Huo Nan had been looking bitter and resentful since the first day he showed up, so she was not surprised: "Of course I will make the decision for you. First, tell me who your enemy is and what's going on?"
Huo Nan said softly, "Li Jinzhong."
Yan Shiyue raised her eyebrows: "Tell me in detail."
Perhaps seeing her calm expression, as if the name was nothing serious, Huo Nan became bolder and whispered, "He killed my mother and my sister."
At that time, Li Jinzhong was the governor. Huo Nan's father, Zhang Xie, was a clerk under his jurisdiction. It was said that he was not valued by his superiors. Then one day, he suddenly spent a lot of money to buy clothes and headgear, and then took his wife and daughter to a banquet, and they never came back.
No matter how he asked, Zhang Xie refused to tell him where his mother and sister had gone. Later, he heard that Zhang Xie had offered his wife and daughter to his superior and was promoted to manager.
He made a fuss with Zhang Xie like a madman, and finally Zhang Xie locked him up. He was not released until he was starving to death.
He was really too stupid at that time, and had no scheming or strategy. As soon as he recovered his strength, he went to Li's house to make trouble. He was beaten and driven away again and again.
Until one day, his sister came out quietly to see him and told him that their mother had jumped into a well on the first night after entering the mansion because she could not bear the humiliation. She said that Li Jinzhong was in a high position and they were no match for him, and their father could not be relied on either. She asked him to leave quickly and not come again.
Then she stuffed two pieces of jewelry into his hands and hurried back.
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He was very young and had no idea where to go. He hated his father so much that he didn't want to go home, so he just wandered around outside. Less than a month later, he heard that his sister had also died of an acute illness.
The body was thrown into a mass grave. He went to see it secretly and found marks on his sister's neck. He didn't know whether she was hanged or strangled to death.
After he buried his sister, he was determined to learn martial arts to avenge himself. He first worked in a security guard agency, but they refused to teach him. Later, he traveled around and heard that there was a martial arts school here, so he came here.
Yan Shiyue listened in silence.
Let her see that the most beastly person in this matter is not Li Jinzhong, but Zhang Xie! Selling his wife for fame!
No wonder when Huo Nan came, he refused to tell his surname and didn't want to use his father's surname.
There were many such shameless people in the previous dynasty. For example, Cui Shi offered his wife and daughter to the prince, and since then he became successful. Unexpectedly... there was such an example around her.
Yan Shiyue said sternly: "Anan, I am not afraid of Li Jinzhong, but you have to understand one thing. In this matter, the one who is most wrong is Zhang Xie."
Honan said quietly, "I know."
"Your mother, she committed suicide. Your sister may have hanged herself or died in a dispute in the backyard. But it is unlikely that Li Jinzhong killed her. So, if you want to use this as a case to bring him down and take revenge, it will not be easy."
Huo Nan slowly fell to the ground, his shoulders shaking slightly, crying silently.
She said gently: "Anan, I know you worked so hard to learn martial arts, originally intending to assassinate him, right? Why didn't you do it?" She patted his shoulder gently: "Look up and tell me."
Huo Nan was forced to raise his head and choked up, "My... my master and my senior brothers are all good to me. I'll die if I want to. I don't want to implicate you."
Yan Shiyue nodded: "So how did you plan to deal with Zhang Xie at first?"
Honan looked struggling.
After a long while, he whispered, "I... I don't know. I hate him, I despise him, I want to kill him, but he is my father, I... can't do it, and I don't know if it is right to do so..."
She patted his shoulder gently, silently comforting him, and asked, "Where is he now, do you know?"
Huo Nan smiled sadly: "He followed Li Jinzhong to the capital." He chuckled twice: "Although his wife and daughter are dead, his loyalty is commendable. I heard that Li Jinzhong values him very much."
"I understand." Yan Shiyue comforted him softly, "Now in Chang'an City, there should be no one else who is the most glorious person except me, your master's wife. Li Jinzhong has to kowtow in front of me. You listen to me, don't think about anything else, come with me to Chang'an City first, and wait for Zhang Xie to see you... For this kind of person who sells his wife for fame and fortune and curries favor with the powerful, seeing you live a glorious life while he gets no benefit, this is the greatest punishment for him."
She paused. "As for Li Jinzhong, before I came here, the two groups were fighting each other. It's not difficult to deal with him, and we don't have to wait too long. If we can defeat him, I'll take you there and ask him to kowtow to your mother and your sister's tablets and apologize, okay?"
Her tone was really gentle and loving.
Honan opened his mouth, a little confused.
Although he has been practicing martial arts for more than a year, he has also heard many stories about her. But Li Jinzhong is also a high-ranking official in the court. Is it really that easy?
When Huo Nan came out, Qing Weilai was waiting at the door. As soon as he saw him come out, he came to greet him.
Huo Nan had obviously cried, but he looked a little confused. Qing Wei couldn't tell what had happened and was a little worried, but Huo Nan was always taciturn, so he didn't ask too much, and just patted him on the shoulder: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay," Huo Nan said softly, "Master's wife said that as long as she's here, we don't have to worry about anything."
"That's good," Qing Weiliao said, "Since Master's Wife has said so, you don't have to think too much about it."
Honan nodded slightly.
Qing Weiliao advised him a few words, then turned to look for Yan Shiyue again and asked carefully, "Anan didn't say anything, did he?"
Yan Shiyue looked up at him and smiled, "My second brother is Yan Shirui. You two must have a lot to talk about. You both love to worry."
Qing felt helpless, but looking at her expression, he thought it was nothing serious, so he felt relieved.
The academy, with the participation of several great scholars, instantly became a popular destination for literati. Finally, after some discussion among themselves, they decided to appoint Wen Zhouheng as the principal and the others as cave masters.
Because of their overwhelming reputation, the literati who came were very obedient. They picked and chose, and quickly selected several gentlemen. Even the teaching assistants had at least the status of a scholar. It was considered a super luxurious lineup.
Of course, Yan Shiyue also put a lot of his own people in, serving as managers and the like, as well as masters who taught martial arts.
Although Wen Zhouheng and his men were not the kind of people who ignored worldly affairs, they should not be the ones to take care of worldly affairs anyway.
After the overall situation was settled, she handed over the trivial matters to Zhang Baigui and others, and then set off with Qing Wei and others.
At the beginning, Lin Weixin was ordered to protect her, but when they came here, basically everything was over. But at least when she was paraded in public, he brought people to take care of her, so he got military merit for nothing. He was very obedient to her and took good care of her along the way.
In a blink of an eye, it was already October and Emperor Ming Yan was about to return to the capital, so they did not go to the temporary palace but went straight back to Chang'an City.
It was a coincidence that the two groups met on their way back to Chang'an City.
Yan Shiyue immediately abandoned his horse and got on the carriage of Emperor Ming Yan. The first thing he said was, "Father, do you dislike me less now that you have Little Nine and Little Ten? Why don't you write to me?"
It was at this time that Zhong Yu took his maid to Yanshan.
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