284, Mingyuan Square (two in one, four thousand words)
After receiving Shen Dong's affirmative answer, Gu An nodded with satisfaction.
He opened the door and prepared to go back to his room and change into other clothes.
As soon as I walked through a corridor, I met Fu Gang walking towards me.
"Gu Baihu, Palace Master Sun just sent someone to send an invitation, saying that he knew about Gu Baihu's arrival and that I would be leaving tomorrow.
So tonight we prepared a banquet for the two of us at Yanhailou.
Receive the wind and wash away the dust for you, and see me off."
Fu Gang handed over the invitation in his hand.
He was not surprised by this.
Xue Ke must have informed Sun Pang about Gu An's coming from Yuhai City. No matter what Gu An came to do, Sun Pang, as the Wufu of Nanyuan County, must have met Gu An.
"Fu Baihu accepted?" Gu An took the invitation and looked through it.
"No, the person sent by Sun Pang said that if we agree, we will send someone to inform him, and he will go and prepare immediately."
"A quarter of the hour." Looking at the time above, Gu An raised his head and thought for a moment.
'Hai Shi... time should be enough...'
Gu An handed back the invitation: "Fu Baihu, could you please tell Palace Master Sun that I will be ready to be there at a quarter of the hour."
Fu Gang nodded: "Okay, I will send someone to inform you later."
Just as Gu An took a step forward, he turned around and said, "By the way, when the time comes, Fu Baihu, you go first, and I will go behind."
"Does Gu Baihu have anything else to do?" Fu Gang frowned slightly.
Gu An pursed his lips, approached Fu Gang and whispered: "I have never left Youzhou since I was a child.
As for the sea, I have always heard about its majestic waves, so I wanted to go to the beach to see it."
Fu Gang was stunned and looked at the sky.
Gu An originally arrived in the afternoon.
It will be almost evening.
In this case, it was already evening when we reached the beach.
What to see? The Black Sea?
Although he thought so, Fu Gang still nodded silently: "Gu Baihu came to our southern borderland for the first time, so he can indeed go and see it.
Do you want me to find someone to go with you?"
"No need, Fu Baihu just needs to tell you the location of Yanhai Tower so that I can go there."
After Fu Gang informed Gu An of the location of Yanhai Tower, Gu An said goodbye and walked to his room.
After entering the house, Gu An immediately took out the Qiankun bag.
He took out the luxurious casual clothes prepared here and put on a wig. He held a white jade folding fan in his hand.
I looked in the mirror and couldn't help but admire my reflection when I saw it.
"What a handsome young man."
He turned around, opened the window, released his mental power, ran all the way, and used his mental power to sense the outside through the wall courtyard. After confirming that there were no pedestrians, he climbed over the wall courtyard and came to the outside of Baihusuo.
Before entering Baihu Station, Gu An inquired about the surrounding situation.
This central urban area was originally the gathering place for Zhenxie Siwu Mansion and other court departments, and there were very few pedestrians.
With the afterglow of the sun setting in the west, Gu An walked toward Mingyuan Square while waving his folding fan.
According to what Shen Dong said, a plaque with three large red characters engraved on it appeared in front of Gu An.
"Uncle, let's play."
"Mr. Liu, you haven't been here for a long time."
"..."
All kinds of chaotic worldly sounds continued to reach Gu An's ears.
"It's rotten."
Gu An shook his head and walked towards Mingyuanfang.
Madam Liu at the door saw Gu An approaching from a distance. She first stayed on Gu An's face for a breath, and then looked up and down at Gu An's clothes.
A word came to mind: fat sheep!
He twisted his waist and hurriedly greeted him.
"This young master looks a little unfamiliar, but he comes from out of town? May I ask your surname?"
Her charm is still there, and she is dressed in colorful clothes. You can tell who she is at a glance.
Gu An nodded slightly, waving the folding fan, and walked into the workshop: "My surname is An. I followed my uncle to Nanyuan County to buy fresh fish. I heard from a friend.
Your Mingyuanfang is the largest fireworks place in the local area, so I want to come over and have a look."
Upon hearing Gu An's words, Sister Liu's smile became even brighter and she led the way for Gu An.
"Young Master is right. In Mingyuanfang, in Nanyuan County, if we are ranked second in the industry, no one dares to be ranked first.
Sir, please look, this is the roster of girls here.
How about I make some recommendations for you?
Cuilan is good at musical instruments and flutes, and Qiu Ju is good at calligraphy and painting, so that hand..."
Sister Liu pointed to the roster and introduced it to Gu An.
Gu An didn't listen, he was flipping through the roster. There were only names and the projects he was good at.
There is also an accompanying picture.
Gu An quickly found his target and stretched his hand a little on it.
"Yuexiang, what a good name, it's hers."
Seeing the name Gu An called, Sister Liu's smile froze on her face, she was silent for a while, and said with a smile: "Sir, Yuexiang is a little special, how about I give you another one.
Take a look, this..."
However, before he could finish speaking, Gu An raised his hand to interrupt him.
Immediately afterwards, Gu An took out the silver he had prepared in advance from his sleeve.
"Fifty taels."
Sister Liu's eyes suddenly turned into silver coins. She was stunned for a long time and gritted her teeth: "Master, it's not that I don't agree, but..."
"One hundred taels."
"Son..."
"Two hundred taels."
After saying that, Gu An waved two 100-tael silver notes in his hand in front of Sister Liu: "My uncle didn't give me much when I came out this time.
If two hundred taels doesn't work, then forget it."
After saying that, Gu An made a move to take back the banknote.
With just a swish sound, Sister Liu grabbed Gu An's right hand, which was about to be withdrawn, with both hands, her eyes shining.
"Look at what the young master said. The young master fell in love with Yuexiang when he first came to our Mingyuanfang. He must be very destined to her. I am just a mother, so there is no reason why I should not agree.
Xiaoliu!"
Sister Liu shouted at the top of her lungs.
A boy who looked like a boy came over quickly.
"Go and take Mr. An to Youhai Pavilion."
"Yes, Mr. An, please go this way."
Gu An nodded and walked towards the pavilion under the leadership of the boy.
…
In the Wu Mansion of Nanyuan County.
Sun Pang, the palace lord, heard the news about the people coming from outside and smiled at Wang Yue, the deputy palace lord next to him.
"Look, then Gu An agreed; from my point of view, it was probably the news from Yuhai City.
Gu An just came here to take up a job, and then he went to Shangjing City and joined the Ministry of Armed Forces, and his resume looks better."
Wang Yue frowned slightly and thought for a moment: "Having said that, I always feel that it is not that simple."
At first, they received news from Xue Ke from Yuhai City, saying that the Zhenxie Division had transferred a young boy from Youzhou to take over the position of the Hundred Household Office of the Zhenxie Division in Nanyuan County.
Let them pay attention recently and reduce the frequency of contact with the Yantuo Cult to prevent them from being caught.
After looking at Gu An's previous record in Youzhou, they came to the conclusion that Gu An should be quite ruthless.
But he doesn’t have the young-mindedness of a city.
After all, if there was a city government and things were more calm, how could they directly beat up the heirs of a large family in a state on the street?
How is it possible to directly eliminate the descendants of the Wufu family in the capital city during the competition?
So the two of them came together and decided to send someone to have a banquet with Gu An to have a look.
According to their understanding, judging from past situations, Gu An would definitely accept the banquet.
If he refuses, maybe there is something wrong with Gu An.
Similarly, at the banquet, they also asked some questions to find out whether Gu An was here just for resume or if he had other tasks.
"Don't worry, we'll ask him in a subtle way at the banquet. If we're sure that he's fine, our deal with the Yan Tuo Sect can continue."
After saying that, Sun Pang sighed: "If I continue to follow the rules like this in my life, I will probably be stuck in the third level of the Sky Control Realm."
Wang Yueshen thought that he nodded.
Their qualifications cannot be said to be very good.
If you just keep practicing honestly, your career will probably stop at this level.
When the age is reached, it will be even more difficult to be transferred to a casual position without the previous power.
So I came up with some other ideas...
"Actually, Jue'er is what worries me the most."
Sun Pang had only one son, so he loved him in every possible way.
He has also developed an arrogant character, and his own martial arts cultivation is also the fourth level of Gang Qi in the treasure pile of genius.
It's easy to say that he is now the head of Wufu in Nanyuan County, but it will be hard to say in the future...
"We will take him to the banquet later, let him meet Gu An, see what status and strength the other sixteen-year-old has, and then take a look at him.
Now that I am twenty-eight, I still have the same strength and such good nature."
Sun Pang hated that iron could not become steel.
"Here comes someone."
The disciple on duty at the door opened the door and walked in quickly.
"Go, let the young master get ready to go to Yanhai Tower."
"yes."
The disciple on duty walked out quickly and walked towards the house of Sun Pang's son Sun Jue.
After a while, the disciple on duty returned.
"Reporting to the master of the palace, the young master is not in the house."
"Not in the house? Not in the house. Where have you gone? Does anyone know?"
Sun Pang frowned, seeing the hesitation on the part of the disciple on duty.
"Say it quickly!"
"Yes, yes, I heard from the brothers at the door that the young master seems to have gone to Mingyuanfang again."
Sun Pang was stunned for a moment.
"Bang!"
He slammed the table.
"This kid, go again! He's addicted, isn't he?"
Rolling up his sleeves, Sun Pang was about to walk outside.
Wang Yue on the side saw this and quickly stopped him: "Hey, what are you doing, Master?"
"What to do? Catch that brat back; in the past few months, I have spent more time sleeping in Mingyuanfang than at home!"
Sun Pang was furious.
"I told him during the day that there might be a banquet today and asked him to go there another day, but then he turned around and forgot what I said!
We must teach him a lesson today!"
Originally, Sun Pang only felt a little worried about Sun Jue before, but today Gu An arrived and looked at Gu An's resume.
The sense of disparity in Sun Pang's heart suddenly rose.
The younger generation in Zhoucheng above couldn't compare, so he didn't say much.
Nowadays, even someone from a small county like Gu An can't compare to him.
The anger that had been building up for many years suddenly exploded.
"Master, please calm down first. The banquet is coming soon. Even if you want the young master to come back, just send someone to inform him.
Why should the master go there in person?"
After hearing Wang Yue's persuasion, Sun Pang's angry mind calmed down.
It's already three-quarters of an hour, and since he's hosting, he naturally has to prepare things early. This is polite.
Taking a deep breath, the flush on Sun Pang's face gradually receded, and he ordered to the side: "Go, send someone to notify Jue'er and ask him to come to Yanhai Tower for me immediately.
Tell him that if he doesn't obey, the master of this palace will deduct three months of his salary!"
"yes!"
The disciple on duty responded and quickly walked outside.
Sun Pang tidied up the wrinkled clothes that Wang Yue had just pulled, calmed down his mood, and walked towards the Yanhai Tower with Wang Yue.
…
At the same time, at the gate of Mingyuanfang, a young man and six people who clearly looked like guards were greeted.
Sister Liu, who was soliciting customers at the door, felt bad in her heart when she saw the visitor.
His brain was working rapidly, he forced a smile on his face and stepped forward to meet him.
"Hey, Mr. Sun, why are you here just now? I've been waiting for more than half an hour."
The visitors were none other than Sun Jue and his six guards.
Sun Jue waved the folding fan in his hand and said as he walked inside: "Forget it, my old man insists on asking me to attend some kind of banquet.
If I say participate, just participate.
But I waited for an hour and no one came to notify me.
I guess the banquet was canceled, so I came now."
As he spoke, Sun Jue shook his body and prepared to walk to the second floor.
But as soon as he took a step, he found that his right hand was grabbed.
"Sister Liu, what are you doing?"
Sister Liu smiled awkwardly: "Master Sun, do you want to find Yuexiang?"
"good."
Sun Jue nodded.
Sister Liu sneered and said: "Gee, Mr. Sun, today is really unlucky. Yuexiang had a cold yesterday and had already gone to bed.
How about I call Qiu Ju over for you?"
"Sick?" Sun Jue frowned and looked at the expression on Sister Liu's face.
There was a vague guess in his heart, and he said: "Since she is sick, I want to go see her."
He took Sister Liu's hand away and walked to the second floor.
"Hey, Mr. Sun! Mr. Sun!"
Sister Liu wanted to catch up, but she didn't want to be blocked by Sun Jue's men.
"Huh?"
I saw the fierce look of Sun Jue's men.
Sister Liu's heart trembled.
It was for this reason that she didn't agree to Gu An at first.
Every time Sun Jue comes here, she always lights up the moon incense.
But there is nothing I can do... there is too much money!
Upstairs, Sun Jue walked quickly towards Youhai Pavilion with a gloomy expression.
At other times, he didn't mind who Yuexiang was with, but at this time just two days ago, he thought Yuexiang must be his.
Although he didn't say this explicitly, most of the wealthy young men in Nanyuan City knew it.
Today, someone with a short-sightedness came. He thought he had to establish his prestige!
Gu An was sitting cross-legged in front of the desk, listening to the sound of the piano in front of him with one ear, and listening to the movement outside with the other ear.
Gradually, the corners of his mouth turned up.
'Coming...'
"Clang!"
The door of Youhai Pavilion suddenly opened.
With an arrogant look on his face, Sun Jue walked into the house waving his fan.
Yuexiang, who was playing the piano, felt her heart skip a beat when she saw the person coming. She quickly stood up, looked away and saluted: "Master Sun."
With this shout, Gu An finally confirmed the identity of the person coming.
Sun Jue is the only son of Sun Pang, the lord of Wufu in Nanyuan County.