Just as he finished speaking, he was slapped on the head. The elder angrily scolded him, "You little bastard, what's the point of pretending to be a corpse? He is the living Tian Yongfu."
"Then why is he here?"
"Huh, why are you here? I think he went up the mountain to become a bandit and doesn't care about our village's identity anymore. Arrest him and wait for Master Ma to come. Let him talk to Master Ma himself."
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By the time Yan Cheng learned what had happened at night, all the villagers in Xiaolin Village who had colluded with the bandits had been captured.
In such a small village, more than a dozen villagers colluded with bandits.
This is just one village. The situation in other villages is probably not much different. The scope of the collusion between the civilians and the bandits is really large.
Although Yan Cheng had anticipated this, he did not expect Huixian to have been infiltrated by bandits to this extent. No wonder his attempts to suppress the bandits were unsuccessful.
"My dear nephew is here. Now that the traitor has been eliminated, we will be busy now."
The more Ma Zikun looked at Yan Cheng, the more he liked him. At such a young age, he could already strategize and connect things together, and easily uncover the internal crisis of Lu Yang. It was a pity that Yan Cheng was not his child.
Brother Yan is really good at raising children.
Seeing the tall and handsome guard behind Yan Cheng, Ma Zikun thought of another person Yan Guangyi had mentioned in the letter: "By the way, is my nephew's brother taking part in the provincial examination this year?"
"Yes, my brother is now in his ancestral home preparing for the provincial examination in the autumn."
"How did your brother do on the exam?"
"My brother is the third highest-ranking scholar in Wuding Prefecture."
Ma Zikun envied Yan Guangyi so much that his eyes turned red.
Brother Yan has three sons in total. The eldest one won the third place in the imperial examination, the younger one is extremely intelligent, and I heard that the youngest one is also smart and cute.
There will be successors after Yan.
Look at him again. He now holds the position of Left Censor-in-Chief. When he returns from Shanyin, he will be promoted to Deputy Censor-in-Chief. His official position is almost the same as Brother Yan's.
Although he has many sons, seven in total including legitimate and illegitimate sons, their quality may not be comparable to that of Brother Yan.
The eldest son has already married and had children, but he has just passed the imperial examination and may be able to make the same list as Brother Yan's eldest son next year.
Of course, it is also possible that his son will fail the exam next year, while Brother Yan’s eldest son will be on the list.
The other children were not as talented as Brother Yan's eldest son in the imperial examinations. The one with the best performance barely passed the examination at the age of twenty and ranked last on the list.
The contrast is tragic.
It makes me sad just thinking about it.
Ma Zikun looked at his adopted nephew who was so handsome at a young age, and then thought about the strategies he had come up with. He immediately decided to spur his good sons, whose eyes were full of clarity and innocence, when he returned.
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