Chapter Fifty-Eight: The brothers are here, and they meet with a smile and a grudge

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Who is the leader on the other side if it is not Wang Dongri? He also saw Pang Yue from afar, and a smile appeared on his face. It's just that because of the old thing in my heart, my expression is somewhat embarrassing. seemed to have a lot to say, but for a while, he only said a few simple words: "Brother Muyuan, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Pang Yue didn't care about the slight embarrassment shown by Wang Dongri, and adjusted the atmosphere in a few sentences.

In the face of the steps that Pang Yue took the initiative to send, Wang Dongri's heart was really indescribable, but after all, he settled down, and after a few words of greeting, he invited Pang Yue and his party into the back office.

As the commander of the capital of Guangdong and the chief soldier of Guangdong Town, Wang Dongri did not have too high requirements for his residence, and did not buy another house, but lived in the backyard of the Yamen of the capital division and the chief soldier.

"Brother Mu Yuan, I have prepared a small banquet, please come here! I will also arrange for someone to entertain your own soldiers. ”

"Hehe, then there is Brother Lao Xu!" Pang Yue replied with a smile, and nodded back at his own soldiers.

The Lord will go to the appointment, and the soldiers will naturally not be able to serve at the table together. In addition, Pang Yue had already expected that Wang Dongri might have to talk to him about some important things, so he also retreated from his own soldiers with understanding.

followed Wang Dongri to a secluded and simple small hall, and Pang Yue realized that there were only two people attending the banquet tonight, himself and Wang Dongri. No, not two, and after a while, a young woman with a baby in her arms also came into the small hall.

"Brother Mu Yuan, this is the Neiko Li family." After Wang Dongri finished speaking, he looked at his wife with a smile, "Madam, this is the Dingwu Marquis Pang Yue I told you before, and he started a friendship with me when he was under Huang Dashuai in his early years. ”

Li smiled and bowed: "Dingwu Hou Wanfu."

"Mrs. Wang......" Pang Yue hurriedly got up and returned the salute, and as soon as he started talking, he hurriedly changed his title with a smile, "No, sister-in-law, this can't be helped!" How can I afford this, little brother? ”

Wang Dongri smiled and beckoned his wife and Pang Yue to sit down.

Sitting down again, Pang Yue saw that the white and chubby baby in Li's arms was staring at him with a pair of big black eyes, his fleshy little face was round, and his toothless mouth was also grinning slightly, like a little Maitreya Buddha.

Pang Yue is also a person who is about to become a father, of course he was very happy to see such a cute baby, and looked at Wang Dongri with a smile: "Brother Xu, is this my virtuous nephew or virtuous niece?" How old is it? ”

Wang Dongri smiled and took the child from his wife's arms and handed it to Pang Yue: "Dog Wang Wei, it has been more than three months, and today is also a blessing for this kid to meet Uncle Pang."

"Wang Wei? Hahaha, what a name! I didn't fall into the identity of the tiger of the gate! Pang Yue took Xiao Wang Wei with a smile and teased happily.

Xiao Wang Wei was not afraid of life at all, giggling, and his little arms and legs like lotus roots were dancing and kicking wildly, which made Pang Yue laugh even more.

Wang Dongri looked at his lively and chaotic son with a smile, and his majestic and cold tiger eyes were full of fatherly love.

This time, Pang Yue came in a hurry, and he didn't know that Wang Dongri already had a son, so he didn't make any preparations, and he only found a portable jade pendant as a gift when he touched his body, so he gave this jade pendant to Xiao Wang Wei as a meeting gift.

Wang Dongri specially invited Pang Yue to a banquet this time, of course, it was not just as simple as reminiscing about the old days. Of course, the Li family also knew, and simply ate a little and then hugged his son and said goodbye.

In the small hall again, only Wang Dongri and Pang Yue were left.

"Brother Mu Yuan, you must have guessed that a stinky temper like mine, since I can throw away the mustard last time, pull down my face and take the initiative to invite you to come, then I must have asked you." Wang Dongri laughed bitterly at himself, took a sip of wine and continued, "That's right, that's true. However, before I open my mouth to beg you, I still have to formally apologize to you. Whether you believe it or not, it's all out of my heart, not on the other hand. Come on, brother, I'll do a bowl first, and I'll pay for it! ”

Pang Yue wanted to stop it, but he put his hand in the air and took it back, and quietly watched Wang Dongri drink a bowl of wine with a hint of a smile.

After drinking a bowl, Wang Dongri's face was only slightly red, and Pang Yue was about to speak, but he was still preempted: "Brother Mu Yuan, in your opinion, after the recovery of Guangdong, will the situation really settle and everything will be fine?" ”

The first thing I said was not a matter of asking for help.

Pang Yue remained silent and asked rhetorically, "What does Brother Xu think?" ”

Wang Dongri didn't answer directly, took a few empty bowls from the side, and placed three layers in the empty space on the table, three at the bottom, one in the middle, and one at the top.

Pang Yue glanced at it and didn't say anything, just waiting for Wang Dongri to speak.

"This can be seen as today's Guangdong." Wang Dongri drew a circle over the three-layer bowls that had been placed, and then pointed to the three bowls at the bottom, one by one, "What about the bottom three, brother, I don't need to go into too much detail, just say three words, Brother Muyuan should be able to understand." ”

"Oh? Which three words? ”

"Gui, Guangdong, North."

Pang Yue stopped talking, he was not a fool, of course he had already understood from these three words.

The so-called Gui, naturally refers to the original Guiwang lineage, although this part of the officials failed to support Zhu Youlang to the throne, but because the Qing army failed to capture Guangxi as in history, so the strength of this department still exists, still not to be underestimated. Moreover, after the recovery of Guangdong, due to the lack of sufficiently experienced grassroots officials, the Longwu court had to select and transfer many officials from this series of people to supplement the prefectures and counties in Guangdong.

Guangdong should refer to the local faction of Guangdong that took advantage of the great momentum of Guangdong's recovery, led by Lingnan Sanzhong. These officials occupy the commanding heights of prestige and morality, and most of them have the actual merits of organizing the righteous army to recover Guangdong, and more importantly, as authentic localists, they can easily get the support of the gentry and powerful in various places.

North, of course, is the group of officials who moved from the north to the south since the Chongzhen and Hongguang dynasties. Although this department is currently slightly inferior to the first two in terms of strength, after years of experience in officialdom, whether it is the ability to govern or the ability to fight openly and secretly, it can be a master for the first two.

And Wang Dongri, who may be a good hand at going to the battlefield to fight, but playing with his heart and eyes without using knives and guns is really not his forte, and now he is in the center of the whirlpool of these three forces, and his mood and encounters can be imagined.

At this time, Pang Yue also understood a little why Wang Dongri gave up the previous mustard and invited him to come, but he didn't break it immediately, but first pointed to the bowl in the middle and asked, "Then this should be Yang Boxiang and Yang Duxian?" ”

Yang Boxiang, that is, Yang Tinglin, the current governor of Liangguang, can now be classified as a descendant of Emperor Longwu and a member of the imperial party.

Unexpectedly, Wang Dongri shook his head, and pointed to the bowl on the top layer and said, "No, this is it." ”

"And what is this?" Pang Yue continued to point to the bowl in the middle layer with some curiosity.

"It's no one else," Wang Dongri smiled bitterly and looked at Pang Yue meaningfully, "It's the uncle of Brother Mu Yuan, Zhou Yunxuan and Zhou Yuanwai." ”

Pang Yue was stunned for a moment, then withdrew his hand with a solemn expression. (To be continued.) )