[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m":3,"chapter-simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-67":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Simultaneously Transmigrated: My Cheat Skill Is Myself",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2315322,4528,"Chapter 67: Zhang Jie: We of the Zhang Family","simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-67",67,"\u003Cp>While Zhang Jie and Chen Wenyun conversed, Pan Jinlian was chatting with Lady Wang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t expect Uncle Zhang to be the top scorer of this imperial examination.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Wang, having learned from Pan Jinlian that Zhang Jie was the top scorer, sighed repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she had already heard from the yamen runner who brought the good news that her husband Chen Wenyun had passed the provincial exam,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>given the closeness between Zhang Jie and her husband, she had at most guessed Zhang Jie was merely another examinee of the same cohort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Zhang Jie had failed the exam and remained merely a scholar, she had been mentally prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, years of sharing a bed had taught her Chen Wenyun’s true nature,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that he was not the sort to distance himself from friends still stuck as scholars after passing the exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she never imagined Zhang Jie had become the new top scorer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stories of child prodigies in the imperial exams were widely told, but how many had actually seen one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could even Master Sushui or Lord Wang compare to him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Wang marveled at how terrifyingly extraordinary Zhang Jie was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Sushui was Sima Guang, who at age seven became famous as a child prodigy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>having memorized the Zuo Commentary and recited it to his family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was renowned for his memory and comprehension, later becoming a famed historian,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and after death was posthumously granted the title of Grand Tutor and Duke of Wen, with the posthumous name “Wenzheng.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Wang was Wang Anshi, who as a youth was also called a child prodigy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>possessing perfect recall, composing prose with lightning speed, famed for his literary talent and reformist abilities,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and posthumously elevated to Grand Preceptor and Prince of Shu, with the posthumous name “Wen,” hence known as Lord Wang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pan Jinlian, who had long studied late into the night with Zhang Jie, was naturally familiar with these two great ministers of the Song.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though deeply pleased that Lady Wang had equated Zhang Jie with Wang Anshi and Sima Guang,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>remembering Zhang Jie’s teachings on humility, she modestly replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lady Wang, you flatter too much—how could my young master possibly compare to Master Sushui or Lord Wang?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s still too young.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Wang, seeing through Pan Jinlian’s thoughts at a glance, sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that she could read minds—Pan Jinlian’s slightly upturned lips had betrayed her true feelings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But what harm is there in youth being spirited?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lady Wang recalled, when she first married Chen Wenyun,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she too had hoped her husband would become top scorer and even a jinshi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that she herself would be granted the title of noble lady by the court, bringing glory to the family and immortality in history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Pan Jinlian grew more at ease, she first cautiously glanced around,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then leaned close to Lady Wang’s ear and whispered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lady Wang, do you know of any secret remedies in Yuncheng County?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Secret remedies? What kind of remedies?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Wang was momentarily baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hadn’t they just been talking about their husbands?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How had the topic suddenly shifted to medicine and drugs?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I mean… the kind that helps with childbirth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pan Jinlian’s face flushed crimson, yet she still voiced her thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Childbirth remedies?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Uncle Zhang’s appearance, he doesn’t seem to need any remedy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Wang, assuming Pan Jinlian and Zhang Jie had marital difficulties, asked in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on her years of experience, Zhang Jie’s aura was refined and contained,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the type who looked slim in clothes but muscular beneath,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>surely a formidable force in bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it be… Uncle Zhang is all show, a wax spearhead—looks impressive but useless?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Wang speculated wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie: She’s slandering me! She’s slandering me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no—my young master is very vigorous.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pan Jinlian, still blushing, whispered in defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the saying “There’s no land that can’t be plowed, only oxen that die from overwork” was widely known,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in the past, she had only ever begged for mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie: We of the Zhang family are strong, powerful!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Wang, hearing this, felt puzzled: “That’s strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, if the ox isn’t the problem, nothing else should be.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling her own marriage to Chen Wenyun, she remembered they had conceived Chen Yun within three months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could the young Zhang Jie really be less capable than her husband, nearing thirty?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If the ox is fine, then the problem must be the land.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Wang formed a hypothesis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she knew such words couldn’t come from her, so she reluctantly found an excuse:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps it’s just a matter of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s too soon—why not wait a while longer and see?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time is too short; wouldn’t it be better to wait a while longer before seeing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pan Jinlian, who harbored similar suspicions, nodded weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pan Jinlian, who had similar suspicions, nodded weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father, someone’s here to see you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Zhang Jie and Chen Wenyun continued chatting,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Li, who had been playing outside with friends, walked in and called out in a childish voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? Who is it? What does he look like?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Wenyun, sipping tea, set down his cup and asked softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know who he is, but he’s wearing the yamen’s black robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He told me to give you and Uncle Zhang this letter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Li handed the letter to Chen Wenyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The yamen?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Wenjun frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How had the yamen’s letter arrived the moment they stepped into his home?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had the yamen stationed spies at the city gate and his very doorstep?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet despite his confusion, he couldn’t neglect the yamen’s messenger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Younger brother, since this letter is addressed to both of us, shall you open it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking the letter was meant for both him and Zhang Jie, Chen Wenjun pushed it toward Zhang Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Chen is the host, I am the guest—I naturally defer to the host.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie pushed the letter back toward Chen Wenyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The host was present; for him to open the letter first would be overstepping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he already had a guess about its contents:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Wenyun had been a quiet, honest scholar with no legal troubles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Zhang Jie had killed Lord Ximen and the bandits of Ye Zhu Zhai ,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even if he had carelessly been exposed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>facing a man as dangerous as him, the authorities would send troops to arrest him directly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not send a letter—and include Chen Wenyun, the newly passed provincial examinee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what was the most notable thing about the two of them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, one was a newly passed provincial examinee, the other the newly crowned top scorer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This letter was almost certainly an invitation to a banquet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since you insist, I won’t refuse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Wenjun picked up the envelope, broke the wax seal, and unfolded the letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Zhang Jie had predicted, Chen Wenyun glanced over the letter briefly, understood its gist, and laughed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah! This is an invitation from County Magistrate Shi, asking the two of us to attend a banquet tonight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Younger brother, wait here—I’ll go welcome the yamen runner.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Wenyun rose to his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, a yamen runner’s visit should have been handled by his servants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the yamen runners came to visit, it should have been his servants who went to guide them in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who could blame him for not having money back then to hire servants?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could we really make Chen Li, a child, go fetch the yamen runners?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What about Wu Song?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Zhang Jie held Wu Song in extremely high regard, and rather than treat him as an equal,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he too would treat Wu Song as an equal, never giving orders as if he were a servant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go together, let’s go together.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie said with interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie and Chen Wenyun walked side by side toward the courtyard gate, with Wu Song, towering like a iron tower, following behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as they stepped out of the courtyard gate, they saw a yamen runner in dark official attire standing a dozen steps away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Greetings, Master Chen, Master Zhang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The runner hurried forward upon seeing Zhang Jie and Chen Wenyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t this Head Hu?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Wenyun, who had long been familiar with Yuncheng County, recognized the runner at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Chen, Master Zhang, have you read the letter?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Head Hu asked loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie gave a slight nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since this was Chen Wenyun’s home, he didn’t need to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please return and tell County Magistrate Shi that I and my younger brother Renjie will certainly attend the banquet on time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Wenyun bowed deeply with solemnity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would not become arrogant just because he had passed the provincial exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to himself, a mid-tier juren, County Magistrate Shi was a genuine graduate of the imperial examination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though only ranked third class among jinshi, a jinshi was still a jinshi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>far above any juren in status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Zhang Jie, as the provincial top scorer, was no exception!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I’ll return to report.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Satisfied with the answer, Head Hu happily took his leave.\u003C\u002Fp>",1504,"2026-06-20T14:22:35.989Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4bd3fe04f2d89f72296da951ecf8b23c6f2b828186d1f75601fb35b3050cd3ec","simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-68","simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-66",601,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsimultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-cover.jpg"]