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Li Jing was awakened by the commotion, and a surge of anger rose within him.
He shouted, "Who are you? Why are you yelling at me here?"
Looking at this arrogant official,
Li Jing was truly furious.
He had severed all ties with Yin Shang and traveled all the way from Chentang Pass to West Qi. It would have been one thing if he had not been valued.
But now, he was actually being berated by some insignificant nobody!!
How could he not recognize this man?
Back when he had still been the commander of Chentang Pass and Ji Chang had still been the Marquis of the West, they had met in Chaoge.
They had even drunk together at banquets hosted by Chaoge's nobles.
This man had been Ji Chang's attendant, a household slave!!
After Ji Chang rose to power, this household slave had transformed into a personal attendant and trusted minister at his side. Now he actually dared to be so disrespectful to him?
In the past, whenever this household slave saw him, he had to come over with a fawning smile and address him as my lord!!
"What, you don't accept this, Li Jing?"
Ji Jiu sneered. "Perhaps you were somebody in the past, but what are you now?"
"Now that you've come to West Qi, if you're a dragon, you coil up; if you're a tiger, you lie down!"
"No matter what status or background you had outside, you've come to West Qi to scrape out a living. If fools like you don't sort out your place, you still want to become an official in Great Zhou?"
"Even if you wanted to be a dog, the position wouldn't be yours!!"
"Heh, do you know how many lords have come to West Qi hoping to serve as