Chapter 225 The Scholar
Shao Sanxing sighed inwardly, the Eldest Young Master seemed to be facing a great enemy so much, it seemed that he was really afraid of that person, in the dungeon of the Governor's Mansion, under the protection of a cloud of masters, he still didn't feel safe.
However, it is also understandable that none of the opponents he has encountered has caused the eldest son to suffer such a big loss!
"Eldest son, don't worry. As soon as the incident happened, I immediately contacted Miss Su. Miss Su will definitely come here as soon as she hears that something happened to the eldest son." Shao Sansheng once again expressed relief, and then stretched out his hand to ask, "Eldest son, you will only be strong when you are full."
Hearing that Su Zhao had already been notified, Shao Pingbo felt relieved and took his chopsticks to eat slowly.
However, the slap prints left by Shao Dengyun on his left and right faces are still eye-catching.
Killing his stepmother and killing two brothers, this punishment is already considered light and couldn't be lighter...
Under the night, two drunk men hooked their shoulders and walked vainly.
On the way, one person supported the wall, and the other swayed with a belch and asked, "Brother Li, what's wrong? Are you drunk?"
The supporter of the wall lowered his head and waved his hands, "I'm in a panic, just make it easy, you go first, I know the place, and I'll be there later."
"Ahaha, hurry up then." The other person turned around and left with a drunken smile.
When this person walked away, the other drunk man who was hiding in the corner straightened his waist, tied his trouser belt, walked out of the corner and looked at the staggering figure in the distance, his eyes had regained clarity, and he was not even the slightest bit drunk. It was Lu Shengzhong in disguise.
He turned around and walked away quickly, disappeared into the darkness, arrived near the destination he had observed first, and hid in the canopy of a tree, observing from a high position.
Not long after, the drunk man came over, stopped outside a small courtyard, beat on the door with his fists, and shouted, "Brother Tan, Brother Tan..."
Soon, the door of the small courtyard opened, and a handsome man dressed as a scholar appeared, holding a scroll in his hand, apparently reading a book before.
Seeing the drunk man in front of the door, he was surprised and said, "Brother Tang, how did you drink like this?"
"I have a new friend, and I will introduce you to him later." The drunk laughed, and he had already crossed the threshold and entered without invitation.
"Brother Tang..." The scholar seemed a little helpless, and ran to his house after drinking like this, leaving him speechless.
The scholar went out and looked outside, but he didn't see anyone he was introducing to, so he shook his head, stepped back, and closed the door.
Before there was a knock on the door, Lu Shengzhong, who was peeping from a high position, was already carefully observing the surroundings to see if anyone was secretly attached to the scholar.
Why pay so much attention to this scholar? Because when Wu Tiannan and Tao Yan'er were talking about poetry and painting, in order to show that he was no stranger to poetry, he once mentioned something, that Shao Pingbo's younger sister, Shao Liuer, once organized a poetry club, and he was also a member of that poetry club.
I accidentally mentioned that Shao Pingbo's younger sister has a good relationship with a man named Tan Yaoxian in the Poetry Club.
But after mentioning it for a while, he immediately shut up and refused to say it no matter how much he asked.
Lu Shengzhong was an 'assassin' before, he tried to assassinate Niu Youdao at the beginning, and to win Niu Youdao's favor, he is obviously an excellent assassin.
As an excellent assassin, he was naturally keenly aware of the deeper meaning in Wu Tiannan's words.
However, at that time, the priority was to complete the first task of Niu Youdao's account, and it was not appropriate to startle the snake with extravagance, so he didn't hold on to the matter related to Shao Liuer, but added this Tan Yaoxian after Shao Liuer on Shao Pingbo's character relationship map.
This time I came back to receive the task again, considering Shao Pingbo's character relationship diagram, and finding a target, it is difficult!
So his gaze was fixed on Tan Yaoxian again, and he was going to find out what was going on with this man first, to see if he could find any flaws.
Although Niu Youdao said that Shao Pingbo was at his weakest now, but this Beizhou city was under Shao Pingbo's nose after all, so he had to be careful.
Especially when he learned that Shao Pingbo escaped a catastrophe, and he escaped with such unimaginable vicious means, he finally realized what Niu Youdao said, this Shao Pingbo is indeed very dangerous!
In this way, he became more careful.
After finding this Tan Yaoxian, he had touched around Tan Yaoxian's house first, and learned that Tan Yaoxian lived alone, but he still didn't dare to contact him directly.
On the surface, this Tan Yaoxian was just an ordinary person. I heard that he was a scholar who taught, but he had a good relationship with the governor's daughter. Not knowing the situation, Lu Shengzhong had to be vigilant.
So without touching the core, he started from the safer periphery, searched secretly, found a friend of Tan Yaoxian, tried a way to reunite with him, got drunk, and used his drunkenness to fool this person to come to Tan Yaoxian at night.
Naturally, it was not the purpose for this person to come to see Tan Yaoxian, but to take the opportunity to observe, to see if Tan Yaoxian was really just an ordinary person, and whether there would be secret sentries around, especially monks and the like.
Although according to Niu Youdao, Shao Pingbo was weak at this time, and even the drunk man said that Tan Yaoxian was an ordinary person, but he still maintained a high degree of caution.
After observing for a while, seeing nothing abnormal, Lu Shengzhong felt relieved, slid down from the canopy of the tree, and quietly left under the shadow of the base of the wall.
When he came back again, he had already appeared majestically in the alleyway here, with packed wine and vegetables in his hands.
He came after telling the drunk man before, he spent a lot of time observing for so long, and it was just an excuse to buy food and drinks.
Came to Tan's house and knocked on the door.
After a while, Tan Yaoxian with a handsome face opened the door, and when he saw the stranger at the door, he looked suspicious and asked, "Who are you?"
Lu Shengzhong smiled and said, "Brother Tan? In Li Ji, Brother Tang asked me to come, saying he wanted to introduce us to each other."
"Uh..." Tan Yaoxian was stunned for a moment, just now he heard that casual remark, he thought it was a drunken talk, but he didn't expect that someone actually came.
The scholar's manners were not bad, so he hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted, "So it's Brother Li." He opened the door completely and invited in.
He didn't doubt that there was any problem, and his family didn't have any property worth worrying about.
After people came in, Tan Yaoxian closed the door, and warmly invited him to sit in the living room all the way.
Lu Shengzhong observed the person and the environment in the courtyard.
Entering the hall, there are almost no extra furnishings, some things are more dilapidated, but they are tidy and clean. It can be seen that it is a poor family, and it can also be seen that the owner is a very quality and particular person, who is poor and ambitious.
"Huh? Didn't Brother Tang come first? Why don't you see anyone?" Seeing that there was no one in the hall, Lu Shengzhong asked.
Tan Yaoxian smiled wryly: "As soon as Brother Tang came, he started snoring when he sat down, so I had to help him go to the guest room to rest."
Lu Shengzhong said "Yeah" and said he was going to have a look.
Tan Yaoxian had no choice but to lead him out of the hall to a simple guest room.
When I went inside, I found a person snoring on the couch, covered with an old thin quilt that was patched.
Lu Shengzhong stepped forward to recognize the servant, "Brother Tang...Brother Tang..." While pushing and shouting, he took advantage of the situation and quietly tapped the acupuncture points, making it difficult for him to wake up.
"He said he brought me to meet his friend, but he fell into a deep sleep, how unreasonable!" Standing by the couch, seeing someone shouting and unable to wake up, Lu Shengzhong shook his head and sighed.
"Too much to drink." Tan Yaoxian smiled, and stretched out his hand to invite Lu Shengzhong to sit back.
Back in the hall, Lu Shengzhong said polite words, opened the wine and dishes he brought, Tan Yaoxian immediately took the dishes and chopsticks from home, and finally the two sat together and exchanged glasses to introduce each other.
It can be seen that Tan Yaoxian, a white-faced scholar, can't drink too much, this not very intoxicating wine, he blushed after just a few sips with the guests, and he waved his hand there to indicate that he could not drink it anymore.
However, the wine was warm and the people were familiar, so the words were not so reserved. Lu Shengzhong tentatively said, "I heard that brother Tan is good at poetry, and he joined the poetry club organized by the daughter of Governor Shao Master?"
Not to mention that Shao Liuer is fine, but when it comes to Shao Liuer, Tan Yaoxian, who has repeatedly expressed his inability to drink, took the initiative to hold the wine jar and pour himself wine, bowl after bowl, pouring himself in a muffled voice, and soon made himself drunk and hazy.
Lu Shengzhong's eyes flickered, "Brother Tan, why are you silent?"
Tan Yaoxian hiccupped, waved his hands and said, "Sadly, don't mention it." A sad look followed on his face.
Lu Shengzhong reached out and grabbed the mouth of the wine jar, and offered to help him pour the wine, "Could it be that I said something wrong?"
Tan Yaoxian shook his head: "Brother Li misunderstood, the Poetry Club has been disbanded, it's meaningless to say."
Lu Shengzhong poured wine for him again, "Why did they disband after a good time? Could it be that the governor's daughter is not happy?"
Tan Yaoxian looked up to the sky and sighed, "It has nothing to do with her, after all, I am useless..."
As soon as the chatterbox opened, confused by the power of alcohol, he was already a little out of choice.
Lu Shengzhong was surprised, and could vaguely hear the meaning of the other party's words. This guy seemed to have a male-female relationship with Shao Liuer.
Tan Yaoxian didn't seem to want to mention this, but he was obviously drunk and unconscious and couldn't control his mouth.
Such a good opportunity, how could Lu Shengzhong miss it, Tan Yaoxian bypassed the topic and was abducted by him, deliberately using words to stimulate. Tan Yaoxian was a scholar who was ignorant of worldly affairs, so he could not stand his tricks, and the matter between himself and Shao Liuer was messed up in a short while.
The Poetry Society and Shao Liuer met for the first time. When they picked up the same piece of paper that fell on the ground, they bumped into each other. They raised their heads and looked at each other. Gradually, Tan Yaoxian fell in love with Shao Liuer, but he thought that his family background was not worthy of her, so he kept it hidden in his heart and dared not reveal his sincerity. Unexpectedly, Shao Liu'er was bolder than him, she was the first to pierce the window paper one time, confided her heart, and asked him what he meant.
Tan Yaoxian couldn't help himself, and confessed his love.
Relatively speaking, Tan Yaoxian is relatively free, while Shao Liuer's family management is relatively tight, so the two can only meet through the gatherings of the Poetry Club.
When they met, the most outrageous thing the two of them did was to secretly hold hands shyly, and they didn't have the chance to do anything outrageous, mainly because Tan Yaoxian was more pedantic and polite, and Shao Liuer was more afraid of her big brother who held great power and could decide life and death with a single word.
Later, Tan Yaoxian couldn't bear the pain of lovesickness, and told Shao Liu'er that he was going to go to Shao's family to propose marriage beyond his control.
Shao Liuer was taken aback. She knew a little bit about what kind of person her brother was, and asked Tan Yaoxian to wait, saying that he was looking for an opportunity to convince his family.
In the end, he didn't wait for Shao Liuer's persuasion, but waited for the disbandment of the Poetry Club, and he never met Shao Liuer again.
According to Shao Liuer, it was her elder brother Shao Pingbo who objected. Shao Pingbo seemed to know about her relationship with him.
Speaking of this, Lu Shengzhong was surprised, "Brother Tan, haven't you never seen Miss Shao again? How did you hear Miss Shao talk about it? Did you meet again later?"