The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 36 Family Dinner
"It's true." Changsun Ji said with surprise.

"It's not false."

"Okay, I'll give you 1000 taels. If it works, I'll leave it to you, and I won't bother you." Then he said, "Go to Zizhu after you go back, pay 400 taels first, and come to pick it up after tomorrow." There are 600 taels left."

Changsun Ji was a little embarrassed in his heart. He promised with all his pride, but forgot that he didn't seem to have so much money.He could only hand over the rest of the money to Shen Qiuyi first, and then figured out a solution for the rest.

Shen Qiuyi didn't say anything, just nodded in agreement.

The two got out of the carriage, wandered around for a while, exchanged some external words, and then went back home.

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Before the sun rose, Changsun Ji got up from the bed.Under Zizhu's tidying up, he put on his clothes and washed his face in the freshly fetched water.

Recently, he felt a little lazy.Sure enough, Wenrou Township is the grave of heroes.Changsun Ji also felt that this sentence was wrong, because he didn't think he was a hero, if it was true, he could be regarded as a villain by then.

He believes that Wenrou Township should be the grave of men all over the world.

Withdrawing his distracting thoughts, Changsun Ji opened the door and came to the yard.It was still hazy outside at this time, and there was still a night mist in the air.But the sky has turned white.

Changsun Ji walked to the northwest corner of the courtyard, which had been transformed into a special practice place by him.Thick wooden stakes were nailed to the ground at regular intervals.

This is an obstacle he specially made to practice "Eight Directions Crossing", so as to improve his legwork skills.His "Eight Directions Crossing" can improve so quickly, these stakes are indispensable.

When he first started practicing, his legs were covered in bruises and broken skin after being bumped by these wooden stakes.But now there is no great difficulty for him, he can walk back and forth a few times without his legs and feet touching the stake.

As the Golden Crow rose eastward, the weather became hotter.Although it has entered autumn now, it has only just entered autumn, and the weather has not completely shaken off the heat of summer.

Changsun Ji, who was already sweating profusely, also slowly reaped the rewards.After practicing all morning, I already feel a little hungry in my stomach.Zizhu was busy with something, and Changsun Ji didn't bother to call her over because of such a trivial matter.He himself had nothing to do, so he walked slowly towards the kitchen.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the house is very lively.The servants have been busy since the early morning, posting and hanging some objects in the house, and the kitchen is in full swing, and several chefs are preparing the food for tonight's dinner.

Changsun Ji said hello, and then turned around from the kitchen, holding food while walking, and after turning around, his stomach was almost full.

He wasn't too full.Ordinary people usually eat two meals a day, so they like to eat some dry goods for breakfast to satisfy their hunger, so that they can have the strength to do the work of the day until the evening.

Naturally, the Marquis of Liu'an's Mansion is not like this, and the expenses in the mansion are not bad for the lunch meal.It's already half an hour now, and it's not too far away from lunch. This time, he just looked for some desserts, snacks and other things to fill his stomach.

After filling his belly, Changsun Ji returned to Pengyuan, and Zizhu had already returned to the yard.Put a few snacks brought from the kitchen into Zi Zhu's mouth.

Listening to her blaming herself for telling her to go, she went to the kitchen by herself.Changsun Ji was very, very warm in his heart.He enjoys this feeling very much.

After some frolic, Changsun Ji taught Zizhu how to read.After teaching her a few times, let her experience it by herself, and ask herself when she encounters something she doesn't understand.

Changsun Ji copied the content of the book on rice paper to practice calligraphy.

Recently, the gray kit provided Changsun Ji with two exercises, plus the one that he hadn't practiced before, and he already has three exercises in his hand.

Among these three techniques, Chang Sun Ji has a sword move called "Sword Rain", which is dense and continuous, and was rewarded by Chang Sun Ji to Ma Xiao.

The remaining two books are all exercises, one is "Actor's Spring and Autumn", which has a strange name, but it is actually a unique book, similar to the "Sunflower Collection" in his previous martial arts book.

This made Changsun Ji feel very fucked, he felt that this gray kit wanted to push it to eunuchs, otherwise why would he often write books about eunuchs.

The last book was a poisonous sutra called "The Broken Heart". When Changsun Ji took it out, it was five times as thick as other exercises.Most of them are some poison formulas, and grandson Ji of the kung fu method naturally does not know how to practice.

But he thinks the poison formula can be used as a reference.So he researched some of the poison and put it in a jade bottle for later use. He also soaked a pair of silver needles of his own in the poison for future sneak attacks.

I practiced my handwriting, and played with the Yanling knife in the afternoon, and the day passed like this.

In the evening, Changsun Ji took Ma Xiao, Zizhu and Shen Qiuyi to the front yard for dinner.In the whole palace, besides Changsun Lianyi in the capital, if he can be called the elder of Changsun Ji, there is his Erniang.

It was his eldest grandson Lianyi who gave birth to his eldest grandson Ji two younger brothers after his mother's death. The eldest was only four years old and the youngest was only two years old.

However, Changsun Ji usually doesn't respect Changsun Lianyi very much, let alone his second mother.But after all, he is his elder, and he will say hello when they meet.It's just that Changsun Ji doesn't want to go to the front yard at ordinary times, unless he specially visits, otherwise he is rarely encountered.

The so-called dinner party is nothing more than a family feast.That is, Changsun Lianyi's family and several of his direct subordinates and close advisers.As a junior, the eldest grandson Ji naturally greeted the elders of his uncles.

He didn't spare his etiquette. As his father's most valued subordinate, impressing them was far more important than keeping his own identity and being reserved.

As his subordinates, Ma Xiao and the three naturally couldn't sit at the main table, and being arranged by Zhang Sun Ji to another table, with Hou Boss, did not humiliate their identities.

The family banquet didn't talk about major issues, but just talked about interesting things about the capital, and talked and laughed about some stupid things done by the descendants of colleagues in the court, which also caused bursts of laughter.The atmosphere is harmonious.

The food was very rich, such as duck in sauce, chicken with belly, Hejian donkey meat... There were more than a dozen dishes on the table. Changsun Ji just picked up a few chopsticks for each dish and felt it in his stomach.Then put down the bowls and chopsticks, smiled and listened to Changsun Lianyi chatting with everyone.

The so-called Mid-Autumn Festival is nothing more than having dinner and admiring the moon, which is just a pretext.The most important thing is that a group of people sit together, chat and talk about work.

The Hou Mansion dinner didn't last too long.This thing is just a formality. Changsun Lianyi held this dinner and invited these subordinates just to show that you are my direct subordinates and I still value you.

(End of this chapter)