"Gu Xi's qualifications are dull, he can't climb this ladder, and he can't take advantage of this swaying wind."

Gu Xi knelt on his knees, buried his head and pleaded: "I went back to my hometown this time to tell my uncle in person that I am not qualified for the post of county magistrate of Chengdu County, please find another child in the family to take my place." ”

"What did you say?" Gu Zhiwei paused, turned around in astonishment, and stared at Gu Xi with an incredulous expression, "Say what you just said again!" ”

Gu Xi gritted his teeth and pursed his lips, without saying a word, just grabbing the ground with his head, and his forehead slammed into the ground.

"In order to help you get the position of the county magistrate of Chengdu County, I have exhausted my life, and I am reluctant to use the incense when I am forced to do it, and now you tell me, just because I am afraid of death, so I want to give up?!"

Gu Zhiwei's hair was furious, and he actually raised his foot and kicked Gu Xi's shoulder, kicking him to the ground.

"Want to live? Simple, I can help you. ”

When the next child who came to worship knelt and kowtowed, he appeared in the form of a projection and handed the other party a satisfied smile and a relieved look.

Gu Zhiwei lowered his head and stared at Gu Xi who was paralyzed on the ground, and turned around angrily after a long time.

Once upon a time, as a side disciple, Gu Xi's wish was to one day be able to leave this seemingly luxurious, but in fact cramped three-story valve building, to make contributions and show his ambitions. When he returned home, Gu Valve could open the middle door for himself and let himself enter the ancestral hall.

Li Jun said lightly: "If you can't change yourself to a way out with a third-class gate valve, then."

It turned out that he was just a tool in the hands of the family from beginning to end.

Now the family needs to sacrifice their lives in exchange for a chance to continue to survive in Jinling City.

Able to speak well, bend and stretch.

Gu Xi became more and more into the state, and said with a sincere expression: "Now that I finally have a chance, what do you need me to do, just arrange." ”

So after being appointed by the imperial court, he was once high-spirited and thought that all his efforts had finally paid off.

There are wolves in front and tigers in the back, and there is a risk of losing one's life, but it made Gu Xi let go of the fear in his heart and the disguise on his face, and said calmly: "If you can help me leave from the position of Chengdu County again, I will definitely do this matter well." ”

This is going to kill people!

This Gu Xi is a very standard Confucian order.

As an 'old acquaintance' who used to have contacts in Chengdu County, Gu Xi has always been paying attention to Li Jun's news.

The person in the driver's seat turned around, and an extremely familiar face crashed into Gu Xi's line of sight.

Bang!

Gu Xi suddenly slammed his fist on the back of the chair in the front row, and the dazed tide in his eyes faded away, replaced by resentment like substance.

"Even if you die, you have to die in that yamen for me, in that official position!"

"You know."

He will die in the county government and die in the official position.

"Brother Jun, it's not that I'm making excuses, it's just."

Gu Xi didn't dare to look at Li Jun at all, his eyes drooped and stared at his knees, his mouth and nose were panting with a big mouth, and beads of sweat kept dripping from the tip of his nose.

"I can't help you with this, but I can help you control the Gu family."

Li Jun said in a relaxed tone: "The first-class gate valve of the New Donglin Party, the Liu family in Jinling." ”

"Don't be afraid, if I really wanted to kill you, you would have been reincarnated many times by now."

Although he could only come into contact with some of the low-level newspapers within the Confucian order, this did not prevent him from being able to see from the fragmentary words that he and the other party were already in a different position.

Hearing the word 'young master', Gu Xi's whole body softened, and he hurriedly squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and said: "Brother Jun, you are laughing, in the past, villains had eyes and didn't know Taishan, and they offended you." In fact, I have always wanted to apologize to you for those misunderstandings at the beginning, but I have been suffering from not having the opportunity.

After all his value is squeezed out, the final outcome is probably to be taken out of his brain and put into the altar, and then a cold tablet is erected.

"That is, my Gu Xi's life is not good, and I am not qualified to live." Gu Xi took over the conversation and said with a resolute expression.

But when everything really happened as he wished, Gu Xi looked back at the road, and finally woke up.

Li Jun sneered: "Letting a gang and an official move their positions, are you thinking too much?" ”

"Of course I don't."

"Go back to your Chengdu County now."

"Even if Gu Zhiwei dies, as long as I continue to stay in the position of the county magistrate of Chengdu County, it will be impossible to escape the dead end."

But he never expected that he would meet each other in Jinling City.

"Officials kill people, bandits kill people, big bandits can be officials when they are recruited, and big officials will become bandits if they lose power, there is actually no difference between the two. If you want to, I'm sure you have a way. ”

Gu Xi trembled all over, and asked tentatively: "I don't know who this old friend you want me to probe for Brother Jun?" ”

"No matter how difficult it is, can it be even more difficult than your situation in Chengdu County?"

"Among them, there are those who deign to marry the untouchables in order to develop better genes. In order to obtain an official position for the clansmen, some people bow down to serve the wealthy nobles, slaves, maids, and people. In order to allow the Gu family to gain a foothold in Jinling, some people are willing to admonish people on the temple and die in the forbidden building of the palace. ”

Li Jun smiled disappreciatively: "Or are you willing to be pushed out by the family and act as a stepping stone for them to grab benefits from the New Deal?" ”

The violent ups and downs of his emotions several times in a row made him feel extremely tired.

He looked up in shock, only to find that his car had stopped on the side of the road at some point.

"I came to Jinling City this time to find a few old friends to catch up, but others are high-level and deep, and I'm afraid that uninvited guests like me are not welcome."

Seeing him like this, Li Jun raised his eyebrows helplessly, trying his best to restrain the murderous aura he inadvertently revealed.

The sudden sound in his ears made Gu Xi's hairs stand up suddenly.

Li Jun said directly: "Help me find out the situation of the Liu family, I can help you slaughter the current head of the Gu family." ”

Li Jun said with a smile: "So I want you to help me go to find out where the other party's door is open, and how many people are in the family, who are his beloved relatives and friends, and who are his siblings." ”

Gu Zhiwei stepped on the ground with his feet and said angrily: "It is precisely because of these ancestors who did not hesitate to honor and disgrace and went forward to succeed each other, this is the mansion where you grew up, and this is the Gu family that is now ranked among the gate valves!" Now you are actually cowering because of your personal life and death, how can you be worthy of them, how can you be worthy of this 'Gu' surname?! ”

Gu Xi leaned his head against the car window in a daze, and looked at a wide passage stretching underground on the street in the distance, with people constantly coming in and out, like ants entering and exiting the nest.

At this moment, only the last words left by Gu Zhiwei in his mind were constantly echoing.

"I want to ask Young Master Gu for a little favor."

Gu Xi's eyes were blank, and he muttered to himself: "I don't want sequence, fame, or power." I just want a way to survive now, why can't I be given it? ”

"In that case, then I'll wait for your news."

Gu Xi wanted to leave Chengdu County, partly because he was worried about Li Jun's retaliation.

"No, what are you looking for me?"

After a while, Gu Xi finally regained his ability to speak and stumbled to speak.

is like thunder in front of the poor, and bows down in front of the mighty.

"Why can you live and I can't? Why?! ”

"You open your eyes and take a good look, look at every plaque in this ancestral hall, every couplet, look at the tablets of those ancestors!"

Over the years, he has worked hard and hard to keep the business running, except for a little to maintain the normal operation of the industry, all the rest of the profits have been handed over to the family.

Gu Zhiwei's fingers, trembling with anger, pointed to the depths of the ancestral hall.

"I don't like to bargain with people, and I'm not interested in listening to your grievances here, so let's get straight to the point."

So when the Gu family got the qualification to enter Chengdu Mansion, but all the big house brothers were reluctant to go, he recommended himself and took the initiative to ask for help.

The thoughts that were still churning made him even more exhausted.

"It's been a long time, Young Master Gu."

Gu Xi said cautiously: "The Gu family is only a third-class gate valve in Jinling City, compared with the Liu family, I have been sent out by the family a long time ago, and I can't have anything to do with the other party, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do this." ”

This sentence was like a quick knife, piercing Gu Xi's heart.

"The east wind is evil, and the people are thin"

"Even an old thing like you, who has run out of oil and burned out of lamps, is so desperate, what qualifications do you have to ask me to sacrifice everything for the family?"

An indescribable fear surged out of his genes, clutching Gu Xi's heart, making him feel paralyzed, and his lips couldn't make a sound.

It wasn't until the other party's figure completely disappeared from the crowd that Gu Xi finally slowly spit out the turbid breath that had been holding in his lungs, and the whole person completely collapsed on the seat.

Li Jun smiled slightly, but Gu Xi was covered in sweat like rain, and his vest was instantly soaked.

Until he got into his car, Gu Xi was still full of lost soul, and he couldn't remember when he got up from the ground and how he left the Gu family mansion.

"What are you saying is to help me become the county magistrate of Chengdu County and exhaust the favor, you obviously perceived the danger, so when the torrent did not rise, you chose to withdraw from Zhishi, wanting to save your life! Gu Zhiwei, my good uncle, do you really think I'm stupid and don't know anything? ”

Li Jun took a deep look at the other party, pushed the door and got out of the car.

Above the passage stands a sign made of red and yellow light tubes, with a few words written on it.

Jinling Dilong-Datong Street Station.

(End of chapter)