To The Land of Nevernight

It's not what a gentleman does if you come here and don't enter through the door.

Holding Tang Shen's famous card with a pen, he knocked on the door of Langya Wang's family.The concierge was extremely surprised when he received the name card. He carefully invited Tang Shen, master and servant, into the mansion, and went to inform the housekeeper.After a while, the housekeeper in a long robe and gown came over.He made a long bow first, and asked: "Dare to ask, is the son Tang Shentang of Gusu Mansion?"

Tang Shen said: "Exactly."

The housekeeper asked: "Your Excellency, is Mr. Tang from Zhongshushe?"

Tang Shen replied again: "Yes."

The housekeeper hurriedly said, "This way, please."

Tang Shen followed the housekeeper and formally entered the gate of the Langya Wang family.

In the former dynasty, the Wang and Xie families were real famous families, and they were the families of the great family.In this dynasty, the Xie family declined slightly and was no longer as glorious as it once was.But the Wang family had three prime ministers and more than twenty Jinshi, who were already famous all over the world.During the reign of Emperor Kaiping in this dynasty, the Wang family and two ministers were in power at the same time, and their reputation reached an unprecedented peak.

Most of Langya's mansions are white walls and black tiles. A talented poet once visited Langya King's mansion and wrote a poem.

"The red spring returns to the emerald wall, and the red ladder among the green trees."

After entering the garden, I saw deep bamboos and long green grass in Lintang.Every time you enter a half-moon gate, you can see the name of the gate written in black brick and green characters on the door, such as "Xunyue Gate", "Dream Hermitage" and so on.One side of these characters is written with the signature of the person who wrote the inscription, and the person who signed the signature is all surnamed Wang. From the previous dynasty to the present, celebrities from all walks of Langya Wang's family have left their own characters in this house.

Tang Shen worked hard for a long time, and he only got a glimpse of the Langya Wang family.But there is no doubt that if the Great Song Palace is said to be the magnificent beauty of ingenuity in the north, then Langya Wang's mansion is full of the mysteries of the Jiangnan water town and the depth of the garden. It's a new view.

To be able to build such a house, in addition to having hundreds of years of heritage, the more important thing is to have money.

Tang Shen had a deeper understanding of how rich Wang Qin was.

It's nice to be rich!

I am afraid that only such a place can produce a Wang Zifeng!

Tang Shen waited in the flower hall for a while, and the housekeeper personally served him hot tea and snacks.Not long after, a handsome middle-aged man walked in from the outside.He was dressed in black and a Confucian hat.Seeing a stranger suddenly, Tang Shen was taken aback, quickly put down his teacup, got up and saluted.

The two bowed to each other, and the middle-aged man in black said: "Today, on the seventh day of the lunar new year, the family members of the family went to Jiming Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, and all the juniors followed. As the eldest brother, Zifeng went with him. Return. Mr. Tang, why don't you wait a while in the mansion for dinner?"

Tang Shen didn't expect that he came to Langya Wang's on the spur of the moment, and unexpectedly found that Wang Qin was not there!

Tang Shen didn't know what to do for a moment, he looked at the person in front of him, and said: "Come here temporarily, it's really bothering you, if that's the case, let me take my leave first."

The middle-aged man in black smiled and said: "If you leave, when Zifeng comes back, he will definitely blame me when he hears about it. I, the Langya Wang clan, don't have this way of waiting for guests."

Tang Shen looked at the middle-aged man in surprise.He thought this middle-aged man was Wang Qin's elder, so he sounded like he was very familiar with Wang Qin, and there was no strict distinction between elder and younger.

The middle-aged man seemed to hear Tang Shen's doubts, and he explained: "My surname is Wang, and my single name is Hui. I rank fourth in my family, and I am Zifeng's fourth uncle. Zifeng and Mr. Tang are brothers, so you Just call me fourth uncle."

Tang Shen always felt that something was weird, but he thought there was nothing wrong with it, so he said, "Fourth Uncle."

Wang Hui did not have a literary name in the Song Dynasty. He didn't like reading since he was a child, but he was very interested in the way of businessmen.Tang Shen didn't know that most of the shops of the Langya Wang family were run by the fourth master of the Wang family.However, most of Wang's main source of income is not business, but the rent and tax of land tenants.Like this kind of clan family that has been around for hundreds of years, countless lands in Jinling Mansion belong to the Wang family. With this rent and tax alone, the Wang family can lie on the money mountain and eat and drink for hundreds of years.

Wang Hui's business is just a hobby.

After all, he was a businessman, and Wang Hui was good at communication. When he received Tang Shen, Tang Shen didn't feel slighted, but gradually chatted with him.Wang Hui's witty remarks and humor make Tang Shen feel good.

Tang Shen came to the Wang family in Langya in the afternoon, and in the evening, a fast black horse drove back to Wuyi Lane from Jiming Temple.

As soon as Tang Shen arrived at the mansion, Wang Hui quietly sent someone to Jiming Temple to inform Wang Qin.Fourth Uncle was extremely alert, knowing that Tang Shen was coming, how could he not notify Wang Qin?Wang Zifeng has a very high position in the court and is deeply favored by the emperor, but because he is deeply favored by the emperor, and there is already a right minister Wang Quan in charge of power in the court, Wang Qin has never formed a clique.

Wang Qin is a royalist, but also a neutral royalist.

He was only loyal to the emperor, so Zhao Fu valued him very much.In the court, Wang Qin had countless friends, but the only one who was so close to Wang Qin was Tang Jingze.

When Tang Shen came to Langya Wang's family, even a concierge recognized him, and the housekeeper was able to tell every information about him clearly, because he was a rare friend of Wang Zifeng, and the family knew a lot about him.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Tang Shen felt that he couldn't wait for Wang Qin, so he got up and left.

Wang Hui stood up and said, "Jing Ze, why don't you wait any longer?"

Tang Shen was about to speak when he saw a young servant walking in quickly and said, "Young Master is back."

Wang Hui raised her eyebrows: "There are so many carriages and horses, why did he come back so soon?"

Boy: "The eldest son will come back quickly on his own, and the ladies and ladies are still behind. I'm afraid it will take another half an hour to come back."

Tang Shen couldn't leave now.

He followed Wang Hui out of the flower hall, leading to the lobby of the former house.Halfway through, there was only a long horse neighing, which attracted everyone's attention.Tang Shen had a feeling in his heart, he turned the corner and entered the flower gallery, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Wang Qin wearing a black cloak and a jade crown holding the reins and sitting on the horse's back. He turned his head and looked at Tang Shen match.

The two looked at each other from a distance, and were slightly taken aback.

Tang Shen came to his senses and stepped forward.Wang Qin got off the horse, stood still on the ground, first took a fixed look at Tang Shen, and then said with a smile, "Little brother has lost weight again."

Tang Shen was stunned.

Thin?He went back to Gusu Mansion these few days, but he ate and drank so well that he felt fatter himself!

Then the next sentence, Wang Qin said to the servant: "Young Master Tang likes to eat shrimp meat, so go and cook the shrimp that was sent from the sea yesterday. For river shrimp, make Jinling anchovy shrimp."

The servant nodded.

After finishing the order, Wang Qin looked at Tang Shen again, and said seriously, "I have to make it up."

Tang Shen: "..."

Well, now we must stay for dinner.

Wang Hui looked at the two senior brothers from the side, seeing Wang Qin like this, he secretly laughed.Aware of his sniggering, Wang Qin turned to look at him, and said, "Fourth Uncle." The voice was gentle and clear, but Wang Hui coughed.

Wang Huidao: "There are sea prawns and river prawns at home. I didn't know that Jing Ze liked to eat prawns. If I knew it, I would have ordered it."

Wang Qin: "Jing Ze?"

Wang Hui smiled helplessly: "Since Zifeng is back, I'll deal with business first. You guys talk first."

Wang Hui left first, and Wang Qin took Tang Shen to his yard.

The courtyard where Wang Qin lives is at the westernmost side of the Wang residence, and further west is a secluded bamboo forest.In spring and summer, looking at this bamboo forest must be unrestrained and unrestrained, refreshing.But now it was the coldest month of winter, and Tang Shen somehow felt a little cold.He looked at Wang Qin and said, "It's rare to see seniors wearing black clothes."

Wang Qin thought for a while, "Junior Junior Brother, don't you know the origin of the word Bird Clothes Lane?"

Tang Shen: "Hey, is there any source?"

Wang Qin: "Wuyi Lane is very long, but Wang and Xie's family live in it, so they are very famous." Others may be boasting when they say this, but Tang Shen takes it for granted when he hears Wang Qin say this.What he saw and heard in Langya Wang Clan today, he couldn't help but boast that the Wang Clan is really a big clan.Not to mention that Bird Clothes Lane is famous because of them, even the entire Jinling Mansion is even more legendary because of the Wang family.

"This alley was not originally called Bird Clothes Alley, but during the previous dynasty, the sons of aristocratic families liked to wear black clothes, that is, black clothes. The sons of Wang Xie's family wore black clothes every day and walked in the alley, so they got black clothes The name Xiang." After a pause, Wang Qin said: "Little brother, do you want to change clothes?"

Tang Shen asked strangely, "I'm not from the royal family, so I want to change into black clothes?"

Wang Qin said in a long tone: "Then you don't want to change."

Tang Shen looked puzzled.

However, at night, he suddenly understood what Wang Zifeng meant.

Everyone in the room was dressed in black, but he was the only one in white, like a pheasant in a phoenix's nest, out of place!

Jiming Temple is in the northeast of Jinling Mansion. At night, all the Wang family who went to Jiming Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha came back.The folk customs in this dynasty are fairly open, and men and women can eat in the same room.But Tang Shen is a man who has reached the age of marriage after all, so when eating, he used a screen to separate two tables, one table was occupied by men, and the other table was occupied by girls and wives.

Wang Qin said that he doesn't pay attention to "eating and sleeping without talking", but other members of the Wang family pay attention to this. While eating, no one at the table talks.

After the girls and wives finished eating and left, the screen was removed, and everyone drank tea and talked about their affairs.

Wang Qin's father passed away in the early years, and his second uncle Wang Quan was in Shengjing and did not return home for the New Year this year.In the main room, there were only three elders, one Wang Qin, the second son of the Wang family named Wang Si, and one Tang Shen.

Wang Huidao: "You can drink this tea, Jing Ze?"

Tang Shen put down the teacup: "Good tea, thank you Fourth Uncle."

Hearing this, Third Master Wang said, "Uncle Fourth?" He smiled and said, "People often visit at home, but they rarely see Zifeng's friends. Jing Ze, I heard that you are only eighteen this year. You are really young and talented." for."

"Third Uncle is overrated."

Not everyone in the Wang family is an official, among all the officials present, only Wang Qin has a higher official position than Tang Shen.

The royal family is famous for generations, but they are not arrogant.Everyone chatted with Tang Shen, and gradually, Tang Shen heard a rustling sound coming from outside the house.He glanced outside in surprise, and after listening carefully, he heard a clear and clear child's voice: "Do you think this is it?"

"It's possible, very likely."

"Seeing this one for so many years, I think it is."

The voices in the room stopped suddenly, Wang Qin was drinking tea, the tea was steaming, and his expression could not be seen.Wang Hui coughed in embarrassment, and said, "Anyone outside the house, come in!"

"Too bad, it was discovered!"

The next moment, four or five children came in from outside the house.The oldest among them is only ten years old, and the youngest is only six or seven years old.These children are all dressed in black clothes and jade crowns.

Wang Si, the second son of the Wang family, saw these children, his eyes darkened, and he said to Tang Shen: "Young Master Tang laughed, these are my cousins. Perhaps seeing the guests at home, they were all curious, so they came to have a look." As he spoke, he quietly looked at his eldest cousin.

Wang Qin continued to drink tea, his expression unchanged.

Seeing that they were not scolded, the children became more courageous one by one.The youngest child stared straight at Tang Shen with wide black eyes.Tang Shen was looked at in a daze, at this moment, Wang Qin gently put down the teacup, and said, "I went to Jiming Temple during the day, if I don't go back to rest now, I'm sure I won't be tired. If I don't go back to my house, Let’s do the homework left by Mr. again.”

The children opened their mouths wide, in pain.But they took a sneak peek at Wang Qin and saw the smiling face of the big cousin, they could only eat Coptis chinensis as dumb as they could, unable to tell what they were suffering.The children left dejectedly.

Wang Qin sighed: "Young brother is stubborn, I made my junior brother laugh at me."

Tang Shen: "No, Senior Brother Zifeng was too worried."

When the members of the Wang family heard this, they glanced at each other.The second son, Wang Si, also looked at Tang Shen curiously, as if he wanted to see what kind of person this was, that he could get along so well with Wang Zifeng, and he hadn't been eaten by him yet.

After drinking tea, Wang Qin asked Tang Shen to rest at the mansion, but Tang Shen did not refuse.

When leaving the main room, Tang Shen glanced at the back room seemingly absently.A weak female voice came from inside: "Ah, did he find us?"

Tang Shen: "..."

The members of the Langya Wang family are too strange!

The thoughts of rich people are really unpredictable!

Tang Shen came to the courtyard specially prepared for him by the Wang family, washed up a bit, and was about to rest.The residences of the female relatives and other people are separated, and they all live in the backyard, while Tang Shen, including Wang Qin and other unmarried sons of the royal family, live in the front yard.

It has to be said that the courtyard where the Wang family receives guests is also extremely exquisite, with ponds, water stones, and every place is a landscape.Today, Tang Shen fled from Gusu Mansion to Jinling Mansion, he was also very tired, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

But in the middle of the night, he suddenly woke up with sweat on his forehead.

There was a quiet sound outside the house, it was a very strange sound, very weak, and it pierced the soul.

Tang Shen pushed open the window, only to see that the night was vast, and the snow was falling all over the sky, falling into the pond in the courtyard, and melting silently.

There was a sudden pain in his heart, as if he saw three years ago, on the same snowy day, he was running in the snow, frantically trying to catch Liang Song.But Liang Song turned his back to him, and disappeared step by step into the heavy snow, leaving only his back that was going forward indomitably.

Tang Shen stood in front of the window blankly, staring at it for a long time.When he raised his hand to wipe his cheek, he found that his face was covered with cold water.

Putting on his clothes, Tang Shen walked out of the house and took a walk in the courtyard.

In the white snow, Tang Shen held an umbrella and walked around the pond.He walked into a plum blossom forest and got lost while walking.Tang Shen was in a bad mood. He didn't know where to go in the middle of the night. He couldn't wait until someone woke up and found him in the morning. He might freeze to death.

If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't go out and wander around.

After walking for a long time, suddenly, a sigh sounded from behind Tang Shen: "Isn't it cold?"

Tang Shen turned his head in astonishment, before seeing Wang Zifeng's face clearly, a warm fox fur cloak was draped over his shoulders.The warm body temperature and familiar smell immediately dispelled the cold hands and feet. Tang Shen stared blankly at Wang Qin, raised his head, and whispered: "Senior brother..." There was a hint of guilt in his tone after knowing that he had made a mistake.

"You still know it's wrong?"

Tang Shen touched his nose.It is indeed a violation of etiquette to stay up late at night and wander around other people's houses.

"Why is senior brother here?"

"And why are you here?"

Tang Shen: "I can't sleep."

Wang Qin: "Well, then I also suffer from insomnia."

Tang Shen: "..."

You can't even believe a single punctuation mark in what Wang Zifeng said!

Wang Qin: "It's closer to my yard, and it's snowing heavily, so go to my place first to avoid the snow."

Only then did Tang Shen realize that after giving him the cloak, Wang Qin's hands were a little red from the cold in the heavy snow.His lips moved slightly, but he didn't know what to say.In the snowy and moonlit night, Wang Zifeng was dressed in black, with a hint of cold indifference in his handsome face.But he suddenly looked at himself, and said softly: "Little brother?"

"it is good."

The author has something to say: the poem "Written to Langya Wang" was actually written to the Humble Administrator's Garden.