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Chapter 105 is just right for everyone to see!

"Who is this hero?"

Zhang Rui's attention was immediately drawn to the direction downstairs. The man who was shouting was dressed in jewels and precious stones, and looked like a landlord's stupid son, yet he was coming with great momentum. He called out the surname Zhang but not his real name. Zhang is a common surname, but Zhang Rui subconsciously felt that the other party was here to cause trouble for him.

"Qi Zheng, the second grandson of Minister Qi." Cui Yan said quietly from the side.

Zhang Rui was stunned: "Do you know him?"

"You don't know him? Don't you remember that when you were begging Miss Nightingale at Qingfeng Tower, this guy passed by and kicked you into the river?"

Zhang Rui: “.”

How many embarrassing things have I done?

Just as everyone was speechless, Zhou Zhijie and his gang in the private room were attracted by the noise and came out. Then they saw Zhang Rui not far from the door.

"Brother Zhang?"

Zhang Rui smiled and bowed: "I am late. I will toast to all the brothers and apologize later."

After a group of people realized what was happening, they all responded, "Junior Brother Zhang, you're too polite."

"We should congratulate you on your promotion."

"Junior Brother Zhang is now an official in the capital and works at the Dali Temple. I'm sure you are very busy with work. It's not easy for you to come here. There's no need to be so polite."

Cui Yan watched coldly from the side. These people, whom Zhang Rui had almost forgotten just now, became as enthusiastic as if they had seen their own father after learning about their current positions. The fickleness of human nature is really a reality.

"Mr. Zhang, can't you see me?"

The fat and big-eared Qi Zheng downstairs roared with a gloomy face.

"Who are you? It's a civilized place, but you are shouting here. How can you be so disrespectful?" Zhou Zhijie stepped forward and shouted angrily, pretending to support Zhang Rui.

Fellow classmates who are officials in the capital are rare connections. Apart from other things, if they can pass on some news about the capital to me at any time in the future, it will benefit me a lot. I have to grasp this relationship well.

"He is the grandson of the Minister of Rites." A cold voice came from behind.

Everyone turned around and immediately saw a familiar face. Every student of the Bailu Academy knew this face. It could even be said that in the circle of Southern Ming scholars, everyone knew this person.

It was the youngest top-ranked case in Nanming Prefecture that year: An Qixuan!
Even though the other party was still a commoner, the group of people, including the complacent Zhou Zhijie, did not dare to neglect him and quickly saluted: "Brother An is here?"

An Qixuan didn't even bother to take a look at the group of so-called classmates. Warlocks and mortals have always been two different circles. The reason he came to participate in this so-called classmate banquet was to see the origin of the person who asked the Lu family to send Nightingale away!
It just so happens that before I could use any tricks, the stupid son of the Qi family came first. It would be better to let him try the waters.

When the others heard that the one who was looking for trouble with Zhang Rui was actually the grandson of the Minister of Rites, they immediately avoided Zhang Rui as if he were the plague god. Even Zhou Zhijie, who had spoken just now, quickly stepped back with a look of resentment on his face.

If I had known he was such a person, I would never have dared to take the lead even if you kill me!

This evil guy named Zhang really brought disaster upon himself!
"It's hard not to notice Mr. Qi's look." Zhang Rui looked at the other person downstairs with a smile.

"Zhang!" Qi Zheng narrowed his eyes, almost narrowed to a slit. "I'll only say this once, hand over Nightingale. If I find out that you have touched Miss Nightingale, I will write the word Qi backwards if any one of you in the Zhang family survives!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Rui's smile instantly disappeared.

This time even An Qixuan frowned slightly.

It is said that the Qi family is getting weaker with each generation, but I didn’t expect it to come to this point. In broad daylight, they threatened the entire family of an imperial official, which is a serious crime in public!
"Master Qi probably has never been to school, right?"

"What did you say?" Qi Zheng said with a sinister look.

"I want to say that it is surprising that the grandson of Minister Qi is a person who does not know the law. In such an important place in the capital, threatening the family of an official appointed by the court, do you know what crime Master Qi has committed?"

"What?" Qi Zheng laughed grimly. His face was full of flesh and he looked as ferocious as a butcher. "Do you think that wearing an official uniform can protect you? And you still want to talk to me about the law?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his small pair of eyes turned pitch black, and an extremely cold aura enveloped the entire restaurant. People within a ten-foot radius felt their hands and feet become cold, and visible frost began to spread with Qi Zheng as the center!
"Master Qi, you can't do this!" The headmistress of Qingfeng Tower exclaimed.

"Get away from me!" Qi Zheng didn't buy it and said coldly, "I know this is the Lu family's restaurant, but so what? How much money did I spend on Nightingale? And she gave it away without getting any benefits? Even if that old bastard Lu Chengfeng comes today, he has to give me an explanation!"

This idiot.
Seeing the frost spreading, An Qixuan quickly stepped back. He had heard that the Qi family was too indulgent towards this grandson, but he didn't expect it to reach this point. This was in the heart of the capital, and this guy actually dared to use the ritual in front of everyone.

He really doesn't take the royal law seriously.

"Well, not only did he threaten the imperial officials, he also used magic in public." Zhang Rui nodded: "According to the criminal law of our dynasty, he should be detained in the Dali Temple and reported to the emperor!"

"That toad is now a sixth-rank official and he really takes it seriously. He keeps talking about the criminal law of our dynasty. Do you want to arrest me and send me to the Dali Temple? Are you worthy enough?"
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"Did the idiot from the Qi family go in?"

Lu Sheng was watching from a distance outside Qingfeng Tower, with several scholars who were in the restaurant just now behind him.

At this moment, the scholars were not at all drunk as they were in the restaurant just now. Their eyes were shining and their breaths were long. It was obvious that they were all warriors with good strength.

"Once they were inside, they started to cause trouble. If that Zhang guy didn't have some tricks up his sleeve, he probably wouldn't be able to leave Qingfeng Tower today."

Lu Sheng nodded slightly when he heard that. Qi Zheng was a brainless idiot, but as the only first-class sorcerer among the young people of the Qi family's generation, even though he was brainless, he was still favored by Minister Qi and protected to the extreme.

Back then, Qi Zheng was drunk and bewitched, and he insulted and tortured a county lady to death in the street. The court was shocked, but Minister Qi saved her on the grounds that his grandson was stupid. As a result, all the people who bewitched Qi Zheng were skinned and stripped of their tendons by Minister Qi, and sent to the emperor to apologize, but his little grandson could not be touched at all.

From then on, any lady from a noble family would avoid Qi Zheng when they saw him.

In other words, if Zhang Rui did not have any other means today, even if he was killed by Qi Zheng head-on, it would be a death in vain.

He didn't understand why his father valued that Zhang so much. He wanted to see today whether that Zhang really had the ability to get his father's personal cooperation.

The little girl who was half a step away from becoming a grandmaster had disappeared, but even if she had, it was useless. The evil in Qi Zheng's body could be said to be the nemesis of martial artists. Unless the grandmaster himself came, no half a step away grandmaster could protect Zhang Rui in front of him, not even those at the level of Hong Lie or Yuchi Hong!
"Master, if the master knew that you were testing me without authorization, I'm afraid..."

"So what if I know?" Lu Sheng said coldly, "If that Zhang guy is incompetent, my father would not punish me even if he died. A man with no ability is not worth the Lu family's investment. If he is really as powerful as my father expected, it is just that I misjudged him. Qi Zheng was not instigated by me. I just told him that Zhang would go to Qingfeng Tower for a banquet tonight."

Butler Lu behind him sighed and shook his head when he heard this.

Master Lu Sheng still can't let go of Miss Nightingale.

But it was also possible. He and the Second Young Master had grown up around Miss Nightingale since they were young. They both liked Miss Nightingale and had been fighting overtly and covertly for more than a decade. They had almost turned against each other. But now Nightingale had been given to Lord Zhang as a concubine by the master. No one could stand this.

However, in the housekeeper's opinion, this might not be a bad thing, because if it was not given to Lord Zhang, the master would most likely enjoy it himself, and then the two brothers would probably be even more unbearable.

"Minister Qi has always been ruthless to those who dare to use his grandson. If Qi Zheng really kills an official appointed by the imperial court in public, and it is another serious crime, Minister Qi will probably harm the young master!"

"Do you really think Qi Zheng is stupid?" Lu Sheng sneered, "There were so many noble ladies in the capital back then, why did Qi Zheng only dare to humiliate that county lady with no background? Why didn't he dare to try Hong Lie's daughter? Or just humiliate a princess and give it a try?"

"Because he knew that the county lady had no one to back her up, and that at most he would only receive a minor punishment that would not hurt him. And I have always suspected that the incident was instigated by Minister Qi."

"Minister Qi?" The housekeeper frowned. "Why would you think so, young master? What good will this do for Minister Qi?"

"He is testing the bottom line of the royal family. He probably wants to do something big before he retires. Otherwise, with the useless descendants of the Qi family, it will be difficult for them to even maintain their status as an aristocratic family."

"Master, do you mean that this time is also the case?"

"Of course it is!" Lu Sheng said coldly, "Minister Qi is determined to take over the Painting City. Zhang was able to rescue the third prince Li Yu from the Painting City, which means that Zhang has a lot of information about the Painting City. He kidnapped the court officials in the name of his stupid grandson and forced them to get information. Afterwards, he pleaded guilty again on the grounds that his grandson was stupid. What can the emperor do to them?"

"I see. Then what are the benefits of doing this, young master?"

"Nothing good." Lu Sheng shrugged. "It's just that I don't like him."

The butler rolled his eyes. Isn't this all for Miss Nightingale?
Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sudden violent vibration in the restaurant. The huge energy fluctuation immediately attracted the attention of the court sorcerers. At once, the court sorcerers who were stationed in the four corners of the capital rushed to Qingfeng Tower.

Many people from the aristocratic families in the capital also came with them.
"Come on." Lu Sheng looked at Qingfeng Tower coldly: "It's a good opportunity for everyone to see the elegance of our Master Zhang!"

(End of this chapter)