Chapter 50 Emperor Qing's attitude! Fan Wujiu, the deadly scholar!
Lai Mingcheng certainly knew that His Majesty wanted him to admit that he was wrong, and that His Majesty was right.

Lai Mingcheng, who had been involved in corruption for his entire life, had to give in when faced with the facts. "Your Majesty's method of teaching Prince Yong is extremely brilliant. I am ashamed."

Emperor Qing refused to give in, "After all these years, I didn't know you would feel ashamed!"

"You usually speak clearly when you criticize me, but today you must explain clearly why you are ashamed!"

Lai Mingcheng stuttered for a long time before he managed to squeeze out two sentences, "Your Majesty is wise and insightful, and has a long-term vision. I am far inferior to you!"

Emperor Qing, who was sitting firmly behind the gauze curtain, finally seized the opportunity. He said solemnly, "As the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, you have actually learned to flatter others. You are such a bastard! Get out!"

Lai Mingcheng felt defeated. No matter what he said today, he was wrong. He knew in his heart that Emperor Qing was just looking for trouble and scolding him to vent his anger.

Emperor Qing's attitude towards Li Changan has changed.

Before he ascended the throne and when the throne was first established, he was somewhat worried that his brother's prestige and reputation would surpass his.

But after his throne and grandmaster status were stabilized, he was no longer afraid of Li Changan.

He is a grandmaster. In his eyes, warriors below the level of grandmaster are all ants.

The only threats in his mind were the boxes and temples left by the other three grand masters, Wu Zhu, and Ye Qingmei.

After all, Li Changan is his own brother, and his literary reputation is so great that he can be put to good use.

As a grandmaster, the life and death of these people in the court depends on his thoughts.

It was up to him to decide which prince would inherit the throne, and no one could threaten his throne.

If Li Changan is loyal to his royal brother, Emperor Qing will not be stingy with rewards and favors, and he can also use Li Changan to check and balance between the crown prince and the second prince.

In the eyes of the current Emperor Qing, Li Changan is growing up completely according to his plan and there is absolutely no way he could have any thoughts of disloyalty.

After all, several princes have grown up, and Li Changan's maternal family, the Liu family, is noble but powerless, and he himself does not make friends with court officials at all.

In other words, at this stage, Emperor Qing believed that Li Changan posed no threat to him at all and would never have any ulterior motives.

Seeing Lai Mingcheng leave in anger, Emperor Qing laughed, "I've been scolded by this old guy for so many years, and finally I scold him for once. It feels so good!"

After all the ministers left the imperial study, Hong Sixiang walked out from the darkness.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Yong was once again assassinated by the remnants of the fallen nation. Fortunately, his personal guards were able to protect him at all costs."

"After several of his personal guards died, His Royal Highness Prince Yong was furious and led his men to attack the gang where the remnants gathered and completely wiped out the gang."

"In the past two years, His Royal Highness Prince Yong has been assassinated twelve times, and he has also destroyed fifteen nests of remnants of the evil. The martial arts secret manuals he seized have been sent to present to His Majesty."

These things were naturally done by Duan Shui, who was pretending to be Prince Yong, and seventy secret shadow guards. They would occasionally mobilize a hundred palace soldiers.

The Qing Kingdom rose rapidly over the past decade and destroyed several countries in succession, and the royal families of these countries were almost massacred.

However, some countries have diehard loyalists, and some countries have remnants of the royal family, and they are all hiding in the world.

If it wasn't for a prince traveling, these people would not be lured out. This is also one of the reasons why Emperor Qing agreed to let Li Changan travel.

Emperor Qing smiled and said, "It's good to be rich. Only Prince Yong can afford so many experts."

"I have read his memorial. Every word he wrote is to share my worries. Everything he wrote is for the purpose of unifying the country with Daqing."

"My third brother has a scholar's brain and gets easily excited. He got angry after being assassinated several times."

"But I, Daqing, need this kind of passion and impulse right now!"

Li Changan is now also changing his image, from a playboy to a passionate young man, all for Daqing.

This character must be someone that Emperor Qing trusts the most and feels close to.

Li Changan's cultivation has improved and his wealth has accumulated. If he continues to pretend to be a coward, he will be really a coward.

Hong Sixiang said, "I guess His Royal Highness Prince Yong also kept a copy of those secret books."

Emperor Qing pondered and said, "That's nothing. He has the money to support a master, but unless he is a top martial arts genius, he can't practice to the ninth level!"

"I hope that he will be lucky enough to raise a few ninth-grade masters."

"Otherwise, that idiot Si Gu Jian has been bragging about the dozen ninth-grade masters in Dongyi City for years!"

Hong Sixiang's old waist bent even lower, "Dongyi City is known as the best of the nine grades in the world, it is indeed very arrogant."

Emperor Qing said in a deep voice, "If Prince Yong is really capable, I can let him suppress the martial arts world of Daqing!"

"How about this, you pass on the order to Prince Yong and give him a military suppression order first!"

"If a hero breaks the law with force, the martial arts world should either cease to exist or the royal family should be respected and all those who disobey should be killed!" This imperial decree gave Li Changan the power to kill, which is the so-called law enforcement power, but the targets of law enforcement can only be people in the martial arts world.

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Jiangnan Road, Suzhou Salt Field.

It was the end of the second year of the Qingli period, and Li Changan had been traveling for two years.

Hundreds of salt workers were walking back and forth between the white salt drying grids. Li Changan, disguised as a businessman, was wandering among the salt fields.

He was only accompanied by Zhao Gao and ten shadow guards including Xing Yusen. The other shadow guards followed the stand-ins and walked in the open.

Discovering talents among the lower-class groups such as beggars, porters, farmers, salt workers, miners, etc. has been Li Changan’s main task besides practicing in the past two years.

Because these people have basically no hope in life, if suddenly someone says that they are very talented and are willing to train them, most of them will be very positive.

Knowing that there is hope for their destiny to change, these people are very eager and proactive.

These discovered talents are now concentrated in various local Luowang for training.

While scanning the salt workers, Li Changan suddenly found an acquaintance, a sturdy man with a beard.

Name: Fan Wujiu (Fan Jin)
Age: 30 years old

Realm: Lower Eighth Grade
Talents: Martial Arts (Eighth Rank), Classics and History (Seventh Rank)

Abilities: Classics and History (8th Rank), Salt Drying (6th Rank), Poetry (5th Rank)

Emotion: 50
Anyone who likes poetry and prose in the world has an emotional value towards Li Changan of around thirty.

People like Fan Wujiu who live to the age of fifty are considered avid poetry lovers.

Classics and history refer to the ability to understand classical historical theories, or in plain terms, the same things that are taught in the imperial examinations. Fan Wujiu is a modern-day academic tyrant.

After the second prince became the whetstone, he recruited eight generals, the four great generals Gan, Liu, Xie and Fan, and the four great gentlemen He, Zhang, Xu and Cao.

Among them, Xie Bian and Fan Wujiu have the strongest cultivation and the most unique personalities.

The person accompanying Li Changan was a salt merchant named Liu, whose net worth should be around 10 million taels.

Although Li Changan could get the salt permit, he certainly would not do business with him. He just wanted to go to his several salt fields to discover talents.

Behind this salt merchant named Liu, there were actually ten seventh-rank masters following him, which showed that the other party was on high alert.

"Liu's sea salt is one of the top three in Suzhou, and it is well-known throughout Jiangnan Road!"

The group walked slowly and passed by Fan Wujiu slowly.

"Step aside!"

A guard of the salt merchant named Liu kicked Fan Wujiu, who was blocking the road, into the salt water.

The moment Fan Wujiu fell to the ground, Li Changan keenly noticed that Fan Wujiu's true energy was activated instantly.

A gleam of light flashed in Zhao Gao's eyes, but Li Changan signaled him not to act rashly.

Li Changan and Fan Wujiu didn't know each other at all, and the Second Prince hadn't recruited him yet, so his target probably wasn't Li Changan.

Sure enough, Fan Wujiu fished out a sharp dagger from the salt water and stabbed towards the salt merchant named Liu like lightning!
His eyes were bloodshot and his face was ferocious, as if he had a deep hatred!

The salt merchant's guards were all seventh-rank soldiers, and they had no idea that Fan Wujiu would take action.

Li Changan and his group did not take action, and Fan Wujiu was not stopped. He used superb swordsmanship and rushed out swiftly!

A dazzling knife light flashed, and Fan Wujiu easily cut the salt merchant's throat with a short knife dipped in salt water!
Blood spurted out, and the salt merchant named Liu covered his throat, fell heavily into the salt water, and began to twist and roll in pain!

At this time, Fan Wujiu's figure had floated to the edge of the salt field, and a roar came out of his mouth.

"The one who killed the salt merchant, Fan Wujiu, the scholar who took his life!"

This sound seemed to come from hell, and coupled with the fact that the rich businessman's movements in the salt water gradually stopped, it seemed extremely terrifying!
At this moment, more than a dozen figures jumped out from the woods not far away, and the rich businessman's guards immediately surrounded them.

"The deadly scholar who has already assassinated three salt merchants!"

"Failed scholar Fan Jin! I finally caught you!"

"The Jiangnan salt merchant offered ten thousand taels of gold to take your life. It's really not easy to find you!"

(End of this chapter)