Chapter 1068: Making insinuations
Xiao Wu laughed and shook his head.
"Sir, I forgive my rude words. If you want to join the Yuwen royal family, you can do it. To join them is to be filial to the court, or to obtain a meritorious service and become an official in the court, or to join the army and pay tribute to the generals. Either way is fine. But It's impossible for the Mu family. The Mu family is very closed and rarely recruits outsiders. Unless you have some unique talent and can catch the eyes of an ancestor of the Mu family, it is absolutely impossible. There is another way, if you can capture the heart of a maid from the Mu family, you can marry her into the family, but you will have to change your surname to Mu, and you will still be a servant who is not even a collateral member. But depending on your temper, sir, I will. It’s disgusting to see this.”
Li Chu was reluctant for a moment: "What's wrong with my temper? How good is it? Do I owe you money? Besides, why is she a maid? Did you say it wrong? If you want to capture, you must also capture the heart of a certain young lady, right?" "
Xiao Wu twitched his lips, and it took a lot of effort not to rush back.
After thinking for a while, he said: "My lord, the maids of the Mu family are also of the Mu family's blood. They are just descendants of the Mu family who have declined, or who made big mistakes and were demoted to servants. As for the young lady of the Mu family, Sir, please don't think about it. I haven't heard of any young lady from the Mu family falling in love with an outsider in these years. It's basically an intermarriage within the clan. If there is someone who falls in love, it will be from a well-matched and wealthy family. It will take a while for her to marry. Following her husband's surname, the Mu family will only recognize her identity as a Mu family, but neither her husband nor his heirs are recognized by the Mu family, so she is not considered a member of the Mu family. You have to bump into someone on the street and say that you are. People from the Mu family are definitely members of the Mu family. People who are not recognized by the sect cannot claim to be related to the Mu family, otherwise they will be held accountable by the Mu family, and the Yuwen royal family will not let them go. "
"So domineering? The Yuwen royal family is not as domineering as them, right?"
"Haha, this... I don't dare to say it. However, the bloodline of the Heavenly Master is extremely protected by the Yuwen Royal Family, and it is normal for the Mu family to be domineering."
Li Chuyi was a little surprised, but he finally understood why the Taoist priest so disgusted the Mu family back then.
The Taoist priest not only stole the eldest daughter of the Mu family, but she was also the most precious one in the basket. It would be strange if the Mu family didn't hate him to death.
Pouting and shaking his head, Li Chu said: "In that case, let's not talk about these two families. We are not interested in getting any honors, and secondly, we don't want to bother ourselves to earn military merits. Just talk about it. , is there such a thing as getting it right in one step, such as taking care of the diners and then having the opportunity to meet dignitaries and be attracted by others, is there such a thing?”
"Yes, yes, it's just your cultivation level, guest..."
Xiao Wu looked at Li Chuyi suspiciously, then reached out and took out a jade talisman.
Li Chuyi didn't say anything, and his cultivation level slightly increased. The jade talisman in Xiao Wu's hand suddenly lit up with a ray of light. When he lowered his head, his eyes suddenly bulged, and he swallowed hard.
"Nascent... Nascent Soul? Senior! I don't know that you are a senior, so I hope you will forgive me for being so negligent before!"
Xiao Wu knelt down with a plop and gave a trembling salute. He didn't dare to raise his head for a long time, recalling over and over again in his mind whether he had been negligent before.
He had secretly tested it before and found that the highest cultivation level among Li Chuyi and others was only pill formation. But now that the opponent's Yuanying's cultivation level was revealed, he immediately panicked. Only then did he realize how stupid he was. Even if he made a fortune by forming a few pills, how could he squander hundreds of thousands of souls? How about a meal?
Although there are as many Nascent Souls in the imperial city as dogs, to him, a small foundation builder, the Nascent Souls are like heaven. There are laws in the imperial city that strictly prohibit private fighting, but if the other party can find a reason to go to the Yamen and file a complaint against him, then his life will basically be over.
The little fat man frowned. This was what he hated about Dayan the most.
Beneath the harmonious surface, Dayan hides extremely strict class divisions.
Mortals and mortals, mortals and monks, monks and monks, the two worlds of immortality and mortals have all been artificially divided into various small levels. The gap in status, the gap in cultivation, and the trade-off between status and cultivation , there are as many considerations as stars, but in the final analysis, there are two sentences - those who can afford to offend are Sun, and those who cannot afford to offend are all Ye.
Although it was not as naked and bloody as Mobei, the depression under Dayan's harmony made him feel uncomfortable all over, and he was always breathless.
He will never forget the scene he saw when he was a child. A rich, fat man slapped a young man in the face. In a blink of an eye, he learned that the other person was a Qi practitioner who was about to build a foundation. He knelt down on the spot and kowtowed. Then the young man refused to let him go and insisted on killing him to vent his anger. It happened that a drinking buddy outside the team was passing by and saw him and stepped forward to help him. The slightest exposure of his cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building made the young man kneel down and screamed like a bell. Kowtow.
But what about the final result?
The young man died because he offended old man Zhuji's friends.
Yuan Wai also died because he caused trouble for old man Zhuji, even though it was old man Zhuji who stepped forward to rescue him.
Do you think the old man who built the foundation was wrong?
No, he was right, because he did not violate Dayan's laws, and the killings of the two people were justified.
But from a human perspective, this matter is nonsense.
It was clear that he killed someone on impulse, but he was protected by so-called laws. Li Chuyi wondered which idiot made such laws. In contrast, Mobei's culture of whoever has the biggest fist makes him feel more comfortable, at least he didn't become a bitch and build an archway.
As long as you don't violate the laws, you can do whatever you want. What's the point of enacting such a highly controversial law?
That's why he likes the true harmony of Taixu Palace and hates the fake civilization of Dayan.
Even Mobei is much better than Dayan in his heart.
"Okay, get up quickly. You haven't offended me. Don't kneel down all the time. You are a monk after all. Do you have some backbone?"
Xiao Wu felt relieved and wiped off the cold sweat without daring to stand up directly. He kowtowed twice and then stood up with tears in his eyes.
"Thank you, senior, thank you so much, senior! There are too few people who are as friendly as you, senior. No matter how strong-minded I am, I can't live up to the rules!"
Li Sinian glanced at Fang Junnan and Liu Mingxiu, and the three of them frowned.
I have long heard that Dayan has strict hierarchies and strict rules. I was fascinated by the colorful world of the imperial capital before, but it was only now that I got a glimpse of it.
Xiao Wu still looks like a monk in the foundation-building stage, a frightened little slave. They, who were both from Mobei, saw it very uncomfortable. They could smell the breathless pressure under Anpinghele in the imperial capital.
Li Chu had seen a lot of them when he was a child, and this time it was just reliving old things.
Waving his hand to signal Xiao Wu to relax, he tapped the table and asked: "You also know my cultivation level. Which company do you think I should join with a greater chance of success and a better future?"
"this..."
Xiao Wu did not dare to neglect, and after thinking seriously for a moment, he said: "Senior, your strength is considered to be a top player in the imperial capital, and ordinary wealthy people should welcome it. However, if you are determined to move up, I suggest You go to the Zhao family in the south of the city and the Nalan family in the west of the city. The Zhao family and the Nalan family are very wealthy families in the imperial capital. Although they are not as good as the ministers with official backgrounds in some places, they cannot stand up to their wealth. Nearly 20% of the property in the imperial capital is in the hands of his two families. Even some properties of the Yuwen royal family and the Mu family are managed by them, and other ministers have close contact with them. If you are You will definitely not suffer any loss if you can enter their door.”
"A businessman?"
Li Chuyi raised his eyebrows.
"The problem is that I'm not short of money! There are nine out of ten businessmen, and I'm afraid of being betrayed. By the way, when you said ministers just now, do you mean someone in your family is an official in the court?"
"Senior, that's right! The vassal clan refers to the family of those who have officials and titles. They are divided into five levels: duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male. Each level of title is further divided into three levels. Those who have officials but no titles cannot be called subject clans, and they will not be recorded by clan in the list of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but by titles such as household, mansion, and family. In terms of status, they are higher than merchants like the Nalan family of the Zhao family. The family is larger, but its actual power and influence are not necessarily greater than those of ordinary families.”
"That's why I dare to say, senior, if you want to join the Zhao family or the Nalan family, you might as well go to the Zhao family or the Nalan family. Compared with the wealthy families with official backgrounds, the Nalan family and the Zhao family with merchant backgrounds not only have fewer rules, but also have more channels and opportunities. , the most important thing is that the monthly money and rewards are definitely more than what most families give. Although you are not short of money, senior, spiritual stones are easy to earn and spiritual materials are rare. In the final analysis, monks still want to live forever and seek heaven. With these two. At least you don’t have to worry too much about what you need for your cultivation, right? You can buy whatever you want and get it first, so why not?”
Xiao Wu is very eloquent. If he really came here to seek support, he might still be persuaded by Xiao Wu now.
It's a pity that he is not, he is here to find someone.
Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Li Chuyi pretended to suddenly remember something. His eyes lit up and he asked, "By the way, before I came here, I heard that Zhenxi Prince's Mansion was recruiting people. Do you think there would be any fun if I went there?"
"Prince Zhenxi's Mansion...Senior, you really dare to think."
Infected by Li Chuyi's kindness, Xiao Wu gradually relaxed and curled his lips this time.
"Senior, Zhenxi Prince's Mansion is recruiting people, but you may not be able to find one if you go to a hundred homes. Let's not talk about unique magical powers. Let's just talk about cultivation. Anyone below the Yuan Shen stage can't even pass the first level. . The Prince of Zhenxi said it when he was recruiting people, they only recruit outstanding people, not useless people... Senior, don’t blame me, I didn’t mean that, you..."
"Don't be afraid, I didn't blame you, and you were right. My Yuan Ying stage cultivation is considered a master outside, but in front of others, I am really a waste, not as useful as a piece of shit."
The little fat man pretended to be helpless, but he was smiling in his heart.
If Xiao Wu knew that the King of Zhenxi in his mouth was messed up by him and Xiao Erhei, and finally fled Taixu Palace in a hurry without even daring to fart, what would his expression be like?
Xiao Wu laughed a few times and consoled him: "Senior, don't take it too seriously. The threshold for Prince Zhenxi's Mansion is indeed too high. You didn't even know when you first came here that there are really no bad guys around Prince Zhenxi, even for kissing. The soldiers are all Jinjiawei from Yishui, and their style is not much worse than that of Emperor Yanling! I heard that the King of Zhenxi went to the Supervision Department a while ago, and dozens of streets around him were sealed. The people guarding the perimeter were actually It was the silver-armored guard! King Zhenxi led several personal masters and hundreds of golden-armored guards to the door of the Supervision Department. Lord Sima Wang, who was the foreman that day, was so frightened that the Supervision Department looked bad for several days afterwards. Right? Even they are afraid of King Zhenxi, do you think that ordinary people can fall into the eyes of King Zhenxi? "
Yes, we finally got to the point!
The little fat man's eyes really lit up this time, and he asked curiously: "Really or not? The Supervision Department is afraid of King Zhenxi? Is King Zhenxi that powerful?"