When he returned to Beidi County, passed the Beidi County Zhongzheng test, and officially became a ninth-grade monk in white, and when he received the brocade robe symbolizing the monk's status from the Zhongzheng, he was trembling 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 now Lei Xu is an eighth-grade gray-robed monk, but the awe of officials is still imprinted on him. Whenever he sees an official passing by, he subconsciously asks for it.
He would run to both sides of the road and bend down to stand there. Every time, the slave he bought would hold him back and remind 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. After he became a monk, he spent a lot of money to ask senior monks to explain to him the so-called monks' style.
And be particular about it. After he became a monk, those businessmen who had dealt with him all year round in Shangluonan City would definitely act like a monk when they met him.
Greeting you with a smile? Are you kidding? How can a monk greet common people?
To be on equal footing? That's even more impossible. Every time those businessmen who were familiar with Lei Xu met him, they had to observe proper etiquette. They had to bend down to talk to Lei Xu.
No one dares 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 confirming over and over again 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 when he woke up to confirm whether 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 can often meet with the emperor and his elders.
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, which often made him cough.
It seems that the Feng Shui master I paid a lot of money for last time is really a master. Ever since I moved my ancestral grave, my fate has been like a blessing.
Well, no. This is not enough. One day, I will go to the Qingyun Taoist Temple on Mang Mountain, buy some magical weapons, and pay tribute to my ancestors, and let their spirits in heaven bless me to continue to be promoted and make a fortune.
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The sun shines brightly in the sky in summer, making the air seem to be filled with heat waves, 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.
Ever since Shen Xiu's order to recruit male monks over fifteen years old was sent to Sili Xiaowei's mansion early in the morning, Lei Xu had been frowning. He had been doing business for so many years, how could he not understand the importance of it? It's just him
Firstly, he didn't dare to disobey Shen Xiu's orders at all, and secondly, he had always been quick-thinking. In crises, there were both dangers and opportunities.
"Maybe it's a good opportunity to make a fortune." Lei Xu immediately asked his younger brother to lead some people to post notices all over the streets and alleys of Shangluo City. After Shen Xiu replaced Fu Xian as the Sili Colonel, the Sili Mansion
Some of the deputies found various reasons not to come to work. And when Lei Xu replaced Shen Xiu and became the captain of the Sili school, how could those deputies who were originally outstanding people endure such humiliation to serve such a person?
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 on the pretext of family matters or physical illness.
Return to hometown.
Lei Xu was shocked at first, and then overjoyed.
In addition to recruiting his two younger brothers to serve as servants in the Sili Xiaowei Mansion, he also openly sold his officials in his Nanshi business circle. On this day alone, he earned back the money he gave to Shen Xiu.
property.
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 could do anything 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 is in line with the nine-level Zhongzheng system, Lei Xu doesn't care at all. He doesn't understand the nine-level Zhongzheng system at all. In his eyes, there are only two things: superiors and subordinates. For his superiors, he must obey his instructions.
He is respectful and respectful. To his subordinates, he lives and kills them 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 bitter face: "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 don't you stop them?" Lei Xu said angrily. There is no reason to let the fat in his 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 deeply in his heart.
To be honest, he understands how his brother feels. Although he has put on the skin of Captain Sili, he is still afraid of those high-level monks in his bones. After all, he has been a commoner for so many years, and the fear of monks has simply penetrated 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 level was simply 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 face became even more bitter after hearing his words, "We don't know where Nan City is yet? 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-headed head can't open up, and I'm needed for this too.
Teach you? It’s really mud that can’t hold up the wall.”
"Brother," Lei Chong said with a hesitant look on his face, "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
Are you 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 the job today, Master Shen will immediately remove your eldest brother from his position. When someone else comes to power, he will still be arrested and killed.
"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 several hundred acres of grassland there.
, and buy some barbarian slaves for us to herd horses and sheep. Do you think so?"
"Okay, I'll listen to brother." Lei Chong nodded firmly, went out and called for 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, which immediately caused a panic. Seeing the frightened expressions on these familiar faces, which were already crying, Lei Chong suppressed the discomfort in his heart and stood with a cold face.
There he directed his soldiers to kidnap people constantly.
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 domineering?"
Lei Chong suddenly turned around and saw a tall monk standing not far away with his arms folded. He had a pair of sword-shaped eyebrows like flying knives, his eyes were like shining stars, and he had a tall figure with ape-like arms and a bear-like waist.
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, and 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 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 make a big fuss, but he didn't want Sili Xiaowei's Mansion to pass by.
There was no movement until noon, until Lei Chong came out with a group of people in a hurry. He thought that there was an opportunity, and Captain Sili finally couldn't help but take action by force. However, he didn't expect that it would be by force, but the target was not a monk but a monk.
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 him a question, he stood there speechless. After a while, he spoke again.
He mustered up the courage and said, "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 shone with green light. It was the world-famous sword that Chen Ziyin wore when he dominated the world: the Dragon-Slaying Sword. He flicked his wrist and killed the dragon.
The sword immediately made a sound like a dragon's roar, and Lei Chong's crotch tightened, and then his crotch felt hot. A stream of heat actually flowed down his two trouser legs, and he knelt there unconsciously.
Chen Rong first looked at this trembling commoner who suddenly became rich and powerful with contempt, 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."
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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. By the time they arrived in front of Prince Wen's Mansion, there were actually two thousand people.
The mighty 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 resistance did not even make a splash.
He got up and disappeared.
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 it was unknown what kind of metal it was made of. It was about one foot tall, and its arms made of metal were thicker than the thighs of ordinary monks. The head was not big, but the upper part was
The four ears 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 you gathering everyone to take the lead in making trouble today?”
