Chapter 36: Undercurrent.

After instructing his eldest disciple, Li An nodded, turned to the second and third disciples next to Hong Kaijia and said, "Xu Sheng, Xu Qiang."

"Disciple is here." The two brothers replied.

"You two should go and ask the owners of the surrounding courtyards this afternoon and come here. I want to buy their courtyards."

This was something Li An had decided long ago. There were quite a few disciples, so he bought the courtyards on the left and right and broke through the walls to connect them. This way, the disciples could live separately.

"is teacher."

"Okay, let's eat." After Li An finished his instructions, he also started to eat. But after a moment, he started to teach Zhao Tong'er: "Tong'er, can't you cook a few more meat dishes when you cook?"

Zhao Tonger said anxiously: "But."

Li An interrupted by waving his hand: "Don't worry about spending money. You know how fast your master makes money. But now that you are growing up, you can't be careless. If you don't eat more meat, how can you support your martial arts training? You, relax, the previous poor days will not come back again."

Seeing Zhao Tong'er's worry, she still didn't feel very safe. Li An continued, "Don't save the money you should spend. Your teacher doesn't feel bad about it. How much can you spend?"

After hearing this, Zhao Tong'er nodded reluctantly and said stubbornly: "But I feel sorry for you." She counted the rice grains in the bowl with chopsticks in her hand. When she saw Li Ang's gaze looking at her again, she hurriedly started eating in big mouthfuls.

Seeing this, Li An nodded with satisfaction.

After the meal, Hong Kaijia and the other two bowed to Li An and went out to do some work. The other disciples gradually cleared the table.

The three older ones, although only eleven or twelve years old, have been in the community for many years and naturally have their own experience and methods of doing things.

Li An was relieved to let them do the work, and in the past month, he had gradually mastered the inner strength and qi, and learned some basic punches and kicks. If you were to calculate it, he was a first-class warrior, and he could still deal with ordinary people or hooligans.

After seeing that everything was arranged, he asked his disciples to make tea and waited silently for the guests to arrive in the afternoon.

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Zuixian Tower, inside the pavilion.

"My royal brother has been hiding and not doing anything since the last trial. It's worrying." The second prince Li Chengze picked a grape and put it in his mouth to taste it. He looked at the nearby lake, took off his shoes and lay back in the chair.

Li Hongcheng, the prince of Jing, smiled gently and said, "The prince thought he had the evidence against Fan Xian and wanted to take him down right away. He has already been disgusted by this matter. Your Highness, why should you worry about it?"

Li Chengze shook his head, feeling the breeze from the lake, his expression solemn: "We still have to win over those who should be won over. I can understand what Fan Xian is thinking. After all, if the princes fight for the throne, it will bring disaster to the whole family if we are not careful, so we have to be cautious." He changed the subject: "I just don't understand why my father saved Fan Xian at that critical moment and let him enter the palace? I'm very curious about what they said afterwards."

Li Hongcheng looked at the second prince seriously without saying anything.

"Go to the Fan Mansion and invite Fan Xian. I will host a banquet here tomorrow."

Li Hongcheng nodded and agreed.

After a moment, Li Chengze asked about Li An: "That day at the restaurant, you invited Fan Xian to the poetry gathering, why didn't you invite Li An?"

Li Hongcheng replied: "I got your letter and went to the restaurant. Only Fan Xian and his brothers and sisters were there. Li An had already left, as if..."

"As if he had expected trouble to come?"

Li Hongcheng nodded, and the second prince laughed: "Your feeling is correct, this is exactly what makes him magical."

"I just didn't expect that Fan Xian and Li An were actually good friends." Li Hongcheng's tone was full of surprise.

Ten thousand green ribbons hang down.

I don’t know who cut out the fine leaves,
The spring breeze in February is like a pair of scissors. "The second prince chanted the poem "Ode to the Willow" and sighed after a moment: "Although this poem is not as good as Fan Xian's "Climbing the Heights", the style is very different and it is also a rare masterpiece!"

The second prince savoured it for a moment and shook his head, saying, "Compared to the seven-character quatrain, I prefer this "Ode to the Willow", which makes people feel refreshed! Who would have thought that Li An is not only knowledgeable, but also has such a talent for poetry! This may be the reason why the two of them became good friends."

Li Hongcheng nodded in agreement, as if thinking of something: "Should we invite Li An to the banquet tomorrow?"

"No need." The second prince shook his head. "My people got the news that three people were killed in the slum area, and the killer claimed to be Li An. He then led the dozen orphans away to the vicinity of Wanshizhai. Although it is not convenient for me to leave people to watch, the news has been confirmed in the past few days. This Li Shen has accepted more than a dozen disciples."

Li Chengze said firmly: "Since he is quite busy these days, we will not bother him. As long as we win over Fan Xian, as his friend, Li An will definitely be biased towards us!"

"Your Highness is right. I will go to the Fan Mansion to invite Fan Xian." Li Hongcheng bowed and turned to leave.

The breeze blew Li Chengze's bangs, making him smile gently. He picked up "A Dream of Red Mansions" in his hand and continued to read it.

Outside the pavilion, Xie Bian stood motionless like a statue.

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After seeing off the last guest, Li An breathed a sigh of relief. These guests are becoming more and more tricky!

The guests' questions were more curious than each other, and some, like the young ladies from wealthy families, sat there without saying a word after arriving. For most of the day, they didn't ask a single question, and just stared at Li Ang!
What? I am the guardian of Sichuan - the panda?

Ang Lee looked up at the sky in frustration. Fortunately, the money had been paid, so he decided to just watch it for a while.

The eldest disciple lived up to expectations and found the two old sisters-in-law early, one to cook and the other to clean. Li An counted with his fingers and found that everyone was fine, so he could rest assured.

In the evening, the second and third brothers also brought the owners of the two courtyards on the left and right. Li An had already made plans to buy them at a premium and was ready to persuade the two to sell the courtyards to him.

I don’t know if someone instructed me to do so, but the two of them sold the yard to me at a fair price without much negotiation.

After watching the two of them sign and seal, they readily gave the land deed. For the first time, Li An felt the benefits of fame. He pondered secretly, now that his life is guaranteed, in addition to pursuing his own strength, should he do something for the people of this world?

I am not as foolish as Ye Qingmei, who wants to achieve equality for all in this feudal dynasty. I just want them to get something for their work, have enough food and warm clothes, and have fewer orphans like Hong Kaijia.

Of course, this is not to say that Ye Qingmei is bad. She has great ideals, but her actions of skipping several social stages are not in line with the progress of the times.

How can you expect a person to fly if she can't even walk properly?
But Ye Qingmei, who has such an ideal, is also respectable. In Li Ang's opinion, she is at least more noble than those female protagonists in the Qing Dynasty, who think about the love affairs in the palace all day long. This is the difference between a science girl and a liberal arts girl.

After it got a little dark, under the curious gazes of his disciples, Li Ang gathered his energy in his palms and with two snaps, he broke the walls on the left and right of the courtyard. Thus, the three courtyards were connected together.

"Clean it up, and then allocate the rooms after leaving a few guest rooms. Let Kaijia do this." Li An ignored the surprised looks of the crowd and gave the order.

Hong Kaijia bowed and said, "Yes, teacher."

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