Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 345

"Come on, brother Li, drink tea, drink tea, don't be upset about the previous incident, Zhu Erdan didn't mean anything malicious, after all, he acted out of righteousness, although his words were a bit reckless, but his character is quite bold, and he probably didn't do it sincerely " Zhu Yu persuaded with a smile.

At this moment, several people came to a piano pavilion to listen to the piano and taste tea, which is quite elegant.

However, these people did not come here on their own initiative, but were invited by Zhu Erdan.

Li Xiuyuan didn't want to be with him at first, but he agreed to not let his friends go home disappointed.

"Yeah, look at that Zhu Erdan, he is very popular, and he didn't intend to target you brother Li." Wang Ping next to him also said.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said, "It's not about Zhu Erdan, but now I'm thinking about that Huaniang."

"Oh, is it possible that Brother Li still misses that Huaniang? It's easy to handle. We will go to that Xiangjiang Tower later, and we will definitely see Huaniang." Zhu Yu said.

"I didn't mean that, but what the monk said made me a little concerned." Li Xiuyuan said.

Zhu Yu's expression changed, and he suddenly suppressed his voice and said, "Brother Li is worried that the flower girl is a bit evil? She is not an ordinary entertainer."

Li Xiuyuan nodded.

Wang Ping was surprised and said: "No way, in broad daylight, could it be possible to see a ghost?"

"That's not necessarily true. Have you forgotten the first time you and I met?" Li Xiuyuan said.

Wang Ping suddenly became embarrassed. He and Li Xiuyuan met for the first time in the wilderness. He was bewitched by ghosts and rolled in the mud. Now every time he thinks about it, he feels ashamed. Luckily, Brother Li didn't spread the word about it. Otherwise, I would have no face to face others, but I have been more careful since then, and I haven't encountered any evil things for a long time.

"Before I asked a servant to inquire about the identity of that flower girl, maybe I can know something." Li Xiuyuan said.

"If it's all right, shall we go to the Xiangjiang Tower later?" Zhu Yu said with a smile, obviously he never forgot about that beautiful young woman.

Soon, a servant came in again.

"Young master, I have found out clearly." The servant hurriedly ran over and said.

"How's the situation?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

The servant said in a low voice; "There is no artist called Hua Niang in Xiangjiang Building."

No?

Several people's faces froze, and some bad things instantly occurred to their minds, and their backs couldn't help but feel cold.

"Why not? Did you not ask clearly?" Zhu Yu said.

"A small fellow from my hometown works as a buddy there, and I know exactly how many girls and maidservants there are there. The girls mentioned by the young masters have names and surnames that are easy to find, but there are really none in Xiangjiang Tower." fellow said.

Li Xiuyuan gave him a small piece of broken silver and said: "Thank you, brother, what you said is true, maybe we made a mistake, so I won't bother you."

"Thank you for the reward, my lord." The boy smiled and took the money and left.

"Mr. Li, this matter is strange." Ning Caichen became serious.

Although he is upright, he has also encountered ghosts and ghosts. Now that the boy has found no such person, this flower girl must be unusual.

Li Xiuyuan said: "That's right, this woman is indeed weird, if you see her in the future, you'd better stay away, don't be fooled by her beauty, I still remember the lesson from last time."

"Yes, yes." Both Wang Ping and Zhu Yu were sweating coldly on their foreheads.

They all have a nightmare memory.

"Of course I came here to listen to Ten Niang's music. Talking about Hua Niang, I really have to look forward to Shu, and I don't have enough greed." A scholar next to him seemed to have heard a few words, and after passing by, he laughed a little bit drunk. The woman supported him, for fear that he would fall.

"It's you, Chutian?"

Li Xiuyuan didn't pay attention at first, but when the scholar passed by, he suddenly discovered that this man was none other than the son of Guo Beicheng's Chu family, Chu Tian.

But now the Chu family no longer exists, and this Mr. Chu is just a down-and-out scholar.

That flood submerged the Chu family’s mansion, and now it’s deserted and no one takes care of it. For some reason, Chu Tian has not returned to Guo Beicheng to take care of the mansion, so that all the servants of the Chu family have dispersed. It's clean.

Chu Tian seemed to be drinking from somewhere, drunk: "Who is this young master? It turns out to be Li Xiuyuan. Why are you still alive? That flood even drowned the city and didn't drown you."

"I made you miss it. Unfortunately, that flood didn't drown me yet." Li Xiuyuan said, his attitude was also not very good.

Back in Guo Beicheng, the two of them were fighting to the death. He wished to kill Li Xiuyuan. Li Xiuyuan also sent someone to assassinate him. Unfortunately, Xing Shan's arrow missed the vital point. Although it passed through the chest, it still Failed to take his life.He was rescued by that minister Chu's abrupt change of fate.

The price is that the rest of the family's luck is exhausted, causing endless troubles.

Intoxicated, Chu Tian picked up a teacup next to him and threw it at Li Xiuyuan: "I beat you to death, and it is because of you that I fell into such a situation."

"The account between you and me hasn't been settled yet. If you want to continue the calculation, I can accompany you to the end." Li Xiuyuan grabbed the teacup casually, and then threw it away.

Chu Tian swayed and fell to the ground. He felt a sharp pain in his chest, but because he was drunk, he didn't react too much.

"Mr. Li, please forgive me, Mr. Chu, he was drunk and didn't do it on purpose." The woman who supported him next to him apologized.

Li Xiuyuan took a look, he had some impression of this girl, she was the girl who gave him a couplet in Guo Beicheng, named Luoxia.

"Miss Luoxia, this Chutian is a cold-natured, cruel and merciless person. You came with the wrong person."

There was a trace of bitterness and helplessness at the corner of Luoxia's mouth, but she didn't speak.

"Crack~!"

Chu Tian suddenly stood up and slapped Luo Xia on the face suddenly, and then said with a drunken smile: "Following the wrong person? Hey, I can't help her, she is my concubine of the Chu family, born from my Chu family , death is the ghost of my Chu family, I can do whatever I want, does she dare to say no?"

Li Xiuyuan said: "If my guess is correct, you are the only one left in your Chu family. You treat the only woman around you so harshly. Isn't the retribution from last time not enough?"

"What does this young master like to do with you? Not only does this young master want to beat her, but he also sells her."

Chu Tian suddenly got drunk and said: "Young Master Qian, didn't you say last time that you thought the maid next to me was pretty? 100 taels, how about selling you?"

A group of scholars gathered together to finish the game of Fushi, at this time a scholar surnamed Qian responded: "Oh, Mr. Chu, is what you said true?"

"It's absolutely true." Chu Tian said.

"Okay, I bought it for 100 taels."

Mr. Qian readily paid 100 taels, and then happily took Luoxia's hand: "From now on, you will be with me. Don't worry, I won't beat and scold you casually like Mr. Chu. I admire your literary talent. In the future You can teach my nephew, the child to read and write."

"I have seen Mr. Qian." Luo Xia touched her tears, looked at Chu Tian,

People who have been with them for so many years sold themselves in the blink of an eye, how can they not feel sad.

"Fortune is for misfortune, misfortune is for blessing, Miss Luoxia, it is better for you to follow Mr. Qian than to follow Chutian. At least you will have no worries about food and clothing, and you will be able to die well." Time for an extra quaint book.

Luoxia didn't speak, but looked very haggard.

But there are some things he can't control, and some things he can't allow to continue to happen.

Thinking about it, his eyes moved slightly, only to find that Chutian's last fortune was running out, and he should die after spending the 100 taels of silver.

You must know that the remaining money of the Chu family is quite a lot. If this Chu Tian saves money, he will be able to live comfortably in this life. Unfortunately, he squandered at will, scattered the money, and enjoyed the last blessing, so his fate has come early.

A person's fortune, wealth and longevity are fixed, and so is money.

It is clearly recorded in the book of life and death.

For example, if a person needs to spend 1 taels of silver to die, he will not die until the money is spent.
At the beginning, Chu Shilang saved Chutian for the sake of the Chu family, but unfortunately the karma he committed was too serious. Chutian's fortune, wealth and longevity have been exhausted, and he will die when his remaining wealth is exhausted.

After selling Luoxia, he got 100 taels of silver, which was his last money.

However, Li Xiuyuan didn't want Chutian to continue squandering the 100 taels. He said, "Chutian, how about a Wendou game between you and me?"

"Oh, you want to fight with me, what are you fighting for?"

"It's up to you to decide what to fight, but the bet is 100 taels of silver, how about it?" Li Xiuyuan said.

"Hey, I really thought I was afraid that you would fail, so I would fight, but if you lose, I don't want you 100 taels of silver, I want you to kneel on the ground and bark like a dog." Chu Tian sneered, half drunk.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Follow you."

"You want me to bark like a dog, but I don't know that I want you to die early." He thought to himself.

"Okay, then let's have a literary fight, let's make it simple, can we have a drinking order?" Chu Tian said.

"Less likely."

Chu Tian said: "Then the wine order will be made. I will come first. The field characters are impenetrable, and the cross is in the middle; push the cross up, and the ancient characters will win by one clock. It's your turn."

"The back word is impenetrable, and the mouth word is in the middle; when the mouth word is pushed up, the Lu word wins by a minute," Li Xiuyuan said slowly.

"Brother Li, come on, don't lose. Losing is not just about drinking, but barking like a dog." Wang Ping said aside.

Zhu Yu said, "Close your crow's mouth and see how Chu Tian responds."

Chutian hiccupped and said, "The word 铁 is impenetrable, and the word ling is in the middle; push the word ling up, and the word containing the word wins a bell."

"Okay, Mr. Chu has a quick mind, even worse after drinking." A scholar beside him stroked his palm.

Li Xiuyuan frowned and immediately thought again.

Ning Caichen next to him was hesitant to say something, as if he wanted to remind him.

But Li Xiuyuan didn't think about it for long, and immediately said: "The sleepy word is impenetrable, the wooden character is in the middle; when the wooden character is pushed up, the apricot word wins by one clock."

"The Japanese word is impenetrable, and the word is in the middle." Chu Tian thought for a while, and when he was about to take it, his head stuck suddenly, and he took the wrong word, and he couldn't match it for a while.

"I won, I accepted it." Li Xiuyuan cupped his hands.

Although Chu Tian was drunk, he was not seriously drunk, and at the moment he was angry and annoyed; "You deceived me to be drunk, if I wasn't drunk, I wouldn't have slipped my tongue."

"It was you who agreed to fight with me, and it was you who made the wine order with me. Do you want to admit it if you lose?"

Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly and he said seriously.

He doesn't talk about fairness and justice now. It's a disaster for this person to stay. If he doesn't solve it today, he doesn't know how many things will happen. And even if he doesn't kill him today, he won't have many days to live. I just sent him on the road ahead of time.

"Being willing to admit defeat is just a rule, and it is also the integrity that a scholar should have. If Mr. Chu is ashamed, I will pay the 100 taels for you." Zhu Erdan walked over suddenly, and said very politely, apparently also with this person. Chutian knew each other and had friendship.

How can Chu Tian be so tolerant, he immediately said, "No need, I can't afford to lose 100 taels of silver."

After speaking, he slapped a silver ticket on the table.

"Li Xiuyuan, you are lucky today, next time I will definitely not make you look good."

Chu Tian said angrily, and felt that it would be shameless to stay here, so he strode away immediately.

"There will be no next time, this is the last time you and I will meet." Li Xiuyuan looked at the bank note in front of him and said lightly.

　I still owe a chapter. If I can’t make it up today, I will make it up tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)