Volume 1 Chapter 7: The Silk Boy's Vengeance

  "Come sit down..." The old man surprisingly took the initiative to pull me towards the low couch in the study.

  "Old master, please have some tea, Second Young Master, please have some tea..." Green Butterfly was very considerate.

  "Jun Er..." Old Master Fang sipped his tea, and I also took a sip. Honestly, ancient tea is really...indescribable. The tea leaves are as fragmented as ore residue, and there are many strange things added inside, completely lacking in standards.

  "These two days you have really worked hard, it's a great comfort to your father... However, Jun Er, why did you used to be so disobedient before? Not to mention copying books, even when I asked you to pick up the pen, you..." Mr. Fang shook his head and stopped talking, it seemed that Fang Yi Ai had hurt the old man deeply.

  "Dad... I know I was wrong a lot in the past, but that one time you scolded me harshly, it made me lose some memories, but it also made me understand a truth: to be a great person, one must endure hardships. From today on, I will study hard and strive for excellence every day, not late or early... Uh, Dad, what's wrong with you?" The old man's expression was a bit strange, his mouth twisted to the side.

  "Jun Er... all right, it seems your headache hasn't fully recovered yet, you're talking nonsense, but you still know what's good and bad, not in vain for me to be your father back then..." The old man sighed with relief.

  "Old master...old master." Before Father had finished speaking, a servant burst in from outside the door.

  "What's the matter? Can't you see I'm talking to Jun'er?" Old Master Fang was displeased, rarely having the opportunity to have his second son sit obediently and listen to him scold.

  "His Majesty King Wu has arrived again and is waiting in the front hall, saying that he has important business to discuss with Second Master... Look..." The house servant glanced at Old Master Fang's face, spoke softly, and cast a sideways glance at me. "Does it look good?" I glared back fiercely, scaring the house servant into trembling.

  "His Highness is here again?" Old Master Fang furrowed his brow, glanced at me, I was harmless, I was innocent, and I continued to maintain an expression of accepting the old master's scolding, very sincerely.

  "Alas... forget it, let's talk about it next time. You go see the Third Prince now. He comes to my mansion every other day, what is this all about..." Old Master Fang muttered in dissatisfaction, unfortunately, I overheard him. The old master seemed to have realized his own mistake, cleared his throat and sternly glanced at me sitting beside him. As someone who used to be the vice principal's confidant and henchman, I understood the hint, nodded and bowed: "Don't worry, Father, even if you kill me, I won't say a word."

  "Ah, yes... having met Your Highness, sigh...". Old Master Fang waved his hand at me with some helplessness, looking like he was extremely frustrated with the Third Prince's reckless behavior, yet couldn't do anything about it. After all, the Third Prince's father was the Emperor, his superior.

  "Don't worry, Father, I'll go and answer the summons. I'll come back to listen to your teachings later." With that, she stood up straight, promised solemnly, turned around, and walked out of the door, smiling at Green Butterfly who was standing outside, before hurrying towards the front hall with the house servants in tow.

  As soon as he arrived at the front hall gate, he saw Li Ke sitting on a stool, chatting with a man with short mustache. His speech was elegant and his laughter was loud and clear. His appearance, demeanor, and spirit were all perfect examples to behold. Looking at himself, he felt a bit inferior.

  "Huh... Second Brother is here, standing outside doing what? Not coming to pay respects to Third Highness." The short-bearded man saw me standing at the door in a daze and beckoned me over, saying to Li Ke: "My second brother has been punished by Father these past few days, perhaps he's still shaken... being a bit rude." He looks like House Yi Ai's older brother, House Yi Zhi, courtesy name Jie. According to what Green Butterfly told me, this big brother is kind-hearted and good-natured, often speaking up for me, the prodigal son, in front of our parents. Moreover, privately, the brothers' feelings towards each other are extraordinary. Just based on this point, I should be more polite to Big Brother."

  Towards Li Ke, she gave a slight bow. "Jun Ge, don't be like this, ah... you've suffered..." Li Ke's sympathetic expression looked fake to her no matter how she looked at it. She ignored him and bowed to Big Brother instead.

  "Alright, alright... No outsiders are present, no need for these empty formalities. Younger brother, your injury has healed a bit, you should rest more at home..." My older brother helped me up and patted my shoulder comfortingly.

  "Got it, big brother." I'm very moved. Yes, we are disabled people. After staying up all night to copy the Three Character Classic, even if you don't want to rest, you can't anymore.

  "Brother Jun... I have something to ask you about..." Li Ke smiled harmlessly at Fang Yizhi, who was clearly trying to shoo him away.

  "Haha... Since my second brother is here, take good care of him, I'll go and pay respects to father and mother first..." Fang Yizhi had the demeanor of an elder brother. He gave Li Shuai a slight nod and left...... Ah, big brother's face is too thin, at least send me away before you leave this handsome devil.

  Wait until that old fellow flashed away, Li Ke pointed at me and laughed loudly: "Younger brother, only the other day did I realize that you are a remarkable person. The saying 'after three days, one should look at each other with new eyes' is indeed applicable to you..."

  "What?!... Did I have a ghost on me that day?"

  "Gazing at the vast sky, clouds moving in all directions, with sword in hand, I ask the world who is the hero... Such grand and majestic words left me speechless on the spot. For these two days, I've been savoring your excellent phrases, Jun Ge, you've been hiding from me for so long!" Li Ke grasped my hand, his electric eyes sparkling with starlight.

  I stared back at Li Shuai with an even more stunned expression. It was a bit familiar, this seemed...

  "I knew it, Fang Sheng is good at poetry and literature, widely read and proficient in various schools of thought. How could he possibly give birth to a son like Jun Xian who only knows how to dance with swords? Haha, brother, you are wrong, but indeed, Xian Di is a true talent who doesn't show off his abilities."

  Do I have it? ...You're ahead of me by a board, didn't Tu Honggang possess me after drinking wine?

  "Brother, isn't this because you've revealed your true abilities and are afraid that I'll be jealous?" Li Ke looked at me for half a day without getting an answer, his expression becoming very resentful.

  "Ah... no, that was just a fleeting inspiration from my little brother. Don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously..." My face wasn't thick-skinned before, but now it's necessary to be shameless for once. I couldn't possibly tell him that the copyright owner isn't me and then bring him through the time tunnel to find Touhou idol, or else the versatile Li Shuai might throw me into the pond in the front yard.

  Li Shuai gave me a disdainful look, raised his eyes to the sky: "Let's go, today I'll take my younger brother to a good place..." Does Li Ke have a grudge against me? As soon as he arrived at the Fang residence, he dragged me towards the gate.

  "Brother, spare me, I'm not fully recovered yet. I've been copying the Three Character Classic all night and my eyes are blurry, I can barely see the road... Spare me..." Afraid. Who knows what trick Li Shuai will come up with today? Hurriedly pleading for mercy, but Li Shuai's heart is as hard as stone, ignoring my words like they're just a breeze in his ear. Outside the mansion gate, I saw little Li Shuo jumping around. As soon as she saw me coming out, her smile became even sweeter, and her beautiful crescent-shaped eyes turned into fox-like eyes. Buddha... Is it really going to make me go to Yunwen Pavilion to hunt down Fat Shopkeeper?

  I mounted the horse, but it was facing the wrong direction. I couldn't help but wipe away a cold sweat. Luckily, I wasn't asked to take up arms and fight. Where's my loyal servant? I turned around, but didn't see anyone, and was perplexed. The house servant who led the horse for me explained: "Yesterday, Brother Fang received an order from the mistress and went with the steward to the estate outside the city... Do you want me to accompany you there?"

  Before I could even open my mouth, Li Yu suddenly targeted me: "Hey... Second Master Fang, what's wrong? We didn't bring any attendants, but I didn't expect your sedan chair to be bigger than ours?" He spoke with raised eyebrows, looking handsome, but unfortunately, it made me feel annoyed.

  With a flourish, he exerted himself to pull the reins: "No need, this young master can come and go seven times in the mountains of knives and seas of fire." Whoa... it was either because of overacting or the reins being too hard that his palm got scraped off a big piece of skin, burning with pain.

  The horse under me seemed to have a spiritual connection with my heart, and it let out a loud neigh and stood up straight, scaring the hell out of me, almost making me fall off. I suddenly remembered that as a kid, I had ridden a donkey before, and also a horse, but the total driving time was less than five minutes. I quickly grabbed hold of the reins and nervously rode the horse with Western bloodline under me.

  "Brother, today we're going to the Lu Guo Gong Fu to find that killer's bad luck." Li Shuai's whip swung gallantly as he urged on his horse, while Little Loli excitedly responded in a high-pitched voice. As for me, I gritted my teeth and maintained a bow-like posture, lying flat on the horseback according to the Shaolin martial arts incantation.

  "Brother Xian, what's with this..." Li Shuai Gu looked at me with a strange gaze, very dissatisfied with my sloppy horse riding posture.

  "My little brother, I've suffered a great blow..." He pointed to his own head, with a very sad expression: "I used to forget many things, and even riding horses is almost forgotten."

  "Ah..." Li Shuai Guo nodded sympathetically and smiled: "Don't put on a bitter melon face, later, younger brother must not be like this, or it will weaken our prestige."

  "Brother, rest assured. Today, as long as I don't drink or gamble, for the sake of De brother, I will not betray you. If you ask me to hit a dog, I will not chase a chicken! Let's make it clear first, so that later on Li Shuai won't think of using this disabled person as cannon fodder."

  Li Shuai was taken aback, pointing at me and scolding with a smile: "Good you, Fang Yi'ai, good at pointing east but not west, hitting dogs but not chasing chickens. These mixed words can also be said so interestingly, no wonder you are the son of Old Master Fang... However, you are too unrighteous..."

  "Hmph... You coward! I saw you the other day and thought you had changed your ways, but who would have thought..." Little Loli said with a sideways glance, humming through her nose.

  "...". Ignoring the loli, I continued to urge my horse on, chatting with Li Shuai. The little loli was so angry that she kept circling around me on her horse, holding the reins and shouting, "I'm ignoring you, what's wrong? If you have the guts, come and bite me?"

  Li Shuai seemed to believe my amnesia a bit, and on the way, I finally understood who Cheng Chuliang was. He turned out to be the second son of Sanbanfu Cheng Yaoguang. Today, we went to his house not to avenge the old hatred of losing badly in the past, but because Li Shuai's emperor father had arranged for his eleventh daughter, Princess Qinghe Li Jing, to marry Cheng Chuliang. Today was the day Cheng Chuliang hosted a banquet to celebrate this matter with a group of young masters. As the future brother-in-law, Li Shuai couldn't miss the excitement and put aside his harsh words, saying that if he didn't teach Cheng Chuliang a lesson today, he would be disgraced.

  I saw the four big characters "Lu Guo Gong Fu" on the gate, and across the gate, I already heard wailing, cursing, maniacal laughter, shouting, and even the sound of clashing weapons. Good heavens! What kind of place is this?

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