Chapter 18: Illiteracy
Zhou Lingmo and Ji Xiaoheng also waited in the outer hall, but they didn't see Qin Tiyi at the banquet, Zhou Lingmo, Zhou Huanchun wanted to go to the "Luoxiang Pavilion" with Nian Nian to invite Qin Tiyi to come.
As soon as they walked to the door of the outer hall, the three of them saw Qin Tiyi about to go inside.
Seeing Zhou and Nian coming out, Qin Tiyi couldn't help but narrow her eyes that were as affectionate as water, her pink lips opened slightly, and she asked mysteriously, "Do you want to know who is coming?" Zhou Huanchun, Zhou Lingmo and Nian Nian all shook their heads in confusion.
Qin Yiyi smiled lightly, and retreated to the right gracefully, only to see a frost-faced woman in a tooth-white striped Bilingbo gown slowly walking towards Zhou Huanchun and the others a little behind her.
The moment Zhou Lingmo saw her, she couldn't hold back her excitement, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Mother, your illness is cured!?" β
Qin Yirou looked at Zhou Lingmo carefully with a pair of affectionate eyes that were almost the same as Zhou Lingmo, and did not answer Zhou Lingmo's question.
Just with a frosty face, Fu'er patted his shoulder, smiled lightly at him, nodded slightly, and wanted to bury the pain she experienced deeply, leaving no trace of it on the surface.
This is Qin Yirou.
As for Zhou Lingmo's unauthorized martial arts competition, it would be nonsense to say that she was not worried, no one knew her son better than her, and her son Zhou Lingmo was not good at martial arts since he was a child, let alone duels with masters.
She has never taught Lingmo in the past, and she is tired of clothes and indisputable.
If there is a traitor, he firmly believes that he will kill himself if he commits many injustices, and there is no need to entangle him with his self-clean body and cause him to be filthy.
Zhou Lingmo, who was standing opposite, also knew his mother.
He hurriedly knelt beside Qin Yirou, and pleaded guilty with a solemn face: "Although I won today's competition with Zhou Jinmu, there are still two mistakes that must be forgiven by my mother. β
"One is that the child has not yet asked his mother, so he privately fights with Zhou Jinmu, which makes his mother worry when she wakes up, and the second is that he ignores his mother too much during the preparation for the competition, and he doesn't even know that his mother is recovering."
Qin Yirou leaned over slightly to help Zhou Lingmo up, and the last bit of dark clouds on her face disappeared without a trace.
She opened her mouth slowly, and her voice was like a silent river under the moon, and the still water between the flowers entered the hearts of the people.
"My condition improved a day ago, and I was able to get out of bed, and I was worried about telling you immediately, which would make your mood fluctuate and affect the performance of the duel."
"Tired clothes also hid from me about your martial arts competition, and I only learned about your victory."
"Although you and Tired Clothes are safe and sound, such a dangerous thing is not an example."
Qin Yiyi hurriedly grabbed Qin Yirou's arm and said in a bright voice: "Cousin won, Aunt Qin woke up, it was a double happy thing, why should my cousin and Aunt Qin be so serious?" β
Nian Nian squinted and nodded: "What Miss Tired Yi said is very true!" β
"The food has been prepared for a long time, so let's get into the table quickly!!"
Zhou Huanchun teased: "It's you, this little gluttonous cat, can't help it!" β
Afterwards, everyone smiled and sat down, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.
In the center of the "Pear Fragrance Hall" in the "Yu Li Xuan", the delicacies, vegetables and fruits, delicacies and seafoods, all are placed on a boxwood large round table, and the cloisonnΓ© enamel painted golden pear flower window picture lamp lit next to the four walls of the room outlines the whole room with golden brilliance.
Comparing it to "Xi Luxuan", it is even better.
The only difference was the oppressive atmosphere in the Golden Hall that was very different from the splendid furnishings.
When you eat delicious food in the mouth of a caring person, you can't eat the delicious taste, you can't eat the fragrance of your lips and teeth, only the bitterness of failure and the rancid smell of resentment.
Zhou Jinmu angrily grabbed the tablecloth and smashed the table full of delicacies.
The sound of "crackling" echoed through the golden hall.
The servants and servants who were serving the supper trembled and fell to their knees on the ground, their faces as bitter as bitter herbs, and they were bleak.
Zhou Jinmu was just about to have a seizure, when he saw a beautiful woman covered in gold silk and jade, supporting Qiu Daiyu, coming from the door of the "Lixiang Hall".
She raised her eyebrows like willows, Danfeng was like silk, her eyes were shining with golden waves, and her Dan lips lightly opened and ordered: "Why are you stunned?" Don't clean up the garbage on the ground, and prepare another table of dinner for the young master. β
The servants who were waiting for the supper hurriedly knelt on the ground and cleaned up.
She glanced at Zhou Jinmu and motioned for him to go to the inner room to talk.
Zhou Jinmu frowned and followed.
On the way to the inner room, Guo Zhixi comforted Zhou Jinmu in a soft voice: "Jin'er, as the saying goes, 'victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers', why do you lose your temper so much, if you lose once, you can win it back next time." β
Zhou Jinmu replied coldly: "These words of comfort, the second sister has already said a lot to me. β
Guo Zhi's eyebrows raised slightly, and said sharply: "I heard it in my ears, but I didn't put it in my heart." β
Zhou Jinmu was a little tolerant at this time, but his tone was still indignant: "Zhou Lingmo used to be just a powerless nerd, and when he saw me, he couldn't wait to run away with his tail between his legs!" β
"Now he dares to step on my head to earn fame for himself, and even move out a woman to humiliate me!"
Guo Zhixi said in an orderly manner: "He has already reported to me about the duel between you and Zhou Lingmo. β
"First, Zhou Lingmo's martial arts cultivation is not as deep as yours, and his actual combat experience is not as good as yours, and part of the reason why he can win this time is that you are too light on the enemy."
Zhou Jinmu snorted contemptuously, saying that he never took Zhou Lingmo in his eyes.
Guo Zhixun continued: "Second, Zhou Lingmo and his comrades have studied your martial arts path, and have trained the solutions to your martial arts skills before the martial arts test, and used tactics to consume your physical strength, so that you have been defeated before you can use the Heavenly Selection.
Zhou Jinmu frowned, as if today's defeat reappeared in front of him.
He gritted his teeth and said, "That being said, it won't even be invalid for his palm technique!" β
Guo Zhixing nodded and said slowly: "Yes, he has already told me." β
"Today, someone dissolved his "Eight Extremes of the Southern Underworld".
"There is indeed a master behind Zhou Lingmo, do you think that person will be Zhou Huanchun?"
Zhou Jinmu shook his head and said, "Impossible, if it were Zhou Huanchun, it would be too unbelievable." β
"Not to mention that she is stupid and stupid, even if she is a normal person, mother, can you see that she has shown a move and a style of martial arts, and worshiped a half master?"
Guo Zhixun was silent for a moment, but decided to remind Zhou Jinmu and said: "'I'd rather believe it than believe it', maybe there are people like him hidden behind Zhou Huanchun." β
"Besides, Zhou Huanchun is now out of stupidity and back to normal, none of us know the depth of her martial arts, you must not ignore the next martial arts, you must take it seriously."
Zhou Jinmu said solemnly: "The child must follow the teachings of his mother. β
"In fact, the reason why Jin'er did not easily use "Tian Yu Xuan" in the general's mansion is that in addition to disdain, it is to hide her strength, Zhou Huanchun thinks that she can easily defeat me if she has studied my martial arts, so let her see the power of "Tian Yu Xuan"!"
Guo Zhixun couldn't help but be pleased when she looked at Zhou Jinmu's regained self-confidence.
She said as if urging: "But you haven't completed the complete "Heavenly Selection" yet. β
Zhou Jinmu raised his eyebrows, hung his eyes, his face was cold, and he said categorically: "No matter how deep Zhou Huanchun's martial arts are, you don't need to use the complete "Tian Yu Xuan" to deal with her! β
""Tian Yu Xuan" is a godsend, and the general can establish great military exploits and achieve his current status by practicing half of "Tian Yu Xuan".
"Even if Zhou Huanchun's cultivation is good, can it be compared to the many heroes who lost to "Tian Yu Xuan"?"
"In the competition in seven days, within ten moves, I will definitely defeat Zhou Huanchun!"
Guo Zhixian squinted at the narrow phoenix eyes, and said with a light smile: "With such arrogance, it is my Guo Zhixian's son, either he will take the initiative to become the king with all his might, or he will stand in place stupidly and succumb to defeat!" β
"My mother has absolute confidence in you."
When the mother and son were talking happily, suddenly, a gust of wind drifted through the inner room of "Yuli Xuan", bringing the smell of strange flowers and fragrances.
Zhou Jinmu's eyes lit up, and he glanced at the hiding place of the mysterious person who could not be illuminated by the moonlight, and then squinted at Guo Zhixi and said coldly: "Although this person has helped us a lot, I still find him disgusting. β
"Mother, what do you think?"
After the "Xi Luxuan" banquet and the send-off, Zhou Huanchun remembered that there was still something to be dealt with, so he hurriedly looked for Nian Nian to discuss with Ji Xiaoheng.
Zhou Huanchun sat on the round chair in the outer hall and looked at Ji Xiaoheng gently.
Ji Xiaoheng was uncomfortable by Zhou Huanchun, and asked curtly, "Does Miss Huanchun have anything to say to me?" β
Zhou Huanchun nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is the last time to confirm to you that you are willing to stay in 'Xi Luxuan' to do things, right?" β
Ji Xiaoheng tangle his brows and said, "I'...... I ......"
Later, he saw Nian Nian in the back pick up two catties of liquor on the wooden table and grimace at him.
It is everywhere that if he dares to say the word "no", she will immediately press him and forcibly pour two catties of liquor from the jug into his stomach.
Ji Xiaoheng hurriedly changed his words and said, "I just have some questions, I hope Miss Huanchun will answer them for me first." β
Zhou Huanchun stretched out her wrist and made a "please" movement, and said, "If you have any questions, please say!" β
Ji Xiaoheng plucked up the courage to ask: "Even if I want to leave 'Yuli Xuan', does Miss Huanchun think that Zhou Jinmu will release him so easily?" β
Zhou Huanchun shook his head, looked at Ji Xiaoheng with incredible eyes, and explained methodically: "In Bai Qin, the slave management system of the Han clan and the nobles of the family is different, if the commoners want to enter the Shi clan to do things, they must voluntarily sign a contract of sale. β
"Therefore, most of the slaves in the Bai Qin family are commoners who have no personal freedom and self-will, or official slaves who are demoted after making mistakes, and the power of life and death of those people is completely in the hands of their masters, like fish and meat on top of a sword."
"The general is originally a member of the Han clan, so naturally he can't agree with the practice of kidnapping others' freedom and enslaving others, although there are more wives in the general's mansion, and he has lost his loyalty to his wife, but the original chivalrous heart is still there."
"Therefore, when the General's Mansion was established, the General stipulated that the servants of the Mansion and the General's Mansion were the relationship between the employed person and the employer, and that no court, pavilion, or fast, or organization could deprive the civilian employee of his freedom to sign a deed of sale with him, except for the servants who were like Nian Nian."
"Anyway, you signed a 'labor agreement' with the bookkeeper in the bookkeeper at that time, right? Moreover, the last time you said that you didn't want to go to an aristocratic family to work, wasn't it because you didn't want to sell yourself? β
Ji Xiaoheng scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Actually, I don't know a few big characters, and the 'labor agreement' at that time should have been signed by Lord Wu Ju for me......"
"As for the reluctance to go to the nobility to do things, it is because I heard from the servants of the General's Mansion that some nobles torture slaves very cruelly, not that I know that there is such a difference between the General's Mansion and the family."
Nian Nian couldn't help but interject and laughed: "It turns out that you are still illiterate!" Be careful!! Be careful that you will be sold by others in the future and stupidly help people count money, hehehehe! β