The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 1013 - 992: Bu Bu Gong (Additional - 2 for August Monthly Ticket)

Chapter 1013: Chapter 992: Bu Bu Gong (Additional Chapter 2 for August Monthly Ticket)

Although these rich young heirs also indulged in cockfighting and dog racing on a regular basis, few were truly addicted to it.

Essentially, those who did become addicted were considered wastrels, not just in the eyes of the elders but also in the eyes of their fellow young people.

Addiction to gambling wasn’t about money, it was about ruining one’s life.

Everyone took two steps back, distancing themselves from Zhang Jinghao.

Zhang Jinghao, with eyes bloodshot, glared at Bai Shan and growled, "You are framing me out of spite over that horse trade!"

"Then do you dare to call your friend and that impostor horse trader to confront them?" Bai Shan slightly raised the corner of his mouth and said, "You don’t dare, because you can’t afford to offend him. Originally, if you had just honestly taken our bait and introduced us to some good horses, even though it hurt to lose some money, that would have been the end of it. But you had to blow this whole thing wide open, so now I’m going to make it hurt both your body and your heart."

Bai Shan pointed at Bai Erlang who hung his head low, "My Junior Brother may be kind-hearted, but I, Bai Shan, am not easily bullied."

Beside him, Manbao nodded incessantly, silently agreeing in her heart, "And me too!"

Could Zhang Jinghao admit to such a thing?

Of course not. If he admitted, how could he continue to mingle at the Imperial Academy?

But could he bring the horse trader to confront them?

That was also impossible. If he could control the other person, would he have needed to come here and talk so much with Bai Shan?

Simply invite the person here to said what he wanted, wasn’t that easier?

Seeing his reaction, everyone started to have their own thoughts.

The scene suddenly quieted down, and the atmosphere grew tense.

Bai Erlang looked around and asked with a light cough, "So what now, do we still fight?"

Feng Zongping looked at him as if viewing a fool, "Fighting is illegal outside, if the academy finds out, at the least you’ll be punished, or even expelled from the Imperial Academy."

Bai Erlang was startled, "Is the consequence that severe?"

He looked at Bai Shan and Manbao, "Are we still fighting then?"

Bai Shan said annoyed, "Fight what? We wanted to beat him because we were furious, but now everything is out in the open, everyone won’t be fooled by him anymore, so why still fight?"

He looked at Zhang Jinghao and said, "You better watch yourself. From now on, it’s best you keep your distance from us, or I might really not be able to resist giving you a beating."

With that, he walked away, each hand pulling one along.

Seeing one of the concerned parties leave, and having seen enough of the spectacle, Feng Zongping waved his hand and left as well.

The others glanced at Zhang Jinghao, who stood on the ground with an ashen face, scoffed softly to themselves, and left in groups of three to five.

Yin Huo walked along with Bai Shan and his group, asking curiously once they had covered some distance, "Are we just leaving like this?"

"Of course not," Bai Shan said, rubbing his fists, "We agreed to give him a beating, how could we just leave like that?"

Bai Erlang asked, "But didn’t you just say we weren’t fighting?"

"Did you believe that? Didn’t you hear what Feng Zongping said? Fighting attracts penalties."

After speaking, the four returned to their carriage, asking Daji to drive the carriage out of the horse venue.

Manbao lifted the window curtain and looked at the bustling horse venue nearby, people are excitedly making noise around the field edge, continuously waving their arms shouting, "I’m placing a bet here, I’m placing a bet..."

Manbao let down the window curtain and said, "This isn’t a good place, from now on, you’re not allowed to come here."

Bai Shan looked at Bai Erlang.

Bai Erlang said in a low voice, "I understand."

Once the carriage left the venue, it stopped, Manbao and Bai Shan stood atop the shaft looking around.

After discussing for a while, they decided on a small hill nearby, topped with peach trees heavily foliaged; since the peaches were already picked, it went unguarded.

Manbao then crawled back into the carriage and fetched papers and a brush from her basket, and wrote a note with her left hand.

Her left-handed writing was average but not ugly. After blowing on the note, she folded and handed it to Daji, "Find someone to deliver this to Zhang Jinghao at the Highest Institute; he should be around the horse selling area."

Yin Huo silently sat by. After seeing this, he couldn’t help but ask, "Who are you impersonating?"

"Just the horse trader."

Yin Huo was taken aback, "How did you obtain the handwriting of that horse trader?"

He had asked the Yin Family to use their influence to investigate, and they couldn’t even find the background of the horse trader. How did they manage to get his handwriting?

Manbao looked puzzled, "We didn’t find his handwriting."

"Then how can you pretend to write a letter in his handwriting?"

Bai Shan said, "It’s not pretending to be his handwriting, it’s just her writing with her left hand."

"Will Zhang Jinghao believe it if it’s not the horse trader’s handwriting?"

"Who knows?" Manbao said, "Maybe he will believe it; it saves us a lot of effort if he comes, and if he doesn’t, we just wait outside for him and catch him on the road to beat him up."

Yin Huo asked, "Aren’t you afraid he’ll tell the academy?"

"Don’t worry, he’s the last person who wants the academy to know about this," Bai Shan looked at Manbao and chuckled, "Even if the academy finds out, we won’t be punished."

Manbao then put up her fist and said, "I’m not from your Imperial Academy, your teachers can’t punish me, right?"

Yin Huo looked at Manbao’s small frame and expressed doubt, "Can you beat him?"

"It’s fifty-fifty, but I’m not afraid, they will hold him back," Manbao looked at Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, "Right?"

Both nodded, and Bai Erlang said, "I’m good at this, shall we use a sack then?"

"Let’s use one," Manbao said, "Although we aren’t afraid of being recognized, it’s still better if he doesn’t see us."

Yin Huo then saw them fumbling in the carriage, pulling out a big sack.

Yin Huo: ...

Daji found someone who ran errands at the horse field, giving him ten coins, "Deliver this letter to Mister Zhang Jinghao of the Highest Institute; he is currently at the horse field, probably outside the horse selling area."

The man took the money and said, "Mister Zhang, huh? I know him; don’t worry, I will definitely deliver it."

After Daji saw him run off, he returned to drive the carriage away.

He led the Yin Family’s servants to a good spot in a dip on the hillside, managing to pull the carriage slightly inside, making it invisible from the outside.

Daji put down the carriage steps to help his masters descend, several of them holding sacks, and then gestured for them to proceed up the hill.

Changshou looked on dumbfounded, seeing his young master also heading up, he quickly tried to stop him, "Young Master, maybe we shouldn’t join in this disturbance?"

If Old Madam knew their young master was getting involved in such dangerous activities, even if the young master protected him, he might still end up flayed by Old Madam.

Yin Huo said, "I won’t fight, just watch from afar."

He had never seen someone get sacked or been sacked himself, so he was very curious.