What's wrong with me, a powerful minister, supporting a few female officials?

Chapter 110 Heavenly Mother Saintess! NPC Number 3!
Su Mo squinted, eyeing the woman knocking on the door with suspicion.

He is confident that his memory is quite good now.

Having absorbed a portion of the original owner's memories and cultivated the Yangtian Technique, his spiritual power increased, making him virtually photogenic.

He was certain he had never seen this petite and slender woman before.

But there's a strange sense of familiarity, like I've seen it somewhere before.

Could it be the original owner's memories?

Did the original owner see this woman before?
Is it just that I only received a portion of the memories, and therefore have no recollection of this person?

The woman, disguised as a man, knocked on the door for a long time, but received no response.

The rain was pouring down, and the sky was as dark as night.

Evil spirits and monsters often appear in the desolate wilderness.

It's normal for the homeowner to either not hear the noise or hear it but be afraid to open the door.

The woman and her maid could only hide under the eaves, their arms clasped to their chests, trembling slightly.

It was almost September, and the mountainous areas were already cool. A sudden downpour caused a sharp drop in temperature, and being soaked made it quite chilly.

Su Mo rode up on horseback.

The two instinctively turned their gaze to Su Mo and quickly moved to the edge of the eaves.

The gate of the house was only this big, with the eaves no more than ten feet long and two feet wide protruding from the top of the wall.

They scooted to the side, and as the wind howled, fine raindrops fell on them, causing them to shiver again.

Su Mo dismounted and walked under the eaves, water dripping from his body.

Although I didn't feel particularly cold, the robe clung to my body, making me feel damp and uncomfortable.

Su Mo glanced at the two men, then cursed under his breath.

In martial arts novels, those martial arts masters, even if they're soaked to the bone, can dry their clothes by circulating their internal energy.

He was already a cultivator, and at the second level of the Body Observation Realm, so he should be considered a first-class martial arts master.

But it can't even dry clothes!

Novels are indeed lies!
Luckily, the package was wrapped in oil paper, otherwise the change of clothes inside would have been soaked.

Su Mo wiped his face with his hand, stepped forward, grabbed the iron ring on the door, and knocked twice forcefully, while saying in a deep voice, "Is the owner of the house here?"

"Is it convenient to go inside and take shelter from the rain?"

There was still no response.

Su Mo frowned.

Unlike other yamen runners and imperial guards, they didn't follow the usual practice and simply kicked the door open.

He turned his head and looked at the two servants, who were almost outside the eaves, shivering in the cold wind.

He frowned again, pulled the big horse over, made room for her, and said to the female scholar in a low voice, "Could you two come a little closer? You can't get out of the rain there."

The female scholar quickly cupped her hands to Su Mo and said, "You're too kind, sir!"

Then he tugged at the maid and moved closer to the gate of the house.

After a moment, perhaps seeing that Su Mo didn't seem like a bad person, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you also a scholar going to take the imperial examination?"

Su Mo wrung out the rainwater from his sleeves and casually laughed, "Do I look like I'm going to the capital for the imperial examination?"

First time going out, keep a low profile.

He wore an ordinary robe, his hair was simply tied up with a strip of cloth, and the straight sword, a special weapon of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, was wrapped tightly in hemp cloth and hung on the side of his horse. He looked like an ordinary young man from an ordinary family.

Only that big horse made people question Su Mo's family background.

After all, horses are not something ordinary people can afford to keep.

The female scholar forced a smile: "I have observed that you are not a vulgar person."

"Now that the autumn imperial examinations have just ended, many candidates have gone to the capital in advance to prepare for the exams, hence this guess."

Su Mo smiled and said, "It's true that I'm going to the capital, but you've guessed wrong."

"I am not a scholar, much less a candidate for the imperial examinations."

As he spoke, he became curious: "Judging from what you've said, are you a scholar who has come to the capital to take the imperial examination?"

Su Mo's gaze shifted slightly downwards, landing on the outline of the bound chest: "Although this dynasty allows women to take the imperial examinations, female scholars are still very rare."

"besides……"

Su Mo's voice suddenly turned serious: "Have we met before?"

"Why do I feel that you look somewhat familiar?"

The female scholar was startled and instinctively covered her chest with her hands. Then she snorted and said, "Is it so strange for women to take the imperial examination?"

"The current emperor is still a woman!"

She paused, then raised her eyebrows: "I not only want to become a Juren (a successful candidate in the provincial examination), but I also want to pass the Jinshi (a successful candidate in the imperial examination) exam, enter the court as an official, and speak out for the people!"

Su Mo nodded and clicked his tongue in praise, "Your ambition is truly commendable!"

"It is perfectly normal for women to hold official positions."

"Besides, don't women hold up half the sky too?"

Lady Qianhu is a woman, so who dares to say that Lady Qianhu is not capable?

The female scholar was taken aback: "Women can hold up half the sky?"

He then narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Su Mo: "Does my lord truly believe so?"

Su Mo smiled and said, "What I think is unimportant."

"His Majesty has already proven this!"

After pausing, Su Mo suddenly asked, "The journey to the capital is long. Aren't you two, master and servant, afraid of encountering danger?"

The female scholar hummed in agreement: "Thank you for your concern, sir."

“The poor scholars going to the capital are short of money, so the bandits probably wouldn’t be so bold as to dare to attack them.”

She paused, smiled slightly, and said, "Besides, I am not a weak and easily bullied scholar. I can handle ordinary bandits."

Su Mo didn't think much of it.

In fact, very few people dared to lay a hand on the candidates.

The imperial examination system was an important system for the imperial court to select talents. To undermine the imperial examination system was to undermine the foundation of the imperial court.

If a candidate has an accident on his way to the imperial examination, the local government will be held accountable!

Of course, this matter will be thoroughly investigated!
The risks far outweigh the rewards.

Mountain bandits aren't stupid; they must have had the audacity to attack the scholars traveling to the capital for the imperial examinations!

Su Mo was too lazy to say more.

He pulled an oil paper package from his pocket.

Inside were pancakes that Qin Bier had made for him herself, along with dried meat!
He then removed the water bag from his horse.

I'll prepare a meal first.

The maid who had been silent all along suddenly spoke up in a clear voice: "Miss, isn't he going to the capital too?"

"Let him escort us to the capital!"

As she spoke, she blinked her sly eyes and said to Su Mo triumphantly, "My young lady's second uncle is a high-ranking official in the imperial court!"

"As long as you escort my young lady to the capital, you'll be well rewarded!"

The female scholar's eyes lit up: "That's right!"

"Since you are also going to the capital, why don't we travel together?"

Su Mo's gaze instinctively fell towards the top of the female scholar's head, and his pupils dilated instantly!

Then I seriously corrected her: "It means we're on our way!"

If you said "Let's travel together" during the Qingming Festival, I'd probably get slapped across the face!

Su Mo is definitely an anomaly in this world, and I have some respect for this woman who is determined to change the times.

Regardless of whether she can pass the imperial examination and become an official in the imperial court.

His courage alone is commendable.

Su Mo casually handed over two pancakes: "Unfortunately, I am in a hurry to go to the capital and cannot travel with you."

He paused, then added, "I advise you to go to Taihe County and hire some bodyguards and escorts."

“Being a candidate for the imperial examination is not always an advantage.”

As he spoke, he gave a sinister smile: "If I were a villain, I could just dump myself in the mountains after I'm done, and in the pouring rain, how would I find my tracks!"

The female scholar and the maidservant immediately showed expressions of fear.

The little maidservant, in particular, hid behind the female scholar.

Seeing this, Su Mo laughed and said, "Don't be afraid, I was just trying to scare you!"

He thought for a moment, then took out a few pieces of silver and a ten-tael ingot, handing them to the female scholar: "Take these! You can return them to me when we get to the capital and find your high-ranking uncle!"

Seeing the female scholar's hesitant and reluctant expression, he noticed...

Su Mo directly stuffed the silver into her hand.

Just then, the rain subsided, leaving only a light drizzle.

Su Mo finished the two pancakes in a few bites, wrapped the rest in oil paper and put them back in his pocket.

The master and servant, still somewhat bewildered, bowed and said, "Farewell!"

He mounted the horse, cracked the whip, and galloped away.

Seeing that Su Mo was about to disappear from sight.

The maid looked puzzled: "Senior sister, didn't you say that the failure of the pseudo-emperor's ancestral tomb operation was very likely related to this Su Mo?"

"We must capture him, interrogate him to find out who leaked the operation, and then kill him to avenge the dead followers."

Why did you let him leave again?

Her gaze fell on the silver and the pancakes, and she snorted, "Senior Sister wouldn't let him go for this, would she?"

The female scholar's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

His gaze was somewhat complicated, and a little puzzled, as he looked at the pancake and the silver in his hand.

Then he slowly uttered two words: "No rush!"

After a moment of silence, he muttered to himself, "Strange! The Embroidered Uniform Guard, the court's loyal dogs and vicious hawks, why did they show no respect whatsoever when the false emperor was mentioned earlier?"

……

Su Mo rode his chestnut horse at breakneck speed.

They ran for twenty or thirty miles in one go, leaving the mountainous area and getting onto the official road.

Looking back, he saw that no one was chasing him, so he slowed down slightly.

If it weren't for the heavy rain soaking my body.

You could definitely tell that his entire back was covered in cold sweat!

"Damn it!"

Su Mo took a deep breath, his eyes revealing an uncontrollable look of lingering fear: "The Heavenly Mother Sect really did come after me!"

"No wonder that guy seemed familiar; I never imagined he was the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Mother Cult!"

"How come I never realized she was an NPC before?!"

"so close!"

"Luckily, I remained calm and didn't give myself away!"

The more Su Mo thought about it, the more frightened she felt!
I really escaped death!

When the female scholar asked him to travel together.

Su Mo's pupils dilated instantly!

Surprisingly, a yellow exclamation mark and a favorability rating suddenly appeared above the female scholar's head!
A blood-red, blood-red negative value—60%!

At the same time, the system displayed a series of red warning messages.

[WARNING! The target's current favorability has reached an extremely dangerous threshold of -60%!]

[WARNING! The current target harbors extreme malice towards the host!]

[WARNING! Current target: Attempting to kill host!]

[We suggest increasing your favorability rating with your target as soon as possible! Or, move away from your current target!]

……

They ran for a good twenty or thirty miles before the blood-red warning disappeared!

Su Mo breathed a sigh of relief, reviewed the task one last time, and clicked on the task prompt before leaving.

[Bai Susu]: Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Mother Sect (-59%)

[Mission]: Go to Beijing
[Requirement]: Accompany Bai Susu to Shenjing.

[Hint]: Obviously, as a peak-level sorcerer in the Divine Realm, Bai Susu does not need you to protect her safety.

[Reward]: None

……

Looking at this system task, which was marked as having no reward for the first time.

Su Mo suddenly paused for a moment.

what happened?

The favorability rating has dropped to -59%?

It was clearly -60% just now!

Could it be because she was given two pancakes and some silver?

She was a dignified Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Mother Sect, a ruthless character who dared to dig up the ancestral tombs of the Great Wu Emperor.

Surely it's not something that can be bought off with just two pancakes and a dozen taels of silver?

If that's true.

Su Mo promised to run back immediately and throw a thousand taels of silver at her head, just to turn the tide in terms of goodwill!

Although I can't figure out the reason.

But Su Mo refused the task without hesitation!

There's no benefit in escorting a demoness who could take your life at any moment to the capital.

Isn't that like someone's brain being filled with nuclear wastewater?

Su Mo continued to gallop on horseback.

As for the idea of ​​going to the government to request troops to arrest the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Mother Sect, she never even considered it!
He risked his life to make great contributions to the Great Wu Dynasty.

The reward is a minor flag officer, plus a flying fish robe, ten taels of silver, and a bolt of brocade!
With so little, why risk your life!
Pretend you don't know!

She is the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Mother Sect, possessing numerous treasures. Even the combined might of Commander Qian and Old Wang couldn't subdue her.

Su Mo didn't think he could take down the Taihe County government just by going there!
Su Mo didn't know whether the demoness from the Heavenly Mother Sect was deliberately waiting for him there, or whether they just happened to bump into each other by chance.

The latter is alright.

If it's the former...

Su Mo broke out in a cold sweat as she thought about it!
Bai Susu knew that the Battle of Longmen Cave was related to her.

Could Princess Danyang of the Heavenly Mother and the Nine Dragons Immortal also know this?

If I could win over Bai Susu again...

Will the next one to come knocking be Princess Danyang, who is at the Golden Core Realm? Or an old monster at the Half-Step Immortal Realm?

Su Mo shook his head vigorously!
Get the image of the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Mother Sect out of your head!

Pretend you don't know!

We must not become like Commander Fu, a loyal subject of the Great Wu Dynasty!

Not only did he lose his official position and his life, but even the woman he loved most was taken by someone else!

Although Commander Fu had injured his manhood in a previous fight and was unable to have sex, Liu Siyun was still, in name, his woman!
Su Mo was truly terrified by the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Mother Sect.

Why bother traveling to different places to experience local customs and culture!

The right thing to do is to hurry to the capital and find Lord Qianhu!
That witch was no longer lawless.

Surely they wouldn't dare go to the capital?

Even if they really went to Shenjing, would they dare to kill someone there?
Shenjing was not only the power center of the Great Wu Dynasty, but also the place where Taoist sorcerers gathered the most!

I dare not claim to be a terrestrial immortal or a powerful being who can travel in spirit.

There are definitely powerful figures at the Guiqiao, Jindan, and Tianying stages, and quite a few of them!
It's not up to some nobody in the Divine Realm to be arrogant!

……

Next, Su Mo, without stopping, sped along the official road toward the capital.

Even if they have to rest and recuperate, they choose to settle in a big city.

Fortunately, we never saw the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Mother Church again along the way!
With the geomantic map provided by Wang Xiuzhi, Su Mo didn't take many detours.

After traveling for three days, a magnificent, towering city wall, ten zhang high, finally came into Su Mo's view!

Looking at this magnificent city wall.

Su Mo took a deep breath.

This is the central location of the Great Wu Dynasty.

The Great Wu Empress, who possesses supreme power and wields the divine artifacts that govern the country, resides in this magnificent city!

(End of this chapter)