Compete for the Song Dynasty

When Wang listened to Cai Ting say that Yuexia did not die in the fire, he was shocked: "Well, what's going on here?"

"Let Zhifu Li talk to you." Cai Ting finished speaking and looked at Li Shen.Li Shen cupped his hands, and said to Wang Pang in a slow tone: "Wang Shilang, please rest assured, the Kaifeng Mansion has to investigate this matter in detail, and besides, it is supervised by King Ying and the Ministry of Punishment. We are here to visit Wang Shilang on purpose. , I will briefly talk to Wang Shilang about the fire, please ask the servant to go to Kaifeng Mansion tomorrow for the specific case, and we will discuss it in detail in terms of business."

Seeing Zhongzhen nodding towards him, Wang Pang understood in his heart that Zhongzhen brought the two of them here for a purely private visit, and it was still necessary to handle official business.He said to Li Shen: "Prefect Li, Cai Tixing, don't worry, I, Wang, am not a troublemaker. I originally wanted to use Liangshan's death to go back to the capital to investigate this matter. Now it seems that lynching is inappropriate. I I believe that the two of you will handle it impartially, but I regret that I lost my sense of control after hearing this letter, and I failed to see the face of my deceased wife, and I don’t know where her body is. Li Zhifu, please tell me the truth now, I I think I've calmed down."

Everyone listened to Wang Pang's words, and when they saw Wang Pang, they also suppressed their tears, and their hearts seemed to be weighed down by a stone.Li Shen said: "Madam's body is still in Kaifeng Mansion, and it has been frozen for safekeeping. Wang Shilang will see you when he arrives in Kaifeng Mansion tomorrow. Regarding this case, according to the investigation results of Kaifeng Mansion, the fire in the mansion was indeed caused by the maid's carelessness. In a fire, two people died and one disappeared: the deceased were Mrs. Ling and a maid, and the whereabouts of the son are unknown."

Speaking of this, Li Shen paused for a while, he looked at Wang Pang, Wang Pang took a deep breath, and nodded to Li Shen to continue. [

"The Kaifeng government found out that the fire was caused by a maid who fell asleep at night and knocked over the candle. Judging from the place where the fire started and the traces in the room, it was suspicious; but the other wife was not injured by the fire, so the wife's body was intact and caused by suffocation. His face is blue and purple, and there are no wounds on his body, and his expression is very peaceful. This is very strange."

Wang Pang was very confused by Li Shen's words, he really wanted to go to see Yuexia's body right away, but how can a man be so restless in doing things, besides, he came back a few days late, so it's not too late.Thinking of this, Wang said: "I would like to ask Li Zhifu and Cai Tixing to take more care of this matter. If this matter can be found out, Wang will be very grateful."

Cai Ting waved his hand: "Wang Shilang doesn't have to be like this, even if it's not a matter in Wang Shilang's house, we should handle it impartially, not to mention that Wang Shilang is a meritorious minister who went to the Great Song Dynasty for us, a young and promising man, who suffered This bad luck, we are both ministers of the same dynasty, and we will do our best."

At this point, everyone was silent for a while. When Cai Ting first saw Wang Pang, he saw that Wang Pang was so young and well-behaved. When he was on Shanxi Road, Li Shen worked under Xue Xiang. Although Wang Pang didn't know Li Shen, Li Shen knew Wang Pang very well.I just took office in Kaifeng Mansion, and when I encountered such a strange case, I was more willing to handle it with all my heart.

Cai Ting and Li Shen said some more words of comfort to Wang Pangjie, and then got up to leave first.Wang Pang sent the two of them outside the hall, and asked Lu Shenyan to send the two adults out of the mansion.Just as he was about to turn around and go back to the hall, he saw Cai Jing coming in from the outside. Cai Jing ran over when he saw Wang Pang, hugged Wang Pang and said excitedly, "My lord, you are back." The joy was beyond words.

Wang Pang smiled wryly, looking at Cai Jing, he thought of Tong Guan, how the two of them would change in the future, and how they would eventually become famous treacherous ministers of the Song Dynasty, Wang Pang didn’t know, but looking at himself now, if Zhongzhen didn’t do his best to make up for Yingzong’s fault , Wang Pang really doesn't know what will happen to him?Or they have already gone to the Liao Kingdom, maybe to Xixia, it is more likely to occupy the land of Liangshan and stand on their own.

Seeing Wang Pang in a daze, Cai Jing thought that Wang Pang was still sad about what happened under the moon, and comforted him: "Master, I am sorry, it is because we have been too negligent. Don't worry, Yuan Chang will do his best in the future. Right now everyone is trying to find a young master. It seems that the young master must have been rescued from the fire by an expert, since the young master has returned, maybe the expert will send the young master back."

Cai Jing's words somewhat comforted Wang Pang, Wang Pang patted him on the shoulder and said, "I just came back, and I have many things to ask you, Zhe Kejun and the others are in the wing room, you go and see them, I have something to say to my elder brother Ying Wang .”

"Okay!" Cai Jing readily agreed, then turned and walked towards the wing.Wang Pang looked at Cai Jing's back, thinking that the world is unpredictable.Turning around and returning to the hall, Zhong Zhen said to Yuan Ze: "Why do you love the king and not the king? With the imperial salary, you don't have any real job. When my brother finishes handling this matter, I will go with him."

"Where are you going with me?" Wang asked, puzzled as he entered the door.

"Oh, I was telling Zhong Zhen that you should go back to your hometown and see your parents!" Yuan Ze explained.

Wang Pang thought to himself, he had been away from the Song Dynasty for so long, and Bao Zheng's departure was already a pity in his heart. No matter what, the biological father of his body is now Wang Anshi, and it is human nature to honor his parents, and he should go back to his hometown to see. "Hey, two brothers, I will take care of the affairs of the house first, and send my adoptive father and father-in-law's clothes tombs to be buried with Emperor Renzong in Yongzhao Mausoleum. After paying homage, I will go back to Jiangning to visit my parents. What? King Ying wants Will you come with me?"

Mentioning this matter, Zhao Zhongzhen's eyes lit up: "Yes, I'm almost bored in the capital. Some other princes have left the capital for the title of king, land or appointment. Now there are important things in the court, and I can't do even if there are big things. It’s about dealing with Brother Ruo’s matter. So, I want to walk around with Brother Ruo while Brother Ruo is sending his dead wife’s coffin back to his ancestral home.”

Wang Pang waved his hands when he heard this: "How can this be done, Zhongzhen, you are the prince and King Ying, how can you go with my family's funeral, and then you said that the capital is very unsafe, in case you make any mistakes, don't you?" Want my life?"

Zhao Zhongzhen seemed very unconvinced: "Why not, I have guards accompanying me, if it is inconvenient to follow the funeral, then I will go first and wait for you there."

Wang Pangxin said that this Zhao Zhongzhen was simply adding to the confusion, but he couldn't speak directly and could only say: "It's too eye-catching for you to bring guards, it's not safe to not bring guards, and the emperor may not agree."

Zhong Zhen lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said: "Anyway, if I can convince my father to let me travel, I will definitely ask Brother Ruo to go with me."

Wang Pang sighed, what happened to Zhongzhen, he had enough worries now, he looked at Zhongzhen and shook his head and said: "Zhongzhen, how long have you and I known each other?"

Zhao Zhongzhen pinched his fingers and said, "It's been seven or eight years?"

"When did elder brother hide something from you?" Wang Bang asked again.

"Not really, but I'm worried that brother Ruo is in a bad mood. Besides, I don't know anything about the world in the capital, so I want to go for a walk with brother Ruo, so that I can gain some experience if I relax." Zhao Zhongzhen felt that his Good idea.

Wang Pang said: "I have completed my mission now, and now my family has suffered such an accident. What's more, Prime Minister Bao regards me as his own son. I want to resign when the order is restored. First, I will be a filial piety for my adoptive father, and second, I can also be buried. Dead wife, which of these is something to relax and relax?"

When Wang Pang said this, his tone was very serious. No matter how precocious Zhongzhen was, he was still only sixteen or seventeen years old. He couldn't help but pouted when he heard this, but he felt that what Wang Pang said was not unreasonable, but because he couldn't be casual. But for some unhappy.

Seeing the two arguing with each other sentence by sentence, Yuan Ze reconciled: "Forget it, I think you two should stop arguing. If you have made this decision, you will go to the court immediately. You have not been idle these few years. It's human nature to take a break; as for Zhong Zhen, there's nothing wrong with wanting to go around and see things, but you have a special status, so if the emperor agrees, it's a different matter. I have my father's order, since my brother returned safely, I also Don't worry, the rest is to concentrate on my scientific research. Now my father and brother have resigned from office, and the other is about to resign. I see the official career of the palace, and I don't think I can do it without continuing to work hard."

Listening to his elder brother's words, Wang's heart skipped a beat. The feelings he felt when he saw Cai Jing came back to his heart again. He had been traveling around for the past few years, but he didn't know that everyone was changing subtly as time went by.Now even Wang Yuanze, the twin brother of his own body, is now an adult, looking up at his official career and sighing.

With this idea in Wang Pang's mind, he suddenly felt a little cheerful about Yuexia's departure, as the saying goes: the world is still changing and the world is unpredictable.Thinking that Yuexia was abandoned by his father since he was a child, I can't blame General Di for this, the ancients were superstitious, not to mention that even a wise man like his foster father would be misled by slander.Looking for relatives for thousands of miles under the moon, the journey was bumpy, and he was in danger several times.Even after Yuexia and himself got married, they didn't have a few days of steady life, the two of them got together less and separated more, thinking about Yuexia's hard work.In the future, I still don't know, this is my lucky return, if I really walk ahead of Yuexia, it will be even more sad to stay behind Yuexia.

Although he failed to grow old together with Yuexia, he finally did not leave Yuexia here with any injuries. Maybe just like Li Shen said that Yuexia walked peacefully, it may not be a bad thing.In short, Wang Pang was a little disheartened.

Seeing that the king was silent, Zhong Zhen stopped mentioning the matter after he had made up his mind, and instead asked, "Brother Ruo, do you still want bodyguards?"

"I'm about to resign, what bodyguard do I want?" Wang Pang said with a wry smile.

Zhongzhen smiled: "Then Yang Shihan was rewarded, and he did not forget to go to the imperial court to reward Ruo brother's generals. Now Zhe Kejun and others have added official positions, but they are still on duty, so I will ask Zuo father to stay in my house as the commander of the guards." , and my personal military academy. If brother needs it, I will let them stay by my brother's side."

It is better to follow Zhongzhen than to follow himself. In the future, when Zhao Zhongzhen becomes the emperor, these people will become great generals. "Let's just stay with King Ying. These people have high martial arts skills and extraordinary skills. And I'm no longer an official. It's a pity that they follow me."

Speaking of which, the king thinks of Yue Li. Thanks to Yue Li at the back this time, he has not inquired about Yue Li since he came back. Thinking of Yue Li, he suddenly thought of someone. Where is that person named Qin Minxue?Does the fire in his own house have anything to do with him?