The dawn just broke, and there was a rush of footsteps coming from far to near, and then a “bang” sounded as the door was violently slammed open.

“Nie Bufan, why does my bed have a……chicken……” Nineteen broke into Nie Bufan’s room aggressively and accused loudly, but the ending sound became almost inaudible after seeing the scene in front of her.

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What came into sight were a flock of chickens lying in disorder on Nie Bufan’s big bed, at least 20 chickens could be visually counted, and Nie Bufan was densely surrounded in a circle.

Surrounded by “beauties”, warm fragrances and soft jade……(TN: used to describe beautiful women)

Nineteen seemed to have seen some kind of decadent and hedonistic scene, and the foot that was about to step into the room didn’t know whether it should continue forward or step back decisively. As she hesitated, Nie Bufan had already woke up.

He half propped himself up on one hand, squinted at Nineteen, and said displeased: “What’s the matter? This early morning, disturbing people’s dreams, it is unforgivable.”

Nineteen had lost the initial haughtiness, and muttered in a low voice: “I just want to ask you, why did a chicken show up in my bed……”

“This is Chicken Nest Village, ‘Chicken’, Nest, Village!” Nie Bufan sat up with his messy hair, his thin clothes loose, exposing large areas of skin.

“But still they can’t go on the bed, I evidently closed the doors.” Nineteen looked away.

“What about the window?” Nie Bufan finger combed his hair carelessly, then looked around for clothes. The chickens around him also jumped out of the warm bed and filed out in groups. When passing by Nineteen, they also casted sharp eye knives, making one feel rather chilly.

“Window?” Nineteen asked in confusion, “The window must also be closed?”

“Obviously, the chickens in Chicken Nest Village are omnipotent and all-pervasive.” Nie Bufan wore an outer shirt that had been ravaged by the chickens, and was about to put on his pants before he realized something was wrong. “I say, Tian Nu, you are a lady at least. Not mentioning rashly entering a man’s room, are you planning to watch me get dressed as well?”

Saying so, he stretched out a beautifully bare leg from under the quilt.

“Ah!” Nineteen screamed, hiding her face as she rushed out.

After freshening up and finished making a hot breakfast, Nineteen appeared again, this time with the two Jadeites.

“You’re here, please use it.” Nie Bufan brought them hot porridge and a plate of cooked eggs.

Nineteen didn’t even look at it, but said with a cold face: “Nie Bufan, in the next days, I will conduct a large-scale search in Chicken Nest Village, including your room, please don’t put up a resistance.”

“Oh.” Nie Bufan swallowed a mouthful of porridge, and said vaguely, “Whatever you like.”

“Very good.” Nineteen was quite satisfied with his cooperative attitude and affirmed, “If I can find what I want, I will not treat you badly.”

“As long as you’re happy.” Nie Bufan smiled again.

“Fine, enjoy your breakfast slowly.” After saying that, Nineteen got up sharply and led the Jadeites out in a gallant manner.

“Hey, don’t you want something to eat?” Nie Bufan shouted at their backs.

“You eat it yourself!” Eat in the morning? For those who never eat breakfast, Nie Bufan who ate breakfast was the oddball.

Nie Bufan tsked a few times, not commenting on this.
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Nineteen had a general understanding of the terrain of Chicken Nest Village, and the next step was to conduct a thorough search.

Such a shabby mountain village, can it even pose an obstacle for her? Nineteen was full of confidence. However, she soon stopped thinking so. The chickens in Chicken Nest Village were different. They don’t hide when they see people, have a fierce temper and a strong sense of territory. If you don’t pay attention, you will even be attacked. Not only that, but they must always be careful of flying poop, truly impossible to guard against. It was enough for one to be disgusted to death. It can be said that as long as there were chickens in the area, Nineteen and her Jadeites were unable to move an inch, and in Chicken Nest Village, there were chickens everywhere……

“Ah——” Nineteen screamed angrily.

“Bang!” The door of Nie Bufan’s house was treated to a violent kick by a certain woman again.

“Lady Nineteen, good afternoon.” Nie Bufan was peeling garlic leisurely.

“What the hell is this place here?” Nineteen frantically said, “Have all the chickens already become spirit demons?”

“This……probably a problem of fengshui.”

“Fengshui? You are talking Fengshui to me? Do you know who I am? I am the Tian Nu of Divining Heaven Palace!” Nineteen slapped the table and said angrily, “What are you doing raising so many chickens? Doing nothing every day, not laying eggs, and not being made into food! Are they decoration?”

“Lady, misfortune comes from the mouth.”

“Come a ghost!”

“Be careful about encountering ghosts.”

“Ghost my ass!”

“……I am despairing of this world, so this is the rumored lady?”

Nineteen paused, she suddenly felt something was wrong. She looked at Nie Bufan hesitantly and asked, “Were you talking just now?”

Nie Bufan shook his head innocently.

“The who was it cutting into the conversation?”

He shook his head again, showing that he didn’t know.

Nineteen muttered to herself, could she be hallucinating? She looked around and found a colorful chicken sitting on the cabinet in a dignified manner, staring at Nineteen with a pair of melancholy eyes.

“It looks familiar.” Nineteen pointed at the chicken, trembling slightly.

“En, you’ve seen him once, he’s called ‘Hero’.”

“Hero! That talking chicken!” She kept hypnotizing herself that the last time had just been a dream, but who knew that she would encounter this chicken once again. What did it say just now, despair for this world? Shouldn’t she be despairing of this world?

Nineteen leaned on the table top with her hands, and lowered her head weakly.

Nie Bufan saw that she was shocked enough, so he changed the subject and said: “Are you looking for me?”

“That’s right.” Nineteen looked up and said, as if thinking of something, “I think it’s useless to search randomly. I still have to make a trip to the pool. Only by looking at the lock can I guess the approximate shape of the key.”

“Oh.”

“You go with me. This is your land boundary. And it will be convenient if anything happens. Anyway, you know everything you should know.”

“Oh.”

“Time is running out. If I can’t find the last key before the members of the four major families arrive, the reputation of Divining Heaven Palace will be ruined. Those people think the key is in my possession.”

“Oh.”

“Nie Bufan, can you give me some other reaction? You’re very happy to see me in desperate straits, aren’t you?”

Nie Bufan finished peeling the last garlic, clapped his hands, stood up and said, “Let’s go, go to the water pool.”

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The four of them came to the pool from last time, and Nineteen put on an outfit that was easy to move in and made preparations by the pool.

“This water is quite freezing, are you sure you want to go down?”

“The arrow is on the string, there’s no choice but to let it fly.” Nineteen had on a tragic expression of facing death with equanimity.

Nie Bufan, this guy, who was holding the key but pretending to be ignorant, watched with a serious expression as the Tian Nu jumped to death, cough, jump into the water.

Nineteen plucked up the courage to jump into the pool, and the two Jadeites looked on nervously.

Nie Bufan sat under a tree, carefreely peeling an egg to eat. In truth, he had quietly let Little Turtle to follow along just now. After all, teasing is one thing, but it is another thing to cause death.

Not long after, bubbles suddenly appeared on the calm water surface, and then a head popped out.

“Young Lady!” The two Jadeites were overjoyed, and together they stepped forward and pulled Nineteen ashore.

Nineteen’s skin was blue, but there was joy on her face. After panting for a while, she happily said, “Do you know what I found?”

“What?” the three asked simultaneously.

“The fifth key!” Nineteen looked excited, “I didn’t expect the last key to be at the entrance of the treasure deposit!”

“Really? Where is the key?” The two Jadeites asked quickly.

“Look, this is it.” Nineteen stretched out her hand, revealing the bright white thing in her palm.

“Uh……” Jadeite 1 hesitated, “Why does this look like……”

“Like an egg.” Jadeite 2 finished.

Nineteen proudly said: “Duobao Sage is a master of marvelous skills. The things he made were always exquisite. Often the more seemingly ordinary objects, the more unique. That he can make a key the same as a real egg his skills are simply just unparalleled.”

The two Jadeite revealed identical expressions of awe. At this moment, the egg was no longer an egg in their eyes, but a peerless treasure.

Nie Bufan picked his ears with his little finger and remained silent.

“Now, let’s take a look at this egg, no, this key and see what kind of secret it hides.” Nineteen carefully picked up the egg, looked left and right, and kept rubbing it with her fingers, as if looking for some mechanism.

For a while, to no avail.

Nineteen smiled and said: “This key is indeed made like a real egg.” But in her heart she roared: What’s the point of making it so lifelike?!

As time went by, sweat stains appeared on Nineteen’s forehead, and her body kept trembling.

Nie Bufan finally couldn’t bear it anymore, and said with his conscience that was worth only a penny, “The way I see it, it is actually an egg, right?”

“What do you know?” Nineteen said angrily without looking up, “Would Duobao Sage put an ordinary egg at the entrance of the treasure deposit?”

“Maybe it fell accidentally?”

Nineteen ignored him and continued to ponder the egg.

Nie Bufan patiently spoke again, trying to save someone that was about to go crazy: “Believe me, this is an ordinary egg, I promise in the name of the head villager of Chicken Nest Village.”

Nineteen finally stopped, she said angrily: “Why are you so annoying? Don’t you see that I am busy? If this is an ordinary egg, then I will knock into a tree!”

“I suggest you try to strike a stone with the egg (TN: idiom for attempting the impossible) first.”

“Fine I’ll strike it, I’ll let you see just how the egg breaks the stone!” After speaking, she striked the egg on the ground.

“Splat!” The egg broke, and the sticky substance inside was stained all over Nineteen’s hand.

Nineteen was also broken, and her whole person unresponsive as if she was frozen.

The two Jadeites had their mouths gaping open, not knowing how to react.

After a while, Nineteen suddenly stood up and rushed towards a big tree, crying as she knocked her head on it: “Why? Just why?”

Nie Bufan walked over and patted her on the shoulder, and comforted: “Forget it, don’t hurt yourself, if you must blame someone then blame the old man named Duobao.”

He pushed the black pot (TN: expression for blame) to someone else without blinking an eye.
　　
Nineteen said fiercely: “Yes, that old man is really hateful!” After speaking, she cried again: “The people of the four major families will arrive soon. How should I face them? If it continues to drag on, I will be exposed!”

“Ai?” Nie Bufan waved his hand, “If you just want to delay the time, what is so difficult?”

“What, do you have a way?”

“Of course, you just have to tell them that opening the treasure deposit requires a specific time, and you must wait before the time arrives. As for when that time is, is it not your decision?”

Nineteen eyes lit up: “Yes, why didn’t I think of it?”

Nie Bufan gave a contemptuous look: “And you still say that you are the Tian Nu of Divining Heaven Palace? You can’t even pretend to be a quack.”

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Nineteen was a bit embarrassed and said, “Thank you, now I know how to deal with it.”

Nie Bufan pretended to nod profoundly: “The child can be taught.”

Poor Nineteen, she was sold by Nie Bufan and she even helped count the money……

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When Nie Bufan saw that the Tian Nu‘s husband finding event had been stirred into a mess of muddy water, and there was no more drama to see, he went back to the Chicken Nest Village.

As for Li Yi and Zhang Junshi, they both had socializing to do, but he won’t participate this time. Moreover, being kissed by Li Yi, he felt that he had lost to the other, so he planned to doubly get back at him.

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The weather was bright on this day, and Nie Bufan led his chicken brigade out for a walk. As he passed the foot of the mountain, he could vaguely hear a voice. He felt puzzled, how could there be strangers in this place where only chickens lay eggs?

So, he made a “hush” gesture to the chickens, and then sneaked over there for a look.

The flock of chickens also followed his lead, tiptoeing on hands and feet with neck tucked in——cough, of course, they have no hands, so it was actually tucking in their necks and tiptoeing on feet behind Nie Bufan, several pairs of tiny dark thief eyes flashing with inexplicable excitement.

Pulling a handful of branches and leaves apart, he saw three women appear in front of him. One of them Nie Bufan knew, the Tian Nu who had been cheated by him. The one that used to pretend to be Jadeite Nineteen and was named “Jing Rou”.

Why wasn’t she in the city accepting the pursuit of men, and coming here to this deep mountain forest instead?

“Young Lady, are you really planning to go down?” Jadeite 1 hesitated.

“I have to check it out no matter what, this is my last chance.” Tian Nu Nighteen took off her outer robe, revealing the close-fitting clothes inside, her voice carrying a hint of the tragic and solemnity.

There was a deep pool with a diameter of no more than fifteen meters beside the three of them. The water was beautiful and clear as jade.

Was this Lady Nineteen planning to swim in the pool?

Soon, Nie Bufan’s guess was confirmed. After seeing the Tian Nu take a few deep breaths, she got into a diving pose.

He can’t ppssibly watch a perfectly alive young woman just fall into the water! So he jumped out and yelled: “Lady, plase wait!”

Nineteen was taken aback, and fell into the water with a splash.

“Ah, young Lady!” The two Jadeites exclaimed.

Nineteen choked on a few mouthfuls of water and laid on the shore, looking angrily at the guy who suddenly appeared.

The two Jadeites hurriedly pulled Nineteen up from the pool, handing her a towel while helping her wrap on her outer robe.

Nineteen trembled from the cold water, and said in a bad tone: “It’s you? Li Xiaoyao? Why are you here? Are you following me?”

“Uh, I’m not following you, I live nearby.” Nie Bufan spread his hands innocently.

“You live near here?” Nineteen’s expression suddenly became weird.

“Yeah, is there anything weird?”

“Is there anything weird?” Nineteen’s voice was slightly high.

“……” Nie Bufan silently looked at her with eyes that seem like they were looking at an alien creature.

Nineteen coughed, adjusted her expression, and asked as calmly as possible: “As far as I know, there is no hidden aristocratic family residence nearby.”

“Who said that, isn’t there a hidden small mountain village?”

“You aren’t talking about ‘Chicken Nest Village’, are you?”

“Eh? Our Chicken Nest Village is already so famous?” Nie Bufan smiled proudly.

Nineteen took a deep breath, gritted her teeth and said, “According to my investigation, the person who used to sell the tea eggs in the city some time ago came from Chicken Nest Village.”

“Oh hehe, there was such a thing?”

“You are still pretending to be stupid!” Nineteen pointed at him and said angrily, “So you revealed my identity! Tell me, who are you?”

Nie Bufan looked at the sky and replied: “In fact, besides being called ‘Li Xiaoyao’, I also have another name, that is ‘Nie Bufan’.”

Nineteen flushed, and flames seem as if they would burst out of her eyes. Can this guy’s skin be thicker? (TN: thick skin=shameless)

Wait, Nie Bufan?

Nineteen suddenly remembered before leaving the Palace, in addition to telling her where the treasure was hidden, the Mistress also provided a clue to the fifth key, just four words saying: great elegance in vulgarity (TN: mortals must find elegance and the extraordinary in common things). Doesn’t this point to “Bufan” (TN: remember Bufan means extraordinary)? More importantly, this guy lived near the water pool. So saying that he had nothing to do with the matter, she wouldn’t believe it even if she was killed.

Thinking of this, Nineteen changed her expression like changing her face (TN: see the art of Chinese face changing mask, it’s quite fascinating), and she smiled as kindly as possible: “So your name is Nie Bufan, it really is a good name.”

Nie Bufan raised his eyebrows and fell silent. When out of nowhere one is particularly ingratiating then they must be up to nefarious deeds!

“You ruined my husband finding plan earlier, and I will probably be alone for the rest of my life from now on. Do you think you should compensate me?”

“What compensation do you want?”

“I want to buy something from you with a hundred taels of gold.”

Nie Bufan suddenly hugged his chest and said vigilantly: “My chastity will not be exchanged for even thousands of gold.”

Nineteen’s expression looked a bit twisted, and it took a long time to suppress the mad desire to scratch at the walls, and calmly said: “It’s not that, it’s a key. I want to buy a key from you.”

“Key? I’m a chicken farmer, not a locksmith. You found the wrong person.”

Still playing stupid? Nineteen smiled without meaning it and said: “You don’t know about Duobao Sage, do you?”

“I know.”

“Then sell me the key. With your commoner background, can you even maintain possession of the key?”

Nie Bufan looked her up and down, and said with sympathy: “You look quite normal, but how come what you say is incoherent and without logic?”

Nineteen finally couldn’t help jumping in anger: “Don’t think I don’t know, the last key must be with you!”

“Why is it on me? Tell me, what does that key look like?”

Nineteen was momentarily stunned. That’s right, no one knew what the fifth key looked like. If Nie Bufan didn’t know, even if the key was in his hands, he would not be able to recognize it. This was also something she wanted to investigate. She wanted to get a clue on what the key looked like from the lock on the entrance door of the treasure deposit.

But it seemed there was no need for it now. She absolutely believed in the deduction of the Mistress, and the fifth key must be on Nie Bufan.

“Do you live in Chicken Nest Village?” Nineteen asked suddenly.

“Yes.” Nie Bufan smiled, “I am the head villager of Chicken Nest Village.”

Head villager? Just a farmer then. It was truly as the divination said, great elegance in vulgarity, just looking at his looks and manners, he did not look like a poor common man at all.

“Okay, let’s stop here today.” Nineteen wrapped up her clothes and pretended to say weakly, “I just fell into the water, I have to go back to warm up, otherwise I am afraid I will get sick.”

“Then Lady Nineteen should go back and have a good rest, I won’t be sending you off.”

“No need, no need.” Nineteen left with the help of the two Jadeites, walking in an “elegant and supple” way.

Actually, using “a graceful trot” seemed more appropriate in Nie Bufan’s eyes.

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After seeing that they have all left, Nie Bufan squatted beside the water pond thoughtfully, and the chickens that had been hidden behind him sprang out.

After a while, Nie Bufan waved in a certain direction and shouted: “Little Turtle, go down and take a look.”

A shiny green chicken slowly moved out of the flock, twisted its neck, stretched its legs, and then jumped into the pool with a “splash”, soon disappearing.

Just after Nie Bufan drank a small flask of wine and ate an egg, Little Turtle popped out and swam to the shore, where Nie Bufan picked him up.

Little Turtle’s wet chicken feathers were all stuck and flattened to the skin and flesh, appearing thin and pitiful. No wonder there were such descriptions as “a drowned chicken” (TN: expression to describe a person who looks drenched and bedraggled) in this world. However, Little Turtle didn’t care at all, and shook the feathers on his body, instantly water droplets splashed everywhere. The chickens all around took a step back, and waited for him to finish shaking before rejoining the circle.

Clutched in Little Turtle’s claws was a round object, which looked like an egg, but it was engraved with strange patterns, and there was a connector line in the middle.

Nie Bufan tried a few times. Although he couldn’t open it, he could rotate it left and right. With the slow rotation, the patterns on the egg also changed, looking very strange and fascinating. It was hard to believe that there was such exquisite craftsmanship in this era.

This……could this be the last key?

Could it be that Nineteen came here just to find this key?

Nie Bufan shook his head, that wasn’t right. If she had known that the key was down in the pool, she would not leave so easily, and also saying she wanted to buy the key from him.

If she was not looking for the key, was it to investigate the entrance to the treasure deposit?

Under the water pool was the place where the Duobao Sage had hidden his treasure?

Nie Bufan stared at the egg in his hand for a long time, and then said to the chickens: “Say, what should I do?”

The chickens flapped their wings, crowed, cackled, and generally made a lot of noise.

It seemed that there were many opinions, but Nie Bufan didn’t understand a word. He had to admit that the chickens were more talented in language than him, at least after the mutation, they could understand his words, but the reverse was completely impossible.

Nie Bufan shook his head, put the thing in his hand into his bag, then also fumbled in the bag, and muttered, “Ai, I have eaten all the eggs I brought out today.”

As soon as his last word fell, he saw a bright white egg rolling out of the flock of chickens, and rolling all the way to Nie Bufan’s feet. Don’t know which chicken had pushed it.

Nie Bufan smiled: “Thanks.”

Then he handed the egg to Little Turtle: “Have to trouble Little Turtle again, can you put this back in place.”

Little Turtle grabbed the egg and dived into the water once again.

Nie Bufan was quite interested in the treasure deposit underwater, but unfortunately, after testing the water temperature, he could only dispel the idea of ​​going down and taking a look in person.

When Little Turtle finished, Nie Bufan called the chickens and walked back toward the village in a large and awe-inspiring procession.

The lamentable Nineteen, if she had gone down the pool one step earlier, Nie Bufan would have nothing to do with the last key. Who would have thought that the last key was at the entrance of the treasure deposit?

Destiny was sometimes so fantastical. Nie Bufan originally wouldn’t have gotten the key, but because of Nineteen’s participation in the situation, it caused a chain reaction. In the end, it just happened to confirm the divination of the Mistress of Divining Heaven Palace. Was this the result of fate or human cause?

As soon as Nie Bufan opened the door the next morning, he saw the Tian Nu standing with a smile in front of him with two Jadeites.

“What are you doing here?”

“I have decided to stay in Chicken Nest Village for the time being until I find what I am looking for.”

Nie Bufan looked at a certain gray chicken that flew by behind them, and calmly said: “The Chicken Nest Village does not seem to be suitable for a young Lady to live in.”

“It’s fine.” Nineteen smiled still, “I also want to experience the suffering in the world.”

Nie Bufan looked at her sympathetically, and asked again: “Are you sure?”

“Sure of it.”

“No regrets?”

“No way.”

“That’s good.” Nie Bufan sighed and pointed in a certain direction. “There are empty houses over there. Go and clean up by yourself.”

“Thank you.”

Seeing that they were about to leave, Nie Bufan added: “Food and lodging expenses are calculated on a daily basis, 30 coins a day, and no credit is available.”

The three of them paused. In a moment, a Jadeite came over and gave Nie Bufan a purse, saying with disdain: “Pauper.”

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Nie Bufan took the bag of money, there was at least a dozen taels, hehe, enough. How long will they last? It was really something worth looking forward to.

En, also, even the Tian Nu came here, maybe the people of the four big families were not far away, right? Should he develop some products to sell……

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Recently, Nie Bufan did not let Tu Beng go out to sell tea eggs, and had him stay in Chicken Nest Village to avoid the limelight. The safety of Chicken Nest Village could still be guaranteed after all.

After the identity of Tian Nu was leaked, wave after wave of people went looking for Tu Beng, murderous feelings and resentment could be sensed a mile away. Nie Bufan this fellow was not afraid of death, and he swaggered through the market in a grand manner. Tian Nu didn’t know it was him, but Si Chenyu knew, not only did he know it, but he was sure that he made a lot of money out of this Tian Nu identity leak! His teeth was currently tickling with hatred! As a prince, from the time he was a child till now, when had he ever been tricked this bad?

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For this reason, he was determined to go find Nie Bufan to settle accounts after he got the Tian Nu, but now he had to bear it for the time being.

After the identity of the Tian Nu was exposed, the people surrounding her increased in crowds. How could Si Chenyu rush to please her like the rest of the ordinary people? Besides, after seeing the real Tian Nu, he was actually quite disappointed. It didn’t matter if she was just pretty in appearance, but it was a pity that she lacked the sense of refined and pure aura that would shock the heavens, and instead was no different from any ordinary pretty daughter of a humble family. And from her act of pretending to be a Jadeite, this woman was also a restless and bold character, which was a far cry from the rumored demure and gentle lady.

Si Chenyu’s interest in the Tian Nu had greatly diminished, but “Li Xiaoyao” continued to appear in his mind from time to time, and then the word “kill” repeating over and over.

At this moment, an attendant walked in.

“How is the investigation?” Si Chenyu asked.

“Answering the prince, after following a few days, this subordinate discovered that the man is not actually named Li Xiaoyao, but his real name is Nie Bufan, and he is the village chief of Chicken Nest Village.”

Well, even dare to use fake names! One more crime was added.

“Chicken Nest Village? Where?” The name sounded quite vulgar.

“A year ago it was completely unknown, but recently it gradually gained some fame. This village is famous for raising chickens. The chickens in Zhang Junshi’s restaurant are all from here.”

Si Chenyu held the tea cup in thought for a while, and secretly thought: How dare a kid from a peasant family blackmail the emperor’s relatives? He is quite a marvel. Could it be his boldness came from being backed by the Zhang family and the Li family?

He was silent for a while, and then he asked, “How is the situation on the side of the Tian Nu?”

“Nothing out of the ordinary, basically staying behind closed doors.”

“En, watch carefully, don’t let the Tian Nu get into an accident.”

“Yes.”

In the guest room of Zhang family restaurant, Nie Bufan said to Li Yi: “How about it, did you see the Tian Nu?”

Li Yi glanced at him, and replied: “The situation having been thrown in a mess by you, who can see the Tian Nu now?” However, there were a lot of social gatherings being held now, all gatherings of the sons of the aristocracy.

“Heihei.” Nie Bufan leaned against the pillar and said nonchalantly, “If the Tian Nu truly wanted to find a husband, she shouldn’t have announced it with such great fanfare at the beginning. The garden party she held also doesn’t seem to be for choosing a husband. Just look at all the people who came. Their status is high enough, but all of them have unpredictable thoughts and motives. I guess that if it isn’t because the tian nu has high vanity, or she is just playing around, then it is due to……another motive.”

Li Yi raised his eyebrows, he had to admit that Nie Bufan looked carefree, but he was actually quite clever.

“You are right, the purpose of the Tian Nu is not simply to find a husband.”

“Oh? For what?”

“Have you ever heard of the name “Duobao Sage”?” (TN: lit. many treasure sage)

Nie Bufan revealed a foggy expression.

“I really suspect that you were living under a rock.” Li Yi glanced at him contemptuously, and replied, “Duobao Sage was a legendary figure more than a hundred years ago. He came from an aristocratic family and left home when he was sixteen. He traveled all over the kingdom, even as far away as foreign countries, and went to sea several times. Over the past 50 years, he had collected countless rare and exotic treasures, including gold and jade, bronze sculptures, rare ancient books, lost secrets, maps of the mountains and rivers of this kingdom and abroad, manuals on how to craft all kinds of weapons and merchant ships and warships, astronomical and geographical knowledge, etc. It can be said to be all-encompassing. And the Duobao Sage is also a prodigy blessed by the heavens, proficient in several languages, mechanism and arithmetics, and simply extremely clever. He was conferred the title ‘the kingdom’s extraordinary talent’ by the emperor of that time.”

Nie Bufan exclaimed: “What an amazing man. Then, what happened to the treasures he collected?”

“This is the important point.” Li Yi twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled lightly. “As I said just now, the Duobao Sage was proficient in mechanism and arithmetics. When he was alive, countless people coveted his treasures, but no one could find them, including the emperor. Until after his death, the Duobao Sage left behind five keys. His last words were: Anyone who holds the keys is entitled to share his treasure. To open the treasure, you must gather all the keys. As soon as the news came out, the whole world shook, and for a while, people from all walks of life started to take action.”

“Then were the keys found?”

Li Yi nodded and said: “Four were found. This was calculated with the help of the Mistress of Heaven Divining Palace. Now the four keys are in the possession of the four families Si, Wang, Chen, and Li.”

“What about the last one?”

“Don’t know, the four families guess that the last key is in the Tian Nu‘s possession.”

Nie Bufan suddenly said: “That’s why this time the Tian Nu choosing a husband attracted so many influential people.” After thinking for a while, he asked: “The Tian Nu chose the location in Xishan City, could it be……”

“Yes, the Mistress of Divining Heaven Palace has calculated that the treasures of Duobao Sage is buried near Xishan City. This year is about the time when the treasure will appear.”

Nie Bufan thought for a while, and suddenly he smiled and said, “I guess that the last key is not in the hands of the Tian Nu.”

“Why?”

“If the Tian Nu had obtained the last key and knew the location of the treasure, then why doesn’t she secretly summon the four major families who have the key to collect the treasure together? She could simply wait until the treasure is obtained before finding a husband publicly. Isn’t this a better way to completely avoid any unexpected incidents? Now, people from all over are gathering in one place, and the variables are increasing. What is the tian nu’s purpose?”

Li Yi thought for a moment before he understood: “You mean, she wants to fish in troubled waters (TN: expression for taking advantage of a crisis for personal gain), and then take the opportunity to find the last key?”

“There is eight or nine out of ten chance of this.” Nie Bufan nodded vigorously.

Li Yi looked at Nie Bufan deeply.

Nie Bufan flipped his hair and sighed, “Don’t look at me in such a way, I know that I’m hopelessly smart.”

Li Yi drew back his gaze with a twitch.

“By the way, what does the key to the treasure look like?” Nie Bufan asked again.

“As far as I know, the keys owned by the four major families are made in the image of the four mythological beasts Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise, but they don’t look like keys.”

“Oh? What do they look like?”

Li Yi hesitated for a while, and said: “Our family is the Vermillion Bird. The key looks like a hairpin, and the rest of the other families probably have other shapes.”

“Hairpin? Shaped as the Vermillion Bird……” Nie Bufan’s eyes wondered and then he suddenly exclaimed, “Are you talking about the peacock feather thing Li Huai inserted in his hair?” He remembered when Li Huai first came to Chicken Nest Village, Nie Bufan had severe disdain for him because of that flashy hairpin.

Peacock feather thing……oi, the Vermillion Bird will cry.

“Probably so……” Li Yi replied hesitantly.

“You just let Li Huai wear it like this? You are not afraid of being robbed? His lack of martial arts, arrogant personality, and violent temper can easily offend people.”

Are you talking about yourself!

Li Yi finally couldn’t help rolling his eyes, and said heedlessly, “Now everyone in the world knows that the four keys are in the hands of the four major families. They have to weigh the pros and cons if they want to steal it. Unless he has the ability to get the fifth key.”

“The four keys are the four mythological beasts, the fifth one……”

“It may be the qilin (TN: Chinese unicorn).”

Qilin? That covered in scales and looking extremely bizarre guy? Nie Bufan fell into his imaginings.

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“I say, have you asked enough? Can you go out?” Li Yi said helplessly.

“En?”

“My bath water is already cold and my skin is almost soaked into wrinkles.”

“Then what are you still doing in there? Come out and change your clothes.”

Can you leave? Can you leave?

Probably finally understanding the resentment in Li Yi’s eyes, Nie Bufan pouted his lips and said: “It’s not as if I haven’t seen it before. We are all big men. Why are you shy?”

Li Yi took a deep breath and said lightly: “You said it.”

“Yes, I said it.”

As soon as Nie Bufan’s words fell, Li Yi stood up suddenly, splashing water all over with the movement. Most of that lean muscular body was exposed to the air, and the majestic object that hung in the lower abdomen area was faintly visible in the water.

Li Yi stepped out of the tub and stood naked in front of Nie Bufan.

Nie Bufan’s gaze couldn’t help but lower, and that thing was actually high and erect, arrogant to the point of heinous.

“You……”

Before he could say his words, his mouth was tightly sealed and his waist was tightly gripped in place.

Li Yi pressed Nie Bufan against the pillar, and his whole body pressed against him.

Nie Bufan was in a rare stunned state, and let Li Yi ravage his lips in a daze, his whole body heat rising.

“Wait……mph……” Nie Bufan finally recovered his senses, but unfortunately his brain seemed to be lacking oxygen and breathing became a problem.

It was so sudden that he was completely unprepared.

After a while, Li Yi let go of Nie Bufan’s pitiful lips, but their lower parts were still pressed tightly against each other.

“You……what are you doing?” Nie Bufan asked incredulously, widening his eyes.

“What do you think?” Li Yi swiped his fingers across his somewhat swollen lips.

“You must not be Li Fourth, tell me, which perverted culprit in disguise are you?”

“……”

“How could a man with facial paralysis like Li Fourth and who appear sexually frigid at first sight do such a thing?”

Li Yi’s movements stopped, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said: “Am I sexually frigid? Would you like to confirm it in person?”

“Uh, no, I suddenly remembered that I still have chickens to feed. I will take my leave now, take my leave.” As he said, he pulled the arm on his waist hard, but like a rock it remained motionless.

“Fourth brother Li?”

Li Yi looked at him fixedly for a long while before letting go of his hand slowly.

As soon as Nie Bufan was free, he immediately relaxed, adjusted his expression, and said earnestly: “Li Fourth, if you are sexually dissatisfied, I recommend you to go to Yichun Court. The girls there are curvy and big, no, I mean beautiful and gentle, you will definitely like it. The path of bromance is not easy, so it is better to turn round early.”

Li Yi’s mouth moved, as if to say something, but Nie Bufan had already bypassed the screen and ran towards the door. Before leaving, he didn’t forget to say: “Next time, don’t do this. Listen to this little brother’s advice, it’s better to quickly find a woman to relief yourself.”

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Long after the footsteps disappeared, Li Yi finally laughed in delight.

Finally got back at him this time, right? During his time with Nie Bufan, he learned a trick. To deal with this guy, he had to be more shameless than him! Next time he provoked him again, he will use this trick. Just look at his fried chicken-like appearance just now, so fun, haha!

En, the taste is also very good……

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“Jing Rou? Who?”

It was the afternoon, and Nie Bufan and the others were drinking afternoon tea in the pavilion, when he heard Zhang Junshi mention a person’s name and he couldn’t help asking curiously.

Zhang Junshi glanced at him: “Jing Rou is the name of the Tian Nu, you didn’t know it for this long?”

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Nie Bufan naturally shook his head: “You never told me.”

Zhang Junshi explained: “This Lady Jing Rou is very mysterious. She has been raised by the Mistress of the Divining Heaven Palace for 18 years and has never shown her true face. However, it is said that this woman has the appearance of heavenly goddesses, has a gentle personality, and is very talented. Putting aside the background of coming from Divining Heaven Palace, what man would not be tempted by such a woman?”

“Oh.” Nie Bufan held the teacup, thinking deeply. Jing Rou? Where did he hear this name……

“At present, it seems that no one has discovered the true identity of the Tian Nu.” Zhang Junshi looked at the beautiful Gongzi and ladies walking and chatting by the lake.

“By the way, you two are really not interested in the Tian Nu?” Nie Bufan asked suddenly.

“Fate cannot be forced.” Zhang Junshi smiled lightly.

Li Yi did not even raise his eyebrows.

“You said just now that a woman like the Tian Nu is hard not to be tempted by.” Nie Bufan looked them up and down suspiciously, “You don’t really have that kind of orientation, do you?”

Zhang Junshi twitched the corners of his mouth, looking at Nie Bufan with a weird look, but privately he couldn’t decipher what he felt at the moment. This guy told them so many crooked stories, but now he questioned them? He really didn’t have that tendency himself? Just tell them the stories to play with them? Don’t know who kissed a man in public a few days ago. Was such a thing all inconsequential to him?

Li Yi also gave Nie Bufan a significant look.

“In fact, if you are interested in the Tian Nu, I might be able to help you.” Nie Bufan said again.

“Oh, how can you help?” Zhang Junshi asked curiously.

Nie Bufan looked around, then suddenly lowered his head and said in a low voice, “I think I know who the Tian Nu is.”

Both Zhang and Li were surprised.

“You know?” Zhang Junshi was suspicious.

Nie Bufan let out a few chuckles: “Yes, I’m 80% sure.”

He thought the name “Jing Rou” was familiar, and just now he had recalled where he had heard it.

“Who is it?” Zhang Junshi asked probingly.

“You are not interested, what’s the point of telling you?” Nie Bufan drank tea leisurely.

“To satisfy one’s curiosity is fine!”

“I won’t say it.” Nie Bufan said in self-satisfaction, “If I say it, there will be no suspense. I want to see who can win the beautiful lady in the end.”

Zhang Junshi saw that he won’t be able to pry it from him, so he shrugged.

They didn’t care, but some people took it to heart. The conversation just now was accidentally overheard and as a result, Nie Bufan was kidnapped once again.

Of course, this time the treatment was much better, he was neither tied up nor threatened. But on either side of him, a row of sturdy men stood on each side, filling up a gorgeous room and leaving no vacancy.

The mysterious man who ordered to have him be brought here was hidden behind the curtains, as if too ashamed to be seen.

“Are you Li Xiaoyao?” the person behind the curtain asked, his voice low and a bit imposing.

“It should be.”

The mysterious man said again: “I heard you know the identity of the Tian Nu?”

“How do you know that I know?”

The mysterious man was silent for a while.

Nie Bufan suddenly said with realization: “So when we were in the pavilion yesterday, you eavesdropped.”

The mysterious man continued to be silent.

On the side a big man shouted: “Stop talking nonsense, you should only answer whatever the master asks!”

“Okay, you ask.” Nie Bufan brought a stool and sat down naturally, looking like he would answer all questions.

The mysterious man probably finished mulling over his emotions in the dark before saying: “Who is the Tian Nu?”

“It is said that her name is ‘Jing Rou’.”

“……” There seemed to be a sound of something shattering coming from behind the curtains.

After awhile the person asked in a suppressed voice: “Which one in the Fragrant Illuminating Garden is Jing Rou?”

“What benefit will I get for telling you?”

“……”

Nie Bufan poured himself a cup of tea, and said leisurely: “This is very important information. Whoever finds the Tian Nu wins first.”

“What do you want?”

“Doesn’t it seem like you are too insincere the way you ask?” Nie Bufan picked his ears.

“One thousand silver taels.” The mysterious man said bluntly.

“One thousand taels, it seems not bad.” Nie Bufan smiled, and then said distressedly, “but I am worried that I will not have the life to spend it. For powerful and affluent people like you, you are the best at saying one thing and doing another thing. I can’t take the risk of being silenced with death when I no longer have any value.”

“Impudent! Is our master someone whom you can question?” The previous big man couldn’t help yelling.

“Look, how fierce.” Nie Bufan waved his hand.

“Do you think you can retreat without saying anything?”

“If I don’t say at least it will leave you vexed.”

The big man glared.

“Deng Hong, step down.” The mysterious man first stopped the subordinate who was about to get violent, and then said to Nie Bufan, “Then how will you be willing to say?”

Nie Bufan rubbed his chin: “Seeing that you didn’t use force to intimidate me, then so be it. You sign a contract with me to ensure that after the deal is settled you won’t come back for revenge.”

The mysterious man said coldly: “You want to sign a contract with Ben……me? Do you know who I am?”

“Tsk tsk, just now you act like you won’t threaten with force, now you bring your identity out to intimidate.” Nie Bufan provoked without fear of death, “who do I not know who has participated in the garden party this time, the only one I haven’t met is the legendary Si Chenyu.”

So, what was the point of pretending to be mysterious, he didn’t even have to guess his identity.

The big man wanted to scold again: calling the master by his name is disrespectful!

But, the mysterious man had already gritted his teeth and said: “Since you know, you still dare to talk to me like this?”

“There is no choice, who let it be that the one who has a request is not me?”

“……” This guy was either born without a certain nerve, or he had big balls!

“Well, what is it? My time is precious.”

“……How to sign this contract?” The mysterious man finally compromised. In this extraordinary period, it was better to not add any more trouble. In the future, there will be opportunities to teach this guy a lesson.

The big man brought brush, ink, paper and inkstone to Nie Bufan.

Nie Bufan put on a confident and easy look of a literary man, sweeping his brush across the paper, and in no time the contract was drawn up.

The big man was illiterate and naturally did not know what was written on the paper, so he handed it in respectfully.

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Then, there was a long silence inside.

Si Chenyu trembled slightly as he held the piece of paper, he had never seen such atrocious handwriting!

And what was written on it?

“I, Si Chenyu, a prince of Yu kingdom, due to receiving Li Xiaoyao’s help, offer a thousand taels of silver to express my gratitude. Afterwards, I must not send someone to kill and seek back the fortune nor deliberately bring false charges against the other party. With the fulfillment on both ends, both will no longer be indebted to each other or connected in anyway.”

At the end, the signatures of the authors and the witness were required respectively.

Just this short dozen words, at least seven or eight were wrong.

It was simply unbearable to look at!

Asking him to sign such a contract was just too undignified!

After struggling internally for a while, he had someone fetch a pen and paper, making a much more accurate and aesthetically pleasing copy of it, and then signed his name in a flamboyant and bold manner.

“Who is the witness?”

“There are so many attendants around you, can’t you just call one?”

Si Chenyu restrained his irritation and coldly called an attendant to sign it.

“So? Are you satisfied?”

Nie Bufan took the agreement and nodded again and again: “Not bad, not bad, worthy of a prince, this handwriting has a fraction of my own spirit.”

“……” How narcissistic are you!

“Okay, I’m done with the contract, what about the silver?”

The big man reluctantly handed over a one thousand taels banknote.

Nie Bufan smiled and picked up the banknote.

“Deal.” He stood up and said, “I will tell you the identity of the Tian Nu when I leave here.”

“Why not say it now?”

“I have to make sure that I am safe! If you kill me in this room as soon as I finish talking, who can I find to avenge me?”

“……”

Si Chenyu suddenly felt that kidnapping this person was the biggest mistake he had made in his life.

Nie Bufan happily walked out of this room, and when he was almost at Zhang Junshi’s restaurant, he whispered the answer to the big man who had been following him.

The big man looked happy and went back to report to his master.

Nie Bufan’s impression of Si Chenyu was not very good, he already possessed wealth, status and handsomeness, and yet he had to enter by the back door (TN: expression that means to gain influence by pull or unofficial channels) in order to get the girl. Disdainful!

After returning, he immediately ordered Tu Beng this and that. The next day, Tu Beng pushed the tea egg stall near Fragrant Illuminating Garden. Seeing a well-dressed man coming out of it, he stepped up and asked in a secretive manner: “This Gongzi, do you want to know the true identity of the Tian Nu? Buy 10 tea eggs and I will gift you this news, it’s top secret, first come first served.”

Eighty percent of the men won’t be able to stand the temptation. Ten tea eggs were only worth that bit. They would rather believe it.

So, the tea eggs were a big seller again, and the identity of the Tian Nu was known to the world the next day……

After hearing this, Si Chenyu was so angry that he vomited blood.
　　
Nie Bufan took the agreement and sighed as he fanned it: “You can’t be merciful when dealing with the rich. Later, make one hundred and eighty copies of this contract, and then hide the original. If that guy wants to go back on his words we will publish this to the world. By the way, this Brother Si actually has a problematic IQ, he didn’t take the contract I wrote, but actually drafted it personally. If there is a pit, one cannot just jump into it!”

If Si Chenyu heard such a view, he might have to vomit up blood again.

And the Tian Nu before she could react, was subjected to many surrounding eyes, and there will be no peace after that. Not only because of the exposure of her identity, but also because of the vast difference between her true image and the rumors. What appearance of heavenly goddess, what gentle and demure, disillusioned, they were all completely disillusioned!

The Tian Nu wanted to cry but she was without tears, she didn’t know how her identity was exposed!

The saddest thing was that she didn’t even have time to cover up.

So, how did Nie Bufan know the identity of the Tian Nu?

The reason was very simple. The last time Jadeite Nineteen set a test for him which was to help her find her missing handkerchief.

Lady Flower not only found the handkerchief, but also a bra……unfortunately, embroidered on the bra was a striking name——Jing Rou.

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This matter tells the world, it was best for women not to put any signs that would reveal their identity on their underwear casually, as it would be easy to follow the vine to get to the melon (TN: to track something following clues), to frame and set up……

This Tian Nu husband election was basically destroyed by Nie Bufan to the point it cannot be destroyed anymore……

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A few days after the garden party ended, a group of extremely shining stars became known in Xishan City, and their interesting tales and rumors were talked about by all the people.

Nie Bufan, a guy who fears that the world will not be too chaotic, had a whim during a chat. Based on the information from Zhang Junshi and Li Yi and his “detailed” observations, he drafted a list of celebrities and called it “the eight Gongzi of wealth and honor” and “the seven Miss Beautiful” (these two titles made all the famous people on the list very disgusted later, but they were already powerless to change anything at that point.) The reason why Gongzi had one more than the young ladies, was because Nie Bufan added his pseudonym “Li Xiaoyao” on the list.

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Ranked first was the royal family member Si Chenyu. As everyone knows, according to the so-called most mysterious is the most attractive factor, this noble Gongzi had never even shown up from beginning to end. But there were many rumors about him, aside from his talents in literary and martial arts, but just his distinguished status alone was enough to overwhelm all the heroes, so he received the well-deserved top spot.

In second place was Chen Muran, the youngest grandson of a duke. He was the first in this year’s imperial examination. He was handsome and talented, just his smiling face was enough to enchant thousands of young girls. He practically shined whenever he made an appearance in public, all other men were overshadowed by his brilliance. Women’s admiration, men’s resentment, he was simply an existence that the heavens had created to bring chaos to the country and the people.

There was a saying that suited him: “Being too perfect is also a sin, so I am guilty.”
　　
The third and fourth places were also outstanding figures.

Li Yi and Zhang Junshi were also on the list. Li Yi was a low-key person and lacked interest in the tian nu, but his background was extraordinary, and it was hard not to attract attention. In addition, his handsome appearance, cold expression, and the strong physique of a martial arts practitioner were enough to make women’s eyes mist with infatuation. He ranked fifth.

The sixth was Zhang Junshi. His reputation as the ‘god of wealth’ was not a bluff. His net worth had always been a mystery, businesses spread across the country. This was not because of his long-term vision, but because his father’s favorite thing to do was to send him to places where even birds do not sh*t in (TN: expression for the boondocks, middle of nowhere). But he could not only survive the harsh and uncivilized places, but also stimulate the local economy and infrastructure, creating various admirable myths. Marrying such a man, you will be able to live without worry for several lifetimes.
　　
The seventh place was Li Huai. He shouldn’t be so low on the ranking as he was handsome and polite to women as well as much better at socializing than Li Yi. And in addition to his influential background, women were easily attracted to such a man. Unfortunately, Nie Bufan pulled him into the ranks of bromance on the first day, and his new reputation as being attracted to men completely concealed his other qualities.

Of course, in Nie Bufan’s opinion, this guy was actually an airbag that would burst with a single poke, his glamorous appearance hiding an arrogant nature.

The eighth place was Nie Bufan, but he used the name “Li Xiaoyao”, his identity was a mystery, becoming famous for his daring show of love for Li Huai. He had a cheerful personality and a friendly smile which made it easy for people to develop good feelings. Since that shocking first day, many women regarded him as a bosom friend, and some men with the same orientation also threw a few subtle “You know, I know” mysterious glances at him from time to time……

After Nie Bufan made up the list, he had Tu Beng hand out the flyers while selling tea eggs (TN: egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea). Overnight, everyone on the list quickly became famous. And Nie Bufan’s tea eggs were also taking the city by storm.

Zhang Junshi felt that he should yield his god of wealth title to Nie Bufan. Inspired by it, Zhang Junshi learned the new trick of using flyers to advertise and increase the visibility of the businesses under his name.

Nie Bufan’s daily life was quite the breeze these days, becoming a little too self-satisfied and did not pay attention to the danger that was looming ahead.

When he was on another swagger across the market, he was gloriously kidnapped.

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“What’s the situation?” Nie Bufan, who was trussed up, lay on the bed and looked at the man sitting in the chair drinking tea.

“Brother Li, if you just wanted to see me all you had to do was say it, why use such a grand method?”

Li Huai smiled coldly: “Even at this time, you still have a quick tongue, it seems that you won’t cry without seeing the coffin.”

“It can’t be said that way, we are recognized lovers. Love to hate and hate to love or something, that is a kind of inclination, I understand.”

“Understand, my foot!” Li Huai exploded again, “You can continue to be self-satisfied, let’s see if you’ll be able to laugh afterwards!”

“What do you want?” Nie Bufan suddenly revealed a shy expression, and said timidly, “You aren’t going to do this and that to me, are you?”

Li Huai’s expression darkened, and he gritted his teeth and said: “Doing ‘this and that’ to you will not be me! Since you are shameless, I will fulfill your wishes!”

Saying so, he clapped his hands, and immediately walked in from outside the door, three big and burly men.

Nie Bufan’s eyes flashed a sharp light, and he said leisurely: “You heartless rat, how cruel……”

Li Huai nearly vomit up blood and ignoring Nie Bufan, he said directly to the three big guys: “This person is yours today. You can mess with as much as you want, just leave him a breath remaining.”

The three big guys licked their lips, smiled happily, and rubbed their hands.

Nie Bufan rolled around, and shouted, “Rather than let these people do it, it’s better to do it yourself, at least we both have sexually transmitted disease!”

“Pu!” Li Huai spat, “Who has sexually transmitted disease!”

“Don’t hide it, you passed the disease to me, and I didn’t even blame you.” Nie Bufan glanced at him sorrowfully.

The expressions of the three big men changed, and the expressions on their faces became hesitant as they look at Li Huai and Nie Bufan.

“Nonsense!” Li Huai was furious, his reputation was almost completely ruined by this guy. And these three guys, what kind of expression was that! Did they truly believe he was sick? Besides, he just wanted them to beat him up. What business was it of theirs if he was sick? Ah, pei, he was not sick!

Nie Bufan said earnestly: “You are not long for this world, why have such a big temper? And you even have to pull a few innocent people to share your fate, how could I have fallen for such a cruel man?”

“Utter rubbish! (TN: literally he said ‘fangpi‘ which means to fart, a vulgar curse that means ‘utter rubbish’)” Despite having come from a strict household, Li Huai finally could not contain his urge to curse vulgarly.

One of the three big men said, “This Gongzi, it is better for a dying person to accumulate some good virtue. If we kill him in the process of teaching him a lesson, we can’t afford that responsibility.”

The other two also nodded vigorously: “That’s right, and listening to this Gongzi, he seems to be your paramour.”

Li Huai was practically about to scratch the walls with how insane he was going!

He had plenty of subordinates in his entourage, but in order to keep the whole thing secret, he deliberately found a few irrelevant strangers, but who knew just a few words was enough to scare them off.

Li Huai said angrily: “Is the money given by Ben Gongzi not enough? You don’t need to care about other things, just do what you should do.”

“If he’s killed……”

“Ben Gongzi will be fully responsible!” Would he die that easily?

The three big guys seemed convinced again.

At this time, Nie Bufan spoke up: “Actually you probably don’t know who this Gongzi is.”

Li Huai’s expression changed.

“His family has huge influence. When the time comes for a murder case, pushing you out as a substitute would just be a matter of opening one’s mouth.” Nie Bufan said leisurely, “If I were you, I would never have anything to do with such a person. Even towards his lover he is able to be ruthless, let alone the three of you who are nothing? For just a bit of money, is it worth it?”

The expressions of the three big guys changed, and their bodies moved subtly towards the door.

“Don’t listen to his nonsense! I promise I won’t involve you in any trouble.”

“Then how come you don’t do it yourself, and don’t use your own people, but spend money to find strangers?”

Li Huai didn’t know how to argue with that, his face becoming blue.

The three big guys finally made up their minds, and they rejected the deal with a hasty expression, and fled the room in a panic.

“Hahahahahahaha……” Nie Bufan laughed over and over.

Li Huai bursted into a rage that could provoke the thunder and erupt volcanoes.

“Actually,” Nie Bufan laughed enough and began to console him, “We don’t have any deep hatred, and you should calm down after giving me a few punches. Why bother to find outsiders?”

“Beat you, I’m afraid I will dirty my hands.”

“We even kissed, if you’re going to be dirtied you have already been so.”

Just mentioning this sent Li Huai into another angry fervor! He had never seen a person who acted so unscrupulously, laughed at everything, and didn’t care about his own reputation.

In truth, Li Huai didn’t actually have much resentment towards this guy, he was just annoyed of being tricked inexplicably. He had never once lost this much dignity, so he couldn’t swallow it down!

“Stop talking nonsense, Ben Gongzi won’t let you go easily today!” Saying so, he drew a long whip from nowhere, and walked towards Nie Bufan with a frightning expression.

Nie Bufan looked at him with melancholy, and suddenly felt that the situation might become a bit ugly……

“What?” Zhang Junshi was shocked, “Bufan is missing?”

Li Yi’s face was dark and said, “Well, it should be my younger brother who kidnapped him.”

“Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and save him.” He knew exactly how hard Nie Bufan had offended Li Huai, and being taken away by him would mean a lesson of pain. He could not imagine that Nie Bufan, who was afraid of pain, could endure the torture.

Li Yi nodded, and said as he walked: “I know where he is, come with me.”

The two quickly moved towards where Nie Bufan was. It was a secluded courtyard. As soon as they stepped in, they heard someone screaming.

Zhang and Li both had alarmed expressions and accelerated their pace. As soon as they got to the door and were about to kick it down, suddenly they saw that the door was opened by someone inside.

Nie Bufan wore an exaggerated expression and said in horror: “It’s terrible, terrible!”

“How are you?” Zhang Junshi hurriedly stepped forward to look him over, and found that he didn’t seem to be injured except for the disheveled clothes.

Nie Bufan shook his head and said: “I didn’t want to, but I was kidnapped suddenly, and even threatened with breaking my hymen. I was just too afraid and panicked and helpless. As a result, a tragedy happened.”

Break……break what hymen? Can this guy speak a language that humans understand?

Nie Bufan looked innocent and waved his hand: “I can’t explain it clearly. Go in and see for yourself.”

Zhang and Li looked at each other and walked inside at the same time.

The scene that met their eyes was truly……too appallingly tragic……

They witnessed a pile of chickens, yes, a pile of chickens drowning out a human figure lying on the ground, with only two twitching feet revealed.

The flock of chickens scratched, pecked, tore, and stepped on that person, each displaying their magical powers, and leaving behind traces of their passion.

In the air the chicken feathers danced with pieces of ripped clothing, and the background sound of moans underneath it all was truly pitiful.

Zhang Junshi covered his eyes and couldn’t bear to look again.

Li Yi’s mouth twitched, hesitating whether to go up and save his little brother or not. He thought that Li Huai would rather be trampled to death by chickens than to be seen in such a tragic state.

He really can’t figure it out. Although Li Huai’s martial arts was not that great, but he should have no problem dealing with a bunch of chickens, right? How did he end up like this?

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Nie Bufan sighed sympathetically. Many of his chickens were poisonous. Li Huai was just too careless and ended up swallowing his own bitter fruit.

Let’s take three seconds to silently mourn for the man.

Forgive him, he was just defending himself, just defending himself.

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On a sunny spring day in March, Fragrant Illuminating Garden officially ushered in the marriage……cough, the garden party. The talented young men and beautiful young women gathered in Xishan City all participated.

The three of them dressed up gorg……in a dazzling manner, attire provided by Zhang Junshi, and prepared to go to Fragrant Illuminating Garden.

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Li Yi originally planned to stay behind. The reason why he stayed in Chicken Nest Village was because he wanted to avoid this trouble, so naturally he there was no reason to run straight into the trouble he had been avoiding.

Nie Bufan said: “How can I bear to leave you alone and lonely in the village? Go, I will protect you. If you don’t want to be favored by the Tian Nu, then I guarantee you won’t be favored by her.”

Li Yi still shook his head: “No, it is better to do less than to do more. I would meet Li Huai when I go, and it will be difficult to leave then.”

“Li Huai?” Nie Bufan said with a smile, “Don’t worry, since we go together, we naturally have to go back together. We are the three invincible chicken musketeers.”

Zhang Junshi looked away silently.

Li Yi refused unwaveringly in a more determined tone than before: “No.”

Three invincible chicken musketeers, it was too embarrassing to even think about!

Nie Bufan threw an arm over Li Yi’s shoulders and sighed: “As your life savior, I never asked for anything in return. Not only do I provide food and clothing, but I also warm your bed. You don’t need to feel grateful, and can do whatever you want, I wont have any complaints, really. Who let me be such a good person?”

Zhang Jun took a few subtle steps away, and then gave Li Yi a very sympathetic look.

Li Yi’s face turned blue and his body stiff.

“Fine, you can stay behind.” Nie Bufan said generously, “In order not to make you too lonely, I will let the chicken brothers and sisters accompany you.”

Li Yi’s face became even bluer.

Nie Bufan also added: “Don’t be too moved, who let me be such a good person?”

Li Yi looked speechlessly up at the heavens, why did he run into such a guy? Can he die and return back to before?

As you can imagine, Li Yi compromised and succumbed under the power of this self-proclaimed good person and life savior.

But his invitation was still in Li Huai’s hand. If he wanted to enter Fragrant Illuminating Garden, he had to go back to where he resided before first. So the three separated after entering Xishan City, Li Yi went to get the invitation, and Nie and Zhang went ahead to the Garden.

Today outside the gate of Fragrant Illuminating Garden, there was a long queue of horse-drawn carriages, fresh talents and beautiful ladies sprung up like bamboo shoots after the rain.

Nie Bufan looked at the scene with his left eye and at the people with his right eye, a gentle smile on his face as he greeted the people passing by in a friendly manner.

Everyone returned the greetings. Although they were very unfamiliar with Nie Bufan, but Zhang Junshi beside him was very famous, known by everyone as the God of Wealth who can turn stones into gold.

This time the garden party will be held for half a month. Study tables were set up indoors and in the courtyard. On them were chessboards, brush, ink, paper and inkstone, musical instruments, etc. There were boats on the lake, fishing gear on the shore, and poems or puzzles hung on the trees. There was also a platform for everyone to show off their talents and skills.

Everyone can fully show their talents, and at the same time, they have to look for Tian Nu among the many ladies. If they confess to the wrong one then it can’t be blamed on anyone else. Of course, after such a garden party is held, it was very likely to bring about many good pairings.

Nie Bufan and Zhang Junshi walked into a hall where the tables were neatly displayed with brushes, inks, papers, and inkstones. There were rows of blank scrolls hanging on the surrounding walls as well. Many people were already working away at writing poems or drawing paintings, without exception they were all outstanding literary talents.

Nie Bufan’s eyes shined, looking very eager.

Zhang Junshi sweated profusely, remembering the abstract demon-expelling charm he painted during the New Years, and quickly stopped him: “Bufan, let’s go look elsewhere.”

Nie Bufan had yet to respond, when a few people walked over to strike up a conversation so Zhang Junshi had to first split his attention to socializing.

Nie Bufan strolled around on his own, scanning the paintings and calligraphy on the wall one by one, privately commenting in the manner of a master.

“Li Xiaoyao!” Someone yelled from behind.

Nie Bufan didn’t turn his head around, just privately wondering in his heart: There was actually someone named Li Xiaoyao?

“Li Xiaoyao!” The person behind shouted again, this time with obvious anger.

Nie Bufan turned his head and smiled when he saw who it was.

“Li Gongzi, how are you?”

Peacock man Li Huai walked over in a few big steps, simply wishing that he could slap that smiling face, he gritted his teeth and said, “How are you? What do you think?”

Nie Bufan looked him up and down, and nodded: “Face is ruddy, voice loud and resonating, it seems you are in quite good health.”

Li Huai could hardly breath from anger and said sharply, “Don’t pretend to be a fool. Why did you play me that day?”

He had never been so embarrassed in his life, dash and dine meal, he actually ate a dash and dine meal!!

Nie Bufan said calmly: “You kicked my pet, I only reciprocated it back a little. We’re even.”

“How is it even? It’s not even at all!” Li Huai exploded.

Nie Bufan subconsciously looked at the other’s chest, it was evidently very flat (TN: Chinese word for even and flat are the same).

“You actually fooled me for the sake of two chickens!” Li Huai pointed out, “You clearly wanted to make a fool of me!”

“You should look at it this way, being made a fool has its benefits.” Nie Bufan said earnestly, “Think about it, you have been made a fool once. If you encounter similar incidents in the future, you will have experience. How can others trick you anymore?”

What kind of fallacy was this! Being made a fool had become important experience?

Li Huai’s fingers trembled, and he didn’t know what to say anymore.

“Alright, if that’s all.” Nie Bufan patted him on the shoulder, “We both repaid each other. From now on, we will not owe each other anymore. If we meet again, we will just be passerbys. I’ll take my leave now.”

“Wait a second!” Li Huai said fiercely, “You have offended Ben Gongzi (TN: the use of ‘ben’ + whatever is a lofty way of referring to oneself), and you just want to leave like this!”

“Then what do you want?” Nie Bufan looked at him calmly.

“I want you to apologize to Ben Gongzi.”

“Sorry.”

“……”

“Then that’s all, I’m leaving.”

“Stop!” Li Huai said angrily, “You call this apologizing?”

“Isn’t it?” Nie Bufan looked puzzled.

Li Huai took a deep breath and said in an extremely restrained voice: “It seems that you will only pretend to be a fool if I don’t tell you clearly. Then, during the garden party, you will be my servant, you will do whatever Ben Gongzi wants you to do.”

“Are you sure?” Nie Bufan looked at him with extremely calm eyes.

“Of course.” Li Huai lifted his chin and looked at him contemptuously.

Nie Bufan tapped his head with his finger. Just how hard did this person take things that he was thinking about making this decision? Should he agree to it? It seemed a bit unkind to bully a person with a negative IQ……

Nie Bufan in a rare moment developed a trace of kind thoughts.

“What do you say?” Li Huai said proudly, “As long as you serve Ben Gongzi to my satisfaction, Ben Gongzi will let bygones be bygones.”

“Speaking of,” Nie Bufan asked suddenly, “Are you here to participate in the competition?”

“Does this still need to be said?” Li Huai looked at him with disdain.

“Then let’s change the terms. I promise that I won’t cause you trouble during this period, take it as me compensating you for your loss.”

Li Huai sneered: “Do you think just this can compensate?”

This person is really ungrateful for the heart of a good person, he had already decided to let him go, and yet he still had to look for trouble.

“For your sake, I really can’t bear to be your servant.” Nie Bufan showed a look of mercy and compassion, and said sincerely, “If you really are unable to take a lighter view, I can immediately let you lose the chance to win the heart of the beautiful woman.”

Li Huai sneered, “Who do you think you are? Do you have amazing literary talents or outstanding martial arts?”

“Let me teach you one more thing, you don’t need these to undermine others.” Nie Bufan said again in a good mood, “so what do think? If we agree on this, we will go our own ways and not interfere with each other.”

“In your dreams!” Li Huai said fiercely, “I want to see just how you will make me lose the opportunity ‘immediately’?”

Nie Bufan raised his head and sighed, some people truly liked to look for trouble.

“This is your choice, I didn’t force you.” Nie Bufan’s tone was very calm.

“What……what?” Li Huai suddenly had a bad feeling, wondering if it was too late to change his decision? No, he can’t go back on his words, he just won’t believe that this guy really has any special capabilities!

“Li Huai.”

“What?”

“I wheely, wheely wuv you!”

After saying these words, Nie Bufan suddenly hugged Li Huai and aimed at his mouth, heavily pressing a kiss there.

Li Huai’s brain was left with only blank whiteness.

There was dead silence.

Nie Bufan wrapped his arms tight around the other’s waist and gave him a hot French kiss that lasted for a whole minute.

Two men just displayed a great bromantic drama in front of thousands of staring eyes.

When he was finally let go, Li Huai’s whole body was still frozen like a statue. Nie Bufan reached out his finger and poked him, and immediately he turned into dust that dissipated into the air……

Nie Bufan shook his head: “Just like this and you want me to be your servant. Can you ‘receive’ it (TN: a play on the word recieve, as we all know shou (literally meaning receive) is the slang for the one on the recieivng end of BL)?”

Then, he looked around his sureoundings and said domineeringly: “Li Huai is my, Li Xiaoyao’s, man. When the Tian Nu chooses a husband, he doesn’t need to be counted.”

Instantly, Nie Bufan received a lot of amazed sighs and admiring glances.

He tossed his sleeves and walked away cool and confident.

This scene, Zhang Junshi saw from the beginning to the end, first he was curious, and then he secretly mourned Li Huai’s death defying willingness to provoke Nie Bufan, and finally witnessing Nie Bufan kissing Li Huai. At this Zhang Junshi inexplicably felt his chest tightening, and even had the urge to pull them away.

Not only does Zhang Junshi feel this way, but Li Yi, who had been hiding in the corner, also regretted a bit. Why didn’t he come forward earlier? He didn’t care about Li Huai being pranked, nor did he care about the damage to his family’s reputation. The lascivious rumors of these famous families had never been lacking, and the matter was harmless.

What he was unhappy about was that Nie Bufan actually kissed other people, very unhappy!

The consequence of this is that the forbidden love between Li Huai, the youngest son of the Li family, and the mysterious man Li Xiaoyao spread throughout Fragrant Illuminating Garden in a very short period of time.

The people who came to the garden party were all from extraordinary backgrounds from all over the country. You could imagine that Li Huai will become famous across all parts of the country in the near future.

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As for Li Xiaoyao? Changing the sock puppet (TN: internet slang for fake identity) he was yet again a good respectable man.

The next day, Li Huai understandably did not appear again, of course, he might be secretly looking for an assassin……

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