The top of the lark, overlooking the prosperity of the world;

Climb to the top of the lark and look up at the vastness of the sky.

Skylark Tower, located in the most prosperous area of Liucheng in Tieyun Country, is as high as ten floors, famous, well-known far and near, almost everyone in Tieyun Country knows and no one knows.

The lark tower is majestic, golden and brilliant, the decoration is extremely luxurious, if there is no thousand taels of silver on the body, I am afraid it is difficult to walk on this building, otherwise those mighty and strong guards in the building are not decorations, the end of eating the overlord's meal, to loosen your muscles and bones that is light, broken hands and feet also happen from time to time.

Ordinary people's monthly expenses are only five taels of silver, and they are not qualified to step into the Skylark Tower at all, so they can only look at the ocean and sigh, so those who can eat an elegant meal in the Skylark Tower are either rich businessmen or noble people.

At this time, the plan of the upright day, the sun has just turned over the mountain, shining on the land of Liucheng, the lark building, has already been filled with many literati, rich children, and daughters, talking to each other, with a smile on their faces, and the little two who are responsible for delivering wine and food keep shuttling between the crowd, back and forth, and are very happy.

As far as the eye can see, it is a lively scene.

But this excitement has nothing to do with Zhao Zhen.

As a handyman in the Skylark Building, Zhao Zhen's daily work is responsible for chopping wood and carrying water, and he can receive a salary of ten taels of silver per month, which is enough for his family to have no worries about food and clothing for two months.

The lark building is high-end and atmospheric, the consumption is high, and the treatment is also high, like Zhao Zhen, the most low-level miscellaneous servant, ten taels of silver in January, those who run errands in the hall, then twenty taels of silver in January, if you become a deacon, you can have fifty taels of silver in a month, the higher the status, the more considerable the salary.

With such a high salary, there is no other place in Liucheng and even in the entire Tieyun Country, so many people want to enter the Skylark Tower to find an errand, even if it is like Zhao Zhen, to be a lowly handyman.

However, not everyone can enter the Skylark Tower, if you want to enter the Skylark Tower, you either have a relationship, and if it doesn't matter, then use money to bribe the deacon who is responsible for recruiting people in the Skylark Tower.

Money can make ghosts grind, this principle applies everywhere.

However, Zhao Zhen is an exception.

He was originally a native of Zhaojia Village, ten miles away from Liucheng, born poor, with four people in his family, his parents and an older sister, who made a living from farming and hunting.

However, once Zhang Youfu, the miscellaneous deacon of the lark building, passed by Zhaojia Village, he fell in love with Zhao Zhen's sister Zhao Xuan, and wanted to take her as a concubine, so he gave a huge gift of fifty taels of silver on the spot, Zhao Zhen's parents are mortals, where dare to offend Zhang Youfu, for fear of causing trouble, so he accepted the gift money and agreed to this family business, but Zhao Xuan was sixteen years old at this time, and there was still half a year to reach the age of seventeen, so Zhao Zhen's parents let Zhang Youfu come to marry half a year later.

On the one hand, it is difficult to give up on the daughter, and on the other hand, it is that I feel indebted to my daughter, and I hope to make up for it as much as possible in this half a year, after all, marrying someone as a concubine is not a glorious thing, and I am afraid that there will be a lot of hardships in the future.

So, Zhao Zhen was brought into the Skylark Building by Zhang Youfu by relying on this relationship, but he had nothing else to do, he had brute strength and could only do rough work, so he did miscellaneous labor, responsible for the wood used for the kitchen fire every day and carrying water to the river thousands of kilometers away, filling two large water tanks.

Bang bang bang

In front of the firewood room, a slightly sturdy young man, dressed in coarse gray clothes, waved an axe, and chopped down a piece of wood placed on a stake, and popped, and the wood broke in half and fell at the boy's feet.

The first, second, fifth, tenth·······

In less than a moment, the ground was already full of chopped firewood, at this time, the boy stopped, put the axe in his hand on the ground, then wiped the beads of sweat rolling down his forehead with his sleeve, gasped, and then picked up the firewood on the ground, and placed it neatly in the corner of the wall, when it was needed, someone would come to pick it up.

"It's time to eat!"

The boy lifted his face, looked at the scorching sun in the sky, and then spat out the first sentence of the day, and then walked towards the house not far away.

This young man is Zhao Zhen, fifteen years old.

One morning, I spent Zhao Zhen chopping wood, and at this time, it was already noon, the meal time of the miscellaneous servants of the Skylark Building.

"Yo, isn't this Brother Zhao Zhen? What's the matter, today's firewood is finished?"

Zhao Zhen walked into the room, which was already crowded with hundreds of miscellaneous disciples, gobbling up the food on the table, and suddenly, a piercing voice rang in his ears.

Then, four teenagers came in front of him, about the same age as Zhao Zhenzhen, sixteen or seventeen years old, but all of them were much stronger than Zhao Zhen, and they had more strength in their hands.

The one who spoke was walking in front, a teenager at the head. This young man, with a slightly cold face, walked to a meter away from Zhao Zhen and stopped, looking at Zhao Zhen with a playful look.

"Get out of the way, you're in my way. ”

Zhao Zhen didn't raise his head, he knew that it was Wu Ming and his group, and he didn't entangle with each other, and wanted to bypass from the side, but another teenager took a step and blocked in front of him.

"Brother Ming is asking you, you actually want to leave without saying a word?" Feng Kang, who was blocking the way, also spoke.

"Feng Kang, how can you embarrass him? You know, his sister Zhao Xuan is our Deacon Zhang's concubine, although she hasn't passed the door yet, but it's almost over, what if he climbs this relationship and then comes to deal with us?"

"It turned out that it was a woman's talent to get to the top, it was just a waste, just a concubine, just a plaything, maybe one day she would be killed, and the corpse was in the wilderness, so you don't have to be afraid at all. ”

The other two teenagers sang and said in harmony, and their tones were full of shame at Zhao Zhen.

The four of them, whose family background is only slightly better than Zhao Zhen, paid a little money and bribed Deacon Han, who was in charge of recruiting miscellaneous servants, and then entered the Skylark Tower as a handyman, since they knew that Zhao Zhen relied on his sister Zhao Xuan's relationship to enter the Skylark Tower, every time they met, they had to taunt Zhao Zhen.

This world is dominated by men, and the status of women is very low, even if the wife of the Ming media is marrying, she can only be a cow and a horse for a man, not to mention a concubine, whose status is even lower, and can only be reduced to a man's plaything, or a tool for inheritance.

If you meet a hot-tempered lord, you will be beaten to death one day, thrown into the wilderness, and have a miserable fate.

Therefore, Wu Ming and the four dared to laugh at Zhao Zhen like this, they were not afraid that he would rely on women to settle accounts with them, not to mention that they bribed Deacon Han, and they represented Deacon Han's people, even if Zhang Youfu was willing to stand up for Zhao Zhen, he didn't dare to do anything to them, otherwise no one would have good fruit to eat.

The four of them know it and are relieved.

"You ·······"

When Zhao Zhen heard these words, he immediately became angry, clenched his fists, and glared angrily at the four of them.

These jobs are not the first time Zhao Zhen has heard from the mouths of the four people, he has been in the Lark Tower for a month, he has often been ridiculed by Wu Ming and others, if he laughs at him, he can bear it, but insulting his sister, he can't bear it at all, for this reason, ten days ago, in the ridicule of Wu Ming and others again, he rushed up decisively.

But unfortunately, two fists are hard to beat four hands, not to mention that Zhao Zhen's body is not as strong as the four of them, and the strength in his hands is slightly inferior, and he was beaten by the four of them in an instant, and his nose and face are swollen, and he gradually improved after raising so many people.

However, Wu Ming and the four of them did not have nothing to do, and during the beating, they still suffered some skin injuries, and it took a few days to recover.

"Angry? Why, you still want to be beaten by us like ten days ago, if you dare to do it, this time you will not be so lucky, I promise that you will not be able to walk on the ground for half a month, so that you will not be able to chop firewood, you will not be able to pick up water, then you will not receive wages, if you have no money, what will your family eat? Wait to starve to death." ”

Seeing that Zhao Zhen was like a cat that had been stepped on by the tail, with the hairs on his whole body standing on end, and his hair was angry, and he was about to rush up and fight, Wu Ming was also frightened, took a step back, and hurriedly said.

Ten days ago, he still remembers it vividly, ridicule is ridicule, he doesn't want to fight with Zhao Zhen, a madman.

After hearing Wu Ming's words, Zhao Zhen's angry heart instantly calmed down, thinking of his parents and his sister who sacrificed for his future, his clenched hand gradually loosened.

"Skylark Tower, is the largest restaurant in Tieyun Country, I can be a handyman here, it is not easy to come by, it is in exchange for my sister's lifelong happiness, I can't let her down, let alone let my parents down, when I earn enough money, I quit this errand, and then do a small business in Liucheng, so that my parents can live a worry-free life, maybe, I can also let my sister get out of the sea of suffering, and redeem her from Zhang Youfu's side. ”

Zhao Zhen thought in his heart, then glanced at Wu Ming and the four of them, turned around and left.

"Brother Ming, he is alone, there are four of us, are you still afraid of him?"

"Yes, we should teach him a good lesson, we all spent all our family savings to enter the Skylark Tower, a lot of hardships, but he relied on a woman to easily enter the Skylark Tower, I am not reconciled to this matter, only let him disappear from the Skylark Tower, can we be fair. ”

"Yes, after driving him out of the Skylark Tower, maybe I can let my brother enter the Skylark Tower to take his place. ”

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Feng Kang and the others looked at Zhao Zhen's departing back and said fiercely.

"It's not a wise move to fight, not to mention that this is in the Skylark Tower, there are guards in the building watching, if the matter is big, everyone will be expelled from the Skylark Tower, and they will regret it for life, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Wu Ming's eyes were burning, his fists were clenched, and he said: "Now that my physique is getting stronger and stronger, I will definitely have the opportunity to successfully raise a fetus and gain force, and then I will be able to enter the guard team of the Skylark Tower, get rid of the identity of miscellaneous servants, and obtain better resources to practice martial arts.