Liu Sandao's rough voice sounded outside the door.
"Here, stop knocking!"
Su Wen quickly shouted and answered. Liu Sandao was not knocking on the door, he was clearly demolishing his house. The walls were dusty. The door panel was even more overwhelmed and might fall apart at any time.
Su Wen quickly looked at the door and saw Liu Sandao with a big knife on his shoulder, a bottle of wine hanging on the handle, and a paper bag in his hand.
"Liu... stall?"
Su Wen hesitated for a moment and shouted the title awkwardly.
Liu Sandao nodded: "Well... we're not in the Yamen, so there's no need to be so formal. Just call me Uncle Liu."
Seeing two heads poking out from behind Su Wen, Liu Sandao raised his eyebrows and said, "It turns out that there is a guest at home. I am an uninvited guest at the wrong time...am I leaving?" He said he was leaving, but he didn't.
His feet were motionless and his eyes were staring at Zhang Sun Yehou like a knife.
"No, no, no, we are about to leave, please take your time and chat."
Zhang? As soon as he saw Liu Sandao's cannibalistic look, he prepared to apply oil on the soles of his feet.
Sun Yehou also nodded repeatedly. He knew that Liu Sandao was from the Neichang, the Neichang... But it was a place that serious scholars like them avoided, and anyone who was determined to make a difference in the court would take the initiative to distance themselves from them.
distance.
Thinking of this, Sun Yehou suddenly thought that he and Zhang Hui hurriedly came to find Su Wen because of Su Wen's identity as an inner factory, and wanted to help find a way for Su Wen to get rid of his identity as an inner factory.
But for some reason, they have never talked about this topic at all, and I don’t know when it started, no, from the very beginning, the topic became distorted.
"Farewell!"
The two of them gave Su Wen a look of self-care, and then left in a panic, as if staying with Liu Sandao for a few more seconds would undermine their moral integrity.
"Ha! Duh! There are still students from Qingshan Academy, all of them are frivolous in their steps and their waists are empty. I'm afraid all their efforts have been spent on their bellies."
Liu Sandao looked at the two figures escaping and commented.
After listening to Liu Sandao's words, Su Wen noticed that his two friends didn't seem to be in good spirits.
"...You don't want me to come in and sit down? After all, I'm your superior!"
Seeing Su Wen still standing at the door, dumbfounded, Liu Sandao was very dissatisfied.
"Oh..." Su Wen looked away from his friend's back and quickly welcomed Liu Sandao in.
"It's no big deal to come to you..."
Liu Sandao sat down on the bench next to the dining table in the main hall and put down the wine bottle and paper bag: "Now that you are a member of the inner factory, everything must be managed by an individual. There will naturally be books to teach you about the rules and regulations.
I will not say much……"
Su Wen nodded repeatedly, indicating that he had read the book Liu Sandao gave him.
Su Wen also felt that he understood the functions of the inner factory from the book description...but in fact, he could also know nothing at all.
From the introduction in the booklet, in the Liang Dynasty, the inner factory seemed to be able to manage everything, but it did not care about anything. The most important function was to assist the Qintian Supervisor to coordinate Yin and Yang, suppress evil and catch demons.
If the awakening of literary energy had not happened to him, Su Wen would not have believed in the theory of strange powers and chaos.
But now, I just don’t believe it.
"I want to say something else."
Liu Sandao picked up the wine bottle and was about to pour it into his mouth. He almost reached it before stopping: "Bring two pairs of wine glasses and chopsticks, and a plate...here are fennel beans."
"……I do not drink."
Su Wen saw that the wine flask had been opened long ago, and from the sound of shaking inside, he could conclude that Liu Sandao must have secretly drank it on the way.
He was not in the habit of indirect kissing with men.
"Hey!" Liu Sandao slapped the table: "How can a man not drink? If I hadn't been short of money, I wouldn't have brought you half a bottle of wine. Instead, I would have taken you to Cuiyun Tower and you would have had a great time! Ugh!
, when you get your salary this month... remember to ask me to go there, the girls there... what a taste... tsk tsk!"
Liu Sandao's saliva was almost drooling.
"..."
Su Wen was speechless for a while, but when he thought about his salary, his heart became excited.
He is considered a "special talent" specially recruited by the factory. His starting point is not low. He has a salary of twelve taels per month. In addition, he also has several benefits, including allowances such as firewood, rice, oil and salt. Added up, his monthly income can exceed
Fifteen taels of silver.
For Su Wen, this was a huge sum of money. After all, he had rummaged through boxes and cabinets and dug into the ground, and found one, two, and five cents of silver, plus thirty copper coins.
But with a dozen taels of silver, you might be able to buy a table at Cuiyun Tower, but if you want to ask two girls to play and sing, or even do anything further, you can't even think about it.
"This... let's talk about it later."
In the end, Su Wen still felt sorry for Yin Zi, so he said vaguely and did not agree immediately. He thought to himself, even if he went, I wouldn't take you with him.
Su Wen found the dishes and took out the leftover chestnuts from the study. The gray cat got out from under the bed, jumped on the bench next to Su Wen, and gave Liu Sandao a cold look.
Seeing the gray cat's gaze, Liu Sandao let out a sigh, and a certain thought suddenly came to his mind. But in an instant, this thought seemed to be forcibly erased by some force, and he subconsciously asked: "This
Cat...does it have a name?"
"Uh...it's called Chestnut."
Su Wen didn't expect that Liu Sandao would be interested in the name of a cat. He vaguely felt that the cat he raised had a name... but what it was called, he couldn't remember for a while. Looking at the case
The sugar-roasted chestnuts on the table came out of my mouth.
"Hmm...that's a good name."
"Ouch!"
The gray cat roared at Su Wen and lay down on the bench angrily, ignoring him.
Liu Sandao's eyes returned to normal from his confusion, he peeled a chestnut and handed it to the gray cat: "Would you like to eat it...it's very delicious..."
The gray cat seemed to hesitate for a moment and stretched out its paws.
"ha……"
The moment the gray cat stretched out its claws, Liu Sandao quickly stuffed the chestnut back into his mouth.
"I won't feed you!"
Liu Sandao laughed.
"Ouch~"
However, the gray cat's eyes were gleaming at this moment, as if it was filled with rage. In an instant, the protruding claws came to Liu Sandao's face.
"brush!"
A claw mark fell from Liu Sandao's right eyebrow, crossed the bridge of his eye and nose, and landed on his cheek. It merged with his original scar to form the character "乂", and blood beads burst out at once. The blood was dripping.
There is also a bit of humor in it.
"Ouch!"
Su Wen let out a cry of surprise, but the injured Liu Sandao was dumbfounded and couldn't believe what was happening in front of him!
He just felt ridiculous.
He was unexpectedly attacked by a cat.
It doesn't matter that he was attacked by a sneak attack, but he didn't even have time to react, which is unreasonable! As one of the big stalls in the inner factory, his skills are also among the best, and his reaction speed is naturally needless to say, otherwise it would be shameless.
There shouldn't be such a scar on his head, but his entire head was chopped off by the enemy back then.
"Walnut!"
In desperation, Su Wen called out the name he originally gave the gray cat.
The gray cat that was in trouble flicked its tail and ran away without a trace.
"Ah... Stall Liu, are you okay..."
Su Wen asked anxiously.
"Ahem...it's okay!"
Liu Sandao wiped the blood on his face, straightened his back, and said in a deep voice: "In the battle at Ziwu Pass, I went in and out of the enemy's formation seven times, slashing for a day and a night. I was hit by dozens of knives, and my blood flowed.
A few big bowls, without blinking an eye, it’s nothing to be scratched by a cat!” As he spoke, he squirmed the muscles on his face to close the wound.
"Hiss...it hurts so much!"
The muscles on his face squirmed, and the pain caused made Liu Sandao grimace.
Seeing Liu Sandao like this, Su Wen was doubtful about his previous heroic deeds. However, he did not hesitate to ask Liu Sandao how he managed to keep his eyes open all day and night, and whether his eyes were dry.
"Back to business..."
Liu Sandao smeared the wound with wine and ignored it, pretending to be heroic and said: "You have just awakened your literary spirit, which means you have more choices in life. Of course, as a student of Dong Zhizhang, you don't want to
The guy with a bad face must want you to follow the Confucian path and enter an official career."
Su Wen nodded and did not speak immediately. He knew very well that what Liu Sandao said above was not the point.
The emphasis is on the part after the "but".
"but……"
As Su Wen expected, Liu Sandao took a sip of wine, half-closed his eyes and said: "The Liang Dynasty established its country with force. Now the people who control the government and the public are military strategists, miscellaneous strategists, political strategists and the like. They are not friendly to Confucianism. In the future,
The future...is actually not that high."
In this world, hundreds of schools of thought contend together, and different countries are dominated by mainstream schools of thought. Confucianism does not have a unique position, and is not even as popular as the Mohist school practiced by Liu Sandao. Su Wen nodded slightly. Listening to Liu San
What Dao means by this is that he is worried that he will regret joining the inner factory?
He didn't have this idea. If nothing else, wouldn't it be nice to get more than a dozen taels of silver from the inner factory every month without having to do anything?
Seeing that Su Wen had listened to what he said, Liu Sandao said again: "Of course I'm not asking you to switch to them. Since you have become a disciple of Dong Zhizhang, the mark of Confucianism will be difficult to wash away. Well... the inner factory doesn't care about this either.
Be particular about it. But in the same way, the inner factory does not need a clerk who only awakens to the literary spirit. What we want is an extraordinary person."
"Extraordinary one?!"
Su Wen thought of the destruction caused by Liu Sandao and Dong Zhizhang when they went to war during the day. The strength displayed by both parties had exceeded the limit of the martial arts novels he had read. But this is purely normal. There are monsters in this world.
...Fantasy, no, at least a fairy world.
"Yes, if you don't become a transcendent, you will be just dust after all."
Liu Sandao's voice was calm: "You have the potential to become an extraordinary person. This is why I recruited you into the inner factory."
Liu Sandao's eyes flickered. If it were just potential, it wouldn't be very attractive to him.
"...How can I become a transcendent?"
Su Wen's heart skipped a beat.
"That depends on how extraordinary you want to be."
Liu Sandao smiled faintly and said: "As long as hundreds of schools of thought have awakened their literary spirit, based on this, they will all have their own methods to advance to the extraordinary."
"Is it a secret book?! Is it a peerless secret book for cultivating Qi like "Nine Yang Magic" and "Sunflower Book"?"
Su Wen's eyes lit up.
"...What kind of secret book, and such a thing?"
Liu Sandao felt that there seemed to be a blind spot in his knowledge.
"no?"
It was Su Wen's turn to be confused.
"What nonsense are you talking about...have you read too many stories made up by novelists?"
Liu Sandao glanced at Su Wen with disgust: "It's about accumulating literary energy, understanding the secrets of saints, taking secret medicine, completing relevant rituals, and gaining the power and knowledge to be promoted."
"……What?"
Su Wen suddenly realized that he understood every word Liu Sandao said, but when these words were put together, he couldn't understand them at all.