Rise of the Poor

Chapter 565: The inexplicable Li Mo

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"Hey, Master, what's wrong with this world? Who has offended our Master Yan?"

A white jade arm stretched out from the red silk quilt and grabbed the hand of Yan family's housekeeper Yan Nian. With a giggle, she pulled the gloomy-faced Yan Nian onto the soft couch, then turned over and rode on him, leaning over to reveal a piece of white flesh.

The naked body pressed against Yan Nian, and her three-inch golden lotus seemed to have accidentally kicked the wardrobe beside the soft couch. A small piece of green robe exposed from the wardrobe door seemed to come alive and was silently pulled into the wardrobe like a snake's tail, leaving no trace.

"You slut..." Yan Nian stretched out his claws and pinched the flesh of his third concubine, and the depressed feeling in his stomach disappeared a little in an instant.

"My Lord, if you have anger, just vent it on me..." The concubine leaned over to Yan Nian's ear, pouting her red lips and breathing sweetly, with a wild energy all over her that could not be described in words.

"I'm afraid you can't bear it." Seeing this, Yan Nian's depressed mood had disappeared. He smiled confidently and turned over to press on him, like a tiger descending from the mountain.

One, two, three, four, clouds rolled in and rain fell, what a thunderstorm.

When the clepsydra in the room dripped the eighth drop of water, Yan Nian had already rolled off his third concubine, panting heavily. He touched his concubine with great satisfaction and listened to her complaining coquettishly that the master was so powerful and that she couldn't bear it...

This concubine was his third wife, and was presented by a local official in Suzhou. The local official wanted to move up the position, and sent a lot of gifts to the mansion, but failed. The local official asked someone to find Yan Nian's relationship and asked him for advice. Under Yan Nian's guidance, the local official presented ten Suzhou skinny horses to the mansion and finally got the position. The face of a pear blossom with spring rain is sometimes much more useful than real gold and silver. When a beautiful woman looks back and smiles, even the most difficult problems become easy.

To thank Yan Nian for his advice, the local officials also gave Yan Nian a Suzhou skinny horse, and Yan Nian took her as his third concubine. After taking her as the third wife, Yan Nian liked this concubine the most. She was tactful, knew the warmth and coldness, and was good at handling things. How could she not be favored

"Damn it, next time those guys come to our house, don't even think about getting in without showing filial piety." After the wind stopped and the rain stopped, Yan Nian hugged his concubine and said hatefully.

Yan Nian was very busy today, and he had been busy since early morning. In his opinion, it was all caused by those Jinyiwei. Early in the morning, a doorman knocked on the door and said that Jinyiwei had something important to report to Lord Yan, and his sleep was interrupted. When he reported to the master, he was blamed by the master for disturbing the master's rest. After the Jinyiwei left, Master Fan asked him to go to the residence of the Minister of Justice He Ao to invite him to come to his residence... He was running errands early in the morning.

While Yan Nian was playing with his concubine in bed, Yan Shifan was in the study room receiving the Minister of Justice He Ao on behalf of his father Yan Song. It was safer to say some things that were not convenient to be made public in person, so as not to leave any evidence that was unfavorable to him. Although Yan Shifan was conceited, he was very calculating in doing things. He Ao now sided with his father, but who could say what would happen in the future

When Yan Shifan was receiving the Minister of Justice He Ao in the study on behalf of his father Yan Song, Zhu Ping'an had already gone to the Ministry of Justice.

The Ministry of Justice was located not far from the Hanlin Academy, roughly at the location of the National Museum outside the palace wall on the east side of Tiananmen Square. The other five ministries such as the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue were also nearby, and their offices were all close to each other.

The Shamatte black horse is already familiar with this route, and it is a troublemaker in the stables of the Marquis' Mansion, so when Zhu Ping'an goes out, he rides the Shamatte black horse.

Before going to the Ministry of Justice, Zhu Pingan went to the Hanlin Academy first. On the one hand, he tied his horse to the stable of the Hanlin Academy. Just like modern parking spaces, the Ministry of Justice may not have its own place to tie horses. On the other hand, he went to give wedding candy to his colleagues and inform them of his marriage. After entering the Hanlin Academy and tying his horse to the stable, Zhu Pingan went into the front hall carrying a cloth bag.

"Your humble servant greets you, sir."

As soon as he entered the door, he ran into Li Mo, the president of the Hanlin Academy who was about to go out. Zhu Ping'an moved aside to avoid the door and bowed to Li Mo to greet him.

Hearing someone greeting him, Li Mo originally planned to nod politely to encourage him as he did before, but when he saw that the person who appeared in front of him was Zhu Pingan, Li Mo's face suddenly turned cold.

Well

Zhu Ping'an felt that the way Li Mo looked at him seemed to be more disgusted and displeased than before, as if he was looking at a piece of human-shaped garbage.

What's going on? Did I do something wrong? That's impossible. I just got back. I'm not even late. My vacation isn't over yet.

"Sir, a few days ago..." Zhu Ping'an reached out and took out a red cloth bag embroidered with the word "囍" and handed it over, preparing to give Li Mo some wedding candy and tell him about his marriage at home.

"Hmph, take care of yourself!"

But what no one expected was that Li Mo snorted coldly with a dark face, left a sentence "You're on your own" and walked away.

Well

What the hell is going on

Zhu Ping'an's hand holding the wedding candy froze in place, with a look of confusion on his face.

Logically speaking, Li Mo shouldn't treat me like this. It was fine if Li Mo classified me as a member of the Yan Party before, but it shouldn't be like this now. Although I didn't impeach Zhao Daying for killing an innocent person and taking credit for it, it was not against the Yan Party, but most people wouldn't think so. Zhao Daying was promoted by Yan Song, and he was a member of the Yan Party. If I was a member of the Yan Party, I shouldn't have submitted this memorial.

Logically speaking, this memorial should have made Li Mo reconsider his previous judgment that he was a member of the Yan Party.

Yes, it is not an exaggeration to label Zhu Ping'an as a pioneer in the anti-Yan movement in this memorial.

Li Mo should have taken a new look at Zhu Ping'an, but almost at the same time as the memorial, another work of Zhu Ping'an - The Art of Thick Black - was circulated.

In Li Mo's eyes, the Thick Black School is more disgusting than the Yan Party. Yan Song is just one, and there are many Yan Party members, but they are also limited. However, this Thick Black School can breed thousands of Yan Song Yan Party members, which are even worse than Yan Song Yan Party members.

What is thick-skinned and black-hearted? The heroes in ancient times were nothing but thick-skinned and black-hearted!

This is really nonsense, how can this be true! Heresy!

As a scholar, he does not talk about the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, does not understand propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame, and does not have a selfless heart for the world. Instead, he openly advocates the so-called thick black school of thought, openly discards benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness as worthless, uses any means to achieve his goals, and abandons the world for personal gain.

Instead of teaching people to be good, it wants people to be evil. Such a deceptive work has been circulated among many people. It is really absurd! Such articles should only be burned!

It is a shame for us scholars that such a person can become the top scholar.

Li Mo left the Hanlin Academy with a dark face.

After watching Li Mo leave, Zhu Ping'an touched his nose and smiled silently. Then he went into the front hall and distributed a small bag of wedding candies to the Hanlins present and absent. Then he informed everyone of his marriage. Because the marriage was sudden and he was unable to inform everyone in advance, in order to apologize, Zhu Ping'an invited everyone to a banquet ten days later at the restaurant frequented by the Hanlins.

After receiving the wedding candies, the Hanlin scholars also said some words of congratulations to Zhu Ping'an, but most of the looks they gave Zhu Ping'an were sympathetic or gloating. The most obvious one was Yuan Wei, whose gloating was written all over his face.

Only a few people accepted Zhu Ping'an's invitation to the banquet. The others either declined politely or tried to procrastinate. Most of them congratulated Zhu Ping'an but kept their distance. Even those who accepted, such as Li Chunfang, did so in a way that was to protect themselves.

"I admire Lord Zhu's memorial pleading for the people." Yuan Wei said with a wry smile, his face full of gloating expression.

Oh, no wonder, it was all because of that memorial. Zhu Pingan met Yuan Wei's gaze and smiled slightly, "If Lord Yuan is interested, wouldn't it be great if you submit a memorial to support the proposal?"

Damn you, you’re asking for trouble, don’t drag me into this!

Yuan Wei shook his head and refused without hesitation, saying some high-sounding words like "a gentleman does not take away other people's beauty" and so on.

Seeing this, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.