Quick Wear: I'm Really Not a Scumbag

What did he say?

Wei Siqi quickly ran over and picked up the kettle on the table, "Dad, drink quickly!"

How thirsty are you? You can't even speak incoherently!

Wei Liangfei hugged the pot and took two sips from the spout, but he felt it was not enough, so he opened the lid and poured the liquid into his mouth.

He drank so much that his entire body was covered in it, and even his clothes were soaked, but he seemed unaware of it.

After drinking the pot of tea, he sat down on the ground weakly.

Wei Siqi said a lot but he didn't respond at all. He simply waved the servant away and sat next to his father.

"Dad? What's wrong with you? It's so scary that you're so silent."

"Can't you just tell me what's going on?"

Wei Liangfei simply took off his other shoe, and then took off his socks, "I really escaped death today."

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After hearing his words, Wei Siqi was almost scared to death, "Dad, luckily you still have some conscience and didn't cheat General Zheng, otherwise you would definitely not be able to come back alive today."

"You little bastard, stop cursing me!" Wei Liangfei finally felt the breath of a living person.

He was very nervous on the way back just now, fearing that he would be silenced.

Now it seems that all this was a trap set by General Zheng. He had set up the trap for Xia Fengxun and others long ago, just waiting for them to reveal their true colors.

The purpose is to catch them all in one fell swoop.

This Zheng Huan is really not simple!

"Then shall we leave?" From what his father said, General Zheng must be fine, and the ones in trouble are those who have bad intentions.

Wei Liangfei shook his head. "I'm not leaving. I guess once he's done with these people, he'll deal with the refugees outside. Houyun City is the safest place right now."

He began to be glad for his indecision.

If I really leave Houyun City, I don’t know what I will encounter.

Houyun City is the safest place where Zheng Huan is.

"General Zheng is here to take care of everything." Wei Liangfei began to think about what else he could do.

Wei Siqi was quite happy to hear this. "It's good that we don't leave. Our family has lived in Houyun City for several lifetimes. It's so nice here. We'll stay here as long as we can."

"Dad, you should do more good deeds in the future. This time, it was your kindness that accidentally saved my life. It seems that General Zheng's soldiers are just like him. They have accounts and won't act recklessly. We need people like them to guard Houyun City."

Wei Liangfei's beard was about to fly off in anger, "You little bastard, you're actually lecturing me?"

In fact, the clothing-making incident was really a coincidence. He wanted to use this incident to sell himself well in front of Zheng Huan, but he didn't expect to be recognized and save his life.

Jia Renyi is definitely doomed to die. Just look at the attitudes of those people.

"Are you recovered? Then let me help you back to your room?" Wei Siqi had already started planning to play with Chen Xuyan.

"By the way, the city might not be peaceful in the next few days, so don't run around." Wei Liangfei instructed.

He would have the shop temporarily closed and the door locked for the next few days, and would wait until Zheng Huan had finished everything before opening the door, otherwise he was worried that he would be accidentally injured.

Wei Siqi supported him and said, "Don't worry, where can I go? I just want to go back to the academy to play with Chen Xuyan for a while."

Wei Liangfei didn't say anything to stop him, because he was quite confident in his son's interaction with the other party. Chen Xuyan was a reliable person.

Wei Siqi, who was supporting Wei Liangfei and was about to take him back to his room from the yard, suddenly stopped and said, "Dad! Look outside, why are there flames shooting up into the sky?! And why is there not even a sound?"

Wei Liangfei looked up and saw the light, and he immediately shook off his hand, and his legs and feet became flexible.

He quickly called the servant to bring a ladder and stood on the wall to see what was happening outside.

"Dad, can't we just open the door a crack and take a look? It's too troublesome now." Wei Siqi was a little confused.

"Stupid! Opening the door is asking for trouble!" Wei Liangfei looked at him with disgust.

The servant quickly came down from the wall.

He looked a little nervous, "Master! There are soldiers holding torches everywhere outside! They look like they are arresting people!"

Wei Liangfei pondered for a moment, "Speak softly, wake up everyone in the mansion to guard the main gate, and the rest of the people retreat to Mingxin Hall."

"Yes, sir!" Several servants moved quickly.

After a while, Wei Liangfei's concubines and old mother ran out in a hurry.

"Son, what happened?" She was holding a lot of gold, silver, treasures and banknotes in her arms and was ready to escape.

The concubines were no less impressive.

"master!"

"master."

Wei Liangfei felt a little upset.

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——Inside Houyun City

Zheng Huan, wearing armor, was standing on the city wall, looking at the few remaining refugees outside the city in the light of the fire.

"Have all the refugees approaching Houyun City been led away?"

Zhang Jiangcheng was impressed. "General, our own people have used false information to lure away a large number of refugees who were originally approaching Houyun City. Now these people are almost catching up with the group of wealthy people who left the city a day or two ago."

"Even many of the refugees who were originally guarding outside our city have been lured out."

These people left Houyun City with all their belongings. They were originally a group of disloyal and unjust people. Now they died for diverting the refugees, which was a worthy death.

Otherwise, if they find out that the general is fine, they will stick to him again like a dog-skin plaster.

Zheng Huan, however, showed no emotion. "Xia Fengxun and the others have been detained?"

"He has been imprisoned in a secret cell, and so have the people who were pulled out with him." Zhang Jiangcheng did not expect that several people whom he regarded as close friends had been turned against him without him knowing when.

Not to mention Xia Fengxun, this guy is simply an ungrateful person!

He was the general's adopted son. The general had picked him up from the battlefield, taught him carefully, treated him as his own son, and even promoted him to deputy general.

Unexpectedly, he was actually thinking about the general's position and even wanted his life!

He even colluded with those corrupt officials at court for this very reason! He deserves death! If they hadn't considered that the general might still have some feelings for him, they would have shot him to death long ago!

"Torture him severely. If nothing can be revealed, kill him." Zheng Huan closed his eyes.

Zhang Jiangcheng was a little shocked, but he also felt that this was reasonable. "Yes! I'll do it right away!"

——The next morning

"Xiao Yan, do we really have to enter from the north gate today?" Chen Shaoyou hesitated.

Not only did they have to take a long detour to enter through the North Gate, but the North Gate was also unsafe at the moment, with refugees everywhere outside.

The key point is that we cannot confirm whether we can enter and exit through the north gate.

Chen Shaoqi didn't think it was a big deal. "Don't worry, I have good eyesight. I can tell from a distance if the door is open. If it's not open, we can just turn around and walk away. We won't have to go the wrong way."

He came to buy things on his father's orders, otherwise the family would be without someone to work for no reason and even his mother would not indulge him anymore.

Chen Shaoyou smiled and said, "As long as you don't mind delaying things and getting scolded when you go back, we don't think it's a big deal."

"Don't worry, you should be able to enter and exit through the north gate." Chen Xuyan said confidently.

Upon hearing that there was a delay, Chen Shaoqi quickly quickened his pace as he had to get back quickly.

— One hour later

Chen Shaoqi said with surprise, "The North Gate is open! Those refugees seem to be queuing up at the door to get food."

"You can even see this?" Chen Xuyan felt what he meant by good eyesight.

This kind of eyesight is indeed not something that ordinary people have.

At least the original owner's body couldn't see what was happening at the door, and I'm afraid most people were the same as him.

"He has had good eyesight since he was a child. Have you forgotten that even birds don't come to our village? They were all taken away or shot with slingshots by the boys." Chen Shaoyou also found it a little funny.

My eyesight is indeed good, but I just don’t know what use it can be put to.

"Let's go quickly and get into the city to see what's going on inside."

Before Chen Shaoqi could brag about himself, the other two walked in front of him.

——Inside Houyun City

"It seems that nothing is wrong. I just heard the vendors over there say that they saw General Zheng leading an inspection, just now!" Chen Shaoqi began to regret why he didn't walk faster.

Otherwise he would have been able to see General Zheng as well.

Chen Shaoyou nodded. "Just looking at the bustling scene in the city right now, you can tell. When I went back a few days ago, the city was still very depressed and no one wanted to go out. Now it's completely different."

"Yes, it's just like the Chinese New Year." Chen Shaoqi wished he could shop for a while longer.

"It turns out that what Chen Hegui said was complete nonsense. With General Zheng's intervention, a small number of refugees will certainly not be a problem. We just saw that there are not many refugees left outside, and the ones who remain are all queuing up to receive porridge. General Zheng didn't let them go home easily."

Chen Xuyan pointed to a nearby bookstore and said, "Then I'll leave first. I still have to sell a few copied books there."

He also wrote a few storybooks, and I wonder if the bookstore owner will buy them.

If I could accept it, I could probably make a small profit.

Chen Shaoyou dragged Chen Shaoqi forward and said, "Okay, let's go first."

"Don't make a fuss, he has something important to do."

Chen Shaoqi finally calmed down and stopped struggling, but he had already made up his mind to wait until the busy farming season was over before coming to the city to play with Chen Xuyan.

Although he is idle, he still has some private money.

——Qingshan Academy

Except for the old lady who swept the floor and cooked, Chen Xuyan was the only one left in the entire academy.

The old lady had no one to rely on and no relatives, and had long regarded this place as her home. She even refused Xie Chengshan's offer to take her with him.

"Grandma!" Chen Xuyan was still holding the meat in his hand.

"I bought some vegetables."

Granny Guo looked disapproving, "You kid, you're really messing around and wasting money!"

Chen Xuyan forced the things in his hand onto him, "Grandma, I made money today! I sold two storybooks."

He weighed the purse in his hand.

"Spend less. You come from a farming family and it hasn't been easy for you to get to where you are today. You should give back to your family." Grandma Guo advised.

"I understand." Chen Xuyan smiled and put away the purse.

"I'm going to cook. You can read a book. You can't neglect your studies." Grandma Guo walked to the backyard carrying things.

Chen Xuyan returned to his room and sorted out his books.

The last time he left, Grandma Guo told him to move to one of the better rooms left vacant in Class A and let him choose from them, but he had a lot of things, so he simply waited until today.

He quickly packed his things.

The decoration of Class A's room was indeed much better than theirs. The space of this two-person room was the same as that of their six-person room. Although everything that needed to be moved was emptied, the tables, chairs, benches, beds and other things that were difficult to move were left behind.

These young men would rather bring gold, silver, and even a maid to warm their bed.

After she had completely arranged her things, Grandma Guo's meal was also ready.

"It's time for dinner." Grandma Guo called out from outside the window.

"I'm here." After resting on the couch for a while, Chen Xuyan put on his shoes and went out.

Xie Chengshan liked to do things that could cultivate his sentiments, so the academy was filled with flowers and plants, and he also allowed Grandma Guo to grow vegetables.

Grandma Guo opened up a small vegetable garden in the backyard, which saved the academy the money of buying vegetables.

Chen Xuyan sighed, "I can even sit here and eat now."

This is where Xie Chengshan and his beloved disciples usually sit and eat. Most people in Qingshan Academy can only look up at it.

The sarcasm in his words was obvious.

Granny Guo said nonchalantly, "There are only two of us left, so let's do whatever makes us happy. Master Xie has a wide network of contacts, so he won't have a bad time wherever he goes."

She seemed to understand it very well.

However, Chen Xuyan didn't think it was anything strange, because what Grandma Guo usually did was to help Xie Chengshan's wife with household chores. She was efficient and thorough in her work, and Mrs. Xie liked her very much.

That's why Xie Chengshan wanted to take her away.

"People go to high places and water flows to low places. This is human nature. However, if Master Xie knew the current situation in Houyun City, he would definitely regret leaving too early." Grandma Guo sighed.

She had watched Xie Chengshan's three children grow up, and she felt somewhat uncomfortable when she thought about them having to wander around outside.

"You don't have to worry too much. Master Xie is very famous. I believe he will be popular wherever he goes." Chen Xuyan controlled his expression very well.

He changed the subject and talked about something else.

At this time, Wei Siqi also rushed over with a big bag.

"Chen Xuyan!" He was panting with exhaustion.

Chen Xuyan looked back and asked, "Why are you here?"

Wei Siqi put down the bag in his hand and said, "It's too boring at home. My father doesn't like me very much. I thought you would be at the academy, so I came here. Sure enough, you are here."

"Is there anything left to eat?"

Granny Guo smiled kindly, "Also, I'll go get you some food."

Chen Xuyan stood up to help him with his bag.

"Hey, why are you going over there?" Wei Siqi quickened his pace.

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