There is a common saying in the world, "Begging for food while guarding the golden mountain", which is undoubtedly the true portrayal of Gongsun Cheng at this time. From Lu Hanjiang's point of view, Gongsun Cheng lacked everything except fame.
Reputation, to put it bluntly, the most practical aspect of this thing in the world is how many people can recognize you.
The Gongsun family is one of the only two aristocratic families left in Jianghu. When people in Jianghu talk about them, the first thing they think of is the family leader Gongsun Huan, and the second is the young master Gongsun Cheng.
To give the most practical example, when Gongsun Cheng went to the North to look for Linglong Qi, Lu Hanjiang recognized him as soon as he told his name. If it were a different person, even a high-ranking and powerful Gongsun family member like Gongsun Wang,
I'm afraid Lu Hanjiang will also ask, "Who are you, old man?"
This is the role of the word fame.
To be more realistic, if Gongsun Cheng was not the young master, but just an unknown junior, then Lu Hanjiang would not have seen him at all. This is not because he is too high-minded, but because of the rules, the possibility of the other party seeing him is very small.
not tall.
Ranking based on seniority can be seen everywhere. If you are a nobody, you will talk to the leader of the gang, and you will ask people to help you no matter how big or small. Where will you put the face of the disciples of the Beggar Clan? Even if they don’t beat you on the spot, you are considered qualified.
Already.
Gongsun Cheng kept accusing his family of treating him harshly, but in fact, the Gongsun family behind him not only provided him with a shelter from the wind and rain, and three meals a day, but most importantly, the family also allowed him to serve as the "young master"
Act in the arena.
This last point is the greatest support. As for the clan members looking down on him, it is mostly because of the grudges between Gongsun Cheng and Gongsun Huan and his son. However, even with this matter, the clan members of the Gongsun family did not make too much trouble and even made sarcastic remarks.
No, I just don’t associate with him.
The only person who made a fuss about this matter was Lu Peng, an outsider.
Under such circumstances, Gongsun Cheng achieved his current status and achievements. Of course, we cannot say that he is a useless person, but his talents obviously did not reach an astonishing level.
And this time he dealt with Qu Lianqin and caused a lot of trouble later on. This was the reason why Gongsun Wang gave up on him completely.
Gongsun Cheng wanted to gain fame, so he went to deal with Qu Lianqin. This was not a big mistake. The only mistake he made was in the terrible way he dealt with the gangsters who came after being provoked by Lu Peng.
Way.
In the eyes of the elders of the Gongsun family, being in debt is not a sign of incompetence. Gongsun Cheng's conditions are there, and it is understandable that his life is difficult, but his mindless ways of handling it are very disappointing.
Gongsun Cheng blindly pursues fame, but he doesn't know that these stupid actions are really consuming the fame he values most.
He spends a lot of money on socializing, organizing his own wardrobe, hiding his financial difficulties, and trying to make himself look fat. All of you can consider these trivial matters. Although they are useless, if they are only regarded as the self-esteem of a young man,
Even if something goes wrong, they might as well turn a blind eye.
But then, Gongsun Cheng caused such a big incident in Guihe Tower. As a result, he became blinded and didn't care about anything. This shocked everyone and made them completely disappointed with his ability.
As mentioned before, being in debt is not incompetence. Being unable to find a suitable way to deal with it is true incompetence.
What's more, there is the most striking example for comparison. The same young master, Huo Yunqi of Zhujian Villa, is many times stronger than Gongsun Cheng.
How many people were burned to death in Wangjian Tower back then, and how many wrongs Huo Tianya had caused were too numerous to mention. Huo Yunqi had to repay all the blood debts alone.
But what did he do? He dismissed his disciples, sold them out of poverty, and aroused the compassion of the people in the world. In the end, he made the people who came to seek revenge helpless, beat them up, and left. That was murderous hatred.
That's how he dealt with it.
In comparison, Gongsun Cheng's tactic of being a coward is simply unbearable. There are countless ways to escape, but he chose the most embarrassing and useless one. How can the elders rest assured?
Leave the position of young master to him.
And that's not all. Lu Hanjiang's extremely rough performance, even Chi Cangping could see how he could hide it from the eyes of these old gangsters.
At first Gongsun Wang thought that Gongsun Cheng's wings had matured, and the chick had finally grown up and could fly for nine days. He never thought that it was not he who flew up to the sky himself, but someone else pulled him up.
This beggar gang obviously had evil intentions, and everyone saw it, but only Gongsun Cheng couldn't see it. He only thought that his brother Lu was just good to him.
Let's not talk about alienating the family and being close to outsiders. Being close is still the kind of person who hides his sword in his smile. If this family is left in the hands of the other party, I'm afraid it will really be doomed.
However, Gongsun Wang left some room. He only said that if the prodigal son Gongsun Cheng turned around in the future, he might not be able to take the throne again.
After all, aside from other things, at least Gongsun Cheng was able to claim a legitimate position. Questions about his bloodline have faded a lot over the years, and more and more Gongsun tribesmen began to believe that what happened back then was Baiduweng's deliberate revenge.
Seeing the angry young man in front of him, Gongsun Wang let out a long sigh, ignored the other party's clamor, and left the hall with all the elders.
Seeing that Gongsun Cheng was acting like a madman, the rest of the Gongsun tribe didn't want to come forward to seek bad luck, so they all got up and left.
The Cheng family and the Lin family who originally supported Gongsun Cheng were even more worried about being implicated and left the banquet early. At this time, the young master of the Lin family and the Cheng family did not dare to get close to Gongsun Cheng, and even looked at Gongsun Cheng with a look in his eyes.
A bit of contempt.
They were friends with Gongsun Cheng because of his status as a young master and because of his family obligations. Also because he was generous, they greeted each other with smiles on weekdays. They were all friends at the wine table and could not be counted.
Not long after, apart from Lu Peng standing proudly on one side, there were only two people at the guest seats left in the hall.
The Yuwen family didn't know what the purpose was. Lu Hanjiang saw Gongsun Cheng standing there alone and planned to go over to comfort him. However, unexpectedly, this kid ran away without looking back. When he passed by Lu Hanjiang, he left him behind.
gave him a complicated look.
This kind of guy who is not extremely stupid but has a little bit of cleverness is actually the most difficult to deal with - Lu Hanjiang thought to himself.
Gongsun Cheng reminds Lu Hanjiang of the classic comment: do great things but cherish your life, see small profits and forget your life. It is not unexpected that he has fallen into this situation, but the other party is still useful, and he is not
I plan to let this drama end just like that.
He sighed helplessly, and then glanced at Chi Cangping, who was all excited and hurriedly chased Gongsun Cheng.
At this time, a group of people from the Yuwen family also left. When the two sides passed each other, Yuwen Shang suddenly stopped. His eyes were like lightning, staring at Lu Hanjiang and saying: "Does Gang Leader Lu know what kind of person he is harboring imperial criminals?"
Guilty."
"......oh?"
Lu Hanjiang's expression at the moment was so weird and strange. He never expected to hear such words from others in his lifetime. He couldn't help but laugh out loud. He cupped his hands to Yu Wenshang and said, "I don't know, sir.
Mr. Shang, please give me some advice?"
Yuwen Shangdan said calmly: "Although my third brother acts unruly, he has few enemies. In this world, there are only a few people who have the courage to touch the Yuwen family. I happen to know one of them. Although her whole family was arrested by the imperial court,
She was confiscated, but with her Qinggong, she may not be able to escape... I heard that she had a relationship with Gang Leader Lu when she was in Jiangnan."