Chen Qi sat down angrily, then turned to the two women and said with a smile: "Have you seen the newly released martial arts examination list this month? It seems that this year we in Nanzhili are going to challenge the capital. Except for the six major universities,
Not counting the four major colleges of the sect, there are five people from Nanzhili who entered the list. Brother Zhiyu is ranked 94th, and brother Zhifeng is ranked 57th this year. Entering the Hanlin Academy is just around the corner. As expected of Southern Tang...
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Chen Zhifeng said quickly: "Stop it, stop it, we are all citizens of Daqi now, talking nonsense, if you want to say they are powerful, the Liu family brothers and sisters are also amazing people." After saying that, he looked at Liu Zhen, who had his pink head lowered, and continued: "Liu Zhen
Yucun, Liu Yuting, brother and sister have all entered the martial arts academy in the capital. With their looks, they are not like ordinary people like us, who have to be beaten to death in the province."
Liu Zhen said weakly: "Sister Yuting probably won't participate in the martial arts examination this time. But I heard that Brother Yucun will come back to take the provincial examination."
Chen Qi said: "Liu Yucun and I are good buddies. He is number 79 on the list. He is considered the most capable person in Jiangling Mansion."
"Bah!" Zhang Qingju said: "My little junior brother is the forty-sixth. He is from the Yang family in Jiangling County. Excluding those monsters from the six major sects, he is most likely to enter the Hanlin Academy. It's still embarrassing.
It’s nonsense here.”
Chen Qi said humbly: "Well, well, that little monster is quite strong, but he is a bit weak-tempered, so he might not be that powerful in a fight."
Chen Zhifeng said: "Is it Yang Shan? He is a bit young, but I heard he is extremely talented and his future is limitless."
Zhang Qingrou smiled and said: "That's pretty much it. Hey, what's the wind and rain? Tell me about your fight with Mr. Xiao? How many moves did you make?"
Chen Zhifeng said: "I feel ashamed to say it. I participated in the last martial arts examination and entered the third martial arts test. Unfortunately, I met Mr. Xiao in the first round and luckily got away with six moves." Although I said that modestly.
, but his face was filled with arrogance.
Liu Zhen said: "Wow, that's amazing. I heard that no one in that martial arts competition could survive ten moves under Mr. Xiao, and two of them gave up in one move."
Chen Zhifeng waved his hands quickly, narrowed his eyes with a smile, and said: "Three years ago, I was still too young, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning."
Zhang Qingrou couldn't help but mutter, "She is praising Young Master Xiao. It makes you proud."
Chen Zhifeng hurriedly asked: "What is Miss Zhang saying? I didn't hear it clearly."
"Oh, oh, I mean Mr. Chen will definitely be proud of himself this year. Oh, by the way, why don't you choose a college in the capital? Why don't you come to Nanzhili to grab a spot?"
Chen Zhifeng said without changing his expression: "It is true that he has been favored by the martial arts academy and has been studying for nearly two years. However, the master feels that it is safer for him to teach Zhiyu himself when he reaches a certain level. In addition, it is also easier to teach Zhiyu moves, so last year he
I’m back in Yangzhou. If I happen to occupy Miss Zhang’s seat, how about I promise to abstain automatically?”
Zhang Qingrou thought to herself, she looks so polite, but why is she so thick-skinned? It’s just that even if she is beaten to a bloody head in the martial arts academy, it is difficult to grab those few spots, so she might as well return to her own territory and become the king.
He wanted to dominate, but he didn't say anything. He asked along the way: "Who is your master?"
Chen Qi rushed to answer: "My cousin's master is really great. Do you know who caught the white scarf thief yesterday? Don't look at the arrogance of that guy Long Yin. In fact, he led a dozen masters around the white scarf."
The scarf thieves were all run away, but it wasn’t our old man Chi from the Chen family who had taken care of them with one move. I think that old man Chi was the famous head of the Jincheng sect thirty years ago. If it wasn’t the six demons of the emperor, bah bah bah, it was the six immortals, the six
After what Xian did, how can there be anything going on with the Jinling Sect now?"
The young man sitting next to the window was about to say something sarcastic, but Li Jichen winked, smiled and said softly: "How can a swan compete with a sparrow?" Zhang Qingrou glared at Chen Qi fiercely, while Liu Zhen lamented.
He shouted: "How can we be called chivalrous women with our meager skills? That white scarf thief is famous as a chivalrous person in Jiangling Mansion."
Chen Zhifeng said: "The world is dangerous, but Miss Liu should not be blinded by her false reputation. The white scarf robbed houses and turned them into tens of thousands of taels of silver. Not to mention that he only used a small part to deceive the world and steal fame. Only in his
The number of innocent people killed and injured by his men is at least hundreds, not to mention that they violated the laws of this dynasty. If they are not deterred, won't the world be in chaos?"
Chen Zhiyu also came up and said: "Yes, yes, our Chen family business was robbed twice by him, and he also injured many servants. I really thought that the three major aristocratic families were vegetarians."
There was a burst of applause from the stairs, and four people who looked like officials came up. The one who applauded was the leader. The man said: "What the two young masters said is that the eldest lady and Miss Liu are kind-hearted, but they should not be robbed by thieves."
He was deceived by his false reputation.”
When Zhang Qingrou saw that he was a policeman from the government office, he asked, "Why didn't Mr. Wang go on errands and why did he come to drink instead?"
Mr. Wang replied: "I have met a few young ladies. Young master, I was doing my job well, but then Mr. Long from the province said he had captured that damned criminal and asked us to divide him into three groups to look after the prisoner. The few of us
We're on the night shift, so let's go back and rest first. You guys think, how can we sleep in such broad daylight?"
Zhang Qingrou asked: "Aren't you locked up in the Yamen prison? Is there anyone so bold as to come to rob the prison?"
Capt. Wang deliberately lowered his voice slightly and said: "Originally, I thought he would be imprisoned in our prison, but I didn't know that Capt. Long didn't give any face at all, indicating that he would be detained in the provincial capital for a long time, so the Weifu Secretary
So he was imprisoned at the official residence of the Military Police Department, saying that the case would be interrogated overnight, and he wanted to question his accomplices or recover some dirty money. After all, the white turban thief had committed many cases in Jiangling Mansion. But that guy also
I really endured the beating. I spent the whole night in the post house last night without saying anything. I was already seriously injured by the old man's beating, and by chance I will have to report it to the Weifu Division."
Zhang Qingrou continued to ask: "What about Capt. Ji? Didn't he ask him to investigate the case of the white scarf thief? Why didn't he get any credit for his work?"
Capt. Wang looked disdainful and said, "If that unlucky guy can solve a major case, I'll write my last name backwards."
"Is it upside down from left to right or upside down?" Zhang Qingrou sneered.
Capt. Wang smiled awkwardly and said, "They all seem to be the same. If Capt. Ji becomes a great person, I will take his surname. As long as he leads the team, every time he goes to handle a case, he won't solve a few small cases, but only a few major cases will be solved."
Cases happened one after another, not to mention not receiving the reward, but also causing us to be scolded all day long, but we still have the nerve to say that he is a talented man from Tianshu Academy. If he hadn't worked as a follower with your father before, we would have kicked him out if we didn't.
It seems that I finally succeeded this time and caught a few thieves. I also wanted to catch the white turban thief. Now that the white turban thief has been caught, I don’t know where the guy died. I guess he must be handling the case under pretext again.
In the name of others, I went to hang out in brothels in those counties."
After saying that, he confessed to the officials' sons, and asked the store clerk to take a few of his men to sit down at the empty table in the middle. He continued to talk loudly about the case of the white scarf thief. It turned out that both Capt. Wang and Capt. Ji were both
He is the deputy chief catcher of Jiangling Prefecture. The chief catcher is old and has been sick at home since last year. He is waiting to retire when he is old. Wang catcher relies on Chen Tongzhi and has been fighting openly and secretly with the prefect's confidant Ji catcher.
Li had set his sights on the throne of the Chief Constable of the Prefecture. This time Wang Captou also went with Long Yin and the others to catch the white-turban thief. When he came back, he didn't take Capt. Ji seriously either.
Li Jichen asked his disciple softly: "Xue'er, do you know what's wrong with these arrests?"
The young man also replied in a very soft voice: "Fools have noticed it. Those detectives deliberately spread the news in crowded places, hoping to lure the accomplices of the white turban robbers to take action. Long Yin played it when he was at Yuantong Temple.
This happened. But judging from the skills of the white-banded thieves, most of them are lone thieves."
Li Jichen continued: "Then do you know why I ask this question? Don't be stupid and throw yourself into a trap. Let's go to the prefect's mansion after dinner."
Zhang Qingrou asked Chen Zhifeng with a smile: "Mr. Chen, tell me what kind of person Mr. Xiao is?"
Chen Zhifeng seemed a little embarrassed and said: "Uh, uh, it's been a long time, so I can't remember clearly. Xiao Jihuai seems to be half a head taller than Chen Qi, a little thinner, and his skin is much whiter than him.
There’s nothing else to say.”
Chen Qi said angrily: "You mean I'm short, fat, and dark?"
The two women pursed their lips and smiled, but Zhang Qingrou seemed dissatisfied with the answer and asked: "Is this okay?"
He Qizhou quietly asked Lin Chuan: "Hey, Mu Mu, have you heard of that Mr. Xiao?" At this time, the waiter who had just led the way came to them with drinks and food. Hearing this question, he then
He said angrily: "I haven't even heard of Mr. Xiao, but I still have the nerve to enter Jianghu Tower? A cup of osmanthus wine, a small plate of beef, two bowls of white rice, and a plate of free braised peanuts. I've already added more according to the guest officer's instructions."
A few pills, oh, there's also tea, and the dishes are all ready, please take your time, two guests." After saying that, he placed several dishes and drinks heavily on the table.
He Qizhou laughed dumbly and said to the waiter: "Brother, at least save some face."
The waiter didn't say anything and turned around to leave, which made the three Chen brothers laugh evilly. He Qizhou and Lin Chuan ignored them and lowered their heads to eat and drink while listening to the remarks of the officials' children about martial arts.
Some people upstairs finished eating and came downstairs, and many people came upstairs. After a while, it was full of people.
Chen Qi went to ask Zhang Qingrou again: "I heard that Yang Shan has gone to Jinling, why don't you go with him?"
"Humph, the old guy is too partial and looks down on me. He said he would take Yang Shan for a walk and visit some old friends. He thought it was inconvenient for me to be a woman on the road. He asked me to find a way to get there by myself. This will make my aunt mad.
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Upon seeing this, Chen Zhifeng immediately said: "We were originally going to Jinling directly, but we heard that there was a flood here, so we brought some rice to provide relief. By the way, we happened to catch the white scarf bandit, Miss Qingrou, Miss Liu Zhen, if you don't mind
We can go to Jinling together, and there just happens to be a carriage available for transporting grain."
Zhang Qingrou sneered and said: "Is it the twelve stones of rice that Chen Yan talks about? It's enough. Each of the hundreds of thousands of disaster victims can get a few grains."
Chen Zhifeng thought he was a gentleman enough in front of the two girls. When he heard this, his face turned red and white. Chen Zhiyu blushed even more. Chen Zhifeng glanced at Chen Qi and said coldly: "We came overland.
, Taxes and grains are so scarce this year, it is already very difficult to bring more than ten kilograms of rice. Besides, Jiangling Prefecture has a grain dock going north, and Magistrate Zhang has been an official for so many years, this little thing should be easy for him to do. "
Chen Qi was so frightened by the look Chen Zhifeng glanced at that he broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly stood up and said, "That old guy in my family is so ungrateful. He obviously has the kindness of his uncle's family, but he still has the nerve to take care of himself. However, he made him behave in a nondescript manner, don't you?"
Brother, please don't mind me. My uncle's family has always been kind and righteous, and has a good reputation far and wide, but we can't just tolerate those unruly and lazy people who are jealous of others."
Zhang Qingrou put her hands on her hips, her almond-shaped eyes widened, and said angrily: "Oh? Why don't Chen's rice shop raise the price? It has increased more than ten times, and the people who are yelling at the government office have to queue up to Osmanthus Alley.
, they are the same three great families, why are there such big differences? Look at how young Master Xiao spends a lot of money. He actually donated a thousand taels of gold when the Yellow River burst its banks last year!" After saying that, he looked at the three Chens who were speechless.
He took Liu Zhen's hand, turned around and walked away.