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Chapter 7
7. Since then, the cloud and mud are more hanging
Pei Nianyu met Lou Yefeng in prison today, the two only got along for a while, Pei Nianyu already felt that there seemed to be something wrong with him.
It was obvious that Lou Yefeng's state of mind had undergone a huge change.
He has been master and servant of Lou Yefeng for ten years, Lou Yefeng suddenly became so humble when facing him, he was really surprised in his heart, and for a moment he didn't know the reason at all.
He felt that Lou Yefeng was not the kind of person whose mind would be broken just because of a month of physical pain.After much deliberation, he could only think that Lou Yefeng was frightened because he was thinking wildly in prison for a month, always afraid that he would abandon him.
Pei Nianyu knew that for the shadow guard, being abandoned by his master was tantamount to a great shame, so he said softly:
"Ye Feng, you don't need to think too much. The shadow guard has to retire at the 35th year of the year. You are already 30 this year, so let's take it five years earlier. You have made outstanding achievements, and you will be honored and raised in the mansion from now on. I won't...kicked you out."
Da Jing's shadow guards, except for those whose masters have been caught in brutal political struggles all year round, basically lost little before retirement.Therefore, the whereabouts of shadow guards after retirement is also a rule to follow.
Generally speaking, after retirement, shadow guards have several options to choose from. Those who are close to their masters can stay in the mansion as guards or martial artists.If they want to leave the mansion and settle down, the mansion will also buy a property to make a living, and the rich salary savings over the years are enough to live well.
The only restriction is that the place to settle down must be within a fixed range, and must accept a certain degree of surveillance, so as not to leak the owner's information and secrets to the outside world.
It's just that it was five years before Lou Yefeng was retiring, and Pei Nianyu hadn't made any plans for him, and this happened.
Lou Yefeng lost all his martial arts, and it was a foregone conclusion to step down as a shadow guard, even if he wanted to make a detailed plan right now, it was too late, so he casually told him to recuperate in the mansion.
Unexpectedly, Lou Yefeng suddenly felt struck by lightning when he heard the words, his complexion quickly turned gray, and he didn't even dare to look up at his master.
Pei Nianyu looked at this person who seemed to be in great pain, and couldn't help but stop himself, feeling at a loss.
They have been in tacit understanding for so many years, and Pei Nianyu has not felt that this kind of thinking is not right with him for a long, long time.
After a while, Lou Yefeng looked down at the ground and said in a trembling voice:
"Master, the martial arts of the subordinates are useless to the master. He has committed such a felony and lived in the mansion without face for the rest of his life. If the master thinks that there is really no job in the mansion that the subordinates can do, you can..."
Speaking of this, Lou Yefeng raised his head again to meet his master's gaze.It's just...Pei Nianyu was startled suddenly, and there was clearly a strong attachment and reluctance in his eyes.Then Lou Yefeng seemed to use great courage, and said:
"...You can also send your subordinates away."
Pei Nianyu didn't know what to say.
He had clearly said before that he cherished the friendship with Lou Yefeng for many years so he didn't dispose of him, but Lou Yefeng kept emphasizing that his martial arts were abolished and he didn't deserve to stay any longer.
Pei Nianyu could see clearly that Lou Yefeng said so, but that painful look in his eyes clearly betrayed him, he was clearly unwilling to leave his side.
And listening to what he said... Pei Nianyu seemed to understand a little bit.
He is unwilling to be raised by himself as a useless person, even if he doesn't care about it at all.
Although Pei Nianyu has always been close to Lou Yefeng, he is very measured and rarely intervenes in the internal training and affairs of the shadow guards. When new shadow guards join, he will let Lou Yefeng lead them.
Therefore, Pei Nianyu didn't know how strict Lou Yefeng was on those shadow guards when he was training them.
——"The master is the prince, so I have higher requirements for you than what you have trained in the shadow guard camp. The master's shadow guard does not accept waste. If you can't do it, go and ask the master to resign."
This is what Lou Yefeng often said to the shadow guards.
That was the confidence of the crowd that Lou Yefeng had exchanged for his unrivaled strength.But now, he has become the trash that he used to say, and his distress can be imagined.
Hearing what he said, Pei Nianyu was immediately in trouble.
Lou Yefeng is considered a talent with both intelligence and martial arts. In fact, even without martial arts, there is no problem for him to help Pei Nianyu manage some business and so on.
But the problem is, of course it is impossible for him to drive Lou Yefeng out, but he is also unwilling to let him out to help him manage affairs.
Not to mention that he is so seriously injured now, just because he has lost his martial arts and was once his shadow guard, holding a lot of secrets in his hands, if some secret enemies know that he has lost the power of King Yu PalaceAsylum, I'm afraid he will die in the wilderness within a few days after going out.
——In terms of Pei Nianyu's selfishness, he naturally hoped that Lou Yefeng would stay by his side.One is for safety considerations, and the other is... Lou Yefeng was injured so badly, he wanted to take care of Lou Yefeng himself.
After all, Lou Yefeng became like this because of him.Not to mention the inseparable love for many years, even because he took his life back, he must treat the savior kindly.
But Lou Yefeng is absolutely unwilling to recuperate in the mansion with nothing to do.Although Pei Nianyu could force him to stay, wouldn't it be like house arrest?
The most urgent thing now is that he needs to let him stay by his side with peace of mind...
Pei Nianyu thought about it and sighed.
He didn't want to use this trick at first, but at this moment he couldn't care less.
He looked deeply at Lou Yefeng and said:
"Ye Feng, although I don't remember clearly, I also know that there seems to be a clause in the shadow guard regulations that reads like this: Shadow guards who take the initiative to attend to sleep..."
"—then enter the inner room as a servant, and shall no longer serve as a shadow guard."
This rule was originally set up to maintain the absolute purity of the shadow guard team.
But generally speaking, there are very few cases where shadow guards are favored by their masters in "that respect".So Lou Yefeng froze when he heard the words, and looked up at his master in disbelief.
"You keep saying that you are useless, I think you may have forgotten this rule? Lou Yefeng, since you have lost all your martial arts skills and can no longer be a shadow guard, then from now on, you will take off your sword and seal your knife, enter my inner room, and serve the bed, do you have any objections?"
Shijun is a title for male companions in the Da Jing Dynasty.In the previous generations of Dajing, masculinity was always prevalent. Not only the high-ranking officials and nobles kept beautiful pets in their mansions, but even scholars who were white were not lacking in such affairs.
This is where the name of the servant comes from.Although it seems that there is a title, but this is just a custom that has been established for many years.Shijun...is not a legal marriage partner recognized in Da Jing's laws.
Therefore, the reason why Pei Nianyu knew that there was this rule but didn't mention it before was because of this.
Although the job of a shadow guard is dangerous and hard, at least he has lost his rank and received a salary.If it is trusted by the master, it will be even more powerful, and it will not be bullied by idlers, and it will be a serious identity if it is taken out.
This servant... To put it bluntly, he is Israel.
In terms of status and status, not only the servants are not comparable to the main wives, but even the concubines are difficult to compare.If the concubine's room has children, it can still be included in the family tree, and it is also considered half of the master in the mansion.
And Shijun, in fact, is just a servant, not even half a master.
Shadow guards have their own dignity and honor, and if they do not make serious mistakes, they cannot be sentenced to death at will.It's not the case with the servant, as a plaything that belongs to the superior in body and mind, he can naturally be beaten and scolded at will.
Therefore, although male style is prevalent, although there are many people who accept servants, most of them are bought on various occasions, so their status is naturally extremely low.
How could Pei Nianyu be willing to give Lou Yefeng such a title?But with Lou Yefeng's current state, he himself loathes him, and he looks like packing up and throwing himself out, so he can only find an excuse to tie people to him.
"Master?! Subordinate...I..."
Lou Yefeng was extremely shocked when he heard the words, he had always thought that he had angered his master before, it was a situation that must die, even if he didn't die, he would be abandoned, so he really didn't think about it.
But now, he didn't die, and the master brought out this rule again, so that he can stay by the master's side with a useful body.
Although he felt as if he had received a big surprise, his first reaction was not to agree, but to have deep self-doubt.
The master said that serving the emperor is "entering my inner room and serving the bed", although this job does not require martial arts, but he...he is already thirty years old, seven years older than the master, compared with those beautiful boys,It can be called an "old man".
As for the appearance and posture, it is more than heroic, and it is quite different from the delicate and weak like ordinary servants.
A person like him...wouldn't the master really lose his appetite when serving the bed?
Lou Yefeng lowered his eyes and thought, completely unaware that Pei Nianyu squatted quietly in front of him, and raised his face with his hand:
"Ye Feng, I know that the title of servant is really an insult to you. Asking you to serve me with tea and water, and to serve some trivial matters is indeed overkill. If you don't want to, I won't force you."
Pei Nianyu just expressed his thoughts and asked him to accompany him, just to find something for him to do, so that he would not lose his martial arts and spend all day in the room thinking wildly, and sooner or later his mind would go wrong.
But in Lou Yefeng's ears, this is not the case at all.
Serving tea and water... taking care of chores...
Lou Yefeng's eyes suddenly lit up.
Shijun does have the obligation to serve his side.He didn't dare to agree before because he only thought about serving the bed.
He was afraid that his master would accept him as a servant, but he would not use him because he was not interested in him. Wouldn't that be the same as... The master is raising him for nothing?
But now, the master named him to perform this duty of attendant, but he didn't feel that there was any overkill.
——After doing such a treasonous thing, I am extremely lucky to be able to continue to stay by my master's side.
He thought so.
Lou Yefeng's hopeless heart immediately fell to the bottom, and then he knelt down respectfully, and performed a ceremony of serving the king to meet the husband.
"..."
The etiquette of serving the emperor is much more humble than the etiquette of the shadow guard to his master.For Lou Yefeng's salute, Pei Nianyu deserved it first.
Pei Nianyu coughed twice, and said somewhat unnaturally:
"Since you have served the king for me, then all the rules should be based on me. In terms of address and etiquette... also follow the original address."
Lou Yefeng's throat rolled a bit:
"...Yes, this subordinate obeys."
Pei Nianyu originally thought that it would be quite embarrassing for Yu Lou Yefeng to be directly demoted from a shadow guard to a servant.
But the eyes he looked at Lou Yefeng at this time were obviously happy and stable, no longer the panic and inferiority before.
Pei Nianyu sighed secretly.
Even with such an identity... are you happy with it?Just to have a reason to stay by your side and continue working?
That being the case, I will treat you well.
Outsiders regard Shijun as a low position, but if I want to treat you well, others can't control me.
Pei Nianyu held his elbow and gently lifted him up from the ground:
"This matter is settled, then you will go back with me first."
"……yes."
It's just that after hearing what he said, Lou Yefeng pulled his hand out of Pei Nianyu's arm, stood up, supported the wall, and walked out slowly.
Lou Yefeng seemed to be somewhat inconvenient because his legs and feet were restrained for a long time, and his movements were extremely slow.
Pei Nianyu was stunned for a moment:
"You just walk back by yourself?"
Lou Yefeng paused for a moment, and said in surprise:
"It's natural. Master...you can come to visit your subordinates in such a filthy place in person. The subordinates are very grateful. You might as well go back first, master. After the subordinates take care of it, they will come back."
Pei Nianyu looked at this man who suddenly became pleasing to the eye, and his figure who was already limping but was still struggling to get out, he felt something broke out in his heart, half anger and half dissatisfactionIn the end, it turned into a heartache after all, and sighed:
"If you go out like this... don't you want all the servants in the mansion to see you in such a mess?"
Lou Yefeng was silent.
He naturally knew how ugly he looked in prison clothes, covered in blood and disheveled hair. On the way back to his residence, it was tantamount to being humiliated again.
It's just that he is no longer the master's shadow guard, but a servant, so what does it matter if he is humiliated.
So he explained:
"Subordinates... don't care about this matter."
Pei Nianyu's face turned dark all of a sudden:
"You don't care, but I care..."
Without waiting for him to refuse, he took off the thick cloak he was wearing and wrapped it around Lou Yefeng.Then without saying a word, he directly hugged him horizontally.
Lou Yefeng exclaimed in a low voice: "Master...?!"