Chapter 530 A man is a boy until he dies
Seeing that he was unwilling to go, Gu Chan quickly reached out and grabbed his arm, trying to force him to go.
The nine-fingered old beggar still sat on the mat without moving, "Don't make fun of me, strolling on the flower boat is something you young people do, it has nothing to do with an old man like me."
"You really aren't going?" Gu Chan said unhappily.
"I really won't go." The nine-fingered old beggar said affirmatively.
Gu Chan rolled her eyes and said cunningly, "Forget it! I originally wanted to make those who laughed at you shut up, but you didn't want to go, so I have no choice."
"What? Who is making fun of me? What are they making fun of me about?" The nine-fingered beggar became interested and asked with a frown.
Gu Chan pretended to be serious and said, "Weren't you arrested by Shuiyue and imprisoned in Jiangnan Academy last time? Later, the old academician told me that you, an old beggar, are far inferior to him. Not only is his status higher than yours, but his knowledge is also more profound than yours. Most importantly, at his age, he can still often go to Qingpu and stroll on flower boats! I'm afraid you can't do that."
"Oh! This old bastard! Did he really say that to me?" The nine-fingered beggar said angrily with his eyes wide open.
Gu Chan nodded affirmatively.
The nine-fingered old beggar's face darkened, and he immediately stood up and said, "Come on, I'll go with you to the flower boat, and I'll let that old bastard see if I can do it or not."
"Yes, yes, that's what I thought. I'll ask Yuan Jie to call him over, and then you two can have a drinking contest on the flower boat." Gu Chan said, trying not to laugh.
After saying this, she quickly sent someone to call Yuan Jie and rush to Jiangnan Academy to invite the old academician. Then she left with the nine-fingered old beggar and took a carriage to Chang's Wharf.
More than an hour later, the two arrived at Chang's Wharf.
At this time, Di Lin had already prepared a flower boat and docked it on the shore. There were seven beautiful girls on the flower boat.
After the two of them boarded the boat, Gu Chan waved her hand and ordered, "Girls, this is the old leader of the Beggars' Sect in Jiangnan City, and also my benefactor. You must accompany him well tonight, otherwise I will beat you with a stick!"
"Yes, sir." The seven girls responded in unison.
Then they all gathered around, pulled the nine-fingered old beggar to sit at the table at the bow, and began to drink with him and sing songs for him.
The nine-fingered old beggar was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling and was enjoying it extremely.
Di Lin laughed and said, "The old gang leader is really young at heart! Look how happy he is."
"You know shit. This is called a man stays young until he dies. He says he won't come, but he's itching to come. All we need is to give him a reasonable excuse to come." Gu Chan said with a wry smile.
"Then shall we set sail now?" Dilling asked.
Gu Chan shook her head and said, "No hurry, wait for Yuan Jie and the old academician."
"Ah? Why did we invite the old academician? Aren't we going to stop General Zuo Wangfeng? Why invite him?" Di Lin asked puzzledly.
"Don't ask me, you'll know when you get there." Gu Chan said with a mysterious smile. Di Lin scratched his head, unable to figure out what Gu Chan was going to do.
Gu Chan didn't explain much, just sat on the bow and waited quietly.
About half an incense stick of time later, Yuan Jie finally arrived in a carriage with the old academician.
After getting off the carriage, the old academician saw a boat parked in front of him. He stopped and said, "Miss Yuan, I am a gentleman. How can I get on a boat? This is inappropriate! It is really disrespectful. Why don't you just take me back?"
"The lord is waiting for you on the flower boat! He asked me to invite you over, but I'm afraid it's not for you to cruise on the flower boat, right? If you hesitate to get on the boat and delay his important event, I'm afraid you will be in trouble later!" Yuan Jie threatened coldly.
The old man was so frightened that his face turned pale, and then he quickly followed her onto the flower boat.
When Gu Chan saw him coming, she quickly said to Di Lin, "Okay, everyone is here, let's start the boat!"
"Yes, master." Di Lin agreed and quickly ran to the stern of the boat to row away from the shore.
Gu Chan walked over to the old academician and helped him sit opposite the nine-fingered old beggar. As soon as he sat down, two girls sat beside him, one on his left and one on his right, and began to feed him wine.
The old academician was so embarrassed that his face turned red, which was very funny.
The nine-fingered old beggar stared at him cowardly, not talking to him. He just kept drinking the wine handed to him by the girls, wanting to prove that he was capable!
The old academician was confused the whole time. After the two girls forced him to drink several glasses of wine, he finally couldn't help asking, "My Lord, why did you send someone to pick me up here in the middle of the night? What's the matter?"
"It's okay! Let's just get together! Didn't you say last time that the old gang leader couldn't be more capable than you? So today, I specially invited all of you here, and called seven girls to accompany you, just to see who of you two old bones is more capable!" Gu Chan said with a grin.
"Ah? I... I didn't say that! Lord, did you remember it wrongly?" The old academician said dumbfounded.
The nine-fingered old beggar didn't wait for Gu Chan to answer, and said with a stiff face, "Why, old man, you dare not admit it? I am not as good as you? I tell you, I just like quietness and don't like to go to places of fireworks, otherwise you can't compare with me. And I tell you, don't look at me now. I am sloppy all day long. When I was young, I was also very handsome and fascinated thousands of girls."
"Hmph! You stinky beggar, how dare you speak so shamelessly in front of an old man like me? You can charm thousands of girls with this kind of attitude! Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself?" The old academician was confused at first, but after being scolded by the old beggar, he instantly scolded back angrily.
Then, without waiting for the nine-fingered old beggar to speak, he immediately shouted to the seven girls, "Girls, this stinky beggar stinks too much, come over to my side, let's recite poems and drink and chat together."
"Oh my! You old bastard...you..." The nine-fingered beggar was so angry that he couldn't even speak clearly.
Gu Chan was amused by the two old men and laughed out loud. She quickly tried to smooth things over and said, "Well, you two are almost 200 years old in total. What's there to argue about? Everything is in the wine. Isn't it all over after drinking?"
"Okay, I won't bother with an old man like you. I'm going to get you drunk today." The nine-fingered beggar said angrily.
"For the sake of the lord, I am too lazy to bother with you. If you want to compete, I will compete with you. I really don't believe that a stinky beggar like you can be better than me." The old academician said with a sullen face.
After saying that, the two of them started drinking together in front of the girls.
The girls were also happy to watch the fun and kept pouring wine for them, as if to give face to Lady Ling Qing and join her in amusing the two old men.
Seeing that the situation was under control, Gu Chan turned to look at the river ahead with a sly smile on her lips.
