Compete for the Song Dynasty

Wang Bangzou was full of worries. On the one hand, he was worried about Lin Haozhi's health. On the other hand, he realized that many things had changed far beyond his imagination when he came to the capital.Cui Xi didn't know that when he was not in the room, the people in the room had made such a big decision, and when they saw Wang Pang coming out of the hall, Cui Xi hurriedly greeted him.

"Master, I will send the prince out of the mansion." After greeting the Lin family father and son, Cui Xi walked out with Wang Pang.

"Brother Lin's health is not very good, you should pay attention to it." Wang Pang urged.

Cui Xi agreed to the two of them and walked outside the gate of Qingfenglou. Unexpectedly, after staying for an entire afternoon, the heat of the autumn tiger subsided, and the autumn breeze was refreshing.There were also more and more pedestrians on the street. Several children who had just come out of school were smiling and running from a distance, and one of them walked straight towards Qingfeng Building.

Cui Xi grabbed him and said, "My young master, how many times have I told you to go through the back door. Your father is inside right now, be careful that he will beat you again when he sees entering through the front door!" [

The kid looked about eight or nine years old, he made a face at Cui Xi, turned around and walked towards the back alley.The staff of Qingfeng Building led Wang Pang's horse, Cui Xi smiled and said to Wang Pang: "This is the son of the young master. The young lady died of illness a few years ago, and the young master has not renewed his strings in order to gain fame. Now the child is growing up day by day. , this is not the young master trying desperately to persuade the master to close this business and enjoy the family life in peace."

"This kid is very clever. A bunch of kids who were so big in our palace back then have all grown up. The time is really fast. By the way, I just heard what Lin Zheng said about Chonger. What is the name of this kid? name?"

"Lin Chong!"

Wang Pang was taken aback, could it be the same name and surname?He looked into the alley beside him, and the child had long since disappeared.Then Wang Bang himself laughed, and Shi Qian came out. If this is Lin Chong, is it still far from the appearance of Wu Song, Song Jiang and others?

"You go to work first!" Wang Pang dismissed Cui Xi, and led the horse along the street to turn around and walk south.The capital is still the same as it was back then. A Bian River runs through the capital from east to west, and boats and boats come and go, but no one will remember the king of Zhennan on the streets of Yangma back then.

Feeling a little disappointed and a little apprehensive, Wang Pang finally came to the gate of his mansion.The plaque on the forehead of the Meyer Mansion has become old, and the two gates are closed tightly, which has long since lost the bustling scene of the past.

Wang Pang stepped forward and patted on the door, but there was no response.I patted it hard again, and heard someone inside asking: "Who is it?" The door squeaked and opened the door, and a woman in her fifties stood in the door and asked: "My lord, you..."

The woman froze suddenly, seeing this woman, Wang Pang really couldn't remember who it was, but the other party pointed at her and opened her eyes wide as if she knew her.

Don't look at Wang Pang's self-reported family name under Yongle City, but when answering his own family: "I am Wang Pang" these four words are very difficult to say.

"My lord! It's really my lord who's back. Thank God, my lord, you're finally back."

Wang Pang nodded and led the horse into the courtyard to find a place to tie the horse, and looked around the courtyard which was very quiet. "Where are the ladies? Are you?!"

"My lord, you don't remember me? My husband's Wusu!"

"Oh!" Wang Pang finally remembered that Wu Su's wife and daughter were taken to the capital, and Wang Pang met once.But more than ten years have passed, the woman has aged so quickly, and there were so many people in the house back then, suddenly he really didn't recognize her.

"I'll tell Mrs. Su immediately!"

"Thank you Mrs. Wu!" Wang Pang said, watching his wife run towards the backyard.

A gust of wind blew, and the leaves in the yard rustled. At some point, there were a few more trees in the front yard, and they had grown very tall now.Occasionally, a fallen leaf blows down, and this clean house looks unusually bleak.

Wang Pang stepped into the living room, and the layout of the room has not changed at all.There are several chairs in the main hall, and there are still father's words on the wall facing him.In the east wing there is still a desk and a couch; in the west wing there is a long conference table rebuilt by the king. I can vividly remember the scene where Jinxiang Mansion tea farm and others discussed affairs here, but now it is deserted.

"My lord? Where is my lord?" A familiar voice came to my ears, and the voice approached from far away. In a flash, Su Xiaomei had already arrived in the hall.

Wang Bang turned around, and in front of him was a woman in her thirties, Su Xiaomei, who was mischievous and eccentric back then, no longer had the spirit in her eyes, and now she was more mature and charming. [

Su Xiaomei frowned, this is the prince? It's been 14 years and nothing has changed.She made a gesture first, and saw Wang Pang spread his arms, and said in her mouth: "Little sister, you have suffered." Su Xiaomei couldn't hold back anymore, she took two steps and rushed up to hold Wang Pang and cried .

When she cried, Mrs. Wu also wiped away her tears.Wang Pang sighed for a long time, although he felt sad, he still hugged Su Xiaomei until she calmed down a little.

Su Xiaomei wiped her tears, and turned her head to see Mrs. Wu who was wiping her tears with her head down: "Sister-in-law Wu, it's getting late, hurry up and prepare some dinner for the prince."

"Okay, I'll go right away!" Sao Wu said, and hurriedly made preparations.

"My lord is tired all the way, do you want to take a rest first?"

"I'm not tired, I just want to take a good look at this place now." Wang Pang talked with Su Xiaomei out of the hall, through the corner door to the garden.The second entrance yard is a small garden with a pond in the middle. The lotus pond in the past has already bottomed out because no one takes care of it.

In the original courtyard, one side was the courtyard where the guests stayed, and the other side was the study room for the two brothers.Passing through this garden is the inner house, the courtyard where the two brothers lived, and the courtyard where the guests stayed is still there, but the moon gate leading to the inner house on the side of the main hall has been bricked dead.

"This?"

"Now that there are fewer people in the family, Rou'er and I live in the east and west rooms of the main house, and our sisters can be companions at ordinary times. The courtyard is where my son Wang Zhennan usually lives and studies, and it should be the boudoir of our daughter Wang Xia."

It turned out that his son's name was Wang Zhennan and his daughter's name was Wang Xia.Wang Pang smiled, Zhennan King was gone, and Wang Zhennan was added.

"Why is this inner palace sealed?"

Su Xiaomei sighed and said: "My lord doesn't know. Since you disappeared, the bank has been confiscated. Later, the Jinxiu Tower was also seized, and even the Jinxiang Mansion was transformed into a public-private joint venture. The family is in decline, although the mansion People often give gold and silver gifts. Rou'er and I have discussed it, and no one wants money. In the first few years, Baokangmen Street was expanded, and the mansion just opposite became the front of the street. As soon as our sisters discussed it, we took this It was blocked, and we rented out the back yard. Although the family had some savings, we were afraid of sitting on nothing, and it cost a lot of money to dismiss the people from the original house. Finally, everyone had a way out. We have relied on the rent for these years, Pretty rich."

When the two came to the room, Su Xiaomei lit the lamp.

Mrs. Wu went back and forth busy serving tea and water for the two of them.

"Sister-in-law Wu, don't be so busy cooking, I saw a lot of restaurants along the way, let's order some dishes," Su Xiaomei said.

After Mrs. Wu went out, Wang Pang asked: "These years have not been easy for you."

"That's right, the prince is a deceased person, so naturally he has no salary. In addition to my brother's incident, it also cost a lot of money to manage the house. For this reason, even the Yuexia Villa is sold, the prince will not blame me, right?" ?!"

"How could it be? You have no other choice. You can earn money if you lose money, but if you lose people, you lose everything."

"That's good. At that time, there was some surplus from the sale of the villa. When Master Zhang Yi died, we made a big deal after discussing it, and placed the money with the people that Master Zhang Yi took care of."

Wang Pang nodded with satisfaction: "Well done, this is the style of my little sister. By the way, where is Zhennan? Did you go to the Liao Dynasty with Rou'er and the others? Why didn't you go?"

"Rou'er was worried about her daughter, so she went with her, and there were two servants in the house, who also went with her. Zhennan is a naughty child. He heard that he was going to the Liao Dynasty and clamored to follow him to learn more. I wanted to go too, but this mansion always wants to keep people, luckily I didn't go with me, otherwise the prince won't be able to see him when he comes back."

As she spoke, she was both happy and sad, and even cried again. [

Wang Pang felt distressed for a while, and hurried over to hug her shoulder: "When did the little girl become so crying, didn't I come back? Don't cry?!"

This feeling was so familiar, Su Xiaomei snuggled into Wang's arms, and whispered: "It's good that the prince is back, but the prince is not old at all, but we are almost becoming old women."

It turned out that the little girl was crying, Wang Pang laughed, and looked at the little girl's chin with his hand: "I'm not old? I'm in my prime, don't you think I'm young?"

"I'm almost at the end of my mind, but the lord seems to be in a weak year. The lord doesn't despise the slave family, but the slave family already despises themselves."

Wang Pang laughed loudly: "What are you talking about? Don't let Huo Huo go at forty? That's the year of tigers and wolves, and I'm afraid that you, a tigress, will Huo Huo me! But having said that, I want to tell you a story, You know that Little Dragon Girl from the Ancient Tomb Sect, her husband calls him Auntie. Or else I will follow Yang Guo’s example and call you Auntie?”

Su Xiaomei laughed through her tears with a snort: "You have not changed, you smooth talker. I have never heard of the ancient tomb sect. Presumably the prince has learned a lot this time. Tong Guan came back the day before yesterday and said that I have seen the prince. If you don’t believe me, it’s rumored all over the world that it wasn’t you who died that year, the real prince, but the real prince came back alive. Fortunately, the rumors arrived early, otherwise, the sudden appearance of the prince might scare the servants to death.”

"Okay, then I will transform you tonight to see if I can scare you to death?"

Su Xiaomei giggled, this smile seemed to have the look of the elf girl back then, the joy of reunion after a long absence, the age gap that Wang Bang ignored.He hugged Su Xiaomei tighter. This was probably the first time he hugged his relatives tightly after he came back. This feeling was so real. The body temperature and tenderness made him involuntarily close his eyes and feel that he was still alive.

Aunt Wu stepped into the door just in time to see, she chuckled, and Wang Pang let go of Su Xiaomei.

"I don't even know what I should call master." Mrs. Wu smiled.

"Of course master, otherwise wouldn't he be the same as Zhennan?" Su Xiaomei said coquettishly.

"Yes, sir, the food has been prepared, and the delivery person is waiting outside."

This efficiency is really high, or it can be said that the time passes too fast without realizing it, a table of wine and banquet is set up, and a few simple dishes are served.This is the most simple banquet for Wang Pang since he traveled to the Song Dynasty.

Seeing Mrs. Wu busy all the time, Wang Pang greeted, "Sister-in-law Wu, let's have dinner together. I just happen to have a lot of things I don't know and want to ask you."