Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 26 If Life Is Just a First Sight
"Second Young Master, the Ming Palace has arrived!"

When Master Yu's voice came, Wang Zhongxiao had been wandering in the narrow compartment of a two-wheeled mule cart for a long time, almost falling asleep.

He just met a nobleman in the imperial city yesterday, kicked the nobleman's bodyguard, and then ate an imperial meal with the Guanyinbao who was kicked by him in the arrow pavilion outside the Jingyun Gate The lunch produced by Fang Fang actually had a good chat, and even made an appointment for a party in Bada Hutong, and finally sent him home.In the meantime, Zhang Xiaobao's sister, Zhang Xiaoyu, and Aunt Zhang came to send Wang Zhongxiao a notice to go to Haidian for an interview. It was a very fulfilling day!

But early this morning, he quietly went to Gunpowder Guo's house, borrowed a small mule cart from Guo Jinbao, and then went to the Ming Mansion on the Shicha Sea with Master Yu and Guo Jinbao.

The reason why he wanted to borrow a car from Guo Jinbao was because Wang Zhongxiao didn't want to ride a horse, and he didn't want to walk, so as not to attract attention.Because he had already inquired with Guo Jinbao and Zhang Xiaobao when he came home yesterday, the Guanyinbao who was kicked over by him was a famous warrior in the inlaid white flag, a master of wrestling.Because of his excellent ability to fall down, he was favored by Uncle Fu, and he was promoted from the Xiawuqi Guard Barracks to become the commander of the guards by his side.It is said that Uncle Fu will follow this Guanyin to learn two tricks when he has nothing to do.

Such a master was knocked unconscious by Wang Zhongxiao's kick. Maybe there will be a sequel to this matter!

Don't provoke the younger ones, the older ones, the older ones, and the old ones.Wang Zhongxiao's ideal is to be a great minister, not a great knight.So he wanted to keep a low profile as much as possible, don't always swagger through the market, so as not to provoke the Eight Banners who don't like him to compete with him.

In addition, Guanyinbao has to further "do not know each other without kicking".

After getting in touch with him yesterday, Wang Zhongxiao has already discovered that Guanyinbao is not a small-minded person, but a good-natured donkey who can be coaxed well.And he also knew that he couldn't beat Wang Zhongxiao, he just practiced wrestling, and Wang Zhongxiao practiced killing skills, and he got the true biography of Wang Fuchen.

In the kick yesterday, Wang Zhongxiao was actually merciful, otherwise he would have kicked him on the neck, and he might not have been kicked to death!
So as soon as Wang Zhongxiao lowered his posture, he immediately descended on the slope.

Besides, it doesn't matter whether you are fighting or killing, isn't it all for the sake of making the emperor and King Yu happy?As long as the emperor and King Yu are happy, won't he be able to be a high-ranking official when Oboi dies in the future?Does it matter who wins or loses?

But Guanyinbao is on the road, but what about the other Eight Banners disciples?Wang Zhongxiao is not interested in kicking them one by one.

Right now, he was wondering whether King Yu promoted Guanyinbao to train Kubu boy to catch Oboi, when the carriage stopped in front of a small house.

Hearing Yu Deshui say "Mingfu is here", Wang Zhongxiao raised the curtain and got out of the carriage. When he looked up, he was stunned, "This is the Mingzhu Mansion? Why is it so small?"

Wang Zhongxiao, the former site of the Ming Mansion, visited several times in his previous life. Mr. Song’s former residence and Prince Chun’s Mansion were expanded on the basis of the Ming Mansion. It’s a big house!In history, it was pulled over by He Zhongtang as a separate courtyard.

But what appeared before Wang Zhongxiao's eyes was just a courtyard house with three entrances and didn't know if it was four entrances. Of course it was bigger than Wang Zhongxiao's house in Bean Sprouts Alley, but compared to Mr. Song's former residence and Prince Chun's Mansion, it was simply smaller. It's outrageous.

Master Yu and Guo Jinbao didn't lead the wrong way, did they?

Guo Jinbao is a guy who knows how to "drill". After Wang Zhongxiao got the "interview opportunity", he became very close to him, and today he even became a guest coachman. At this time, he was driving the mule to a weeping willow outside the Mingzhu Mansion On the tree, when he heard Wang Zhongxiao's words, he burst out laughing: "This is Beijing, not Qujing. The rules are strict. What kind of officials live in what kind of house, they must abide by the system. The official position is just a bachelor of the Hongwen Academy, and he is not a prince with an eighth grade, nor has the emperor ordered him to give him a house, how big a yard can he have by himself?"

That's right, Wang Zhongxiao also remembered that although the Eight Banners are not very capable of fighting nowadays, the rules in the Forty-Nine City still exist.Moreover, Mingzhu's current power is limited, and the ill-gotten gains from corruption should not be much, and it is reasonable that she cannot afford a big house.But this is only temporary. Wang Zhongxiao believes that as long as Mingzhu forms a party with him for private interests and digs the corner of the Qing Dynasty together, he will be able to live in a big house sooner or later!
Thinking of this, Wang Zhongxiao set his sights on the gate of the Ming Mansion. This gate is much more magnificent than the gate of Wang Zhongxiao's house, and the courtyard walls on both sides look quite solid, built with good blue bricks. It seems that Mingzhu made some money in her tenure as the Minister of Internal Affairs.

"Okay, let's go through the back door!" Wang Zhongxiao looked back at Master Yu, "Are the gifts and business cards ready?"

"Okay, okay." Master Yu came to Wang Zhongxiao with a scroll in his hand, "I bought it from Dashilan Jewelry Store for 200 taels, which happens to be the amount of a meeting gift."

It turns out that Mr. Yu went to Dashilan to "treasure" yesterday, but the real value of the "treasure" he found is definitely not worth 200 taels, and it is not worth even two coins. Current or former Minister of Internal Affairs!

So this jewelry store is the place where people like to go to "Taobao" most. If you want to find someone to do something, you can find any kind of treasure. Talk to the guys inside, and there will be a corresponding "scroll" immediately. Here it is, just pay the banknote and take it away.

Of course, the real "big treasure" has to go to "Taobao" with notes from several ministers and former ministers in order to find the corresponding treasure.

Wang Zhongxiao stretched out his hand at this time, first took the scroll, and then took two business cards made of white paper. He looked down and saw "Wang Zhongxiao Shikai" and "Chaoyangmen Nei Bean Sprout Alley" written on one of them. ", and the other reads "Wang Fuchen, the right-wing military officer who aided the suppression of Yunnan Province" and "Bean Sprouts Alley in Chaoyangmen".

"That's good, let's go to worship the door together!"

While talking, he hugged the scroll and walked to the gate of the Ming Mansion with a smile on his business card.

With a few "popping" sounds, a black wooden door "squeaked" opened, and an old man in a green coat and a small hat protruded from the inside, staring at Wang Zhongxiao for a long time with his eyes narrowed. Slowly said: "Go back, my master is not here."

Close the door after speaking.

Of course Wang Zhongxiao knew that Mingzhu was not at home, because he came to see Mrs. Mingzhu. He hurriedly handed over a "door bag" that he had prepared a long time ago, and said with a smile, "Wait a minute, old man. I'm not here to pay homage to Bachelor Ming, but to Mrs Bymin's."

"What? Mrs. Bai Ming?" The old man was taken aback, "Who are you? Do you know who my wife is? Why do you come to worship?"

Wang Zhongxiao smiled and handed over the two business cards, "Old man, I am the son of Wang Fuchen, the former guard of Prince Ying's residence. My name is Wang Zhongxiao, and I just came to Beijing from Yunnan. It was my father who asked me to come to Beijing to pay respects to him. Pray to my lord."

The old man suddenly realized: "No wonder you look so familiar, you are the son of Huo Lu Bu, please come in, please come in."

The old man obviously knew Wang Fuchen, and when he heard that Wang Fuchen's son had arrived, he quickly led Wang Zhongxiao and others into the gate, and asked them to drink tea while waiting in an inverted room for guests. I trotted all the way to the vertical flower gate.

After a while, I saw the little old man cheerfully walking into the room where Wang Zhongxiao and the others were waiting, and said to Wang Zhongxiao when he saw Wang Zhongxiao: "My lord, Princess is welcome. Come with the little old man quickly! As soon as Princess hears that you are coming Now, be happy, don't be stunned, come quickly!"

Does this sound like maybe adultery?

With question marks in his stomach, Wang Zhongxiao followed the old man into the Hanging Flower Gate of the Ming Mansion. After entering, he saw a rather large courtyard and a very bright hall—this should be a quadrangle courtyard with two courtyards. There are a total of four courtyards in the large and small courtyards. There is a row of inverted rooms in the first courtyard, and a row of rear-covered rooms in the fourth courtyard. These two courtyards are small courtyards.The second and third courtyards in the middle are large courtyards, and the houses around the courtyard are similar, but with different functions.The third courtyard is used to entertain guests, so the big room facing south is called the hall, and the third courtyard is the back house of the host.

As soon as Wang Zhongxiao walked into the third courtyard, he heard a sweet voice coming from the hall, "Like, really like!"

Then there was a boy's voice: "Emiang, what do you think it looks like?"

That sweet and greasy voice just sighed, and said faintly: "Like Wang Lang when I first met, alas, it would be so nice if life was just meeting for the first time!"

When Wang Zhongxiao heard this, he knew that his unreliable elder brother Wang Jizhen didn't cheat him, so he strode to the outside of the hall, and then bowed: "Wang Zhongxiao is ordered by his father to meet Gege, Gege is auspicious."

The sweet voice spoke again: "The tone of his speech is also the same as Wang Lang's. He never calls himself a slave in front of me. Loyal and filial, right? Come in!"

(End of this chapter)