"But Xu Mu and Mr. Xu of the Jinling sect?" Chen Zhifeng asked in a trembling voice?
"It's down there."
At this moment, the middle-aged woman from Taohua Pavilion hurried over with a dozen men, shouting "get out of the way, get out of the way" from a distance. The leader, a short figure with a bare face, led the others through the crowd.
Walking towards Chen Zhifeng, he glanced menacingly at Xu Mu and others opposite Chen Zhifeng. Then he asked softly: "Eldest Master, why don't you let the younger one handle the affairs here?"
When Chen Zhifeng saw the dozen or so people who looked like naughty men, his face turned pale. Then he patted the short and sturdy man next to him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, there is nothing going on here. It's just a misunderstanding. Let's get to know each other. This person opposite is the world-famous Jinling."
Xu Mu, Mr. Xu, okay, take everyone back now, ah, hurry up." While speaking, he put his hands on the man's shoulders and turned the man around, but there was great hatred in his heart.
, Damn it, aren't you going to put the word "bad guy" in my face all the time? The other party is Xu Mu. Even if the master is here and can win, you don't dare to fight openly. What's more, it's Xu Mu.
You're a loser who was sent to Gangneung.
Chen Zhifeng didn't dare to look Xu Mu in the eyes and said, "My senior brother is a rough man in the market. I hope Mr. Xu can forgive me." Then he turned around, stopped the middle-aged woman who was about to sneak away quietly, and shouted: "
Hey, come here and get the old man's IOU."
Taking over a dozen IOUs handed over by the trembling middle-aged woman, Chen Zhifeng slowly tore them up and said: "They are a pair of poor people. Let's just forget about the debt. As for the loss in the shop and the knowledge of the shopkeeper.
Let's meet for a while and remember it on my head." After saying that, he waved his hand to let the woman leave, and then said sternly to Xu Mu: "Mr.
, what do you think?"
Xu Mu held his hands to Chen Zhifeng and smiled and said, "Young Master Chen is too modest. Brother, I will thank you now."
Chen Zhifeng pulled Chen Zhiyu behind him to his side, and said to Xu Mu and the young man in brocade: "We brothers are considered half landlords here. We will be our hosts tonight. Can Mr. Xu give me the honor to have a drink with us? And this
Young Master, I don’t know what to call you? Can you please give us a compliment tonight? We have offended you so much just now, how about we apologize for being rude to us?"
He Qizhou had actually noticed something strange about the old man just now, but he was far away from the old man, with six or seven people in between. It was too late to rescue him. He might have killed the old man due to his misunderstanding, and he felt in his heart
He was very uneasy. Seeing that the old man was rescued, the big stone in his heart was finally relieved. Lin Chuan, who had already retreated to his side, asked: "Sir, do you know who Xu Mu is? Why is that man named Chen Zhifeng so shameless?
He turned his back like he was turning over a book, he was so arrogant just now, but now he is so frustrated, I don’t know where he has offended Xu Mu?"
He Qizhou shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it."
Lin Chuan did not deliberately lower his voice. Zhang Qingrou, who was very close to them, couldn't help laughing and said: "I don't know Mr. Xiao, and I don't know Mr. Xu either. I really wonder how you have the nerve to think about going to the martial arts exam, but
The shameless person named Chen is quite right, hahaha."
Chen Zhiyu, who was full of grievances, became furious and said to Lin Chuan: "Why are you such a country bumpkin so ignorant?"
Lin Chuan was not convinced and said: "I'll pay you back the money first."
Chen Zhifeng glanced at Xu Mu who was hesitant to speak, and said quickly: "Forget it, Zhiyu is just a frog in the well, don't bother with them." Xu Mu said to Chen Zhifeng: "I still have to deal with disaster relief matters with my master. I accepted the drinking incident with good intentions, and I hope the Chen family will not embarrass the grandparents and grandchildren again."
Chen Zhifeng said hurriedly: "Definitely, definitely."
At this time, the young man in Jinyi who was standing aside took another fifty-tael gold ingot from the middle-aged man next to him, handed it to Xu Mu, and said: "Xu Shaoxia, I can't do anything, but my family is quite good." Money, this gold ingot and the one just now will be used for disaster relief as promised. We will leave the place this afternoon, and I hope Mr. Xu will do it for us."
Xu Mu respectfully bowed deeply to the young man and the middle-aged man, and said: "Then I won't be polite. I would like to express my gratitude to you two on behalf of the tens of thousands of victims. I haven't asked your name yet. Is it convenient for me to tell you?"
The handsome-looking young man in brocade clothes quickly bowed in return and said: "Convenient, convenient, I am Li Ruogu, I am not very open-minded, but my level is as low as Ruogu. I am going to the capital, and we are destined to see you again." Then he said goodbye to He Qizhou and the others.
He Qizhou first bowed to the middle-aged man, then raised his hands to Li Ruogu and said, "Rich man Ruogu, my name is He Qizhou. Thank you so much. Thanks to this uncle for saving me. Otherwise, I would have wronged this uncle and caused him to die in vain. But I have to keep my conscience uneasy. Have a safe journey and see you again when we are destined."
Li Ruogu cupped his hands and said goodbye: "It's a small effort, but it's not worth mentioning. We'll see you later." Then the three of them left gracefully. Xu Mu glanced sideways at He Qizhou, while holding the two gold ingots with his long and slender right hand, he said: "Little money fan, I I also helped save people, maybe it resolved your lifelong regret, and also helped you solve the problem. Even if you kneel down, do you also want to bow to me, shed tears of gratitude or something like that?"
He Qizhou rolled his eyes at Xu Mu and said, "Are you so capable? I didn't expect you to be so famous. Hey, you are already so famous. You have done some small good deeds, and you still want others to be grateful. It seems like you are so famous." A little impure?"
Zhang Qingrou, who could not hold back her excitement for a long time, dragged Liu Zhen and walked quickly to Xu Mu, turned to He Qizhou and said: "These two idiots are a bit disappointing, can you go farther away? Don't get in the way. Master Xu, can you do some business?" Then he turned to Xu Mu with a face of admiration and said, "Master Xu, my father is the prefect Zhang Luyao, and he is in charge of Jiangling Prefecture's disaster relief. Thank you for winning so much money for the victims, I will take you there. Let’s go to the prefect’s Yamen.”
Xu Mu said: "Master and I will visit the house in the evening. Your father should be very busy now, so I won't disturb you."
The crowd gradually dispersed. Brother Chen Zhifeng saw that Xu Mu had no intention of paying attention to him, so he led the group to leave unwillingly. Chen Qi followed them dejectedly, thinking that their brothers would look down upon them. Those few detectives were beaten by Zhang Qingrou. After giving him a fierce look, he left without saying a word. He Qizhou approached the grandfather and grandson who had been sitting on the ground. The old man's bleeding had stopped, but he had a slumped look on his face. The kind of relaxation made her seem a bit older, and the pretty girl had stopped crying and was secretly looking at Xu Mu not far away with her big eyes.
He Qizhou said to the old man: "Old man, are you okay? I just misunderstood that you were the partner of that group, please forgive me."
The old man lamented: "Young man, please don't think like this. It's because of the old man's fault that he has tricked many well-wishers." Then the old man kept kowtowing to Xu Mu who was approaching him. Xu Mu was shocked and hurriedly
He stepped forward to help the old man, but he couldn't even say anything and didn't dare to act.
The old man just couldn't get up and choked: "The old man can't repay the kindness of the young master in this life. Now he has to shamelessly ask the young master to take this girl as a maid. He doesn't ask for rich clothes and fine food, but only wants to make a living."
As long as she can survive peacefully. Old man, I can neither feed nor protect this child. This girl has been a smart and sensible child since she was a child. She can do anything and can already take care of people. Please take her away.
."
The little girl's eyes were a little hesitant, but she soon became firm and said softly: "Grandpa, I will not leave you."
Xu Mu frowned and asked, "Where is your family? Are there any other relatives in the family? Why did you borrow such a huge debt?"
The old man raised his head and glanced at the crowded Osmanthus Alley, but hesitated to speak.
Xu Mu took a look at the gloomy sky and said: "It looks like it's going to rain again. How about this? I live in Danguiju on the edge of Yangzhou Avenue. It only takes a quarter of an hour to walk there. Uncle, do you think it's going to rain again?"
If not, let’s go to the inn to talk. Let’s drink some tea and bandage the wound. There’s no need to worry.”
The old man was finally willing to get up and thanked her profusely. Xu Mu asked Zhang Qingrou if he could go with him, as he happened to have some things he wanted to ask for. Zhang Qingrou naturally wanted to ask for it, so when Liu Zhen didn't mention him, he wisely said that he still had something to do at home.
He went back first. When he saw Xu Mu and his party were about to leave, He Qizhou thought that he had not found a place to stay tonight, so he turned back and led his horse to catch up with the four people and asked Xu Mu: "Hey, little hero, I want to ask you
Just a question, are the rooms at Danguiju expensive?”
Xu Mu said as he walked, "It's not expensive. The house I live in is only two taels of silver a day."
Lin Chuan took a breath of air, pulled He Qizhou and whispered: "Master, why don't you change the place?"
He Qizhou broke away from Lin Chuan, put his arm on his shoulder, and said, "Well, let's go, we'll stay at Danguiju tonight. Hey, Mu Mu, how come you've eaten bitter melon and your face looks so long? Let's go, we'll live there later.
Woodshed.”
Suddenly, he remembered that he still had something to say to Zhang Qingrou, so he quickly squeezed to Zhang Qingrou's side and said, "Sister Qingrou, you have grown so tall, why do you look less and less like the prefect? You are almost unrecognizable."
"I don't have any money either. The rich ones just left." Zhang Qingrou said angrily.
He Qizhou, who was just about to ask for a loan, was a little dumbfounded. It would be even more unreasonable to borrow money from Zhang Luyao, who is known for being stingy. He Qizhou deliberately said with a straight face: "Come on, I have something to tell you.
"After that, I overheard Chen Qi's words in the restaurant and whispered in Zhang Qingrou's ear, and asked her to remind Zhang Luyao to be careful.
Zhang Qingrou actually doesn't feel very good about He Qizhou. She is stingy and shrinks behind everything. She is definitely not very diligent in martial arts. She seems to have no connection at all and looks like a cripple. But she is born with a pair of thick eyebrows and big eyes, and she dares to do anything.
Lin Chuan, who dared to do so, was a little impressed. After nodding his thanks to He Qizhou, he said to Lin Chuan: "Did you kick a scoundrel to death last time? Did you make my fat man have to travel all day?"
Lin Chuan's face turned red from his forehead to his neck. He lowered his head and murmured: "I was wronged, thanks to the young master. Later, I heard from the young master that your father-in-law also secretly helped, and I haven't thanked Miss Zhang yet.
"
He Qizhou smiled and said: "Mu Mu, what nonsense are you talking about? Why are you thanking Miss Zhang? Why don't you thank Master Zhang."
Xu Mu also laughed out loud and said: "You don't know this. Miss Zhang of Jiangling Mansion has always had a much louder voice than Magistrate Zhang. Mr. Mu, you have good eyesight."
Lin Chuan seemed to be looking at his shoes. He led the horse slower and slower, and after a long time he squeezed out a few words: "Mr. Xu, my name is Lin Chuan."