Lin Xuan and Cheng Chumo walked towards the gate of Lin's house. Cheng Chumo saw that Lin Xuan didn't tell his servants to prepare horses or carriages, so he couldn't help but ask: "Are you just walking there like this?"
"Otherwise?" Lin Xuan asked puzzledly.
Cheng Chumo said speechlessly: "My home is over in Dongshi, are you sure you want to walk there?"
"Forehead!"
Lin Xuan was speechless when he heard that Cheng Chumo's family was in Dongshi. No wonder he said it was a bit far away. He quickly ordered Lin Ping to prepare the carriage.
It seems that the Cheng Chumo family is either a high-ranking official or very rich.
As Lin Xuan, he could not ride a horse on the streets of Chang'an. He could only choose to ride in a carriage. However, the carriages of this era were very bumpy to ride on. After he tried it once, he never sat on it again, so he usually
Choose to walk.
It would take several hours to walk from Lin's house to Dongshi. Compared to walking, the pain of taking a carriage is nothing to mention.
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Just when Lin Xuan felt that he was about to be knocked apart, the carriage finally stopped.
"Master is here." Lin Ping said as he opened the car curtain.
Lin Xuan nodded, got off the carriage, looked at the tall gate compound in front of him and the plaque hanging on it, and couldn't help but asked Cheng Chumo on the side: "Is this your home?"
The house in front of you, just by looking at the gate, is extremely luxurious. There are two large stone lions standing at the door, which is very majestic.
The most important thing is that there are four characters written on the plaque on the door: "Su Guogong Mansion"
Lin Xuan now knows a lot about many famous people in the Tang Dynasty.
Of course he knew who Duke Su was, he was the famous Cheng Yaojin. Although Cheng Chumo's surname was Cheng, he had never thought about it before.
Cheng Chumo said: "Of course this is my home, otherwise why would I have brought you here?"
He doesn't need to show off his family background everywhere, otherwise why would he go out to cause trouble? Oh, no, he should go out to make friends.
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes. Did I ask you this? What I meant was why didn't you say your father was Cheng Yaojin earlier?
He didn't know whether Cheng Chumo really didn't understand or pretended not to understand, so he pretended to be angry and said: "Your family is a noble family, and I am the son of a businessman. I really don't deserve to come to my house. Please say goodbye."
After Lin Xuan finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to get on the carriage.
When Cheng Chumo saw Lin Xuan was about to leave, he quickly stopped him, "Hey, why are you leaving? It was my fault for not saying anything before. I apologize to you. Don't be angry."
Seeing Cheng Chumo's enthusiasm, Lin Xuan didn't know how to refuse. He was a man who was content with a small amount of money and didn't want to have anything to do with these powerful people.
The concierge of Duke Su's Mansion saw Cheng Chumo arguing with someone at the door and didn't know what was going on. He quickly came over and asked, "What's going on with Da Lang?"
Cheng Chumo waved his hand and said, "It's okay, please take the horse back to me."
"Yes!" the porter responded, leading the horse towards the back door.
"Lin Xuan, you're already here, why don't you go in and sit down." Cheng Chumo said quickly when he saw that Lin Xuan had not expressed his stance.
"Okay then." Lin Xuan nodded.
What he was thinking was that if he didn't go in at the door, he would undoubtedly offend the Duke Su's government. Although he didn't want to get involved with them, he didn't want to offend either.
"Follow me." Seeing Lin Xuan agree, Cheng Chumo happily took his arm and walked inside, as if he was afraid that he would run away.
To be honest, Cheng Chumo really regarded Lin Xuan as a friend. His usual friends were either some bad friends or some sons of the Lord's family who had a good relationship with his family.
It's not that he doesn't have friends, but that he has some influence from his father when he interacts with those people. As for Lin Xuan, who became friends with him from the time he met him, Lin Xuan didn't even know his identity. This was the first time that he didn't rely on family connections.
The first friend he made was one he cherished very much.
Lin Xuan just thought that Su Guogong's mansion was very big when he was outside. After entering, he realized that it was not only very big, it was simply very big.
Along the way, there are pavilions, rockeries and flowing water, which are extremely luxurious.
According to Cheng Chumo's introduction, the Cheng family also had a large garden, but it was winter and the flowers and plants were withered, otherwise he would have planned to take him to enjoy it.
Lin Xuan felt a little like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. He thought his house was big enough before, but he didn't expect the Cheng family to be so big. The area must be at least dozens of acres.
After spending more than ten minutes, Lin Xuan followed Cheng Chumo to the outside of a hall. According to Cheng Chumo, this was just the front yard of his house. Lin Xuan was speechless. Was this just horse racing at home?
"We're here, my dad is inside." Cheng Chumo paused and said.
Lin Xuan was a little excited when he heard that he was about to meet Cheng Yaojin. After all, he was a famous figure in history and the highest-status person he had met since arriving in the Tang Dynasty.
Cheng Chumo thought Lin Xuan was a little scared, so he comforted him with a smile: "Don't worry, my dad is easy to talk to."
Lin Xuan followed Cheng Chumo in and saw a rough-looking man sitting high in the hall.
Cheng Chumo said: "Dad, Lin Xuan is here."
"I'm Lin Xuan. I've met Mr. Su Guo." Lin Xuan bowed his hands in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.
Fortunately, people in the Tang Dynasty were not in favor of kneeling down, unlike the Braided Dynasty where they had to kneel down when meeting any official, otherwise Lin Xuan would really not be able to bear it.
Cheng Yaojin came to Lin Xuan and said in disbelief: "With such a thin body, you can beat an ugly cow and have no power to fight back?"
It's not that Cheng Yaojin looked down on Lin Xuan, the idea was that Lin Xuan was too young, he looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, younger than Cheng Chumo, and with his thin body, he didn't look like a martial arts practitioner at all.
Lin Xuan scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Brother Chu Mo and I were just competing casually."
"Oh, Chou Niu said that even I might not be able to beat you, why don't we compete?" Cheng Yaojin said with a smile.
Although he didn't really believe that Lin Xuan had very high martial arts skills, since he was here, he wanted to fight with each other and take care of Lin Xuan by the way, which could be considered as revenge for his son.
Even though Cheng Yaojin showed that he didn't care about them in front of his son, in fact he still cared about them.
Of course, Cheng Yaojin was just prepared to make Lin Xuan suffer a little, and had no intention of doing anything to him.
Lin Xuan was startled by Cheng Yaojin's words. Would he fight with Cheng Yaojin? You are kidding, there is no benefit in winning or losing.
In this case, why do we still fight? Lin Xuan quickly refused: "My martial arts skills are low, and I really don't dare to compete with Duke Su."
Cheng Yaojin didn't take this trick. He stood up and strode to Lin Xuan. He slapped Lin Xuan on the shoulder and said, "Don't talk nonsense, kid. You have to compete today even if you don't compete."
Lin Xuan was dumbfounded. He didn't expect Cheng Yaojin to be completely unreasonable. He had no choice but to give Cheng Chumo a look of help, hoping that he would come and persuade him.
Cheng Chumo shrugged and gave Lin Xuan a helpless expression.
Just kidding, if I try to persuade him, he will beat me up as well.
When Lin Xuan saw Cheng Chumo looking at his eyes and nose, as if he were an outsider, he felt so angry that he wanted to beat him up.