Yipin Tang

Chapter 256 Fanbang who found another way

Originally thought that after confessing to Li Er, he didn't need to be a magic stick, but he didn't expect to be a big magic stick in the end.

Wang Xiang sighed helplessly, he could almost imagine that after this, many more gods would come down to earth in Datang.

He left the palace with a feeling of worrying about gains and losses, and when he returned to Linchuanhou's mansion, he saw people coming and going. There was an endless stream of people entering and leaving the Hou's mansion.

The difference is that the people in and out of Lao Cheng's mansion are all rich and expensive people in brocade clothes, while the people who go in and out of Linchuanhou's mansion are mostly ordinary people in cloth and linen.

Seeing Wang Xiang coming back, they all saluted and congratulated Wang Xiang.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, many people have come to pay us New Year's greetings!" Little Lolita stood in the courtyard with an excited face, and Wang Xiang ran over to chirp as soon as he entered the door, so lively.

She likes to be lively the most. She was a little disappointed when she saw that the house was deserted, so she had to play Dou Dizhu with Wu Shun and Ju Yiya in the house. She didn't expect that not long after Wang Xiang left, people would come to the house to pay New Year's greetings, and there were more and more people, almost They were all the people of the village, and some of them were the students of Gewuyuan, who came to the Hou Mansion with their parents to pay New Year's greetings, and brought meat, vegetables, rice noodles and other things.

Butler Wang, Laifu and the others went home to celebrate the Spring Festival. There was not enough manpower in the mansion, so Wu Shun had to bring little Lolita out to deal with it.

The gifts brought by the common people were very ordinary, and the auspicious words they uttered were also the most common, but Wang Xiang was truly moved. Lao Cheng and Changsun Wuji’s house was full of guests, and the gifts were very expensive. , but such a sincerity and simplicity are missing.

Wang Xiang was in a good mood, and quickly said: "Have a banquet! Our Marquis Manor is also throwing a big banquet today!"

He was very proud, but the Hou's mansion was short of manpower, so in the end he asked Da Zhu to go to Lu Guogong's mansion and seconded some servant girls from Lao Cheng to put on the banquet.

After a while, Tie Dan and Aqinu, who went back to the village to accompany Lao Ding to celebrate the New Year, also came back. Originally, Wang Xiang asked them to go back for a few more days, but Lao Ding urged them to go back earlier because he was afraid that the Hou Mansion would not have enough manpower. He came over and said that Zhuangshang was not far from the Hou's mansion, and he could go back to see him anytime.

As soon as Tie Dan and Aqinu came back to the Hou Mansion, it became even more lively.

It didn’t take long for Kasang to visit. Kasang met Wang Xiang in Chang’an. Where else could he go if he didn’t go here? Naturally, Wang Xiang entertained him very warmly. Atmosphere, he didn’t feel restrained at all, he talked to the common people in bad Chinese while drinking, and they still had a good conversation. His wealth was hundreds of times or thousands of these common people, but he didn’t mean to look down on them at all. , which made Wang Xiang have a deeper affection for him.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Wang Xiang was a little drunk because he was happy, and suddenly saw Chen San leading Chen Daqi towards him. In a few months, Chen Daqi had undergone earth-shaking changes. When Chen Daqi first came to the Gewu Academy to report, he was still a little devil who was salivating for a few snacks. Now he looks like a scholar, and he respectfully salutes a disciple in front of Wang Xiang, and said loudly: "Student Chen Daqi, sir Happy New Year."

Chen San was obviously much more cramped than Chen Daqi, he hurriedly gave a nondescript salute to Wang Xiang, and kept saying: "My little one...give New Year greetings to Lord Hou."

Wang Xiang didn't care about Chen San's embarrassment, and asked Chen Daqi with a slight smile: "Are you still used to staying in Gewuyuan?"

Chen Daqi raised his head and nodded seriously, "Students have learned a lot in Gewu Academy and made many friends."

"Oh, that's fine."

Chen San also quickly said: "Master Hou is the great benefactor of our Chen family, if it wasn't for Master Hou we...we..."

Chen San was usually quite eloquent, but he became stupid in front of Wang Xiang.

Wang Xiang knew what he meant. Ever since Chen Daqi entered Gewuyuan, Chen San himself was also working in Gewuyuan. The life of their family was getting better day by day. No, Chen San even wore a new dress made of animal fur. , it must be very warm.Chen Daqi was wearing a snow-white woolen sweater, which was his reward for winning the first place in the year-end assessment of Gewu Academy, and there was also a scholarship of ten pennies.

Wang Xiang smiled and said: "I am very happy that you all came to the Hou Mansion today to pay New Year's greetings. Eat and drink well, and life will get better and better."

"Yes Yes."

Chen San nodded quickly and said yes, and when he was about to leave, Chen Daqi beside him reminded in a low voice: "Father, don't you have something to tell the judge?"

Chen San patted his head: "Yes, I forgot." When he was nervous, he actually forgot the business of coming here.

Hearing that they had something to tell him, Wang Xiang also became curious.

Chen San stretched out his hand to dig in his bosom for a long time, took out a delicate wooden box and handed it to Wang Xiang carefully.

Wang Xiang took the wooden box suspiciously, opened it, and found that there were a few beads the size of a bull's eye, and some gold and silver artifacts, which were extremely valuable at first glance. With Chen San's ability, he obviously couldn't afford these precious things. of.

"This is?"

Seeing Wang Xiang frowning, Chen San panicked and his calves became weak. He wanted to kneel down but was held back by Wang Xiang.

"what happened?"

Chen San said with a mournful face: "Master Hou, calm down, it's because our mother-in-law didn't know what to do and took other people's things, but our mother-in-law really didn't know that this thing couldn't be taken away, and she didn't know what those things were if she wanted to return them. Man, I..."

After rambling on for a long time, Wang Xiang only heard that this box was given to them by someone else, but he didn't understand anything else, so he shook his head and looked at Chen Daqi.

Seeing Wang Xiang looking at him, Chen Daqi said, "A few days ago, a few foreigners came to the student's home and gave this box of things. My parents accepted these things for no reason."

Chen San interjected, "I told you I can't take it, it's your mother who wants to take it."

"Cough." Wang Xiang coughed lightly and Chen San quickly shut up.

Chen Daqi continued: "After the students came home, I heard from my mother that those Fanbang people wanted to ask me about the Gewuyuan, so they knew it was wrong. The court judge and Li Daochang said that the Fanbang people should not know about the Gewuyuan."

Hearing what Chen Daqi said, Wang Xiang understood what had happened. Obviously, an envoy from Fanbang had an idea and wanted to find another way to inquire about the Gewu Academy through the students of the Gewu Academy. Chen Daqi is a well-known high-achieving student in the Gewu Academy. It really has a big impact on them.

Most of the students in Gewuyuan are children from poor families. Although the things in the box are nothing to me, they are definitely an unimaginable huge sum of money to ordinary people. The things inside are enough for them to live in abundance. For a lifetime, Chen Daqi was able to remain unmoved by Wang Xiang, and he was very pleased.

"Why don't you accept this thing?"

"The court judge said that ill-gotten gains are not to be taken." Chen Daqi said seriously.

Wang Xiang narrowed his eyes and smiled, and handed the box in his hand to Chen Daqi.

"It's not considered ill-gotten wealth, if someone gives it to you, you accept it..."

(End of this chapter)