In September of the fourth year of Wanli, the center of the world, the first snow fell in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

The snow is not big, but some of the officials and scholars of the Beijing Division immediately wrote a speech to praise Rui Xuefeng Nian, and it is natural that there is such an auspicious season, which is naturally the wisdom of His Majesty Shengming and Lord Zhang.

These things have nothing to do with Wang Tong running in the snow, and as a year passes, he has grown taller and more like an adult.

His family lived in the south of the imperial city, which is the so-called Nancheng, which is an area where the common people and lower-level officials of the capital division lived.

The snowflakes were flying, but the weather was not very cold, Wang Tong trotted into a store, and the guys in the store saw the guests coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, and took a duster to sweep the snowflakes off Wang Tong's clothes.

The shopkeeper and the guys, though polite, didn't have a smile, not because they didn't know how to do business, but because they were a shop that sold incense and candle offerings.

"Shopkeeper, give me three days' worth of candles for white things, and one stick of incense sticks, and cut twenty pieces of yellow paper...... Can you send a guy to send it to me? ”

Wang Tong said in a deep voice, seeing the half-grown child's eyes red and his face full of sadness, the old shopkeeper and his buddy knew what was going on, and hurriedly nodded in agreement.

When Macau returned to Beijing, Wang Li and Wang Tong, father and son, walked for almost half a year, and the long journey made Wang Li's already unbearable body even worse.

After returning to Beijing, Wang Li went to Zhenfu Si Yamen to hand over the errand, and fell ill within a few days. Wang Tong tried his best to take care of him for several months, and the day before the first snow fell, Wang Li couldn't hold it anymore and swallowed his breath in bed.

Wang Tong was grief-stricken, he was an orphan in that life, his mother died early in this life, and his father left him so early, do you want to live alone again?

Although he was close to forty years old, he was still at a loss for what to do in the face of this situation, and only wailed and cried over his father's body.

Widow Ma, who still lives next door, heard the movement here, and couldn't help but come over to take a look, although this Wang Li is a Jinyiwei, but the neighbors still get along well, and during her serious illness, Widow Ma also helped a lot.

Seeing Wang Tong crying, after the woman comforted her a few words, it was not a matter for the corpse to be placed like this, and it was good to do the white thing as soon as possible and put it into the ground for peace.

Life has to go on, Wang Tong, who endured his grief, had to follow the advice of his neighbors, and under the guidance of the horse widow, Shoucai Shouyi, Lingshu Lingqi and other things were purchased in the same way, and the Wang family had no relatives in Beijing, Wang Tong went to the Jinyi Wei Yamen to report the funeral, and notified several of Wang Li's old friends.

After buying incense and candles in this shop, it is about to welcome the guests from all walks of life, and there are still some things in the house that have not been arranged.

After Wang Tong paid the money, he hurried home.

It was snowing heavily, it was lunch time, and the narrow streets were very deserted, so Wang Tong trotted for a while, but had to slow down.

Because there were two Jinyi guards in flying fish suits in front of them swaggering there, although Wang Tong was also a disciple of Jinyi Wei, but he never dared to rely on this identity to be presumptuous, Wang Li was just a small banner, there were less than ten people under it, and there were also general flags, hundreds of households, and thousands of households at all levels, not to mention the hidden dragon and crouching tiger under the feet of the Son of Heaven, what can this little power be.

Seeing the two brocade guards in front of him, Wang Tong didn't dare to run over, lest he be wrong for a while, and he was stopped by the other party for inquiry, which would be troublesome.

As a son of Jinyiwei, Wang Tong naturally understands how arrogant these people are, not to mention that his father died of illness and he has lost his support.

When they arrived, one of the two glanced back, Wang Tong was wearing a wide-brimmed felt hat, and he couldn't see his head and face clearly when he lowered his head, not to mention that he had slowed down, so he didn't care.

He was just about to go around, but when he heard the sentence "Wang Li" mentioned earlier, and when he heard the name of his deceased father, Wang Li was suddenly shocked, and immediately slowed down and hung behind the other party instead.

"If you die, you will die, and you have to bother to go to worship, this snowy day is really unpleasant!"

"Liu Tou, don't be angry with this tuberculosis ghost, today the little one is the east, please eat wine and warm up your body!"

“…… This Wang Li came back from the south, and his net worth must have increased a lot, right? ”

"Liu Tou, the person who came back with him said that it would not be less than two thousand taels."

"Tsk, those maritime merchants in the south are really willing to spend money."

"As soon as Wang Li goes, his son is also a white ding, and it is not easy to get this money, the mansion facing the street of the Wang family ......"

The two brocade guards said nonchalantly, but Wang Tong, who was following them, felt that the cold air penetrated into the skin and flesh from the outside, and his whole body was cold.

Wang Li stayed in Macao for a period of time, the local officials and Macau's Chinese businessmen have filial piety, did accumulate a lot of money to bring back, after returning to Beijing to treat the disease spent some, there are more than 2,100 taels of silver left, Wang Li and Wang Tong when he was dying, "Don't stay in Beijing, take this money back to your hometown in Jinan, buy some farmhouses to live in peace", but I didn't expect that this money has been targeted.

After walking a few steps, the two brocade guards in front of him turned into a tavern, Wang Tong saw the opposite side clearly, the "Liu Tou" sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, with a goatee, thin appearance, and the flattering person next to him was tall and strong, with a full beard.

But what shocked Wang Tong even more was the waist card exposed by Liu Tou, the black iron waist card, which represented the official rank of Jinyiwei - the general flag, and a general flag was set on the five small flags, which was higher than Wang Li's official rank.

After the two entered the tavern, Wang Tong didn't dare to follow up and star, and ran towards his house again.

Wang Tong's house is a two-entry house facing the street, most of the people on this street are all kinds of shops, and they are quite prosperous, and even this house is worth a few dollars.

When he returned home, Wang Tong was already in turmoil, and his family was in great trouble, and there were people who wanted to come to seize the family property, and he didn't even leave this house for himself, and he wanted to kill it all.

But I have no relatives and no reason, I am only thirteen years old this year, and I have no ability to deal with it at all, what should I do?

Widow Ma has already asked someone to call for people who specialize in white affairs, and arranged the hall of the Wang family to look like a mourning hall, waiting for Wang Tong to come back. Seeing him come in in a trance, he couldn't help but worry and said:

"Child, my aunt knows that you are uncomfortable, but the future will be long, what if you are uncomfortable and your body is broken......

Wang Tong nodded reluctantly and replied:

"Auntie, I'm fine, if it weren't for my aunt to help this time, I really don't know what to do."

He was genuinely grateful, distant relatives were not as good as close neighbors, and this time, this woman in her forties had helped their family too much. Wang Li just helped this poor woman say a fair word in the government back then.

*****

In the past six months, there have been a lot of things, and there have been novel-like paragraphs in myself, and I feel emotional

In addition, thank you for the reward of Shanying 2010 and the collection of friends, I have been away for so long, thank you for remembering me