The floor is paved with large water-milled bluestones, the walls are white, there are large nanmu pillars and carved caissons.
The dimly lit hall could accommodate thousands of people. Several young eunuchs in blue were sitting behind a long koan, their faces as pale as paper, their lips as red as blood, smiling softly like ghosts.
A young eunuch with delicate features asked Lu Qian in a soft voice.
"Name."
"Lu Qian, the one who goes up the mountain and goes down."
"age."
"sixteen."
"gender."
"male."
"Oh, are you interested in entering the palace? Looking at your tall, mighty, and dignified appearance, you have the potential to serve as a regular eunuch. There is a cleaning room next door, and all it takes is a light knife. We have sixty years of experience.
I will wait on you as a master, and I guarantee you won’t feel any pain at all, and you will be able to walk in a day. Being able to serve as a constant waiter next to a noble person, how majestic it is... tsk tsk."
"Well, thank you for your appreciation, little father-in-law. I, Lu Qian, am male."
The little eunuch sighed softly: "Hey, it's a pity, it's really a pity."
Looking over and over at Lu Qian's handsome face, the young eunuch pointed at the three three-tailed black scorpion brothers who were also registering their identity information in front of the public case next door, shook his head and said, "What a waste of talent like you."
"Look at those three, our family will never give them this chance."
"Look at those crooked-looking ones. Even if they were cut off and brought into the palace, who would frighten the nobles? Who can afford it? Not everyone is qualified to enter the palace and serve the nobles. Lu Qian, I really don't think about it.
consider?"
The three three-tailed black scorpion brothers turned their heads and looked over with red faces.
They did not dare to be harsh to the little eunuch. Their six bloodshot eyes just stared at Lu Qian fiercely. The eldest of the three brothers even raised his right hand and lightly scratched his neck.
Lu Qian innocently shrugged his shoulders towards them, put his hands in his sleeves, smiled and bowed to the young eunuch: "Thank you for your kindness, Lu Qian, I have no intention of entering the palace for the time being."
The little eunuch glanced at Lu Qian with regret: "Hey, what a pity. What a good material!"
Shaking his head, the little eunuch said in a long and unhurried voice: "Okay, now that you have your name and age, that's enough. We won't ask you about your origins or what you did before. The palace guard, the guard.
Palace warden, if you come into my house, you will have no regrets. In short, if you enter the palace guard, you will be one of your own."
"Everything in the past will be wiped out. What happens in the future depends on your fate!"
"Wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat, and dogs travel thousands of miles to eat shit. Those who have the ability to climb up will be able to be majestic and have good food and clothing. Those who are not capable will one day die in the gutter like wild dogs. That's you too.
I chose it myself.”
"When you enter the Palace Guard Prison, as long as you remember the word 'loyalty', there will be no taboos!"
"Of course, the family law is strict. If you make a mistake, you will naturally know how bad it is in the future. Since you can come to the palace guard, you must also know the reputation of the palace guard, so you shouldn't make such a mistake?"
The efficiency of the palace guards is extremely high.
Register, make a record, file.
The body measurements, height, shortness, fatness, and approximate appearance were all recorded in the file, and then two sets of guard-style robes made of fine white brocade were distributed on the spot.
White robe, black hat, black boots, black belt, identity token made of black iron, and three-foot-six-inch standard Yan Fei Dao.
Lu Qian only waited in the main hall for less than a quarter of an hour before he had already received the entire set of household items. He changed his clothes in the side hall next door. He had already become the most basic eunuch of the palace guard.
‘Pa’, the clear sound of the cloud sign sounded, and a sharp voice came from afar: “All the newbies today, come with us.”
"You all listen to me."
"The palace guard has the rules of the palace guard."
"No matter how great a person you were before, no matter how majestic you were before. Once you enter the palace guard, you are just a penniless newcomer, and you have to be obedient."
"Be obedient and you will be successful."
"If you don't obey me, you will die!"
"Remember, if you don't obey, you will die!"
It's noon.
God is very kind to me. The dark clouds in the sky dispersed and a red sun shone brightly.
In the city of Haojing, the snow on the roofs was baked by the heat of the sun, and the ice and snow melted. The snow dripped down the eaves and fell to the ground with a "clack". The entire Haojing became wet.
Haojing is located in the southwestern corner of the southeast corner of the imperial city, adjacent to the south wall of the Imperial College. Surrounded by green cypresses, there is a 100-foot hill with an exquisite three-story building on the top.
The green cypresses are as lush as clouds all around, and the hills are covered with old plum blossoms.
It's freezing cold, but these old plum blossoms have regained their energy, and they are blooming wildly.
Fist-sized plum blossoms of various colors are exuding their fragrance. Under the sun, the petals of these plum blossoms are reflecting dazzling light.
‘Ding, ding, ding’.
On the third floor of the small building, on the spacious terrace, a white-haired old man with long hair, bare chest, and muscular body was holding a bamboo castanet in each hand and beating the earth. At the same time, he sang loudly, in a wanton and debauched manner.
Several carriages passed through the cypress trees and arrived at the foot of the mountain.
Bai Changkong, wrapped in a silver fox cloak, slowly stepped out of the carriage and casually pushed aside a plum blossom branch that was blocking the way.
After listening to the singing of the old man on the top of the mountain for a while, Bai Changkong clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Brother Gongyang, I'm so excited. But is there any happy event?"
The sound of castanets and singing on the top of the mountain suddenly stopped.
The shirtless old man walked to the terrace, overlooking the carriages at the foot of the mountain and laughed loudly: "Is it a happy event to finally see the sun?"
"It's a pity, it's a pity, you white old ghost, your granddaughter, our old friends have been eyeing her for several years, and instead of marrying the good son carefully selected by the family, you want to marry the son of a martial artist."
"A bright pearl casts a shadow, a flower stuck in cow dung."
"You say you, you say you, it's good for a gentleman to keep his word, but it's a pity that I have wronged you, little girl Shuang."
Bai Changkong smiled and cursed in his heart.
My granddaughter's business is a mess.
Damn, your grandchildren do want to marry, but how can Bai Changkong dare to marry?
Marrying someone with a baby is not getting married, this is enmity!
If Bai Weishuang hadn't gotten pregnant out of wedlock, it would have been a mess.
This shirtless old man is an excellent candidate for a relative - the Gongyang family majors in Dharma among the literary and educational families in Dayin, and is the most popular, powerful and influential one in recent years. The host of "Reform Movement".
The Gongyang family is not as good as the Zhu family after Zhu Yu's death.
The Zhu family is a descendant of a ‘sage’.
But the ancestor of the Gongyang family was also regarded as the "Lesser Sage" three generations before the founding of Dayin.
More importantly, the current Great Sikou of the Dayin Wu Dynasty is a direct descendant of the Gongyang family. The Great Sikou has a high status and the Sikou Tai is extremely powerful. If Bai Weishuang had not acted improperly and married a direct descendant of the Gongyang family, Really the best.
After a slight cough, Bai Changkong said loudly: "Brother Gongyang has a lot of virtues, and the kid from the Lu family is also quite worthy of admiration. Not to mention other things, his big strokes are better than those of other sons in our family." It shows even more skill."
The shirtless Gongyangyao Tiaomen suddenly dropped a lot, and he laughed dryly and said: "This is true. However, which school his big characters are from, it has never been mentioned in the inscriptions and inscriptions left in ancient times. Have you seen it before? It’s weird, weird, but it’s not like it’s his own font? Then you, old ghost Bai, got a big deal!”
Bai Changkong twisted his beard and smiled, smiling without saying a word.
From several other carriages, there were also very angry old men slowly walking out.
They all spoke one after another, and discussed with Gong Yangyao in the small building the origin of Lu Qian's unprecedented good calligraphy across the plum grove on the hillside.
Bai Changkong's complexion is getting better and better, and his complexion is getting better and better.
This mountain is called Cuiwei.
The small building on the mountain is called Caiwei.
Here, the eighteen cultural and educational sages of Haojing gather together. Once a quarter, a review is held to comment on the young talents of Haojing.
Bai Changkong has made preparations and has discussed with several old friends. Today, he will be here to make Lu Qian famous again.
My granddaughter must never marry poorly.
Lu Qian's reputation must be promoted in a short period of time, so that everyone in the world knows that Lu Qian is a bright new star in culture and education, a great talent, and a virtuous person.
Helping Lu Qian become famous means helping Bai Lu become famous.
After the two get married... once something happens to Lu Qian, according to Dayin folk customs and people's recognition, it will reflect Bai Lu's profound blessings. It was Lu Qian who couldn't bear Bai Lu's "blessings", so his "new marriage collapsed" .
When Bai Lu gave birth to a baby, hey, this baby was not an easy one.
Lu Qian's 'talent', coupled with Bai Lu's 'blessing', their child will naturally be a pearl of fairy dew that gathers the essence of heaven and earth, a unicorn child in the world, 'with the appearance of a great sage'!
As a result, three years later, Bai Lu took this 'Qilinzi' to remarry Zhu Yu!
Let me ask you, is this ‘dowry gift’ powerful?
Let me ask you, do you, Mr. Zhu, dare to show any slight to Bai Lu?
Let me ask you, how can the child born to Zhu Yu’s first wife compete with this ‘Qilin son’?
Bai Changkong's eyes were cold, like a sharp knife unsheathed. With his hands behind his back, he walked step by step along the white marble steps towards the small building on the top of the mountain.
At this moment, he was full of thoughts on how to squeeze Lu Qian to the extreme.
Use Lu Qian's blood, Lu Qian's life, Lu Qian's soul, and Lu Qian's name to find out and fill in the gaps for his precious granddaughter, pave a bright future for his precious granddaughter, and pave a bright future for his Bai family.
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As for Lu Qian’s life and death!
"You ungrateful little bitch, if you had agreed to break off the engagement that day, nothing would have happened today." Bai Changkong exclaimed in his heart: "No matter what, it's a good thing that you didn't break off the engagement. Fortunately, you still have some real ability to study.
Excellent skills!"
Thinking of this, Bai Changkong blamed his granddaughter again.
Why did she secretly make peace with Zhu Yu?
It's not a big deal to make peace secretly, but it turned out to be a secret knot, and I couldn't hide it anymore, so I told Bai Changkong, this was wrong!
The sound of horses neighing.
A young man wearing an arrow-sleeved uniform and a black cloak rode a maroon war horse, galloping through the woods, and galloped over with a look of horror on his face.
Still more than ten feet away from Bai Changkong and other great sages, the young man jumped up from his horse, rolled in the air, landed firmly on the ground, and then rushed to Bai Changkong's side in two steps.
"Master Bai!"
The young man leaned close to Bai Changkong's ear and whispered a few words.
Bai Changkong's face turned red and white for a while, and finally his face turned purple-red, and a wisp of blood seeped out from the corner of his mouth.
"Yu Changle... eunuch, you are going too far!" Bai Changkong roared angrily and slapped an old plum tree next to him with his palm.
There was a loud noise, like thunder exploding.
The old plum tree as thick as a water tank was smashed to pieces by Bai Changkong's palm. The trunk, branches, petals, and stamens were all exploded into powder that was finer than flour.
The expressions of several great sages and Gong Yangyao on the top of the mountain all changed.