Chapter 182: Too difficult

However, Mo Qingling didn’t think of this kind of limelight.

In addition to his status as the county magistrate of Nanxi County, he was also the Empress’s nephew and the first prince’s cousin.

The first prince’s policy was to keep a low profile. Since he stopped being a playboy, he has also begun to keep a low profile.

Moreover, the iron ore was almost confirmed. Sending high-quality seeds now and reporting iron ore later will attract the attention of people in the court.

These little dandies like to be in the limelight, it would be good if stand in front of him.

After thinking deeply, he agreed with the approach of Xiao Hanzheng and his wife.

The seed donation would happen when the seeds arrive, attracting the most attention and being high-profile.

But Xiao Hanzheng was only a scholar, if he stood against the forest wind, he would be destroyed. If he is too high profile, he will be hated by others.

So many children from aristocratic families want to be in the limelight and leave a deep impression in front of the Emperor. Why can a man from a humble family like him do this?

Even if there was no suppression on the surface, there may be something going on behind the scenes.

There was also General Xiao and his newly-wed wife, who were eyeing them.

It would not go well for Xiao Hanzheng’s upcoming imperial examination.

Thinking about it this way, he felt that when the limelight was almost over would be a good time for Xiao Hanzheng and his wife to return to the capital. Just now, he had made a mistake.

However, he also appreciated Xiao Hanzheng even more in his heart.

It was very rare for the other party to rationally give up such a high-profile opportunity.

Xi Rui and Xi Rong both felt a little regretful that they could not go to the capital with Shi Qingluo, which would save them a lot of fun.

Liang Youxiao and Fei Yuzhe also thought about what Mo Qingling was thinking and found that Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo were not ordinary people.

If it were them, they wouldn’t resist the temptation to be in the limelight…

Mo Qingling thought for a while and said to Xiao Hanzheng and the others: “You can also take the peppers grown in the Taoist temple’s backyard to the capital.”

He reminded me: “Although I didn’t write it in the memorial, you must take the initiative to offer it to the Emperor for a taste.”

He knew very well about the Emperor in the capital. His eyes were spread all over Daliang.

With so many things that Shi Qingluo has tinkered with, and also the mysterious Old Priest, the Emperor’s eyes will not let them go.

Even if Mo Qingling didn’t remind him, Xiao Hanzheng thought of it.

His little wife has dried a lot of chili peppers recently and wants to take them to the capital.

However, the other party reminded them of this, which showed he also regarded them as friends.

He smiled and said: “Okay!”

So the next day, Liang Youxiao and others went on the road together with Mo Qingling.

A few people brought not only dried corn cobs but also facial masks and the chili pepper seeds that they asked Shi Qingluo.

Although Fei Congjun’s health has improved a lot, he can’t do it too much, so he goes with Xiao Hanzheng and others.

Xiao Hanzheng and the others did not delay and set off in a carriage that day.

Xiao Hanzheng deliberately asked people to let out the news. They did not go by water and traveled alone in a carriage.

Master Hou also wanted to keep a low profile in the capital, so he didn’t tell anyone.

The assassins bribed by Xiao Yuanshi’s people had received an order before. As long as Xi Rong left, they could take action.

Then they happened to hear that Xiao Hanzheng and his wife were going to the capital by carriage, so they immediately took this opportunity to take action.

This was also because Xiao Yuanshi hadn’t received the news of God-given seeds, otherwise, he would immediately send someone to stop the assassination plan.

Because of this, Xiao Hanzheng and the others encountered eight assassins blocking their way.

They also acted unscrupulously and directly, mainly because they looked down upon the identities of Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo.

They thought it would be easier to complete such a task.

But they didn’t expect that their team would be defeated as soon as they blocked the road.

Yes, before Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo took action, the eight assassins were subdued by three parties.

One side was sent by Mo Qingling to secretly protect Xiao Hanzheng and the others, the second one was to protect Master Hou, and the third one was the secret guards of the Fei Family to protect Fei Congjun.

The assassins were stunned when they were captured.

One of the assassins, the leader of the killers who had met the person who paid for the murder, wanted to crush the poison hidden in his teeth according to the rules.

This was the rule of their killer organization. Once the mission fails, in order not to expose the person who paid for the murder, they must commit suicide.

But Xiao Hanzheng knows their rules better.

When the eight assassins appeared, he observed them and found the leader immediately.

So before the other party could take the poison, he stopped him.

They also asked Mo Qingling’s people to search out the poison and fed the assassins with cartilage powder.

After finishing speaking to Mo Qingling’s secret guard, he said, “I suspect that they want to deliberately sabotage the seed donation. Maybe they are spies sent by the enemy country.”

“I suggest you take them back to the capital and interrogate them properly.”

That Scumbag Father thought of harming them, then he will also bring him harm.

First, he will make him lose his reputation, and make him like a spy who colludes with the enemy country. Even if Scumbag Father doesn’t want to, he will have to take the initiative to take out the treasure map to solve this predicament.

Xiao Hanzheng has always suspected that the Emperor knew something about the treasure map in his father’s hand.

The Emperor was also a very dark person. Once he found something to control that Scumbag Father, he will use it skillfully.

That Scumbag Father could only vomit blood after this.

When the leader of the secret guard heard this, he seriously said, “Yes, we will escort them back carefully to the capital.”

He followed Mo Qingling from the capital to Nanxi County, so he knew some of the twists and turns.

These people suddenly came out to assassinate people. Apart from killing the person who donated the seeds, spreading some unfavorable rumors about the Emperor, and instigating the common people in Daliang, he could not think of any other purpose.

As long as the person was normal, he would naturally not associate these assassins with Xiao Yuanshi.

After all, even a vicious tiger will not eat its cubs.

On the way, Shi Qinglou added spiritual spring to the water they drank. So although they were hurrying on the road, Master Hou was in good spirits.

Mo Qingling and others arrived in the capital four days ahead of schedule.

Both the Xi Family and the Liang Family had people guarding the city gates. The Marquis of the two families ordered that if their young master came back, they would be arrested and taken back as soon as possible.

It can be seen that Xi Xinheng and Liang Mingcheng were furious this time and wanted to deal with their two bastard sons who always ran away from home.

Especially Xi Xinheng, because his son ran away from home, he was given a few crutches by his mother in public.

It doesn’t hurt, but was too embarrassing.

So he charged this debt to his bastard son.

Therefore, as soon as the carriages of Xi Rui and Liang Youxiao arrived in the capital, they were surrounded by the servants of the two families.

The servants of both families all said in unison, “Young Master, the Master orders, that as soon as you return to the capital, you should go home as soon as possible.”

Xi Rui glared at the servants who blocked the way: “I have important business to do. If you delay me, I will settle this account with you.”

The servants: “……”

I want to settle accounts with you.

“Young Master, the Master wants you to go home as soon as possible, please don’t embarrass us.”

Xi Rui glared at the other party: “I’m going to the palace to do something important to honor my ancestors. If you dare to stop me, you are blocking my future.”

The servants: “……”

Come on, it’s already a miracle if you don’t cause trouble, but you’re saying you will honor your ancestor, who will believe it?

However, they naturally did not dare to say what they were complaining about, and looked bitterly: “Young Master, if you don’t go back, we don’t know what we will report to Master!”

“You go back now and tell my father that I have to go to the palace to do important business.”

He raised his chin and said proudly: “You can go back, I’ll take care of everything.”

“Otherwise my grand event will be ruined by you. I will let my grandmother take care of you if that happens.”

The servants: “……”

It seems that there is no way to arrest the young master.

The main reason was that the young master said that he wanted to enter the palace. If it was true, they didn’t dare to stop him, but they had to report to their master as soon as possible.

So the servants of the Xi family withdrew.

Liang Youxiao got out of the carriage, pointed to the servants of the Xi Family who were leaving, and said to the servants of the Liang family: “Did you hear that? You also go back to my father and report the same thing.”

“If you stop me from entering the palace, I will not beat you to death. But once my father learns about the big thing that I want to do, but you stop me, he will beat you to death.”

The servants of the Liang family: “……”

It’s too difficult to live.

But they don’t have any other choice but to withdraw and report to their master as soon as possible.

 


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3 thoughts on “Chapter 182: Too difficult

  1. what is the name of ge chunruo’s sister? i cant recall her name… i keep confusing her name with their brother’s name ge chunyi! 😮‍💨🤔

    1. I’m not proficient in Chinese. In my eyes, I can see that the brother and second sister’s name have similar spelling, which made me confuse all the time who is who.
      So I take the initiative to edit it myself. For my sake, I used:

      Brother: Ge Chunyi
      Second Sister: Ge Chuyi (Without ‘N’)

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