Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 91 This is... the art of judging people!

The free and easy King Zhuangzi.

In a quiet courtyard, a white-haired old man stood in the pavilion, looking in the direction of the manor's gate.

Although the old man had many wrinkles on his skin, he was in excellent spirits and looked as if he was only sixty years old, but in fact he was already in his eighties.

At this time, a servant in a gray robe hurried to the old man and said, "Butler Wei, the king has gone to the training ground and said he wants to recruit soldiers himself."

Hearing this, Wei Chen frowned.

He then asked, "How does the king look?"

The servant replied, "Your Majesty looks very well, not at all like someone who is about to die."

Wei Chen's face became even more gloomy. Doesn't he look like a dying man?

Even the imperial physician said he would not live more than two months, yet he still had the energy to come to Zhuangzi for inspection.

Yesterday he heard from the palace's personal guards what had happened recently in Prince Xiaoyao's palace, and he was still a little skeptical. Now that Prince Xiaoyao has come to the manor in person, it proves that what the palace's personal guards said is true.

Could it be that King Xiaoyao found the elixir left by Lu Xiaoyao?
Seeing that Wei Chen didn't say anything, the Lu Mansion servant continued, "Butler Wei, you didn't go to meet the king today. Will he become suspicious?"

Wei Chen said nonchalantly, "How can I, an old man in his eighties who is bedridden, go see him?"

Having said this, Wei Chen glanced at the servants.
"Go keep watching him and see what he does next."

"Yes, Butler Wei."

As soon as the servant finished speaking, he turned and left the yard. After the servant left, Wei Chen turned back to his room, then picked up a pen and wrote something on the paper.

Then he returned to the pavilion, took out a pigeon from the cage in the pavilion, wrapped the note and tied it to the pigeon's legs, and then released the pigeon.

After doing all this, Wei Chen said to himself: "I thought those people could help me get rid of him, but it turns out they are all trash."

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On the training ground.

The young men and women in the village had already lined up. At this time, a woman boldly asked, "Great... King, do we women have to serve in the army too?"

When recruiting soldiers, usually only men are invited, but King Xiaoyao invited young women like them as well, which made the women present very puzzled.

Xiao Qingyun was also very curious about why Lu Ming asked these women to come.

Lu Ming said at this time: "In a few days, there will be more industries in the manor, and you will be of use then."

After hearing what Lu Ming said, the women present reacted and asked why King Xiaoyao asked them to come as well. It turned out that there was something else going on.

Lu Ming glanced at the thousands of people present and said, "Okay, come up once you've lined up."

Hearing this, the five people standing at the front of the team came to Lu Ming.

Lu Ming immediately used the "Telepathic Technique" on these five people.

Although the spiritual energy fluctuations on Lu Ming's body were very weak, Xiao Qingyun, who had been paying attention to Lu Ming's every move, still noticed it.

Xiao Qingyun frowned slightly. Was Lu Ming using some kind of magic on those five people?
Lu Mingsui said to the five people in front: "Go to the right."

Hearing this, the five people in the front row were delighted. Fortunately, they were not noticed, so they went to the right.

At this time, the people in the second row filled in, and Lu Ming used the "Telepathic Technique" again.

The next moment, Lu Ming's face darkened and he said coldly, "Everyone go to the right."

Then, Lu Ming screened six groups in total, but didn't find a single loyal one. Seeing Lu Ming's increasingly gloomy expression, Li Yunfan hurriedly approached Lu Ming and asked, "My Lord, do these people need to be dealt with?"

Lu Ming glanced at the people on the right and said coldly, "Don't worry about them for now."

These people simply had no respect for him, and it was hard to say whether they had betrayed the Xiaoyao Palace.

After hearing Li Yunfan's words, Li Yunfan stepped aside.

At this time, the people from the eighth group came forward. After feeling the loyalty of these five people from the eighth group to him, Lu Ming's expression finally eased a little.

He asked directly, "When did you five enter the village?"

The first one standing on the right said, "Your Majesty, we have been in Zhuangzi since we were born."

Lu Ming then asked, "Your ancestors must have served under my father, right?"

One of them said, "Yes, Your Majesty, the fathers of the five of us were once the personal guards of the palace."

Lu Ming then said to the people on the training ground, "Those whose ancestors served under my father, please stand in front."

After hearing this, the team began to change.

Lu Ming then said to the five people in front of him, "Go to the left."

The five men then came and stood on the left side of the training ground.

Next, Lu Ming's speed of identification was very fast. He selected people who respected him, and basically they were people whose ancestors had worked with his father.

Of course, there were also people who were disrespectful to him, but Lu Ming was not surprised by this, after all, this was a favor from the previous generation.

Lu Ming also understood that those who respected him were similar to Li Yunfan. They were loyal to the Xiaoyao Palace. Even though he was a playboy, they would not easily betray the Xiaoyao Palace.

At this moment, Lu Ming suddenly felt a strong murderous intent.

He frowned and said to Li Yunfan without hesitation: "The first one on the left, catch him."

As soon as Lu Ming finished speaking, the guards next to him rushed over and pinned the man to the ground.

As a result, just as they were about to tie up the man, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, and the next moment, he stopped breathing.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Qingyun was thoughtful, as if she had thought of something.

Li Yunfan came up to the man, put his hand on his nose and felt it, then said to Lu Ming, "My lord, this man is dead."

Lu Ming said calmly, "Finally, I've met someone with backbone."

Lu Ming then waved his hand, signaling his guards to drag the body away, and he continued to use the "Telepathic Technique" to check the people present.

Afterwards, Lu Ming asked Li Yunfan and others to capture more than a dozen people. Like the first spy, these people basically chose to commit suicide by taking poison the moment they were found. Perhaps they sensed something was wrong and some people in the crowd became restless.

At this moment, a man suddenly rushed out from the crowd and wanted to escape from the training ground. The royal guards had already anticipated this situation, and the next moment the fleeing man turned into a corpse.

For a moment, the crowd became agitated, and then more and more people rushed out of the crowd, trying to escape from the training ground in the chaos, but these people were very weak and were easily dealt with by the palace guards.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Qingyun was stunned and suddenly thought of something.

This is... the art of judging people!

Although the old King Xiaoyao did not pass on the art of identifying people to her, she had heard of it. It was rumored that the old King Xiaoyao used this art to recruit enough talents for Emperor Taizu.

Lu Ming was able to find the problematic people among these people, obviously because he used this technique. In other words, Lu Ming was using this technique to screen out those who were loyal to him. No wonder Lu Ming had to select the soldiers himself.

(End of this chapter)