To Rule in a Turbulent World

Zhao Chao said: "I am short of a counselor in my residence. I will ask my father to ask you to come in a few days. Would you like to come?"

You Miao frowned slightly, and said, "Sir, let me take the imperial examination... I think it's not like this..."

Zhao Chao said: "If you become the No. [-] scholar on the gold list, you will be the pillar of the country. I won't be able to please you, brother."

You Miao was overjoyed, and said: "How is it possible, it would be nice to be a Jinshi."

Zhao Chao said: "Jinshi, you also fly up to a branch and become a phoenix. How can my brother have the face to go to the emperor to beg you? Don't push me back, give me a chance, would you like to follow me, or go to the exam?"

You Miao's heart sank, but Zhao Chao looked at him with a smile and motioned for him to answer.

You Miao couldn't answer Zhao Chao's words. After studying in Liuzhou for three years and learning so much from Sun Yu, he had to give up all of it in one day and go to Jiaozhou Shuofang with Zhao Chao to be a military counselor... It is Zhao Chao, and the other side is the responsibility entrusted to him by Sun Yu. Isn't there a compromise?

You Miao said, "I...you let me think about it."

Zhao Chao said: "Forget it, do as you like, I know the temper of you scholars."

You Miao said: "You suddenly said this, I was not prepared at all, you let me think about it first... I know in my heart how you treat me, and I have never forgotten it in these years. I still keep all the things and keep them at home..."

"Oh?" Zhao Chao stood up and said, "What did I give you? Did you say those boxes of goods?"

"No." You Miao said with a smile, the two of them stood on the porch, the sun fell and shone on the young man, warm and gentle, they have grown up, Zhao Chao is almost as tall as Li Zhifeng, standing in front of You Miao , full of a sense of deterrence.

You Miao couldn't help feeling timid for no reason, Zhao Chao's eyes were like a torch, as if he could see what You Miao was hiding in his heart, and said, "Let's go."

You Miao said: "Wait!"

You Miao went into the room to get things, Zhao Chao stopped in the yard, You Miao gave him an envelope and said, "You take it first, I will come to the house to talk to you in a few days."

Zhao Chao glanced at You Miao, with strangeness in his eyes, opened the envelope in front of him, held the two pieces of paper inside with his fingers, and took a look.

Two joint bank notes of 500 taels, 1000 taels.

You Miao secretly thought that she had done something stupid, thinking that Zhao Chao would not show it in front of him, didn't this mean that he came to beat Qiufeng?But with the friendship between him and Zhao Chao, it is expected that the other party will not think about it.

Zhao Chao looked at him quietly, You Miao was a little confused about his temper, and finally realized that the Zhao Chao she knew in that letter was not actually the Zhao Chao in front of her.

"Others look down on me." Zhao Chao held the letter, trembling with anger, and whispered to You Miao, "You look down on me too, don't you?"

"I didn't mean that..." You Miao hurriedly said, and then, she was punched hard in the face, screamed, and fell to the ground.

Li Zhifeng was packing up the teacups in the corridor, but Zhao Chao did it when he said so. When Zhao Chao punched You Miao on the eye socket, Li Zhifeng was startled, and he shot the teacup with his hands, but in the end it was a bit too late!

The teacup hit Zhao Chao's face, Zhao Chao roared, and then Li Zhifeng threw the tea tray and teapot over his head and face, and jumped out of the corridor, rushing towards Zhao Chao like a mad tiger.

"I'll kill you—!" Li Zhifeng roared angrily, and punched Zhao Chao in the face!

Zhao Chao didn't even snort, he was thrown flying by Li Zhifeng, his head hit the wall, making a loud noise, the soldiers outside were horrified, Tang Hui rushed in with his men, and the scene was in chaos.

You Miao was so beaten up by Zhao Chao that his eyes were staring, his eyes were swollen, and he felt that his eyeballs were about to be beaten into his forehead. After a riot, he heard Tang Hui yell again: "Kneel down!"

Li Zhifeng panted slowly, stepped forward to beat Zhao Chao again, and collided with Tang Hui, and the huge force sent Tang Hui flying. When You Miao saw the bad thing, he immediately hugged Li Zhifeng's waist and shouted: "Don't get angry! Calm down! Forget it!"

Zhao Chao's face was full of nosebleeds, his eyes were bursting, and he vomited while leaning against the wall. He vomited all over the floor with tea and breakfast in his stomach, and fell down after vomiting. To pierce his heart with ten thousand arrows.

You Miao said: "Don't shoot the arrow! Don't shoot the arrow!"

You Miao went forward to pull Zhao Chao, Zhao Chao got up reluctantly, and pushed You Miao away.

"Let's go." Zhao Chao looked at Li Zhifeng with hatred, staggered on his feet, was held up by several imperial guards, and when he left the courtyard, Li Zhifeng was still panting, his asura-like arrogance gradually calming down.

You Miao stared at Zhao Chao's leaving figure in a daze. Along the way, many scholars looked at each other. The third prince was beaten into such a mess, covered in tea and vomited all over, and left Taixue.

After Zhao Chao left, Li Zhifeng turned around and stood face to face with You Miao, bowed to see that the place where he was beaten by Zhao Chao had a large bruise, Li Zhifeng gently massaged the acupuncture point on the side of You Miao's nose with his fingers, and then pointed to Zhang Wen Han said, "Bring me the ointment for bruises."

Zhang Wenhan and Zheng Yong have been recruited by the noise. Many scholars in the Taixue saw the scene just happened, and they were all amazed outside the door. Zhang Wenhan took the ointment and went to close the door. Li Zhifeng picked the ointment Give it to You Miao.

You Miao was in a daze, and Li Zhifeng's voice came from his ear.

"I didn't expect him to beat you ruthlessly." Li Zhifeng blamed himself, "Does it still hurt?"

You Miao's tears rolled back and forth in her eyes.

Li Zhifeng: "Pain? Let me lighten..."

You Miao suddenly put his arms around Li Zhifeng's neck, feeling sad, and burst into tears, with mixed feelings, all of which came to his heart, crying so hard that he wanted to vomit, Li Zhifeng quietly hugged him in his arms until You Miao was tired of crying, Fang carried him into the room and told him to lie down.

Wrapped in the quilt, You Miao sometimes thought of herself, and sometimes thought of Zhao Chao, but her breath was bitter, and her head ached uncontrollably all afternoon, rising and ringing at times, as if she had fallen asleep, and when she woke up, she heard voices outside, traveling All the disciples came back, and You Miao had a splitting headache, so she opened her eyes, and Li Zhifeng sat by the bed, looking at him.

"What to eat." Li Zhifeng said, "Let Zhang Wenhan buy it."

You Miao said sleepily: "Don't eat, you and Wen Han can eat."

Li Zhifeng stopped talking, got up and went out at dusk, and when he came back, he brought some porridge and put it on the table in the room, Fu took off his outer robe, went to bed and hugged You Miao.

You Miao opened one swollen eye, with only a thin slit under the eyelid, facing the wall, thinking of the howling of the wind and snow that night.

"Those who know me say that I am worried..."

"Those who don't know me, what can I ask for..."

You Miao's voice was hoarse, and she murmured.