White Jade Tiger

Chapter 66
Volume Eleven Sword Qi
Chapter 4 Raiders
April 25, sunny.

The yard was in full bloom and the sun was shining brightly. Wuji had been standing in the sun for a long time.

This is Shangguan Ren's back garden. Shangguan Ren is standing in the shadow of a ginkgo tree opposite him, and it can even touch his face.
Every pore can be seen clearly.

Because the sun was shining on his face.

The sun was dazzling, he couldn't even see Shangguan Ren's facial features clearly.

Of course, this kind of position was specially arranged by Shangguan Ren, Wuji couldn't choose at all.

Even if there were only the two of them in the back garden, in this case, he couldn't make a move.

He couldn't see Shangguan Yan's movements clearly at all, but every movement of his couldn't escape Shangguan Yan's eyes.

He couldn't help but admire Shangguan Ren's prudence and carefulness.

Shangguan Ren finally spoke.

He suddenly said: "No matter how ingenious the disguise technique is, it will show flaws in the sun." '

Wuji said, "Oh?"

Shangguan Ren said: "The human skin mask is the same, the skin of a dead person is different from a living person after all. '

Wuji said, "Oh?"

Shangguan Ren said: "If you have a dead person's skin on your face, you are already a dead person now." '

Wuji suddenly laughed.

Shangguan Ren said: "This is not funny. '

Wuji said: "But I suddenly thought of a funny thing." '

Shangguan Ren said: "What's the matter?"

Wuji said: "I heard that there are many human skin masks, which are made from the skin of the buttocks of dead people, because the skin on the buttocks is the most tender."

He's still laughing: 'Do you think I'd wear someone else's ass on my face?'

Shangguan Ren said coldly: "It's not that you won't do this, I can see that you, when necessary, will

You can do anything. '

Wuji said, "I'm really this kind of person?"

Shangguan Ren said: "It is because you are this kind of person that I want you to come here." '

Wuji said, "Why?"

Shangguan Rendao: "Because this kind of person is usually very useful. '

Wuji laughed again: "It's a pity that such people usually have a problem." '

Shangguan Ren said: "What's wrong?"

Wuji said, "This kind of person, just like you, doesn't like basking in the sun." '

Shangguan Ren said: "An hour ago, the sun hadn't reached here yet. '

Wuji said, "I know." '

Shangguan Ren said: "You should have come earlier." '

Wuji said: "It's a pity that I didn't wake up an hour ago. '

Shangguan Ren said: "You usually go to bed very late?"

Wuji said: "When there are women, I will go to bed very late. '

Shangguan Ren said: "Last night, did you have a woman?"

Wuji said: "There is only one." '

Shangguan Ren said: "You know you are coming to see me this morning, why are you looking for a woman?"

Wuji said, "Because I'm happy." '

Shangguan Ren stopped talking.

Wuji really hoped to see the expression on his face now, if Wuji really saw it, he would feel very strange.

Because of the expression on his face now, no matter who saw it, he would find it very strange.

Fortunately, Wuji couldn't see it, and neither could anyone else.

After a long time, Shangguan Ren said coldly: "This is Tangjiabao. '

Wuji said, "I know." '

Shangguan Ren said: "It's not easy to find a woman here. '

Wuji said, "I know." '

Shangguan Ren asked, "How did you find it?"

Wuji said: "I can't find it either. Fortunately, I have a way for women to find me." '

Shangguan Ren said: "Is that woman looking for you?"

Wuji said, "Yes." '

Shangguan Ren asked, "Why did she seek you out?"

Wuji said: "Because she is happy." '

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Shangguan Ren didn't speak again.

The expression on his face this time must be more exciting than before, but it's a pity that Wuji still couldn't see it.

Before he could speak this time, Wuji rushed to say: "I hope you can understand a little bit." '

Shangguan Ren said: "You say." '

Wuji said: "Since you can see that I am a person who can do anything, you should know that I am not only greedy for money, but also

And lewd, sometimes even drunk. '

Shangguan Ren said: "Go on." '

Wuji said: "It's just that these are all my private affairs. I always distinguish between public and private in my work." '

Shangguan Ren said: "Very good." '

Wuji said: "If you want me to stay, you can't interfere with my personal affairs, otherwise you'd better ask me to go now." '

Shangguan Ren stared at him for a long time again, his sharp eyes looked like vultures under the sunlight.

An eagle that eats the dead.

At this moment, Wuji almost thought that Shangguan Ren was ready to attack him.

But Shangguan Ren only said four simple words, and suddenly disappeared in the shadow under the tree.

He said: 'You stay. '

A house with three brights, two darks and five bays is located in a very gloomy yard.

Dozens of pots of begonias and a few sycamores are planted in the yard.

This is the residence that Shangguan Ren arranged for Wuji, and a man named 'Old Kong' brought him here.

Old Kong is not Kong.

Old Kong is also surnamed Tang, and it is said that he is the cousin of Tang Que and Tang Ao, but no one except himself has mentioned them as such.
This kind of kinship is taken too seriously.

Lao Kong has a red face with a red wine-stained nose.

Wuji asked him, "Your surname is Tang, why don't others call you Old Tang?"

Lao Kong's answer is very reasonable: "Everyone here has the surname Tang. If the name is "Old Tang", I don't know how many people answered."

Wuji asked again: "Why do people call you "Old Kong"?"

Old Kong's answer was even better: "Kong means a hole, and I am a hole. Any kind of wine can
You can fall through this hole. '

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Lao Kong had many positions, not only as Wuji's attendant, but also as Wuji's cook.

Wuji's three meals a day, each with six dishes and one soup, were all prepared by Lao Kong.

His cooking skills are really not too good, the fried beef is like cowhide.

He would fry a plate of such cowhide for every meal every day, and Wuji had already eaten seven or eight meals in a row.

Apart from eating, Wuji's only job is to keep accounts. He writes a dozen thick and heavy account books one by one, one by one, one by one.
Everything is registered in another account book.

This is the work Shangguan Ren entrusted to him, this kind of work is even more boring than the beef fried by Lao Kong.

Wuji really wanted to grab Shangguan Ren's lapel and ask him clearly.

'You invited me here just to do something like this?'

It's a pity that he didn't even see the shadow of Shangguan Ren these two days.

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This house not only looks much bigger on the outside, but also much bigger than Wuji imagined.

Mowgli's range of activities is very small.

No matter which direction he goes after going out, within a hundred steps, a person will suddenly appear and tell him politely
: 'This road cannot go forward. '

'The front is a restricted area, idlers stop. '

There are so many restricted areas in this place, Shangguan Ren's study, the yard where the eldest lady lives, and even the warehouse are restricted areas.

Near each restricted area, there are at least seven or eight people guarding it.

It's not difficult to defeat these people, but Wuji would never do that.

'A small leak will sink a great ship. '

To Wuji, this sentence was just an old tune.

But now Wuji has already deeply realized the meaning of it, Shangguan Ren's treatment of him like this is probably also a kind of test
So he just had to be patient.

So he can only stay in his room every day, eating cowhide, keeping account books, and looking at the crabapple and phoenix trees in the yard.

He has been delayed for three days.

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Tang Que didn't show up either.

Wuji realized that he actually seemed to miss this person a little bit.Eating with him is at least better than eating cowhide.

The bustling street and the thriving shops are also much more interesting than here.

Wuji really wanted to go out for a stroll, but Lao Kong stopped him.

'You can't go out. '

"Why?" Wuji was a little angry: "I am not a prisoner, and this is not a prison. '

'But you'd better not go out. ’ Lao Kong looked loyal, and explained: ‘The old man specially put

You will never invite you to do these things, he must want to try you first. '

Wuji also thought of this.

Old Confucius said: "So he may give you other things to do at any time. If you are not here, wouldn't you miss the opportunity?"

Mowgli agrees.

Opportunities must not be missed, no matter what kind of opportunity, cannot be missed.

Now that he has reached the edge of success, there may be a chance to assassinate Shangguan Ren at any time.

So he can only stay in his room every day, eating cowhide, keeping account books, and looking at the crabapple and phoenix tree outside the window.

He was almost sick with boredom.

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Old Kong's life was very happy.

With the effort of one meal, he can prepare three meals, because the dishes of each meal are the same.

He started to drink a little wine when he was having breakfast, and he drank a little more when he was eating.

After a good night's sleep, he was already awake, so of course he had to start drinking again.

After dinner, he left drunk, and when he came back, it was usually late at night, and he was usually drunk
On the fourth night, when he was about to go out, Wuji couldn't help asking him: "Where are you going?"

'Just go out and walk around. '

"You seem to have somewhere to go every night," Wuji sighed, "but I don't seem to be able to go anywhere."

'Because you are different from us. '

'what's the difference?'

'You were specially invited by the Grand Master, and you are also a friend of the Grand Master, you are a gentleman. '

A classy person should go to a classy place, but it's a pity that the classy places here are restricted areas.

Old Kong narrowed his eyes and smiled: "We are different, we have many places to go, because we are inferior people, those who
A place that only the low class can go to. '

Wuji said, "Why?"

The old Confucius said: "Because, that is an inferior place." '

Wuji asked, "What do you usually do there?"

The old Confucius said: "In low-level places, of course they do low-level things. '

Wuji said, "What are the inferior things?"

Old Kong laughed and said, "Actually, it's nothing, just drinking, gambling, and eating the little girl's tofu." '

Wuji laughed: "These things are also done by superior people. '

The old Confucius said: "The same thing, if it is done by a superior person in a superior place, it is a superior thing, if it is done by a inferior

When people do it in low-level places, it becomes low-level things, and high-level people will frown and call these things obscene. '

What he said was not only reasonable, but also a bit philosophical.

Wuji asked, "Who are there?"

Old Kong said: "Of course they are all inferior people. They are just servants, guards, cooks and maids on the left and right." '

Wuji's eyes lit up.

If he could get acquainted with these people, his actions would definitely be much more convenient.

He stood up suddenly, patted Lao Kong on the shoulder, and said, "Let's go." '

The old man said, "Where are you going?"

Wuji said, "I'll go wherever you go." '

The old Confucius said: 'You are a superior person, how can you go to those inferior places?'

Wuji said: "Even if I am a high-class person during the day, at night, I become a low-class person." '

He smiled and said: "I know that many high-class people are like this. '

Old Kong also laughed.

He had to admit that what Wuji said was reasonable.

' But there is one thing I want to say up front. '

'you say. '

'When you get there, you are also an inferior person. It doesn't matter if you drink, gamble, or fight. When you have a chance, you

You can even take the opportunity to touch the fish. '

'Fishing?' Wuji didn't understand.

'There are a lot of pretty little girls there. "Old Kong narrowed his eyes again: "They also drink and gamble, as long as they drink
If you drink alcohol, you will get drunk. As long as you gamble, you will lose everything. '

Wuji already understood what he meant: "As soon as they get drunk and lose everything, it's time for us to catch fish." '

Old Kong smiled and said, "So you are also an expert." '

Wuji also laughed and said, "In this regard, the superior people are definitely more expert than the inferior people." '

Old Kong said: "You must never touch a fish with only one person, and you can't even touch her." '

Wuji said, "Why?"

Old Kong said: "Because none of us can afford to provoke this person." '

Wuji asked, "Who is this person?"

Old Confucius said: "Her name is Shuangxi." '

Wuji said, "Double Happiness?"

The old Kong said: "She is the eldest girl of our great master's eldest daughter." '

He sighed, and said with a wry smile: "If you offend her, it's like offending the eldest lady. Whoever offends our eldest lady is like
I stuffed my own head into an oversized hornet's nest. '

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This is not the first time Wuji has heard about this young lady. Although he hasn't seen her yet,
She has already experienced the prestige of her young lady.

In fact, it's not that Wuji has never seen her before, but it was more than ten years ago.

At that time, she was a very thin and obedient little girl, always wearing two small braids, and she blushed when she saw strangers.

What has she become now? What does she look like? Why are people so afraid of her?
Wuji suddenly wanted to see how majestic and terrifying this frightening lady was.

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He saw Double Happiness first.

The prestige of this big girl is already unbearable.

The house was smoky and smelled like an overturned trash can.

But the people in the room didn't seem to feel it at all.

A room that could only hold about a dozen people is now crammed with dozens of people, old and young, men and women
, some are dressed up beautifully, some are bare-backed, some are smelly, some are fragrant, but the expression on everyone's face
Love is the same.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at Shuangxi, waiting for Shuangxi to roll the dice.

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Shuangxi's hand was white, soft, and small, like a small white flower.

Her person is also white, small, pretty, and sweet, and there are two very deep dimples on her face.

She held three dice in her little hand, two of the buttons on her collar were unbuttoned, one foot rested on the bench, and a pair of big eyes
Spinning straight.

There are quite a few people who bet on this one, and the one who bet the most and the most heavily is a big guy.

Wuji has seen this person before, this person is the guard near Shangguanren's study, he has blocked Wuji twice before.

Usually when he talks, he always smiles with a seedy smile, but now he can't even make a fake smile,

On a big round face, every pockmark was sweating.

He bet 13 taels of silver on this bet, which is already all his property.

Suddenly, there was a soft chirp and a 'ding' sound, and three dice fell into the bowl.

"Four five six!" Shuangxi jumped up and shouted, "Tongsha!" Now she doesn't look like a little white flower.

Hua, now she looks like a great white wolf.

Wuji never thought that a little girl like her would become what she is now.

Mazi's expression also changed, and he quietly stretched out his hand, trying to get back the bet he had placed.

It's a pity that his hands and feet are not fast enough.

Shuangxi suddenly turned her head and stared at him.

'What are you doing? Do you want to cheat?'

Mazi's hand had already grasped the ten taels of silver ingot to recycle, and he was already on the verge of riding a tiger, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say:'

This one doesn't count, let's throw it again. '

Shuangxi sneered, and suddenly struck out, slapping Mazi on the face.

She shot fast enough, but before she could slap Mazi's face, Wuji grabbed her hand.

Wuji was standing far away, but suddenly he was in front of her.

Shuangxi's complexion also changed.

She has never seen this person before, and she has never seen such a fast skill.

She barely held back her anger and said, "What are you doing here?"

Wuji smiled and said, "I didn't come here to do anything, I just wanted to say something fair." '

Shuangxi said, "Say it." '

Wuji said: "The one just now can't be counted in the first place." '

Shuangxi asked, "Why?"

Wuji said: "Because this pair of dice is fake, every throw of this pair of dice is four five six." '

Shuangxi's anger flared up again, but it was a pity that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't shake Wuji's hand.

A smart girl would never take a loss in front of her.

Shuangxi is a smart girl, she rolled her eyes, and suddenly smiled: "You said that every dice can roll four or five?"

six?'

Wuji said, "Not bad." '

Shuangxi said, "Anyone throws four, five, six?"

Wuji said: "Anyone is the same." '

Shuangxi said: "You throw it for me to see." '

Wuji smiled, and grabbed the dice in the bowl with his other hand.

Shuangxi suddenly said again: "What if your throw isn't four five six?"

Wuji said: "I will toss ten tosses, and as long as one is not four, five, six, I will compensate you 130 taels for him." '

Double Happiness smiled.

She always liked to laugh, except when she was losing money, she would laugh alone for a long time when she had nothing to do.

Now she couldn't help laughing even more.

Throwing ten fours, fives and sixes in a row? How can there be such a thing in the world? There must be something wrong with this person.

Wuji said, "What if you lose?"

Shuangxi said: "If you can throw ten fours, fives and sixes in a row, I will do whatever you want me to do." '

Wuji said: "Okay." '

As soon as he released his hand, three dice fell into the bowl.

'four, five, six'.

He tossed ten in a row, all four five six.

Double Happiness couldn't stop laughing.

Wuji smiled and said, "Have you seen clearly?"

Double Happiness nodded.

Wuji said, "Didn't you just say that you can do whatever I want you to do?"

Shuangxi nodded again, her face suddenly flushed.

She suddenly figured out the meaning of this sentence - this sentence is not something a girl can say casually.

The way Wuji looked at her was really not very polite.

Shuangxi suddenly said loudly: "But not now." '

Wuji deliberately asked: "Not now? What can't be done?"

Shuangxi blushed even more, and said, "Now I can do whatever you want me to do." '

Wuji said, "When will we wait?"

Shuangxi rolled her eyes again, and said, "Where do you live? I'll go find you later." '

Wuji said, "Are you really going?"

Shuangxi said: "The one who won't go is the puppy." '

Wuji finally let go of her hand: "I live in the small yard outside the corner door at the back, and I'll go back and wait for you now." '

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Lao Kong kept sighing with a sad face, as if he had watched Wuji stuff his head into a hornet's nest, and he couldn't get it out even if he wanted to.

As soon as Shuangxi left, Mazi came over and patted Wuji on the shoulder vigorously, expressing that he was determined to make friends with Wuji.

But Lao Kong kept stamping his feet: "I told you not to provoke her, why did you provoke her, now she must go back and ask for reinforcements, and when the eldest lady finds you, see how you can bear it." '

Wuji smiled, very happily.

Old Kong looked at him in surprise, and said, "It seems that you are not afraid of that young lady at all?"

Wuji smiled and said, "I'm just afraid that she won't look for me." '

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No matter what kind of person that eldest lady is, no matter how fierce she is, she is just a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old.

Wuji has always been sure when dealing with girls.

The reason he did this was to let Shuangxi take that young lady to find him.

He didn't want to sit in that hut all his life eating cowhide and keeping account books. He had to make surprise soldiers, and he calculated that it wouldn't do him any harm.

Unfortunately, this time he was wrong.

(End of this chapter)