Time flies, and autumn is here in a blink of an eye.
Emperor Tiancheng died not long ago and was succeeded by his son Emperor Chiyuan, who was famous for his cruelty. This was also the last Tiancheng year.
On this day, Xia Po brought food to Mr. Wei as usual.
But Mr. Wei today is obviously a little abnormal.
Normally at this time, he would most likely be sitting cross-legged and meditating, but today he was standing there, pacing non-stop, his face twitching from time to time.
It was obvious that he was in a very bad mood.
After observing carefully for a moment, Xia Po understood the problem.
Because there is a pile of torn pieces of paper next to Mr. Wei.
Master Wei probably got angry after reading the contents on the paper and tore the paper into pieces in a rage.
But what does this have to do with him?
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard Mr. Wei's old voice.
"Your name is Xia Po, right?"
Xia Po arched his body: "Exactly."
"Based on my observation of you during this period, I think your character, spirit and perseverance are very good, so I want to accept you as my disciple."
I really want to accept him as my disciple.
Xia Po was extremely disdainful of Master Wei's words.
He brings food to this old guy every day, and he doesn't even say a few words, but it's obvious that he has so many things?
Although he was disdainful, he still pretended to be flattered.
"Really? Mr. Wei would actually treat me, a little handyman, like me..."
Before he could finish his pretentious words, he was directly interrupted by Mr. Wei.
"We will talk about those formalities of apprenticeship later. I am in a hurry as a teacher. Now I will pass you a sword and a secret book. During my absence, you must practice hard every day."
After saying that, he pulled out a sword and a strange book from behind and handed them to Xia Po.
After handing the things to Xia Po, he hurried outside.
Before leaving, he turned and said something to Xia Po.
"Go and say hello to the head of the Xia family and tell him that I will handle the matter in Cangzhou, and he will understand."
Looking at Mr. Wei's leaving figure, Xia Po instinctively felt that this guy was definitely not doing anything good.
But he didn't bother to care.
Don’t use the exercises that come in vain.
After picking up the exercise, I just flipped it over briefly and then closed it again.
This is not a martial arts technique for cultivating internal strength, but a sword technique.
If you want to understand this sword technique, you have to practice it.
After putting away his sword skills and sword, he left Master Wei's yard.
After thinking about it, I went to tell the head of the Xia family, Mr. Wei, that he was gone, and it would not be too late to start practicing again.
The Xia family's mansion was gifted to Xia Changyuan by the current emperor. It has a large area and is divided into an inner courtyard and an outer courtyard.
The inner courtyard is where the Xia family lives.
Therefore, the servants in the inner courtyard are different from the servants in the outer courtyard.
The servants in the outer courtyard basically do menial tasks such as chopping wood and boiling water.
The servants in the outer courtyard do the seemingly easy but actually extremely troublesome job of serving young masters and young ladies.
At this time, in the inner courtyard of the Xia family, several maids were chatting about something and seemed particularly happy.
"Did you know? In the morning, when I was grinding ink for the third young master, the third young master praised me for the good ink I made."
"You are actually able to get the favor of the third young master. Are you afraid that you will be taken as a concubine by the third young master in the future and become a successful person?"
"What are you talking about? Our sister Qing can't become the head wife?"
"Hahaha."
It seems that no matter which world you are in, Pu Xin always says this.
At this time, Xia Po walked over with a smile on his face.
"Do you know where the head of the family is now?"
When the three of them heard the sound and looked over, they saw Xia Po smiling and looking very respectful.
You know, people like to compare with each other, and then gradually form a chain of contempt.
There is also such a chain of contempt in the Xia family, that is, the maids look down on the handymen, and then the handymen in the inner courtyard look down on the handymen in the outer courtyard.
The maid is the top of the chain of contempt, and Xia Po is the end of the chain.
"Are you a handyman in the outer courtyard?"
"Well, I'm in charge of running errands."
After confirming Xia Po's identity, the three maids all looked at the long sword behind Xia Po.
The long sword was something belonging to a warrior, so it would definitely be abnormal for a handyman to carry it on his back.
Combined with his inquiry about the location of the Xia family's head, the three maids immediately thought that the handyman was going to give a sword to the Xia family's head.
Then, the three of them looked at each other again, and they all saw what the other meant.
One of them, the maid called Sister Qing, smiled slightly.
"In this case, if you want to ask the master of the house for anything, tell me and I will help you."
These people are used to being treated like dogs.
What dogs like most is to please their owners.
For example, sending something to the head of the family, a good opportunity to curry favor with the head of the family, they would naturally not let go.
Who knew that as soon as the words came out of his mouth, Xia Po shook his head firmly.
"This can't be said."
Who knows if I tell these maids that the old guy who practices magic will be angry.
What will you say to yourself when you are angry?
After hearing what Xia Po said, the three maids suddenly lost their expressions.
They thought Xia Po was trying to steal this opportunity to show off in front of the head of the family.
"Don't you, a little handyman, not appreciate appreciation?"
"Do you really think that if you meet the head of the family, he will remember you? Don't have such wishful thinking..."
"You're a rough kid, you don't know any etiquette. If you bump into the head of the family, who will bear the responsibility?"
Seeing these maids talking to each other, everyone in Xiapo was dumbfounded.
He never thought that in feudal society, people could become so crazy.
But if you think about it carefully, it's quite pitiful.
Just when he didn't know what to do, a familiar voice sounded.
"Brother Xia! Why did you come to the inner courtyard?"
I turned around and saw, who else could it be if it wasn't Xia Sichou?
After seeing this guy, Xia Po finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, although this guy looked particularly immature when he was with him, he was still the young master of the Xia family.
He is also the most pampered young master.
With him here, it will probably save a lot of trouble.
So he came directly to Xia Sichou's side.
"Master Wei has accepted me as his disciple."
Upon hearing this, Xia Sixou was particularly excited.
He kept patting and asking Xia Po if it was true. It was as if he himself had been accepted as a disciple.
Seeing the close relationship between the two, the three maids were dumbfounded.
Why can a handyman from the outer courtyard be so close to Master Ninth, like brothers?
Recalling what they had just done to Xia Po and what they said, the three of them felt their legs weaken.
In this old society, the lives of servants are like ants.
What if Xia Po spoke ill of the three of them to Master Ninth?
With Xia Sichou's nature, he would definitely tell his brothers. When the time comes...
The more the three of them thought about it, the more frightened they became, and in the end they simply knelt on the ground directly towards Xia Po.
Xia Po didn't want to pay attention to these three snake spirits at all, so he asked Xia Sixou.
"Wei...my master asked me to bring a message to your grandfather before he left. I wonder where your grandfather is now?"
"Where can he be? He must be reviewing the approval documents. I will take you to find him."
Due to the excessive pampering of his elders, Xia Sichou became rampant in the inner courtyard.
He took Xia Po directly to the office of Xia Changyuan, the head of the Xia family.
Xia Changyuan's sleeves are breezy, at least in the eyes of outsiders, so the place where he works is not considered elegant.
It's just a small, secluded room.
But it was still quiet. Even Xia Sixou, who had always been carefree, lowered his voice when he arrived here and knocked on the door gently.
"Grandpa, Xia Po came to you and said that Master Wei has accepted him as his disciple, and he has something to tell you."
"Enter."
Xia Changyuan's voice was calm and authoritative, with an unmistakable flavor.
But the judge wants this effect.
After Xia Po entered the room, Xia Changyuan said before he could speak.
"I have spoken well of you in front of Brother Wei a long time ago, and I expected to accept you as my disciple at this time. Since I asked you to take the lead, Brother Wei must have left, right?"
Xia Po blinked and sneered in his heart.
This is forcing myself to owe him a favor.
Don't think about it, he definitely hopes that he can practice magic skills so that he can morally kidnap himself in the future and make himself a tool of the Xia family.
He cupped his hands and said, "Well, he said he was going to deal with matters in Cangzhou. Since the words have been conveyed to the head of the family, I won't disturb the head of the family."
Just as Xia Po was about to leave, he heard Xia Changyuan's voice coming again.