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Chapter 376: One Punch Knock (3100+)

Xianjin frowned painfully, and then looked at the tall and pretty Qiao Hui hunching her shoulders, looking aggrieved and weak. Xianjin felt a strange itch in his heart, as if his heart was being dusted by a feather.
Xianjin's facial features gradually relaxed, he nodded slightly, and asked in a low voice: "Oh? Fighting? Who is fighting with whom?"

Qiao Hui keenly noticed the change in Xianjin's tone: He has always been sharp, if he were a little slower, he would have been fed to the sharks long ago.
Qiao Hui immediately leaned towards Xianjin. Although he tried his best, it was obvious that the cramped space could not accommodate his broad biceps and well-developed pectoral muscles.

If you have congenital defects in your body shape, you can only rely on acquired efforts to improve yourself.

Qiao Hui was struggling to hold the fist. "There were two scholars. One of them was shouting that he was from the Beiberlin family and said some very offensive words. The other one swung his fist, but he probably didn't hurt the other person, so his hand should have been broken--"

Qiao Hui recalled Baozhu's coquettish tone: "I just gave the Lin family kid a flying knife! A column of blood spurted out! The kid's left shoulder bone must have been shattered into pieces!"

Such a bloody thing can’t become cute just by adding a “了呢”.

But Xianjin fell for it.

I really like this.

Being coquettish is a man’s best dowry.

She likes Suo'er's straightforwardness, Aunt Zhong's desperateness, Aunt Du's kindness, Zuo Niang's gentleness and Xiong Youyou's quietness. But her favorite are Baozhu's naivety and Hengxi's cuteness - if you look into it more carefully, these two people are the most dependent on her, admire her the most, and like her to act coquettishly the most.

Xianjin felt extremely comfortable all over, and the itchy feeling in his heart became even more lighthearted. While thinking vaguely, he involuntarily leaned towards Qiao Hui: ".You are of noble birth. And you have seen blood. I am afraid there will be some trouble, right?"

The cold and desolate fragrance of rime swept over domineeringly.

Qiao Hui lowered his eyebrows, his expression submissive, and he stammered, "There must be some trouble. I wanted to kill him with a knife, but then I thought that we are opening a new store, so we should not get involved in a murder lawsuit for the time being. It is very unlucky. I will kill him with a knife, and it will also be a show to the capital city, to see who dares to gossip about you behind your back."

She doesn't want to gossip behind people's backs now, she wants to gossip in person.

Xianjin raised his head, his nose brushed against Qiao Hui's chin, his long and slightly raised eyebrows narrowed slightly: "Everyone in the world bullies the good and fears the evil, they fear power but not virtue."

Qiao Hui's throat moved, and he unconsciously followed Xianjin's gaze, speaking in a long and slow tone: "Yes, so in addition to establishing virtue, we should also establish authority. Only when kindness and authority go hand in hand can we follow the right path."

Xianjin looked at Qiao Hui's lips opening and closing. Although he looked up, he felt an oppression that made people feel helpless. Xianjin kissed Qiao Hui's mouth and whispered charmingly, "The right thing to do is for you to stop talking now - just close your eyes, okay?"

Qiao Hui closed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her body kept retreating as Xianjin conquered the city.

This is the small courtyard behind the house of "Xuan".

The courtyard was crowded with people coming and going.

Xianjin's hands buckled Qiao Hui's soft armor belt and pulled it off on his own initiative. Qiao Hui's back was pressed tightly against the wall, and he raised his neck with difficulty but was powerless.

The Southeast shark that dominates the East China Sea is like a drowning fish, flailing its gills and feeling unbearable heat.

The doors and windows around the brothel were closed tightly, and the occasional bits of whispers that came in failed to disturb the two people who were whispering to each other.

The court sessions in the following days confirmed what “no small trouble” meant.

The current Xiangbei Marquis is an old man in his early seventies. He trembled in his court robes and beat the drum to accuse Qiao Hui: "Zhongwu Marquis was successful and famous at a young age, and he was always by the emperor's side. However, he was not humble and respectful, but was arrogant and domineering, ignoring the law in the court! He actually killed a private school student in broad daylight. His evil deeds! His actions are so bad! It is hard to describe!"

The old man might have not eaten in the morning and had hypoglycemia. He collapsed after beating the Dengwen Drum for the whole morning. The imperial physician stirred some honey water and gave it to the old man to drink. The old man woke up full of energy again. The next day when he went to the Dengwen Drum, he remembered to bring two large white flour cakes with him in case of emergency.

Qiao Fangzhi was helpless and cursed Qiao Hui: "You really can't hold it back! You kidnapped me secretly at night when it was dark and windy. No one can tell what happened to you! Going to court is annoying enough, and now there's drum accompaniment! It's even more annoying!"

The hypoglycemic old man was only the first step. The second step was the censor who was like a dog smelling shit. The censor excitedly made three reports to Qiao Hui in the court, accusing him of "colluding with officials and businessmen, degrading himself, hanging out with merchants and women all day long, and not showing any sense of mission as a young general!"

"Degeneration? What is degeneration?" Qiao Hui laughed and interrupted the old censor in public.

The Imperial Censor said angrily, "Marquis Zhongwu and Chief Qiao are both in the court, but they have taken in a merchant woman. I heard that Marquis Zhongwu was also a scholar before he joined the army, and even had the title of Juren. How can such a clean and honest scholar be involved with a merchant woman?"

The Imperial Censor's eyes widened in anger. "What's more, I have heard that the female merchant broke her promise and embezzled the property of her master's family before setting up her own business. She even teamed up with the master who had raised her. You and Master Qiao are willing to be hunted by such an unfaithful, unfilial, unrighteous and unfraternal person, which is enough to show your low character."

Qiao Hui turned around and threw the tablet in his hand to the ground. Before anyone could expect it, he took a few steps to the front of the old censor and raised his fist high! "Pa!"

It was smashed crooked.

It hit the pillar behind the Imperial Censor.

The old man opened his hands, hugged the pillar, and raised his hand tremblingly to point at Qiao Hui: "In the court, how can a reckless and evil man be an official of our dynasty!"

The old scholar could not help but recall the time when Emperor Zhaode was in power, when he treated old and civil officials with great favor and patronage: in the court, old officials enjoyed a transcendent status, Emperor Zhaode respected and honored them, human feelings were reflected in the laws, and the civil officials in the court were comfortable and the military generals were contented - nothing like today!
Princess Bai'an in this classroom is like a beast out of a cage, with strict discipline!

Princess Bai'an did not have much respect for the civil officials in the court, and even expressed many times that the court institutions were redundant and complicated, and needed to be strengthened and slimmed down, and that the six ministries and the capital were full of people with poor skills and unskilled people who needed to be demoted for training or demoted.
Demotion!

Decentralize!

Where can the scholars of the world put their face after seeing this?
In addition, inspections were carried out on the six ministries and many government offices. Secret inspections were conducted on the situations in the government offices in the morning and the times when officials left the government offices in the evening. A table was also drawn up to require the six ministries to report once every ten days, which made some of the chief officials miserable!

Even the Grand Princess Bai'an proposed that "officials above the third rank should rotate positions, go to where it is hard, go where they are needed, rather than live in a small corner of the capital" - officials above the third rank are all veteran officials! They have been operating in the capital for decades! Where can they go? Where it is hard? Should they go to the outside of Yumen Pass to eat and drink sand? ! Or go to Guangdong, Guangxi and southern Fujian to get wet and rainy? !

Princess Bai'an was too dismissive and mistreated them!
They even extended their long arms of rectification to their descendants!

The Capital Command Headquarters in Xishan Camp was originally a place where illegitimate sons or second sons of high-ranking officials in the capital could make their way out. However, a few months ago, a sudden examination caused four or five young men who had been blessed with imperial favors to lose their jobs. Now they are unemployed at home, not knowing what their future holds!
Everything here flashed by like a kaleidoscope.

As for the group of people brought by Grand Princess Bai'an: the tall and sharp young Marquis Zhongwu was looking at him gloomily, and the broad-faced and bearded commander of the imperial guards, Lord Hu, stepped forward to support him, not letting him move -

Someone, help! Someone is taking sides here! Is it the Marquis of Zhongwu who wants to hit him? Is it easier for the Marquis of Zhongwu to aim at the target by holding him down and not letting him move?

The Imperial Censor was so angry that he screamed, "This is not the Northern Frontier! This is not the Southeast! This is the capital city! Don't bring the bad habits of the barbarians into the court!"

Princess Bai'an, who was firmly seated on the throne, narrowed her eyes slightly. Her voice was not loud, but it was accurately heard by everyone in the court: "Mr. Yue, are you referring to me or the Marquis of Zhongwu?"

After a moment of silence in the court, it began to boil like water dropped into boiling oil!

Some people pleaded for Yue Yushi, some pleaded for Qiao Hui, some tried to stab both sides in a sarcastic way, and there was also some who impeached the hidden fox Hu Hualiang, saying that Lord Hu Hualiang rented a house in Beijing but did not pay the rent, and the store and house owners had to swallow their anger and did not dare to ask for money from high-ranking officials.

Liangliang:?
But go to his dad!

How come the fire has burned him again!

Those who try to stop a fight will also be sentenced! ?
Although it is normal to quarrel in court, yes, quarreling is very normal: the world is a huge makeshift team. You think that the court meetings are all about arguing and quoting from classics, but in fact, everyone will argue without any temperament. You scold me, "You are from a juren family, no wonder you lack education!", and I scold you, "You are just from a small place, no wonder you have never seen the world." Personal attacks like this are very common.

Quarrels are quarrels, and fights are the first of their kind since the founding of the Wei Dynasty.

It is said that Qiao Hui's punch showed his power and prestige, and brought out the tit-for-tat between the old and the new. It exposed the contradiction between a dozen parachuted high-ranking officials from outside and the old ministers who had been in the court for a long time, and exposed the dissatisfaction of the people with the iron-fisted governance methods of the female rulers since Princess Bai'an came to power.

Since Princess Bai'an came to power, the direction of the court has been somewhat strange. It has been carefully maintained at a balance point. A slight deviation to the left or right could result in a huge deviation.

Everyone is treading on thin ice.

Emperor Zhaode is still alive. Can he reappear?

Or will the abdicated emperor take over power?

Or, will their careers for the rest of their lives depend on the control of a ruthless and strict woman?
Qiao Hui's punch broke the thin ice, and all people, things, conflicts and speculations were exposed.

After Qiao Hui finished his boxing match, he was ordered to stay at home for half a year for self-reflection, thus temporarily retiring from the turmoil.

Light the lamp under the moon, and the beauty lowers her eyes.

Xianjin blew away the medicinal oil he had just applied, blinked, and his long eyelashes remained still: "It's all just a show, so why not just deliver a real punch?"

(End of this chapter)