As a new official, Jing Zhe was quite satisfied with his first move, thanks to Wu Pin's special performance, which would have been much better otherwise.
So she turned to look at him: "What, aren't you going to leave?"
Why should I leave?
Even if Wu Pin was terrified of having his face trampled on, he wouldn't give Jing Zhe a friendly look.
"Hehe, you don't have to leave, but if you can't do what I said above, then it won't just be a matter of whether you leave or not."
Jing Zhe offered a friendly reminder.
"Hmph! You really think you can sit here and stay?"
"Judging from your expression, you seem pretty defiant!"
Why should I be convinced?
Wu Pin spat, "Convinced? Don't think this is the end of it! Just wait until I get home and tell them about how you insulted my grandfather, and you'll see! You think a mere fifth-rank official like yourself would let the Vice Minister of War off the hook?"
Jing Zhe shook his head, then smiled and said, "It seems this is a fine tradition in your family!"
"What?"
"You're just being stubborn! Besides, I bet your relationship with your uncle's family isn't that great, otherwise your cousin and uncle would definitely have given you a lot of advice, and you wouldn't have gotten beaten up so badly today!"
"..."
Jing Zhe was absolutely right. His family and his uncle Wu Yong's family were indeed not on good terms, especially Wu De, who often bullied him because he was the older brother. So when Wu Yong was dismissed from his post a while ago, he was quite happy and even went there for two days to see how Wu De was beaten up, and he was particularly excited.
He didn't respond at this point, but instead gave a cold snort.
"I'm not leaving! I want to see how long you can stay here!"
Jing Zhe grew angrier the more he saw Jing Zhe's defiant look. "Then let me tell you, you can't stay here even if you want to, because I'm in charge here. If I tell you to leave, you have to leave!"
I can't even handle you anymore?
His gaze sharpened, and he waved his hand at Hanhan, saying, "Hanhan, throw him out!"
"..."
...
"Ha, President Jing, you're really showing off!"
At this moment, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared at the door, and Song Baiyun returned and was standing next to the middle-aged man.
Seeing Jing Zhe looking over, he smiled awkwardly and said, "President Jing, this is Wu Mou, a scholar of the Wenyuan Academy, and also Wu Pin's father. I was afraid that you young people would make a big fuss, so I asked him to come and give me some advice!"
Can you offer some advice?
Jing Zhe glanced at him coldly, thinking to himself that this guy was no good either. He knew there was a troublemaker here but didn't tell him in advance. Now that something had happened, he was pulling this stunt.
Make a note of him, and next time we'll give him a column in the newspaper. Let's see if he'll ever get away with it!
"So it's Scholar Wu! He's quite the impressive scholar!"
"..."
Wu Mou had heard of Jing Zhe and knew how capable he was.
But seeing is believing; he can shut someone up with just one sentence. He's really something.
"Oh? How am I so impressive?"
"You, a scholar of great learning, come to my newspaper's territory to criticize and point fingers. Isn't that impressive enough?"
"Before today, this place belonged to the Imperial Academy. What's wrong with coming here to take a look? If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have discovered how domineering and arrogant President Jing is! It's only his first day in office, and he's already forcing people to leave. Who gave you that right?"
Wu Mou said in a deep voice.
In fact, the Wu family was a prominent family in Jingzhou. The father was the Vice Minister of War, and it was very likely that he would be promoted further. The two brothers were the powerful Prefect of Jingzhou and the Grand Scholar of Wenyuan, who was of considerable rank. They were the envy of many.
His father and elder brother could attend court every day and were well aware of the major events happening in Anguo. Unfortunately, his elder brother was dismissed a few days ago, and his father was injured the day before yesterday. With no one in the family attending court, Wu Mou only heard a little about Emperor An's bestowal of official titles in court yesterday from Song Baiyun.
He was unaware of important information such as the fact that the president's superior was Emperor An and that Jing Zhe had obtained the Emperor's Sword.
Jing Zhe listened with some curiosity.
He then glanced at Song Baiyun and sneered.
If Wu Mou knew that he was directly under the jurisdiction of Emperor An, how would he dare to say such a thing?
What was Song Baiyun's intention in deliberately not telling him?
So he didn't get angry, he just smiled.
They were afraid that the bad guys would succeed.
Seeing this, Wu Pin assumed that Jing Zhe was afraid of being scolded by his father, and was overjoyed. He immediately stood up to complain, "Father, he just insulted Grandfather! He said that Grandfather is no good and that anyone else can be better than Grandfather!"
Did you say that?
This blatant personal attack, especially directed at his own father, made Wu Mou's face turn completely dark.
Jing Zhe didn't hide anything and nodded, saying, "Yes, that's what I said. What's wrong with that?"
"..."
"President Jing, you've gone too far! Do you believe I'll write a remonstrance right now and go to the palace tomorrow to accuse you of spreading rumors and causing trouble before His Majesty?"
Jing Zhe shook his head and said seriously, "I don't believe you, because everything I said is true."
"..."
Seeing that Wu Mou still didn't believe him, he then pointed at Song Baiyun and said, "If you don't believe me, you can ask Grand Secretary Song. He was there that day too!"
You scheme against me, I'll scheme against you in return!
"..."
Song Baiyun had originally invited Wu Mou over on purpose, intending to sit back and watch the two tigers fight, but unexpectedly, the conversation suddenly turned against him. He was immediately under great pressure.
After thinking it over, he could only tell the truth: "Well... Wu Mou, Vice Minister Wu... he was indeed castrated... but fortunately his life was saved, so you don't need to be too sad."
To...to lose one's vitality?
Doesn't that mean becoming a... eunuch?
Upon hearing this news, Wu Mou couldn't believe it, but considering the series of events that followed his father being sent home the day before yesterday, he suddenly felt that it might actually be true…
But he couldn't admit it to their faces, so he could only say coldly, "I don't believe what you're saying! My father is at home... perfectly fine!"
"Really? That's wonderful! Otherwise, I would have been worried about him! Speaking of which, I should thank Minister Wu. There's no time like the present, so let's go over today!"
"..."
"Doesn't this young master Wu want to stay at the newspaper indefinitely? Then I'll have to have a good talk with Minister Wu!"
"..."
Wu Mou's face was clouded with gloom as he looked at Jing Zhe and said, "No matter what happens to my father, you don't need to worry about it! Also, even if something happens to my father, you will never be allowed to slander him outside!"
Don't think that just because His Majesty has bestowed upon you a new official position, you can act with impunity. In the end, you're nothing more than a lowly fifth-rank official. Unless my son has done something wrong, you cannot dismiss him! Furthermore, the Wu family will never welcome you!
After saying these words, Wu Mou glared at Wu Pin, seemingly urging him to prove himself, and then stormed off.
Seeing this, Song Baiyun also greeted Jing Zhe with a wry smile and left together.
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