Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 142 Paranoia

Fu Yuan is a lunatic.

At least that's what Chen Ce thought.

He can't afford to lose, not even a little bit.

Geniuses are always paranoid, paranoid to the point of madness.

Seeing that Chen Ce was unmoved, Fu Yuan suppressed his anger and said, "I can tell you bluntly that I will destroy your student Tang Yin in this examination!"

"I will make him unable to hold his head up for the rest of his life, make him depressed, and ruin his life."

"He is your student, you should save him!"

Chen Ce glanced at Fu Yuan and said earnestly, "Mr. Fu, is winning or losing really that important?"

“No one is always victorious.”

Fu Yuan said: "That's just an excuse for losers!"

"Let's bet on your student Tang Yin. Guess what I will do to him?"

Chen Ce shook his head and said, "I never wanted to gamble with you."

Fu Yuan panted heavily, "You never thought about betting with me? You treated me like a fool, from beginning to end! You call this not thinking about betting with me?"

Chen Ce asked back, "Weren't you the one who attacked me first? It's rude not to reciprocate."

"As for Tang Yin's affairs, I don't want to care, and I can't care."

"Just consider it as your win."

Fu Yuan sneered, "What do you mean by just consider me the winner? Even if I win, I have to win fairly like last time, amidst mutual calculations!"

Chen Ce shrugged and said, "Then I can't outsmart you, is that okay?"

"You!" Fu Yuan pointed at Chen Ce and said coldly, "I will let you take action. I will definitely let you take action!"

This lunatic is simply insane.

……

After the 18th day of the first lunar month, life returned to normal and Fu Yuan never came to see Chen Ce again, as if he had disappeared.

He did not cause trouble for Chen Ce, nor did he use his father's official connections to cause trouble for Chen Ce.

The newspaper also began to operate in an orderly manner. After losing all its competitors, the newspaper's income was not a huge amount, but it was still considerable.

It rained on the day of the Dragon Raising its Head on February 2. The imperial examination in the 12th year of Hongzhi arrived as scheduled, and thousands of candidates gathered in front of the Shuntian Prefecture Examination Hall before dawn.

Chen Ce got up before dawn today, stood silently at the back of the crowd with his hands behind his back, staring at the spirited Tang Yin, wondering what he was thinking.

Xu Jing spotted Chen Ce standing alone with an umbrella in the corner behind him and wanted to come over to say hello, but Chen Ce shook his head slightly, signaling him not to come over.

After about an hour, all the tribute students outside Shuntian Prefecture entered the examination room.

Chen Ce then went back holding an umbrella. On the way, he found a man in an alley, sitting in the rain in a daze, like a stray dog, looking lonely and sad.

Chen Ce, holding an oil-paper umbrella and wearing a long green robe, walked over, held up the umbrella for the other party, and asked, "Brother Yang, why are you sitting in the rain?"

Yang Yuzhen looked up in confusion. It was chilly in spring and her clothes were all wet, but she didn't feel cold. She looked at Chen Ce with lifeless eyes and suddenly burst into tears.

"You're right, you're right!"

"Women have the most vicious hearts, women have the most vicious hearts!"

"I deserve to die, I deserve to die!"

Chen Ce thought for a moment and said, "I'll buy you a drink, let's go."

Yang Yuzhen followed Chen Ce to the tavern in a daze, asked the owner to buy him a set of cheap clothes, and then watched Yang Yuzhen drink continuously.

He told Chen Ce all about his recent experiences in bits and pieces.

During this period, Yang's father returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors, and the Yang family's bookstore business in Shuntian Prefecture was entirely handed over to Yang Yuzhen.

A few days ago, Yang Yuzhen listened to Yin Ping'er and signed a one-way book purchasing contract with a bookseller.

After the contract came into effect, the other party began to continuously raise the purchase price of books.

The consequences were obvious. All five bookstores owned by Yang Yuzhen were taken over by the other party in this way.

And the reason why he trusted the bookseller so blindly was because Yin Ping'er had guaranteed it.

It was obvious that he had been set up by a business man, and the manipulator was Fu Yuan. Yin Ping'er took advantage of Yang Yuzhen's trust in her and helped Fu Yuan set up this business trap.

It's not complicated, but it's enough for a bootlicker. Yang Yuzhen lost all his family property.

"This bitch! Whore! She will die a horrible death!"

Yang Yuzhen burst into tears.

Chen Ce had already anticipated this outcome, but he did not expect it to be so tragic.

"What are your plans for the future?"

Yang Yuzhen said pitifully: "What else can I plan? I don't have the face to see my father again. I might as well die outside!"

Chen Ce thought for a moment and said, "The newspaper is still short of people. If you are willing, come in and help review manuscripts. The salary won't be much, but it will be enough for you to live on."

Yang Yuzhen smacked her tears and said, "This...is not a bother to you, right?"

Chen Ce said: "Don't you think so? Otherwise, why would you block the road I have to take to get home?"

"You're sorry to come to me and run into me like this, aren't you?"

Yang Yuzhen: “…”

Damn! He actually saw through me!

Yang Yuzhen was not embarrassed by being exposed. He chuckled and said, "If you don't mind, I will take you as my foster father!"

"Abandon." Chen Ce said one word.

Yang Yuzhen: “…”

This is a bit embarrassing.

Chen Ce said: "I don't know you yet, and I don't trust you that much, so let's do the work first."

"If possible, from now on, help me while looking for new prey."

"There are so many women in the world, it doesn't matter who you choose. If this one doesn't work, just find another one."

Yang Yuzhen's body trembled, and he said with an unpleasant expression: "Women are clothes; brothers are limbs."

"Let's do the scientific research."

Chen Ce said: "I suggest you work and study at the same time, it may not be impossible in the future."

Yang Yuzhen said hurriedly: "To be honest, godfather, I think so too."

Chen Ce hummed and said, "The clothes I bought for you today will be deducted from your salary next month."

Yang Yuzhen: “???”

Aren’t you, the boss, too cruel?

……

The three-day closed examination finally ended on the afternoon of February 6th.

The examinees came out of the Imperial Examination Hall with all worried faces, because this year's eight-legged essay was too difficult!
I have never seen such a difficult essay!

A scholar found Tang Yin and asked, "Brother Tang, how are you?"

Tang Yin laughed wildly and said confidently: "It's very simple, 90% sure."

These words were immediately widely publicized.

Xu Jing glanced at Tang Yin and advised, "Bo Hu, secrecy leads to success, while disclosure leads to failure. Be more restrained in your words, as Master Chen has instructed."

Tang Yin didn't care at all and said, "My teacher is just too cautious about everything. I didn't cheat or copy anything. This exam was originally very easy for me. It's just that they are too stupid."

"What's so difficult about it? Why don't I feel that?"

"Father Heng, how did you do in the exam?" Tang Yin asked Xu Jing with a smile.

Xu Jing shook his head and said, "I don't know. I guess even if I win, it's just luck that I got to the end."

"That's a good thing!"

"Have a good sleep tonight, and go celebrate with the teacher tomorrow. I'll treat you!"

Xu Jing hummed and said, "Okay."

Shuntian Imperial Examination Hall was closed after the examination.

The examiners began to mark the papers day and night. They needed to complete the marking work within three days, so the first eight-legged essay examination was particularly important in the imperial examinations of Ming and Qing dynasties.

(End of this chapter)