"I'm not bragging. The colored glaze we have here is definitely of high quality and low price. It's great value for money. Look at the quality, look at the color, look at the craftsmanship. It's definitely top-notch. Put it in those stores outside. , you will definitely not be able to take it away if you don’t have ten thousand sons and eight thousand strings. From my place——"
The vendor setting up the stall waved his hand proudly.
"Chenghui will take this thing you have in your hand. I will give you a beautifully made glass lamp as well. Take it out, it is beautiful and honorable..."
Seeing Zhang Sun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, the two squatted on the ground without speaking for a long time.
The hawker who set up the stall saw three people who were beautifully dressed and had extraordinary bearings. They were lingering in front of his stall. He thought that business was coming and recommended them to the two people very enthusiastically.
Even if Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling were determined, their hearts almost slowed down a beat when they heard this price.
Only selling for one hundred coins!
This is not about beating the marrow and sucking blood, it is about crushing the bones and scattering ashes.
Changsun Wuji raised his head, gave the vendor a thoughtful look, nodded slightly, and put down the glass in his hand.
“As expected, they are all of excellent quality…”
Changsun Wuji praised him, turned around and left.
There is no need to ask the source.
Your Majesty's steel sword, which he borrowed from Wang Zi'an, has been raised high and is unstoppable. Anyone who tries to stop or pry will probably gain little.
…
Wang family.
When Wang Gui returned home, Wang Yan had already woken up faintly.
Seeing that Wang Yan had regained consciousness, Dr. Tang took up his pen and wrote another prescription. He gave a few instructions without saying much. He directly received the consultation fee and hurried back with a few apprentices.
It's no better than it used to be.
busy!
In the past, when I was in the palace, although I had to treat the concubines, princes, grandsons, and dignitaries, my life was generally leisurely, but it is different now.
Sitting in the hospital, we receive hundreds of patients every day, and we are so busy every day that our feet never touch the floor.
The more people he healed, the more difficult and complicated diseases he saw.
I no longer need to be so cautious when using needles and medicines, and strive to be safe. After letting go, I feel that my thoughts are a little clearer.
In less than three months, the medical skills that had been stagnant had made some progress.
The most important thing is that the income has increased visibly.
He estimated that if he continued like this, he would be able to save enough money to buy a small courtyard near the hospital without waiting for these apprentices to graduate.
Finally I can have my own yard.
I’m excited just thinking about it——
Dr. Tang was sent away, and everyone else was also sent away.
Looking at Wang Yan lying on the hospital bed, Wang Gui couldn't help but frown.
"How many times have I told you that you should avoid greed and impatience when doing things, but you just can't listen. Now you know how powerful it is -"
Wang Gui looked very ugly.
"I was careless about this matter. I feel ashamed of the trust my family has placed in me. I will definitely give an explanation to my family afterwards. But, second uncle, now is not the time to hold people accountable. The question now is what should I do?"
Wang Gui frowned and pondered for a while.
"The other party has obviously been planning this for a long time. Now this situation is beyond repair. What we need to consider now is how to stop the loss and how to end it-"
When Wang Yan heard this, he couldn't help but cough rapidly again, and his face became even paler.
Wang Gui glanced at his nephew, who was not much younger than himself, and wanted to scold him a few more times, but seeing his weak look, he finally did not say anything.
"It's a blessing in disguise. Although our Wang family suffered heavy losses this time, it may not be a good thing."
"Good thing?"
Wang Yan couldn't help but be startled when he heard this.
Your family's fortune has been completely ruined. Do you call this a good thing?
If he hadn't known that his brother-in-law was a wise man with a calm temperament and great wisdom, he would have thought that this guy was out of his mind.
He suppressed the annoyance in his heart, struggled, and sat up on the bed.
"Second uncle, why did you say this——"
Wang Gui sighed and walked to the window, looking at the empty sky outside with some emotion.
"Do you still remember the ancestral motto of our Wang family and the foundation of our family?"
Wang Yan was silent for a while after hearing this.
"Poems and books are passed down from generation to generation, and farming and reading establish the world."
Wang Gui nodded slightly, turned around, and looked at Wang Yan, who looked a little gloomy.
"You are indeed a good hand at managing the family business. In recent years, under your management, our Wang family's industry has developed rapidly and has more than doubled compared to before."
Speaking of this, Wang Gui shook his head with a complicated tone.
"Our Wang family is like flowers blooming and fire cooking oil. It seems prosperous, but it has indeed laid the foundation for disaster. Many descendants only know the latest family property and have forgotten the teachings of their ancestors. Although there are many people in the clan today, there are still many descendants who study hard. How many people? How many descendants are there who are willing to work hard in the fields and achieve academic success? Many people are so drunk that they have long forgotten the teachings of their ancestors, so there are talented but unvirtuous people like Wang Tong and Wang Yuan. The scum of the family, if things continue like this, our Wang family will not be far from destruction——"
When Wang Yan heard this, his expression changed involuntarily, his lips moved a few times, but he still didn't speak.
Now that he has been plotted against, the family business has been severely damaged, and the wealth accumulated over hundreds of years has continued to be wiped out.
Even if no one in the family has said it yet, he knows that he is not far away from relinquishing his position as the head of the family.
Looking at the Wang family now, the only one who can support the family is this uncle who usually doesn't interfere much with family affairs.
"Now, our Wang family's extravagant wealth has come in, but we can also take the opportunity to wash away all the troubles and reiterate the ancestral precepts. As long as our family inheritance continues and our connections are still there, why bother with a little extravagant wealth? Even if it is scattered once, it will eventually come together again. .”
Having said this, he frowned slightly, glanced at the sick Wang Yan, and shook his head slightly.
"Although you are shrewd, you are unwilling to study hard. You have little cleverness, but it is difficult to have great wisdom. After all, your vision is too low. A mere setback can make you unstable, even fainting and vomiting blood - why is this..."
Wang Yan was silent for a long time after hearing the words. After all, he still couldn't calm down.
"Second uncle, having said that, our Wang family is a century-old family and a famous family in the world. How can we be tricked and bullied like this? If word spreads, what will be the face of our Wang family? Who in the world will respect our Wang family anymore? So, Even if we don’t care about those properties, we still have to make those people who are hiding behind our backs pay the price with blood, so that everyone in the world knows that our Wang family cannot be bullied, humiliated, or deceived..."
Wang Gui was silent after hearing this.
He also knew that Wang Yan was right.
If the Wang family just admits their defeat in silence and doesn't speak out about other people's opinions, I'm afraid that this will cause rifts within the family, or even fall apart.
When a family cannot maintain the interests and dignity of the family, who will be willing to unite under the banner of the family and be proud of it?
He was silent for a long time, then turned around and stared at Wang Yan sharply, without blinking.
"What are you going to do?"
Wang Yan gritted his teeth, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes.
"Immediately send people to the East Market to catch all the thieves who are selling at stalls or selling at various glass shops. At the same time, report it to the official immediately, saying that the warehouse of our Wang family's glass business has been stolen, and a large amount of precious glass has been stolen. Requesting the government to send troops to assist in the investigation——"
Speaking of this, Wang Yan spoke every word.
"Our Wang family has worked hard for hundreds of years, and our disciples are all over the government and the public. Now it's time to use this resource. Immediately send someone with my family leader's seal and generous gifts to come to ask for help - I am dead and cold, I believe they will I will never sit back and watch..."
Wang Gui couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
"Don't you know that His Majesty's shadow is behind this matter?"
When Wang Yan heard this, he couldn't help but reveal a mocking smile.
"So what if he knows? Is it possible that he still dares to face the world's disapproval and jumps out to admit it? As a monarch, if we use these despicable methods against a family like ours that has been doing good deeds and a century-old family, we are not afraid of causing turmoil in the world. Material discussion? So, I guess, he will not jump out directly to make trouble - our Wang family warehouse has been stolen, and the court doesn't care, doesn't it allow us to come out to catch the thief ourselves? "
Seeing Wang Gui hesitate to speak, Wang Yan stared at him with burning eyes.
"The Wang family cannot be insulted. After this incident, I will take the initiative to step down as the head of the family and think about my mistakes behind closed doors. From now on, the management of the children in the family will be decided by you. Whether you want to reiterate the ancestral precepts or clean up the family tradition, it is up to you - the family Chaos started with me and will end with me. Whether our Wang family can achieve nirvana and be reborn will be left to you..."
Wang Gui stood in silence for a long time, and finally nodded gently.
East Market.
Along the way, even with the temperaments of Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, they couldn't help but feel frightened.
But on this street, they found a dozen vendors setting up stalls selling colored glaze.
In other words, they can no longer be called hawkers, because even if they sell the colored glaze for the price of cabbage, the carts of colored glaze are enough to be called wealthy.
Amidst the excitement and shock, there was a trace of unspeakable weirdness.
These vendors hawking along the street are more of a signal than hawking.
There were many people watching the excitement and many people asking about the price, but most of them were ordinary people or from wealthy families. Luxuries like colored glaze, which were out of reach in the past, suddenly reached the stage where I could touch them, so I naturally wanted to buy one to take home and show off. The real upper-class people seemed to smell something unusual.
Everyone passed by in a hurry, as if avoiding the plague, without even asking a question.
There was a long silence.
Fang Xuanling couldn't help but stop, looked at Li Shimin with his hands behind his back, and said in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, will this cause any trouble?"
Li Shimin smiled, stretched out his palm, and gently patted Fang Xuanling's shoulder.
"What can go wrong? Everyone is just doing business peacefully - could it be that in our Tang Dynasty, we can't even do normal business..."
Having said this, Li Shimin greeted with a smile.
"Forget it, it seems that I overestimated their courage after all. I'm afraid there won't be much excitement here today. It's going to be noon soon, why don't we stop by Wang Zi'an's place to sit... "
Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling were speechless.
Your Majesty, do you call this a smooth road?
It’s much closer for us to go back to the palace from here than to Chang’an Marquis, okay?——
When the two of them were complaining in their hearts, they saw people shouting and neighing at the end of the street, and there was a huge chaos. Li Shimin couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, while Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji couldn't help but look at each other with a hint of surprise in their eyes.
This is the East Market, not far from the Imperial City.
Although it cannot be said that the security is tight, Wuhou patrolling the city can be seen everywhere. Who dares to act recklessly here?
However, before they could figure it out, a group of elite guards armed with knives and sticks rushed over.
"Go away, go away - the Wang family is catching thieves, and the rest will avoid them -"
Without saying a word, he rudely and arrogantly dispersed the crowd of people who had gathered in front of the major glass vendors to watch. Seeing that Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji were still "standing stupidly" in place, the leading man frowned. Wrinkled, he pushed it over.
The moment the leading man took action, many men in the crowd couldn't help but commotion. Li Shimin shook his head slightly without leaving a trace, and then they quietly retreated with the crowd. But he didn't go far, he just stood nearby and watched the actions in front of him, ready to make an attack at any time.
Just kidding, His Majesty and the two Prime Ministers are here.
In fact, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji are really not too worried.
Although they can't compare with Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin and other full-time generals, they were once experienced men on the battlefield. A few ordinary people can't get into their hands at all. What's more, they really don't believe that anyone dares to do it in broad daylight. , killing people near the imperial city.
However, when the leading man pushed, they took a few steps back in cooperation.
Fortunately, this group of people's target is not them. With a wave of his hand, he immediately surrounded the carriages and horses setting up stalls selling colored glaze.
"You are so audacious. You stole the glass from our Wang family and you dare to sell it on the street? Aren't you afraid of the king's legal sanctions?"
After saying that, he waved his hand.
"Catch them all—"
Listening to the shouts of these people, many people couldn't help but have suspicious looks on their faces.
Could it be that these people really stole the Wang family’s glass?
But if they really stole their glass, why did they sell it on the street?
Shouldn't he fly away immediately?
Many people immediately smelled an unusual smell.
Probably because the incident happened suddenly, these glass vendors didn't even react, and they were swept away by the Wang family.
…
Li Yuan, who had been in bed for nearly a month, was finally able to get up.
Li Chengqian, who took the place of his father to fulfill his filial piety before his grandfather's deathbed, couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
I have been very tired recently.
While busy with the affairs of the East Palace, he also had to serve his sick grandfather. After more than a month, running on both sides was so tiring that everyone suffered a lot. I even had no time to study with my brother-in-law.
At this time, the grandfather and grandson stood together, and they seemed to match each other very well.
One was weak and had to be helped to walk, and the other looked haggard and almost had dark circles under his eyes.
Standing at the door of Tai Chi Palace, Li Yuan squinted his eyes and looked at the slightly dazzling warm sun in the sky, his tone was a little sad.
"It looks like you are really old. I think back then, when I was your age, I could fire a two-stone bow and shoot the eyes of a blue bird from a hundred steps away. Now, a cold wind almost kills me. …”
After speaking, he shook his head gently.
"What did my grandfather say? It was just a cold. Now that he has recovered from his illness, my grandfather will definitely be in good health and live a long life..."
Li Chengqian, who was supporting Li Yuan, quickly said with a smile.
