Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 2
In September of the fourth year of Wanli, the center of the world, the first snow fell in the capital city of Daming.

The snow was not heavy, but the officials and scholars of the capital immediately wrote poems praising the auspicious snow year. Such auspiciousness is naturally due to the wisdom of His Majesty, the wise chief assistant, Mr. Zhang.

These things have nothing to do with Wang Tong who is running in the snow. After a year, he has grown taller again, becoming more and more like an adult.

His family lived in the south of the imperial city, also known as Nancheng. This was the area where the common people and lower-level officials of the capital lived. Walking in it, one could not feel the majesty and wealth of the capital.

The snowflakes were flying, but the weather was not very cold. Wang Tong trotted into a shop. The clerk in the shop saw the customers and hurried forward to greet him, and took the duster to sweep the snow off Wang Tong's clothes.

Although the shopkeeper and the guys in this store are polite, they don't have any smiling faces. It's not that they don't know how to do business, but because they are a store that sells incense and candle offerings.

"Shopkeeper, bring me candles for funerals for three days, bring me a bunch of incense sticks, and cut [-] knives of yellow paper... Can you send me a guy to deliver it to me?"

Wang Tong said in a deep voice, seeing the half-grown child with red eye circles and a sad face when he entered the door, the world-savvy shopkeeper and the shopkeeper certainly knew what happened, and quickly nodded in agreement.

When Macau returned to the capital, Wang Li and Wang Tong and his son walked away for almost half a year. The long journey made Wang Li's already unbearable body even worse.

After returning to the capital, Wang Li went to Zhenfusi Yamen to hand over his errand, and fell ill within a few days. After seeing it, the doctors invited by Wang Tong directly judged that the disease was incurable, and the three doctors were all so.Wang Tong tried his best to take care of her for several months. Just the day before the first snow fell, Wang Li couldn't hold on any longer and died on the bed.

Wang Tong was distraught, he was an orphan in that life, his mother died early in this life, and his father also left him so early, will he live alone again?
Although his thought age was close to 40 years old, he was still at a loss in the face of this situation, and just cried loudly at his father's body.

The widow horse who still lives next door heard the commotion and couldn't help but come over to have a look. Although Wang Li was a Jinyiwei, the neighbors got along well. During the serious illness, the widow horse also helped a lot.

Seeing Wang Tong crying, the woman said a few words of comfort, and it was not a problem to just put the corpse like this, and it would be better to get the funeral done as soon as possible, and to be buried in peace.

Life must go on, and Wang Tong, who endured the grief, had to follow the advice of his neighbors. Under the guidance of Widow Ma, he bought the shrouds, shrouds, and banners for the spiritual case. The Wang family had no relatives in the capital, and Wang Tong also Went to Jinyiwei Yamen to report the funeral, and informed several old friends of Wang Li.

After buying joss sticks in this shop, the guests from all walks of life will be greeted immediately, and there are still some things in the house that have not been arranged.

After Wang Tong paid the money, he hurried home.

It was snowing heavily and it was lunch time again. The narrow streets were very deserted. Wang Tong trotted for a while, but had to slow down.

Because there are two Jinyiwei in flying fish uniforms walking in front, even though Wang Tong is also a member of Jinyiwei, but he has never dared to rely on this status to be presumptuous, Wang Li is just a small flag, and there are less than ten people under his control There are also officials at the levels of General Banner, Hundred Households, and Thousand Households, not to mention the hidden dragons and crouching tigers under the feet of the emperor. What is this little power?

Seeing the two guards in front of him, Wang Tong didn't dare to run over, lest he be stopped by the other party for questioning, which would be troublesome.

As a child of Jin Yiwei, Wang Tong naturally understands how arrogant these people are, not to mention that his father died of illness, and he has lost his support.

When they came to the front, one of the two glanced back. Wang Tong was wearing a wide-brimmed felt hat, and he couldn't see clearly when he lowered his head. Besides, he had already slowed down, so he didn't care.

He was about to go around, but when he heard the phrase "Wang Li" mentioned earlier, Wang Li was startled when he heard his deceased father's name, and immediately slowed down and hung behind the other party instead.

"If you die, you will die, and you still have to bother to pay homage. It's a snowy day. I'm really upset!"

"Liu Tou, don't be angry with this tuberculosis ghost, I'm the host today, please drink wine to warm your body!"

"...Wang Li must have a lot more money when he came back from the south, right?"

"Liu Tou, the people who came back with him said that it would not be less than 2000 taels."

"Tsk tsk, those sea merchants in the south are really willing to spend money."

"As soon as Wang Li goes, his son is also a white man. It is not easy to get this money. The house facing the street of the Wang family..."

The two guards in brocade clothes were talking nonchalantly, but Wang Tong who was following behind them felt the cold air penetrate into his flesh from the outside, and his whole body was completely cold.

During Wang Li’s stay in Macau, the local officials and the Huayang merchants in Macau were all filial, and indeed he had accumulated a lot of money to bring back. After returning to Beijing, he spent some time on medical treatment, and there was still 100 yuan left over. An extra tael of silver, when Wang Li was dying, he said to Wang Tong, "Don't stay in the capital, take this money and go back to your hometown in Jinan Prefecture, and buy some fields and houses for your peaceful life", but he didn't expect that the money had already been targeted .

After walking a few steps, the two Jinyi guards in front turned into a tavern. Wang Tong saw the opposite side clearly. The "Liu Tou" with sharp mouth and monkey cheeks and a goatee was thin. The flattering man beside him was tall and strong. Full beard.

But what shocked Wang Tong even more was the black iron waist badge with Liu's head exposed. This waist badge represented the official rank of Jinyiwei - the general flag, and there was a general flag on the five small flags, which was higher than Wang Li's official rank .

After the two entered the tavern, Wang Tong didn't dare to follow and stare, but ran towards his house again.

Wang Tong's house is a two-entry house facing the street. Most of the houses on this street are various shops, which are usually quite prosperous, and even the house is worth a few dollars.

When he returned home, Wang Tong was already in a state of disarray, the family had just encountered a catastrophe, unexpectedly someone wanted to seize the family property, even this house was not left for him, and he wanted to kill all of them.

But I have no relatives and no reason, and I am only 13 years old this year, so I don't have the ability to cope at all, what should I do?
Widow Ma has asked someone to call someone who specializes in funeral affairs, and arranged the hall of Wang's house to look like a mourning hall, waiting for Wang Tong to come back.Seeing him coming in with a tranced expression, he couldn't help but worried and said with concern:
"Son, auntie knows that you are suffering, but the days to come will be long, what will you do if you suffer and break your body..."

Wang Tong reluctantly nodded and replied:

"Auntie, I'm fine. If Auntie hadn't come to help this time, I really don't know what to do."

He is sincerely grateful that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. This woman in her 40s has helped their family too much in this matter.Back then, Wang Li just helped the poor woman to say a fair word in the government.

*****
In the past six months, a lot of things have happened, and a story similar to a novel happened to me.
In addition, thank you for the reward of Shanying 2010 and the collection of friends, I have been away for so long, thank you for remembering me

(End of this chapter)