Jia Xu said that the Lang officials in the palace not only had to pay out of their own pockets to buy uniforms, weapons, stationery, and food, but they could also use money to hire people to be on duty on their behalf. Now most of the Lang officials in the palace are locals, the reason why they come to be Lang officials, just want to go through a form, and do not expect to get close to the Son of Heaven and get the attention of the Son of Heaven, many people just put up a name, and then spend money to hire someone to be on duty for them, they are often outside the palace, and it is difficult to enter the palace several times a year. The only advantage of this is that it is cheaper for outsiders like them, because there is nowhere to go, they can be on duty more, and they can earn some extra money, which is also good for subsidies.

Originally, this was just extra money, but now these are no longer extra money, because the Lang officials have not paid money for more than half a year, if it weren't for being on duty for others and still earning some money, Jia Xu would have starved to death, otherwise he wouldn't be sick and could only lie on the bed and hold on, but he had no money to see.

This statement made Liu Xiu's originally excited mood suddenly cold to his buttocks. Don't make a profit? I said, if I don't issue uniforms, I'll put up with it, why don't you even pay your salary? That old man came to work excitedly to make a hair. The more he thought about it, the more he rubbed the fire, the civil servant in his previous life was a golden job bowl, Lao Tzu had no backstage, he couldn't touch the edge, in this life, he finally used his surname to fight for a chance to be a civil servant, who knew that he didn't even pay his fucking salary, he was directly a bottomless broken rice bowl, which was too unlucky. In the previous life, migrant workers were owed wages by unscrupulous factories, and the prime minister came out to say a few warm words at the end of the year.

What the fuck is this? Luoyang rice is expensive, more than a dozen people just eat a lot of money, he originally expected to receive some rice every month to go back to subsidize the subsidy, but now it seems that all the soup, not only no subsidy, but also have to lose money.

"How...... How can this be? Liu Xiu wanted to cry without tears, and he had the heart to resign immediately.

"The state has no money." Jia Xu gave him the most direct answer.

"In that case, why do so many people still want to enter the palace as Lang officials?" Liu Xiuzhi scratched his head. He heard Cao Ying say that those people who study too much are not for studying, but for making up for Lang. Because according to the convention, Taixue students have a chance to take an exam every year, and those with excellent grades can make up for it, and there are 100 places every year, just to earn one of these 100 places, many people are reluctant to leave until their hair is gray in Taixue.

"Those people want to be Lang officials, it's not for money." Jia Xu shook his head again and again, probably thinking that Liu Xiu was too naïve, "What they want is the opportunity to fill the officials, and as soon as Hu Benlang has the opportunity to fill the vacancy, at least it is a county order." Jia Xu paused, and laughed helplessly: "However, the opportunity to make up for the officials is too rare, and they have been snatched away by people who have a way, and we can't take turns at all." ”

Liu Xiu was puzzled, Jia Xu had no choice but to teach people tirelessly, and then explain in detail. The existing county Daoyi country in Dahan is about more than 1,000, which means that more than 1,000 county orders are needed, and it is necessary to change one every year, if there are more than 100 vacancies, not to mention anything else, Taixue should choose a hundred students a year, plus there are about two or three hundred a year in the identity of filial piety, and the total number of these people is already several times the vacancy, not to mention that there are countless children of officials and eunuchs, relatives and friends, protégés and former officials, it can be said that now the vacancy of a county order is vacant, at least 20 people are grabbing, at this time it is necessary to look at the background, If someone in the family is an official, rich and powerful, it must be given priority, but the chances of poor children like Jia Xu and Liu Xiu are very slim.

In the end, Jia Xu said that if you want to fill the vacancy, the best choice now is to be attached to the eunuchs, such as Cao Jie and Zhang Rang, and the second is to go to the door of the family, such as the Yuan family of the fourth and third dukes, etc., otherwise it is a Lang official who has no chance to make up for it for a lifetime, and it is purely to lose money inside. He saw through this and wanted to go home.

Liu Xiu has scolded God eight times, and he used to be an official like this, and he thought that if he was closer to the emperor, he would have more opportunities, but it turned out that this was not the case at all. He was annoyed, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and before Liu Xiu could get up and open the door, the door was kicked open. A young man in gorgeous clothes walked in, stood at the door with a ring head knife, and asked arrogantly, "Who is the new Liu Xiu?" ”

Liu Xiu glanced at him and stood up: "I am, may I ask what is the step?" ”

"I heard that you have been on the battlefield and have made military achievements, so you must have good martial arts." The man did not answer his words, drew his ring-headed knife, took a step back, and stood in the courtyard: "I will compete with you." ”

Liu Xiu was in a bad mood, and when he met such an unreasonable person again, he was even more angry, he glanced at Jia Xu: "Who is this stupid?" ”

Jia Xu had a black line in his head, although he didn't leave the palace, he also heard about a new word that was popular in Luoyang recently, which is said to be a foul word invented by a certain madman in Taixue, but he didn't expect it to come out of Liu Xiu's mouth, and ...... It's against Shangguan.

"Tiger Ben's left servant shoots Bao Hong." Jia Xu lowered his voice and said, signaling Liu Xiu to hurry up and accompany him. Liu Xiu doesn't care, since Bao Hong didn't say a kind word, he had to compete with him when he came up, it was obviously a purpose, and it was not a good purpose, it was definitely not as simple as just competing in martial arts. In this case, why should he be polite to him, anyway, Lao Tzu doesn't want to be this tiger who loses money.

Liu Xiu walked out of the door slowly, didn't take a knife, glanced at Bao Hong up and down, and frowned: "Why should I compete with you?" ”

Bao Hong sneered: "Have the courage to learn to scold others, but don't have the courage to accept my challenge?" ”

"Oh, it turned out to be for that stupid one who came to get revenge." Liu Xiu understood, he walked back and forth twice with his hands behind his back, and pouted: "I think it's better to be exempt, first, when I first arrived in the palace, I fought with my colleagues, and if I spread it, it will make me feel that I am aggressive and like to make trouble, and secondly, I ......" He glanced at Bao Hong: "I'm a little afraid." ”

Bao Hong laughed and put the knife into the sheath: "I thought that the warriors were cowardly before they fought." Since you said you were afraid of me, then forget it, I don't want to compete with a coward. After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait." Liu Xiu raised his hand and stopped Bao Hong, Bao Hong was very unhappy, turned his head and looked at Liu Xiu contemptuously: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, if you have a fart, talk quickly, Lao Tzu is in a hurry to go out of the palace to eat and drink, and I don't have time to mess around with you." ”

"I'm not done yet." Liu Xiu stood still with his hands behind his back and his feet, arrogant: "I said that I was a little afraid, not because I was afraid of you, but because I was afraid of accidentally killing you." Murder in the palace, I can't afford this crime. ”

Bao Hong's eyes widened, he glanced at Liu Xiu up and down, and suddenly smiled: "Have guts, have guts, I now believe that you are too good at scolding." It's a bit of guts, but I don't know what the means are, and it would be a pity if it was just a sharp mouth. ”

Liu Xiu stretched out his hands, looked at them with some narcissism, and said casually: "My martial arts skills are average, but with a pair of fleshy palms, it is not a problem to hit you with peach blossoms all over your face." However, I don't want to compete here, if you have the guts, let's go out of the palace to compete, lest someone say that I am rude to Shangguan. ”

Bao Hong's mouth was crooked, his left eyebrow was raised, he looked at Liu Xiu angrily and funny, and nodded: "Okay, in a quarter of an hour, I will wait for you outside the Kowloon Gate." ”

"It must be there." Liu Xiu raised his head and said disdainfully.

Bao Hong left, and Jia Xu said to Liu Xiu curiously: "Are you the one who scolded people so much that they vomited blood in Taixue?" ”

"You know that, too?" Liu Xiu said together while packing the package.

"I know, Bao Hong and those people around him have been ruthless a few times, saying that they will break your mouth if they find you, and it is estimated that they will find your name as soon as they see your name on the door register today." Jia Xu smiled: "Why, it's only been a day since I stopped doing it?" ”

"You can do any business, but you can't do a loss-making business." Liu Xiu picked up his backpack and went out: "I still have a big family to support, and I don't have time to waste my youth here." By the way, Brother Wen and ......" Liu Xiu suddenly remembered something, returned, took out a few new clothes from his backpack and stuffed them into Jia Xu's hands, "This is what I was going to wear by myself, but I don't need it now, so I'll leave it all to you." In addition, I live in Buyunli, and when I am resting, come to me, and I will invite you to drink. ”

As he spoke, he tore off the ribbon around his waist and threw it on the bed. The resignation of the Han officials is very simple, and they can throw away the seal ribbon at any time, and they can swagger away. Not to mention a tiger benlang, even county officials and taishou often do this, throwing the seal ribbon to the court, taking off the official uniform, patting the ass even if it leaves, there is no need to even beat the resignation report, and their own subordinate officials report the situation to their superiors - anyway, there are no procedures such as pension insurance and unemployment benefits to be done.

Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, and before he could refuse, Liu Xiu had already made great strides out of the door, abandoning the Lang Guan that countless people had fought for like abandoning a pile of garbage. Jia Xu looked at the new clothes in his hand and shook his head with a smile.

The Nine Dragons Gate is a small gate on the west side of the South Palace, at the corner of the north of the main gate White Tiger Gate, when Liu Xiu arrived there, Bao Hong was already waiting there, and there were four Lang officials standing next to him, all of whom were young and frivolous with lawless faces. The leader was a young man of about twenty-three or fourteen years old, who did not wear an official uniform, only a brocade robe, not small, and looked quite strong, with his hands on his waist, surrounded by several officials, he kept walking around. The pedestrians next to him saw this group of people as if they had seen a plague, and they bypassed it from afar, and the huge street was actually empty.

Liu Xiu walked up to Bao Hong and laughed "sneering": "Wheel war? ”

Bao Hong's face flushed, and he didn't say anything, but turned his gaze to the young man. The young man looked at Liu Xiu with interest, walked over slowly, stood still in front of Liu Xiu, looked at him quietly for a moment, and said lightly: "Yuan Highway." ”

Liu Xiu also looked at him quietly for a moment, and said in his heart that it was this product, which looked like a human and a dog, but it was a famous straw bag, and he was not interested in getting close to him, so he said lightly: "You come first?" ”

Yuan Shu was stunned, his face suddenly turned red, and then turned white again. He is a dignified son of the Yuan family, a person with status, how can he do it casually with others, but as soon as Liu Xiu said this, he really couldn't say "I'm not on it", wouldn't that be underestimated? What Yuan Shu hated most in his life was being looked down upon by others, and now he was rejected by Liu Xiu on the spot, he really couldn't step down.

"You're worthy of it?" Bao Hong walked over and saluted Yuan Shu: "Captain, please allow me to teach this shaft a lesson." ”

Yuan Shu snorted, glared at Liu Xiu, turned his head and left. Bao Hong stood still in front of Liu Xiu, and was just about to draw the knife, Liu Xiu laughed: "I advise you not to draw the knife." ”

"Scared?"

"You know I'm not afraid of you." Liu Xiu was very confident in his martial arts, and he could also tell from the footwork and breathing of these people that although these guys had two hits, they were at the level of fighting in a group, and they were too far from him. He laughed easily and calmly: "I won't pull out a knife, if you pull out a knife and you will be injured by your own knife at that time, wouldn't it be very shameless?" Besides, fist and foot fighting, at most a few broken bones, and if you use a knife, you may be killed, this is the imperial city, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how much do you have to abide by the rules, right? ”

Bao Hong was immediately annoyed, and stopped talking nonsense with Liu Xiu, he felt that Liu Xiu's mouth was too damaged, no wonder he scolded the people of the Xu family in Taixue to vomit blood. He drew his knife in his hand, shouted angrily, raised his hands above his head, and rushed towards Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu's eyes tightened, his hand flicked, and the luggage that had been carrying on his shoulders suddenly flew towards Bao Hong. Bao Hong only felt that his eyes were dark, and he was subconsciously stunned for a moment, the high-raised war knife was stagnant in the air, and in such a stunned kung fu, Liu Xiu, who was still standing there very casually just now, suddenly took two steps forward, grabbed into Bao Hong's arms, hit Bao Hong's chest with his right elbow, and with the power of the rebound, his hand stretched up, held Bao Hong's wrist, easily snatched his war knife, twisted his body, and smashed the back of the knife with his backhand in a very beautiful posture.

Bao Hong didn't even have time to react, he lay on the ground with a "plop", only to feel that half of his body was numb, grinning in pain, and he couldn't even cry out in pain.

"The knife is good, but the knife technique is too bad." Liu Xiu looked at the ring-headed knife he had just snatched in his hand and sighed. The shape of the ring head knife is very different from the knife shape of the later generations, the style is clumsy, like a single-edged sword, the head is square, a bit like the head of the knife in the later generations. Bao Hong's knife is beautifully polished, with beautiful folded lines on the knife body, which sparkles in the sun. There is not a single notch in the blade, and it is clear that there has been no actual combat. He shook and looked at Yuan Shu and the others casually: "Who else is coming?" ”

Yuan Shu and the others were dumbfounded. The reason why Bao Hong went to Liu Xiu is because although Bao Hong's martial arts skills are not the best among them, he can be regarded as a good player, every time he fights, Bao Hong is the main thug, plus Bao Hong has the identity of a tiger servant, it is also convenient to enter the palace to find Liu Xiu, and maybe he can use his official position to suppress Liu Xiu. I never thought that Liu Xiu didn't take him in his eyes at all, he came out with a package to face the battle, and he didn't see the seal ribbon in his waist, which meant very clearly, he didn't want to be this tiger Benlang at all. The official position does not work, and the rest can only rely on the real kung fu in his hands, but unfortunately this is even worse, Bao Hong, who claims to be able to fight, did not even block a round, and directly let people beat him down.

These people are usually brave and ruthless, speaking of which one disagrees with the other, they all think they are invincible warriors, but when they find that their skills are not worth mentioning in front of others, their courage is gone, although they still have four people, and Liu Xiu has only one, but they clearly feel that they are facing an army.

After a short period of sluggishness, Yuan Shu was the first to react, he was angry, and he didn't care about the notoriety of bullying more and less, so he ordered to pounce on the group and beat him together, but in addition to being angry, he still remembered what Liu Xiu said to Bao Hong, did not draw the knife, and directly solved it with his fists and feet.

Liu Xiu smiled disdainfully, threw the knife, rushed forward, fists and feet, only to hear a chaotic sound of "crackling", and in a blink of an eye, several people were knocked to the ground, he wanted to eat the imperial food but did not eat, he was in a very bad mood, the shot was very heavy, and his fists greeted his face, which really made them have blue noses and swollen eyes, and their faces were full of peach blossoms.

Hu Benlang, who was outside the White Tiger Gate not far away, originally got Yuan Shu's hint and was ready to ignore the scene that happened in front of him, but he never expected that Yuan Shu's five people did not block one of them, and they were beaten to the ground in a blink of an eye, and hurriedly rushed over to stop them, and it was too late for them to arrive in front of them, Yuan Shu was punched by Liu Xiu in the front door, and directly kicked into the ditch next to him.

"Bold, still don't stop?" Sima of Baihumen, who rushed to the scene, shouted, and ordered the Hu Benlang to surround Liu Xiu, and rushed over to help Yuan Shu up, and when he saw the blood on Yuan Shu's face, he immediately gasped, and reflexively shouted to the Hu Benlang: "This shaft dares to beat Captain Yuan and Shangguan, lawless, take it down for me!" ”

"Whoa." The tiger benlang shouted in unison, and stepped forward to subdue Liu Xiu.

"Wait." Liu Xiu snorted and raised his hands flatly: "Which eye did you see that I had a seal on my body?" ”

Baihumen Sima took a closer look, and really didn't see Liu Xiu's tiger scarf on his body, so he couldn't help but be stunned and turned his gaze to Yuan Shu. Half of Yuan Shu's face was swollen, grinning in pain, he only felt that his face was lost, where was he still in the mood to ignore Baihumen Sima's question, he opened his eyes hard, and shouted: "The surname Liu, you wait, Lao Tzu is not finished with you." ”

"Lao Tzu is waiting for you." Liu Xiu shouted without flinching.

Yuan Shu didn't answer, jumped in the car, and ran away, Bao Hong and the others looked at it, and they didn't have the face to stay, more than a dozen people were beaten by one person, even if Liu Xiu was killed, their reputation was stinky, and the top priority was to find a master to get back to the field, and then decide whether to deal with Liu Xiu's little life.

Seeing Yuan Shu, Bao Hong and others leaving in embarrassment, Baihumen Sima also felt a little embarrassed and left, not to mention that Liu Xiu is no longer a tiger Benlang, even if it is, it is not under his control, that is the scope of Changlemen Sima's authority, and then there is the Tiger Ben servant and the Tiger Ben Zhonglang general, but the Tiger Ben servant Bao Hong has just been flattened by Liu Xiuhai.

Liu Xiu snorted, picked up his bags, dusted off the dust, and swaggered out of the city.

On the road between the north and south palaces, the Son of Heaven put one hand behind his back, touched his chin with the other, and looked at the scene outside the Jinshang Gate with great interest, until Liu Xiu walked away, and then said to Jian Shuo behind him: "How many rounds can you hold him up?" ”

Jian Shuo has a strong body, although he is a eunuch, he is quite masculine, his martial arts skills are also good, and he is also a personal guard by the side of the Son of Heaven. Hearing the Son of Heaven ask him this, he smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, I didn't want to bump into such a person. ”

"Hehe, if you meet a master, you can coax it."

In front of the Son of Heaven, Jian Shuo was not afraid of embarrassment, nodded and said: "This Liu Xiu is simple and effective, there is no false trick at all, he is fast and ruthless, it is a real martial art to kill people on the battlefield, otherwise he would not dare to fight empty-handed." In my opinion, not only are the children of a family like Yuan Shu not his opponents, but I am afraid that few real rangers can beat him. He thought for a moment and then said, "I want to come and go, but I only think of one person." ”

"Who?"

"Wang Yue."

"Wang Yue, the first swordsman in Luoyang, there should be no problem." The Son of Heaven smiled and blinked: "However, let's put this matter aside for a while, you go and check why Yuan Shu wants to trouble him, and why he has only been a tiger benlang for two days and quit." ”

"Yui." Jian Shuo responded, and accompanied the Son of Heaven along the compound road to Nangong. As soon as he entered the door, the Son of Heaven first saluted the Empress Dowager Yongle, and then asked the customary surname: "Queen Mother, can you win money today?" ”

(To be continued)