Fengluo Pingyang

Since the establishment of the Dahua Dynasty for more than a hundred years, after three generations of emperors have worked diligently and diligently to govern, the world today is peaceful and peaceful.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Emperor Taizong sympathized with the meritorious officials. In addition to conferring seven princes and nine county kings on those who had made great contributions to the dragon in the royal family, he also added officials to twelve military generals who followed him in the southern and northern wars and made great contributions. , entrusted to the duke of the state, all of a sudden these twelve honorable families were at their peak, like the sky.

The Fang family of Pingguo Duke's Mansion is the most wealthy and beautiful among the twelve families, even more favored than several county kings.Because Lao Ping Guogong had kindness to Emperor Taizong for saving his life, after the peace of the world, he had not enjoyed a few more days of blessings in the rich and noble township, and passed away due to his old injuries that day.Emperor Taizong lost his loyal ministers and good friends. Since then, he has taken more care of the Duke of Pingguo, and let Fang Zhixiu, the son of Duke Pingguo, directly inherit the Duke without demotion.

So far, the Duke of Pingguo's mansion has been proud for decades, and the other families have shown some signs of decline. Only the Duke of Pingguo's mansion is still in good shape, and the holy family is in prosperity.

In the old days, Old Duke Fang was very old. His eldest son, Fang Mingcheng, descended to the position of marquis. Now he is serving as the left servant in the household department. He has a legitimate son and two concubine sons under his knees, and the others are all daughters.

As the saying goes, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite. Such a first-class wealthy family has sacred favor and real power. I don’t know how many people have envied them, but now they are also worried about their children and grandchildren. The two patriarchs, Duke Guo and Lord Fang Hou.

Fang Yuesheng, the eldest son of the Fang Mansion, the delicate and noble young master born in the rich and noble township, the noble son of a famous family who was raised like a star and the moon, the current son of the Duke Mansion, the next head of the Fang Mansion, but he is uneducated and incompetent. A dude who can't become a martial artist.

Junzi Zhize was beheaded in the fifth generation, and now the old Duke Fang is still alive, so their Fangfu can still bear the plaque of that Duke's mansion, but after being passed on to Fang Yuesheng, it is only a mere earl.Fang Houye and Fang Laogong didn't expect him to have much ability, but he was satisfied if he could keep the promise and keep the promise accumulated by his fathers.

But looking at his current appearance, he can't write a pen and can't carry a gun, and he can't even understand the ledger sent by the shop below. How can he keep his family business?It's nothing new for slaves to bully their masters. Ming masters still need some means to shock those slippery slaves. As long as some things that enrich their own pockets are beyond the limit, they have to open their eyes and close their eyes. A dude who doesn't understand but loves to listen to flattery?At that time, he might still help count the money when he is packaged and sold by those tricky slaves.

No, he probably couldn't even count the money.

Lord Fang Hou already has a headache and chest tightness whenever he thinks of this son.

At noon that day, Master Fang Hou was receiving some visiting old friends in his study, a servant ran to the threshold from the outside, bowed his head and said respectfully: "Master, Young Master Ling is back from school, come to greet Master. I said the master is meeting friends. Young master Ling is waiting outside the courtyard gate, do you want to announce him to see you?"

Before Lord Fang Hou could speak, a friend laughed and said, "Young Master Ling? But that young man named Ling Ji? Fang Hou, your servant is very good. I don't go out very often, but I have heard of it. This young man's reputation is well-known inside and outside the capital, which is not simple. The world only envies the prosperity and wealth of the Duke's mansion, but they don't know that the rich and noble mansion cannot be described in two words. Just such a mansion A young man from a servant background has already compared how many children from aristocratic families who know how to eat, drink and play."

"Where, where." Master Fang said modestly, "Brother Shi doesn't know, he is not a servant of my mansion. His grandfather was the confidant of the Duke of Xianguo. Zhan is very loyal and brave. Although his grandfather and father are still working in the mansion, this child is different from ordinary people since I was a child. Because of his ability, he has already returned his contract of prostitution to him and got rid of his slavery, so that he can also find a good future."

Another friend nodded and said: "That's right. I said why he was able to study in Qiming Academy. Even so, this kid never shy away from being a servant of the government. An errand? It’s no wonder that outsiders still treat him as a servant of your family without knowing it. It’s easy to say that you can’t judge a hero by his birth, but how many people can do it? Wu Chen, it's rare for this person to have such a demeanor at such a young age, and to be so loyal."

"Such a talent, Brother Fang, hurry up and invite us to come in and meet us."

Fang Houye responded with a smile one by one, and said to the boy: "Go and let him in."

The servant took the order and went away, not long after a tall young man came from outside the courtyard, walked to the front of the hall, bowed and clasped his fists to salute everyone sitting there, there was no trace of hospitality or arrogance on his face, he was actually calm As usual, but with a calm demeanor.This demeanor alone makes it easy for people to ignore his age and forget that this is just a young man with a weak crown, which is hard to despise.

"Little friend Ling, you don't need to be too polite." One person laughed, "I heard that you were a martial arts champion in your early years?"

The Great Hua Dynasty established the country with martial arts, and learned the lessons from the demise of the previous dynasty, so it is extremely important to the martial arts.Although the world has been at peace for a long time now, and the border has been quiet for many years, military generals have been useless for many years, and the status of literati has been slightly higher, but they have not overwhelmed generals like they did in the previous dynasty.

Martial arts imperial examinations are not as troublesome as ordinary imperial examinations. The martial arts examinations held every three years are divided into military arts, physical skills, and weapons. Except for military arts, you need to sit down to write and answer questions, and the rest is to see the real chapter on the ring , the winner is king.To be able to be a martial arts champion, even if it is not as good as the one in a thousand, the literary champion who has gone through the children's examination, the township examination, the general examination, and the palace examination. It is also extremely rare.

"It's just a child's fighting spirit, it's not worth anything." Fang Hou Nianxu smiled, but his face was full of pride, it seemed that he really regarded Ling Ji as his own child.

"Oh? Then why didn't Ling Xiaoyou become a military officer, but instead turned around and took the examination of scholars and entered the academy? Does Ling Xiaoyou also think that military generals can't stand on the stage?"

Ling Ji glanced at Master Fang, who only smiled helplessly at him.This friend of his was from a literati background, and he has always looked down on military generals, always thinking that military generals are vulgar and only use guns and sticks, which is an insult to gentlemen.Although Fang's mansion is from a noble and noble family who came from military generals, now Fang Houye is working in the household department, he can be regarded as a civil official, and most of the literati who deal with him on weekdays are so rude, and he has long been familiar with it.

Ling Ji could guess most of it when he saw Master Fang with such an expression, so he didn't want to get too entangled with this stubborn old man, he just bowed his head and said: "The younger generation has received the great kindness of Lord Fang, and he has devoted himself to cultivating him, so naturally we can't just Run for your own future. The lifelong wish of this junior is only to assist the eldest son and make the family prosperous, so that he can live up to the painstaking efforts of Lord Hou, and be worthy of the cultivation of Lord Hou."

"Okay, he is indeed a rare and loyal person. Marquis Fang is so lucky to have such a loyal servant." Several people smiled and complimented, but they were only polite, and they did not seem to be full of interest at the beginning.

Ling Ji is indeed well-known in the capital. At the age of 17, he won the martial arts champion examination, but he did not become an official. He turned around and went to study for a scholar. The academy looks like it has a bright future.Nowadays, no matter what the origin of Shengshangai is, such a talented person with both civil and military skills will have a limitless future.

But if he is just a dog under the Hou's family, that's another matter.

No matter whether he is really loyal, or he just wants to take the big ship of the Duke's Mansion to pave a smooth road for his future, but the fact is that as long as he is branded with the imprint of the family, it is impossible for him to be reused today.

If it is for the former, then he is just a foolish and loyal person.If it is the latter, he is just a short-sighted person.It is the style of a gentleman not to be ashamed of his birth, but to always put himself in the position of a servant is to despise himself.

All the people sitting here are scumbags in the court. Facing such young people, they can only secretly sigh with regret, no matter how many there are, there are no more.

Fang Hou said a few more words of concern to Ling Ji, and then asked him to retreat.Ling Ji's expression was indifferent from the beginning to the end, and he didn't know if he felt the contempt of everyone sitting here.This person has always been alert, so he is not so dull, he must be aware of it.

Before Ling Ji walked out of the study, a hurried figure flashed past outside, frizzy, chasing a few servants behind him, and ran over in a hurry.Although Fang Houye didn't see it clearly, but because his eyelids started to jump, his head hurt, his chest felt tight, he knew that it must be the little debt collector.

Looking at the Lingji again, the figure who was walking calmly paused slightly, turned his feet, and chased after the figure.

Fang Hou sighed secretly, with seven points of satisfaction in his heart, and three points of unspeakable complexity.

Ling Ji is a loyal person, at least he has always behaved like this.

It was this loyalty that made Master Fang look at Ling Ji differently, not only getting rid of slavery, but also vigorously cultivating him.Although it is true that he cherishes talent, it is more selfish.Just because his son couldn't support the wall anymore, this halberd was a spear he carved and polished for his son.

If it were someone else, Master Fang would never dare to act so arbitrarily.Cultivate such a servant who is very likely to be higher than the master in the future, and the servant who is raised and raised will definitely not put his loyalty on the old master.

But Lingji is different.The Ling family was the servants of the Fang family, and Ling Ji could be said to have grown up under the watchful eye of Master Fang.

Although this kid has a deep mind since he was a child, he rarely shows his emotions on his face, and even his eyes are a little darker than ordinary people. Rao Fanghou, who has been in the court for many years and is used to seeing all kinds of people, finds it difficult. See through his mind.But there was one thing that Fang Houye valued very much - this Lingji was extremely loyal to his son, even to the point of foolish loyalty.Ling Ji never concealed this point, and there were even many signs that showed that his loyalty to Fang Mansion was only for Fang Yuesheng's sake.

Master Fang Hou couldn't figure this out.It's not that he wants to belittle his own son. The son he gave birth to himself knows that this guy is an idiot from a horizontal perspective or an idiot from a vertical perspective. The only advantage is probably that he was born with a good skin.If he is a girl, since ancient times, young people love women, and Ling Ji can't pass this beauty test. As a man, it is not difficult for Master Fang Hou to understand.But he is a son, what's the use of being good-looking?Where does he have the charisma to make someone like Ling Ji follow him wholeheartedly?