Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

Gong Yuanzheng and his three companions got on Gong Shangjiao's carriage and left the palace. Along the way, Gong Yuanzheng kept complaining to his second brother about Gong Ziyu's usual outrageous behavior.

“That’s a great name!!!”

Since Gong Shangjiao's carriage entered the Old Dust Valley, it has been watched by the local people.

Zhao Yuanzhou always felt that something was wrong. He could hear clearly what the people outside the carriage were saying.

"He looks like a young man from a wealthy family, why would he go to a place like that?"

"That's right! There are actually people who go to such a dirty place!"

"Sure enough, all men are the same!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Look carefully at who is marked on the carriage!"

"!!! That's not... that's not the palace..."

"Shut up! Maybe there's something there, so they're here to arrest someone!"

"Yes, yes, yes! That must be it!"

"That's what I thought! How could Mr. Gong... go to such a barren place?"

As Zhao Yuanzhou expected, as soon as they got off the carriage, they saw the name of the teahouse - Mantingfang!!!

"Yuanzheng! Get back in the car! I'll be right back!"

"My little Master Zhuo! Go back quickly! I will accompany Master Jiao to bring Master Yu and the eldest lady out!"

Gong Shangjiao and Zhao Yuanzhou simultaneously pushed Gong Yuanzheng and Zhuo Yichen, who had just poked their heads out, back into the carriage, "Jin Fu! Keep an eye on the carriage, don't let Yuanzheng out!"

Before Gong Yuanzheng and Zhuo Yichen came out, they were stuffed back in by Gong Shangjiao and Zhao Yuanzhou. Not only that, they also asked Jin Fu to watch them and not let them come out. Zhao Yuanzhou even cast a spell on the carriage out of concern.

"What's going on? Didn't we agree to let us go down when we get there?"

"I don't know! Maybe something unexpected happened!"

Gong Yuanzheng tried to open the car door but couldn't. "Second brother! That white monkey cast a spell on the door!"

Zhuo Yichen lifted the car curtain and watched Zhao Yuanzhou and Gong Shangjiao enter the teahouse together, "Zhao Yuanzhou!"

Zhao Yuanzhou paused and wanted to turn back, but after looking at the heads of young men sticking out of the railings in the teahouse, he finally decided to pretend he didn't hear anything.

Zhuo Yichen looked at Zhao Yuanzhou who didn't even turn his head, and was so angry that he didn't even look at what it was. He just picked up something and threw it at him.

Gong Yuanzheng's eyes rolled, "Brother!"

Zhao Yuanzhou's ears perked up, and he turned around. The smile on his face made Gong Shangjiao look down on him, "Why are you so useless!"

"So what? My grandfather said that if you listen to your wife, you will get rich!"

Zhao Yuanzhou left a message and ran to the carriage window, "Xiao Zhuo~"

Zhuo Yichen sat in the carriage with his arms folded across his chest, looking at Zhao Yuanzhou, "Do you have ears now? I called you just now as if you were deaf! Didn't you always say that you have extraordinary five senses? Even if we are several meters apart, it's like I was whispering in your ear?"

"Didn't we just cast a spell on the carriage, so the sound was blocked? Later, it was Xiao Zhuo that broke your cup, and then brother Yuanzheng's voice was heard." Zhao Yuanzhou looked at Zhuo Yichen begging for mercy.

Zhao Yuanzhou's already handsome face, coupled with that pitiful expression, was even more charming. Although Zhuo Yichen had known Zhao Yuanzhou's character for a long time, he couldn't help but be softened by his appearance.

"Didn't we agree in the car that you and Mr. Jiao would stay in the car, and Yuan Zheng and I would go?"

"Xiao Zhuo! This place is not a good place! I don't know what's wrong with your Master Yu! What a crappy place he found!"

"Isn't the name Mantingfang a good one? Why is it not good?"

Zhuo Yichen didn't understand why Zhao Yuanzhou looked so angry.

"This is... it's not a good place anyway. It's similar to the Tianxiang Pavilion in Tiandu. Tianxiang Pavilion is at least consensual, but this Mantingfang is..."

Zhao Yuanzhou refused to explain where Mantingfang was, but Gong Shangjiao was calling him from behind, so he could only fool Zhuo Yichen and Gong Yuanzheng, the two little white flowers.

"Xiao Zhuo, Brother Yuanzheng, Master Jiao and I will be out soon, so don't worry! Besides, people outside are discussing it. If there is a bladeless assassin running out, Master Jiao will also be worried about Yuanzheng, right?"

After Zhao Yuanzhou finished speaking, he ran away without looking back, and then followed Gong Shangjiao into Mantingfang.

As soon as Gong Shangjiao and Zhao Yuanzhou stepped into Mantingfang, they saw Gong Ziyu and Gong Zishang being guarded on the left and right by the boss of Mantingfang.

Gong Ziyu escaped the disaster because he didn't have much money left, but it was different for Gong Zishang. The jewelry on his head and the jade rings on his body were all looted. If he hadn't had some self-defense poison powder given by Gong Yuanzheng, even his moon-white robe would have been taken away.

"Isn't that your guard afraid to come back?"

A middle-aged woman dressed in red and green stood in front of Gong Ziyu and Gong Zishang with her back to the gate. In her hand, she was holding the jade pendant she had searched from Gong Zishang. Gong Shangjiao saw clearly that the jade pendant was a mutton-fat jade pendant he had brought back from the south once. However, Yuanzheng disliked it because it looked like something a girl could use, so he stuffed the jade pendant into Gong Zishang's hand when he came to Jiao Palace to eat.

"You woman, that's enough! Do you know where this is? This is at the foot of the palace gate! How dare you act like a demon right under the nose of the palace gate? You must be so bold!" Although Gong Ziyu was scared, his sister Gong Zishang was really powerless. At least he had some martial arts skills, but sister Zishang had nothing. Even the self-defense powder given by Gong Yuanzheng had been used up.

Gong Ziyu had to take care of the frightened Gong Zishang from time to time, and wondered why Jin Fan had not come back yet. According to his ability, he should have come back long ago.

"So what? I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding! Do you know who is behind me? If I tell you, I'm afraid you, a playboy, will be scared to death!" The proprietress looked fearless.

"Who is behind you? Tell me so I can hear it too!"

The proprietress frowned and turned around, only to see two handsome men standing behind her, and the door of her shop was surrounded by a group of guards dressed in the same clothes.

The proprietress looked the newcomers up and down. The one who spoke first was the stern-faced man on the left. "Where did you come from? How dare you surround me! Do you want to die?"

When Gong Ziyu saw Gong Shangjiao coming, he was delighted at first, but then he felt that he was about to be in great trouble, "Brother Shangjiao, you are finally here!"

"If I hadn't come, I'm afraid that Miss and you wouldn't be able to go back!"

Gong Ziyu mumbled a few times. Gong Zishang behind him was almost frightened out of his mind. The flamboyant young lady in the palace had become so cowardly now. It was indeed his fault as a younger brother.

"Since you are here, then pay up! Five thousand taels of silver. You can take both of them away after paying the money!" The proprietress looked at the man who had just spoken. Although he was dressed simply, his hair crown was just a standard hollow gold crown inlaid with green stones, and he wore a jade heart-shaped pendant around his waist, but the fabric was not simple. It was cloud and mist brocade where one inch was worth one gold. Not to mention the gold and silver painting on his clothes. It was obvious that he was much richer than the two people behind him.

"You are too mean! Aren't you afraid that Gong's people will come to arrest you?" Gong Ziyu stared at the proprietress who was talking about quotations with his eyes wide open.

But the lady boss looked at Gong Ziyu with disdain, "You probably don't know who's behind me!"

"You've said so much! You keep saying there's someone behind you. Who is that person? What's his name?" Zhao Yuanzhou stood aside and watched the proprietress talking on and on.

"I'll scare you to death if I tell you!" The lady boss put her hands on her hips and put one foot on the bench. "Behind me is Mr. Gong Er from Gongmen - Gong Shangjiao!"

Gong Ziyu and the others were stunned by the smug look on the lady boss's face. "Are you scared now? Pay the money now!"

"Oh~ Why don't I know someone like you?"

This was the first time that Gong Shangjiao encountered someone who tried to defraud him of his money, and the person did it under his name right under the noses of the palace.

"What? You also know Mr. Gong Er?" The proprietress looked at the man puzzled and asked.

Gong Ziyu couldn't help laughing out loud, "How dare you say that your backer is Gong Shangjiao! Gong Shangjiao is standing right in front of you, and you don't even recognize him!"

The proprietress realized at this time that something was wrong, "What do you mean!"

"He meant your so-called backer Gong Shangjiao, who happens to be me!" When Gong Shangjiao looked at the proprietress with his arrogant eyes, he scraped Gong Ziyu at the same time.

Gong Ziyu's laughter stopped abruptly. Taking advantage of the guards' laxity, he hugged Gong Zishang and ran behind Gong Shangjiao.