Chapter 154 (1/2)

The man was stunned for a moment. Then, the malevolence on the corner of his mouth gradually became clear. ””Who the h.e.l.l are you?””

””I f.u.c.king call it Ainphent,”” he replied with a smile.

Then, the malevolent smile on the man's face became a twitch. ””Master An …””

An Xuan said, ””Don't be so polite. I'm in a good mood today so I won't beat anyone up. You guys gather a hundred silvers for me and then don't use lying to earn money from this mess.””

If you can do it, then go. If you can't, then help me think of a way.

People like you can't be taught, and the best way to do that is to beat them to death.

””However, even if you are killed by your parents, your parents wouldn't be able to live long if I were to beat you to death.””

The man didn't even dare to say a word. The few of them gathered around and took out the silver taels, but it was only seventy or eighty silver taels. ””It's really not enough. Why don't you wait a minute, I'll borrow some?””

An Zeng shook his head, ””You bunch of liars are really despicable … give me half of it.””

The man was stunned. He didn't understand what he meant.

An Zhan took forty taels of silver from the man's hands but didn't take the rest. ””If you take all of your money, you will go steal, rob, and harm others.””

I'll leave these for you. With this as capital, I'll rent a shop outside of the Heavenly Enlightenment Sect and learn how to cook snacks.

I can see you when I go in and out … Oh, right. The shops outside of the Heavenly Enlightenment Sect are mostly mine. I'll give you a discount and rent you a good seat.

””It doesn't matter if it's tasty or not. The people from the Heavenly Enlightenment Sect will prop up this snack bar for you.””

””Thank you, Master An!””

That man cupped his fist. ””I am truly loyal to you, Master An. I concede.””

An Zhan waved his hand, ””Hurry up and f * ck off, say something along the way.””

If your food doesn't taste good after a month, I'll go and hit you every day, three times a day, and perhaps even supper. ””

The man left in a hurry, not daring to say another word.

An Zhan placed the forty silver taels into the scholar's hands. ””Idiot, take this silver taels and find an inn to stay in for the Imperial examinations.””

If you win, remember to be a good official.

””If he doesn't, then we'll go to those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds to open up a cas.h.i.+er's shop.””

The scholar replied, ””I … will.””

He took a tael of silver from An Zeng's hand, then turned around and left.

An Zhan's expression changed slightly, and he called out to the scholar, ””What's your name?””

The scholar stopped and turned to say, ””My name is Gu Zhaogong.””

””Where are you from?”” he asked.

The scholar replied, ””From the south-western border.””

””At the southeastern frontier, the war is going on day and day, and the people are going away, and life is miserable,”” he said.

””Even so, they added a few dozen taels of silver to send you to the capital for the exam. Yet, you spent one tael of silver to resolve the situation.””

Gu Zhaogong sighed and said, ””The villagers have brought me a total of fourteen taels of silver. After I sold my a.s.sets, I received fifteen taels of silver.

Right now, the villagers haven't moved fourteen taels yet. I think if I don't need it, I'll give it back to them when I go back.

But even so … I was wrong, I was wrong.

Whether the silver was mine or the folks', I was wrong.

The property was not mine but the property my dead parents had saved up, and I had sold it, unfilial.

””Now that you're gambling with this silver, you're even more unfilial.””

””Where do you live now?””

Gu Chao said, ””Under the Ming'an Bridge.””

An Zhan asked, ””The imperial court has reserved seats at the inn for all of you who are partic.i.p.ating in the imperial examinations. Even if there are no seats at the inn, there are plenty of inns. Why are you staying under the bridge?””

Gu Chao said in unison, ””Because I can't bear to spend money. I wanted to break the chess game just now because I think I can win.””

I know it's mostly a hoax, but since I was a child I've always played chess and thought I could work it out. ””

An Zizhi pointed at Xiao Qi and said, ””My brother is missing a gentleman, you can follow me for now.””

I could teach him other things, but not learning.

””I don't care about where you live or eat three meals a day. How about I give you another ten taels of silver a month as compensation?””

Gu Zhaogong shook his head. ””No.””

””Why?””

Gu Chao said in unison, ””That's too much. Three meals a day plus a place to stay is enough. I don't want any money.””

””I can see that your brother is extremely charming. In the future, he might even be a great character. To be able to enlighten him is my luck.””

””Do you know how to look at faces?””

Gu Chao nodded. ””I like to read books and read all kinds of books, so I know a little about feng shui.””

But there are some books that are so mysterious that most of them are deceitful. ””

An Zhe couldn't hold back his laughter. ””You're also a straightforward person. When you asked around, you told Old Huo, the concierge, that I was the one who sent you.””

””My name is An Zeng. From now on, you will stay at my place until the imperial examinations start.””

Gu Zhaogong leaned forward slightly. ””Thank you.””

Dean sighed: ””Such a person would be fooled if he was stupid. It would only take a long time for him to remember.””

An Xuan said, ””Xiao Qidao happens to be lacking an official. I can teach him how to cultivate, but he's not that good at it.””

””This scholar seems to be okay, just keep him.””

””There are people who pick up money or trash. You pick up people.””

””A few days ago, I picked up Long Jing, now I picked up Gu Zhaoge, I don't know how much I picked up in the future.””

””You are the s.l.u.t...””

Skinny Du laughed and said, ””You f * cker.””

The three of them strolled around for half a day, making Xiao Qitao recognize many places, before finding a restaurant to eat lunch.

After that, An Zizhi got Skinny Du to bring Little Seven back, and he went to the Gathering Shang Garden alone.

Now, An Zhe was the most respected guest of the Gathering Merchant Guild. It could not even be said that he was a guest.

Thus, when the shop a.s.sistant at the entrance of the Merchant House saw An Zhe, he greeted him from afar.

After having a few jokes with the waiter, An Zeng went to see Zhang Yifu first.

The head storekeeper, Zhang Yifu, had been in the Gathering Shop for more than fifteen years, and he was extremely respected.