Chapter 176
Zhao Chenzhou specially brought two more servants today. Seven or eight servants rushed forward and almost completely blocked Yin Zheng's view.
He waited calmly on the side, waiting for the servants to beat the man up, and then he would go up and break his legs with his own hands.
While he was thinking about Zhengmei, the servants who had rushed forward flew back one after another, fell in front of him, and lay sprawled, wailing in pain. Yin Zheng, who was standing in the same place, had only moved his feet and hadn't even moved his hands.
Li Yang and the others who were originally lazily leaning on the side instantly became alert: "This skill is amazing!"
"With this skill, why should I be afraid of Fang Xiong?"
They turned to look at Zhao Chenzhou: "Brother Zhao, is the hatred between you two big?"
"It's over. Brother Zhao has offended someone. It's probably impossible to get him to take action."
The corner of Zhao Chenzhou's eye twitched. If he knew that this man was so skilled, why would he bring so many servants here today? Wouldn't that mean he came here on purpose to get beaten?
But… Zhao Chenzhou's gaze fell on Yin Zheng, carefully examining the hideous scar on his face, and suddenly said, "Hey, do me a favor and everything between us will be written off."
When Li Yang and the others heard this, they knew what Zhao Chenzhou wanted this person to do for them, and they quickly said, "Brother Zhao, this won't do. Your words are too blunt."
"Brother Zhao, you need to be tactful and offer some benefits. Besides, you were the one who provoked them first. What do you mean by writing it off?"
"Shut up!" Zhao Chenzhou yelled impatiently, then looked at Yin Zheng. Just when he thought his words were too harsh and this person was ignoring him, a deep voice came over: "What can I do for you?"
Zhao Chenzhou: "Ah?"
Jiaojiao poked her head out from her father's arms and looked at the young man in brocade clothes in front of her: "Daddy wants to ask you something, what can I do for you?"
Zhao Chenzhou raised his eyebrows: "You agreed?"
"Um."
"Then we are friends now." Li Yang walked forward with a smile, and tried to put his hand on Yin Zheng's shoulder. He didn't care when Yin Zheng dodged him. His eyes couldn't help but fall on Jiaojiao, who was looking at him with her round eyes in his arms.
The child had delicate eyebrows and eyes, black and bright, with slightly upturned eyes. They were round but not sharp, naturally lacking much offensive power. His nose was slightly straight, and his face was the size of a palm. He looked at him with a focused and serious look, which made Li Yang's heart soften immediately. He praised, "Your child is really good-looking. Look at these round eyes. He will definitely be a young man with a bright moon in the future."
"Yeah." Yin Zheng nodded and acknowledged the compliment.
Li Yang was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud: "Come on, let's go to the teahouse over there and sit down and talk slowly."
After a group of people came to the teahouse and sat down, Li Yang began to tell Yin Zheng what kind of help he needed.
Decades ago, because Dayong always emphasized culture over military power, foreign tribes almost invaded the heart of the Central Plains. Later, the late emperor came out of nowhere and turned the tide, and only then did he keep the foreign tribes out of Xixing Pass again.
Later, Dayong changed its previous emphasis on culture over military affairs, and the martial spirit became stronger. The most direct manifestation of this was that the dandies in the capital particularly liked to wear riding clothes and run around the downtown area. If they were unhappy with their opponents, they would not engage in verbal battles as before, but would just attack with fists.
The winner will hold his head high for the next period of time, while the loser will follow the rules and actively avoid the other party when he sees them for the next ten days.
This trend has extended to today and has spawned various ways of playing. One of them is that each side sends out one person, it doesn't matter who the person is, as long as he is someone found by the other side.
The people sent out represent their own side to fight against the opposing side. Whoever wins can look down on others for the next ten days, while the other side has to swallow their anger according to the rules.
Zhao Chenzhou and his men had been losing for two weeks in a row. It was really because Gu Changyuan found such a man from nowhere. He was as tall as a bear, with bulging muscles that looked scary. Shi Wu could not beat him at all, but Shi Wu was the most powerful man they had.
"If we defeat him, you won't bother us anymore, right?" Yin Zheng said to the leader Zhao Chenzhou.
"Of course." Zhao Chenzhou tossed the jade pendant in his hand and said nonchalantly, "My young master, I keep my word."
Yin Zheng didn't believe him. Finally, Zhao Chenzhou wrote a contract with a dark face. After both of them signed it, the matter was settled.
"Remember, see you at Jianghuayuan in three days." After Zhao Chenzhou finished speaking, he threw away the pen and left.
Jianghuayuan is the fighting ground for this group of playboys.
Jiaojiao ran to pick up the pen, puffed out her cheeks to blow away the dust, and tiptoed to put the pen back on the table.
With this interruption, Yin Zheng's plan to go and see the house was temporarily ruined.
Three days later, Yin Zheng arrived at Jianghuayuan according to the address as promised.
When Zhao Chenzhou and the others saw him, their eyes fell on Jiaojiao in his arms. Zhao Chenzhou made an impatient "tsk" sound: "There's a fight going on, why did you bring a little brat here? Aren't you afraid that she'll cry later!"
Jiaojiao looked at Zhao Chenzhou dissatisfiedly and said, "You're not a little brat, don't cry!"
Zhao Chenzhou sneered: "If you're not a little brat, what are you?"
"It's Jiaojiao!" Jiaojiao said angrily.
"I don't care who you are, just send him back. This place is not suitable for a child like him."
"There's no one at home." Yin Zheng suddenly spoke, and touched Jiaojiao's head in his arms soothingly.
Zhao Chenzhou was stunned: "Are you the only one in your family?"
Yin Zheng glanced at him, with a hint of doubt in his eyes: "No."
Zhao Chenzhou breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could completely relax, Jiaojiao in Yin Zheng's arms raised her little paw and said, "There's still Jiaojiao!"
"Besides you and your father, is there no one else?"
Jiaojiao pointed at Shi'an and said, "There are also Shi'an and Youyou."
Zhao Chenzhou glanced at Shi'an. Knowing that Youyou was the deer, he didn't say anything about taking the child back.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will understand that if there was no one left at home, that student from a poor family would not have come all the way to the capital and brought his child with him.
Obviously, Zhao Chenzhou had checked Yin Zheng, a poor student who came all the way to the capital to study. But he probably didn't know that the scar on his face meant that he was doomed to have no chance of serving in the court in this life.
A group of people went to Jianghuayuan and ran into Gu Changyuan and his group.
Gu Changyuan's playful gaze fell on Zhao Chenzhou and the others: "Hey, here you come! If you lose again today, you'll have to call us grandpa when you see us in the future!"
"I don't think you can win today, so why don't we just stop wasting time and just shout!"
Zhao Chenzhou gritted his teeth and said, "It's still uncertain who will win or lose!"
Gu Changyuan raised an eyebrow in disbelief, his eyes swept over Yin Zheng with disdain, and when they landed on Jiaojiao, he asked in surprise, "What's going on? Why did you bring a child like this here?"
Zhao Chenzhou snorted: "I'm willing, what's it to you?"
Gu Changyuan sneered and said word by word, "You haven't forgotten the rules, have you? Losers should give way to winners when they meet them!"
Zhao Chenzhou was so angry that his eyebrows stood up, but he still had to grit his teeth and avoid them. After they went in, he kicked the stone lion at the door in anger. As a result, his face changed color due to the pain, but he tried hard not to show it.
He looked at Yin Zheng with a fierce look in his eyes and said word by word: "You must win. If you win, I will give you three hundred taels of silver."
Yin Zheng, who originally didn't care much, paused slightly when he heard this: "Hmm."
The fighting in Jianghuayuan is quite famous in the capital. After all, every generation of playboys has to put on a show here.
Xie Jinyu pretended to be sick and skipped school today, then quietly slipped out of the house.
Today is the day of the Jianghuayuan fighting competition. He has heard from other friends how exciting and interesting this fighting competition is. Unfortunately, his parents have never allowed him to come to such a place. However, even though his parents don't allow him, he can come here secretly without his parents' permission.
Xie Jinyu, who was brought here by his friend's brother, looked around curiously.
Jianghuayuan was very lively. Some people were shooting arrows, some were playing Cuju, and some were playing polo. He also saw a black leopard following someone. It was his first time to participate in such an atmosphere, and he was so excited that he jumped up and down.
With the sound of three gongs, the fight began. Archers, polo players, and Cuju players in Jianghuayuan all moved their positions to watch the fun.
This was going to be a huge event, as it concerned whether the young master of the Right Prime Minister's family would call the young master of the Marquis of Zhongyuan's mansion "grandfather". Of course they had to come and see it.
"Jinwei, guess who wins this game?" Song Yanshu in the attic asked with a smile while tapping his fan.
If Song Yanshu hadn't dragged him to Jianghuayuan today, Zhao Jinwei, who didn't know that his brother had done such a stupid thing, would have been so embarrassed that his face turned black. Song Yanshu, who was standing by, even heard a slight grinding of teeth. He knew the situation and didn't ask any more questions, so as to avoid his brother getting angry and beating him up.
He still has to go to Fenghua Tower to meet the courtesan in the evening, and it would be really ungentlemanly if he came with a bruised face and nose.
Yin Zheng went to the arena downstairs, while Shi'an took Jiaojiao and followed Zhao Chenzhou and the others to the room on the second floor.
The side rooms here are very special. Unlike those in restaurants, the wall facing downstairs is specially made, which allows a clear view of the arena below while still providing some shelter.
The room where Zhao Chenzhou and the others were staying was very large, more than enough to accommodate more than ten people.
Xie Jinyu was in this room, because the one who brought him, Meng Yanxi and Li Chao here was Li Chao's brother Li Yang.
"Why are there so many children?" asked Zhao Chenzhou who came in.
Li Yang took a sip of tea and said, "My brother and his friends wanted to come and see me. I couldn't resist their pitiful pleas, so I brought them here."
After he finished speaking, he saw Jiaojiao and waved for him to come over. After Jiaojiao came over, he brought a plate of pineapple cakes to Jiaojiao and said, "Take it and eat it."
Jiaojiao held the pineapple cake and glanced at him: "Thank you, brother."
So cute!
Li Yang reached out and poked his face, leaving a soft dent with each poke.
Jiaojiao didn't hide either, but tilted her face up and let him poke her, which made Li Yang's heart soften, and he spoke to him in a much softer voice.
Li Chao, who had never been treated like this before, was very dissatisfied. He stepped forward and pushed Jiaojiao away: "Brother, where are mine? Where are my pineapple cakes?"
"What are you eating pineapple cakes? Go away!" Li Yang reached out to support Jiaojiao, who was pushed and couldn't stand steadily, and replied unhappily.
"Hmph!" Li Chao snorted heavily, turned around and stomped his feet angrily as he walked back to Xie Jinyu.
Xie Jinyu glanced at Jiaojiao's clothes and said, "Don't be angry. Brother Li Yang must have felt sorry for him because he was from the countryside, so he gave him a plate of pineapple cakes."
He even raised his voice when he said this. Zhao Chenzhou frowned and turned to look at Jiaojiao. He was worried about what to do if the child cried later. He hated crying children the most!
Unexpectedly, Jiaojiao didn't understand at all, nor did she feel that they were talking to her. She was sitting obediently on a small stool beside her, holding a plate of pineapple cakes and eating with a smile on her face. She also didn't forget to share some with Shi'an beside her.
How could she be so happy eating a plate of pineapple cakes? Zhao Chenzhou thought with disdain, and asked someone to bring pine nut and lily cakes, osmanthus cakes, honeycomb cakes, date paste cakes, soft cheese and other foods and placed them in front of Jiaojiao on the small table.
"Eat!" he said casually.
Jiaojiao widened her already round eyes and uttered "Oh" softly.
"Is it for Jiaojiao?" He looked up at Zhao Chenzhou.
"Yeah." Zhao Chenzhou responded coldly.
"But Jiaojiao can't finish it!" He touched his stomach worriedly.
"I didn't ask you to eat it all. If you can't finish it, take it back."
Jiaojiao's eyes lit up when she didn't expect this, and she stopped worrying. She reached out and took a piece of cheese for Shi'an, and took a bite herself. After taking a bite, she realized that she had forgotten to say thank you. She quickly looked up at Zhao Chenzhou and said vaguely, "Thank you, Guoguo."
Zhao Chenzhou ignored him, and his fingers on the armrest curled up unconsciously.
This child is quite well behaved!
Looking at this scene, Xie Jinyu, who had always been the center of the crowd, pursed his lips in dissatisfaction. What was so good about this poor country kid? Why were all of them so nice to him?
He stood up and walked in front of Jiaojiao: "Come out with me."
Jiaojiao was holding a piece of soft cheese that she had taken two bites of. When she heard the words, she said "Huh?" Although she didn't understand what was going on, she still got up obediently and followed.
Zhao Chenzhou frowned and said "stupid" after seeing this, but when he saw Shi'an following him, he retracted his gaze. It was not right for adults like them to interfere in matters between children.
Xie Jinyu took Jiaojiao to the other side of the corridor and said, "You are not allowed to show up where I am!"
"Why?" Jiaojiao tilted her head and asked in confusion.
"You country bumpkins are dirty and smelly, stay away from us if you know what's best for you!"
Jiaojiao lowered her head and sniffed herself, then looked up at Xie Jinyu and said, "Jiaojiao is clean, not smelly!"
Xie Jinyu said angrily: "If I say you stink, you stink. If you appear in front of me again, I'll beat you up."
As he spoke, he waved his fist threateningly.
A man in fancy clothes nearby saw this scene and found it interesting. He leaned on the railing and looked over here.
The child was quite good-looking, with delicate eyebrows and eyes as if they were carved from fine jade. He looked a little white, tender and soft. It was a pity that his background seemed not to be very good. No one knew how he came to such a place and met those young masters who were obviously difficult to get along with.
Just as he was thinking about the thunderous cheers coming from downstairs, he looked up and saw that it was the man with the scar on his face who threw Fang Xiong off the ring and won.
Xie Shuyu encountered such cheers as soon as he came in. He didn't like noise and there was a cold look between his brows. He didn't even glance at the ring and strode upstairs.
He came this time to catch Xie Jinyu, who dared to pretend to be sick and skip school, and secretly ran to Jianghuayuan.
Jiaojiao upstairs realized that she was being bullied. She clenched her fists and was about to run into the house, but at this moment something unexpected happened and several screams came from the side.
A man in fancy clothes who was leaning on the railing watching the excitement not far away heard the sound and looked over. He saw a black leopard suddenly rushing out of a room not far away, and was about to pounce on the person who was coming out of the box over there.
Gu Changyuan, who was just coming out of the room after losing the game, looked unhappy. When he saw this, his face changed. When he turned around and was about to run, he saw Jiaojiao running towards him.
He subconsciously reached out and pulled Jiaojiao, who was running towards him, into his arms. When he turned around to run, the black panther's bloody mouth full of fangs was already right in front of him.
Gu Changyuan even smelled a fishy smell.
Just when everyone thought that Prince Zhongyuan was about to die in the mouth of a leopard, the black panther that had injured several people along the way suddenly stopped.
Not only did it stop, it also took a few steps back and lay on the ground, saliva dripping down its fangs. Its pupils were clearly dilated, its eye sockets were red, and it looked like it was mad, but it forcibly suppressed its desire to bite.
Seeing this, the man in fancy clothes not far away tapped the railing with his fingers. His hand had distinct joints, blue veins were slightly visible on the back of his hand, and there was a mole between the fingers at the second most important point.
He clearly saw that the black panther stopped attacking the moment Gu Changyuan picked up the child.
A child could make an out-of-control beast suppress its bloodthirsty nature. This is truly...
The man in fancy clothes looked meaningfully at Jiaojiao in Gu Changyuan's arms, then turned around and left leisurely.
Xie Shuyu, who was climbing the stairs, narrowed his eyes when he saw him and stepped aside respectfully to make way.
As the man passed by him, he raised his hand and patted his shoulder, signaling him to keep it a secret.
Sorry, I wrote an extra thousand words and wasted some time, but don't worry, all the key characters will appear, and I guarantee that I can finish writing this world within 60 chapters. I'll say in advance that chapter 65 also counts as 60 chapters~
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