Chapter 135 Curiosity
Wen Jie was sitting opposite and saw this. He couldn't help but wonder why the young master of the Chu family looked at Sister Qianhuan so strangely? It was as if he wanted to eat Sister Qianhuan in one bite.
Fortunately, Chu Lan'er was only focused on eating at the time and did not notice anything unusual about the person opposite her. Otherwise, she would definitely have noticed that her brother looked at "Little Brother Shanbo" with a different look.
Wenjie quickly stood up and said to Qianhuan, "Brother Shanbo, I'm full. The teacher has assigned me a lot of extra study tasks today. Otherwise, let's go home first."
Qianhuan had no idea that Chu Yichen had developed strange feelings for her. When she heard that her cousin was anxious to go home to study, she nodded and said, "Yeah, okay."
Then she looked at Chu Yichen and said, "Brother Lin'an, thank you for your hospitality today. Shanbo will take his brother back first."
Chu Yichen came back to his senses when he heard the two people's voices. He felt a little annoyed in his heart. Why did he always feel strange every time he came into close contact with Shanbo's little brother?
In order to cover up his gaffe, he immediately nodded and agreed: "Okay, I'll let the coachman drive my carriage to take you home."
Suddenly, Qianhuan remembered that she had not asked Chu Yichen something very important. She was so busy eating and drinking that she almost forgot about it.
She said quickly, "Brother Lin'an, wait a moment. I wonder if you have heard anything about the Jixiang Restaurant across the street being sold at a low price?"
"My people have already found out that the Ma family is indeed offering one thousand taels of silver to sell the restaurant. Have you made up your mind to buy it?"
"Well, it's decided."
She made the decision today in the cabin. She wanted to help those children and also wanted to help Brother Yunlong. Buying the restaurant was the first step.
"Since you really want it, I'll send someone to negotiate the price for you on your behalf. I guarantee that I'll get you the lowest price."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Lin'an."
The two chatted for a few more sentences, and then Qianhuan stood up and said goodbye again.
Chu Lan'er also followed his brother to send them to the door of the restaurant. After the adult and the child climbed into the carriage, Qianhuan waved goodbye to the brother and sister.
Qianhuan did not dare to let the Chu family's carriage into the village. Although Qianhuan herself had rented a carriage to go home before, the carriages from that carriage company were obviously of much lower quality, and people in the village could also tell that it was a rented carriage.
The Chu Mansion's carriage was so luxurious, and it had the Chu family logo on it. If the people in the village saw it, who knows what rumors they would spread.
In order to avoid hearing more gossip, when the driver dropped them off near the village entrance, Qianhuan asked him to stop, and she and Wenjie got off the carriage and walked back.
Although Qianhuan drank rice wine today, she drank quite a lot, so there was a lot of alcohol smell on her body and in her mouth.
After arriving home, she was afraid that her parents would smell the alcohol on her and blame her. Fortunately, Liu and Liang Laoer were both supervising the work of the bricklayers at the side of the house they were building. Qianhuan greeted them from afar and quickly slipped back to her own room.
She changed into clean clothes and drank a lot of tea. She didn't feel relieved until the taste of alcohol in her mouth faded.
Chu Yichen was indeed quick in his work. He went to the county government office to find the county magistrate that afternoon.
The county magistrate also knew what kind of person Mr. Liu was. Many people had come to him to complain about how Mr. Liu oppressed them.
It was just that the county magistrate really doted on his new concubine. As long as the beautiful girl cried and complained to him and whispered in his ear, the county magistrate would be completely bewitched.
With the protection of the county magistrate, all the evil deeds done by Mr. Liu were finally left unpunished. That's why he became more and more daring, using the name of the county magistrate to bully the common people.
But now, Mr. Liu was so ignorant that he offended the Chu family. The county magistrate immediately changed his attitude in order to protect his official hat.
He immediately asked the steward of the mansion to sell the concubine, and Mr. Liu was exiled to the quarry by the county magistrate on the grounds of oppressing innocent people.
When Master Liu went to the quarry, Chu Yichen spent a lot of money to hire someone to destroy his penis. From then on, Master Liu could no longer harm other girls.
When Qianhuan knew the result, she was extremely happy.
She thought to herself, this Brother Lin'an is really good at scheming. It's really great to be rich and powerful. If you are wronged, you don't have to swallow your anger. You can just use your power to pressure others, or spend money to take revenge.
It would be difficult for a small farmer like her to gain power. Without power, she would just concentrate on making money. Money makes the world go round. Qianhuan became more determined to become a rich woman as soon as possible.
In a room of the Fan Mansion, Teng Yu was seen leaning on the bed. He was in much better spirits today because most of the toxins in his body had been cleared out and his lip color had returned to normal.
Chi Ying was kneeling on one knee and reporting the news, "Master, the woman you asked us to investigate seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth, and none of our men have found anything."
Qianhuan was wearing a veil hat that day, and she changed back into her men's clothes later. Teng Yu didn't see her face, so it was normal that he couldn't find out.
The man said coldly, "Go check again. Qingxi County is so small. I don't believe that we can't find the woman."
"Yes." Chi Ying stood up and prepared to leave.
Unexpectedly, Teng Yu called him again, "Wait."
"Master, do you have any other instructions?"
"Send people to continue searching for the group of Cang Gou who escaped from Lingzhou City. Once they are found, keep them alive and torture them severely. We must pry out from them the purpose of establishing a base in our Dayuan Country."
"Yes, I obey your command." Chi Ying said and left the room in a flash. He was just as his name suggests, coming and going without a trace.
After Chi Ying left for a while, the clear sound of children reading was heard from the study next door. Teng Yu had been practicing martial arts since he was young. Although he could not use his internal force now, his hearing was already different from that of ordinary people. Therefore, he could hear the sound next door clearly.
He remembered that Mr. Fan told him that he had accepted two disciples in Qingxi County, and these two disciples would come to Mr. Fan's house to study every day.
He has been unable to get out of bed these past few days. Every day he lies in bed, resting with his eyes closed while listening to all kinds of noises from next door.
Occasionally he could hear Mr. Fan lecturing the child named Wenjie, occasionally he could hear the child named Wenjie reading aloud, and occasionally he could hear Mr. Fan instructing another disciple named Shanbo on some calligraphy techniques.
Teng Yu listened for several days in a row, and he roughly figured out the relationship between the two disciples: Wenjie was the younger brother, and Shanbo was the older brother.
About half an hour later, Teng Yu estimated that the disciple named Shanbo would start to remind Mr. Fan again.
Sure enough, he heard the voice of the disciple next door.
"Mr. Fan, Shanbo's study time for today is over. Can I leave first?" Qianhuan said while calculating the time.
Mr. Fan looked at Qianhuan and said, "Well, Shanbo, your handwriting is getting better and better. You have almost mastered the pen-holding posture and writing skills. From tomorrow on, you don't need to copy the calligraphy. Take the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that your teacher gave you home, and then start copying books on your own."
"Yes sir, Sambo knows."
"Wenjie is making rapid progress now. He has memorized several enlightenment books. I plan to teach him some etiquette and ethics from tomorrow. Although Shanbo, you don't want to take the imperial examination or pursue a career in government, you should listen to these basics with Wenjie. It will be of great benefit to you in the future."
"Yes, sir, I will follow your instructions. Shanbo will leave first."
"Ah."
Qianhuan then said to Wenjie, "Wenjie, I'm leaving first. You should study hard with Mr. Fan. I'll pick you up at noon."
"Well, Wenjie knows."
Then, Teng Yu heard a series of rustling sounds of people packing up things in the study, followed by the sound of quick footsteps leaving.
In the past few days, as soon as half an hour was up, the disciple would say the same words to remind Mr. Fan to leave school.
Teng Yu was a little curious: How could a man as knowledgeable as Mr. Fan, who was in charge of the entire Imperial College and had extremely high requirements for his disciples, accept such a lazy student?
Not only did the student only study for half an hour every day, he even went so far as to remind Mr. Fan to finish school at a certain time every day. It was obvious that he was not a studious person.
In contrast, the disciple named Wenjie was very diligent and studious. Moreover, after listening to him answering Mr. Fan's questions these days, Teng Yu felt that this child seemed to be quite smart.
Just now Mr. Fan said that the disciple named Shanbo did not plan to take the imperial examinations, nor did he want to be an official. If that was the case, why did he still want to become a disciple and study?
Students all over the world are trying their best to enter the scholar-official class, but unexpectedly this disciple is not tempted by fame, wealth and power at all. If he knew that his current master is the chief academic officer who is in charge of the highest institution of learning in Dayuan Kingdom, I wonder if he will change his mind.
Teng Yu suddenly became very interested in this disciple accepted by Mr. Fan. Unfortunately, his knife wound had not healed yet and the doctor told him not to get out of bed. Otherwise, he really wanted to go to the study to see what charm this disciple had that made Mr. Fan accept him as a disciple.