The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 103

Xiao Qinzhi calmed down the situation with just a few words, which made Xu Miao feel a little defeated while his sense of trust deepened. This was probably due to his charisma, and Xu Miao found an excuse for himself.

But Xu Miao was arrogant and had his own thoughts. He didn't want to be a puppet of action. After learning of Xiao Qinzhi's overall plan, he immediately began to analyze and perfect the work.

Xiao Qinzhi wrote two letterheads, one is a safe letter to his mother, saying that he has entered school and everything is normal; "Come to Wu County.

The Zhao brothers volunteered to take this job. The two brothers were able to escape all the way from the northwest to Jiangzuo. To them, the mere [-]-mile waterway between Wujun and Wujin was just a snap of their fingers.

On June [-]th, early in the morning, the Zhao brothers carried two letter rafts and set off from Wujun with light luggage.

However, this day was not very friendly to the "Four Young Talents of Wu County".

It coincides with the rest day, Yanshan Bieyuan, the dense fog in the morning has soaked the green bushes, Chaoyang has just poked his head out, and the heat has been gone for a long time, it is a good time to sleep late in the day.

Yesterday, Lu Qin's people cheated He Shu severely, and celebrated until midnight, which made him sleep comfortably. Unfortunately, his brother Lu Chu killed him.

Lu Qin was most afraid of two people in his life, one was his father Lu Shi, who served him with sticks at every turn, and the other was his elder brother Lu Chu, although he didn't do anything, his words were as soft as a knife.

"I'm going to Jiankang next year. Instead of leaving you in Wu County to embarrass yourself, why don't you go to Jiankang with me." Lu Chu wiped his sweat with an embroidered handkerchief, looked at his brother who was not up to date, and poked the knife softly .

In just one sentence, Lu Qin's heart would be broken. Going to Jiankang is worse than going to prison. As for Lu Shi's irritable temper, seeing his youngest son so ineffective, he would beat him every three days and beat him every two days. It must be indispensable.

Lu Qin panicked, shook his head frantically, and begged humbly, "Brother, I know I was wrong, I don't dare to do it anymore, just do it. If I don't go to Jiankang, Father will beat me to death."

"Heh—" Lu Chu snorted, cast a peevish glance at Lu Qin, and spat, "It's better to go to Jiankang and be beaten to death by my father than to stay in Wu County and die in embarrassment."

"Brother, you must have lost face because of our fight with that poor family. Don't worry, we will never lose face. It's just that I've been bored recently, just teasing him. , so he believed it, we have ten thousand ways to make him lose."

Lu Qin chattered for a while, looked up and saw that Lu Chu was unmoved, and hurriedly explained: "The reason why we keep him is to use him to humiliate He Shun. Brother, think about it, He Shun flaunted his might all day long, the cows were almost going to plow the fields, and even our four families were ignored. If they were humiliated by Xiao Qinzhi's gang of despicable poor families, wouldn't they be beaten painfully? their faces?"

At the end, he did not forget to add: "We didn't act recklessly this time, we used tricks, Zhang Yong said, this is called a fight between a snipe and a clam, and it's a fisherman's profit."

"Ahem——Zhang Yong pays respects to Lu Shixiong." Zhang Yong, who was listening outside the door, his face turned black, he hurriedly made a sound, followed by the timid Gu Fu and Zhu Xi, and the three of them came in to salute together.

"Zhang Yong, it's just in time for you to come. Quickly explain to my brother." Lu Qin's eyes lit up, seeing the reinforcements coming, he hurriedly asked for help.

Zhang Yong really wanted to kick Lu Qin and tell him to shut up quickly. It’s this time, what’s the point of talking, just obediently bow your head and listen to the training, and even fight between snipe and clam, that’s clearly called a fight between snipe and clam. .

After a hasty glance at Lu Qinhou, he shook his head slightly, signaling Lu Qin not to talk nonsense and cause trouble.

"You came up with this bad idea?" Lu Chu glanced at Zhang Yong with pretty eyes, and whispered softly, but it hurt Zhang Yong deeply.

"Brother Lu Shi please make it clear." Zhang Yong refused to accept.

"Why don't you think about it? You are using Xiao Qinzhi to humiliate He Shu, but you don't know that he is also using you to check and balance He Shu and take revenge. It's just each other."

"Is there something wrong?" Zhang Yong was puzzled. Didn't this achieve the purpose of humiliating He Shun?

"Scholars are different. He is from a poor family. In this contest, he is already on an equal footing with you. Tell me, is he superior?"

Zhang Yong was dumbfounded and stupefied. He thought that he had made a good plan, but unexpectedly he made a wedding dress for others. After Lu Chu accepted Yan Liang and Dian Po, he repented: "Brother Shi, I understand, where is He Shu?" Let it go for now, I will lead people to kill Xiao Qinzhi and the others, and if they don't die, they will lose their skin."

Lu Chu sneered softly and said: "No hurry, it's not too late to go after I finish speaking." Pretty eyes looked at the big Zhu Xi, and said: "Among the four of you, you are the most skilled in martial arts, so you should bear the responsibility of protecting, why? Injure the three of them?"

Finally, he glared at Gu Fu, "Wuxi Fahrenheit is in the same county as your Gu family. There was a lot of rumors about the incident in March. For a small profit, the Chinese education had a chance to take advantage of it, which created today's situation. This matter was caused by Fahrenheit. But since Fahrenheit belongs to Wuxi, you, Gushi, will be the one to deal with it. In the future, people from Fahrenheit will not be allowed to enter Wujun unless you get permission. If there is a mistake, you are the only one to ask."

Gu Fu nodded hastily, saying yes again and again, but in his heart he had already scolded Huajiao to the sky, regretting that he should not have accepted money from Huajiao.

Lu Chu strictly trained Lu Qin and Zhang Yong, and lightly reprimanded Zhu Yu and Gu Fu. He stared at him beautifully and said majesticly: "The Xiao family will be promoted to a noble family at the end of the year. Keep your mouth shut. Also, since you agreed to compete with people, use comparisons to solve the problem, and don’t use any other tricks that are not on the table. If I hear you make a joke again, I will lose face , At that time, on behalf of the four families, I will punish the four of you severely."

Zhang Yong was in a hurry, the brains of the four of them were full of water, and there was a "duang, duang" sound when they shook a little. Brother, how can this be compared?"

Lu Chu covered his nose with an embroidered handkerchief, smiled contemptuously, and said, "Find a solution for yourself."

Ever since, before Zhang Yong thought of a good solution, he first condemned people to release the news that the Xiao family would be classified as a noble family at the end of the year, and the other was to take the lead in requesting a one-month delay in the literary agreement.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Qinzhi had this intention, and in order to show his magnanimity, he readily agreed, but He Shu was inexplicably pissed off, so he had to postpone the matter of revenge for one month.

He Shun roared crazily in his heart: "Xiao Qinzhi, this grudge against me, He Shun, has been fixed. It won't work even if the Heavenly King Lao Tzu comes, as I said."

The news that the Xiao family was going to become a gentry spread like wildfire, causing a commotion among the poor families.

Xu Miao was both envious and gratified that with the status of a nobleman, Xiao Qinzhi would be able to show his ambitions and have a bright future, but every time Xu Miao thought about it, he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable for himself.

"The poor family ranks the sixth rank the highest, and the noble family ranks the sixth rank at the bottom. Brother Qin, I really envy you." Xu Miao held a wine bottle, staring at the vast night, the loss in his heart was infinitely magnified.

Insects chirping and frogs sounding, night wind gusts, yellow shadows, several people sitting around under the lamp, drinking at night, Xiao Qinzhi didn't know how to comfort Xu Miao, after all he had vested interests, so he had to raise a glass and invite to drink together.

(End of this chapter)