On the bustling streets of Jiangling Mansion, a white-clothed scholar walked with his head bowed and helpless.

There was a couple standing next to the scholar, the woman was still in her thirties, dressed in a fancy, quite domineering, the scholar and the man seemed to be a head short in front of the woman.

The man was long, tall and thin, and he also looked helpless.

"Don't be so frustrated, I've already asked my friends in Gangneung Mansion, these people are my best friends, and they all have some connections in Gangneung Mansion, if you're lucky, maybe help us meet the prefect and tell us about our grievances. ”

The tall and thin man hesitated, as if he had no confidence.

The scholar also said: "Big brother and sister-in-law, I also have some friends who are studying in Jiangling Mansion, and several of them are famous, I have visited them one by one, and I invite them to Juyalou to talk tonight, maybe I can gain something." ”

The tall and thin man was a little disapproving, he still knew a lot about the scholars that this younger brother usually befriended, they were all poor and powerless, where could he help them.

The scholar's sister-in-law glared at her, and said unhappily: "Li Mingming, I think it's better to forget it, as far as those friends of yours are concerned, they can play a role in showing off their talents and fame, and inviting them to Juya Building is a complete waste of money." ”

Li Mingming's sister-in-law did not hide her contempt for him at all, which made Li Mingming quite embarrassed.

He also knows that few of his friends are really on the stage, I'm afraid it's really like what my sister-in-law said, it won't have any effect.

Li Mingyuan, the eldest brother of Li Mingming, couldn't bear to hit his younger brother, and said: "It's a way after all, it just so happened that today I managed to invite the prefect's master, who is also in Juya Building, and having these scholars as companions can also set off the atmosphere." ”

Li Mingyuan's wife was dissatisfied: "Why are you inviting these useless scholars, maybe you have surprised Master Zhao." ”

A useless sentence is a scholar, and Li Mingzhi was also scolded.

Li Mingzhi has studied for many years, and he has taken several scientific examinations, but he has not even been admitted to Xiuzai, so his family looks down on him, especially his sister-in-law Zhao Xiumei, who often sneers at him.

This time the family suddenly encountered a catastrophe, Li Zhizhi's father offended the county magistrate and was arrested by the county government, it was Zhao Xiumei's father who came forward to temporarily stabilize the situation, so that their Li family avoided the catastrophe of ruin, so Zhao Xiumei became more and more invulnerable.

This time, they came to Gangneung Mansion to roam in every possible way, just to rescue their father who was arrested.

Qin Tao was busy in Qixuan Mountain for a day, wanting to build the Taoist temple as soon as possible.

But later, Qin Tao also understood that he was too anxious, and this thing was not a matter of a while, so he handed over the matter to Lei Heng and He Bo, and he decided to go home and continue to cultivate.

As soon as he entered the house, a subordinate took a letter and said, "Young master, a scholar came to the house today, saying that he was your friend, and when he saw that you were not at home, he left this letter. ”

"Oh, my friend?"

Qin Tao thought for a while and silently opened the letter.

Qin Tao was stupid before, and he was suppressed by Wang Bingwen's family, and his friends had long since cut off contact with him, so he wasn't sure who it was.

Qin Tao took the letter and looked at it, and said with a slight smile: "It turned out to be this wise guy, why did he come to Jiangling Mansion." ”

Before he was stupid, he traveled through Dingyuan County and met Li Mingming there.

At that time, the two of them were young and vigorous, and they were like-minded when they talked, and Li Mingming had helped him a lot, so Qin Tao had a very good impression of him.

Later, when Xiucai took the exam, the two met once, but Li Mingming failed to pass the Xiucai exam and went home gloomily.

The letter said that Qin Tao was invited to a banquet in Juyalou tonight to talk about brotherhood.

"Mother, I'm going out tonight, I'm afraid I can't eat at home. Qin Tao has a good sense of Li Mingming, and since the other party has invited, he still decided to go.

"Where is the stupid big guy going to play, Yaya is going too. As soon as she heard that Qin Tao was going out, as Qin Tao's personal follower, she immediately shouted that she had to go.

"Alright, alright, you go together. Wang Yun wished that Qin Tao would communicate with Yaya and Qin Yumeng more, and there was no intention of stopping him.

So Qin Tao led Yaya and the cold Qin Yumeng to the banquet.

But when they arrived at the door of Juya Building, Qin Tao was embarrassed for a while, looked back at Qin Yumeng, who was also frowning, and regretted it in his heart, secretly saying that he shouldn't have brought the two of them here.

Because Juya Lou is not an ordinary hotel, but one of the best brothels in Gangneung Province.

This time his face was embarrassed, his image was completely ruined, and Qin Tao rolled his eyes for a while.

He didn't expect Li Mingming, a rigid scholar, to invite him to visit the Qinglou.

Qin Yumeng glanced at Qin Tao meaningfully, pulled Yaya and said, "Yaya, go with my mother." ”

In this kind of place, Qin Yumeng and Yaya naturally can't enter.

Yaya was forcibly pulled away by Qin Yumeng, full of unhappiness, and said, "Why don't we go to dinner with the stupid big man, Yaya still has to compete with him to eat." ”

"People who go to that kind of place are not good people, and stupid people go there to do bad things. Qin Yumeng didn't know how to explain to Yaya, so she was directly beaten to death, saying that Qin Tao was going to do bad things.

Yaya was angry and said, "It turns out that the stupid big guy has become bad, and Yaya will not play with bad guys in the future." ”

Qin Tao's ears are amazing, and when he heard the conversation between the two, he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, how did I become a bad person, how did I know that Li Mingming's bastard was in the Qinglou.

With a helpless face, Qin Tao walked into Juyalou with his scalp.

"Oh, this boy is handsome, come to my sister, my sister loves you well. ”

As soon as Qin Tao entered the door, an old woman who was covered in fat and powder, and was about thirty years old, pounced on him.

Qin Tao hurriedly hid far away, pulled a small guy and asked, "Where is Li Mingzhi and Li Gongzi?"

"Li Mingming, you mean Uncle Li Mingyuan, he is in the private room upstairs. Saying that, the little guy was going to take Qin Tao upstairs.

"Li Mingyuan, Li Mingming's eldest brother, he is also there. ”

Qin Tao still knew a little about Li Mingming's family, and when he heard the words of the little girl, he didn't refuse, and followed him upstairs.

After Qin Tao went upstairs, he found Li Mingzhi standing at the door, and immediately stepped forward to greet him: "Brother Qin, please come inside, I went to visit your house today, I didn't see you, I thought you wouldn't be able to come today." ”

Qin Tao and Li Zhizhi exchanged a few polite words, and then walked into the private room.

At this moment, there were already a few people in the private room, all of whom were scholars dressed as scholars like Qin Tao.

Qin Tao didn't know any of these people, but looking at their dress, their family background would not be too good, and they looked a little restrained sitting there.

Li Mingming's sister-in-law frowned and glanced at Qin Tao, and muttered: "There is another poor scholar, why are you inviting these useless people to come?"

Then he glanced at Li Mingming with disgust, and felt that he was purely wasting money.

Li Mingyuan, Li Mingming's eldest brother, also frowned, and he regretted agreeing to Li Mingming's banquet for these friends.

Li Mingyuan has rich experience, and he can see at a glance the family background and status of these scholars, and understands that these people will not be of any help to him.

At the same time, he was a little worried, when Master Zhao came, would he feel despised when he sat with these people.

Qin Tao glanced at everyone present and was moved with a hint of subtlety, especially when he heard Zhao Xuemei's words, he knew that Li Mingming might be in trouble.

So he glanced back at Li Mingzhi and said, "Brother Mingzhi, you invited me to come today, but what difficulties did you encounter?"

"Yes, yes, Brother Wise, we have been friends for many years, so don't say anything. Several scholars on the side also felt that they were being despised and wanted to take the initiative to prove their existence.

Before Li Mingming could speak, Li Mingyuan smiled slightly and said, "Don't misunderstand, I and my brotherhood are here just to catch up, not for anything else." ”

Li Mingyuan didn't let Li Mingzhi tell the matter, he felt that it was useless to say it, why bother?

Qin Tao saw that Li Mingzhi must have something, and said: "Brother Mingzhi, you and I are good friends, don't hide something and hide it, it's a big deal, maybe I can help you." ”

At the beginning, Qin Tao traveled to study and received a lot of kindness from Li Mingming, so he didn't mind returning this kindness.

Zhao Xuemei smiled, feeling that Qin Tao was not ashamed of his words, and said disdainfully: "Is it useful to talk to you, I am not ashamed to speak to you, our family has offended the county master, do you have a way?"

Then he suddenly changed his gun and said to Li Mingming: "I said that I won't let you invite these people, you have to ask, you look at these poor sours, what use can they be, if you surprise Master Zhao and delay the matter, will you be responsible?"

Zhao Xue's words were vicious and merciless, and he beat Li Zhizhi down.

Those friends of Li Mingming, who were invited, immediately had plans to leave the table as soon as they heard that Li Mingming had offended the government.

It's not that they don't act righteously, but in their capacity, they really don't dare to get involved.