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Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity CH 091 Religious Sect Leader

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The common people had a simple life. They worked from sunrise to sunset. They busied themselves in order to put three meals a day on the table and support their livelihood. If they could marry a wife and give birth to two plump babies, that would be even wonderful.

Most of the people in Pingjiang were the same, but Pingjiang was wealthy, so besides farming, the people could find a lot of other work in the city.

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Doormen or gatekeepers, manual workers, they could always find a bite to eat. Even climbing up the mountains to chop firewood to sell or being a porter of goods, they did not have to worry about dying of starvation.

If those who were extra lucky and earned some money, they could buy a few servants, and there would be people to serve and wait on their family.

But these people all had one thing in common, that was, they were completely illiterate.

Although the common people were obedient, if they were too ignorant, they could easily be incited by those with ulterior motives.

Especially in times of turmoil and chaos and people were in panic all day long. In such times, the common people even more so needed to find spiritual sustenance.

Thus countless cults were conceived. These cults wantonly recruited followers, asking them to provide money, food, and their own daughters. They accumulated strength in order to get a share of the pie during troubled times.

Pingjiang now had a few small forces. Although they had yet to make much impact, Lin Yuan was not ready to watch them grow big.

On the surface, Song Lian was spreading literacy among the common people, but in fact he was going to suppress and eliminate these forces. It would also be a good opportunity for Lin Yuan to measure his ability. If Song Lian could not do these things, Lin Yuan could only have him go repair books.

“Lord Song.” Wu Changqing came to visit Song Lian with a gift. After all, he was a newcomer who had been in the limelight recently and Wu Changqing was not willing to offend him. As fellow officials it was not a bad thing to maintain a superficial friendship.

Song Lian had already heard the doorman report his visit early. He put down the book in his hand and greeted him with a smile: “Lord Wu, it’s an honor to meet you at last.”

Wu Changqing: “Lord Song came from afar, have you become used to here yet?”

Song Lian smiled and said: “Naturally, the land south of the Yangtze River, paradise on earth.”

Song Lian waved his hand: “Lord Wu, please have a seat.”

Just as Wu Changqing sat down, a servant brought in a pot of warm wine. The two of them sat and drank together, the moonlight shining from outside the window.

“It is often said that Lord Song has a good and gentlemanly character. Seeing you today, it is indeed well-deserved.” Wu Changqing smiled and spoke praises. He was always like this, able to appear natural and righteous when flattering others, making people unable to feel any hypocrisy at all.

Song Lian didn’t say anything to that. He just said: “Song has just arrived and doesn’t know the current situation of Pingjiang, so I have to trouble Lord Wu.”

Wu Changqing waved his hand and said: “What difficulty is this, how can it be called trouble? Since Lord Song asked, I will naturally answer. Pingjiang is rich in water and food and the people are honest and loyal, but there is no lack of treacherous villains who want to take advantage of the people’s simple nature.”

Song Lian personally poured a cup of wine for Wu Changqing.

Wu Changqing raised his cup and drank it in one swallow: “Although those people are contemptible, water droplets can still drip through the rocks and gather into rivers. If they are allowed to run freely, they will one day become a calamity.”

Song Lian understood. He looked down and it took a while before he raised his head back up again. He said to Wu Changqing, “Thank you, Lord Wu, for clearing up my doubts.”

Wu Changqing also cupped his hands: “As officials serving the same ruler, naturally we must stand against the same enemies. What our Lord hates most now is the surrounding people having constant suspicions of each other while the foreign enemies are yet to be dealt with.”

This was a reminder.

Regardless of their personal thoughts and interests in private, they had to maintain harmony on the surface.

Those who cause trouble to their superiors would be the unlucky ones in the end.

Wu Changqing left Song Lian’s manor and got on the carriage. The old servant handed over the sobering tea that he had prepared earlier. Wu Changqing drank a sip of tea and felt discomfort in his throat. He lifted the window curtains of the carriage to look up at the sky. Dark clouds blocked the moon, signaling that tomorrow might be a rainy day.

He had a smile on his lips as he sighed leisurely.

Newcomers would always come one after another, and old officials like them would always have to show a generous spirit.

How many officials below wanted to kill Song Shizhao? If Song Shizhao was not cautious, he would not have enough lives to lose by now.

Song Shizhao was now like the most beloved concubine in the harem. The emperor had only him in his eyes and only loved him. If other concubines could not kill him then they would be unable to rise up the ranks. They were all serving the same person, so while they did not seek equal treatment, they did seek a share of the favor.

Others could not be blamed for hating him.

Wu Changqing smiled.

“The moonlight is just right tonight!”

The driver who drove the carriage looked up at the sky, was there something wrong with his master’s eyes? The moon was covered with clouds, where was there any moonlight?

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“Leader!”

In a dark alley late at night, a man in commoner attire stood anxiously outside the house. Only then did the voices of men and women inside the house came to an end.

The simple wooden door was pushed open from the inside, and the man who appeared with his clothes open wide, revealing a chest covered with red marks. He was tall, with a square face and a wide forehead, possessing a magnanimous appearance. At this time, his brows were furrowed and he said to the person at his door, “What’s the matter? Can’t you come to find this Leader tomorrow? This is the middle of the night, even if you don’t want to sleep, this Leader needs to sleep.”

The coquettish voice of a woman in the house called out: “Leader!”

The man said impatiently: “Go back to sleep!”

He strode out, and the man in commoner attire followed behind him. The two went to a secluded house. After lighting the candles, the man in commoner attire said, “Leader, since that South Bodhisattva occupied Pingjiang, he has used a lot of scheming and manipulation. Many members of the sect are not as they used to be.”

“This subordinate went to investigate today, and found that many already want to leave the sect!” The man in commoner attire bursted into tears, “Leader, if we don’t do anything, I am afraid that that South Bodhisattva will confuse people. Now it’s one or two out of ten people, but I’m afraid that after some time, not even one will remain.”

The name of this religious sect was the Little White Lotus Sect, which was not the same as the White Lotus Sect. It was just borrowing the name of the latter. However, the common people thought that this Little White Lotus Sect was also a branch of the White Lotus Sect.

In Lin Yuan’s history back in his previous life, this Little White Lotus Sect had already become quite big in Pingjiang, which gave the original government a headache.

The Leader pressed his lips tightly. It was an accidental occurrence that he established this Little White Lotus Sect. He was originally just a porter, relying on transporting goods to make a living. At first, he just wanted to live a good life. Although working as a porter in Pingjiang would not have him go hungry, his social status was very low. Anyone could step on him with their feet. When he bumped into a nobleman on the road, it was common to be spit on and beaten. He could barely eat any meat a year. At that time, his wish was to one day be able to eat all the meat he wanted.

Slowly, under the guise of the White Lotus Sect, he gathered a group of people. He eventually accumulated believers, offerings, and beauties.

He liked days like this, eating, drinking and having fun every day, with beautiful women on his left and fine wine on his right. He didn’t want to fight against those in power. He knew very well that a few thousand believers were no match for tens of thousands of trained troops——He was just an ordinary commoner. Although he was doing well now, he still feared those in power.

He wanted to say: “We are doing well now, and our days are going well. So why do we have to fight against those people who control heavy military power? Isn’t it good to be content with what one has?”

But he couldn’t say that.

The people who followed him have ambitions. If he said so, he had no doubt that these people would kill him and support someone else who agreed with them to become the Leader.

He looked at this person who was crying in front of him, and he had no doubt that if he said that he did not want to be an enemy of the South Bodhisattva, this person would be able to take his life immediately.

So he could only say: “That South Bodhisattva is sinister and vicious, and his methods are fierce. Why don’t we take it slowly? If we become his enemies right now, I am afraid that with our current strength, we will just be sheep under the tiger’s mouth.”

The man in commoner attire hurriedly said: “Leader needs to know that it has just been a month since the South Bodhisattva took over Pingjiang, and even the king of heaven would have difficulty gaining the people’s loyalty in such a short time. At this time, he is not yet standing firmly so we still have a chance. If we really take things slowly, I’m afraid we won’t even be able to stand against a single hit by that time.”

“Don’t say anymore!” The Leader said angrily, “Am I the Leader or are you the Leader? Do my words matter or yours do? You actually want to order me around now? It seems that you no longer want to obey others, in your eyes, even the Leader holds no regard. How about you take the seat of the Leader instead? I see that I have been sitting in your seat for too long, making you restless and discontent this whole time!”

The man in commoner attire knelt down quickly, walking a few steps to the front of the Leader on his knees, and then prostrated himself: “Leader! Don’t miss this opportunity. This is our last chance. If we don’t fight hard, we will become the fish under the South Bodhisattva’s knife. Leader!”

“Get out!” The Leader shouted, “I tell you to get out! Get out!”

The man in commoner attire looked at the man in front of him incredulously. He still remembered how pleasant the words this man spoke when he was invited to join the sect by this man. He had thought he was following a broad-minded and ambitious master, but he didn’t expect that at this moment, this person was still too timid and afraid to act.

Was this the master he chose for himself?

“Leader…..please think twice!” The man in commoner attire knocked his head on the ground a few times before leaving the house.

The Leader sat alone in the house, and when the person left completely, his disguised anger disappeared without a trace.

He personally watched Pingjiang being trampled down by the iron hooves of the South Bodhisattva. It was the first time he saw real warfare. The imperial court’s forces were unable to resist at all. He still remembered the huge explosions he heard and remembered seeing the huge trebuchets, that organized and rigorous army, the sharp blades in the soldiers’ hands. Those people didn’t break into the city of Pingjiang, but he was in the village on the edge of the city. He knew exactly what behemoth he was facing.

He was afraid, he was afraid of death. He could hide in the corner and dominate those weaker than him, but he never thought of really fighting against authority.

Even when the imperial court was weak, he dared not do anything. What was more, this South Bodhisattva was more powerful and more popular than the imperial court now. He just wanted to live a good life, wear luxurious clothes, have servants waiting on his needs, and beauties accompanying by his side. He was already very satisfied.

But the people around him always forced him.

They wanted to be prosperous and wealthy, so they pushed him forward. And he also needed their strength to consolidate his position.

But now, they were going to push him to his death.

They all want to make a last struggle, but the Leader knew very clearly. This was no last struggle but an obvious offering of their necks to commit suicide.

But he couldn’t speak the truth to them yet.

The Leader sat awake all night. He looked at the sunlight as dawn broke and the sky lightened.

After thinking about it all night, he thought of a way.

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He wanted to live, he wanted to live a good life, so he would not listen to those people.

“Prepare a carriage!”

“Where does master plan to go?”

“Go to Wu Manor.”

He heard that Wu Changqing was a good person. Whether it was true or not, at least his reputation was there. For the sake of his reputation, he couldn’t kill someone like him who went to surrender.

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After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn CH 051 Shen Yu Arrives In Beijing

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“Tao Mu, you finally remembered to find me!” In the luxuriously decorated private room, Long Tianao looked at Tao Mu with a melancholy expression: “I thought you had forgotten me.”

“How is that possible?” Tao Mu smiled, and poured a glass of beer for Long Tianao: “You have helped me a lot. If I have something good, I will definitely not let you miss out.”

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Tao Mu told Long Tianao about FlyNews’ national school beauty and hunk selection: “…..Now we need two mentors, don’t know if Summer Star Entertainment is interested?”

Long Tianao’s brows furrowed, realizing that things were not so simple: “It seems that it is more than that. You have made such a big momentum, not only using a competition mode but also signing to talent agencies and debutting. You neither cooperate with the TV stations but still want to organize netizens to vote. I also haven’t heard that you are in contact with any video sites…..”

Having said that, Long Tianao looked at Tao Mu thoughtfully: “Could it be that FlyNews wants to take this opportunity to launch its own video website? Just like Maoku.com and Tomato.com?”

Tao Mu looked at Long Tianao in surprise. When he talked about this with his three roommates, none of them realized this. But just mentioning vaguely to Long Tianao and he could come to the conclusion quickly. Was it that Long Tianao had a keen sense of the entertainment industry, or was it that he subconsciously looked down on Summer Star Entertainment’s rich young master?

“Why are you looking at me like this?” Long Tianao rubbed his nose, and smiled: “After all, my uncle is also a major shareholder of Summer Star Entertainment. Even if you haven’t eaten pork you have at least seen a pig run.” (TN: fig. of speech for “You may not see it, but you ought to hear about it”)

Tao Mu chuckled lightly, and admitted frankly: “I just have a whole new level of respect for you.”

“You think I’m pretty good, right!” Long Tianao chuckled: “I think this is pretty good idea. Don’t worry, I will have Summer Star Entertainment make preparations when I go back. What kind of artists do you want to be the mentor? And do you plan to have FlyNews use Summer Star Entertainment as a sponsor name?”

“Not only Summer Star Entertainment, I also contacted Longteng Entertainment, and they also promised to give me two mentors. Longteng also provided the filming team needed for the filming. Their company has two filming teams that have engaged in talent shows and have some experience.” Tao Mu had reached a private agreement with Luo Xi, so he would not hesitate when using Longteng Entertainment’s resources.

Long Tianao was amazed when he heard this: “Not bad. The relationship between Luo Yang and his sister is not very good but Luo Xi can actually help you like this. It seems that you have spent a lot of effort on her?”

Tao Mu smiled but did not comment. After clinking beers with Long Tianao, he said, “Because there is the talent performance part of the competition, I hope that Summer Star Entertainment will give me a singer or an idol artist for mentor candidates. As for the sponsor name, both Summer Star Entertainment and Longteng Entertainment can be placed in front of the show’s name for free. Take it as me paying back the favor.”

Long Tianao smiled, and clinked beers with Tao Mu again: “Also, the military uniform promotional event you mentioned to me before on the National Day week, it has to be a two-inch photo?”

“The photo must be formal.” Tao Mu said seriously: “I have completed the program in FlyNews, so photos that do not meet the requirements cannot be uploaded.”

FlyNews.com was doing positive publicity this time. To make the website cater to the mainstream, Tao Mu must prevent those horsing around and jokester photos. This foundation must be laid, otherwise it would be troublesome in the future.

“Alright.” Although Long Tianao didn’t care, since he already promised Tao Mu, he would do things well——don’t look at his usual smiling and playboy appearance, he was still very reliable when carrying out serious business.

“Also, you must take the photos on National Day. Yiu better not leak the activity plan in advance.”

“Don’t worry.” Long Tianao knew that Tao Mu was guarding against Weibo stealing his idea. Who let the other always stare at FlyNews’ activity. It was estimated that Tao Mu was also very annoyed about this.

After meeting with Long Tianao, Tao Mu also went to discuss with Luo Xi about the shooting team in the evening. In addition, the first batch of recruits by FlyNews.com was nearing completion. In the early stage, Meng Qi helped him do the preliminary interviews, but at the last part of the interview, Tao Mu had to choose on his own.

Tao Mu finally selected five programmers, two post-production coordinators, and two art designers. He also asked his brother Yao to rent a villa temporarily as a dormitory for the school beauty and hunk candidates as well as coordinated with Beijing Film to use the school’s theater as a shooting location. During this period, he also did not forget to upload the news that FlyNews was going to hold a national school beauty and hunk selection contest in Beijing to the site.

There were too many things, and Tao Mu was so busy he could barely distinguish night and day. When Tao Mu realized it, it was already the eve of National Day. Many school beauties and hunks selected by their respective colleges and universities took advantage of the school holiday to rush to Beijing together.

But what Tao Mu didn’t expect was that Shen Yu came knocking on the night of September 30th.

At that time, Tao Mu was testing the backstage of the upcoming video network in the dorm when he heard someone knock on the door of 301 and inform Tao Mu: “Tao Mu, someone is looking for you, they’re waiting for you at the school gate.”

“Who is looking for me?” Tao Mu looked over his shoulder.

The classmate standing at the door shook his head: “I don’t know. A pretty looking boy, his family also came with him.”

Du Kang interrupted: “Could it be one of the candidates for the school beauty and hunk competition?”

Tao Mu closed the laptop, got up and went downstairs. The three roommates also joined in the fun and followed behind.

When he arrived at the school gate, Tao Mu saw Shen Yu standing outside the gates looking around, accompanied by everyone in the Shen family, and even Shen Yu’s childhood sweetheart Yao Wenxiao was present.

Tao Mu nearly couldn’t hold back and his face almost turned black face on the spot. “Why are you here?”

“I’m here to participate in the selection of national school beauty and school hunk~” Shen Yu waved his entry certificate printed from FlyNews.com, his head tilting and proficiently acting coquettish: “I am the school hunk selected by Shanghai University. You don’t know?”

Tao Mu had a mouthful of old blood stuck in his throat, and almost didn’t suffocate himself to death: “No, you are actually the school hunk of Shanghai University?”

“En.” Shen Yu nodded proudly: “Everyone likes me and they insisted on voting for me. I also can’t help it. But to tell the truth, I am quite happy. Because this event is held by you, I can come to Beijing to play with you.”

At this, Shen Yu looked at Tao Mu with bright eyes: “Tao Mu, you are so amazing. I really like your FlyNews website. I don’t even play Weibo now. I check in on your FlyNews every day. That’s right, Tao Mu, do you know? Weibo is so stingy. Didn’t you post an advertisement on Weibo to promote FlyNews. That ad was blocked by Weibo. I got so angry I decided to never play Weibo again. I also introduced a lot of my friends to come play FlyNews. Say, aren’t I a good boy?”

“Tao Mu, are you happy that I came to play with you?”

“I——” Tao Mu was in a daze, feeling like he had shot himself in the foot. He rubbed his temples which had a headache building and said, “Forget it, let’s not talk about this. The competition will officially start tomorrow night. Are you going to go to the villa to report in first, or do you want to play with your family for a day and report to the villa tomorrow night?”

“This is my first time in Beijing. You aren’t going to show me around?” Shen Yu pouted, looking at Tao Mu pitifully.

“I have too much work, I really can’t spare the time.” Tao Mu said, looking at Wen Shijin who was standing behind Shen Yu: “Mr. Wen is a top agent in the entertainment industry and he used to work in Beijing. He is also familiar with Beijing so just let him show you around.”

“But I——”

“Be good.” Tao Mu rubbed Shen Yu’s head and said perfunctorily: “You also know that FlyNews.com will hold the selection of national school beauty and hunk. I have a lot of things to take care of now. If there is an opportunity in the future I’ll team up with you on gameplay.”

Shen Yu was a fanatic gamer. Before he confirmed his relationship with Yan Sheng in the previous life, the two often played games in groups, and their interactions would always cause fans to scream and vomit blood every time. In contrast, Tao Mu’s talent in gaming was very trashy. He was a long-term bronze player no matter how long he practiced. Of course, he himself didn’t have much interest in gaming.

So, if Tao Mu had to choose a way to get rid of Shen Yu, he would choose gaming.

Might as well hurt each other.

Shen Yu didn’t know what Tao Mu was thinking. He was delighted when Tao Mu said he wanted to game with: “You actually know that I like to play games! Be honest, could it be that you secretly peep at my FlyNews account?”

Tao Mu let out a hehe.

The Shen family who had been standing next to Shen Yu this whole time finally had a chance to talk to Tao Mu.

“Mr. Tao is really young and promising. I didn’t expect that the FlyNews website you created by yourself could have such momentum in such a short period of time. This time Xiao Yu came to Beijing to participate in the national school beauty and hunk competition. Originally, our family disagreed very much. But he insisted that since this event was organized by FlyNews.com and you are his good friend, he must come to cheer you on.” Shen Yu’s mother embraced her child and said with an adoring smile: ” Xiao Yu has been spoiled by us since he was a child, so his personality is inevitably naive and spoiled. He always likes to cling to friends who he feels he is able to get along with. I know Mr. Tao is busy with work, we really cause you trouble. Our Xiao Yu really likes you, so I can only ask you to take care of him.”

“By the way, your FlyNews website has just started. If you have any funding needs, you can tell us about it. You are a good friend of Yu Yu, so if you need it, we as parents are willing to help out.”

Mother Shen could see that the boy in front of her didn’t seem to like their Yu Yu so much, at least his attitude was not so warm. Although the Shen family also hated the people around Shen Yu who schemed to get close to their baby because of the background of the Shen family. But when Tao Mu really ignored Shen Yu, the Shen family also felt uncomfortable and feel aggrieved for their baby.

Their Yu Yu was so cute and adorable, why would anyone not like him?

“Mrs. Shen doesn’t need to say that. It’s a good thing to be spoiled.” Tao Mu twitched the corner of his lips and said lightly: “I think, with family members like you, Shen Yu’s future will be smooth and easy, so what need is there for my care.”

Hearing Tao Mu’s words, Shen Yu blinked and immediately tried to smooth things over: “Mom, don’t always treat my friends like this. I have already said that Tao Mu is very capable. He is not the kind of person you think. By the way, Tao Mu, this is my friend Yao Wenxiao. He also runs a media company. This time he came along with me to Beijing so that he can discuss cooperating with FlyNews.com.”

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As Shen Yu spoke, he kept nudging Yao Wenxiao’s back with his elbow.

Yao Wenxiao sighed helplessly, and cooperated with Shen Yu: “Hello, I am Yao Wenxiao. It’s nice to meet you.”

Tao Mu looked at Yao Wenxiao’s outstretched right hand and squeezed it firmly: “I am also very happy to see you.”

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After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn CH 050 College Enrollment & National School Beauty and Hunk

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Because Luo Yang and Gou Rixin happened to be hospitalized in the same hospital, after leaving Luo Yang’s ward, Tao Mu also went to Gou Rixin’s ward to pay a visit to Gou Rixin who was about to undergo surgery. When he returned to school, it was already 12:30 noon.

Tao Mu randomly ordered a bowl of beef noodles in the cafeteria. After eating the noodles, he went to the admissions office to inquire about the admissions to private universities. Many public universities were affiliated with a large number of private colleges. Beijing Film was no exception. Tao Mu wanted to ask about admittance to a private university for Feng Yuan.

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Feng Yuan was only a few months younger than Tao Mu, and this year he was also a senior high school graduate. It was just that Feng Yuan was different from Tao Mu. He didn’t study well since he was a child, and he scored only around two hundred points in the college entrance examination. In his previous life, Feng Yuan didn’t go to college after graduating from high school, so he became Tao Mu’s personal assistant. At that time, Tao Mu had just returned to the Shen family’s house and everyone looked down on him. He had no people of his own so he took Feng Yuan with him.

Tao Mu thought at that time that with Feng Yuan following him, even if he had no academic qualifications, so long as he worked for him he would still have a good future. At the very least, he could work as a talent agent in the entertainment company under the Shen Group. However, he did not expect that in the end, Feng Yuan was implicated by him——after he was expelled from the Shen family, in order to help him, Feng Yuan ran to Shen Yu’s crew to beat him up, but in the end he injured Yan Sheng who stood in front of Shen Yu. Yan Sheng, who was already very famous and popular in the entertainment circle, won the favor of all netizens and fans once again because of this saving the beauty scene as well as successfully embracing home the beauty. However, Feng Yuan was sentenced to three years for intentional injury.

In this life, Tao Mu must make good plans for Feng Yuan. So attending university was a must. Considering Feng Yuan’s IQ, coupled with Tao Mu’s business——something like financial stocks could be crossed out but film and television production, marketing and planning, or news media were possibilities.

Of course, the teacher at the admissions office knew Tao Mu, one of the 2008 freshmen. Hearing Tao Mu inquiring about this, she suddenly smiled and said, “We do have some affiliated private colleges and universities under Beijing Film, and they also have this career major. Are you helping others to inquire? But since school has been in for so long, why did you think to ask about this?”

“Speaking of this, I am quite ashamed.” Tao Mu looked embarrassed, directly playing his familiar pitiful act: “…..it’s for a friend of mine from the orphanage, just a few months younger than me. He also graduated this year and took the college entrance examination, scoring around two hundred points. He has no time to repeat his studies, and no money to go to college. Now, he is working random jobs every day, either serving dishes in restaurants or moving bricks on construction sites or going to places like bars and nightclubs to serve as a security guard. I feel distressed seeing this so I want to ask around for him. If possible, can I pay the tuition and let him study with the school? This way he can also get a diploma and it will be easier to find a decent job in the future.”

After a pause, Tao Mu lowered his eyes slightly, and said with some disappointment: “Teacher, you don’t know. Orphans like us, without the help of parents, we can only help each other. Otherwise, why else do they say people rely on their parents at home and when outside rely on friends. We don’t have that condition, so we can only be responsible for ourselves. I am also afraid that he might be infected with bad habits having been out in the society for a long time. After developing bad habits it will be difficult to change even if he wanted to.”

The director of the admissions office was a female teacher in her forties. Hearing these words, she couldn’t resist her natural feminine softness and maternal love. She took over the matter that originally did not meet the procedures in one sentence: “Student Tao Mu, how about this? We also have specialized training schools under Beijing Film, and this year’s student roll is full. If you don’t mind, I can let your classmate follow the class for now, and when we enroll students next year, let him retake the college entrance examination. As long as he has passed the culture class, he may take undergraduate anew, or he can make up his registration as a current student. It’ll depend on the situation.”

Tao Mu immediately showed a surprised expression. He looked at the director of the admissions office, his eyes bright as if there were little stars in them: “Definitely. Teacher, thank you so much.”

“No problem. Find a time to bring your classmate over to see what major he is suitable for.” The director of the admissions office waved her hand at Tao Mu, and then inquired about FlyNews. Tao Mu was not allowed to leave until the class bell rang.

Tao Mu knew that the reason why the director of the admissions office could speak so well in front of him was because he created FlyNews by himself, which had become so popular on the Internet recently. This definitely had a lot of positive effects. The entertainment circle could be said to be very big, but also could be very small. FlyNews had just launched, but it could get the full support of two major film and television talent agencies, Longteng Entertainment and Summer Star Entertainment. This matter was seen in the eyes of the entire industry so naturally, Tao Mu’s contacts and potential could also be measured.

People of this world admired the strong and pitied the weak. Even if they didn’t need to ask for help at the moment, they still liked to make friends with capable people. And if there was spare capacity, they were also willing to help the weak. The director of the admissions office granting Feng Yuan a visiting student qualification not only did not violate the school’s rules and regulations, but also expressed goodwill towards Tao Mu. Although this decision was also affected by the “weak, pitiful and helpless” atmosphere that Tao Mu deliberately exaggerated. But in general, she was still optimistic about Tao Mu’s own potential. As for Tao Mu, making all the connections that he might need was originally his habit in both of these lifetimes.

One party deliberately expressed weakness and the other expressed goodwill. The two hit it off and both thought it was a very cost-effective favor. At least both parties were particularly satisfied.

Tao Mu left the admissions office and called Feng Yuan.

At this time, Feng Yuan was riding a little motorcycle all over the alleys——helping Song Ji deliver food. Hearing Tao Mu telling him to clean up and prepare for school, his face suddenly became reluctant, even forgetting to pretend to be cool and aloof: “Mu, brother Mu, I don’t want to go, to go to school. I’m different from you. I don’t, don’t, don’t have the talent to study. I also can’t learn, learn. I have a headache as soon as I go to class, and I want to sleep as soon as I read a book. I, I feel, I’m fine helping out at Song Ji. You, if you have anything that needs my help, you can call, call and tell me. I’ll directly help you——”

“You have no education and no ability, what can you do for me? Can you help me with stocks or take care of my FlyNews site? You brash kid who doesn’t even know how to drive a car!” Tao Mu was especially cruel and ruthless, burying Feng Yuan into a hole with a single sentence: “Stop talking nonsense. Do what I ask you to do. Come here quickly. Do you think just anyone can come to Beijing Film? If it wasn’t for the teacher pitying you for not having parents, they wouldn’t give you this opportunity.”

According to what you said, it would seem that if I have parents then I wouldn’t be able to get in! Feng Yuan slandered fiercely from the bottom of his heart. But since he was a child, he loved to cling to Tao Mu, and was most afraid of angering his brother Mu. If you let him talk back in person, he really wouldn’t dare.

“Brother Mu, Mu, don’t, don’t be angry. I’ll go!” Feng Yuan scratched his head: “Then, when, when should I be there? I am helping Song Ji, deliver, deliver food.”

In case of any change in the situation, Tao Mu said with promptness: “I will help you pay the tuition and reserve a dorm spot. You come over tomorrow morning, first say hello to the teacher, and then go straight to class. Remember, when you are at school be good, be obedient.”

“Relax!” Feng Yuan replied confidently. It must be said that the children who come out of their orphanage may not know anything else, but they were all professionals in playing the sweet obedient orphan. They were definitely strong actors among strong actors.

After finishing class that afternoon, Tao Mu rushed to the bank to withdraw 20,000 yuan for Feng Yuan to pay the tuition, miscellaneous fees and accommodation fees. Tao Mu reported to Feng Yuan that he would be majoring in management, focusing on film and television production, distribution and projection, and talent agency.

The director of the admissions office had long known that Tao Mu was a swift and decisive person. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to make FlyNews so popular in just one month. So she also did not delay, directly helping Tao Mu complete all the procedures.

The next morning, Tao Mu brought Feng Yuan to see the admissions office teacher. Only then did she learn that Feng Yuan also had a stuttering problem and was a bit troubled. However, Feng Yuan was extremely humble, shy and polite in front of the teacher. Appearing like a delicate child, thin and small, his words thoughtful and extremely concise. People who were not paying attention really couldn’t notice any issue at all. They would just think that this child was naturally aloof and did not like to talk.

The director of the admissions office changed her mind and thought, after all, this child was just a visiting student. It was better to take a look first. A year later he could get a higher vocational college diploma, and no one could say anything. Besides, Feng Yuan studied management and nit acting. So long as he passed the professional course, they didn’t need to be too demanding on his speaking aspect.

Thinking about it this way, the director of the admissions office felt less psychologically burdened.

Later, Tao Mu thought of a way to return the favor of the admissions office teacher. As a result, the two interacted increasingly more. Under Tao Mu’s deliberate acquaintance, the director of the admissions office almost recognized Tao Mu as a godson. She also took the initiative to help Tao Mu solve several problems relating to distribution channels. But this was something to be brought up later.

At noon that day, Tao Mu took Feng Yuan to see his three roommates. The several of them had a meal of mutton hot pot in Wen Juxiang. Tao Mu introduced Feng Yuan to his three roommates and asked everyone to help take care of his little brother.

Wen Bao and the others were extremely bold and cheerful. Hearing Tao Mu’s entrustment, they agreed without hesitation. He also asked Tao Mu: “No need to ask. We will take care of everything that should be taken care of. But you, the selection of school beauty and hunk of major universities have now finished. Didn’t you draw an alluring picture for everyone at the beginning, selecting national school beauty and hunk across the country or something? It’s almost October 1st, what are you planning to do?”

Tao Mu smiled mysteriously at the three roommates. Regarding this matter, he had already made a plan and was preparing to talk to Luo Xi in detail. Didn’t  father Luo let Longteng Entertainment cooperate with FlyNews in all aspects of publicity. Of course he would not let such a good opportunity pass.

“Just watch, you guys. I’ll give you a big one when National Day comes.”

The three roommates looked at each other, and Du Kang asked, “What are you going to? Tell us first?”

Chu Sui’an also echoed: “Yes. We are all roommates. Are you afraid that we will reveal it to others?”

That was not the case. Tao Mu had a lot of trust in the characters of his three roommates. So he no longer continued playing mysterious and said with a smile: “I am planning to join Longteng Entertainment to launch a seven-day national election for school beauty and hunk. The flight ticket and board and lodging expenses will be reimbursed by FlyNews, so that all the selected school beauties and hunks of all the colleges and universities in the provinces will gather in the capital. We’ll host a reality show competition. Have all the school beauties and school hunks who come over to receive training, and then perform talents, and finally be voted by netizens to eventually pick the national school beauty and hunk. The selected national school beauty and hunk will also get a reward——they can play supporting male and female roles in urban idol dramas invested by Longteng Entertainment. Or sign directly into the talent company.”

In fact, Tao Mu was also planning to drag Summer Star Entertainment to undertake activities together. After all, Long Tianao helped him so much, so as a matter of paying back the favor, Tao Mu would not forget Summer Star Entertainment. But he didn’t know how much influence Long Tianao had in Summer Star Entertainment, and whether or not he could speak up on such serious matters. Besides, what did the senior executives of Summer Star Entertainment think of this event? Maybe they didn’t want to bother with this at all. If that was the case, Tao Mu would also not shamelessly insist.

The three were very excited, but Du Kang was a little confused: “Are you talking about letting netizens vote? Are you still going to cooperate with the TV stations? Otherwise where will the netizens across the country watch the talent show of the contestants?”

Tao Mu only smiled. Let’s not mention that he had no personal connections and influence to temporarily insert programs on TV stations. But just speaking of FlyNews engaging in the promotion of the selection of national school beauty and hunk for nearly a month, Tao Mu would not hand over his fruits of labor for free.

Of course, this kind of good thing must not be given to outsiders.

While talking, they heard a knock on the door outside the private room. Wen Bao’s father walked in with a smile and added a few plates of meat for everyone. On the way, he also asked Tao Mu about how old man Song was doing, expressing that he wanted to visit the Song family, but was afraid that the old man would not want to see him.

Tao Mu couldn’t decide for the old man, so he could only say tactfully that he would help Wen Aiguo convey his wish to visit. As for the old man’s answer, he was unsure.

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When Wen Aiguo heard this, he sighed sadly: “I also understand that Mr. Song is still very hurt by the past and doesn’t want to see us old people again. He can’t get through this hurdle in his heart. But I also really want to go visit Mr. Song. No matter what, I learned my craft from the Song family. As a person, one should not forget his roots.”

Tao Mu had no words. That night, he began to secretly collect information about the Sheng’an Group. He also searched his memories form his previous life on what big projects Sheng’an Group participated in——

If trouble could be stirred up, it damned well should be stirred up.

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Bird Dude Nie Bufan CH 077 The Fight To Capture That Shou Part 1

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Zhang Manor.

“Father, I’m back.” Zhang Junshi greeted his father respectfully.

Father Zhang stared at the account book in his hand, a solemn expression on his face. After a long while he harrumphed lowly: “After going away so long, you’re finally willing to come back?”

“This son dreamed that Father missed me very much, so I rushed back to visit you without even stopping to rest.” Zhang Junshi replied solemnly.

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“Who would miss an unfilial son like you!” Father Zhang threw down the account book and pointed at him angrily, “Leaving when you like and coming back when you feel like it, do you take your home for an inn?”

Zhang Junshi calmly said: “If this son remembers correctly, every time it is Father who ‘sends’ this son away in a fit of anger.”

“You still dare to talk back!” Father Zhang blew his beard and glared, “If you determined to do better and bring glory to your ancestors, would I have to “send” you away, would I?”

“What Father said is right.” Zhang Junshi honestly pleaded guilty.

Father Zhang harrumphed a few times, his face full of indignation and resentment. He breathed in a few times and said, “Since you are back, then don’t run around anymore. Take care of the family business and let your father enjoy a comfortable and happy life.”

Zhang Junshi was a little surprised: “Father, you are still full of vigor and strength, and at a man’s best age, why…..”

“What do you know?” Father Zhang interrupted with discontent, “You are also no longer a boy, how can you be idle all day long, remaining an unmarried bachelor?”

Zhang Junshi felt wronged, how was he idle all day long? But when he heard his father mention “getting married”, he instantly became vigilant.

“It just so happens I’m going to have a few friends over for a banquet in two days. You can get to know their daughters then.”

“You want to arrange a marriage partner for me?” Zhang Junshi sighed exasperatedly.

“What do you think?” Father Zhang gritted his teeth, “You didn’t see that some people just like to show off their grandchildren like one would show off treasures, as if only their family can give birth to children. So, you have to get married and give birth to my grandson as soon as possible. Pop out eight or nine little brats and let those people know what the phrase ‘to have children and grandchildren pervading the hall’ means.”

Zhang Junshi pondered for a while, seeming to be thinking about how to construct his will…..As a man on the fringe who had already been bent, he felt under great pressure.

He tried to use a calm and sincere tone to say: “Father, this son already has someone I love.”

“What? You do?!” Father Zhang was overjoyed and asked hurriedly, “Which family’s lady? Oh, no, no, it doesn’t matter even if the family is poor, as long as the moral character is good, I will not object!”

“Uh, their moral character can not be called very good.”

Father Zhang asked cautiously: “What kind of not very good? Poor moral character, ignorance of etiquette, or fickleness?”

Zhang Junshi replied in a cold sweat: “It seems that they possess a little bit of all.”

“What? Why would you fall in love with such a person, have your eyes been blinded?” Father Zhang was about to get angry, but thinking that this matter was about the future generations of their family, he suppressed his anger, and said as calmly as possible, “Tell me, how did you come to fall for her? As my son, it’s impossible to have such a bad taste?”

Zhang Junshi’s thoughts flew. His days in Chicken Nest Village were the happiest in his life, and he couldn’t help smiling whenever he thought of it.

Father Zhang saw his son’s foolish and infatuated expression, and felt sorrow in his heart. This son was crippled, completely crippled! Which vixen was it that charmed his son, who was both good and academic, into a fool?

“If you really like her, then bring her back to see me.” Father Zhang decided to lower his requirements for his daughter-in-law to the lowest. So long as the person was still passable, he would comply with his son. Anyway, it was normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. He didn’t believe that this kid would really fancy an ugly and repulsive person!

Zhang Junshi was also very surprised by the rare display of tolerance that his father suddenly showed, but the more he was like this, the more worried he was about the future.

“Speak.” Father Zhang sat straight and poised in the chair, looking like he had prepared himself to take a blow, “Who is she?”

Zhang Junshi carefully examined his father a few times and secretly measured his father’s ability to bear any shock, hesitating whether to be honest at this time.

“What are you dawdling around for?” Father Zhang scolded impatiently, “Quickly explain to me!”

Zhang Junshi finally made up his mind and said slowly: “When I was in Xishan City, I met a person who lived alone in a run-down mountain village, raising a group of unique chickens. Although not wealthy, everyday was full of happiness and joy for them. They love to act shamelessly and love to make fun of people. Doesn’t care about money but enjoys the fun of making small money. Being with them is as if one can forget all the troubles in the world.”

The barren land was rich because of him. Zhang Junshi added this last sentence in his heart.

Father Zhang was stunned, he could clearly feel the affection in his son’s tone. The person spoken of from his mouth had a unique personality, and could even be said to be rebellious against established norms.

Was there really such a woman in this world? Actually being able to live so carefree and unrestrainedly.

“Alright, I understand.” Father Zhang waved his hand. “Our Zhang family is not any aristocratic family, and there are not so many rules. As long as she abides by the woman’s way and gets along with you in harmony, I can try to accept her.”

“No, father, you still don’t understand.” Zhang Junshi lowered his eyes, “he will never abide by the ‘woman’s way’, because he is a man.”

Father Zhang could hardly believed his ears. After a daze, he asked with uncertainty: “Say that again?”

“He is a man.” Zhang Junshi said word by word, “Heir of Duobao Sage, holder of the fifth key of the treasure trove, Nie Bufan, the village head of Chicken Nest Village.”

On the second day, Zhang Junshi sat calmly listening to the performance reports of several stewards with a face that had traces of being beaten.

Yesterday’s conversation finally ended in violence. He had expected such consequences for a long time, but he did not regret confessing to his father. His father was not a stickler of outmoded conventions, and the situation in the Zhang family was quite particular. The family headed by his father had always been lacking in descendants, and the family often practiced adopting stepchildren within the family, so the relationship between the main branch and other branches in the family was inseparable. In fact, even his father was not his grandfather’s biological son. Since the family became rich, there had never been a case where brothers of the family fought each other for power and profit. This was also the reason why the Zhang family could be as wealthy as a country, the family’s internal unity and harmony was legendary.

If Zhang Junshi had no heirs in the future, then he could choose to give up the right of inheritance, leave the main branch family, and start a side branch family line; he could also choose to adopt a child from a certain clan brother to continue the main family line. He personally preferred the former, with his ability, even without family support, he could build up his wealth from nothing. He might not be extremely wealthy or noble but it was not difficult to earn substantial family wealth.

He needed to borrow the family merchant caravan, and Bufan’s identity could not be kept secret for long. Rather than letting outsiders reveal it at that time, he might as well take the initiative to confess everything.

Zhang Junshi sighed secretly, he was trying his best here, and only hoped that fellow would remain obedient and don’t make trouble for him.

Li Manor.

In the yard, two figures crisscrossed, exchanging fists and kicks. Among the two, the elder one’s attack was sharp and incisive, his martial arts clearly superior to that of the younger man, but still he was unable to defeat the other.

After hundreds of fierce exchanges, the younger man suddenly pushed with his palm, borrowing strength to fight strength. Not only did he resolve the blow from the other, he also cleverly knocked the elder one back.

“Good!” The elder laughed, “In these days away from home, Gong Yu has made much progress in martial arts. What kind of method was that just now, strength within softness, needles concealed in silk floss. It is very strange indeed.”

The younger man’s hair whipped as he turned around and stood still. It was Li Yi——”Gong Yu” was his courtesy name.

“Shifu let this disciple win.” Li Yi clasped his fist and said, “The method just now is called Taiji. It is something this disciple learned by chance when talking with the village head of Chicken Nest Village.”

“The village head of Chicken Nest Village?” Shifu smiled, “Duobao Sage’s heir, Nie Bufan, who holds the fifth key?”

Li Yi nodded.

“Just a talk with the other can make you realize such an exquisite method, it seems that this person’s martial arts cultivation is not low.”

The corners of Li Yi’s mouth twitched a few times, and was a bit embarrassed to tell his shifu that that fellow was just a dunce in regards to martial arts cultivation.

His shifu was quite interested, rubbing his chin as he said, “I have to go to meet him when I have time. Maybe after talking with him, I can also realize a high martial arts method.”

Upon hearing this, Li Yi’s cool face twisted a few times and said, “Shifu, he doesn’t know any martial arts.”

“Don’t know martial arts?” Shifu asked strangely, “Then how can he let you realize a new martial arts method?”

“He…..just taught me how to knead the dough.” Li Yi replied depressedly.

“Kneading dough?” Shifu looked doubtful. When did kneading dough have this miraculous effect?

“It’s hard to explain in a few words. Another day, this disciple will personally demonstrate the kneading dough method to Shifu. Just take it as my thanks for your sudden sneak attack that day I won the martial arts competition against my clan brothers, beating this disciple half-dead and leaving this disciple to survive or perish out in the wild where this disciple eventually fell into the clutches of Chicken Nest Village.”

A certain shifu was shocked. Such a deeply bitter gratitude? What terrible and tragic thing happened to him in Chicken Nest Village?

What terrible and tragic thing? Oh, nothing, just stepping on the path of brotherhood forever, women becoming fleeting clouds ever since.

Li Yi’s heart ached! Not only did he become a member of the bent sentient beings, he also just had to bend so cleanly, so without hesitation.

What was more sorrowful was that the person who caused him to become bent was completely unaware of his sin, joyfully expanding his career of bending all sentient beings, as if afraid that he would be lonely on this bent road.

“Shifu, I would like to ask you for a favor during these few days.” Li Yi calmed his mind and said to his shifu.

“Oh? What’s the matter?”

“Help me protect a person.” Li Yi said slowly, “also, it must be kept secret from the rest of the family, even my father cannot know.”

The Li family was different from the Zhang family. The children of the Li family were definitely not allowed to bring shame to the family by finding a man for a lover. And Li Yi’s father was especially strict. Once he discovered Nie Bufan’s relationship with him, Chicken Nest Village would most definitely no longer be peaceful. It should be said that all the people and things related to Nie Bufan would not be able to remain at peace.

Hopefully, he could be extradited back to the village smoothly. A certain someone’s ability to cause trouble was really a cause for melancholy.

……………

“Look, look! This is your service?” In the Yunlai Inn, Nie Bufan was arguing with the owner of the inn, “What is this place covered with chicken feathers and chicken feces? Just now I thought I had entered the chicken coop. Did you throw all the chickens in the kitchen into my room? Could it be that you are dissatisfied with my staying in your inn?”

The innkeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: “I’m extremely sorry, I will ask someone to clean it up for you right away.”

“Do you think it is just enough to clean it up?” Nie Bufan was furious, “Take a sniff, how unpleasant the smell in this room is, can people still live in here?”

“It is our negligence, our negligence.”

“Speak, how are you going to take care of this issue?” Nie Bufan said, “If you don’t give me an explanation, I will go to the government office to sue your Yunlai Inn for deceiving customers.”

“Don’t, don’t, if you have any problem let us discuss it, let us discuss it.” The innkeeper smiled stiffly, “How about this, your accommodations will be free of charge for the next half month, take it as our inn compensating you for the poor hospitality.”

“Half a month?” Nie Bufan coldly snorted, “I already paid the deposit for several days, besides how can I stay here for half a month?”

“Then, what do you intend?” The innkeeper continued to smile ingratiatingly.

“How about this, we don’t need you to pay back our deposit, but you have to cover our three meals a day during our stay.” Nie Bufan pretended to be generous. “There is no need for any luxurious fish and meat dishes, just simple three dishes and one soup. What do you think?”

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What could the innkeeper do, he could only accept his misfortune. He really couldn’t figure out how this room became covered with so many chicken feathers and chicken feces so inexplicably? He didn’t suspect that it was these two making the trouble themselves. After all, no normal person would go to such efforts, just to save a few days of accommodation and food expenses.

As soon as the innkeeper left, Nie Bufan slammed the door shut. Turning around, his originally angry expression was replaced by a bright smile, and he triumphantly made a victory sign at Tai Bai.

Tai Bai prostrated himself in admiration.

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Bird Dude Nie Bufan CH 076 No Good Village Head

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When they arrived at Yunlai Inn, Tai Bai still persisted on asking, “What the hell is going on? Speak clearly!”

“What can I say?” Nie Bufan gave him an eyeroll, “The doctor says whatever and you believe it. Do I look like I’m dying?”

“Who can I believe if I don’t believe the doctor?” Tai Bai continued, “How about we go and see other doctors?”

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Nie Bufan waved his hand: “Forget it, we don’t have enough money. We should save on using the money, don’t just waste it.”

“How is it wasteful to see a doctor?” Tai Bai really wanted to cut open this guy’s skull to see if everything inside was normal. “He said you only have one year to live, one year! How can you be so calm?”

“Who said there is only one year? I shall live two more years just to show you!” Nie Bufan leaned back on the chair, with the aloof look of one overlooking all measly beings, as if he could live as long as he wanted.

Could this sentence be any more comforting? Are you aware of the seriousness of this matter? Tai Bai asked the sky silently.

“Alright, just believe me, I haven’t lived enough yet.” Nie Bufan said with a serious face, “If I die, I will definitely notify you.”

How could you notify me while dead? Through a dream? Tai Bai roared wildly in his heart. He and Nie Bufan didn’t actually know each other all that long, and he had yet to gain a deep understanding of his nasty habit of not really speaking truthfully. After being so nonchalantly tricked with a few words, his suspicion that he would not be long for this world began to waver.

If Wang Shichan and the others were present at this time, they would definitely question him to the end. They would definitely believe the doctor’s words, and not Nie Bufan himself.

The two bought some simple clothing, disguised themselves a little, and also wore a straw hat when they went out in order to avoid being spotted by the guards. Wei Di was still focusing on searching the outside of the capital city. Wang Shichan and the others were under his supervision, and as a result the situation inside the city was neglected.

What Nie Bufan and Tai Bai had to do now was to wait low-key at the Yunlai Inn to meet up with everyone.

On the other side, Wang Shichan and the others were speechless when they saw the two words written in shocking red blood on the letter sent back by Big Weapon.

“Say, who do you think wrote these two bloody words?” Zhang Junshi asked hesitantly.

“It’s definitely not him.” Li Yi replied without hesitation.

“En.” Wang Shichan nodded, “These two words are written vigorously, full of sadness, anger, helplessness, and sorrow. It’s truly not the crazy style of a certain someone’s demonic looking handwriting.”

Zhang and Li both looked at him at the same time, feeling deeply that Wang Shichan’s eyesight had been trained to the point that mortals could not reach. He could actually see so many complex emotions in two simple words. In truth, just by looking at the font, they knew that it was not a certain Nie person, so did you really need to analyze it like this?

“We can’t enter the city for the time being, otherwise Bufan’s hiding place will be exposed.” Zhang Junshi muttered, “But staying here is no solution either.”

Li Yi said coldly: “The capital is not a place where only Wei Di has speaking power. The ancestral homes of our several big families are here, and any one of the families can keep him safe.”

“The problem is,” Zhang Jun tapped his forehead, “We need time to arrange things.”

This time they had come over hurriedly, and haven’t had time to contact their families.

“It’s best not to directly use the power of your families.” Wang Shichan said, “The power structures in the capital are complicated. A little carelessness can pull Bufan into the center of it all.”

“That is true.” Li Yi nodded in agreement.

“You are all nobles, but I am not.” Zhang Junshi smiled, “My family’s merchant caravan is spread all over the country. We can send him to other towns first, and then detour back to the village.”

Li Yi pondered for awhile: “Although we should not use the power of our families too much, it is fine to provide a cover for brother Zhang’s merchant caravan.”

“Then we must get moving. Let’s go back to the city together. Don’t meet with Bufan for the time being, but go home first and make preparations.”

After the three finished discussing, they no longer delayed, each one of them getting into action.

After spending two days at the Yunlai Inn, Nie Bufan felt itchy again.

Yan Shun, as the capital of Ming State, was naturally on another level of prosperity when compared to a small mountain city like Xishan City. Just the gathering of various snacks from all regions of the kingdom was enough to dazzle. So long as Nie Bufan saw what he wanted to eat, he would buy it without hesitation. In less than two days, there was not much money left on him.

In truth, with Big Weapon present he could ask for enough money from any one of Zhang Third, Li Fourth, Wang Fifth at any time. But considering himself to be a person of good character, Village Head Nie determined to be self-sufficient in the end.

He asked Tai Bai: “Do you have any specialties?”

” Water diving.”

“Other than diving?

“Catching fish, picking pearls.”

Nie Bufan glanced at him contemptuously, and continued to ask: “I mean, do you have any specialty that would help in making money here?”

“Make money?” Tai Bai was confused, so, “We need to make money?”

“Why don’t we need to?” Nie Bufan said boldly and confidently, “These days you ate mine and wore mine, the money is almost all spent.”

You spent most of it, okay? Tai Bai was depressed.

“Why don’t you ask that brother Wang for help?”

“Do you think that just because my face is whiter than yours that means I am a small white face? As a man, how can I just ask for money from others?” (TN: small white face=usually derogatory term similar to pretty boy that refers to men who are like gigolos)

Tai Bai expressed his silence.

Nie Bufan thought for a while, and suddenly slapped the table: “I have a way!”

Tai Bai was startled, and asked in fright, “What way?”

“Hehehehehe.” Nie Bufan touched his chin, revealing a vulgar smile.

The next day, two plainly dressed common people with bamboo baskets appeared at the market. They went straight to the livestock market in the eastern section of the city.

“These two big brothers, what do you need?” A brawny man walked over and greeted, “The chickens, ducks and geese here are definitely the sturdiest in Yan Shun.”  

“We are not here to buy, but sell.” Nie Bufan took down the bamboo basket, handed it forward, and asked, “Boss, what do you think of this chicken?”

The brawny man’s enthusiasm cooled down and he looked over carelessly. He found that the chickens in the bamboo basket were indeed of good quality and full of energy.

He picked up one with his hand, but was pecked so hard that he immediately let go of it in pain.

Nie Bufan patted the bamboo basket subtly, warning them to be good.

The brawny man was not angry and checked the chickens again. He nodded with satisfaction, and asked, “How many do you have?”

“I brought 8 of them today, if the boss accepts them, we still have a lot left.”

The brawny man looked the two of them over a few times, and said strangely: “You two are new faces, from another region?”

“Yes, we just moved to a village outside the eastern part of the city not long ago. We had time today so we wanted to come into the city to do some business.” Nie Bufan smiled sincerely, “I will give you the lowest price for the first transaction. I hope we will have more opportunities for cooperation in the future.”

“You are quite good at talking, okay, put the chickens down, I want it.” The sturdy man waved his hand and decided.

Nie Bufan really did give him the lowest price, and said that if there was still stock in the future, it would definitely be at a good price.

After the deal, both parties were satisfied.

Before leaving, Nie Bufan said to the eight chickens in the baskets: “Brothers and sisters, your sacrifice is valuable. Don’t despair, but believe that the future is beautiful!”

The eight chickens clucked and gurgled, and each pair of beady eyes clearly revealed their contempt for a certain someone’s black heart that was utterly devoid of conscience.

The two left the market leisurely with the money they got from selling the chickens.

Tai Bai asked uneasily: “Is it okay to sell them like this?”

Although he didn’t know where Nie Bufan suddenly got so many chickens, the black chicken who helped them lead the way last time left a deep impression on him. It was a shame that such a smart chicken would be slaughtered as food.

“Don’t worry, I have my own arrangements.” Nie Bufan revealed a look of confidence.

Next, Nie Bufan collected another group of chicken brothers who were hiding in various places and headed towards the west market to continue his big chicken selling plan. It wasn’t until all the markets in the city had been devastated did he finally stop with satisfaction.

Nie Bufan, this guy seemed to be able to conjure up countless chickens. With a single wave of his hand, a large group of chickens would run over from all directions to their deatha. Tai Bai, who had been following him, gradually went from shock to numbness, feeling that the world was too fantastical!

Back at the inn, a certain unscrupulous village head began to count the money with a wretched expression and also not forgetting to praise his genius from head to toe in his heart.

Tai Bai silently struggled alone on the edge of having his outlook on life collapse.

It was night. In a shed in the eastern market where live birds were placed, a chicken cleverly hooked open the cage with its claws, and then filed out of the cage with its companions.

This action alarmed other poultry in the shed, and they all began to make a racket.

A certain chicken let out a high crow, and immediately the shed fell silent, with some even shivering in place.

The released chickens shook their feathers and loosened their muscles and bones. They then somehow communicated with each other before finally dispersing to open all the cages one by one and releasing all the poultry inside. They were like knight-errants, leaving in a confident and unrestrained manner. Unfortunately, they didn’t know that ordinary poultry simply did not have their abilities at all. Even if they got out of the cage, they still couldn’t get out of the shed. They could only move and jump around in the enclosed shed, creating a mess of flying feathers all the while.

The same thing happened in several other markets. All the chickens sold by Nie Bufan escaped without a hitch.

They rushed back to the inn aggressively and mightily, jumping into the inn like a tide sweeping by, and then entering through the window one by one.

Nie Bufan counted them and then praised: “Not a single one missing. You are all worthy of being the chickens of our Chicken Nest Village. Such ability!”

All the chickens that had been sold looked at him contemptuously.

Tai Bai looked at the dozens of chickens that suddenly emerged in their room, and was shocked again.

Then he heard Nie Bufan say: “Don’t be angry, I will definitely make compensation in the future, you must trust your master’s integrity.”

Trust you, even chickens would laugh at this!

The little monkey jumped on the bed, looking very happy. It had followed the flock of chickens along the way, and witnessed Nie Bufan’s entire black-hearted business process.

“Okay, let us change the chicken breeds the day after tomorrow, and we will sell again.” Nie Bufan clapped his hands and decided.

The chickens looked expressionless but their aura was full of murderous intent.

Suddenly, a chicken flew up high and then kicked Nie Bufan midair. Its action was like a signal. The other chickens all smashed at Nie Bufan like bouncing balls, each leaving their personal trace of indignation on him. And then one after another they jumped out the window, abandoning him mercilessly.

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With a chicken nest for hair, a sorry looking face and ripped clothes, Nie Bufan shouted: “Don’t be like this, we can discuss any problems, it’s wrong to use force. How about we change to another method? What do you think of performing on the streets?”

The flocks of chickens didn’t even bother to spare him a look. They left cleanly and decisively, leaving only a floor of chicken feathers and chicken shit. As well as a Tai Bai standing motionless on the side, still not recovered from the shock.

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The Cruel Tyrant

The Cruel Tyrant CH 077 Furious

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In the early hours of the morning, whether it was the sleeping emperor and his concubines or the officials who were currently making their way to the morning assembly on the road, they all suddenly heard a huge sound coming from the Crown Prince’s Palace. After more than a year, this familiar sound showed up again. Instantly, everyone’s hearts trembled.

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Li Gaosheng, who was sitting in the sedan chair, jumped with fright and hurriedly lifted the curtains and said to the people outside: “Quickly go back, this official came down with the cold, go back to the manor!”

In Feiyu Pavilion, both Yun Feiyu and Huang Xuan were immediately frightened awake. They hurriedly got up from bed and in the next moment they were taken away by a group of imperial palace troops with solemn and murderous auras.

The entire Qionghua Pavilion had been razed to the ground. Liu Xi knelt on the ground tremblingly. The Crown Prince sat on a chair that had its armrests broken off, his whole person emitting a bloodthirsty aura. His ice-cold eyes looked at the two people who were brought in.

“Kneel down!” The imperial palace guards behind them pressed down on the shoulders of the two of them. Yun Feiyu and Huang Xuan couldn’t help but kneel down. Until now, the two of them have yet to figure out what the situation was, but from the dark face of the Crown Prince and Liu Xi who was trembling like a quail on the side, it was enough for the two of them to understand the seriousness of the matter.

Su Mu controlled his urge to tear people apart, and said with an extremely chilling smile: “You are all indeed really promising, daring to scheme and plot under the eyes of Ben Gong, do you take me for a dead person?” Su Mu stood up fiercely, the chair behind him immediately bursting into pieces. Every piece of wooden shard turned into powerful hidden weapons that shot every which way. Blood began to soak through the clothes on the three of them little by little. Su Mu walked over to the three of them, eyes sharp as knives: “This time it’s erectile dysfunction medicine but next time will be arsenic, is that right!”

The two who finally understood what was the source of the anger immediately begged for mercy: “Your Highness, please forgive us, Your Highness, this official is wrong…..”

“Shut up!” Su Mu raged.

The two of them fell silent immediately, and Su Mu’s eyes swept across the three of them. The expression in them were both angry and disappointed: “All of you, despite being men, actually committed such stupid things that harem women like to engage in. If the poison in Ben Gong is solved, then you will be spared, all of you will get the fuck out of Qing Kingdom. If it can’t be resolved, I will castrate you one by one, take them away!”

“Yes!” The imperial troops guarding on the side immediately took the three to the imperial prison.

Su Mu angrily went back to the bedroom and said, “Cancel the morning assembly today and call over doctor Hu.”

“Bang!” The sound of the iron lock echoed in the cellar, and the three were pushed into a dank smelling cell. After the guards left, Huang Xuan asked the gray-faced Liu Xi with lingering fear, “What’s going on? How could His Highness be poisoned?”

Liu Xi immediately exploded like a lighted firecracker, and said angrily: “It’s all because of your bad idea. Those two didn’t drink the medicine, it was drunk by His Highness instead.”

“What!” Huang Xuan’s eyes widened and angrily said: “How did you arrange things! How could His Highness drink it!”

Liu Xi rushed over to Huang Xuan and accused angrily: “What do you mean! You want to push everything onto me?!”

“It was originally because you made a mistake in your arrangement!” Huang Xuan did not back down.

Yun Feiyu, who hadn’t spoken the whole time, saw that the two of them had the intention to decide the outcome then and there and hurriedly stopped them. He said: “Don’t quarrel, the most important thing is how to eliminate the anger of His Highness.” He asked Huang Xuan: “Does your medicine have an antidote?”

Huang Xuan immediately replied: “Of course there is!” Then he blushed and said with flickering eyes: “It’s just a little troublesome.”

When the two saw his look, they knew that he was concealing something. Liu Xi glared at him viciously: “Just what kind of medicine did you make!”

Yun Feiyu also looked at him with a serious face. Huang Xuan said uncomfortably: “That is actually a kind of medicine that makes the top become the bottom. Only the side effect is erectile dysfunction. His Highness only needs to…..do it a few times with others and he’ll be fine!”

Yun Feiyu believed himself to be well studied in books and poems and was a well-mannered and cultured person, but at this moment he had the urge to curse out Huang Xuan, let alone the hot-tempered Liu Xi who directly scolded: “Having known you this long, why haven’t I noticed that you are actually such an insidious person? It’s a true waste of that seemingly innocent face. Though, it is a pity that those two didn’t drink it.”

Huang Xuan shrank back in the corner, looking very depressed: “When will we be able to go back, His Highness will definitely not forgive me.”

“His Highness is just driven by his anger at the moment, wait a few days more.” Yun Feiyu comforted.

In the Crown Prince’s Palace, Su Mu sat on a chair with a cloudy expression. There was not even one person in the room, all having been scared away by Su Mu’s powerful aura. Doctor Hu was forcefully pushed in through the door, moving to Su Mu’s side with trembling legs. He stammered: “Your…..Your Highness…..Where are you feeling discomfort?”

Su Mu kept the statue-like posture without saying a word, only stretching out his left hand. Doctor Hu hurriedly reached out to take Su Mu’s pulse, but doctor Hu’s hand shook too much and simply couldn’t take the pulse at all. Su Mu turned his head and shot a murderous look at him, doctor Hu’s body stiffened even more but his hand did stabilize. The only thing was that he had fainted completely. Su Mu’s face became darker and he called out loudly, “Come in!”

A guard walked in and said respectfully: “Your Highness.”

“Carry him out and call Huang Xuan over.” After thinking about it, Su Mu decided to ask Huang Xuan. He really had no face to let more people know about his situation.

After a while, a disheveled and pale looking Huang Xuan was thrown in front of Su Mu. Seeing Su Mu’s beautiful but icy cold face, Huang Xuan couldn’t help shrinking into himself. He knelt on the ground and said pitifully: “Your Highness…..”

Su Mu snorted coldly: “Now you learn to pretend to be pitiful, but you were quite brave when using the medicine.”

Huang Xuan hurriedly said: “The medicine is not a major problem, this official only just wanted to make fun of them.” Of course, he had to pick the good parts to speak.

Su Mu squinted his eyes slightly: “Are you saying that there is an antidote?”

“Yes, yes!” Huang Xuan nodded hurriedly, his face reddening slightly as he said: “If Your Highness does not believe me, this official can immediately heal you.”

“You managed to learn quite some capabilities after just studying for a short period in the imperial medical college.” Su Mu sneered: “You’d better do what you said, otherwise I will have people come in and castrate you right away.”

“Yes, yes, yes. This official will definitely heal Your Highness.” Huang Xuan promised again and again, then secretly glanced at Su Mu, twisting and mincing on the spot: “Your Highness, can we change the location? It’s not very convenient here.”

Su Mu glanced at him and said coldly, “Inconvenient? Could it be that you want Ben Gong to prepare music for you in order to do your work as a doctor.”

Huang Xuan hurriedly waved his hand and said: “There’s no need for music, just a bed is enough.”

“Bed?” Su Mu frowned in confusion: “What do you want a bed for?”

Huang Xuan said in a tiny voice: “Cure the poison!”

Although he said it very quietly, Su Mu still caught it. He instantly slapped the table beside him to pieces, and shouted loudly, “Explain clearly to Ben Gong, just what did you give me!”

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Huang Xuan was so frightened that he trembled all over and he could only obediently explain the effect of the medicine. Su Mu’s face shifted back and forth from blue to white after hearing this, extremely colorful indeed.

But in order to get rid of the poison, he had to give in and walk into the bedroom. Through the screen, he saw Huang Xuan still kneeling on the ground nervously. Su Mu instantly felt a belly full of anger and yelled, “Get in here.”

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