Wang Qilin and Huang Junzi finished talking, and it was dark.

In winter, it always gets dark very early.

Wu Di hung up the lantern early, Wang Qilin and the others walked in the night, and saw a string of red lanterns in the distance.

Xu Da asked, "Seventh Master, do we want to tell Xiao Huang's words to the Wu family?"

Wang Qilin shook his head and said: "Don't worry, I'm just an iron captain, too much management and too much knowing, it may not be a good thing." ”

Xu Da thought for a while and said with admiration: "The seventh master is thoughtful, and what he said is right. ”

Wang Qilin smiled slightly.

Shen Yi said unhappily: "Seventh Master, you can't be an emperor in the future, if you become an emperor, you will definitely be a faint monarch." ”

"Silence, don't talk nonsense. Wang Qilin jumped up in fright, "Why did you suddenly say such a sentence?

Shen Yi said unconvinced: "I'm telling the truth, can't tell the truth?" You see that you like to listen to good words too much, if you become an emperor, you will definitely be a faint king, or the kind of faint monarch who believes in treachery!"

Wang Qilin frowned and said, "Nonsense, when did I only like to listen to good words? I just like to listen to what Xu Ye said." ”

Xu Da put his arm around Shen Yi's shoulders and said, "The Buddha said, eating indiscriminately is bad for your stomach, and talking indiscriminately is bad for your future. Troll, don't say anything tonight, understand? Your job tonight is to keep your head down and eat hard, understand?"

Shen Yi said: "Amitabha, the Buddha didn't say this, and the monk is just telling the truth." ”

Xu Dadao: "Can you tell the truth?"

"Why not?"

"Is it true that you were bald and skinned by a girl in the Flower Garden?

Shen Yi smiled and said, "The spray monk only eats and drinks tonight, and will never talk nonsense." ”

Wang Qilin nodded with satisfaction, Xu Dazhen was his good assistant.

He thought that if he was really the emperor, he would definitely promote Xu Da to be the head of the house.

On a cold day, the disciples of the Tianwu Sect stood outside the door like a steel spear, their faces were like iron, and they were resolute and unyielding.

Wang Qilin looked at it with great admiration, and said: "Master Ma, you come to see this disciple of the people, let's listen to the discipline of the heavenly prison needs to be strengthened, those wrestlers and wandering stars are very disagreeable, they are wandering around like earth rats all day long, and when you ask them what they are doing, they will say, 'Oh, I'm strolling', shame!"

Ma Ming said: "Seventh Master don't worry, tomorrow I will start training them." ”

Xu Da said: "hard, you see these disciples, not only are they disciplined, but they are also mentally outlook, this cultivation, heh, this disciple's chest muscles are well trained." ”

He went up to stretch out his hand, but Wu Baoan, the eldest disciple of the younger generation of Tianwu Sect, stopped him with a wry smile and said, "Lord Xu, this is the maid of this mansion. ”

Xu Da was embarrassed and said, "Hey, why do you say it's so dark this day? Uncle didn't see clearly that this was a girl." I'm sorry, girl, I misunderstood just now, Uncle didn't want to tease you, I'm really sorry for you. ”

Wu Jingzhan was also at the door, and when he saw them, he smiled and said, "Seventh Master, you want snow in the evening, can you have a drink?"

Wang Qilin hugged his fist at him and said, "If you don't get drunk, you won't return." ”

Wu Jingzhan laughed, stretched out his hand and took his hand and walked into the courtyard: "My father has just opened a jar of new brewed wine, this kind of wine is most suitable for drinking with friends. Seventh Master come with me, I can't wait to have a drink with you. ”

The Wu family has the custom of feasting relatives and friends in the first snow, so there are quite a lot of guests coming tonight, and there is a lot of traffic in front of the door.

Seeing Wu Jingzhan's warm reception of Wang Qilin and hearing these words, they got together to guess Wang Qilin's identity:

"Who is this young man? Captain Wu Fu personally came out to greet him, could it be a child of the royal family?"

"It doesn't look like it, maybe it's the elder of the Wu family? I heard the captain of the Wu Mansion call him the seventh master. ”

The reception hall of Wudi is huge, but there are no tables and chairs in it, but neatly displayed a lacquered table, the lacquer table is all made of sandalwood, carefully brushed with tung oil, I don't know how many years it has been circulated, anyway, it has been pulped, so it is very old-age at a glance.

Behind the lacquered table is a wooden couch of the same material, covered with thick fur. There is also a screen between the lacquer tables, and there is a charming maid and a clever maid at the left and right ends of each table, which is of high standard.

It was the first time Wang Qilin had seen this kind of scene, and he was a little apprehensive after he entered, he might have dressed too casually.

There is a warm wine vessel on the lacquer table, all of which are silver pot body burning blue enamel, this thing is simply a work of art, the hexagonal surface has a splendid pattern, the glaze is tight and uniform, the temperament is elegant and generous, the wine is hazy, and the temperament of the whole banquet hall suddenly rises.

Wang Qilin was invited to the top, where the lacquer table was the largest, ten feet long and five feet wide, and the wooden couch was directly covered with tiger skin.

Seeing this, he shook his head: "Master Jing, you give me face, I'm not at this table, I'm with my brothers." ”

Wu Jingzhan said with a smile: "Seventh Master, this table is our own people, you can do whatever you want when the time comes, and Ling Gaotang, they are all at this table." ”

Wang Qilin said helplessly: "Master Jing, don't arrange it like this, my parents, alas, you let them sit here, don't talk about eating and drinking tonight, I'm afraid they don't know when they will faint nervously." ”

His parents and others arrived, and as he had thought, the group stood in the doorway trembling and disarmed.

Wang Liuqiao asked in a low voice, "Dad, do you step first with your left foot or your right foot first?"

Wang Liuwu rubbed his shoes and said, "Don't worry about this first, wipe the mud off your feet." ”

Then a group of people rubbed the soles of their shoes at the door.

Wu Jingzhan smiled dumbly, he understood what Wang Qilin meant, and led the whole family to the corner.

This seems a little undignified, but it is the best arrangement for Wang Liuwu and others, it is very unrealistic for them to eat under the noses of everyone, they know that they are rude when eating, so they can't let go of their hands and feet to eat and drink.

Wang Qilin led people to sit at the first table above them, so that the two sides could take care of each other.

Soon there were 100 people in the room, most of them wearing official uniforms or gorgeous clothes, and they were either high-ranking officials or extremely rich.

Wang Liuwu was dumbfounded, and muttered: "Isn't it a family banquet? Why are so many people here? I knew that this was a human scene, and our family would not come." ”

Xu Da said: "Uncle, this is a family banquet, you see that these people are all their own people of the Wu family!"

Wang Liuwu was stunned.

Wu Yeqi, Wu Junde, and several old men of similar age walked over, and the people in the room stood up to greet them.

An old man with a dignified and calm temperament and a ruddy face returned the salute, Xu Da looked at it and said in a low voice: "The specifications of this banquet are not low, he is the patriarch of the Wu clan and the master of the Tianwu Sect, Wu Yide, his cultivation is very high, and he is at the peak of the day after tomorrow." ”

Wu Yeqian turned his head to see them, and walked over directly and asked, "Brother Wang, where is the Dao chief beside you?"

Wang Qilin said: "What is there to inquire about Daoist Xie, after dealing with Liu Bo and Bi Yuewu in the Landa Temple last time, he took leave and traveled away." ”

Xie Toad went to chase the book, and the old man who herded the sheep said that he was helping him to deal with Liu Bo together, but he was very cunning, he wiped his mouth and ran away after eating and drinking, and took Zhou Yu and the candidates away.

Wu Yeqi was very disappointed: "That old Taoist priest looks like he can drink, and I want to try it with him tonight!"

Shen Yi said proudly: "Amitabha, the donor wants to find someone to fight for wine?"

Xu Da coughed.

Shen Yi remembered his advice, so he had to keep his mouth shut.

Wu Yeqi had already noticed them, and reached out to grab the shoulders of the two and dragged them out: "You two also look like you can drink, let's fight together tonight!"

Wu Yide responded to everyone, and then walked towards Wang Qilin accompanied by Wu Hanlin and Wu Jingzhan father and son.

Wang Qilin got up and took the initiative to salute his juniors, Wu Yide patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "This is Lord Wang?" Every time Hanlin sees the old man, he mentions you, and he is full of praise for you, saying that there are 800 people in my Wu family, but no one can look up to you. ”

"Master Wu raised his love. Wang Qilin hurriedly said, "The younger generation is the last to learn, how can it be comparable to the young talents of the Wu family?"

Wu Yide encouraged him a few more words, and then walked to Wang Liuwu and his wife to salute.

It can be seen that the Wu family attaches great importance to Wang Qilin, Wu Yide was very polite to Wang Liuwu and his wife, and first asked them if they could adapt to the climate and diet of Pingyang Mansion: "The winter in Pingyang Mansion is cold, you two have to be careful of your body." ”

Wang Liuwu said excitedly: "Big brother, don't worry, brother, I have been digging in the field all my life, and my body is strong, if it weren't for the fact that there are no rabbits in this city, I will definitely have to catch two rabbits for you to bring as gifts for such a big snow today." ”

Wu Yide and the people around him laughed, and he asked, "My brother's body is indeed good, are you Guigeng?"

Wang Liuwu said: "I am forty-nine years old this year, and I will be more than half a hundred years old this year, what about you, brother?"

Wu Yide fell silent, and Wu Jingzhan next to him said in a low voice: "My grandfather is seventy-five ...... this year."

Wang Liuwu can't be blamed for this, Wu Yide's beard is black, his face is ruddy, and there is no wrinkle from his forehead to his chin.

In order to feed the mouths of nearly 10 members of his family, his face was covered with vicissitudes of life in the wind and sun, rain and snow, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was 70 years old—there were no more pure black hairs and beards in his hair.

Wu Yide hid his face and left, he returned to the main seat, and this banquet was about to begin.

The cuisine of Pingyang Province is simple and crude, and the Wu family's snow removal banquet eats stewed meat in old soup, but there are many kinds of meat: beef, sheep and pig are indispensable, chicken, duck and fish are also available, and there are rabbit meat, venison, wild goose meat and even bear meat.

Halfway through the banquet, Wu Jingzhan came to find Wang Qilin and took him to the main seat to toast: "You are a distinguished guest, so after you have toasted my parents, you and your father will stay in the main seat, and then our foreign relatives and friends of the Wu family will come to toast you, so that we can get to know you." ”

Wang Qilin understood that the Wu clan was going to introduce him to the magnates of Pingyang Mansion, which was a good thing, and even made him a little flattered.

Wu Jingzhan said: "In addition, there is another thing to ask you to come to the family banquet tonight, that is, I want to inform you of one thing, my father is going to divide the mansion into two and give you a part of the Tianjian Post Office to work, and your current post house is really unbearable." ”

Wang Qilin glanced at him silently and said, "Master Jing, you guys are too good to me, right?" ”

Nothing to do.

Wu Jingzhan said in a low voice: "This is all your own fighting, now our Wu clan owes you a very big favor, you may not know, my father is going to Chang'an tomorrow, and the seat of the county guard is vacant again, my Wu clan will take this son no matter what!"

Wang Qilin said hesitantly: "Then I wish you success." ”

Wu Jingzhan smiled: "You don't think about our Wu clan, do you?"

Without waiting for Wang Qilin to answer, he said to himself: "The imperial court will never want to hand over the annex to our Wu clan, but we are determined to win it this time." Liu Bo has the handle in our hands, two consecutive county guards have been replaced, and the county officialdom and the people are very unstable, so our Wu clan has ushered in a golden opportunity, and we will seize this opportunity no matter what!"

Wang Qilin thought for a while and said, "The Wu clan is very good to me, then I should repay the favor, maybe I can help you create some more merits." ”

Wu Jingzhan smiled with satisfaction: "We just need your help, do you remember the Heavenly Punishment Sacrifice I mentioned to you? They are the most active in winter, I want you to take charge of them!"

Wang Qilin said: "Okay, in addition, I can also help in capturing the anti-thieves of the previous dynasty, but you have to let go of the group of anti-thieves who touched along the Namada Temple, they are my dark line." ”

Wu Jingzhan said happily: "No problem, but are you sure you want to rely on them to deal with the remnants of the previous dynasty?"

He hesitated for a moment and said, "Now I drink a little too much and speak a little straight, if there is trouble, the seventh master should not blame." ”

"Your dark line is not very reliable, and that Huang Junzi seems to be a little stupid. ”

What can Wang Qilin say?

"He just likes to pretend to be stupid. ”

In fact, he also felt that Huang Junzi was stupid.

"What are you two muttering?Why don't you come and drink?" Wu Hanlin laughed and beckoned, "It's the so-called drinking warm wine and talking, tasting good wine with distant love, there is wine on winter nights, when you are thirsty and drunk, come and come, Lord Wang, full!"

Wang Qilin raised the wine bottle and drank it heartily.

Wu Hanlin didn't have a fight, and he also drank a drink.

The people around saw this scene and knew in their hearts, and the host personally accompanied him for a drink, this young man was amazing.

Wu Hanlin not only drank the wine in the cup, but he also asked with a smile: "Lord Wang is still unmarried, and it is said that he has not married anyone, right?"

Wang Qilin had a bad guess in his heart, and said stubbornly: "Yes, but ......"

"I have a lot of women in the Wu family, I don't know Lord Wang—oops!" Wu Hanlin picked up a bowl of mutton soup to drink, but the porcelain bowl suddenly shattered, and the hot mutton soup spilled all over him.

The maid who was waiting next to him hurriedly came over to wipe the soup on his body, and Wu Yide suddenly stood up and looked around vigilantly.

But nothing was found.

Wu Hanlin then left the banquet, Wu Yide saw that the porcelain bowl was broken abnormally, and he guessed that someone secretly wanted to do something for Wu Hanlin, so he let him leave the table first, so as not to delay tomorrow's trip due to some accidents.

A family banquet of the Wu family, Wang Qilin is famous in Pingyang Mansion, and everyone in the city knows that he has great energy, and even the core personnel of the Wu family have to recruit him with a good voice.

Hearing that the status of the Heavenly Supervisor in Pingyang Mansion was rising with the tide, someone came to the post house early in the morning to wait, saying that they had encountered a trick.

Wang Qilin stepped out of the snow, and saw that the person who came was a little familiar, and he remembered the person's identity after a little recollection: "Isn't this Wu Xinzhi's outside? Why did you come to our post house in person? ”

Wu Xinzhi is nearly 50 years old, tall and fat, he is a landlord in Tianshu Town, his family has several streets, hundreds of houses, and his net worth is quite rich in Pingyang Mansion.

He smiled and saluted, and said, "Lord Wang is so polite, I disturbed your rest too early when I came down, and I have nothing to apologize for, so I can only bring a little breakfast to apologize to Lord Wang and all the adults, and I hope Lord Wang will not mind." ”

The two sides were polite, and Wu Xinzhi mentioned the topic: "I have to come early next day, because I have something to tell Lord Yu, and I ask the adult to help deal with one or two." ”

"Please. ”

"Lord Wang, you may not know that there are several mansions in Tianshu Town, and they all rely on collecting rent for the mansions to make a living. One of the houses was rented to three fathers and sons, and the three of them were outsiders who moved from the land of Yanzhao to make a living by making braised meat and braised water......"

"Changying?"

Wu Xinzhi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Did Chang Lao Qi come to you to report the case?" That old man has a hard temper, and he is stuffy about everything, and he still thinks that he didn't come to report the case. ”

Wang Qilin shook his head and said: "He didn't come to report the case, but someone mentioned it to me yesterday, but he didn't know much, so I don't know much about this case." ”

Wu Xin knew: "I don't know much about it, I only know that there are ghosts who have come to his shop, I didn't care much about it after hearing about it, but there was a death lawsuit yesterday, I think it's all dead, and I must report it to the official." In this way, I happened to meet Lord Wang last night, so I came over today to ask Lord Wang for convenience. ”

Wang Qilin said: "Someone is killed? Take me over quickly." ”

Xu Da said: "Seventh Master, you are now an iron captain, you can no longer charge forward in everything, you leave this kind of small case to us, and we can handle it for you." ”

Wang Qilin waved his hand and said: "You are right, but if I have other important matters on hand, then this case will be handled for you, there is nothing to do now, I should go over and take a look in person." ”

Chang's braised meat shop is quite famous in Binh Duong Province, and their braised pork and braised water taste fragrant and affordable, so the business is very good, which is why they can rent the next whole house in Tianshu Town.

Chang Ying has been in Tianshu Town for more than ten years, and he has brought his two sons with him, the eldest son is 20 years old, married his daughter-in-law last year, and has a child this year, and the younger son is 16 years old this year, and he has five helpers in his shop.

Of course, they are nominally helpers, but these people are actually his disciples, and they are following him to learn how to make braised pork.

Wang Qilin followed Wu Xinzhi to the door of the store, and looked up at a flagpole at the door, with a big red flag on it, and the flag said 'meat' on one side and 'wine' on the other, which was very simple and rough.

Although the smell is not active in the cold weather in winter, you can still smell the enticing aroma of braised vegetables when walking on the street in front of the braised meat shop.

Xu Da felt out a stack of oiled paper, and he was ready for a big purchase.

The door of the braised meat shop was closed, and Wu Xinzhi went to knock on the door, but no matter what he said, there was no one in the house.

Wang Qilin was worried that something would happen, so he nodded to Xu Da.

Xu Da raised his foot and kicked it up.

The door opened.

Behind the gate is a courtyard, which is divided into several sections, some with slaughterhouses, some with water tanks, and some with dried meat and meat sausages.

Hearing the sound of the door being kicked, several young men cautiously pushed open the window of the wing room and looked out.

Wang Qilin frowned after entering the door and said, "It's so thick yin." ”

Xu Da said: "It's normal, this braised meat shop also slaughters livestock, and it should often use pig's head and fish meat to sacrifice to ghosts and gods, so that ghosts will stop and accept some offerings, resulting in a heavier yin in the yard." ”

Wang Qilin nodded and said, "Who is the master's family?" ”

When the main house opened, a young man with a large figure walked out quickly, knelt down and said, "Caomin Changwang has seen all the adults and the warriors. ”

Wu Xinzhi looked kind, he picked up Chang Wang and said, "Big nephew, where is your father? Why didn't your father come out?"

Chang Wang smiled bitterly and said: "Please forgive me, my father has suffered from a cold in the past two days, and he is very sick, so he can't come out to see him." ”

Wang Qilin said: "Take us in and have a look." ”

Chang Wang hesitated, he said: "My lord Mingjian, I asked the doctor to come and see, and the doctor said that my father's wind and cold are violent, and I am afraid that it will infect people." ”

Wang Qilin said: "This official knows a little about the art of Qihuang, don't say much, take us in to have a look." ”

Chang Wang couldn't stop it, so he had to push open the door and invite them into the house.

As soon as the door opened, a strong smell of incense ash came to my face.

In the middle of the room was a coffin, with a brazier in front of it, and smoke still curled from the brazier.