Chapter 008: Parallel Worlds

"Hmm...... Good tea, you don't see the Jianxi dragon and phoenix group, and don't change the flavor and color of the old time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis Shuangjing tea has a rich aroma and is really worthy of being a good tribute tea. On the Pan Mansion in Kong Songzhuang, QH County, Mrs. Pan tasted the tea brought by Xiao Tang and couldn't help but praise.

Xiao Tang drove a horse and Xiao Yi and Xiao An, and carried a donkey with silver cloth tea to the Pan family mansion to apologize, at first the Pan family villagers did carry guns and sticks to Xiao Tang to taunt him, and then after Wu Zhi dredged, Xiao Tang accompanied the smiling face to offer silver, cloth and ten catties of wine, whether it was the injured or their family was still scolding the mother-in-law village woman who stopped talking, although they ate the beating, but these apologies have been very rich, so that those villagers still want to eat Xiao Tang Tong again, and earn more benefits.

In Pan's mansion, after Xiao Tang met Taigong Pan, he made an apology, although Taigong Pan complained a few words about the matter, it was quite reasonable compared to Daddy Xiao's stubborn old man. After a few words, this Liang Zi has been calculated, and during the time when Father Xiao entertained Xiao Tang for chatting, he tasted the tea he gave to Xiao Tang.

Xiao Tang bowed down and said: "If Taigong Pan likes it, the younger generation will ask someone to take a few more catties to honor Taigong Pan." ”

Seeing Xiao Tang's humble and polite appearance, Pan Taigong nodded slightly with a smile and said: "It's not necessary, but my households in Kongsongzhuang in QH County are mainly tunnong, but your Xiao family's market town is mostly doing shops to make a living. ”

Xiao Tang was happy when he heard this, this is a good thing, if he and the Pan family really support each other and do something good, Daddy Xiao can also explain it. Not to mention, he can also take this opportunity to get acquainted with Wu Song more, he said happily: "That's natural, it's just that the younger generation is ashamed, the past was prodigal and confused, and the business is just ignorant." If he goes back and forth with Taigong Zhuang in the future, he will have to bother Taigong to give him more guidance. ”

Mrs. Pan stroked his beard and smiled: "The prodigal son turned back, and it was very good." Hehe, when the old man was young, when he talked about Meng Lang's absurdity, he was not necessarily worse than you. He only has a daughter under his knees, although he loves and cares for him, but he has always sent a son to raise him, and Mrs. Pan inevitably has some regrets in his heart, so when he met his blue-eyed young descendants, Mrs. Pan is always in a good mood.

Mrs. Pan smiled again: "If there is any doubt, just say it, I will return to my hometown and resign from the errand of the governor of Beizhou." Although he enjoys a leisurely family with his family, he is often quite relaxed. It's also a good thing to have more people to talk to. ”

Xiao Tang followed Taigong Pan's words, echoed and said with a smile: "Taigong Pan, look at your spirits, your body bones are also hard and tight, and you have never passed the age of flowers, and you can't see that you are old at all." ”

When Mrs. Pan heard this, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he just touched his beard and groaned. Xiao Tang saw it and thought about what kind of mouth he was, the official officials of the Song Dynasty were seventy Zhishi, but because the problem of redundant officials was becoming more and more serious, because of the old age and lack of governance ability, there were more and more phenomena of early Zhishi who voluntarily became idle, and Pan Taigong's expression, I am afraid that there is really something unspeakable in this old resignation.

Mrs. Pan sighed, saw Xiao Tang's face, waved his hand and said: "It's what I thought about, what you said is not bad, according to my body, I will be a state official for more than ten years." You don't understand what can be an official, when you are in office, your words and deeds involve the livelihood of thousands of people under your rule, although you are anxious and hard, you are also down-to-earth and calm. But the ups and downs of the sea can be smooth sailing if you can be conscientious. Hey, it's better to be a petty official who can't help himself, it's really better to be a rich man...... Well, let's not talk about this, being an official and living for the people is in a hurry for decades, just to be worthy of my heart. ”

Xiao Tang chatted with Mrs. Pan for a while, and then bowed and left. Zhuang Ke led Xiao Tang out of the guest hall, after fifty or sixty steps, there was a row of ear rooms on the left, and a wall of blue brick glazed tiles on the right, and an arch moon gate in the middle, which seemed to be the inner courtyard of Pan's house. Xiao Tang took a look, but saw Wu Zhi at the door and a woman inside the door talking something.

The woman had a moth eyebrow, combed a Lingyun bun, a pomegranate skirt, phoenix eyes and pink cheeks, and a cherry nose and cherry lips all exuded a charm, but there was no trace of wind and dust, and it was full of the graceful and delicate temperament of a rich daughter. She listened to Wu Dalang talking, or laughing, or coquettish and shy, obviously putting all her thoughts on Wu Dalang.

Xiao Tang scratched his head, if he stepped forward to say hello in this situation, then what a light bulb would he have. But the woman saw Xiao Tang coming with the villager, her face flushed, and she was busy chatting with Wu Zhi, so she turned around and left in a hurry with the maid.

Wu Zhi turned around and saw Xiao Tang, with a look of embarrassment as if he had been caught, and said to Xiao Tang: "Can Xiao Gongzi have a good conversation with my Master Pan?" The Zhuang Ke who came with the son is now waiting at the gate of the house. ”

Xiao Tang replied with his hands crossed: "Fortunately, the eldest brother of the martial arts family made peace, and I released my suspicions with Guizhuang Bing, and this matter will definitely be rewarded." In the future, I also look forward to getting closer to Brother Wu. ”

Wu Zhi still had an embarrassed word on his face, and replied: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." "One of the two pretended not to see it, and the other pretended not to know. After a few nonsense words, he said goodbye.

But after walking a few steps, Xiao Tang really couldn't hold back the fire of gossip burning in his heart, and turned around and said, "Brother Wu, that young lady is the daughter of Taigong Pan, right?" ”

Wu Zhixin said why are you so blind, he turned around and responded: "Ah... Well... That's Mrs. Pan's daughter, I have something to tell my young lady... So that's ......"

"Ah, I see... Please take a good look at Jiro and say goodbye. ”

"Ah, farewell......"

Xiao Tang said goodbye to Wu Dalang, but his brain was running rapidly, although it was reckless and abrupt to ask the name of the daughter of Mrs. Pan's family, but Mrs. Pan only had one daughter, and Wu Dalang was not a dwarf and ugly man who sold cooking cakes in the Water Margin, but a long-term worker who worked in Pan's mansion. According to the prototype of Wu Zhi's historical facts, and then looking at his intimate appearance with Miss Pan Family, this Miss Pan Family's nineteen eighty-nine is the famous Pan Jinlian!

But the historical Wu Zhi and Pan Jinlian were born in the Ming Dynasty, but they became Wu Song's real brother and sister-in-law in this "Water Margin" world, which also confirms Xiao Tang's assumption, that is, the environment he is in is not the background of the simple Water Margin novel. It's like several parallel spaces intertwined in one place, forming a whole new world!

Through the recent reading of ancient books, reminiscing about the humanistic customs of the Song Dynasty, and the major events that took place in the past dynasties, Xiao Tang can conclude that the place he is in now is completely the same as the Great Song Dynasty in historical facts at first glance, and the characters of Wu Song and Wu Zhi also exist in accordance with the rigorous way in their respective records, and their appearance is like a few droplets of water in the vast ocean of the Great Song Dynasty in historical facts.

Although it seems that there is not much difference from the Song Dynasty in the long history at present, at this point in time, will there be parallel spaces of other stories and legends blended in? Xiao Tang couldn't help but think of the following story in his mind:

"Timely rain" Song Jiang led the Liangshan heroes to tie up Chilianfeng Lianyunzhai big boss "Jiuxian Shenlong" Qi Shaoshang, the traitor Cai Jing panicked, so that his subordinates Ling Luoshi, Yuan Thirteen Limit, and Nine Ghost Shenjun went out to frame Zhongliang, God Hou Zhuge Zheng I saw this situation, so he ordered the ruthless iron hand to chase the cold-blooded four famous arrests, and the disciple of the white-eyed hero Xu Liang, united with the Dali Duan Xuanren Emperor Duan Yu to protect the lives of all heroes, and started a fierce battle with the traitorous minions, but I didn't know that during the period there was another master on the rivers and lakes, his name was Yan Maniac......

It's messed up, it's all messed up. Xiao Tang couldn't help but shake his head to interrupt his rhapsody, but these literary novels are not like time-traveling novels, they all have one thing in common, that is, no matter how the characters in them toss, they did not make the rolling giant wheel of real history roll in a completely different direction.

In other words, the same thing that should happen in history will happen, except for these subtle changes in the entire Song Dynasty, it is still the appearance in historical facts, and there should not be too many "mix-and-match" in this world, otherwise the earth-shattering heroes in various novels are like sows giving birth, crowded into a space, and the world may have already been unrecognizable, right?

Anyway, at the moment, I am still living in the background of the great era of the Great Song Dynasty, and the main things that need to be considered have not changed, as for the rest, just see the moves.

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By the time Xiao Tang and the others returned to Xiao Mansion, it was already a moment of unitary time, and Xiao Tang went to Xiao Dad to tell him that he had made it clear to Panjiazhuang that there would be no more entanglements in the future.

Father Xiao pinched his gray beard, and after listening to Xiao Tang's confession, he snorted and said, "It is reasonable for this matter to be resolved in this way." Although it is ridiculous to go to you, others dare to fight with others, and they will compete with each other, afraid of what he will do? Now like this, he really doesn't look like a fleshy Khitan Erlang. ”

Xiao Tang was stunned for a moment, and then he became angry, I said, what do you want to do with this dead old man? In the past, Xiao Tang was able to make you angry when he made trouble all day long, and I solved the problem now, don't you think you are enough? instigated his own children to go to fight with Wu Song, are you such a father?

Of course, Xiao Tang can only slander these words in his heart, and Father Xiao just continues to uphold the old problem of being a stubborn old man, he sees that whether what you do is right or not, he can't help but teach a few words with a straight face.

Father Xiao put his hands behind his back and continued with a cold old face: "But I have seen everything you have done these days, hum! It's a bit of a stretch. But it's not a good thing for you to be idle all day long, and if you put more of your mind on making a living in the shops in the market in the future, I will tell Mr. Lei to take care of you. ”

At the mention of that Lei Chief, Xiao Tang's heart flashed a shadow, he pondered for a moment, and said, "Dad, don't you think this Thunder Supervisor is a little... Some..."

Father Xiao turned around, looked directly into Xiao Tang's eyes, and asked, "What is Manager Lei?" Although his expression was as calm as water, there was a clear sense of sophistication in his eyes.

Looking at Daddy Xiao's expression, Xiao Tang had a bottom in his heart, and it was clear that this stubborn old man was not ignorant, so he replied: "This Chief Thunder may not be dedicated to our Xiao Mansion, the child is embarrassed to see him acting, I'm afraid..." ”

Father Xiao listened to Xiao Tang quietly, his face was still unshocked, and after a long time, he sighed and said, "What you said is a bit heavy, but it is not unreasonable. And do you know where this thunder manager comes from? ”

Xiao Tang wondered when he heard this, what could he have? I heard Father Xiao continue: "Mr. Lei's real name is Broom Ninu, and his father and your grandfather are both colleagues in the Southern Courtyard of the Liao Dynasty, and they have a good relationship. At that time, the first emperor of the Great Liao investigated the responsibility of our Xiao family, and the father of the head of Lei deliberately indulged our family to be able to save the family property to the Great Song Dynasty. This slave of the second room, that is, the chief of Lei, fled from the land and found me just to find a place to live.

I remembered the kindness of my seniors, so I asked him to change his Chinese name and left him as the head of our Xiao Mansion. At first, he was also conscientious in his work, only remembering the good of our Xiao family, and if it comes to management, this Lei Manager is indeed an expert. I was relieved to hand over to him matters such as shops, car dealers, and village brave training, and most of the industries in the market town had to pass through his hands. But my old eyes haven't fainted yet, and he has begun to install cronies and private equity helpers in recent years. How could I not know? ”

Father Xiao said that he looked at Xiao Tang with his eyes, and asked meaningfully: "Let me ask you, since I know that he is acting strangely, why do I let him do things secretly?" ”

Here we go again!? Xiao Tang wanted to roll his eyes, your original son had a tendon in his brain, but I am not. He thought for a while and replied: "First, although this Lei Ben has a small move, he has not openly torn his face with our Xiao Mansion, if he has no certificate, he will do it, but it is our Xiao family who does not take care of it." Second, most of our Xiao Jiaji's livelihood is taken care of by Lei Ben, and if he is rashly moved now, even if he can be driven out of Ma Lai Xiao Jiaji, he will be greatly injured. ”

Father Xiao was a little surprised, although during this period of time, he witnessed that Xiao Tang's words and deeds were completely different from the past, and his psychology gradually changed from the original doubts to relief, and now in the conversation, he saw that this little rabbit cub really opened his mind, and he was no longer as reckless as in the past, but knew how to calm down and calculate the ins and outs of things, which couldn't help but surprise him even more.

Father Xiao couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, just a little smile on his face, and suddenly realized that it seemed inappropriate, so he hurriedly put on a straight face and said, "Hmph! You're a little thoughtful! But there is a third reason for being a father... Alas. Father Xiao said, his expression suddenly became more lonely: "Lei Ben has worked for our Xiao Mansion for many years, and there is no credit and hard work, and I have been with him for many years, how can I not have some affection?" So I'm curious, when he is powerful enough, can he really bear to bear my Xiao family? ”

When Father Xiao was a little stunned, he saw that Xiao Tang seemed to be about to open his mouth to persuade him, so he hurriedly waved his sleeves and said loudly: "But the giant bears and tigers in the dangerous mountains and rivers don't dare to beat them even if they take a nap and rest. Yellow sheep and roe rabbits are terrified all their lives, but if they are not careful, they will still be swallowed by the wild wolves who covet them. Hum! If you are motivated, just rely on this market town or surname Xiao, who would dare to think crookedly!? ”

Xiao Tang looked at Daddy Xiao, who looked up at his face forty-five degrees and was very stylish, and suddenly felt that this stubborn old man was a little cute. He asked, "What is Daddy going to do?" ”

Daddy Xiao's old face raised: "Lei Ben's affairs and business will be taken over by you step by step, I want to see what he can do!?" ”