The demon world I designed.

Chapter 40 The Chaotang Situation!
Chen Qing didn't hesitate for long, she accepted the stranger's invitation and sat beside her...

Deep down in his heart, he wanted to go to Yu Chipeng's side. Although that guy's body odor was serious and affected his appetite, he really regarded himself as a friend, and he was more comfortable in the past.

But I'm afraid it's a bit disrespectful to Fei Jun. Fei Jun is quite a good person, and Chen Qing actually doesn't want to offend him.

The most important thing is that the person in front of him is not low in status just by looking at his posture. If he doesn't know the details, it's better not to save his face. Moreover, if he accepted this invitation, he would be considered worthy of both Fei Jun and Yu Chipeng. explain.

"Does Master Chen drink strong alcohol?" The thin middle-aged man asked with a smile.

Chen Qing directly shook her head, apologized and said: "This official has not learned how to drink yet."

This is not an excuse. In order to provide for my own education, how poor is my family, and still drink?

As for the previous life?As a technical fat house, everyone drinks fat house water.

"Would you like to learn?" The middle-aged man smiled.

"Forget it..." Chen Qing said with a smile: "I have ordered the carriage, and I will hurry to Liuzhou later."

"In such a hurry?"

"The rent is expensive, and the lower officials haven't received their salaries yet, and they are almost running out of money."

Everyone: "..."

"Haha!" The middle-aged man smiled when he heard the words: "You are an interesting person. Other Jinshi wish to stay for a few more days and open up some connections if they can, but you are eager to leave as soon as possible."

"I don't have any money, what can I use to open up relationships?"

The surrounding civil officials had black lines on their faces, while the middle-aged people and surrounding military generals burst out laughing.

"Master Chen!" An old civil servant sitting across from him said with a dark face, "I'm going to take office soon, please be more tactful in what you say and do!"

Chen Qing was taken aback, and glanced at the crane patch on the other party's chest, um... the second-rank official, maybe he was still a minister, so he didn't dare to offend him, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "My lord, please don't be offended if you make a mistake. .”

"Hmph..." The old man glanced at Chen Qing, then at the middle-aged man next to him, and then said, "Master Chen and Duke Qin are very familiar?"

Chen Qing froze when she heard this, and looked at the guy next to her.

This is the guy from Laozi Yin?

"You are Lord Qin Guogong?"

The other party smiled when he heard the words: "Master Chen's expression... seems to have some complaints against me?"

"How could it be?" Chen Qing cupped her hands with a smile on her face and said, "I haven't thanked my lord for your recommendation. It is thanks to my lord that the student can get the prefect position."

Chen Qing bites the word "Guogong" very hard. The last body that he has always called "Guogong" is already completely cold. Please ask for blessings...
The generals around all looked at Chen Qing. Few people were so calm after knowing the identity of Lao Lu. Although this kid is a literati, he has the strength of a general!

"Haha, you don't need to say thank you." Qin Guogong smiled immediately: "Master Chen's ability to handle the errand is your own ability, and it has nothing to do with me."

The civil servants on the opposite side frowned. It looked like the two didn't know each other. After all, with Qin Guogong's current status, there was no need to show them such a scene with young people.

"Where, where..." Chen Qing said with a smile: "Without the recommendation of the Duke, I don't even have a chance to show it. Such a great kindness, I will definitely repay it in the future."

Qin Guogong shook his head amusedly when he heard the words, but he was a little curious in his heart. He had seen countless people, but he rarely saw young people who faced him so indifferently.

Although there is respect on the lips, there is no awe in the eyes.

This is not only looking at himself, but also the young man's eyes when he looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, that kind of peace, that kind of... indifference?

He didn't know why he used this word, but it felt like that. The young man looked at everyone with a kind of indifference, and someone who used to be... as if...

In this way, people at a large table chatted from time to time, and the topics were very common, such as how old is this year?How many people are there in the family?The teacher who worshiped before being admitted to Jinshi?If it hadn't been for the emperor's announcement that he wanted to become a son-in-law, he would have doubted whether the other party wanted to marry him.

In this way, time passed quickly, and soon it was time to leave the table at night.

Naturally, Chen Qing would not stay to watch the night, so he hurriedly bid farewell to several adults who seemed to be of high rank, chatted with Yu Chipeng and Fei Jun before preparing to leave, he didn't even think about this place in the capital now wait.

But when he was about to leave the Duke's mansion, he was stopped by an acquaintance again.

It was the expected person, but Chen Qing didn't expect the other party to come to her so late.

"Where did you go just now?" Chen Qing asked.

The person who came was Wang Ye. Seeing Chen Qing speak, Wang Ye was slightly silent. He felt that Chen Qing seemed to be calling him more and more casually.

Is the relationship between the two of them already this good?

"My master has something for you."

"what?"
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"What do you think of this young man?"

After the banquet was over, all civil and military officials gathered together in small groups, chatting about some household matters. Now that there were no paper figurines responsible for recording words and deeds, the atmosphere seemed to be much more relaxed.

At this time, there were quite a few people discussing Chen Qing, including Lord Chen, Minister of Rites who chatted with Duke Qin.

"I think it's quite interesting..." Qin Guogong looked at the direction Chen Qing left with a smile: "The young man who can break the trap of the thousand-faced fox is actually a mortal, really interesting..."

The Minister of Rites also smiled slightly, and the prince in the distance had a thoughtful expression when he heard the two talking about Chen Qing.

Today, there are three major factions in the imperial court, with Liu Yu, Jiuqing and other great magicians as the core, occupying the support of [-]% of the civil servants in the court, and they are the main force of the civil official group. The blood family headed by Qin Guogong is extremely powerful, occupying the current Jin Seventy percent of the power of the aristocratic family, nearly half of the power of the frontier army!

Then there are the loyal royalist families, such as the Yuchi family and the Hong family. These are the senior bloodline families that followed the Xiao family before the establishment of the Great Jin Dynasty, occupying the power of the remaining [-]% of the bloodline families!

In the past, the royal father sent his bloodline family loyal to him to guard the border towns and held a large amount of military power. In the capital, the warlock group used to check and balance the bloodline family that supported Qin Guogong in the court. To be honest, they barely had the upper hand.

After all, although there are many bloodline families supporting Duke Qin, most of them are controlled in the capital, and the military power of the frontier army has been eroded step by step by his father over the years.

If things go on like this, by the time he ascends the throne safely, at least [-]% of the frontier army's power has been withdrawn by the royal family. With the absolute support of Liu Yu and others, they can start to deal with Qin Guogong's lineage.

But I don't know why the father went crazy and moved Liu Yu!
More than half of the great magicians at the level of Jiuqing were recommended by Liu Yu back then. Once Liu Yu was moved, the situation in the capital would not be so stable once the civil servants left.

Now that the Minister of the Ministry of Rites is actually chatting with Qin Guogong, the prince naturally needs to pay attention.

In Jiuqing, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is a heavenly official with the greatest actual power, but in terms of seniority and seniority, Master Chen, the Minister of Rites, is actually the highest. As the abbot who has held six scientific examinations, Mr. Chen has disciples all over the world, and more importantly Yes, he has basically cultivated political science everywhere!
"Master Chen is also interested in Chen Qing?" After hearing a few words, the prince finally couldn't help but interjected.

"Your Highness..." Qin Guogong and Chen Shangshu saluted one after another.

"You don't need to be too polite." The crown prince smiled and said, "I'm just curious. Why is His Royal Highness suddenly so interested in Chen Qing, a new Jinshi?"

Qin Guogong smiled slightly when he heard the words: "Maybe it's... I'm a little bored."

boring?
The crown prince smiled but wasn't smiling, Liu Yu just died, so he wanted to do something, right?
Chen Shangshu on the side saw it, but shook his head secretly. His Royal Highness is not 01:30 worse than the Holy One, not only in strength, but also in character.

In fact, the most suitable person to inherit His Majesty's mantle is the eldest son born to the empress and His Majesty, but unfortunately... died young, and the current Crown Prince... To be honest, he is really not optimistic.

Sometimes he was a little uncertain, did he really want to put the warlock's inheritance on the crown prince? ——
"Three factions?"

In the backyard of the Duke's Mansion, Wang Ye led Chen Qing to the back door with ease, and for some unknown reason, he actually talked to Chen Qing about the situation in the court.

"Well..." Wang Ye nodded: "The Yuchipeng and Hongwu you know belong to the royalist faction, and they are the bloodline families that have the deepest bond with the Xiao family. There are a few others you haven't seen, and most of them serve in the frontier army."

"So that's how it is..." Chen Qing suddenly realized, and he said that the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty is vast, more than ten times that of Huaxia in his previous life. There are many dukes, more than 20, but he has only heard about the capital city. Of the nine princes, the rest were dispatched abroad.

"Fei Jun is a rookie sorcerer, and he is a cousin of the crown prince, a warlock of the young and strong sect, and a close minister of the crown prince. If you accepted his invitation just now, and you just saved His Highness the crown prince not long ago, in the eyes of so many civil and military officials, You may be regarded as the prince's power."

Chen Qing: "..."

"Of course, if you accept Yu Chipeng's invitation, you will also belong to the Royalists, but the position will be a little bit towards His Majesty, you should understand?"

Chen Qing smiled wryly and nodded. Royalists and princelings have always been two different things...
"Then what's the matter if I accepted Qin Guogong's invitation today?"

"Master Qin Guogong is protecting you." Wang Ye looked at the clear sky and said: "You are a literati, promoted by the civil service system, and Qin Guogong's forces can't interfere with your official career. Both His Majesty and the Crown Prince know this, so although Qin Guogong The forces behind him seem to be the most dangerous, but contacting him is the least suspicious for the time being, and he took the initiative to invite you today to help you out."

Chen Qing was taken aback for a moment, what he didn't expect was that Qin Guogong would help him, and he frowned suddenly, as if he... wasn't familiar with him, right?

"That adult rarely does that." Wang Ye also smiled and said, "I don't know why I'm so interested in you all of a sudden."

"Haha..." Chen Qing laughed, feeling that it was not a good thing.

"By the way, you just said that Mr. Song Guogong has something for me. What is it?"

Wang Ye paused, took out a black book that didn't look thin, and handed it over.

Chen Qing took it curiously, and padded it, which was quite heavy, so she asked curiously, "What is it?"

"I don't know..." Wang Ye shook his head: "The master has set up a spell, and only you can open it."

"Oh?" Chen Qing became even more curious when she heard the words, and opened the cover in front of him. Sure enough, when she turned the book, there were distorted space runes flashing across the book, which was really magical.

"You just opened it in front of me, so you're not afraid of me peeking?" Wang Ye asked with a half-smile.

"What are you afraid of?" Chen Qing said with a smile: "I read it in front of you. I just want to watch it with you. It's so serious. If you want to watch it, come and watch it together."

Wang Ye was slightly taken aback, and looked at Chen Qing for a long time, but in the end he didn't object, nodded and moved closer, and also looked at the book.

Huh?This is……

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