Chapter 593: I, Han Five, have the heart but lack the strength! [Thanks! Bow again! Owe]

Near the tents of various families,

Because of watching the dragon boat competition, people were coming and going by Jinming Pond outside the tents.

Xu Zaijing, Gu Tingye, and several others walked among them, which was not very conspicuous unless someone was looking specifically.

Miss Yun Mu, standing at the entrance of the Duke of Lian's Lu family tent, stood on tiptoe and looked around, then whispered: "Da Niangzi, Xu family's young master is over there!"

Chai Zhengzheng also stood on tiptoe, glanced in the direction Miss Yun Mu said, and said: "Where are they going?"

In Jinming Pond,

On the big dragon boat,

Princess Pingning sat not far from the Empress with a smile, looking at a noble young lady standing beside the relatives of the Marquis Tuoxi, the Cao family.

This noble young lady was about twelve years old, two or three years younger than Qi Heng.

Although she didn't look very old, her entire demeanor, the way her eyes turned, her speech and behavior were appropriate, and her posture was dignified, looking like a little adult.

Noticing Princess Pingning's gaze, this noble young lady of the Cao family nodded with a smile.

"If Zhi-jie'er can go, didn't she act as a bridesmaid for the coming-of-age ceremony of the Fifth Da Niangzi of the Zhang family?"

Hearing the Empress's words to the side, the noble young lady of the Cao family, called 'Zhi-jie'er', turned to look at the Empress and nodded: "Your Majesty, yes."

The Empress smiled, frowned, and said: "Zhi-jie'er, you have been taught by the elderly women in the palace, how come you don't even know how to call me Auntie?"

Cao family's Zhi-jie'er pursed her lips, looked at the surrounding madams and titled ladies somewhat embarrassedly, and said: "The teaching elderly woman said, calling Auntie should be in private..."

"Change it," the Empress said with a smile.

"Yes, Auntie," Cao family's Zhi-jie'er bowed and replied.

"Mother, looking at the small dragon boat of the Earl of Kang'an just now, it was just a little bit away from winning, it's really a pity!" Princess Pingning said with a smile.

Madam Wu, sitting below, shook her head slightly, looked at the Empress who was smiling at her niece, and said: "Princess, I see that the water soldiers on this Xiong family's small dragon boat just now seemed to have relaxed their efforts at the very end."

After speaking, Madam Wu looked down and said: "Countess of Huixian, what do you think?"

A certain madam who was some distance from the Empress had an awkward expression on her face. She stood up and accompanied with a smile: "Madam, this, I, I don't understand water matters, I am just a woman..."

A sneer appeared on Madam Wu's face, and she shook her head.

Qi Heng sat behind Princess Pingning, looked at Liang Han, who was frowning and had an unkind expression to the side, and said softly: "Sixth Young Master, what's wrong?"

Liang Han took a deep breath, leaned forward, and whispered to Qi Heng: "Young Duke, those water soldiers on the small dragon boats had already agreed two days ago to let Brother Yan of the Earl of Kang'an win the first round."

"Sixth Young Master, can this even be agreed upon?" Qi Heng was surprised.

"Why not? Besides the Huyi Navy of the Tian family, those with the strength to win are the former water soldiers recruited by my family! The other families have no say!"

"Because Brother Jin of the Chai family is seeking to marry the Second Da Niangzi of the Lu family's third branch, the Chai family set the jade carving for the second round today. But..."

Qi Heng's eyes turned, and he whispered: "Sixth Young Master, you mean someone made a move to cause trouble inside?"

Liang Han nodded, his tone hateful: "Rascals! I patted my chest and guaranteed to Jing-ge'er that there wouldn't be any mishaps! As a result..."

At this moment,

The noble young lady of the Cao family, who had been standing beside the Empress, walked behind the Marquis Tuoxi's wife and sat in a position not far from Qi Heng.

Seeing this, Liang Han and Qi Heng hurriedly stopped talking and nodded in acknowledgment to the Cao family's noble young lady.

Turning his head, Liang Han frowned and whispered: "I hope there won't be any problems later!"

Qi Heng shook his head: "Just now, seeing the water soldiers relax their efforts at the most critical moment, the second round will most likely have problems too."

Liang Han's eyes turned, and he said: "I heard from my mother that the Tian family of the Earl of Huixian was able to come up because they took the path of the Cao family, Qin family, and Tan family! The Tan family!"

Saying this, Liang Han had a sudden realization in his eyes, and his tone was annoyed: "Miscalculated! The Tan family! They will definitely cause trouble!"

Princess Pingning, sitting in front, turned her head, looked at the two talking, and said: "What are you talking about? Why aren't you focusing on watching the competition."

Madam Wu also turned her head, glared at Liang Han, and said: "Sixth Young Master, say less!"

Liang Han and Qi Heng hurriedly agreed.

The Cao family's noble young lady, sitting not far from the two, quietly sat up straight and loosened her pricked-up ears.

Suddenly, the Cao family's noble young lady noticed a gaze. When she looked back, she saw a boy sitting opposite her hiding his gaze.

The Cao family's noble young lady pondered, remembering that boy opposite, who seemed to be the child of the Duke of Lian's Lu family. She had seen this boy once when she first came to Bianjing and went to the Marquis Yongyi's mansion to attend Anmei's wedding.

'Seems to be called Zezong? He is the sworn younger brother of that Fifth Brother of the Xu family!'

Thinking of this, the Cao family's noble young lady just stared at that Lu family boy. When he peeked over again, seeing the Cao family's noble young lady glaring at him, he hurriedly turned his head to look elsewhere.

"Little ghost!" the Cao family's noble young lady thought.

Not far from the big dragon boat,

Xiong Yan had already changed to the former Chai family's dragon boat.

Xiong Yan frowned and walked to the bow of the small dragon boat.

"Young Earl, don't worry."

The former Huyi Navy soldier sitting behind Xiong Yan said.

"Hmm," Xiong Yan squeezed out a smile and nodded.

"Young Earl, our Liang family's dragon boat is different from the Tian family's! Sixth Young Master is willing to spend money, and we also practice diligently every day, just for this March when the pond garden opens."

"To speak without modesty, we practice much more diligently than when we were in the navy."

"Just now, it was the Chai family's young master who didn't seek first place, so we didn't row hard! Since they didn't follow what was agreed, and the Chai family's young master and you have both promised rewards! Wait a moment, you just watch!"

Xiong Yan's eyebrows relaxed, the expression on his face became much more relaxed, and he turned around and bowed: "Thank you all! I will treat you to a meal at Yang Tower afterward!"

As soon as Xiong Yan finished speaking, he saw the sailors on the small dragon boat widen their eyes!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The sound of drums rang out immediately.

However, the flag on the big dragon boat was waving again.

The small dragon boat rowed to half of the competition course, and a smile had already appeared on Xiong Yan's face. The reason was none other than that the small dragon boat he was sitting on had already exceeded the Tian family's side by more than half!

And the exceeded boat length was still increasing.

The gang of water soldiers recruited by Liang Han were not just talking big just now; their strength was truly strong.

"Boom boom boom~"

Amidst the thundering drum sounds whose rhythm had already accelerated,

Xiong Yan happily grabbed the jade carving on the pole, and then held it high and cheered happily.

On the shore,

In the Duke of Hanguo's tent, which was in a good position,

Seeing this scene, the Duke of Anguo, Duke of Hanguo, and several people from the Xiong family's concubine branch had very bad expressions on their faces.

"Slap~"

A teacup was thrown heavily onto the floor of the tent.

Looking at the fragments of the teacup on the floor, Han Chengyun had a pained expression on his face.

The disciple of the Tan family of the Duke of Anguo to the side gritted his teeth and said: "Rascals! What are the Tian family people doing! They could even let him grab it! A gang of rascals!"

"And! Why did the Chai family's Eldest Young Master think that way? Why did he give the Liang family's dragon boat to him!"

Han Chengyun withdrew his gaze from the teacup fragments and said: "It was something agreed upon! And, Liang Han's gang has trained the dragon boat team quite well, and the Tian family is also powerless!"

The disciples of the Xiong family's concubine branch sitting below could only listen to the conversation between the two Duke's mansion disciples and didn't dare to interject.

After speaking, Han Chengyun looked at the Tan family's disciple and said: "Shall we go out and see the fun?"

Exchanging glances with the Tan family's disciple, Han Chengyun continued: "After watching the fun at the entrance of the Xie family's tent, the young ladies of several Marquis's mansions will definitely return to their own tents."

The Tan family's disciple's eyes lit up, he smoothed his frowned eyebrows and said: "At that time, we can also meet by chance and say hello."

"Slap!" Han Chengyun clapped his folding fan and nodded with a smile: "Good!"

"It's a pity that the Gu family's Third Da Niangzi's marriage is set! Otherwise, our family would definitely go to propose marriage." The Tan family's disciple stood up, his tone showing some regret.

"This Gu family compared to the Chai family is like a dwarf compared to a giant! Now the Chai family's Third Da Niangzi's marriage hasn't been set yet!" Han Chengyun smiled.

"Humph! My mother said, the Chai family's Madam fancies Xu Zaijing, that rascal! A legitimate son with no title to inherit, I don't know what Madam Chai fancies about him!"

The Tan family's disciple said as he had already arrived outside the tent.

"Speaking of which, although the Rong family is from the marketplace, if one could marry Rong Feiyan, it would be quite good even if there is no family property!"

"The only bad thing is having Rong Xian, that troublemaker of a brother-in-law."

Han Chengyun unfolded his folding fan to block the sunlight, a sneer appearing on the corner of his mouth, saying:

"Brother Tan, actually, the noble young lady of the Jinxiang Hou Ma family is also quite good! I heard that she has been deeply in love with you for a long time!"

"Ha! I think she is deeply in love with my family background?"

"Eh! Brother Tan, what you said is not pleasant to hear!"

Several people walked by the pond outside the tent, watching the crowd surging toward the Xie family's tent.

During this time, noble young ladies and official family members, accompanied by maids and elderly women, holding hands, walking side by side, and talking quickly, passed by from time to time.

In beautiful spring clothes, the noble young ladies were at the age where they were very good-looking without needing to dress up.

Just walking among them made people laugh from time to time.

Of course, some smiles were feeling the beauty, and some smiles were very lewd.

Walking a dozen steps,

Han Chengyun and the others were not far from the Xie family's tent.

"Pfft!"

A sneer rang out.

Gu Tingye, hugging his arms and bringing Zhique, appeared in front of Han Chengyun and the others.

The lewd smile of the Tan family's disciple also froze on his face.

Han Chengyun closed his folding fan, thought for a moment, and didn't point at Gu Tingye, but put his hands behind his back and said: "I say Gu Er, good dogs don't block the way, move aside!"

The smile on Gu Tingye's face became increasingly brilliant, and after shaking his head: "No!"

"Fifth, Fifth Young Master, let's go quickly!"

The Han family servant following behind said with fear in his tone.

The Tan family's disciple glared and scolded: "Go where? We have so many people, opposite Gu Er only has two! If he doesn't move, beat him until he moves!"

Noble young masters and young ladies from noble and official families passing by from time to time saw the confrontation and wisely bypassed the tent stairs, trying to stay as far away from this gang of dandies as possible.

Han Chengyun was smart, he hurriedly looked around.

After seeing the situation behind him clearly, Han Chengyun couldn't help but swallow his saliva, his tone somewhat weak: "Xu, Xu Zaijing, what are you going to do?"

"Xu Zaijing?"

The Tan family's disciple beside Han Chengyun looked behind him suspiciously.

"Good!"

The crowd watching at the entrance of the Xie family's tent, some distance away, let out a cheer.

This cheer also made the Tan family's disciple tremble, thinking that Gu Tingye in front had attacked.

"Was it you who instructed the Tian family's water soldiers to relax their efforts during the first round of winning, wanting to make Xiong Yan unhappy?"

Xu Zaijing stood behind and asked.

The Tan family's disciple turned his head, his expression somewhat panicked: "Wh-what instruction, what unhappiness? I don't understand what you are talking about!"

Xu Zaijing looked at Han Chengyun and smiled: "He said it wasn't him, then it must be you, Han Fifth Young Master!"

Han Chengyun looked at the servant beside him, then looked at the Tan family's disciple, a smile appearing on his face: "Xu... Xu Fifth Young Master, you know, my family has no kinship with the Qin, Tian, and Cao families!"

"So, I also have the heart but lack the strength!"

The Han family servant to the side, hearing this, whispered: "Young Master, you, don't say anymore."

After the words were spoken, Han Chengyun, who only then realized the meaning of his words, had a smile appear on his face: "Xu Fifth Young Master, don't misunderstand, my studies are poor, actually that's not what I meant."

Xu Zaijing didn't pay attention to Han Chengyun, but looked at the Tan family's disciple and said: "Speaking of which, I have no enmity with your Duke of Anguo's Tan family, why do you always want to cause trouble for me?"

The Tan family's disciple was about to speak, but Xu Zaijing waved his hand to interrupt and continued: "Previously, your Duke of Anguo's disciple was beaten and injured by Jin Kingdom warriors! The cause was also a fair competition, and the Duke of Anguo's disciple kicked people in the crotch, which had nothing to do with me!"

"Your family's old lady went to the palace to file a complaint, and I didn't say anything!"

The Tan family's disciple seemed to have found a loophole in Xu Zaijing's words and said: "You didn't say anything? You even angered my grandmother..."

Xu Zaijing glared and said: "I even let your family vent their anger on me, is that not enough? What else do you want?"

Watching Xu Zaijing talking to the Tan family's disciple, Han Chengyun, holding the folding fan, smiled and dodged to the side.

Xu Zaijing turned his thoughts and said: "I say, it wouldn't be that your family's old lady also blamed her own fear on me, right?"

"Why was the Cao family able to quickly occupy Yanzhou? The root cause isn't that Xu Zaijing defeated Bai Gao's outstanding generals!"

"Your grandmother wouldn't think like that, right?"

Hearing this, the Tan family's disciple looked at Xu Zaijing with some surprise, and then hurriedly turned his head back.

Gu Tingye in front looked at his expression and said in surprise: "It really is?"

"Stop!"

Gu Tingye shouted.

Han Chengyun, who was trying to sneak to the side, stood still immediately: "Gu Er... Young Master, I and Xu Fifth Young Master have no enmity with you."

Ignoring Han Chengyun, the Tan family's disciple gritted his teeth and said: "What really, fake, what do you want, Xu Zaijing!"

Sheng Changfeng, standing not far beside Xu Zaijing, looked at the few people opposite and whispered to Qiao Jiulang: "Jiulang, are these the noble young masters in Bianjing?"

"Yes!"

Qiao Jiulang nodded with great interest.

"Jing-ge'er won't beat them, right? They are disciples of the Duke's mansion!" Changfeng continued to whisper.

"Depends on whether they know the current situation!"

After Qiao Jiulang finished speaking, Xu Zaijing to the side said: "Either you jump into the pond yourselves and shout three times 'I was wrong', and this matter will be considered over!"

"You!"

The Tan family's disciple turned around and pointed at Xu Zaijing angrily.

Xu Zaijing continued: "Either I beat you up, you shout 'I was wrong' a hundred times, and then I throw you into the pond!"

Hearing this, Han Chengyun licked his lips and looked at Jinming Pond, estimating the depth by the shore.

"Brother Tan, a wise man doesn't fight when the odds are against him," Han Chengyun said.

The Tan family's disciple clenched his fists, his chest heaving violently!

Then the Tan family's disciple walked toward the shore of Jinming Pond himself. After hesitating there for a while, he turned his head to look at his own servant to the side and glared: "You gang of trash! Get down first!"

"Plop~ Splash~"

"Plop~ Splash~"

The Tan family's servants were kicked into the water by the Tan family's disciple, and then he himself followed and jumped into the water.

Seeing this scene, Qiao Jiulang and Sheng Changfeng couldn't help but swallow their saliva. Changfeng said: "This works too?"

Gu Tingye looked at Han Chengyun and smiled: "Please!"

Han Chengyun held the folding fan somewhat depressed, wanting to point at Xu Zaijing to say a few words, but in the end, he didn't dare!

He could only point at Gu Tingye with hatred and said: "Good! Gu Er, very good!"

"Plop~"

There was one more person in the water by Jinming Pond.

Han Chengyun's servant hurriedly followed and jumped down.

Xu Zaijing stood by the shore, looking at the few people in the water, shaking his head expressionlessly, and said: "If you really wanted to fight me, even if you lost and were thrown into the water by me! I would still respect you!"

"But, you didn't even have the courage to throw a punch!"

"Pfft!"

Xu Zaijing turned and left, saying: "Yuan Erlang, let's go."

The sound of jumping into the water,

The movement was not small,

Naturally attracting the attention of many young masters, noble young ladies, and official family members on the shore.

The sailors on the dragon boats in Jinming Pond had an even better angle for watching.

Rong Feiyan stood at the entrance of the Xie family's tent. The maid Ningxiang beside her looked at the Tan and Han families who were going ashore and whispered: "Da Niangzi, does our family's Second Young Master also bully people like this outside?"

Rong Feiyan shook her head slightly.

I don't know if she was saying that her own brother didn't bully people like this, or that Rong Xian couldn't bully these two families.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 594 =====