Bai Shihong's face was gloomy. "He had just met Zhao Zhao, and within two days his wife died of illness! How could such a scumbag be an official? If God has eyes, he should also die in the mouth of a poisonous snake! Zhao Zhao, don't be afraid, Dad will protect you!"

Bai Zhaozhao was stunned. She really wanted to say, Dad, you are so weak, how can you protect me?

But she didn't dare say it in the end.

Bai Shikang also said in a deep voice: "How about this, let's keep a low profile during this period, and Zhao Zhao shouldn't go out either."

Bai Zhaozhao thought about it and said, "Okay."

That night, Bai Zhaozhao went to the post station, found Lord Zheng's room, and released several poisonous snakes from the room through the window. Then she left under the cover of night, leaving her work behind and concealing her achievements and fame.

In the middle of the night, there were screams in the post station, the lights were on, and people and horses were in chaos.

The next afternoon, Chunlan said to Bai Zhaozhao excitedly, "Miss, the Mr. Zheng you asked me to keep an eye on is in big trouble! He was bitten by a snake last night. I heard he has several wounds. He has already hired more than a dozen doctors! Almost everyone in the city knows about it now!"

"Not dead?" Bai Zhaozhao asked quickly.

"Uh." Chunlan paused, "Not yet... But Miss, I don't think I will die!"

"Not dead?" Bai Zhaozhao was a little confused. There were several highly poisonous snakes!

Who else can save me?

"Yes, miss. I heard that a traveling doctor went there and claimed that he could save his life. Many people said that he was a very famous doctor."

Holy shit! Is this even possible? Such a coincidence can only be the power of the plot!

"Oh, by the way, Miss, I heard that a lot of the wound medicine from Jishidiang was also bought!"

Bai Zhaozhao: ...

Three days later, Lord Zheng finally saved his life, and the traveling doctor took the gold and silver and quickly left the city, as if he had completed his mission.

But from that day on, an interesting story arose in all the major restaurants in the city. It was about a wealthy man who wanted to divorce his wife and remarry, so he viciously released a poisonous snake in his wife's room. As a result, his wife faked her death and then threw a poisonous snake into the man's room.

The storytellers seemed to have made an appointment and told the story vividly. They also added different details, which was very addictive. Almost all the people in the city were applauding.

When Lord Zhong found out, he looked at Bai Shikang strangely, but Bai Shikang was as steady as an old dog.

A few days later, this story finally reached the ears of Lord Zheng. He was so angry that he smashed everything in the house. If he ever showed any intention of remarrying, people would associate him with this story, and he would definitely be reported to the censors.

Bai Zhaozhao looked at Bai Shihong in admiration: "Dad, you are awesome!"

Bai Shihong chuckled: "No, no, it's just a coincidence that the scholars have the same name!"

Wow, look at this, this is the way of winning by wits. Unlike Bai Zhaozhao, who only wants to conquer others by force, I have learned something!

"Tsk, you forget about your uncle now that you have a father!" Bai Shikang said sourly as he stood at the door.

Bai Zhaozhao was startled and ran over to support Bai Shikang: "Seventh cousin is so powerful! So many storytellers have been bribed!"

"That's right!" Bai Shikang said proudly, "I still have some connections in this city!"

After a pause, Bai Shikang said to Bai Shihong, "Look at you. Your son is studying hard, but you, as a father, are not in a hurry at all, as if you are not going to participate in the Spring Examination."

Bai Shihong smiled and said, "I'm not in a hurry because I have my own ideas! Could it be that after more than ten years of dormancy, I still need a few months of sprint?"

Bai Shikang was speechless: "Whatever you want!"

November 15th.

When Mrs. Zhang was about to go out, she heard a servant come to report that the prefect's wife had come to visit.

Madam Zhang hurried in to greet her, only to hear Madam Zhong say, "I heard that Miss Bai invited you to be the guest of honor at her coming-of-age ceremony, so I shamelessly came here to ask you to take me with you."

"Oh, okay, let's go together. I guess Mrs. Bai feels that you are busy and is embarrassed to invite you."

"Yes, I think so too, but Miss Bai has done a favor for my Zhong family, so I should go and congratulate her."

And so, the two ladies went to the Bai Mansion.

Zhang Ruolan had arrived a long time ago and was helping Bai Zhaozhao comb his hair.

"Sister Zhao, you are very beautiful even without makeup. Now that you are wearing makeup, you are like a fairy descending to earth!"

Bai Zhaozhao smiled and said, "Sister Zhang, are you trying to say that if you were a man, you would marry me?"

"Yes! What kind of man does Sister Zhao like? Let me see if my brother is worthy of her."

Bai Zhaozhao thought for a moment and said, "I like men who are in love!"

“What is the love brain?”

"Even if I abuse him a thousand times, he still treats me like my first love!"

"This..." Although she had never heard such words before, Zhang Ruolan understood the general meaning, "This may be a bit difficult to deal with."

"It's okay! I'm not in a hurry."

When most of the guests had arrived, Zhang Ruolan appeared with Bai Zhaozhao.

Looking at the bright and attractive woman, even Bai Lin and Bai Hao were stunned and were kicked by Bai Shihong.

Afterwards, the coming-of-age ceremony began, with welcoming guests, taking seats, opening the ceremony, Bai Zhaozhao taking her seat... Bai Zhaozhao bowed and thanked, and the ceremony ended.

In fact, with Bai Shikang's status, he had invited all the colleagues he could, but he could not invite any higher superiors.

However, what many guests did not expect was that the prefect's wife actually came in person. When the news spread, many officials hurriedly sent their wives to go as well, hoping to catch the lunch banquet.

But what they didn't expect was that Lord Zhong and Lord Zhang both went to the banquet at noon!

What does this mean? So they hurried out.

Bai Shikang didn't expect this to happen. He could only spend a lot of money to buy food from the restaurant on the spur of the moment. Fortunately, nothing went wrong.

When the party was getting lively, Lord Zheng also came to visit. It seemed that the child was well taken care of. He said words of blessing with a smile, which made Bai Shikang unable to ignore, so he had to respond indifferently.

Unexpectedly, he actually said, "I think my niece is well-behaved and obedient, why don't you make her my adopted daughter?"

Some officials, unaware of the situation, hurried to congratulate.

Prefect Zhong secretly laughed in his heart and said bluntly: "Master Zheng, you are joking. Miss Bai is only ten years younger than you. How can she be your daughter? I don't think this will work!"

Lord Zheng pretended not to understand: "She's my adopted daughter, so why can't I do that? It just so happens that I'm about to take office, so I can just ask her to go to the post station and talk. I'm not kidnapping her! What do you think, Lord Bai?"

Bai Shikang shook his head: "Lord Zheng is about to take office, there is no point in adopting an adopted daughter!"

There was silence all around, and everyone could see that Lord Zheng was looking for trouble!

"How can it be meaningless? Everyone knows that I narrowly escaped death last month. An expert calculated for me and said that I had offended the fairy who had descended to the earth and had not yet understood the cause and effect.

I thought about it carefully, and it was only on the day I first entered the city that I startled my horse and almost bumped into Miss Bai. So I thought I should establish a good relationship with Miss Bai."

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