Chapter 1 The toad is also dignified

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My name is Xu Changqing, a native of Ezhou.

If there is a crown in March, you can participate in the township test to enter the official career.

This is the best situation in life, full of spirit, and nine out of ten are stable in the career of further progress.

I never thought that a sudden plague would ravage the whole city, causing my parents to die violently, and I was the only one left.

Father's love is like mountains and rivers, and mother's love is like Chunhui, they are the pillars of my spiritual world.

As soon as the parents left, the small rich family declined in an instant.

When my parents died, they gave me a piece of jade pendant, and with my last breath, I was instructed to return this jade pendant to the god general Wang Fuqi.

Shenjiangfu, thousands of miles away in Luoyang, I waited for the imperial court to rush to Ezhou, the plague was eradicated, and I came to Luoyang after a thousand hardships.

The god general Wang Fuqi is a pillar country, with outstanding military achievements, and his status is prominent, and the princes of the eight directions are not far behind.

And I, who is only a poor and sour talent in a small town in Nanban, can be described as a difference between cloud and mud.

I finally came to the Divine General's Mansion according to my father's deathbed instructions.

Looking at the Gaoge gate valve that is wider than the Ezhou city gate, I don't understand what is the origin of my family and this kind of general's gate valve?

I really don't know if my father and mother are talking nonsense before closing their eyes, and they are wrong.

"This is an ordinary jade pendant, this kind of thing is rare in the Divine General's Mansion?"

The jade pendant that my parents gave me before they died, I don't know how many times I studied it on the way to Luoyang.

Jade is an ordinary jade, unpretentious, and there is no strangeness to be seen.

The carving craftsmanship is also really average, the picture and text are common dragon and phoenix Chengxiang, and it is also a piece of broken jade.

This level of broken jade, if you get it to the pawnshop, I'm afraid that even the money for a bowl of tea on the streets of Luoyang is not enough.

In order not to be abrupt and rude, I straightened my temples, straightened my clothes, and walked slowly towards the Zhumen of the Divine General's Mansion.

As I expected, when the guards of the Divine General's Mansion saw me coming, they first stared at me like a torch, and then crossed their halberds in their hands and stopped, "Who is coming?" ”

I bowed slightly, bowed to the two guards, and said, "Under Xu Changqing, a person from Ezhou, before his parents died, they ordered me to return a piece of jade pendant to the god general......

The burly, tall guard swept me away with a wary gaze, presumably to see that I did not look like a villain with evil intentions, and ordered me to stand aside.

I was standing obediently next to the stone lion at the door, when another guard asked me, "What about the jade pendant you are talking about?" ”

Hearing this, I hurriedly took out the jade pendant from my arms, and then respectfully handed it to the burly guard, and saluted: "There is Master Lao!" ”

Taking the jade pendant, the burly guards walked quickly into the house, and one of them ordered me to wait a while.

Actually, my original intention was to return the jade pendant and leave immediately, but it was also the dying request of my parents.

However, I spent all my savings on the road to Luoyang, and I had a trace of fantasy at that time, thinking that I would return the jade pendant for thousands of miles, and no matter whether this jade pendant is worth a meal or not, just rely on this carriage and horses, Ezhou is three thousand miles away from Luoyang, it should always be worth a meal of coarse tea and light rice, right?

I stood outside the Zhu Gate and waited for a stick of incense, and then the guard trotted out, and then called to me, "Madame ordered me to lead you over......

I heard it clearly, the guards used "collar" instead of "please", and I was afraid that the meal I was looking forward to was hopeless.

However, the high-door mansion such as the Divine General's Mansion did not drive me away with dogs, which also shows that this jade pendant is indeed special.

The Divine General's Mansion was very large, and I followed the burly guards through the many corridors and pavilions, and finally took a seat in a richly decorated hall.

Ezhou plague, although my family suffered, but I have been reading books for more than ten years, and I still have more or less heard and seen.

Above the high hall, a sandalwood table and chair, the light is bright, the tiger head is carved on both sides of the chair, the wall flower is decorated, and the tiger's eyes are blazing.

The back of the seat is leaning on the rattan flower, like the first bloom, a knife tactfully does not reproduce, lifelike.

This alone turns decay into a magical carving skill, which is the great stroke of Suzhou craftsmen, ordinary carving craftsmen, I am afraid that they are not qualified to touch this kind of wood.

The chair I sat on had a cushion on it, and it was very square and beautiful.

The cushion fabric looks like Yanjiang Shu brocade, Yangzhou's piercing needlework, the cushion is filled with silk, and it is very comfortable to sit on, cold and silky.

A small object on the butt can be exchanged for a year's food for ordinary people, and the Divine General's Mansion is really worthy of "splendor".

I sat down at the bottom of the hall and waited for a while, and a petite and lovely maid served me a cup of tea.

The tea is very fragrant, it is the new tea of this year, and it smells like the monkey kui of Huizhou.

Due to the restraint of the reader, I took the teacup out of politeness and took a small sip of tea, thinking that this small sip of tea would almost be considered breakfast!

When the little maid served tea, she secretly glanced at me, probably because there were few ordinary-looking and ordinary literati like me in this hall.

I also glanced at the little girl, and the corner of my eye just hurriedly swept over her slim body, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva gently, barely beautiful.

It's a pity, not hungry!

Not long after the tea serving, the little maid retreated, and a noble lady walked out surrounded by two servants.

The noble lady looked at me contemptuously with a contemptuous gaze, and then sat down at the top of the hall with a displeased expression, looking at me with condescending eyes, and a sneer on the corner of her mouth without warning.

I don't know your lady, but seeing the two servants surrounded by two maids, dressed in fancy clothes, and looking like a, I guess most of them are the mistress of the Divine General's Mansion, and no matter how bad they are, they are also the aunt's wife of the Divine General's Mansion.

I stood up and saluted respectfully, and called out to my mouth: "Madame! ”

"You are Xu Changqing?" Madame's tone was one of surprise.

I bowed my head and bowed: "Exactly!" ”

"You don't have to pretend to be polite with me here, I advise you to die of this heart, the high branches of the Divine General's Mansion are not something that a rural villager like you can climb, where to go back and forth!"

Your lady's tone seemed to be a little resentful, and I was extremely depressed when she said such a thing for no reason.

Without waiting for me to ask what the reason was, your lady said arrogantly: "In the early years, the agreement between the ancestor of the Xu family and the old man of my family was not counted, and I and the general did not agree to this matter...... Now that the status of the Xu and Wang families is very different, you don't have to be whimsical about this matter! ”

Not only did I not understand Madame's yin and yang strange words, but I also asked stupidly; "Please explain to Madame, what is the agreement?"

The lady probably thought that I was pretending to be stupid, deliberately using words to provoke, and was so angry that I dropped the cup in front of me.

"Smack!"

The fine Yushan porcelain was shattered, and the lady may not feel it, but I felt sorry for it.

"My daughter Wang Xizi is the first seat of Yunhai Immortal Sect, the only person in Ziyang Zhenren, and now she has been transformed into a realm, and she should be the best in the world, the royal family and nobles, what are you, the toad also wants to eat swan meat!"

When it comes to the words of a noble lady, I should understand the meaning of the words no matter how stupid I am.

The so-called agreement of the ancestors is afraid that my grandfather made a marriage agreement with someone after drinking in his early years, but no one has ever mentioned this matter to me, and I still know nothing.

When my parents were dying, they didn't have time to explain the details of the jade pendant, which caused me to travel thousands of miles with a hot face and a cold ass, and I lost three thousand miles of shame!

"Now that the jade pendant has been returned, I will say goodbye!"

Since the Divine General's Mansion and my family have this relationship, with my current family situation, not to mention climbing the high branches of the Divine General's Mansion, which is the land of Ezhou, I am not qualified to eat at the table in the Divine General's Mansion.

People are soft-spoken, and there is a difference between respect and inferiority.

In the hierarchical Great Zhou Dynasty, the disparity in identity is like a chasm, and it is not easy to cross it!

Instead of being bored with yourself, it is better to slap your ass and leave, so as not to be swept out of the house by people when you get it, and lose your face and self-esteem.

Seeing that I was about to leave, the noble lady glanced at the servant beside her.

After the servant understood, he threw the cloth bag he had prepared earlier to me, and said in a charity tone: "This is our lady's reward for you, and you should make up for it!" ”

The cloth bag was thrown into my hand, and I turned the thing upside down in my hand, thinking it was silver taels, but I didn't expect the impact of the cloth bag to be a copper coin.

I was so angry that I threw the money on the ground, and when I turned around, I replied to your lady: "Toads also have self-esteem...... I just followed my parents' last wish to return this jade pendant to the Divine General's Mansion...... As for the high wall of your mansion, I have no intention of climbing it! ”

As I walked out of the door, I heard the noble lady in the hall having nowhere to steam her anger, and scolded: "This kid dares to teach me a lesson...... Ordered someone to drive him out of Luoyang quickly, I don't allow the god general's mansion to have anything to do with this guy again! ”

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