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Chapter 2520 Pretty Widow! (Seeking monthly ticket!)
After hearing what Zhao Jian said, Li Shouhua quickly introduced them, "Miss Yuanzhen, I am the eldest in the family, and these are my sisters, Fuhui, Kangning, Haode, and Leshan."

As she introduced them one by one, her four sisters greeted Zhao Jian one by one.

After the introduction, Shouhua smiled and said, "Yuanzhen, what I want to ask is, how could this person with such high martial arts skills fall into the water?

We don't know martial arts either, so we couldn't help but want to ask you."

Zhao Jian took the handkerchief that Li Shouhua handed to her and wiped the water off her face, then said with certainty, "High martial arts skills do not mean invincibility. Maybe he met someone more powerful than him, or maybe someone was chasing him."

When she said this, she noticed that the five girls in the Li family seemed a little scared, and then she suddenly changed her tone and said, "Of course, the sisters are so beautiful, he might have done it on purpose. I also thought he was a pervert at first!"

Hearing what Zhao Jian said, the girls from the Li family looked at each other, and couldn't help but start to ask questions. At first, the topic was still about Wang Yue, but later it gradually turned to Zhao Jian.

As for what Zhao Jian said about Wang Yue falling into the water because he was attracted by their beauty, they didn't take it seriously. After all, if Wang Yue really had ill intentions, he could have followed them quietly and become a flower thief when he returned to Baima Town, which would have been more convenient.

After all, they were just ordinary girls who knew no martial arts and had no power to resist.

Especially Li Wuniang, who was kindhearted, was more interested in martial arts, so she asked eagerly, "Sister Yuanzhen, is your martial arts inherited from your family? Can you teach me?"

God knows how surprised she was when she saw Zhao Jian and Wang Yue fighting by the river. Her eyes were wide open at that time.

With Leshan taking the lead, Kangning and Haode also shouted together. They didn't want to learn it, but wanted to learn sword dancing. Although they might not be able to compare with Gongsun Da Niang, it was still the same skill.

But Zhao Jian thought that they all wanted to learn martial arts, so he shook his head and said helplessly, "Martial arts need to be practiced from childhood. It's probably too late for you to learn now. You can only learn the basics now."

After hearing this, Le Shan felt very depressed, but Hao De remembered to say happily, "I just want to learn sword dancing, and I have never thought about learning anything else."

Zhao Jian was pleased with what De said and said openly, "Then I will teach you later."...

But Wang Yue had no idea what the women were whispering about. He was gradually becoming familiar with the surrounding environment.

It can't be that he is familiar with it, he must have seen it before, and his memory has been strengthened for so long that it is almost like he has a photographic memory. He can definitely find it if he searches his memory.

The reason why this place is so impressive is that it is very close to the White Horse Temple. When he was in the real world, future technology was nearby, so it was not particularly far from here.

The thought of this was really frustrating, but Wang Yue was wondering in his heart who the current emperor was?

Are you familiar with it?

After all, he had met Emperor Zhenzong and Emperor Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, as well as several emperors after Renzong.

Just as Wang Yue was thinking about this while walking forward, he suddenly saw the carriage in front of him stopped at the door of the house at the entrance of the village.

The house looked very large. From a distance, the red brick and green tiled walls stretched for at least a mile.

After seeing the carriage stop, the gatekeeper at the entrance of the courtyard opened the gate and let the carriage drive in.

When the carriage was about to enter the house, Li Shouhua opened the curtain of the carriage a little, said something to the person inside, and then the carriage went in.

Although Wang Yue didn't hear clearly, he soon understood that it was nothing more than letting him in, so he walked over.

The doorman who opened the door made a gesture to Wang Yue after he came over, and said very respectfully, "Sir, please come this way.

My eldest daughter said that we will let you stay in the guest room in the front yard for a while, and then we will go to the clothing store in town to buy clothes and send them over."

Wang Yue did not refuse, but smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you, little brother."

Seeing Wang Yue being so polite, the servant bowed more attentively and said with a smile, "That's what we should do! Sir, just call me Erbao."

Seeing Erbao's enthusiasm, Wang Yue made another request, "Could you please find me some clean clothes to change into? I'm soaking wet right now, and it's not appropriate for me to just wait for you to buy clothes."

After Erbao heard this, he hurriedly said respectfully, "Don't worry, sir. I have already given instructions. I will send you a new set of clothes later. But please don't mind if the clothes are for business trips."

After hearing what Erbao said, Wang Yue probably understood that Erbao was probably the head of the gatehouse, so he nodded and said, "No problem! Just bring it over."

As soon as Wang Yue arrived at the guest house, another servant came running over with a set of clean clothes. He slowed down his pace after running a few steps, and when he came not far from Wang Yue, he handed it to Erbao.

Erbao took it and handed it to Wang Yue, and said to him solemnly, "Here are the dry clothes. Do you need hot or cold water, sir?"

Wang Yue knew that Erbao wanted him to wash up, so he could just rinse himself with cold water.

After all, it is summer now. Unless the water is freshly drawn from the well, it is still warm. Who needs to use hot water to wash?

After receiving Wang Yue's instructions, Erbao went to buy it immediately. After a while, several servants came over carrying a large bucket, and several other servants came over carrying several small buckets each.

Wang Yue didn't need anyone to serve him. After they were ready, he let Erbao take everyone away.

……

Wang Yue had just finished washing up and was outside the door. Before he had time to look around, he found that Erbao had returned and appeared at the door.

Seeing Erbao hesitating, Wang Yue thought that this person wanted to ask for a reward, so he took out a silver bean from the space and threw it to Erbao.

Erbao originally wanted to say something but hesitated, but after seeing Wang Yue's actions, he was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

He quickly caught the silver bean, held it in front of Wang Yue, and said solemnly, "Sir, you have misunderstood. There are a few passers-by outside. The leader is Master Ouyang, a scholar, who wants to come in and ask for a glass of water.

My family is made up of women, and my eldest daughter is a recent widow, so it is not convenient for her to receive strangers.

Therefore, my lady would like to trouble you to entertain a few guests."

Wang Yue didn't expect that the woman from the Li family would make such arrangements, but he immediately understood what was going on.

Wang Yue was originally a stranger, but as soon as he arrived in the yard, a stranger came to visit him. It was too coincidental. I'm afraid the women of the Li family just wanted to test whether Wang Yue knew the man.

If you know each other, you can just go together. If you don’t know each other, just help each other out.

Wang Yue didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He seemed to have to prove his innocence, so he didn't refuse. Instead, he asked curiously, "Erbao, just take the silver. This is my reward to you.

But I am very curious about one thing, which girl in your family ordered this?"

Erbao didn't expect Wang Yue to ask this. He thanked Wang Yue for the reward first, and then said embarrassedly, "It's my third daughter."

Wang Yue thought about it carefully, but still couldn't tell which one was the third girl. He kept the information about the third girl in mind, and then he smiled and said very straightforwardly, "Erbao, do those who want to come in and rest need to be entertained in the guest house? Then you can bring them back."

Erbao nodded quickly and said gratefully, "Thank you for your trouble, sir!"

Wang Yue ignored Erbao who was excitedly following the order. He looked around and found that there was actually a small garden in the guest house. He called another servant and asked him to prepare some things and went to the small courtyard at the back.

Wang Yue felt that since he was not the host after all, it was inappropriate to entertain guests in the house.

Moreover, Wang Yue always felt that since these girls were suspicious of his identity, he chose the pavilion in this small garden, which would also make it convenient for the girls to check from a high place in the backyard.

There is a small lake inside the pavilion. The huge weeping willows beside the lake just block the pavilion, so that the hot sun cannot reach the pavilion at all.

This location is relatively open in the surrounding area, and can be seen from the attic in the inner courtyard. The women of the Li family must be able to see clearly.

……

Not long after Wang Yue sat down in the pavilion, Erbao came over with a few people.

The one looking back was only in his 20s. Judging from his dress and demeanor, he seemed to be a very good scholar.

This person no longer has the tense state of a scholar preparing for an exam. He now appears to be in a free and unrestrained state, which shows how confident he is in his talent.

Wang Yue stood up when he saw someone coming. But before he could greet him, the person smiled and said, "My name is Ouyang Xiu, nice to meet you, brother!"

The words that were about to come out of Wang Yue's mouth stopped immediately when he heard this word.

What name did he hear?
Ouyang Xiu?
It’s not that Wang Yue had never seen Ouyang Xiu in other worlds. It’s just that at that time, when he saw Ouyang Xiu, he was either a middle-aged uncle or a child, and he looked nothing like the young man he is now.

When Ouyang Xiu saw Wang Yue's expression, he asked in confusion, "Do you know me?"

Based on his analysis of Ouyang Xiu when he and Wang Anshi were carrying out reforms together, Wang Yue certainly also knew about Ouyang Xiu's previous experience in the imperial examinations.

So, he smiled and said, "I happened to read your article and was amazed by it. But I didn't expect you to fail the exam twice in a row. It's really a pity."

As he spoke, he also read a passage from the essay that Ouyang Xiu wrote during the imperial examination, and said with great emotion, "I can only say that the examiner's personal preferences are too important. Anyway, if it were me, Brother Ouyang would definitely be the top scorer."

After listening to Wang Yue's analysis of his article, Ouyang Xiu felt as if Wang Yue was a close friend, so he excitedly started chatting with Wang Yue.

At the end of their conversation, Ouyang Xiu still had some thoughts and asked, "Brother Wang, I see that you are very knowledgeable and talented, why don't you take the imperial examination?"

Wang Yue looked at Ouyang Xiu, smiled and shook his head, saying, "Let's talk about the imperial examination later. Let's just talk about romance."

After Ouyang Xiu heard what Wang Yue said, he immediately started to imagine it.

Ouyang Xiu thought that Wang Yue was unwilling to take the imperial examination because the Empress Dowager was now in power, so he stopped trying to persuade him.

Ouyang Xiu heard Wang Yue's words and said with great regret, "Brother Wang will be delayed for a long time. It is really a pity."

Wang Yue saw Ouyang Xiu saying this and thought it was an opportunity to get a residence permit, so he smiled and said, "If I can help you get a Luoyang residence permit in the future, I would be willing to take the exam."

Ouyang Xiu had always admired Wang Yue's talent. After listening to Wang Yue's words, he automatically assumed that Wang Yue wanted to take the imperial examination independently so that passing the examination would not affect the family.

In this case, he smiled and said, "I heard that Lord Qian, the governor of Xijing, is very fond of talents. I will introduce him to you when I have the chance. Maybe I can help Wang Yue."

Seeing Ouyang Xiu offering his help, Wang Yue smiled and said, "In that case, I'll trouble you, Brother Ouyang."

Ouyang Xiu told Wang Yue very straightforwardly not to be polite, and began to chat with Wang Yue about some policy papers. The more they talked, the more interested they became, and they even forgot about going to the White Horse Temple.

Seeing that it was getting late, Ouyang Xiu had no choice but to say goodbye and leave.

Wang Yue was not the host of the place, so he had no way to keep the guest. Of course, he stood up, walked and chatted, and sent the guest out.

……

After Wang Yue sent Ouyang Xiu away, Erbao came over again and said respectfully,
"My Lord, my eldest lady invites you."

Wang Yue knew that the women might have heard the conversation between Ouyang Xiu and him from Pu. At that time, they could not help it and followed Erbao to the main courtyard.

However, when Wang Yue arrived, he found that the situation at the scene was different from what he had imagined.

In Wang Yue's opinion, the one who will meet him this time must be the eldest girl. As for the other girls, they have to hide behind the screen and watch.

What Wang Yue didn't expect was that he was only half right, because there was another person accompanying the eldest lady Shouhua, the one who fought with him with a sword.

After Wang Yue simply greeted the two of them, he also learned the identity of the girl who was accompanying them.

Zhao Jian was a member of the royal family of Dongjing City. The reason why she appeared on the banks of Luo River this time was because she came here to visit her relatives. She was extremely bored, so she planned to go to the White Horse Temple. She happened to hear the girl from the Li family shouting, so she went over to help.

(End of this chapter)