Chapter 50: I'm the Bad Guy

  "What an official?" Jun Xie was really very interested in this interesting event. After searching through his memory, he found that Zhao Chengsong's family background was ordinary, although he was indeed very talented, but as a person, he was extremely selfish and was actually a high-sounding but low-minded scumbag.

  Last time he opposed Tang Yuan, it was also for the hope of getting the favor of a lady from Li Taishi's family. However, in the end, none of the ladies looked at him, but surprisingly, Tang Yuan actually took this person under his wing? This is really not something that Tang Yuan can do!

  "I had someone arrange for him to be transferred to the Ministry of Revenue, then I had my uncle find fault with him and transfer him away again. This happened several times; now his only job is to scrub my back when I take a bath, wash my socks and undergarments every day, and even do laundry for my concubines! He doesn't have any other tasks!"

  Tang Yuan sneered: "If he wants to be stubborn with me, I'll be stubborn too. I really can't do anything about him, and it's not good to torture him anymore. But this soft-boned guy still wants to pretend to be noble, saying something about being a famous scholar... Screw his mom! He just wants to cling to the hem of Lady Li's skirt, so I'll let him wash her skirt every day!"

  Tangyuan's uncle was a deputy director of the Ministry of Revenue, and it was easy for him to give a newcomer a hard time.

  "Pfft!" A mouthful of tea water sprayed onto Tang Yuan's face, causing him to cough. "Your uncle really listens to you! Tang Da Shao, this is too much! That person is also a talented individual, a graduate of Wen Xing Book Academy, and has some abilities. This method is too humiliating..."

  "Is this a humiliation to the literary world? Third Young Master, I don't dare to agree with you on this. What are those people? They're just a bunch of bookworms! Even if they learned the skills to govern the country and bring peace from books, what's the use? All talk and no action, only good at making empty boasts! Having great knowledge doesn't mean having strong abilities, nor does it mean being a good person! Relying solely on eloquence is not talent, nor does it represent anything. Wenxing Academy, what a big name! But how many people with high status and power have come out of Wenxing Academy throughout the generations? Pfft!" Tang Yuan burst out laughing and patted Jun Xie's shoulder: "Third Young Master, neither of us are good guys..."

  "Halt! What's with 'neither of us is any good'?!" Jun Xie had been listening in agreement, secretly cheering him on. He still deeply resonated with this perspective; it was as if those so-called top-scoring students produced by the education system, and the refined social elites who had been tempered through a hundred trials, were nothing when they abandoned their theoretical tricks and compared themselves in actual practice - just like a newborn calf; it seemed that no matter what aspect, this was all common.

  I didn't expect Tang Yuan to have such insight, it's really unexpected. It was pleasant to listen to at first, but unexpectedly this kid turned the conversation around, and suddenly reached a surprising peak, spanning from north to south, with an astonishing range.

  "Haha……I mean, neither of us is a good person." Tang Yuan laughed and said: "However, Third Young Master, even if we're bad, in this vast city, even if we harm people every day, how many people can we harm? A thousand or two is nothing! But someone like Zhao Chengsong, with a belly full of evil intentions and malice, if he's really let out to be an official, the number of people he'll harm will be countless! And after harming people here, he'll go somewhere else to harm more people. Unless the imperial court beheads him, he'll continue to cause trouble! But by the time they behead him, who knows how many people he would have harmed? Compared to him, which one of us is not a good person?"

  Tang Yuan said to this point, suddenly somewhat indignant: "So the old man wants to humiliate these shameless things to death! What kind of genius, go to his mother's egg! Whoever claims to be a genius in front of the old man, the old man sees one and flattens one! One by one, they are disciplined to death! As long as they fall into my hands, those pseudo-intellectuals will never have a chance to show their faces again!"

  "Haha, great! Not bad, not bad, Tang Baozi! I've never seen you speak so refreshingly before! Well said! Just for that, I'll toast to you!"

  This cup, however, is a true expression of your heart's sincerity. Tang Yuan's words have truly touched your heart. Looking back at your life, there are hardly two or three people who have been able to get you to drink with genuine respect. That Tang Yuan can drink this cup with you is indeed a rare fortune! In this world, when it comes to getting you to show respect through drinking, Tang Yuan is still the first person!

  Once you've drunk this cup of wine, it means that Jun Xie has acknowledged Tang Yuan as a person! This son may be a spoiled brat, but he's a real little rascal, with a true temperament!

  Jun Ye has always done things as he pleases, and for those who are pleasing to his eyes, even if they are being criticized by thousands of people, Jun Ye can still share a drink with them. As for those who do not please his eyes, even if the whole world says they are saints, Jun Ye will still look down on them!

  At this moment, Tang Baozi did not understand the preciousness of this cup of wine at all, and naturally would not think that it was because Jun Xie had toasted with this cup of wine that he escaped several great disasters. Several times at the crossroads of life and death, he was saved by Jun Xie! However, these are all afterwords.

  Tang Yuan raised his wine cup and drank it all in one gulp, his small eyes gleaming with excitement: "This young master knows what's going on in his own family, he doesn't look very pleasant, loves to gamble and fight, bully people to relieve boredom, and when he sees a beautiful girl, he'll say some flattering words to ease the monotony; old man has both lustful heart and daring! Old man is indeed a bad person, but old man's badness is out in the open! What's that saying? People who love beauty are everywhere, who wouldn't want to take an extra glance at a beautiful woman? Why would they not let people look at how beautiful she looks? If it were some good girl from a good family who saw old man looking at her like this, she'd definitely avoid him and walk away. When encountering that kind of person, old man naturally wouldn't go up to them to make a fool of himself. But being looked at by old man, still standing in place waiting for old man to flirt with her, what could she be but some kind of good stuff? However, through word of mouth, old man became the most heinous villain! And those hypocrites, seeing beautiful girls would quickly lower their heads, putting on a show of being virtuous and refined, but once people turn their backs, they'd secretly stare at people's big sister's butt and drool! Ugh! This is what they call a talented scholar! A bird-brained talented scholar! Old man can't help but want to kill all these talented scholars!"

  After a long conversation, Tang Baozi's mood was depressed, and he raised his glass repeatedly. His mouth was full of words, and his hands were also constantly raising cups. Although the wine was light and refreshing, unfortunately, the wine entered his intestines, and the change in quantity triggered a change in quality. He finally got drunk, his eyes became blurry, and his large head shook back and forth. He could no longer hold on and fell into the fish soup bowl in front of him with a loud crash. The scalding hot water made him let out a loud "Ah", but this scald also sobered him up!

  He looked at Tang Yuan, who was covered in fish soup and looked extremely embarrassed. Suddenly, he had an idea: Since he wanted to get rid of the wicked father-son duo Qin Hu anyway, why not just let the Tang family handle it? With Old Man Tang's current mood after losing his precious treasure, he would rather mistakenly kill a thousand people than let one go unpunished... Moreover, with his own current lack of strength and untrained personnel, it was better to let Grandfather take action. It wouldn't be too loud that way... Alright! That's what I'll do! With this plan, everything will be settled! Bah, killing a bunch of trash is no big deal!

  The reason why the Jun family is not allowed to take action is that Jun Ye has another concern: Xuan Dan, which has already become a huge whirlpool. Qin Hu's facial expression cannot be said to be flustered because of Xuan Dan, but if it is related to Xuan Dan, then the Jun family will take action to destroy the Bei Cheng gang, which would be equivalent to being in a situation where one foot is stuck in the mud and becomes the target of public criticism. On the other hand, the Tang family has no such concerns at all.

  "Tang Baozi, now that we've eaten and drunk our fill, let's change to a quieter place to have a heart-to-heart talk among brothers. I think the Yihong Building is quite quiet, what do you say?" Jun Xie had an expression of being a wicked demon in disguise, yet still pretended to be dignified and proper.

  "Yi Hong Lou? It's indeed a quiet and nice place, haha...!" Tang Yuan's eyes lit up, his intoxication suddenly disappearing by half, his face itching with excitement: "Haha, Third Young Master, you're really my kindred spirit! Let's go, let's hurry, just in time, I've been feeling irritable these past few days and need to find a quiet place..." He stood up hastily, his large belly flopping down onto his thighs.

  He looked at Tang Yuan with a puzzled expression, wondering how he would manage in the Yihong Building. It was hard to imagine him carrying his own belly with both hands, and it seemed like there were some real difficulties ahead. What a headache...