Chapter Thirty-Three Former guests, knife sellers tonight
The prosperous scenery of Bianliang City did not stop with the arrival of the night. Only the rows of shops were hung with fiery red lanterns. There were also the houses of high-ranking officials and rich guests, and the lights were bright and the night was never extinguished. The blue smoke emitted by these candles when they burned was floating, covering the sky above the imperial capital, and a rare picture of fireworks on earth was drawn.
At this moment, he saw a man with a green face isolated on the streets of the downtown city, which had been all day long. Early in the morning, he left the hotel, took out the family treasure knife, and came to the street market to sell it.
Suddenly, a biting cold wind blew, blowing the signs of shops on the street, and the dead leaves scattered all over the ground danced on the wind. In this scene, the pedestrians on the street gathered their winter clothes, speeding up their pace of returning home.
Alas, let’s try your luck outside Fanlou!
Yang Zhi sighed helplessly.
In fact, he had known that there were dignitaries and nobles who had spent a lot of money there, and he might have met buyers. But this decision made him very embarrassed. After all, he was a regular customer there in the past. Now he called him a seven-foot man standing outside the door of the No. 1 social place in Tokyo and putting a sign to sell a knife. If he met some old acquaintances, he would say softly, "Yang Zhi, how did you fall into such a field!" How did he ask him to answer? What's the face?
It’s a pity that he is now penniless, and all the property he sold is taken to pay for. The only remaining animal has been mortgaged to the restaurant to make a living. Now he has nothing, so what capital does he have to worry about his face?
Thinking of this, he only heard him curse angrily: Unbearable, that guy Gao Qiu is so hateful! The Privy Council got money, and at least he was still following some rules in his work, so he didn't make things difficult for him. However, the mansion of the Hall Commander, who was in charge of Gao Qiu, spent money everywhere from entering the door to leaving the door. Everyone managed to take care of him. Finally, he saw the master Gao Taiwei, but he was ridiculed and smashed the gift he had given for a lot of money on the spot, causing him to feel cold from the soles of his feet, and he felt bitter.
A good word warms up in winter, and a bad word shines through the heart.
Yang Zhi had completely understood the meaning of this sentence at this moment. However, the price was too great, so great that he was short of anger and had a long love for his children. Thinking about Lin Chong's in trouble and Wang Lun was willing to take his own life to Tokyo to retrieve his family for him. But who had seen him in such a field? The nine commanders of the former group of nine systems were asking about his well-being in front of him, and in a blink of an eye he was waiting to see his joke.
It would be better to stay in Liangshan. At that time, those heroes respected him as much as possible, especially Leader Wang... When he thought of Wang Lun, Yang Zhi suddenly felt a strange feeling of grief, which made him regret it.
Dragging his body that was blown by the cold wind, Yang Zhi came to the brightly lit Fan Building. Looking at the lights coming, Yang Zhi felt a lot of emotion. It was the prosperity of the sky, and the glory of the family that pressed him down.
"Ship Yang, hey, it's really Yang Zhiyan!"
When Yang Zhi heard the call, he hurriedly looked at him. He saw a noble official with five or seven gangs coming out of the Fan Building where he was drinking and drinking. He saw the man's face clearly through the lights. Yang Zhizhi wanted to bury his head in the ground.
"Yang Zhi, Yang Zhi! I said why are you hiding!" The nobleman said blaming Yang Zhi when he saw him lowering his head and covering his face.
Helplessly, Yang Zhi had to bite the bullet and stepped forward and bowed: "The villain has seen Taiwei Wang!"
"I haven't seen you for a few years. How could you fall into this scene? Hey, isn't this your family treasure sword? I thought I had paid to buy your treasure sword and Xu Guan'er's armor. One of you didn't want to sell it, and the other didn't see you. Why are you going to sell this knife now?" The noble official took off the grass mark on Yang Zhi's sword and said to himself.
Yang Zhi sighed and said nothing. Seeing Yang Zhi like this, the Taiwei Wang's tone was a little restrained, and he did not make fun of him anymore. He just said, "I heard that you had overturned the boat by Hua Shigang that day, and there was nowhere to look for people. Why are you selling knives here at this time?"
When Yang Zhi saw him asking, he revealed the failure of his family property to go to Gaoqi. When the Taiwei Wang laughed, he said, "You are a general and have a noble family background. When we Taiwei Gao saw someone with a good family background, we were scared!"
When Yang Zhi heard this, he suddenly realized that no wonder he couldn't even give gifts. It turned out that it was not because of the severity of the gift. It was because Gao Qiu was born in a humble family background and was jealous of his family background, so he did it on purpose! Thinking of this, Yang Zhi smiled bitterly in his heart and shook his head helplessly.
Seeing this, Wang Taiwei showed a smile on his lips, but took the sword in Yang Zhi's hand and asked, "Yang Zhi, I paid a lot of money to buy your sword in the past, but what is the price today?"
Yang Zhi thought and hurriedly said, "I dare not collect the silver and money of the Taiwei. If the Taiwei likes it, Yang Zhi will only give it to the Taiwei!"
When Wang Taiwei heard this, he laughed and said straight: "Go on the road! Go on the road!" After playing with the knife in his hand, the Taiwei looked up and smiled: "Are you afraid you haven't finished speaking?"
"I just want to be able to support the Taiwei's face and restore my official position. I am grateful!" Yang Zhi did not act hesitantly and bowed directly. He knew that the person in front of him had such ability.
It turned out that the Wang Taiwei was named Wang, and was known as Xiao Wangdu Taiwei. He was a nobleman and was the son-in-law of Yingzong. He had served in the local area in the early years, but because he had a very good relationship with the then Duan King, that is, Huizong, now, after the Zhao Guan family ascended the throne, he was not willing to let him go to the local area, and only kept him in the capital, and often gathered together in his spare time. Therefore, although this person has not held a real position now, his status is detached and has a close relationship with the powerful ministers in the court. Only before Gao Qiu became famous, he was a gang in his mansion, and he still got close to the Zhao Guan family, which was only the prince at that time.
After hearing what Yang Zhi said, Taiwei Wang thought for a while and said, "It was not difficult to help you in the past. It's a pity that you went to find Gao Qiu first. If I went to find him, I was afraid that he would lose his face. Although he came out of my house, he is no longer the same as before!"
When Yang Zhi heard this, he felt a little cold. When Taiwei Wang saw him like this, he smiled and said, "I don't want your knife in vain! I think you are also a descendant of Yang Wudi. After being so down and out, my royal family made me look so glorious. In this way! The left-behind Beijing Daming Mansion is the son-in-law of Xianggong Cai. He has always had contact with me on weekdays. A few days ago, he sent someone to my mansion to celebrate the New Year ceremony. I will write a letter to you and go to vote for him. I think he is the place where he employs people. I can't guarantee the position of several ranks, but at least a small official can't escape. What do you think?"
Yang Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this and said straight: "But Liang Zhongshu also knows me, and he loves my martial arts very much!"
Taiwei Wang laughed and said, "This is even better! Seeing you wandering on the streets, I must have lost all your money. In this way, I will do a good job and give you a hundred cents of travel expenses. I will also ask you to read my benefits. Come with me to the mansion and I will write a letter to you!"
As soon as the Taiwei Wang finished speaking, he took Yang Zhi back to the mansion. When the servant prepared the writing, Taiwei Wang wrote the hand and slowly dried the paper, wrapped it in a cover and handed it to Yang Zhi. He also ordered the butler to go down and pay 100 cents of money to Yang Zhi. Yang Zhi was overjoyed and thanked Taiwei Xiao Wangdu, so he withdrew from the butler.
The butler of the royal family took Yang Zhi directly to the door of the mansion and handed him a fifty taels of silver. When Yang Zhi saw that the amount was wrong, he accompanied him to ask the butler carefully, but saw the butler sneered: "I will continue with you, how much can a beggar beggar do you dare to care about?" Yang Zhi suddenly felt a surge of pain in his heart. He just wanted to hold back the money for the future in his hand, and took the money and left. The butler looked at the shadow and sneered.
Let’s talk about the butler returning to the mansion, when he saw that Wang Taiwei was happy, he only focused on playing with the sword, and went forward and reported, “Master, I’ll send Yang Zhi away!”
Taiwei Wang nodded, not caring, and said happily: "The treasure that I could not buy for no amount of money in the past is now only 100 guan, and it is really easy to get it!" After saying that, he tossed and turned to play with the knife, suddenly sighed, and sat down dejectedly. Seeing this, the butler hurriedly asked, "Why did the master sigh?"
Only the Taiwei Wang said, "I used to be a pair of armor and a knife. Now that I have obtained the knife, I miss that armor more and more!"
The housekeeper asked, "Master, why not just buy it?"
Taiwei Wang shook his head and said, "You said I don't want to buy it? The price is 30,000 yuan, but Xu Ning just won't sell it. That's right, he has never been down and has no way out!"
The housekeeper lowered his head and thought for a while, leaned forward and said, "Why don't you think of a way to make Xu Ning go to the end?"
Seeing that, Wang Taiwei suddenly stood up, then shook his head again and said, "No, no, Xu Guan'er is too familiar with him and can't do it!"
The housekeeper smiled and asked from the side, "Why do you have to do it yourself? Just write a letter and hand it to the second year of high school. How dare he not do it? If it weren't for the master in the past, would he have what he is today? I think Lin Chong was plagued by his hands, so why do you care about the extra Xu Ning?"
Chapter completed!