Chapter Ten Etiquette for Inferiors

  Left Pingyang Prefecture on October 10th, returned on October 16th, a full six days. Returned to the prefecture city, this Su Tiancheng is not that Su Tiancheng, of course, this is an absolute secret that no one can know.

  Even if Su Tiancheng was bold, he was still frightened. In three days, eight people were killed. What kind of era is this? The people who were killed were also born to parents, but they had no identity and no status. No one cared about their lives or deaths. Thinking about his future life, he felt that some things might need to be done quickly.

  Almost home, the memories that filled my mind were not good. I had both love and hatred for Su Fu. Adding to that, the bumps on the horse carriage ride made Su Tiancheng almost unbearable, he wished he could get off and walk. The carriages of this era didn't have shock absorption, and the official roads were also bumpy. Fortunately, the rest of the journey was relatively smooth.

  At the hour of Xu, the horse carriage stopped in front of Su's mansion.

  Su Tiancheng got off the carriage and saw the tall and majestic gate, with lanterns hanging from the beams, the red door was tightly closed, with many dark yellow copper nails dotted on it, looking particularly magnificent.

  Su Er Tong had already gone forward and knocked on the door.

  After a while, the door opened a crack, and outside stood Su Er Tong, one person came out, not very old, wearing a melon skin cap, looking very unwell.

  "Su Er Tong, what's wrong with you? You've been out for so long and didn't even say a word. Are you itching to get into trouble?"

  This arrogant servant was none other than Su Jun, the steward of the Su Manor.

  Su Jun was also born at home, but grew up by the side of the eldest lady, so his status is different. Not to mention facing Su Er Tong, even in front of Su Tian Cheng, he is also arrogant and fearless, with the eldest lady backing him up.

  The Su family moved to Taiyuan Prefecture, leaving behind Su Tiancheng. Su Jun became the manager and was in charge of everything, reporting to the first wife from time to time, including Su Tiancheng's living expenses, which were directly managed by Su Jun. Except for food expenses, nothing else was allowed to be spent on miscellaneous things.

  Su Tiancheng's face revealed a cold smile, one house not swept, how to sweep the world. Since he had traveled through to the Ming Dynasty, of course, he was not willing to be unknown. No matter how big his ambition was, in the late Ming Dynasty where human life was like grass, if he couldn't make a move himself, he wouldn't be able to do anything, and for the rest of his life, he would still be daydreaming, lazy and scattered. His fate might be even more miserable.

  Su Jun saw Su Tiancheng behind Su Er Tong.

  "Young master, you know the rules of this house. You've been out for several days and didn't say a word. If I tell the old master and madam, they'll say that I'm not capable of managing the household."

  Su Tiancheng secretly smiled to himself, a subordinate is just a subordinate, always thinking of bringing out the Shangfang treasure sword in order to consolidate his own position. Since he had crossed over, no one in the manor could bring him down, what else could they do?

  If it were that easy, I would have thought of it on the way here.

  "Su Jun, what do you mean by this? When I go out, should I report back to you?"

  "Master, Old Master and Madame had instructed you before they left. How did the young master respond? There's no need for me to remind you, is there?"

  "You'd better remind me, I've forgotten."

  Su Jun was stunned for a moment, how Su Tiancheng had completely changed from before, however, recently, Su Tiancheng had been a bit crazy, this could also be due to demonic possession, and his courage had grown.

  "The young master promised in front of the old master and the madam that he would definitely follow the rules, and do things according to arrangement."

  "It seems you didn't make it clear, who's arrangement is this young master following, is it yours?"

  "The young master agreed at that time."

  Bang, bang.

  After two crisp slaps, Su Jun was stunned on the spot. Su Tiancheng's hand was a bit heavy, and he felt that many stars were flashing in front of his eyes, one after another. What's going on? Has the world changed?

  "Su Jun, these two slaps will wake you up and remind you of your identity. Young Master will return to his room first, come to my room within a minute, I have something to discuss."

  "Two kids, let's go home."

  Su Tiancheng took Su Er Tong and walked straight in, leaving Su Jun standing at the gate.

  If it were in the past, Su Er Tong would have been scared stiff seeing such a scene, but this time, after following Su Tian Cheng out for several days, Su Er Tong had also changed. He held his head high, let out a hum towards Su Jun, and followed behind Su Tian Cheng into the house.

  Su Pingyang, Yang and Su Er'tong are all in Su Tiancheng's room.

  For Su Pingyang and Yang, Su Tiancheng has deep feelings. If it weren't for these two elderly people, he would have lost his life long ago. He lost his mother at a young age, and his father was busy with business every day, almost ignoring him. The two elderly people took care of him, even when Su Er Tong was born, they didn't have time to take care of him, all their thoughts were on Tiancheng's body. When Su Er Tong was over one year old, he fell from the kang and almost lost his life, at that time, the two elderly people were still focusing on taking care of four-year-old Tiancheng.

  After this incident, the two elderly people decided not to have children anymore and focus on taking good care of themselves.

  Such simple emotions, ordinary people can't do it. Although Su Tiancheng traveled through time and space, when he opened this memory, he was still shocked. If such an old man couldn't live a good life, it would be unacceptable to heaven.

  Su Pingyang and Yang, both of their faces were pale, when they entered the room, their bodies were still shaking, obviously frightened. The young master and son had disappeared for several days without a word, no one knew whether they were dead or alive, the two of them searched all over the streets but there was no news at all. They hated Su Jun, who seemed to be indifferent about it.

  "Uncle, Auntie, I'm sorry that you've been worried about me these days. The two kids are fine and nothing's wrong with me either."

  "Young master, don't call me like that, we are all servants, serving young master is our duty."

  "Uncle and aunt, please don't say that. This life of mine was given by you two. Today, I swear here, if I can't let uncle and aunt live a good life, may heaven strike me with five thunderbolts."

  "Master, please don't say such things, I won't be able to bear it."

  Seeing Su Pingyang and Yang's family both stood up to prepare for a bow, Su Tiangong hastily walked to the side of the two people and pulled their arms.

  "Uncle and Aunt, don't do these things again in the future. I can't bear it, nor can I face it. From now on, just call me Kunyuan directly when you're in front of me. If Uncle and Aunt don't do this, I'll get angry."

  "Alright, alright, little one, we know, we know."

  Yang stood by, lifted his arm, and wiped away the tears from the corner of his eyes with his sleeve. The young master had finally grown up.

  Su Jun's face was filled with anger as he strode into Su Tiancheng's room. What had just happened at the entrance of the mansion made him feel uncomfortable. Su Tiancheng was really arrogant, daring to do such a thing. As long as he slightly moved his hands and feet, he would make it difficult for Su Tiancheng to pass his days.

  Saw Su Tiancheng walk straight into the house, Su Tiancheng's face suddenly turned gloomy.

  "Su Jun, don't you understand basic etiquette?"

  "Young master, what did I do wrong? Please enlighten me. Just now at the entrance of the mansion..."

  Bang, bang, bang.

  Su Tiancheng slapped three times this time.

  "I thought you were from a noble family, in this Pingyang City, how could you appear like this, don't you know the basic etiquette? What is your identity, are you a servant? When a servant sees their master, what should they do? Did you just barge into the house? Get out, dog thing! If you still don't know etiquette, I, young master, will break your legs and drive you out of the mansion."

  Su Jun's face turned iron-green, but hearing Su Tiancheng's words, he was speechless and unable to refute. The rules of the Su Mansion were still very strict, and doing so would definitely be wrong. It's just that Su Tiancheng was too weak, and they had gotten used to it before, so they didn't mind much.

  Su Jun left with his head down, his heart full of resentment and venom.

  "Reporting to Young Master, Su Jun requests an audience."

  Su Tiancheng held his teacup and slowly sipped his tea, completely ignoring Su Jun outside the door.

  Su Pingyang and Yang saw all this, feeling a bit restless, but Su Er Tong didn't care at all, with a respectful smile on his face, looking at Su Tiancheng.

  Just as Su Pingyang was about to speak, Su Tiangong stretched out his hand, indicating that Su Pingyang should not speak.