Chapter 13 Hit People
After leaving Wenqu Building, Wu Mian saw that the sun was almost at the peak, so he stopped thinking about going to the North Institute to report first. He called a ox cart to stay by the admissions center, waiting for the students' business, and send people to the branch office.
Zhao Xiangzhong had already told Wu Mian about the Zhenwu Dao in Fuyue Restaurant in Changmall, so he gave the address to the ox carriage driver.
"Zhenwu Dao Fuyue Restaurant?" After hearing this address, the ox carriage driver frowned slightly: "Little kid, I have heard of this restaurant. Most of them are people who run around the world. What are you going to do as a scholar?"
"A senior of Xiaosheng asked Xiaosheng to meet him there."
"Hundreds of people." The ox cart driver shouted a price and said, "I'm not just cheating you little kids. In addition to making some hard money, we drove the car to the branch office to share your literary talent. It would be enough to collect ten cents, and we can take more people. But you want to go to Fuyue Restaurant, the road is closer than the branch office, but that is where the Jianghu guests go. I don't think anyone will go with you, so..."
Looking at the ox carriage driver who didn't say it halfway through the words, but instead had an expression you knew. After thinking about it, Wu Mian said, "Okay, a hundred citations are a hundred citations, but it's time to give you money."
One tael of silver costs a thousand ounces, and the wages of an ordinary restaurant waiter are only one tael per month, so a hundred ounces are not a small amount. Although the Wu family in Yuezhou gave him a lot of money, which is as much as 200 taels, it is for him to enter school. The annual tuition fee of Changshang Academy is 100 taels, and he also needs a residence after entering school and needs to deal with people, which all requires money.
However, he didn't know the specific location of Fuyue Restaurant, so he could only be slaughtered now.
Seeing Wu Mian agreeing, the ox cart driver also smiled and said, "Okay, I'll give you money when I'm here."
After being pulled by the ox cart driver for more than a moment, Wu Mian finally arrived at the Fuyue Restaurant.
After paying the ox cart driver, before he could enter the restaurant, Wu Mian, who was standing at the door, smelled the strong smell of alcohol and sweat, mixed with the smell of fried peanuts and other dishes, which made him frown.
At this time, the ox cart driver who had not left came to him and whispered: "When you see your senior, go to the academy early, don't stay here. The gangsters have a bad temper and will offend them if you accidentally suffer. If you, a little kid, suffer a loss, and once they run away, you will have no place to deal with it."
After saying that, the ox cart driver left, as if afraid of getting in touch with the gangsters.
In fact, this is not surprising. In a sense, the gangsters are the gangsters on the earth, and the big sects are large gangs. To put it nicely, they have a big temper and are willing to be revenge, but to put it bluntly, they are unruly and cause trouble. How can ordinary people communicate with them?
However, Wu Mian didn't care much. He had contacted many gangsters when he was in Shanbei, Yuezhou. He had long known that gangsters had a bad temper, but gangsters were not fools. They would not cause trouble at will, so they didn't have to worry.
Besides, Zhao Xiangzhong said that Fuyue Restaurant was run by him, an old friend. He reported that he wanted to find Zhao Xiangzhong. Will the owner of the restaurant hurt him?
After rubbing his nose and slightly adapting to the odor coming out of the restaurant, Wu Mian walked in, but he didn't want to suddenly jump out of the door and bump into his arms.
Damn! What luck is today? Why do you always bump into someone?
After staggering for a few steps, Wu Mian stood firm and was about to apologize, but he didn't want to hit him and slapped him directly.
As his pupils shrank, Wu Mian raised his hand and felt that the slap was powerful, and he could not stop it for a while. He could only resist it with internal strength, and the power in the Shaoyin Heart Sutra of the Hand naturally burst out.
The man exclaimed lightly and raised his other hand and was about to attack, a cold snorted suddenly sounded.
"Don't make trouble in my store."
The man raised his hand and finally did not continue to attack. Instead, he glanced at the person who made a sound and snorted coldly: "Zhao Xianggong, this little devil doesn't have any eyes when walking. I'll teach you a lesson, and you have to care?"
"Walking without eyesight? When someone comes in through the gate and jumps out from the corner, who is not eyesight?"
The man was speechless for a moment. After looking at the drinkers around him who looked like he was watching a show, he snorted again and glared at Wu Mian and said, "Little Devil, you are lucky today."
After saying that, he pushed Wu Mian away and walked out of the restaurant.
After he left, Wu Miancai thanked the person who spoke out to save him with fear: "Thank you, benefactor, to save me."
When he thanked him, he looked at the person who saved him and saw that the man was wearing the shopkeeper's clothes, about fifty years old, with long beards and a very majestic appearance. After a few glances, Wu Mian suddenly felt familiar.
This man looks a bit like Uncle Zhao... The rude man just now seemed to call him Zhao Xianggong. Could it be that he is the old friend that Uncle Zhao mentioned?
Zhao Xianggong also looked at Wu Mian and said lightly: "Depending on how you look, you are here to study in Changshang, right? What do you do? This is not a place for you scholars."
"It was Uncle Zhao... Zhao Xiangzhong asked me to come."
"So it's you." Zhao Xianggong's face showed a sudden look, and his cold eyes became gentle: "He is waiting for you in the back, so you can go over by yourself."
After saying that, Zhao Xianggong pointed to a small door behind the restaurant.
It was indeed Uncle Zhao's old friend. Fortunately, I met him, otherwise wouldn't I have to slap him and report it? That would be so embarrassing. Those who don't know would think that I was teasing a girl in a certain family and was slapped.
"Thank you!"
After thanking again, Wu Mian walked towards the small door that Zhao Xianggong pointed to.
Tsk! It was so unlucky today. I bumped into someone twice in a row, so I just forgot Hu Jingjing. She was a girl with a soft body and she wouldn't lose it if she hit her, but that rude man who was as rabies...
Fuck! Could this be the influence of the foul air, so I am so unlucky? But didn’t Kong Jieyuan and the others say that the foul air on my body is very small and not too unlucky? It’s not too unlucky to be almost beaten. So what is the real unlucky?
Passing through the small door is the kitchen, but there is an aisle that leads directly to the bright spot, and you can see that it is a yard.
While wondering if his misfortune today was related to the foul air, Wu Mian walked towards the yard.
As soon as he entered the yard, he saw Zhao Xiangzhong practicing sword skills in the yard. After seeing him, he immediately stopped, placed the knife on the weapon stand, and took a package next to the weapon stand to walk towards him.
"Second Young Master, you're finally here. This is what the Taoist priest asked me to hand it over to you."
"What?" After Wu Mian took it, he found that the package emitted some fragrance, which smelled like sandalwood and mugwort, which seemed to be quite comfortable.
"Incense, Restful Incense." Zhao Xiangzhong said with a strange expression: "The Taoist priest said that Changshang Academy has other mystery, and even if there are monsters, you dare not disturb them, so you can rest assured. He also said that if you are worried and afraid, you can light a Restful Incense when you go to bed at night, which can relieve your soul and concentrate and fall asleep."
After hearing this, Wu Mian's expression became a little weird. When he opened the package, it turned out to be a bundle of oil paper.
He raised it to his nose and smelled it. A more intense fragrance poured into his nose than before, making him feel refreshed.
After thinking about it, he packed the package again: "Please keep it first. It's not good to be incense. This taste is really pleasant."
He was not disappointed that he had not gained benefits from the little Taoist priest. Liu Yunxiao, the head of Yongjia Academy, had already given him a jade pendant. Bai Yao, who encountered monsters like him, also gave him a jade pendant that was said to be able to exorcise evil spirits, and had to teach the Four Symbols body protection skills. Today, he was able to calculate the benefits. Even if the little Taoist priest gave him something better, it was nothing more than an evil object that was similar to the jade pendant given by Liu Yunxiao and Bai Yao.
He already has two, and one less is not bad.
After repacking the fragrance, Wu Mian looked at the sky and said, "Let's eat something first, and I'll go to the North Courtyard to report in the afternoon."
"Okay." Zhao Xiangzhong nodded and frowned again: "North Courtyard? Isn't the Nancheng School the East Courtyard?"
"I joined the Yongjia School."
"Yongjia School?" Zhao Xiangzhong thought about it, but no longer cared.
For him, as long as Wu Mian joins Changshang Academy, Wu Yu will almost complete the matter of escorting Wu Mian to school. He doesn't care which school he joins.
"What to eat? Celebrating your admission, you should always eat some good food."
"Forget it at noon, let's talk about it in the evening."
After lunch and resting for a while, Zhao Xiangzhong drove a carriage to the North Court of Changshang Academy to report.
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"You mean when you went to Fuyue Restaurant to investigate, you discovered Zhao Xiangzhong's disciple?"
On the north of Chang Shangcheng, in the mansion of the governor Zhou Wenyuan, a boy who looked seventeen or eighteen years old asked a man in short-skinned fashion.
The young man named Zhou Changsheng, who was Zhou Wenyuan's eldest son. The man in short-strikes was the one that Wu Mian had bumped into at Fuyue Restaurant before.
"Young Master, that's true." The man who beat the man briefly clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "The villain entered the city yesterday because he saw Zhao Xiangzhong, and the Fuyue Restaurant was run by Zhao Xiangzhong's cousin Zhao Xianggong. Therefore, the villain went to inquire about it today, but he didn't want Zhao Xianggong to drive out and hit a boy. The villain was angry at the time and pushed the boy for a moment, but he didn't want the boy to fight back. The internal strength was cold, which was clearly Zhao Xiangzhong's cold moon medal."
"Have you investigated his identity?"
"The villain has checked. He is a student who is enrolled this year. He seems to have some friendship with Kong Jieyuan. When he entered the school, he chatted with Kong Jieyuan and was taken away by Kong Jieyuan."
"Knowing Kong Jieyuan?" Zhou Changsheng frowned slightly, then smiled and said, "Since he knew Kong Jieyuan, he should be a disciple of the Yongjia School. I didn't expect that Zhao Xiangzhong's disciple was actually my junior brother."
After saying with a smile, Zhou Changsheng walked around the man and said, "You don't have to worry about Zhao Xiangzhong's affairs. Look at the Bai family for me, and their Nanyuan Bai family's hands are stretching longer and longer."
"Yes!" After the short-striking man agreed in a deep voice, he seemed to remember something and hurriedly said: "Young master, that young man seems to know the lady of the Bai family. Xiao Yu saw him and the lady of the Bai family go to Wenqu Building together."
Chapter completed!