Chapter 16: Longevity and wealth, reunion after a long absence

The owner of the steamed bun shop inexplicably gave me two mushroom meat buns, saying that it was a new product and asked me to move around the streets and alleys of Chang'an to advertise. I devoured the meat buns, fragrant all the way.

When I got to the second bite of the second bun, I was stopped by the shout. This man is Xiao Wang.

Xiao Wang is my next-door neighbor and one of my playmates when I was a child. Xiao Wang's full name is "Wang Changgui", which means "longevity and wealth". His father said that it is not enough to live a long life without being rich, and it is a blessing to live a poor life. Guangfu is not good if you don't live long, and you can't spend money if you have money. When I was a child, I thought that when Changgui grew up, he would follow his father to work hard for the court, and then achieve longevity and wealth. When he said goodbye to Changgui, he was disheveled, unkempt, squatting on the side of the wonton stall with a tiger's back, and holding an uneven iron rice bowl in his hand.

If it weren't for Changgui recognizing me in the vast sea of people, I think I would have passed by him like this, and I wouldn't have recognized him for the rest of my life. Because he is really distinctive, I am too distinctive.

I looked at Changgui's embarrassed appearance, and I felt very uncomfortable. I said: Changgui, meet again after a long absence, I will invite you to dinner.

Changgui said: Don't don't, my brother finally came back, since I will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you.

I said, "Changgui, you are all like this, and my brother will not be able to eat your meal if he dies of hunger."

Changgui said: Ha! Do you think I have no money?

I said, "You are all virtuous."

Changgui said: This virtue is the rule of our beggars, and new clothes must be transformed according to the shape when they are bought.

I was surprised and asked: You joined the beggars?

Changgui nodded.

I said, "Your father agreed?"

Changgui said: How can it, my father is an old stubborn, but he has been closely watched by the court recently, and he has no time to care about me.

Satsuki asked: Are the beggars' bowls like this?

Changgui said: The girl doesn't know, this is the famous iron rice bowl of the beggar gang, and only the official disciples of the beggar gang can hold it.

Xiaoyue said: This hole is also a shape?

Changgui said: This ......

I said, "Don't guess, your dad smashed it."

Changgui laughed and said, "Hahaha, my brother understands me."

Changgui was so excited to see me that he insisted on inviting everyone to rub it off. I was about to open my mouth to say yes, but Changgui suddenly interrupted me.

Changgui's original words were: Brother, presumably you don't know about this matter, even if God let me meet you, he trusts me Wang Changgui. Brother, I have something important to tell you, a very, very big thing, so big that I don't even know how to speak.

I said: You want to borrow money?

Changgui said: Go and go. I'll tell you.

I said, "You say."

Changgui said: Your house caught fire last night, and all of them burned down, and your father and your second mother are gone.

I said: What a joke.

Changgui rolled up his sleeves and scolded with saliva: "Make a joke about your uncle, I, Wang Changgui, am not a person who jokes nonsense."

I said, "Then why are you saying it now?"

Changgui said: God knows that I actually met you on the street today, and I was blinded at once.

I was worried, and said uneasily: Changgui, I'll go home first.

Changgui said: Go quickly, go quickly.

My feet were still in place, my soul was out of my body, and I was looking left and right, uneasy.

Changgui said: Brother, why are you still here?

I said, "Changgui, where is my home?"

After asking, Changgui kicked my ass hard.

Xiaoyue felt sorry for me and felt that Changgui was a barbarian. I said, Changgui is actually not barbaric, you first saw him dressed up as barbaric, and you already had a judgment on him in your heart, no matter what he said or did, you felt barbaric.

Xiaoyue said: Yes, the first time I saw you, I thought you were very heroic, and now I know that you and the hero, the righteous man and the gentleman can't fight each other, but I think you are.

I said, "Do you know what it's called?"

Satsuki shook her head and asked, "What?"

I said: a tendon.

I rode through the bustling bazaar, the wind was too strong, the horses were too fast, and the fragments of memory were stirring violently in my head. For a moment, I was in a trance back to seven years ago. It's just that I didn't know how to ride a horse at that time, and I didn't have a horse called Little Spotted. If this fire had happened seven years ago, it would have been a relief for everyone.

My house was indeed on fire, even the houses burned down, and the old pavilions were in ruins. I wanted to tie the little spot to the doorpost, but after looking for a long time, there was not a pillar that could be tied to the horse, and it was all burned to ashes. Later, I took a few more steps and tied the little spot to the pillar in front of Changgui's house.

If it had been before, I wouldn't have tethered the spot. Because it has absolutely no reason to leave me. I don't think Madara will leave me without a word. In the same way, there is no reason for my father and my second mother to stage such a tragic scene without asking my opinion in a dream. It can be seen how absolutes what we think are not absolute.

Everyone then rushed over to look for the remains in the ruins for me. No matter how much you look for it, you still find nothing. Everyone thinks something is wrong.

Bai Feng said: It seems that the fire was not small last night.

I said, "No, I'm afraid my father and my mother's bones are burned to ashes."

Bai Feng looked at me and said: Judging from the current situation, I can't judge that your father and your second mother have died in the sea of fire.

I suddenly cried and fell to my knees, saying, "Father, Erniang, the child is not filial, the child is not filial."

Satsuki wrapped her arms around my waist from behind.

Xiaoyue said: Jiangshan, don't be like this, it's not your fault.

I said: It's my fault, it's all my fault, I should have come back a long time ago, I should have come back to them a long time ago. I'm just a jerk.

Xiaoyue said: Everyone will definitely find the murderer and avenge their uncle and aunt. Besides, Bai Daxia also said that his uncle and uncle may have already fled the fire.

I said, "Where can you flee, in heaven or on earth?"

I think I'm completely stupid and stupid, just talking some deviant nonsense.

Bai Feng said: There have been too many incredible and confusing things recently. The disappearance of Jiang paintings, the fire in Jiang Mansion, is too strange. It seems that I need to find out what happened.

I said, "Take me, and I'll go with you."

Bai Feng said: No, you won't work lightly.

I said, "It's okay, I have spots."

Bai Feng said: Xiao Spot can't fly the eaves and walk on the wall.

I said, "Okay, take care all the way, go back as soon as possible."

Before leaving, Bai Feng leaned into my ear and whispered: I have passed a letter to inform Brother Feng that he will come to Chang'an as soon as possible to protect you.