The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 268 It’s such a joy that you were invited out by the chief priest!

[To enter the Fenggao Government Affairs Office, one needs to take a martial arts test!?] For some reason, Zhuge Jin and Sima Lang suddenly had this thought.

The sudden inexplicable thought startled the two of them, and then they laughed and denied their groundless associations.

Although the Han Dynasty was indeed an era full of martial virtues, even those civil officials who usually read books could transform themselves into fierce generals leading troops into battle after putting down their books.

However, the Han Dynasty court did not have a rule that required martial arts proficiency tests to work in the Government Affairs Office.

Therefore, what Chen Xi and Yang Ji just said to Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi about honing their martial arts was most likely their personal request.

After all, if you just look at it from the surface, Chen Xi and Yang Ji are both pure civil officials.

However, judging from the aura that Yang Ji had just released to threaten Sima Yi, this guy was not a pure civil official at all.

He is a super powerful warrior whose internal energy has left his body. This is a rare case even though the essence of heaven and earth has recovered now.

If they were not mistaken, Yang Ji, who looked like an ordinary person, actually had spiritual talent.

As for whether Chen Xi was a master of both civil and military skills, Zhuge Jin and Sima Lang were a little unsure.

Just like Yang Ji, if Yang Ji hadn't actively released his own aura, they would have had no way of sensing the specific situation of these two people.

"..."

Zhuge Jin and Sima Lang could only sigh in their hearts for this kind of big man who was proficient in both civil and military affairs and could still succeed.

After all, which young man doesn't have the desire to rule the world immediately and on foot?

Seeing Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi eager to try, Zhuge Jin and Sima Lang, as brothers, could only silently wish them success.

……

Sima Lang and Zhuge Jin followed Chen Xi and walked slowly into the Fenggao Government Affairs Hall, followed by Yang Ji who was holding a steamed bun in his mouth.

Chen Xi did not leave Zhuge Jin and Sima Lang more time to prepare, or to give them time to contact their families.

He just said to them lightly, "Wait for him at the entrance of the Government Affairs Office tomorrow."

Then Chen Xi met Zhuge Jin and Sima Lang at the door of the Government Affairs Hall today, and also met Yang Ji who was squatting at the door.

"Zi Yu, how come you have time to come to the Government Affairs Office today?" Chen Xi asked Yang Ji curiously.

According to the calculations of Taoist Zuo Ci, the chief priest of the Jingling Temple, tomorrow is the auspicious time to worship the heroic spirits in the Jingling Temple.

With Yang Ji's identity, shouldn't he be helping Liu Bei at the Jingling Palace at this time? How come he has time to hang around the Government Affairs Hall?
Zhuge Jin and Sima Lang also looked at Yang Ji curiously. After yesterday's contact, they knew his identity.

It can only be said that he was worthy of being the fierce man who led his troops to break through Yanzhou, captured Cao Cao alive, and forced Yuan Shao of Hebei to retreat in the Battle of Jie Bridge.

No wonder he possesses both spiritual talent and the ability to separate internal energy from his body. Without such strength, he probably wouldn't have been able to secure his position as the number one military figure under Liu Bei.

After hearing Chen Xi's doubts, Yang Ji's mouth twitched a few times, and he said helplessly: "Master Zuo Ci said that my identity is not suitable."

"Ah?" Chen Xi was confused for a moment, then he realized that it was indeed inappropriate to ask Yang Ji to help or even participate in the sacrifice.

"Hahaha, don't be depressed. Since you can't participate in it, then come to the Government Affairs Office to help." Chen Xi smiled and patted Yang Ji's shoulder.

Thinking of the expression on Zuo Ci's face when he saw Yang Ji while he was squatting in Jingling Hall, Chen Xi couldn't help but laugh.

When the Jingling Hall was first completed, Yang Ji came to burn incense.

At that time, Zuo Ci did not stop Yang Ji because it was just a normal act of burning incense.

But tomorrow is different. Tomorrow is the grand sacrifice in Jingling Temple. It is indeed not appropriate for someone of Yang Ji's status to appear among the people participating in the sacrifice.

It's almost like being sacrificed.

Well...if Yang Ji could be used to sacrifice to the heroic souls in the Jingling Temple, Zuo Ci said it was not impossible to do it.

Yang Ji shook his head and did not refute Chen Xi's statement that he should go to the Government Affairs Office to help. After all, it was Liu Bei who asked him to come and help.

"Hey, everyone, you're here pretty early." After Chen Xi walked into the Government Affairs Hall, he greeted Lu Su and others who had arrived early.

Lu Su ignored Chen Xi and looked at Zhuge Jin and Sima Lang who were following behind Chen Xi.

Oh, by the way, there is also Yang Ji who comes later.

However, Lu Su would not include Yang Ji in the list of people who could help him share government affairs.

Who knows if Yang Ji came to visit today? After all, it’s not the first time.

Moreover, with Yang Ji's identity, he must participate in the sacrifices in Jingling Temple. How could he have the leisure to run to the Government Affairs Hall to play?

It couldn't be that after being deceived by Chen Xi, he put down his work at Jingling Temple and ran to the Government Affairs Office to help, right?
Therefore, the reason why Yang Ji came here now should be that Jingling Palace had some requests to the Government Affairs Office.

"Zi Yu, is there something wrong at Jingling Palace?" Lu Su threw aside the two guys that Chen Xi brought who might become helpers. Now the matter at Jingling Palace was their top priority.

While asking Yang Ji, Lu Su quickly went over in his mind the possible problems that might arise at the Jingling Hall so that he could quickly come up with solutions.

Jian Yong, Fan Qin and others who arrived earlier than Chen Xi also looked at Yang Ji. Yang Ji rarely appeared in the Government Affairs Office now.

If there wasn't any emergency, Yang Ji wouldn't have appeared in the Government Affairs Hall so early.

Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai and others saw that Jian Yong, Fan Qin and others were looking at Yang Ji, and they also looked at Yang Ji with some curiosity.

Although Xun Yu and others have now joined Liu Bei's army, there is still a clear barrier between them and Chen Xi and others, namely Cao Cao.

Therefore, there are many pieces of information that are only known to the original veterans such as Chen Xi and Zhao Yun, and these later comers who are separated by a layer are not aware of them.

It’s not that Chen Xi and the others intentionally blocked the relevant information…

Well, Chen Xi and the others intentionally or unintentionally blocked some irrelevant news.

After all, the news about Yang Ji's status in this world was not worthy of attention, so there was no need to tell Cao Cao, Xun Yu and others.

Facing Lu Su's question, Yang Ji shook his head, "Nothing is going on at Jingling Hall, everything is going according to plan."

"As for why I am here," Yang Ji was silent for a while before saying, "Lord Xuande asked me to come to the Government Affairs Office to help out for a few days."

"Ah?" If it were in an anime or comics, there would definitely be several "?"s popping up on the heads of Lu Su and others.

"In fact, it's because he is not suitable to participate in the sacrifice in Jingling Temple, so Lord Xuande asked him to help in the Government Affairs Office." Chen Xi explained with a smile why Yang Ji appeared in the Government Affairs Office.

"Hmm...oh, so that's how it is." Zhao Yun, Lu Su, Jian Yong, Fan Qin and others acted as if they had suddenly realized something.

If Chen Xi explained it this way, they would understand why Liu Bei asked Yang Ji to come to the Government Affairs Office.

So they were asked to enlighten Yang Ji.

However, given Yang Ji's personality, does he really need them to enlighten him?

So, let’s laugh at Yang Ji first. He was actually driven out by the chief priest of Jingling Hall. It was really a joyful thing.

However, except for Chen Xi and Zhao Yun, the others obviously did not understand why Zuo Ci, the chief priest of Jingling Hall, did not allow Yang Ji to participate in the sacrifice.

However, even Zhao Yun laughed, which proved that this was indeed a very joyful thing.

So if you want to laugh, just enjoy the joy.

Anyway, even Zhao Yun laughed, so it must be not a big problem.

Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu and other people who entered the Fenggao Government Affairs Hall later looked at Lu Su and others who were laughing with expressionless faces.

They couldn't understand why Yang Ji, the top military figure under Liu Bei's rule, was not allowed to participate in the Jingling Hall ceremony.

Moreover, when they learned about this, Chen Xi and his team did not immediately try to find a solution to the problem, but instead just watched the fun.

Is this really good?

Wouldn't this cause Yang Ji's dissatisfaction with them?
Or is there something inside that they don't understand?
[Wen Ruo, you have a good relationship with Chen Zichuan and the others. Have you heard any reliable news from them?] Xi Zhicai sent a message directly to Xun Yu.

If we were to ask which of these surrendered generals was most recognized by Chen Xi, Lu Su and others, it would definitely be Xun Yu.

After all, Xun Yu is a diligent person who often works overtime with Lu Su until late at night.

[No, you all know the news I know about Yang Ziyu.] Xun Yu shook his head, indicating that he was not aware of it.

[I think this should be a secret known only to those who followed Lord Xuande during the Hulao Pass period.]

At some point, Xun You also joined the voice transmission link established by Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai.

After Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu and others realized who was talking, they immediately asked Xun You: "Gongda, do you know the secret information?"

Xi Zhicai and others also knew that Xun You was halfway separated from Cao Cao's army and was about to join Liu Bei's army.

Just as they did not stop Chen Gong from leaving, they would not stop Xun You from leaving.

After all, it was Cao Cao who was defeated by Liu Bei. The loss of talent under his command was also one of the prices that the loser had to pay.

However, it was not without benefits for Xun You to join Liu Bei's army. After all, the relationship they had established before was not fake.

Now the benefits have come, although we know that Xun You probably won't give out any crucial information.

However, being able to give them some reminders at critical moments is enough to make it worthwhile for them to continue to maintain their friendship with Xun You.

[This is just my personal guess. I can't guarantee its accuracy.] Xun You's even voice sounded over the voice transmission link.

[It's okay even if it's just a guess, it's better than not even having a direction to imagine.] Xi Zhicai said calmly.

Just like Xi Zhicai said, they are not afraid of guessing. Even if they guess wrong, it doesn’t matter. They just have to pay a price for it.

What they fear most is not even having a direction to guess; that is despair.

[Except for Chen Zichuan and Zhao Zilong who looked as if it was just what they expected, are the others thinking about various reasons? ]

Xun You didn't waste any words and directly told Xun Yu and the others what he had observed.

To be honest, Xun You actually quite likes the working atmosphere under Liu Bei's rule. As long as you finish what you are supposed to do and do not violate relevant regulations during the remaining time, no one else will care what you do.

At most, a few fun-loving people will take you under observation and then look for an opportunity to create a scene that everyone will enjoy.

However, after a period of careful observation, Xun You was somewhat dumbfounded to discover that the seemingly united civil and military officials under Liu Bei actually also had their own circles.

However, Liu Bei’s circle is not as obvious as the civil and military circles under other princes and is more in line with the traditional impression.

The interests involved in Liu Bei's circle are actually not that important; they more represent the degree of closeness to Liu Bei.

Yes, the most core circle under Liu Bei’s rule was actually the circle that had already been formed during the Hulao Pass period.

That is, a small circle with Liu Bei, Chen Xi, Yang Ji, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Hua Xiong as the core.

In this small circle that had been formed since the Hulao Pass period, Lu Su, Jian Yong, Fan Qin only barely squeezed into the core.

As for Mi Zhu, he was still far inferior to Lu Su who joined at the same time. He had only half a foot into this small circle.

As for the others, after all, they did not participate in the war during the Hulao Pass period, nor did they participate in the initial development of Mount Tai.

Of course, this only represents Liu Bei's initial team and is nothing special.

After all, with the military and political power of Yang Ji and Chen Xi above them, the people below have no way to form an alliance of interests even if they want to.

Unless you can pry open the corners of Yang Ji, Chen Xi or Liu Bei, or you can bring greater benefits than these three people.

Otherwise, people outside this small circle should just form various small groups.

Just like the three evil men in the Government Affairs Office, namely Chen Xi, Li Ru and Jia Xu.

Chen Xi, Li Ru, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and Yang Ji are the four great kings of paddling.

These various combinations do not involve any specific interests, but are discussed together by those who like to provoke gossip simply because their styles of behavior are similar.

Even Xun You himself, because of his low sense of presence, was put together by the gossipers together with Yang Ji, who usually dived, to form the Fenggao diving duo.

Xun You never expected that one day he would be forced to team up with others to debut.

Xun You himself didn't know how to comment on this matter.

Thinking of this, Xun You couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He realized that he was indeed not suitable for the depressing atmosphere under Cao Cao.

(End of this chapter)