Compete for the Song Dynasty

There is a compound in the north of Kaifeng Prefecture.This compound is about the size of a football field. When you enter the courtyard and bypass the screen wall, you can see several rows of trees planted around the courtyard. There is a ring in the middle of the open space. The left and rear sides of the ring are neatly placed with knives, guns, swords, halberds, axes and axe. Hook fork.There is a tower palace directly opposite, and the gold inscription plaque reads "Yingwu Tower".If you sit behind the railing upstairs, you can see every corner of the yard.

A horse was galloping on the playground, and the king on the horse was facing a group of straw people, holding the arched back with his left hand, and the bowstring with his right hand.Hold the bow, pull the front handle, pull the back handle, hold the front handle, stroke the back handle, pull out the chest, turn your elbows and adjust your face.The eyes were hung on the string, the bow was fully drawn and loosened, and an arrow flew out, hitting the straw man opposite.

Wang Pang was overjoyed, he liked the feeling of galloping so much.The horse returned to the Hall of Valor, Wang Pang got off his horse and met Di Qing who was sitting in front of the Hall of Valor. "Master please advise."

Di Qing said, "You have mastered the basics very well."

Wang Pang recited "The front handle is like Mount Tai, the back handle is like holding a baby, the bow is like a full moon, and the arrow is like a shooting star" [

Di Qing stood up and took the bow and weighed it in his hand: "This bow is still light. Although you have mastered the essentials, the basic skills are not yet solid. You should step up your standing skills when you are in trouble. After you have practiced the standing skills, hang your shoulders." Only when the shoulders are hung up can the bow be drawn hard.”

"I would like to follow Master's instruction." Wang Pang said, cupping his hands.

The master and apprentice were talking when they saw Wang Yu and Wang Yuanze walking in from outside the courtyard.

"Yuanze pays homage to Lord Di." Yuanze cupped his hands.

Di Qing said, "Excuse me!" Turning to Wang Pang, he said, "You have practiced for a long time today, and you have made rapid progress. Remember the main points and keep practicing every day." Wang Pang nodded in agreement.

Di Qing said again: "You two brothers, go and rest."

The two brothers bid farewell to Di Qing and walked outside.

Half a month has passed since the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the two brothers rarely have time to get together.Wang Pang asked Yuan Ze: "Brother, why do you have time to come out today?" He knew that Yuan Ze was concentrating on studying hard for the next exam.

"Today's business, I want to come out to get some air, so I'm looking for my younger brother to go out for a walk on the street together." Yuan Ze said

The two chatted while walking, Wang Pang pointed to his arm and said: "These days I practice horseback riding and archery every day. Look! Is it much stronger?" Yuan Ze patted him and nodded without envy. "Young brother is indeed much stronger."

Wang Pang asked, "What's new and strange about your brother?"

Yuan Ze said: "There is nothing new, but yesterday there was a distinguished guest at the house, guess who it is?"

Wang Pang shook his head

Yuan Ze said: "Master Sima Guang is here today."

Wang Pang asked in surprise, "But that boy smashed the vat and rescued his partner Sima Guang?"

Yuan Ze said, "Exactly, Master Sima Guang has recently arrived in the same department as his father.

The two talked while walking, and after a while they came to the bustling place of Bianjing, near Zhouqiao in the central area of ​​Bianjing, there are dozens of restaurants, large and small, and Wang Pang suggested: "Brother, how about sitting in our restaurant?"

The two walked into the Renhe Building hand in hand, and found a place to sit down.The two brothers chatted while eating, Yuan Ze asked with a smile: "Is this the case in the restaurant in the fantasy world, my brother is seriously ill?"

Wang Pang smiled and said: "It's the same, but there are no singing girls, maikos are waiting for customers in the corridor upstairs. Brother, can you tell me why you have to drink before entering this restaurant." [

Yuan Ze smiled. He blocked it with his sleeve, pointed at the person who had just walked into the hall with his finger and said, "Come and see this person."

The king looked towards the direction he was pointing at, and saw a young boy coming in, wearing a square scarf and a light green robe, with dark green trim on the collar and cuffs embroidered with silver silk thread, and a belt wrapped around his waist with the same color trim and the same color. Peiyu, showing off her slender figure.

Seeing Xiao Er coming forward to greet him, Yuan Ze said to Wang Pang

"Look, when this person enters the door and sits down, Xiaoer will "provide a bottle of tea". After taking a seat, drink a glass of wine first, pay a few pennies, and call it "official wine". Wang listened carefully

Yuan Ze continued to explain: "The one from the second side is called: Kanpan."

Wang Pang said: "In my illusion, it is called a recipe."

Yuan Ze said: "Xiao Er writes down the dishes ordered by the guests, remembers them clearly, and sings the newspaper and the kitchen. There is a "Dangtou" in the kitchen, which records the dishes and cooks them one by one."

"That's called a chef." Wang Bang said with a smile

Yuan Ze went on to say: "The one who serves the food, serves the dishes. If there is a mistake, he will be "rebuked", fined, and severely "expelled". What is the name of the person who serves the food in the fantasy world?"

"In my illusion, the waiter and the waiter are usually the same person, called the waiter."

"Waiter?" Yuan Ze laughed, pointing at Wang Pang and said, "What Brother Xian said is ridiculous."

The two were talking, and the person they pointed to walked by, and the king saw him clearly.Seeing this man's oval face, handsome eyes and eyebrows.I saw that man sat down at the table next to them, drank official wine, only ordered two small dishes, and ordered half a noodle soup.

Seeing Yuan Ze looking at the young man, Wang Pang asked, "What do you see, brother?"

Yuan Ze said: "I think it doesn't matter how old you and I are, how come we are so handsome."

Wang Pang laughed and said: "Brother, do you know that this person is accompanied by a woman in men's clothing?"

The two secretly looked at the man at the same time, but they didn't know that the man was glaring at Wang, Yuan Ze just didn't want to see him and bowed his head to eat.Wang Pang didn't care about the set and still looked at the man with a generous smile. When the man saw Wang Pang blushed, he simply turned his head away without looking at Wang Pang.

"My dear brother, how do you know that he is a woman?" Yuan Ze asked in a low voice.

"Intuition" Wang Pang smiled slyly, then imitated the man just now, picked up the wine glass, and touched his Adam's apple again.Yuan Ze seemed to understand, the two looked at each other and made faces.

Zhao Zongshi was sitting in the study room to meet with guests, when he saw his head bowed Zhao Zongshi said, "Master Sima is back this time, I should clean up the dust for him."

Sima Guang: "My lord, you are being polite. I would like to thank you for your kind words in front of the Holy Majesty and the Empress this time."

Zhao Zongshi said: "For the time being, Lord Sima will be wronged. After a period of time, Sir, he will practice daily life notes. He will be around the Holy One every day. When the time comes, he will still look at the Lord and speak carefully in front of the Holy One."

"My lord, don't worry, a courtier only knows how to be loyal." Seeing Zhao Zongshi say this, Sima Guang secretly guessed the meaning of his words. [

Zhao Zongshi said: "Master Pang Ji, the former Prime Minister, was transferred from the capital because of Di Qing's promotion. Lord Sima gave up his post in the capital and followed Master Pang Ji in the northwest for many years. When he heard that Lord Pang Ji passed away, Lord Sima ascended to pay homage to Pang's wife. Mother, treat Pang Daren’s younger brother like his own brother. It can be said that both loyalty and righteousness are complete.”

"My lord, thank you." Sima Guang said modestly

"Relying on his military exploits, Di Qing is actually called: the temple is majestic. It's a pity that Pang Daren and Lord Sima are so wronged." Zhao Zongshi said looking at Sima Guang's expression.

"Di Qing has made great achievements in fighting for the country, but he should not be proud of his achievements." Sima Guang was also angry at his mentor being demoted.

Zhao Zongshi asked with a smile in his heart: "Recently he has been very close to Mr. Wang, and you have been getting along with Mr. Wang Anshi more recently, but I wonder if Wang Anshi is also a loyal person like Mr. Sima?"

"This person is indeed a person who does things, but his personality is rather stubborn." Sima Guang replied truthfully.

Zhao Zongshi said: "It's rare that Lord Sima is so objective. If I have Lord Sima to help me, I will be comparable to Li Si and Xiao He. I won't let Di Qing be so crazy."

Sima Guang immediately understood Zhao Anshi's meaning, stood up and bowed and said, "Grandpa, with all due respect, although Di Qing is crazy, he is a center after all, and he is a martial artist, so he needs to worry about it."

Zhao Zongshi said: "It's just that I am eager to love. Wouldn't it be better if I can realize my wish as soon as possible."

In the past, Sima Guang would thank him, but unexpectedly Sima Guang came to him indifferently: "I am in a prosperous age, and the world will be peaceful. I only know the duty of my heart. My father-in-law let everything take its course. Now the holy dragon is not in good health, and the father-in-law just obeys the destiny." , why rush for a while and make the world puzzled."

Zhao Zongshi was taken aback after hearing this, and was about to say something when his family members came to report, and a gentleman surnamed Liang asked to see him.

Sima Guang saw that there was a step, so he said: "Since the father-in-law has a visitor, I will take my leave first."

Watching Sima Guang turn and leave, Zhao Zongshi was also confused, is this someone he can use?

Liang Yi walked into the study: "Master Zhao, I brought a letter written by Mr. Buzang."

Zhao Zongshi opened the letter and read it for a while, then asked Liang Yi: "You can tell Mr. Mozang that as long as he is willing to assist the king, he will never treat him badly in the future. In addition, what happened to the fact that he promised to persuade Xixia Li Yuanhao to raise troops?"

Liang Yi said: "Returning to my lord, Master Wuzang said that the Xixia side only waits for the lord to solve Di Qing, otherwise the army will be afraid."

Zhao Zongshi asked, "Well! I am free to arrange this, what else can I say?"

Liang Yi said: "There is one more thing to ask."

"Oh?"

Liang Yi went on to say: "Master Wuzang heard that the father-in-law has a treasure, and he would like to borrow it to appreciate it."

Zhao Zongshi said: "I don't have any treasures here, even if there are, it may not be as good as Mr. Wuzang's collection, but I don't know what Mr. Wuzang said?"

Liang Yi said: "If this matter is successful, my lord, all the treasures in the world will belong to my lord. What my lord is talking about is a sword that my lord has now!"

Zhao Zongshi frowned, knowing that what Liang Yi wanted was his sword that cut iron like mud.

He pretended to be confused and said: "There are several swords, I don't know which one my lord is talking about."

Liang Yi said, "I heard that my grandfather has a Songwen sword, and I don't have a hidden sword. My lord loves hidden swords, so I want to borrow it to have a look."

Zhao Zongshi knew in his heart that he said it was borrowing but he wanted it, and he was extremely reluctant, but he laughed: "How can a sword compare with Jiangshan, you follow me."

After speaking, he led Liang Yi to the garden. There was a secret door behind a rockery in the corner of the garden, and there was a dark room inside. Liang Yi followed him into the dark room. He had been to this place before. He asked Liang Yi to wait here and leave by himself. To the back of the dark room, it turns out that there is a dark room behind the dark room.After a while, he took out a sword and handed it to Liang Yi.

"You go back, I will notify you after I finish dealing with Di Qing!"

When Liang Yi walked out of the Pu mansion, Wang Yaochen happened to walk into the Pu mansion and the two of them crossed paths.Wang Yaochen felt that this person looked very familiar!

Seeing Zhao Zongshi, Wang Yaochen asked. "I just saw a person from the mansion come out, I don't know why, but it looks familiar!"

Zhao Zongshi said: "It was this person who was dismissed from the palace examination that day and caused the fire in the mansion."

Wang Yaochen slapped his forehead: "It's this person! I heard that this person fled to Xixia?" Before he finished speaking

Zhao Zongshi lowered his face: "You don't need to ask more about this matter, how is your arrangement with Di Qing?"

Wang Yaochen hurriedly said respectfully: "I have made arrangements, and the date is chosen to be the Double Ninth Festival." After speaking, seeing Zhao Zongshi ignored him, he narrowed his eyes slightly, as if thinking about something.

Liang Zuo walked out of Pu Mansion, not daring to stay longer in the city, he walked into Renhe Building with his head down, found a quiet corner to sit down, and hurried on his way if he wanted to eat something.

Sitting not far away, the two younger brothers next to Wang were whispering, talking and laughing.Wang Pang and the two were very happy, and he told his elder brother that Mr. Bao treated him very well.

Wang Pang's adoptive father did not recognize him in vain, and gave him some pocket money every now and then.One give is ten consecutive.According to the exchange at that time, 1 tael of gold, 10 taels of silver, 10 copper coins, and 10000 Wen copper coins.Let's put it this way, once the grain at that time was about 60 kilograms now, it cost only about 400 Wen.

Overnight, Wang Pang became the second official and the second richest man.

不过这相对于包拯大人，真是九牛一毛。王旁给包拯算过一笔账包拯头上好几个职衔一年的各项收入：20856贯铜钱、2180石大米、180石小麦、10匹绫、34匹绢、2匹罗、100两绵、15秤木炭、240捆柴禾、480捆干草。作为外任藩府的高级地方官，朝廷划拨给包拯20顷职田，也就是2000亩耕地，允许他每年收租，并且需纳粮。这2000亩耕地按每亩租米一石估算，每年也有2000石米的进项

First he became Wang Anshi's son, then he recognized Bao Zheng as his adoptive father, and Di Qing taught him martial arts and swordsmanship. It seemed that all the good things fell on Wang Pang's head.

Just when they were rejoicing, the woman disguised as a man suddenly came to their table and whispered to the king, "You are very proud."

Wang Pang was startled and looked up at him. He smiled and said, "Do you know that the man sitting in the corner is a spy?"

Wang Bang squinted at him: "How do you know?"

The man simply sat down at the table with the younger brothers and said, "That man has a ghost in his heart."

Wang Pang looked at the woman disguised as a man and said calmly: "If he has ghosts in his heart, don't you have ghosts in your heart with this dress?"

The man curled his lips contemptuously: "Hmph, the second official plus the second richest man! If you let this person escape, I'm afraid you will have all of them soon."

Wang Pang wondered how he knew what I was thinking.But he said: "I'm not an official, you can say whatever you want. Even if an official arrests someone here, there must be evidence."

The man smiled mischievously: "Here is the evidence for you." After speaking, he got up and walked to Liang Yi's desk, and said a few words in a low voice. Wanting to kill her, the man seemed to know what Liang Yi was going to do, and he dodged faster than a sword was drawn. Seeing that his whereabouts were exposed, Liang Yi hurriedly got up and was about to walk out of the restaurant.

Seeing this, Wang Pang stood up and stretched his legs ahead of the man.Liang Yi was flustered at first, he stumbled and fell to the ground when he was tripped by Wang Pang. Wang Pang held him down and said to Yuan Ze: "Brother, report to the police." Yuan Ze quickly ran out of the restaurant to Kaifeng Go to the government.

Someone in the shop recognized that Wang Pang was Bao Zheng's adopted son, so they hurried up to help hold Liang Yi down.When Wang Pang looked back, he couldn't find the woman dressed as a man.I thought to myself, this is terrible, why did the victim run away?