Chapter 11: Unable to Sit

  Chen Qi's two friends, one was a tall and pale man named Huang Shanglin, with the courtesy name Lanqing; the other was a medium-built dark-skinned man named Sun Min, with the courtesy name Shi Yi.

  The two men were similar in nature to Chen Qiubing, disliking reading and loving to have fun.

  The Huang family has been engaged in business for generations and is quite wealthy, richer than the Chen and Sun families. However, in recent years, no one from the Huang family has passed the imperial examination to become a government official. As merchants, they are at the bottom of the four occupations - scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants - and have a relatively low social status.

  The Sun family is also a big clan with a history of hundreds of years, and their family background is very rich. However, in the past decade or so, many of the younger generation have become spoiled and decadent, gradually losing the elegance they once had.

  The Chen, Huang and Sun families in Wang County are roughly on the same level, all being third-rate aristocratic families. They have more money than ordinary commoners but are not extremely wealthy; they have produced xiucai (licentiates) and juren (provincial graduates), but no jinshi (metropolitan graduates), and no one has ever held a government position in the capital, so they will never be considered part of the elite.

  These three men were led by Chen Qi.

  The ghost's ideas were all from Chen Qi, he was the most clever.

  Huang Lanqing is a rich merchant's son, with money and his family encouraging him to make friends, so he always follows Chen Qi to spend money.

  The Sun family's door is slightly higher than the Huang and Chen families, and Sun Shiyin is the one who decorates the gate and elevates himself with Chen Qi and Huang Lanzhi. He usually doesn't speak much, following behind Chen Qi and Huang Lanzhi, with an air of profundity, but in fact, he has no eloquence, so it's better to keep his mouth shut.

  It was Huang Lanzhen who said that Wen Niangzi had gone mad.

  "Are you crazy?" Chen Qi didn't believe it.

  "It's just a rumor, I haven't seen Xiwen Miss myself." Huang Lanqing smiled.

  They talked, the little maid poured wine, and a girl on the side played the zither, just smiling quietly without saying a word.

  They drank and chatted endlessly, but Gong's face didn't look too good. He interrupted Chen Qi and Huang Lanqing's idle talk and asked, "Gentlemen, when will you examine the patient?"

  Gong Dafu, also known as Gong Zhi Li, was a renowned doctor from Mingzhou with an excellent reputation. His family had been passing down medical knowledge for generations. Recently, some talented young men or rich young masters from Wanging County went to Mingzhou to invite the Imperial Physician, but it's unclear what their intentions were.

  Someone invited Gong Zhili over.

  Kong Zhi left without saying goodbye.

  Not until Huang Lanqing offered a high price did Gong Zhili's heart stir slightly. When they arrived at Wangxian County, he found out that it was just to diagnose a young lady's illness, and Gong Zhili felt several layers of discontent in his heart.

  He himself also drank flower wine, but looked down on Wangxian's Qinglou, feeling that he had lost face.

  In Mingzhou, he was always treating illnesses for respectable old ladies and young misses.

  Let Miss see the doctor, anyway, he was made to wait for half an hour; after this Mr. Chen arrived, and the three of them went on chatting idly, without mentioning the matter of seeing the doctor again.

  Gong Zhi couldn't help but ask, his pride and arrogance getting the better of him, as he could no longer hold back his discontent.

  "Huang Lanqing saw that Gong Zhi was not pleased and smiled apologetically, 'Gong Daifu, don't be impatient, come, have some wine!' Huang Lanqing had no idea what to do either. Just now, the maid came to convey Wen Niang's message, and there were many doctors waiting to see Xianwen, so it was likely that their turn wouldn't come today."

  This Doctor Gong still doesn't know how precious Wen is.

  Huang Lanqing poured wine for Gong Zhili himself.

  Huang Gongzi poured wine, and Gong Zhili was forced to drink it all.

  "Is it, when will it be our turn?" Chen Qi also muttered.

  He is the one who misses Wen most.

  Huang Lanqing and Sun Shiyi kept giving him meaningful glances, telling him not to complain. As soon as Chen Qi complained, Gong Daifu's heart became even more impatient. Having offended Gong Daifu, he turned around and left, what would they use to see Xiwenguniang?

  "Chen Mo Ren, it's been a long time!" The slightly ajar door was suddenly pushed open, and a handsome young man stood at the entrance, with a jade-like complexion and a gentle smile, saying to Chen Qi.

  He heard voices speaking inside the room from the doorway and knew this was Chen Qi's usual room, so he directly pushed open the door.

  He didn't respect Chen Qi at all, and was an enemy rather than a friend, so judged Chen Jing.

  Behind him, there were also several people, all dressed in brocade and finery.

  Chen Qi was enjoying his wine and music when the door was suddenly pushed open, which made him quite displeased. When he saw who was standing at the door, Chen Qi's face turned red with suppressed anger, and he forced out a greeting: "Nice to meet you!"

  Then he gave Sun Shiyi a wink and let Sun Shiyi go close the door, not wanting to deal with these few young masters.

  Chen Jing looked at him curiously.

  So there were people who feared Chen Qi too.

  "It's a pleasure to meet you, let me treat you to a drink." The young gentleman laughed and folded his fan, already entering without being invited.

  He was followed by five people, including an old man who should also be a doctor.

  This young master also came to treat Wen's illness...

  The house was suddenly overcrowded.

  This is a brothel. The woman, Rulan, has an average appearance and can be considered charming, but her musical talent and learning are ordinary, so those young masters with some taste are not willing to patronize her.

  A courtesan should have both beauty and artistic skills.

  Lian Chenqi was also unable to get Wen Niang and had to settle for second best, often hanging out in the Rulan Pavilion.

  Ruolan was very self-aware, so when Chen Qi and others came in, Ruolan made a bow after which she silently played the zither and didn't say much.

  This point of hers made Chen Qi like her.

  "Master Meng, the pavilion is a bit crowded. Master Chen arrived first, so there should be some distinction between who came first and who came later. I apologize if the hospitality was not warm enough, next time I will invite Master Meng to drink wine and listen to music again." Yulan saw that the atmosphere in the house was a bit awkward, so she stopped playing the zither and stepped forward to mediate.

  If a fight breaks out, offending customers on both sides will also be punished.

  "Next time?" Meng Shao Ye exhaled softly, his voice gentle as water, speaking with a tender tone that seemed to convey deep emotions, like lovers whispering sweet nothings in the moonlight. "Next time, I won't come here to drink with you. Can you afford to treat me?"

  Such humiliating words, he still spoke gently, like a spring breeze.

  Even a veteran of the wind and moon world, who has seen it all, would blush at this.

  As a woman of her status, she was not qualified to invite Meng Gongzi for a drink. She misspoke and humiliated herself, with both cheeks flushed, the whole court flying into an uproar, lightly biting her red lips, unable to speak for half a day.

  "Are you looking for trouble, Meng Yanju?" Chen Qi originally intended to tolerate a little. Seeing that the surname Meng was indeed excessive, and such straightforward humiliation, Chen Qi couldn't help but lose his temper.

  Ru Lan is under Chen Qi Bao's command, so saying Ru Lan is equivalent to scolding Chen Qi again.

  "What's it to me?" Meng Yanju asked with a smile, looking pleasant.

  He glanced at the people in the house, a table was already full, then turned to Chen Jing and said, "Brother, would you mind giving me a seat?"

  He knew Huang Lanqing and Sun Shiyi, knowing they were Chen Qi's followers, while Gong Zhili was old, Meng Yanju didn't overdo it, after all, he had some upbringing.

  After taking a look around, only Chen Jing was the youngest and dressed the most shabbily, so they thought he was a new junior and rushed to bully him.

  Chen Jiong turned around and glanced at Meng Yanju, paused for a moment, then said: "This seat of mine, you can't sit in it!"

  The room suddenly fell silent.

  Chen Qi stared at Chen Jing in surprise. He had thought that Chen Jing would definitely be useless and would immediately give up his position to Meng Yanju.

  Others were even more shocked.

  This poor kid still has some backbone, and he doesn't even give face to Young Master Meng?

  Alas, unexpectedly, Chen Mo's follower is even more tactless than Chen Mo himself!

  "Why?" Meng Yanju didn't seem annoyed at all, but instead looked at Chen Jing with great interest.

  Meng Yanju's eyes were particularly charming, like the stars and the sea, shining brightly, which added a lot of charm to him.

  "If you sit down, you will definitely feel dizzy, your shoulders will slightly numb, and your stomach will want to vomit." Chen Jing said seriously.

  "Haha……" Everyone who followed Meng Yan started laughing.

  Lian Mengyan also felt amused.

  They also thought this child could say something earth-shattering. Unexpectedly, he actually cursed Meng Yanju.

  Is this some kind of childish game?

  Meng Yanju and several others following him burst out laughing, holding their bellies in laughter.

  Chen Qi felt extremely embarrassed on this side.

  It's as if Chen Jing wanted to slap someone in the face, but ended up not slapping them and instead got slapped back.

  How embarrassing!

  Sun Shiyi gently stroked his forehead and lowered his head.

  Huang Lanqing glanced at Chen Qi.

  Chen Qi was also angry. If he had known earlier that Chen Jing was so inexperienced, he really shouldn't have brought him along. He had originally planned to trick Chen Jing himself.

  But seeing Chen Jiong being humiliated by Meng Yan and his gang, Chen Qi was also indignant.

  It's also a matter of Chen Qi's face!

  "Stop it at once! Don't be foolish!" Chen Qi scolded.

  Chen Jiong's face remained calm and unruffled.

  Everyone laughed, he didn't react; Chen Qi scolded him, and he remained silent.

  "Well, in that case, I'd like to take a seat and see what happens." Meng Yanhe burst out laughing and patted Chen Jing's shoulder, "Thanks, brother! Let's switch places!"

  Chen Qi glared fiercely at Chen Jing.

  Hurry up, you fool.

  Compared to giving up his seat, Chen Jiong's struggling appearance was even more embarrassing, and it would have been better for him to let Meng Yan win this round.

  Chen Qi wasn't the first time he fell in front of Meng Yanju.

  These years, Chen Qi and Meng Yan have fought many times, losing more often than winning, always at a disadvantage. But this is the first time he's been so humiliated, all because of Chen Yang's fault. This kid is just a jinx.

  "Alright." Chen Jiong smiled and stood up as expected.

  Meng Yan happily sat down in Chen Jing's position.

  As if offering wine in front of the railing.

  Meng Yanju picked up her cup and was about to take a sip.

  "This wine is also dare to drink, not afraid of poisoning?" Chen Jing stood behind him and suddenly said.

  Meng Yanju and his friends were all stunned.

  Suddenly his face turned pale.

  The wine is on the table, and Chen Qi and others have just started drinking happily.

  Lian Chen Qi and others were also slightly surprised.

  "This wine won't be poisonous." Rulan hastily knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Master Meng is wise and discerning, Rulan would never dare harm anyone. This wine, Young Master Chen and Young Master Huang also drank half a pot..."

  She was taken aback for a moment, and then she heard Ruolan's words of confession. Everyone suddenly understood: this child had just cursed Meng Yan to death, but it didn't work, so he yielded his position. He felt humiliated and unwilling to give up, wanting to struggle until the end.

  What a childish thing to say!

  Little did they know, this is even more embarrassing.

  Meng Yan's residence was filled with loud laughter.

  His friends also followed with laughter.

  Chen Qi hated that he couldn't dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it.

  Huang Lanqing and Sun Shiyi were also embarrassed.

  Alas, Chen Qi, this clan brother, how can he be so shameless? Today, he was shamed by that child in front of the whole family.

  "Get up." Chen Jiong didn't pay attention to the crowd's laughter, nor did he wait for Chen Qi and others to speak. He smiled at Ruolan and said, "I know there is no poison in the wine. I'm saying this because I'm afraid that later, Master Meng will have a shoulder pain attack and blame it on the wine. At that time, you'll be even more speechless..."

  *sigh*...

  Everyone in the house is sweating profusely!

  This little brother of yours is really persistent!

  Ruolan also had a bewildered expression.

  She probably encountered this kind of thing for the first time.

  Chen Jiong what's going on, Rulan is also confused. Although it sounds like it's for Rulan's good, but somehow it doesn't feel right?

  It was as if he had been slapped in the face. The child covered his face and kept saying, "Your hand hurts, your hand hurts even more..."

  It's also quite unbearable when I think back on it.

  Master Chen, you'd better stop talking, we're all embarrassed enough. This is what Lan's heart is thinking.

  "Get out!" Chen Qi's face was swollen from Chen Jing's blows, "You go out first and come back later!" He still wanted to scheme against Chen Jing.

  As a result, Chen Jiong lost face in front of Chen Qi's enemies.

  Chen Qi was so sad he could hardly hold back his tears.

  What is "reaping what you sow"? This is it.

  This life's retribution...

  "Haha……" Meng Yanju found it extremely interesting. Chen Mo was foolish, and he let him play around, not thinking that he had an even more foolish follower, how interesting.

  Meng Yanju decided to keep Chen Jing.

  He burst out laughing and opened his folding fan.

  As soon as he opened the fan, he felt a numbness in his shoulders. The numbness spread from his shoulders to his arms, causing his hand holding the fan to tremble slightly.

  Meng Yan's face turned as white as paper in an instant, and his expression changed completely.

  The triumphant expression was instantly retracted.

  He was so startled that his head spun and he felt dizzy.

  "Meng Yanju was shocked and suddenly slapped the table, standing up and grabbing Chen Jing behind him, "Tell me, what kind of sorcery did you use?""

  He stood up together, his head was even more dizzy, and there was indeed a rolling in his stomach, wanting to vomit but unable to.

  Never had this feeling before.

  Meng Yan's face changed so suddenly, the whole room fell silent, and you could hear a pin drop.

  Everyone is here to make a living, who doesn't have some ulterior motives?

  Meng Yanju suddenly burst out laughing, then suddenly got up and grabbed Chen Jing's collar, it can be seen that the curse he had just made on him took effect.

  He grasped Chen Jing's hands, still feeling numb, and slightly trembling.

  This is trembling, and everyone sees it in their eyes.

  Everyone's eyes widened in disbelief.

  Dizziness and nausea, outsiders can't feel it. But Meng Yan's trembling was real.

  Those standing took a half-step back without leaving any traces; while those sitting shifted their bodies slightly to the side.

  "What's going on, let's take action?" Chen Qi suddenly woke up with a start, jumped up and pushed Meng Yanju, almost pushing her away, and rescued Chen Jing from Meng Yanju's hands.

  Meng Yanju was pushed by Chen Qi and stumbled, taking several steps back before regaining her balance.

  Swallow's Nest...

  "Master Meng..."

  The people following Meng Yanju also came back to their senses and rushed forward to support Meng Yanju.

  Meng Yan's face, which had remained gentle and unchanged for years, now looked extremely ugly.

  His face was shrouded in dark clouds, and he pointed at Chen Jing, asking: "You... what kind of sorcery did you use? You dare to use sorcery, it's a capital offense!"

  Meng Yanju's words just confirmed that Chen Jing's curse on him had taken effect.

  Everyone was shocked and stared at Chen Jing.

  These people in the room, each with a bit of family background, have been reading sacred books since childhood and sneer at things that pretend to be mysterious. So just now when Chen Jing said those words, they all laughed to death.

  But before their smiles had faded, Chen Jie's curse took effect, and everyone was shocked and terrified.

  These bookish people who don't believe in ghosts now think this house is eerie and gloomy.

  "I've told you before," said Chen Jiong with a smile. "You can't sit in my seat. Do you remember?"

  His smile has a kind of condescending and superior air about it.

  Do you remember?

  This tone is simply a knockout, Meng Yan's residence has been reduced to dust.

  Meng Yanju and others were still angry, but they just felt terrified.

  "Aren't you leaving?" Chen Jiong saw that they were all stunned, and said again, "If you don't leave now, I'll have to say it, this house, none of you can stay..."

  Meng Yanju and his entourage exchanged a glance.

  Fear, anger, confusion, and resentment all floated on their faces.

  After weighing it up, they slunk away in the end.

  "Hahaha!" Chen Qi burst out laughing uncontrollably from behind.

  Damn it feels so good!

  Meng Yanju also had a day when he slipped away with his tail between his legs!

  After several encounters, Chen Qi may have won, but it was a narrow victory. How could he let Meng Yanzi slip away like that turtle grandson?

  Chen Qi is heartless and ruthless.

  He just looked at Meng Yanju's embarrassed expression and laughed extremely happily.

  Huang Lanqing and Sun Shiyi couldn't laugh.

  They also stared at Chen Jing in horror.

  Chen Jing smiled and explained to them, "I won't use any magic. That young master Meng has an illness. I just took advantage of the timing, he was about to have a seizure, that's why I intentionally scared him..."

  "What's wrong with him?" everyone asked in unison.

  In this unanimous voice, surprisingly included Gong Zhiliang Dafu.