Chapter 62: Disheartened

If he hadn't known that Fu Rong was a lieutenant official, sitting in that huge study, looking at the rows of bookshelves in front of him like a library, Xu Xun might have thought that it was the collection of contemporary Confucianism. Just now, along the way, he has passed through four or five such a study, and in this last room, what he is holding in his hand at this moment is nothing else, it is two Ming Guild Classics.

The old servant who was serving on the side lowered his eyebrows, and when he noticed Xu Xun's stunned appearance, he explained with a smile: "Seventh Prince, this is all specially ordered by Father-in-law Fu to find out and show Seventh Prince." This is the twelfth of the 170th book of statutes and the third of the penal laws. The fourth of them is castration of fire, and the seventh is fire. Book 163 of this matter, Statute 4, Household Statute 1. Among them, the fourth article of household service is the violation of the law to establish a son-in-law. ”

Even if Xu Xun loved literature and history in his later years, such a thing would at most be used as a source of information, and he would not bother to memorize it at all. Therefore, the capital that allowed Latham to debate with officials like Zhao Qin before was naturally in the wisdom of the law. However, at this moment, flipping through this detailed book of the Ming Dynasty, he found that the terms and conditions on it were not at all different from what Huitong said, and he couldn't help but have great admiration for the monk from the West Factory.

"This "Ming Huidian" is the first Xu Ge Lao and Liu Ge Lao before and after the two years of the system to revise, so far not all completed, only the capital every time a volume is repaired, the father-in-law here will also have one more volume, the outside of the civil and military officials should be as few as the father-in-law so complete." Although the old servant spoke respectfully, he was unhurried, and at the end of the day, he smiled and pointed to the full shelf, "Gonggong Fu said, but let the Seventh Prince read all the "Daming Huidian", no matter how much he can remember. When the book is finished, all that remains is etiquette. ”

If it were someone else, in the face of this endless scene, I was afraid that I would have to call it hard for days, but for Xu Xun, this was a rare opportunity. After all, no matter how rich a person is, even if he can afford it, he can't buy such a thing. So, he hurriedly bowed his hand to the old servant and thanked him sincerely. This action naturally satisfied the old servant, and he actually took him around several bookshelves, introduced other books except the Ming Guild Dictionary, and pointed out the wooden ladder and other objects to him one by one.

When the old servant retreated, Chen Lu just happened to lure Xu Liang in. The two looked at each other, and Chen Lu explained Fu Rong's instructions and turned around and walked out. At this time, Xu Xun had the kung fu to look Xu Liang up and down, and saw that the person was intact, but his spirit was slightly worse, and he finally put his mind at ease.

"Uncle Xu, you didn't suffer in the Nancheng Terracotta Division, did you?"

"Fortunately, the formation was originally set up that day to be executed, but later Commander Zhu saw a prince and stopped for some reason, that is, he locked me up for a few days." Xu Liang's heart was full of what Fu Rong had just said to him, and he replied absentmindedly, he suddenly looked east and west, and pulled Xu Xun to the corner of a bookshelf, and then asked in a deep voice, "Brother Xun, what the hell is going on?" How could my trivial little thing alarm a noble person like Grandpa Fu? ”

"Uncle Xu, you don't know?" Xu Xun looked at Xu Liang, saw that his face changed suddenly, but he was silent, and immediately put the book in his hand on the bookshelf first, "Uncle Xu said to me in the past that no one will pay attention to you if you are a nobody, and I take it seriously." It was Gonggong Fu who mentioned it to me, and I realized that Uncle Xu was the queen of a famous family......"

"What a famous family!"

Xu Liang's face twitched suddenly, and then he squatted down all of a sudden, and finally sat down slowly against the bookshelf. After sitting there with his head in his arms for a long time, he said in a low voice: "Little Brother Xun, remember when I told you, reputation corruption is easy to rebuild, don't you be in the company of those gangsters like Zhang San, Li Siwang, and Ermazi?" ”

"Of course I remember, my uncle was the first person to give me such pertinent advice."

"Pertinent? Scold...... That's because I've suffered it myself. My father is a concubine, and at home he was originally a character that no one looked down on, I couldn't study, but I practiced a good martial arts since I was a child. At that time, there was no separation, there was no shortage of clothes and food, if I was more motivated, I might be able to get a martial arts, but I was not sensible, I wanted to fight outside, I wanted to call some people brothers, and then not long after my father and mother died, the family was divided, and the fields and properties that were assigned to me were all defeated because of their friendship with these people. It wasn't for this that my daughter-in-law wouldn't have been so weak in health, and my son wouldn't have ...... because of typhoid fever."

Seeing that Xu Liang's head was almost resting on the bookshelf, and his wrinkled face couldn't see any expression between the dim bookshelves, Xu Xun, who had already guessed the ending, didn't ask Xu Liang more about his sadness, but only comforted him softly.

"It's all in the past, and Uncle doesn't have to think about it. You have to look forward, and there is no regret medicine to take in the past, and if you want to make yourself bored and miserable once, but it is useless to the enemy, isn't it tossing yourself? ”

"How do you know that it's an enemy...... Xu Liang suddenly raised his head, his face was full of shock, and seeing Xu Xun smile at him as if he was comforting, he lowered his head again, and said with a wry smile, "I think it was Gonggong Fu who said it to you." There is nothing that a noble person like him wants to find out about that he can't find out, not to mention that it's not a secret. Yes, it was someone else who deliberately led me astray. Because the title of Count Xing'an is of course inherited by the eldest uncle, but the court will routinely give grace to the other heirs of the Xu family, and I am the most skilled on the bow horse...... It was only after I met the thief monk that I learned that these were other people's traps......"

Xu Xun naturally wouldn't say to Xu Liang that Fu Rong hadn't mentioned this stubble at all, but just listened silently on the side. He himself has been a human being in two lives, and to say that the experiences in his past and present lives are somewhat similar to the situations Xu Liang once encountered, they are all such rotten clichés. However, only the parties concerned can appreciate what kind of blow it is when this kind of cliché story happens to a real person.

"What happened back then, is it the Xing'an Bo ...... today?"

Xu Liang shook his head, and said with a smile: "The Earl of Xing'an was attacked by my eldest uncle Xu Xian in the early years. He is the eldest son of the Yuan match, although he is lame, but he still attacks the lord, and only gives half of it, so as not to pay courtesy. Later, after his death, his eldest son Xu Sheng inherited the title of Earl of Xing'an. They are legitimate descendants, and there will be no children like me in their eyes, so naturally they will not have the kung fu to calculate me. If the thief monk didn't talk nonsense, it would have been my step-grandmother and my uncle who were calculating me, and when she got married, my grandfather was already in his early fifties, and then I had my uncle. Soon after I lost my family property and became disheartened, my uncle over there entered a thousand households because of his skill in arching and horses. Skilled arched horses...... He can't even shoot a bow with a stone, what a bow horse! ”

Speaking of this, Xu Liang was silent for a while, and then he smiled bitterly and said, "Gonggong Fu told me that Xing'an Bo was dying, which naturally meant that I should fight for that title." But I'm a son of a concubine, and I'm poor and white, and I don't have any connections, my uncle's son heard that he is now in the prime of life, why should I fight? Moreover, even if it is fought, to whom can this title be passed on? ”

Seeing Xu Liang's depressed appearance, Xu Xun suddenly felt angry. He grabbed Xu Liang's shoulders and asked in a very low voice, "Uncle, do you know what the monk did in the past?" ”

Xu Liang was stunned when he heard this, and instinctively asked, "How do you know?" Did he tell you everything? ”

"Not bad." Xu Xun nodded, and seeing Xu Liang's astonishment, he raised his voice and said word by word, "He, like you, uncle, has been in the limelight for a short time, but he has been in the limelight for more than 20 years, but even so, he still wants to turn over!" The last time you said you were less than fifty, and you were disheartened before fifty, isn't it too early for you? If you can't fight, then it's okay to accept your fate, but you haven't fought yet, why do you say such frustrating words! Could it be that you are willing to see the person who brought you to this end in the first place now soaring? Uncle, your grandfather could have a son at fifty, can't you? ”