Chapter 35 Wangjing, Wangjing

Chapter 35 Wangjing, Wangjing

Chapter 35 Wangjing, Wangjing

The next afternoon, Baicao Garden.

A local official in Wangjing was sitting in a private room of the inn with Gu Zhuo, smiling, and solemnly informing the latter in person that thanks to the efforts of his colleagues in the local government, the process of applying for a place in the summer festival had been completed within a day, so he didn't have to worry about it.

Then, this person said many words of blessing and hope, probably asking Gu Zhuo not to be proud and complacent in the future, and to remember to practice diligently so that he could fight for Wangjing in the summer festival. During the practice, he could just ask for help if he needed anything, and many people were willing to do their best for it.

Between the lines, this official was actually conveying goodwill to the powerful people in Wangjing.

At the end of the conversation, he naturally mentioned the matter of Changzhou Academy.

"We will try our best to find a solution at Changzhou Academy and give you a proper explanation, but this is related to the reputation of the academy. To be honest, it is really difficult to deal with. After all, if someone insists on being stubborn, you can't do anything about it."

The official looked at Gu Zhuo and said sincerely, "But I believe that the people of Wangjing know the right and wrong and are firmly on your side."

Gu Zhuo smiled gently, nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, sir."

After saying this, for some reason he recalled Lin Wanyi's evaluation of him yesterday and thought that it was indeed prejudice.

Isn't he polite enough at this time?
The official thought that this was enough, and thought that the young man would definitely not like to have dinner with him, so he smiled and exchanged a few more words of greeting, then stood up and left the box.

Gu Zhuo looked at the table full of dishes and wondered how he could finish them all.
Just half a quarter of an hour after he had this thought, there was a knock on the door of the box.

The person coming is Chen Chi.

Gu Zhuo had met him several times. They could be considered acquaintances, if not friends. Not to mention that the Zhexue in his hand was given to him by this man.

"I'm a little confused about something now."

"what's up?"

Chen Chi asked casually as he sat down casually and familiarly, lowered his head to wash the dishes with hot tea, and prepared to join in on this overly sumptuous lunch.

Gu Zhuo looked at him and asked curiously, "Is it that you and your two colleagues are the only ones in Wangjing from the Patrol Department, and there are no other people?"

Chen Chi shrugged and said, "Because people like us three are responsible for doing the dirty work."

He paused, looked up at Gu Zhuo, and added carefully.

"I don't mean to say that you are dirty. The main reason is that Lin Wanyi's identity is too sensitive. It is bound to be difficult to deal with cases involving her. No one wants to be too deeply involved in such a case. Only people like us who come from a sect and have no chance of promotion don't care. Or only big figures like Master Pei who stand high enough and are not afraid of storms dare to get involved. So you can only see me, Yin Chun and Xin Gu, right?"

Gu Zhuo understood everything.

"Since we're already talking about this, let's talk about other things."

Chen Chi picked up his chopsticks, picked up a piece of beef and put it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "When you go to Shendu in the future, many people will dislike you and will encounter some difficulties. The reason is very simple, because you came from Wangjing."

Gu Zhuo probably understood the logic behind this, but still felt speechless, wondering if this should be considered regional discrimination?
Chen Chi said patiently: "Wangjing is said to be a secondary capital, but in fact everyone knows that it is an abandoned capital. This is because His Majesty the Emperor doesn't like it. Although His Majesty has never expressed this intention openly, the whole world thinks that he thinks so, and His Majesty has not denied it."

"Over the past few decades, those families that did not follow His Majesty to move the capital away from Wangjing have been on a downward spiral and cannot be stopped. It seems that in a few decades, they will be put into coffins and buried in graves."

He looked at Gu Zhuo and sighed, "But your appearance, and what you said before that you wanted to compete for the first place in the summer festival... Let me put it this way, it's a bit like opening the coffin, even though you have only opened a corner of the coffin lid at most."

If the decline of Wangjing can be described by the four words "an inevitable trend", then how should we describe the fact that Lin Wanyi, who should have died, survived?
This question is not important.

The key is that he was going against the trend in both of these things.

Thinking of this, Gu Zhuo suddenly realized that he did have reasons to be targeted, and he was speechless.

Seeing that he remained silent, Chen Chi thought that his mood became unhappy because of these words, so he quickly changed the subject: "I have a secret to tell you, do you want to hear it?" "What secret?" Gu Zhuo sounded a little strange.

Chen Chi coughed, his expression inexplicably serious, and said solemnly: "I'll tell you in secret, Your Majesty and I were old friends..."

Before he finished speaking, he thought of Pei Jinge's serious face on the high building yesterday, and he couldn't help laughing out loud. He slapped the dining table and thought that according to Master Pei's calculation, he had glanced at the emperor from afar when he met him, so of course he could be considered an old friend.

To be precise, I already have old friends all over the world!
Gu Zhuo was speechless, he really didn't understand the funny point of this sentence.

In his ears, many invisible bystanders who had been watching the conversation between the two in silence suddenly spoke subconsciously.

"Why don't you stay away from this guy?"

"I think so too. The main thing is that this person is laughing... like he is having a disease."

"Diseases are not usually scary, but it is really scary that he gets sick without any signs."

"Stop talking, just run away!"

Worried voices kept ringing in Gu Zhuo's mind, giving sincere and earnest persuasion, mainly because they had never seen such a person before.

At this moment, Chen Chi finally came to his senses and realized what he had just done.

He stared at Gu Zhuo, who had a complicated expression, and said seriously: "I was just telling a joke."

Gu Zhuo was silent for a moment and said, "Well, a joke."

Seeing him like this, Chen Chi suddenly became anxious: "Don't make that expression, this joke is really funny, wait for me to explain it to you, and you will understand why I am laughing so happily."

Gu Zhuo said nothing, his eyes becoming full of pity.

Chen Chi took a deep breath, closed his eyes for a moment, and said slowly: "Actually, I came to you today not to tell this joke, nor to tell you what the specific situation of Wangjing is now. I really have something serious to tell you."

Gu Zhuo asked politely, "What can I do for you?"

Chen Chi's mood gradually calmed down, and he said, "Changzhou Academy should send someone to see you soon and talk to you about the matter of Tongshengdan."

Gu Zhuo was a little surprised and asked, "Why?"

Chen Chi did not hesitate at all and directly told him all the information that the Sky Patrol had found out, including the latest developments that the dean had not replied to last night.

Gu Zhuo was silent for a long time, and then he said in a complicated voice: "Is the Sky Patrol Department such a casual place?"

No matter how you think about it, a person from a sect who is not welcome in the Sky Patrol Department came to him so openly and told him the latest information without any reservations... Even if this information is far from important, it is still an extremely outrageous thing.

Chen Chi understood what he meant, shook his head and said, "That's certainly not what I meant."

Gu Zhuo understood.

As expected, Chen Chi continued, "This is what Master Pei himself meant."

Gu Zhuo didn't say anything.

He seemed to see again the figure of the woman in the black dress standing at the railing with her hands behind her back, and wondered what on earth are you doing?
He didn't think any more and said to Chen Chi: "I need you to do me a favor."

(End of this chapter)