Wu Shigong's eyes were focused in the distance, and he said while recalling: "From the time I can remember, I have always been curious about one thing. Why are my father and mother talking and laughing with my brothers and sisters?
But why don’t you like talking to me?”
"But when I grew a little older, I realized: The mother I always thought of as my mother, the lady I always called her, turned out to be my father's wife. She was not my biological mother. Instead, my biological mother gave birth to me.
I died during childbirth." At this point, Wu Shigong smiled to himself.
"A son never talks about his father's fault! It's hard for me to say anything about my father's attitude towards me. But when I was young, I just hoped that my father would praise me a few words or say a few more words to me. But that's fine.
, growing up, alas——!" At this point, Wu Shigong shook his head and sighed.
"In my memory, it seems that my father praised me once when I was a child. That time, one of my aunts returned to the Marquis Mansion. My brothers and sisters and I all kowtowed to our aunt. My aunt gave us every
When I was receiving the red envelope, he took my hand and said, 'Shi Gong's hands are really swollen and very cute!'"
"My father stood aside and said: 'This child is pretty good just because of his fleshy hands. He looks like a girl.' After hearing this compliment from my father, I was secretly happy for a long time."
"I know that my appearance is not impressive. So after receiving this compliment, I have been proud of my hands for a long time. Really, I have been proud of them for a long time." Wu Shigong said while raising his hands and looking back and forth.
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"Until now, my hands are all flesh, and there have always been wounds on the backs of my hands. When winter comes, if I'm not careful, my hands will get frostbite."
"But when I understood the meaning of my father's words, I realized that saying that a man has a pair of fleshy hands means that the man does not know how to do things. That is not a good thing. It is not like saying a woman at all.
It's like giving birth to a pair of fleshy hands, which means that the woman is blessed to have the life of a young mistress."
"And after knowing the meaning of those words, I actually became worried. I was afraid that after I had these fleshy hands, I would look like a woman and I would not be able to find a wife in the future. Hahaha...!"
Speaking of this, Wu Shigong couldn't help but burst out laughing, with tears in his eyes. But Deng Qifan looked at Wu Shigong and felt a little sad. Deng Qifan also vaguely knew Wu Shigong's origin from the people around Wu Shigong, but he
I never expected that this grown-up who was born in the Marquis Mansion and was so majestic in front of everyone would have such a miserable life as a child.
"So afterwards I kept thinking that I would live a successful life and show it to my father. But I was really naughty and couldn't do anything. I couldn't be good at anything. Even though I was tall and strong, I couldn't do anything well.
When others fight, their heads will be broken. When I go to the Imperial College to study, the level of classics and classics is at the lowest level in the Imperial College. Even my reputation as a scholar was obtained in the name of my father."
"Also, it's okay if I can't do things well, but I can't do it well either. As I've grown up, I have a good friend in the Imperial College. His name is Sun Chengxiu, which means he is willing to talk to me."
"Later I heard that Sun Chengxiu won the Jinshi in the Enke Examination in the first year of Chongzhen and was sent to work as an official in Huguang. Mr. Deng knew that my Xue Mansion had the status of the Wei Party. In order not to implicate Sun Chengxiu, he
I haven’t even exchanged a letter with him. But now I think about him all the time, I really miss him!”
"But my father still didn't ignore me. He found a good job for me and asked me to go to Yangwuhou Mansion to be a son-in-law." Having said this, Wu Shigong laughed at himself again.
"As a son-in-law, the feeling of being looked down upon by others is just that. Fortunately, Taishan and Taishui regarded me as their own son, and they had a very loving wife, and later they had a lovely son. At that time, I
Thinking: How wonderful it would be if such happy days never came to an end!"
"But the good times didn't last long. The emperor liquidated the Wei party, and Lord Taishan shut himself up and thought about his mistakes and lost his job. At that time, I also left the capital to avoid trouble and came to Guide Mansion in Henan."
"But after I arrived at Guide Mansion, I worked hard to stabilize this place. I worked tirelessly and bravely to create this foundation. As of today, I have five thousand elite soldiers and govern tens of thousands of people."
"In addition, I wiped out the rebellion of the Holy Spirit Society, went north to King Qin, and cooperated with my godmother, General Qin, to recover the four cities of Yongping. No matter what, I am worthy of my official position and the Ming Dynasty."
"But what am I facing? Tribulation! Keep tripping! Local gentry tripping! My colleagues and superiors tripping me! Today, I am honored to be tripped by the chief minister.
I’m so proud!”
"I'm really tired. Mr. Deng just found out what happened to me when I was a child. I'm not a very capable person. I've been working hard for many years in order to train and get military pay, but everything I do is half the result with half the effort."
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"What is the purpose of everything I do now? I just want to make the Ming Dynasty stable! I have used my own money to do these things. Mr. Deng, to be honest, I really don't want to do it now.
Put all this aside and go back to my Yangwuhou Mansion to live a prosperous life! This Ming Dynasty belongs to the Zhu family, how can I worry about his life and death when I am full and full?"
Seeing that Wu Shigong's complaints were becoming more and more outrageous, Deng Qifan began to persuade him: "Sir, be careful, you think too low of yourself. Although the student doesn't know much about your past, what you have done today can be regarded as high."
You are a real man."
"Of course you can leave today and go back to Yangwuhou Mansion to enjoy your blessings. But how will you deal with such a big foundation of Runing Camp? Without you, Runing Camp will disappear immediately. Is your Majesty willing?
Isn’t it okay to watch those loyal and brave men become bandits? Are you willing to watch the people under your rule be displaced in this disaster year, and Yi Zi cannibalize each other? Non-students look down on you, and you can’t be cruel."
"Sir, I would like to advise you. Although the imperial court's deployment of troops is a dead end, as long as we in the Runing Camp work together, we may not be able to find a way out of this dead end. Sir! God is going to bring you all kinds of hardships, but it is God who wants to
Relegated to a big position!"
Wu Shigong was a little embarrassed by Deng Qifan's words. His grumbling words just now were indeed a bit excessive, and he did not take into account the mood of Deng Qifan's subordinates. So Wu Shigong said with a smile: "I just felt a little excited. I sighed now.
It’s just that the work is too difficult, Mr. Deng, don’t worry about it!”
"It's important! What's not difficult?" Deng Qifan immediately retorted, "If you are afraid of danger and avoid danger, are you willing to go back to the Imperial College and become a scholar?"
Wu Shigong burst into laughter. Unexpectedly, Deng Qifan suggested that he be reborn again, allowing himself to be reborn and travel through two-in-one. So Wu Shigong quickly expressed his position: "Thank you sir for enlightening me today. What I said before was a bit ridiculous. I would like to thank you for this."
Sir."
After finishing speaking, Wu Shigong cupped his fists and saluted Deng Qifan. Unknowingly, Wu Shigong resumed his self-proclaimed "official" status, and he returned to his current role.
Deng Qifan also smiled and hurriedly returned the greeting and said: "Sir, you are only in your early twenties, and you should be full of vitality. We should wait until your lord has achieved success and become a prince for generations to come."
There is indeed something mysterious in what the scholar said. Deng Qifan still implicitly criticized Wu Shigong's grumbling just now, just like a modern retired old man reminiscing about the past.
Of course Wu Shigong understood the meaning of Deng Qifan's words. He laughed loudly, then slapped the arm of the chair hard and stood up. Wu Shigong said loudly to the door: "Mr. Deng said it well! This man is going to do it.
It's something big. As long as something big is done, who cares whether the man has hands or not?"
Seeing that Wu Shigong had returned to his former high spirits, Deng Qifan secretly let out a sigh of relief behind Wu Shigong's back. Now the future of everyone in Runing Camp was tied to Wu Shigong, including Deng Qifan. So in any case,
At this time, Wu Shigong, the backbone of the Runing Camp, must not lose confidence!