Chapter 185 A small test of one’s skills
Lin Daiyu's face was serious.
"Since you have no objection, Duke Ning will be the chief examiner." After a pause, she looked in one direction and smiled slightly.
"The Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate will be the deputy chief examiner. You can make your own decisions about the other deputy chief examiners."

Lin Ruhai was stunned, and looked up at Lin Daiyu in surprise. Seeing the pleading look in Lin Daiyu's smile, his heart softened and he nodded gently to her.

Lin Daiyu heaved a sigh of relief, because of her background,
In addition, since she became the emperor, there was a certain distance between her and Lin Ruhai, so she planned to have a good talk with Lin Ruhai today.

The ministers felt a little uncomfortable, and an imperial censor came out.
"Your Majesty, the trouble between the Prince of Dongping, the Prince of Xining, and the Prince of Nan'an is getting worse and worse. What do you think we should do?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, we can't delay any longer. If we let them become powerful, it will be very dangerous for Daqian."

"Your Majesty, I think we should send troops to suppress it. Please make the decision, Your Majesty."

The cabinet ministers did not move, but stood quietly aside, waiting for the emperor to ask them questions.

Lin Daiyu glanced at everyone and said calmly

"I have already given this matter to Duke Ningguo to handle. There is no need to discuss it further."

The ministers were startled and all looked at Jia Hu with complicated expressions in their eyes.
The emperor actually handed over such an important matter to Duke Ningguo without discussing it with them. This shows how much trust he has in them.

After the intimidation they had just received, these ministers were still somewhat frightened of Jia Hu and instantly quieted down.

"Haha, you have people you are afraid of too." Prince Zhongshun laughed unkindly upon seeing this, as if he was very happy to see the civil servants being humiliated.

This remark caused the ministers to glare at Prince Zhongshun, but Prince Zhongshun pretended not to see anything.

As if influenced by this sentence, someone finally mustered up the courage to look at Jia Hu.

"Duke Ningguo, I wonder what your plans are?"

Jia Hu glanced at the man and said expressionlessly, "It's a military secret and I can't tell you. Anyone who asks about it will be charged with treason." His voice was cold.

"Uh" the man trembled all over, looked at Jia Hu with fear, and stepped back.

The ministers looked at each other with suspicion in their eyes. The Beijing army did not move, and the local troops did not move. How would he solve it?

"Hey, I remember now. He's not going to send the man who massacred the Tatars again, is he? He seems to be his apprentice?"

"I see. If he sends that person, the three princes really can't stop him."

"No wonder he's not in a hurry."

"Alas, how can there be such a powerful person in the world? Could it be that there really are gods?"

Some people thought of something and started discussing in low voices.

Prince Zhongshun also heard it, and turned around and whispered, "Duke Ningguo, did you really send that person?"

Jia Hu glanced at Prince Zhongshun and said calmly, "No."

Prince Zhongshun was stunned and looked at Jia Hu carefully. With his arrogance, he should not bother to deceive the prince.
But if he doesn't send that person, what will he do?

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, "Could it be the Jinyiwei?"

Jia Hu did not say anything else. Prince Zhongshun looked doubtful and astonished. What use could three thousand Jinyiwei be?

He didn't dare to ask any more questions and could only keep his doubts in his heart.

The ministers stopped making trouble because Jia Hu put too much pressure on them.

Lin Daiyu started to follow the normal process and handled it easily.

After the court was dismissed, Lin Ruhai was about to leave with everyone else, but Yuanyang stopped him. Now Yuanyang is Lin Daiyu's chief steward.

"Lord Lin, His Majesty invites you." Yuanyang said respectfully.

A complex expression flashed across Lin Ruhai's eyes. "Lead the way."

This scene was seen by many ministers. In addition to envy, they also felt a little jealous.

Who would have thought that the daughter he adopted would be a princess and even ascend the throne to be an emperor? This is something that only happens once in a thousand years.

No one knows what Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu said, but in the end Lin Ruhai left the palace with a smile on his face.
The next day Lin Ruhai joined the cabinet and became one of the cabinet ministers.

On the other side, Lu Feng led a thousand Jinyiwei on horseback and rushed towards the east without stopping. Although the Jinyiwei were traveling all night, they were in good spirits.

Soon they arrived at a small county town. Lu Feng stopped his horse and frowned as he looked at the closed city gate.

Looking at the panicked soldiers on the city wall, the city gate must have been closed only because they saw them.

"I'm Lu Feng, the deputy commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. I'm asking your county magistrate to come out and see me." Lu Feng shouted.

The other Jinyiwei stared at the soldiers on the city wall with a coveted look, silent but full of vigor.

"Jinyiwei, huh, what are you doing here? We have taken over this place." A big man in armor appeared on the top of the city wall.

Seeing the Jinyiwei below, his face changed slightly and he spoke in a stern but weak manner.

Lu Feng looked at the man carefully and shouted coldly
"Pan Hong, do you really want to rebel?"

Pan Hong waved his hand, and soon a new group of people appeared on the city wall, drawing their bows and arrows. They were obviously elite soldiers.

"Master Lu, please listen to my advice and go back.
We are not rebelling, we are clearing the court of evil. Your Majesty has been deceived by villains and has killed many nobles?" Pan Hong spoke in a deep voice and suddenly smiled.

"By the way, weren't you the commander of the Royal Guards before? How did you become the deputy commander?
You have been suppressed, right? Why don’t you join our prince and fight your way to the capital?”

Lu Feng calmed down after hearing this, "Pan Hong, you are looking for death."

"How dare you?" Pan Hong looked at the 1,000 Jinyi Guards and said with a sneer.
"Lord Lu, do you know how to march and fight? If you throw a thousand men into the battlefield, at most they will cause a wave of destruction. Do you believe it?" Lu Feng smiled coldly. "Open the city gate. I want to see the Prince of Dongping."

Seeing that he refused to budge, Pan Hong immediately became angry and said, "Shoot me."

"Swish, swish, swish" a dense rain of arrows fell towards Lu Feng and his men.

Lu Feng and his men drew out their embroidered spring swords with a clang and chopped at the incoming arrows.

The blood and qi Gu improves one's strength in all aspects, not only strength, reaction, but also speed.

"Bang, bang, bang" all the arrows were smashed to pieces, and Pan Hong and the soldiers were stunned.

"How is this possible?" Pan Hong raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was dreaming.

Lu Feng wouldn't wait, and said coldly, "Use the centipede."

As soon as he finished speaking, a thousand centipedes shot towards the city wall with a "whoosh".

"what is this?"

"Ah, it's a centipede..."

"Puff, puff, puff." A deep bloody mark appeared on the soldiers' necks.
Blood gushed out, and he fell down in despair, holding his throat.

They only saw a black shadow passing before their eyes, and then they lost their lives.

"Dead, what the hell is this?"

“Oh, I don’t want to die.”

"Do not kill me."

There was chaos on the city wall. The centipedes were killing mercilessly. Pan Hong also had some martial arts skills and escaped the first attack.

He reacted quickly and chopped the centipede with his long knife.
"Dang" the fire splashed and the centipede was chopped away, but he did not look happy, but horrified.
Because the centipede bounced twice on the ground and looked at Pan Hong unharmed.

Pan Hong could feel that the centipede was looking at him fiercely.

"Swoosh" the centipede flew towards him again, this time even faster.

He hurriedly took out his knife to block it.

There was a "bang" sound of collision, and Pan Hong's arm felt numb from the shock.

"Clang." Pan Hong looked at the long sword that was broken into two pieces in disbelief and screamed in fear.

"impossible."

Before he could finish his words, he felt a pain in his neck. He hurriedly covered his neck and felt blood gushing out.
His face turned pale, he stumbled back a few steps, and sat down on the ground, leaning against the wall. He knew he was finished.

Suddenly he saw a centipede in front of him, staring at him coldly, and there seemed to be a smug light in its little eyes.

"What the hell are you?" Pan Hong looked at the centipede in front of him in horror and asked stutteringly.

Unfortunately, the centipede couldn't talk. Instead, it turned around, flicked the ground with its tail, and flew towards another soldier.

Pan Hong watched the soldier fall down, his pupils shrank, and then he looked at the soldiers who were killed.

"Your Highness, can you really succeed? These enemies are too terrifying" His voice became increasingly fainter, and his body relaxed until he fell completely silent.

Lu Feng and his companions were also shocked. They did not expect these centipedes to be so powerful.
Before they even took any action, these centipedes had almost killed all the soldiers on the city wall.

Lu Feng calmed down and suddenly shouted angrily, "Open the city gate, or you will end up like them."

The gate slowly opened, and the soldiers inside looked pale.

They also saw the scene on the city wall and were terrified. How could they fight? Those centipedes were like monsters.

A fat man in official uniform trembled and stammered
"Sir, this has nothing to do with me. They forced me to do it." He almost cried.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh" all the centipedes flew back and landed on the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei looked at the centipedes in surprise, they were simply treasures.

Lu Feng touched the centipede in his hand. There was no trace of blood on it. He was reluctant to let it go.

He looked up at the city gate and then rode over on his horse.

"Sir," the county magistrate looked at Lu Feng pleadingly.

Lu Feng's face turned cold, and he suddenly slashed with his sword.

"Puff." The county magistrate's head fell to the ground. "Humph, you are in cahoots with the rebels, you will die."

"Plop." All the soldiers knelt down. They were just county soldiers and were already scared out of their wits.

"Enter the city." Lu Feng said coldly, and then led a thousand Jinyiwei into the county.

Lu Feng did not stay long. He arranged for the county lieutenant to temporarily take over the position of county magistrate and left the city again after waiting for the court's order.

Lufeng and his men marched in a straight line, and the counties along the way could not stop them at all and surrendered one after another.
This increased their speed by three points, and they were now not far from Dongjun.

Dongjun, this is the base camp of the Prince of Dongping.

In the Prince's Mansion, a middle-aged man in a dragon robe threw the teacup to the ground fiercely.
"Impossible, there are only a thousand Jinyiwei, how can they be so powerful?
Not only did he kill Pan Hong, he also killed so many of my soldiers."

(End of this chapter)