Chapter 6: What is the difference between you doing this and fooling me?

The Xinhuo Combat Academy is one of the five major academies of the Great Tian Ce Empire.

It even ranks on the list for the entire continent.

Many of the instructors at Xinhuo Combat Academy are generals who have retired from the front-line army.

It can be said that the teaching staff is very strong, and if students get the recognition of these teachers, maybe a letter of recommendation will go down, and they will be able to mix well in the army in the future.

In fact, there are three combat academies in this area, and Li Chen just happened to come here first.

It has to be said that the imperial capital is really big, and it took him several hours to walk to this place.

Along the way, Li Chen also discovered clues.

Two streets ago, he clearly heard noisy sounds in a nearby treasure shop. Two cultivators with extraordinary strength both took a fancy to the same treasure, thus having a contradiction, and were clamoring to break each other's legs.

He could even hear the sound of things being smashed, and the fluctuation of urging meridians.

Li Chen was happy at the time, thinking that he should be able to complete the mission this time.

But when he entered the shop, he found that it was peaceful inside.

Those two cultivators who were just clamoring to break each other's legs were already hooking shoulders and backs, feeling like they had a very good relationship.

Li Chen found that the eyes of some people in the shop were looking at the Protector General Guo Guo Poyun, and he probably knew what was going on.

Walking out of the treasure shop and coming to an empty alley, Li Chen suddenly stopped.

The two old officials behind him didn't dare to walk in front of him, so they naturally stopped on his side and back.

"Whose subordinates are those secret guards in the shop?"

With one sentence, the two old officials knelt on the ground instantly.

As subjects, they were not afraid of the Emperor getting angry, but they were afraid of the Emperor speaking in this indifferent tone; no one could guess what the Emperor was thinking.

"Back to Your Majesty, they are my subordinates."

Guo Guo Poyun began to sweat profusely, because he knew he might have messed up.

The temporary problem in the treasure shop next door just now was not handled in time by his subordinates, so a very incongruous scene appeared, and there were subordinates looking at him with inquiring eyes. How could the Emperor not guess it?

Li Chen only now understood why he hadn't encountered any trouble along the way; it turned out that this old boy had made his own decisions and solved it for him.

If he wanted to complete the mission, he had to find a way to send him away.

So Li Chen said: "Since you know I am on a micro-visit, what I want to see is the real imperial capital. What is the difference between you doing this and fooling me?"

Guo Guo Poyun kowtowed: "Subject is guilty. Subject just wanted to ensure as much as possible that Your Majesty would not be involved in trouble."

Li Chen sighed and said: "Forget it, go back to your mansion and reflect for three days, and you are not allowed to go out."

Hearing this punishment, Guo Guo Poyun breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, and after thanking the Emperor for his grace, he left this area, and by the way, withdrew the secret guards he had sent.

As a subject, you can not guess the Emperor's mind, but you must understand the Emperor's words.

Li Chen glanced at the wrinkled Prime Minister Zhao Zhao Wenyuan next to him and asked if there were any of his people nearby.

Zhao Zhao Wenyuan was a smart man, taking the opportunity to say that he was a civil official, and there were only a few old servants in his family, describing himself as clean and honest, and naturally he didn't have the ability to arrange so many guards.

Hearing him say this, Li Chen nodded with satisfaction.

Along the way, Zhao Zhao Wenyuan was like a housekeeper. As long as he found Li Chen's gaze interested in something, he would start introducing this place.

"Your Majesty, this is Xinhuo Combat Academy. The old Emperor also studied here during his time as a prince in hiding."

The gate of the combat academy in front was magnificent, enough to show what a higher learning institution of the May Tian Ce Dynasty should look like.

Walking here, there were relatively many young people coming and going, and most of these young people were students of Xinhuo Combat Academy.

It had been several hours since he left the palace, and Li Chen was also a little hungry, so he came to a road section with a large crowd, found a small restaurant, and prepared to eat something. The waiter was also very clever. Seeing that these two were not ordinary people, he immediately ran over, wiped the table and stools clean, and asked what the two wanted to eat.

His movements were done in one go, and he had the style of a little expert.

Li Chen ordered some beef and wine at random, then glanced at this young waiter and asked casually: "Your skills are good, why don't you find a job?"

No matter what, Li Chen was the Emperor now, and he felt that this young waiter had such strength at a young age, and it was simply a waste of talent to be here.

The waiter smiled awkwardly and replied: "To tell you the truth, I am a student studying at Xinhuo Combat Academy. Because my family is poor, I work here to earn some living expenses so as not to increase the burden on my family."

He must have been asked by many people, and he answered very skillfully.

Li Chen didn't feel there was any problem. He still appreciated this kind of poor student who supported himself.

Prime Minister Zhao Zhao Wenyuan on the side had been observing, and he didn't express any opinions or views.

Having spent a period of time with Li Chen, he knew that this new Emperor had his own way of thinking.

Zhao Zhao Wenyuan also knew deeply that what the Emperor hated most was subordinates who were clever like Guo Guo Poyun, so what he had to do was to do whatever Li Chen told him to do, so that he could avoid making mistakes.

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Just like this meal, Li Chen moved his chopsticks first, and then he could move.

When Li Chen put down his chopsticks, no matter whether he was full or not, he had to put down his chopsticks immediately.

This was what a 'perfect' subject should do.

Guo Guo Poyun, you should learn well.

Just when Zhao Zhao Wenyuan was satisfied that he could get the new Emperor's recognition, Li Chen's words broke his perfect subject persona.

"Did you bring money?"

Eating definitely required paying. Li Chen used to eat in the imperial palace and didn't have the habit of carrying money.

"Didn't bring."

Zhao Zhao Wenyuan was the Prime Minister and didn't have the habit of carrying money either.

The scene fell into embarrassment.

Who could have thought that the two people with the heaviest power in the May Tian Ce Dynasty couldn't even scrape together a tael of silver!

The only one who might have brought money was sent away by Li Chen.

The two who were about to get up sat back in their seats silently.

Li Chen thought to himself, Zhao Zhao Wenyuan was a civil official and had no strength. Running back and forth would take at least a few hours.

Did he have to wait here until dark?

Then he could only run back himself to get money to redeem Zhao Zhao Wenyuan.

He couldn't just grab someone and say I am the new Emperor Li Chen, give me 50 taels of silver, and I will seal you as a great general after returning to the palace, right?

Even if Zhao Zhao Wenyuan had been the Prime Minister for decades, he couldn't think of a better way in the face of this situation.

He couldn't let His Majesty escape the bill.

If this spread, other imperial princes wouldn't need to rebel, they would be laughed to death by Li Chen directly.

The gazes of the diners around began to focus on them, making the awkward atmosphere even more intense.

Most importantly, the waiter had already walked over.

Zhao Zhao Wenyuan was searching quickly on his body, hoping to find something to mortgage.

Just at this moment, a beautiful young woman suddenly sat in the seat next to Li Chen.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 7 =====