"Today's events, only you know and I know, God knows, if a third person knows, not only will my brother's official position not be guaranteed, but my brother, I am afraid that your head will not be hung for long. The prefect cautioned.

Ling Yun smiled: "Of course, the human head on my neck is not pinched in mud, it fell off once, and it will never grow again." ”

The prefect laughed and said, "Yes, since it can't grow, you have to cherish it." ”

"It's just that I don't know anything about the lower officials, and I hope that the adults will advise. Lingyun said.

"But it doesn't hurt to say that. The prefect waved his hand, signaling that he could express his heart as freely as he could.

Ling Yun frowned, and said: "Your Excellency has been appointed to the prefect of Xianmen, you can't say that you are a very good minister, at least you are one in a million, and your official luck is prosperous, in this area of Xianmen, it can be described as powerful, why do you still want to be crowned a king and a marquis, aren't you afraid of being cold in a high place?"

Without thinking, the prefect said, "You don't know my experience, but it's not as smooth sailing as you think. When I was young, my family was poor, and when I reached today's status, I was already considered to be prosperous, but if I couldn't be crowned a prince, I still couldn't make up for my past regrets after all. ”

Ling Yun said with a smile: "My lord is now a member of the five grades, it can be said that he is a noble son from a poor family, and a few people in the world can reach it, and the powerful people in the world are often from wealthy families, and they can start from scratch, and the official worships the prefect, which is rare, is there still a regret that he can't make up for it with this monstrous power and silver?"

The prefect showed a smug look on his face and said, "You only know that I am brilliant today, but you don't know my downfall yesterday." As the old saying goes, it is difficult to produce a noble son from a poor family, and I don't want to hide it from you, even if it is me, I can't say that I am completely on my own, or because I met a nobleman. When I was young, my family was surrounded by four walls, and even going to a private school was a luxury, but fortunately there was a down-and-out talent in the village, and I often secretly gave him a little food to eat, so I taught me to read and write, and later borrowed a plate to catch the exam, maybe it was God's blessing, and I was lucky enough to get into the Jinshi, and I was twenty-three years old that year. Later, he was favored by the Ministry of Rites and recruited as his son-in-law, and since then he thought that he had ascended to the sky in one step, but he didn't know that he had only made an eight-grade Hanlin editor. Fortunately, the old man helped, and he was promoted to the seven-grade magistrate, step by step to achieve the six-grade general judgment, as the deputy of the prefect, in charge of grain transportation, water conservancy and criminal prosecution, etc., and finally, he finally became the prefect, but unexpectedly served in a remote place like Xianmen Mansion, and the grade was only five grades. ”

Ling Yun secretly said in his heart: "The Wupin Prefect is already a powerful official in the eyes of ordinary people, I can't imagine that he looks down on him, but as the son-in-law of the Ministry of Rites, it is not surprising that his vision is high. ”

The prefect continued: "At the beginning, I was quite grateful to my father-in-law, without him, I might still be an eight-rank Hanlin editor. Later, I learned that he had never looked down on me, and had always regarded me in his heart as a dog raised by him, a slave who worked for them. If it weren't for the fact that I had the intention to climb the high branches, I went to his house for a banquet, secretly got acquainted with his fat and ugly daughter who no one wanted, endured nausea and had a tryst with her, and finally made my belly bigger, he was afraid that things would make a big deal and ruin his daughter's name, so he had to marry the fat pig to me who was beaten all over my body. Haha, I'm a dignified man who wants to be a marquis and has a million male soldiers in his chest, and since then he can't raise his head in front of this fierce woman, and has lived for dozens of years, and now my father-in-law just died this year, and he didn't even give me a good face before he died, hahaha, this shrew knows that she has no backer, where can she dare to yell at me? When I really become a feudal official, a feudal marquis, and a feudal king, I must have this shrew take a good look at it, and she has always looked down on Lao Tzu, treating me as a slave of her family, and let this title give her a resounding slap in the face! ”

Ling Yun felt strange and said, "Lord Prefect, you said that you have a big belly, but you obviously have no children under your knees?"

"I have died a long time ago, and since then, the person in the family has completely lost the ability to have children, and I have been suppressed for decades and have not been allowed to take concubines, and I have long lost that ability. Originally, the old man ...... Phew, that old man insisted that I succeed his family's sons and nephews, I didn't want to, secretly looking for women outside, and he was all driven away or beaten to death, and I hated him to the core. The prefect preached hatefully.

"If you talk about private matters in your family, aren't you afraid that I will talk about it?" Ling Yun asked.

The prefect laughed and said, "If you are really Wang Sancheng, I won't say it." ”

"Huh?" Ling Yun exclaimed in surprise, "Why am I not Wang Sancheng?"

"No need to pretend, although I have never seen Wang Sancheng, but my master has seen it a few times, and he has also received filial piety silver, and he has secretly told me that you can't be Wang Sancheng. "The prefect said, "I don't expose you, it's because it's good, it's good for me, if you want to be disobedient, I can ask the Holy Lord at any time to put you to death on the charge of killing officials, that tragic situation, tsk!"

Ling Yun was not afraid, but it was inevitably a little embarrassing to be exposed, but he didn't bother to continue to disguise, and said calmly: "What good do I have to adults, is it worth hiding for me?"

"You'll know later, don't ask now. "The prefect is humane, "I'm afraid you don't even know my name, you might as well tell you that the surname of this mansion is Yue, and the name is Qianyi." Alas, I think I have been an official for many years, and I have been depressed, from Beijing all the way to the south, it is clearly a promotion, but in fact, the place where I work is becoming more and more remote, like a derogatory, if I have no ambitions, it will be forgotten, but let me be full of depression and can not express, plus my wife in my family has a strong temperament, so that I have no fun at all, whether it is at home or in the officialdom is extremely depressed. When I heard your words today, I suddenly realized that after being an official for so many years, the reason why I have no ambition is that I will not be thick. ”

Ling Yun smiled secretly in his heart: "As soon as you come to Jingnan County, you will ask for a bribe in front of you, on thick skin, no one can reach it, the family came to report the good news, in order to cover up the ugliness, he ordered him to wield a knife to cut himself, on the heart of black, it is also a must, now you say that it will not be thick black, who in the world dares to say thick black?"

"Today, I heard you talk about thick black, it's like an initiation, but it's a pity that the conversation is very short, I don't know if my brother is interested in writing a book about thick black, or open the altar, let me listen to it, my brother will talk about the knowledge of thick black, I think I will benefit a lot. The prefect said with an urgent expression.

Ling Yun remembered in his heart that Li Zongwu had indeed written the book "Thick Black Studies", and he had read it at the beginning, but he was young at the time, and he only felt that he was mocking the thick black people, and the writing was spicy, but he didn't expect the world to regard it as a kind of knowledge that can be prosperous and prosperous, which is more worthy of ridicule than the thick black people in his pen, it is like black humor.

"Well, let's talk about it so much first, and I will definitely find an adult to continue to ask for advice when I have a chance in the future. Ling Yun said humbly, he didn't say the real reason, the prefect even sold his own wrench, could he let him sell the gem on the top as well?

The prefect's face was full of pity, and he didn't dare to force it, so he had to give up.