Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 85

On the first day of February in the first year of Qianfeng, all the sons of the Second Wu Dynasty were beheaded in Tai'an, and women and children were slaves to the mansion of He Lanmin. Emperor Gaozong came to Qufu, offered sacrifices to Confucius, and presented him with the honorary title of Taishi; Driving back to Beijing from Haozhou, the journey lasted more than a month. When he arrived in Beijing on March [-]th, Prince Li Hong led the people in Beijing to kneel down in the suburbs of Beijing to welcome him.

The spring in the capital comes late, and the beginning of March is when the spring flowers are in full bloom. The green grass grows wildly, the trees sprout, and the flowers are everywhere. It was too red, and even the warm sunshine was extraordinarily glaring, nothing else, just because he was about to be dismissed from office again, and when he was in a bad mood, he couldn't see anything so pleasing to the eye, if he just It's okay to be alone, the big deal is to go back to farming, but the old mother's condition is getting worse day by day, and there is no shortage of medicine and medicine. Thinking of the coming bad luck, King Luo Bin's heart is gray and uncomfortable with.

Dongtai Xiangzheng Bachelor, this official name sounds resounding, but in fact it is only a mere eighth-rank official, counting salary, salary, and land, it is only three stones and a half meters per month, which is only six guan in copper coins. It's really not much, but even such a small salary is absolutely indispensable to King Luo Bin at this time, and now, this salary may never be available again, although King Luo Bin is unwilling to admit it, but in his heart it is inevitable. Some slight regrets, maybe if I didn’t write that satirical poem, all this would not have happened, but when I thought of the greedy behavior of my colleagues, the little bit of regret in King Luo Bin’s heart was quickly overwhelmed. Overwhelmed by indignation—the husband has grievances, when he speaks out, how can he sit idly by and ignore them!
"Master, someone sent an invitation card outside, saying that the master must go there for a while, and ask the master to have a look."

Just when King Luo Bin was so excited that he couldn't hold back, the old servant of the family walked in, holding a red invitation card in his hand, bowed to King Luo Bin who was sitting at the stone table in the backyard, and carefully reported the report.

"Let's go back, just say that the old man is unwell, and we will make an appointment in the future."

Although King Luo Bin's official position is humble, his reputation in the literary world is quite obvious. Not only poet friends often come to invite banquets, but also strangers come to visit from time to time. King Luo Bin has long been accustomed to this, but today he is in a bad mood Jia, who was in the mood for a banquet, didn't even look at the invitation, just waved his hand, and casually declined the invitation.

"Master, that man put down the invitation card and left. When he left, he said that if the master saw the inscription on the invitation card, he would definitely not refuse the invitation. Look at this..." Seeing that King Luo Bin had a bad face, the old servant obviously hesitated. But he still didn't leave, but explained carefully.

"Oh?" King Luo Bin was quite annoyed, but his curiosity was aroused by the old servant's words. Instead of refusing, he let out a sigh, took the invitation in the old servant's hand, and opened it. , browsed quickly, and when his eyes fell on the inscription, his face froze involuntarily——Wang Sanlang, the inscription on the invitation was unexpectedly the boy who had extended a helping hand to King Luo Bin when he was at his worst. Even though it was just a meeting last year, King Luo Bin never forgot that handsome young man. Over the past year, King Luo Bin has often sought out this person from his friends in the capital, in order to repay the favor, but he couldn't help it. No one knew the origin of this person, which made King Luo Bin always feel that he owed a debt and had nowhere to repay it, but he never expected that this person would appear by himself at such a time, which made King Luo Bin really unaware for a while. Whether to be excited or worried.

"Mo Bo, how much money is there at home?" King Luo Bin pondered for a moment, then raised his head, looked at the old servant with a complex expression, and asked hesitantly.

"Returning to the master, I just bought medicine for the old lady yesterday, and now I still have half the medicine. I don't know what the master is going to do with it?" The old servant Mo Bo is in charge of the Luo family's account, and he is very clear about the family's money and food. Hearing that what King Luo Bin said seemed to imply that he needed money, he didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly explained it.

"You don't need to ask any more questions, just wrap it all up and go to the banquet with the old man later." Hearing that there was only so little money left in the family, King Luo Bin's complexion darkened instantly, but there was not much. After hesitating, he ordered in a calm voice.

"Here. Master, last month's Lumi is nearly exhausted. If you don't save some money to buy rice, then..." The old servant became anxious when he heard that he wanted to pack up all the remaining money, and hurriedly said.

"Forget it, then take a bag with you." King Luo Bin shook his head helplessly, let out a long sigh, left his words, got up and went to the bedroom. Going to wrap the copper coins is not mentioned.

More than a year has passed, and the Hongyun Inn is still the same old look, even the waiter has not changed, and is still busy in the lobby, but King Luo Bin who came here again is a bit more lonely than before Mood—Although I was embarrassed at the beginning, I still had the hope of the imperial examination, and I could live on in the end, but this time, the fate of being dismissed from office is almost irreversible, and the spontaneous combustion of hope is gone. It is trouble and depression.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Luo? Your honored guest, the magpies kept barking this morning. I said something good should happen. I dare say that it should be on the arrival of Mr. Luo. Hurry up, please come in, what do you need?" Even if I tell you, I will take good care of you, Mr...." The naughty shop waiter's eyes were tight, and when King Luo Bin was standing at the door expressing emotion, he recognized King Luo Bin and ran away in a hurry When he came out, he warmly greeted such a famous person as King Luo Bin.

"It's been more than a year, but the second brother is still so strong, isn't the business still booming?"

King Luo Bin is a grateful person, the waiter in this shop did not help him a lot at the beginning, King Luo Bin always remembered it in his heart, so even though he was in a bad mood at this time, King Luo Bin still greeted him with a smile.

"Okay, okay, hehe, to tell you the truth, Mr. Luo, the shop has just changed owners, and this business is even more prosperous than it used to be. Tsk tsk, our owner has said that we will build a lot in the coming year , this inn will expand twice at least. The business is definitely better than it is now, and the small ones can get some light. After all, there must be something to look forward to in life, right? Oh, my little mouth is broken. I was so busy chatting, I almost forgot the boss’s explanation, hurry up, please come with me, the boss is waiting for you in the backyard.” After talking a lot, the waiter suddenly remembered the new shopkeeper’s explanation, and immediately Somewhat confused, he hurriedly wanted to invite King Luo Bin into the backyard.

"New owner? Second brother, is the new owner you are talking about Wang Sanlang?" Luo Binwang was listening to the waiter's nonsense with a smile. We met at the Fortune Inn, but didn't write down the room number, so we immediately became alert and hurriedly asked.

"Wang Sanlang? Which Wang Sanlang is here? Mr. Luo may have misunderstood. The new owner of the shop is surnamed Deng, with a single word Cheng. He didn't come here often. Hehe, now this shop is in charge of the small ones. It's strange, today's host, Kekeli, came here and said that he was going to meet guests here, and Mr. Luo was the one who invited you, which confuses the little ones..." The waiter of the shop has long forgotten that he had been to the inn Wang Sanlang, when he heard Luo Binwang asking the question, he was taken aback, scratched his head, first looked at Luo Binwang suspiciously, and then smiled and explained Datong.

"Deng Cheng? Could it be his real name?" Luo Binwang didn't pay attention to the endless nonsense of the waiter in the shop, wrinkled his head slightly, and muttered in doubt.

"What? What real name and fake name, Mr. Luo, what are you talking about, the more you listen, the more confused you become." The waiter in the shop was talking happily, when he suddenly heard King Luo Bin muttering, he couldn't help but stop talking nonsense , asked suspiciously.

"No, it's nothing, little brother, please show me the way." King Luo Bin was anxious to confirm Wang Sanlang's identity, and he didn't want to get entangled with the shop boy, so he smiled and cupped his hands, directly made a request.

"Okay, please come to me." Although the waiter in the shop is chatty, he doesn't dare to delay the business of the host. Seeing what King Luo Bin said, he can only force himself to suppress his full of words, and compares with a smile: " The gesture of "please" led Luo Binwang's master and servant to go to the backyard, passing through several courtyards all the way to the backyard, but as soon as they reached the door of the backyard, several plainclothes men flashed out from the side, stopped the waiter, and Please ask Luo Binwang to enter alone.

The behavior of this group of plain-clothed men is really not in line with the way of hospitality, but Luo Binwang, who is determined to identify Wang Sanlang's identity, is too lazy to care too much. After explaining a few words to the old servant, he reached out to take the small package in the old servant's hand, and then Proudly marched into the backyard, and was led by a big man to the door of a main room in the yard. When the big man got out of the way, King Luo Bin walked into the room calmly, and he saw a man dressed in The young man dressed as the prince stood in the room with a smile on his face, and King Luo Bin was stunned immediately.

"Sanlang? Ah, no, you are, are you His Royal Highness King Zhou?"

King Luo Bin has a good memory, even though it has been more than a year, he still recognized the boy's face at a glance, isn't it the mysterious Wang Sanlang? Just looking at the prince's clothes on his body, King Luo Bin couldn't be sure ——Although King Luo Bin is also an official in the court, he is only a low-level official after all. Not to mention not qualified to go to the court, he is not even qualified to enter the palace. It is impossible to know the princes, but the age of the princes is not I still know, seeing that Li Xian's figure is obviously not yet developed, he immediately reacted, and decided that the young man in front of him was Zhou Wang Li Xian, but he was not completely sure.

"Xiao Wang is Li Xian, Mr. Luo, it's been more than a year, are you all right?" Li Xian came to find King Luo Bin this time on important matters, so he will not hide his true identity anymore, which is why He nodded with a smile, and greeted him gently, but unexpectedly, after he said this, King Luo Bin not only didn't rush forward to salute, but took two steps back with an unhappy expression on his face.

(End of this chapter)