"Hold on!" Zhou Xuan shouted, his temples bulging with blue veins, he was unwilling to accept it, extremely unwilling to accept it. The fact proved that his secret method was very effective, and he had trained a yellow-backed bug of the upper school level to fight against a green-backed bug of the lower general level for so long. "Little General Zhang Jiao" had indeed fought hard, and could be said to have fought to the death, but in the end, he still had to admit defeat. Was this the tragic ending that our "Little General Zhang Jiao" had fought for with his life?

  The slender scholar had no joy of victory, but seemed to be shocked by this cruel war, and only asked: "Zhou Xuan, do you have anything else to say?"

  Zhou Xuan looked at "Hedong Xu Huang" who retreated to one side, this insect had its wings broken and its neck injured, looking limp and spiritless.

  Zhou Xuan said: "According to the insect fighting rules, except for being bitten to death on the spot, only when one is completely disheartened and refuses to open its mouth even with a stalk of grass will it be considered defeated —"

  The thin scholar retorted: "That's right, but can that insect of yours still open its mouth? Its teeth are all stuck together!"

  "Right, my bug can't merge with its teeth, but can your bug still open its teeth and fight again?"

  The slender scholar's face changed, and he pulled out the "River East Xu Huan" with a flourish, but no matter how fancy his technique was, the "River East Xu Huan" just curled up its whiskers and refused to open its mouth. The desperate biting of "Little General Zhang Bao" had scared it silly - what a crazy bug! Since autumn, the "River East Xu Huan" had been through dozens of battles and had encountered stubborn resistance before, but never anything as reckless as this.

  Zhou Xuan burst out laughing and asked: "Boss Feng, how does this count as a win or loss?"

  Mr. Feng looked at Qingxiu Wenshi and said: "One side loosened their teeth, the other didn't open their mouth, it can only be considered a draw."

  Lin Han Yun, Tang Xiao San and Hu Tong all shouted excitedly. They had thought that "Little General Zhang Jiao" had lost and were feeling down about it, but when they found out it was a draw, although it wasn't a win, the excitement was no less than if he had won. In their hearts, they were all shouting: "Little General Zhang Jiao, you're so brave! We love you!"

  Qing Xiao Wenshi slowly pulled back his reed grass and suddenly said: "Zhou Xuan, let me take a look at your reed grass."

  "Not satisfied? Not resigned? Want to find a reason?" Zhou Xuan calmly handed him the mouse whisker.

  The slender scholar looked at it and asked: "This is not a dodder, what kind of whisker is this?"

  Zhou Xuan asked Boss Feng: "Is it a rule that we must use cattail?"

  Mr. Feng shook his head.

  Zhou Xuan said, "I can tell you, this is mouse whisker. You can go back and catch a mouse to try it out." He thought to himself, "Mouse whiskers that haven't been specially treated with medicinal herbs will only make the mandibles of the camel cricket itch when applied, hehe."

  A thin and weak scholar heard that it was a mouse whisker, hastily returned it to Zhou Xuan, with a look of disgust on his face. Then he silently put "River East Xu Huan" back into the black ceramic jar, put it back in the wooden box, took two steps out, then walked back and said: "Zhou Xuan, I want to buy this insect from you." He pointed to "Little General Zhang Bao" in the rice bowl.

  Zhou Xuan smiled and asked: "How much money are you prepared to spend?"

  The slender scholar said in a calm tone: "Five hundred taels of gold."

  As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the audience was shocked. The insect friends present widened their eyes: "Wow, 500 taels of gold, we're rich, we're going to be rich!"

  "Isn't the 500 taels of gold their agreed-upon wager? What's this person's background, to be so generous with his money? Clearly it's a draw, yet he insists on paying out the wager - what's the trick behind this?"

  "Is this guy crazy? Five hundred taels of gold for this insect, even if it were the king of insects it wouldn't be worth that much money, let alone a worn-out useless bug!"

  Hei Yi Da Shi Ren Abu squeezed to the front row, just heard Qing Su Wen Shi was willing to pay 500 taels of gold for Zhou Xuan's insect, even Abu this rich merchant was shocked: "500 taels of gold is not a small amount, this Zhou Gongzi has money, one insect can sell for 500 taels of gold, ashamed, ashamed, I brought 500 taels of silver today to pay respects, really laughable, how would Zhou Gongzi look at me!"

  Only then did the slender scholar speak up, "Zhou Xuan, since your yellow-backed beetle and my green-backed beetle ended in a draw, it's only right that you should win. I'll gladly hand over these 500 taels of gold to you, just as long as you give me this beetle."

  Zhou Xuan was also stunned by the 500 taels of gold, but he immediately burst out laughing and beckoned to Lin Hanyin in the viewing platform. Lin Hanyin quickly ran from the small entrance to the center of the arena.

  Zhou Xuan asked: "Miss Lin Er, you said we sell or not sell Little General Zhang Fei?"

  Lin Han Yun said without hesitation: "Not for sale."

  "Right, not for sale! General Zhang is a great hero of our Super Autumn War Hall, it's because of its bloody battles that we were able to keep our hall safe. Now it's leg is broken and its teeth are loose, it can't fight anymore. We need to take good care of it, let it live out the rest of its days in peace. And I'll also find seven or eight young concubines for Zhang, haha."

  Lin Han Yun also forgot her shape and exclaimed: "Zhang Guo wants to marry a few, just a few!" Only after speaking did she feel that shouting in public was not very suitable, and her small face rarely turned red.

  The slender scholar gazed deeply at Zhou Xuan, said a sentence: "I will come to find you again." He picked up the wooden box and left the door with a fluttering northward under the gaze of everyone.

  Friends of insects discussed it, and most people were puzzled that Zhou Xuan refused to sell the insect. A autumn-born and winter-died insect was sold for 500 taels of gold, which is a strange thing in the world. What's even stranger is that Zhou Xuan still refuses to sell!

  Someone lowered their voice and said, "Look, that little Ding is Lin Erniang from the Du household, they're exchanging flirtatious glances, heh heh, Zhou Xuan has climbed to a high branch, what's 500 taels of gold compared to this?"

  Another person wondered, "Huh? Didn't Zhou Xuan already have a wife, the daughter of Dr. Qin from the medical office? But yesterday I heard it was a fake marriage to avoid the draft, but if it's a fake marriage, why didn't they catch Zhou Xuan, only catching Dr. Qin?"

  The man's voice was even lower: "You can't figure this out, Miss Lin likes Zhou Xuan, of course, she wants to find a reason to separate Zhou Xuan and Qin Doctor's daughter, heh heh, for Zhou Xuan, it's hard to say whether it's good or bad luck. Being the son-in-law of the Du family is not easy, originally that Miss Lin... heh heh, never mind, a gentleman doesn't speak ill of others behind their back."

  Hu Shang Abu heard this and looked at Zhou Xuan with new eyes, thinking: "Ah, so this little household servant is actually Lin Erniang of the Du Hu Fu, she wants to marry Zhou Xuan? Unlikely! I see that Master Zhou and Dr. Qin are deeply in love, perhaps Lin Erniang is just being overly optimistic. Hmm, no matter what, Zhou Xuan must have a close relationship with the Du Hu Fu, this person must be befriended."

  Abu has always been distressed by his inability to get in touch with the upper officials of Jiangzhou. Usually, he only deals with some low-ranking officials who are greedy and only care about his money, not treating him as a friend at all. This Zhou Xuan seems to be a good person, showing no prejudice against this descendant of the black-robed big eater, absolutely worth getting along with.

  Abu began to think about what gift to give Zhou Xuan, silver seemed not lacking for Zhou Xuan, how about that Damascus sword? Heart aching, that was indeed an ancestral treasured sword.