Chapter 414 Wu Gou

The south was already quite hot but the north was relatively cooler. The lush foliage of the trees let everyone know summer had come. In the second courtyard of the Xuzhou Zhongwu commissioner's manor were two old locust trees, the shade of which had cast a large shadow on the granite pavement.

At this moment a young man dressed as a scholar was standing in the shade. He raised his hands and looked up at the star-like sunlight in the gaps between the leaves. His eyes narrowed slightly, as if he were thinking about something.

He had an average build to go with an average-looking face. His looks couldn't be further from the word 'handsome'. The ladies on the streets and the female Jianghu cultivators would not even take a second look at him.

But he was well-dressed and neatly trimmed. Standing there, he not only revealed the temperament of a scholar but also a sense of maturity that was much older than his actual age.

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