Dream of the Red Chamber: After being exiled, I went on a killing spree in Liaodong.

The next second, the Emperor Emeritus's gaze fell on Jia Yi: "Jia Yi, you're almost twenty. Stop running around all day. Go home and get married first. The Loyal and Brave Camp will be temporarily managed by Wu Sheng."

Jia Yi nodded in agreement, but felt quite relieved.

It's time to take a break and enjoy some time in the arms of a gentle soul.

Qin Ye behind him almost burst into tears of joy!

His daughter's marriage had been delayed again and again due to the war, and she was on the verge of becoming an "old maid." Although the imperial decree had granted the marriage, the ceremony had been postponed for a long time, causing him great anxiety as he burned incense and prayed to Buddha every day. Now, it was finally about to happen!

"Court adjourned!"

At his command, the officials filed out.

Just as Jia Yi stepped out of the palace gate, a figure suddenly blocked his path—

"Brother Yi! Your uncle begs you! Help me!" Wang Ziteng pleaded obsequiously, his voice groveling with humility.

Jia Yi frowned, glanced at him as if he were trash, and shoved him away: "Get out of my way, I won't help."

The crowd laughed.

They thought this clown could rise to power, but he turned out to be nothing more than a temporary stepping stone. The emperor and his son used him to save face, but once the matter was over, they immediately discarded him like trash.

Wang Ziteng stood there, his face turning purple, on the verge of tears.

Outside the palace gates, a group of Confucian scholars had already lined up to wait. As soon as the officials left the court, they straightened their backs and stared intently.

Zhao Lu stood with his hands behind his back, looking smug.

As long as these people continue to exert pressure, the royal family will eventually take action against Jia Yi! At that time, he can seize the opportunity to rise to prominence and gain the favor of the Grand Secretary!

In the crowd, a student quietly turned around and respectfully nodded to Zhao Lu.

Zhao Lu nodded slightly, a slight smile playing on his lips.

The pieces have been laid out; all that's left is to reel them in.

Jia Yi caught this scene red-handed.

"Holy crap!" He narrowed his eyes and sneered, "So these are the masterminds behind this!"

Before he finished speaking, he shoved the rolled-up, gold-edged imperial edict into the arms of a civil official next to him with a swift and decisive motion, as if he were throwing away trash.

"Your Excellency? What...does this mean?" The civil official hurriedly accepted the imperial edict, looking completely bewildered, as if he had suddenly been pushed onto the front lines to be cannon fodder.

"Hold this for me!" Jia Yi grinned, rolling up his sleeves to reveal his muscular forearms. "I'm going to beat someone up!"

"What?! Beating someone up?!" The civil official's scalp tingled instantly, and cold sweat almost poured out.

Jia Yi strode quickly toward Zhao Lu, the scholar sitting cross-legged in the center of the room, pretending to be a scholar.

The wind rose and the robes fluttered, exuding a murderous aura.

"Zhao Lu, how have you been?" Jia Yi smiled brightly, but his eyes were so cold they could freeze over.

Zhao Lu looked up, his face stiffening: "Lord Duke... how have you been?"

But those eyes couldn't hide the resentment and unwillingness.

Damn it! He was just a lowly soldier on guard duty back then, and now he's a duke? How come?!

Jealousy almost overflowed from his eyes.

“Pah!”

A crisp sound tore through the air!

Jia Yi slapped Zhao Lu hard across the face, sending him flying three feet away, blood spurting from his mouth and nearly spitting out his teeth.

The audience was silent.

Even the air seemed to freeze.

Just then, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was about to enter the palace to report to the Emperor Emeritus that the scholars who had caused this disturbance were instigated by Zhao Lu. But when he looked up, good heavens—before anyone could even file a complaint, the mastermind had already been slapped away?

His pupils contracted, and the corner of his eye twitched violently:

How did Jia Yi know?! I haven't even told him yet!

"Jia Yi! How dare you stand in front of the palace gate—" A scholar roared and jumped up, pointing at Jia Yi, ready to berate him.

"Bang!"

Before he could finish speaking, he was kicked in the stomach, his body arched like a shrimp, and he flew backward, crashing into the stone steps, coughing up a mouthful of sour water.

"Fuck you!" Jia Yi roared, charging into the crowd like a mad tiger.

[Ding! The host has once again launched an attack on scholars, rewarding the legendary physician Hua Tuo with the arrival of his divine healer!]

The moment the system notification sound rang out, Jia Yi almost fell to the ground.

What? !

Beating up a few pedantic scholars outside the city gates and rewarding them with ten cases of Coke was one thing, but this time they actually revealed Hua Tuo (a legendary Chinese physician)?!

His head was buzzing:

Could there be some hidden boss lurking among these bookworms?!

The thought flashed through his mind, but he immediately banished it.

I don't care who you are! You're going to get a beating today!

Might makes right, violence is the truth!

In this world, whoever has the strongest fist has the most say! More people? Heh, no matter how many there are, they're just punching bags!

"Oh dear, I was wrong! Please spare me, Uncle Jia!!"

"Stop hitting me! I'm acknowledging my roots!!"

"Yamashita's dropping!! Yamashita's dropping!!"

Screams and wails rose and fell, and a few abrupt Japanese words changed the atmosphere abruptly, almost causing Jia Yi to strain his back.

He turned his head sharply and saw several well-dressed Japanese students who had been bowing and scraping just moments before now scrambling to escape in a panic.

"Trying to run?" Jia Yi sneered. "Others can walk, but you—can't!"

The next second, he appeared like a phantom, using the Lingbo Weibu technique, and in the blink of an eye, he blocked their way.

"My lord, spare us! We came to the Great Qian to study! We were truly not the masterminds!"

"They forced us to come! They practically dragged us here!"

"Inoue! You're shameless! You were the one who came along willingly!"

Several Japanese knelt down and begged for mercy, then turned around and threw the pot flying, revealing their ugly behavior.

"Bullshit!" The Daqian students were furious, their faces red and necks bulging. "Who cares about pulling you along? You shamelessly came to me, and now you're pretending to be innocent!"

"Exactly! Have some shame!!"

The scene was so intense it was almost suffocating.

Jia Yi looked down at the group of dwarfs kneeling and kowtowing, his eyes full of contempt.

"As expected... no matter which world."

"The Japanese are always spineless cowards who can't stand up straight after kneeling for too long."

As soon as he finished speaking, he tapped his toes repeatedly, and several muffled thuds followed.

"Snap! Snap!"

The sound of bones cracking was crisp and piercing; several people's legs broke on the spot, and the white, broken bones pierced through the flesh and were exposed.

"Aaaaaah—!!!"

A piercing scream tore through the air, causing the onlookers to tremble. Some were so frightened that they wet their pants, which dripped wetly down their legs.

Just then, a shrill voice rang out:

"Lord Duke, His Majesty requests your presence!"

Xia Shouzhong rushed over, his face pale. The news of the play outside the palace reached Emperor Yuankang's ears. The emperor was so frightened that he almost dropped his teacup, fearing that Jia Yi might cause a death. He quickly sent Xia Shouzhong to invite someone into the palace.

"Hmph." Jia Yi snorted coldly, dusting off the dust on his sleeves. "Consider yourselves lucky; you'll be spared for now."

He turned to look at Xia Shouzhong, and said casually, "Let's go."

Xia Shouzhong nodded hurriedly, glancing out of the corner of his eye at the wailing scholars on the ground and Zhao Lu, whose face was swollen like a pig's head, and shook his head inwardly.

Is Jia Yi an idiot?

I think you guys are the ones who are truly blind!

If you provoke this fiend, you'll be lucky if you don't get beaten to the point of being unable to take care of yourself.

"Oh, right," Jia Yi suddenly said, pointing to Zhao Lu on the ground, "take him with you too."

"That bastard, the mastermind behind it all, incited the officials to pressure the Emperor Emeritus and His Majesty to deal with the Duke of Qin."

Upon hearing this, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard immediately stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "This subordinate testifies that it was indeed this person who orchestrated this!"

The wind swept away the remaining clouds, and the smell of blood lingered.