Chapter 10: Reward for Perfect Physique,《Supreme Ultimate Fist》

At night, Lu Yuan entered a small tavern, bought some cooked food, and bought some roasted peanuts.

He carried the things and walked toward the grand residence.

The night in Huangcheng was still relatively lively.

After all, it's Huangcheng; although there was war, Huangcheng still had its prosperity and dignity.

Moreover, there were streetlights along the road.

They were made from a special ore, like electric bulbs on Earth, very bright but without electricity.

After work, people, having finished their meals, came out for a stroll to digest.

As he was about to return to the grand residence, he didn't know if it was psychological or some other reason.

Lu Yuan always felt that there were some black shadows loitering around his grand residence.

This won't do……

While Lu Yuan was pondering, a patrol squad of officials suddenly appeared in the distance, and those black shadows immediately scattered and fled.

Watching the officials draw nearer, Lu Yuan opened the system.

The leader, the system rated him three and a half stars, not bad; that's considered a high rating.

The tags were 【Righteous】, 【Hot-tempered】, 【Repaying Kindness】.

After thinking, Lu Yuan immediately went forward; upon reaching the officials, he immediately greeted them with a smile, saying:

「Sir, sir……」

Wang Ping stared strangely at Lu Yuan, who had suddenly approached.

Ordinary people seeing these officials would usually keep their distance; how could someone come up to them?

Wang Ping furrowed his brows and looked at Lu Yuan, saying:

「What's the matter? 」

Lu Yuan didn't hesitate; he immediately took out five silver coins from his pocket, exactly matching the five officials.

Then Lu Yuan, grinning, secretly handed them over; seeing Wang Ping's astonished expression, Lu Yuan immediately said:

「Sir, to be frank, that manor nearby was left to me by my father; I can't afford to live there, so I packed up its contents and sold them. 」

「Tomorrow, the shopkeepers will come to collect the goods; I just saw a few people acting suspiciously, perhaps with ulterior motives. I wonder if you officials would like to come to my place tonight for a drink? 」

Lu Yuan said while raising the basket in his hand containing the cooked food and peanuts.

After Lu Yuan finished speaking, Wang Ping was stunned for a moment, then said nothing else, but looked at Lu Yuan in astonishment and said:

「Is Lu Qing your father? 」

Lu Yuan startled, 'Oh, this person knows my third great-uncle?'

After a moment, Lu Yuan immediately nodded and said:

「Yes, it's my third great-uncle; he didn't die for the country, so this house was left to me. 」

Anyway, I already said it, no need to hide anything else, so I spoke plainly.

Upon hearing this, Wang Ping finally realized, nodded, and then returned the five silver coins Lu Yuan had given him, saying:

「We have regulations; we cannot casually enter others' homes, so take this money back. 」

「To be frank, I also received your father's kindness in the army; later I was wounded on the battlefield, and it was your father who had me transferred back. Honestly, calling me 'uncle' is not inappropriate. 」

「Rest assured, we will patrol more here tonight; there will be no problems. 」

Upon hearing this, thinking of Wang Ping's tags, Lu Yuan came to his senses and said with a solemn expression:

「Oh, uncle, if that's the case, you should definitely keep this money; you are indeed my uncle! 」

「What's wrong with a nephew honoring his uncle? It's no problem for an uncle to visit his nephew's home; uncle, you must accept this money. 」

「Well, look at that, we can actually forge a connection? 」

「And he's an official; others would have no way to curry favor, yet I just happened to meet him. 」

Wang Ping also froze, a smile involuntarily appearing on his face; 'Hey, this kid is really clever.'

After a moment, Wang Ping, half-reluctant, seeing no one around, accepted it.

「Nobody in this world dislikes money! 」

Seeing Wang Ping accept the money, Lu Yuan also felt pleased and immediately smiled, saying:

「Come, uncle, let's go to my home. 」

But Wang Ping waved his hand again, saying:

「Uncle is on duty; I truly can't go. How about this: I'll have my two brothers skip patrol tonight and stay at your doorstep. 」

「If anything really happens, we can come over right away. 」

「This is great; after nodding repeatedly, Lu Yuan also handed over the items in his hand, saying: 」

「Uncle, take these; you're tired from patrolling tonight, have something to eat and drink. 」

「These things aren't worth much; what really matters is our home and the relationship between us two. 」

Wang Ping waved his hand saying no, but Lu Yuan insisted; finally Wang Ping smiled, took the peanuts, and said with a laugh:

「Uncle on duty, alcohol is not allowed. 」

After Wang Ping finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the two behind him and said:

「Xiao Wang, Xiao Liu, you two don't need to follow the patrol today; just stay here and keep watch. 」

Having said that, Wang Ping divided the silver coins Lu Yuan had just given him between the two.

Finally, after saying a few more words, Wang Ping then led the people away.

Left behind were Lu Yuan and the two officials.

The so-called Xiao Bao is also a treasure; the village head is also a cadre; Lu Yuan did not neglect these two because of his connection with Wang Ping.

He insisted on pulling the two into the manor, but those two really dared not enter.

Speaking of which, the current atmosphere is really good, completely different from when the previous emperor was around; without a search warrant, you can't just randomly enter ordinary people's homes.

Seeing that the two didn't come in, Lu Yuan went back himself.

He sliced the cooked food he had just bought, wrapped it in oil paper, divided it into two portions, and went out to deliver it to those two.

Without saying a word, he simply stuffed it into their pockets; when they were on patrol, if they had nothing to do, they could grab a slice from their pocket and eat it.

After delivering the cooked food.

Lu Yuan had nothing left to eat himself, so he went back and bought some peanuts and cooked food again.

By the way, he also divided the peanuts into two small packets, preparing to give them to those two.

On his way back, he discovered that those two were really on the job!

What good partners—when other people passed by here and walked closer, those two would loudly shout:

"What are you doing? Do you live here? Show your ID!"

"You don't live here, and this isn't a market square—what are you strolling around for at this hour of night!"

He again stuffed the peanuts into their pockets, calling them "Brother Wang" and "Brother Liu" each time; after chatting a while, Lu Yuan then went back.

"The captain Wang's elder nephew is really polite, truly endearing."

After Lu Yuan left, the two chatted with faces full of emotion.

The other person grabbed a handful of peanuts from his pocket, put them straight into his mouth, and muttered:

"Yeah, we really have to keep a good watch tonight; not mentioning Captain Wang's connection, if anything really happens, we'd feel sorry for this pork head meat and peanuts."

Returning to the manor, Lu Yuan lay back in the old man's rocking chair in the courtyard, humming a song, taking a sip of liquor, then a bite of pork head meat—nothing could be better.

At that very moment, the system's voice suddenly sounded.

【Ding, congratulations host, Wang Ping's star rating increased by half a star, reward perfect physique, reward Tai Chi Fist】

(End of chapter)