Bird Dude Nie Bufan

Bird Dude Nie Bufan CH 017 Egg

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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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Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity CH 039 Hidden Depths

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The low roar of wild animals came from the woods, the evening wind blew past, shaking the tree leaves and causing the sound of “shasha” to be heard. The moonlight was not too bright, half covered by dark clouds, so Yang Zi’an could only lead the others to light a fire on a flat ground, resting for one night before continuing on the road.

When he left the farmstead, he only took two people with him, but when he returned, he took nearly fifty with him.

It all started with finding Zhang Shicheng.

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However, he wasn’t called Zhang Shicheng, but Zhang Jiusi. Because the name was wrong, Yang Zi’an only found him after looking for a long time.

Zhang Jiusi also had three younger brothers, Zhang Jiuwu, Zhang Jiuliu, Zhang Jiuqi, and some good brothers, who were all bringing their family along. In this way Yang Zi’an took a longer time than he expected.

They all relied on shipping salt for a living. Zhang Shicheng smuggled salt and sold it in order to subsidize his family. Some wealthy households didn’t want to pay, so they threatened to report him to the court for illegally selling official salt, and even beating and scolding him. In addition to this, there was also a salt supervisor named Qiu Yi in the salt mine. Not only did he deduct the salaries of the salt workers, but the salt workers must also pay tribute to him every month. Any omission was bound to result in being beaten and scolded.

Since ancient times, there were large discrepancies between different ranks of officials, not to mention Zhang Shicheng and the others were not even officials at all. The common people could only take the beating and scolding, swallowing down any anger or grievances, and continue to live their hard lives.

“Eat something, we had traveled the whole day.” Yang Zi’an had someone to take the dry food from the ox cart.

Lin Yuan had people prepare these dry foods for him. They were all dried cakes and dried meat. Find a pot, put some water add some salt and boil it all together. Nowadays, this was a warm and satisfying meal.

The people sitting on the ground took their bowls and waited, while some who couldn’t wait, began to eat the dry bread first.

Zhang Jiusi was a little ashamed. After all, these people were brought by him. He also wanted to hunt these few days. However, they would not stay in one place for too long so it was useless to arrange traps. There was simply no time to hunt. He sat next to Yang Zi’an, appearing a little hesitant and asked, “Your Boss, really said that we met before?”

But he didn’t remember someone named Lin Yuan at all.

Yang Zi’an: “My fourth brother said that he had met you briefly many years ago. He is a kind-hearted person and can’t bear to see anyone suffer. He might have only met with you a few times, or said a few words to you so it’s normal not to remember.”

Zhang Jiusi touched the back of his head, and he truly felt that Yang Zi’an had found the wrong person. After all, he was looking for Zhang Shicheng at the beginning. Zhang Jiusi had also heard of Yang Zi’an’s name back in Xinghua, known to be generous with money and was a foreigner. He came all the way to find someone who was just an ordinary salt man, saying that he hadn’t seen that person for many years. So Zhang Jiusi had discussed with his three younger brothers at home and decided to try his luck.

He didn’t know why but when Yang Zi’an heard that he had three younger brothers, and his family made a living by boating salt, he immediately insisted that he was the person he was looking for.

Zhang Jiusi originally just wanted to eat a full meal——after all, every time someone came, Yang Zi’an would at least let them eat a meal.

Many people pretended to be the one just for the meal, although they also knew that their pretending could not be successful.

But Zhang Jiusi succeeded. Not only did he succeed, Yang Zi’an wanted to take him away.

According to Yang Zi’an’s words, they will eat three meals a day, and this alone made Zhang Jiusi a little swayed.

He transported salt every day, but the wages he gets were pitiful. Together, the four brothers were just enough to feed themselves. But sometimes they also had to help out friends, so their situation was extremely poor, not to mention often being beaten and humiliated by the salt supervisors. They don’t even have money to buy medicine to treat the wounds left by the beatings. So, going to a place where they can eat three meals a day without being beaten or scolded, as well as providing accommodation, they could hardly even imagine it.

But when he thought about the brothers who he had good relationships were still suffering once he had left with his younger brothers, Zhang Jiusi tentatively asked Yang Zi’an’s decision.

Yang Zi’an was told by Lin Yuan before, and he nodded in agreement without asking more.

Although Zhang Jiusi still had some worries, Yang Zi’an’s promise was too good. Even if he wanted to refuse he wouldn’t know how to open his mouth.

Before he was given a chance to change his mind, Yang Zi’an took them away from Xinghua.

Horses can’t be bought. No one in Xinghua sells it. Instead Yang Zi’an bought a few donkey carts. The old people and children sit on the carts, while the young people walk on their own legs. But no one complained.

Zhang Jiusi was now beginning to fear again, what if he was found out that he was not the person they were looking for?

Haven’t seen each other for so many years, maybe he can’t recognize it?

He was conflicted all the way. For a while, he felt that he shouldn’t be so greedy, but then he would also secretly think that maybe he would not be discovered as a fake.

Yang Zi’an was not afraid that they would rob him. The main reason was that except for the dry food and these donkey carts, the money on hin was basically all spent. These people were not desperate criminals who would commit something like robbing and killing.

When he arrived under the city wall of the farmstead, Yang Zi’an finally breathed a sigh of relief. It had been nearly half a year since he left the farmstead, and he didn’t know the current situation back at the farmstead.

The time he spent in Xinghua was too long, but the length of this time was not something he could do anything about.

Zhang Jiusi and the others had stunned looks. They didn’t expect that there would be such a place in the wilderness, practically like a paradise.

The people on the observation platform couldn’t see Yang Zi’an’s face. They only knew that these people weren’t from the farmstead. They were about to sound the horn, but Yang Zi’an shouted, “I’m your second brother Yang. I’ve brought people back. Go tell my fourth brother!”

The person was taken aback for a moment, and then called: “Then you wait first!”

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Lin Yuan was teasing a little baby at this time. He had always liked children. Now as long as he came to tease the children for awhile when he was in a bad mood or irritated, his whole person’s mood would become much better. Little babies have a pair of eyes with the black distinct from the white, and compared with adults who have more murky eyes, the eyes of children were very clear and bright.

At this time, Lin Yuan was being pulled at by the baby’s fingers, and the baby was laughing with her mouth open. The baby’s mother was sitting on the side, and another woman sitting next to her smiled and said, “This child knows to please the Boss at such a young age. When grown up she must be a sweet person too.”

The child’s mother also laughed: “Her eyes look like me.”

Lin Yuan looked at her carefully, and felt that the child looked more like the mother, but he couldn’t be sure when she was so small.

Some children looked like their mothers when they were young, but looked like their fathers when they grow up.

However, a child of this size, who didn’t even have eyebrows, the small face was plump and tender and looked adorable no matter what.

There was no milk powder now, and breastfeeding could only depend on the mother’s breast milk. When breast milk was not enough, then feed them with some rice soup, and it turned out they grow quite well on rice soup too.

It was just that their hair was a little bit yellow, which nothing could be done about.

Er Liang ran in from outside the house, and said to Lin Yuan, “Young master, brother Yang is back and brought a lot of people. Now they are all waiting outside.”

Lin Yuan stood up at once. Probably because the movement was a bit loud, and the baby girl noticed that the fingers she was holding were missing, so her mouth pouted and began to cry.

Lin Yuan could only say to the baby girl’s mother: “You coax her, I will go first.”

Her mother smiled and said, “Boss can go ahead, I will definitely look after her.”

Yang Zi’an and the others basked in the sun for a while, before they finally saw the door slowly open.

When Lin Yuan came out from the door, the first thing was to give a warm hug to Yang Zi’an. Yang Zi’an was taken aback, and patted Lin Yuan on the back, and smiled: “I brought you back the people, money is all used up.”

“You have been away for so long, and I was worried that there was not enough money.” Lin Yuan smiled, “Go in.”

Saying so, Lin Yuan walked inwards with his arm thrown around Yang Zi’an’s shoulders, and asked, “Who is Zhang Shicheng?”

Yang Zi’an: “Can’t you recognize him?”

Lin Yuan lied with his eyes wide open: “That was all years ago, I can’t remember much.”

Yang Zi’an: “I didn’t find Zhang Shicheng. I found Zhang Jiusi. He also has three younger brothers. I thought maybe you remembered wrong. Both their surnames were Zhang anyway.”

Lin Yuan thought, that’s right, Zhang Shicheng used to be an ordinary salt man, how could the people at the bottom class have a formal name.

He hurriedly followed Yang Zi’an’s words and said: “It should be my memory that was wrong.”

Yang Zian: “But he brought with him a lot of people.”

Lin Yuan looked back, and Zhang Jiusi and his party walked behind looking very nervous and feeling out of place, but they couldn’t help looking left and right.

“It’s not too much.” Lin Yuan briefly talked about the previous events, “We are actually short of people.”

Some time ago Jiang Guang came back bringing the three horses he had promised before. He also praised the jade that Lin Yuan gave him, and took a few new pieces of jade away with him again, indicating that he will bring back the people Lin Yuan need before winter came, only afraid that 500 would be too many for Lin Yuan to manage.

Lin Yuan told him to only take care of the delivery, and they can naturally take care of managing them all here.

Yang Zi’an said: “Is the dormitory not enough?”

Lin Yuan nodded, thinking that Yang Zi’an knew him too well: “Sure enough, second brother, you understand me. I think a new dormitory must be built. Fortunately, although the craftsmen who built the house last time left, there were many people who built it along with them. They have experience and know how to do it. This time, you don’t have to go outside to get people. The bricks will probably require you to find someone to make again.”

Yang Zian: “It’s not a troublesome thing. It’s better to build three floors and construct a few more.”

Lin Yuan nodded: “But we won’t live here long. At the end of next year, we have to move out.”

Yang Zian was taken aback: “Move to where?”

Lin Yuan just smiled: “You’ll know then.”

It was too early to speak now. When the Red Turban Army revolts next year, regarding the world’s affairs, it was normal to follow the lead then. At that time, it would be normal for them to attack Xinghua.

Yang Zi’an saw that he won’t be getting a straightforward answer, so he didn’t ask anymore.

Zhang Jiusi and the others were looking at the acres of fertile fields and the crops growing in it. They could barely come back to their senses. Li Liu said next to Zhang Jiusi: “You really have a name called Zhang Shicheng?”

Zhang Jiusi also whispered: “It may not be me.”

Li Liu was surprised: “Then isn’t this lying?”

Zhang Jiusi: “Can’t you speak quietly!”

Lin Yuan walked to Zhang Jiusi’s side at this time. He was different from the people around him. As long as one had eyes, they knew that this was the Boss. Lin Yuan now looked quite a bit like an elegant Gongzi, since he doesn’t go to work in the fields, with the wind blowing at him and the sun roasting down on him. And in addition to facial features that weren’t bad at all, he looked like a pale faced Gongzi.

But this was just in comparison with other people in the farmstead.

“Zhang Jiusi.” Lin Yuan called Zhang Jiusi’s name.

Zhang Jiusi walked out from the crowd, and Lin Yuan looked him up and down. He remembered that Zhang Shicheng was a man with “rare brawn and chivalry” in the historical records. He himself could not even eat fully and yet helped out others.

In fact, he had many similarities with the original owner, a pity he lost his way after success.

Zhang Jiusi looked at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan said: “Come with me.”

Zhang Jiusi looked back at his brothers again, and finally walked a little distance away with Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan took Zhang Jiusi to a relatively secluded place. He knew that Zhang Jiusi was willing to come with Yang Zi’an because at this time Zhang Jiusi had already been forced into a dead end. He was at the point of whether to resist ot not. But Zhang Jiusi was not a person who didn’t fear imperial power, otherwise he would not have waited until the 13th year of Yuanshun’s reign.

That was why when Yang Zi’an released a rope that symbolizes life, he had grabbed onto it even when he knew that there were many doubts.

“You are not the person I am looking for.” Lin Yuan said.

Zhang Jiusi paused, he was a little flustered, after all, he didn’t often lie.

Lin Yuan said again: “But you have come here already, so just stay at ease. Although I haven’t found my friend, but you have all come already, naturally I won’t have you go back again.”

Zhang Jiusi looked at Lin Yuan, wondering what kind of living Buddha decided to come down to this earth?

“It’s just, your brothers.” Lin Yuan said, “They can’t make trouble for me.”

Zhang Jiusi patted his chest and assured: “That’s natural.”

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Zhang Jiusi and the others were assigned to the dormitory, but they could not live in a family room, they had to live separately, and they had to go to the cafeteria when eating.

Zhang Jiusi and his three brothers plus one Li Liu were assigned to a dormitory where three people were already living in. When they entered, the three people who had lived there first greeted them enthusiastically and learned that they were from Xinghua. They became even more enthusiastic.

“How is the outside world now?”

“You have salt, you must be rich.”

Zhang Jiusi and the others looked at the bed that had been made, and their hearts eased fractionally, but still hung in midair. They looked at the bed with a top and lower bunk, eyes full of surprises, having never seen a bed like this in their life.

“This is the method our Boss came up with.” One of the farmstead person laughed. “The Boss said there are too many people and there is no place to fit all of us. This bunk bed can be used to sleep many people and without being crowded together. Everyone gets their own bed, comfortable.”

Zhang Jiusi asked him: “What kind of person is your Boss?”

The man said: “Speaking of our Boss, come, sit down, listen to me and I’ll tell you in detail.”

The other two laughed and said: “Brother Zhao talks a lot, he won’t let you go if he doesn’t talk to his satisfsction.”

The person known as brother Zhao said: “I was a refugee. Like me, the two of them can’t stay in their hometown anymore, and walked here with others. It was snowing at that time! The lords in the city do not care about us, I don’t know how many people died of freezing and starvation. It just so happened that Boss wanted to recruit people to build a house, the house that we are currently living in. I helped build it myself.”

“Originally, the house was built and the craftsmen had also left. We had nowhere to go, so we asked Boss to let us stay.”

Brother Zhao slapped his thigh: “Boss didn’t even blink, he told us we could all stay.”

Zhang Jiusi quickly asked: “Then what do you do daily?”

Brother Zhao: “That depends on what group you are in. I am in Manager Jiang’s group. I have to train in the morning and do farm work in the afternoon. For other groups, there will be training in the morning and hunting in the afternoon. Everyone does their own thing, it is all divided with clear distinction.”

This is similar to their salt mines, each has a division of labor, but they don’t need training.

“What do you train?” Zhang Jiusi asked.

Brother Zhao also said: “There are too many, like push-ups and leapfrogs, there are so many kinds, Boss said, this is to exercise our physical strength, and sometimes Boss will train with us.”

Zhang Jiusi asked again: “Why do you need training?”

Brother Zhao: “Do you think it’s very peaceful here? What if there were bandits coming? Isn’t it up to us to fight back?”

Zhang Jiusi swallowed.

Brother Zhao smiled and said: “It’s no big deal, I’ve never been afraid of it, men, we shouldn’t be afraid at all!”

The roommate relentlessly undermined him: “Last time bandits came, you almost peeed your pants in fright. If we didn’t hold you up, you might be a deserter.”

Brother Zhao: “Bah! Was I peeing my pants?! Back then it was just a little bit of sweat!”

Zhang Jiusi glanced at his three younger brothers.

Zhang Jiuwu said: “Brother, we’re here anyway. What’s the point of thinking so much, so long as we won’t be hungry.”

“Yes, what do you eat in the cafeteria?” Zhang Jiuqi, the youngest, looked at brother Zhao intently and asked.

Brother Zhao: “We usually eat multi-grain steamed buns and stir-fried vegetables. The oil and water are plenty. We can manufacture the oil by ourselves, and we can eat meat once every seven days. If someone outside comes to attack us, or if we attack a bandit villa we can eat all the fine grains and meat we want.”

Zhang Jiuqi’s saliva was about to leak out, but when he thought that in order to eat meat, he had to fight with his life, he was a little scared along with being excited.

He asked: “So when do you eat today?”

Brother Zhao said: “It will be two more hours before dinner, and then I will tell you the rules of eating.”

Zhang Jiuqi was taken aback: “There are rules for eating?”

Brother Zhao nodded: “That’s natural. There are even rules for shitting here.”

This time, the four brothers and Li Liu were all taken aback. This place was that strange? There were rules for eating and shitting?

Brother Zhao took them to the corridor and told them to look at the house next to the dormitory: “That’s the public toilet, and you have to go there if you want to poop and pee, and you have to wash your hands at the door when you come out.”

“As Boss said, it is becuase we don’t wash our hands that it is so easy to get sick, dirty sickness!” Brother Zhao held his head high, with a proud expression that he knew better, “What Boss says makes sense! Boss has read books!”

Zhang Jiusi looked at the public toilet that looked like a house, and his expression was somewhat dazed.

Brother Zhao: “If you go to the public toilet at night, remember to light the torch outside so that you don’t fall in the dark. Last time there was a hapless guy who fell into the latrine pit. Who told him to be so thin, it took him a long time to climb up.”

Everyone: “……”

That hapless guy was really too unlucky.

They can all imagine how he looked when he crawled out of the pit.

Brother Zhao: “That’s almost all, what else do you want to ask?”

Brother Zhao added: “By the way, if you work hard, there are rewards. The two people in each group who do the best every day can eat bonus meals. A bowl of stew, if you save some, you can eat it for two meals. Inside is all big chunks of meat and you also get a bowl of white rice.”

These fifty-odd people were arranged into their rooms. After all, they have just arrived in the new environment, and most of them were still a little uneasy. Fortunately, the people in the dormitories were very enthusiastic, and they were not as nervous as they were at the beginning.

They couldn’t not be enthusiastic and welcoming. During this period of time, Lin Yuan had been making repeated orders to them. In the future the farmstead will add many more people. If they were looking for trouble, they will be kicked out to do whatever they want outside. If they find someone oppressing a newcomer, as long as someone reported it, and after verification, the reporter can also get a slice of meat and a bag of rice, as well as a bamboo rat and a fat chicken.

Therefore, even if you were not very enthusiastic about newcomers, you will not find fault. No one in this world wanted to be driven out.

If they were driven out it was basically death.

Even if you didn’t die, you can’t live a good life like in the farmstead. Although every day was hard work, you did’t have to worry about food, clothing and housing.

Everyone also had two new sets of clothes every season. Although they were almost the same size and color, poor people cannot wear a few new clothes for a lifetime. Where else could anyone find such a good thing?

At dinner that night, Zhang Jiusi and his brothers were assigned to a fishing group. There were also a few fellow villagers with them. They were newcomers and met the group leader during dinner.

The leader of the fishing team was surnamed Zheng, originally named Zheng Liu’er. Later, he went to ask Lin Yuan who gave him a new name, Zheng Zhizhong. After he had a name, he would not allow others to call him Zheng Liu’er during working hours, only answering to his formal name.

“Boss said before that the number of daily catch is set, and the surplus is our own.” Zheng Liu’er and Zhang Jiusi said, “If we catch more, we will divide the fish by ourselves. Those who don’t have any cooking appliances can borrow the kitchen, which is convenient.”

Zhang Jiusi asked: “What if the catch is not enough?”

Zheng Liu’er smiled and said: “Why would there be not enough, there are too many fish in that river, even in the winter, and the amount set by Boss can be finished in one or two hours.”

Some of the fish caught were taken directly to the kitchen, and some were dried as salted fish and hung up to be eaten in winter.

Early the next morning, Zhang Jiusi and the others heard a loud noise outside, and they almost jumped up in fright, only to regain their calm when their heads knocked against the ceiling and bed board.

Brother Zhao and the others slowly got up from under their quilt, rubbed their eyes and said, “This is calling for us to get up.”

Zhang Jiusi and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

“We are too lazy to fetch water, so we can wash by the stream. Are you with us?” Brother Zhao asked.

Zhang Jiusi smiled: “Naturally go with brother Zhao.”

Brother Zhao led them to wash their faces and ate breakfast together before they went to the open area for training together.

In the first hour they practiced obedience. They charged to wherever Lin Yuan pointed. Lin Yuan gave an order, and they went over to chop the wood stakes with their knives.

After an hour, daily training began, such as running, push-ups, leapfrogging, throwing stones, etc.

When the bell rang during the lunch break, they yelled excitedly and rushed to the cafeteria.

Zhang Jiusi discovered that no one was lazy and no one was supervising the work. Instead during the training, each team of ten people supervised each other.

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He was quite bewildered.

Brother Zhao said, “If you are lazy you get reported by someone in the team, then you can only eat one meal tomorrow, while he can eat meat!”

Zhang Jiusi finally understood.

This farmstead had hidden depths and was even more capable than he thought.

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The Cruel Tyrant CH 010 Invitation

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The clenched fists and cracking of knuckles made a chilling sound, and though Su Mu tried to restrain his anger, the officials still felt unable to breathe.

Taking a deep breath, Su Mu told himself calmly that if he kept getting angry with this country, he will definitely not survive tomorrow.

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With a dangerous glint shining in his eyes, Su Mu asked: “Why are there only 14 people who applied for the examinations?”

Wasn’t it because of your intimidating presence, your Highness. Back then who killed all those who impeached you? And how many people were cut up by you during the examination last year? Who dared to serve a monarch who took pleasure in murder? Wasn’t that just looking for death?

Let’s not talk about the past, just that Zhang Fu’an’s corruption case not long ago, your Highness, you killed more than 100 people who were involved.

But Peng Han dared not say any of this. What if the Crown Prince cut him up in a rage as well?

So he only dared to say: “Your Highness, chen is not clear about this!”

Su Mu said angrily: “Don’t know, don’t know, does the court raise you to just be rice buckets? Postpone the examination for a month.”

With sharp eyes staring at Peng Han, and causing him to feel as if he was sitting on pins and needles, Su Mu said coldly: “After a month, if there are not a thousand candidates, pack up your things and go back to farming (TN: expression for retirement)!”

With a flick of his billowing sleeves, he left the Taihe Hall in anger.

Su Mu was not a stupid person. After thinking about it, he could understand why there were only 14 people participating in the imperial examination. In ancient China, there were still masters who left to live as hermits in the mountains because there was no capable rulers! What’s more, with Su Mochi the “tyrant” in power, should he thank his fortune that at least 14 people ended up attending?

After Su Mu returned to the Crown Prince’s Palace, his hair was almost all lost thinking of this incident. He picked up the cup of hot tea that Yuzhu handed over, but then slammed it down again with a bang.

To be honest, Su Mu really wanted to send someone to tie the scholars up and bring them to the examination room, but he could only think about it.

Su Mu sighed and thought privately, even if he managed a few multinational companies before, compared to being this Crown Prince it was much easier. Could he please just transmigrate back!

Yuzhu, who was standing behind and fanning Su Mu, watched Su Mu’s gloomy expressions for a long time. After struggling for a while, she finally made up her mind to speak: “Your Highness, are you still worried about the examination?”

Su Mu instantly couldn’t help complaining: “Such a big kingdom but they’re telling me that there are only 14 people participating in the imperial examination? If it was spread to other countries, will my Qing kingdom still have any face left to hang out among the other countries……”

Although Yuzhu didn’t understand some of Su Mu’s words, she could still guess the general meaning. She lowered her head and opened her mouth several times before saying in a very low voice: “There is a way that this slave knows, don’t know if it will help……”

Although Yuzhu said it very quietly, but what kind of hearing did Su Mu have? Even a mosquito buzzing outside the door could be heard.

Hearing what Yuzhu said, Su Mu’s eyes lit up, and he rushed to Yuzhu and asked: “What is your method, tell me quickly.”

Seeing the Crown Prince who suddenly appeared in front of her, Yuzhu took a few steps back in shock, and quickly replied: “Your Highness, Yun Gongzi used to be the model and number one person among the scholars in the imperial city, and has a lot of prestige among them. Now the leader of the scholars in the capital city is Lin Siyuan who is Yun Gongzi’s close friend. Your Highness might as well go talk to Yun Gongzi and let Yun Gongzi persuade Lin Gongzi and other scholars.”

Truly, the heavens will never cut off one’s path!

“Good girl, you are so smart, wait for Ben Gong to reward you when I come back.”

Su Mu speed walked to Feiyu Pavilion, and he heard an elegant qin sound come from inside, causing him to slow down involuntarily and signal everyone else behind him to leave.

The blue green figure was playing the guqin under a copse of green bamboos. Su Mu didn’t understand the guqin, at best he only thought it sounded good. But the person in front of him couldn’t help but cause him to approach closer unconciously.

When Su Mu walked to his side, he just finished playing a tune.

Slender fingers gently stroked the strings, as if treating their most beloved person.

He raised his head, and Su Mu’s figure was reflected in his gentle eyes, and he said with a small smile: “How come your Royal Highness is free to come to me today?”

Su Mu didn’t know how to bring it up, after all, Yun Feiyu was snatched by Su Mochi, and then toremented by him for so long.

Although he was embarrassed to speak up, Su Mu still had to say what he was here for.

“I heard that you have a good relationship with Lin Siyuan?” Su Mu asked.

“Your Highness came here for this year’s imperial examination?” Though it was a question, his tone was certain.

Su Mu nodded, and then said: “I hope you will persuade Lin Siyuan to let him participate, and ask him to persuade some scholars to participate in the exam as well.”

Yun Feiyu gently shook his head and said, “I’m afraid it won’t work?”

“Why?” Su Mu wondered.

Yun Feiyu smiled at Su Mu and said, “Because Lin Siyuan is a well-known beautiful man in the imperial city.”

“What does this have to do with anything?” Su Mu asked without thinking it over. What does being good-looking have to do with attending the examination?

Yun Feiyu did not speak, but looked at him.

In an instant, Su Mu immediately understood. Lin Siyuan was afraid that the Crown Prince would snatch him when he saw his beauty!

The corners of Su Mu’s mouth twitched and he thought to himself, just how frightning are you, Su Mochi, that others were so scared that they didn’t even dare to participate in the examination.

However, what Su Mu didn’t know was that since Su Mochi became the Crown Prince, those who dared to participate in the examination had already put aside the question of life and death.

Because at the last examination, don’t know what kind of madness had struck Su Mochi but he killed more than half of the scholars in the test room, so that was why this year’s examination was so deserted.

And Lin Siyuan had even more reason not to participate in the test. Everyone in Qing kingdom knew that the Crown Prince liked beautiful men! If Lin Siyuan participated in the examination, it would practically be a lamb to the slaugter!

Yun Feiyu saw that Su Mu’s face took turns turning blue and black, and felt a little amused, and said: “Your Highness has to tell him about this personally. He may not believe what I say.”

Su Mu frowned and said, “I say it and he’ll believe it?”

“Your Highness is the Crown Prince of this kingdom, whose one word is worth nine sacred tripods (TN: expression for words of enormous weight) so why wouldn’t he dare not believe it.” Yun Feiyu smiled.

Was this a suggestion to use his power to suppress others? Su Mu shook his head. Lin Siyuan was talented, and if Su Mu planned to use power to suppress him then it would only make him feel dissatisfied and not fully invested in the tasks assigned to him in the future.

After thinking about it for a while, Su Mu said, “You give Lin Siyuan an invitation, and the day after tomorrow we will go to Yuping Lake to enjoy the red leaves together.”

Speaking of, the red leaves in the lower reaches of Yuping Lake were one of the most beautiful scenery in the imperial city.

Seeing Lin Siyuan but also have him accompany along? Yun Feiyu raised his eyebrows and smiled, understanding Su Mu’s intentions, and said: “Your Highness, please rest assured, this caomin will fulfill his mission.”

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After receiving the invitation, Lin Siyuan sat in a chair and said nothing.

Seeing that her son hadn’t spoken for a long time, Madam Lin on the side said with some worry: “Yuan’er, didn’t Feiyu invite you to boating in the lake? Why do you have a troubled look?”

With an expression of bitter sorrow Lin Siyuan said, “My mother! Does Yun Feiyu still need to hand in invitations to go sightseeing with me? Besides, the Crown Prince’s Palace is not a place Yun Feiyu can come and go as he pleased.”

Madam Lin was startled, and a terrifying answer appeared in her mind, and her voice trembled: “Then this, this invitation?”

Lin Siyuan said with a bitter face: “This invitation must be given by the Crown Prince, mother! The Crown Prince must have taken a fancy to your son’s beauty.”

Madam Lin fell on the chair and said in disbelief: “This, how can this be……”

Thinking of the men in the palace who had been played to death by the Crown Prince, Madam Lin felt that the sky was about to collapse. Large tears kept rolling down: “Yuan’er, my Yuan’er……”

Lin Siyuan suddenly panicked when he saw Madam Lin crying and wiping tears. He hurriedly supported Madam Lin and comforted her: “Mother, don’t cry anymore, I’m joking with you! The Crown Prince just invited me because of the matter of the imperial examination. You haven’t heard that the Crown Prince changed a lot recently? It’s almost completely different from before. Okay, don’t cry, what I said is true.”

Madam Lin took the handkerchief to dry her tears, and pinched Lin Siyuan violently, yelling: “You little bastard, only knowing how to bully your mother.”

Lin Siyuan let out a wolf howl of pain and complained bitterly: “I knew I was definitely not your son.”

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“Yes, you were born out of a stone!” Madam Lin scolded with a smile.

Lin Siyuan grinned as he sat on the chair and said: “Mother, although the Crown Prince is looking for me for business, we can’t help but prevent any sudden situation as well. Mother, is there any way to keep your son from being so handsome?”

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Bird Dude Nie Bufan CH 016 Key

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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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The Cruel Tyrant CH 009 Doubts

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Early the next morning, everyone knew that Su Mu stayed overnight in Huang Xuan’s room. This was the second time the Crown Prince had let Huang Xuan shi qin in more than a month, and no one else had been summoned during this period.

No matter how you look at this matter, it was quite intriguing. After Huang Xuan woke up, Qin Ye pulled him aside and interrogated him.

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Qin Ye frowned and asked, “The Crown Prince did not bully you?”

Huang Xuan blushed and shook his head, the look in his eyes were clean and bright.

Qin Ye thought of the rumors about the Crown Prince. The more he thought about it, the more things felt not right, it was as if he had completely changed into another person.

Attend morning assembly, order disaster relief, and constructing weaponry plant, none of these were things that the Crown Prince would do.

“Could it be someone is impersonating the Crown Prince?” Qin Ye thought about it, only this situation was the most likely.

Yun Feiyu glanced at him and said, “Who would pretend to be the Crown Prince and yet change the nature of the Crown Prince this much.”

Su Mochi’s personality changed abruptly. It was not that no one had ever doubted him, but he seemed to be confident and unafraid, not putting others’ doubts in his eyes (TN: expression for not placing importance).

Qin Ye recalled the rumors from the outside, and wondered: “Could it be that he had truly been enlightened by an expert, and changed his evil ways and returned to the right?”

“Do you believe that?” Yun Feiyu asked.

Of course Qin Ye didn’t believe it, could anyone just come and be able to enlighten the Crown Prince? The Crown Prince corrupting them was more likely. He asked Huang Xuan again: “Do you think the Crown Prince is different from usual?”

Huang Xuan thought about it and blushed: “Nowhere is the same.”

“Sure enough, this Crown Prince must be a fake!” Qin Ye said affirmatively.

“No, he is indeed the Crown Prince, at least, the body belongs to the Crown Prince.” Yun Feiyu looked at the withered lotus leaf outside the window, and a young man bathed in brilliant starlight appeared in his mind. Watching Huang Xuan becoming uncomfortable from being questioned by Qin Ye, an undercurrent emerged in his eyes.

Qin Ye and Huang Xuan were shocked, looking at Yun Feiyu together, they said, “You don’t mean to say that the Crown Prince was possessed by a spirit?”

Yun Feiyu turned his head and smiled, suddenly bringing to mind an orchid blooming natural and charming, he said: “Maybe it is a god?”

Qin Ye looked contemptuous and said with disdain: “What would the gods see in him?”

At this time, Huang Xuan said anxiously, “Isn’t it good that the Crown Prince has become better?”

Yun Feiyu looked at Huang Xuan’s anxious look, a dark shadow flitted through his eyes, and said: “He suddenly appeared, then he may suddenly disappear.”

Huang Xuan’s breathing stopped, if, if the Crown Prince disappear then what will he do? What if the Crown Prince from before came back? No, it cannot be like this, the Crown Prince cannot disappear.

Huang Xuan struggled for a while, then suddenly stood up from his chair and hurriedly said, “Big brother Yun, I’ll leave first.”

Before Yun Feiyu could answer, he had already run out.

Qin Ye watched Huang Xuan disappear out the door with confusion, and asked, “Where is he going?”

Yun Feiyu said with deep eyes: “Going to find us the answer.”

On this side, Su Mu was looking at the news from Qingye Villa. As Su Mu expected, toilet paper and soap were in short supply. But production couldn’t keep up, causing Su Mu to almost rip out a wad of hair.

Not because of anything else, but at this time people mainly raised cattle, sheep, horses and donkeys that can be used as animal power. Very few people raised pigs, and they were black pigs that have not been bred especially and have very little fat.

Su Mu had no choice but to hire some people to breed high-quality pigs.

Immediately after Su Mu finished writing the letter, he heard Yuzhu say that Huang Xuan would like to see him. Su Mu put down his brush and said, “Let him come in.”

“Paying respect to Your Highness.”

Su Mu said: “You may stand, is something the matter?”

Huang Xuan looked down at the floor and didn’t know how to start. He just ran over all hotheaded and sudden, having not thought it out before. Besides, he was the Crown Prince, while he was nothing, what right did he have to ask.

The more Huang Xuan thought about it, the less emboldened he became, bowing his head and unable to say anything.

Seeing his aggrieved appearance, Su Mu raised an eyebrow and asked: “Why, did someone bully you?”

Huang Xuan raised his head and glanced at Su Mu, then lowered his head and said, “No.”

“The what’s wrong? Just to come here to look at the floor?” Su Mu asked.

“That’s not it.” Huang Xuan plucked up the courage to raise his head, his clear eyes were like mountain streams, but looking at Su Mu he felt hesitant and afraid, asking uneasily: “Your Highness……?”

“Hnn.” Su Mu waited for him to speak.

“Your Highness……will you always be here?” Huang Xuan finally finished speaking in one breath, looking at Su Mu with some anxiety, for fear of getting a negative answer.

Su Mu nodded and said: “Yes.” Most of the people who transmigrated never went back, so he should likely stay here forever.

Su Mu thought this in an indifferent manner. In any case, it was the same anywhere.

“Really? That’s wonderful!” Huang Xuan’s eyes became brighter, and Su Mu’s heart felt slightly itchy. He thought to himself, he was a good young man who grew up under the five-star red banner, how was he reduced to this situation of ravaging minors?

After half a second of silent mourning for the integrity that he didn’t know where he had left it, he said to Huang Xuan, “Come here.”

Huang Xuan paused, and then obediently walked to Su Mu.

Su Mu pulled Huang Xuan down to sit on his lap, and then under the other’s shocked gaze, kissed him on the lips.

How could the innocent young boys of ancient times be Su Mu’s opponent? Not even a while later, Huang Xuan became intoxicated with Su Mu’s kisses.

Because of Su Mu’s indulgence in bed, Huang Xuan’s courage gradually grew, from sitting on Su Mu’s legs to pressing on him, his hands eagerly reaching into Su Mu’s clothes.

Huang Xuan began to shift the battlefield, his soft lips sucked on Su Mu’s delicate neck, the hot and humid breaths blowing against it and his shoulders. He asked with unsteady breaths: “Your Highness……”

Su Mu lay on the chair with eyes misted over, and said, “Continue.”

Huang Xuan, who got the answer, was like a child who was allowed to open a gift, and he eagerly tore open Su Mu’s clothes.

As for outside, Yuzhu had already sent everyone away with a blushing face just when Su Mu told Huang Xuan to come to him.

Otherwise, no matter how thick-skinned Su Mu was, he would not be able to perform the live version in front of so many audiences. Fortunately, his servants were clever enough.

It was already dark by the time the two finished messing around, but then they just went straight to the bed to continue messing around.

In Feiyu Pavilion, after waiting for a long time only to see that no one showed up, even a fool would know what happened. Qin Ye’s expression was dark and Yun Feiyu’s expression was indecipherable, pondering on unknown thoughts.

The next day Su Mu went to the morning assembly in a happy mood. Everyone loves to listen to praises, not to mention the one giving it was someone he had a close skin relationship with. Su Mu did not expect that when Huang Xuan, who look innocent and honest, sweet talk it could practically drown people.

Today the officials of the court suddenly discovered that the prince was in a good mood! The mood of the officials below also became raised and not by just one level.

Chen Xurong of the Ministry of Justice took advantage of the Crown Prince’s good mood and stepped forward to say: “Your Royal Highness, chen has something to report.”

“Speak.”

Chen Xurong said: “Your Royal Highness, the assassins’ comrades have all been arrested, but no matter what they won’t say who is behind the scenes.”

The happy smile turned into a sneer, and Su Mu said: “If they won’t say it, then kill them.”

The hearts of all the officials skipped a beat, thinking that although it was true that the Crown Prince’s temper had improved, he was still not the least bit reluctant or merciful about killing. After think this, immediately the next thought was please don’t let them ever become an irksome presence in the Crown Prince’s eyes.

Then Su Mu asked again: “Ministry of Rites, how many scholars will participate in the test this year?”

Peng Han privately cursed, but he had no choice but to brace himself and replied: “Answering Your Highness, the total number of candidates who will participate in the examination this year, this year……”

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Su Mu narrowed his eyes dangerously and said, “How many are there?”

“Fourteen people.” As soon as Peng Han finished speaking, he felt that the atmosphere in the Taihe Hall suddenly became extremely oppressive, and he even had difficulty breathing.

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Bird Dude Nie Bufan CH 015 Deal With No Strings Attached

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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……

TN: Happy New Year’s and best wishes to all! ✧˖*✧◝(^▽^)◜✧˖*✧

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