This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 176 White Snake is getting married, Zijun asks for help from her senior sister

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When Luo Zijun came to the room, he saw Miss Bai sitting quietly at the table reading a book.

That flawless face was still covered by the veil.

The door closed gently.

Luo Zijun walked forward and took a look at the book in her hand, which turned out to be "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Bai Meixue raised her head, looked at him calmly and said, "It's well written."

Luo Zijun asked directly: "I wonder why the young lady asked me to come down here?"

Bai Meixue was silent for a moment, then said, "I had a dream again recently."

Luo Zijun asked: "What did you dream about?"

Bai Meixue looked at him and said, "Snake, repay the favor."

Luo Zijun pondered for a moment and said, "Miss, don't worry about these things. In fact, you don't have to repay this favor. Of course, if you feel that you must repay it, just give me some silver."

Bai Meixue stared at him calmly for a while and said, "I haven't thought about asking for revenge. Besides, why should I give you money?"

Luo Zijun said: "Because for the young lady, silver is the cheapest and simplest thing."

Bai Meixue was silent for a while, then said, "Even if the dream was true, it was something from my past life and has nothing to do with me now."

Luo Zijun thought for a moment and said, "That's true."

Bai Meixue looked at him again and said, "What will you do if I don't repay you?"

Luo Zijun said: "Nothing will happen. He might just complain quietly in his heart that the young lady is so stingy that she can't even spend a little money."

Bai Meixue seemed to have a smile on her face, but it was hidden by her veil, so it was not clear. She seemed to hum softly and said, "I am just stingy."

Luo Zijun bowed and said, "Miss, if you have nothing else to do, I will take my leave."

I always feel a little uncomfortable and uneasy when I am with this person.

After all, there had been a close relationship between the two, and they might be destined to be together in this life, so it was better to have less contact.

Bai Meixue said: "You know this, I know it, and you are not allowed to mention it to anyone else."

Luo Zijun said: "I know."

Bai Meixue didn't say anything else and continued to look down at the book in her hand.

Luo Zijun took his leave and left.

After leaving the room, Bai Bai quickly followed him and asked curiously, "Brother Zijun, what did the young lady say to you?"

Luo Zijun said: "The eldest lady told me not to buy you a candy man."

"Ah? Why?"

I don't understand.

Luo Zijun glanced at her and said, "I'm worried that you might damage your teeth."

Baibai pouted immediately: "No, I won't damage my teeth. Brother Zijun, you promised me."

When Luo Zijun reached the stairs, he suddenly stopped.

Just as he was about to speak, Qingqing, who was following behind him, was caught off guard when he suddenly stopped and bumped into his back. Then she bounced away and fell to the ground. She was stunned for a moment, then immediately got up from the ground, covering her towering chest and staring at him.

Luo Zijun turned his head and looked at her, saying, "You bumped into me, why are you glaring at me?"

Qingqing glared at him for a while, then crossed her arms over her chest, with a sword stuck in her chest, her face as cold as ice, and turned her head away and said, "Humph!"

Luo Zijun ignored her and looked at the girl next to him and said, "Baibai, Xiaohuan said that you went to your sister's place? What did your sister say to you?"

Bai Bai said: "My sister told Qingqing and I not to give up, and that Brother Zijun would definitely marry us. She also said that Qingqing's breasts are so big that we will have no problem feeding seven or eight children at once."

Luo Zijun: “…”

Sister, do you think feeding a child is like feeding a pig?

He turned his head and looked behind him.

Qingqing still had her arms crossed over her chest, the sword in her arms, her face turned away, looking away coldly, and two blushes had appeared on her cheeks without her knowing when.

That chest is really majestic and straight.

Baibai whispered: "Brother Zijun, when Baibai gives birth to a child in the future, she will also eat green food... When Xiaohuan gives birth to a child, she will also eat green food, Zhiyuan..."

"Ahem, I'm going back to study."

Luo Zijun didn't listen to her nonsense anymore, waved goodbye and went downstairs.

Bai Bai hurriedly said, "Brother Zijun, the candy man, remember to buy the candy man for Bai Bai! If you forget again next time, humph, Bai Bai will really be angry! The kind that is hard to appease!"

"OK!"

Luo Zijun waved again and walked downstairs quickly.

When he left the attic, Bai Qingtong just came back on a boat. Seeing him coming out, she smiled and asked, "Sir, are you going back to study again?"

Luo Zijun said: "Yes, I feel very uncomfortable if I don't study for a moment."

Bai Qingtong smiled slightly and said, "Then I will take you back, sir."

Luo Zijun didn't hesitate to get on her boat, and then helped Xiaohuan and Zhiyuan who were following behind her up.

Bai Qingtong watched this scene and smiled, "Master is really good to the maid. It is a blessing for Zhiyuan to follow Master."

Luo Zijun said: "It is my blessing to have Zhiyuan serving me."

Zhiyuan smiled and said, "It is my blessing."

Bai Qingtong looked at the two of them with a smile, paused, raised his head and looked towards the top floor of the attic.

At the railing, there seemed to be a figure standing dimly.

The boat slowly broke through the fog.

Luo Zijun also raised his head and looked towards the top floor of the attic.

Bai Qingtong suddenly sighed and said, "Next month, my sister will be getting married."

As soon as these words came out, Luo Zijun's heart was shocked, as if struck by lightning!

He asked quickly, "The eldest lady is getting married next month? Who is she marrying?"

Bai Qingtong retracted his gaze, looked at him and said, "An ordinary person, his family is in business."

Luo Zijun was stunned for a moment and said, "Why...why is it so sudden? I haven't heard of it before."

Bai Qingtong smiled bitterly and said, "This kind of thing should not be known to too many people. When my sister gets married, it will be our family who will see her off. There will be no banquet or notification to other relatives and friends."

Then, she sighed softly: "Sister, what happened to me, the more people know about it, the more people will laugh at me."

Luo Zijun knew the truth, but not the reason.

Hearing this news, his relaxed heartstrings suddenly tensed up again. If Miss Bai married someone else, then his mission would be a success.

Mission success is more terrifying than failure.

Because if he fails, there may be punishment, or there may not be; but if the mission is successful, then a certain soul in his body will definitely fly away to another world.

By then, he would probably become a fool immediately.

No!

We must never let Miss Bai marry anyone else!

He has worked so hard and persisted for so long, how could he just watch himself give up halfway?

"Miss San, has Miss Yi agreed?"

He felt that based on his recent contacts with Miss Bai, she would not agree, especially since she knew the truth.

Unexpectedly, Bai Qingtong said: "Sister agreed."

Luo Zijun couldn't believe it, his face changed for a while, and he said: "How could the young lady agree? She..."

Bai Qingtong sighed bitterly: "Sister agreed only for the sake of our Bai family."

Luo Zijun was stunned. Thinking about how Miss Bai had pretended to be disfigured by an accident and how she was suddenly going to get married, he seemed to have guessed some reasons.

Bai Qingtong did not hide anything and said, "When the prince of Yujing came to Daliang, he met my sister once. After returning, he begged the emperor to grant her marriage... Originally, my sister was going to marry in Yujing, but something happened suddenly, so the marriage was cancelled. But the prince didn't seem to give up, and he often sent people to investigate, so... so my sister decided to marry him and make him give up completely."

After listening to this, Luo Zijun was silent for a while, then asked, "When will the eldest lady get married next month?"

Bai Qingtong said: "Winter Solstice."

Luo Zijun frowned slightly and thought to himself: Winter Solstice is not an auspicious day.

He was a little curious: "Third Miss, who chose the husband for the eldest lady?"

Bai Qingtong said: "We selected a few people, wrote down their appearance, personality, family background, etc., and sent them to my sister. My sister selected them herself."

Luo Zijun fell silent.

Bai Qingtong looked at him and said, "It's called getting married, but in fact it's looking for a son-in-law. The other party wants to marry into the family. In this situation, we dare not let my sister marry into another family. If something goes wrong... the safest thing is to let the other party come here and we will keep an eye on him at all times."

Luo Zijun was uneasy and in a heavy mood.

He thought that the White Snake was Miss Bai, and he would have enough time to cultivate his soul and get rid of the task. Who knew that the change would come so quickly, so fast that he was caught off guard and panicked.

He couldn't destroy this situation.

Do I have to kill that person? Even if I kill him, there will always be someone else.

As for persuading Miss Bai not to get married, that is even more impossible. She is getting married for the safety and survival of the entire Bai family. What qualifications does he have to ask her not to get married?
Besides, as people just said, the kindness of the previous life has nothing to do with this life.

In other people's eyes, he is just slightly different from ordinary people, so how could they listen to him?
At this time, the boat approached the shore.

After saying goodbye to Bai Qingtong in a daze, Luo Zijun returned to Junziju with Xiaohuan and Zhiyuan.

He entered the room, closed the door, and sat at the table for a long time.

Rack your brains and think hard.

However, no matter how hard he racked his brains, he could not come up with any safe way to break the impasse.

Finally, he had to shift his focus to the option of "Mission Failed".

But, he can't...

And there may be risks if the mission fails.

I sat in the room for a whole day.

at dusk.

Hua'er knocked on the door and said, "Miss Tanchun from the Jia Mansion is here to visit."

Luo Zijun went out to greet him with a heavy heart.

Jia Tanchun brought two maids into the courtyard. When she saw him, she said a little embarrassedly, "Master Luo, we have collected 15,000 taels of silver, but we cannot give all the money for the poem to Master Luo for the time being. We don't have that much silver."

Luo Zijun said absentmindedly: "It's okay, just give me as much as you have."

In this situation, money doesn't seem to be that important.

Jia Tanchun took out her purse, counted out a few newly exchanged silver notes, and said, "This is Yingchun's 15,000 taels of silver, which we all contributed together. But Daiyu contributed the most, 13,600 taels alone, and the rest was contributed by us sisters."

Then he took out a few banknotes and some small change and said, "This is the fifteen thousand taels for Daiyu's two poems. Hers is all given. Xiangyun and I only have six hundred taels, which we borrowed from Daiyu and others... In total, we still owe Mr. Luo five thousand four hundred taels."

Luo Zijun didn't count them, just collected them and returned the IOUs to her.

Jia Tanchun took the IOUs, checked them one by one, and returned her own and Shi Xiangyun's IOUs to him, saying, "Master Luo, keep these two for now."

Then he said a little embarrassedly: "Five thousand four hundred taels is not a small amount. Xiangyun and I don't know when we can get it together. We may need to return it to Mr. Luo later."

Luo Zijun said: "It's okay, it doesn't matter if it's late."

Jia Tanchun sighed softly and said, "Tomorrow we will go to the Grand View Garden to see if we can find something to do and earn some money."

Luo Zijun put away the two IOUs, looked at her, and reminded her: "The project of the Grand View Garden is too big, and money is spent like water every day. There must be people who embezzle money. If Miss Tanchun has nothing to do, you can go and take a look at each part of the project, such as the pavilion, rockery, fake trees, etc. First ask the people in charge of these projects how much money it will cost to do them, and then secretly go out to inquire about the real price..."

"If the difference is small, we can turn a blind eye. But if the difference is big..."

"If Miss Tanchun finds a lot of problems, you can go to Mr. Zheng and the old lady, and then find a way to take charge of the management of the bills and money of the Grand View Garden..."

He remembered very clearly that only some trees and flowers were planted in the Grand View Garden, so Jia Yun went to the accounting office to withdraw two hundred taels of silver, and only fifty taels, or a quarter, of the money was used to buy trees and flowers.

From this we can see that in other places, those who are responsible for construction are probably more corrupt and more terrible.

The family property brought by Lin Daiyu was embezzled and wasted in this way, and in the end she was ruthlessly deceived and abandoned by everyone in the Jia family. She died a miserable and cold death, which was really pitiful, and those people were really hateful.

Jia Tanchun's expression froze when she heard this. She said, "Thank you, Master Luo, for reminding me. I will start investigating this matter when I get back. We must not let those villains take away the money of our Jia family."

Luo Zijun thought to himself: I'm afraid that from top to bottom, no one is innocent.

Jia Tanchun hurriedly said goodbye and left with her maid.

Luo Zijun looked at the banknote in his hand, hesitated for a long time, said something to Xiaohuan and Zhiyuan, and went out.

He first took out 14,000 taels, went to find Bai Qingtong, and returned it to her.

As for the other one thousand taels, the third young lady said that it was given to him by someone, and it would be impolite for him to return it.

After Bai Qingtong received the money, she did not ask any more questions, but just smiled and said: "Mr. Luo is not only talented, but also good at making money. He has earned so much money in just one day."

Luo Zijun chatted with her for a few words, then left the house with the remaining silver.

He had to give all the money to Senior Sister, and then...

After thinking for a whole day, he decided to confess to his senior sister about the White Snake's repayment of gratitude and the fact that he might become stupid again.

I hope my senior sister can understand his decision.

(End of this chapter)