The demon world I designed

Chen Qing didn't hesitate long before she accepted the stranger's invitation and sat next to him...

Deep down in his heart, he wanted to go to Yu Chipeng. Although that guy had severe body odor, which affected his appetite, he sincerely regarded him as a friend, and he felt more comfortable in the past.

But I'm afraid this might be disrespectful to Fei Jun. Fei Jun is quite a good person, but Chen Qing actually doesn't want to offend him.

The most important thing is that the person in front of me has a high status just by looking at his appearance. Without knowing the details, it is better not to lose face. And if he accepted this invitation, it would be considered a success for both Fei Jun and Yuchi Peng. Account.

"Mr. Chen, can you drink strong alcohol?" The thin middle-aged man asked with a smile.

Chen Qing shook his head directly and apologized: "I haven't learned how to drink yet."

This is not a shirk. In order to support my education, my family has become so poor that they still drink alcohol?

As for past lives? As technical geeks, they all drink the water of fat geeks.

"Would you like to learn something?" the middle-aged man said with a smile.

"Forget it..." Chen Qing smiled and said, "I have ordered a carriage and will be on my way to Liuzhou later."

"So urgent?"

"The rent is expensive. I haven't received my salary yet, and I'm running out of money and expenses."

Everyone: "……."

"Haha!" The middle-aged man laughed when he heard this: "You are an interesting person. Other Jinshis would like to stay a few more days and establish some connections if they can, but you are eager to leave as soon as possible."

"I don't have money, how can I open up a relationship?"

The surrounding civil servants had dark expressions on their faces, while the middle-aged people and surrounding generals laughed heartily.

"Master Chen!" An old civil servant sitting opposite said with a sullen face, "You are about to take office, please speak and act more appropriately!"

Chen Qing was stunned and glanced at the crane patch on the opponent's chest. Hmm... The second-grade official might be a minister. Naturally, he didn't dare to offend him. He quickly handed over his hands and said: "This official made a mistake, please don't take offense." ”

"Hmph..." The old man glanced at Chen Qing faintly, then at the middle-aged man next to him, and then said: "Do you know Master Chen well with Mr. Qin Guogong?"

When Chen Qing heard this, his action of picking up food suddenly froze, and he looked at the guy next to him.

Is this the guy from Yin Laozi?

"Are you the Duke of Qin?"

The other party smiled when he heard this: "Master Chen's expression... seems to have some complaints against me?"

"How could it be?" Chen Qing said with a smile on her face and said, "I haven't thanked the Duke for his recommendation. The student is able to get the position of prefect, thanks to the Duke."

The word "Chen Qing Guo Gong" is a strong one. The body of the last person whom I kept calling "Guo Gong" is already cold. Please wish yourself well...

The surrounding military generals all looked at Chen Qing. Very few people were so calm after knowing Lao Lu's identity. Although this boy was a scholar, he had the character of a military general!

"Haha, no need to say thank you." Qin Guogong suddenly laughed and said: "Master Chen's ability to handle the errand is your own responsibility and has nothing to do with me."

Several civil servants across from him frowned. It seemed like the two of them didn't know each other. After all, with Qin Guogong's current status, there was no need to perform such a scene with young people in front of them.

"Where, where..." Chen Qing said with a smile: "Without the recommendation of the Duke of the State, I wouldn't even have a chance to show off. Such a great kindness must be repaid in the future."

Duke Qin shook his head in amusement upon hearing this, but he was a little curious in his heart. He had seen countless people, but he rarely saw young people who were so indifferent to him.

Although there was respect on his lips, there was no awe in his eyes.

This is not only looking at myself, but also when looking at the Minister of the Ministry of Affairs across the street, the young man's eyes are like this, so peaceful, so... indifferent?

He didn't know why he used this word, but it felt like it was like this. The young man looked at everyone with a kind of indifference, and he seemed to be like someone in the past...

In this way, a large table of people chatted from time to time, and the topics were very common, such as how old are you this year? How many people are there in the family? The teacher you worshiped before taking the Jinshi exam? If the emperor hadn't announced that he wanted to marry his consort, he would have doubted whether the other party wanted to marry him.

Time passed quickly like this, and soon it was time to retire for the night.

Chen Qing would not stay and watch the night, so he quickly said goodbye to several adults who seemed to be of high rank, chatted with Yuchi Peng and Fei Jun for a few words, and then prepared to leave. He did not want to leave the capital for a moment now. Stayed.

But when he was about to say goodbye and leave the Duke's Mansion, he was stopped by an acquaintance again.

It was an expected person, but Chen Qing didn't expect him to come to him so late.

"Where did you go just now?" Chen Qing asked.

The visitor was Wang Ye. Watching Chen Qing speak, Wang Ye was silent for a moment. He felt that Chen Qing was calling him more and more casually.

Is the relationship between the two of them already so good?

"My master has something for you."

"ha?"

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"What do you think of this young man?"

After the banquet, all the civil and military officials gathered in small groups and chatted about household matters. Now that there are no paper figures responsible for recording words and deeds, the atmosphere seems to be much more relaxed.

At this time, many people were discussing Chen Qing, including Mr. Chen, the Minister of Rites, who was chatting with Duke Qin.

"I think it's quite interesting..." Qin Guogong looked at the direction Chen Qing left with a smile: "The young man who can defeat the Thousand-Faced Fox is actually a mortal. It's really interesting..."

The Minister of Rites also smiled slightly. The prince in the distance heard the two talking about Chen Qing, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Today, the imperial power is divided into three major factions. With Liu Yu, Jiu Qing and other great warlocks as the core, they occupy 80% of the court and are supported by civil servants. They are the main force of the civil servant group. The blood family headed by Qin Guogong is extremely powerful and occupies the current Jin Dynasty. 70% of the family’s strength and nearly half of the border army’s strength!

Then there are the loyal royalist families, such as the Yuchi family and the Hong family. These are the high-level blood families that followed the Xiao family before the Jin Dynasty was established, and occupy the remaining 30% of the blood families!

In the past, my father would send out the bloodline families loyal to him to guard the important border towns and hold a lot of military power. In the capital, the warlock group would use the warlock group to check and balance the bloodline families who supported Qin Guogong in the court. To be honest, they still had the upper hand.

After all, although there were many bloodline families supporting Duke Qin, most of them were controlled in the capital. The military power of the border army had been gradually eroded by the father over the years.

Originally, if the situation continued like this, by the time he ascended the throne safely, the royal family would have recovered at least 80% of the border army's strength. With the absolute support of Liu Yu and others, they could begin to deal with Qin Guogong's lineage.

But I don’t know why my father is so crazy that he actually touched Liu Yu!

More than half of the great warlocks at the Jiuqing level were recommended by Liu Yu. Once Liu Yu was moved, once the civil servants left, the situation in the capital would not be so stable.

Now that he saw that the Minister of Rites was chatting with the Duke of Qin, the prince naturally had to pay attention.

In Jiuqing, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is the Heavenly Official and has the most actual power. However, in terms of seniority and qualifications, it is actually the Minister of Rites, Mr. Chen, who is the highest. As the abbot of six scientific examinations, Mr. Chen has disciples all over the world. More importantly, Mr. Chen has the highest authority. Yes, today’s academics and administration in various places are basically cultivated by him!

"Master Chen is also interested in Chen Qing?" After listening to a few words, the prince finally couldn't help but walked in and interrupted.

"Your Highness..." Qin Guogong and Chen Shangshu saluted one after another.

"No need to be polite." The prince smiled and said, "I am just curious, why is His Highness suddenly so interested in a new scholar like Chen Qing?"

The Duke of Qin smiled slightly when he heard this: "Maybe... I'm a little bored with my free time."

boring?

The prince smiled half-heartedly. Liu Yu had just died, so he wanted to take action, right?

Chen Shangshu on the side saw this and shook his head secretly. His Royal Highness was not even remotely inferior to His Majesty, not only in terms of strength, but also in terms of character.

In fact, the person most suitable to inherit His Majesty's mantle is the eldest son born to the Queen and His Majesty, but unfortunately... he died young, and now His Highness the Crown Prince... To be honest, he is really not optimistic about it.

Sometimes he was a little unsure. Do he really want to put the destiny of the warlock inheritance on this prince? ——

"Three factions?"

In the backyard of the Duke's Mansion, Wang Ye took Chen Qing to the back door with ease. For some unknown reason, he actually talked to Chen Qing about the situation in the court.

"Hmm..." Wang Ye nodded: "The Yuchipeng and Hongwu you know belong to the royalist faction, and are the bloodline families with the deepest ties to the Xiao family. There are a few you have never seen, most of them serve in the border army."

"So that's it..." Chen Qing suddenly realized, and he said that the territory of the Jin Dynasty was vast, more than ten times that of China in his previous life, and there were many princes who were granted the title. It was said that there were more than twenty, but he had only heard about something It turned out that the rest of the nine great princes in the capital were sent abroad.

"Fei Jun is a new sorcerer, and he is a cousin of the crown prince. He is a young warlock and a close minister of the crown prince. If you had accepted his invitation just now and you had just rescued the crown prince, in the eyes of so many civil and military officials, You may be considered a prince."

Chen Qing: "…….."

"Of course, if you accept Yu Chipeng's invitation, you will also belong to the royalist faction, but your position will be a little closer to His Majesty. You should understand, right?"

Chen Qing smiled bitterly and nodded. Royalists and princelings have always been two different things...

"Then what does it mean that I accepted Duke Qin's invitation today?"

"The Duke of Qin is protecting you." Wang Ye looked at the clear sky and said, "You are a scholar and were promoted by the civil service system. The forces of the Duke of Qin have no way to interfere with your career. Both your majesty and the prince know this, so although the Duke of Qin The force behind seems to be the most dangerous, but if you come into contact with him, you will be the least suspicious for the time being. He took the initiative to invite you today to help you out. "

Chen Qing was stunned. What he didn't expect was that Duke Qin would actually help him. He immediately frowned. He seemed to be... not familiar with him, right?

"That adult rarely does this." Wang Ye also smiled and said, "I don't know why I am so interested in you all of a sudden."

"Haha..." Chen Qing laughed, feeling that it was not a good thing.

"By the way, you just said that Lord Song Guogong had something for me. What was it?"

Wang Ye paused, took out a black-covered book that didn't look thin, and handed it over.

Chen Qing curiously took it and padded it. It was quite heavy, so she curiously asked: "What is it?"

"I don't know..." Wang Ye shook his head: "The master has set up a spell, and only you can open it."

"Oh?" Chen Qing became even more curious when he heard this, and opened the cover in front of him. Sure enough, when he turned the book, there were twisted space runes flashing on the book. There was really a magic spell.

"You opened it like this in front of me, and you weren't afraid that I would peek?" Wang Ye said with a half-smile.

"What are you afraid of?" Chen Qing said amusedly: "I'm reading it in front of you, just because I want to watch it with you. It's so serious. If you want to watch it, just come over and watch it together."

Wang Ye was slightly startled and looked at Chen Qing for a long time, but finally did not object. He nodded and moved closer, and also looked at the book.

Huh? This is……

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