Chapter 47: Shame
The voice was so strange that all the disciples sought prestige.
At some point, a slightly plump father-in-law-like figure had appeared behind the disciples.
The reason why the disciples recognized each other's profession at a glance was not only because of each other's clothing, but also because of each other's appearance and expression. The appearance is naturally a little neither male nor female, although it is not a rare age, but it is already a handful of years, but there is no half a beard on the chin, sharp eyebrows and sharp eyes, cold and abnormal.
Even if that face is smiling at you, it can make you feel the coldness behind it.
Ximen Wenyu looked at the father-in-law-like person walking slowly towards him, and his right hand holding Xu Chen's letter of recommendation looked a little numb, and he stopped in the air in embarrassment, and he didn't react for a long time.
He naturally didn't know this father-in-law, but as the only son of General Ximen, he knew some details of officialdom even if he was familiar with it.
Looking at this father-in-law's dress, I am afraid that the position is not low, because ordinary eunuchs can only wear some plain clothes, and this father-in-law's clothes are full of flowers, and they almost come out of the clothes, and the gold and silver threads are all over the neckline and cuffs.
Of course, it doesn't matter who the person is, the main thing is to look at the clothes he wears, because that represents a person's power.
At this time, Ximen Wenyu slowly lowered his right hand, looking at his father-in-law who made people feel chills, he reluctantly suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and clenched his fists slightly and said, "I don't know if you are ......"
This father-in-law had already walked to Ximen Wenyu's side at this time, but unexpectedly, this father-in-law did not stop, but stretched out his orchid finger and arrogantly and casually took the letter of recommendation in Ximen Wenyu's hand.
This is not only that, but he also glanced at Ximen Wenyu coldly, and at this time, Ximen Wenyu was still holding his fists and bending over, such a scene was more like the appearance of a little eunuch serving the chief eunuch, which made people laugh a little, and also made Ximen Wenyu feel humiliated.
Although he doesn't know the identity of the other party and how powerful the other party is, he is the son of a great general after all, the only son of the second general of the dignified empire, how can he be so neglected, coldly looked down upon, and insulted by others.
Thinking of this, Ximen Wenyu suddenly straightened up, turned around with his head held high, and said in an extremely imposing but very low voice: "This father-in-law, don't you understand the most basic etiquette? I was asking who you are, and I forgot to tell you, my father is the general of the empire, Ximen Wang." ”
This voice is obviously questioning, and even has some intimidating implications, ordinary people, if they offend this master, when they learn that the other party's father is General Simon, they must not be scared?
However, this father-in-law didn't seem to be interested in this name that everyone else would be in awe of, he slowly stopped walking towards Xu Chen, turned around silently, looked at Ximen Wenyu with a smile and coldness, looked at it for a moment, the corners of his mouth twitched disdainfully, and said leisurely: "Oh, is it? It turned out to be Ximen Wang's son!"
His voice was calm, but he didn't care at all, and even had some doubts, as if he had thought for a long time before remembering who Ximen Wang was, his sharp voice did not stop, and continued: "Since you also tell me what etiquette, then have you ever talked about etiquette with this Xu Chen Xu Gongzi behind me?
This sentence seems to be reasoning on the surface, but in fact it is sarcastic to the other party, a sentence of "Seeing people and talking about people, and talking about ghosts." "It's like insulting yourself, but it's actually confirming your status. Because only those who are high up have this right not to care.
"You ......"
Ximen Wenyu just wanted to refute something, but the other party didn't give him a chance.
"What am I, since you tell me what etiquette, then I'm afraid that you call me Father-in-law Zhang, dare to be so disrespectful to me, I think even if it is your father, he will not dare, right?"
When he said the word "don't dare", Grandpa Zhang's voice suddenly sank, revealing a cold and angry expression again.
Ximen Wenyu's heart suddenly sank, and his heart beat a drum, "Even my father has to respect him very much? Who is he? I'm afraid there aren't many dead eunuchs in the entire empire who can make me afraid of my father's respect, right?"
Stemming from the uncertainty and inexplicable fear in his heart, Ximen Wenyu did not dare to be presumptuous again, but turned to say calmly: "Then, please also ask Zhang Gongxuan to warn the juniors, you are ......"
"You don't have to know, you just need to know what you are. ”
Gonggong Zhang picked up the orchid finger again and waved his hand casually, and the disdain in his eyes was like a long thorn, piercing into Ximen Wenyu's heart.
This is in public, this is his home field, this is the place where he can call the wind and rain. Here, even the two masters would not treat themselves like this.
After all, he was still a seventeen or eighteen-year-old child, his blood was strong, and he didn't know how to forbear, so he could no longer hide the anger in his heart, and shouted: "Dead eunuch, I'm telling you again, my father is Ximen Wang, the second general of the empire, what am I? Tell you, no matter what you are, if my father is willing, he will definitely let you behead all over the house." ”
At this time, he suddenly paused and said, "By the way, I forgot, you didn't have it, haha!"
He smiled and turned to look at the disciples of the Gathering Soul Courtyard behind him, he had expected that these people would also laugh as much as he did, after all, he thought that the joke he told was still quite ridiculous, at least he could make a comeback.
But who knows, none of the disciples behind him echoed him, and they all bowed their heads silently, because someone in the crowd had already recognized or guessed the identity of this father-in-law. After all, among the disciples of the Gathering Soul Academy, there is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, and their cultivation is not very good, but there are many children of official eunuchs, and there are always a few who understand the situation in the palace. Just when Gonggong Zhang appeared, the crowd had already begun to talk quietly, and only Ximen Wenyu didn't know.
At this time, Liu Xia kept squeezing his eyes at Ximen Wenyu, as if to say, don't say any more.
Ximen Wenyu didn't care, he always thought that this Liu Xia was just a fart, and he himself was the one who had seen the world, was brilliant, and was arrogant.
Suddenly, the father-in-law Zhang behind him said coldly, "Hehe, I don't have a queen, tell you my godson but a lot, your Ximen Wang's father is one of them, I have four tigers and eight dogs, your father, used to be one of the four tigers, but in terms of your performance, he can only be one of the eight dogs in the future." ”
"Huh?"
Hearing this man who was neither male nor female, with an extremely cold voice, Ximen Wenyu turned around tremblingly and re-examined the father-in-law Zhang in front of him.
Obviously, what this father-in-law Zhang said just now was even more ugly than what he said before, which simply insulted him to the extreme, but he didn't dare to refute anything at this time, and even had a panic in his heart.
Because the person who can call his father Ximenwang a godson and a dog, there is only one person in the entire empire, and that is Zhang Zhongjin.
As the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the palm print, he can be regarded as the number one person among the eunuchs. In the history of the dignified empire, the eunuch of Bingbi and the eunuch of the palm seal have always been two people, because these two rights are too big, if they are both attributed to one person's body, then he is not the emperor?
Fortunately, the crown prince of the dynasty was still a Ming monarch, and his authority shook the sky, so he didn't seem to care much about this, and at the same time, in order to fight against other forces in the court, he put two rights on one person. As a loyal servant of the royal family, Gonggong Zhang just looked up at the sky and lowered his head to make money, but he didn't dare to think about the usurpation of the throne.
However, even so, then his rights can be said to be at the peak, not to mention Ximen Wang, even when An Boyuan, the No. 1 general of the empire, occasionally visits the capital.
"Boy!"
Gonggong Zhang continued: "Don't say it's you, even if it's the Lanqing County Lord in front of me, he is also generous and decent, smiling and right, do you think you are more noble than the Lanqing County Lord? Tell you, today, I am here to find this person today, otherwise, today's account is not over!"
Saying that, Gonggong Zhang turned around and came to Xu Chen, and said calmly: "This little brother, my son-in-law asked me to pick you up for tea, how about it, let's go." He returned the letter of recommendation to Xu Chen.
Although Xu Chen didn't know who this powerful figure was at this time, looking at Ximen Wenyu's expression, he could guess that the father-in-law in front of him was by no means an ordinary person, so what about their son-in-law?
Xu Chen hugged his fists and said softly: "I don't know who your son-in-law is." ”
"Oh!"
Father-in-law Zhang smiled slightly, although it was not sincere, but it was also polite, as if someone had ordered it, otherwise, there were few people in this empire who made him show such a deliberate expression, "My son-in-law said that you owe him a favor!"
Hearing this, Xu Chen instantly understood that it must be Chu Yang, but he thought about it and said, "It's just that today I was about to officially enter the Dushan Sect, and I don't know what else to do, so I ......"
"Hey, hey!"
Father-in-law Zhang smiled slyly and said, "My son-in-law really didn't guess wrong, he said that you would definitely shirk it again and again." ”
When he said this, Gonggong Zhang leaned forward and whispered, "Little brother, are you afraid that he will let you keep praising him again." ”
Xu Chen looked at the father-in-law in front of him in surprise, but the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned.
Father-in-law Zhang also smiled slightly and said, "Tell you, I'm enough." Haha!"
After speaking, he straightened up again and said in his usual voice: "But it's okay, my son-in-law is just inviting you to drink tea today." I'm still quite familiar with the Shan Sect, and I know that you have passed the test, so it's okay. It won't be officially reported until three days later. ”
"But the letter of recommendation hasn't been figured out yet......!
Hearing Xu Chen's doubts, Gonggong Zhang raised his hand to stop him, and turned to the disciples of the Gathering Spirit Courtyard and said loudly: "I believe that some of you already know my identity, of course, those who don't know, I have no obligation to tell you, if you want to know, you can inquire yourself." I said that the big seal on Xu Chen's recommendation letter is true, then it must be true. And I am also not obliged to explain to you, because that is not something you should suspect, you are just some disciples of the Dushan Sect, do you really think of yourself as the head of the Dushan Sect?"
These words were sharp, but they were true, and the disciples silently lowered their heads.
Yes, they are just disciples of the Dushan Sect, and they are not the head of the sect, how can they have the right to manage the sect and accept anyone?
"Alright, little brother, this will be fine, you see that no one objects, let's go." ”
As he spoke, Gonggong Zhang pointed to a red and yellow carriage far away.
"I owe a favor!"
Xu Chen kept muttering in his heart, and after thinking about it, he nodded and said, "Okay!"
But after speaking, he looked at Li Tianming, who was in a daze again, as if he was asking for advice.
Li Tianming suddenly realized what was the same, and he also nodded, meaning that he could go, what Zhang Gonggong said was right, since he passed the test, then he was already a disciple of the Dushan Sect, and he was an upright one.
Seeing Li Tianming nodding, Xu Chen followed behind Gonggong Zhang and walked towards the carriage in the distance.
Everyone looked at the two distant backs and kept smacking their tongues, and then their eyes fell on Ximen Wenyu.
At this time, Ximen Wenyu looked at Xu Chen's original standing position in embarrassment, and his face was already white with anger, because Xu Chen was not only ashamed of himself, but also his father was embarrassed.
"If I don't take revenge, I swear not to be a man!"
Ximen Wenyu clenched his fists again, didn't look at the disciples behind him, and left angrily towards his residence