Chapter 191 Unwilling to be a slave
Inside the county government.
Ding Ye looked at the boy coming with a complicated expression.
Although he paid more attention to this young man because of his mother, and later he looked up to the young man after going through the poetry meeting, he never thought that this young man was so extraordinary.
"Some time ago, a Taoist from Sitianjian came to find you." Ding Ye said.
"I understand." Su Ting did not hide it. According to facts, he said: "He is my distant nephew. He came to visit me from the capital. After seeing me, he went back to the capital."
"Distant nephew?"
Ding Ye thought this title was very strange, but after looking at Su Ting carefully, there was not much, but he was a little lucky in his heart.
This Su Ting's seniority is actually higher than that of the middle-aged Taoist in Si Tianjian.
Fortunately, he had some consideration at that time and did not sell Su Ting directly. Otherwise, he would be afraid that Su Ting would come here and be punished.
Both parties are not to provoke people, but Su Ting obviously cannot provoke them.
"This time, Mr. Su is about to leave Kanling and go to the capital."
Su Ting smiled and said, "This time I am here to say goodbye to Lord Ding."
Ding Ye glanced at him and said slowly: "It's not just saying goodbye?"
Su Ting didn't look embarrassed and said frankly: "There is indeed another thing."
Ding Ye raised his hand slightly and said, "But it's okay."
Su Ting said calmly: "I saw Lord Ding has a young servant who is smart and steady in his actions. It's a pity that he is a slave. It's a pity that he might as well let him be free?"
Ding Ye has been in the officialdom for many years and is able to control Kanling. He is naturally a smart person. He immediately understood a lot and said, "Ding Yan is indeed capable and ambitious. He is my capable help. I can rest assured to everything because of him... Do you want me to cut off my own arm?"
Su Ting smiled and said, "What do you think Lord Ding?"
Ding Ye sighed and said, "No matter how powerful the arm helps you, since you can't be together, Ding can no longer treat him as a confidant."
Speaking of this, he glanced at Su Ting and said, "He is indeed a capable person. Unfortunately, he is too smart and cannot be content with himself. I already know this, but I didn't expect that he could actually ask you to help me."
Su Ting smiled and said, "Mr. Su actually doesn't like to meddle in other people's business, but this time Baikanshan has benefited a lot, so it's not easy to break his promise and become fat."
Ding Ye said calmly: "Since you come and speak, that's fine."
Su Ting bowed and smiled, "Thank you."
Ding Ye raised his hand slightly and said, "Let's walk slowly."
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In front of the Ding Mansion.
Ding Yan took a deep breath and looked back.
He grew up in the Ding family since childhood, and Ding Ye's mansion seemed to be his cage.
Now that we have taken off the cage, the sky is high and the birds are flying, the sea is wide and the fish are leaping, and there is no longer any restraint.
Ding Yan came to his senses, looked at the boy in front of him, knelt on his knees, and kowtowed, "Thank you, sir."
Su Ting raised his hand slightly and said, "Get up."
He looked at the young servant and looked at it for a moment.
Today's world is in order and almost insurmountable.
With more than a hundred servants in the Ding family, there are many smart people, but only this person is highly valued and still does not want to settle for the status quo and wants to leave his slavery.
In terms of the current world, this kind of thinking is similar to rebellion.
Ding Yan stood up, looked back, and whispered: "The Ding family treats me well. If a villain succeeds in the future, there will be rewards."
Su Ting just laughed, his meaning was hard to understand.
Ding Yan bowed to Su Ting and said, "Ding Yan left the Ding family. In the eyes of the gentleman, he may have no superiority and nobility, but in fact, he was willing to leave his slavery. But at least when the Ding family was doing things, he always did his best. To be honest, the Ding family treated me well, just..."
He said in a low tone, "A servant is a servant after all. No matter how great I have, I still do things for the Ding family, but not for myself."
Su Ting said calmly: "I can understand."
After all, Su Ting came from another world, and his thoughts were very different from those in this world, and he could be said to be rebellious.
In fact, Ding Yan's behavior of leaving slaves is already arbitrary, but in Su Ting's eyes, it was just that, but it surprised Su Ting a little. Ding Yan was born in the Ding family and came from this world. He also had such unwilling thoughts, which made people look up to him.
Ding Yan sighed in his heart when he saw that Su Ting had no strange looks.
"Stand high, but with limited eyesight, you may not be able to see far."
Ding Yan smiled bitterly and said, "But no matter how good your eyesight is, you can't see far."
Su Ting nodded slightly and said, "It seems that you have been reading for a few years with Ding Ye and understand some truths."
Ding Yan sighed and said, "I have seen many smart people with low status, but they are not lacking in intelligence and talent. However, such people, without corresponding identities, can only care about the gains and losses of one or two taels of silver in the market. I don't want to do this. I often think that if I have freedom, I can show it all... Now, thanks to my husband, I finally get what I want."
Speaking of this, he bowed and said, "Mr.'s kindness is no less than the virtue of rebirth."
Su Ting smiled and said, "Forgive it, we're just a deal. I'll benefit from Baikan Mountain this time. I just mentioned it to you, and I don't owe each other."
Ding Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Yu is just a word, but for Ding Yan, it is a lifelong change, and nothing can offset such kindness."
Su Ting looked at him deeply, as if he felt that he was underestimating this person.
"Mr. I am very illusory, and I may not understand how important it is to get rid of my slavery in the hearts of villains."
"Sir is an immortal, and the world is a human, but we are slaves, so we can't even count as humans."
"We are a slave who has a low status and are inferior to others. Therefore, we envy the powerful and noble people. In fact, they are just like ordinary people in the world who are wholeheartedly and want to seek to cultivate immortals and practice Taoism."
Ding Yan said: "The villain has met celebrities and powerful people in the court, and also met people from the bottom of the market."
"In fact, people in the market may not be stupider than people in the court. Perhaps they are smarter, but their status is destined to be smarter and talented, and they can only care about one or two taels of silver in the market."
"The wisdom of the people in the court may not be very high, but the status and authority lies in the position and authority, and the life and death of countless people are involved and billions of wealth."
"For example, no matter how capable a villain is, no matter how big his ideas are, he will eventually serve the Ding family."
"But now, the ability of villains is their own."
Ding Yan said something, full of emotion.
Su Ting has never been a slave. He thought that when he had just traveled through time, he was in a difficult situation and was already a person at the bottom of the world, but he never realized that after hearing what he said, he had a little understanding of this line of lower levels.
"In the early years, there was a friend of mine from the Ding family who was also a servant. The second master of the Ding family went out and blocked an arrow for the second master. After his death, the second master was quite sad, but he forgot afterwards. He was still not as sad as Ding's family when they died."
"And later, I heard a lot of things in the capital. A servant followed the master's family out. After being in danger, the master died. The servant was lucky enough to escape, but he was not well protected and he had to be buried with the master."
"Even, Mr. Liu, a scholar in Tianzhang Pavilion a few days ago, had an old story."
Ding Yan's tone was very heavy, full of sighs and sorrow.
"What's the matter?" Su Ting asked.
"It is said that there is a painting in Lord Liu's house, but a great master of martial arts fell in love with this painting."
Ding Yan whispered: "If the painting is not presented to you, the family will be uneasy. Even if you are a first-class master, it is difficult to prevent the great master of martial arts. Master Liu is willing to give the painting, but there is an emperor's pen on the painting. If the painting is presented to you, it will be disrespectful to the emperor... Therefore, he allowed the great master of martial arts to take away the painting."
Su Ting frowned slightly and did not answer.
Ding Yan continued to say.
"When this master took the painting, he killed a servant who was blocking the way, but let another servant go."
"But in order to strictly enforce the family law, this servant who escaped life has poor protection and must be killed by a stick."
"So, no matter whether these servants go to block the great master of martial arts or not, they will die... If they block the road, the great master of martial arts will kill them, but if they don't block the road, Lord Liu will kill them."
Ding Yan said: "This is the status of us servants."
Su Ting whispered: "Similar stories seem familiar?"
Ding Yan smiled bitterly and said, "There is indeed a precedent. I heard that eight hundred years ago, Emperor Liang was invaded by Concubine Yue's palace by Concubine Yue, and the guards were not strong enough to be killed according to their crimes... Later, there were people who blocked Concubine Yue and were beaten to death by Concubine Yue's servants, but they were left alone. Even the remaining few were later killed by Emperor Liang because Concubine Yue was not happy."
"A servant is a servant after all."
"Life is worthless."
"I'm not a human being."
"I dare not be a slave, and I am unwilling to do what I do for a lifetime. I have made wedding dresses for the Lord's family."
Ding Yan said this with a heavy tone.
Su Ting touched his chin and thought without saying a word.
This person has this idea and is afraid that he will not be content with the status quo in the future. Now he has some ability and may become a great player in the future.
But the premise is not to die prematurely.
After experiencing this, Su Ting naturally understands that people have good fortune and good fortune at any time.
Life is full of surprises, and no one knows whether tomorrow will be tomorrow.
For example, Su Li, who is more likely to be a member of the Yunfang, everyone thinks that their future is limitless. They are born in a big family and have extraordinary talent and knowledge. One is likely to control the family and the other is likely to be an official in the capital.
But who would have thought that after provoking Su Ting, they died overnight and ruined their bright future.
"I have a lot of insights after listening to your words."
Su Ting nodded and said, "But no matter how important this is to you, it is just a sentence to me."
When Ding Yan heard this, his expression changed again and again, and he said, "Actually, the villain..."
Su Ting waved, "You and I have no chance, I won't accept disciples."
His voice was plain, and there seemed to be a smile on the corner of his mouth, and it seemed to be a smile but not a smile.
Ding Yan glanced at him, gritted his teeth slightly, but felt helpless in his heart.
Those who practice cultivation are the most concerned about the law of fate.
The words have come to this point, which shows that the other party does not have the intention to accept disciples.
Sure enough, I was not destined to do it.
Chapter completed!