[Red Mansions] Guide to "The Empress of the Wise"

Wang Shuo looked up at the fire. The fire started from the best courtyard in the east, that is, the courtyard where Wang Tugeng lived in Zhongshan. Thanks to the large site of the post station and the isolation of several courtyards by low walls, the fire It didn't burn down to the yard where Wang Shuo and the others lived.

Now the wind is helping the fire, and it has to burn through the houses on one side. The surrounding residents are all woken up, and everyone has to go to fight the fire with drums and gongs and pots and bowls.All of a sudden, the voices of men calling for firefighters, women's screams, and children's cries resounded throughout the block.

The four members of Wang Shouzhong's family stood in the atrium trembling in disheveled clothes. The servants who came and went saw that the fire was not facing this way, so they quickly took the opportunity to go back to the house to get brocade felt cloth, and barely formed a barrier.

Princess Qinghe's loose hair was hastily tied up, and she was supported by the servant girl towards this side.

"Sister Qinghe..."

"Suo'er..." Princess Qinghe had tears in her eyes, and her face was pale. She had never experienced such a big event before, and she was too frightened. The main ceremony.

When Wang Shouzhong and Wang Ziteng saw Princess Qinghe coming, they hid outside the barrier, and Princess Fuhui naturally told her not to be polite.

After a while, Tu Geng, the king of Zhongshan, came over in a hurry, with his hair half tied up with a headband, and a robe casually draped over his body. It seemed that he was also woken up from the bed.

All the masters in the inn were safe and sound. Wang Shouzhong and the princess heaved a sigh of relief, arranged for the four of them to sit in the barrier, and said to Zhongshan Wang Tugeng: "Your Highness, don't be careless if you get caught in a fire. , I don’t know if there is any unknown danger, wait for the minister to investigate, and then invite His Highness to enter the house to rest.”

"You don't need to be polite to my cousin, I'll thank you for your trouble." King Zhongshan was notoriously ill-healthed, so he couldn't do this kind of job of searching and seizing people.

Wang Shouzhong retreated with his fists clasped, and Princess Fuhui was busy asking the maids, mother-in-law, and daughter-in-law to reorganize the room, and at least poured a cup of hot water for a few young masters.

The two adults left, and only the four of them were left looking at each other.

The four looked at each other, Wang Ziteng was the first to break the silence, and asked, "Are the two Highnesses hurt? The incident happened suddenly, and it was so dark..."

"It's nothing." Zhongshan Wang Tugeng nodded, and said in a gentle manner: "I was not injured, and there were layers of guards protecting me. My cousin's husband and cousin handled it well, and I was not frightened. What happened to you?" Zhongshan Wangtu Geng disappeared With a hint of arrogance, talking to Wang Ziteng is equal to each other. He is a few years older than Wang Ziteng. This description makes Wang Ziteng feel much better.

"Thank you for your concern, our brothers and sisters are alright, the rooms are next to each other, and we came here together when there was a fire, it is Princess Qinghe..."

"I'm fine too." Princess Qinghe smiled slightly.

Hello, me, and him, they are not familiar with each other at all, and they don't know what to talk about after a few polite words.Wang Shuo saw that everyone was embarrassed, so he could only smile and pretend to complain: "Brother, it's true. Your Highness is coming down, so you have a lot of births. Parents have already said that we have different opinions. You have to ask Your Highness to do it yourself. I But she has always been called Sister Qinghe."

Zhongshan Wang also walked down the steps and said with a smile: "Yes, my cousin and I have said more than once that we are a family, we are not polite, there is not much difference in age, just call the name and watch."

"I don't dare." Wang Ziteng cupped his hands and begged for mercy: "Let father hear the family law, and the two identities are in charge..."

"Then let's talk about the family etiquette. I can't bear to go through such a toss every time we meet." Princess Qinghe interjected.

Wang Ziteng smiled and called "cousin" and "cousin" again. Wang Shuo deliberately stood beside Princess Qinghe and did not avoid Wang Ziteng's salute. One loose.

At this moment, there were voices of dispute outside the courtyard gate.

Zhongshan King had the highest status among the barriers, and he asked aloud, "What happened?"

The guard bowed and replied: "His Royal Highness, the post-prince is asking to see you."

"We lived in good condition until we almost died in the sea of ​​fire. This postman is not good at doing things and neglects to be on duty, so he has the nerve to come to see you, what will you see!" Wang Ziteng said with a temper, he shook on the boat for a long time, and rode for a long time, After being dragged to witness a banquet, she was already extremely tired, and just as soon as she lay down and fell asleep, she was awakened by a fire, and the anger in her heart was stronger than the fire outside.

"What Ziteng said was to drag him out and wait for his cousin and cousin's husband to come back to deal with him!" Princess Qinghe was also full of complaints, so he almost ordered to kill him.

"Don't be too busy. I think we live in the post office with trepidation. There is no reason why we should not be good at serving. My cousin and my cousin's husband are busy putting out fires and people, so let us try to find out what's going on?" Tu Geng suggested.

"Then listen to my cousin." Wang Ziteng said.

The postman came in and knelt down on the bluestone floor with a thud. Hearing the voice, Wang Shuo felt pain for him: "Prince, princess, young master, and miss, forgive me, forgive me, the villain arranged three groups of people to patrol, and the animals The horses are well taken care of, and there is no flammable firewood and rosin in the station..." As he said, he wiped the cold sweat from his brow, describing his embarrassment.

"Nonsense! Then this house set itself on fire!" Wang Ziteng slammed the table violently, pointing at the fire that hadn't been completely extinguished yet.

"Don't dare to lie to the young master, don't dare to lie, the villain went to investigate as soon as something happened, the hay for the horses, the firewood in the kitchen are all good, and no one has even touched the oil..." The postman He was also wronged, it was hard for such a big man to live in the small town by the pier, he was shy and wanted to curry favor, but he didn't expect that not only did he fail to curry favor, but also such a catastrophe happened.

Seeing that Wang Ziteng was going to get angry again, Tu Geng said lightly, "You went to investigate the cause of the fire right away?"

"Go back to the lord, the villain has divided most of the people to fight the fire first, and wake up the noble masters first..."

"Have you found it?" Tu Geng asked impatiently when he heard what he said.

"It doesn't work yet, but the villain has already asked someone to report to the county magistrate to let the head arrester..."

"Okay, okay, less useless ones, how many guards we follow, and those yamen servants are still needed, no matter what, it's because of your ineffectiveness, so there is no need to explain. Someone, hurry up and drag them out..." Prince Teng waved Waving his hand, Tu Geng also had a dark face, and he was about to ask someone to drag Yicheng away.

Just as Wang Shuo wanted to stop him, Tu Geng said, "Wait a minute, Zi Teng. Although we have many guards, we are not familiar with the local situation. Let the local guards investigate."

"Have you heard, the lord gave you the opportunity to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds, why don't you hurry up and thank the lord for your kindness and go and investigate!" Wang Ziteng had nothing to do, he listened to Tu Geng, and pointed at Yi Cheng and cursed.

Yi Cheng kowtowed and retreated as if he had received an amnesty, Tu Geng smiled and shook his head, whispering: "Zi Teng has such a temper~"

Wang Shuo watched them deal with them quietly from the beginning to the end, and he was deeply impressed by Zhongshan Wang Tugeng's approachable and easy-going attitude. This word is really a figure full of flowers.

The fire was huge, Wang Shouzhong and his team were still fighting, Princess Fuhui was also busy ensuring logistics, when the night wind blew, Wang Shuo and Princess Qinghe couldn't help shivering.

Wang Tugeng of Zhongshan asked the guards outside to find a way to get some charcoal fire. Although the weather was hot, the night wind was still cold. The two female relatives were here, so they couldn't be careless.

The servants brought the brazier over, Zhongshan Wang pushed the brazier towards the two female relatives himself, Wang Shuo also leaned over to pull it, the two got very close, Wang Shuo was startled by this scene like an idol drama, his face turned red , All kinds of "fate" bridges flashed in my mind.

Suddenly, a faint fragrance came from Tu Geng's body - Leng Meixiang.Wang Shuo's rippling girl's heart stopped suddenly, her face turned pale, and she trembled unconsciously.

"Shuo'er is cold, let's warm it up." King Zhongshan treated him tenderly as always, but Wang Shuo didn't dare to look him in the eyes.Just now, I thought I was a gentle and gentle gentleman, but now it seems that even if he is blind, he can only be a ruthless and secretive bat boy!

Leng Meixiang!Leng Meixiang!Aunt Kong just told her about this fragrance before it came out of Beijing. It is a fragrance that is highly respected by literati. It is made after three years of collecting and drying plums in winter. The process is complicated and the price is too expensive. Such a waste.But these are not the important point, the important point is to diffuse this vague fragrance on the clothes for at least an hour, and this fragrance will not last long.

In other words, King Zhongshan was smoking clothes when the fire broke out, why did he burn incense in the middle of the night?Is it because you can't sleep and are procrastinating with incense?Didn't it mean that he was drunk and went back to rest?Did he expect this fire a long time ago, or even, this is the conspiracy he planned, what does he want?What harm will it do to myself and the Wang family?Wang Shuo's thoughts kept rolling in his mind, such a trace of nympho for the beauty, quickly formed cold sweat from his forehead, she was just admiring Tu Geng's approachability!Is he kind to Yicheng alone?There were dozens of families around, all of which were burned by the fire. If it was really planned by Tu Geng, Wang Shuo couldn't believe that he would meet such a ruthless person in real life.

"My sister is very cold." Wang Ziteng put his cloak on Wang Shuo, and Wang Shuo held the cloak tightly with both hands, smiled weakly at Wang Ziteng, and whispered, "Yes, it's so cold!"

In just half a night, she went through the fire, thinking she saw a gentleman, but actually encountered a poisonous snake, she was really cold and shivering.

It wasn't until dawn that the fire was completely extinguished, and the princess arranged for them to go back to their room to catch up on sleep.Wang Shouzhong didn't have such good luck. The fire was so big that everyone around saw it, and the neighbors also participated in the firefighting.