Repugnant Gateway Chapter 87

At night, he went to the De Yue Tower to have dinner with w.a.n.g Kai-tai. He didn't even mention a word about what happened during the day.

Because Anjou knew what the occasion was, he could talk about the past and talk about emotions. Drinking big chunks of meat in a big bowl and drinking it would ruin the atmosphere of others, making it an immoral act.

Even though w.a.n.g Kai-tai asked a few questions, he had only mentioned a few of them.

When he was walking back from the De Yue Building, An Zeng was quickly stopped by some of the Fang family's officers. They questioned him closely and confirmed that An Zaiyue was a member of the Martial Arts Academy before allowing him to pa.s.s.

However, An Zhe did not walk very far. Just as he was about to turn into a relatively small street, he was stopped by a group of people who did not know his ident.i.ty.

An Zaixin was a little annoyed. It seemed that the Prefect of Fang Shoudao was also one of the empress dowager's men.

However, An Zhe didn't worry too much because the house he had bought for Li Yenian hadn't gone to the Fang Residence to register at all.

According to the rules of the imperial court, one had to report the sale of the property to the Fang family, which had to charge a certain fee.

Therefore, many people bought and sold property in private, without going through the government.

Just hand over the deed and walk away with the money.

The house is yours with the deed, because the deed only says where the house is, and how big it is, but it doesn't say who owns it.

Since he hadn't been to the Fang family's residence before, Li Yenian didn't need to worry about him at all.

Besides, even if Li Yannian was discovered, he might not be able to recognize him.

These people were all using portraits to look for people. Portraits … it would be strange if they were drawn with portraits.

Even if it was only Li Yenian who wore his beard, he was far from the person depicted in the portrait.

However, An Zaiyue was worried that the power of the later generations would control the entire city.

Up until now, the yamen that the An clan did not interfere in, seemed to only have one Infantry Division.

Thus, An Zaihai was filled with respect towards this person who was safe and sound.

Under such circ.u.mstances, it is not easy for Hao Ping to ensure that anything in the Ministry is treated fairly.

But this fairness is what Hao Ping thinks it is.

After returning to the Heavenly Ascension Sect, An Zeng, Skinny Du, and the others once again entered the Heaven-defying Seal to cultivate.

With the existence of the Heaven Defying Seal, the amount of time An Zaiyue spent cultivating was many times more than the others.

Thus, most of the time, the people in the Heavenly Enlightenment Sect seemed to be very idle during the day.

The next morning, when he went back to the Martial Arts Academy, he was informed by Li Sihai that he did not have the qualifications to partic.i.p.ate in the selection.

Asked why, Li Sihai pushed his reading gla.s.ses and said, ""All the candidates will be registered within the allotted time, but none of you will be on the list. So naturally, you are not qualified.""

""So you crossed out all the names you wrote down in the book yesterday?""

Li Sihai also smiled, ""Don't slander an official of the imperial court. This is a very serious accusation.""

An Zhan said, ""It's not as big of a crime as deleting the examinees' names without permission.""

Li Sihai regained his composure and said, ""If I say no, then there's no need. I saw with my own eyes that everyone came to register, but I never saw you all.""

""As far as I know, the deadline is tomorrow, so what reason do you have for me to give up today?""

Li Sihai leaned forward and said in a low voice, ""Because even if you report today, you won't be on the register tomorrow.""

""So you think you can change a person's life. That's a quick thing.""

Li Sihai shook his head, ""How could it change a person's life? It's obviously you guys.""

""Why do I always meet people like you? If I were a man with no background, I might really be stuck in the hands of you, a little bit of power.""

""I wonder how many of you have worked so hard on the border to gain the right to reference the Martial Arts Academy in the past few years, and how many of you have lost your only chance.""

Li Sihai answered flatly, ""No matter what this person has experienced, no matter whether he has fought with all his might or not, he is late. If he doesn't sign up, of course he doesn't have the qualifications.""

""Do you know why I was laughing just now?""

Li Sihai saw a kind of callousness in An Zaihai's eyes. He suddenly felt a bit of regret. He should have investigated the origins of this student.

However, this matter was not without room to turn around, as the deadline had not yet arrived.

If he found out who this person was today, he could just fill in his name.

As an official, one could only bend and bend at will.

Li Sihai put down his pen, took off his reading gla.s.ses, and then looked at An Chou and replied in an official tone, ""Go back and wait for the news. When we verify your ident.i.ty, we will naturally notify you.""

""You haven't answered my question yet.""

Li Sihai asked, ""Why are you laughing?""

""Is that the question?""

An Zhan nodded, ""If you don't ask, I won't be able to act cool.""

Li Sihai was stunned for a moment. Before he could react, An Zhe pulled him out from behind the table and threw him five meters away.

Li Sihai was already in his fifties and did not usually have much training. He had good wine, good s.e.x, and a bad body, so this fall almost cost him half his life.

An Zeng picked up Li Sihai's reading gla.s.ses from the ground and looked at them, ""This thing looks simple, but there aren't many who have money to buy one.

Using good crystals to create lenses, the best craftsman would need to polish them for half a month to complete the first process, and then adjust the thickness arc of the lens according to your vision.

You can't afford a gla.s.s like that for twenty years in your position. ""

""Therefore, I don't know how many examinees you've made it difficult for you, but I have no choice but to pay you a few silver coins in order to continue your dream.

But what you're taking, maybe, is their little ration money.

The examinees from the border region were only paid by the military. If they were to live frugally, that would be more than enough.

If they give you the silver, they will starve, perhaps not only for a day or two.

""When it comes to the a.s.sessment, there are probably more people who failed because they didn't have the strength to do so.""

An Zaihai walked up to Li Sihai and said, ""How many people, in order not to starve, went to the streets to trade for food?""

""And once the military discovers the skill of a soldier, they will immediately be eliminated … One side is because they don't have the money to eat, and the other side is because they want to be eliminated in violation of military law. They don't even have a way out.""

He lowered his head to look at Li Sihai, whose face was contorted with pain, ""Right, I will tell you after I finish beating you up. I am laughing … First, because I finally found a reason to make a big deal out of this.""

""Second, it's because after I get rid of you, the examinees who came from the border will never face a sc.u.m like you.""

""What … what are you trying to do?!""

Li Sihai struggled to sit up: ""You can forget about entering the Martial Arts Academy for the rest of your life. You just have to wait to be dealt with by the military law.""

""Not only you, even your friends can't enter the Martial Arts Academy.""

An Zhan lowered his head and looked at him. ""You may not be very clear on one thing, but I came to the Martial Arts Academy for a different reason than the others.""

Most of the examinees believed that their biggest wish was to enter the Martial Arts Academy. They would not hesitate to bleed and be injured at the border for this wish.

They felt that their only chance to change their lives was to enter the Martial Arts Academy and become a general.

""But I'm different. I can live well even if I can't enter the Martial Arts Academy.""

""I could have killed you with a single punch, but why did I slap you?""

Of course, Li Sihai couldn't answer this question because his mouth was about to be smashed.

""Because face-smacking is more pleasurable,"" Ann answered herself.

""Beating up the bad guys is half the fun if you don't smack them in the face.""

It didn't take long for quite a number of inspectors from the Martial Arts Academy. Their status was to maintain the discipline of the Martial Arts Academy.

They're not really officers of rank, but they have a lot of authority.

These people ran over and scolded An Zeng, telling him to put Li Sihai down.

At this time, Li Sihai was being held up high by An Zuhai. Hearing the lieutenant's shout, An Zuhai gave an ""oh"" sound and threw Li Sihai aside.

In their opinion, no matter what the reason was, once the fight started, the people of the Martial Arts Academy had to be apprehended first.

At this time, the two teachers from the Martial Arts Academy accompanied Chen Zaiyan and was about to leave. When he heard the noise outside the gate, Chen Zaiyan's expression changed, ""Who is this person? Who dares to cause trouble at the entrance of the Martial Arts Academy?""

After the inspector carried Li Sihai and dragged An Zaihai over here, Chen Zaiyan's expression became complicated, ""Why are you here?""

A instructor from the Martial Arts Academy subconsciously asked, ""Does Sir know this person?""

Chen said, ""The peace struggle you mentioned came from the frontier.""

The instructor's expression also changed, and he carefully looked at An Zhe.

This was a man who looked to be around forty years old. He had a pale face and did not have a white beard, but he was not soft either.

In a place like the Martial Arts Academy, his temperament didn't seem to match.

He looked more like a man of letters, a little too scholarly.

Walking, talking, and temperament, they were all very gentle.

""So, if you beat up a person from the Martial Arts Academy, even if the Minister sees him in a different light, he can't be accepted.""

The lecturer did not ask why.

""Why did you so easily decide my outcome, sir?"" he asked.

The instructor replied, ""If you beat someone because you were rash, the Martial Arts Academy doesn't want you.

If you hit him because he did something wrong, the Martial Arts Academy won't want you anymore.

Because even if he is wrong, it is the Martial Arts Academy that is here to discipline him and not you.

So whether you're wrong or not, I can give you that. ""

An Zhan said, ""So the Martial Arts Academy was like this. Fortunately, you didn't come in.""

The instructor frowned slightly. ""What do you mean by that?""

An Zhan replied with a smile, ""In order to preserve our honor, no matter what kind of mistake the people in our academy made, we have to deal with them internally. But for the outsiders to maintain a valiant posture … This is really disappointing.""

An Zaihai walked to the top and loudly told Li Sihai's story.

At this moment, more and more students arrived, most of them from the military background.

Some had just partic.i.p.ated in this year's examination, and some were already students of the Martial Arts Academy.

The more people there were, the more people there were. At least a few hundred people surrounded this place so tightly that not even a drop of water could trickle through.

""I know him!""

One of the students from the Martial Arts Academy shouted, ""Last year, Ding Cheng and I came from the southwest border together. Because of this person's filial piety, Ding Cheng had no choice but to give him the few coins he had, but he still felt that it was too little. In the end, Ding Cheng did not even qualify to partic.i.p.ate in the exam and was late for the exam!""

Ding Cheng had made 16 military meritorious service on the border before he got the right to do so.

""Because he was late and violated the military law, he didn't even have the qualifications to return to the border army, so he could only return home!""

Another person also shouted, ""He bullied me back then, but I didn't dare to say anything. I could only give him the money and starve for four days.""

""If it wasn't for a member of the same family being well-off and helping me after we found out, we might have starved to death before the examination. Otherwise, we would have gone to become thieves!""

An Xuan looked at that instructor, then he looked at Chen Zeyan, the a.s.sistant minister of the Ministry of War, and said, ""I'm not interested in this kind of martial inst.i.tution.""

He stretched out his hand and said, ""Come, according to your rules, you still need to punish me for my crimes. Where are the shackles?""

The few officers of the Martial Arts Academy looked at each other and then looked at Chen Zeyan, not knowing what to do.

Within the crowd, more and more people were shouting. In the end, all of them were denouncing Li Sihai.

At this time, Li Sihai was curled up on the ground like a s.h.i.+vering dog.