Aspiring to the Immortal Path Chapter 27: New opponents

Ji Ziqian stood in the hall and bowed to Wei Zheng Shufeng: "Zi Qian has met my aunt!"

Wei Zheng Shufeng sat on the table and looked at Ji Ziqian. He was satisfied with the young man's handsome features, knowledge of books and etiquette, and asked softly: "How old is he?"

"Thirteen years old, the same year as Chong'er, and two months older than Chong'er. Why did my sister-in-law forget about it?" The person who answered the conversation was a woman sitting next to Wei Zheng Shufeng, also dressed in elegant clothes. , but compared to Wei Zheng Shufeng, it is a bit worse.

Her name is Wei Lanxin, a sister married by Wei Danbai.

Wei Zheng Shufeng slapped his forehead: "Oh, I am getting old now, and my memory is not good. It has been a long time since Ziqian came to our house, right?"

"Two years and four months." Ji Ziqian answered.

"Hey, I remember the date very clearly." The wife smiled.

"Being able to enter the Wei family is something that Ziqian has always longed for. It's just that he lives far away and it's inconvenient to come and go. But if he comes once in a while, he will naturally remember it."

"He is really a child who can talk." The wife nodded with satisfaction, turned to look at Wei Lanxin: "I think this child is good."

"You think it's good too, then this matter is possible?" Wei Lan said with a cheerful smile.

Wei Zheng Shufeng was not in a hurry when he arrived, and just said leisurely: "But Ziqian is also a child of your Ji family. Wouldn't it be too unfair for him to work as a servant for our Chong'er?"

"No way, no way!" Wei Lan was already waving her hands: "It is his blessing that Ziqian can enter the Wei family. He can't even ask for it. We don't ask for anything else, as long as we ask for anything. My family will pay for all the needs, as long as there is one quota."

"How can it be done?" After hearing this, the wife was not happy, but frowned and said: "Since we are a servant student, the expenses will naturally be paid by the Wei family. There is no reason to ask your family to pay again. ."

Ji Ziqian quickly said: "If I can be promoted by my aunt to enter the academy, Ziqian will be so grateful that I will repay her with my life."

"That's a serious statement." The wife smiled and said: "We are all members of our own family, so there is no need to show off in return. Sit down, sit down, don't be so polite, I will take you to see you in a while Old man, this kind of thing must be done only if he nods..."

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"So, your wife has already agreed?" Tang Jie asked in a deep voice while standing in the flower garden.

"I wasn't there at the time. I was told this by Yan Zhi, so I don't know the details. I know that I didn't agree directly. I just pushed it to the old man, but it seems that it will be done." Shi Yue whispered.

"This is strange." Tang Jie was puzzled: "Isn't this matter something that my wife can directly decide? Why did you push it to the old man again?"

"How would I know."

Tang Jie thought for a long time and couldn't find the reason, so he could only say to himself: "I think there is something wrong here."

"What else are you thinking about? I said the quota is almost taken away, so you're not worried?" Shi Yue was curious when she saw his calm look.

Tang Jie replied calmly: "If there is a hurry, Shimo Shimeng and the others should be anxious first. Suddenly there is only one left in the two places. It must have a great impact on them, right?"

Shi Yue covered her mouth and laughed: "Shi Mo has been very honest during this period, and maybe he still feels that he has great hope. If he wants to know the news now, I'm afraid he will cry. But no matter what, there is only one place left. The hopes of you and Shi Meng have also become smaller, so you have to be careful!"

"I know, by the way, thank you for telling me this." Tang Jie had already taken out some money and placed it in Shiyue's hand.

Unexpectedly, Shi Yue withdrew her little hand and glared at him: "Do you think everyone is just like Yan Zhi, helping you for money? Idiot!"

As he spoke, his face turned red and he turned to leave.

Looking at Shi Yue's back, Tang Jie couldn't help but be stunned, then shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Just the next moment, his face was covered with clouds.

He murmured to himself: "Ji Ziqian..."

He had heard about the Ji family.

The Ji family is a family in Yongkang City, Lingzhou. It can be regarded as a well-established family with deep roots in the Yongkang area. It has a longer history than the Wei family and is mainly engaged in silk and satin business.

But in the past ten years, the Ji family's silk and satin business has been deteriorating and has begun to decline.

Yongkang's status in Lingzhou is not prominent, and the Ji family is gradually declining, so it is extremely difficult to obtain a place in the academy.

Under such circumstances, it is understandable that Ji Weilanxin seeks a chance for her son as a servant.

However, his arrival became bad news for all the servants who hoped to become servants!

More importantly, if Ji Ziqian suddenly comes and takes away the quota today, will Li Ziqian and Zhang Ziqian come tomorrow?

There are only two places for servant students. As long as there is one more, Tang Jie will be completely out of luck!

When you are poor, you have no one to care about you in the busy city; when you are rich, you have distant relatives in the mountains.

The Wei family has a big business, and there are always those who are related to them. It is not surprising that one or more people will appear in the next few days seeking places for servants.

When he thought of this, Tang Jie felt his head was as big as a bucket.

He had put in so much effort to get into Xiyue Academy. Could it be that in the end, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get enough of a family with a good background?

When he thought of the relationship between the Ji family and the Wei family, Tang Jie felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

No!

Tang Jie's eyes suddenly lit up.

The wife did not agree immediately.

Since she pushed the matter to the old man, it means that the wife does not actually welcome it. Although I don’t know why, things in the Ji family are obviously not as smooth as they seem on the surface.

Then maybe you still have a chance!

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After finishing his work in the afternoon, Tang Jie did not go back to rest. Instead, he went to see Manager Qin first.

After talking for a long time, I took the time to go to my wife’s Yi Chang Garden.

At this time, it was the time for his wife to take a nap. Yanzhi had nothing to do, so he was waiting outside the house. From a distance, he saw Tang Jie coming over and gave him a wink.

Yanzhi smiled secretly in his heart, walked over and said, "Hey, why are you free to come here today?"

Tang Jie replied: "The young master of new flower art is tired of looking at it and wants me to come up with some new patterns. But my sister knows, where does my brother come from so many patterns? Isn't this because I was worried that I had no choice but to think that my sister is good at embroidery? , so I shamelessly came over to ask Sister Yanzhi for an embroidery face as a foundation."

Yanzhi slapped Tang Jie: "You can also ask for my daughter's embroidery? If word spreads, how can I, Yanzhi, behave? If I don't point out, you will think that I am having **** with you..."

She blushed, but did not say any more. Tang Jie smiled and said, "Yes, it was me who was abrupt. I didn't expect this, so let's forget it."

Said he was leaving, but Tang Jie didn't move. He just said, "By the way, Sister Rouge, I heard that another distinguished guest has come to the house?"

Yanzhi glanced at Tang Jie with amusement, and hummed: "Hey, the news spreads really fast. It was Shi Yue, that **** **** who told you about it, right? It seems that, Tou Xiu Mian It’s fake, this news is true.”

Tang Jie chuckled and said, "I don't need to find out any more information, but I just need to confirm it. The Ji family and the Wei family are also related by marriage, so the matter of this servant's study is naturally certain."

"That may not happen." Yanzhi snorted: "My wife didn't agree directly, and only left it to the old man to decide. But the old man said that we had to ask him about this matter again. He didn't come back from outside, so he just asked The person replied and said that there is no rush to settle the matter of Pu Xue for the time being. Let the young master live in the Wei Mansion for a while and get along with the young master first."

"This is a mutual evasion, but why?" Tang Jie asked hurriedly.

Yangzhi snorted and ignored him.

Tang Jie had already taken out some money and stuffed it into Yanzhi's hand. Yanzhi accepted it with a smile and looked around to see if there was no one around. Then he leaned into Tang Jie's ear and whispered, "I don't know why. My aunt is back this time. , brought a lot of gifts, and said before that as long as the Wei Mansion is willing to give the Ji family a place, all the expenses can be paid by the Ji family themselves. Unexpectedly, the wife did not appreciate it, and only took them to see the old man. She lost her temper and said, 'Does my Wei family lack this little money? Do we need them to pay for it? It's really baffling!' I don't know what kind of temper she lost."

The college is expensive. Even if the Wei family has to provide support for these immortal disciples every year, it still costs a lot of money. The Ji family pays for their own tuition, which is a good thing. Why is the wife still dissatisfied? This made Rouge unable to figure it out.

"So that's it..." Tang Jie nodded, laughed out loud, and the doubts in his heart were finally solved: "I said this should have been done for sure, but why hasn't it been implemented yet? It's a relationship issue It's out here."

Yanzhi was puzzled and poked Tang Jie: "Hey, what are you talking about? Do you know why my wife is angry?"

Tang Jie replied: "The reason why the family is willing to select servants to go to school with the young master is not only because they have to serve the young master, but also for cultivating their own immortal master. In order to obtain a truly trustworthy immortal master, how much It's worth spending money on. Although the Ji family and the Wei family are related by marriage, Ji Ziqian is not a member of the Wei family after all. He is not a member of the Wei family, so he can enter his own family. But my aunt just said that all the expenses will be paid by the Ji family themselves. , this clearly wants to use this as capital to reduce the leverage on the Wei family. In other words, Ji Ziqian will still serve the Ji family in the future!"

Speaking, Tang Jie sneered: "For poor families, the tuition fee may be a big barrier to entry, but for wealthy families, the quota is the real value. Do you know that every year, the foreign The places that are given out cannot be bought even by money. The rare ones that are given out can easily be sold for tens of thousands or even more than one hundred thousand taels of silver, which is a thousand times the tuition fee itself. The most popular ones at auctions are always They are all places in Xiyue Academy! But the Ji family did not give anything in return, so they just wanted to take away a place from the Wei family. How could the wife not be angry? The Wei family said it was one place per year, but they were targeted every year. There are hundreds of people with this quota. Every year, the Wei family spends a huge amount of money on this quota. If others want to get extra quotas from the Wei family, they also have to spend a huge amount of money to buy them. The Wei family balances it by entering and exiting quotas. Only through income and expenditure can we provide for our children to continue to go to school. Otherwise, no matter how big the Wei family is, we can only rely on our own business to afford this bottomless pit of millions of dollars. Therefore, the entry and exit of this quota has long become a business. , and his Ji family probably has the lowest bid among all the people who want it!"

Speaking of this, Tang Jie snorted: "No wonder the Ji family is in depression and neglect. They are so short-sighted and are not even willing to give the minimum effort. How can they get long-term rewards? Of course, it may be You can do this because of your close relationship. Unfortunately, this aunt obviously overestimated her own price. Even the old man would not agree to throw away tens of thousands of dollars for a married daughter."

He said this casually, but with profound meaning. Rouge was stunned when he heard it.

She is a maid who serves her wife, and her vision is very limited. Although she knows that spiritual masters are noble, she has never had a concrete idea. She only thinks that the annual tuition of several hundred taels of silver is sky-high. Who knows that the quota itself is the most valuable thing.

She was just a maid, and the extra money she received from one or two taels of silver could keep her excited for several days. Now, the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of coins coming down on her immediately made her dizzy.

Listening to Tang Jie's last few words at this moment, I finally understood why Shi Yue was so kind to Tang Jie.

This **** girl of feelings knows all this better than she does, so she chose one early... She is investing in the future!

Unlike Shi Mo, Shi Mo was still pinning his hopes on the young master, but Yanzhi and Shi Yue knew that his chances were slim. Yanzhi alienated him because of this, but did not ignore him directly for the sake of Qian. Unexpectedly, Shi Mo Yue took it a step further and started hooking up with Tang Jie.

After thinking about this, Yanzhi secretly hated himself for being blind. He thought he was smart, but was deceived by petty profits. On the contrary, Shi Yue looked at Wen Jing on weekdays, but secretly he had already exhausted all means.

As soon as he understood this truth, Yanzhi's expression also changed, and he smiled at Tang Jie and said, "So that's the case, you are still smart, and you figured out the key to it in one go~IndoMTL.com~ It seems like this is the case , they can't make it."

She actually flattered Tang Jie in turn.

"That's not necessarily the case!" Tang Jie said seriously: "In any case, the two families are related by marriage. As long as my aunt is willing to let go, the old lady and the master may not be able to save face. I see, this is what the Ji family is doing I am used to doing business, and I am playing the game of asking for high prices and paying back the money when I land. But sooner or later, my aunt will still agree to some conditions, and by then, Ji Ziqian's enrollment will become an unchangeable fact."

Speaking of this, Tang Jie looked at Yanzhi and smiled and said: "Sister Yanzhi, although I have not been in the government for a long time, I have been taken care of by my sister and helped me many times these days. I am also grateful in my heart. I thought that if I have the opportunity to enter school and soar into the sky. I must repay my sister well. But now it seems that the hope is slim."

As he spoke, he shook his head appropriately and sighed: "It's a pity that Ji Ziqian is the young master of the Ji family after all. No matter how prosperous he is in the future, he will have nothing to do with my sister."

Rouge was upset when she heard this.

Think about it, Ji Ziqian is different from Tang Jie. He comes from a noble family and has countless servants, so there is no need to please his servants. Even if Yanzhi wanted to hug Ji Ziqian's thigh now, there would probably be no chance.

Thinking of this, Yanzhi said anxiously: "Isn't there still a quota?"

Tang Jie spoke earnestly: "There are still two years until the young master enters school. How can Sister Rouge be sure that no one else will come during this period? Besides, there are always no two places for one place, so you can rest assured. Be prepared for a rainy day. If you really have to wait until the second quota is gone, it will be too late to worry!"

The rouge completely changed color.

The hope that had just aroused in her heart was poured down by Tang Jie with a basin of cold water. You can imagine her mood.

Looking at Rouge's look, Tang Jie knew that the heat was almost done, so he murmured again: "But it's not impossible..."