Chapter 2: The Prodigal
Outside the window, the people in the trees screamed non-stop. On the desk in front of the window, a teenager was sweating profusely and practicing calligraphy, with a thick stack of writing paper piled up on the side.
In the spacious and bright lobby, the smiling elders held the words of a few young children and praised them endlessly, and the teenagers stood alone in the corner, no one paying attention.
In the wine shop, the young man and several prodigal sons of the same age call each other brothers, and they are staggered.
In the alley, the boy rolled up his sleeves and held a wooden stick in his hand, and walked in front with a menacing attitude.
After waking up that day, Xu Xun felt as if he was stunned, sometimes in a trance and sometimes sober, and his mind flickered one scene after another like a marquee, as if he had watched a 120-minute bland movie, but the movie was completely a montage-style fast-forward clip, and the plot was lackluster. Despite this, it is not in his hands that the screening will end, so he can only wait patiently for the end of the film.
However, what disappointed him was that when the timeline finally advanced to the most critical period, he saw the protagonist follow those prodigal children to a bad alley, but the stuffy stick in the back of his head came unexpectedly, followed by a dress covering the first beating, and the final shot was fixed on the bed with less air in and more breath, and the face was full of unwillingness. When the projector-like fast-forward finally wore off, his tormented head gradually returned to normal.
Leaning back on the thick cushions on the bed tiredly, Xu Xun didn't know what it was like. It's good to be able to survive a catastrophe, but if you wake up with a strange identity, face a new environment and an ancient era, and even have to accept other people's grievances completely, even a nervous person like him can't help but feel that his head is messy, and he can't calm down for a moment.
Coincidentally, this unlucky guy is also called Xu Xun, which is exactly the same as his real name, and he finally doesn't have to abandon the name he has used for more than 20 years. Of course, perhaps it is precisely because of this coincidence that the name of Lord Yama is not necessarily wrong.
"Young Master, Young Master!"
"Huh?" After hearing this title a lot in the past few days, Xu Xun slowly got used to it, at this time he casually agreed, and asked without raising his head, "What's the matter?" ”
"Young master, the eldest master has come to see you."
As soon as this loud shout entered his ears, Xu Xun hadn't fully reacted, and the other turned his head to find that the little guy had already entered the house, and he didn't mention it again and again. Looking at the door, a middle-aged man strode in, followed by a servant-like man. The middle-aged man was dressed in a bright purple shirt, with a few long hairs on his chin that were combed to the letter, but his eyes were full of gloom. That appearance and the name he heard before, in an instant, Xu Xun remembered the identity of this person, it was the eldest master of the clan.
I vaguely remembered that this eldest uncle looked down on him the most, and Xu Xun didn't expect any improvement on this side today, so he immediately pretended to be seriously injured and weak, and hummed in a voice lighter than a mosquito: "Uncle......"
The visitor glanced at the stool in front of the bed, frowned, but did not sit down, but just stood condescendingly, and said coldly: "You usually indulge in nonsense, but this time it has become even worse, and you have made such a big incident!" Handover bandits to fight and make trouble, my Xu family has always been an innocent family, and this face has been lost to you! ”
The current situation is unclear, and Xu Xun is too lazy to distinguish it, so the surname Suo lowered his head and remained silent. At this time, the person who came paused and sneered again: "For the sake of your injury, I don't bother to ask you, I'll settle accounts with you when I go back!" ”
After saying this, the person who came didn't say a word, and snorted coldly and walked away. Seeing that the servant behind him smiled at him, he walked out with his master, while his little servant stole a glance at him, and then chased the other party and disappeared out of the door curtain, Xu Xun frowned, rubbed his chin and sighed tiredly.
According to the memories he digested before, it is now the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, except that the north side seems to have been not very peaceful, and generally speaking, it can be regarded as a good year. The Xu family he is currently in has taken root in Nanjing for hundreds of years, and there are dozens of men in the direct line of the family, and there are five or six Xiucai two or three people who have been traced up, and an elder has also made a county order in the Xuande period, and now an elder who is called a sixth uncle has become a petty official in the Yingtianfu Ya, so the Xu family is also famous in Taiping.
He "Xu Xun" is the only heir of the second room of the Xu family. It's just that he was not born to his father Xu Bianming's wife, but the son of Xu Bian, who was away all the year round, who suddenly brought back more than ten years ago. followed Xu Bian and went out again, there was no news for all these years, and I didn't know if I was dead or alive. There were some old servants in the family in the early years, but they were either getting old, or they couldn't stand watching him mess around and resigned, and he was almost a bare-bones commander.
Without discipline and the deliberate neglect of other relatives in the clan, and the estrangement and ridicule of peers, someone is becoming more and more indulgent. This person doesn't care about any family plan, he is fooling around with people outside, and he is a ruined son who breaks the jar and falls.
"Young master, the eldest master is gone! Are you okay? ”
Xu Xun was thinking about it, when a person came in from outside, stepped forward quickly, and nervously propped his hands on the edge of the bed. He stared at the face that had not yet faded for a long time, and suddenly frowned: "Latham, what's going on on your face?" ”
"Ahh Ruisheng subconsciously reached out to cover his face, and then forced a smile, "Young master, it's okay......"
"Don't give me a sloppy eye!" Xu Xun interrupted him and asked bluntly, "What did they all ask you?" Also, who slapped this slap? ”
Rayson hesitated for a while, and then Ai Ai said: "It was the eldest master who asked you who you usually hang out with, I just said that I didn't know, and Uncle Lian slapped me...... Young master, I really didn't tell him anything, but he has a lot of strength, I can't screw him, I can't fight a tooth for an eye and an eye for an eye! ”
Adapt to the situation and don't teach, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and he doesn't teach to fight snakes and fight seven inches, but he teaches what to give a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye...... No wonder that kid is so miserable!
This time, after Xu Xun squinted his eyes slightly, his face changed from mockery to helplessness, and finally eased up. He looked at the dust on Latham's knees, glanced at the simply furnished room, and asked as if he was careless, "Latham and Watkins, have you been here for almost a month?" ”
"Young Master remember?" Seeing that Xu Xun was not only not angry, but spoke with a pleasant face, Ruisheng couldn't help but hesitate a little, pinched his fingers and calculated before stammering, "I've only been here for a month and three days...... But don't worry, young master, those I can't learn will work hard, and I will serve you well in the future. My mother said before that I am the young master's person, and I must listen to the young master's words, that is, to marry a daughter-in-law in the future......"
Rayson's words came to an abrupt end, but even so, the last childish sentence immediately made Xu Xun angry, and immediately after, he muttered in a low voice, and couldn't help but sigh about his good luck.
"It's only been a month......"
After all, they are two completely different people, and he really can't call someone who was a complete stranger before, but fortunately, his new identity is almost no different from an orphan. After all, even if he has accepted all the memories, his behavior will inevitably show flaws.
But now, not counting the couple hired to do chores outside, there is only such a son left by the late nurse by his side, and it has only been a month since he sent the full dozen, which undoubtedly solves the biggest problem for him. As for those members of the Xu family, they only see each other a few times a year, and even if he has any changes, he can be blamed on this serious injury.
"Okay, hurry up and pick up a bucket of well water to wash and apply a compress, and see if you can get rid of this slap mark, otherwise how can you meet people?"
"Young Master, your injuries are just right, and you're going out?"
"I didn't have the strength to do it a few days ago, and I haven't even thanked me for saving my life before. Do you know my savior's home? ”
Only then did Latham suddenly realize, and he said that he recognized it, and hurried out to clean up. When he went out, Xu Xun stood up with one hand on the bed, pulled his shoes to the window, and pushed open the window. With the influx of fresh air outside, he only felt that the turbidity in the room had been swept away, and his head had cleared up a lot.
Whether he likes it or not, from now on, his life will have to start again.
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