The next day, Gu Wen caught a cold.
His head was dizzy, his nose was running, probably from drinking too much the day before, and then getting his head soaked in water.
It would be strange not to catch a cold when the cold wind blew.
Fortunately, Gu Wen's family was wealthy and he had no shortage of money to invite a doctor.
He lay on the bed, and the servants in the mansion called a famous doctor from the city.
Listening to the white-haired old doctor speak in professional terms he couldn't understand, Gu Wen respectfully listened and then the doctor left the room.
Outside the room, the voices of the doctor and the servants could be heard, probably discussing some precautions and how to decoct medicine.
These were things Gu Wen didn't need to pay attention to, otherwise, why keep these servants?
"This is what wealth and nobility are." Gu Wen sighed softly.
The ceiling was covered with exquisite silk bed curtains, and outside the window, the drizzle continued, making people drowsy.
Having nothing made one fearless, but having everything made one fearful.
The total family wealth under his control amounted to not just 20,000 taels but 18,000 taels.
With the average annual income of seven taels of silver for a Great Qian person, having ten taels already made one a well-off family.
Even rural landlords spent around a hundred taels, which was already a family that had produced a Jinshi.
Many landlords still needed to work in the fields, and those who didn't need to farm had entered the scholar class.
What could be done with 20,000 taels? It could allow you to live a carefree life.
It could allow you to buy a handsome young man as a concubine every year, a few hundred taels for one could not be spent in decades, and this was the price in Bianjing, it would be even lower outside.
But it could also lead to becoming a prisoner at the bottom, where even a low-ranking official could devour you.
It could be said that everything was inferior, only studying and becoming an immortal counted.
Why not just one? Because even if you became a duke, you were just a dog of the Zhao family, the true rulers of the Great Qian were the imperial relatives.
Born from an ordinary family, one could never enter the golden basin, so it was impossible in this lifetime.
In the past, there were countless Jinshi, preferring to be a son-in-law rather than a Jinshi.
How many Tanhua were there, better than Jinshi.
In this world, only by cultivating to become an immortal!
A fiery thought flashed through Gu Wen's mind.
Even if his whole body was weak from catching a cold, he clenched his fists tightly.
What lay before him now was actually only one path.
If he didn't want to end up as fish meat on the chopping board in the future, he had to seize this so-called opportunity to become an immortal, he had to seize that golden light in his mind.
Red Dust Immortal Destiny
Ten years of Tianzhui, the Emperor's essence has not yet appeared
From the immortal Zhao Feng and the recent observations in Bianjing City, it could be known that the Great Qian was currently in a period similar to the revival of spiritual energy.
What exactly was the Immortal Destiny? If the Immortal Fate was a treasure left by the predecessors, then the Immortal Destiny should be the limit that I could reach on my own.
The information conveyed by his Immortal Destiny was to know the heavenly mandate and ascend to immortality, but the premise was to gather "ten years of Tianzhui, ten years of the Emperor's essence".
The Emperor's essence was unknown, but Tianzhui should be the spiritual pill given by that immortal, one pill for ten years, he needed a thousand similar pills.
In other words, lying down couldn't make one an immortal.
He now had a stepping stone, but he was still just an ordinary person, at least he didn't have much power to seize opportunities.
"I still need to stay in the Wang Mansion, stay by Zhao Feng's side, stay by that immortal's side. I still need to please them, I still need to be humble." Gu Wen pursed his lips, then closed his eyes and let the arrogance brought by the Immortal Destiny sink into his heart, it was the only arrogance he had in four years.
He would be proud of the heights he might reach in the future, but he also knew that he was not yet an immortal, at least for now, he was still a servant.
He didn't mind continuing to be humble, to continue to act harmless like a livestock.
As long as this humility could give him enough rewards in the future, everything was worth it.
Gu Wen could comfort himself with "When heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a man, it will first make his heart ache", he silently recited it in his heart, calming his restless heart.
He knew that the more this time, the calmer he should be, he must not make any mistakes.
As he recited, Gu Wen couldn't help but smile, "Truly not knowing how fortunate one is when in good fortune. I only know a few poems and some experience in market management, I haven't learned any other essential knowledge for transmigration." He was a liberal arts student, but since transmigrating, he had never copied poems to seek fame and fortune, fearing that his superficial knowledge would be exposed and cause trouble.
In ancient times, there were many, and knowing a few poems was not enough.
Besides, literati were contentious, today he recited a poem, tomorrow someone would come to catch him.
If you were from a prestigious family, you were a talented person, if you were from a humble background, you were a thief of knowledge.
Gu Wen could understand that a person with no foundation could not suddenly produce amazing poems.
But that didn't mean Gu Wen would give up what he had learned in his previous life, at least leaving it for his own entertainment.
On the Long Bridge, a team of armored soldiers opened the way, followed by a horse-drawn carriage pulled by two white horses, adorned with dragons and phoenixes, gold and silver embroidered with green silk.
Along the way, they attracted many eyes, but the most eye-catching was the Daoist-robed woman riding a donkey.
Yu Hua frowned at the procession.
She knew that the imperial family was accustomed to luxury, but such a display was too ostentatious.
Not only did it not match her pure and simple nature, but it could also cause unnecessary trouble.
"Immortal Yu Hua, ahead is Gu Wen's mansion, covering ten mu, with over a hundred servants, spending more than ten thousand taels each year, truly enjoying wealth and honor." Zhao Feng poked his head out of the carriage, emphasizing Gu Wen's wealth once again, as well as the legitimacy of his opportunity.
Yu Hua did not respond.
She did not want to have too much contact with the internal affairs of the sect.
This was not something she could control, and the words of the True Lord were difficult to change.
Compensating that young man surnamed Gu out of her own pocket was already the limit of what she could do.
After walking more than a thousand steps, the tall buildings on both sides of the Long Bridge disappeared, replaced by rows of residential houses, orderly and bustling with people.
They finally stopped in front of a high gate with a single door.
There were two stone lions at the gate covered with hemp cloth, hiding their status because Gu Wen did not hold any official position.
The power struggle in the Great Qian was intense, with daily political struggles in the court, many former dignitaries and high officials died or were exiled, resulting in many vacant houses.
Looking around, Yu Hua saw that it was indeed a wealthy family, but there was a murky air in the atmosphere, stirring restlessly in her heart.
Clatter clatter clatter.
The donkey trotted along the street corner and stopped at the alley next to the mansion, where there were scattered household items and beggars shivering in the corners.
They tried their best to cover their figures with items and clothes, and in the distance, someone ran away and turned into the alley.
A wooden top rolled in front of Yu Hua, and a child in the corner wanted to pick it up but was tightly held back by the mother, the eyes under the dirty face were trembling.
Yu Hua saw the wealth of the Gu family, but beneath his wealth was poverty, and among the high walls were the common people.
There were also many wealthy families around, but only here were there countless poor people, and only here was the air murky.
It was quite strange.
Many books are now hard to find, so cherish what you have.