This emotion lasted until the two of them left. Lao Hu was driving the carriage, hunched his neck and staring blankly ahead. People were rushing on the street, but he was thinking a lot. The meal tonight made him feel too deeply.
Eunuchs are the lowest people, and their lives are full of misfortunes. Whether they are the lowest-level servants or powerful eunuchs, they rarely end up well. Even those who live a good life will live under the contempt of others throughout their lives.
An old and poor eunuch like him would either die silently in the palace when he was old, or die miserably and helplessly outside the palace, and his body would even be exposed in the wilderness without anyone collecting it.
Therefore, when many eunuchs reach middle age, they start to pave the way for their future, that is, to accumulate money, so that they can have their own nest after leaving the palace and adopt a child to support them until they die. Some eunuchs eventually spend the rest of their lives in this way, but because of their Because of his special status, he was looked down upon by others, rarely went out, rarely interacted with others, and ended up depressed.
However, not everyone can make a lot of money. An average-aged person like Lao Hu originally had only ten taels of silver in his savings. After meeting Chang Yu, it became richer and richer. He used his current savings to buy a yard and a home in the outer suburbs. It's okay, but how to spend that loneliness.
The reason why most eunuchs stay in the palace and die of old age and are unwilling to go out to live is because they are out of tune with the outside world. In addition, they have suffered all kinds of discrimination and humiliation, and have no friends or relatives, so they would rather go back to that high wall. In the palace, you die silently. At least there are many similar people in the palace, so you won't be as lonely as outside.
This is why Lao Hu still stayed in the palace now that he had the financial ability to be Chang Yu's dependence. He had something to do and was not lonely or bored. Secondly, he would not be looked down upon by others in the palace, nor would he be ignored by others. Bully is hugging the tree after all.
Chang Yu squinted his eyes in the car, but what he was thinking about was another thing, Su Chenghuang's family of three and the dozen or so servants.
With his financial resources, it was not a big deal to support these many people, but raising them and raising a bunch of idle people were completely different things. He planned to find something for them to do, or to be precise, to run some business, so that a group of people would not be idle every day. Just cleaning the yard.
But Su Chenghuang was born as a juggler and couldn't read a few characters. What kind of business could he do?
The first thing Chang Yu thought of was to send him to Song Siyang to learn something. In the future, opening a rice store or something to be self-sufficient would be a way to make a living, and more importantly, it would be a kind of cover. Otherwise, the neighbors would also wonder why he had such a big yard every day. A bunch of idlers.
But at this time, he was worried again, because Song Siyang and others knew his identity. If Su Chenghuang accidentally found out, then...
Knowing that their master is a eunuch, what would these people think? Can Little Apple accept it? She must not be able to stand the ridicule and ridicule of others.
Chang Yu had never felt ashamed of his status as an eunuch before, but now he felt this way for the first time...
This matter should be considered in the long run. Chang Yu sighed deeply. He originally bought Huangzhai for emergencies, but it has actually become his private residence. As a prisoner of power, it is normal to have a private residence. It will not attract attention, let alone Some people will make a fuss about this. The most important thing is that Chang Yu cares about this place because he regards it as his home in this world.
It was almost midnight (9 p.m.) and the inner city gates had long been closed. However, this did not matter to Chang Yu. The carriage entered the inner city directly from Chongwen Gate and went straight to Chaoyang Gate. There were not many pedestrians on the street. , the carriage went very fast and arrived in a short time.
As the designated city gate for grain trucks to enter the city, Chaoyang Gate was overwhelmed with merchants and merchants, forming a large and bustling commercial street with numerous shops and lights all night long.
As the largest restaurant in Chaoyangmen, Xianjulou's business is always booming. The streets are full of cars and horses, and many vendors are shouting and soliciting customers or doing other things.
Of course, in addition to the hawkers and store clerks in the surrounding area, another major feature of Xianjulou is that there are a group of rough men wandering around outside the store at all times. People who don't know think they are hooligans, but the locals know that they really are. Ruffians, because this Xianju Building is the property of a gangster in Chaoyangmen.
Tonight, the third floor of Xianju Building is closed to outside guests. This has no impact on ordinary guests. However, Xianju Building is the largest restaurant in Chaoyangmen in the East City. Naturally, there are many distinguished guests and regular customers, some of whom have backgrounds. They come here. When they arrived, they were told that the VIP level was closed to the public. Some people were unhappy and asked Fang Ba to speak to them at the top of their lungs.
People who are gangsters are very polite, especially those with backgrounds. Fang Ba would naturally have to explain himself on a normal day, but today he didn't even show his face. The waiter directly told the distinguished guests: Today. Someone has rented the building, from the palace!
Naturally, ordinary people cannot afford to offend those in the palace.
But some people were disdainful, what was going on in the palace, the emperor and the prince could not come here, it was just some eunuch with a little money who came here to show off and show off, so they clamored to see who it was.
Then the waiter said again: "It's from Dongchang!"
The birds and beasts dispersed, and no one clamored for Fang Ba to come out and explain.
Several tables in the hall on the third floor were put together into a round table. There were more than ten people sitting around the table. The main seat was vacant. Chunxiang was the first guest seat. They went down in order of the twelve Taibao.
Everyone was chatting at the table, and Chunxiang was absent-minded. Although it was not the first time that he met the people present, this time Chang Yu summoned everyone to gather, and there was certainly something important to discuss, but he was already almost an hour late.
Could there be any accident?
This is what Chunxiang is most worried about. Chang Yu is really fishing with his own body when leaving the palace this time, and there is really no one around him.
If he encounters an open fight with a famous sword, as long as he is not a top master like Wuzhong, with Chang Yu's skills, he can protect himself or at least run away. However, if the opponent secretly attacks, or in a Where are the snipers...
The more Chunxiang thought about it, the more worried he became, and even regretted why he didn't send someone to keep an eye on it secretly, so that he wouldn't be so worried about gains and losses.
Tuk-tuk-tuk, there was a sound coming from the stairs. The people who were still talking and laughing were startled for a moment, and then they got up and rushed towards the stairs.
At the entrance of Xianju Building, Chang Yu got out of the car and glanced at Lao Hu: "Are we going up together?"
Lao Hu shook his head slightly and said with a wry smile: "It's better to feel more comfortable outside."
Chang Yu nodded, stopped talking, turned around and walked towards Xianju Building, entered the store and went straight to the third floor.
At the stairway on the third floor, several big men were standing, including people from the Twelve Taibao and some from Dongchang. Seeing Chang Yu running towards him, someone immediately wanted to stop him, but was immediately stopped by the Dongchang fan next to him: "I see you in this humble position." Overlord".
It turned out that this young man was the governor of Dongchang. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it would be hard to believe it. The big man blocking the road was so frightened that he hurriedly paid tribute.
Chang Yu grunted and walked up the stairs, but suddenly he couldn't go up. Chunxiang and the Twelve Taibo came and blocked the stairs.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Are you planning to let me fly up?"
Everyone burst into laughter, clasped their fists and saluted, and called Chang Yu upstairs.
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