This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 21 Fighting for Riches
"Brother Yang."

Su Bie glanced at the five people and greeted the young man in the lead.

The tone was bland, and it was obvious that the relationship was not good.

Wang Dafu sneered, looked at Liu Songjin and said with a smile: "Brother Yang, why do you like to bring a drowned dog with you when you go out?"

Liu Songjin glared at him but didn't dare to speak.

If he spoke, it would mean he was admitting that "the drowned dog" was him.

The leading young man was named Yang Qian. His family was in the porcelain business and he was usually generous and open-minded, so he had many bad friends around him and was also a frequent visitor to brothels.

He had something to do yesterday and did not attend the literary gathering, but he also knew what happened last night.

Hearing Wang Dafu's ridicule, Yang Qian didn't care and said with a smile: "Brother Su and Brother Wang, you came here today to see the beauty of the girl you just met? If so, why not come with me? Then we can see her together and let the girl you just met play the zither and sing a little song for us to listen to."

Wang Dafu said with a click of the tongue: "Yang Qian, you are bragging too much, aren't you? You are the only one who would come out to see a girl and even play the piano and sing for you when she first met him? Do you know that she is now the most popular girl in Tianxianlou?"

Yang Qian smiled faintly and said nothing.

Naturally, someone spoke up for him.

Liu Songjin behind him sneered and said, "Brother Yang brought one thousand taels of silver notes today, and he had already made an appointment with Mama Liu."

Yang Qian said modestly: "I also know the identity of the young lady Chu Jian today, so I just spend money to save face and meet her and say a few words. If Miss Chu Jian is unwilling to play the piano and sing a song, I will not force her."

"One thousand taels of silver?"

After hearing this, Luo Zijun secretly clicked his tongue.

For today's trip to the brothel, he brought all his assets, a total of one tael and two coins of silver...

This guy is willing to spend a thousand taels just to meet that woman?

How inhumane!

No, he has to find a way to make money.

After all, I don’t know how long I will stay here.

Although Su Bie and Wang Dafu had some money at home, it was obviously impossible for them to just take out a thousand taels to visit a brothel.

"Brother Yang is indeed wealthy and powerful. I admire you!"

Su Bie reacted indifferently and did not cooperate with his pretense.

Wang Dafu sneered, "It's only one thousand taels. I have it too, brother! But I'm not as stupid as some people who spend one thousand taels just to have a crush on a girl."

Yang Qian smiled, looked at Luo Zijun and Zhang Yitian, and asked: "Who are these two..."

Zhang Yitian quickly stood up and said with a smile on his face: "I am Zhang Yitian, a classmate of Brother Su and Brother Wang, and I'd like to meet Brother Yang."

Yang Qian nodded and said with a smile: "Since we are all students of the academy, we are all friends. If Brother Zhang is willing to do us a favor, we can go have a drink together and meet Miss Chu Jian later."

Zhang Yitian quickly thanked him.

Yang Qian looked at the remaining person again.

Liu Songjin immediately said with a gloomy face: "Brother Yang, he is Luo Zijun who was rejected by Miss Yan'er. I heard that he was an apprentice in a pharmacy before, and he just passed the examination to become a scholar a few days ago."

Luo Zijun bowed and said, "Brother Yang."

Yang Qian still had a smile on his face: "Brother Luo, we are all scholars, and you and Brother Liu are just misunderstandings. It's a pity that we didn't know each other until we fought. Let's go and meet the girl we just met. You can apologize to Brother Liu, drink a few glasses of wine, and forget the grudges with a smile. What do you think?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Su Bei, Wang Dafu, and Zhang Yitian all looked at the young man beside them, with different expressions on their faces.

Luo Zijun smiled faintly: "I'm afraid I will disappoint Brother Yang."

Yang Qian still had a smile on his face: "Oh?"

Luo Zijun said calmly: "First, I have no interest in meeting that girl I just met. Second, if Brother Yang wants me to go drink, I can, but first let Brother Liu apologize to me, and then I will laugh it off and forget the grudge with him and not pursue his fault. What do you think, Brother Yang?"

The smile on Yang Qian's face suddenly disappeared.

Liu Songjin gritted his teeth and said, "Luo Zijun! You are just a lowly pharmacy apprentice, what is there to be arrogant about? Even if you pass the exam to become a scholar, you may not be able to enter the academy! If you don't enter the academy, you are nothing, what qualifications do you have to be arrogant in front of me?"

Luo Zijun glanced at him and said, "Brother Liu, do you mean that everyone who enters the academy is a fart? I don't know about the others, but Brother Liu should be one of them. After all, when Brother Liu was fished out of the lake yesterday, he was really pissing and shitting."

"Pfft-hahahahaha..."

Wang Dafu burst into laughter and said as he laughed, “Brother Luo is so easy to scold! He really looks like a fart! Hahahaha…”

Liu Songjin was immediately furious and was about to yell when Mother Liu rushed over and said hurriedly, "Oh my God, gentlemen, please don't make trouble here. We are all scholars, please speak nicely, please speak nicely."

She knew exactly what happened on the boat yesterday.

"Mr. Liu, didn't I tell you yesterday that it was all a misunderstanding? It was all a misunderstanding. Come on, come on. Mom will arrange a good box for you all today."

Liu Ju was very troubled and dared not offend anyone.

At this time, Yang Qian suddenly smiled and said, "Mother Liu, when will Miss Chu Jian come out?"

When he said this, he deliberately raised his voice so that people next to him and those not far away could hear it.

Sure enough, many people looked over here.

Liu Ju was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and looked at him and said, "Who said Chu Jian would come out today? My girl is not feeling well today and needs to rest for a while."

Yang Qian's smile faded, and he quickly said, "Mother Liu, I came here to make an appointment this morning. I have already paid 500 taels in advance, and today I brought another 1,000 taels of silver notes with me."

Liu Ju looked at him strangely: "Who did Master Yang ask to make the appointment?"

Yang Qian said, "My servant. He is short and thin with small eyes. I gave him five hundred taels and asked him to..." "Wait, where is the servant? Young Master Yang, ask him to come out so I can take a look first."

Liu Ju interrupted him immediately.

Yang Qian was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned his head to look around, and then shouted to a place not far away: "Yang Pei, where is Xiao Mazi? Call him over!"

The servant named Yang Pei ran over and reported: "Master, Xiao Mazi is missing! When we came to the brothel, he said he had a stomachache and went to the toilet. I just went to look for him, but there was no one in the toilet! Wang Jin just came from the mansion and said there was no one in the mansion either! We went to ask on the road again, and someone on the roadside said that they saw him hurriedly get on a carriage and go out of the city..."

"???"

Yang Qian was stunned.

Mother Liu looked at him with sympathy: "Mr. Yang, your servant probably... ran away with the money..."

"Hahahahaha..."

Wang Dafu couldn't help himself and started laughing again: "Five hundred taels, enough for that boy to spend most of his life, hahahaha..."

Yang Qian's face suddenly turned pale and his body trembled with anger.

Mother Liu glanced at him again and said with a smile on her face, "To be honest with you gentlemen, let alone five hundred taels, even if it's five thousand taels, we can't have an appointment with Chujian today. Chujian clearly said that we won't see any guests for the time being. No one will come. You gentlemen should choose other girls."

After this was said, the other guests around were very disappointed.

Yang Qian's face turned pale and blue.

Just as Madam Liu was about to say a few more nice words, a maid suddenly came hurriedly and whispered in her ear, "Mother, Sister Bi'er just sent a message saying that Miss Chu Jian is willing to see guests."

Liu Ju was stunned and looked at her in surprise: "How is it possible? Did you hear wrongly? Didn't she just say that she wouldn't see anyone today? Besides, she just... go ask again!"

The little maid said weakly: "That's exactly what Sister Bi'er said."

Liu Ju's face changed, still not quite believing it, and immediately said, "I'll go take a look!"

Then she said to Yang Qian and the others, "Please wait for a moment, gentlemen. I will be back soon. Everyone, enjoy yourselves and don't quarrel. I will arrange two good private rooms for you later!"

After saying that, she twisted her waist and hips and left in a hurry.

"Just now I seemed to hear that Miss Chu Jian is willing to meet guests? Tsk tsk, could it be that she was moved by Brother Yang's sincerity and changed her mind?"

A young man behind Yang Qian said excitedly.

"It should be."

"Brother Yang is really amazing. If it were anyone else, they wouldn't be able to see him even if they had money. After all, the identity of the girl I just met is very different now."

The other people around the young man also followed suit and started to flatter him.

Yang Qian was originally humiliated and had an extremely ugly expression on his face. Now that things had suddenly taken a turn for the better, although he felt sorry for the five hundred taels of silver, he immediately forced a smile and said lightly, "Don't guess, we'll know when Madam Liu comes. If Miss Chujian is willing to see us, that would be the best."

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, he smiled calmly and said, "As for the five hundred taels of silver, if it's lost, it's lost. Just consider it as the money I spent coming here. It's just a small matter."

This remark was met with another round of flattery.

Luo Zijun suddenly asked: "Um, Brother Yang, do you still need a servant?"

Yang Qian looked at him.

Luo Zijun said, "How about I be your servant today? You give me the one thousand taels of silver you have on you, and I will help you arrange a date with Miss Chu Jian. How do you think?"

Yang Qian looked at him gloomily, thinking he was making fun of him.

Liu Songjin, who was standing by, immediately sneered with disdain on his face: "You, you want to date Miss Chu Jian? Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? Even if I give you 10,000 taels, Miss Chu Jian may not even look at you!"

"Not always."

Luo Zijun looked at him and said, "If you really give me 10,000 taels, maybe she will go with me right away when she sees me for the first time. Of course, looking at you, I guess you can't even come up with 1,000 taels."

"you……"

Liu Songjin's face flushed immediately. Seeing the burning eyes around him, he immediately took out a hundred taels of silver from his pocket and sneered, "I don't have a thousand taels, but I still have a hundred taels! What about you? You worked as an apprentice in a pharmacy, you should have earned a lot of money, right? How much do you have? Take it out and show it to everyone."

Luo Zijun spread his hands and said, "I don't have any money."

Liu Songjin immediately laughed at him, and just as he was about to speak, Luo Zijun said, "Although I have no money, I can never say for sure. Will the girl be willing to see me when she first meets me?"

"Hahahahaha..."

Liu Songjin couldn't help laughing, then pointed at him, looked around and said loudly: "Listen everyone, what nonsense is this kid talking about? Is he crazy? He wants to meet him when he first meets a girl? He must be dreaming!"

Luo Zijun looked at him and said, "What if I really saw it?"

Liu Songjin was still laughing: "What a fucking toad you are! If you can meet Miss Chu Jian, I'm going to eat shit! All of us here are going to eat shit! Hahahaha..."

Who knew that just as she finished speaking, Liu's mother's voice suddenly came from the second floor: "Luo Zijun, Mr. Luo, please come up."

"what……"

Liu Songjin's loud laughter suddenly stopped.

He immediately turned his head and looked towards the second floor.

The noise in the hall suddenly quieted down.

Mother Liu stood at the railing, waving her hand with a big smile on her face, saying, "Mr. Luo, come up quickly. Chu Jian is waiting for you in the wing room."

Liu Songjin: “…”

Everyone around him looked at him in unison.

(End of this chapter)