It’s early morning on January 1, 1229 in the Ziyun calendar.
"Master."
Zhou Donghuang, who was practicing in the room, was awakened by Ah Fu. He jumped off the bed and walked out of the room. He saw three figures standing in the front yard at a glance.
The leader was an elegant middle-aged man wearing brocade clothes, with a face like a crown jewel, majestic brows, and his body exuding the aura of a superior, but at this moment he stood there honestly, not daring to take a breath.
Behind the elegant middle-aged man were two old men.
Judging from the posture of the two old men, they are not ordinary people. The robes on their bodies are made of brocade. One of the old men has a jade ring on his right thumb, which can be seen at a glance. It is worth a lot. The jade pendant hanging on the waist of the other old man looks like jade. The texture is obviously not an ordinary jade pendant.
Zhou Donghuang was no stranger to these three people. They were the three Tang family members that he saw in the Lost Forest yesterday.
At that time, the three people were being chased by a strong bear. He happened to take a fancy to the bear's bile and killed the bear, indirectly saving the lives of the three people.
"Tang Liunian, the head of the Tang family, has met Young Master Donghuang."
Seeing Zhou Donghuang walk out of the room, the elegant middle-aged man was the first to bow and salute. Just now, he had already learned the name of the person in front of him, Zhou Donghuang, from his servant.
"Tang Yuxin, the eldest elder of the Tang family, has met Young Master Donghuang."
"Tang Yong, the second elder of the Tang family, has met Young Master Donghuang."
After Tang Liunian, the head of the Tang family, the two old men behind him also bowed and saluted Zhou Donghuang. They were respectful and did not dare to show any slightness. Their eyes also showed bursts of gratitude at the right time.
Yesterday, in the Lost Forest, if the young man in front of them had not taken action in time, they would have been killed by the powerful savage bear of the ninth-level Qi-gathering monster.
They were grateful to this young man from the bottom of their hearts.
"Tang family? Tang Liunian?"
Ah Fu, who was standing aside, narrowed his pupils slightly when he heard the elegant middle-aged self-introduction, and secretly took a breath of air.
Just now, although he heard the three people in front of him say that they were from the Tang family, he did not think about the Tang family, a powerful family.
Now, after hearing the elegant middle-aged self-introduction, he realized...it turned out that this middle-aged man was the head of the Tang family, Tang Liunian.
During the Tang Dynasty, he was the head of the Tang family, a powerful family, and a martial arts monk at the ninth level of Qi Gathering.
Precisely because of his existence, the Tang family can be regarded as a top-notch wealthy family among the powerful families.
And now, it was such a person who bowed in front of his young master with great respect.
"Master..."
For a moment, Ah Fu looked at Zhou Donghuang again, his admiration becoming more intense.
"Um."
Facing the salutes of the three people, Zhou Donghuang nodded lightly, walked to the stone table in the front yard, sat down, looked at Tang Liunian, and asked lightly: "Where is the bear gallbladder?"
"Master Donghuang, this is the bile of a powerful bear."
At Tang Liunian's signal, Tang Yong, the second elder of the Tang family, stepped forward and placed the brocade box in his hand on the stone table in front of Zhou Donghuang. At the same time, he placed a stack of silver notes next to the brocade box.
Zhou Donghuang opened the brocade box, took a look at the complete bear bile inside, nodded, and then glanced at the stack of banknotes on the table.
Zhou Donghuang placed his right hand on the table, palm facing down, making a slight fist. His bent index finger and middle finger tapped the table gently. He looked at Tang Liunian again and asked, "What does this mean?"
"Young Master Donghuang."
Tang Liunian said respectfully: "Except for the bear bile, the other parts of the body of the strong bear are worth more than one million taels of silver... This one million taels of silver can be considered as bought by our Tang family and Young Master Donghuang. Money for the rest of the bear’s body.”
"I said, except for Xiong Dan, everything else is at your disposal."
Zhou Donghuang took a deep look at Tang Liunian and said.
"Young Master Donghuang."
Tang Liunian's face straightened and he said: "Yesterday, you took action in time to save the three of us, which was a great kindness... How can we take advantage of you?"
After the words fell, before Zhou Donghuang could speak, Tang Liunian took out another invitation from his arms and placed it on the stone table in front of Zhou Donghuang.
Just when Zhou Donghuang saw the invitation, doubts flashed in his eyes, Tang Liunian said at the right time: "Young Master Donghuang, the Tang family will hold a banquet in ten days for the heads of the wealthy and aristocratic families in Chu King City... Set The purpose of the banquet is to thank you for your life-saving grace to me and the two elders."
"Yesterday, if the three of us died in the Lost Forest, the Tang family would be reduced from a powerful family to a wealthy family... This banquet is not only to thank you for saving the lives of the three of us, but also to thank you for your kindness to our Tang family. The grace of reinvention!”
As Tang Liunian finished speaking, not only did he bow down, but the two Tang family elders behind him also bowed down again.
"I'll accept this one million tael of silver notes, and there's no need to bother with the rest."
Zhou Donghuang shook his head and said.
"Young Master Donghuang, early this morning, our Tang family has sent invitations to all the wealthy and above-average families in King Chu City... In ten days' time, Master Donghuang, please be sure to be there, otherwise, this banquet hosted by our Tang family will also be Meaningless."
After Tang Liunian left these words, he took two Tang family elders to say goodbye to Zhou Donghuang and left. In a few words, it seemed that Zhou Donghuang was not given any choice.
Of course, even if Tang Liunian was like this, it would not make people feel bad at all.
After all, his starting point is good, which is enough to show that he is a person who knows how to repay kindness, even if there are some small thoughts to please Zhou Donghuang.
"This Tang Liunian is really particular."
After the three members of the Tang family left, Zhou Donghuang shook his head and smiled, then opened the invitation and saw that his name was not written on it, only the word 'Benefactor' was written on it.
Obviously, the Tang family didn't know his name when they prepared this invitation.
"Afu."
After asking Ah Fu to put away the bear bile, invitations and banknotes, Zhou Donghuang stood up from his seat and went back to his room to practice. It was not until lunch time that Ah Fu called him out of the room again.
As soon as I walked out of the room, I saw a large round table in the front yard. The table was filled with steaming dishes. Although the appearance was not very good, the aroma was still fragrant and made people want to eat.
In front of the round table, Ah Fu and Aunt Mei stood aside.
The slim girl stood in front of the table and looked at Zhou Donghuang who had just walked out of the room with a smile, "Brother Zhou, do you still remember what day it is today?"
"What day?"
Zhou Donghuang was startled.
"Master, today is the day you come of age."
Ah Fu couldn't help but remind him.
"Young Master Donghuang."
At the same time, Aunt Mei glanced at the girl at the table with some distress, then looked at Zhou Donghuang and said with a smile: "My lady personally cooked the dishes on this table."
"As early as three months ago, she asked me to teach her how to cook, just to cook you this meal on this day to celebrate your coming of age."
After Aunt Mei's words, Zhou Donghuang's ancient heart could not help but tremble slightly, and his eyes when he looked at the girl again became much gentler.
"Zixi, thank you for your hard work... But, actually, I'm not that particular."
Zhou Donghuang sighed.
"Brother Zhou, I have wanted to learn cooking for a long time. This time it just happened. It just happened."
While the girl smiled and spoke, a look of disappointment flashed through her eyes inadvertently.
"Brother Zhou, come sit down and eat."
The girl stood up and helped Zhou Donghuang pull out the chair in front of the table. It was not until Zhou Donghuang came over to sit down that she sat next to him and served him food.
"Brother Afu, Aunt Mei, you also sit down."
The girl did not forget to say hello to Ah Fu and Aunt Mei, and they also sat down at the bottom.
Sometimes, fate seems to be playing tricks on people.
If it hadn't been for what happened yesterday, today, the touching experience before his eyes might have made Zhou Donghuang's feelings for the girl change from being moved to being moved...
However, what happened yesterday made Zhou Donghuang have a woman in his heart.
Now, although he was moved, he didn't dare to be moved.
He and Luo Qinghan were already done. Even if he was already attracted to Luo Qinghan, as a man, he must bear the responsibility for taking away each other's first time.
On Yang Zixi's side, he could only choose restraint.
After all, he is no longer alone. To use a common term on earth, he is no longer 'single'.
After finishing the meal, Zhou Donghuang felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles. After eating, he immediately returned to his room under the pretext of practicing.
Seeing this, the girl sighed, her beautiful cheeks full of disappointment.
"Miss, don't be discouraged... I can see that Young Master Donghuang is very touched by this meal. I believe that Young Master Donghuang will sooner or later discover your goodness and accept you."
Aunt Mei looked at the girl with some distress and comforted her.
Ah Fu on the side couldn't help but shake his head. He had always felt that Miss Zi Xi was very suitable for his young master, but the falling flowers were intentional and the flowing water was ruthless, so he could only watch and worry.
"Brother Afu, Brother Zhou...has he fallen in love with someone?"
The girl looked at Ah Fu and asked softly.
Suddenly, Aunt Mei also looked at Ah Fu with a puzzled look.
In her opinion, any man who can't be tempted by her lady after she has given so much, either has his heart set on something, or he doesn't like women.
"No."
Ah Fu shook his head with certainty.
"Afu, Master Donghuang... doesn't he like women?"
Aunt Mei asked with a strange look.
"this… "
Ah Fu was stunned for a moment, and then recalled for a while. Ever since he started following his young master, he seemed to have never seen his young master have that kind of interest in any woman.
"Aunt Mei, I have never seen my young master be interested in any woman, but I have also not seen my young master be interested in any... man."
Ah Fu originally just wanted to defend his young master, but as soon as the words came out of his mouth, he regretted it.
As Ah Fu finished his words, not only Aunt Mei's eyes became weirder, but also the girl's eyes became a little strange.
It was also Zhou Donghuang who had returned to his room and devoted himself to practicing, so he didn't hear Ah Fu's words... Otherwise, he would definitely have come out and kicked Ah Fu and sent Ah Fu to kiss the cold floor tiles.
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