Chapter 2 Concocting Loyal Dogs
This is a courtyard of the Liu family in the countryside, the rich house is really full of rich scenes, through the carved and painted Nanmu door, through the porch of Seiko carving, in front of you is a rockery, the mountain is also surrounded by gurgling living water, this water flows from the north, after a week around the mountain, it flows south at the foot of the mountain, there is a small bridge on the water to connect, it is prepared for pedestrians. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"This mountain is good." Liu Xu saw that Liu An did not see the flaw, and after breathing a sigh of relief, he returned to his true nature. He was originally a lawless character, and when he first arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he was still a little uneasy, and after seeing that his family was safe, he revealed his true form, and began to judge the surrounding scenery.
"The young master really has extraordinary eyesight, this mountain was built by the master of Suzhou when the lord invited a famous family in Suzhou, and it is said that it cost a lot of gold!"
"Well, it's extravagant, extravagant." While criticizing the decadence and degeneration of the ruling class, Liu Xu admired the scenery in front of him, and did not forget to slander the status of scholars getting lower and lower: "If it is left in modern times, such a manor will not be sold for hundreds of millions?" And in the Ming Dynasty, as long as you take a test, you can almost complete one, which is really extravagant, extravagant! ”
The two said as they walked, Liu An saw that the young master was talking about it, and he was even more flattering, which made Liu Xu laugh again and again, and he had a higher evaluation of this internal lackey in his heart.
During the conversation, Liu Xu already knew that Liu An was the second son of Liu Hong, an old servant in the family, and he did some chores in the house, because he was honest and couldn't rub oil, and he had no money on his body except for this clothes, and he was eighteen years old and not married. A few days ago, Liu Xu's original relatives died of illness and asked for leave to go home for funerals, and Liu An was just a substitute for the original relatives.
Like this kind of personal entourage is the fat shortage in the house, although the monthly money is not much, but in modern times it is a profession such as a leading secretary driver, close to the leader, of course, it is easy to be promoted and make a fortune, if the young master makes persistent efforts to take a jinshi or even a champion or something, he can climb to the sky in one step.
In the past, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, Mr. Zhang Juzheng's servant You Qi is one of the leaders, this duke "into the official, the ministers of the civil and military affairs of the honorable relatives and the return of many marriages." Seven well-dressed people are listed as scholars", he is simply a supernumerary official, and ordinary officials are not even qualified to meet people.
"According to what you said, your father Liu Hong is just an old groom, you turned out to be a miscellaneous man, and you don't have a high status in the mansion, why did Liu Chuan send you to me as a personal companion?"
"Back to the young master, my father sent ten catties of bean wine to Liu, two pairs of roast goose plus ten taels of silver, and a basket of good words, so Steward Liu opened his mouth and sent me over."
"This price is not low, how much is your monthly money?"
"Back to the young master, the small food and housing are all managed by the house, and the monthly money for a month is five dollars of silver."
"Okay, your father has used up all your monthly money for two years, and it seems that my position is quite valuable."
"Back to the young master, the little father knows that the little one is stupid and incompetent, so he gritted his teeth and asked the little one to be a personal companion to the young master for a few days, hoping to be blessed by the young master, if he can get the young master's mention, it will be a blessing in his previous life." Liu An said that he was "stupid and incompetent", his expression was calm, without any fluctuations, obviously acquiescing to this evaluation.
"Liu An, you told me all about your father's money, aren't you afraid that I will drive you back?" Liu Xu casually folded off a wicker stick by the artificial lake, and gently whipped the back of Liu An, who was leading the way: "The atmosphere in this house is really getting worse and worse, and there are people who make money to find jobs, it seems that I have to let my grandmother take care of it." ”
"Back to the young master, this is not an unsightly thing, and the villain grew up listening to the stories of the young master's reading since he was a child, and being able to serve the young master is a blessing from the previous life, how dare he deceive the young master?" Liu An said, his tone fluctuated slightly, and his shoulders shrugged slightly: "The villain hasn't read many books, and he doesn't know the principles of the sages, but as long as the young master is right, the villain will do it even if he dies!" ”
Liu Xu suddenly stopped and looked directly at Liu An.
Hearing the footsteps behind him stop, Liu An hurriedly turned around, but he still didn't dare to look directly at Liu Xu, just lowered his head slightly, and looked at Liu Xu's chest.
"Look up." Liu Xu gently threw down the wicker, stretched out his hand and patted Liu An's shoulder. Liu Xu's voice was gentle and powerful, although he was still a little immature, he already had a little bit of the aura of a superior person.
"Small, small......" Liu An didn't expect Liu Xu to make this request, and he was a little at a loss. He wanted to raise his head, but the etiquette education he had received for eighteen years had made him afraid to make any transgressions. The reverence for the young master made him stiffen his neck, and the awe for the etiquette made him involuntarily retract his shoulders, and these two forces clashed with each other, making his entire upper body show a strange deformity.
"Young master, the little one, the little one can't lift it up...... Liu An muttered, his face flushed, this is a look of shame and anger, Liu Xu has seen too much in the MLM participants.
Liu Xu didn't speak, just looked at Liu An quietly, he needed time to see the young man in front of him thoroughly.
Liuan struggled to lift his neck up, and then failed again and again. It was as if a boulder was hanging from his neck, preventing him from standing tall and holding his head up.
"Lift up." Liu Xu said, his tone firm and unrefusal.
Liu An stalked his neck hard, he was so hard that Liu Xu clearly saw the tendons on Liu An's neck. Again and again, again and again, Liu An failed again and again, Liu Xu watched with interest, more serious than he watched the Kunqu opera performed by the famous artists invited from the house during the Chinese New Year.
Finally, Ryu An succeeded, he managed to bend his neck in an arc, the muscles on his face twitched, and he showed an ugly smile towards Ryu Xu.
The smile was ugly, but Liu Xu was happy to see it.
"Good, that's it." Liu Xu patted Liu An's shoulder to show encouragement: "Don't call me young master in the future, call you, don't call yourself small, say that I am or below!" If you want to follow the young master, you have to learn to look at people with the right eyes, and the young master's people are all upright people! ”
Liu An choked up and didn't speak, just turned around to lead the way, and gently wiped his eyes with his hand when he turned around, but Liu Xu keenly saw a few drops of water on the ground.
Liu Xu smiled slightly and didn't speak again.
The two walked to the women's area in a silent but comfortable silence, and a maid was already guarding the door, complaining to Liu An: "Young grandma asked you to find the young master, why did it take so long?" After speaking, he gently saluted Liu Xu: "Young master, young grandma has something to discuss with you." ”
Facing the quality control of the maid, Liu An was a little at a loss, he thought for a while and said: "The young master let me, oh, no, you let me, oh, or ...... right" He couldn't adapt to the new title for a while, he was usually clumsy, he looked even more clumsy after experiencing today's impact, plus the previous experience of showing his ugliness in front of the young master, Liu An was even more panicked.
"Don't be afraid." Liu Xu patted Liu An's shoulder for the third time: "I am very optimistic about you, follow the young master well, don't worry about being rich." With that, he turned around and followed the maid at the door into the hall door.
I talked to Liu An just now and knew that I was now in the countryside of Yangzhou Mansion in Songjiang Mansion in Nanzhili in the Ming Dynasty, not far from the legendary Suzhou and Hangzhou. Suzhou in the Ming Dynasty was an out-and-out popular capital, and any style was quickly popular all over the world after being performed by Suzhou's skilled craftsmen, known as "Su Style" or "Su Yi". In this era, "Su sample" is the brand and the guarantee of sales.
Speaking of "Su Yi", there is another story, in the year of Wanli Bingshen, an official in Hangzhou arrested a fashionably dressed prisoner, "a man with narrow socks and shallow shoes", and sentenced him to wear a flail to show the public. However, when writing the name, I made a difficulty, and after thinking about it, I wrote the words "Su Yi prisoner", and I became a laughing stock for a while.
From this point of view, it is not a good thing to be too fashionable.
The maid in front of her should be dressed like Su, she was about seventeen or eighteen years old when she was young, with her high hair coiled on the top of her head, fixed only with a jade hairpin, wearing a silk cloth narrow collar and long jacket, and a pair of small feet moved gently when she moved, which was the Wu Di style of "curling and walking".
Liu Xu just glanced at it and didn't pay attention to it, he had more important things to pay attention to at the moment. In his previous life, Liu Xu was indifferent and liked stimulation (or like to die), he has always been slow to deal with men and women, and he avoided fixed relationships, and most of his needs in his previous life were solved with money, so he never had a girlfriend, let alone a wife.
Now the question comes, buddy has crossed over and has a wife, what should I do with her?
Waiting online, it's in a hurry.