Chapter 1501: Chapter 1439: Framing Requires Skill, Too
Hua Jinhuan felt a headache coming on as he watched Master Mo walk out with Master Xiao Wu, who was wearing servantâs clothes taken from who-knows-where. They even changed their clothes to match their familyâsâwerenât they being too brazen!
And there was another one who hadnât come out of the room yet; he single-handedly smashed the profligates that rushed up to him to the ground.
Thatâs right, smashed them!
Amidst the bang-bang from inside the room, Hua Jinhuan calmly took out a small golden abacus from behind his waist, his long, lacquer-stained fingers swiftly flicking across the keys.
He had to calculate these losses precisely to reclaim them!
"Master Mo, brawling comes with a cost. Surely, you need to leave something behind?" Hua Jinhuan spoke lightly from behind Ah Jiu.
Ah Jiuâs steps halted as he turned around.
Hua Jinhuan met his gaze and pointed at Wufuâs clothes: "Moreover, this outfit, oh, oh, how familiar it looks! Master Xiao Wuâs clothes are identical to those of our young servant at the Unparalleled Tower!"
Damn it, saying you didnât do anything wrongâno, I, even as a man, wouldnât believe it!
Wufu grinned and said, "Oh, I saw they looked nice and paid ten taels of silver to buy it from your young servant. Doesnât it kind of look like one of yours?"
Hua Jinhuanâs mouth twitched as he stroked the hair hanging down the left side, saying, "You came here not to have fun but to cause trouble. Do you really think thereâs no one at the Unparalleled Tower?"
Chi Wu came out from inside, walking up beside Wufu.
Hua Jinhuan glanced at the groaning profligates inside and said, "These young masters inside are all notable gentlemen from the city. Oh, and that Young Master Liu, heâs actually a relative from the Empress Dowagerâs family. You hit them, isnât the burden on Unparalleled Tower a bit too much?"
Wufu looked at Ah Jiu and said, "Look at you, angry and now thereâs no way to wrap this up. We clearly could have settled this quietly."
Ah Jiu glared at her. Blaming me? Clearly, this mess was stirred up by you.
Wufu rubbed her nose, stepped forward, and smiled: "When Lord Huaâs being all serious, it makes Xiao Wu really scared. Profligates, after all, are hot-blooded youthâhow can they not get into fights? Who would dare talk about fighting in a young servantâs tower? After all, theyâre all notable people!"
She emphasized the word ânotable,â her face full of smiles.
"Surely youâre not going to claim youâre people of the Crown Prince Song," Hua Jinhuan chuckled coldly. "Even slandering requires a certain level of skill, doesnât it?"
"Oh dear, when did I ever say that? You must have misheard," Wufu said.
Hua Jinhuan opened his mouth to speak but suddenly remembered what he had said about waiting for Crown Prince Song.
Does this mean they already agreed to seek out Crown Prince Song or that Ah Jiu is Crown Prince Song? Itâs ambiguous!
But itâs enough to mislead those profligates!
How cunning!
"In any case, leaving just like that is not going to work. Otherwise, it leaves me in a tricky situation," Hua Jinhuan snorted.
"Then what does Lord Hua want?"
"Whatâs the point of arguing with him?" Ah Jiu said impatiently.
Wufu nudged him. "You shut up. As they say, thereâs a code within every trade. When youâre out and about, you have to follow the rules, or else chaos ensues, doesnât it?"
"Master Xiao Wu seems to know the ropes!" Hua Jinhuan chuckled.
"Pardon, pardon, weâre all out and about here!" someone said with a rogueâs air.
"Since thatâs the case..." Hua Jinhuan just started to speak when a man with a graceful demeanor walked up, whispered a few words in his ear, and glanced at Wufu and Ah Jiu.
Wufu and Ah Jiu exchanged glances, noticing something was up!
Hua Jinhuan was also momentarily taken aback but quickly smiled: "You two have caused such a commotion; Iâm really in a bind. Today, our Tower Leader is in the mood; would you mind having a chat with our Tower Leader about how to handle this account?" With that, he instructed the graceful man, "Please escort them over!"