Yue'er was carried back to Tang Mansion, Tang Jing's heart was sad, and he personally picked a good coffin.

Zhang Gou'er returned to Qixia Temple, invited Yue'er's mother, and let the old man take one last look at his daughter, Song He guarded wreaths, paper covers, paper people, paper horses, paper archways and other sacrifices outside the Tangfu Gate, and then, he accompanied Jingkong and Jingming to the suburbs to choose a cemetery.

In addition to being sad, Mrs. He's heart seemed to have broken the five-flavor bottle, led Yahuan in the inverted room of the courtyard, changed Yue'er into a shroud, and with the help of Wanxi and Qingyang, buried her in the coffin.

After Tang Jing bought the coffin, he took Wu Xiang to the guest room of the second courtyard, closed the door, and said expressionlessly: "Brother, sit down." ”

Wu Xiang, who was in a trance, sat on the Taishi chair, looked at the objects in this living room, and muttered in his mouth: "This, these things, are all the best mahogany that I personally selected, why have they become unclean now, all of them......"

Listening to these incoherent words, Tang Jing was moved by compassion and asked, "Brother, what are your plans in the future?" See how Big Brother can help you. ”

At this time, Wu Xiang suddenly stood up, lifted the vase on the table high, smashed it, and said angrily: "How can this kind of rotten goods burned in a small kiln be placed in this elegant hall!" ”

Tang Jing hurriedly hugged him and reprimanded, "Are you crazy? This is my home now! ”

Wu Xiang struggled to get rid of Tang Jing, and circled around the wall like sleepwalking, suddenly covered his face and cried loudly......

"Brother, you don't have to pretend to be crazy and stupid with my brother." Tang Jing said stupidly: "When I bought your house, we agreed that you took the money and the Shen family to set up a money bank, which is counted as my 10% share, as for later, you and Chen Yuanhua went to Ningbo and set up a money bank, and dumped my old brother, and I will not delve into it." ”

Wu Xiang continued to cry as if he hadn't heard......

So, Tang Jing stared at Wu Xiang tightly, was silent for a moment, and sighed and said: "I heard that you promised to give people the maid money of Lord Wu, but you actually shorted 40,000 taels of silver, alas, what do you want me to say about you?" ”

I wonder if he's repenting? Or are you sad for Yue'er? Tang Jing continued to ask, "I heard that the Shen family and you divorced?" ”

Hearing this, Wu Xiang stopped crying and nodded silently.

"The fan is like a defeated lotus in autumn, and Danqing is like an old pineapple; For a while, it is not my business, and the whole world is hot and cold; In the Han Dynasty, who ordered the collection of Jidi, the Zhao people still wanted to use Lian Po; I know that my sleeves are not safe, and I am ashamed to see the autumn breeze again. Wu Gongzi, the world is hot and cold! Tang Jing sighed, paced back and forth, and suddenly asked, "Do you remember, who wrote this poem?" ”

""Feeling Autumn Fan", made by Su Shi's younger brother Su Zhe." Wu Xiang replied.

Tang Jing immediately stopped, squinted at Wu Xiang, shook his head and asked, "It seems that my brother is not crazy or stupid, why did he drop the vase of my official kiln in the Song Dynasty?" ”

"You abominable bastard! You promised to marry Yue'er at the beginning, but now she, she's dead! Wu Xiang scolded angrily, raised his fist and hit Tang Jing.

Before Wu Xiang could get close, Tang Jing knocked him to the ground with a punch, stretched out his slap and blew it, shaking his head and saying: "You bastard bastard, the toad wants to eat swan meat, was divorced by the Shen family, and colluded with those pirates and traitors, calculating me Tang Jing, hum!" ”

At this time, Wu Xiang lay on the ground and cried again......

So, Tang Jing squatted down and asked in a low voice, "Young Master Wu, how much silver do you have in your hand now?" ”

Wu Xiang turned his face, shook his head and replied, "Penniless......"

"And what do you do for a living?" Tang Jing continued to ask.

Although the Wu family opened a tofu workshop, they also sent him to a private school since he was a child, from a street ruffian, mixed into a famous "noble son" who is full of Jinling. Wu Xiang hesitated for a moment and replied decisively: "In the future, I will make a living by selling words." ”

"Then do you still want to marry the young lady of the Shen family?" Tang Jing then asked.

Wu Xiang was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Tang Jing with squinted eyes, I don't know what he had in mind?

So, Tang Jing smiled slightly and said, "Since you haven't died yet, that's good!" ”

Wu Xiang didn't know what he was selling, but he was still self-aware, and shook his head helplessly.

"Hehe, let me tell you a secret, Cai Dezhong, that old bastard, in the name of your sister Wu Lian, saved a huge amount of money in Xingji Qianzhuang, does Wu Lian know about this? I don't know, can you find a way to get that money out......"

Before Tang Jing finished speaking, Wu Xiang jumped up like a frog, widened his eyes and asked, "How do you know?" ”

"Don't forget, Xu Kun's dog thing also has a few Zhuang tickets, in my hands, I once took the Zhuang tickets to Xingji Qian Zhuang to exchange for silver, but Pang Shangpeng's old thing said, unless there is Xu Kun's own signature, no one will give acceptance, I will find the scholar to intercede, two days later, Lord Wu came back and said to me, don't talk about the silver in my hand, even if Cai Dezhong saved a huge amount of money to his concubine Wu Lian, if there is no signature of Wu Lian, even if Cai Dezhong comes to exchange, you see, I didn't lie to you." Tang Jing replied seriously.

Wu Xiang suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly asked, "How much silver?" ”

"I don't know, since it's a huge amount of money, it will cost 100 or 800,000 taels to say the least."

"Don't let Zhu Hui know about this matter, I'll go to my sister to discuss."

"What happens when it's done?"

At this time, Wu Xiang's eyes were rolling around, and he lowered his head and replied: "I can see that your Tang family and Hai Rui have a good relationship, I heard that Huang Bingwen's bastard let Shen Dagongzi take the bag, you can see if you can find Hai Rui to be accommodating, accommodating, and let Shen Qi go, and then, help me go to Shen Lao, and let my younger brother and Miss Shen renew their marriage, this matter is done, we can use the Shen family's financial resources to set up a new bank, and then count you as a share." ”

"No problem, I can help you with this. However, this time I have to count at least 30% of the shares, how? Tang Jing asked.

Wu Xiang gritted his teeth and replied, "Okay! Let's just say it, anyway, I don't have a place to go now, and from now on, I'll live with you. ”

Tang Jing didn't dare to agree anyway, he hurriedly shook his head, and said seriously: "You and this house are in harmony, it's better not to live here, go to Qixia Temple to live, Wu Lian also lives there, think of a way to get all the money, can't you be cheap Zhu Hui, this kid!" ”

"Do you have a prejudice against Zhu Hui?"

"Alas, you don't know, I originally wanted this kid to help me run a business overseas, but recently I heard that his mind was not in business at all, I don't know who came up with a bad idea, funded by my family, let him and Zhang Gou'er, Song He and others accompany Elder Moon Sky to go to sea for a long trip, what should you do?"

"What's wrong with them going to sea to do business and making money for you?" Wu Xiang asked puzzled.

Tang Jing replied angrily: "Make money? It's good not to pay off your family! They are indeed going to go overseas for two years first, and use all the money they earn as the Sichuan road fee for sea adventures, and the final destination is the New World on the other side of the ocean, where they will spread the civilization of Chinese Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and compete with Western missionaries. What's even more hateful is that the old mother and the He family actually support this crazy idea, which is really hateful! ”

"Don't Ling Tang and his sister-in-law want to live a good life?"

"To tell you the truth, they all complained that I fell for you, saying that your mansion is not worth so much money at all, and now, they have lived enough in this high-walled compound, and they want to sell the mansion and buy the old palace back, and when you get Wu Lian's silver, you can redeem it at the original price, so that you can marry Miss Shen in this wealthy family."

Wu Xiang hurriedly pursed his mouth and replied disdainfully: "To be honest, this house sells for 300,000 taels of silver, and you treat me as a fool?" ”

In fact, the deed and title deed of this house were all taken away by Hai Rui and mortgaged to the governor's yamen, even if Wu Xiang wanted to redeem it, there was no possibility.

So, Tang Jing behaved, pointed at Wu Xiang's nose and scolded: "I can be regarded as being killed by you bastard, just this broken place, three days and two old people have an accident, let me sell 300,000 taels of silver?" If you don't redeem it at the original price, it's good to be able to fucking sell it for 200,000 taels, this is not enough for Zhu Hui and them to build ships, how will I live this life in the future? Hum! You have to pay me at least 300,000 taels ......"

At this time, Zhu Hui pushed the door in and asked, "Uncle, who said that this house can only be sold for 200,000 taels?" Didn't Lord Hai promise you to use the house deed and title deed as collateral and let Xingji Qian Zhuang lend you 500,000 silver for opening a silk weaving workshop, what else do you want to do? ”

"What's the matter with you kid?" Tang Jingqi asked with a snort.

"Uncle, don't beat my eldest brother's idea anymore, he is penniless now......"

Wu Xiang nodded after hearing this, thinking in his heart, this brother-in-law is really good, at least he knows who is close to whom, his elbow did not turn out, and he praised loudly: "Lord Hai is really the master of the blue sky!" Tang Daguan, you haven't suffered inside and out, don't count me as a poor bastard. ”

"Sister Yue'er's coffin can't stay here overnight, we are preparing to transport it to the Eagle Peak Temple in Bailuzhou, and the funeral will be held tomorrow. Uncle, let's go, help us go. ”

Wu Xiang took Wang Shizhen's "strange book" and was confiscated by Liu Bao, he really didn't want to go back to the Eagle Peak Temple, and said in a chirping voice: "In order to build this house, I gave up my life and personally supervised the work, and I worked for more than 300 days and nights. It's a pity, it's a pity, after the completion of such a good mansion, I didn't live for a month, and I was bought by you, and now I finally come back, I won't go anywhere, I have to live another night. ”

"Get out of here!" Tang Jing said and pushed him out.

"Brother, Sister Yue'er died to save Lord Hai, tonight our brother gave her a wake, you can't help but go." Zhu Hui persuaded.

Wu Xiang had no choice but to work with his brothers to carry Yue'er's coffin and offerings onto an ox cart and transport them to Eagle Peak Temple overnight.

When guarding Yue'er's spirit, Wu Xiang wiped a handful of snot and tears, cried for a long time, recalled the past of him and Yue'er's childhood sweetheart, which moved the five brothers present very much, and then, he began to cough and vomit, and after a while, he turned his back on his breath, and Zhu Hui had to send him back to Jushilin.

Wu Xiang lay on the bed for a while, then got up and came to the study, when he found Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng's manuscript in the pile of papers, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, sat on the Taishi chair, and read it hungrily......

I don't know how long it took, Wang Shizhen, who was wearing a cotton robe, pushed the door in, and when he saw Wu Xiang, he smiled and asked, "Mo Dao is Mr. Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng here?" ”

Wu Xiang put down the manuscript in his hand, hurriedly got up to give a salute, and replied with a red face and a thick neck: "Lord Wang, I'm really sorry that I lost that manuscript. ”

Wang Shizhen thought that Wu Xiang didn't want to return it, and asked, "Where did you leave it?" ”

"Lord Wang, you may also know that I was captured by the bad guys a few days ago, and that, that book was thrown into the Qinhuai River by me......"

"Forget it, that kind of book will only hurt people, don't do it."

Finding that Wang Shizhen did not mean to blame, Wu Xiang held up the scroll and asked, "Lord Wang, the original manuscript is here, ...... here."

"Wu Gongzi, to be honest, I don't know who wrote this book, it doesn't even have a title, if you are interested, you might as well copy a clean volume from the manuscript."

Wu Xiang hurriedly flipped back, read a few paragraphs carefully, and found that the content in it was far richer than the one that was searched by Liu Bao, and praised loudly: "Lord Wang, this is not written by ordinary scholars, it is really exquisite, a unique book in the world, but I don't know who this Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng is?" ”

"How does the old man know who Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng is? Tomorrow I am going to Hangzhou to take up a new job, I was going to burn these manuscripts tonight, so as not to stay in the world to harm people, since Wu Gongzi has a fate with this book, you might as well go to the rough extraction, remove the false and retain the true, and copy out a clean book, which is also a merit. ”

So, Wu Xiang slapped his thigh and replied excitedly: "Even if I review it for ten years, I still can't get enough of it." ”

"After Lixia, the old man will come back to you again to see what the result of your review is."

"Lord Wang, just wait!"

At this time, Wang Shizhen came to the bookshelf, took out two more manuscripts, and asked, "Wu Gongzi, Mr. Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West", have you ever read it?" ”

"Oh, why didn't you see Mr. Wu, where did he go?"

"Mr. Wu was invited away by a wealthy businessman, and he went to Hangzhou one step ahead of me and went as a private school. Wu Gongzi, if you have kung fu, take a look at the "Journey to the West" written by the old gentleman with great effort, as well as this legendary "Yu Ding Ji", these two are the real books! ”

Wu Xiang picked up these two books, flipped through them casually, pouted and said, "Zi Bu is strange and confused, I really don't have any interest." ”

Wang Shizhen suddenly looked very melancholy, began to pack up the two manuscripts, and muttered: "It seems that there are many ordinary people in the world......

Wu Xiang was quite embarrassed when he heard this, bowed to Wang Shizhen, took the two manuscripts again, and said humbly: "Mount Tai can't be measured, and the rivers and seas can't be fighted. ”

"People who can calm down and write books are mostly depressed and unwilling, but Mr. Wu Chengen is not, in the old man's view, the old man's two masterpieces will be able to flow in future generations and become a swan song for the ages. Wu Gongzi, you are an extremely smart person, please write a few more copies. As for Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng's manuscript, I think it will only leave a disaster to the world. ”

"What Lord Wang said is very true." Wu Xiang said, picked up the book of "Yu Ding Ji", and began to read it seriously.

At this time, Wang Shizhen quietly took Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng's manuscript and came to the candlestick......

Suddenly feeling that the room was much brighter, Wu Xiang looked up and found that Wang Shizhen was burning the manuscript, so he hurriedly rushed over and shouted: "Lord Wang, Lord Wang, I can't help it, I can't do it!" This is a strange book for the ages, and it can be left to future generations......" As he spoke, he slapped the burning manuscript paper with both hands, and finally extinguished the fire, stretched out his dusty hands, and snatched back the remaining manuscript.

"Wu Gongzi, the old man is leaving tomorrow, to tell you the truth, lying in bed tonight, I can't sleep anyway, it seems that there is unfinished business, I pondered carefully for a long time, and finally remembered, I have to burn the manuscript of this Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, and I can't let it leave a disaster in the world, so I returned to the study in the middle of the night......"

"Please rest assured, Lord Wang, Xiaosheng is not talented, try to copy out a clean book, and then ask the adults to review it, how about it?"

"The old man wanted you to review the additions and deletions, but he found that you only liked the obscene clichés in this book, and you had no interest in such good books as "Journey to the West" and "Yu Ding", so how could you put your mind at ease? ”

So, spreading Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng's manuscript on the table, pointing to the paragraphs he had just read, Wu Xiang asked: "Lord Wang, look, this paragraph, ah, this paragraph, this paragraph, hehe, should it be revised like this, and here, such and such additions, deletions, is it finally okay?" ”

Wang Shizhen nodded silently, and suddenly asked, "Wu Gongzi, who is Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng?" ”

Wu Xiang replied with an embarrassed smile: "I ......"