Chapter 214: Coercion and Bribery

"Yunwen, look at it, this king came to talk to them sincerely, you look at Wang Qiong's old horseman's appearance, it is clear that he has eaten us! And the old horseman in the east room! Lao Tzu really wants to lead the army to level the Wang family! Sitting in the carriage, Li Daozong said angrily.

Zhang Yunwen smiled softly: "If Brother Daozong is like this, I am afraid that the world will be panicked and public opinion will be in an uproar." Those families may all be hostile to the imperial court! ”

Li Daozong smiled helplessly: "I'm just talking, why should Yunwen take it seriously!" Alas, this family is deeply rooted, how can it be said that it can be peaceful. Only the generations are slowly weakened! By the way, Yunwen, what did you pull me to do just now? ”

Zhang Yunwen didn't speak, but handed over the information he had read about the homework: "Brother Daozong, look at this!" ”

Li Daozong took the note and read it, but asked with some confusion: "Liu An, Liu Fu?" Who are these two people, and what are you collecting information about them for? And this Wang Yan, isn't it the young lady of the Wang family in the hall today, hehe, the one who is eye-to-eye with you! ”

When Zhang Yunwen heard this, he suddenly said angrily: "Brother Daozong, don't talk nonsense, what are you frowning about?" That's you reading it wrong! ”

"Okay, I'm wrong for my brother! I didn't hear you call Miss Wang 'Sister Yan'! Li Daozong said with a smile.

"You ......" Zhang Yunwen looked at Li Daozong a little helplessly, "Forget it, I won't talk to you about anything else!" Bring it back to Jinyang Palace, and I'll tell you about Wang An, Wang Fu and Wang Yan! ”

Back in Jinyang Palace, Zhang Yunwen told him the information he got from the fat shopkeeper in a secluded room, Li Daozong suddenly realized, and then looked at Zhang Yunwen with a smile: "I heard before that the investigation institute in charge of Yunwen is very handy, how it is hand and eye to the sky, but when I see it today, it is really extraordinary!" ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled modestly: "Brother Daozong is too famous!" Well, let's not talk about the investigation institute, let's talk about how to use this information! ”

Li Daozong glanced at Zhang Yunwen: "Since Yunwen already has a plan, why bother asking for a brother!" Just do it. If you don't have enough manpower, you can lend a few people to Yunwen for your brother! ”

Zhang Yunwen pondered for a moment, raised his head and smiled at Li Daozong: "Thank you Daozong brother for your kindness!" But where is this little thing to use the personal guards of the Dao Sect Brother! Let's see how the little brother acts! ”

There hasn't been a single rain for half a month, so Wang An decided to go to the field himself. And the first place to go is Qingxu County. There, the Wang family has nearly 1,000 acres of fertile land.

As early as the day before Zhang Yunwen and their visit to Wang's house, Wang An had already walked slowly to Qingxu County in a carriage.

Qingxu County is in the southwest of Taiyuan, not far from Taiyuan, and can be reached in half a day. So Wang An arrived in Qingxu County on the same day.

As soon as he arrived in Qingxu County, Wang An did not arrive at the field to inspect and see it clearly, but went to a large house in the county seat of Qingxu County. The house was inhabited by the woman he had raised outside and a boy who was already three years old.

However, what Wang An didn't know was that on the second day after he arrived in Qingxu, three cavalrymen quietly left the city from Taiyuan City, and quickly whipped their horses, and came to Qingxu County two hours later.

After the romance of this big mansion, Wang An finally remembered his work, so on the second day, he reluctantly said goodbye to the gentle nest, rode a horse, accompanied by several servants and the steward of Qingxu County, and began to go deep into the fields to check the drought situation.

After Wang An left, the woman in the house got up late, but the three-year-old boy made a lot of noise, saying why he didn't let him sleep with his mother last night, but slept with a maid. And why is my father like this every time, and after a hurried meeting, some of them disappear. A few maids coaxed for a long time, and finally let the little guy stop making trouble, but he said that he wanted to go out today.

This poor little guy is difficult to get out of the house a few times a month, his mother knows that he is not a wife or concubine, and Wang An's wife is extremely strong, although Wang An can forcibly marry himself home, but she and her children will inevitably be hated by his wife's family, so she has never proposed to let Wang An marry home. The supervision of this knee-down son is also very strict, and he was let out three times in a month, and the rest of the time was locked up in this big mansion.

Immediately after the little fellow made this request, the woman agreed, but asked two servants and a maid to follow. So, after lunch, the little one jumped out of the house accompanied by three adults.

However, at this time, at the gate and back door of this big mansion. In each of the three directions of the side door, there is a buyer carrying a strange thing to sell goods. As soon as the little one went out, he saw a buyer carrying a burden at the end of the street slowly disappearing into the street. Vaguely, the little guy saw the bamboo horse and the bamboo dragonfly on the burden, and immediately chased after the buyer.

Three attendants hurriedly caught up.

The buyer shouted as he walked, not caring that a little kid was behind him. The little guy hadn't shouted loudly to stop the buyer, but he found that there were more and more people around him, and the buyer had come to the market.

The flow of people gradually increased, gradually isolating the eyes of the three adults behind the little guy. The little guy is already small in stature, but he is extremely flexible in this flow of people. When he got out of the crowd, he was surprised to find that the buyer he was chasing was stopped in front of him, smiling at him.

The three entourages who were blocked by the flow of people could not find the shadow of the little guy, so they had to turn their eyes to the buyer. Thinking that since his little master is chasing the buyer, if he finds the buyer, he will definitely be able to find his own little master. Finally, his eyes swept through the crowd and saw a buyer who was also dressed and had a bamboo horse and a bamboo dragonfly hanging on his burden, and immediately squeezed in that direction.

On the other side, a cheerful child holding a bamboo dragonfly in one hand and a bamboo horse in the other hand was slowly walking towards the west of the city under the traction of the buyer.

"Doll, Uncle will buy you rock sugar gourd later!" The buyer said.

When the maid and the two servants caught up with the buyer, they found that he did not have his own young master by his side. He asked the buyer to stop and wait for a long time, but he still didn't see his young master come up, and he suddenly knew that something was wrong. The three of them looked at each other bitterly, and then the two servants continued to search the market, and the maid returned to the house to report the matter to the little one's mother.

Just after the three of them left, a smile appeared on the corner of the buyer's mouth, and then he carried the burden into a street and walked straight to the west of the city.

It didn't take long for all the servants and maids in the mansion to go out and inform Wang An to inform Wang An, and all the rest of the people joined the search for the little guy.

When night fell, Wang An ran back to Qingxu in a hurry, but the little guy still hadn't been found.

While everyone was discussing the report to the official, a servant rushed in, holding a letter with the words "Personally opened by the great director of the king" written on it.

"Who sent it?" When Wang An looked at the letter, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and asked in a deep voice.

The servant looked at Wang An's expression and said with some trepidation: "This was sent by a child who was only five or six years old!" The little one asked the kid and said that someone had brought three sugar gourds for him to deliver a letter! ”

Hearing this, Wang An waved his hand and asked the servants to retreat.

After the servants retired, Wang An hurriedly opened the envelope, took out the stationery inside and looked at it for a while, then lit the letter close to the candle, and said to everyone in the house with a calm face: "I want to go back to Taiyuan to deal with it!" ”

The woman suddenly became anxious: "Master, what about the child?" ”

Wang An still said with a calm face: "It's okay, when I come back from Taiyuan, the child will also come back!" ”

As the old master slammed the ruler in his hand on the lectern, today's genealogy came to an end.

Wang Fu, who was standing at the door, looked at the children who jumped out of the door jubilantly, and a trace of love flashed in his heart. Looking at the sky, Wang Fu walked out of the door. While it was still early, he had to go to the "Dust Cleaning Pavilion".

Dichen Xuan is located in the south of Taiyuan City, is a small study. You must know that in this era when movable type printing has not yet been invented and books are printed by engraving, the price of a book is very expensive, so most poor readers choose not to buy books, but to copy books. Therefore, the books in the study are often prepared for the children of wealthy families.

When Wang Fu came to Dichen Xuan, the shopkeeper of Dichen Xuan was still sitting behind the counter holding a book in his hand, shaking his head and reading in the dim light.

Dichen Xuan was opened by a scholar who failed the imperial examination. This shopkeeper was Shizi's scholar back then, and he is now in his thirties. Seeing Wang Fu coming, the shopkeeper raised his head and glanced at him, and then buried his head to read again.

Wang Fu didn't care, and slowly paced around the store, his eyes sweeping over the neatly stacked books on the shelves.

At this time, a figure appeared on the stairs in the store, and as soon as Wang Fu saw the figure, he immediately arched his hand and said, "Brother Xu!" ”

The man slowly went downstairs and said, "Brother Wang! "This person is the proprietor of this Cleansing Mansion.

Wang Fu came here every day, and he was already very familiar with the shopkeeper here, so the shopkeeper didn't stand up to greet him, and he wasn't angry.

The proprietor walked down the stairs and said to Wang Fu excitedly: "Brother Wang, come up!" There was a high roller inside, who brought a lot of unique authentic books, and even a few books! As he spoke, he grabbed Wang Fu's hand and walked upstairs.

When Wang Fu heard the owner say this, he was naturally itchy and anxious to go up.

As soon as I arrived upstairs, I saw three butter candles illuminating the room, and a figure was sitting next to several cases, with his back to Wang Fu and the others.

"Brother Zhang, let me introduce, this is Wang Fu, Brother Wang!" The proprietor walked to the side of the figure and eagerly introduced.

The man got up and waved at Wang Fu, and said with a smile in his mouth: "Brother Wang! ”

Wang Fu saw this person's face clearly through the light: "You, you are General Zhang!" As he spoke, he quickly jumped to the side, not daring to accept this person's snort.

This person is Zhang Yunwen. During the day, Wang Fu greeted Li Daozong and Zhang Yunwen at the gate. So naturally recognized.

Seeing Wang Fu's appearance, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but smile slightly: "Why should Steward Wang be like this!" At this time, I am not a general, and you are not a housekeeper, everyone is a book lover! ”

When the proprietor heard Zhang Yunwen's identity, he was immediately startled, and when he heard Zhang Yunwen say that, he was relieved.

Zhang Yunwen sat on the edge of a few cases, with a stack of books and a few volumes of books that had been eaten by insects and had a little hole.

After Wang Fu and the owner sat down, Zhang Yunwen took out a book and handed it to Wang Fu: "Brother Wang, please see, this is the book copied by the former emperor in the year of the emperor, and now the Taiqing Sun Fujia Sun of Dali Temple when he was young, but there are his autowritten annotations and seals on it!" ”

Wang Fu took the book, looked at it carefully, and handed it back reluctantly, but said in his mouth: "This is not an ancient book!" ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled disapprerovingly, put down the book, took out another one and handed it to Wang Fu: "This is the seventh volume of the thirty volumes of the "Anthology" by Xiao Tong of the Southern Liang Dynasty, how about this book?" ”

Wang Fu just took it, and Zhang Yunwen took out another book: "If Brother Wang is not satisfied, this is the "Three Kingdoms" annotated by Pei Songzhi of the Southern Song Dynasty, how about this book?" ”

Wang Fu's figure couldn't help but tremble a little, these books were all ancient books, even in a big family like the Wang family, there were not many of them.

Zhang Yunwen picked up a scroll of books with holes, and laughed softly: "At this time, the "Mao Poems" written by Zheng Xuan in the Han Dynasty did not even have the Zheng family in Xingyang!" ”

Gently put the book slip on a few cases, and picked up another book: "This is the "Three Strategies of Heaven and Man" written by Dong Zhongshu of the Han Dynasty, and there is also a comment from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty on it, what does Brother Wang think?" ”

Seeing this, the owner also felt that something was wrong. Although he is also a lover of books, he is also a man who cherishes his life. This Zhang Yunwen must have something important to tell Wang Fu, he listened to it on the side, I am afraid it is not good, he got up immediately, and left the second floor as if he was fleeing.

Wang Fu looked at the book in front of him and swallowed his saliva.

Zhang Yunwen chuckled and said: "The young general has one thing that he wants to ask Manager Wang for a favor, if it is successful, then these books are all in charge of Wang!" ”

Wang Fu suddenly remembered what Wang Ang of the East House revealed to him about the court's desire to exchange livestock for food, and immediately said: "Well, this matter is that the lord is in charge, and the villain is in charge, how can he be the master!" ”

When Zhang Yunwen heard this, he smiled silently, but picked up a book and slowly put it on the candle flame. In an instant, the book was ignited by a candle flame, and a raging fire surrounded the book in an instant.

Seeing this, Wang Fu pounced at once, snatched the burned book from Zhang Yunwen's hand with distress, and said bitterly: "Don't force me, adult, the villain really can't take care of that matter!" ”

Zhang Yunwen didn't answer, directly picked up Xiao Tong's "Anthology", and slowly approached the candle.

Wang Fu was about to pounce again, but Zhang Yunwen skillfully avoided it, but lit the book in his hand on another candle.

Wang Fu couldn't hold back any longer, and shouted loudly: "Zhang Yunwen, you are shameless!" ”

Zhang Yunwen heard Wang Fu's words, and he didn't move, he directly picked up Zheng Xuan's "Mao Shijian", and was about to throw it into the candle flame, when Wang Fu finally relented: "Stop, General Zhang, just agree!" ”

Hearing Wang Fu's promise, Zhang Yunwen put down the bamboo slip in his hand, took out a piece of rice paper, and said to Wang Fu: "Hehe, since Manager Wang agrees, then please sign your name on it!" ”

Wang Fu was stunned. Zhang Yunwen was about to burn the book again, but Wang Fu quickly took the rice paper and quickly landed on his name.

Zhang Yunwen waited for Wang Fu to sign his name, put the paper away, laughed twice, and said to Wang Fu: "Manager Wang is a person who loves books, these ancient books are handed over to Manager Wang, but the young general is at ease!" I hope that Mr. Wang will take good care of these books! ”

Wang Fu didn't answer, his eyes were dull looking at these precious ancient books in front of him, and there were two books on the case that had been burned nearly half, thinking of the name he had signed, his heart was surging, but it was a mixture of flavors, and he was stupid for a while.