Chapter 153 What a pity

Qinghe Casino.

It is not the largest gambling house in Shanyang Mansion, but it is the most powerful gambling house.

"Shopkeeper, we made a lot of money from this government examination. We made a total profit of ninety-seven thousand, four hundred and thirty taels! It was twice as much as the last government examination!"

Gambling house, in a room filled with the smell of copper.

A boy laughed loudly, his face full of excitement, and said to a chubby old man next to him.

This chubby old man was none other than Zhao Wende, the shopkeeper of Qinghe Casino. He was dressed in a brocade silk robe and had a valuable jade bracelet on his wrist. He looked extremely wealthy.

Zhao Wende looked at the boy with a smile.

"Oh? How come I made so much more this year than in previous years?"

The boy chuckled, as if offering a treasure: "This is not all Fang Yue who was recommended by the government office. This person had incredible luck in the government examination and got fifth place in the government examination.

I made more than 30,000 taels of silver from this person alone. Those gamblers who bought this person to be eliminated also said that this person is gone and has such bad luck.”

Zhao Wende rolled his eyes and then said: "Go, in the name of the gambling house, give this Fang Yue three thousand taels of silver. Oh, by the way, give it to the introducer? That's the official surnamed Liu. "Little official, give him fifty taels of silver for tea."

"Hey, okay, shopkeeper, just look at it and make sure it's done properly."

Zhao Wende nodded with satisfaction, thinking secretly in his heart that if Fang Yue passed the government examination with fifth place, he could make some friends.

After all, talents like this are hard to come by, and if they can be roped in, they might be able to help their own power grow.

At this time.

The boy who was on his way to do something had not even walked out of the gate of Qinghe Gambling House when he bumped into Liu Chuanzhi.

The boy was startled and hurriedly bent down to salute: "I've met Mr. Liu. Mr. Liu came just in time, so he didn't have to make a special trip."

Liu Chuanzhi waved his hand: "No need to be polite, but you want to give me some money? I can just come and get it myself. Why bother you to be so polite?"

When Liu Chuanzhi heard this, he thought that Qinghe Gambling House was going to give him the money he won this time, and he was very happy in his heart.

Although he is only a minor official in the Yamen now, he still has a lot of face in this city.

Thinking of this, Liu Chuanzhi's mouth almost curled up.

Compared with Fang Yue, who was eliminated in the government examination this time, although he did not pass the civil examination and was just a literary scholar, his reputation in the city was much greater than that of Fang Yue.

"How can I ask you to come and pick it up in person?"

The boy smiled respectfully, then took out a banknote and handed it to Liu Chuanzhi, "Master Liu, please accept it."

Liu Chuanzhi took the banknote and felt much relieved. He even spoke in a softer tone: "Well, thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard work, it's my job." The boy smiled with a smile on his face.

"Your company is really strong. You can issue these five thousand taels of silver notes." Liu Chuanzhi said happily, and at the same time he opened the banknotes. The next moment, Liu Chuanzhi's expression suddenly changed drastically.

"This, how is this possible!" Liu Chuanzhi exclaimed, his tone full of disbelief: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Fifty taels of silver notes? ! !

How could there be only fifty taels? Could it be that this banknote was printed incorrectly? Fang Yue was eliminated. He should have won almost 5,000 taels!

How could there be only fifty taels!

Liu Chuanzhi's heart was in turmoil, and he kept repeating it.

"Master Liu, what's wrong with you, are you okay?"

When the boy saw Liu Chuanzhi's expression and heard the words in his mouth, he couldn't help but ask with concern.

"Tell me, what's going on!"

Liu Chuanzhi came to his senses, glared at the boy, and yelled. This Qinghe Gambling House dared to take his money, how audacious!

The boy was stunned for a moment when he was yelled at, but then his face turned cold and he snorted coldly:

"Master Liu, let me give you a shout-out. This is Qinghe Gambling House. You have to understand what we say and do! You say our gambling house cheated you? It's a joke. You don't deserve it!"

"How dare you scold me!"

Liu Chuanzhi was furious. He, a dignified government official, was actually called a thing by a servant! Where to put his face! !

But the boy was not afraid at all and pointed at his nose and continued: "Huh, our gambling shop gives you fifty taels because we think highly of you. It's shameless and you lose money. You can't afford to lose, right?!!!"

Liu Chuanzhi's face turned livid: "Hmph, how could I lose? What did that person do? He has been eliminated, how could I lose!"

Liu Chuanzhi asked, the Fang Yue he bought was eliminated, and now that the other party has been eliminated, he should have won.

"So that you know, that Fang Yue Fang won fifth place in the imperial examination this time. Do you think he passed or was eliminated?"

"You lied! You lied to me! Damn it, how could he pass? Impossible! Impossible!" Liu Chuanzhi shouted, his eyes full of panic.

The next moment, he looked crazy, as if he was crazy.

Then, he closed his eyes and fell backward.

When he got up again, his hair was disheveled, and he stumbled out of the casino gate. He actually fell into the toilet pond next to him, his hands were covered in yellow mud, and he was covered in feces.

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"Hit? Fang Yue actually got hit!"

Somewhere in Shanyang Mansion, in a restaurant.

Widow Yu leaned on the railing and looked at the red list in the distance. Fang Yue's name could be clearly seen from here.

A gorgeous, voluptuous and charming figure stood in front of the window, her red dress fluttering in the wind, her long black hair draped over her shoulders, and her beautiful eyes flashing with a strange light.

"Fang Yue is indeed not an ordinary person. He has a bright future, which is indeed not something I should expect!"

She kept muttering to herself, with a dull look.

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At the same time,

In a large courtyard in Shanyang Prefecture.

Compared to the joyous and lively atmosphere outside, there was a dead silence in the palace.

A gloomy atmosphere spread around the room, which was extremely depressing, as if it could explode at any time.

All the servants and guards in the house knelt on the ground, trembling, and dared not even breathe.

"You bastards, how do you do things! What's the point of me raising you? It's been so many days, and my son is still missing!"

"Master, calm down. The second young master is blessed with a long life and will be safe!"

"Get out, all of you, get out!"

"Yes, yes, master, calm down." Everyone fled in a hurry as if they had been pardoned.

"You bastards, a bunch of trash! What's the point of me raising you?!"

A burst of ping-pong sounds of destruction rang out in the palace, and tables, stools, and vases were shattered all over the floor.

A burly old man with a white beard sat in the main seat, looking at the servants kneeling on the ground with anger and murderous intent in his turbid eyes.

He was the head of the Wang family, Wang Shifu.

"Master, calm down! The eldest young master is so smart, how could he be in trouble? Something must have delayed him. Master, don't worry."

The housekeeper stood up to persuade, with a flattering look on his face.

Wang Shifu's face was still ugly, and he cursed angrily: "Humph, didn't you say that there were a few people who met Teng'er in the end? Check them one by one! If you can't find them, kill them one by one and let them be buried with Teng'er!"

"Yes, yes!" The housekeeper nodded hurriedly.

Hearing Wang Shifu's order, the housekeeper couldn't help but sweat in his heart. There were seven or eight martial arts candidates!

Thinking of this, the housekeeper lowered his head even more.

At the same time.

The person who brought the good news had already arrived at the inn where Fang Yue lived. After rewarding the other party with silver, the yamen runner happily told Fang Yue that he would go to the banquet building to attend the hairpin banquet held by the owner of the mansion in three days, and then said goodbye and left.

Fang Yue went back to the room to continue practicing.

Wu Tu Zhengong does not require much space, and can be practiced by sitting in meditation and refining qi.

For Fang Yue, there is no problem at all.

Fang Yue sat cross-legged. As the practice progressed, it was indeed different from the past under the effect of the primary qi sense talent.

In the past, when he was practicing, he had no idea at all. He could only rely on the operation of the technique itself to attract the vital energy.

The efficiency was very low.

But today, he found that the vital energy that was originally impossible to grasp, even difficult to sense and absorb, became clear and had a pattern to follow.

Under this strange feeling, Fang Yue had a feeling that as long as he wanted, he could absorb the surrounding vital energy.

This is a very wonderful feeling.

"It seems that I am feeling the vital energy!"

Fang Yue opened his eyes in surprise, with a glimmer of light in his eyes and a hint of joy at the corners of his mouth.

It turned out to be like this!

An hour later,

Fang Yue closed his practice, opened his eyes, and his face was full of excitement.

This was the first time he felt the existence of vital energy! And it was also the first time he really felt the progress of practicing this technique.

"It seems that as long as I practice hard in the future, I can reach the realm of feeling the energy sooner or later!"

He thought to himself, feeling particularly happy.

In the evening, he finished practicing and just came out to prepare for dinner.

At this time, the people from Qinghe Casino came over.

Because Fang Yue had bet on himself to pass the prefectural examination, it was this person who handled it, so they were familiar with each other.

"Congratulations, Mr. Fang, congratulations, Mr. Fang."

After a round of flattering congratulations, the other party said that Qinghe Casino was interested in making friends with Fang Yue.

Their shopkeeper invited Fang Yue to take time to meet each other.

Fang Yue shook his head and did not agree. After all, who can open a gambling house be clean? Fang Yue naturally would not make friends with such a person.

After politely refusing and accepting the silver he deserved, Fang Yue went out to eat.

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Time passed quickly, and it was three days later in a blink of an eye.

The hairpin banquet began, and Fang Yue arrived on time. After arriving at the banquet hall, other martial arts candidates had already arrived.

After waiting for a while, the owner of the palace, Zhu Quan, arrived accompanied by a group of senior officials.

"The man in purple in the middle is the mansion master, Lord Zhu, and next to him is his nephew, the commander-in-chief of the guards, General Zhu Weilie."

The voices of other martial arts candidates beside him were heard.

Fang Yue couldn't help but look at Zhu Quan in the middle of the crowd when he heard this.

The mansion master was wearing purple clothes and looked elegant, without the oppressive feeling of a martial arts master.

However, at first glance, Fang Yue was slightly surprised.

This mansion master, a third-rank official of the Wei Dynasty, was rumored to be almost two hundred years old.

Just looking at his appearance, he was only about forty or fifty years old.

Even younger than the man next to him, his nephew, the commander-in-chief of the guards, Zhu Weilie.

Not to mention that these two people are uncle and nephew, but on the contrary, some people believe that they are father and son.

Is this a strong martial artist?

Through practicing martial arts, I can actually have such longevity. Is it really possible to live forever?

If so, then there may be real immortals in this world, and those monsters and monsters may not be just legends.

And martial arts is already like this, so if a Qi practitioner who is stronger than martial arts can practice to a sufficient level, how powerful will it be?

Can you live forever if you practice to a high level?

This feeling shocked Fang Yue.

"Haha, congratulations to all of you for passing the imperial examination. Sit down and have a drink from this cup." Zhu Quan said with a smile, a kind smile on his face.

"Thank you, Palace Master, thank you Palace Master!" Many martial arts officials expressed their thanks and took their seats one after another.

At the same time, Fang Yue looked at the person next to Zhu Quan.

The man had a beard and did not have the obvious sense of restraint like other officials around Zhu Quan. Instead, he talked to Zhu Quan very casually.

And the moment Fang Yue looked over, the other party happened to look at him too.

The two of them looked at each other, with some surprise in their eyes.

"Is it him?"

After seeing his face clearly, Fang Yue realized that he had not mistaken the person. This person turned out to be the person he had seen at Bai Li's place who had told him that he had taken the wrong path in cultivation the last time he came to Fucheng.

I didn't expect to see this person here after such a long time.

What's more, he didn't expect that this person seemed to have a high status and was able to talk and laugh with Zhu Quan.

The interaction between the two was completely seen by Zhu Quan, who had been watching him, and a look of surprise flashed across his face.

"Brother Yu, did you meet someone you know?"

Zhu Quan turned around and asked. A year ago, Fei Hengli was just a slightly higher-status inspector in the Sitian Prison, and he did not need to be treated like this.

But now, this person is the commander-in-chief of Shanyang Prefecture Si Tianjian.

Although his cultivation level is not as good as his, but his status is transcendent, even he must treat him with courtesy.

Fei Hengli shook his head with a smile, "The palace master misunderstood, I just met him once. He has a good talent, but I didn't expect to see him again here. It's a pity. If you go the wrong way, I'm afraid I won't be able to feel your anger in the future."

"Oh, how do you say this?" Zhu Quan asked curiously.

Immediately, Fei Hengli told Zhu Quan about Fang Yue.

After a moment, Zhu Quan glanced at Fang Yue and shook his head: "That's such a pity."

He naturally believed in the other party's vision. After all, Si Tianjian had special means to distinguish between Qi practitioners and warriors.

If this Fang Yue comes from a big family, then with the talent he shows now, it is worth continuing to cultivate.

However, it would be a pity if he came from an ordinary background.

If one's cultivation cannot break through the Qi-sensing realm, then one cannot be granted important official positions.

The party continued until late at night.

However, Fang Yue did not know at this time that Zhu Quan, who had originally been prepared to grant him command of the county guard as usual, had changed his mind.

Time passed quickly and a few days passed. In the past few days, the martial arts candidates who passed the government examination were awarded official positions one after another.

Those who get local official positions with real power or stay in Shanyang Mansion are naturally happy.

Originally, everyone thought that Fang Yue was a lucky man. He passed the government examination by chance and was the envy of everyone.

Later, the top martial arts candidates were granted official positions one after another, but Fang Yue was not.

At exactly this time, a message about Fang Yue also spread in Shanyang Mansion.