave me?"
After Zeng Anmin was reminded.
His pupils trembled violently.
The secret letters found in Prince Qi’s mansion instantly appeared in my mind!
The handwriting on those secret letters was completely opposite to the handwriting on the previous piece of cloth!!
Although they are all women's handwriting.
But as a Confucian and Taoist, Zeng Anmin could still tell whether the handwriting was from the same person!
"However, we cannot rule out the eldest princess' suspicion based on this piece of cloth!"
Zeng Anmin pursed his lips, his voice serious:
"Furthermore, this piece of cloth could have been made by one of the princess's maids?"
"Um."
The old man did not refute, but slowly raised his head and looked towards Zeng Anmin, with a hint of seriousness in his voice:
"Do you know why I didn't immediately jump to conclusions when Lou Yingqi said the princess was colluding with Ren Weizhi, and when you told your father that the letter might have belonged to the princess?"
"And yet you say these letters alone are not enough to bring down the Princess?"
Zeng Anmin frowned and looked at his father.
He didn't say anything, but waited patiently for his father to speak.
Zeng Shilin didn't keep the secret, but looked deeply at Zeng Anmin, with a hint of depth in his tone:
“I don’t know about the drought in the north a year ago.”
"But two years ago, when the Jiangnan flood hit, my father was in office in Fengqi Road. It was thanks to the relief funds from the imperial court and the financial support from the Liangyou Chamber of Commerce that we were able to repair and rebuild the dam and survive the disaster."
"I don't know how Lou Yingqi got the evidence that the Princess, Ren Weizhi, and Prince Qi were colluding to embezzle the imperial funds."
“But, that flood was something my father experienced personally!”
"Some of the losses incurred by the imperial court in disaster relief efforts were even covered privately by the Good Friend Chamber of Commerce."
…
As dad finished speaking.
The whole house became quiet.
Zeng Anmin frowned deeply.
As Dad said everything.
Countless ideas and storms were brewing in his mind.
These ideas are intertwined in an extremely complex way.
It made his thoughts a little confused.
"So, the person who colluded with Ren Weizhi and King Qi... might not be the eldest princess?"
"In that case, the people who killed Prince Qi's family on Xiliu Road that day... were not the Princess's men..."
A new line slowly emerged in Zeng Anmin's mind.
The path this line ultimately leads to is unclear.
but……
His eyes slowly looked at his father:
"Did Ren Weizhi put pressure on you in the court?!"
(End of this chapter)