This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 93 I am Xu Xian???

"Squeak..."

The door opens.

Bier appeared in the door, glanced outside coldly, and turned to go into the house.

Luo Zijun didn't care and followed him in.

The girl, who had been waiting for a long time, still smiled and bowed: "I am really sorry that you made Mr. Luo run for nothing yesterday."

Luo Zijun glanced at her and said, "It's okay. I am bothering you."

Their eyes met.

There was silence in the room.

Liu Chujian smiled and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Luo. The copy of Romance of the West Chamber is selling very well. It is out of stock almost every day. Many people can't buy it and even go to argue with the store owner."

Luo Zijun nodded and didn't say much.

No matter how well the book sells, it has nothing to do with him.

Liu Chu saw that he didn't seem to want to talk, and her bright eyes dimmed for a moment, then she smiled again and said, "Because The Romance of the West Chamber sold very well, they said they were willing to pay one thousand taels of silver for the second book, The Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. But I didn't agree. The price in my mind was at least two thousand taels. The second story is even more poignant and moving. In fact, in my heart, even two thousand taels or five thousand taels can't reflect its value."

There was a pause.

She added: "If Master Luo is willing, I can take you there today and personally discuss the price."

Luo Zijun was silent for a moment, then asked, "Is there a high chance of a price increase?"

Liu Chujian hesitated for a moment and said, "Based on the sales of the first volume of The Romance of the Western Chamber, there should be no problem. However... To be honest, sir, the other party has an official background. It is difficult for other businesses to compete with them. If the other party does not agree, then I am afraid that other businesses will not dare to print the second book at will..."

Luo Zijun nodded and said, "Then one thousand taels."

Liu Chujian showed a trace of guilt on her face, and said softly: "It's a pity that I can't help you, sir. If it were in the past, my father would..."

She didn't say anything more, but smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, have you decided? You don't want to discuss it anymore?"

"not going."

Luo Zijun had a calm expression, without any regret on his face.

I'm leaving anyway.

Liu Chujian glanced at him again, and without saying anything more, she went over to pick up the purse on the table, handed it to him, and said softly, "There are five hundred taels of silver in it, three hundred of which are the money left from the sale of your last book, and the remaining two hundred taels... are earned by me, you can use them first. When I bring the contract tomorrow and you sign it, they will give you the silver."

Luo Zijun looked at the purse in her hand, then looked into her clear and gentle eyes, hesitated for a moment, reached out to take it, and said: "Thank you for meeting me, young lady."

This time, he did not refuse.

Bi'er, who was standing by, couldn't help but said with red eyes: "I hope Mr. Luo won't spend my lady's money on other girls."

Liu Chujian quickly said, "Bi'er, stop talking nonsense."

Bi'er said with tears in her eyes: "They are not talking nonsense. He used the money that the young lady worked so hard to earn to be with Miss Shuishui and Miss Ziwei, and even wrote poems for them. He..."

"Bi'er!"

Liu Chujian's expression became stern for the first time.

Bier's tears rolled down immediately, then she turned away and looked away, her shoulders slightly shaking.

Liu Chujian showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, and lowered his head and said, "I hope Mr. Luo doesn't take it to heart."

Luo Zijun was silent for a moment, without explaining. He took out a new manuscript from his sleeve, placed it on the table next to him, and said, "For this book, Miss Chu Jian can decide the price by herself. No matter how much silver it sells for, you can keep it yourself. This is a gift from me to you."

After saying this, he said goodbye and left without staying any longer.

When walking to the door.

He suddenly stopped again, turned his head, looked at the gentle girl in the room, was silent for a few breaths, and said: "First time meeting you, young lady, thank you."

After saying that, he left quickly.

Liu Chujian was stunned in the room and looked at the manuscript on the table.

Bi'er turned around and cried, "Miss, have you seen it? That guy was too lazy to explain to you. He didn't take you to heart at all, wuuuu..."

Outside the brothel.

Luo Zijun stood on the street, looked back one last time, and then left quickly.

Bathed in the morning sun, his figure gradually faded away.

When the window of a room on the third floor suddenly opened, his figure had disappeared into the bustling street.

Luo Zijun returned home.

He hasn't gone out in the past few days.

The day before the wedding.

In the evening, he came to Bao'an Hall, bathing in the intoxicating sunset.

Haven't seen you for a few days.

When Su Qingling saw him suddenly appear at this time, she was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head, fiddled with the abacus, and calmly placed her towering breasts on the counter.

Su Dafang was dozing off in the rocking chair. When he saw him come in, he closed his eyes completely and even started snoring.

"Master, senior sister."

Luo Zijun looked at the two of them, a smile appeared on his face, and he said: "Tomorrow..."

For some reason, he suddenly choked up.

There was a pause.

He still had a smile on his face, and continued, "I'm getting married tomorrow, and I'd like to invite you to the wedding."

As soon as these words were spoken, the store suddenly became quiet.

The sound of fiddling with the abacus stopped; the creaking of the rocking chair also stopped.

The snoring also stopped.

Someone had hung the wind chimes at the door, and the tinkling sounds seemed to have stopped as well.

Su Dafang opened his eyes and looked at him in surprise.

Su Qingling still kept her head down, her slender white fingers had stopped on the abacus at some point, and no emotion could be seen on her face.

There was a long silence.

Luo Zijun turned sideways, looked at the master in the rocking chair, and said with a smile: "My sister wants me to get married earlier. Coincidentally, I also met a girl I like, so... although it is indeed a bit urgent, I think it's good. After getting married, I should be able to concentrate more on my studies."

Su Dafang opened his mouth but didn't say anything, looking behind him.

Luo Zijun was silent for a moment, took out two silver bills from his pocket, put them on the counter, and said softly: "Senior Sister, I will return the money to you. In the future, I may not..."

He said no more.

"It's getting dark, I should go home. Master, Sister, remember to go to the wedding tomorrow. Of course, the red envelopes can't be too small, give more."

After saying that, he waved his hand, walked out the door, and left quickly.

sunset.

He walked quickly along the busy street with his head down, and for some reason, his vision suddenly became blurry.

There was still silence in the security hall.

Only the wind chimes under the eaves outside the door were ringing in the golden sunset and the slightly tipsy evening breeze.

Su Dafang closed his eyes, unable to bear looking at the counter.

The girl behind the counter stood there with her head down, stunned for a long time, and then she said softly: "Grandpa, I want to go home."

Night fell quickly.

A full moon rises into the sky.

After dinner.

Luo Jiaorong's smile faded away, and she said solemnly: "Zijun, you are getting married tomorrow. I have something to tell you."

As she spoke, she stood up and walked towards the room, saying, "Come here."

Luo Zijun was puzzled and followed.

Li Zhengshan went over to help them close the door, but did not follow them in.

Some things should be solved by the siblings themselves.

Luo Jiaorong lit the oil lamp in the room, then crawled under the bed and dragged out a rectangular wooden box.

The wooden box was covered with dust and locked with an iron lock.

Obviously very old.

Luo Jiaorong stroked the wooden box with a complicated expression on her face, as if she recalled something.

Seeing this, Luo Zijun became more confused.

"Sister, what's in this?"

Luo Jiaorong did not answer. She sighed softly, took out a key from the bedside, and slowly opened the iron lock on the wooden box.

"Click..."

The wooden box slowly opened, and a silvery-white object appeared inside.

Luo Jiaorong looked at it with complicated eyes, paused, carefully stretched out her hands, took it out, put it on the ground, and then slowly unfolded it.

Luo Zijun looked at it intently.

When this thing is unfolded, it looks like a small quilt.

But under the light, it suddenly glowed, and was covered with beautiful and strange patterns, which looked a bit like...

"It's a snake skin."

Luo Jiaorong looked up at him and said with a complicated tone.

Luo Zijun was stunned: "Snake skin?"

Luo Jiaorong nodded, looked at him lovingly, and said slowly: "Zijun, in fact, you are not Daddy and Mommy's biological child, you were picked up by us. It was winter, snowing heavily, and it was already night. Daddy and Mommy took me back from my relatives. When we walked to a river, we heard a baby crying, and when we looked over, it was you."

"You were completely naked at the time, without any clothes on, but you were tightly wrapped in this snake skin. We thought you were cute, so we brought you back..."

Luo Zijun froze.

For a moment, his mind seemed to suddenly catch something, but it disappeared in a flash.

Luo Jiaorong picked up a blood-colored jade pendant, a palm-sized bronze mirror, and a yellowed piece of paper from the wooden box.

"Zijun, these things are all wrapped in this snake skin and placed in your arms. Your original name and your date of birth are written on this piece of paper."

Luo Jiaorong slowly unfolded the yellowed paper and said, "Your original name is...Xu Xuan, a very nice name."

"..."

Luo Zijun was shocked and stunned.

I...my name is Xu Xuan?
He clearly remembered that in the story of Legend of the White Snake, the original male protagonist was called Xu Xuan.

He recalled the voice in his mind again.

He was confused at the time and thought he was dreaming. He could no longer remember whether the Lord of the Moon Palace was referring to Xu Xian or Xu Xuan.

But, this silvery-white snake skin...

White Snake...Xu Xuan...

"Could it be... Could it be that I am the Mr. Xu who had an affair with the White Snake, then betrayed her and caused her death?"

Luo Zijun was a little dumbfounded.

Am I here to stop my own love? Am I here to destroy my own marriage?
"Zijun, don't think too much. I told you this because you are getting married tomorrow. In my heart and my husband's heart, you will always be..."

"elder sister!"

Luo Zijun suddenly interrupted her, took everything from her hand, and said, "I'm going to go out for a while!"

Opened the door and left the room.

He glanced at the white snake, ignored it, and immediately walked out the door.

Li Zhengshan chased to the door and asked, "Zijun, where are you going?"

"I'm going to a friend's house. Don't worry, brother-in-law. I'll be back soon!"

Luo Zijun left in a hurry.

His background is not important to him.

His father, mother, sister and brother-in-law raised him. The grace of raising him is greater than the grace of giving birth to him, and he will naturally never forget it.

But the snake skin on his body, his real name, made him wary.

The streets are sparsely populated at night.

He walked quickly all the way, through the streets and alleys, and soon arrived at the north of the city and entered an alley.

"Boom boom boom!"

He stopped in front of a house's door and immediately raised his hand to knock.

"Boom boom boom!"

He kept knocking, gasping for breath, and feeling very confused.

After a while, the door opened.

Xu Ziyin was dressed in red, accompanied by a maidservant and holding a red tasseled spear. She looked at him coldly. After seeing his appearance clearly, she was slightly startled and said in a cold voice: "What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

Luo Zijun bowed and said, "Miss Xu, I have something to ask Brother Xu, please ask him to come out for a moment."

Xu Ziyin said coldly: "He has already fallen asleep. Come back tomorrow if you have anything to do."

After saying that, he was about to close the door.

Luo Zijun immediately held the door open with his hand and said, "I have something urgent to ask Brother Xu. I just want to ask a few questions. Please be flexible, young lady."

Xu Ziyin raised his eyebrows and said coldly, "Take your hands away."

Luo Zijun not only did not take his hand away, but also stretched his legs in, panting and said: "Please be flexible, young lady. I will only ask a few questions and leave after that."

Xu Ziyin was about to get angry when a woman's voice suddenly came from the courtyard: "Ziyin, who is it?"

Luo Zijun quickly looked inside and said, "Aunt, I am Xu Xian's classmate and friend. I have something to ask him. I hope you can ask him to come out for a while."

When the woman heard this, she hesitated for a moment and ordered the maid behind her, "Go, call Xian'er over."

Xu Ziyin's pretty face was gloomy and she said nothing more.

Not long after, Xu Xian hurried over and was about to open the door, but after being glared at by his sister, he immediately shrank his neck and dared not open the door again. He could only bow to the outside and said, "Brother Luo, we can talk about it tomorrow. It's too late today, and I won't go out."

While speaking, he was blinking hard towards the outside, looking anxious and frightened.

He thought that this Luo Ge suddenly remembered the promise he made to him that day and came to ask him to go to the brothel.

Luo Zijun was even more anxious than him, and asked quickly: "Brother Xu, I want to ask you something, and I hope you can answer truthfully."

Xu Xian saw that his expression was not right and asked in confusion: "Brother Luo, please ask."

Luo Zijun pushed the door open with force, looked him in the eyes and asked, "Brother Xu, have you always been called Xu Xian since you were a child? Or did you have another name?"

Xu Xian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said, "I have always been called Xu Xian, and I have never had any other name. Brother Luo, why are you suddenly asking about this?"

Luo Zijun used his mind-reading skills but didn't realize that he was lying.

While they were in silence, Xu Ziyin next to him suddenly turned around and looked at his brother, and said coldly: "You have more than one name."

Xu Xian was stunned for a moment, as if he just remembered something, and his cheeks suddenly turned red.

But he did not hide it, and said with a folded hand: "Brother Luo, I just remembered that my original name is not Xu Xian, but..."

"what is it call?"

Luo Zijun asked hurriedly.

Xu Xian blushed, a little embarrassed, but still whispered: "My name is... Goudan, Zhang Goudan. I was adopted, and the name Xu Xian was given to me by my father later."

"..."

Luo Zijun was completely dumbfounded.

"Brother Luo, you..."

"I'm fine. Thank you."

Luo Zijun didn't stay any longer. He bowed and turned to leave.

At this moment, his head was buzzing, as if there were thousands or tens of thousands of mosquitoes flapping their wings and circling in his head.

He felt a little dizzy.

"I am Xu Xian... I am Xu Xian... I am the Xu Xian riding a snake..."

"Xu Xian is Zhang Goudan, and I, Luo Zijun, am the real Xu Xian..."

"I came here to destroy my marriage with the White Snake and prevent my own good deeds... I want to deceive the White Snake, and I also want to deceive myself..."

"I even wanted to trick myself into visiting brothels every day, and even cursed myself to become a eunuch soon!"

"I...I'm an idiot."

The night wind blew, as cool as water, as if blowing into his bones.

He couldn't help shivering.

He suddenly quickened his pace and ran towards home.

marriage?

I'm still a fucking chicken!

Once Xu Xian marries the White Snake, it means that the mission has failed.

If the mission fails...

Although the voice in my mind did not tell me the consequences of mission failure, if I think about it carefully, can there be any good consequences if the mission fails?
Either they suddenly disappear on the spot and may die directly in this world; or they may return to that world immediately and continue to wait for death in despair.

Of course, there could be another consequence, which is to stay here forever.

However, no matter what the consequences were, he didn't dare to take the risk.

Therefore, he must not get married now!

(End of this chapter)