Chapter 8: Fight with words, don't fight with fists!

  "It must be that group of old men who started the banquet." Li Ke gritted his teeth, and Li Shu's little loli also gritted her teeth, nodding in agreement.

  "For De Ge, what's going on..." I was very confused, coughed dryly twice, and quietly pulled at Li Ke's sleeve.

  Li Ke looked at me and, seeing that I wasn't pretending to be stupid, shook his head and sighed: "I'll tell you more about it another day, but for now, be careful here. Those old rascals are capable of anything when they're drunk..."

  "Huh? ! ...... " I was confused, is this a bandit's lair or a national duke's mansion?

  Li Ke's horse had barely come to a stop when the servants from the Cheng residence, who were waiting outside the gate, came forward to hold the reins. "Where is your second young master?"

  "The master is entertaining guests in the front hall, and Second Master is entertaining guests in the back hall. I'm not sure where you..." The servant hastily intervened, while sneaking a glance towards the inner courtyard.

  "In the back hall, General Cheng's place, we..." Li Ke pointed to Li Shu who was holding his hand. "It's not convenient to disturb."

  "Alright, follow me..." The houseboy seemed to be in agreement? He nodded and led us, like a special forces team sneaking behind enemy lines, dodging and weaving, stealthily making our way through the front hall garden.

  "Want to see if this old man's treasured sword is still sharp or not... Wow wow wow..."

  "Old General, taking the head of a top general from an army of millions is like reaching into a pocket and retrieving something, behold!"

  Two middle-aged men with wine-stained faces and exposed chests, their red eyes flashing menacingly, gnashed their teeth, the long knives in their hands glinting wildly as they swept past us like a whirlwind, sending sand and stones flying. Li Ke seemed to have been prepared, quickly pulling Li Shu behind him and using his other hand to pull out one of the Cheng family's guards to block in front of him. I was relieved that I had kept a low profile and was walking at the back, but still got scared and broke into a cold sweat...

  It seems that Li Ke's worries are quite necessary, and it turns out to be a group of extraordinary old men. I found that my previous drunken driving was too outdated and too cheap, and couldn't keep up with the progress of the times.

  Swish... snatch!!!!, a long spear was nailed to the giant tree next to the fake mountain, and immediately heard a loud roar from a furious uncle: "Lü Fengxian's gate shot halberd, which is not as good as General Hua's hall shooting spear, hahaha..." Immediately heard a chorus of wailing and howling voices... Buddha... please save my life...

  Trembling with fear, I finally made my way around the front hall, only to find that my long shirt was already soaked through. It's no wonder that this is the famous residence of Cheng Yaojin, the pastry seller. It's truly out of this world. Even if you killed me, I wouldn't dare set foot in the Cheng residence again.

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  "I thought it was someone else, originally the wise younger brother of Wu Wang had arrived." The robust and rough-looking big man sitting in the first seat stood up first and bowed to Li Ke who had entered the back hall.

  "Sister-in-law's husband... hehe, my good sister-in-law's husband..." Li Ke laughed very lewdly. Is it necessary to be so lewd? It seems that these two guys must have had a deep grudge against each other in the past, I can tell as an outsider."

  The rough and burly Chief's face turned from red to black, then from black to purple, before he finally managed to squeeze out two words: "Uncle..."

  Li Yu also emerged from Li Ke's side: "Have seen brother-in-law... hehe..."

  Cheng Chuliang hummed for half a day: "I've seen the princess..." It seems that Li Ke is here to cause trouble today, interesting. Not my business, I want to keep a low profile... Following quietly behind these two royal sons, humming and hawing as he greeted Cheng Chuliang.

  Li Ke, this uncle naturally took the main seat, then opened his mouth and closed his mouth, saying that his uncle was so and so, brother-in-law you are so and so... very shameless, making the original host of the wine party, Cheng Chuliang, embarrassed and unable to parry, always at a disadvantage. It seems that Li Ke, who lost badly that day, finally had a chance to take revenge.

  Nothing to do with me, eating and drinking, grape wine, three Le broth, green ant drunk, think about how to drink, roast lamb legs, burn trotters, stewed duck, think about how to eat. On the other hand, watching these young masters drink and recite poetry, flattering each other and playing drunk, it's really interesting.

  "Hey... Fang Jun..." The little loli, not wanting to be left out, went over to tease Li Ke first, but was silenced by a pork knuckle. She returned to her seat, huffing and puffing. Then, this girl's target suddenly shifted to me.

  His mouth was stuffed with things, and he hummed at Xiaoyao for half a day, getting so angry that Li Shu's two curved eyebrows almost turned into grapes.

  "What's up? ... " He gulped down a mouthful of sweet and sour grape wine, refreshing!

  "Hmph, you're a guy who speaks out of both sides of your mouth." Li Yu gritted his teeth and gave me a disdainful look. Enraged, he bared his teeth: "Little sister, watch what you say..."

  "Don't call me little sister, stinky Rong! Who said no gambling and no drinking just now? Was it a dog that crawled by?" Little Loli looked at him with the corner of her eye.

  "Seems like it..." Scratches head.

  "Admit it?" The little loli raised her sharp chin triumphantly, lifted the grape wine and took a sip. Does she have to be so excited about grabbing my tail?

  "Alright, alright, I admit it, but that doesn't mean I was wrong. Think about it, coming to a joyful place like this, with my memory loss and these... unable to communicate." He pointed at the group of half-crazy rich kids, Li Ke had already drunk his face bright red, his eyes rolling wildly, one sleeve long and one short, holding up his cup to sing a friendship song with his brother-in-law Cheng Chuliang, who he almost got into a fight with earlier. "If I don't drink or eat, what else can I do?" Two oily palms spread out, what can you do to me? Hahaha..."

  "You!..." Li Yu glared at me with a scowl, raised her chopsticks and poked the pig's trotters that Li Ke had used to block her mouth, looking very wronged and pitiful.

  I've never seen a beautiful girl look like this, I coughed twice and prepared to explain. Li suddenly turned his head, squeezed next to my desk, and stared at me in a strange way: "Tell the truth, was the word written by you or copied from your dad?"

  "What word?" Foggy water, a whole head of foggy water.

  "I stand in the fierce wind, wishing to dispel the endless heartache, gazing up at the vast sky, with clouds moving in all directions, sword in hand, asking who is the hero under heaven..." Li Shu's voice was exceptionally clear and bright, and the originally tragic and desolate "Farewell My Concubine" was sung by her with a soft and charming tone.

  She exuded a faint, refreshing floral scent, her gentle voice changing expressions with the lyrics, so vivid that I thought I really saw Yu Ji, who had moved the hearts of generations of tyrants. To be honest, based on my years of experience in judging campus beauties, I almost couldn't find any flaws on her. Her skin was as luminous and smooth as ivory, those few faint freckles adding a touch of charm to her face. Without a hint of makeup, her eyebrows were like willow leaves, her eyes held autumn water, her nose was straight and slender, her cherry lips small, and her round, well-defined face radiated an alluring aura that could drive any man crazy. Suppressing my wicked thoughts, I swallowed hard... She's too beautiful; even a young loli can be so seductive. If she were just a few years older, wouldn't she bring ruin to the country?

  Li Yu finished singing in a low voice, looking at me with a slanted gaze: "A very strange rhyme, isn't it you copying your father's masterpiece to show off?"

  "Isn't it, is this necessary?" I raised my head shamelessly, it seems that the essential element of a traverser has been grasped, which is to have a face thick enough to cover up the scorching sun.

  "...is that so?" Li Yu blinked his eyes very dangerously: "Are you sure?" His long eyelashes trembled slightly. It was really like a gentle wave...

  "Hmph, a great man's surname remains unchanged when standing, his name remains unchanged when sitting." My chin is now higher than the Lu Guo Gong Mansion, higher than Mount Tai, higher than Mount Everest, and it looks like it's about to pierce through the atmosphere...

  "Great!" Little Lori gave a crisp round of applause, this signature move of a taimei left me stunned. I quickly looked around to make sure there were no directors or cameras around.

  Then, the little loli clapped her hands, pulled up her skirt and stood up elegantly, walked lightly to Li Shuai's side who was practicing drunk fist, pulled his ear and whispered in a strange and mysterious tone. Danger, alarm bells ringing in my heart... I'm too familiar with the tricks of primary school little girls at this age.

  "Jun Ge'r... where are you going!" Li Ke swayed with a mysterious step, tiger and crane in dual form. In just three or two steps, he caught up to me at the back hall door. You're finished, you're dead for sure... Li Xiu's eyes widened in anger, glaring furiously at Li Ke, but this little girl didn't show any weakness as she glared right back.

  "Jun Ge... how could you..." Li Ke's face turned red like a monkey's butt, he hiccuped after drinking, and continued to stumble and point at the pillar next to me: "Are you going to abandon your friend and run away?"

  I stared at him expressionlessly until he adjusted the focus of his gaze to me: "Little brother, had too much to drink, feeling suffocated, want to go out and get some fresh air..." gesturing outside.

  "No way, unless my younger brother recites a poem here. Otherwise, he'll have to punish himself with three... " Li Ke's finger pointed at the lacquered ear cup, shook his head, pointed at the wine jug, and shook his head again, finally stopping at the wine tank. Oh man! I almost wanted to shut him up in public.

  "My humble writing skills are indeed not worthy of your esteemed attention..." He said with a smile to the surrounding young masters.

  "Alright! ...Since that's the case, I won't force my younger brother. Come on, come on, accompany me in a sword dance to sober up..." Li Ke looked like he had already gone completely mad, making gestures on his body for half a day before pulling out a chopstick from his waistband, which was really despicable...

  Another more despicable scoundrel, Cheng Chulang, appeared with two long swords in hand, laughing lewdly and revealing his crooked teeth like a dog on fire. I really wanted to snatch the sword and chop this guy, but unfortunately, this is not my home turf.

  It's too much for me, Cheng Chuliang is desperately shoving the sword into my hand, and his mouth is still chirping: "I've long heard that Lord Fang's second son is both brave and strong, able to break a bow made of three stones. Today, we can finally see it with our own eyes, I hope you won't disappoint the name of Lord Fang..."

  "Halt!" Amidst the cheers and applause, I stood up, glaring with wide eyes and shouting loudly: "We want a battle of words, not a battle of fists!" This shout was quite in line with the spirit of the Beijing dialect-speaking Red Guards.

  The whole room was silent, with only the sound of a drunkard who had passed out.

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