Zhou Ziheng stood on the spot, a little unresponsive.
He originally thought that the Orthodox Academy today would still try to delay as it did a few days ago, and then try to figure out how to face its own challenges—for example, the Orthodox Academy might invite His Royal Highness Luoluo out of the Li Palace. He could concede defeat or avoid the battle, but the Tianhai family had made a plan for this. If the Orthodox Academy really asked His Royal Highness Luoluo to come forward, the Tianhai family would definitely use this to create a bigger storm—but he never thought that Chen Changsheng would actually agree.
After a while, he really came to his senses. Looking at Chen Changsheng with a solemn expression, he asked, "Who will play in the Orthodox Academy?"
Chen Changsheng said, "Me."
When he said the word "I", he didn't pause, and naturally he didn't think about it, which seemed very natural.
Yes, he is the dean of the Orthodox Academy. When the Orthodox Academy is challenged, of course he should face it.
Zhou Ziheng suddenly discovered that compared with the previous two days, Chen Changsheng was different in some places, but he didn't know exactly what changed.
"Very good." He looked at Chen Changsheng and asked, "Since the time has been set, any place will do?"
Chen Changsheng said: "According to the detailed rules in the proposal of the two archbishops of the Holy Church, since the time is set by our Orthodox Academy, the location is naturally set by the priest."
Zhou Ziheng looked at the dark crowd outside Baihua Lane, and said expressionlessly: "Since there are already so many people here, we should just stay here."
Chen Changsheng nodded to express that he had no objection, looked at the soy milk and deep-fried dough sticks that Tang Sanshiliu had bought at some time, shook his head and said helplessly, "Is eating and drinking so important?"
Tang Thirty-Six said: "Eating and drinking are not life and death, they are higher than life and death."
The door of the Orthodox Academy was closed again, but it was completely different from the isolation of the previous days. Everyone knew that tomorrow, this closed door would open again.
The turmoil of the crowd outside Baihua Lane continued, and the whole capital also became turmoil.
Zongsichao challenged the Orthodox Academy, this will be the first battle of the academy's martial arts performance.
It has nothing to do with the far-reaching significance of the new state religion regulations for humans to fight against the demons. People are very clear that this means that the forces of the Tianhai family and the new state religion have finally begun to make their voices heard in Li Gong.
It didn't take long for the news to spread throughout the capital, and soon many laborers came with various construction materials. After a while, a simple pergola took shape. Then, dozens of carriages came to the outside of Baihua Lane, and many people got out of the carriages, including painters, lecturers, businessmen, and masters from the Four Squares.
Yes, these people who responded faster than Kyoto Prefecture all came from the famous Four Squares in Kyoto.
The four major workshops do all kinds of business, restaurants, restaurants, brothels, food, luxury goods, and fabrics, but the most profitable business is always the gambling workshop.
Every year during the Great Court Examination, it is often the time when the Four Great Workshops make the most money. How could they miss out on such a natural and perfect betting event as the Zhuyuan Performing Arts? In fact, many people doubt that the Li Palace can make money in such a short period of time. In spite of the opposition of the Patriarchate, the proposal of the two archbishops of the Holy Church was passed. It is very likely that the behind-the-scenes owners of the Four Squares made a secret push.
Of course, outside Baihua Lane became extremely lively, but people from the Four Squares did not dare to disturb the tranquility of the Orthodox Academy. A businessman is a businessman.
What happened next was somewhat unexpected.
One of the stewards of Tianxiangfang walked to the gate of the Orthodox Academy without paying attention to the vigilant eyes of the priests from the palace and the Habayashi army. People looked at this scene, very puzzled, wondering what the steward was going to do? You must know that Tianxiangfang is the weakest among the four major workshops, and has always been ranked at the bottom. It is rumored that Tianxiangfang is very likely to change hands, where does this steward have the confidence
An even more unexpected thing happened, the door of the Orthodox Academy actually opened, and the steward just walked in.
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"You mean... Tianxiangfang is the property of your Tang family?"
Chen Changsheng looked at the incomparably humble steward in front of Tang Thirty-Six, and asked in surprise, "Why have I never heard of it?"
Tang Thirty-Six said: "It was decided after the big imperial examination."
Chen Changsheng said: "I heard that the four major workshops in the capital all have very deep backgrounds, and one of them seems to be in the Tianji Pavilion. Why is the former owner of Tianxiangfang willing to make a move?"
Everyone knows that the Tang family in Wenshui is the richest family in the world. The problem is that the relationship between the Tianhai family and the Tang family has always been a bit bad. Over the years, they have been secretly preventing the Tang family from entering the capital. If Tianxiangfang really returned to the Tang family, all the efforts of the Tianhai family would be in vain, so he didn't understand how the Tang family did it.
Tang Thirty-Six looked at him and smiled, without explaining.
Chen Changsheng was a little puzzled.
The steward looked at Chen Changsheng with a weird expression, thinking that if the Wenshui Tang family hadn't bet heavily on you in the imperial examination, why would Tianxiangfang be forced to change hands if it lost? Naturally he didn't dare to say these words, looked at Tang Thirty-Six and asked for instructions: "Master, according to the rules of the family, the money in the workshop cannot be moved, so I can only put all your personal savings on it."
Tang Thirty-Six calculated the numbers, thinking that even if he won, it would not be enough to buy Chenghu Tower, turned around and said to Chen Changsheng and Xuanyuan Po, "Give me all the money you have left."
When he borrowed money from others, he naturally didn't need to issue an IOU. As for what the borrowed money was used for, he didn't bother to explain it. If he borrowed money from someone, he really looked down on him.
It's a pity that his two classmates in the Orthodox Academy are really looked down upon in this respect.
Xuanyuan Po rummaged through the boxes and cabinets, and found more than seventy taels of silver.
Chen Changsheng was even more miserable. He searched all over his body, but couldn't find even a piece of paper.
Tang Thirty-Six felt very sympathetic towards Xuanyuan Po, but extremely angry towards Chen Changsheng: "Where are the banknotes I gave you? What about the treasures His Royal Highness Luoluo gave you? After the Great Imperial Exam, the Orthodox Academy received so many gift cards , where did everything go?"
Chen Changsheng was a little embarrassed, and said, "Those...all fell in the Zhou Garden."
Tang Thirty-Six knew very well how much property Chen Changsheng had before he went to Zhou Garden, not to mention the boxes of banknotes, he was a little envious of the treasures that Luoluo gave him, but in the end... it was lost! Thinking that the Zhou Garden had been destroyed now, and there was no hope of finding those treasures, he felt even more distressed. Looking at him, he said angrily, "What a prodigal."
When Chen Changsheng thought about those boxes and books in the depths of Zhouyuan Lake, he also felt very regretful, thinking that he had to find a way to get them back. In the past two days, he tried several times, but after passing through the sea of sword intent, he still couldn't pass through the virtual image of the black stone tablet. It is a very long process.
Xuanyuan Po suddenly thought of a question, glanced at the steward of Tianxiangfang who was counting the silver, and asked Tang Thirty-Six: "You want money to gamble?"
Tang Thirty-Six said: "Otherwise? Are you going to whoring?"
Xuanyuan Po shook his head and said: "Our clan has said that human beings are the most cunning, I can't bet with you, I might as well keep it and do some small business."
As he spoke, he prepared to take back his silver taels.
"What a stupid bear." Tang Thirty-Six said angrily, "It only takes two days, and one tael of silver will turn into eleven taels of silver. What business is more worth doing than this?"
Xuanyuan Po stopped in his tracks, and said in surprise, "How can you pay so much?"
The Yaozu don't like to gamble with the human race, but it doesn't mean they don't gamble. No matter how simple and honest a bear tribe boy is, he at least knows about odds.
Tang Thirty-Six said: "The odds just calculated by the Four Squares are the highest is 11 for 1, and the lowest is 9 for 1."
Xuanyuan Po suddenly felt that something was wrong, and asked with some uncertainty: "Does this mean we win?"
Tang Thirty-Six looked at him like an idiot: "Zhou Ziheng is in the Gathering Star Realm, and Chen Changsheng is in the Netherworld Realm. Do you think the Four Great Workshops will offer Zhou Ziheng a compensation of eleven?"
Xuanyuan Po was startled, and shouted: "You actually want to take my money to charge Chen Changsheng!"
You must know that apart from the subsidy issued by the Patriarch's office, the rest of the tens of taels of silver are the hard-earned money he earned from washing dishes in the night market. How could he be willing to let these money go to waste.
Tang Thirty-Six looked at him with a sneer and said, "You have to figure it out, if you don't arrest him, he will give you small shoes as the dean, and then sue you in front of His Highness Luo Luo, what should you do?"
Xuanyuan Po felt helpless when he heard the words, and felt very painful.
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The plum blossoms all over the room are still in full bloom, as if between the simple walls, there are really four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
It is a pity that it is impossible for human life to have such a beautiful and magical scene. Once the awe-inspiring winter comes, it will never be possible to return to spring.
Mei Lisha's illness was already very serious, and all the affairs of the Jiaoshu Office had been handed over to his subordinates, and some affairs had been handed over to Mao Qiuyu.
In fact, he is very clear that he is not sick, but old.
If it is a disease, it can be cured, not to mention that it is him who is sick. As long as he is willing, all the teachers and students of the Thirteenth Division of Qingyi will come to perform the holy light technique for him.
No one can cure the old man, not the thirteen divisions of the young, not the saint, not even the pope.
When you grow old and are about to return to Xinghai, different people will behave differently at this time.
Mei Lisha studied classics and presided over educational affairs in the state religion, and was lonely for hundreds of years. At this time, what he liked most was excitement.
Especially the excitement related to Chen Changsheng and the Orthodox Academy.
After listening to Missionary Xin's narration about the incident this morning, the wrinkles on Mei Lisha's face relaxed, and she said with a smile, "It's so lively."
It was so lively talking, with a smile on his old face, and even those age spots seemed to fade a bit, but Missionary Xin could hear the meaning of loneliness.
It made him very uneasy.
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