From slave trader to the Immortal Lord of Ten Thousand Laws

Ride you? Right here!

"That's not a good idea."

Jiang She reached out and rubbed the tip of his nose.

Madam Xu stepped back, gently pushing him down with her hips, then hoisted the man onto her back and ran away as fast as she could.

"So that's how you ride it..."

Jiang She's lips twitched, and he suddenly felt utterly bored.

Madam Xu muttered, "My son, where are you running off to?"

Jiang She released his divine sense, and the layout of the street within a radius of ten zhang immediately appeared in his mind like a mound of sand. With just one glance, he could tell that there were ambushes on the southeast, west and south sides, either pursuers, guards, or dozens of soldiers with crossbows set up.

"Run north."

Jiang She spoke.

Madam Xu moved with the speed of the wind.

After running for a while, his divine sense detected that not far ahead, dozens of soldiers had come to his aid upon hearing the news.

"Stop! Turn into the alley on the left immediately."

Jiang She spoke up urgently.

Madam Xu tried to stop, but she was too fast. She slid sideways for several feet with Jiang She on her back before finally coming to a stop.

"Go south after you leave the alley."

Jiang She gave the instructions.

Madam Xu nodded.

With Jiang She's divine sense probing ahead, the two were always able to avoid pursuers on the road in advance. Even when they "brushed past" each other a few times, Xu Lian's agility allowed them to escape unnoticed.

...

"Tap tap tap!"

Inside the Xu family mansion, in the back room.

Madam Xu carried Jiang She on her back and jumped over the wall into the courtyard.

"hiss..."

"Impressive lightness skill!"

Jiang She couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Even someone as meticulous as him only noticed the sound of Xu Lian's footsteps when she landed after releasing his divine sense. The sound was extremely light and subtle, like a feather falling into the courtyard, completely unnoticed by anyone.

Madam Xu gently put Jiang She down:

"Ginger color, I'm leaving now, muddy little travel mat."

Jiang She nodded slightly.

"Don't worry, Madam Xu, I know what to do."

Madam Xu nodded without saying thank you. After walking more than ten steps, she realized that she had not thanked him yet, so she turned around with her hair disheveled and gave Jiang She a thumbs up.

Jiang She raised his hand in a salute, went back to his room, and fell asleep immediately.

As for the hundreds of Xu family guards and soldiers outside, they worked hard all night, but to no avail.

...

The next day.

As dawn broke, Jiang She fought off his sleepiness, lazily dressed, got out of bed, pushed open the door, walked to the water vat, reached out and scooped up a handful of water to splash on his face.

"Splash!"

The cool, refreshing water seeped into my skin.

Jiang She immediately regained consciousness from the cold.

He patted his cheeks and muttered to himself, "The morning chill and cold water are perfect for waking up."

Just as she was washing her face, someone came from outside the courtyard to announce that it was a delicate and pretty young maid:

"Young Master Jiang, Miss invites you to the courtyard for a chat."

"I'll go right now."

Jiang She raised his hand in a salute, and then set off with the maid toward the Third Courtyard.

But in his heart he thought:

"I'm afraid this summons is to appoint me as an instructor, which will leave me no peace for even a moment."

Jiang She followed the maid through several corridors.

The courtyards along the way are deep and secluded, and the flowers and trees are lush and verdant.

The Xu family was indeed wealthy and powerful. Their mansion faced south and covered an area of ​​no less than a hundred acres. It had thirteen courtyards, with hipped roofs covered with glazed tiles that gave it a cool and moist sheen. The pillars were all made of whole pieces of nanmu wood, painted dark red from top to bottom, and the bases were carved with auspicious cloud patterns, displaying a grand and magnificent style.

Without a doubt, these building materials are of the highest quality, from material selection to workmanship. If they cost money, they would fill baskets.

hiss...

"How much profit could we make if we sold this!"

After looking at them one by one, Jiang She felt an urge to sell them.

As you approach the Sanchōin Temple, the scenery becomes even more exquisite.

The maid led him through the moon gate, then gently pushed open the hanging flower gate. He saw that there were corridors on both sides, each with east and west wing rooms. One side of the corridor was adjacent to a pond, in which a rockery was piled up.

The artificial hill is surrounded by bamboo and trees on all sides, and there are no fewer than a hundred koi in the pond, red, white and golden. The entire bottom is made of stone with winding holes. Water flows leisurely through the winding holes, and fish swim slowly over the lotus flowers. As the sunlight shines down, the shadows are cast on the stone, and the koi in the pond appear to be swimming in the air without anything to rely on.

Near the shore, in the center, stands a hexagonal pavilion with a pyramidal roof.

Outside the pavilion, there is a waterside pavilion, and a long screen, like a shadow wall, with sunlight reflecting off the graceful figure of the woman inside the pavilion.

Three or five guards stood nearby, and seven or eight servants scurried around the screen.

"This is the First Academy."

Jiang She had just visited yesterday, so he naturally remembered.

Before Jiang She could even take a long look, the woman in the pavilion was already speaking to him through the screen:

"Young Master Jiang, I promised you yesterday that you would be the head instructor in my academy. I have already asked Qiao'er to give the order to the accountant. It will only take two or three days to transfer your name here."

"Thank you for your kindness, Miss."

Jiang She tactfully agreed, his expression remaining unchanged.

He was originally just a guard in Xu Qingyue's courtyard, earning three taels of silver a month. Now, he has risen to the top and become an instructor. Although his monthly salary has not changed, his status and position are different.

"It's all thanks to Jiang She."

Jiang She felt a surge of relief, but then he heard the person above shout:

"Miss, I cannot allow this!"

The sound came from nearby. Jiang She looked up and saw a man in white stepping out from among the guards.

"Oh? What is it that you, Young Master Li, would object to?"

Xu Qingyue questioned him from behind the screen.

The man in white, with a sword at his waist, immediately drew his sword from its sheath, clasped his hands, and expressed his dissatisfaction upon hearing his master's question:

"Miss, Jiang She has lost all his martial arts skills and is practically a cripple. How can we allow him to come to your courtyard and mislead the young disciples!"

Ah!

He's someone who knows how to swear.

Jiang She pondered for a moment, then looked up at the man. He saw that the man had a face like cold jade and long, narrow eyebrows. He immediately recognized him from his memory as the man who could speak to the young lady.

Li Nian?!

"How did he end up bumping into me...?"

Jiang She inwardly cried out in alarm. Li Nian and Jiang She had never gotten along, so it was only natural that Li Nian would try to trip them up.

However, the details of their feud are unclear. If we had to go into it, we would have to go back to their grandfathers' generation.

Like the man from the Li family, Jiang She's grandfather was a servant who entered the Xu family on the same day to make a living. Later, they both became guards of the Xu family and often sparred with each other. However, Jiang She's grandfather's martial arts skills were inferior to those of the man from the Li family, and he could be said to have lost to him his whole life.

But they won in only one thing.

"Back then, Jiang She's grandfather married the woman from the Li family whom he had been longing for for over ten years, a woman he had never been able to win over, which made him hate her for half his life. As for Jiang She's father, although his martial arts skills were not as good as Li Niansheng's father, he was handsome and, by chance, married the woman that Li Niansheng's father had long admired."

"This is the feud between two generations."

Jiang She found it amusing, unsure of what to say. Just as he was pondering this, he heard Xu Qingyue softly advising him from behind the screen:

"Young Master Li's words are somewhat biased."

Her words were succinct, slightly opportunistic, mentioning only that Li Nian's words were too extreme, but not a word about Jiang She.

Even this attitude is somewhat fair.

Seeing that Xu Qingyue's words were ambiguous, Li Nian felt that his plan was about to succeed, so he lowered his head and earnestly advised her:

"Miss, this decision is not due to my bias, but I fear that the guards in your courtyard may harbor resentment."

"Oh?"

Xu Qingyue slightly raised her slender hand, picked up the brush from the inkstone, and without even glancing at Li Nian, looked at the painting paper on the table and asked:

"What is there to be resentful about?"

Li Nian glared at Jiang She and said, "I'm afraid the brothers are used to being trained by Instructor Chen and respect him. But now that Jiang She, who is also a guard, is teaching them, they are not convinced."

Xu Qingyue nodded.

That's true, but how could she not have thought of that? Xu Qingyue didn't say much, but instead, taking the opportunity, asked:

"Then what should we do?"

Li Nian shook his head: "But we must listen to our brothers."

He spoke lightly, but how could Xu Qingyue have someone ask each person individually? So she simply asked from the person closest to her:

"Do you all disagree with Jiang She?"

Upon hearing this, the courtyard fell silent.

Li Nian tilted his head slightly and gave a wink to the person beside him. That person stepped forward, immediately knelt down, and said:

"Miss, I am not convinced."

"Now, which guard in the courtyard doesn't know? Which one doesn't know that Jiang She's martial arts have been completely destroyed? Even a martial artist who hasn't reached the rank of 'unique' could easily kill a dozen of him with one hand. So what kind of fighting skills does he have that would make us submit to him and secure our positions as instructors?"

After the man finished speaking, a guard beside him echoed his words:

"That is indeed the case. I hope Miss will reconsider..."

Jiang She remained silent, simply watching.

The two men, kneeling on either side, had always followed Li Nian's lead in private, so naturally they were going to speak up for him. However, as the two men talked back and forth, even the guards who had initially remained neutral began to soften their stance.

"Yes, Jiang She is still relatively inexperienced. Whether in terms of vision or martial arts skills, he is probably inferior to Instructor Chen."

"But Brother Jiang has been a product of this!"

"So what? In the end, we still lost."

"..."

Words are like knives, cutting Jiang She's ears painfully.

He paused, realizing that the world wasn't so great after all.

"Jiang She was used to being a good person in his lifetime, so people only remembered his good deeds. Now that he's on stage to get a share of the pie, he's been envied and people want to turn him from a 'good person' into a 'bad person'."

hehe...

"How can one be a good person forever?"

Jiang She sneered inwardly, but as soon as he looked up, he met Li Nian's icy gaze.

"I understand."

Xu Qingyue said softly.

The moment she opened her mouth, the chattering guards immediately fell silent, and only her voice could be heard:

"The position of instructor requires the authority to be respected. Young Master Li, what do you think should be done now?"

"Miss."

Upon hearing this, Li Nian cupped his hands in greeting: "In my opinion, we should certainly have Jiang She demonstrate his abilities."

"Oh?"

Xu Qingyue blinked: "What do you mean?"

Li Nian raised his head, as proud as a rooster: "Before Instructor Chen went on the escort mission, he taught me a certain boxing technique and asked me to select three or five good fighters from among the guards to teach them. Now, more than a month has passed, and the boxing technique has just begun to take shape."

As he spoke, he looked directly at Jiang She, his eyes filled with smugness.

Jiang She was seriously injured and recuperated for more than a month.

At this time, the Xu family hired Chen Kun, a bodyguard from the Zhenyuan Escort Agency, to replace Ding Jialian, who was seriously injured and died while protecting Xu Qingyue, as the head instructor.

This month or so, though not a long time, was a window of opportunity for Jiang She to fall behind Li Nian.

"Once I have mastered the martial arts, I can become Teacher Chen's apprentice. I will then serve him for one, two, or three years and ask him to redeem me from my slave status. At that time, I will be qualified to propose marriage to Miss."

Li Nian pondered for a moment and said, "I have already selected people to learn the boxing techniques taught by Instructor Chen. If Jiang She is truly capable of being an instructor, then I will have him select a few people to practice with, and the two will compete against each other in a few days."

"But we will only submit if he wins."