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Chapter 243 - 117: I am Li Guanyi from Jiangzhou!_3

Chapter 243: Chapter 117: I am Li Guanyi from Jiangzhou!_3

The youth’s voice was clear and melodious. He laughed heartily, his face slightly flushed with the scent of alcohol, his high ponytail swinging.

Though it was just the sound of tapping a sword, that sound was particularly pleasing to the ear.

Sitting cross-legged, drinking, playing the sword, and singing, he seemed to become the center of the place. The beauties around could not help but fix their gazes on him, their eyes inadvertently bearing hints of intoxication, as if they, too, were indulging in alcohol.

Surrounded by young and valiant youths, they understood the song, which seemed to celebrate their camaraderie. Yan Daiqing turned deathly pale. This time, it was genuine fear, a political instinct inherent to the child of a distinguished scholarly family—

Under the dim candlelight, he saw these youths raise their swords together, crowd around, and recite a verse full of youthful spirit. They played their weapons with their fingers, the metallic sounds clear and melodious, the young spirits so fiery that they dispelled the zither sounds of Jiangnan beauties.

They said, "Youthful heroism, forming bonds with the stalwarts of the five cities."

They said, "With hearts and gall as clear as crystal, and hair standing on end. Standing and talking amidst life and death, a promise worth its weight in gold!"

Then they raised their cups and laughed heartily, like a fist clenched tight.

In this extravagant brothel, it was like a fierce fire.

Yan Daiqing turned deathly pale, sensing that a new, prestigious military circle was forming before his eyes, and the Xue family’s youth was undeniably its center—capable, loyal, and able to earn respect.

What seemed laughable to experienced politicians could become the core in one’s youth.

At this moment, Yan Daiqing made the only sensible decision.

He picked up a wine jar and threw it, intending to break the mood.

The wine jar smashed on the floor like a fuse. Zhou Liuying burst into laughter, reached out to flip the table, then grabbed two long benches and began fighting: "You want a fight, huh? Hahaha, Yan Daiqing, you asked for this!!!"

He said, "Initiating a fight, you coarse scholar!"

Yan Daiqing was almost infuriated to the point of vomiting blood.

So, inside the brothel, the young elite of the empire quickly became embroiled in a brawl that escalated rapidly. The oiran, Gongsun Meng, tried to stop it but realized she couldn’t. Just then, a sudden cracking sound was heard.

The fighting sides all looked up to see the chandelier, suspended by sixteen chains, swaying perilously, nearly about to fall. A figure stepped onto the chandelier, and with a snap, it came crashing down, making everyone scream and retreat, stopping the fight.

Li Guanyi saw the figure who had stepped on the chandelier, his brow raised, a vertical crease at the center of his forehead.

It was the youth he had seen that day.

It felt as if he had descended from heaven.

He landed smoothly, stepping off the chandelier, his garments fluttering.

The chandelier crashed, halting the brawl, and then the youth with the phoenix eyes, looking jubilant, seized the opportunity to grab Li Guanyi, laughing unrestrainedly, "Let’s go!"

"Keep fighting and we’ll all be punished!"

Li Guanyi caught on, laughing loudly, "Brothers, scatter!" Zhou Liuying casually flipped two benches over Yan Daiqing, laughing, "Good, today was exhilarating, run!" The brawling youths dispersed thunderously, and the scholarly youths also, versed in the Six Arts, were furious after being beaten.

They relied on their superior numbers to chase after them, the ten fellows spreading out and running away. Li Zhaowen, experiencing this for the first time, felt the thrill as he punched a noble son’s face into a black eye, then, gripping Li Guanyi, sprinted away.

She heard someone shouting for Li Guanyi, thinking he must also be in the brothel.

Regretfully, she hadn’t seen him!

The stars in the sky were bright, the carefree and unrestrained spirit of the youth filled the streets and alleys of Jiangnan. The two of them knocked over several people, then dashed through the lanes, eventually being chased to a lake in the city, where the night of Jiangnan lit up with lights from the flower boats.

The youth pulled Li Guanyi along and leapt, jumping from boat to boat, finally landing in a small cloaked boat. Li Zhaowen untied the rope, letting the hooded boat slowly drift away, and then he finally took a deep breath and burst out laughing, saying:

"Comfortable, exhilaratingly thrilling!"

Mr. Yuwen of Duke Mansion had never known such experiences.

Li Guanyi was still holding a pot of wine.

Coming from the brothel, Li Zhaowen said, "Do you like this wine so much?" She was about to offer to send him a cartload, but saw the youth respond, "I’ve already paid for it, and it was expensive."

Li Zhaowen stared, then burst into laughter, laughing so hard she had to hold her stomach and sit down.

She looked at the youth, her eyes full of joy and admiration, laughing until her stomach hurt, sitting there, reaching out to ask for a lotus pod, saying, "We’ve said it, the second time we meet we should exchange names. I am Li Zhaowen, may I ask how to address you?"

The youth, leaning against the prow, plucked a lotus pod, then answered:

"Jiangzhou, Li Guanyi."

Li Zhaowen’s smile froze.

"Huh?"