Chapter Thirty Encounter

  The shop owner made a four-sided bow and said: "Fellow villagers, fathers and elders, judge for me. The guest wants what I give him, what's wrong with that?" He also glanced at Xu Xian and said: "Mr. Xu, you are also a famous person in Hangzhou Prefecture, why bother with me, a small man? It's just that there is no reason to eat without paying!"

  Actually, just now he saw Aoli come alone, holding a handful of silver, with a bewildered expression, and naturally introduced her to the most expensive dishes in the wine tower. Later, Aoli brought more and more silver each time, and the cooking was already late, so she thought of those few precious jars that were too bland to sell, the top-grade daughter red.

  This little girl really doesn't understand anything, she just has an astonishing capacity for liquor, and in one go, she drank it all up. Seeing the drunken and flushed face of this delicate beauty, he got some ideas, intentionally poured more wine for her to drink, then grabbed hold of her, waiting for her family to come and pay a ransom. If there's no family or they can't afford the ransom, haha, then that's just too bad.

  But unexpectedly, several big men couldn't subdue Shuli, and instead smashed a lot of things. Shuli was still dazed and shouting Xian's name. The shop owner was shocked in his heart, having heard a lot about Xian's great name. He knew that this girl was unstoppable, but the money he should earn would still be earned.

  He thought he was in the right, and his master behind him wasn't a kind-hearted person either. So he put on an arrogant attitude, this streetwise man, although he didn't know anything about official business, just relying on his experience. These bookworms love to talk reason, they only care about being reasonable, even if it's forced reasoning, and with their pretentious air, they should be speechless.

  Xu Xian furrowed his brow, not believing that Jingui would dare to order vinegar fish and wine for himself. With something on his mind, he didn't want to get entangled with this old man either, so he asked: "How much do you owe?"

  Xiao Qing couldn't help but curl her lip and say, "Useless!" She was fierce when bullying me. Bai Suzhen furrowed her brow slightly and said in a low voice, "Qing'er, look at that little girl, she doesn't seem to be an ordinary person!" Meanwhile, Jingli had already fallen asleep in Xu Xian's arms, drooling all over his blue shirt.

  The shop owner's face lit up, his eight whiskers twitching with excitement. He thought to himself that this was indeed a reasonable and well-mannered young scholar. He picked up the abacus on the counter and began to rapidly calculate, saying: "My Chen Nian girl's red wine is worth 30 taels of silver per jar. This little servant girl drank two jars, but only brought 15 taels of silver, still owing me 45 taels."

  As soon as this was said, the surroundings suddenly burst into an uproar. Some people whispered: "His wine is not worth thirty taels. It's called a thirty-year-old vintage, but just a few days ago, a merchant passed by and opened a jar, scolding for half a day, and even got beaten up!"

  "Yes! This swindler is cheating people! Now Master Xu will probably suffer a loss!"

  Bai Suzhen curiously asked the woman beside her: "Auntie, is this young man very famous?"

  As soon as someone asked, the woman immediately exclaimed excitedly: "That's not it, I heard that even the emperor praised Mr. Xu's article for being well-written! And besides!" As for the gossip about Mr. Xu, it would take a whole day and night to finish talking about it, just thinking of saying something about the famous courtesan of West Lake.

  The boss's eyes scanned the crowd with a stern gaze, and the crowd immediately fell silent. He had more than a dozen thugs and henchmen in his store, all of whom were his brothers and friends from his street-fighting days, and he relied on the power of the East House to intimidate anyone who dared to clash with him.

  Xu Xiansheng let out a burst of anger, but thinking about the important matters for today and that he wasn't lacking those few dozen taels of silver at the moment, he suppressed his anger and said: "Alright, make a note of it, I'll settle with you another day!"

  The shop owner said, "That won't do. If you leave, where can I find someone to replace you? My business is small and I can't afford to lose money!" He pointed at the crystal in Xu Xian's arms and said, "Otherwise, I'll keep her here as a pledge, and you, Mr. Xu, can go wherever you please!"

  Xu Xian's face turned cold and he clenched his fists.

  Bai Suzhen said: "Xiaoqing, let's go and help him!" == The disappearing little grass uploads

  Xiao Qing waved her hand and said, "I don't have any money, how can I help him!" In her heart, she secretly laughed: Let you force me to return the silver, now you're blinded! Do you dare to show your skills in front of ordinary people? If you have the ability, then summon the heavenly soldiers and generals again!

  Bai Suzhen couldn't help but glance at Xiaoqing, not knowing what she was so happy about. However, she couldn't bear to see the elegant and refined Mr. Xu being bullied by that rascal, and was about to secretly cast a spell to lend him a helping hand.

  "Let me help Mr. Xu pay this bill!" a voice suddenly said.

  The crowd heard the sound and looked over, but it was a handsome young master of a wealthy family. Seeing so many people looking at him, he felt a bit embarrassed and coughed lightly twice, saying: "I am Zhang Yutang, and like Mr. Xu, I live in Qiantangmen. I have long heard of Mr. Xu's great name, and now I finally get to see you. I'm overjoyed! Today, I'd like to lend you a helping hand!"

  He also felt a little heartache, these dozens of silver were his monthly expenses, his father had ordered twenty taels, and his mother had secretly given him thirty taels, now they would all be gone at once, but if he could get to know Xu Xian, it was worth it.

  Xu Xian felt that the name Zhang Yutang was somewhat familiar, but for a moment he couldn't think of it. He cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, Brother Zhang!" For now, they can't delay here, if that person can't find himself, it would be troublesome.

  Zhang Yutang's heart skipped a beat at the sound of "Brother Zhang", and he immediately forgot that slight heartache, awkwardly cupping his hands in response. He took out a 50-tael silver note and handed it to Xu Xian, who smiled as he accepted it, saying "Thank you, I'll definitely repay you another day!" and then handed it to the shop owner, saying "Change!"

  The shop owner smiled complacently and stretched out his hand: "It's Master Xu who should be giving me money!"

  "You!"

  The shop owner said: "What am I!" He took out the abacus and started calculating, saying: "The medical expenses for hurting people, damaging my things, delaying my business, these have not been calculated yet. You still owe me 54 taels. Look at your big name, even if you deduct the change, it's still 50 taels! You're a famous scholar in Hangzhou Prefecture, you can't be stingy with this small amount of money, can you?"

  He had originally intended to give up after meeting Xu Xian, but seeing the two big fools here, giving money so happily, how could he bear not to slaughter them again? He deliberately brought out Xu Xian's reputation as a talented scholar, wanting him to have some scruples. These cunning and deceitful ways, no one knew better than him.

  "Two bookworms!" Xiao Qing cursed.

  Xu Xian burst out laughing and said, "I've seen through people like you!" He snatched the fifty taels of silver ticket from him and exchanged it with Zhang Yutang, then hugged Shuli and walked away.

  The shop owner shouted loudly: "Stop him!" A dozen or so waiters hurriedly followed.

  Xu Xian walked out of the door, and the onlookers immediately retreated, revealing a woman in white who was handed Aoluo, who was sleeping in his arms. "Please miss, help me take care of this child," he said. His heart was now filled with anger, and he didn't have time to look closely, but he felt that her eyes were like still water on a spring morning, very gentle.

  Bai Suzhen took the wine cup from Jiao Li with some surprise, not knowing what he wanted to do. She turned her head to look around, but Xiao Qing was nowhere to be seen. However, she saw Xu Xian turn around and walk up to the shop owner.

  The crowd gathered around again, wondering what Xu Xian was going to do. The shop owner had a premonition, but he didn't believe that a refined and elegant scholar like him would do such a thing. "What are you trying to do!"

  Xu Xian smiled and threw a punch at the shop owner's toad-like head. The shop owner was once an unbeatable figure in his youth, but now he had been emptied by wine and women, and couldn't dodge the punch. He fell to the ground with a thud, his front teeth flying out.

  The surroundings suddenly fell silent, even Bai Suzhen's thousand-year-old cultivation was stunned for a moment, doubting whether she had seen it wrong. The usually gentle and elegant Xu Gongzi suddenly burst out in anger. After punching once, Xu Xian still didn't feel relieved, like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, he rushed up and started beating the shop owner while scolding: "You dare to be arrogant, you dare to be arrogant!"

  The shop owner's pig-like wail finally made the stunned bartender react, rushing forward to pull and hit. Xu Xian gave a faint cold smile, his body emitting an almost imperceptible golden glow that was extremely difficult to discern in the sunlight. The one who tried to pull him couldn't budge him, and the one who tried to hit him found it like striking iron stone, covering their hand as they howled on the ground. And so a group of people could only watch with wide eyes as Xu Xian wildly beat up the shop owner.

  Bai Suzhen's heart skipped a beat, this seemed to be the Golden Body of Protection, but she didn't know if it was something she had cultivated herself or relied on some treasure. Some protective charms also had this effect. As she was wondering, she felt someone pulling her arm, and Xiao Qing, who had disappeared earlier, whispered: "Let's go, sister!"

  Xu Xian didn't care about others, he just beat the bastard on the ground until he was out of breath and could only weakly call him "grandfather", then he felt relieved and his mind cleared up a lot. He got up and added two more kicks, saying: "Tell me to go!" Even back when he was a poor kid, he wasn't afraid of such bastards, let alone now that he also has a background, not just anyone can bully him as they please.

  Xu Xian bowed his hands to the four directions and said, "Neighbors, today's matter is clear to everyone's eyes. I will take responsibility for what is right or wrong. I only ask that you all be witnesses another day, so as to prove that there is still justice in this world!"

  Everyone cheered and said that Mr. Xu was not famous in vain, he is a good guy. After all, those poems are not understood by ordinary people, seeing Mr. Xu beating up the evil tyrant, let alone those who have grievances against him, even those who don't have grievances feel a kind of unspoken pleasure when they see this rich man suffer. Moreover, Mr. Xu is also from a commoner background, and he doesn't dress extravagantly, so people naturally feel close to him.

  Xu Xian thought, this wine house probably has some real background, after making such a commotion for so long, not even half a constable came over, it's clear that there was some inside deal. But he didn't put his mind on it, turned around to look for the white-clothed woman, but couldn't find her anywhere, thinking: looking at her benevolent and clever appearance, she doesn't seem like a bad person.

  A thought flashed through her mind: White clothes surpassing snow, kind eyebrows and wonderful eyes, isn't this the person she's been waiting for? It's just that Xiao Qing wasn't by her side, so she didn't recognize her immediately. Could it be that she caught Xiao Qing once that night and scared her away, missing out on meeting her destined person? Alas, I'd better hurry up and find someone!

  But little did he know that Xiao Qing saw him carrying Ao Li over, and quickly hid, if he recognized his true face, it would be truly embarrassing. Later, Xu Xian swung his fist wildly, Xiao Qing hiding on the side felt both pain and fear, fortunately, that night he didn't beat himself up like this, Xu Xian was indeed not someone to be trifled with. Taking advantage of his distraction, let's hurry up and leave with sister!

  By the side of the willow lake, Bai Suzhen let go of Xiao Qing's hand and said: "Qing'er, why are you pulling me? Tell me, do you know that Mr. Xu?" She was originally extremely intelligent, but she had not been in the world for a long time and sometimes could not help but appear a bit simple-minded. However, thinking of Xiaoqing's various strange behaviors, she also had some suspicions.

  Her small eyes darted back and forth as she stuttered, "I really don't know any Mr. Xu or Mr. Zhang! Sister, let's hurry up and find that benefactor of yours!" For some reason, she, who usually had a sharp tongue, found it difficult to deceive her sister.

  Bai Suzhen doubted: "Really?" She thought to herself: This girl must be hiding something from me.

  Xiao Qing nodded repeatedly and said: "Let's go, we'll take a boat to the other side and look for it again!" Seeing a passenger ship under the willow tree, she pulled her sister onto the boat.

  Bai Suzhen said: "Xiao Qing, this little girl must be returned to her family! Moreover, I haven't calculated the previous life of Mr. Xu yet, and it's time to calculate it!"

  Xiao Qing pouted, speaking in a low voice: "Sister, you don't recognize her, but I do. This child is clearly not human, but a dragon. Let's take her to the middle of the lake and throw her into the water, then everything will be fine!" Then she spoke loudly to the boatman: "Boatman, hurry up and set sail, I'll give you more silver!"

  The boatman turned back and laughed: "Still have to wait for one person, the two ladies asked me to ask this man if he is going to take the boat or not!"

  "We're paying you more silver, just so you won't take on other customers. How can you still be taking people?"

  Boatman smiled and said, "This has nothing to do with the silver. If this man boards the boat, I must pull him in. Please forgive me, two ladies." After finishing speaking, he turned his head and asked, "Mr. Xu, are you going to board the boat?"

  Xiao Qing's face stiffened, and Bai Suzhen smiled slightly: "Qing Er, you're out of luck this time!"

  Xu Xian looked around, but didn't see Jiao Lian. He heard someone calling him and saw that it was the boatman who had helped him transport pigs for Zhu Lian on that day. He hastily said: "Old man, is that you? Can you take me on a trip around West Lake? I'm looking for someone!"

  The old man smiled and said: "Good words, good voyage!" Then he turned his head to the two girls and said: "Two ladies, this is embarrassing!"

  Xiao Qing couldn't wait to jump into the water immediately, but Bai Suzhen smiled and glanced at her, saying: "Old man, we also happen to want to tour the West Lake scenery, please invite this young master on board!"

  The old man laughed and said: "That's great, Mr. Xu, please come aboard!"

  Xu Xian heard the soft voice of the woman, his heart moved, and he went to the boat, looking into the cabin, one green and two whites, Ah Li was in the arms of the white-clothed woman, whose fragrance was it? The green-clothed woman's eyebrows were curved like a willow leaf, compared to that night, the change was extremely great, if not intentional, she might not have been recognized, but Xu Xian was an intentional person, and at a glance, he saw her identity - Xiao Qing.

  Bai Suzhen felt a little embarrassed, she helped him take care of the child, turned around and ran to the boat, what should he say if he asked? She couldn't help but glance at Xiao Qing, but saw that Xiao Qing was sitting upright with her eyes fixed straight ahead.

  But little Qing was muttering to herself in her heart: "Don't recognize me, don't recognize me"... Losing face that night was enough, if he were to find out she was a woman, wouldn't that be even more humiliating.

  Xu Xian had a thousand words he wanted to say, but didn't know where to start. He couldn't just blurt out: "Bai Niangniang, I'm Xu Xian, your benefactor. However, I now have a new love, so I can only disappoint your feelings. Can you please give me a few hundred taels of silver as compensation?" ===Fading Grass: Please support the book "White Gold Farmer Troublemaker" which I manage, currently in the White Gold review area, there's an activity going on to get Q coins and VIP points, go take a look!

  It's strange that he wouldn't be considered a freak! Moreover, the identity of the traverser is his biggest secret, and he doesn't want anyone to know about it, or else he would be treated as a monster.

  It seems that's all we can do for now, and then slowly resolve it later. Lowering his head to walk into the cabin and sit down, the position was not spacious, and he was also extremely close. Faintly, there seemed to be a subtle fragrance coming over, Xu Xian raised his head, carefully looking at her face for the first time, yet for the first time, he didn't know how to describe the person in front of him.

  A white dress as pure as snow, holy and sacred as if to be offered on an altar, cannot evoke any profane thoughts. The smile on her face is extremely gentle, familiar as if she were a sister from next door, just waiting for you to greet her with a smile. Two contradictory qualities perfectly blended in this person, not stunning but can make one fall in love at first sight yet dare not have any impure thoughts.

  Xu Xian couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Is this really the person I've been waiting for? It seems like it's truly worth waiting a thousand years for. But precisely because of this, he couldn't let her get hurt because of him! A clean break would be good for both of them!

  Bai Suzhen was also looking at the person in front of her, although he had a dignified and elegant appearance, but didn't seem particularly handsome. However, his demeanor was bright and sunny, without the usual pedantic air of a scholar. Thinking back to what she did earlier, she still found it somewhat amusing that she handed over the child to him, only to turn around and hit him! Now, looking at him like this, she didn't know what he was thinking, could it be that he wanted to blame her for leaving without saying goodbye?

  The boatman poled, the boat moved away from the shore, and there was a jolt in the cabin. Xu Xian said: "Thank you, miss, for holding me for so long!"

  Bai Suzhen was taken aback, and quickly returned the drunk Shuli to Xu Xian. Shuli's intoxication seemed to have worn off a bit, she looked around, then closed her eyes again. However, her small hand grasped Bai Suzhen's clothes tightly, muttering: "Xu Xian's chest is so hard, it's not comfortable at all!"

  Bai Suzhen's face turned red, and Xu Xian scolded: "Dead girl, what nonsense are you talking about! How much trouble have you gotten me into today." He took the child from Bai Suzhen's arms, and Bai Suzhen also secretly let out a sigh of relief.

  Ao Li suddenly became uncooperative, grasping Bai Suzhen tightly with one hand while twisting her body to prevent Xu Xian from embracing her. Her strength was astonishing, causing the boat to shake violently, and the people inside lost their balance, stumbling about. Xu Xian tried to use force to pry Ao Li away, but they both stumbled and fell together, their faces flushing red as they hastily separated.

  Xu Xian only felt that what he touched was very soft. If it were usual, Xu Xian would not be able to help but feel a little pleased with himself, but now he only felt that his body was extremely uncomfortable, as if he had done something terribly wrong. He hurriedly apologized, saying: "Sorry, sorry." And scolded Ao Li, saying: "Dead girl, are you getting up or not? If you don't get up, don't think I'll ever invite you to eat again, from now on you can just play by yourself!"

  Under the coercion of food, Jiuli left Baosu's arms, heard Xianxian's severe words, and suddenly her eyes turned red, pouting: "They bullied me, you scolded me!"

  As she spoke, she felt more and more wronged in her heart, and suddenly burst into loud sobs.