Chapter 180: The Role of the Intelligence Officer

At the beginning, in order to improve her cultivation, Hong Yao captured hundreds of people and kept them in a large mansion, playing the zither for them every day, letting them realize dreams in the illusion that could not be realized in reality.

Among them was a scholar who became a top scholar in the illusion.

Later, when the illusion was broken, he was still reluctant to leave when he was rescued.

At this moment, when the zither music sounded melodiously, Xie Shouzheng released Scholar Wang's soul.

Scholar Wang was a bit dazed at first, but soon, he found himself in a cell in the examination hall, the surroundings were very quiet, and he only heard the rustling sound of writing.

The dignified examiner walked past him and urged: "Time is limited, hurry up and do the questions!"

This is...

He suddenly reacted and hurriedly picked up his pen to answer the paper.

After studying hard for nearly thirty years, now he finally has a chance to prove his strength, he must fight hard!

This provincial examination in the examination hall has a total of three sessions, each session lasts three days, adding up to nine days.

For candidates, what is tested is not only the knowledge accumulated in normal times, but also a great test of physical strength. Those with poor physical fitness who faint halfway through the exam are also numerous.

A few days, in the illusion created by Hong Yao, was just a blink of an eye.

In the blink of an eye, the list was posted, and Scholar Wang stood in the hall of the Xuanjing Division, dancing with joy:

"I passed the top scholar! I passed the top scholar! Thank you for the good news, thank you!"

While happy, he also stuffed a reward into Xie Shouzheng's hand next to him.

Behind the desk, Hong Yao played the zither with her plain hands and sighed leisurely: "Fame and wealth are all smoke and clouds in the face of life and death. It's a pity that many people can't see through it until they die. Since you can't see through it, have a beautiful dream in this illusory realm now."

The zither music changed, becoming more and more impassioned.

Scholar Wang sat vaguely, holding his head high, proud and complacent. It seemed that he had already reached the stage of riding a horse through the streets.

Xie Shouzheng also knew many musicians in the palace and often listened to the zither. Ordinary music could not move his heart, but today, I don't know what happened, he was fascinated as he listened, and even the fatigue of running around all day disappeared without a trace.

And the woman in front of him, in red clothes, had a faint expression.

A pair of plain white hands, gently plucking the strings, seemed to carry some kind of magic, which made him infatuated unknowingly.

Until the end of the song, Scholar Wang resolved his obsession in the dream of being a new top scholar, and his soul disappeared in the mortal world and went to the underworld.

Xie Shouzheng finally came back to his senses and praised: "It sounds quite good..."

Hong Yao smiled slightly and was about to thank him for the praise.

But heard him add another sentence: "However, there seems to be a wrong note in the second half, it seems your zither skills still need to be practiced."

Hong Yao's smile vanished, and she was immediately unhappy: "You heard it wrong, how could I play it wrong?"

Xie Shouzheng said seriously: "There really is a mistake! I used to listen to music in the palace every day. Once a court musician had a whim and wanted to teach me zither skills, but my fingers were too thick and I always plucked the wrong notes, so I didn't have the patience to continue learning."

Hong Yao sneered: "So you are just a half-baked person, and you have the nerve to comment on my zither skills?"

Xie Shouzheng was unconvinced: "I am not as good as you at playing the zither, but I have heard more music than you. Why don't you play the song just now again, and I will listen carefully to see if there is any mistake."

"No need." Hong Yao said with a cold face, hugged the zither and left.

Xie Shouzheng shouted from behind: "Hey hey, weren't we discussing zither skills? Why are you angry while talking? Narrow-mindedness has no room for progress!"

Early the next morning, when Lin Qingyue came to the Xuanjing Division, she noticed that the atmosphere between Hong Yao and Xie Shouzheng was wrong.

Originally Hong Yao and Dami were laughing and talking, but when they saw Xie Shouzheng coming, they immediately shut up.

Xie Shouzheng glanced at Hong Yao, wanting to speak but stopping, and finally stopped.

Lin Qingyue asked Hong Yao quietly: "What happened between you and Official Xie?"

Hong Yao said: "Nothing."

She was unwilling to say, and Lin Qingyue couldn't ask too much. It is estimated that they had a conflict somewhere, maybe they will be fine in two days.

Xie Shouzheng held a morning meeting, reviewed the corpse silkworm case yesterday, and distributed the newly emerged cases.

Finally, he pointed to Dami: "Report the recent movements in the Imperial City."

Dami took out his small booklet and reported one by one:

"The Minister of the Ministry of War is preparing to hold a full-month wine for his son, but unfortunately the son belongs to the groom."

"An 80-year-old wealthy businessman in the south of the city took an 18-year-old concubine, and died of a stroke on the wedding night."

"The Li family's dog bit the Wang family's cat to death, the two male owners fought, one died and one was injured."

"..."

He read for more than ten pages, all of which were miscellaneous things.

Finally, Xie Shouzheng said unbearably: "As an intelligence officer of the Xuanjing Division, can't you filter it when reporting? If you read it like this, should I buy a bag of melon seeds and listen to you in detail while eating?"

Dami smiled: "That would be great! I like original melon seeds, I hate five-spice ones."

Xie Shouzheng straightened his face: "Don't you understand good words, still thinking about eating? Report the key points!"

Dami said aggrievedly: "The subordinate thinks they are all quite important..."

Lin Qingyue said: "Report the whereabouts of the Feng Kingdom prince and princess yesterday."

Dami turned the intelligence booklet to the end and began to read:

"Prince Ling Feng inspected the Western Suburb Barracks yesterday accompanied by His Highness the Crown Prince. After returning to the Honglu Temple, he had a secret talk with his subordinates all night. During this period, Prince Jin visited. Prince Jin stayed for about a quarter of an hour and left with Princess Ling Xue, going to the main street in the East City..."

Lin Qingyue sipped tea: Dongfang Yan repeatedly showed favor to Princess Ling Xue, is he wanting to be a son-in-law of the Feng Kingdom?

"... The two walked out of the Treasure Pavilion arm in arm, very intimate. Later, Lin Ruzhen appeared with a pregnant belly, and Princess Ling Xue left angrily. Prince Jin was furious and was about to kill, Lin Ruzhen whispered to Prince Jin, Prince Jin calmed down, and the two returned on the same horse."

"You mean, Lin Ruzhen is back, and she is pregnant? And Dongfang Yan has reconciled with her?"

Lin Qingyue knew there was something tricky as soon as she heard it.

Judging from her understanding of Dongfang Yan, this person is narrow-minded and vengeful. After being humiliated like that by Lin Ruzhen, it is impossible not to hold a grudge.

Unless... there is something else!

"Dami, in your intelligence, didn't you mention what they said?"

Dami explained: "These intelligence are provided by my mouse brothers. Although mice are smart and trained by me to act as intelligence eyes, they have not opened their wisdom and cannot understand human language. I can only speculate from their descriptions and record the situation at that time."

Xie Shouzheng also said: "Indeed. Only Dami can communicate with them, and then record their descriptions in the booklet to form intelligence. If not, with Dami's IQ, how could he be an intelligence officer?"

Dami was a bit angry: "Official Xie, I protest, you are insulting your subordinate!"

Xie Shouzheng ignored him, so the protest was invalid. ===== CHAPTER 181 =====