In a house in Xinjianghuai City, the capital of Yan State, Gu Yanxi was also looking at the map. He was wearing ordinary green clothes, had an ordinary face, and looked a little thinner.
The door was pushed open from the outside. Gu Yanxi looked up and saw that it was Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu walked in quickly and knelt on the ground, "Master, we found the person, but we were one step too late. The person is dead."
"How did he die?"
"The fire is still burning."
This method is good. It will burn all traces cleanly. No evidence will be found at all. Gu Yanxi snorted coldly, "We have already alerted the enemy. Order everyone to retreat immediately."
"yes."
This was the first time that Gu Yanxi had been in such a disadvantage since he took over the Qisu Division. He had a feeling that the other party knew of his existence, the existence of the Qisu Division, and even knew of his actions this time. He had been in the other party's sight since he left the capital. This person would not be in Yan Country.
Gu Yanxi's gaze fell back on the map, and his fingers focused heavily on the word "Beijing". He would find it out!
"Someone come."
A man knelt quietly by the door.
"Two people from each of the fourth and fifth quarters stay here, hide them well, and keep a close eye on Ruan Xijiang."
Ruan Xijiang is the current ruler of Yan State. He is in his prime and has great ambitions, but he is also very capable. The previous rulers combined are no match for him. Once he is given the opportunity, he will definitely bite off a large piece of meat from Daqing State.
Gu Yanxi was not going to give him this opportunity.
After making the arrangements, Gu Yanxi was eager to go home. It had been two months since he had seen Hua Zhi. He had overdue returns, and he wondered if she was worried about him at all.
***
After a few days of mourning, when the Hua family was almost forgotten by everyone, Hua Bailin went to each family in plain clothes to express his gratitude.
He didn't enter any house, but kowtowed outside the door. After thanking the Chen family, he turned back. However, the families of Chen Zhi and Yu Zhengyao did not stop their cars when they passed by.
There had been nothing new in the capital recently, so people immediately started to think too much when they saw his actions. After further questioning, they found out that as a disciple of Master Hua, he had not even shown up when his master's wife passed away, had not worn mourning for a single day, and had not attended the funeral. This matter was immediately exposed, causing an uproar.
There was no grand banquet when Madam Hua passed away, nor was there a forty-nine-day funeral ceremony like in some other families. Chen Zhi and Yu Zhengyao did not show up, and everyone only knew that they were helping out at the Hua family, except that they did not come in and out like Chen Dayi, attracting attention.
Now they found out that it was not the case at all. The scholars who usually quarreled in a literary manner were extremely angry. They blocked the doors of the two families that day, and sneered, "How much benefit have you gotten from Master Hua? How many things have you done in Master Hua's name? How much face and convenience has he given you because you are Master Hua's disciples? Now Master Hua is in trouble, and the Hua family has collapsed, but the fact that you are his disciples has not changed! You have all the benefits, but when disaster strikes, you have to flee separately. There is no such thing in the world!"
"Yes, that doesn't make sense!"
"Yu Zhengyao, don't pretend you're not at home. We've already asked around. You had dinner with Chen Zhi a few days ago. Don't think that no one will know just because you've found an inconspicuous place!"
"If you don't come out, we'll break down the door!"
"Yes, break the door!"
"… "
The indignant voices of the crowd could be heard clearly through the wall. Yu Zhengyao paced back and forth, sweat on his forehead despite the cold weather. If he couldn't get through this, then he wouldn't have any future! He had no future at all!
"Master, what should we do? How will Kuner face people in the future?"
“Shut up!” Yu Zhengyao shouted. Madam Yu took two steps back in fear. They had been married for many years, and her husband had never treated her like this. But now, he actually…
Mrs. Yu burst into tears, covered her mouth and turned away.
Yu Zhengyao didn't have the heart to coax anyone. He gritted his teeth, stripped naked, stood in the yard, and asked the servants to bring a few buckets of cold water to pour on him. The ice water and the cool breeze made him sneeze non-stop soon. He wiped himself shiveringly and lay down on the bed. He ordered while shaking: "Go open the door and let them in."
There were about ten people who came in. Seeing Yu Zhengyao lying on the bed with a pale face and coughing non-stop, some of them calmed down a little.
Yu Zhengyao was just about to take the opportunity to say a few more words to defend himself when he heard someone say, "This is really strange. What does your illness now have to do with your failure to fulfill your duty as a disciple two months ago? Don't tell me that you have been ill for more than two months. Someone saw you in good health a few days ago."
“…” Yu Zhengyao’s mind went blank. He didn’t understand why he had missed this!
"How dare you, Yu Zhengyao, to trick us!"
"What's so strange about this? He didn't even go to see his master's wife when she passed away. It's easy for him to deceive us. As a fellow scholar, I am ashamed of you. My brothers, I will go first. I feel sick and want to vomit just thinking about breathing the same air with him!"
"Yes, yes, let's go! We need to let more people know what he is!"
“I’m not…” Yu Zhengyao lifted the quilt and was about to chase after him, but he was really sick at the moment, feeling dizzy and disoriented. He fell back as soon as he stood up, and his head hit the edge of the bed with stars in front of his eyes.
He was anxious to get up, and the servants hurriedly went up to pull him up, but the more anxious he became, the more confused he became, and the more panicked he became. Suddenly his eyes went dark and he lost consciousness, and he fainted just as he had planned before, but the timing was wrong, and there were no spectators.
Chen Zhi was not as panicked as Yu Zhengyao. He simply stood against the Hua family.
Facing the scholars and students blocking the door of his house, he was dressed in plain clothes and looked haggard. "I didn't go to the Hua family to pay my respects. I bear the name of being unfilial, but I won't admit that I was unfaithful!"
Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect Chen Zhi to be so confident.
Seeing that he had subdued the man, Chen Zhi became even more righteous. He lifted his skirt and knelt towards the direction of the palace. "As a citizen of Daqing, I should support every decree of the emperor. If the emperor says that the Hua family is guilty, then they are guilty. If I continue to have dealings with the Hua family, where will the emperor's face be?"
Everyone was shocked, and then their anger burned. Chen Zhi meant that he supported the emperor's decision, so he severed ties with the Hua family. But they were ignoring the emperor's orders and getting involved with the Hua family
It was clearly he who was heartless and ungrateful, but just his words turned into their being unfaithful
I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone so shameless!
The angry man was now holding his chest and his vision was darkening. He pointed at Chen Zhi and trembled, but could not speak.
Chen Zhi didn't intend to stop there. He had already been slandered by the scholars, so he just continued to slander her. "I feel sorry for the teacher, but I would do the same thing even if the teacher was here! As a subject of the Daqing Dynasty, there is nothing wrong with me being loyal to the emperor."
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