Before coming to the Tang Dynasty unexpectedly, Lu Xin's last memory was tidying up his grandfather's room in the ancestral hall.

At that time, Lu Tingfang flipped through a notebook, which mentioned the book "The Book of Burial in the Ground".

It was a treasure passed down from generation to generation by the ancestors of the Lu family, but it seems that it was lost due to the turbulence of the times during the Republic of China. This incident also made the head of the Lu family at that time very remorseful, which shows its importance.

"It can't be such a coincidence, can it?"

Lu Xin stared at every word on the satin, his face a little solemn. He couldn't even understand the content of the book, but if the title of the book was really called the Burial Sutra of the Dharma. Then, the fate with oneself is not something that can be explained clearly in one or two sentences. After all, using brocade to write a book is a unique book nine times out of ten.

"Could this be what the monk is looking for? But apart from the special material, there is nothing magical about it. Forget it, although I didn't find the money, it is very likely that this book is something that our Lu family ancestors have been protecting, and maybe we will be able to discover the secret in it in the future. ”

Lu Xin did not stuff the brocade back into the bamboo tube, but directly took off his clothes and wrapped it around his body. First, this brocade is soft and warm, and can keep out the cold. Second, hide it close to your body so as not to be discovered. Lu Xin quickly got out of the mass grave, and ten minutes later returned to the open area where the carriage was located with two buckets of water.

The cooking fire was very strong, and the cook in Xu's Mansion was an old man in his fifties, surnamed Liu. Everyone sat around the campfire and listened to Xu Sanjin's story of doing business.

Feng Li stood behind his master, and seemed a little surprised to see that Lu Xin really came back with two buckets of water. But soon returned to normal, and scolded from afar: "If you go to fetch water, you will fight for half an hour, and if you are asked to do other things in the future, you will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey?" ”

"This barren mountain and wilderness, do you think it is so easy to find? Are you happy when I am bitten by a poisonous snake in the mountains? ”

Lu Xin put down the bucket in his hand, snorted coldly, and walked back to the carriage quickly without looking at Feng Li's face. Seeing that he was so unreasonable, Feng Li naturally immediately wanted to step forward to teach a lesson, but was stopped by Xu Sanjin.

"This kid has just entered the house, and he doesn't know so many rules, so let him relax for a while. Feng Li, I know your loyalty and talent, so I take you with me every time I go out. In the future, he will be handed over to you to teach, don't live up to the master's expectations. ”

"Don't worry, master, the villain will take care of him!"

Lu Xin in the carriage didn't know what his fate would be in the Xu Mansion. By this time he had fallen into a deep sleep, and he was very tired and had many dreams. But the scene in every dream is so blurry, so blurry that people can't see it clearly, and they can't remember it.

Two days later, the team finally arrived in San'in County. This is the seat of the Yuezhou Governor's Mansion and the capital city of Yuezhou, which is equivalent to the modern provincial capital. Xu Sanjin's mansion is located on the largest commercial street in Shanyin County, and across the river you can see the yamen of the Yuezhou Governor's Mansion. When entering the city, Lu Xin looked at the scenery along the way, which was an authentic Jiangnan water town. He is no stranger to such an environment, and a thousand years later, Zhejiang still retains many historical sites.

The Xu Mansion is very large, with high walls in the deep courtyard. There are corridors with seven entrances and seven exits, hundreds of houses, and countless walls inside the walls. Lu Xin has been to the Forbidden City, this Xu Mansion is so big, I think there is half of the imperial city.

After Xu Sanjin returned home, he immediately went to visit his old mother's residence. Lu Xin and the others were led by Feng Li and came to the west courtyard for the next people. It was a large area of low tiled houses, with no rockery ponds and no carved beams. Compared with the other courtyards he had seen in Xu's Mansion, Lu Xin seemed to have returned to the poor countryside.

Feng Li found him a room for eight people to live in, which was very shabby. In spring, the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River are continuous, and both the ground and the walls are very wet. The bed was small, no blankets, just a thin quilt.

"In our Xu Mansion, Ding and other subordinates need to do chores for eight hours a day. Two meals a day, one at one hour and the other at three minutes. Every two hours you go to the west courtyard room to eat, if you miss it, you will have to go hungry. In addition, Ding and other subordinates can only enter and exit in the west courtyard and the north courtyard. Once a month, you have the opportunity to go out, and you need to report to the housekeeper. Also, the subordinates are not allowed to go out of the city. If you go out of town without the permission of the lord, for whatever reason, you will have your leg broken. Have you memorized all my words? ”

Feng Li stood in front of the threshold with his hands behind his back, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth. Maybe it's because the room is humid and smelly, and it doesn't mean to enter the door at all. Lu Xin didn't bother to look at him, and after making the bed, he took out the clothes in the package and folded them.

Since he has sold himself to Xufu as a slave, Lu Xin is naturally mentally prepared. But when he heard that Ding and the others had to do chores for eight hours a day, his face was still a little ugly. An hour in ancient times is equivalent to two hours in modern times. That is to say, except for the time to eat and sleep, you have to work for the Xu Mansion all day, and you don't have any personal time. This kind of life is no different from that of pigs and dogs.

"I remember Brother Feng's words, I don't know how to calculate this salary?"

"Hahahaha, when you first entered the house at a young age, you were thinking about money, so you weren't afraid that your appetite would be too big? Hmph, there are rules in the house, Ding and other people will pay fifty yuan a month, and Mr. Accounts will pay you on the last day of the month, don't worry. ”

"Fifty wen? It's less than two pennies a day......"

"Boy, what are you thinking? I know, it's low wages, isn't it? You don't go to inquire, looking at the entire Yuezhou Mansion, how many people are lining up to enter our Xu Mansion as slaves don't have this opportunity. It stands to reason that you are the master who spent a lot of money to buy the house, and you can not pay the salary in the account. But the master specially instructed you to treat you the same as other family members, which is already a special care for you. Don't worry, just call me Brother Feng at you, and I will definitely find you an easy errand. In this case, how about cleaning the latrine for a few months first? Hahahaha......"

When Feng Li said this, he laughed and turned to leave. When Lu Xin heard that he was going to let himself clean the latrine, his face was flushed with anger. But he can only endure it, in this era, slaves and maids have no human rights.

Although his body was already very tired, Lu Xin, who was lying on the bed, did not feel sleepy. He had to think about what to do next, now that he had a place to live, he wouldn't end up on the streets. But he couldn't really be a slave to Xu Fu for ten years, he had to find a way to get out of here safely, and then go to Chang'an.

After thinking about it, the biggest hope at present is to read the "Law and Burial Sutra". After all, this book is most likely what the monk was looking for. In case there is any secret book of cultivation, as long as you learn one or two of these tricks, it should not be a problem to use it to escape from the Xu Mansion.

"The key is that I can't read and write completely, and if I want to succeed, I must first learn the characters and language of the Tang Dynasty...... By the way, the Xu Mansion is so big, there should be a place to teach handwriting. But I'm just a subordinate now, and I can only walk in the west and north courtyards. In these two places, there should be no young lady or son in the house to live. No, you still have to find a way to make money first. Grandpa said that with money, you can get things done. ”

Having made up his mind in his heart, Lu Xin's mood was much better. Although the monthly salary is only fifty wen, the Xu Mansion is so big, as long as you observe carefully, you can always find opportunities. After all, he is a man of the twenty-first century, and his wisdom and vision are always much higher than the ordinary people of the Tang Dynasty.

In the first two days after entering the Xu Mansion, Lu Xin didn't do any work, Feng Li didn't come to him, and no one arranged things for him. Maybe it's because they're all Ding and other people, and the other people who live in the same room are quite friendly. There is not much talk among the people, but there is no need to be bullied. Lu Xin just took this opportunity to walk through the West Courtyard and the North Courtyard, and at the same time, he heard some information about the Xu Mansion.

The Xu family is a big family in the south of the Yangtze River, a standard famous family. No matter who becomes the emperor, no matter how the dynasty changes in this world, this family will always be rich and noble. In Xu Sanjin's generation, there were eight or nine hundred slaves and maids in the Xu Mansion. There are more than 500 people in the West Courtyard and the North Courtyard alone.

Today's Xu Mansion operates businesses such as tea, silk, seafood, and mineral veins. Among them, the silk village under the name of Xu Mansion is spread over most of the world. Even some of the finest silks would be procured by local officials themselves, and then tributed to the imperial court. In addition, the Xu government controlled almost ninety percent of the fishermen along the southern coast. If the people of the Central Plains want to eat sea fish, they can only buy it from the Xu family. Even the seafood in Chang'an City was all provided by Xu Sanjin.

I don't know if I don't ask, but when I ask, even Lu Xin, a modern person who has crossed over from 2018, has to marvel at the wealth of the Xu family, which can really be described as rich and rivals the country.

"It's strange, every time there is a change of dynasty, the world will be in chaos. Burning, killing, looting, that's a common thing. This Xu family has been so rich since the Han Dynasty, and it has been almost a thousand years now, why doesn't anyone care? It seems that the quality of this luck is still very important. ”

Lu Xin sat at the door of the house, bored looking at the only two peach trees in the courtyard, and his mind kept thinking. In the past few days, he has been looking for ways to make money, but he has never found it.

"In March, the peach blossoms bloom so gorgeously. It was supposed to be a season of vitality, but my fate was as dead as winter, which is really sad and lamentable...... Hey, when did my writing skills get so good? Damn, if I were to go back now, I would definitely be the first in my class! ”

A few days of idleness made Lu Xin, who couldn't find his direction, a little bored. Just as he was about to get up and fold a peach blossom to play, Feng Li appeared at the corner of the corridor.

"What is the little doll muttering? Seeing you so lonely, it's really not a taste in my heart for my brother. Don't worry, next, there will be someone to accompany you, hahahaha......"

Feng Li laughed and walked into the courtyard, throwing a set of clothes for Ding and other people at Lu Xin's feet.