Chapter 66: Cloudy and Sunny

  The sky had unpredictable wind and cloud, at the time when it was about to get close, a strong gust of wind suddenly rose, rolling over the clouds, covering up the full moon.

  The sky and earth suddenly became dark.

  Along with the darkening sky, Wu Wenchai's heart also sank - he had used a trick to drive Chen Jianchen away and made many high-ranking officials have an extremely bad impression of him.

  Wu Da Gong was delighted, thinking that from now on, Chen Jianchen would no longer be able to stir up any waves. But when the wine had reached its peak, he went to find Nie Xiaoqian behind the screen, only to discover that the young girl had already slipped away unnoticed.

  Miss Hua's maid was scolded by Nie Chongzhou.

  Soon, Nie Zhi-zhou sent his guards to search for the young lady's trail, and Wu Da-gong also ordered ten servants to go out and help find her.

  Finally, the person was found.

  However, according to the testimony of the servants who returned to report, Mr. Wu learned that Nie Xiaoqian had sneaked out and actually went to find Chen Jianchen, and the two even staged a passionate hand-in-hand escape under the cover of night!

  After hearing this news, Wu Wenzai's face turned iron-green, and he overturned the table on the spot - at this time, the banquet in Zhuangyuan Building had already dispersed, and he had returned to his own home.

  Wu Wenzai didn't know when Chen Jianchen and Nie Xiaoqian had gotten so close, nor did he want to know, because in his opinion, Chen Jianchen was playing with fire, asking for trouble!

  The Wu and Nie families have been friends for generations, and Wu Wenchang is indeed a natural match for Nie Xiaoxian. What is Chen Jianchen, anyway? Just a country bumpkin, daring to associate with Nie Xiaoxian - it's simply reckless. Does he really think that having the title of "Xiucai" gives him the right to compete with Master Wu for women?

  Wu Wenzai became more and more enraged, furious like a raging lion, whipping his servants one after another, beating five of them until their skin was lacerated and bleeding before he finally vented some of the anger in his heart.

  He gave up the opportunity to follow his father to Beijing and enter the Imperial Academy, what did he stay in Jiangzhou for?

  Isn't it all for Nie Xiaoqian?

  Wu Wencai is indeed unlearned and untalented, a thoroughbred spoiled brat, but he's actually not stupid at all. When it comes to playing tricks, he's extremely cunning. He of course knows that Nie Xiaoqian doesn't have any good feelings towards him, but rather a whole lot of bad ones.

  But that's not the point at all.

  The key lies in the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. As long as Uncle Nie nods his head in agreement, no matter how much Nie Xiaoqian struggles, she can't escape his grasp. And after they get married, won't Xiaoqian still be at his mercy?

  Even if Xiaoxian has a bad temper, what's it to you?

  What if Xiaoxian had learned a set of martial arts skills from a mysterious figure in the jianghu since she was young?

  In the Tianyi dynasty, men were considered heaven.

  At the thought of it, Wu Wencai's eyes flashed with a fierce color - in fact, it wasn't that he liked Nie Xiaoxian so much, but rather that marrying into the Nie family had great political benefits; and besides, from childhood to adulthood, Nie Xiaoxian had already become his own forbidden fruit, how could he be willing to let someone else touch her?

  "Old Wu, you go to Chao Tian Temple early tomorrow morning and invite Zhang Tian Shi to come, saying that I have important matters to discuss with him..."

  Lao Wu is the steward of the Wu family, over sixty years old, loyal and devoted. At this time, he was still serving beside him, listening to his master's orders, immediately nodding in agreement.

  Wu Wencai paced back and forth in the hall for a few steps, then suddenly said: "Forget it, order Wangcai to prepare the sedan chair immediately, I'm going to Chao Tian Guan right now."

  Wu Guan's family was quite surprised and hastily advised: "Sir, it's too late now, besides the curfew has already been implemented, going out might cause some trouble..."

  He looked up to observe the official's expression, and seeing that he hadn't gotten angry, continued: "Besides, it's so late now, Zhang Tian Shi is definitely in closed meditation. If you were to suddenly go disturb him, I'm afraid it wouldn't be very good."

  Wu Wenzai was silent for a moment, took a deep breath and said: "Alright, I'll go again tomorrow... Hmm, Old Wu, you arrange it, have Xia He come to my room tonight."

  Wu Guan received the order and left.

  Wu Wenzai was only twenty this year and had not yet taken a wife, but in many wealthy households, those maids who were sold into servitude could be summoned at any time to warm the bed.

  ……

  The dark clouds in the sky are getting heavier and heavier, as if it's going to rain.

  Chen Jianchen sat upright in his study, a long silence; while on the desk, Xiao Yi, the mouse demon, was listlessly flipping through a book.

  That book is really thick, Xiaoyi's paws flipped back and forth, always feeling like it couldn't be finished.

  Chen Jianchen suddenly spoke up and said: "Xiaoyi, I have something that needs your help."

  The mouse demon suddenly woke up, threw the book aside and said respectfully: "Master, if you have something to do, just order it, why say 'please', it's really embarrassing for a little mouse like me."

  His serious tone made Chen Jianchen nod with a smile, saying: "I want you to go out and see if there are any powerful figures in the entire Jiangzhou City."

  The mouse demon digested the meaning of his words, pondered for a moment, and asked: "Your Honor means to have me go and gather intelligence to see if there are any cultivators in the city?"

  Chen Jianchen nodded slightly: "Hmm, about right."

  He was very satisfied with the leadership of the mouse demon.

  "Okay, I'll go right now."

  The mouse demon was overjoyed, as if it had been locked in a cage for too long and could finally go out for a stroll. It knew that Chen Jianchen's request for it to read and write was for its own good, but this thing really depended on interest. It was truly afraid of writing, practicing every day to write 100 words, almost wearing out its paws.

  Whoosh! The mouse demon jumped lightly off the desk, carefully and cautiously walked along the wall root for a while, and then slipped out - it didn't dare to walk along the wall root on the other side, because there was a huge " Zheng" character hanging on that wall.

  This character has a profound meaning, although it is far away, but every time the mouse monster looks over, there will be a feeling of two stocks fighting, as if the wall hangs not a word, but a divine sword with a hidden edge in its scabbard. As long as it gets close, the sword will come out of its scabbard and strike down, cutting its small body into two pieces.

  As soon as the sword was mentioned, the mouse demon immediately thought of the slender, thread-like sword that protected its master's body and gave it a kind of deep-seated fear...

  The master is very powerful and also very mysterious...

  The mouse demon thought so, but it didn't feel anxious or uneasy about it. Instead, it felt delighted. Because after this period of getting along, it truly understood that Chen Jianchen didn't have any malicious intentions towards it, and was a straightforward and honest scholar with good manners and integrity. Following such a master would bring numerous benefits without any harm. Moreover, after learning the art of invisibility, it also hoped that Chen Jianchen would help it cultivate even more profound Taoist skills. For now, it should make a good impression.

  To know that giving requires two-way effort to truly achieve a harmonious relationship, the mouse demon recently learned an idiom called "throwing peaches and reporting plums", which means exactly this.

  Patter, patter!

  At this time, the sound of rain suddenly came from outside the window - the change from cloudy to sunny was only in an instant. Looking out the window, the autumn rain fell endlessly and boundlessly.

  The west wind rises, cold rain falls, it's already cool but not yet chilly!

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