Although Jintian City is not within the Yan family's sphere of influence in the northwest, due to its special geographical location, it is not only close to the Feitian Sect, but also a must-pass for the two states in the east and middle, so the Yan family has also set up a foothold here.
Walking into the elegant courtyard with the pleasant fragrance of flowers, Zhang Baoer felt that his whole body suddenly relaxed. Of course, it was not that the fragrance of flowers had any effect, these were just ordinary flowers, but because the news spread outside the city, they were on the street.
When walking, no matter where he goes, he will attract everyone's attention - those eyes make him very uncomfortable.
"Tsk tsk... The Yan family is indeed the Yan family. There is such an elegant courtyard in this busy city."
As soon as she walked in, Zhang Baoer took off her mask and couldn't help but praise her. This was from the bottom of her heart, because it was autumn now, and the flowers were blooming and the butterflies were flying here, it was like another world.
"Young Master is so complimentary! Please come this way!"
Yan Mingzhu, who was stunned by his appearance, quickly composed herself, smiled, and then stretched out her hand to guide Zhang Baoer and others along the path among the flowers to a small courtyard behind the courtyard.
Food and wine had been prepared in the courtyard, and dozens of servants and maids stood quietly waiting for them. However, they did not take their seats immediately because they were all covered in dirt and needed to be cleaned.
So everyone said goodbye for the time being and followed the servants' lead to wash up before reuniting.
After changing into a new white gorgeous dress, Yan Mingzhu gives people the feeling that she is just like her name. With the matching of the four maids in spring, summer, autumn and winter, she is so beautiful that Zhang Baoer has to secretly praise: It is really the clothes that make a person a person!
But... when it comes to beauty, Gao Xiaoxian is even better. Although she doesn't have gorgeous clothes to match, she has a face that is as natural as a work of art, skin like mutton fat, and pupils that are different in color from ordinary people... These hardware are in
, her beauty far surpassed that of Yan Mingzhu, even Kong Jian, who was threatened by Zhang Baoer, couldn't help but cast his eyes on her from time to time.
Gao Xiaoxian naturally didn't have a good look at Kong Jian's gaze. She already had murderous intentions for this man. If Zhang Baoer hadn't secretly sent a message to warn him, she would not be sitting at the same table at this moment.
For this reason, she invited Master Huang away and angrily sat next to Zhang Baoer, shielding her from the disgusting sight.
Zhang Baoer naturally saw it, but he didn't say much. He chatted with Yan Mingzhu with great interest, but... he couldn't help but murmur in his heart:
"This Yan Mingzhu is interesting. Could it be that she has no intention of liking Kong Jian? She didn't even frown, but...why didn't she defend my previous 'show of goodwill'?"
After thinking for a while, he couldn't think of anything. After all the wine glasses were filled with wine and he heard Yan Mingzhu's "please", he put aside his thoughts and picked up the wine glass.
To be honest, he didn't like the wine in this world. It was low in alcohol, turbid, and had a very bad taste. However, he still raised his glass at this time, with a happy face, and he was willing to do as he pleased.
Seeing that Xiao Sha had no intention of raising a glass to drink together, Yan Mingzhu and Kong Jian couldn't help but frown slightly, but they didn't ask any more questions. After all, they were seniors and experts, and they, the juniors, couldn't help but comment.
After drinking for three rounds, it was natural to eat vegetables. Yan Mingzhu noticed that the master and servant frowned quickly after taking the food. She ate a piece of boiled meat and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and she couldn't help but feel suspicious.
, but...it didn't take long for her to know the answer.
"Hoo ho!"
"Ah woo~~"
The two beasts paid no attention to the high-level spiritual beast meat that the servants brought to them. After waiting for a while, one big and one small ran over and howled behind Zhang Baoer and Master Huang.
Seeing this, the two servants were so frightened that they lost their souls and trembled - these were the lady's distinguished guests. Although I didn't do anything to those two beasts, if I made the young master angry... the consequences would be disastrous.
Yan Mingzhu was stunned. She had been observing all this secretly and did not notice anything inappropriate about the two servants who were serving the two beasts. She was about to speak when she saw Master Huang getting up to apologize.
"I'm really sorry. The two of them are used to eating home food, and some of them are not used to eating out."
Hearing this, Yan Mingzhu suddenly realized, but then she wrinkled her nose - why did she say she wrinkled her nose? The answer is simple: she smelled a mouth-watering taste, and saw Master Huang take out the space ring.
Golden roasted meat.
"Ouch!"
"roar!"
Seeing the two beasts, one big and one small, scrambling to eat, she couldn't help but laugh and asked:
"Excuse me, sir, what kind of meat is this? Why is it so fragrant!"
Hearing this, Zhang Baoer put down his chopsticks and said with a smile:
“Wild Boar!”
Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, he explained:
"This is sent by Miss Ruxi from the Liu family. If you don't mind it, why don't you try it?"
Yan Mingzhu was even more confused because she happened to know who Liu Ruxi was. She had met Liu Ruxi a few years ago, but she had never heard of Liu Ruxi's relationship with eating.
At the same time, she was also shocked. The status of the Liu family in the Black Flag Empire was not lower than that of her Yan family. On the contrary, it was slightly higher because they were not only powerful but also had a close relationship with the Feng family of Wanbao Pavilion. Now Zhang Baoer said that
Liu Ruxi sent someone to deliver it, so... this treasure must have a very high status. Could it be related to Wanbao Pavilion?
You know, unless the old lady of the Yan family speaks in person, she cannot ask the Liu family to send someone to send her!
She wanted to refuse. After all, it was a bit unreasonable to compete with other people's pets for food. However, Kong Jian, who was eager to give it a try, said "ok" before she could say anything, and she had no choice but to order people to take it off the table.
The things made room for Master Huang.
"please!"
Master Huang untied the oilcloth wrapping the honey-made barbecue, swung dozens of knives in the blink of an eye, made a gesture, and sat back down with a smile.
Gao Xiaoxian took the lead with his chopsticks. After picking up a piece of meat with less fat, everyone, who resisted the urge to swallow, stretched out their chopsticks under the leadership of Kong Jian and Yan Mingzhu, and then...
"Wonderful! It's really wonderful!"
After swallowing a mouthful of meat, Kong Jian couldn't help but praise:
"Jian travels all over the world and has never tasted such delicious food! You must have a good taste, sir!"
Zhang Baoer smiled shyly and said casually:
"Thanks to Miss Liu Ruxi's cooking skills! By the way...I heard that her restaurant will open in the imperial capital soon. If you have time, you can go there."
He was naturally advertising Liu Ruxi. After all, the Pearl of the Yan family in the northwest must have a wide range of friends. If he got interested, he would naturally bring business to Liu Ruxi. The more prosperous Liu Ruxi's business was, the more she would not be able to stay in the Liu family
He will suffer, but after all, he is still his disciple, right?
Hearing this, Yan Mingzhu's eyes lit up. The ancestor's birthday is coming soon. It would be a great thing to entertain guests with such delicacies. The ancestor will definitely praise her for her ability in doing things!
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"Senior, please sit down!"
"Thank you, sir!"
After eating and drinking, Zhang Baoer invited Uncle Fu into his courtyard room. Uncle Fu didn't look arrogant at all, but was nervous. Only half of his buttocks fell on the chair.
However, from the next moment, he no longer had time to be nervous, because Zhang Baoer quickly set up the Silent Sound Formation to shield his group and Uncle Fu from it.
"Senior, I want to ask you something."
"Sir, please tell me!"
"How credible do you think Kong Jian's words are?"
Hearing this, Uncle Fu became nervous. He originally didn't think that this person let Kong Jian go because of Kong Jian's words, 'I will...but the elders will definitely not agree.' It seems that things...
It's really not that simple...
He thought for a long time, then looked at Zhang Baoer with complicated eyes and said:
"Please forgive me, sir, may I ask a question?"
While saying this, he was very nervous, because he himself was rude and the word "rong" was a bit aggressive, but he had to be like this because he had to understand something.
"Senior, you don't have to be so reserved..."
Zhang Baoer didn't take it seriously, pointed at Master Huang and Gao Xiaoxian beside him and said with a smile:
"Look at the expressions of fear and fear among my two disciples and the maid. I don't care and even have some aversion to the concept of 'honor and inferiority', so...senior, you can just say it directly."
Uncle Fu was stunned, seeing Gao Xiaoxian sticking out his tongue at Zhang Baoer with a dissatisfied look on his face and making a face, he secretly thought that it was indeed the case, and then said with a bitter smile:
"Haha, I'm overthinking it... In this case, I'm being rude!"
"But it doesn't matter!"
"Excuse me, Sir, why do you value the old and the old? There are so many monks in the world. With my level of cultivation, although it is not too many, it is not too few either."
"hehe……"
Zhang Baoer patted the armrest and said with a smile:
"Being a wife and a slave shows that the senior is a loving person; being a slave for a hundred years shows that the senior is a righteous person; the younger generation will naturally admire such a loving and righteous person..."
Having said this, he looked at the dim sky outside the plum blossom window, calmed down and sighed:
“It’s difficult to climb to the sky, light and darkness alternate, and a person who walks alone gets tired, so why not walk together?!”
Hearing this, Uncle Fu perked up and looked at Zhang Baoer's eyes with surprise for a long time. Then he sighed, stood up and bowed:
"The young master is magnanimous, but he is too careless!"
"Senior, there is no need to be like this. You and I are like friends, not masters and servants!"
"Yes... what Kong Jian said is not the truth. This person is arrogant, vicious and ruthless. He is cheerful and sensual. He is definitely not a kind person. During the day... ahem, I am not a kind person either. The reason why I didn't expose it..."
"senior!"
Zhang Baoer interrupted him with a smile, nodded and said:
"This junior is not an impulsive person, and the safety of my wife has been taken into consideration."
"Thank you..."
Uncle Fu was so excited that he burst into tears and was about to kneel down, but Zhang Baoer held him back.
"I am the leader of the Tianyin Sect. The first rule of the sect is 'You are not allowed to kneel uncontrollably'. Ha...Senior, please stand up!"
Uncle Fu had no choice but to stand up, kneel down and bow, and said in a trembling voice:
"Whether he gets the Heavenly Pill that time or not, Tian Fu will definitely live up to the master in this life!"
"Kakaka...Follower!"
Xiaosha came over and patted his shoulder and grinned:
"And little fool!"
After watching this scene and finally understanding what Zhang Baoer's 'conspiracy' was, Gao Xiaoxian was so excited that she almost jumped up. She had long felt that she would not be able to relieve her anger by slapping that hateful Kong Jian a few times. If there was a chance in the future, she would have to draw her sword.