Chapter 76: The Brothel Incident

  As agreed, all members of Guozi Jian Tianzi Class followed Jiang Xia to the Tiang Xiang Building after school.

  This pillar of the country, Daming's future was excited from the moment he entered Tianxiang Building. Since it was still early, there were not many people in Tianxiang Building either. After Jiangxia paid a large sum of silver, the old madam arranged for more than 30 girls to come over, and almost every person in the sky class had a girl accompanying them.

  There's a saying that among the four relationships in brotherly affection, the best ones are those who have gone through thick and thin together, fought side by side, shared spoils, and visited brothels together; such is the depth of brotherly love.

  Jiang Xia and Tian Ban's group are classmates, which is already a given. Just now, they led everyone to fight a victorious battle together, and now they're all coming together again to have fun in the brothel. According to the above conditions, three out of four are already met, so Jiang Xia and Tian Ban's relationship is naturally as good as it gets.

  As the wine and dishes were served, Wang Wenbo stood up and said: "Brothers, I, Wang Wenbo, have rarely admired anyone in my life. Today, I met Big Brother Jiang, and I feel that I, Wang Wenbo, am inferior to him. Big Brother Jiang, Wenbo offers you a toast. From now on, you are my big brother. Whatever you say, I will do it without hesitation. If I frown even slightly, I'm not a man."

  Jiang Xia quickly stood up and smiled, saying: "Too polite, we are all brothers in the same family, whoever has something will naturally help each other, where is there any need to mention what orders or not?"

  "Brother Jiang makes sense, but from now on, I, Liang Wenhuan, will also acknowledge you as my big brother. Brother Jiang, I'll toast to you too." Liang Wenhuan said, standing up.

  Jiang Xia said to Liang Wenhan: "Wenhan, you wait a minute first, I'll drink with Wenbo and then talk."

  Jiang Xia and Wang Wenbo finished a cup, then Jiang Xia poured himself another cup of wine and held it up sincerely to Liang Wenhuan: "Wenhuan, this cup should be mine to toast you. The two of us were originally from the same school, but my brother... Fortunately, you are generous and have a broad mind, which I admire. Here's to you!"

  Jiang Xia pushed the wine cup forward, and when Liang Wenhuan heard it, a warm current suddenly surged through his heart.

  Can't help but say that although Jiang Xia has only been in the Imperial Academy for one day, he is really too dazzling. Firstly, his identity and background are impressive, and at the same time, he is straightforward and bold, with a unique literary talent that makes him stand out from the five great talents of the Xun Literary Society, causing them to leave in disarray.

  Such an unyielding person actually apologized to himself in front of so many people, and Jiang Xia even said "The two of us were originally from the same school." This made Liang Wenhuan's face shine with pride.

  Liang Wenhuan's nose was a bit sour, he pushed the wine glass over and touched Jiang Xia's cup, saying: "Brother Jiang, anyway I Liang Wenhuan have decided that you are my brother, this life will not change."

  "Good brother." Jiang Xia nodded heavily and then downed the Zhuangyuan Red in his cup in one gulp.

  Right afterwards, the grandson of the Right Servant of the Ministry of Rites, Jiang Hanlin, also walked over with a wine cup and said to Jiang Xia: "Big Brother Jiang, I, Jiang Hanlin, also admire you. Let me toast you with a cup."

  "I also admire you, let me toast you a cup." said Xia Fengchou, the grandson of Zuodu Yushi's family.

  As soon as they started, the situation suddenly got out of control. Almost everyone in the whole department came over to toast Big Brother Jiang, and then they all took turns offering him wine. Fortunately, Jiang's drinking capacity had been specially trained, so after half a day of drinking, he was still not drunk. Of course, this was also because there were less than thirty people in the department in total, and the wine cups used were not large, otherwise Jiang would have still been unable to hold on.

  As the students from Guozi Jian Tianban started to drink, more and more guests came to the Tianxiang Building. The Tianxiang Building was not small, with over a dozen tables in the main hall. However, the twenty or so Tianban scholars called for over thirty girls, immediately occupying seven or eight tables. The remaining few tables were also quickly occupied by other guests.

  A man in his thirties, with a sturdy build, walked into the Tian Xiang Building accompanied by a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old. The two were dressed in luxurious attire and had an extraordinary air about them, clearly indicating that they came from a wealthy family. Behind them followed eight guards, who wore high-quality Shu brocade, further proof of the excellent family background of these two individuals.

  As soon as they entered the Tianxiang Building, the old procuress immediately came up with a smile and greeted them warmly. It was clear that these two were familiar customers. The procuress directly addressed them by surname: "Ah, Young Masters Mao San and Mao Liu have arrived! What a rare pleasure, it's been ages since we've seen you two young masters!"

  It is clear that Master Mao San is the middle-aged man, and the one outside, Master Mao Liu, is a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old.

  Mao San Shao Ye scanned the fully packed hall with a glance and slightly furrowed his brow, saying: "There isn't an upper-class private room available?"

  The madam's face fell, and she shook her head: "Oh dear, today is really not convenient, the private rooms are all full. You see there are two tables left in the main hall, would the two young masters and gentlemen be willing to make do?"

  The Sixth Master Mao looked at the two tables in the hall as described by the old lady, and those two tables were set under the stairs, which was both secluded and narrow. The Sixth Master Mao said displeased: "Is that where we sit?"

  Mao Liu Shao Ye glanced around the hall and pointed at Jiang Xia and his colleagues, saying: "Those people are together, right? Go call them to move two tables over and make room for us."

  The old lady was stunned, she didn't know what identity the two young masters were, but she could guess that they were not ordinary people and couldn't afford to offend them. However, those young men, although unfamiliar faces, looked at their clothes and decorations, absolutely not ordinary families, if they went up and said so, they would definitely offend people.

  The old procuress was taken aback by Third Master Sha's words and immediately became displeased. She growled in a low voice, "What are you still standing there for? Go!"

  The old woman was startled by Mao San's sudden shout and immediately walked over to the table where Jiang Xia and others were sitting.

  Before they drank, the madam had seen their situation very clearly, so she knew that Jiang Xia was the backbone of this group.

  The madam walked over with a smile, picked up a cup of wine from the table and said to Jiang Xia: "This young master is really born handsome, I'll toast you a cup."

  "No need to say more, let's just switch places, shall we? Go tell them it's impossible. What kind of thing is this, where the old man can just say one word and we'll switch? Get out, get out, don't ruin the old man's fun."

  Those two with the surname Mao were speaking loudly, so Jiang Xia and the others had already heard them. At this moment, seeing Lao Biao come to plead his case, Liang Wenhan directly refused him.

  Liang Wenhuan's voice was not small either, and it was clear that the two gentlemen with the surname Mao also heard it. The Sixth Young Master Mao didn't say a word and walked over to grab Liang Wenhuan's collar, glaring at him with sunken eyes and asking in a low voice: "Who did you just call 'thing'?"

  "Ha? You said I'm a 'thing' and that's even wrong, aren't you a thing?" Liang Wenhuan said with a cold smile.

  "Deserves to be taught a lesson!" Mao Liu raised his hand, ready to slap Liang Wenhan, but suddenly Jiang Xia kicked out with lightning speed, and Mao Liu was instantly kicked away, crashing into another table.

  At that table were also people from the Imperial Academy's Tianban, among them was the grandson of the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Chahar Institute, Xia Fengchou. Without saying a word, he grabbed the white porcelain wine jug on the table and smashed it onto Mao Liu's head. At the same time, Xia Fengchou cursed loudly: "You son of a bitch, I've never seen anyone dare to be so arrogant in front of us since my birth."

  After finishing, everyone at Xia Fengchao's table stood up and gave Mao Liu a good trampling. It is unknown whether it was due to Jiang Xia's influence, but when they trampled Mao Liu, they also greeted his head in the same way.

  "Everyone is standing and watching the show, why don't you hurry up!" Mao San shouted loudly, then rushed forward with eight bodyguards behind him.

  Jiang Xia picked up the bench behind him and rushed forward, but as soon as he approached, someone kicked it with one foot, sending it flying back.

  What a master! Jiang Xia's chest surged with energy and blood, this kick had at least the power of seven small tripods. Seven small tripods, such strength was not to be underestimated. In his urgent situation, Jiang Xia's true energy suddenly returned to his dantian.

  "Brother Jiang, how are you?" Wang Wenbo and Liang Wenhuan anxiously asked.

  "Damn it! I curse your whole family of women!"

  After finishing speaking, he jumped up with a loud noise, clutching his stool.

  Bang! The board slammed onto a guard's head, the stool shattered instantly, and the guard was knocked unconscious to the ground. Then Jiang Xia grabbed someone's wrist with his backhand, pulled hard, and lifted his knee to deliver a heart-stopping blow that at least broke three of his ribs.

  Everyone in the sky team only then discovered that Jiang Xia was actually a master, they were all excited, and Liang Wenhuan even let out a strange cry: "Big brother is both civil and martial! Take them down!"

  There was a master Jiang Xia in front, and several guards were quickly knocked to the ground.

  Mao San Shao saw that things were not going well and immediately turned around with a guard and ran away.

  While running away, Mao San Shaozi was shouting: "You wait, I'll be right back with more people!"

  "Wait for me!" Liang Wenhuan shouted loudly as he jumped up.

  The old procuress didn't expect these people to start fighting as soon as they opened their mouths. She walked over with a crying face, her face full of horror, and said: "Young masters..."

  Jiang Xia took out a large stack of treasure notes from his bosom and said, "Never mind, we'll compensate for the damaged items at their original price!"

  After finishing speaking, Jiang Xia said in a low voice to Wang Wenbo and Liang Wenhuan: "The situation is not quite right, those guards are not mediocre, we must be careful."

  "Hmm." Wang Wenbo and Liang Wenhuan nodded slightly.

  Let's talk about Mao San, the young master. Although he looks sturdy, I didn't expect him to be so cowardly. When a fight broke out, he didn't say a word and ran away with his bodyguard, leaving his own brother behind. After they ran out of the Tian Xiang Building, they soon encountered a group of patrolling soldiers from the Five Cities Garrison.

  Tomorrow morning, the five-city soldier and horse department is equivalent to the current Beijing Municipal Guard District and Public Security Bureau, specializing in managing the security of the capital. This department is a sixth-grade government office under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.

  Seeing this team of patrolling soldiers, Young Master Mao San immediately ran over and pulled out the token from his bosom, shouting loudly: "I am Mao Tianning, the chief of the Ministry of War. My father is Mao Wenju, the Minister of War. Now my sixth brother has been injured by scoundrels, you quickly follow me to catch the culprits."

  The captain of the patrol soldiers heard this and was slightly stunned for a moment, then immediately responded: "Yes!"