Chapter 44: Change with the Wind
The girl's family background was very ordinary, her parents were just lower-class people who did small business on the street.
However, because she was beautiful, she was often harassed by playboys.
There were so many people coming to propose marriage that the door was broken down.
Because the girl was born beautiful, her parents thought she was a rare treasure and refused to give her up no matter who came to them.
It was probably because he looked down on those people and wanted to rely on his daughter to gain wealth.
He believed that with his daughter's beauty, she would marry, if not a prince or a high-ranking official, then into a wealthy family.
But it’s not like those wealthy families haven’t seen beauties before.
Without family background and status, no matter how beautiful one is, at most it is just a play for fun.
There are many beauties in the Wu area of Southern Province.
Not to mention other places, there are so many beautiful women in brothels alone.
How could he be interested in a girl from a poor family, let alone marry her in a formal ceremony?
As the woman grew older and approached her twenties, she still had not found a husband, and her neighbors began to gossip about her.
The girl's parents also started to get anxious.
Just then, someone told them that the family of Mr. Chen, a wealthy businessman in the city, wanted to select a few personal maids for his daughter.
The girl's parents thought that since she couldn't marry into a wealthy family, it would be nice for her to be a maid for a wealthy girl.
That can be considered as stepping into that level.
In the past, if daughters could not get married, it was because they were surrounded by poor peasants and there was no rich person at all.
If I could stay with Miss Chen more often, maybe some young master would take a fancy to me.
I don't dare to expect someone to marry me in a formal way, but it would be nice to take her home as a concubine.
At worst, when Miss Chen gets married, I can go with her and become a maidservant of a rich and noble man.
You will also live a life of wealth and prosperity without worries. Isn't it better than marrying those lowly peasants?
So he used his connections to send the girl to Chen's house.
Originally everything went as they had planned. After their daughter entered the Chen family, their family did gain a lot of benefits and their lives became much better.
Miss Chen was also very kind to her daughter, often rewarding her with rare items and allowing her to go home to visit her parents frequently.
But after a while, they found that their daughter came home less and less often.
The good times didn't last long, and he suddenly fell seriously ill.
Miss Chen was kind enough to hire the best doctor at her own expense.
But not long after, he passed away because no medicine could help him.
This is the result of Lao Ling’s investigation.
He also persuaded the woman's parents to dig up the coffin and perform an autopsy.
There was indeed a corpse in the coffin.
After Jiang Zhou finished reading the above records, a thought flashed through his mind: this is related to the young lady of the Chen family again.
It’s just right. Let’s go and see tonight who this Miss Chen is.
Just as he was pondering, a demon patrol guard suddenly came to the door and said, "Brother Jiang, Captain You wants to see you."
Jiang Zhou couldn't help but look a little strange when he saw the enthusiastic smile on the demon patrol guard's face.
In the Sujing Division, no one would call him that except for a few knife-wielding men and Jin Jiu.
Especially these demon patrol guards , who usually treat him coldly.
Now she is smiling and calling him Brother Jiang?
When he was stunned, he saw Jin Jiu smiling and winking at him.
As soon as the thought came to his mind, Jiang Zhou knew why this happened.
Sure enough, "having someone above you" is really the best weapon in the workplace.
Jiang Zhou put away the papers, tidied his appearance a little, and went to Baijie Hall.
When I arrived at the mountain, I saw You Xu sitting high in the hall.
Seeing him coming, You Xu smiled and stood up to greet him.
"Captain..."
Just as Jiang Zhou was about to salute, You Xu quickly stretched out his hands to support him.
"Hey, we are all family, there are no outsiders here, no need to be polite."
Yesterday you wanted to harm me, but today you're one of my own?
The power of this great scholar is indeed extraordinary.
Jiang Zhou said secretly.
He stood up straight without showing any emotion and asked, "I wonder what you want me to do, Captain?"
You Xu smiled and held his arm, then came to a seat nearby : "No hurry, you sit first."
After Jiang Zhou sat down, he returned to his seat and laughed, "Hahaha, Patrol Guard Jiang, you did a great job out there."
Jiang Zhou clasped his fists and said, "I wonder what the captain intends?"
"Are you still pretending in front of me?"
You Xu pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "The literary world of Wu County is in turmoil now. Who doesn't know that there is a young man in my Sujing Division who is extremely talented, whose writing is better than Bailu's, and whose poetry is the best in Wu County?"
Jiang Zhou: “…”
Jiang Zhou seemed to be frightened and jumped up from his seat: "Sir Captain, please forgive me for making fun of you. I am just repeating what others have said. How can I be worthy of such a great reputation?"
Does this guy named You want to trap him to death?
He has to bear such a big reputation, and he will never live in peace again.
You Xu pretended to be displeased: "You don't have to be so modest. The great scholar Li Dongyang praised you in person in front of all the wise men in Bailu."
"He also said that after he comes to the capital to be appointed as an official, he will send someone to pick you up and personally accept you as his disciple!"
"Tell me, would a great scholar like you speak nonsense?"
Jiang Zhou was shocked.
Not really?
Is this Li Dongyang deliberately causing trouble?
He was very clear-headed and did not become complacent because of what Yan Xiaowu and Jin Jiu said before. He did not think that Li Dongyang's breakthrough to becoming a great scholar was all his credit.
He just copied a poem by the Immortal Poet and half of an article by Zhuang Zhou.
Perhaps something touched Li Dongyang's sore spot, causing him to be excited and make a breakthrough. It is indeed possible.
After all, for some things, as long as you accumulate enough, moving to the next level is just a matter of a layer of window paper. You never know when you see someone fall or give birth to a baby on the street and you will have an epiphany.
But if it was said that Li Dongyang was able to make a breakthrough because of the things he copied, he thought it was impossible.
Why did Li Dongyang take it so seriously that he even said such things in public?
A third-rank great scholar is someone who can sit on equal footing with the heads of all the major immortal sects and holy places. Even the Emperor of Daji has to show respect to him and treat him with courtesy at all times.
His personal disciple may not be as good as a prince, but he is more than qualified to be a son of a nobleman.
"Hahaha, Patrol Guard Jiang, you don't have to doubt it. This is absolutely true. This statement came from Bailu Academy and it can't be false."
You Xu laughed.
In fact, I had already started cursing in my heart.
Damn it, what kind of luck is this kid? Just after going out for a walk, he was appreciated and favored by a great scholar, who even wanted to take him as a disciple?
What Jiang Zhou wrote in Yanbo Tower had already been handed to him by someone.
He didn't understand poetry and couldn't see what was good about it.
But he was a martial arts master, and he didn't believe that just a few broken words could allow someone to enter the legendary realm of the upper third grade.
Just to reach the eighth level in martial arts, he had spent decades of hard work. I don't know how many fights and hardships he went through before he could barely climb up.
If writing a few crappy words or reciting a few sour poems can lead to a breakthrough, then why are they working so hard to cultivate?
Therefore, You Xu did not believe the nonsense outside. He just thought that Jiang Zhou was lucky enough to be noticed by Li Dongyang.
But no matter what, this kid is no longer a rootless duckweed that can be manipulated by others.
You can't use the same tricks on him anymore.
