Chapter 25: Fighting the Devil
A few days passed quickly, and Wei Changtian's daily schedule remained unchanged. He still fought in the morning, practiced martial arts with Xu Qingwan in the afternoon, practiced calligraphy if he came back early, and then told the story of Monkey King to the four girls and one dog in the evening.
It’s quite fulfilling, but not villainous enough.
As for Xiao Feng, Wei Changtian was certain that he must be hiding in the capital, but no matter how hard the spies from the Xuan Jing Division investigated, they could not find any clues. In the end, they had to put the matter aside for the time being and withdraw most of the search personnel.
However, Wei Changtian could clearly feel that the security forces in the entire Wei Mansion, including those around him, had been strengthened.
Although there is only Wang Er in public, no one knows how many secret sentries there are.
Anyway, it should be able to achieve 24-hour all-weather coverage.
Oh, there is one more thing worth mentioning recently besides these.
That is, after some research, Wei Changtian finally completed his first invention after traveling through time.
…
"Call the devil!"
"Rob the devil!"
“Don’t rob!”
"I'll grab..."
Beside the eight-immortals table in the pavilion in the courtyard, Wei Changtian, Lu Jingyao and Qiu Yun each held a stack of cardboard and muttered to themselves.
This is Wei Changtian’s masterpiece—Fighting the Devil!
After all, "landlord" is not a derogatory term in this world, and "devil" is more immersive.
As soon as "Fighting the Demons" came out, it immediately set off a craze in the Wei Mansion. Its popularity was comparable to that of Douyin in its previous life. It defeated drinking, gossiping, cricket fighting and the like and became the most popular pastime.
The servants and maids in the mansion were especially fond of this game, which could be played even by illiterate people. They often played until late at night, causing the consumption of candles, lamp oil and other items in the Wei Mansion to increase dramatically recently.
From a certain perspective, Wei Changtian has enriched their spiritual life.
In the pavilion, Lu Jingyao, who had successfully become the "devil", reached out and gently took away the three hole cards. After frowning and thinking for a while, she slowly put down a stack of cards.
"Three to eight, a straight."
"Young Master..."
Qiu Yun from the lower house looked at Wei Changtian, and when he saw the latter shaking his head, he immediately said softly, "No."
"Haha! Great! I can take care of it!"
Wei Changtian shamelessly threw out six pieces of paper: "Four to nine!"
“You, you guys!”
Lu Jingyao widened her eyes, bit her lip and said angrily: "You two are secretly colluding!"
As expected of a lady from a noble family, she can scold people in such an elegant way.
"What do you mean by secret communication? We are the open communication!"
Wei Changtian pouted and urged: "Do you want it? Hurry up! Yuan'er and Qiaoling are still waiting!"
“Hmph! Don’t…”
Lu Jingyao grumbled in grievance and looked at Qiu Yun with dissatisfaction.
The latter lowered his head in shame, but he did not regret it in his heart.
On one side is the lady, and on the other side is the young master, so of course I have to side with the young master.
"If you don't want me to leave!"
"One for three!"
"An eight."
"An inner guard!"
“…”
With the close "cooperation" of Wei Changtian and Qiu Yun, Lu Jingyao quickly lost.
According to the rules agreed upon before, she should "step down" and let Yuan'er "come up" to fight.
But perhaps because she had just lost so unfairly, this talented woman, who had always been well-educated and well-mannered, actually started to act like a "rogue".
"What happened just now doesn't count! I, I want to play one more round!"
"What the hell is not counted?!"
Wei Changtian waved his hands impatiently: "If you lose, you lose!"
"You, you bully me..."
Lu Jingyao couldn't help herself and her eyes immediately turned red.
Seeing this, Qiuyun hurriedly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Sir, let Yuan'er take my place. Madam..."
"Don't worry about her!"
Wei Changtian had no sympathy for women and was about to chase Lu Jingyao away when he suddenly heard a shout from behind him.
"Brother Wei! Brother Wei!"
Judging from the voice, it should be Li Yang.
"Brother Li, why are you here?"
Wei Changtian glanced at Lu Jingyao and stood up. He looked at Li Yang, who was full of joy, and was a little surprised: "What good thing happened to you that makes you so happy?"
"Haha, of course it's a good thing!"
Li Yang ran over and was about to speak, but his eyes were attracted by the cards on the table.
"Eh? Brother Wei, what is this?"
"This is a deck of cards... I'll tell you more about it later."
Wei Changtian stepped out of the pavilion and said, "Brother Li, let's talk inside."
"oh."
Although Li Yang was curious about what "cards" were, he still followed them into the house.
Qiuyun served tea to the two of them and then left. Soon, the sound of "calling the devil, snatching the devil" was heard again in the courtyard.
Wei Changtian coughed and asked, "Hey, Brother Li, what's the good news?"
"ah!"
Li Yang finally came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Brother Wei, after my soft and hard persuasion these past few days, my father finally agreed to cancel the engagement with the Zhang family on my behalf!"
"Um?"
Wei Changtian was stunned, remembering that day when Li Yang left without saying goodbye and said he was going back to cancel the engagement.
Could it be that Li Yang's fiancée is ugly? Or has he found a new lover? It's impossible that he has a mortal enemy "protagonist" who wants to steal his marriage like himself! Although this question is not very important, Wei Changtian still asked casually: "Brother Li, I haven't asked you why you want to break off the engagement?"
"Hey! Not yet..."
Li Yang wanted to say, "It's because I saw how miserable you are, Brother Wei," but then he thought it was not appropriate to say that, so he put on an expression that said, "I understand."
"Brother Wei, why do you have to ask when you already know the answer?"
What? You're asking even though you already know the answer?
Are you playing riddles with me here?
Wei Changtian just thought it was because of something he didn't know, so he didn't continue the topic.
"Um...Brother Li, how did the meeting with your father go?"
"That's what I was going to say."
Li Yang followed up with a serious tone and said, "My father has been busy with a case for the past few days and is only free today."
"Brother Wei, if you have time, you can go back with me later."
"That's fine."
Wei Changtian thought for a moment and nodded: "Then wait a moment, I'll have someone prepare the gift."
"good."
There are strict etiquettes when visiting wealthy families, so Li Yang didn't hesitate. After drinking a few sips of tea, he thought of the colorful cards again.
"Brother Wei, those cards..."
"Oh, I just figured it out to kill time when I had nothing to do."
Wei Changtian replied casually: "If you are interested, I will let the maid explain it to you."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Wei..."
“…”
After one stick of incense.
Qiu Yun looked at Li Yang who was sitting opposite her and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Li, did you understand? Do you want me to explain it again?"
"I understand."
Li Yang frowned and said, "But I really can't figure out what the fun of this thing is."
Qiu Yun covered her mouth and smiled: "You will know after playing a game."
"Really?"
Li Yang looked unconvinced, but since he had nothing to do anyway, he nodded: "Okay, I'll play a round."
"Sir, please come this way..."
“…”
Another stick of incense later.
Wang Er had already loaded the gifts onto the carriage, while Wei Changtian found Li Yang who was "fighting fiercely" in the pavilion.
"Brother Li, we can go now."
"Um?"
Li Yang turned back excitedly and said quickly, "Brother Wei, wait a moment! Let me finish this game!"
"fry!"
"Three with one!!"
"Hahahaha, sorry! I only have three cards left!"
Wei Changtian: “…”
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
