Chapter One Hundred and Eighth Before the Banquet
For several consecutive days, the autumn rain continued.
The rain is not heavy, but it is better than the long, dripping, dripping, and the crisp sound is like pearls falling on a jade plate.
The last heat a few days ago was completely driven away by the wind and rain that lasted for several days. Although it was clear this morning, the sun was bright but not warm, and the wind was cool, and there was a strong sense of autumn.
Today is August 15th, the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching.
The morning class of several teenagers at Luofeng Academy has not yet been completed, and Princess Xinyan has already rushed to the shore of the lake in the courtyard like a gust of wind.
A car was parked in front of the library door. Fu Taibao and the female official surnamed Sun kept taking out various gifts from the carriage, looking at the direction of His Highness running happily, shaking his head and smiling, looking doting and happy.
When the three teenagers finished their merits, Ximen Guang took the initiative to come forward to see each other, left everyone, and reported to Professor Lin Wu's office to continue learning the way of formation.
Several people returned to the library. Fu Taibao and the female official surnamed Sun stood at the door and smiled. Zhao Hanyu and Qiuhong saw the various gifts piled up in the hall, and felt the joy of the festival and the enthusiasm of Xinyan.
Several people chatted in the hall for a while, and soon after, an unexpected person came. He was Professor Nan Yuan, who had been missing for many days and did not even know his whereabouts.
When Zhao Hanyu saw that he had returned safely, he was very happy. He stepped forward and grabbed his hands and kept asking whether everything was going well outside.
Nan Yuan smiled and said nothing, no matter how he asked.
Since that day when Qiu Hong saw Lin Wu return, she showed a sense of responsibility and caring for her disciples. She respected the two professors in her heart and also came forward to greet her with her in a regular manner.
Nan Yuan looked at Qiu Hong for a long time, then pulled him to the corner of the hall and whispered with a smile: "Child, I know who you are. I heard him talk about it, and he also asked you this time."
When Qiu Hong heard this, he understood what Nan Yuan was referring to, and couldn't help but be overjoyed. He looked at Nan Yuan and asked with trembling voices: "Professor, have you met your eldest brother? How are he?"
Nan Yuan smiled and said, "Everything is fine, and you will be able to meet in a short while. However, don't mention this to anyone, it must be kept confidential!"
Qiu Hong nodded repeatedly and said, "I know, I will definitely not say it, and even Zhao Hanyu won't tell it!"
Zhao Hanyu saw his senior brother and Qiu Hong walk aside. After saying a few words, Qiu Hong was so excited that he couldn't help but feel a little strange. When the two approached together, he saw that Qiu Hong's eyes were red and his heart was even more surprised. He asked Qiu Hong: "What did you say to you by your senior brother? Are you okay?"
Qiu Hong shook her head repeatedly, but didn't speak.
Zhao Hanyu looked puzzled, but since Qiu Hong was unwilling to speak, he would not force him.
At this time, another figure appeared at the door of the hall, and a voice came, "Haha, everyone is here, that's not going to be delayed."
When Zhao Hanyu saw the fat body and fat cheeks, he turned around and remembered that this person was the priest Pu who made things difficult for him when he arrived at the Imperial College when he was reporting to the Imperial College. He is now the chief priest of Tianyu Palace and the confidant of Master Qiu Feng.
He smiled and greeted, "Hello, Master Pu."
Guan Gongshu, who was originally full of smiles, suddenly froze. He shook his hand and said, "Junior Brother Zhao, I can't afford your respect. We should communicate equally, no! I can be inferior, haha."
Everyone was amused by the funny charm of Guan Pu. Nan Yuan asked with a smile: "Guy, what's wrong with coming here today?"
Master Pu knew that the professor was highly appreciated by the Lord of the Palace and did not dare to neglect at all. Zhengrong said, "Professor, I was commissioned by the Lord of the Palace to inform all the teachers and students of Luofeng College to go to Qingxu Villa to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet tonight. The Lord of the Palace also ordered me to tell Junior Brother Zhao."
"Mid-Autumn Night Banquet?" Nan Yuan was stunned, a little confused.
Qiu Hong knew that the professor had been out of the capital for a long time and was not sure about the recent movements in the capital, so he explained to him in a low voice.
Zhao Hanyu followed the priest Pu to the corner. He hadn't seen Taoist Qiu Feng for more than a month. He missed him very much, so he couldn't wait to ask, "What do you mean by uncle?"
Guan Guan Pu smiled and said, "The Lord of the Palace is afraid that you will be nervous. I want me to tell you that everything depends on your heart. Don't be afraid, don't give in, and be brave to fight for it. Because the position of the Lord of the Taoist Sect is too important. In the future, it will not only bring you unimaginable benefits, but also involve the future and destiny of hundreds of millions of creatures in the Middle Earth Continent. Therefore, you must fight for it and cooperate with the National Master to smash the Kunlun Sect's conspiracy. At the banquet tonight, the Taoist Sect appointed the Lord of Chaoyang Palace, who had just returned to Beijing a few days ago. He has the right to make the final decision and will strongly support you, so don't have too many concerns in your heart."
Zhao Hanyu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then said, "Since Uncle Master has planned so carefully, what are my concerns? But will Uncle Master Master attend the banquet at night?"
Guan Guan Pu shook his head, frowned and thought for a while, and said, "The Lord of the Palace said that he would go to see several old friends in the evening. I don't know who he is. He could even let the Lord ignore the night banquet and go to meet?" After saying that, he was still very puzzled.
Zhao Hanyu was also very confused about the uncle's meaning, but he didn't ask much.
After all the words were conveyed, Guan Pu said goodbye unanimously with everyone, which seemed very polite.
When his fat body stepped out of the yard and disappeared, Xinyan and Zhao Hanyu agreed to drive to greet him later, and then went to the meeting together, and said goodbye and left.
Everyone dispersed and the hall suddenly became quiet.
Nan Yuan also stopped talking with Qiu Hong, and asked him to study swordsmanship with Zhao Hanyu, while he went to the bookshelf to continue the unfinished writing and classification undertakings before leaving Beijing.
The morning time passed by. When it was lunch time, Ximen Guang came back with Lin Wu. Lin Wu suddenly saw Nan Yuan, and was surprised and said a lot of love.
The three teenagers went to the kitchen to prepare meals and asked the two professors to come and enjoy them together.
Ximen Guang also brought a tail, and Murong Qianfan rushed over for some reason.
Finally, when the two professors finished their meals and went back to their room to rest, Murong Qianfan said to Zhao Hanyu impatiently: "Hurry up! Lend me some money, don't say you don't have one, I know that Your Highness Xinyan has given you many treasures, now you are richer than me!"
The three of them looked at him with wide eyes, especially Ximen Guang, whose eyes were wider than those of cows.
Zhao Hanyuqi said: "What do you want money? How much do you want?"
Murong Qianfan reached into his arms, took out a few pieces of paper and shook it at the three of them, and said, "You don't know that the major gambling shops in Beijing opened a market quotation. You successfully seized the position with one compensation of five, and all the silver bills on me were bet on me. But I knew that Hongbinlou, the inn we stayed in the first night in Beijing, actually offered an odds of one compensation of seven. I think he was looking for death, so I will play with her and try to let him change his boss. I don't want too much, just lend me 50,000 taels."
"Fifty thousand taels?"
The three of them had opened their eyes much more than they had just now, and they were about to roll out of their sockets.
Ximen Everbright was dissatisfied and said, "Hey, do you know what happened to my father. Are you still going to bet? Are you still betting so big? Are you desperate?"
Murong Qianfan has no time to explain to him now, but he just kept urging Zhao Hanyu to get the money.
Zhao Hanyu was a little embarrassed. He thought for a while and said, "I don't have many silver notes, only the subsidy issued by the court is still a few hundred taels left. Xinyan gave me all pearls, gems, gold, etc...."
Murong Qianfan's eyes lit up and he said, "Gold? That's good relationship! How many are there? Is it enough for five thousand taels?"
Zhao Hanyu stopped talking and simply took him back to the library and entered the collection room.
When Murong Qianfan saw two boxes of gold ingots, his eyes couldn't help but shine. After a little calculation, he realized that it had already exceeded 5,000 taels.
He moved a box of gold out of the room, took some pearls and gems, wiped the sweat from his neck and took out his breath, and asked Zhao Hanyu and the other three to take out all the money they had on and bet together.
Ximen Guang refused to agree to his perverted request, and Qiu Hong also showed no reluctance on his face. Only Zhao Hanyu did not doubt him at all, took out all the silver notes and ingots hidden in the scabbard and handed them to him.
Murong Qianfan said to Ximen Guang and Qiu Hong seriously: "Think about it carefully, Lord Qiu Feng's declaration at the gate of Luofeng Academy, and the relationship between the national master and him. Do you think that the disciples of the Yuhuang Sword Sect are really expected to seize the throne? Or would I be so stupid that I took more than 100,000 taels of white silver to verify that the two Lords told a huge lie to the people of the world? Well~? Idiot!"
Qiu Hong suddenly woke up when he heard this, and without hesitation, he took out all the property - silver notes and cash silver, a total of 27 taels and three cents, and solemnly handed it to Murong Qianfan, and said in a deep voice: "Everything, please give me!"
Murong Qianfan was stunned, and immediately held Qiu Hong's life tightly, nodded heavily, then looked at Ximen Guang and said, "You?"
Ximen Guang was not stupid, but because he had experienced tragic events at home, he hated gambling deeply. However, he would never mind making others more miserable by his own money, especially those evil people who were not optimistic about Zhao Hanyu and wanted to make a fortune through his misery.
He no longer hesitated, ran back to the dormitory like wind, and found the long-lost silver note from the intersecting gap between the fourth bed plate under the palm mat and the bamboo beam below the horizontal stent, then ran back to the kitchen, opened the stove and scattered the ash from the stove to raise a piece of blue brick, grabbed the three pieces of silver smaller than the yaku finger below, and then rushed back to the library hall panting, holding all the property with both hands to Murong Qianfan with all his assets - a total of 8 taels and 8 cents.
That silver note is the silver note with the smallest circulating denomination of all money houses in the world - five taels.
Murong Qianfan looked at Ximen Guang with a black charcoal face, holding his wealth in his hand, and his face was quite ugly. He thought to himself, how could you, stupid monkey, be poor to be so virtuous? You shouldn't be the double act with that boy Qiu Hong to trick me into donating money to you?
Zhao Hanyu and Qiu Hong looked at Ximen Guang with encouraging eyes, very satisfied with his performance.
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Murong Qianfan shook his head, sobered up his mind, and then put the money of Zhao Hanyu and the other three in the box, held it hard and resisted it on his shoulders.
He said to the three of them: "Now I'll bet, and at this time tomorrow, I will return you seven times. If there is no cash, you three remember to come and sign the transfer of the house deeds and land deeds. I will go to the banquet with the representatives of Tianyu Academy in the evening, and we will see you in the evening." After that, he carried a heavy box of gold and took a big step away.
Zhao Hanyu and the other three looked at his thin back and touched his empty pockets, as if they felt the tragic tragic of a hero leaving forever.
Chapter completed!