Chapter 69: Taking an Official Servant
"You are so shameless and yet you still have the nerve to say that. I would even tie up your entire family." Luo Yiwu snorted.
"Fan Zhili, what do you say?" Tang Wen asked.
"I have nothing to say about doing this, but what I want to say is that I have always loved Junru." Fan Zhili said.
"You're talking nonsense! You love Junru? Why don't you come back if you're not dead?" Zhan Dongwen asked angrily.
“It’s not that I didn’t come back. It took me a month to recover from the injury after I fell off the cliff.
At that time, the big exam was approaching, and I had to go directly to the capital.
Later, I passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi. However, I wrote the letter.
I kept writing, dozens of letters in a row, but Junru never replied.
Not long ago, I returned home and found out that Junru was divorced by her father." Fan Zhili said.
"I haven't received any letter from you, not even one." said Zhan Junru.
"I know you didn't receive it, so I rushed here." Fan Zhili said.
"The letter must have been intercepted by someone? Was it your father?" Tang Wen asked.
"Alas... my father no longer wanted this marriage after he knew that I passed the imperial examination.
So, I divorced Junru. My father intercepted all the letters. It is my Fan family who is sorry for Junru.
So, I came here, I always wanted to take Junru away. But she refused, today, I secretly made an appointment with her again.
She still refused to follow me, saying that Mr. Tang had been very kind to her.
I decided to leave Koh Samui, but before leaving, I couldn't help but made an unreasonable request to Junru.
Junru couldn't bear it and agreed to me. I deserve to die! I am shameless!
However, I really love Junru and I swear I will never marry her again." Fan Zhili said.
"You killed Junru." Zhan Dongwen was so angry that his teeth were chattering.
"Master, please forgive him. No matter how you punish me, I will accept it even if I am thrown into a pig cage." Zhan Junru kowtowed and cried.
"I will die with her!" said Fan Zhili.
"What a pair of bastards, sir, I'll put them both in the pig cage together." Dongfang Ming cursed.
"Fan Zhili, do you really love Junru?" Tang Wen asked.
"Love! I have always loved her. If I tell a lie, may God strike me and all the people in my Fan family die." Fan Zhili said.
"Junru, do you love Fan Zhili?" Tang Wen asked.
"I...I...I...I am a member of the Tang family." Zhan Junru cried.
"It seems that you don't love him. Come here, Fan Zhili actually dared to defile my Tang family's servant, put him in the pig cage." Tang Wen nodded and shouted.
"I love him, master, please spare him...let me die!" Zhan Junru shouted quickly after hearing this.
"Hanyan, do you think they should be put in a pig cage?" Tang Wen turned around and asked.
"Zhan Junru was unfaithful to her husband and had an affair with Fan Zhili, so she should be thrown into the pig cage.
Fan Zhili should be thrown into a pig cage for defiling the Tang family's slaves.
However, a husband and wife are bound by love for a hundred days, so I have no right to interfere with how the master handles it." Gu Nianyan said.
"Well said, a husband and wife once married will be bound by a hundred days of grace. However, Fan Zhili, I will give you two choices." Tang Wen said.
"Please speak, sir." Fan Zhili said quickly.
"First, both of you will be thrown into the pig cage. This is what you deserve.
The second rule is to allow you two to resume your relationship as husband and wife. However, the prerequisite is that you must sell yourself to the Tang family as a slave.
Of course, neither of you have to stay in Koh Samui. If you pass the imperial examination, you can serve as an official in the court.
But you have to remember that you are a member of the Tang family, and you will always be a member of the Tang family," Tang Wen said.
"Will you really let Junru and I be husband and wife again? And not kill us?" Fan Zhili asked.
"Of course." Tang Wen nodded.
"I choose the second one! I will always be a member of the Tang family." Fan Zhili said seriously.
"Okay, today I am Zhan Junru's family member, and the wedding will be held tonight. Butler Luo, please get ready right away, hang up red lanterns, and prepare a wedding room for Junru. We will get married tonight!" Tang Wen said.
"The... the gift..."
"Ru... Sister Ru..."
Zhan Junru and Fan Zhili cried with joy and hugged each other tightly.
"Thank you, sir. We will repay you even if we work like slaves for you."
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"You are quite generous." Gu Hanyan snorted afterwards.
"I have always been generous." Tang Wen said with a smile.
"Do you regret it now?" Gu Hanyan said.
"What do you regret?" Tang Wen asked.
"You didn't turn Junru into your own little woman." Gu Hanyan said.
"Fortunately, no, otherwise, Fan Zhili would have cried to death.
However, even though Junru is gone , don’t we still have you?
You should be prettier than Junru, how about you take off your disguise and show it to me?" Tang Wen shrugged.
"You wish! Don't even think about it in this life.
Because I don't like cowards.
Also, I, Gu Hanyan, am a master. How could a master like an ordinary person?
You are not worthy at all." Gu Hanyan rolled her eyes and walked away.
Mahler's next door!
It seems that I need to improve my cultivation and not let women look down on me.
So Tang Wen called Dongfang Ming over.
"Fang Ming, where can I buy a Heaven-level technique ?"
"The heavenly level skills are priceless, and no one is willing to sell them." Dongfang Ming shook his head.
"Didn't I hear that Haisheng City has a set of these?" Tang Wen asked.
“Yes, there is a set, but you see, that set of skills has been in Haisheng City for decades, why hasn’t it been sold yet?
Is there any warrior in the world who doesn't like heavenly-level martial arts? That is absolutely impossible.
That’s because this set of skills has set up many barriers. Some people have money, but they don’t meet the conditions.
Some people have met the requirements, but they don’t have that much money in their pockets. ” Dongfang Ming shook his head.
"There is also this reason. What conditions are required?" Tang Wen asked.
"I'm not sure, but it must be extremely difficult. Otherwise, the skills would have been taken away by someone long ago." Dongfang Ming said.
"Haha, it might be a cover." Tang Wen laughed.
"A cover-up? How is that possible? The martial arts technique is in the store, someone must have seen it. Otherwise, people wouldn't have wasted their efforts." Dongfang Ming was stunned.
"How is it impossible? The technique does exist, but it's just a gimmick.
This is used to promote the store and attract strong customers.
This, in Western terms, is advertising.
Dongfang Ming, good wine needs to be hidden in a remote alley. Appropriate advertising is necessary, and it is a business method. "Tang Wen said.
"There is such a way to play, it's amazing." Dongfang Ming touched his head, looking a little dazed.
"In fact, this way of playing has been around for a long time. Look at the vendors shouting at the stalls during the market. They shout, 'My mung bean soup' is the most authentic, handed down from three generations, with a secret recipe and so on.
In fact, it is to attract attention, that is advertising.
However, the advertising of the store in Haisheng City is better than theirs.
They have heavenly-level skills, but they don't want to sell them, so the conditions they offer are simply unattainable by others.
In this way, they can constantly attract strong people to patronize them.
Although some experts were unable to obtain the techniques, they did purchase other things. "Tang Wen said.
"My lord, you have good vision. You can see through their tricks at a glance." Dongfang Ming exclaimed.
"Of course, this is just my guess," said Tang Wen.
"Sir, now that Zhan Junru is gone, you have to pick a girl to serve you personally. Otherwise, I will gather all the girls together tomorrow?" said Luo Yiwu who was standing aside.
"There's no rush, just go with the flow. If it's not suitable, it would be uncomfortable to pick it." Tang Wen shook his head.
"Okay then. I'll keep an eye on it for you, sir." Luo Yiwu nodded.
"Master, Manager Shen from Duobaozhai in the provincial capital has arrived." At this time, Li Quan came in and said.
"Please come in!" Tang Wen said, and Li Quan led Shen Xihe in.
"The boss's coming here brings glory to my humble island of Samui." Tang Wen said with a smile.
"Sir, I am shocked by your Koh Samui." Shen Xihe said.
"Scared? Where do you come from?" Tang Wen glanced at him and asked with a smile.
"It's really eye-opening. Look, there are iron horses that can run, iron horses that can eat stones, and iron horses that can dig the soil...
And your dam is magnificent. Once it is completed and the water is stored, it will be a completely different scene, which will definitely be beautiful.
Seeing this, I want to move here and be your neighbor." Shen Xihe said.
"Welcome. I will pick a good place for Shopkeeper Shen. You can come and stay here when you are free, go fishing, grow flowers, ride a bike, it would be so comfortable." Tang Wen said with a smile.
"Of course, of course. I heard that the lord has received another batch of goods called champagne." Shen Xihe said with a smile.
"How did you know?" Tang Wen was stunned, because that wine had only been shown at Yang Yun's promotion banquet.
Ancient times were different from modern times. Information was not well developed, and it was quite difficult for some things to be transmitted from Yanling to the provincial capital.
Besides, there weren't many people present at the time.
