Zhao Lin's face darkened, and he suppressed his anger and asked, "What do you mean, Academician?"

"You don't understand this?" Ji Zhengqi said disdainfully, "You're disqualified from admission."

"What?" Sudi, who was standing beside him, was shocked and asked quickly, "Why did you cancel Brother Zhao's qualification?"

"Of course he has a bad character and is vicious and cruel." Ji Zhengqi said.

"That's too much!" Sudi said angrily. "To say that about him based on just one story, isn't that too much?"

"This is Minister Fu's conclusion. How dare you say that?" Ji Zhengqi sneered. "Now everyone knows Minister Fu's evaluation of Zhao Lin. Who would dare to accept him if he could come up with such a sinister plan? To tell you the truth, it's useless to keep him. He will be ostracized by others. It's better for him to study at home. At least he won't be affected. This is for your own good."

"Bullshit!" Sudi argued, stiffening his neck. "You're not accepting them and you're saying it's for their own good. How can you be a school administrator like that?"

Ji Zhengqi's face darkened. "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll fire you too."

"Expulsion is expulsion." Su Di sneered, "In the end, it's just a way to curry favor with Minister Fu. I don't care about such a county school."

"presumptuous!"

Ji Zhengqi was furious: "Let him go out and see which county school would dare to hire him."

Sudi wanted to argue, but Zhao Lin stopped him and said, "Brother Su, don't argue with him. It's pointless. Let's go."

Sudi quickly chased after him and asked, "Are you not going to school anymore?"

Zhao Lin said as he walked, "He dares not take the laws of the Great Qi Dynasty seriously. Either he is trying to please Minister Fu, or someone is instructing him. I can't argue with him."

Sudi nodded and asked, "But what do you do now?"

Zhao Lin said: "Just find a teacher."

Going to a county school is actually similar to finding a teacher yourself, except that one is free and the other costs money.

Sudi said, "Why bother with this? Go and make a scene. I don't believe they will refuse to let you in."

"It's meaningless," Zhao Lin said. "Don't waste your limited energy on useless things. Even if you go to the county school, they will still find other ways to cause trouble. It's better to study at home in peace."

"Brother Zhao is indeed a man of talent. What he said really makes sense." Su Di's eyes lit up and he said, "Then I won't go either. How about I go to your place and study with you? Of course, I'll pay for the teacher's visit."

"That won't do." Zhao Lin said quickly, "Brother Su, if you want to study with me, of course you're welcome, but you don't have to pay."

Sudi was willing to show goodwill, and Zhao Lin didn't refuse. After all, he didn't need the money now.

Su Di waved his hand and said, "Brother Zhao, you don't have to be polite. I'm not short of money."

Sudi casually tore up the enrollment certificate Ji Zhengqi had just given him and said, "Let's go find the teacher."

Zhao Lin shook his head. He didn't expect that Sudi was more anxious than himself.

After seeing Zhao Lin and the other man leave, Ji Zhengqi hurried to a room behind the Educational Affairs Office and said to the person inside, "Sir, Zhao Lin is gone."

"Yeah." The person inside nodded and said, "If someone asks, do you know how to answer?"

Ji Zhengqi said, "They said that Minister Fu judged his character to be bad, so he was not allowed to enter the school."

The person inside nodded and said, "That's right. Remember, from now on, no matter who asks, answer like this. Even if Minister Fu is dissatisfied, he won't blame you. If you mention me, you will be derelict of duty."

Ji Zhengqi quickly said, "Yes, yes, sir, don't worry, I know what to do."

"Very good. Don't worry, if this matter is handled well, I will speak a few words for you to my brother." said the person inside.

Ji Zhengqi was overjoyed and kept saying, "Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir."

The person inside came out amid Ji Zhengqi's thanks, and it turned out to be Bai Shicheng.

"Humph, Zhao Lin dared to humiliate me, so I will make you a scholar for life. With my Bai family here, even without Minister Fu's evaluation, you can forget about passing the imperial examination. What's more, now that you have Minister Fu's evaluation, it will be even easier to take action."

Bai Shicheng sneered: "As long as I slowly sow discord, there will be no reconciliation between you and Minister Fu, and even less with Miss Fu. Qing'er, she is mine."

Ji Zhengqi stood aside, pretending not to hear these words, secretly despising them in his heart. After all, they came from a scholarly family, with his grandfather, father and elder brother all serving as officials in the court, yet they couldn't defeat an orphan and had to resort to despicable little tricks. How could they be so proud?

…

At Sudi's strong request, he took the responsibility of finding the gentleman.

Zhao Lin had nothing to do, so he just practiced martial arts at home.

When Su Di came over excitedly, he saw Zhao Lin with his upper body naked, revealing his already muscular body, working as a wooden dummy.

"Brother Zhao is really capable." Sudi stared at Zhao Lin's chest muscles without blinking, and said, "No wonder he can lift a mad horse in one go."

Zhao Lin smiled slightly and said, "I see that Brother Su has a very stable lower body and seems to have practiced martial arts before. Why don't we practice with each other?"

Sudi was eager to try: "Okay. But you can't use too much force."

Zhao Lin said, "Brother Su, please."

"Brother Zhao, please."

Sudi took off his coat, revealing the green undershirt underneath. He rolled up his sleeves, took a stance, and confronted Zhao Lin.

Zhao Lin is now 1.78 meters tall, less than 1.80 meters, but Sudi is even shorter than him, only a little over 1.7 meters.

Zhao Lin's predecessor had practiced Bajiquan for more than ten years and spent millions to learn the authentic and genuine skills. When he was abroad, he had actually fought with and killed people.

Although he had changed his body, his consciousness was still there. He confronted Sudi for a few seconds, then suddenly shouted loudly, rushed straight to the center, and raised his hand to punch to clear the way.

Sudi's face was serious. When Zhao Lin punched him, he gently stretched out his hand to block it. When their arms met, Sudi's face suddenly changed slightly.

He didn't expect Zhao Lin to be so strong that he couldn't break free immediately.

Su Di quickly turned around to avoid Zhao Lin's punch, and took the opportunity to kick Zhao Lin between his legs. Zhao Lin laughed and said, "Brother Su is too naughty. This won't work."

Zhao Lin clamped his legs together to block Sudi's kick, and at the same time changed his fist into a palm and slashed diagonally towards Sudi's neck.

Sudi raised his right arm to block, and his right hand moved down to Zhao Lin's wrist, ready to grab his wrist.

Zhao Lin did not let go. Instead, he took advantage of the situation to hold Sudi's right hand, took a left step, and swung his left arm to hit Sudi's face.

From the initial Pao Quan, it smoothly turned into the Yama Three-Point Hand, all in one go, without any hesitation in between, which shows Zhao Lin's attainments in Bajiquan.

Sudi secretly praised Zhao Lin's move when he saw it, but he was not afraid. He hooked Zhao Lin's right hand and took a step back, just avoiding Zhao Lin's left hand. Then he took a left step and grabbed Zhao Lin's right wrist with both hands, trying to break it.