As an official, what's wrong with raising a few monsters?

Chapter 49 Black Cat, Unlucky
"Fifty percent..."

A 50% chance of success is actually quite high.

Xiao Zhengyang didn't know if Ling Yu was a rude person who didn't know how to control his words.

But he knew that no one in the court, including civil and military officials, could say such words as Ling Yu.

He was also weighing whether Qian Yuan could take the risk.

If only that gentleman was here last night...

Seeing him hesitate, Ling Yu added, "Please be at ease. I do not want to embarrass Your Highness, so I will pass the martial arts examination with honor."

"Your Highness can make your own decisions on future matters."

After all, she is not an incompetent person who came here through the back door.

Pass the martial arts examination first, show your ability, and it will also reduce the pressure on His Highness.

"Hahaha~ Looks like this year's top martial arts student of Qianyuan has been born!"

"Sir, you are upright and honest, and I believe you."

Xiao Zhengyang smiled and said to Ling Yu quite sincerely: "The matter of war is of great importance. I cannot reply to you now. We need to discuss it in the future."

Ling Yu also nodded and said, "Okay, thank you, Your Highness."

Seeing that the two had finished their conversation, Feng Xiaozhong interrupted at the right time and said, "Your Highness, there is one more thing..."

"Oh?"

As he spoke, he gave Ling Yu a look.

Ling Yu pursed her lips and said, "Your Highness, I am not a man."

Well, she still needs to use some backdoor.

Otherwise she wouldn't be able to pass the inspection.

"what?!"

Xiao Zhengyang widened his eyes, somewhat incredulous.

Qianyuan’s national style is actually very open.

During the five hundred years, there was even a female emperor, who was quite good at it.

Therefore, there are not many restrictions on women serving as officials.

However, compared with men, women have many innate weaknesses, so the proportion is not very high.

As for female generals, there are even fewer, very few.

The gap in innate strength is too obvious.

Women are also more emotional and weak, and few have the decisive character to adapt to the cruelty of the battlefield.

Now there are no women signing up for the martial arts examinations in various places.

So Xiao Zhengyang was also a little surprised. He looked Ling Yu up and down again.

This person looks pretty, but she doesn't look like a woman! It's hard for a woman to have such a temperament.

With Feng Xiaozhong as the guarantor, Xiao Zhengyang can still be trusted.

He nodded and said, "Okay, I understand!"

"I will write a letter to you shortly. First, um...it will be convenient for you to do what you want."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Ling Yu now has a good impression of this prince.

It seems... Qian Yuan isn't as bad as my brother said~
She sniffed. Her five senses were sharp, especially the smell of alcohol.

She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that there was a familiar smell of alcohol on the prince.

When? Mingchen was here too?

……

"Um... Sir, what did you say?"

In the tavern, the owner who was calculating on the abacus suddenly looked up and looked at the person in front of him in disbelief.

He was a young man with handsome appearance and extraordinary clothes, and was accompanied by a masked child.

He doesn't look like an ordinary person.

"I say, boss, are you selling this shop?"

Mingchen looked up and down at the decoration of the restaurant and said to the other party with a smile.

The imperial examination was approaching, but unlike other students, he did not cram for the exam. Instead, he wandered around the prosperous capital like a street urchin.

Finally, I found such a pub.

It's not in the bustling area of the city center, the location is a bit remote, there are not many customers, and it looks a bit deserted.

"Um... Sir, my restaurant is perfectly fine, why would you sell it?"

This young man doesn't look like an ordinary person. Perhaps he's the son of a powerful family.

After all, this place is the capital, where the powerful and influential gather. If you are not careful, you may offend someone you shouldn't.

The third son-in-law of Wang Dafu's second uncle's eldest cousin's uncle is an official in the court.

He also didn't know when he would meet a big shot that he couldn't afford to offend.

So I spoke very politely.

"I'll give you fifty gold."

Mingchen stretched out his hand and waved it towards the other person.

Wang Dafu paused, and said with some embarrassment: "Um... Sir, I have been running this shop for ten years..."

"Eighty gold."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Mingchen again.

He pulled the corners of his mouth and said stiffly: "Sir, even if you say so..."

then,

Mingchen placed a cloth bag on the counter and said, "One hundred gold."

"Sir, I will get the title deed for you right away."

Wang Dafu took a look into the cloth bag, then said to Mingchen with a charming smile.

As if afraid that Mingchen would go back on his word, he walked straight into the inner room.

Mingchen smiled and patted the head of the child beside him: "Do you like it here?"

The gray eyes in the wooden mask looked at Mingchen: "..."

Still didn't say anything, just nodded woodenly.

The capital is a long-term base, and Mingchen needs a more stable residence. It would be quite troublesome for Laogui to be moved around all the time.

It’s not certain when you’ll get the house allocated by the organization, so it’s better to get one for yourself now.

He had wanted to open a tavern for a long time. He had robbed many bandits along the way and made a lot of money by cheating and deceiving people, which was enough for him to squander.

After wandering around for a while, I finally chose this place.

And there's a little thing...

"Meow~"

As they were talking, a cat suddenly appeared from nowhere.

It is completely black, without a trace of other colors.

With one leap, she jumped onto the counter, and with a light body, she walked towards Mingchen with a cat-like gait.

She just sat on the desk, raised her head and looked at Mingchen quietly.

The tail behind him swayed gently, and his different-colored eyes reflected Mingchen's shadow.

Elegant, very elegant.

While it was observing Mingchen, Mingchen was also watching it with interest.

He wasn't afraid of the kitten scratching him, so he reached out his hand and touched it tentatively.

"What's your name?"

How can a kitten understand human speech?
Just looked at him quietly and let him touch me.

Mingchen even went a step further and gently hooked its chin. The kitten tilted its head back, squinted its eyes, and made purring sounds.

It's somewhat cute.

"Sir, sir... I'm coming!"

Just then, Wang Dafu ran out with the land deed documents, sweating profusely.

"Uh...it's that beast again!"

"Get out of here! Get out of here!"

"My lord, please don't go near it."

Just as I was about to talk to Mingchen, I saw the black cat in front of Mingchen again.

His expression changed immediately, and he scolded the cat while speaking to Mingchen.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter~"

But Mingchen picked him up to prevent him from being beaten or scolded by Wang Dafu.

It's rare to see a cat so comfortable being held in someone's arms.

Seeing Mingchen pick up the cat without knowing what was good for him, the shopkeeper couldn't help but say anxiously, "Sir, you don't know something!"

"This is a black cat, it's unlucky."

(End of this chapter)