Chapter 785

Da Wang asked for Yan Hao's address, then returned to Dian Zhong and opened the full topographical map of Youzhou.

Taking Ziwei Palace as the reference point, Jianwen Fang was easy to find, and Yan Hao again rented a place at the easternmost end of Jianwen Fang, making these coordinates even easier to locate.

He zoomed in, zoomed in again, and zoomed in once more, seeing two servants in the main courtyard clanging and banging as they worked on woodworking; Da Wang observed for a while and had it figured out in his mind.

Jianwen Fang

On a night dark as ink and wind howling, the time was about right; Yan Hao had everything packed and ready, leading two sturdy servants straight to the northwest corner of the rear courtyard.

In the evening they had already placed a ladder there; tonight, the first step of leaving was to climb over the wall and depart from Jianwen Fang. You say why climb over the wall at one's own home? It's not anything else—it's that little bandit of the Bai Li clan insisting on detaining him, and this residence has already become a key patrol point for the Youzhou Garrison.

Yan Hao had observed the patrol team many times; the northwest corner of this courtyard's wall abuts the neighbor's wall, with no gate opening to the outside, basically not within the patrol team's patrol range.

Master and servant trio had already made their plan; tonight, unbeknownst to gods and ghosts, they would leave Jianwen Fang and take up residence at the Old City Yuntong Inn; at dawn they would depart Youzhou City with the Luoyang merchant they had bribed in advance.

The plan was perfect, if not for Da Wang seeing them set up the ladder.

Yan Yi first climbed over the courtyard wall to go out and meet them; when it was Yan Hao's turn to climb the ladder, he had just climbed three or four rungs when he heard a thud from below; when he looked back down, the person holding the ladder had already been switched...

A handsome youth in silver-white robes bared a mouthful of snow-white teeth as he held the ladder for him...

This face also looked familiar; he thought back a moment, he had seen him before at Zhenhai Palace.

Da Wang lifted his head, his smile radiant, a perfect hundred points. "Sir, are you going to the walltop to enjoy the moon? Come, come, I'll hold the ladder for you—be careful now~ After you're done, hurry down, it's windy up there."

Yan Hao:......

"What if the old man doesn't come down?"

"Then I'll go up and see what's so nice about the walltop scenery~"

Yan Hao looked up at the thick cloud layer, then looked down at Yan Er lying unconscious below, sensibly retreated back down.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty. I don't know what brings Your Majesty to visit at this late hour."

Yan Hao acted as if nothing had happened; Da Wang was even more extreme, he behaved as if he were truly a late-night guest visiting someone's home.

He then pulled out several sheets of paper and handed them to Yan Hao. "I came specially to visit Mr. Yan; this calligraphy practice sheet is my gift to you upon meeting." The clerical script practice sheet is not easy to find; Da Wang really went to trouble for this gift.

The characters on that practice sheet are indeed well-written; they are a Bai Yang AI-generated printed version of Zhao Mengfu's clerical script, the content being .

The first page states that humans are the spirit of all things, and humans and apes share a common origin.

Yan Hao, reading the first page clearly by lamplight, had an expression more complex than when he was halfway up the wall and got caught. What utter nonsense!

Da Wang yawned, then sincerely advised: "Mr. Yan, the court is currently in need of talent, and you, as the descendant of a renowned forefather, are greatly needed in Youzhou! Out there it's so chaotic, your chances of returning home safely aren't high either; I see you'd be better off staying in Youzhou. Let us both shine for the Jin Dynasty, while we study whether humans and monkeys share a common origin—how delightful that would be!"

Yan Hao:......

Where is the quick?!

Night deepened, he sat down, Da Wang in a state of utter exhaustion, swaying east and west. "I'm also tired, having finished the literary part, now the martial part. I like you, you can't get away. I can't keep your soul, only your corpse. See how you choose?"

He put forth this naked threat in a soft, cottony manner; Yan Hao felt that if he were to turn hostile, he'd seem rather ungrateful?

This person is too strange.

"Does Your Majesty think the old man fears death?"

Such a sharp question...... the shrewd Da Wang naturally pretended not to hear.

Da Wang sat there, his mind wandering in the Grand Void, dazed and confused, already proceeding on his own to the next step. "... How about the Five Classics Doctor? Good! Just so decided, I'll wait for you tomorrow at Chengguang Hall."

Yan Hao:......?

"Left, no need to see me off, see you tomorrow!"

Yan Hao:......

He had never been so speechless before.

The next day, Xie Yuan met Yan Hao, unresponsive to oil and salt, at the Nanhua Gate, shocked beyond measure.

He was too curious, so on the way to the morning court he intercepted Da Wang in advance.

"How did Your Majesty persuade Mr. Yan?" Not a moment wasted, today he came to start work!

【41> Da Wang put on an innocent look: "He's a fine fellow, although we didn't together watch the moon from the walltop, we conversed most happily, agreed to future joint research on the origin of humans and monkeys."

Da Wang Wu Lun state: "He is very nice. Although we didn't watch the crescent moon together on the wall, we had a great conversation and agreed to study the origins of humans and monkeys together in the future."

Xie Yuan:......?

Xie Yuan: Following ①, switch to the Jin Dynasty official language, thank you.