When he returned to Beidi County, passed the Beidi County Zhongzheng test, and officially became a ninth-grade monk in white, and when he took over the brocade robe symbolizing the monk's status from the Zhongzheng, he trembled with excitement.
From commoners to monks, this is the biggest dream of countless commoners in the Jin Dynasty. This is the most beautiful thing that Lei Xu could imagine since he was a child.
Ten years have passed, and Lei Xu is now an eighth-grade gray-robed monk, but the awe he has for officials is still imprinted on him. Whenever he saw an official passing by, he would subconsciously run to both sides of the road and bend down to stand there. Every time, it was the slave he bought who grabbed him and reminded his master that you are already a dignified monk and you are no longer a commoner.
At this time, he would hide his embarrassment by laughing and be proud of his status as a monk. Since he became a monk, he has spent a lot of money to ask senior monks to explain to him the so-called monks' style and ethics. When those businessmen who had been dealing with him all year round in Shangluonan City met him after he became a monk, he would definitely act like a monk.
Greeted with a smile? Are you kidding? How can a monk greet the common people?
On an equal footing? That's even more impossible. Those businessmen who were familiar with each other in the past must observe proper etiquette every time they meet Lei Xu. You have to bend down to talk to Lei Xu.
No one dared to say that what Lei Xu did was wrong.
These people were even more affectionate when they saw Lei Xu, and looked at Lei Xu with even more eager eyes.
Therefore, after repeatedly confirming that the appointment letter in Shen Hui's hand was not a joke on him (Lei Xu was illiterate), poor Lei Xu was overcome with phlegm and fell down straight away.
Thanks to his brother pinching him hard and pressing his chest, he finally woke up.
From that day on, he would pinch himself several times every day to make sure he was dreaming.
But even in a dream, this beautiful dream is too outrageous.
It's just a dream. It's best to never wake up from this dream and let him live in this dream forever.
This is Sili Xiaowei, a position in charge of countless lives and deaths of Sili.
Moreover, this position allowed him to frequently meet with the emperor and other senior officials.
emperor!
Emperor!
Whenever he thought that one day he would be able to see with his own eyes the emperor who was said to be the reincarnation of a real dragon, Lei Xu's old phlegm couldn't help but well up in his mouth, making him cough endlessly.
It seems that the Feng Shui master I paid a lot of money for last time is really a master. Ever since he moved his ancestral grave, his fate has simply been a blessing in disguise.
Well, no. This is not enough. One day I will go to the Qingyun Taoist Temple on Mang Mountain, buy some magic weapons, and pay tribute to my ancestors, and let their spirits in heaven bless me to continue to be promoted and make a fortune.
The summer sun was shining brightly in the sky, making it seem like a heat wave was blowing in the air, making people feel uneasy.
"Second brother, how are you? How many people have come to our Sili Mansion now?" Lei Xu asked immediately as he saw a short man with a round face and small eyes coming in from the door.
Lei Xu had been frowning since Shen Xiu's order to recruit male monks over fifteen years old was sent to Sili Xiaowei's mansion early in the morning. He has been doing business for so many years, how could he not understand the importance of this? It's just that firstly, he didn't dare to disobey Shen Xiu's orders, and secondly, he has always been smart. Crisis Crisis brings both danger and opportunity.
"Maybe it's a good opportunity to make a fortune." Lei Xu immediately asked his brother to lead some people to post notices all over the streets and alleys of Shangluo City. Ever since Shen Xiu replaced Fu Xian as the captain of the Sili School, some people in the Sili Mansion found various reasons not to come to work. And when Lei Xu replaced Shen Xiu and became the Sili captain, how could those subordinates who were originally outstanding men endure such humiliation to serve a businessman who just climbed up from the bottom and knew nothing. On the first day Lei Xu took office, there was a stack of resignation letters on his desk. All of them resigned and returned to their hometowns on the pretext of family matters or physical illness.
Lei Xu was shocked at first, and then overjoyed.
In addition to recruiting his two younger brothers to serve as vassals in the Sili Xiaowei Mansion, he also openly sold his official positions in his Nanshi business circles. On this day alone, he earned back the property he gave to Shen Xiu.
With this experience, although he knew in his heart that Shen Xiu's order was too offensive, on the other hand, he hoped in his heart that those people would be smarter and everything could be done as long as they gave money.
Although Lei Xu has only been an official for a few days, he has already had some understanding in his heart: everything is business, and being an official is actually not difficult. If you treat it as a business, everything is that simple.
As for whether all this conforms to the ninth-grade Zhongzheng system, Lei Xu doesn't care at all. He doesn't understand anything about the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System. In his eyes, there are only two things: superiors and subordinates. To his superiors, he must obey his orders and be respectful and respectful. He lives and kills his subordinates as he pleases.
This is Lei Xu's life experience over the years. This is also the basis for his success from a poor border poor to today's dignified imperial sergeant.
After finishing this job, I will go back to my hometown in the North and forget about it. I will probably not be able to spend all the money I earned in a few lifetimes.
"Brother," his second brother Lei Chong said with a grimace: "This morning, less than two hundred people have come in one after another. And some people left when they saw that there were only such a few people. Now there are still many people left. Less than a hundred people.”
"Why didn't you stop them?" Lei Xu said angrily. There is no reason to let the fat that has been delivered to your mouth slip away again.
"Brother, they are all monks, I don't dare to stop them." Lei Chong said timidly.
"Useless guy." Lei Xu scolded his younger brother, "We are the dignified Sili captains. No matter how high their rank is, as long as they are in Shangluo and Sili, they have to be under our control. It's because they are afraid of us, why? There is a reason why we are afraid of them."
Looking at his brother's hesitant eyes, Lei Xu sighed in his heart.
To be honest, he knew how his brother felt. Although he has put on the skin of Sili Xiaowei, he is still afraid of those high-level monks in his bones. After all, he had been a civilian for so many years, and his fear of monks had penetrated deep into his bones. If those people started fighting over a disagreement, Lei Xu couldn't think of how he would respond. He knew in his heart that his cultivation was at the level of those at the very end of the Jin Dynasty.
He rolled his eyes and suddenly thought of an idea.
"Second brother, go and take the manpower to arrest people in Nanshi. No matter what, we must at least collect 2,000 heads today, otherwise I will not be able to deal with Master Shen."
"Brother," Lei Chong's expression became even more bitter after hearing his words, "We still don't know where Nan City is? How many monks can there be there?"
"Tch, who said we only arrest monks?" Lei Xu confidently scolded his incorrigible brother: "As long as it's a man. Your elm head can't open up, and you need me too. Teach you? It’s true that mud can’t hold up the wall.”
"Brother," Lei Chong looked hesitant, "We have known each other for so many years, isn't this just pushing someone into a pit of fire?"
"Lei Chong," Lei Xu said angrily after hearing this, "Are you my brother? Who has been supporting our Lei family for so many years? Who earns what you eat and drink on weekdays? Now you Am I pretending to be a good person? Am I the evil person? If you don't care for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth. If your eldest brother can't do this job today, Master Shen will immediately remove your eldest brother from his position. When someone else comes to power, he will still have to arrest people to collect their heads. "When the time comes," Lei Xu sneered a few times, and then said, "I'm afraid people will take advantage of our family."
"Second brother," he sighed, patted Lei Chong on the shoulder and said, "I don't want to arrest those old neighbors who have been together for many years, but if we don't arrest them, we have to fill this fire pit. What's going on in this world? Has it become like this? It wasn’t like this before. Your brother is also suffering, but what can be done? Tell me, what should I do? "
Seeing his younger brother blushing and hesitating and speechless, he patted his younger brother's shoulder again and said: "Fortunately, these are just old neighbors in Shangluo. Second brother, the eldest brother has decided to finish. With this vote, we will go back to our northern land and our hometown. From now on, we will never have any contact with the people here in Shangluo. Your elder brother has already thought about it. By then, we will buy hundreds of acres of grassland there. , and buy some barbarian slaves to herd our horses and herd our sheep. Do you agree?"
"Okay, I'll listen to my brother." Lei Chong nodded firmly, went out and summoned enough people to carry shackles and chains all the way to Nanshi.
A group of people like him came to Shangluonan City with great momentum, causing a huge uproar. Seeing the frightened expressions on these familiar faces, Lei Chong suppressed the discomfort in his heart and stood there with a cold face, directing his soldiers to kidnap people.
Suddenly, a cold voice sounded from behind him, "How can there be an official like you in the majestic land of Shangluo, at the feet of the emperor? When did Sili Xiaowei's Mansion become so tyrannical?"
Lei Chong suddenly turned around and saw a tall monk standing not far away with his arms folded. Just look at this man's pair of sword-shaped eyebrows that look like flying knives, his eyes are like shining stars, he has a tall and straight figure with arms and waist, and he is wearing a brown brocade robe.
A fear from the deepest part of his heart instinctively took over Lei Chong's whole body, and suddenly there was a strong urge to urinate in his crotch. He almost bent his knees and knelt on the ground.
But at this moment, he remembered what his brother had just said to him, and he quickly coughed a few times to relieve his fear, and shouted calmly: "Sili Xiaowei's office is here to do business. Anyone who doesn't care should leave quickly."
"May I ask why Sili Xiaowei's office is here to take someone here?" This person is Chen Rong, and behind him are dozens of close friends who are planning to make trouble with him.
"The Emperor has an edict, haven't you seen it?"
"The emperor's edict requires monks to report to Sili Xiaowei's Mansion, but why did you arrest these civilians?" Chen Rong was actually quite depressed. He couldn't wait to take the opportunity to cause a scene, but he didn't expect that there would be no movement at Sili Xiaowei's mansion after noon, until Lei Chong came out with a group of people in a hurry. He thought that an opportunity had come, and Captain Sili finally couldn't help but take action by force, but he didn't expect that it would be by force, but the target was not a monk but a civilian.
"These cowards only bully the weak and fear the strong." Chen Rong cursed in his heart, but he had no choice but to take action, so he finally spoke up.
Lei Chong was an ordinary person. He usually ran errands and did odd jobs for his brother. How could he cope with such a thing. When Chen Rong asked a rhetorical question, he stood there speechless. After a while, he mustered up the courage to say: "Why don't you and other monks go to Sili Xiaowei's mansion to report? Could it be that you want to resist the order?"
"Resist the decree?" Chen Rong sneered, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Look at the world, what it will be like when that regicide disrupts the city. From the court to the market, there is no peaceful place. How can a Langyazi and a regicide issue orders openly and openly in the name of the emperor?"
Having said this, Chen Rong pulled out the long sword from his waist with a sudden sound. The sword was densely covered with runes and shining with green light. It was the famous sword in the world that Chen Ziyin wore when he was conquering the world: Dragon Slaying Sword. He raised his wrist slightly, and the dragon-slaying sword immediately made a sound like a dragon's roar. He heard Lei Chong's crotch tighten, and then his crotch felt warm. A stream of heat actually flowed down his two trouser legs, and he was also Kneeling there unconsciously.
Chen Rong first glanced with disdain at this suddenly wealthy and fearful commoner, then raised his arms and shouted: "Shen Xiu has rebelled against God and people are angry. Anyone who is willing to go with me, Chen Rong, to go to Prince Wen's Mansion to attack Shen Xiu can come with me." "
Let's say that Chen Rong led his followers all the way from Nanshi to Prince Wen's Mansion. Not only were there no patrol soldiers to stop him on the way, but his team grew larger and larger. When they arrived in front of Prince Wen's Mansion, there were actually two thousand people coming, and the momentum was overwhelming. When the guards in Shen Xiu's mansion saw this momentum, most of them dispersed. Only a few people resisted for a few times. But under the attack of so many people, these resisters disappeared without even a trace of waves.
Just as everyone was searching the rooms one by one, there was a sudden loud noise, the roof of a room was violently broken open, and then a black thing jumped out from the broken roof.
Everyone looked closely and saw that this thing was covered in black light, and they didn't know what kind of metal it was made of. It is tall enough to be one foot three to four feet tall, and its metal arms are thicker than the thighs of ordinary monks. The head is not big, but the four ears on it stand up high like small flagpoles. The front ends of the ears are curved at ninety degrees and round, and they seem to be inlaid with transparent glass. They look like ears and eyes at the same time, which is very strange.
"What the hell is this?" Almost everyone had never seen such a thing before, and many people couldn't help but turned pale.
"It's a puppet!" Chen Rong knew this thing. He had seen such things in a book at home before, but this thing had never appeared in the world since he was born, but he didn't want to encounter it here. . "Shen Xiu must be inside this puppet."
"Hahahaha," after hearing Chen Rong's words, a burst of laughter came from the puppet's chest. It was Shen Xiu's voice that everyone heard, "Chen Rong, you and I are teachers and students, and you won't do anything for me." That’s all, why are we gathering everyone to take the lead in making trouble today?”
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