This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 173 Eating soft food

at dusk.

The gloomy sky suddenly began to drizzle.

The rain brings the chill of late autumn.

But there was a warm breath rising from the lake behind, enveloping the entire Bai Mansion and dispelling the chill of the autumn rain.

The lake and the garden are covered with mist, making it seem like a fairyland.

Not long after, Bai Qingtong came to Junziju wearing a green long dress and holding a flower umbrella.

Luo Zijun was standing in the corridor waiting.

"Are you feeling better, sir?"

Bai Qingtong walked into the corridor and handed the flower umbrella in his hand to Huaer behind him, looking at him with concern.

Luo Zijun said: "Thank you, Third Miss. I am much better now. Please come in and talk."

The two men entered the house.

Xiaohuan and Zhiyuan poured tea, and went into the next room with Huaer Shier and closed the door.

Bai Qingtong sat down on the chair and asked, "I heard from Zhiyuan that the master wants to see me for something?"

Luo Zijun nodded, a little embarrassedly said: "I do have something to ask of you."

Bai Qingtong smiled slightly and said, "Sir, just tell me. As long as Qingtong can do it, I will never refuse."

Seeing how happy she was, Luo Zijun didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "I want to borrow some money from Miss Third."

Bai Qingtong was stunned for a moment when he heard this. It seemed that he really didn't expect that it would be a matter of borrowing money. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Sir, tell me, how much do you need? I will go to the accounting office to get it later."

Luo Zijun said: "It's a bit much, fourteen thousand taels."

He now has seven hundred taels of silver on him. When Jia Tanchun and the others come tomorrow, it will be no problem for him to collect three hundred taels of silver.

So, there is still a shortfall of 14,000 taels.

The reason why he asked Miss Bai San to borrow money was because he knew that Miss Bai San seemed to have the final say on most matters in the Bai Mansion.

Silver is no exception.

In this respect, she is much better than the young ladies in the Jia family.

Jia Tanchun and her sisters probably couldn't even come up with one thousand taels, let alone fourteen thousand taels.

As for asking the government for it, I couldn't find a reason.

Therefore, the only one who can come up with so much silver now is the person in front of you.

Bai Qingtong heard the amount, paused, and said with a smile: "It is indeed a bit much, but I can still afford it. I will go to the accounting office to get it later."

Really generous!
Luo Zijun was touched and quickly stood up, bowed and thanked: "Thank you, Third Miss. I will return it as soon as possible."

Bai Qingtong smiled and looked at him for a few times, then said, "Don't worry, sir, just take it and use it. Even if you don't return it, it's okay."

Luo Zijun wouldn't dare owe such a big favor to anyone.

In order to get 5,000 taels of silver, Jia She even sold his own daughter. 14,000 taels was naturally a large sum of money.

If you don't pay back the money, you'll probably have to pay back more in the future.

In this world, favors are the hardest to repay.

He already owed this person a lot of favors, and he couldn't owe him any more.

"Of course I have to pay it back."

He said quickly, "Miss Third, wait a moment. I'll go in and write an IOU."

After saying that, he immediately went into the next room.

Bai Qingtong's eyes flashed and he said nothing more.

Not long after, Luo Zijun came out of the house with the IOU and handed it to her with both hands.

Bai Qingtong took it with a smile and said, "If I don't accept this IOU, I'm afraid you will be worried. So I'll accept it, but you don't have to rush to pay me back. 14,000 taels is not a small amount. You can pay it back when you have money in the future."

Luo Zijun thanked him again: "Thank you, Third Miss."

Bai Qingtong hesitated for a moment, looked at him and said, "Sir, is this for Yingchun?"

Luo Zijun nodded, but did not explain.

This matter was too absurd and outrageous. No matter how cold-blooded and cruel Jia She was, or how the second young lady of the Jia family was willing to be a slave, they could not be told to others.

Unless the other party says it himself.

Bai Qingtong did not ask any more questions, but just said: "Sir, if you need any help in the future, just let me know. You are welcome."

Luo Zijun looked at the sincere girl in front of him, and his heart warmed. He thanked her again and said, "Miss Third, if you need me in the future, please let me know. If I can do it, I will never refuse."

Bai Qingtong smiled and raised her eyebrows slightly: "Really?"

Luo Zijun bowed his head and said, "Of course I take it seriously."

Bai Qingtong smiled slightly, without saying anything more, stood up and said: "Then I won't bother you sir. I'll go to the account office to get the money and ask Huaer to deliver it later."

"Excuse me, Miss San."

"It's okay, it's easy."

Bai Qingtong smiled and shouted to the next room.

The door opened and Huaer and Shier came out immediately.

Luo Zijun hurriedly walked in front, picked up the flower umbrella from the corridor, opened it, and handed it to Hua'er, saying, "The road is slippery, Miss Third, be careful."

"Well, you don't have to send me off, sir."

Bai Qingtong walked down the corridor, stepped on the bluestone slabs soaked with rain, and left with two little maids.

Not long after, Huaer brought three silver bills.

One note is five thousand, a total of fifteen thousand taels of silver.

Hua'er said, "My young lady said that the extra 1,000 taels of silver was for you to buy some books. It was a personal gift from her to you, so you don't have to pay it back."

Luo Zijun took the banknote, was silent for a moment, and said, "Thank the Third Miss for me."

Huaer nodded and left with an umbrella.

Luo Zijun looked at the heavy banknotes in his hand and sighed secretly.

I didn't expect that even though he had passed the imperial examination and become a fifth-level warrior, he still had to borrow money from a woman.

Throughout all this time, whenever I needed money, did I not borrow from women?

Is he really going to be a gigolo in the future?

"Sir, the Third Miss is so kind to you."

Xiaohuan said from the side.

Luo Zijun nodded and said, "Yes, since we entered the mansion, the Third Miss has always been very kind to us."

Zhi Yuan looked at him for a while, and suddenly said half-jokingly: "Sir, the Third Miss is so nice and beautiful, why don't you marry her as a son-in-law?"

Luo Zijun turned and looked at her.

Zhiyuan said with a smile on her face: "Sir, would you like to consider it?"

Xiao Huan hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, if Miss Three is willing, I also think..."

Luo Zijun said, "Very good. Miss Three has two older maids and four younger maids. When the time is up, I will sell you two. I will use the money to buy candy figurines for the six maids every day."

The two of them burst out laughing.

Luo Zijun stopped joking with them and said, "Let's go back to the room. I need to practice." After returning to the room, he practiced the art of disguise for an hour.

Today's disguise techniques can easily change one's appearance, expression, and even aura.

The last time I went to Bao'an Hall, I gave my master a fright.

Except for my senior sister, no one else would be able to see it.

The third watch.

His spirit left his body, he found the black cat and continued to possess it to practice.

Not long after, the white cat named Daidai came again.

That day, after he successfully broke through the day travel realm, he saw the white cat at night. He originally wanted to show off and brag to the other party, but the other party just raised his paw lightly, grabbed a handful of mud from the air, and threw it on his face.

Only then did he realize the gap in talent between the two.

He practiced hard and sweated profusely every night before he reached the Day Travel Realm, while others just came and squatted there every night without moving, and they had already been promoted to the Controlling Objects Realm.

Since then, he didn't dare to provoke the white cat again.

Of course, he had other little ideas.

"Shh!"

He practiced for two hours, then leaped onto the courtyard wall, came to the white cat, and communicated with her with his eyes and cat language.

"Xiaobai, the Soul-Controlled Sword you mentioned last time can take someone's head from a thousand miles away. So what sword should we use?"

The little white cat said with a dull look in his eyes: "The flying sword should be small and black, just like you. This way, no one will find it at night."

Luo Zijun: "Where can I buy the flying sword?"

Little White Cat: "Daliang probably doesn't have it for sale. It needs to be specially refined."

Luo Zijun: "Who should I ask to refine it?"

The little white cat tilted its head: "I remember... I think I know how to make it."

Luo Zijun: "Can you refine it?"

A little maid can refine a flying sword?

I’m afraid this person is really a big shot hiding in the Bai Mansion!
The little white cat seemed to think for a moment: "I don't know yet if it will happen. I need to go back and think about it again."

Luo Zijun hurriedly said: "Sister Bai, if you really know how to refine it, please help me refine one!"

Little White Cat: "Why?"

Luo Zijun: "I already call you sister. Isn't it natural for a sister to give something to her brother?"

The little white cat tilted its head, seemed to think for a while, and said blankly: "Oh..."

Luo Zijun was secretly delighted.

This little white cat is called Daidai, and the spirit that possesses it also looks a little stupid.

After some time of contact, he found that although this guy was very powerful, he seemed very stupid and easy to deceive.

So he decided to use the other party to strengthen his soul!
When it was almost dawn, everyone went back to their homes and looked after themselves.

Luo Zijun regained consciousness and thought about things for a while before closing his eyes and going to sleep.

I slept for only two hours.

When she woke up, Xiaohuan hurriedly said, "Sir, Sister Hua'er just came and said that the young ladies from the Jia Mansion have all arrived and are now rowing in the Hundred Flowers Lake behind. The Third Miss said that we can go over there after you wake up."

"Are you here already?"

Luo Zijun thought for a moment, went out to brush his teeth and wash his face, ate something casually, and then went out.

Xiaohuan and Zhiyuan followed behind.

The sky had cleared up by this time, and the hot steam rising from the underground hot springs made the entire mansion warm and comfortable.

The Hundred Flowers Garden was filled with mist and was hazy.

The three of them walked through the flower path and came to the lakeside. They saw that the lake was also covered with white mist, curling like smoke, like a fairyland.

As the three of them were walking along the lakeside, a girl's sweet laughter suddenly came from the lake not far away.

Then, a voice rang out: "Fenfen, you can't laugh. It's still a period of national mourning."

"There are no outsiders here."

"What about the girls in the Jia Mansion?"

"I went to pick lotus seeds in the lotus bushes over there. Hua'er, are you here to pick up that bad guy?"

"Why is Mr. Luo a bad guy?"

"Humph, that guy pretends to be so nice in front of you, but he's actually violent and rude. He hits people at every turn, and he likes to hit women! Hua'er, you better be careful."

"Humph, I don't believe you! Young Master Luo is a scholar, he has always been gentle, polite, humorous, and very nice to us. Fanfen, you just love to talk nonsense."

"You silly girl, I told you that guy is really good at pretending, he..."

The words on the boat suddenly stopped.

At this time, people on the shore and on the boat could see each other through the mist.

"If you like to say bad things about others behind their backs, your mouth will become rotten."

Luo Zijun said as he looked at the pink figure standing at the bow of the boat.

"Humph!"

Fanfan snorted proudly, ignored him, rowed the boat to the shore, jumped onto the shore, tied the boat, and left.

Hua'er rowed another boat to the shore and said, "Master Luo, I will take you to the attic in the middle of the lake first. The young ladies are still picking lotus seeds in the lotus bushes and will come over later."

Luo Zijun nodded, and first carried Xiaohuan onto the boat. When he was about to pick up Zhiyuan, Zhiyuan smiled and jumped lightly onto the boat.

The boat shook, and Xiaohuan was so scared that she squatted down in a hurry, but Zhiyuan still stood steadily.

Hua'er smiled and said, "The kite is amazing in the water, it swims faster than the fish."

Luo Zijun got on the boat and asked, "Do you often come here to swim?"

Hua'er said, "Yes, in winter, if we want to take a bath, we will come here. The water here is very warm. This winter, you can come and try it. There is a hot spring below. Even in snowy weather, the water in the lake is warm and comfortable."

Luo Zijun asked: "Can I come here to take a shower?"

When Hua'er was about to nod, she suddenly remembered something and blushed, "I don't know either. I have to ask my young lady."

Luo Zijun said: "It's okay, no need to ask, I will come secretly when the time comes."

"Pfft..."

The three little maids on the boat all laughed.

In the middle of the lake, in the attic.

At the railing on the top floor, a figure in a white dress was standing there, staring at the white mist on the lake in a daze.

Fragmented images keep popping up in my mind.

"Black iron, Geng gold, ghost flower..."

She murmured.

Soon, a small boat appeared on the lake, breaking through the smoke and slowly sailing towards the attic.

The man standing at the bow was tall and dressed in a Confucian robe. His sleeves fluttered in the breeze as he walked gracefully, as if he was walking on the waves.

She lowered her head and looked at the figure, with ripples in her eyes.

(End of this chapter)