Chapter 76

  Preliminary plan

  "Xiling Ge, you're teasing me again. Meng Ke, get up quickly and meet the young master of Xiling." Yin Ruofei hastily stood up to welcome Xiling Hao.

  Meng Ke responded with a bow and saluted Xiling Hao with extreme respect.

  "What kind of person is this?" Xiling Hao looked at his opponent's outfit with curiosity, and didn't know what game Yin Ruofei was playing.

  Yin Ruofei simply explained a bit, and Xiling Hao couldn't help but sneer coldly. "What kind of stray cats and dogs dare to come out and show off? I think they're just trying to act big." As the son of a noble family like Xiling Hao, he naturally had attendants with him when he went out, and at this time, they were sitting together eating and drinking with the people brought by Yin Ruofei.

  Yin Ruofei smiled slightly and didn't continue the conversation. It was just a small matter, no need for the young master of the Guo family to intervene, his identity as the legitimate son of the Hou family was enough.

  "Xiling Ge, I plan to open a school, would you like to contribute?" Yīn Ruò Fēi wanted something else.

  "Pay the money? No problem." Xiling Hao was never stingy with money, and he trusted Yin Ruifei, so he immediately pulled out a stack of silver bills from his pocket and put them on the table. "Take these for now, if it's not enough I'll have someone send more to you later."

  Yin Ruofei glanced at it, the top one was a silver ticket worth 100 taels, and the ones below should be about the same. This stack should be Xilinghao's private house, with a total of around 3,000 to 5,000 taels.

  Yin Ruofei smiled and said, "Xiling Ge is indeed a wealthy master. This amount of money should be enough. If there's still not enough, I'll go find you again."

  "Good." Xiling Hao smiled and responded, rubbing his belly with his hand. He stood up and shouted loudly towards the outside of the door, "Why hasn't the food been served yet? Are you trying to starve me to death?"

  The people outside the door hurried to the kitchen to urge, and soon Yin Ruofei's dishes were all ready. Xiling Hao glanced at them and added a few more dishes.

  Yin Ruofei couldn't help but giggle when she heard this, "Xiling Ge, how many days has it been since you last ate meat?"

  The dishes at Xiling Restaurant are mostly braised chicken wings, four-joy meatballs and other non-vegetarian dishes. To say the least, there's almost no vegetarian option, it's as if they're training mosquitoes to become humans, staring only at meat.

  "You don't know." Xiling Hao made a face as if he was about to cry, "My brother has been suffering recently, that old fox Xiling Dao..."

  "Cough, cough!" Yin Ruofei heard Xiling Hao call out his father's name and hastily coughed twice.

  Xi Ling's face turned red. As soon as he saw Yin Ruofei, he easily blurted out what was on his mind. If it were any other day, it wouldn't have mattered, but with outsiders present today, it wasn't good.

  The ordinary-looking man next to him, who would forget his face as soon as he turned around, should be one of Ze Wang's men, specially sent over to protect Yin Ruofei. And the other little beggar-like person, although he was just rescued by Yin Ruofei, wasn't familiar with him either, and had become a bit presumptuous.

  It's strange to say, this little beggar is wearing tattered clothes, but if you look closely, the clothes are actually clean, just too old, with patches upon patches, it can be seen that life has been extremely hard.

  However, the other party was also calm and collected. Although neither Yin Ruofei nor Xi Linghao were dressed in anything fancy, they were still much better off than ordinary people. But the young man in front of them only showed some tension and unease, without the kind of panic and loss of composure that would make him afraid to eat or move.

  Xiling Hao's interest was piqued, "Meng Qi, have you read any books?"

  Meng Ke put down his chopsticks and replied respectfully, "I read some when I was young, but later on, our family's fortunes declined, and we suffered hardships. My sister and I were the only ones left, and we couldn't even afford to eat our fill. However, a few months ago, a gentleman would often come to help us out, teaching us to read books. But it's hard for us to make ends meet...and we don't want to trouble that gentleman too much."

  Xiling Hao nodded, a sympathetic expression on his face, but then it changed to be unpredictable. If it were someone else, they would have thought Xiling Hao's expression was quite profound. In fact, Yin Ruofei knew that Xiling Hao had never liked reading books, and now he not only had to read books but also practice martial arts, so the sympathy on his face might not be entirely for Meng Qi.

  Yin Ruofei secretly smiled and thought that if she swapped her life with the other person, Xiling probably would have died of envy.

  Jiǔ and Mèng Kě ate in silence, Xī Lǐng Hào faced Yīn Ruò Fēi and spat out bitter water, saying that these days were too hard, too exhausting.

  Yin Ruofei just smiled and finally said a sentence, "Today I'll play with you till you're satisfied!"

  "Great!" Xiling Hao suddenly didn't want to eat anymore. In fact, as a young master of a noble family, he wouldn't really be short of food, but rather used this way to express the hardships he had been through, so that Yin Ruofei would sympathize with him. "Let's set off now, where shall we go to have fun?"

  "Is flying a kite good?" Yin Ruo Fei tilted his head and thought for a moment. Although he had lived two lifetimes, this ordinary thing that all children had played with, he had never tried before.

  "Fly a kite? Okay, I'm an expert." Xi Ling Hao nodded. He wasn't particularly fond of flying kites, but seeing Yin Ruo Fei's expectant look, he nodded readily. "I know a store that makes great kites, I'll take you there."

  "Okay." However, there are still some things to take care of.

  The four of them stood up and left the private room, and their followers had already finished eating at another table and were waiting. Seeing Yin Ruofei come out, one of them immediately got up and came over, whispering a few words in Yin Ruofei's ear.

  "Good." Yin Ruo Fei's face revealed a hint of a smile, but it was accompanied by coldness.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, they had just left the account and were surrounded by several people with ulterior motives.

  Xi Ling Hao turned his head and took a look, there were indeed many people, but when he turned back to look, the other party didn't dodge, obviously someone was backing him up.

  "Every day I hit geese, today I saw one that has become a spirit!"

  Yin Ruofei burst out laughing. The other person's words were originally "every day hitting geese, today being pecked in the eye by a goose", this Xiling brother really can change.

  Seeing Yin Ruofei smile, Xi Linghao was even more pleased with himself. "Brother Fei, you see that my reading these past few days wasn't in vain, right?"

  Yin Ruofei heard this and couldn't help but laugh again. This time, not only were her cheeks sore, but her stomach also hurt a bit.

  The people beside them gradually closed in, led by a man with a scarred face, who coldly shouted at them, "You're about to die and you still dare to laugh?" After that, he looked around at the others, "Are they the ones?"

  "More than a few..." The speaker was the man who had just been beaten at the back door of Tianxiang Building, and he looked at the extra Xiling Hao and his entourage with some confusion. However, relying on someone, he took a deep breath and said, "Brother, you must help me get revenge!"

  "Don't worry!" The burly man with a scar on his face grinned ferociously, "When the time comes, I'll ask you to put in a good word for me in front of your brother-in-law."

  "Don't worry, big brother, my sister's husband listens to me the most."

  "Halt! What are you doing under broad daylight?" Yin Ruofei shouted. He used a bit of internal force, and although his voice wasn't loud, each word pierced the ears clearly. The surrounding pedestrians also heard it and couldn't help but gather around to see what was happening.

  "What's going on?" The burly man sneered with a laugh, showing off his villainous demeanor. "Listen up, kid. Honestly speaking, you've stirred up trouble that you shouldn't have. Now, either kneel down and kowtow to me, or I'll beat you all to death."

  "Phooey, what kind of scoundrel are you? Under the emperor's feet, in a place of great virtue, and yet there's still someone like you who doesn't know life from death. Xiling's mouth wasn't idle, his words were all reasonable, and the people around couldn't help but nod in agreement."

  Compared to the other group of people who looked like evil spirits, they seemed perfectly normal as they stepped out of the Tian Xiang Building.

  Everyone was whispering to each other, guessing how these people had offended someone. There were also people nearby who knew the group of men, and after they quietly said something, everyone's faces suddenly lit up with realization - it turned out they were robbers!

  The people around seemed to be talking in a low voice, but being so close, both sides could hear clearly.

  "Alright, so you're here to rob us." Xiling Hao cursed loudly, "We had just left the wine house and your Tianxiang Tower's henchmen came to rob us. What kind of shop are you running, a black market?"

  "Nonsense, how did we become accomplices of the Tianxiang Building?" The burly man hastily shouted in anger. He came to resolve the matter, not to stir up trouble. If this were to cause more trouble for the Tianxiang Building, things might take a turn for the worse.

  "Those few beside you are obviously from Tianxiang Building!" Yin Ruofei gave a glance, and the several attendants behind him also shouted in unison, "Look, he's still wearing the uniform of Tianxiang Building's staff!"

  "It really is!" The onlookers exclaimed in surprise.

  "That's right, this person is indeed from Tianxiang Building. I remember another time when I saw him leading a few people guarding the back door of Tianxiang Building, it seemed to be called... Sun Er, yes, Sun Er!" The people around also nodded in agreement.

  "Oh, so you're a black-hearted shop! You let customers come in to eat and then fleece them mercilessly after they finish their meal. And even after they leave, you still send people to rob them! I'm going to report you to the authorities!" Xiling Hao shouted loudly, as if afraid that the whole world wouldn't be in chaos.

  Who would rob at their own doorstep! Sun Er, who had just been beaten, was furious and his face turned green. They came to take revenge, but it was because of the fact that they had just been beaten, and now it became a robbery!

  "Are you going to report it to the official? Do you think the Prefect of Beijing will back you up?" Sun Er shouted a few sentences, feeling the pain in his beaten body.

  What he originally meant was that when they arrived at the government office, he would be the one being beaten, and the Metropolitan Governor wouldn't dare to do anything to him, let alone the people backing the Tianxiang Tower who had a lot of influence. However, what he thought in his heart, others didn't know, this sentence shouted out, the expressions on the faces of the surrounding people changed, those with good character couldn't bear it, and they started criticizing them one after another.

  "We're going to report to the authorities!" Several people stood up and ran towards the residence of the Metropolitan Governor.

  Huang Yu was taken aback and wanted to send someone to chase after them, but his men were blocked by the other side, and he was momentarily stunned.

  "Hey big brother with a black head, what are you still stunned for? Get moving!"

  Hei Tou Xin said, since there's the young master's brother-in-law backing him up, then let's fight. Anyway, this Tian Xiang Lou isn't his, and whether its reputation is good or bad has nothing to do with him.

  A group of ruffians rushed towards Yin Ruofei and others, the surrounding people saw that they really dared to take action, and they were also angry. Under the bright sky, the robbers were so arrogant.

  Yin Ruofei and Gong Jiu made a sneak attack, a group of thugs only felt their legs and arms numb for no reason, when they came to, they had already been beaten to the ground by a group of people.

  Xiling Hao proudly said, "I've practiced martial arts for a few days and with the secret help of Gongjiu, I was able to defeat several thugs who only knew how to use brute force. Now, I'm standing on top of one of them, feeling very pleased with myself. Who would have thought that I, Xiling Hao, am a natural-born genius? After just a few days of practice, I've already become an expert."

  Yin Ruofei and Gong Jiu exchanged a glance, both of them wanting to laugh.

  But several yamen runners who rushed outside the crowd heard Xiling Hao's name, and they all felt a numbness in their bodies. Heaven, how did this little demon king end up here?

  The author has something to say: The other day at the hospital, replied a bit late haha.

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