Chapter 119 Getting in Trouble
Chapter 119 Getting in Trouble
Xue Daoheng stepped forward and held out his hand, "Where's the writing you wrote? Why don't you hand it over?"
Xue Daoheng had noticed Xiao Xia a long time ago. When he saw Xiao Xia was about to leave without handing in his paper, he called out to him.
Xiao Xia said ashamedly: "Mr. Xue, my handwriting is too bad. I don't want to pollute your eyes, so I didn't hand it in."
Xue Daoheng glared at him, "Nonsense, if you can write well, why would you be a student? Hurry and show it to me."
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Xiao Xia had no choice but to take out the folded words from her bag, causing everyone to burst into laughter.
Xue Daoheng opened it and saw that there was no name left, so he asked again: "What is your name?"
"Xiao Xia, the Xia of summer!"
Xue Daoheng picked up a pen and wrote his name on the back, then turned around and left, no longer paying any attention to him.
As everyone left, Xiao Xia looked at Xue Daoheng's back, but she was a little worried that Master Xue would take the opportunity to take the poem written by Xin Qiji for himself.
Cui Lian patted Xiao Xia's shoulder and said, "Let's go! Let's go have lunch. The food should be good today."
The two men arrived at the Imperial College cafeteria, which was already full of people. The Lantern Festival was approaching, so the cafeteria specially provided two meat dishes, and the rice was changed to fine grains, and the steamed buns were also made of fine flour, which immediately attracted students from the six universities.
Xiao Xia took the plate and two steamed buns, found Cui Lian, and sat down opposite him.
"Why are there so many people today?"
"It's always like this during festivals. We improve the food a little bit, but once the festival is over, things go back to normal and we start having a holiday the next day. In fact, we only improve the food for one day."
The food today was really good. In addition to boiled vegetables, each person had a grilled fish and a bowl of stewed mutton.
"Why can't I see Old Wei?" Xiao Xia looked around but didn't see Wei Chengfeng.
"Maybe he's already eaten! We're the second batch, otherwise there wouldn't be enough seats in the cafeteria."
The students were all young people around 17 or 18 years old, and they were in the growing stage. They were all very hungry, and the food was especially delicious today, so everyone lowered their heads and started eating.
Xiao Xia suddenly felt someone patting his shoulder. He saw a burly student standing behind him and a few other people beside him. He seemed to have seen him somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where.
"What do you want?"
The burly student glanced at Xiao Xia with a half-smile and said coldly, "I'll give you a piece of advice. Don't set your sights on that restaurant in Chongrenfang!"
The surroundings suddenly fell silent. All the students who were chatting lowered their heads and pretended to eat.
Xiao Xia shook his head, "I don't know you, and I don't understand what you are saying?"
The burly student sneered, "You'll get to know me!"
He waved his hand and left the cafeteria with the others.
After they walked away, Cui Lian asked nervously in a low voice, "How did you get involved with these demons?"
"I don't know them? Who are they?"
"They are all descendants of Guanlong nobles. The man who patted your shoulder just now is called Dou Dexuan, the eldest son of the Dou family."
Xiao Xia suddenly remembered that during the archery class, he saw two warriors who seemed to be showing signs of breaking through the barrier, and one of them was this tall and burly student.
It turned out that this person was a member of the Dou family. No wonder he told me not to touch the restaurant in Chongrenfang, but how did they know that I wanted to buy that restaurant?
Xiao Xia's mind moved, and he said to Cui Lian: "Let's eat quickly, Lao Wei might be in trouble!"
"Ah! what will happen to him?"
"I don't know, I just have a feeling, let's hurry back to the dormitory."
The two quickly finished their lunch and rushed to the dormitory. As soon as they returned to the dormitory, they saw Wei Chengfeng sitting in the yard, and his roommate next door was applying medicine on his face.
"Old Wei, what's wrong with you?"
Wei Chengfeng's face and nose were bruised, and his eyes were black and bruised. It was obvious that he had been beaten.
Wei Chengfeng saw Xiao Xia and sighed, "My dear brother, I'm sorry. I couldn't stand their beating and told you about it!"
"Is it Dou Dexuan?" Wei Chengfeng nodded. "Yesterday morning, the shopkeeper Ma of Baocheng Store came to see my father. My brother asked him to come. He brought the contract. Our family was also eager to sell the restaurant. My father signed the contract with Ma on the spot. Unexpectedly, yesterday afternoon, the housekeeper of the Dou family came to the door and wanted to buy back the restaurant with 4,000 strings of cash. My father refused and said that the restaurant had been sold.
In fact, the Dou family approached us before and offered 3,000 guan to buy back the restaurant. Although it was excessive, it was not a matter of money. Our Wei family did not care about this little money. It was just that our head of the family thought that the Dou family was too unkind, so he rejected it outright. "
"Now they are offering another 4,000 guan!"
"They must have heard something. It's very likely that the owner of the nearby Qingfeng Restaurant saw me taking you to see that restaurant. Qingfeng Restaurant is also the Dou family's restaurant."
"So they're going to go after me?"
"I have no idea!"
Wei Chengfeng sighed and said, "Why don't you just cancel the restaurant? The Dou family is not someone your Xiao family can afford to offend. I don't want to cause trouble for you."
Xiao Xia smiled slightly, "It's just a small restaurant. The Dou family won't bother me for such a small matter."
Wei Chengfeng couldn't make the decision, so he had to go back and discuss it with his father.
"I'll go back and discuss this with my father first!"
Xiao Xia nodded, "Please tell your father that I will not give up the restaurant. If the Dou family interferes, I am not afraid of trouble!"
"Okay! I'll go back and discuss it with my father first."
Wei Chengfeng took some medicine and hurried home. Xiao Xia returned to his dormitory. Cui Lian followed him and said, "Don't be silly. You can't defeat those evil guys. It is said that even the head of the Imperial College is afraid of them."
"Are they the school's bullies? Bullying students everywhere?"
"That's not the case. They are just a small group of five people. They hang out together every day, drink together, and go out together. They don't cause trouble in the Imperial College or the Imperial Academy. As long as their interests are not infringed, they generally won't cause trouble for others. But if their interests are infringed, then it will be a big trouble.
But last year, a major incident happened. A logistics manager of the Imperial College offended them for some reason. It seemed that it was about the allocation of dormitories. He was blocked at home by five people and almost beaten to death. His home was also smashed to pieces. In the end, the Imperial College couldn't afford to offend them, so they had to transfer the manager and replace him with a new one. "
This is a chance to deal with Dou Dexuan. He actually dared to hit the school teacher. Don’t they know that this is a serious matter?
Xiao Xia immediately became interested and asked, "Who took the lead in beating people?"
"Of course it's Dou Dexuan, he's the eldest brother and the leader!"
"The academic director didn't report it? Did anyone from the Imperial College come?"
"I heard that someone from the Imperial College came, but he immediately went back and didn't even enter the gate of the Imperial College. They heard that it was a child of a Guanlong noble who committed a crime, so they probably didn't dare to offend him. If it was someone else, expulsion would be the lightest punishment, and they would be arrested and taken to the county government to face a lawsuit."
"Is that steward a teacher? I mean, is he in charge of any courses?"
"He was in charge of logistics, and occasionally supervised everyone's morning jogging. Being in charge of logistics is a very lucrative job. He was beaten and lost his job. The Guanlong nobles can't afford to offend him!"
At this point, Cui Lian said worriedly: "They are warning you in the cafeteria today. If you cancel the restaurant reservation quickly, everything will be fine. If you don't, they will definitely come to your door. I'm afraid that they will..."
Cui Lian didn't finish the last sentence, but Xiao Xia understood. Cui Lian wanted to say, "I'm afraid that it will implicate us!"
Xiao Xia nodded, "I won't be staying here these few days. If they can't find anyone, they will leave and won't cause any trouble for you. You don't have to hide anything for me. Just tell them whatever they ask. However, if they dare to hit the school manager, I'm afraid they will get into big trouble!"
"What disaster will happen?"
Cui Lian sneered, "It happened a few months ago, nothing happened!"
Xiao Xia heard from his elder brother Yang Zhao that the Imperial College was the prince's territory. The Dou family's children beat up their teachers, which was an insult to their teachers. The Imperial College would definitely report this to the prince. This would be an opportunity to deal with the Dou family. The reason why nothing happened for several months was because the prince went to Jiangdu. Once the prince came back, it would probably not be a small matter.
Xiao Xia said nothing more and started packing up, taking all her things with her. Finally, she locked the door and left. Cui Lian looked at Xiao Xia's back and wanted to speak several times, but finally lowered his head.
He was the illegitimate son of Qinghe Cui, and it was extremely difficult for him to get the opportunity to study in the Imperial Academy. Although he was very ashamed, reality and reason eventually prevailed over friendship, and he gave in.
(End of this chapter)