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Ding Shengxia stood up and shook off the clothes on his body: "What bullsh * t Commander Qianji, only mediocre."

He picked up his saber and just as he took a step forward, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. He couldn't help but fall forward. He was unconscious. The few Great Cauldron Academy s hurriedly ran over to help him, and then they quickly left the crowd.

On the main street, Zhang Dingbang's two bodies were lying there, and no one had any interest in them.

At the intersection, a young man wearing a Great Cauldron Academy hospital uniform stood there. He retrieved a large chunk of gold from his body and passed it to a passerby: "Help me bury that person's body."

"Huh?"

The passerby was stunned for a moment and dared not to go. However, when he saw the heavy piece of gold, he couldn't help but grab it. "Buried where?"

"Whatever."

The man from the Great Cauldron Academy said two words, then turned around and left.

"What a weirdo."

The passerby who had taken the money mumbled something. He then turned around and bought some cloth and grass curtains. Then, he hired someone to take the corpse outside the city and bury it. In total, he had only spent three taels of silver, but he still had enough left to live a good life for a long time. However, this person did not think about why the Fanggu did not send anyone over despite the fact that someone had died on the streets.

This young man who was referred to as a strange person walked around a street, and when he arrived at an intersection, he coincidentally stopped Ding Shengxia and his group. When the people from the Great Cauldron Academy saw this person, they were all stunned and trembled in fear.

"Su ?" Senior Brother Su. "

One of the Great Cauldron Academy disciples reacted first and immediately bowed his head and cupped his fists. "Greetings, Senior Brother Su."

The person who was called Senior Brother Su looked at Ding Shengxia and spoke as if he was talking to himself, "Don't send him back to the Academy, just send him to the home of Ministry of Rites's Vice Minister Ding. His son is about to die, so he will think of more ways to save him. "

Those people nodded immediately: "I'll follow Senior Brother Su's arrangements."

This man was Great Cauldron Academy's Su Feilun.

"Who allowed you to kill An Zheng?"

he asked.

Someone quickly replied, "This is ? This is what Principal Su has instructed me to do. "

Su Feilun acknowledged: "The people from Great Cauldron Academy came out to fight. The two of them took turns to fight and lost, how embarrassing."

With that, he turned and left, soon disappearing at the end of the street. The remaining people let out a long breath, as if they were granted amnesty. One of them asked: "Will Senior Brother Su look for An Zheng and take back our lost face?"

Another person shook his head: "An Zheng... It was not worth it for Senior Brother Su to personally act. Senior Brother Su's goal is already an even higher place. "

"I heard that Senior Brother Su has broken through the Purified Stage?"

"What's so strange about that? Even if the Senior Brother Su obtained the Desire Control Stage, it wouldn't be anything strange. After all, he is Su Feilun, the one and only Su Feilun in heaven and earth."

These people did not dare delay, and carried the unconscious Ding Shengxia all the way to Minister of Rites's house.

An Zheng followed the six Commander Qianji s and walked forward, and could not help but ask: "The person you taught a lesson to just now, was he surnamed Ding, and was he the son of Minister of Rites?"

"Yes!"

The Commander Qianji walking in front answered without even turning his head back.

"Then why did you still dare to attack so heavily?"

An Zheng asked with a smile.

Commander Qianji replied: "If I don't kill him on the spot, it can't be considered as heavy."

An Zheng asked again, "Was the person who told you to go back to the Ministry of War fake?"

"Yes, but he has the Ministry of War's order badge."

"The Ministry of War has also been infiltrated by people. There are even iron plate s that can be used to transfer you all."

"That's why not enough Ministry of War died."

Commander Qianji expressionlessly replied as he sped up his pace. An Zheng caught up with their speed, and in a short while, he arrived at Ministry of War.

The six people brought An Zheng to the entrance of Minister of War's room, then stood at the two sides while holding onto the handle of the bleeding-knife's blade. Just as An Zheng was about to knock on the door, he heard Chen Zaiyan say: "Come in."

An Zheng pushed the door and entered, and saw Chen Zaiyan buried in a pile of documents. Other than these documents, there was also a bowl of rice and a dish of vegetables on the table. The rice was already cold and the dishes were already cold.

Chen Zaiyan stared at the document, his hand feeling for the chopsticks, he picked up a mouthful of rice and placed it in his mouth. Then the chopsticks reached for the plate and pinched it, but the chopsticks didn't reach into the plate at all. He just put the chopsticks into his mouth and chewed on it a few times, but he didn't notice.

"Take a seat first."

Chen Zaiyan lifted the brush, wrote something on an official document, and then placed it by his side. The papers on his left were slightly disorganized and piled up. The right side was divided into three neat sections.

"Everything has its priorities, these documents have to be sent to the Tianji Palace immediately, and some of them just need to be handled in the Ministry of War, so we have to break them out."

Chen Zaiyan picked up the bowl and finished the rice in a few bites.

An Zheng realized that he actually hadn't eaten a single mouthful of his food.

Chen Zaiyan asked while reading the official documents: "What do you think?"

An Zheng replied, "The empress dowager arranged it?"

Chen Zaiyan nodded: "Of course it's her, if not who else could it be. You stayed in the East Warm Pavilion of the King for more than an hour, and at that time, there was no one else present besides you and the King. It would be strange if the Empress Dowager's men didn't make a move to flaunt her. Your Majesty, you are as thirsty as you are, so that is why I have been negligent. "

"Commander Qianji has injured Vice Minister Ding's son, aren't you afraid that things will get out of hand?"

"Make a ruckus? If Ding Wu dared to cause trouble, he would already be Minister of Rites. This person was the Empress Dowager's lackey, but he was a fence-sitter. She knew that the empress dowager had great power, so she stayed by her side the entire time. However, he was also worried that the King would one day gain power, so he swayed back and forth. In the end, that good-for-nothing son of his is instead even more decisive than him. He knows that he can't move while leaning on that side. "

Chen Zaiyan put down the official documents in his hands: It's the Martial Arts Academy entrance exam the day after tomorrow.

An Zheng replied: "If I don't die before the day after tomorrow, I'm already prepared."

Chen Zaiyan laughed, "You won't die. From today onwards, Commander Qianji will be close to you."

An Zheng shook his head. "No need, I'm not used to having people by my side when I sleep, especially men."

Chen Zaiyan sat up straight and stretched his neck: "Ministry of War owes you this. In truth, you don't have that much of weight in this matter. But you're in this position, the point where the two sides compete. However, this might not be a bad thing for you. Letting more people know your name will help in your career in the future. "

An Zheng: "It's also possible that he died very quickly."

Chen Zaiyan lowered his head and continued to read the official documents, "Everything has always been double-sided, some good and some bad. "If you can't wait until the right time, you will die. This is a normal development trajectory."

An Zheng wanted to ask if the death of Master Shang Shu had anything to do with you, but when the words reached his mouth, he resisted.

Chen Zaiyan seemed to have sensed that An Zheng wanted to say something, but stopped in his tracks. He raised his head and glanced at An Zheng: "Everything is fine, everything is fine. Now that I'm in the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War is still the Ministry of War, this is already the best outcome. If I'm not in Ministry of War, this would be Su Family's backyard. You should go back and rest first. Prepare to face the entrance exams of the Martial Arts Academy. Oh yeah... As for whether or not I can participate in the Martial Arts Academy's entrance exam, I have already suggested it to the King, but the King does not oppose it. "

Of course, An Zheng knew the reason why Mu Changyan didn't oppose this, because he had to look for the feeling of existence from time to time. Otherwise, everyone in Great Yan would only know about the empress dowager and not the king.

An Zheng nodded: "Thank you master."

He stood up and prepared to leave, but Chen Zaiyan didn't even raise his head as he said this: "This matter should go smoothly, because ? "Empress Dowager."

This sentence was a little complicated, An Zheng could imagine how Chen Zaiyan was feeling right now.

The following matter smoothly exceeded An Zheng's imagination. There would be an official document posted the next day, covering all the streets and alleys of Fanggu. The general meaning of the document was that if a woman also had the intention of returning the country, she should not be ignored. In short, those girls who met the requirements were allowed to apply to the Martial Arts Academy. Moreover, it was not only the Martial Arts Academy. There were also several other special academies.

An Zheng suddenly understood the complexity of Chen Zaiyan's words ? Her Majesty did do the right thing, but it was because of herself.

Everyone knows that King Mu Changyan is only a puppet now, and that the empress dowager holds the true power." Her Majesty had never claimed the throne herself, precisely because there had never been such a precedent before. But now, the proposal to settle the dispute gave Her Majesty a way out. A woman can enlist in the army, then a woman can enlist in politics, then ? Of course, a woman could be called a king.

Of course, this document did not mention anything about An Zheng, and when this matter was announced in the imperial court, it did not mention An Zheng's name.

From start to finish, this matter had been the empress dowager's desire and love for all the women in the world. It was her pursuit of fairness. Perhaps even An Zheng did not expect that the success of the last matter was due to the empress dowager.

To An Zheng, the Martial Arts Academy's admission examination was nothing, so joining the Academy was not difficult at all.

An Zheng just did not expect that there would be so many people paying attention to him.

When An Zheng brought Du Shoushou, Qu Liuxi and Gu Qianye to the entrance of the Martial Arts Academy, the people on both sides of the street involuntarily clapped for him. On the ten li long street, tens of thousands of people were clapping non-stop. No matter how extravagant Her Majesty's praise was, the people still knew the cause of this matter.

Without An Zheng, the Martial Arts Academy would not have expanded the number of people who could take the exam. Without An Zheng, women were not allowed to enter the official academy to cultivate.

In fact, it wasn't that there weren't any pure female cultivation sect in the capital, but because of their status as women, these few sect's sect master weren't qualified to sit on equal footing with the rest of the sect in the capital.

Under the cheers and the applause of the crowd, An Zheng walked into the Martial Academy, and then, he saw a completely different scene.

The Supervising officer who was in charge of maintaining order looked at An Zheng with a complicated expression, while the instructors who were standing far away looked at An Zheng with even more complex expressions. Because An Zheng caused a huge ruckus at the Martial Academy, there were dozens of instructors being held captive by the Ministry of War. The instructor standing in the Martial Arts Academy didn't have a good relationship with the ones who had been dealt with, but he was still a colleague.

Amongst them, there was an undisguised look of disgust, coming from the Martial Arts Academy's Vice Principal, Yan Xu.

Everyone knew about Yan Xu's position in the Martial Arts Academy. His previous Director of the Martial Arts Academy had been transferred to the Ministry of War, and he was now the Vice Principal long before he led his troops to die on the battlefield. At that time, no one even suspected that he was the new Director of the Martial Arts Academy.

But even he did not expect Hao Pingan to transfer a scholar who did not understand cultivation from the Ministry of War to become the dean of the dojo.

Sang Haijing

This scholarly man who looked weak, pale, and walked very shabbily was standing at the forefront of all the instructors. His aura was much weaker than before. However, the clothes he wore symbolized the supreme power of the Martial Arts Academy. After Hao Pingan died, the newly appointed Minister of War saw Sang Haijing and reconfirmed his position as Dean Sang Haijing. This way, Yan Xu's resentment would be even greater.

At least seven hundred examinees filed in. These people all looked very excited and high-spirited.

However, in reality, there were less than a hundred people who could remain in the Martial Arts Academy. In addition, these seven hundred people had passed the first selection. If the initial number was counted, it would reach as high as twenty-nine hundred.

"How tragic!"

A phrase suddenly appeared in An Zheng's mind. These examinees were going to face the most tragic elimination system.

However, those who had successfully entered the Martial Arts Academy had just begun the more tragic elimination round. This was because they would not only be facing a battlefield in the future, but also those golden carps that were born to shine.