Water Margin Survival

The bustling scene of Bianliang City did not die down with the coming of night, only row upon row of shops were hung with fiery red lanterns.There is also the mansion of the big official and wealthy guest, and the lights are bright and bright all night long.The blue smoke emitted by these candles when burning, lingering, shrouded the sky above Yanjing, drawing a rare picture of fireworks in the world.

At this moment, I saw a man with a green face isolated on the street in a busy city. It had been a whole day.In the early morning, he left the hotel, took out the family heirloom sword, and sold it in the street market.

Suddenly a biting cold wind hit, blowing the signs of the shops on the street toppled, and the scattered dead leaves danced in the wind. Such a scene made the passers-by on the street gather their winter clothes and speed up. The pace of returning home.

Well, let's try our luck outside Fanlou!

Yang Zhi sighed helplessly.

In fact, he knew earlier that there were high-ranking officials and dignitaries coming in and out there, and if there were any masters who spent a lot of money, he might meet buyers.It's just that this decision made him very embarrassed. Anyway, he was a frequent visitor there in the past, but now he is a seven-foot man who stands outside the door of the number one social place in Tokyo and sells knives. If he meets some old acquaintances, Softly said, "Yang Zhi, how did you end up in such a situation!" How should he answer?What face!

It's a pity that he is penniless now, and all the family property he sold has been used as a confession, and the only remaining animal has been mortgaged to the restaurant for rent. Now he has nothing, what capital is there? Come to save face?

Thinking of this, he could only hear him scolding angrily: "That guy, you are so hateful!"The Privy Council got the money, so at least they behaved in a manner, so they didn't make things difficult for themselves.It's just that Gao Qiu's mansion is in charge of the Palace Marshal's Mansion, from the time he enters the door to when he leaves the door, he spends money everywhere, and everyone takes care of it. It's hard to see the rightful Lord Gao Taiwei, but he has a good meal of ridicule, and he spends a lot of money on himself. The luxury gift on the table was smashed on the spot, causing a chill to rise from the soles of his feet, and he was full of bitterness.

A word of good words warms the winter three times, and a word of bad words chills the heart.

At this moment, Yang Zhi completely understood the meaning of this sentence.It's just that the price was too high, it made him short of breath for a hero, and love for his son and daughter.Thinking about Lin Chong's disaster and Wang Lun's willingness to go to Tokyo to fetch his family for him regardless of his personal risk, but for himself, who has ever seen him in such a situation? On the other hand, he was asking about his coldness and warmth, and in a blink of an eye, he was waiting to see his jokes.

So it would be better to stay in Liangshan. At that time, the group of heroes respected him in general, especially the leader Wang... Thinking of Wang Lun, Yang Zhi suddenly felt a strange sadness in his heart, which made him regret his past.

Dragging his body stiffened by the cold wind, Yang Zhi came to the brightly lit Fan Tower, watching the lights come on, Yang Zhi was filled with emotion, it was the prosperity all over the sky, and the glory of that family made him breathless Come.

"Yang Zhishi, hey, it's really Yang Zhiyan!"

When Yang Zhi heard the call, he hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see a noble official with five or seven helpers coming out of the luxurious fan building, and he saw the man's face clearly by the light, Yang Zhi wished he could bury his head in the ground go.

"Yang Zhi, Yang Zhi! I said why are you hiding!" Seeing Yang Zhi lowering his head and covering his face, the noble official blamed him.

Helpless, Yang Zhi had no choice but to bite the bullet, stepped forward and saluted: "The villain has seen Wang Taiwei!"

"I haven't seen you for a few years, Lao Yang, how did you end up in this situation? Hey, isn't this your family heirloom sword? I think I paid for your treasured sword, Xu Guan'er's precious armor, and you two refused to sell it. , I didn’t see you for a while, why, this knife is going to be sold now?” The noble official took off the grass label on Yang Zhi’s knife, and played with it.

Yang Zhi sighed, but didn't speak.Seeing Yang Zhi like this, Wang Taiwei restrained his tone a bit, and didn't make fun of him anymore, he just said: "The other day I heard that you escorted Hua Shigang to overturn the boat, and there was no one to find, why are you selling knives here at this time?" ?”

Seeing him asking, Yang Zhi revealed the whole story of his failure to sell his family property and go to Gaoqiu's family. The Wang Taiwei laughed when he saw this, and said: "You are a general, and you are of noble birth. Our Gao Taiwei When I see someone from a good family background, I feel apprehensive!"

When Yang Zhi heard it, he suddenly realized, no wonder he couldn't even give the gift out, so it wasn't because of the weight of the gift, it was because Gao Qi came from a humble background, he was jealous of his family background, and did it on purpose!Thinking of this, Yang Zhi smiled wryly in his heart, and shook his head helplessly.

Seeing this, Wang Taiwei showed a faint smile, just took the precious sword in Yang Zhi's hand, and asked: "Yang Zhi, I paid a lot of money for your precious sword in the past, but what is the price today?"

Yang Zhi thought about it, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare to accept the Taiwei's money, if the Taiwei likes it, Yang Zhi will just give it to the Taiwei!"

Wang Taiwei laughed loudly when he heard the words, and said straightly: "Go! Go!" Playing with the knife in his hand for a while, the Taiwei raised his head and smiled: "Are you afraid that you haven't finished talking?"

"I just hope that I can take advantage of the captain's face and resume my official position. The villain is very grateful!" Yang Zhi bowed down without putting on airs.He knew very well that the person in front of him had this ability.

It turns out that Wang Taiwei's surname is Wang Mingshen, and he is known as Xiao Wangdu Taiwei.He was born in a noble family, and he was the son-in-law recruited by Yingzong.In the early years, he held a real position in the local area, but because of his excellent relationship with the then King Duan, who is now Huizong, after the Zhao official came to the throne, he was not willing to let him go to the local area again, and only stayed in the capital. They often get together, so although this person does not have a real job now, his status is detached, and he is inextricably linked with the powerful officials in the court. It is only that Gao Qiu was a helper in his family before he made a fortune, and he only got close to him because of him. At that time, it was only the Zhao official family of the prince.

Hearing what Yang Zhi said, the Taiwei Wang thought about it for a while, and said: "In the past, it would not be difficult to help you with this favor, but it's a pity that you went to Gao Qiu first, and if I go to him again, I'm afraid I'll be disappointed." He is naughty, even though he came out of my house, he is no longer what he used to be!"

When Yang Zhi heard this, his heart turned cold. The Wang Taiwei laughed when he saw him like this, and said again: "I don't want your sword for nothing! I think you are also the descendant of Yang Wudi, and the hero is so downcast after that. , It also makes my royal family face not very bright. Like this! The son-in-law of Cai Xianggong who stayed behind in Yanjing Daming Mansion has a long history of dealings with me on weekdays. I will write a letter to you, and vote for him, thinking that he is the place to employ people, and I can't guarantee a few ranks of officials, but at least a small officer can't escape, what do you think?"

Yang Zhi was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said bluntly: "But Liang Zhongshu also knows me, and loves my martial arts very much!"

Wang Taiwei laughed and said: "This is even better! Seeing that you are living on the street, you must have no money on your body, so I will be a good person to the end, give you a hundred travel expenses, and tell you to think of my benefits, and Come with me to the house, I will write to you!"

As soon as Wang Taiwei finished speaking, he brought Yang Zhi back to the mansion, waited for the servants to spread out the writing and ink, Wang Taiwei wiped the paper, slowly dried the paper, wrapped the envelope and handed it to Yang Zhi, and ordered The butler went down and gave Yang Zhi a hundred guan, Yang Zhi was overjoyed, thanked the little Wangdu Taiwei, and then withdrew with the butler.

The steward of the palace directly led Yang Zhi to the gate of the mansion, and handed him a letter of 50 taels of silver. Yang Zhi saw that the amount was wrong, so he asked the steward carefully, but the steward sneered and said, "Go ahead with you. How much does a beggar dare to care about?" Seeing that Yang Zhi saw that his heart surged suddenly, just for the piece of paper in his hand, he held back, took the money and left, the housekeeper looked at the shadow and sneered.

Let's say that when the butler returned to the mansion, he saw Wang Taiwei's face beaming with joy. He just played with the precious sword and said, "Master, I'll send Yang Zhi away!"

Wang Taiwei nodded, he didn't care much, he was overjoyed and said: "The treasure that can't be bought with a lot of money in the past, now only costs a hundred guan, it really doesn't take any effort!" Dao suddenly sighed and sat down slumped.Seeing this, the housekeeper hurriedly asked, "Why is the master sighing?"

Just listen to that Wang Taiwei said: "I was optimistic about a pair of armor and a knife in the past. Now that I have the knife, I miss that armor even more!"

The steward asked, "Master, why don't you just go and buy it?"

Wang Taiwei shook his head and said: "You mean I don't want to buy it? The price has already reached [-] guan, so Xu Ning just won't sell it. That's right, he has never been desperate and desperate!"

The butler lowered his head and thought for a while, then leaned forward and said, "Why don't you think of a way to make Xu Ning have nowhere to go?"

When Wang Taiwei saw that he got up suddenly, he shook his head and said: "No, no, that officer Xu is too familiar, so I can't do it!"

The housekeeper smiled when he heard the words, and said from the side: "Why does the master do it himself? Just write a letter and hand it to the sophomore, how dare he not do it? If it weren't for the master in the past, would he be able to have what he is today? Think about Lin Chong If he lost his hands and feet, why would he care about one more Xu Ning?"

When Wang Taiwei heard this, he felt that this plan was very good, looked at the housekeeper and smiled, "What high school sophomore, it's Gao Taiwei! You have such a mouth! Haha..."