Since he has made up his mind to go down in Luoyang, he can't help but visit his old friends, especially those who pleaded for himself after being imprisoned last year, and the first one is of course Wang Renze. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Wang Renze and his uncle Wang Shichong, who adores him, also move closer to his idol in all his actions, like to win people's hearts, smiling tigers, and two-faced and three-faced, these are the objective evaluations of Luoyang people on this person.

However, Wang Mai is still very grateful to him from the bottom of his heart, after all, since entering Luoyang, Wang Ren has taken good care of himself, no matter how bad this person is, he has never harmed himself. On the contrary, he has helped himself a lot several times, although there are some entanglements of interests. It's hard for you to be disgusted with someone who has always been good to you, and Wang Mai thinks it's hard to do it, and it is natural to hide your relatives.

Wang Ren was very happy to see Wang Mai, and he received his greetings last night, so he deliberately postponed the original visits and met him alone.

"His Royal Highness the King of Tang, since it is difficult to come in Xiameng, His Royal Highness has worked hard for me, it really makes me feel sorry in my heart, how can Wang Mai be so virtuous, it is really a blessing to let His Royal Highness the King of Tang be so polite." Half of Wang Mai's words came from the bottom line, after all, he was at best a petty official with no real power, and Wang Ren only had some recommendations for him. If it were someone else, it would be nice to be able to say a few good words for yourself in the court. Wang Ren not only personally pleaded with Wang Shichong, but also said that he moved Wang Shichong's two own sons, the King of Han and the crown prince, and this kindness, if it was only because of interests, would be too much for him.

"Brother Kaixian, you and I have no friendship, these are all as they should be. My brother is just worried about your safety, and it's okay now. You don't know, last year, the prince was helpless about your affairs, and the uncle refused to let go at first. Later, when my uncle came back from the expedition, we interceded for you again, and then we agreed to release him, but I don't know what the monks said to my uncle, and I have to ask you to pay off any debts. Yesterday I heard that the Buddha treasure of the White Horse Temple was from you. Wang Renze's words are half-true and half-false, in fact, Wang Mai's escape from Buddhism is also a great effort, and Wang Shichong does not want to offend Buddhism because of a mere five-grade official, so he agreed to release people.

No matter how much exaggeration there was in his words, after all, his ability to be safe and sound also had a great deal to do with Wang Renze's travel, so he said another word of thanks.

"I'll get to the bottom of you," Wang Ren said with a mysterious expression, "You're going to be activated soon, so wait at home for the imperial court's edict." ”

"Oh?" Wang Mai didn't expect Wang Shichong to reactivate himself, which was unexpected.

"I didn't expect it," Wang Ren looked at Wang Mai's expression and thought that he was surprised, and continued, "However, this time I didn't go to Guozijian." ”

Isn't it a return to China? Wang Mai was really surprised now, I don't know what Wang Shichong means, do you want to reuse yourself?

"Your Highness, can you tell me one more thing or two?"

"Haha," Wang Ren smiled heartily, "Okay, I'll just say it, you're going to be a prisoner this time." "Yesterday during the Dragon Boat Festival, the descendants of the Wang family entered the palace to accompany Wang Shichong to drink and feast, but at the banquet I heard the news of the Buddha treasure of the White Horse Temple.

Originally, more than half a year had passed since Wang Mai's affairs, and Wang Shichong had almost forgotten about Wang Mai, but now when he heard his name and it was related to such a magical Buddha treasure, he immediately moved his mind. After carefully asking about the magic of the Buddha treasure, Wang Shichong was suddenly a little moved. Since the beginning of spring this year, Zheng Guo's situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and he has lost a large area of land in two or three months, and there are rumors among the people that Li Tang is the destiny of heaven. If such a pendulum clock were to be built in Miyagi, even larger than the one at Hakuba Temple, the effect on the hearts of the people would be immeasurable.

Remembering that Wang Mai had made a lot of contributions before, the magical clairvoyance, and the resurgence of the immortal qi were all from this person's hands, so he started to reactivate this person's mind. At that time, he called his nephew Wang Renze, who had a good relationship with Wang Mai, and after consulting him, he decided to transfer Wang Mai to the construction of the pendulum clock, which would be the supervisor.

Wang Mai was stunned for a while after hearing this, this Wang Shichong was really sick and rushed to the doctor, and he didn't want to find a way to improve the recent situation from the community, but instead started the idea of pretending to be a god and a ghost, it can really be said that he didn't ask the common people to ask the ghosts and gods. However, thinking of this person's previous convictions, this trick was used to defeat Li Mi in the past, and later in order to usurp the throne, various "miracles" emerged in endlessly, and now he wants to use the pendulum clock to bewitch the people's hearts, which is also in line with his usual style. This person is really not as good as Li Tang's father and son, although the ruler will more or less use some so-called "providence" to help consolidate his position, but there is no one who likes to take shortcuts so much.

Wang Mai's mind turned sharply, thinking about the gains and losses, and quickly made a decision: "In this way, thank Your Majesty and His Royal Highness King Tang for your attention." This matter cannot tolerate his disagreement, and Wang Shichong's attitude towards those who do not cooperate is obvious to all. And he has promised that Fugui will try his best to cooperate with Tang Jun, and it is always a good thing to have an official and a half-position, and it is much more convenient to do something.

Wang Mai's answer was not as expected by Wang Renze, he patted Wang Mai's shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Kaixian, rest assured, I guarantee my brother that if you go to be a prisoner, even if you can't be a prisoner, a five-grade young eunuch can't run." ”

After thanking Wang Renze for his promotion, and politely rejecting his kindness to keep him for dinner, Wang Mai rushed to visit Kong Yingda and others with a heavy heart. I didn't want to go to several stores, but I was told that the owner was not in the house and went to the public library that had just opened. Wang Mai put down the gifts to everyone, and asked Liu Da to lead the way in the direction of the public library.

"Ah Lang, since the opening of this public library, the number of readers in the city has increased much compared with the past, most of them are poor scholars near Luoyang, and some people even come from thousands of miles to read books...... Liu Da introduced the recent situation of the library to him.

Originally, the library was just a temporary idea made by Wang Mai, but he didn't expect it to have a much better effect than last year's Confucian event. Since the opening of the museum, Luoyang's scholars have been endless, so much so that a decree issued by Wang Shichong restricting access to the city gate has also become a dead letter.

Many scholars near Luoyang waited outside the city gate to line up to enter the city before dawn, knowing that the curfew was almost over before they reluctantly left. There are also many poor scholars from far away families, who live directly in Luoyang City, soak in the library to read books during the day, and go back to the accommodation to sleep at night.

Lao Zheng also set up a pulpit in front of the hall with ingenuity, and every day there are great Confucians who volunteer to preach for scholars, and the followers are like clouds. Where there are people, there are merchants, and this place, which was originally just bought cheaply in the North City, has now formed a commercial scale no less than that of the South City. Today, the largest branch of "Guoshixuan" is built next to the library, and the business is simply good. After Shizimen was tired of reading, he came here to order a cup of hot tea, and sat around the round Hu table with his fellow Taoists to discuss the gains of learning.

Looking at the square and quite Western-style red building in front of him, Wang Mai was a little excited, the design of the library was completed by him, although the building in front of him was slightly changed from the first draft, but it was generally completed in accordance with the original intention of the design.

The library building has a total of five floors, more than ten zhang high, because the terrain is much lower than the northwest corner where the palace is located, and it is a new design, coupled with the support of Wang Shichong, there is no need to worry about Ji Yue.

At this time, two long teams of people have been sent outside the building, and a rough count of them is afraid that there are no less than 100 people. As soon as Wang Mai walked to the front of the building, he wanted to ask where Kong Yingda and the others were, and a scholar next to him warned him: "This brother, see that you are the first time to come to this library, the rules here must be queued, you look at the guard in front of the building, with a fierce face, if you cut the queue and are discovered, you will be disqualified from entering the building." ”

Liu Da was about to speak, but was stopped by Wang Mai: "What this benevolent brother said is that we will go to line up." ”

The three of them followed the long line slowly, and Liu Da complained dissatisfiedly in the back: "This study building is donated by our family, and we have to queue up when we enter our own house, where is the reason?" ”

"Nonsense," Wang Mai turned his head and rebuked, "when did this library become our house?" ”

"The money is from our family, the drawings are drawn by Ah Lang, and even the red bricks for building the building are Ah Lang's idea......

"Library, do you know what that means? It's not just about this building, the books in the building are the most important, and the money we spend is worthless compared to the books inside. ”

"I don't understand."

"Alas......" Wang Mai shook his head, "Why do you say that my family is rich now?" ”

"Because Ah Lang has the ability."

"Where did you get the ability?"

"Ability ......" Liu Da suddenly realized, "The ability comes from this book." ”

"That's right." Wang Mai praised him, this kid is not stupid, although he doesn't know a basket of big words, but his brain is very flexible. "When I used to study, I used to soak in this library, otherwise where would I have learned so much? What does a poem say? Rich families don't need to buy fertile land, there are thousands of bells in the book. There is no need to raise a hall to live in peace, and there is a golden house in the book. There is no need to hate a wife without a matchmaker, there is a woman in the book who is like jade. You haven't married at such an old age, read more books, and you can find a lady who is like a flower. ”

"There is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book...... What a poem! The soldier in front of Wang Mai suddenly turned his head to look at him.

"Laugh and laugh." Wang Mai hurriedly excused himself. If you look closely, this person is very young, and he is comparable to Li Chunfeng, seventeen or eighteen years old. looks ordinary, dresses more frugally, and can even be called shabby.

"In Mazhou, Mazhou, Mabin Wang, dare to ask Brother Taizun's surname?" The man asked Wang Mai Shili.