Traveling through books: Traveling through time with a golden finger to become a soft rice man

When his superior found out, he asked Yang Yuanzu why he didn't report it to the county government. Yang Yuanzu had no choice but to tell the truth.

The Liucheng lineage has some connections with the Taifu's family. At that time, Yang Yuanzu was just a mere examinee. Even now, these people are not people he can afford to offend. The boss wanted to pass the test and asked Yang Yuanzu to go back and not mention the matter again.

Yang Yuanzu thanked his boss for his kindness, and then began to think of ways to restore his reputation. There were other people in their convoy at the time, and they saw that he and Yunniang did not have any intimate actions at all throughout the whole process.

However, these people are not close to Yang Yuanzu. Besides, it takes only one mouth to spread rumors, but it takes a lot of effort to refute them. Yang Yuanzu can only find a way to restore his reputation from other places.

This rumor not only brought distress to Yang Yuanzu, but also exposed his former classmates.

Several classmates who had a good relationship with Yang Yuanzu in the past all knew that Yang Yuanzu loved their husbands very much. Not only that, he also often brainwashed them.

What a real man should be, to be faithful and single-minded, subtly made them think that Na Xiao was a particularly fickle and irresponsible person with low moral character.

Liu Baba, who had not been seen for a long time, surfaced and curiously asked Yang Yuanzu whether his story was true or false.

He knew that even after becoming an official, Liu Baba could not change his nature of wanting to watch the fun. At that time, he could be seen everywhere in the lively atmosphere of Shenghua Academy, and he was even more active than Luo Mingshi, the gossiper in Class Ding.

Liu Baba and Luo Mingshi both love to watch the fun, the difference between them is probably that one will not spread the news after watching the fun and keep it to himself, while the other one wants to make it known to the whole world so that everyone knows that he is well-informed and knows everything.

After hearing Liu Baba's inquiries, Yang Yuanzu replied angrily, "Tell me whether it is true or false. Do I, Yang Yuanzu, look like someone who doesn't care about my reputation?" He paused and said, "There are people who want to tarnish my reputation with just a few words."

After Yang Yuanzu finished speaking, he looked around and then asked in a low voice: "I said you are from the Eighth Prince's faction, please help me find out how I offended their people."

Upon hearing this, Liu Baba also looked around and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, Brother Yang, and you are still so direct in your words. Which sect am I from? Why are you just saying it out loud without even trying to cover it up?!"

Yang Yuanzu didn't care: "This... still needs to be covered up, isn't it a well-known fact!"

"Forget it. I'd better make it short for fear of being seen by others. Didn't you go to Liucheng to look for your child before? I guess you offended someone there. The people there have some connections with the Eighth Prince's men, so you were chosen."

What do you mean by fancy? The word choice is inaccurate!

Liu Baba went on to say: "If you hadn't had some connection with the Queen Mother, the medicine would have been tampered with on the day that the top scholar fell on his head, and you would have been cut off without knowing it." Liu Baba made a gesture of cutting his neck.

What kind of connection? He didn't even know what the Queen Mother looked like. Yang Yuanzu was puzzled: "Why is the Queen Mother involved again?"

Liu Baba leaned in and whispered, "The day you fell, the Queen Mother asked Aunt Jin, her right-hand woman, to come and visit you."

Yang Yuanzu realized that these people thought that the Queen Mother had a relationship with him, so they did not attack him. Now they showed up again probably because they heard that the Queen Mother had no relationship with him.

Yang Yuanzu thought that the title of top scholar that he had won blocked the way for many people.

Liu Baba said, "But you don't have to worry too much. Your current position as an agricultural official won't affect everyone's business. You are probably troubled by rumors because of Liucheng's affairs." Then he added, "Liucheng's affairs are trivial to adults. They are slandering you with rumors probably to intimidate you."

"But don't worry, for the sake of our friendship I will help you solve it, just like I helped you get your test paper out during the science exam."

"Thank you very much."

"You're not surprised at all, and you don't even ask about your test paper?"

"I heard that my paper was submitted for review. I roughly guessed it when you said it just now. Thank you again. I will treat you to a meal when you are free!"

"Oh, then you're only half right. You should treat us old friends to a meal when you have time." Liu Baba emphasized the pronunciation of the word "men" and added, "It's not easy for us small shrimps under the big guys to do something. You can send us away with a meal. Brother Yang is too stingy!"

Yang Yuanzu was still thinking about what they meant, and now he heard what Liu Baba said, then he took out nine taels of silver from his pocket and said, "This is all my property, which was just distributed to me today."

"Brother Yang, you have come to Changjing City, why hasn't your monthly salary increased yet?"

Liu Baba said this, but he took the nine taels of silver with peace of mind. In the end, he even complained that the money was too little. If it weren't for the little friendship he had left, he wouldn't have bothered with Yang Yuanzu, this poor guy.

"This is all I get this month, and you dare to snatch it from me!"

"Brother Yang, didn't you always say that even a small amount of meat is still meat? Although nine ounces is not enough to fill my teeth, I still want to give it up. Brother Yang, you always say this."

Seeing someone coming, Liu Baba said to Yang Yuanzu, "Let's talk next time. I'm leaving first. Brother Yang, go back and talk to your husband about the monthly salary increase."

Liu Baba had been in the court for several years and had learned to speak with hidden meanings, but the implications of his words were also very obvious, and Yang Yuanzu probably guessed his intention.

During the time that Yang Yuanzu came to Changjing, his former friends distanced themselves from him openly, but took good care of him secretly.

However, thinking of the camps of Feng Qingyang, Liu Baba and others, Yang Yuanzu couldn't help but worry about them.

Feng and Jiang are on the side of the Third Prince.

Liu and Zhu are on the side of the Eighth Prince.

The two factions in the court are incompatible with each other, so no matter whether the third prince or the eighth prince ascends the throne in the future, they will surely kill or ruthlessly suppress the other faction.

Fortunately, his friends are all minions of his minions, and they are of lowly positions and hope that they will not be affected too badly in the future.

Moreover, it is not easy to get out of that circle once you have entered it. Even if Yang Yuanzu wanted to persuade them to resign, who would be willing to give up the fame and honor they have worked so hard to earn after studying hard for decades?

Unless someone can break this stalemate, Yang Yuanzu shook his head and heard someone gossiping about him. Then he remembered that he was still deeply troubled by rumors.

Yang Yuanzu kowtowed a few times, and the minor official who was chatting saw Yang Yuanzu standing at the corner and felt embarrassed.

The two recalled that they didn't seem to have said anything excessive, and then greeted Yang Yuanzu as usual, as if nothing had been said, "Good morning, Yang Nongshi, how come you have time to bask in the sun here today?"