Chapter 225 Open Fight

"Hmm? Isn't it?"

Shang Luoluo shook her head, "It's not that simple. My father has no foundation in the court, and no backing. He wants to be appointed prime minister based on a few promises from the Emperor of Dayan after he came back. How can this be reliable?"

"Although the court of Dayan is in decline now, the position of prime minister is too important. I don't know how many people are watching it. It's not my father's turn no matter how you think about it."

Shang Luoluo was very sober.

Zhao Ya didn't know much about the court situation of Dayan, but he thought it made sense after hearing it.

"But I heard from your father that he is now in the favor of the emperor, so he should have a chance to go further."

"Imperial favor?" Shang Luoluo laughed, "How much is that thing per pound? Can it compare to the powerful aristocratic families?"

Zhao Ya sometimes felt that the reason why Shang Luoluo was sometimes unhappy was largely because she was too transparent.

Many things in the world that seemed extremely complicated to ordinary people were clear as day in her eyes.

For example, in this case, she didn't even have any hope for Shang Jingchuan's promotion.

Of course, Zhao Ya would never mention these words to Shang Jingchuan.

That night, after knocking him down with a few cups, Zhao Ya found an excuse to leave Shangjia.

There was no need to go to Mo Qi's place.

In his words, if you want to break through the fifth realm with two beast beads at the same time, you need to go through extremely complicated preparations and modulation.

This time can be as long as a month or as short as more than ten days, so Zhao Ya didn't bother him.

There would probably be nothing wrong with the Yun family.

After all, the spirit had to be kept for several days, and even if the Yunlin family wanted to do it, they had to make careful plans.

Zhao Ya came to the lively place and found Fang Ya, who was responsible for selling houses. He said that he wanted to rent or buy a house, and money was not a problem.

Seeing that there was a big business coming, Fang Ya was naturally very excited and immediately began to introduce enthusiastically.

"Sir, there is a property in Ankangfang. The owner was originally an official of the imperial court. He plans to retire and return home, so he plans to sell the house. The price is not expensive and it is very cost-effective."

"And here, this was once a house built by a wealthy merchant, but now his family has fallen into poverty, so he has no choice but to sell it. The price is just a little higher..."

Zhao Ya waved his hand, indicating that Fang Ya didn't need to say anything more. He only had two requirements for the house he planned to buy, that is, it must be spacious and quiet.

After making his request, Zhao Ya left his address and then said goodbye and left.

In fact, according to Zhao Ya's opinion, it is better to rent a house.

After all, he may not stay in Yandu for a long time, and it would be a waste to buy a property.

But if you want to rent a whole courtyard, it is quite difficult, so if you really want to find a suitable one, it is not impossible to buy it with money.

After that, Zhao Ya went to another real estate agent and made the same request.

Just when Zhao Ya was about to look for a suitable property in Yandu, a secret conversation was going on in a huge mansion.

Wei Tianlin, the current head of the Wei family, sat on a chair, slowly drinking the fragrant tea that was tributed from overseas.

Opposite him sat a strange man covered in a black robe.

"Master Wei, how is my man doing after entering the palace?"

"Very good. I have to say that your sect is indeed unique in training women. This woman soon gained the favor of the current emperor after entering the palace. Now she is the most favored noble in the harem." Wei Tianlin said with a smile.

"This is also thanks to the help of Master Wei. Otherwise, with the power of my Jile Sect, there is no way to send people into the palace, and they will be honored as nobles as soon as they go there." The strange man in black robe said.

"Hahaha, Master, you are polite. We are now partners. Why should we talk about the word thank you." Wei Tianlin said happily.

"What the head of the Wei family said is that as long as my people have power in the harem, when the time is right, you and I will attack from both inside and outside, and there is no need to worry about not achieving great things."

"That makes sense. Come, let's drink a cup of tea instead of wine."

This black-robed weirdo is the leader of the Paradise Cult.

After drinking tea, he suddenly thought of something and asked in a deep voice: "But if we want to work together for great things, the Sword Washing Villa is a big obstacle, especially in recent times, the breakthrough of the fifth realm of the royal daughter Yan Xizhao has caused a sensation in the entire capital."

"The already decadent Great Yan royal family has been greatly excited by this, and we must also prepare in advance."

"Haha, the leader is worrying too much. Yan Xizhao does have some talent, but what can he do if he is stronger?" Wei Tianlin didn't care.

"Today's Great Yan is like a giant tree that is already rotten inside. Even if new branches grow on it, what can it do? After a storm, it will still fall down obediently."

"Besides, Yan Xizhao is just an orphan girl adopted by the previous emperor. Even if she has any achievements, they cannot be attributed to the Yan family."

"Oh? Yan Xizhao was adopted?"

"Yes, but this kind of thing is only known to the people inside the Great Yan royal family. Especially with Yan Xizhao's increasing achievements in recent years, this secret has become a taboo of the Great Yan royal family. It is strictly forbidden to mention it, so outsiders don't know it at all."

"I see, but now there seem to be many people in the court who are loyal to Great Yan, such as Shang Jingchuan, who came to Beijing to report on his work some time ago. He has been very active recently, and there are even rumors that he will enter the cabinet and become a prime minister."

Wei Tianlin just smiled coldly when he heard this, "Enter the cabinet and become prime minister? He is not worthy of it!"

"You should know that since the old man Yun Rujiang retired from the position of prime minister, the position of prime minister has been vacant. Although all parties have ambitions, because of mutual fear, there has been no conclusion until now, so it has been vacant."

"I know this Shang Jingchuan, but he is just a pedantic person who has read too much. Although he is loyal to Dayan, his ability is average and there is no need to worry at all. But his daughter is said to be quite intelligent and more difficult to deal with."

Wei Tianlin knows Shang Jingchuan's situation very well, and even investigated Shang Luoluo.

"Not only that, Shang Jingchuan and Zhao Ya, who came to Beijing with him, have a grudge with my Wei family."

"Oh? What grudge?"

"Shang Jingchuan was once the governor of Yunxiao County, and my cousin Wei Hongbin was also the governor of Yunxiao County, but was later killed by him."

Then Wei Tianlin briefly recounted the whole story.

Although they were so far apart, Wei Tianlin had a very detailed grasp of the situation, even Zhao Ya's actions were clear.

When he heard the word Zhao Ya, the leader of the Bliss Sect couldn't help but snorted coldly.

"If that's the case, our Bliss Sect should also have a relationship with this Zhao, because my hall in Yunxiao County was wiped out overnight, probably because of this Zhao Ya."

"It's just right that Zhao Ya is in the capital, should we kill him now?" The leader of the Bliss Sect suggested murderously.

Unexpectedly, Wei Tianlin actually shook his head, "No need, I sent someone to investigate this Zhao Ya, it seems that he has some background, and I suspect that the recent incidents of the Four Seas Gang should also be related to this Zhao Ya."

"Shouldn't we deal with this guy as soon as possible?" The leader of the Bliss Sect said in surprise.

"It's best not to alert the enemy at this time. Since this Zhao Ya can confront Yan Xizhao head-on with the strength of a half-step fifth realm, it obviously proves that his strength is quite good. It is unwise to cause trouble for some trivial matters at this critical moment." Wei Tianlin said lightly.

"But what if this person ruins our plans?"

"No, because I see that this person acts in a methodical way. Unless it involves his own interests, he will not take action."

Wei Tianlin looked like he was sitting on the Diaoyutai, "Master, you have to calm down. Compared with the big things we want to do, a mere Zhao Ya is insignificant. You don't even have to pay attention to him."

The leader of the Bliss Sect nodded, "So, in that case, you don't care about Shang Jingchuan?"

"That's not necessary. Since Shang Jingchuan clearly wants to get a share of the pie in the court, I will naturally help him. Doesn't he want to enter the cabinet and become a prime minister? I have asked that Concubine Rong to whisper in the emperor's ear. I believe I should be able to give him a big surprise tomorrow."

At the end, Wei Tianlin sneered.

Seeing this, the leader of the Bliss Sect finally felt relieved, "Then everything will be up to the words of the Wei family master."

"Hahaha, no problem, come, have tea!"

At the same time, in the backyard of the Yun family, someone was also plotting.

"Brother, I am really pissed off today. I had planned everything well, but I didn't expect a man named Zhao to suddenly appear and mess up the situation I had managed to control." Yun Lin said with a face full of anger.

In front of her stood a middle-aged man with a good appearance, who had been in a high position for a long time.

It was Yun Lin's eldest brother, Lin Shizan, the head of the Lin family.

After listening to his sister's story, Lin Shizan couldn't help but frown.

"I know this Zhao Ya. It seems that Shiguo died in his hands. I didn't expect that he still didn't know how to restrain himself after coming to the capital, and dared to jump around like this."

"Oh? There is such a thing, what are you waiting for? Send someone to kill this man named Zhao!" Yun Lin's eyes lit up when she heard it.

"No hurry, the Wei family has sent someone to remind us to be cautious during this period and not to act rashly. Zhao Ya is quite powerful, and it's not that easy to kill him."

"What should we do? Zhao Ya is clearly supporting Yun Yuan. With him coming forward, those people in the martial arts world who were so confident before have become cautious. Are they just going to watch this family's property fall into Yun Yuan's hands?" Yun Lin said unwillingly.

"Of course not. Hao'er is my nephew, how can I not think about him. Since this matter is difficult to deal with directly, let's try it in a roundabout way."

"Indirectly? How to be roundabout?"

"Since Yun Rujiang retired, he has completely stopped caring about worldly affairs. He spends all day at home flipping through those old books, and he has become more and more pedantic. I think we can start with this matter." Lin Shizan said.

"Oh?" Yun Lin became interested, "Then how should we do it specifically?"

"It's very simple. First, find a beautiful woman. Remember, the more beautiful, the better!"

Then Lin Shizan told Yun Lin about his plan.

Yun Zhang became more and more excited as she listened, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll do it."

"Remember not to be anxious, especially don't let Yun Yuan see the clues."

"Got it."

The next day.

Shang Jingchuan got up early, washed up, and didn't even eat breakfast. He put on his official uniform and went to the palace.

Today, the people who carried him were still the same as before.

It seemed that they had heard some rumors. The sedan bearers and their followers flattered Shang Jingchuan in every way, and their attitude was more than twice as good as before.

Shang Jingchuan was very pleased with this.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace and got off the sedan chair, many of his colleagues in the court greeted him.

"Shang County Magistrate!"

"Today, Shang County Magistrate's forehead is glowing red, which shows that there will be a big happy event."

Shang Jingchuan smiled and bowed in return.

After a commotion, he finally arrived at the hall.

When the current Emperor of Great Yan, Yan Tingshan, who has been in power for thirteen years, appeared in front of everyone, all the court officials, including Shang Jingchuan, knelt down and shouted long live.

Yan Tingshan was listless and even yawned, then waved his hand nonchalantly.

"Okay, stand up."

Shang Jingchuan took a peek and saw that Yan Tingshan, who just turned thirty this year, was tired, with dark circles under his eyes, and looked like he had not rested well. He was moved.

His Majesty must have been handling official business at night, otherwise why would he be so tired?

It seems that he has to be more diligent in the future.

But he didn't know that Yan Tingshan was indeed handling "official business" last night, but this official business was not quite what he imagined.

Just when Shang Jingchuan was moved by himself.

Yan Tingshan dealt with the complicated official business in a few words, and then seemed to remember something and looked at Shang Jingchuan who was kneeling on the ground.

"Shang Jingchuan!"

"I'm here!" Shang Jingchuan's heart suddenly became excited and shouted loudly.

"Shang Jingchuan has made great contributions to the garrison of the outer county. From today on, he will serve as the prefect of Jingzhao and manage the public security of Yandu City." Yan Tingshan said with a yawn.

Hearing this, Shang Jingchuan seemed to have fallen from the sky into the bottomless abyss, and his heart stopped instantly.

"What...what?"

"Didn't you hear it? You will be the prefect of our Yandu City in the future. Work hard. I am optimistic about you." Yan Tingshan said with a smile.

After speaking, he waved his hand and turned away.

A court meeting ended, but Shang Jingchuan knelt there and forgot to stand up.

Jingzhao prefectural governor, in charge of the public security of Yandu City.

It sounds great, but in fact it is only a third-grade position, even worse than the county governor Shang Jingchuan had held before.

The key is that this position is thankless.

Yandu City is full of powerful people, and the water is very deep.

In addition, there are many Sihai Gangs and many martial arts sects.

It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to govern such a place.

Therefore, the previous Jingzhao prefectural governors either resigned or offended the powerful and went to jail, and their lives and deaths were unknown.

Now this position has been vacant for many years, and I didn't expect that I would be the one to take it. You can imagine what kind of mood Shang Jingchuan would be in.

"Shang County Governor, oh no, it should be called Shang prefectural governor now, quickly accept the order to thank the grace, and go back to work!" Someone laughed.

Shang Jingchuan got up from the ground in despair, and looked around. He saw that the colleagues who had just greeted him with a smile were now avoiding him.

Some people even looked gloating.

Shang Jingchuan was angry, but he could do nothing about it. He could only walk home in a daze.

Sorry, I came back too late yesterday. I slept until noon and started writing in a hurry in the afternoon. I'll write 8,000 words in the next two days. I'll recover first. At the same time, I have to attend a wedding tomorrow morning. The chapter at noon will be like today, and will be moved to this time in the evening.