Chapter 2218: Chapter 2215: Marquis of Xingde’s Mansion

Although he also had martial prowess, Xiang City intentionally arranged for him to face skilled opponents.

The purpose was to humiliate them.

How could Chu Heng not see through Xiang City’s little trick?

He agreed to the competition on the spot.

And he was the first to step into the arena.

Then, without hesitation, he nearly incapacitated everyone who fought against him and was clearly associated with Xiang City.

The remaining neutral generals, those who were smart, chose to navigate both sides without offending anyone.

After all, Xiang City couldn’t afford to offend all neutral officials.

Through this strong approach, Chu Heng exposed Xiang City’s little scheme, and their poor relationship became apparent within the Ministry of War.

Chu Heng’s assertive manner caused quite a few people to waver, yet they clearly recognized his extraordinary abilities.

Even if they did not wish to follow him, they also did not want to offend him.

Naturally, after fighting in so many matches, Chu Heng, despite arriving by carriage, was still breaking into a light sweat on his forehead.

His muscles were still in an active state.

“Why don’t you rest for a while? After all, we’ve already set the exam questions long ago; even if they knew some of the past problems, they couldn’t pretend to be the talent we want.”

“Moreover, to put it simply, we want talent, but we also want kindred spirits. The current development trend of the official newspaper is promising, but we can’t let it be ruined by those whose pursuits differ from ours. I’d rather the official newspaper remain stagnant than have it be used to harm innocent citizens.” Elder Zhong’s voice wasn’t loud, yet it was firm and resolute. He, who never commented on the matters of the Official Gazette Office, spoke his mind this time.

Chu Heng was somewhat surprised in his heart.

“You are right, sir.” He nodded in agreement.

Elder Zhong said nothing more, just stood up, patted his official robe, “Then I’ll be on my way.”

“Thank you for your hard work, sir.”

Chu Heng pondered for a moment and decided to express his gratitude, as he was curious about the reason behind Elder Zhong’s change in attitude.

Of course, although he did not go out, he observed each examinee from inside.

The exam questions from the Official Gazette Office were indeed fairly conventional.

There weren’t many questions.

They finished answering within an hour.

Elder Zhong brought the papers inside and assessed them together with Chu Heng.

Though more than two hundred people came this time as well.

Both Elder Zhong and Chu Heng had clear criteria for the people they wanted. After a series of evaluations,

they selected the top four.

When Chu Heng saw one of the papers, he raised his eyebrows. Although the candidate wasn’t particularly upright, he was a talent who took unconventional paths. If he could be controlled, he would complement Yan Zhenming.

After all, although Yan Zhenming was prudent and inherently full of a sense of justice, his excessive prudence made him vulnerable to external threats.

Because if you are too upright, you might not envision the lengths your opponents would go to frame you.

“What’s the matter? Did you find a satisfying candidate?” Elder Zhong was somewhat surprised to see his expression, knowing full well that although the other party was young, he never shone in his actions.

This explicit display of pleasure indeed surprised Elder Zhong.

“I just think the office is lacking such an assistant.” Chu Heng, seeing he was noticed, admitted frankly.

“Oh? Let me take a look.” Elder Zhong took the paper, read it, and stroked his beard with a somewhat peculiar expression, “Are you sure you’re quite optimistic about this one?”

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