"Isn't this…the top scholar?"
Ye Ning was stunned.
It was Cai Xianggao, an old acquaintance.
"Don't mention the title of top scholar again. No matter how great your fame is, it can't be greater than your talent. Lord Ye's talent makes me prostrate myself in admiration.”
Cai Xianggao smiled bitterly.
In the past, he was indeed proud of his title as the top scholar, and pride had grown in his heart.
However, that day in the Spring Breeze Brothel's literary competition, he was utterly crushed by Ye Ning.
Since then, his arrogance had disappeared and he had become much more humble.
To him, this was a good thing.
"Then I'll call you Brother Cai."
Ye Ning cupped his hands and asked.
Why did Brother Cai come to the Overwatch Council?"
Hearing this, Cai Xianggao smiled bitterly and said.
"His Majesty has decreed that I be the Overwatch Council's general judge. I am here to take up my post.”
When he said this, the word despair was written on his face.
Yes, as the new top scorer, it was the proudest time of his life, but he had been assigned to the Overwatch Council.
How could he accept this?
The Overwatch Council had long been a half-abandoned yamen. It was said that the people in the Overwatch Council were all good-for-nothings waiting to die.
From the new top scorer to the Overwatch Council, the difference could make a person collapse.
Cai Xianggao was still able to talk nicely. It was already considered that his mentality was good.
"How did you get assigned here? Did you offend His Majesty?”
Ye Ning's eyes were filled with pity.
Brother Cai was indeed too pitiful.
Now Ye Ning had figured out what the Overwatch Council was. It could be said that any normal person with even the slightest bit of ambition would never come to such a stupid place.
"Up until now, I have only seen His Majesty twice. One was the court examination, and the other was the Jasper Forest Banquet.”
Cai Xianggao's eyes lost focus as he covered his face in pain.
"Brother Ye, I won't hide it from you. At this moment, I'm extremely sorrowful and wish I could resign and return to my hometown to be a teacher.”
He was extremely disappointed in the officialdom.
Ye Ning estimated that Cai Xianggao had not been so desperate, but after personally coming to see the Overwatch Council, he was immediately depressed.
"The officialdom is too dark."
Cai Xiang was numb.
He had thought that he was going to reach the peak of his life, but in the end, he was sent to the Overwatch Council to retire. He had experienced many ups and downs, but that was all.
"What a fatuous ruler, seeing a virtuous minister but not using him. As a dignified scholar, even if he doesn't take up a position in the six ministries, he should at least be a scholar. How can he waste such talent?”
Ye Ning scolded.
This muddle-headed dog deserved to be scolded. He did not do anything that humans did.
However, he did not know that the reason why Cai Xianggao was assigned here was because of him.
Ji Mingyue was worried that Ye Ning's will had really been worn down in the Overwatch Council and crippled, so she had brought Cai Xianggao over.
The two equally talented people could be considered to have something in common when placed together.
Cai Xianggao didn't know the inside story. If he knew, he wouldn't be as touched as he was now. He would fight Ye Ning to the death.
"Brother Ye, don't talk behind His Majesty's back because of me. The rain and thunder are all due to His Majesty's grace. As officials, we can't do anything about it…"
Cai Xianggao sighed and said faintly.
"It's just a pity that the two of us both have the ambition to serve the country, but we have no way to serve the country.”
Ye Ning did not agree with this at all.
He sneered and said.
"Who says the Overwatch Council can't serve the country?”
Cai Xianggao pointed at the tightly locked door and said in despair.
"Brother Ye can't even enter the door, how can you serve the country? The people here are already completely crippled. I'm only worried that in a few years, we'll be crippled like them…"
Death was not the most terrifying thing.
The most terrifying thing was to live like a walking corpse.
Cai Xianggao had a similar feeling.
However, Ye Ning sneered.
" Brother Cai, there is no need to despair. There are always more solutions than difficulties. Even the Overwatch Council can do great things. A temporary ordeal will only trouble us for a few days at most. As the saying goes, there will be a time when the wind blows and the waves break.”
"Let's wait and see."
"If you have the ability, the Overwatch Council will never open its doors. As long as you let me in, I will definitely make some noise!”
Ye Ning was firm on this point.
He had to cause trouble.
He had to cause trouble!
If he didn't cause trouble, how could he court death?
No matter how abandoned the Overwatch Council was, it still had the name of justice, adjudication, and supervision.
With these names, they would definitely be able to cause trouble!
"There will be a time when the wind blows and the waves break. I will hang my clouds and sail across the sea..."
Cai Xianggao's literary spirit surged.
A soul-stirring and heroic aura spread from the poem, causing him to empathize with it.
His entire spirit was lifted.
This was the power of poetry.
"Good poem!"
Cai Xianggao was shocked by this poem.
Just one sentence was enough to make his literary spirit surge and revive his spirit. If the entire poem was completed, it would probably be another national poem!
Brother Ye's talent has already reached the point where he can speak like a chapter?
Cai Xianggao was shocked and reverent.
In the end, he took half a step back and bowed.
" Brother Ye's ambition is admirable. I have learned a lesson. Tomorrow, the Overwatch Council will open. At that time, I will watch Brother Ye's performance!”
In Cai Xianggao's heart, Ye Ning's status was infinitely high.
A person who could write such a free and easy poem like " There will be a time when the wind blows and the waves break, and the clouds sail straight across the sea " had a strong and optimistic inner world.
Brother Ye is so talented, you're not afraid of being buried.
What am I afraid of?
There was nothing to say, just follow Brother Ye!
Ye Ning didn't know that his casual poem had made him a loyal follower. His mind was elsewhere.
"You just said that the Overwatch Council will definitely open tomorrow?”
Cai Xianggao said with certainty.
" Of course. Tomorrow is the day of the Overwatch Council's ruling. If ordinary people have grievances, they can go to the Overwatch Council today and sound the Dengwen Drum.”
" This rule has already been written into the laws of the Great Zhou. The people of the Overwatch Council do not dare to violate it. If they do not open the door, it is equivalent to breaking the law.”
"So, it will definitely open tomorrow."
Judgment Day?
Interesting.
Ye Ning pondered for a moment and said.
" Brother Cai, help me do something. Spread the news to the people. Tell them that if they have any grievances, they can come to the Overwatch Council to find me tomorrow!”
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