"I was wondering why you were so eager to go out today? You were thinking about them... Tsk tsk! With such beauties on your mind, no wonder you didn't go out for drinks." Gao Yanei grinned so much that his mouth almost reached his ears. "And you even said some profound truths to me in a serious manner."
"Yanei, you're mistaken. I don't have any improper thoughts about them." Zhang Shixun hurriedly denied it.
"I don't believe it, don't try to fool me." Gao Yanei had a wicked smile on his face and whispered in Zhang Shixun's ear, "Don't say I didn't remind you, but you must not touch that Lady Li, or you'll lose your life!"
Zhang Shixun was too lazy to pay attention to this guy and asked, "Young Master, tell me, if Madam Ding and the others come out, which door will they go out from?"
"Why are you asking this?" Gao Yanei's facial muscles twitched.
"Just asking."
Gao Yanei was no fool. He vaguely guessed what he was thinking and said hurriedly, "If you want to pick them up, give up the idea immediately."
"I only accept Ding Dusai." Zhang Shixun said stubbornly.
"Forget it. Madam Ding's father will definitely arrange for someone from his team to pick her up. He might even come in person. If he runs into her, Madam Ding will be embarrassed."
"So what if his father comes? I'm just helping, I have no other intentions."
"Do you believe what you said?" Gao Yanei asked sarcastically.
This question makes sense. It is indeed inappropriate to take on Ding Dusai in public.
After all, it was the Song Dynasty, which was not as open as later generations.
"With so many people watching, if you go to pick them up without any scruples, it will make things difficult for them." Gao Yanei saw him hesitate and continued to persuade him, "Of course you are not afraid, but they are women, and their thoughts are naturally different."
Zhang Shixun felt a chill on his face. He stretched out his index finger and wiped his cheek, saying lightly, "Young Master, your spit sprayed on my face."
"Oh!" Gao Yanei swallowed his saliva.
"Okay! I won't pick them up." Zhang Shixun looked around and pointed to the left, saying, "Take me to the west. We haven't been there yet."
"Okay! Okay!" Gao Yanei felt relieved when he saw that he no longer insisted.
"Going west from the Imperial Palace is Youye Gate. Walking straight west along Liangmen Street, you can see the back wall of Kaifeng Prefecture. The two shops over there are Shijia Hutang and Wanjia Mantou, both of which are well-known in the capital... Oh! Brother, look, that's the Wuqi Temple. Further ahead is Yonglu Street, which is the back door of the Nantaiping Xingguo Temple..."
As Gao Yanei walked, he introduced Zhang Shixun: "The front of the palace is the Dianqian Division, my father's territory, hehe!"
Zhang Shixun looked in the direction of his finger. The Palace Front Office wasn't as imposing as he'd imagined. From the outside, it even looked a bit run-down. The vermilion lacquered gate was tightly closed, and two large lanterns hung on either side, swaying slightly in the autumn breeze...
"This is the Palace Front Office! I thought it was so grand, but today I see it's so dilapidated." Zhang Shixun said sarcastically, "General Gao makes so much money, but he can't even afford to repair the government office. What a..."
"Brother, don't you know the principle that 'officials shouldn't maintain their offices'?" Gao Yanei interrupted Zhang Shixun, "The dilapidated state of the Palace Front Office proves my father's integrity..."
"Alright! Stop saying these high-sounding words in front of me. If an official doesn't maintain his office, it's for the court and the people to see. Don't use this to flatter your father." Zhang Shixun interrupted him and said, "Although I haven't been to your house, I know without going that your house is definitely more luxurious than the government office."
"Brother, you are sometimes very annoying, do you know that?" Gao Yanei stopped and said angrily.
"Of course I know, because I love to tell the truth." Zhang Shixun also stopped.
"Since you know this, you are still so ignorant. You are deliberately embarrassing me."
"Whenever I embarrass you, it means I've touched a sore spot." Zhang Shixun gave him no respect. "Don't tell those deceptive lies in front of me. Who are you trying to fool?"
Gao Yanei looked around and said, "Alright, alright! Let's not stand in the street and act silly. Look, everyone is looking at us."
Zhang Shixun looked around and sure enough, there were several people on the roadside looking in this direction.
"Young Master, we don't steal or rob, so why should we be afraid of others seeing us?" Zhang Shixun was simply looking for a quarrel with him. He had no reason, he was just bored.
"Okay, I won't fight with you. If you can't afford to provoke me, you can avoid me." Gao Yanei retreated and continued to move forward.
"Master, someone is following us." Hei Wuchang suddenly reminded in the system.
"How long have you been following me?" Zhang Shixun asked, using his mind.
"They followed us right after we left Money Lane."
Zhang Shixun looked back and saw that there were indeed a few men following closely behind him.
"Yanei, it seems like someone is following us."
Gao Yanei was about to turn around and go up to take a look when Zhang Shixun tugged at his sleeve: "Don't look back."
"Don't worry, brother. I'm not bragging, but no one in the capital dares to mess with me, Gao Chengzong." As he spoke, Gao Yanei suddenly sniffed, grabbed Zhang Shixun's sleeve, and said in a trembling voice, "They...they are from Guifan Tower."
"You're from Guifanlou, how do you know?"
"I smell something, the smell of the sewer." Gao Yanei's voice trembled a little.
Zhang Shixun sniffed hard, but didn't smell anything special, so he said, "Yanei, you're too nervous. How come I can't smell anything?"
"Brother, to be honest, I was once captured by the Ghost... Ghost Fan Tower when I was a child. I am particularly... particularly sick of this kind of fishy smell..." As Gao Yanei spoke, his teeth began to chatter, making a "clack" sound.
Zhang Shixun was shocked. He didn't expect that Gao Yanei, with such a prominent background, would encounter such a thing.
Gao Yanei was so frightened that his whole body was shaking and his legs were so weak that he could not walk.
"Yanei, don't be afraid, I'm here." Zhang Shixun supported him and comforted him, "Let alone two or three kittens, even if there were more, they wouldn't be my match."
"I...I..." As Gao Yanei was speaking, his body went limp and he fainted.
Zhang Shixun hugged him tightly, secretly calling him a coward, and turned to the thieves who had surrounded him and said, "Just be patient. Wait until I put this frightened burden aside, and then I will fight you for three hundred rounds." As he said that, he put Gao Yanei under the eaves of a house on the street.
The few people quietly dispersed without saying a word and surrounded Zhang Shixun.
Hei Wuchang came silently from behind.
Zhang Shixun said, "Hei Wuchang, just stand aside and watch. You don't need to take any action."
"Yes, Master."
Zhang Shixun said to those guys arrogantly, "Alright, show your names now. My last name is Zhang, and I'm Grandpa Zhang."
"There's nothing to say. We're here to take your life today." The leading man spoke in a cold tone, with a sinister aura all over his body. He reached out and took out something from his arms and waved it.
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