Chapter Twenty-Three: The Classics of the Saints
"As long as you fight for yourself, you can accept this gift calmly. Li Yuantong said loudly: "Scholars should not hesitate to promote the juniors, because they will become a force to support you." One hundred and eight scholars, at least a few dozen of whom were supported by eighteen great scholars, were also teachers and friends, and had the same aspirations, and were the most indestructible and solid alliance. ”
Ning Caichen picked up his wine glass and saluted Li Yuantong: "I am willing to study with Brother Li, listen to the teachings of the sage, understand the words of the sage, be upright, self-cultivation, work together, govern the country, and level the world." ”
"My generation is not lonely, my way is not lonely. A smile appeared on Li Yuantong's face, and he took out two books with yellowed green skin from his arms: "This is the hand-copied "University Question" and "Biography" by Brother Fool, and I will give it to you today, I hope you can read it from time to time and study diligently." ”
"The elder gave it, I dare not resign, thank you Brother Li for giving the book. Ning Caichen solemnly took the book and bowed to thank him.
Li Yuantong stood up and patted him on the shoulder kindly: "If today's move can add another great Confucian to my school, the foolish brother can be regarded as a great merit." ”
"Brother Li is very loving. Ning Caichen was really moved. For the character of the reader, for the behavior of the backwards, and for the ardent expectations of the pioneers for the latecomers.
"When we are full of wine and food, our fate today has come to an end. Li Yuantong smiled, turned around and returned to his desk, grabbed a handful of fennel beans, waved his hand at Ning Caichen, and walked out of the inn.
"This is the rivers and lakes, full of thrills and surprises all the time. Ning Caichen touched the green book on the table and sighed lightly.
"Hehe, now that your surprise is over, the thrill is coming. At this moment, a sneer suddenly sounded. Everyone looked up, only to see the four people of the Iron Sword Gate, who had already left, coming back and forth again.
Ning Caichen put the books into the bookcase and looked indifferent: "What do you want to do? Don't forget the half-moon covenant between us." ”
"Forget, how can you forget?" Mo Qingfeng said viciously: "If it weren't for you, how could the hand bones of Mu Feng and I be shattered?" I remember the Half-Moon Covenant, but the account of broken bones must be settled now. ”
Ning Caichen sneered: "The human heart is really the most complicated thing in the world, there are bright sun and moon like Mr. Li, and there are ugly and sinister like you." ”
"Hugh wants to take advantage of his tongue again, scholar, you are already in a catastrophe today!" Mo Qingfeng pulled out his long sword with his left hand, and walked towards Ning Caichen step by step, revealing his murderous intentions!
"Even if you succeed in the end, at least you will have to die. Ning Caichen's right hand retracted into his sleeve, buckled the human emperor's pen, and his heart was full of murderous intent.
The other three Iron Sword Sect disciples surrounded them expressionlessly, and with Mo Qingfeng, they blocked all of Ning Caichen's retreats, and the killing was about to break out.
"Bastard scholar, go die!" Mo Qingfeng flicked his wrist, and the long sword shot out with a bright sword light, and the dragon stabbed at Ning Caichen like a water.
"Bang!" At this moment, an invisible and colorless aura suddenly appeared, striking on the long sword, actually collapsing the fast forward long sword, shattering Mo Qingfeng's tiger mouth.
"The strength is penetrating, it is a congenital powerhouse, retreat, retreat!" Li Dayou was shocked inexplicably, dragging Mo Qingfeng to retreat quickly, and quickly distanced himself from Ning Caichen. The other two were also trembling in their hearts, hurriedly retreating, and looked around, as if they were facing a great enemy!
Bitterness, what is the origin of this scholar, and how can he be maintained by so many masters? Li Dayou sighed in his heart, and solemnly bowed his hand to the guests in the lobby: "I don't know which senior made the move, but I hope to show up." ”
"Remember your agreement, get out!" a mellow and graceful female voice sounded, making everyone who heard it tremble.
Li Dayou looked around and found that there was no girl in the lobby, and he was even more frightened for a while, and he didn't even dare to say anything about the scene, so he pulled the brothers out of the inn quickly.
"Xiaoqian, can you hurt people in the air?" Others didn't know who this voice belonged to, but Ning Caichen was clear in his heart and asked in surprise.
"If it were night, I would kill these four people like slaughtering a chicken and a dog. But during the day, even within the jade pendant, my spirit body was extremely weak, and I couldn't use my mana, so I could only scare them away with my strength. Xiao Qian sighed and said.
"It's okay. Ning Caichen completely ignored the visiting eyes of the rest of the drinkers, and said softly: "My own revenge will be avenged by myself after all, and my own justice will be taken back by myself, if I borrow your hand, everything will be meaningless." ”
Xiao Qian pursed her lips and chuckled: "Scholar, I find that I seem to like you a little." ”
Ning Caichen quickly filled his stomach, booked a medium room at the counter, and then walked out of the lobby: "This is really a gratifying thing, in order to celebrate this, walk up and take you shopping." ”
Walking on the street that was still lively, in Xiaoqian's joyful voice, he bought some more items and filled the entire bookcase, and Ning Caichen began to inquire about the house.
I don't know, the house in this Jinhua City is ridiculously expensive, a set of two rooms costs more than 500 taels of silver, and the land boundary is not good. The boundary of the land is better, the house near the market, the two into the need to tattoo eight hundred taels of silver, the three into the house more than 1,000 taels, the five into the house more than 2,000 taels, the seven into the manor, the need for more than 3,000 taels of snowflake silver.
What is the concept of more than 3,000 taels of snowflake silver? According to the price of goods at this time, it is equivalent to more than 1.8 million yuan in later generations, which shows the high price of housing prices in Jinhua.
From Guxian to Jinhua, along the way, Ning Caichen only had eight or nine hundred taels of more than 1,000 taels of silver on hand, and he could only buy a two-entry house in a slightly worse place, not counting decoration. This made Ning Caichen inexplicably recall the life of looking at the house and sighing when he drifted north in his previous life.
"If only the silver could be tripled. Walking out of the small courtyard of Fang Yazi (real estate agent), Ning Caichen sighed and said.
"Why don't we rob the rich and help the poor?" In the jade pendant, Xiao Qian smiled and came up with an idea.
"How can I, a scholar, do such a stealing act?" I don't know why, Ning Caichen was always a little weak when he said this.
A look of disappointment flashed on Xiao Qian's face, and she thought seriously: "You can't rob others of their wealth and help your own poverty, so you can only go to the casino." With me here, I guarantee that you will be invincible. ”
Ning Caichen thought about it, but still felt that letting his parents live a good life was much more important than his own integrity, so he immediately said: "Then go to the casino and go around, and quit after winning two or three thousand taels of silver, hoping that nothing will happen." ”
Xiao Qian smiled and said, "I guess there will definitely be an incident, after all, no one wants to give you a few thousand taels of silver for nothing, right?"
While talking, Ning Caichen walked into a casino with complicated thoughts, pushed aside the crowd, and gradually came to a dice cup table.
Now the way of gambling is still relatively monotonous, take this gambling dice as an example, this table is still the dealer shakes the dice to open Gu, the player guesses the big guess small, and the dealer eats all the dice. The so-called round dice is to roll out three identical points in the dice cup, such as three ones, three sixes, and so on. If this kind of noodle is opened, regardless of whether the player presses large or small, the banker eats all the silver.
"Start betting, three dice, four to ten points for the small, ten points above the big one, around the dice leopard three times the loss, buy sure please leave. The dealer after the gambling case was a lean man, picked up the dice cup and quickly waved it in mid-air a few times, slamming it on the table, and his slender eyes flashed from time to time.
In the jade pendant, Xiao Qian poked out her divine thoughts, penetrated the wooden dice cup, and looked at the dice surface: "Three are six." ”
Ning Caichen quietly took out eight hundred taels of silver tickets and put them on the top of the leopard card: "Three six, the leopard will be killed." ”
The lean dealer's eyes narrowed slightly, glanced at him suspiciously, and shouted to the players, "Open the cup...... Three sixes, all the leopards were killed, and eight hundred taels tripled. ”
"Wow......" The crowd was in an uproar, looking at the white-robed scholar blankly, constantly guessing in his heart whether this was luck or strength.
The dealer collected all the silver tickets on the three cards of the big and small leopards, and took out two thousand four hundred taels of silver tickets and handed them to Ning Caichen.
"Hey, brother, how did you do that?" asked a fat man in silk and satin beside him.
Ning Caichen took the silver ticket blankly and looked at the stack of papers blankly: "I don't know, I just wanted to bet that in my heart at that time, but the result was ......."
The fat man's eyes lit up, and after the dealer shook the dice, he grabbed Ning Caichen's sleeve and said, "Brother, hurry up and tell my brother, which one do you want to press?"
"Let's be small, but I can't guarantee that I can win this time, fat brother, don't follow. Ning Caichen said, took out five hundred taels of silver tickets, and pressed them on the small card.
"No, no, I'll take a look. The fat man had words in his mouth, and his eyes were fixed on the black wooden dice.
The lean dealer's fingers trembled slightly, and his eyes looking at Ning Caichen were full of suspicion: "Open cup, one, two, four, seven points small, the odds are one to one." ”
After putting away all the silver coins on the dice table, the dealer took out a thousand taels of silver tickets and handed them to Ning Caichen.
After calculating the two, he had already scraped together three thousand taels of silver, and Ning Caichen was going to withdraw: "Everyone, please let me go, I ran out of luck today, and I will come back tomorrow." ”
"Hey, don't be in a hurry to go!" The fat man who leaned on him quickly grabbed him, and said eagerly: "Come on, come on, are you afraid that the casino will rob you if you win?" Don't be afraid, my father is a magistrate in Jinhua Mansion, a dignified seven-grade official. With me, even if you win this casino, they won't dare to do anything to you. ”
Ning Caichen held all the silver tickets in his arms, pretended to smile and said: "No, no, my luck today has run out, and if I gamble again, I will definitely lose." ”
"Look at your worthless appearance, isn't it just money. The fat man glared, took out a roll of silver tickets from his waist, and stuffed them into Ning Caichen's arms: "This is five thousand taels of silver tickets, you come to gamble, if you lose, it will be mine, and you will share half of what you win." ”