Chapter 8 I Am Me, a Different Fireworks
Today's Wang Shu has successfully squeezed out the pork shop that has been selling meat for three months, and has been promoted to the top of the list of people in the new capital in the first year of Yuanshou. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info has to say, from drilling wood to make fire to save himself to killing pigs to prove his innocence, from accidental coma to rejuvenation, from aspiring to learn from scratch to learning words from his younger brother as a teacher, from often not knowing what to do to running around the city every day, plus Wang Shu made some behaviors from time to time that can be called strange actions for the people of the Han Dynasty, such as exercising with sandbags tied to his legs, refusing to drink tea and soup while only drinking boiling water, and actually doing other things when greeting people, a series of bizarre events that appeared on Wang Shu, It is enough to become a topic of conversation for everyone in this three-no era of no TV, no mobile phone, and no network.
According to the statistics of good deeds, from the end of the first year of Yuanshou to the second year of Yuanshou, the birth rate of newborns in Xindu and Nanyang County, where Xindu is located, has dropped by 50%, which fully shows that since Wang Yu's accident, the bed movement of couples in the surrounding areas has been greatly affected. Speaking of which, on the topic of selling meat Shih Tzu, it is just who took advantage of the butcher's inattention to eat her tofu, how can it be more powerful than discussing the lace news of the second generation of officials, the second generation of rich and the one Wang Shu.
It would have been fine if it was discussed behind his back, but one day after Wang Shu went out, he found that there were countless people following him, paying attention to his words and deeds all the time. Although these people did not dare to rush to hand the microphone and voice recorder in front of Wang Xu like the reporters of later generations, if these people were equipped with photographic equipment, it would be no different from the paparazzi of later generations.
Then, for a long time, Wang Shu didn't even dare to go out. But he still has a cup, and now his door has become a vegetable market, not only the residents of the new capital city regard this place as a meeting place, but even the farmers and merchants who come into the city to buy and sell goods are not in a hurry to go to the market, but first come to the door of the king's house to see if there is any latest news and events.
With the house of a family who was going to move to Luoyang diagonally opposite, it was sold for 40,000 yuan, which put a veil of mystery on Wang Shu's body, you must know that the original owner only spent 20,000 yuan to buy this property two years ago, and it has not been renovated in any way. According to the buyer, the reason for the high price is that it is closer to the king and more convenient to obtain first-hand information. Wang was saddened to find that he had unknowingly become the biggest black hand in pushing up the price of real estate in Xindu. Within a few days, the news about Wang Shu had spread throughout Nanyang County, and it was rumored that Nanyang Taishou even sent people from Wancheng (1) to investigate the whole thing.
Since Wang was never seen to go out, whenever the slaves and maids of the Wang family went out, a large group of people would come up to ask questions, which made the Wang family unbearable. In addition, even the guard dog Rhubarb is also deeply affected, because of his conscientiousness, so he keeps pouting strangers at the door every day, and as a result, his voice is dumb, and he can only lie in the corner of the wall and whimper silently.
There are so many things happening at the door of the house, and naturally Wang Mang knows it in his heart, but because of what Wang Shu did after he lost his memory, he didn't need to explain it, and he understood that it was all caused by physical fitness and humble learning. Some of what his son said, although he couldn't understand it at first hearing, he could find it after understanding the meaning and savoring it, which seemed to make sense. It seems easy for Wang Mang to prohibit the people in Hou from talking about Wang Shu, but for him, who cherishes his reputation, he must not and dare not do anything for the purpose. So in addition to asking Wang Shu to be cautious in his words and deeds, he also dropped the cup a few times, and he was helpless about others.
It is not only Wang Mang and Wang Shu who are depressed, but also the third brother Wang An, who was pulled by Wang Huo as a literacy teacher, is also extremely depressed. No, the third brother Wang An just picked up the Analects, and just pointed to the son at the beginning of the second chapter of politics and said: I read it again with politics as virtue, and I didn't wait for Wang Shu to remember it, so I complained to him: "Second brother, if it's really as you said, the idlers outside the door really make people feel, what does it feel, love!" That's right, that's what you call perverts! In the past, when I went out, others called me the third son, but now it's good, it's okay not to call the third son, they are still pointing behind my back and saying, come and see, his brother is Wang Shu. ”
For this third brother who was born timid and has a strong sense of vanity, Wang Shu is also very helpless. Originally, he wanted his eldest brother to teach him literacy by borrowing books from his eldest brother Wang Yu and Wang Changsun, but by coincidence, he happened to meet his third brother Wang An, so Brother Gong and Brother Qian became Brother Gong and Brother Qian, and added a lot of jokes to the group of people outside. Thinking of this, Wang Shu couldn't help but glance at Wang An, but he couldn't help but comfort the third brother's weak and fragile heart, so he said to Wang An: "He is strong by him, and the breeze blows the hills; He is crossed by him, and the bright moon shines on the river. Third brother, why do you care what outsiders say, you have to remember, you are you, I am me, they are all different fireworks, as long as you keep your heart and let him talk about the wind and rain, I will not move. ”
As soon as Wang Shu's words fell, he heard someone shouting "Okay", and when he looked back, it turned out that his father Wang Mang and his eldest brother Wang Yu had walked into the room together. Wang Mang patted Wang Shu on the shoulder, and said to him: "Most of the things that the people of Xindu have talked about recently are related to you, and I was afraid that you would have any thoughts before. After speaking, Wang Mang walked out of the room with his hands behind his back.
Seeing that Wang Mang's face was not very good when he went out, Wang Yu asked his eldest brother Wang Yu if his own affairs made his father angry, originally the eldest brother didn't want to say, but he couldn't stand his repeated inquiries, so he told him that Chang'an had not been very peaceful recently, and the Son of Heaven was more and more favored by Huangmenlang Dong Xian, and even wanted to crown Dong Xian as Gao Anhou, Prime Minister Wang Jia was ordered by the Son of Heaven to be locked up in prison because of his letter against this matter.
Wang Shu suddenly remembered that it seemed that because of his rebirth, Wang Mang's fate had been changed. You must know that Wang Shu killed a house slave in history, and after Wang Mang forced Wang Shu to commit suicide, he not only got praise from the world, but also seemed to take Wang Shu's death as the fuse, many officials and civilians were upset about Wang Mang's deposition, and asked him to come back, and Emperor Han Ai re-recruited Wang Mang back to the capital in 2 BC, so that Wang Mang had the opportunity to take charge of the government.
When Wang realized the seriousness of the problem, he was in no mood to continue studying. Sent away Wang Yu and Wang An brothers, Wang Shu secretly calculated in his heart, no matter what, he must find a way to let Wang Mang return to the capital, otherwise according to historical records, Emperor Wai should die next year without heirs, even if there is the Queen Mother Wang Zhengjun, if Wang Mang cannot take charge of the government, it is very likely that he will still end up with a dead family annihilation, so no matter what it is, we must find a way to let Wang Mang return to Chang'an as soon as possible. (This chapter changes the style of dialogue, readers can send a book review if they have ideas)
(1) Wancheng: one of the famous ancient cities, probably in Wancheng District, Nanyang City, Henan Province.