Compete for the Song Dynasty

When Tong Xiao heard Liu Qi say that the young master is back, the excited little guy jumped up, and the soles of his feet quickened his pace, shouting: "Young master is back" and dragged Liu Qi to run towards the hall.

Yan Zhihu was behind them, and when he heard this sentence, he hurriedly chased the two of them, "What did you say?".The two little guys shouted in unison: "Young master is back."

With the voice of the two of them, the people walking in the yard stopped, and they seemed to react instantly: "Young master is back? You are back!" The maid told each other, and the good news spread in a short while. Throughout the Meyer House.

In the hall, Yue Xia had just finished reading the accounts, and the smile on his face hadn't faded.In the past two months, franchising has started in various places; the problem of capital turnover has been successfully resolved; Jinxiang Mansion's coal supply profits are continuously flowing in; there is no backlog of tea this year, and we just wait for the arrival of new tea in the spring; Even the payment for "Cloud Picking" from the imperial court was successfully paid back.

After Yuexia finished collecting the accounts, she smiled and said to Li Enxi who was sitting across from her, "Thank you Miss Li, the accounts are very clear. You will be very happy to read it." [

Li Enxi smiled slightly: "Young master has been away for two or three months, is he coming back soon?"

Suddenly the door was opened, Tong Xiao pulled Liu Qi, followed by Yan Zhihu, and the three rushed into the room. "Mother, my father is back!" He let go of Liu Qi's hand and rushed to Yuexia's side.

Yan Zhihu followed in, looked at the scene and burst into a smile: "This Tong Xiao, your godfather hasn't agreed yet, yet you make your mother so affectionate."

Tong Xiao leaned on Yuexia, looked at Yanzhihu, then at Liang Yuexia: "Anyway, anyway, godfather will agree!" He pouted at Yanzhihu, snorted and ignored Yanzhi Tiger. "Mother, my godfather is back, let's pick him up quickly..."

Yuexia is the mistress of the house, although she is not as frizzy as a seven or eight-year-old child like Tong Xiao.However, she was also blushing and heart beating, stood up, wanted to pick up someone, and wanted to go back to make up, but didn't know what to do.

Li Enxi stood up: "I'll call Nahe Libo back," she said and walked out.Yan Zhihu also said: "I'll arrange for the house to welcome the young master, you two little ones, don't pester the girl, go and read a book!" She deliberately pretended to be serious and told Tong Xiao.

Tong Xiao jumped in front of Yan Zhihu, made a face at her, and beckoned Liu Qi to go to the study, he couldn't read the book, but he was afraid of Yan Zhihu's nagging, so he wanted to find a quiet place to play.

Two flowers bloomed, one for each, and Meyer's Mansion was happily waiting for Wang Pang to go home. Wang Pang was rushing to Kaifeng Mansion with a gift for Mr. Bao at the moment, and his doubts grew more and more along the way.

Ever since Wang Pang and the others entered Bianjing City, Xiao Wu has been very excited. There are row upon row of buildings along the street, Goulan tile restaurants and mansions, all kinds of flags are waving in the wind; There are miscellaneous shops of various colors standing along the street.The Yishui Bian River passes through the city, and the river has frozen, as if wearing a shining silver thread in the city.

Xiao Wu was dazzled to look left and right, Li Xili's carriage also opened the curtain, and He Zhu poked his head, looking at the world in front of him curiously.Wang Pang ordered Cai Jing to take He Xingyuan, father and son, and Xiao Wu to Jinxiu Tower, have something to eat, and then return to Meyer's Mansion to wait for him.He himself accompanied Li Xili to the Privy Council to report the certificate, and the Privy Council arranged Li Xili's accommodation.

After Wang Pang arranged for the envoys from the Western Xia Dynasty, he first went to Wang Anshi's mansion. Only his mother was at the mansion. Afraid of his mother's nagging about taking Rou'er into the mansion as soon as possible, Wang Pang hurriedly asked his father where Wang Anshi was going, and bid farewell to his mother.

When Wang Pang went out, Yuan Ze came back with Liu Qi, and Yuan Ze told his father that he was discussing matters at Mr. Bao's mansion.Wang Pang bid farewell to Yuan Ze and went straight to Kaifeng Mansion, while Yuan Ze sent Liu Qi to Meyer Mansion to deliver a letter.

Along the way, Wang Pang always felt that something was wrong. The atmosphere in the city was depressing. This feeling seemed indescribable. What they saw was that people were in a hurry with dignified faces.

Before his mission to Xixia, Jinxiulou and Yunxuan had just opened, and he would walk around the city almost every day to see his business.Walking on the street at that time, many roadside shops and pedestrians who knew him would greet him.Coming back this time, it seemed that people didn't notice that this travel-worn man was that high-spirited prince.

Wang Pang thought, this person is too forgetful, fortunately someone recognized Wang Pang, "Young Master Wang, have you not seen you for a while? Are you going out again?" The person who spoke was a regular visitor of Jinxiu Tower.

Wang Pang smiled and said, "Hehe, I just came back!" After speaking, he grabbed the man and asked, "Is there nothing going on in the city these days? Why is it so deserted at the end of the year?"

The man looked around and said in a low voice: "You just came back, you must not know that the emperor is ill. He hasn't been in court for a few days."

Wang Pang heard that his heart skipped a beat: "What happened? Do you know what kind of disease it is?" The two changed from shouting greetings to whispering.

The regular customer shook his head: "We little people don't know." He looked around again and saw that there was no one around him, and then said: "Everyone is afraid of the emperor, and they dare not prepare more things for the New Year. If that happens, don't celebrate the New Year." It's..."[

Wang Pang knew that the "that" he said meant the death of the emperor, and his heart was tense.Hearing the news, he quickened his pace and walked towards Kaifeng Mansion, thinking as he walked, if he walked through the front door of Kaifeng Mansion, he must pass through the lobby. An office like the Gekushi Academy.It takes a long time to report back and forth, and it is inconvenient to carry things by yourself.So he bypassed the front of Kaifeng mansion and went straight to Bao Zheng's inner house.

When he entered the house, he met the old housekeeper Bao Xing. He told Wang Pang that Mr. Bao was discussing matters with several adults in the study.After finishing speaking, Bao Xing went to report to Mr. Bao Wang to see him.

Kaifeng mansion changed the rules?The office is in the house?It seems that Wang Anshi is not alone?Could it be something more serious?Wang Pang was thinking wildly, and after a while Bao Xing came back and told Wang Pang: Master Bao invited him to talk.After handing over the gift for Master Bao to Bao Xing, Wang Pang walked into Master Bao's study.

Wang Pang knew everyone in the study room. Sitting in the room was Wang An; Bao Zheng was sitting behind the desk; there were two other people: one was Cai Xiang, whom Wang Pang was familiar with; Master Wang Gui (word Yuyu) who is a scholar of the Imperial Academy and who knows Kaifeng Mansion.

After Wang Pang paid homage to the crowd, he was puzzled. These are all veterans, and their official positions are not low.Afraid that it would be inconvenient for them to discuss matters in his presence, he had to bid farewell to the adults.Mr. Bao saw Wang Pang's thoughts and said: "Sit down for now, today is not an official business, besides, you will go to the palace tomorrow to revise the order, so it's okay to listen to it."

Cai Xiang and Wang Gui knew that Wang Pang was a celebrity in front of Emperor Renzong. Although he was an official, sometimes it was more effective than their words.What's more, neither of them are outsiders.

Cai Jing, Cai Xiang's cousin, now follows Wang around.And Wang Gui is Master Bao's best friend, Li Gefei's prospective father-in-law, and Li Gefei is Wang Anshi's student.In this interlocking and intricate network of relationships, Wang Pang has long been able to handle it with ease.

Seeing several elders looking at him with smiles, their eyes full of concern and anticipation, the king knew that the restoration of the Imperial Palace would be a big event tomorrow.So he sat down at a distance, these few people didn't regard Wang Pang as an outsider, they continued the topic they had just said, only Master Bao pointed at Wang Gui and said with a smile to the others.

"I heard that the Zhongshu sent someone to summon Yu Yu to draft the edict, but he actually rejected the Zhongshu and said: This is a big matter, you must accept the imperial edict face to face!" Master Bao laughed a little helplessly.

Wang Gui was also in his 50s and [-]s, with a fair face, crouching silkworm eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, and a few strands of long beard. He stroked the stuffed beard with his hands, and said "Alas!" when he heard Bao Zheng's words: " I'm not here to meet the Holy Majesty, some things should be discussed in person."

Wang Wang listened, and seemed to feel that it was difficult to see Renzong.

Cai Xiang looked at Wang Gui's slight Jianzhou accent and asked, "Can Lord Wang see the Holy One?"

Wang Gui nodded: "I said to the emperor: the subjects of the world have long hoped to establish a prince to avoid chaos. Is this really His Majesty's holy will?"

Everyone stared at Wang Gui, Master Bao asked, "What does the Emperor say?"

Wang Gui replied: "Your Majesty, you just said four words: I have made up my mind! Then I withdrew."

Wang Pang looked at Bao Zheng, Wang Anshi and others with complex expressions on his face. Wang Anshi said, "It's a matter of time before the crown prince is established. This time, General Zhao has been serving in front of the bed, which should be enough to move the emperor. Mr. Wang, according to How do you see the emperor's body?"

"How dare you look, General Zhao is staring at me. He didn't say much!" Wang Gui pouted.

Cai Xiang received: "Maybe General Zhao misunderstood Mr. Wang."

Master Bao held his head up and looked disdainful: "Don't worry, Yuyu, you drafted this edict, and you are just doing your best." After speaking, he looked at the king who had been listening to them. "Besides, we have to entrust you with the important task of entering the palace to take a good look at the condition of the Holy Majesty."

Wang Pang hurriedly cupped his hands and said "yes", Zhao Zongshi served in front of the bed, which was a bit difficult, but he was re-ordering, so he probably wouldn't stop him.

Several people chatted for a while, Cai Xiang and Wang Gui said their goodbyes, Wang Pang looked at Wang Gui's back and thought, Li Gefei's prospective father-in-law should hurry up and marry off his daughter. Li Qingzhao's grandfather, he is not in a hurry, Wang is in a hurry.

Master Bao asked Wang Pang about his trip to Xixia with Wang Anshi, and also praised Wang Pang for helping Xue Xiang in Yanzhou. thing. [

Master Bao said unhappily: "My son is brave, resourceful, and righteous. He will surely achieve great things in the future."

When he said this, Wang Anshi gave him a sour look.Your son, that's my son, okay?But if you think about it this way, you can't just say: "Let's be there" and keep going back.

The two old men bickered, and Wang Pang laughed along with him, but he was thinking about how to avoid Zhao Zongshi when he entered the palace tomorrow.

Saying goodbye to the lord, Wang Pang hurried back to the mansion, leaving other things behind as soon as he entered the courtyard, the mansion was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the servants opened up and shouted towards the courtyard, "Young master is back!" The word spread throughout the whole The mansion, Hulala, many people came out from the courtyard, big and small.They surrounded the king and walked towards the hall.