Chapter 729
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Tong Ziliang nodded and smiled when he saw his daughter blushing and not daring to touch her chopsticks. He didn't have any ulterior motives when he brought her to this courtyard. He simply wanted her to see the general's eldest son. Strangely enough, his older brothers and sisters didn't dare or were unwilling to come after the first time they came to this courtyard. This made Tong Ziliang so angry that he smashed his bowl and chopsticks when he got home. However, his children had grown up and were no longer as obedient as their father when they were young. Since his youngest daughter wasn't afraid, Tong Ziliang couldn't be happier and was happy to have the opportunity to play matchmaker. As for his daughter's first awakening of love, Tong Ziliang was a crude person. Even though he saw it with his eyes and knew it in his heart, he didn't know how to say it out loud. He only thought that Her Highness hadn't lived here for long and as she grew older, it was like the snow in the courtyard that melted on its own without needing to be cleaned.
After eating a sumptuous lunch, Tong Ziliang stood up and left, telling his daughter to clean up the dishes slowly. Hsu Fengnian looked at the old scholar tree in the courtyard and quickly spread a layer of snow over it. He turned to Blue Bird and said, "Take a pouch of silver and throw it to Liu Wenbao outside the courtyard. Don't say anything."
Blue Bird nodded and went back to her room to pack a small pouch of silver before quietly leaving the courtyard. Xuanyuan Qingfeng looked at the leftover food on the table and asked, "The grace of a meal is more valuable than a pouch of silver. Are you trying to buy people's hearts like this? Isn't it a bit clumsy? "
Hsu Fengnian smiled and shook his head. "The rich and powerful families raise their soldiers just like how a distinguished scholar trains a young maid or trains an eagle to train a horse. It's the same. You have to grind away their arrogance first, but you can't grind away their backbone as well. I can't open the door to just anyone. I have to know how much pride and backbone these fellows who work hard for glory, splendor, wealth, and status have. If Liu Wenbao threw down the silver and left in a rage, not forgetting to curse me for not knowing what's good for him before he left, then that would be his pride and backbone. This kind of pedantic scholar deserves to never be able to make a name for himself. But if he accepted the money, groveled and begged Blue Bird to see me, and boasted about how much real talent he had, I really wouldn't care. Beiliang had no need of people who wrote splendid essays and sang praises of virtue. In that barren land, a life of rigid study would not last long, and a crafty scholar would be of no use to Beiliang. Let's bet and see what kind of attitude this Liu Wenbao has. How about a hundred taels of gold? "
When Xiao Chong, who had been listening intently, heard the price of a hundred taels of gold, his jaw dropped. He was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
Xuanyuan Qingfeng sneered. "Sure. I bet this rotten old scholar won't even take the 'food given to him'. He'll ignore it and continue to wait in the snow."
Hsu Fengnian shook his head and said, "Then I bet that he will take the money and continue to wait for me to change my mind."
Blue Bird quickly walked back and said softly, "Liu Wenbao accepted the money and said that he would first go back to fill his stomach and buy a warm mink fur coat before coming back to wait for you. Before he left, he even asked me if there were any leftovers in the posthouse. If there were, he could just save some expenses. "
Xiao Chong covered his mouth and laughed.
Xuanyuan Qingfeng clicked his tongue and said, "This old man's skin is really thick. Birds of a feather flock together with you. In the future, there's an eighty percent chance you'll have a good chat."
Hsu Fengnian laughed and said, "Even if we don't win or lose, let's do it. How about we make another bet? We'll add another hundred taels to the bet. Let's bet on how many days this Liu Wenbao will wait. Of course, that's if I ignore him before then. "
Xuanyuan Qingfeng said calmly, "Then I'll have to know how many days you'll stay in the capital."
Without waiting for Hsu Fengnian to reply, she said confidently, "I bet that the old man will wait for as long as you stay in the capital."
Hsu Fengnian stood up and stretched out his hand to catch the cold snowflakes. "I hope I lose. Two hundred taels of gold for a true scholar. Beiliang won't lose out. "
Hsu Fengnian stood under the eaves and stretched out his hand to catch the snow. Unknowingly, he caught a handful of snow.
The girl, who was also a "young girl", watched without blinking. When he turned around to ask her, she was completely unaware.
Xuanyuan Qingfeng chose a rattan chair and lay down. He held his forehead and looked at the snow while swaying.
Hsu Fengnian waved his hand in front of the sweet-tempered girl with a warm expression. She finally came back to her senses. She was so ashamed that she wanted to hide in the snow. Hsu Fengnian knew that she was thin-skinned and was completely different from the one lying on the chair beside him. He repeated, "I heard that you learn the guqin. Can you lend it to me?"
She bit her lip and nodded. "I'll go get it for you."
Hsu Fengnian smiled warmly. "It doesn't matter if you walk a little slower."
Although the girl nodded vigorously, she still turned around and ran away. It was obvious that she didn't listen to him.
Xuanyuan Qingfeng twitched the corner of his mouth and slowly said, "Infatuated."
The girl ran quickly with the guqin. When she took off the cloth, her fingers were still trembling. Hsu Fengnian thanked her and took the new guqin that wasn't very valuable. With a wave of his sleeve, the twelve flying swords hovered in the air and formed the guqin.
Hsu Fengnian closed his eyes and hung his arms in the air. He wasn't in a hurry to play the guqin.
Beiliang had millions of households. How many of them were wrapped in iron clothes and withered bones?
Listen to who's beating the Beauty Drum and see who's the butcher of the yang realm.
Who can sleep with the stars in the sky?
Hsu Fengnian lowered his head. His eyes were red and his lips were trembling.
He suddenly hit the guqin with one hand.
Knock!
It was a brilliant Beiliang spirit-suppressing song.
The sound of the guqin in the snow was like the thunderous hooves of the Beiliang cavalry.
An old Confucian scholar was squatting under the Dragon Claw Locust Tree in the Dema Wei Inn. He bought an old mink fur coat from a pawnshop and was stuffing meat buns into his mouth. After hearing the guqin, he slowly stopped wolfing down the food and leaned against the cold old locust tree. He closed his eyes and softly said, "How nice it would be to have a pot of green ants."
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