"The people below said that Ye Zijing was the county magistrate sent by the imperial court," Wei Cheng said truthfully, and then asked, "My Lord, do you want to let him in?"
Shen Zongyu didn't know what he was thinking, and sneered, "Let him in."
Wei Cheng thought that the Marquis would have him kicked out, but he actually agreed.
Now he couldn't understand the Marquis any more.
Outside Jiangyang County.
The city gate slowly opened, and Ye Zijing walked in with his bag on his back. Soon someone took him to the county magistrate's residence, which was dilapidated and overgrown with weeds, and was no longer habitable.
Ye Zijing didn't care in his heart. Before coming here, he had already inquired about it. Because this place has long been under the jurisdiction of Changping Hou, the people only knew Changping Hou Shen Zongyu, not the emperor, and naturally no one cared about this small magistrate.
Although Ye Zijing is a scholar, he is not pedantic.
If he wanted to gain a foothold in Jiangyang County, he had to join the Marquis of Changping. Moreover, the emperor was suspicious and incompetent, and most of the princes were dead or disabled. The world was in chaos. He believed that sooner or later a ruler would emerge.
It was Shen Zongyu, Marquis of Changping.
After Ye Zijing spent some money to hire someone to clean up the house, he changed his clothes and prepared to visit the Marquis of Changping's Mansion.
In the study of Marquis Changping's Mansion.
Shen Zongyu stared at the wet nurse who was grinding ink. Thinking that Ye Zijing was Ning Yu's fiancé, anger kept boiling in his heart.
The man, seemingly lost in thought, said calmly, "Today, someone reported to me that the new magistrate sent by the imperial court has arrived in Jiangyang County."
Ning Yu's face changed slightly, and her heart skipped a beat. She suddenly remembered that in her previous life, not long after her original body and Ye Zijing got married, she went to Jiangyang County to take up her post, but Ye Zijing died on the way.
So, could the new magistrate be Ye Zijing?
Shen Zongyu looked at Ning Yu with deep scrutiny, taking in all the expressions on her face.
He heard her tentative voice in his ear, "Oh, what's the magistrate's name?"
The man's heart suddenly felt like a big hole had been broken, as if a cold wind was blowing in continuously, filling him with chill.
It turns out that the little wet nurse was really looking forward to Ye Zijing's arrival.
Shen Zongyu's eyes were dark and gloomy, a sarcastic smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he slowly uttered three words.
"Ye Zi respects."
A happy smile suddenly appeared on Ning Yu's face. Ye Zijing arrived in Jiangyang County smoothly. It seemed that the fatal disaster in his previous life had been averted.
The original body's wish was only half fulfilled.
Shen Zongyu suddenly clenched his fists, his veins bulged out, his face looked even colder, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
At this moment, a voice came from outside the door, "My Lord, the magistrate wishes to see you."
A trace of panic flashed across Ning Yu's face. She had a bad feeling in her heart and subconsciously said, "Then I will take my leave first."
Ning Yu turned around and was about to leave.
\"Does this Lord agree?\"
A man's sinister voice came from behind her. "Don't you want to see your fiancé in person? I'll give you a chance."
Only then did Ning Yu notice that there was something wrong with Shen Zongyu's expression. His hostility towards Ye Zijing was too strong.
She was not stupid, she knew that men had an indescribable possessiveness towards her.
In order to prevent Ye Zijing from getting hurt and causing the mission to fail, Ning Yu smiled sweetly and said cautiously, "... Marquis, Ye Zijing and I have already broken off our engagement."
Shen Zongyu's face remained gloomy as he spoke word by word, "That was also your ex-fiancé."
Ning Yu was a little depressed. The Marquis seemed really angry.
A little hard to coax.
At this moment, a clear and familiar voice came from outside the door, "Zi Jing requests an audience."
Shen Zongyu glanced at Ning Yu vaguely, only to see that she had her head lowered tightly, as if she couldn't face anyone. He felt inexplicably angry and wanted to laugh.
\"Come in.\"
Ye Zijing slowly pushed the door open and walked in, bowing to Shen Zongyu. "Zijing greets the Marquis."
Shen Zongyu looked down at Ye Zijing. The man was dressed in a simple blue shirt, which was white and elegant. He was tall and graceful, and he exuded a strong scholarly air.
But in Shen Zongyu's eyes, they were just pretty boys, and he could kill ten of them with one punch!
I don't know why the nanny fell in love with him?!
"What do you want from me?"
The man had a low voice and a bad tone.
Ye Zijing looked up and was a little surprised when he saw Shen Zongyu's young and handsome face. The man had dark and deep eyes, a high nose bridge, and a sense of majesty without anger. His temperament was natural and he exuded an aura of decisiveness and murderousness.
Thinking he'd been engrossed in watching the Marquis, Ye Zijing quickly bowed. "I'm new here. I've heard that the Marquis is a god of war in the hearts of the people of Shu, and someone I admire. It's only natural that I come to pay my respects to him."
Shen Zongyu raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that Ye Zijing was not as pedantic as ordinary Confucian scholars.
But when he thought of Ye Zijing's involvement with the young nurse, his face suddenly darkened again, and he deliberately asked, "Is that so? What would you do if the capital knew what you did?"
Ye Zijing was completely unaware of Shen Zongyu's hostility towards him, and only thought that this was a test given to him by the Marquis of Changping.
"I naturally follow the Marquis's lead. If the Marquis does not despise Zijing, Zijing is willing to lend a helping hand..."
Ye Zijing vaguely sensed the Marquis's dissatisfaction, and after a moment's hesitation, he immediately betrayed the Emperor. "The Emperor has assigned Zijing to be an insider in Jiangyang County, conveying news about the Marquis to him..."
A sharp look flashed in Shen Zongyu's eyes, and he sneered with disdain.
Ye Zijing's heart was in turmoil, but it soon calmed down.
It seems that Marquis Changping had long intended to rebel, but Shen Zongyu cannot be blamed. If it weren't for His Majesty being too suspicious and too cruel to Marquis Changping, it would be a disaster.
Shen Zongyu might not rebel at all.
Ye Zijing suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure from the corner of his eye. She was wearing a moon-white dress with a gold pattern, her hair was tied up in a light bun with a white jade hairpin inserted diagonally. There was no extra decoration on her small ears. Her profile was delicate and beautiful, and her eyelashes were trembling slightly...
Ye Zijing couldn't help but whisper, "Yu'er?"
How could Yu'er be a maid in the Marquis of Changping's mansion?!
Shen Zongyu naturally did not miss Ye Zijing's address, and his face became even colder. Even he had never called him that!
How dare this pretty boy?
Shen Zongyu glanced at him, half-smiling, "Zi Jing seems to know my personal maid?"
At this moment, Ye Zijing finally understood that Shen Zongyu's hostility towards him was not because of his identity, but because he was once Ning Yu's fiancé.
Ye Zijing's eyelids drooped slightly, his voice calm. "In reply to your question, Your Majesty, Zijing is indeed acquainted with your...personal maid. She was once Zijing's fiancée, but the engagement has been broken off. Zijing was simply a little shocked to see an old friend. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Of course he would not tell lies in front of Marquis Changping.
Ye Zijing believed that Shen Zongyu probably already knew that he was Ning Yu's fiancé, so he agreed to let him enter the Marquis' Mansion.
But why did he do this?
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