Li Zhi looked at him strangely: "Confucius is barking, and the Confucian scholar behind him is barking. I can understand it. I guess you are a noble man, so you have learned it."

As soon as he finished speaking, both of them were startled.

Chen Yinzhao trembled subconsciously and quickly looked around to see if anyone heard him.

Seeing that everyone around him was far away, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He pulled Li Chengming and signaled not to talk to this guy again.

He was scared. It was the first time he met such a crazy person.

When these words spread, there is still room for debate within the Confucian scholars, but if an outsider like him is affected in the slightest, he will be scolded bloody.

For a moment, the three of them fell into silence.

After a while, the book boy led the people out.

He said to the three of them: "My master invites you in."

…

The next day.

early morning.

Chen Yinzhao and Li Chengming got up early, quietly left the official post and headed to the dock.

Naturally, he was so sneaky to avoid Li Zhi.

He said yesterday that he would not offend anyone, but after meeting the Minister of Punishment, he was not polite in his words.

The two of them were on pins and needles and had to pretend to be calm.

Fortunately, Li Zhi did what he wanted, and finally sent Jin Yiwei to help him send him back.

As a result, not only did he miss them, but he also became obsessed with them.

He also said that he should hold a candle and talk at night, and he also said that he should sleep with his feet full.

Sometimes he would ask them about the emperor, and sometimes he would teach them his knowledge of classics, which made the two of them avoid him.

So I decided to go out early this morning to avoid getting entangled again.

The two of them walked as fast as flying as if they were fleeing, and arrived at the pier.

At this time, the ship had already docked. The two of them paid the silver coins and boarded the ship to Beizhili.

After choosing a room on the upper floor, Chen Yinzhao ordered: "Li Siye and Wang Shangshu don't know if it is this boat. We should go out less and avoid running into it again."

Li Chengming nodded repeatedly.

He was a little frightened and said: "No wonder my father said that he should go out and practice more. None of these people are easy."

Chen Yinzhao shook his head: "It's just a small official position, which makes me a little surprised, let alone other things. It's better for us to be less involved."

"In my opinion, there may be other signs involved in the matter between Li Zhi and Wang Zhigao."

Li Chengming was startled.

Qidao: "What do you mean?"

Chen Yinzhao looked puzzled: "Yesterday, I sent someone to the Admiral's Yamen to inquire about it. This Li Zhi is not just crazy."

"When this man was twelve years old, he wrote an article criticizing Confucius, and even made rude remarks many times thereafter, saying that Confucius was just a barking dog."

"After passing the imperial examination, he successively served as an eunuch in Huixian County, Henan Province, and as a doctor of the Imperial College in Nanjing, where he once promoted his deviant doctrines."

"What they say about equality between men and women, what they say is absolutely false but true, they also criticize their colleagues, saying that they 'talk about morality, but aim to get through it' and 'there is no point in seeking advice for others.'"

"He also made false claims about the Holy Lord, preached that 'Heaven established the king for the people', and blatantly said that 'the best governance has no words, the best teachings have no words' to imply that the court has too much control."

"This kind of person was invited to the capital by His Majesty's personal letter. Do you think Wang Zhigao has no thoughts?"

Li Chengming reacted immediately.

He looked thoughtful: "Brother Shi, are you saying that Wang Shangshu deliberately manipulates Li Zhi and wants to find out his background?"

"No wonder Li Zhi's recruitment went so smoothly. Wang Zhigao was waiting for him on purpose."

Chen Yinzhao did not directly say whether he agreed or not. Instead, he said casually: "Wang Zhigao is also from Chu."

Seeing that Li Chengming still didn't understand, he stopped talking.

Some words just hit the mark.

Wang Zhigao was from Chu, and he was promoted to Beijing by his chief assistant Zhang Juzheng.

Li Zhi was a deviant, but the emperor personally invited him.

It is hard not to wonder whether it was the emperor's academic tendencies that made the old academics in the court a little wary and wanted to test Li Zhi to see what the emperor had in mind.

It seems... a lot of things happened at the Holy Bible Feast.

The two of them put aside the matter and talked about more serious matters.

Not long after, several shouts of harmony were heard on the deck of the ship.

It was the sound of sailors pulling the rope in unison.

Then, the big ship slowly left the shore.

After leaving Jining Nanchengyi, the journey ahead is faster.

It passes through 22 large and small ferries such as Dongpinganshan Ferry, Dongchangfu Chongwu Ferry, Dezhou Ande Ferry, Cangzhou Zhuanhe Ferry, Tianjin Yangqing Ferry, etc., and finally disembarks in Tongzhou and arrives in the capital.

This is a fast boat, and most of the ferries do not dock, so it will be faster.

It takes about ten days to reach the capital.

In this way, the past five or six days were calm and there were no other incidents.

The two of them were no longer so cautious and occasionally went down to the deck from the guest room to take a breather.

On the seventh day, the big boat docked at Fengxin Ferry, Jinghai, and boarded some more passengers.

This is Jinghai County, which belongs to Tianjin Wei, and the capital city is already in sight.

At noon, Li Chengming went to find Chen Yinzhao to get off the boat and make some repairs - he was seasick again.

I just knocked on Chen Yinzhao's door and found that this elder brother was still lying on the bed.

He approached suspiciously, only to find that Chen Yinzhao was holding a tabloid and reading fascinatedly.

Li Chengming called out: "Brother, let's get off the boat and get some delicious food."

Chen Yinzhao waved his hand: "Wait a minute and let me finish reading this."

Li Chengming was even more confused and asked curiously: "Brother, what are you doing? Why are you reading the tabloids?"

In addition to newspapers, there are also tabloids among the private sector.

However, most of them contain erotic content that is unsightly.

He had some doubts about whether this brother had been out for too long and was suffocating.

Chen Yinzhao was absent-minded: "It's not a side story, it's a novel published in it."

With that said, he threw the previous issues to Li Chengming, and continued to read them with interest.

Li Chengming subconsciously took it.

I saw the four characters "Sun and Moon Morning Post" written on it. The paper quality could not be said to be very good, it was of average quality, but the engraving was very sophisticated.

The handwriting is obviously that of an experienced craftsman.

The typesetting is also quite exquisite, with lace engraved around it.

The date on the letterhead and the signature on the lower right hand side even have the official seal of the General Administration Department.

The most noteworthy thing is that it is all in vernacular.

Li Chengming sighed with emotion. He was really rich and was not afraid of wasting paper.

He immediately became curious.

I simply closed the door, sat down at the table, picked up an issue at random, and started reading.

The beginning was a big news. Feng Bao, the former chief minister of etiquette, had his house ransacked by Shuntian Prefecture officials and confiscated 20,000 taels of silver.

He naturally knew about Feng Bao's downfall, and it was even more reasonable for his house to be ransacked at this time.

It also contains some current affairs content, changes in official positions, and promulgated policies, all in plain language.

However, I did not see the novel written by Chen Yinzhao.

He changed it to the next issue.

The cabinet ordered the Shuntian Prefecture to search the house again to check for any omissions.

Shuntian Prefecture copied it again, and sure enough they found another 40,000 taels of silver.

Li Chengming clicked his tongue, it was this drama again.

He continued to look down.
To be continued...