Chapter 65

Somewhere in the capital, in a workshop.

The workers neatly arranged the finished paper, wrapped it, and loaded it onto the wagon.

A middle-aged man in brocade clothes took a few people back and forth to inspect it, and picked up a piece of paper to check.

The gray-clothed old man next to him stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Liu, now the quality of the paper we produce is comparable to that of the Bai family, and many merchants have come to us to place orders, all of which are the credit of Sun Tao." ”

The middle-aged man in brocade nodded, turned back to a young man and smiled: "Sun Tao, you have made great contributions to our Yang family, let's say, what do you want? ”

The young man known as Sun Tao was the servant who left the Bai family that day.

He had spent some time in the Bai family's paper mill, and he was the one who was most familiar with the papermaking process besides Jiang Feng.

When he was in the Bai family, he had always had a crush on Bai Feng, and later because of the misunderstanding of the relationship between Bai Feng and Li Ling, he ran away to the capital and went to Liu Heng, the imperial historian of the capital, who was responsible for papermaking technology in his family workshop.

This middle-aged man in brocade clothes is Liu Heng's younger brother Liu Pan.

Papermaking is not a very complicated technology, Sun Tao originally had a foundation, and through half a month of practice, he finally made paper.

The quality of the paper he made is second only to the Bai family, and now the Liu family workshop is behind the Bai family, and it is also beginning to slowly seize the market, and I believe that it will not be long before it will be able to compete with the Bai family. It is even possible that because Liu Heng is the identity of the imperial doctor, there is no need to deal with all aspects, further reduce costs, and surpass the Bai family and monopolize the paper industry.

Sun Tao naturally became a great hero of the Liu family, so Liu Pan asked this question.

Sun Tao bowed and saluted, and said respectfully: "Second master, the Liu family has given me too much, I don't need it for the time being, I have an agreement with Lord Yushi..."

Liu Pan interrupted him, "Well, you want to get the Bai family's white phoenix, don't you?"

Sun Tao's face was a little hot, but he still nodded firmly.

"Heroes are sad to pass the beauty pass. Liu Pan laughed, "What's more, it's you, the Liu family will not forget the agreement with you, you are not embarrassed, my fair lady, the gentleman is good, and one day when Meng Yi steps down, the Bai family loses its backer, that is, the day of the fall, when the Bai family is not allowed to be kneaded by us, they will let you get your wish." ”

Sun Tao hesitated a little, but hesitated for a moment and still didn't say anything.

At this time, the old man who spoke just now smiled and said: "Now Bai Qi is in Beijing, living in the General's Mansion, I heard that a few days ago, Wang Tianyou of the Wang family plagiarized the poems of a servant of the Bai family, and was humiliated by the servant, it is said that now the young master of the Wang family does not even dare to go out of the house." ”

Sun Tao's heart moved, and he asked, "Steward Jin, do you know what the servant's name is?"

"Well, this..."Steward Jin pondered for a moment, and said with some uncertainty: "It seems to be called Li Ling." ”

"It's him. Sun Tao showed hatred on his face.

In his mind, it was Li Ling who robbed Bai Feng, otherwise Bai Feng might notice him.

Steward Jin noticed the look on Sun Tao's face and asked, "What? You know this person, this person is very popular now, many people have gone to the General's Mansion to ask to see him, and some young people who love poetry are even more admired, and they are proud to see him." ”

Liu Pan said: "It is said that the Bai family's method of making wine was also invented by this person, it seems that this person really has some ability, Steward Jin, you go and meet this person." Let's see if we can recruit them. ”

Sun Tao said hatefully when he heard this: "It's just a villain." ”

"Do you have a grudge against him?" Liu Pan curious.

Sun Tao said angrily: "This person has a little talent to learn, hooking up with Miss Feng, if it falls into my hands, I have to teach him a good lesson." ”

Liu Pan and Steward Jin glanced at each other, and they both felt a little funny, it turned out to be Sun Tao's rival in love, it seems that if this person hadn't robbed Bai Feng, Sun Tao would not have come to the Liu family because of this.

This Sun Tao despises Li Ling for stealing Miss as a family member, how can he not have bad intentions and want to hook up with Miss, but no one has the ability.

Of course, Liu Pan and Steward Jin would not say it in front of Sun Tao, Liu Pan smiled and said: "Miss Ding Steal, interesting, I'm more curious about this person, so let's do it, Steward Jin, you go and operate it, and see if you can get the secret recipe for brewing wine from this Li Ling's mouth, if you can't." ”

He made a downward chopping motion with his hand, and the meaning was self-evident.

Liu Pan: "It's time to vent your anger to Sun Tao." ”

Steward Jin nodded, "Okay, Second Master, I will arrange for assassins to do this, but now that they are in the General's Mansion, it is difficult to start, so we have to wait until they leave the capital to do it." ”

Sun Tao didn't think about putting Li Ling to death, but since Liu Pan had already said it, he couldn't object, and said at the moment: "Steward Jin, I can't control you if you move this Li Ling, but please don't hurt Bai Liuye, the Bai family has a great kindness to me, save me in times of danger, and I can't be ungrateful." ”

Liu Pan showed appreciation in his eyes, nodded and agreed, and patted Sun Tao's shoulder, "I promise you, don't worry." ”

......

The royal family of the capital.

Since the plagiarism was exposed by Li Ling in the poetry club, Wang Tianyou locked himself in the house and did not come out for three days.

Food and water were delivered to the door by maids, but every time they were left untouched.

Wang Tianyou's grandfather Wang Mingyang was a former scholar of the Qin Dynasty and was an upright person, but his son Wang Jingji was not good at learning, and he did not become an official and did some silk business.

But because Wang Mingyang had many protégés and was respected during his reign, many people in the court have now received his favor, because although Wang Mingyang died of illness for many years, the Wang family is still helped by many people and has not declined.

Wang Jingji has two sons and a daughter, the eldest son Wang Tianzuo is practicing martial arts with the masters, and the second son Wang Tianyou has been smart since he was a child, and he is known as one of the eight talents in the capital.

However, it is a pity that Wang Tianyou has not passed the imperial examination to seek a half-official position, which made Wang Jingji a little disappointed.

The Wang family actually pinned their hopes on Wang Tianyou, and now the Bai family is still prosperous, but it is just because some ministers in the court have helped Wang Mingyang in his face, but when the favor is always used up, when those people are still favored, the Wang family is afraid that it will decline soon.

Now that this incident has happened, not only Wang Tianyou feels ashamed, but Wang Jingji is a little afraid of seeing acquaintances when he goes out.

In the hall, Wang Jingji and his wife finished eating, and Wang Tianyou's mother Xu said to Wang Jingji worriedly: "Jingji, why don't you go and call You'er, he hasn't eaten for three days, I'm worried." ”

Xu Shi said and wiped his tears with his hands, looking at his son like this, the mother's heart was like a knife.

"Smack!"

Wang Jingji slapped the table hard, causing a bowl to fall and shatter, "Lao Tzu is not going, I want to go to you, this rebel does not know how to improve, Lao Tzu told him before to let him learn more about governing the country, he didn't listen, and indulged in poetry and songs all day long." I didn't say anything about learning these things, but this rebel can't do it himself, but he went to steal other people's things, and the people of my Wang family let him lose it clean, and Lao Tzu can't wait to cover his face with a urinal on his head when he goes out now..."

Wang Jingji is five big and three thick, and his voice is also rude, and this roar can be clearly heard by half of the Wang family.

"He's always your son, you go and tell him what's wrong, who doesn't make mistakes. Xu sobbed.

"I don't have such an unfilial son, it's good that Lao Tzu didn't punish him, if my father was alive, he would have hung up and beaten such a rebel, and I still called him to eat?

Wang Jingji glared and roared again.

In one room, Wang Tianyou threw a foot of white cloth on the beam and tied a knot, and stood on the chair below.

At this time, there was a roar from his father outside, Wang Tianyou's calm face twitched, and he firmly kicked the chair under his feet.

......

"Master, madam, it's not good, young master..."

A piercing scream sounded in Wang's house, and Wang Jingji and his wife Xu, who had not yet fallen asleep, hurriedly came out of the room and came to Wang Tianyou's room.

When he saw Wang Tianyou hanging on the beam, Xu screamed on the spot and fainted.

A few servants who heard the news hurriedly put Wang Tianyou down, but the person was already cold.

Wang Jingji burst into tears, and suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped the dead Wang Tianyou in the face, "You rebel, you can't stand a little blow like you, what kind of big thing can you do, die well, die clean..."

As he said this, the man fell backwards.

The news that Wang Tianyou, the second son of the Wang family, hanged himself quickly spread, and there were sighs, regrets, and excitement, and mixed reactions.

Li Ling also heard the news from Meng Yuan's mouth, he was a little surprised, and his mood became a little heavy.

He didn't have much ill feeling towards Wang Tianyou, and he just wanted to expose the other party that day, and he didn't think about dealing with Wang Tianyou.

But he ignored the other party's psychological endurance, but he really didn't blame him for this matter, and to a certain extent, it could be regarded as Wang Tianyou's own fault.

Li Ling couldn't help but blame himself in his heart, "In the future, unless I have to, I still don't do more slaps in the face, I am happy, but I ignore the feelings of others." ”

......

The Wang family erected a mourning tent and held a funeral, and many people came to pay respects, many of whom were from the poetry society.

Even if Wang Tianyou is wrong, but death is great, not to mention that Wang Tianyou made a lot of contributions to the poetry society when he was there, and the success of the poetry society is inseparable from Wang Tianyou's efforts to run in many ways and take connections to attract sponsorship.

Li Ling also came to worship, and when he stepped into the spiritual shed, many people in the Wang family who knew him glared at him angrily.

Wang Yong, the housekeeper of the Wang family, shouted coldly: "You are not welcome here, please leave." ”

Several servants stepped forward to catch up with Li Ling, when Wang Jingji waved his hand to stop a few people, and said in a deep voice: "The person who comes is a guest, don't be rude." ”

In just three days, Wang Jingji's black hair has turned gray, and there are many wrinkles on his face, as if he has aged more than ten years.

Wang Tianyou's mother, Xu, did not come, and she is now seriously ill and bedridden.

Li Ling ignored the servants of the Wang family, bowed to Wang Tianyou's spiritual position three times and buckled, and did all the salutes, and his attitude was very sincere.

Everyone in the Wang family looked at him with much less hostility in their eyes.

Li Ling wanted to leave after saluting, but he felt a cold aura coming, and he was caught off guard and swooped into an object in his arms.

He remained silent, turned and strode away.

As soon as Li Ling left, there was a neighing sound from outside the door of Wang's house, and a tall young man in green clothes jumped off his horse and went straight to the mourning hall.

"The eldest young master is back. ”

When the servants saw the tall young man, they greeted him with a loud voice.

This young man is Wang Jingji's eldest son, Wang Tianzuo, who has been practicing martial arts with the master all the year round, and has just arrived from outside when he hears the news of his brother's death.

With tears in his eyes, Wang Tianzuo walked up to Wang Jingji, "My son is not filial, and he has only rushed back now, how did my brother die? Isn't he well? Isn't he suffering from any disease? What about my mother?"

Wang Jingji shook his head and didn't answer, but Wang Yong, the housekeeper of the Wang family, told the ins and outs of the matter.

"I see. Wang Tianyou gritted his teeth, the clothes on his body were windless, and said angrily: "This Bai family is too deceitful, I want to go to the General's Mansion to get justice for my younger brother, and let this Li Ling fight for my brother." ”

"You can't go, your brother is to blame for this matter, and he can't blame others. Wang Jingji said astringently.

Wang Tianzuo sneered, "Father, are you afraid of Meng Yi, you are afraid of him, I am not afraid, I have advanced to a martial arts master, that Meng Yi wants to protect a subordinate, then he has to be prepared to bear the wrath of a martial arts master."

When someone in the mourning hall heard Wang Tianzuo's words, they were immediately surprised, this Wang Tianzuo was only about twenty, and he had become a martial arts master, and this kind of talent and strength were not seen in the entire Qin State.

It seems that the Bai family is about to rise, even if there is no help from my ministers in the court, there is a martial arts master in charge, and it can continue to prosper.

In this world, cultivators are a minority after all, and they are all obsessed with the path of immortality, and few people with high realms are willing to meddle in worldly things.

In comparison, there are still many martial artists, especially on the battlefield, a martial arts master has the ability to take the head of a general among ten thousand armies, and sometimes it can even determine the outcome of a war.

Generally speaking, people with excellent innate talent and diligent acquired will only be able to advance to a martial arts grandmaster after forty, and there is hope to advance to a great grandmaster at fifty, and then advance to a martial saint, but it is not determined by talent and diligence but by luck.

This Wang Tianzuo is only twenty-five or sixteen years old, and he has already advanced to the Martial Arts Grandmaster, more than ten years earlier than others, it seems that it is easy to advance to the Great Grandmaster in his lifetime, but I am afraid that the Martial Saint is also hopeful.

Martial saint, this will be entertained by the monarch and treated as a national soldier.

Wang Tianzuo ordered the housekeeper Wang Yong in a deep voice: "Wang Yong, you go to the General's Mansion for me to make a war letter, and let them hand over the servant of the Bai family." ”

"Yes..."Wang Yong took the order and left.

Li Ling came out of Wang's house, returned to the general's mansion, closed the door and window, and then took out a bead the size of a pigeon's egg from his arms.

This bead was given to him by the brother and sister named Zhu Ling and Zhu Hu who met in the Wei Air Transport Division before.

That day, the two brothers and sisters said what this bead was called the Soul Gathering Bead.

He couldn't figure out what this bead was for, but he didn't throw it away, just now he left the Wang family, but he felt a strange aura enter the bead.

Li Ling put this one in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully to see what was going on?

This bead was black and emitted a faint black light, as if it was alive.

A small point of light suddenly appeared in the bead, like a small tadpole, dragging its long tail and swimming.

At the same time, there was a faint ghostly scream from inside the bead, although the sound was small, it still made Li Ling shiver, and he almost threw the bead away.

At this time, Li Ling finally saw that the small point of light in this bead was clearly a person who was radiating light, and the appearance of this villain was the same as Wang Tianyou.

The 'Wang Tianyou' inside the bead looked at Li Ling, and his eyes showed an incomparably resentful look.

"Gathering Soul Beads, Gathering Soul Beads..."Li Ling muttered to himself, a bold idea welling up in his mind.

"Is this bead Wang Tianyou's soul?"