Xuanxia

Chapter 385 Unlucky Child
"Excuse me, are you just talking about the scholar Yue Heng who came to the capital from Shu to take the imperial examination?"

When they heard Fu Qingzhou's question, the two secret envoys at the table were stunned.

But the next moment, smiles appeared on their faces: "Brother, are you also interested in this?"

They didn’t seem to realize that Fu Qingzhou... wasn’t from Mingjian Pavilion?

Or does it mean that, for them, anyone who enters this place can be considered one of them?
So casual?

However, there is another possibility, that is, the moment I entered Mingjian Pavilion, some extremely secret means had already completed the screening of me, so after entering this place, everyone was particularly confident in me.

These thoughts only flashed through Fu Qingzhou's mind. He blinked and smiled at the two secret agents in front of him: "Ah... yes, I am a little interested."

"Come on, come on, sit down."

One of the emissaries enthusiastically pulled him to sit down and said in a low voice, "Brother, what's the matter? Do you want to interfere in this matter?"

"Uh..." Fu Qingzhou blinked: "Just listen to it first."

He had tasted something.

These two secret envoys don't want to take over this matter and want to find someone to... take the blame?
But I am not from Mingjian Pavilion.

Never mind, just listen first.

"Hey, okay, let's talk about it first." The emissary said with a smile: "From your tone just now, brother, do you know Yue Heng?"

"I have met him a few times." Fu Qingzhou didn't say much.

Another secret envoy nodded, with a somewhat regretful tone: "We have met him a few times. He is the most famous talent of Qingteng Yayuan this year. And judging from what he did this time, he is probably quite talented in cultivation. He originally had a great chance of being admitted to Palm Sword Academy and then to Mingjian Pavilion! What a pity, what a pity..."

"Alright, alright, don't go off topic." Secret Envoy A frowned and said, "Let's get down to business."

"Hey, that's good."

The second secret envoy raised his eyebrows and said, "Speaking of Yue Heng, he is really a talented man, full of knowledge and talent. He just arrived in the capital and his luck is quite good. He happened to encounter the great opportunity of Qingteng Yayuan's enrollment! Yue Heng is also amazing. Hey, he got in on the first try!"

"What kind of place is Qingteng Yayuan? It is a holy place for scholars. The dean was originally a master from Palm Sword Academy. The students he taught are all better than the other. In every minor imperial examination, their students always take the top spot. There are countless students who are admitted to Palm Sword Academy."

"But who would have thought that there was actually a descendant of the Lan family hiding in this Qingteng Yayuan, his name is Lan Hongjun!"

"Lan Hongjun and Yue Heng are old enemies... They had a grudge against each other long before they came to the capital. Now they meet unexpectedly in the academy and become classmates. Do you think Yue Heng can have a good life? Lan Hongjun will definitely find faults everywhere and make things difficult for Yue Heng, making it difficult for him to move forward in this academy!"

"Ah, although Yue Heng is well-educated, he will have a hard time meeting such an antagonist..."

As soon as the secret envoy B opened his mouth, his words were full of the flavor of storytelling. Fu Qingzhou shook his head and the tea in his mouth tasted even better. If he was not talking about his unfortunate brother and if this was not Mingjian Pavilion, he would at least say "good" a few times.

As he listened along, his expression gradually became helpless.

Yue Heng, this unlucky child...

To put it simply, when he first arrived in the capital, he came across the enrollment of Qingteng Yayuan. He was very talented and wrote a very good essay during the exam. Although he was not famous in the capital, he made some name for himself and was admitted. Then he met Lan Hongjun.

Of course Fu Qingzhou remembered Lan Hongjun.

Back in Hengfeng City, Yue Heng had just let Lan Hongjun lose at a poetry meeting, but the opponent's younger brother beat Yue Heng half to death. If Fu Qingzhou hadn't done a little trick and used his family's face to put Lan Hongjun on the fire, Yue Heng might not have been able to leave Hengfeng City.

After arriving at Qingteng Yayuan, the two met again, and Lan Hongjun would definitely not let Yue Heng have an easy time.

He didn't directly call on his friends to beat Yue Heng up, but instead used a cunning plan.

This sinister plot... is to throw dirty water.

Of course, these so-called conspiracies, in the words of the secret envoys of Mingjian Pavilion, are "things that cannot be confirmed for the time being", and "may indeed be done by Yue Heng, but may not be the dirty water thrown by Lan Hongjun."

But Fu Qingzhou knew very well that his upright brother was incapable of doing such fancy things.

To sum up, those things are three consecutive strategies.

One is plagiarism.

Lan Hongjun got hold of an article with the same handwriting as his own from somewhere, saying that the article Yue Heng wrote when he took the Qingteng Yayuan exam was plagiarized from Lan Hongjun. The article, both in terms of paper and ink, looked like it was one or two years old, and a lot of its content was indeed similar to the article Yue Heng wrote when he took the exam.

The second is obscene.

After the plagiarism was exposed, Qingteng Yayuan did not rush to convict him, but said it would investigate the matter. But Yue Heng was naturally depressed because of this, and then some of his classmates said that they would take him out to drink to relieve their sorrow... This guy was a wine lover, so he naturally followed.

As a result, after being drunk, he woke up in the dormitory of Qingteng Yayuan, with... in his hand, the underwear of a female disciple in the academy!
What's worse is that he had just woken up when a group of people broke into the cell... and saw the whole scene clearly.

Afterwards, all the friends who had been calling him brothers and fighting for him in the bar last night, now changed their faces and said that after getting drunk last night, Yue Heng cursed the academy for not allowing them to go to the brothel. Later, someone testified that they saw him sneaking into the women's quarters... But this was not the last resort.

The last trick in this chain of schemes is the most cruel one, called theft.

However, the cost of this plan is quite high.

After the above incident, Yue Heng's reputation in Qingteng Yayuan naturally plummeted. The academy no longer allowed him to attend classes and directly kicked him out.

Afterwards, Yue Heng packed up his things, seemingly preparing to leave the capital, but before leaving, he went to the Palm Sword Academy alone.

Here... there is one thing that needs to be mentioned separately, that is, the Sword Academy does not exclude outsiders, and anyone can enter.

No matter whether you are an official or a commoner, a person from the capital or a foreign barbarian, you can enter the gate of the Sword-wielding Academy and take a look inside - there are even libraries in the academy specially opened for outsiders, where you can browse the books at will, but you cannot take them out.

As for what Yue Heng was doing there, no one really knew.

But...he was there again and ran into Lan Hongjun.

No one knew what they said, but soon, the two of them started fighting each other, and then... Yue Heng suddenly cast a spell.

It was not a simple matter of drawing a talisman and throwing it at someone's face. Instead, he casually drew a talisman on his palm and then slapped Lan Hongjun in the face.

After a slap, Lan Hongjun's head tilted... his cervical vertebrae were fractured and he became paralyzed on the spot.

"Speaking of Yue Heng, in everyone's eyes, he was just a weak scholar. Who would have thought that he actually had such amazing abilities? Fortunately, there were many people coming and going in the Palm Sword Academy. In a blink of an eye, the passers-by in the Palm Sword Academy joined forces to subdue him and he could not move."

"Then, some people were worried that he might have a weapon, so they searched his luggage and found several precious books from the Palm Sword Academy in front of everyone! Among them were several secret books, which were the secrets of the academy! Everyone was shocked when they saw this!"

Secret Envoy B lowered his voice and frowned, saying, "Now, everyone is even more certain that Yue Heng actually stole the secret book of the Palm Sword Academy, practiced privately, secretly opened his spiritual orifice, and learned magic! No wonder he could suddenly attack and hurt people, and beat Lan Hongjun so badly!"

"Alas, one cannot judge a person by his appearance, and one cannot measure the depth of the sea... This Yue Heng may seem gentle and refined, but who would have known that he is actually an ambitious, unscrupulous lunatic!"

Fu Qingzhou frowned deeply when he heard this.

This is not right...

Lan Hongjun wanted to frame Yue Heng for stealing the secret manual of Palm Sword Academy, but was it worth it to put himself at the risk?
That's a broken cervical vertebra! It's real paralysis! Even if there are countless mysterious pills, it may not guarantee that he will be completely saved.

Moreover, what if Yue Heng's magic was a little more powerful at that time and killed him?

Wait, that's not right...

Fu Qingzhou suddenly realized: "Damn it, Master Lan didn't even know Yue Heng knew magic! I gave Brother Yue a book on the collection of magic! He learned it from there!"

His face turned a little ugly... Lan Hongjun's move was really ruthless. Brother Yue learned magic, so at least he paralyzed this Lan guy; otherwise, Lan Hongjun's face would be left with a few fist marks at most.

But because of this, by accident, it was confirmed that Yue Heng had secretly learned magic from the Sword Academy.

"Ugh……"

Fu Qingzhou sighed softly in his heart and asked in a low voice: "I know the reason for the incident, but you just said that there is something fishy going on. What's going on?"

"Let me tell you about this matter..." Secret Envoy B shook his head again, preparing to start another long storytelling.

But at this moment, his eyes suddenly changed and he looked behind Fu Qingzhou.

Fu Qingzhou and Secret Envoy A were sitting opposite him. They didn't know what was behind them. Then they reacted and turned around.

I saw a tall figure standing quietly behind them, it was none other than... Li Jingzhe.

"Nothing to do?"

Li Jingzhe said in a deep voice: "Do you want me to go to Yifang Bridge to ask for a piece of land so that I can tell you stories?"

The two secret envoys didn't dare to respond. They stood up suddenly, bowed deeply to Li Jingzhe, and ran away like rabbits without looking back.

Fu Qingzhou certainly didn't plan to run away. He stood up helplessly and bowed to Li Jingzhe: "I am Fu Qingzhou, a humble citizen. I am honored to meet you, Lord Li."

"You're quite brave."

Li Jingzhe had a blank expression on his face: "You dare to ask about the secrets of Mingjian Pavilion?"

Fu Qingzhou lowered his head and said nothing, rolling his eyes secretly in his heart.

"Okay, follow me." Li Jingzhe said, turning around and saying, "I will explain to you what Master Xiangjian has told me to do."

(End of this chapter)