Chapter Seventy-Four: The Imperial Examination System

  Yang Yunqiu furrowed her brow, turned her head and leaned it on Lu Lan's shoulder, taking a deep breath.

  Shi Mao was shocked: Are you still taking advantage of girls at this time?

  Luran smiled and touched his soft fluffy short hair: "Does it smell good?"

  "There's no such scent, I'd rather die." Others couldn't see it, but he could see the thick black fog that surrounded the entire 'Central Asia' company building and was constantly spreading outward.

  These crowds of excited and seemingly deceived citizens are being affected, and if the situation is not resolved, it will become increasingly severe.

  This evil spirit is absolutely not formed naturally, nor can it be brought over by that father of yours carelessly. It must be caused by someone or something else.

  Otherwise, the stench would not be able to directly assault his soul, and he almost got burned by the Tao.

  It's better to be Lu Lan, with a thick layer of merit wrapped around her divine soul, and the slightest bit of evil energy has no effect on her. She is not a cultivator, nor does she have Yang Yunqiu's innate talent to directly perceive the sins and merits attached to people's souls, so naturally she wouldn't feel uncomfortable.

  This kind of insight into the soul, many cultivators would love to have, but Yang Yunqiu felt that he would rather be an ordinary cultivator, practicing steadily and sincerely, anyway, following his heart, he wouldn't do anything that harms heaven or reason, or commits evil deeds.

  He thought more, but things still need to be resolved.

  Li Zifeng had official business today and didn't show up on the scene. The people in charge, apart from a group of public security personnel from the municipal bureau, also included several individuals from the underground third floor. Wang Yi and Gao Ming were present, but Liu Sheng did not come.

  Wang Yi led the people from the underground third floor and Qiu team from the Municipal Bureau to find Yang Yunqiu, whose face was pale and his whole body was trembling.

  Qiu's team was speechless, guessing that he was wondering why the higher-ups not only required them to keep a distance of 500 meters from the 'Central Asia' building, but also sent a group of weak and timid scholars who would faint at the sight of a big scene to stop the rioting crowd. What's more, they were ordered to obey commands and follow orders.

  As for the one in front of him, he took a look at Yang Yunqiu, and his momentum was quite sufficient. However, he was too young, and when he came out to do things, he brought a beautiful woman with him. At first glance, he thought he was some kind of rich young master.

  "Mr. Yang, I've received the notification from above, this time we'll be working with you on the operation." Chu's face didn't look good, and he had a worried expression. "I've looked into the specifics of the situation - 'Central Asia Consulting' is suspected of fraud, the chairman has already fled, and the investigators arrested their general manager and twelve high-level board members yesterday. The case is still under review, but I didn't expect things to go awry today."

  He let out a sigh and saw the increasingly excited crowd, even wanting to pour gasoline and set it on fire: "Mr. Yang, our anti-explosion team is in place and can act at any time."

  Yang Yunqiu smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, wait a bit longer." After finishing speaking, he didn't look at Qiu Dui's gloomy face either. He took out the water bottle on his back and first gave some to Wang Yi, as well as the four people beside him who were panting heavily, looking like they had almost died once - the members of the underground third floor. Each person drank a whole bottle of water, swallowing it down their throats, and several people finally came back to life.

  Wang Yi took out a tablet and showed the situation of the building.

  "One hour ago, two men with explosives strapped to their bodies burst into the building and took Zhang Jian-sheng, who was handling official business, and 12 other employees of the company hostage. They are now concentrated in the first floor hall. Because the special police and armed police can't get close, our people can't withstand it when they approach, and their minds become dizzy. Just now, the loudspeaker and small speaker found an opportunity to shoot, but unexpectedly our specially made bullets had no effect at all. If they hadn't hidden quickly and well, something might have already happened."

  Wang Yi's eyebrows were furrowed so tightly they could almost crush a mosquito. "The situation in the building is not good, those two people are in very serious condition."

  Yang Yunqiu found a vehicle, jumped up, took over the binoculars and looked around, then jumped down and said: "Wang Yi, Gao Ming, and you four, follow me later. Qiu team, wait for my instructions, let our explosive-proof brothers disperse the onlookers."

  As he spoke, he also took the equipment from Wang Yi and put it on, wearing a mask on his head. He then took out ten large water bottles from his backpack and handed them to Wang Yi and Gao Ming. The two of them had been used to cooperating with him in the game before, and now they were very taciturn. The two people divided the water bottles among the brothers on the third floor underground, made a gesture, and saw Yang Yunqiu raise his hand. They simultaneously threw the water bottles up.

  Boom boom boom boom——

  Yang Yunqiu went from holding the gun to firing it in just a few seconds. The water bottles shattered, and the mineral water inside poured down like rain, but not a single fragment of stainless steel fell on the crowd's heads.

  Qiu team is inexplicably using a water bottle as an attack weapon - what's the point of this? If they want to use water, they have high-pressure water guns.

  It was unexpected that the water droplets fell to the ground, falling on the heads, faces and clothes of the onlookers. These people who were originally cheering and shouting gradually became quiet, some looked around dazedly, while others rushed to the ground wailing loudly. Of course, there were still those with ferocious expressions holding up banners in protest, but that inexplicable momentum, venomous glare, and mysterious unity had vanished into thin air.

  Qiu's team was shocked, fortunately he wasn't a newcomer. As soon as he received Yang Yunqiu's order, he immediately let the riot police rush up. The originally ferocious crowd suddenly panicked and ran around in all directions. In no time at all, they were dispersed or arrested, and soon only police cars and policemen were left in front of the 'Zhong Ya' building.

  Soon, orders were transmitted from above, lifting the prohibition order. The negotiation experts brought by Qiu's team could come forward to negotiate, but they were still strictly forbidden from entering the building and making direct contact with the two bandits.

  Today, he received more incomprehensible orders than in the past few years. Qiu Du looked at Yang Yunqiu with a thoughtful expression, and his heart had some guesses about their identities.

  Ordinary police may not know, but he did. There has been a legend all along that within the public security system, there is another group of people called "Underground Three Floors". It's mysterious, even more mysterious than the national security system. The detectives inside look ordinary on weekdays, but the cases they handle are ones that ordinary public security police cannot touch.

  Although he didn't know how this seemingly simple mass security incident was linked to a mysterious case, Qiu Du relied on his intuition as a policeman for many years and still believed that he had really encountered a legendary figure in the public security system this time.

  It's nothing special!

  Qiu Du's disbelieving heart, Yang Yunqiu led Wang Yi, detoured to the back of the building, then quietly and silently passed through the thick outer wall, entered the hall, took 32 seconds, subdued two robbers, dismantled the bomb, and scared Zhang Jiansheng speechless, he decided that in the future, whoever did not believe in the underground third floor would be a master of extraordinary skills, he would use his shoe to slap their mouths.

  Zhang Jian-sheng was confused from start to finish, and Yang Yun-qiu didn't even say half a word to him.

  The aftermath work is naturally handled by others, in fact, the real underground three-story building that can be taken out to fight hard, has not even one-tenth of the logistics personnel, they are doing their job, whether it's fabricating news to deal with reporters or handling lawsuits for those who have been affected by evil spirits and done irrational things, there are specialized personnel.

  Yang Yunqiu returned to the car and took off his equipment. Lu Lan brought that old fellow over, and as soon as he saw him, he smiled and said, "What's wrong? This old fellow has been scared silly."

  Scared silly.

  Shi Mao stared at Yang Yunqiu as if staring at a ghost.

  He couldn't understand why the yellow-haired kid who used to play with him when they were young, dropped out of middle school and was considered a nobody in the village, could now casually command a group of police officers - wasn't he just one person?

  Yang Yunqiu smiled and comforted him, "Shi Ge, wait until your company's case is settled. Who knows, you might be able to get back some of the wages that were withheld from you. As for the money you invested, consider it a lesson learned. You're still young, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

  Shi Mao was at least lucky enough not to be in debt, unlike others who had lost their life savings.

  Under the stunned gaze of his fellow villagers, Yang Yunqiu glanced at the time and hastily returned to the garden to retrieve the gift he had prepared for Yang Daidai - a dressing box made by a special craftsman from the capital city of the Yin dynasty, as well as a peach blossom fan made of genuine tortoiseshell.

  This gift is not particularly expensive, but it's very exquisite. Taking it out doesn't look shabby at all. As a birthday gift, it's quite suitable.

  Yang Yunqiu couldn't see what was good about the box, feeling that it wasn't even as sturdy as the alloy boxes he could make himself with a wave of his hand. At least those were solid and could be used as shields when necessary. The peach blossom fan was somewhat interesting as a work of art, but if he hadn't needed to transport the spiritual objects he'd collected over there, he definitely wouldn't have been willing to open the space-time door just for this broken box.

  Ke Lu Lan was taken aback, her eyes almost turned red, if she wasn't calm and gentle by nature, she might have forced Yang to give her one too.

  When Yang Yunqiu arrived at the wine building, the classmates invited by Yang Daidai had all arrived, and they were also dressed in a variety of ways. No one was formally dressed, so his sportswear didn't stand out either.

  Wang Yi, on the other hand, has the air of a successful person.

  He walked into the private room of this group of students with a wine glass, and when he toasted Yang Yunqiu, the students present were somewhat uncomfortable. However, Wang Yi was different from before, and in just a few words, he heated up the atmosphere. In the end, even Yang Yunqiu's two roommates, Zhou Huan and Zhao Ze, naturally leaned on him, laughing and chatting.

  Yang Daidai's parents were old-fashioned, and even at her birthday party in Tianchao, there weren't any programs like dancing or singing. It was just eating and drinking, with everyone going around toasting each other. Those big shots from the business world took advantage of the little girl's birthday gathering to discuss business, give gifts, and build relationships. Anyway, it had been this way year after year, and Yang Daidai was used to it.

  She followed her parents to meet the "distinguished" guests, playing the role of Miss Qianjin perfectly, even Zhang Jiansheng who was always around her didn't make her feel awkward at all. However, after meeting the guests, when she wanted to quickly regain her freedom and go see her classmates, Zhang Gongzi, who used to be very considerate, surprisingly lost his usual tactful heart and insisted on following her like a lamp post, which was somewhat annoying.

  She actually had a pretty good impression of Zhang Jiansheng, this young man came from a good family, had a good appearance, was smart and had a gentle temperament, not one of those arrogant rich kids, as a friend he was qualified enough, so it wasn't easy to say anything too unpleasant at the moment.

  "I can't wait to unwrap the gifts, Zhang classmate why don't you go and have a drink with them?"

  Zhang Jian Sheng heard this and naturally understood Yang Dai's meaning, so he politely took his leave.

  It was just a turn of the face, but his expression wasn't very good. He had just received a huge shock today and still came to celebrate Yang Daidai's birthday, showing how much he liked this girl who was two years older than him. But she didn't seem to care, and he had always been someone who grew up with everything going smoothly. This year, in a short period of time, he had encountered many unpleasant things that made him resentful. Zhang Jiansheng had been holding back his anger for a long time.

  "Sooner or later..."

  His face scared several of Yang Daidai's female classmates who came over to look for her, and they looked at each other in dismay.

  Xue Qiao sighed: "It seems that Daidai has offended this admirer."

  Gao Hui lowered her head and didn't speak. Yang Daidai disliked him, but many people liked him. Zhang Jian's family background was at least elegant in appearance, and many girls regarded him as a male god. Seeing this situation now, she felt a mix of emotions.

  Several people stood there for half a day, and then they saw Yang Daidai carefully holding a beautifully crafted makeup box with a fan on top, apparently ready to leave the hotel.

  Xue Qiao couldn't help but laugh: "Leaving without saying goodbye? What's so precious about that thing?"

  Yang Daidai stopped in her tracks and turned around, her cheeks flushing pink, her eyes sparkling with excitement: "I just like it."

  "It's just an ordinary handicraft, I didn't expect Miss's gift to be no different from ordinary people's." Ga Hui also didn't know what was going on, her brain heated up and the words came out of her mouth, but after saying one sentence, she felt that her tone was too sour and couldn't help but purse her lips.

  Yang Daidai pretended not to hear: "As long as I receive a gift, I'll be happy. If it's too expensive, I won't dare accept it." Originally, the birthday gift for her wouldn't have anything too expensive. If something like that was given, it would definitely be ulterior motives, not really meant for her.

  There were several students from non-rich or noble families who exclaimed in surprise: "This is not expensive, it's so complete, the quality is good, the color is bright, and it's so big. The craftsmanship is top-notch, an absolute masterpiece, I'd buy it even if it costs 100,000."

  "If the price is right, someone will want it even if it's 200,000. At least I would like to buy it as a birthday gift for my mother." When he heard the noise of the little girls, Yang's close business partner came out to take a look. As a result, he took one look and forgot about the makeup box, but he really liked the peach blossom fan. This person had always been fond of this type of craft, if it weren't for his niece's birthday gift, he would have bought it himself.

  The little girls were startled, exchanged a glance, and quickly slipped away.

  Undercurrents among girls won't affect others, and they're all young people. Even if some unpleasant words are said at the moment, after a while, they'll still be laughing and playing together hand in hand, no big deal.

  Yang Yunqiu didn't wait for the party to disperse, others came with gifts, and after accompanying his classmates to drink two more cups of wine, he bid farewell and left, not abrupt at all. Zhou Hao had already left early, saying that the game was at a critical juncture.

  Back in the garden of their own home, Yang Yunqiu and WaWa checked those who had passed the assessment and could be considered as "their own people". Not many had high scores, but Yang Yunqiu himself didn't get a perfect score when he played this game that delved deep into human psychology and subconsciousness either, so there was nothing to pick on.

  Returning to the Yin Dynasty, Yang Yunqiu studied and finally built up the Treasure Pavilion with Yanzhi girl.

  The location of the store was chosen by Rouge, in the most prosperous area of the capital city, it is a two-story storefront. The second floor is filled with precious items that ordinary people can't afford - such as the legendary 'wooden cow and flowing horse' that can move on its own and help take care of children, the top-grade warm jade that automatically emits heat when held in one's hand, making one feel warm even in winter without wearing thick clothes, the night-glowing cups that display a scene of nine dragons playing with pearls, the clocks, pocket watches, and wristwatches that can automatically report the time, the refrigerators that can automatically make ice in summer, the cabinets that emit cold air, the crystal clear night lights. Additionally, they also offer customized jewelry and accessories, and can embed one's own or their loved ones' aura into them.

  As for the first floor, although the goods are novel and cheap, there are crystal cups, pendants, ordinary thermoses, insulated lunch boxes, and the most expensive part should be toy trains for children, baby strollers, as well as cosmetics and skincare products for women.

  Yang Yunqiu prepared for half a year before the Treasure Pavilion finally opened.

  At first, there were very few guests, Wang Yi came up with an idea, what printed promotional materials, opening discounts and promotions, a series of promotional activities unfolded, plus the beautiful woman herself promoting sales, suddenly the guests came in droves, passing through the initial stage, the precious items in Zhen Bao Ge were always out of stock, many things were priceless.

  Yang Yunqiu was only making money and didn't plan to offend other businessmen, although having the Crown Prince as a backer could be useful, it was too much trouble, he didn't want to get involved. When he would truly control this lower plane, others who wanted to play could do so on their own, for now, he wasn't in a hurry at all. The speed of restocking was extremely slow, especially the precious items on the second floor, it was common to wait two months after placing an order, and even more often, orders couldn't be placed at all.

  Time flies in the Shang Dynasty.

  Yang Yunqiu was sixteen years old, so-called sixteen years old became an adult, at this age, he can be considered a grown-up.

  The triennial imperial examination is approaching, and many talented scholars are gathering in the capital. Yang Yunqiu has been relatively low-key in the capital, although he has a reputation among literary circles for his talent, but when people mention him, they often talk more about his elegant and chivalrous personality, his gentle and refined demeanor, and especially his kind heart.

  Every time he meets him, it seems that he is always helping others solve problems. He especially likes to help others selflessly, but not blindly helping anyone. Anyway, this person takes "rescuing the urgent and not rescuing the poor" as a supreme principle to follow. So although he is young and talented, even the most arrogant scholars can't say anything bad about him.

  That day, Yang Yunqiu had just finished copying an Eight Beauties picture when the housekeeper brought in a letter from Quanzhou.

  It was Yang Yunqiu's cheap father who asked him to prepare a place for Sun Zhongyang in advance.

  Actually, three years ago, Sun Quan should have participated in the imperial examination. He was confident and had connections with the Yu family, so there was no reason why he shouldn't pass. Unexpectedly, when Sun Quan arrived in the capital, he suddenly discovered that there were many young scholars like himself who were equally talented, or even more talented than him. Even among those who hadn't passed the exam for several years, there weren't any untalented ones.

  He was suddenly hesitant and even fell ill, Sun Zhifu worried about his son's condition. Besides, Sun Zhaoyang was still young at that time, so delaying for three years didn't matter much. Moreover, Princess Le Ping had a falling out with her father, saying she didn't want to get married early, so delaying for three years might be just right. Therefore, Sun Zhaoyang did not participate that year.