"What for?!"

Wu Maocai appeared at the door of the inner courtyard, his hands behind his back, and he glanced coldly at the two guards who were pointing guns at Ah Ling's head. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Mr. Wu, you have come just in time! I don't know where a wild boy came out, and he actually wanted to break into the inner courtyard, and lied that you called him...... It's really an ambitious leopard guts! When the guard saw that it was Wu Maocai, he hurriedly reported.

"I think you're the ones who ate the gall of the ambitious leopard!" One of the two personal guards behind Wu Maocai shouted coldly: "You dare to stop the people invited by Chief Manager Wu, it's really getting bolder and bolder!" ”

The two guards looked at each other - how could they have thought that the dignified Grand Administrator Wu would really invite a 'little deflated three' to come to the inner courtyard?

Wu Maocai didn't even look at the two of them, turned around and walked straight towards a small building in the inner courtyard.

Ah Ling followed behind him, leaving only two guards, stunned on the spot, so shocked that his jaw almost fell to the ground.

……

"Do you know why I'm looking for you?" Wu Maocai sat in front of the window of the second-story small building, took a sip of Dongting Biluochun, and asked.

"I know, it was Master Li who asked you to find me...... When I was in the dining hall just now, the manager said that. Ah Ling said.

Wu Maocai glanced at Ah Ling seriously, and then asked, "Then do you know why the master asked me to find you?" ”

"Uh...... I don't know. ”

"You're lying!" Wu Maocai's squinted eyes shone brightly: "You are very smart, but ...... You remember one thing! Don't play your tricks in front of me, and don't play tricks in front of my lord. Otherwise, you'll die an ugly death! ”

Ah Ling bowed his head and was silent—he knew that the head of Wu Maocai Wu in front of him was definitely a scheming and cunning and ruthless person, an out-and-out old fox! In the future, you should be more careful when you contact him, in case the stuffing is exposed, he will see some clues, his own safety is small, in case the assassination opportunity fails, and he loses all the plates, that is the most fatal!

Ah Ling raised his vigilance against Wu Maocai.

"Ask you again, do you know why the master asked me to find you?" Wu Maocai continued to ask.

"I really don't know......" Ah Ling hesitated for a moment and said, "That's right! A few days ago, the second young master seemed to have said that I would let him be a companion reading boy, could this be the case? ”

Although Ah Ling was 100% sure that it was because of this incident that Li Lanxuan would send the chief manager Wu Maocai to find him personally, he had to pretend to be unsure - in front of an old fox like Wu Maocai, he must know how to pretend to be stupid and clumsy, too smart and sharp, it is easy to arouse the suspicion of the other party.

Wu Maocai looked around coldly, staring at Ah Ling, as if he wanted to see through the young man in front of him.

"Tell me, how did you get acquainted with the second young master?" Wu Maocai asked.

Ah Ling knew that there was no need to hide and lie about this kind of thing, so he told him about the haunting of the dining hall, the roasting snakes in the grove, and the cooking of 'dragon and phoenix fights'.

After Ah Ling finished speaking, he stood with his head bowed.

Wu Maocai sat on the mahogany chair, as if he was asleep.

"Finished?"

After a long time, Wu Mao opened his eyes and asked expressionlessly.

"That's it!" Ah Ling nodded.

"Okay, you will be the second young master's companion in the future." Wu Maocai said: "You go back and clean up, and in the future, you will live in a small side room on the north side of the inner courtyard, and accompany the young master to study with peace of mind!" ”

"Yes, Mr. Wu!"

"This is a token to enter and exit the inner courtyard...... Let's go down! ”

Wu Maocai threw a square token over, Ah Ling caught it, hurriedly glanced at it, and found that the wooden token was painted with black lacquer, and the back was carved with a dragon and a phoenix, lifelike, and a big 'Li' word was engraved on the front!

Ah Ling didn't look closely, took the token into his arms, bowed, bent down and bowed his head respectfully and withdrew.

Wu Maocai watched Ah Ling exit the room, watched him close the door from the outside, listened to the footsteps of 'dong dong' on the wooden stairs, and went downstairs step by step.

"This kid must have stepped on dog feces, but he was actually appreciated by the second young master and became a companion...... Luck isn't ordinary! ”

A strong man's personal guard behind Wu Maocai muttered softly, and from his words, it was obvious that the emotions of 'envy, jealousy, and hatred' could be heard.

-- He has a lot of skills, marksmanship, and skills are first-class, he has been in the Li Mansion for more than ten years, and has been a personal guard for Wu Maocai for seven years, and now he lives in a side house on the east side of the inner courtyard, and receives three oceans of money a month.

This kid named Ah Ling, I heard that he had only been in the Li Mansion for a few days, and he had only been able to get the fat difference of the canteen helper through Zheng Xiaogou's relationship, but he didn't expect that just a few days later, he actually caught up with the second young master and read to the second young master!

What is Companion Reading? What is a companion reading child?

To put it bluntly, it is to find a playmate for the second young master to study, and when the second young master grows up in the future, he will be his cronies!

Thinking that Ah Ling might soar in the future and have an unlimited future, the guard was extremely aggrieved and indignant.

Wu Maocai, who was bowing his head and contemplating, turned his head suddenly, and the tower-like strong man came into contact with Wu Maocai's gaze, and his heart sank, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans instantly oozed from his forehead and back.

He has been with Wu Maocai for seven years, and he is his cronie, although Wu Maocai is majestic on weekdays, he is extremely tolerant of his two personal guards, so he dares to mutter in front of Wu Maocai and express his dissatisfaction.

But because he is Wu Maocai's cronies, he knows better than anyone how terrible Wu Maocai is!

-- Mr. Wu speaks in a friendly manner, and rarely gets angry with others. But if he is really angry, it will be a nightmare for anyone!

Wu Maocai turned his head, turned his back to his cronies and guards, and said, "Don't think he's just lucky!" Opportunities are only reserved for those who are ready to prepare, and many people do not know how to grasp the opportunity, and when the opportunity appears, they are still confused and unaware, which is really sad and lamentable. This little guy is very nice......"

The two personal guards behind Wu Maocai glanced at each other, and they both saw shock in each other's eyes!

They have followed Wu Maocai for so many years, and there are only a handful of people who can be praised by Wu Maocai. Among them, there are many powerful figures such as the old man Li Lanxuan, the eldest lady, and the overseer of Suzhou City, and only these people can enter the eyes of General Manager Wu.

However, today, Chief Manager Wu actually commented that Ah Ling used the word 'very good', how could he not surprise the two of them?!

"When he withdrew, his steps were neat and undisturbed, and he did not forget to close the door, which shows that he was very calm." Wu Maocai said: "If it were you, who were suddenly told that you could stay in the inner courtyard as the second young master's companion, would you be able to be so calm?" Also, you sweat when I look at him, but he is stared at by me from beginning to end, but he is neither humble nor arrogant...... Such a young man, it's rare! ”

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Inner Courtyard, Li Family School......

On the first day, Ah Ling appeared here as the companion of Li Xiaoshou, the second young master of the Li family, and appeared in front of more than a dozen children between the ages of eight and fourteen.

He originally thought that there was only Li Xiaoshou in the Li family's school, because Li Lanxuan only had two sons under his knees, and the eldest young master was already an adult, so there should be only Li Xiaoshou in the school.

But he never expected that there would be so many children in the school in the inner courtyard of the Li Mansion!

After Li Xiaoshou's introduction, Ah Ling learned that these children were Li Xiaoshou's cousins, cousins, cousins, etc., including not only Li Lanxuan's nephews and nephews, but also the nieces of the eldest lady.

"Brother Xiao Shou, is this the fun Ah Ling you are talking about? Does he really catch snakes and pheasants? A little girl of seven or eight years old asked in a milky voice.

"Yes, he's Ah Ling! He can not only catch snakes, but also roast snake meat and cook 'dragon and phoenix buckets', which are delicious. Li Xiaoshou said proudly, as if it was not Ah Ling who did this, but himself.

In the end, they are still children, innocent and childlike, although they are children of rich and noble families, they do not have too much prejudice against the rich and the poor like adults, not because Ah Ling was born poor, he is a little servant of the Li Mansion, and his status is humble and discriminates against him, and he soon got along with Ah Ling.

They usually live in the Li Mansion, and rarely have the opportunity to leave the Li family compound, and they are very curious and yearning for the outside world.

Ah Ling is a good person, he has already seen this, so he described the situation of the outside world in a colorful and vinegaring way, the Japanese, the New Fourth Army, and the water bandits and robbers in Taihu Lake...... Listening to the stories, the teenagers were dumbfounded, sometimes exclaimed, sometimes angry, sometimes crying, they were all attracted by the stories told by Ah Ling, and surrounded him, listening carefully, as if they had become one of them.

"Ahem...... What are you doing together? If you don't read carefully in the morning class, what kind of system will it become? ”

An old man with gray hair, walking into the hall from the outside with a cane in his hand, he was very old, the goatee on his chin was gray, and he was not very neat when he walked, but he was still full of majesty, and he walked in with a blank face, and he looked sacrosanct.

The children, who had been in a group before, chattering and noisy, suddenly scattered in all directions, returned to their respective desks, and sat upright, and the room instantly became silent......

"Are you the new companion Li Xiaoshou found?" The old scholar had a book under his left armpit and a ring ruler under his right arm, and walked in front of Ah Ling step by step.

"Mr. Wu, hello, I am the second young master's companion Ah Ling." Ah Ling said.

This person's name is Wu Liuzong, the word respectful, born in the Guangxu period, many times failed in the imperial examination, repeatedly failed, until the year is not confused, in the second year of Xuantong, the next year when the last emperor Puyi ascended to the pole, he finally won the lift.

On the ground of Sioux City, Wu Liuzong is also a little famous, and he is quite a talented person, so Li Lanxuan will spend a lot of money to hire him to teach in Li Mansion.

"Go sit down and listen carefully. Being able to sit here and listen to my lecture is your chance, I hope you cherish it! Wu Liu Zong said in a deep voice.

In his opinion, Ah Ling, a child from a poor family from a humble background, was originally not qualified to sit here and listen to his teachings, and to be able to sit here, he should thank God for the Buddha and thank God for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Looking at the arrogant and old-fashioned face of the old pedant, but also towering and invincible, Ah Ling really had the urge to slap cow dung on his face!