Fire Captain

After Bai Ziyang threw his own charcoal fire to Minglan, Yun Jin couldn't help but ask, "Master, who is that person over there? Why did you give all the charcoal fire to them?"

Bai Ziyang said: "Who else could it be? A poor man!"

Yun Jin said: "But if we give it all to others, what will we use it for?"

Bai Ziyang said: "I have internal energy to protect my body, so I don't feel cold at all, so it doesn't matter if there is charcoal or not. What about you? Do you need charcoal? Hmm?"

Needless to say, Tingfeng and Tingyu are two non-humans. As for the other three, they are like Bai Ziyang, with deep internal strength and never need charcoal fire. As for the servants, they have separate treatment.

Yun Jin scratched his head with a chuckle when he heard this.

Later, when the time was almost up, Bai Ziyang brought the two to Sheng's house. After handing over the invitation, someone naturally informed Sheng Changbai, who came to greet them personally after receiving the letter.

Sheng Changbai wanted to introduce Bai Ziyang to his father. Bai Ziyang saw Sheng Hong, who was greeting people everywhere, and looked very righteous. So he smiled and said, "Uncle Sheng is busy right now. I'm sorry to bother you. I'll go visit him some other day!"

Sheng Changbai, as the eldest son, had been accompanying his father to greet the elders and clan members, so he agreed upon seeing this. Bai Ziyang said, "Okay, I don't need to take care of anything here. Brother Changbai, go and do your thing!"

Sheng Changbai smiled and said, "Then please make yourself at your own convenience, Brother Ziyang. If I am not treating you well, please forgive me. I will treat you to a drink some other day!"

At this time, there were people drinking, chatting, and playing in the courtyard. Bai Ziyang had seen a lot of such lively scenes in the capital, and it was a bit boring as there was nothing new. He walked to the place where tossing pots was played and stayed there for a while, but this stop made him discover an acquaintance!

"Why are you here?" Bai Ziyang pointed at Gu Tingye in the crowd in surprise.

Gu Tingye was also surprised to see Bai Ziyang. He quickly pulled Bai Ziyang to a less crowded place while no one was paying attention and asked, "Why are you here too?"

Bai Ziyang said: "I'm here to drink! What about you?"

Gu Tingye said: "I came here to play with Brother Yuan!"

Bai Ziyang looked at Gu Tingye in disbelief and said, "You've traveled a thousand miles?"

Gu Tingye knew that he couldn't hide it from Bai Ziyang, so he could only say, "I received a letter from my grandfather, ordering me to take over the position of the head of the Bai family."

Bai Ziyang nodded and said, "That's a bit reliable!"

Gu Tingye said: "I am now using the alias Bai Ye, please don't call me by the wrong name!"

Bai Ziyang said: "Okay, got it!"

Suddenly, a servant came up to Gu Tingye and said, "Mr. Bai, the eldest son of the Yuan family wants you to come over!"

After listening to this, Gu Tingye waved his hand and said to the servant: "I know, tell Brother Yuan that I will go right away." After seeing the servant leave, he said to Bai Ziyang: "What does he want from me?"

Bai Ziyang sneered and said, "Humph... You know who he is. What good can come of him? Just be careful!"

After Gu Tingye returned, Bai Ziyang understood why Yuan Wenchun had asked him to do so. He actually asked Gu Tingye to play pot-tossing with the Sheng family, and the stakes were the betrothal gifts he had just sent... Bai Ziyang thought of the news he had just heard that the Sheng family was dissatisfied with the Yuan couple not coming in person, and left Yuan Wenchun on the boat for a long time before unloading the betrothal gifts. Yuan Wenchun had always been a narrow-minded person, and he was probably dissatisfied with this and deliberately wanted to lose face for the Sheng family.

Bai Ziyang never had too many people watching the fun. On one side was his old best friend, and on the other side was his new confidant. He just hid in the crowd and didn't help either of them. Seeing that the third son of the Sheng family couldn't stand Gu Tingye's provocation and was about to lose the main gift of the goose, Sheng Hong and Madam Wang, who finally got the news, hurried over.

Sheng Hong came over with a smile on his face and said, "I was wondering why no one was at the table. It turns out you were all hiding here watching the game of tossing pots. How is it, Feng'er?" As he spoke, he comforted Sheng Changfeng, the third son of the Sheng family, with a smile on his face, "Don't be nervous about the game of tossing pots. Aim carefully. Come on...if you dare to lose, I will beat you to death!" Of course, the last sentence was whispered in Sheng Changfeng's ear.

With Sheng Hong speaking so loudly, other people didn't hear it, but Bai Ziyang heard it. Bai Ziyang couldn't help but burst out laughing. This father and son duo looked so funny no matter how he looked at them.

Sheng Changfeng, who was already nervous, became even more frightened by his father's threat. He didn't even dare to throw the arrow and immediately dropped it to the ground.

Sheng Hong was just about to smooth things over, but Gu Tingye saw this and deliberately said, "What? Are you admitting defeat?"

The onlookers were talking about it, and Sheng Hong quickly said with a smile: "Okay, everyone, stop watching the children's tricks, let's go... let's continue eating and drinking..."

As he was about to disperse the crowd, Bai Ziyang was about to turn around and leave when he saw that there was nothing exciting to watch. Suddenly, he saw something flash by in his peripheral vision. With a bang, an arrow hit the center of the pot. The people who were about to leave turned back one after another, all of them curious about who shot it. The mother next to Madam Wang said, "The sixth lady shot it!"

Seeing this, Sheng Hong asked in disbelief: "Ming'er, did you vote for this?"

Facing Sheng Hong's question, Minglan nodded proudly. Bai Ziyang looked at the little person, he didn't expect that the person who stood up was Sheng Minglan?

Gu Tingye said: "Little sister, do you really want to compete with me?"

Minglan nodded and hummed.

Gu Tingye said: "Even if I beat a kid like you, it's not fair for me to win. Forget it, it was just a spur of the moment thing, so just consider it as my loss."

Sheng Hong was naturally happy to have this way out, but he didn't expect Minglan to be so arrogant at such a young age. She said, "Win is win, lose is lose!"

Gu Tingye heard this and said, "According to your Yangzhou rules, Sheng Sanlang lost to me by a lot just now, do you admit it?"

Minglan said firmly: "Admit it!"

Gu Tingye said: "Okay! If you have ambition, I will compete with you."

Seeing more and more people watching, Minglan was not nervous at all. When Minglan tied the score, Yuan Wenchun deliberately said, "Erlang, it seems that you are about to lose to this little girl!"

Gu Tingye said nothing, but took out two arrows to shoot at his ears. Bai Ziyang knew Gu Tingye, who was a good pitcher, and he could certainly hit his ears, but it was too much to compare with a little girl. Bai Ziyang took off a bead from the jade pendant on his waist, and when Gu Tingye was about to shoot, he flicked it and hit his knee. Gu Tingye's left hand shook, and he threw two arrows, but only one hit his knee.

Gu Tingye lowered his eyes slightly, glanced at the beads hanging at his feet, then glanced at Bai Ziyang who was grinning in the crowd, and curled his lips helplessly.

Minglan was relieved to see that Gu Tingye missed both ears. She drew out an arrow, held it steadily in her hand, and threw it gently to hit the target! If the game had ended here, Minglan would have won. But Gu Tingye still had a few arrows left to throw. Just as he was about to move, a strong wind suddenly blew from the horizon, making it impossible for people to open their eyes. Naturally, the game of throwing pots could not continue. Sheng Hong saw this and hurriedly said, "It's windy, let's go inside!"

Everyone dispersed, and Minglan was also escorted towards the inner courtyard. As she walked, she looked back as if she sensed something, and saw the young man who had just played tossing pot with her. He walked up to a man, raised his arm and punched the man jokingly. The young man who was punched was not angry, but laughed instead.

Minglan recognized the man who had given her the silver bone charcoal before. She was about to call him, but she saw the two of them walking away together. She could only withdraw her hand with a little disappointment. As soon as she took a step, she felt as if she had stepped on something. Minglan was pulled away by someone and had no time to look closely. She could only quickly pick it up and hold it in her hand. When she returned to the house, she saw that it was a hanging bead of excellent quality. Minglan thought of the two people just now. Who dropped it? How could it fall here?

Minglan returned to her room, thinking she would be praised by her mother, but unexpectedly, Wei Xiaoniang gave her a serious warning, telling her not to stand out. Minglan was confused and very dissatisfied.

Meanwhile, Bai Ziyang was being criticized by Gu Tingye for being a traitor. Bai Ziyang said helplessly, "You're right to disrupt someone else's wedding banquet!"

Just as Gu Tingye was about to retort, he saw a person in front of him accidentally drop a scroll, so he quickly took two steps forward to pick it up and wanted to call the person. He accidentally saw that it was a geomancy map of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and he couldn't help but become very interested.

The person who threw the thing in front was Sheng Changbai. He threw the scroll away and turned around to see it in Gu Tingye's hand. He became angry when he saw this person, so he stepped forward and snatched the thing back.

In order to see the pictures, Gu Tingye naturally had to humble himself to appease others. Bai Ziyang found it interesting, until Gu Tingye kept winking at him before he stepped forward and said, "Brother Changbai, don't bother with him. He is a brainless person. He will do anything if others say a few words to him!"

Sheng Changbai was moved by the oath that Gu Tingye had sworn before, so he said, "Well, for Brother Ziyang's sake, I'll lend it to you!"

When chatting later, Sheng Changbai realized that the two had known each other before.