Zhang Ji Mansion

The sun is scorching, and the vicious sun in the sky seems to want to roast the people on the ground into jerky meat.

Zhang Ji lay quietly in the pavilion in the backyard, holding a palm-leaf fan, and huge white ice cubes were placed around him. While Zhang Ji waved his palm-leaf fan, he looked at the bamboo slips in his hand. The wind mixed with the cold air released by the ice cubes blew on him, temporarily eliminating the heat in Zhang Ji's body.

Zhang Ji read the contents on the bamboo slips, which recorded the matters about Xinzheng.

As soon as Xinzheng reached night time these days, it was in a mess.

First, Tianze escaped from prison, then Weizhuang destroyed the Poison Scorpion Sect. Then Qijuetang snatched the original territory of the Poison Sect Sect before other gangs reacted, and officially became the leader of the Xinzheng gang.

With the rise of Qijitang, Xinzheng's night time became even more uneasy.

Gang fights will only take place at night, in order not to affect the vendors and residents on the streets, so as not to affect their monthly tribute money.

Although the Qijitang successfully annexed those territory that originally belonged to the Scorpion Sect and subdued many subordinates of the Scorpion Sect, it has not been completely digested.

The Qijue Hall, established by a group of former Korean soldiers as the core, has quite strict gang rules, prohibiting many acts of burning, killing, and looting. If there is any violation, it is poaching and whipping. The more serious it is beheading, as if this is not a gang in the martial arts world, but an alternative military camp.

Therefore, many people who are used to burning, killing and looting under the Poison Sect choose to confront Qijuetang. They either openly rebel or obey lip service, but no matter which one person they are, they have more or less shadows of gangs of all sizes in Xinzheng, such as Qingzhu Gang, Sancun Gate and Guanshankou.

After all, no one wants to see a giant who can crush other gangs in Xinzheng alone appear in Xinzheng.

So, open and secret battles began.

And this is just a mess in Xinzheng City at night.

In the suburbs of Xinzheng, there is a slum area, where many poor families and fugitives live. Although they are all inferior untouchables, they are numerous and mixed with fish and dragons. Therefore, they are usually guarded by the city defense force under Ji Wuye to prevent anyone from causing trouble.

However, these poor people have always been cautious and dare not have any trouble, let alone the Han soldiers guarding them. But in the past few days, there were sudden commotions and fires everywhere. Many people clashed with the Han soldiers who were responsible for guarding the place. It is reported that the leaders were all the remnants of the Baiyue War, even the Baiyue soldiers who survived that battle.

Gangs in the city were fighting frequently, and mobs outside the city were in chaos, which made Xin Zheng Ling and Han Fei, who was Si Kou.

However, all this has nothing to do with him.

Putting down the bamboo slips, Zhang Ji looked at the door that had not been opened in front of him for several days.

Since Yan Lingji refused Tianze's call back to the room that night, Yan Lingji has never come out, at least not in front of Zhang Ji. Even the food placed outside the door was taken away when he did not appear outside the door.

He knew that Yan Lingji had not made up her mind yet.

But there are some things that only I can figure out and make decisions.

"Sir, it's time to eat late." A maid interrupted Zhang Ji's thoughts, glanced at Zhang Ji, who was slightly sad, and said carefully.

It’s not that Zhang Ji is not good to the maids, so they are afraid of them. But in recent days they found that Zhang Ji and Yan Lingji, the "miss mother" they saw, seemed to have had a conflict and were worried about being implicated innocently.

After all, the nobles of those wealthy families often like to do this. When the owner is angry, they try to do things and avoid contact with the owner. This is the survival principle for these maids over the years.

Hearing the maid's voice, Zhang Ji stood up and looked at the door that was still closed, and sighed quietly.

In the room, Yan Lingji stretched out her fragrant tongue and gently licked the slender index finger. A part of the crystal sweet body fluid remained on her fingertips, easily piercing through the thin layer of window paper.

A light blue eye looked into the courtyard through the small hole. Looking at Zhang Ji's figure gradually fading away, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The door quietly opened a little, and a plain white jade hand stretched out from the door, grabbed the food box and put it in the door, and Yan Lingji, who had already felt hungry, immediately feasted.

After all, fairies also need to eat.

However, the reason why she didn't go out was slightly different from what Zhang Ji guessed.

Not only did she not completely decide where to go, but more importantly, she felt that she suddenly didn't know how to face Zhang Ji.

At first, she felt that she and Zhang Ji could only be considered friends, a friend who saved her from the cage and gave her a comfortable residence.

However, this friendship relationship deepened as I became more and more immersed in this comfortable life, coupled with the secret attraction that seemed to emerge continuously on Zhang Ji's body, it reached a level above friendship and love had not reached.

So she stayed more because she fell in love with such a leisurely and comfortable life, not for Zhang Ji.

But she likes such a leisurely and comfortable life because she no longer has to drive the flames to destroy other people's lives with malicious intentions, do not have to destroy their houses, or take their lives. Instead, she uses her own flame to warm a pot of ice wine, to fry a bowl of stomach-nourishing medicine, to ignite candles that dispel darkness.

She felt that it was a more meaningful thing than letting her hands be covered in blood, even if her flames only helped someone.

Therefore, the reason why she stayed seemed to be for Zhang Ji.

Just as a doctor can help others but cannot help herself, she can understand the thoughts of many people through the fire charm technique, but she cannot understand her thoughts that are increasingly confused by her.

Until the night comes, until the visit of the four uninvited guests...

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ps1: From the pre-Qin period to the Han Dynasty, the two-meal system was popular, which was importantly related to the grain output and was also closely related to people's living habits of working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

The first meal of the day is called "Chaoshi", also known as "Chaoshi". It usually starts from 10 o'clock to 11 o'clock. As the main meal of these two meals, the meals are cooked freshly and the amount of food must be kept in full so that you can start your day's work with energy.

The second meal, called "late meal", is also called "fried" and usually starts from 3:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon. The second meal "food" is far less abundant than "morning food". Most of the dishes that are "food" are relatively simple, and they often eat the leftover food of the morning meal, just to relieve the hunger and fatigue of working hard for a day.

It was not until the end of the Warring States Period that the "three meal system" appeared. There would be a midnight snack at 7 or 8 o'clock at night, called "night meal", which was not a formal meal, but only nobles and rich people with superior family conditions adopted the "three meal system".

ps2: The saying "burn the heart" comes from Taoist scriptures for cultivating the mind. It means: When doing things, it goes against its original heart, so it becomes depressed in the heart, unable to let go, and becomes a demon in the heart.
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