When Liu Yan was still the crown prince, he secretly escaped from Chang'an to play, and he has not left Chang'an City since that trip. Since succeeding to the throne, he has been busy with government affairs, and it is rare for him to even take a step out of the imperial city, and this time it can be regarded as his rare "long trip".

said that it was a visit from Weifu, but there were still a few guards around him, Wu Sicheng was naturally on his side, Ji Chongxin and Jin Jier also followed, and the four of them came all the way to General Weiyuan's mansion.

As soon as he arrived at the door, the scene in front of him surprised Liu Yan. The mansion of General Weiyuan, the dignified imperial court, is now a bleak scene: the plaques on the mansion are empty, the carvings under the eaves have been removed, even the copper nails on the door have not been spared, and the good gate is even more desolate than ordinary people.

Ji Chongxin stepped forward and slammed the door, and after a while, the door creaked open, and an old family member walked out of it.

"Please ask my husband to say goodbye, my master has come to visit Lord Wang Hanxin, the general of Weiyuan." Ji Chongxin said politely.

"My master went to the street to inspect it, please ask for another day if you have something."

Wu Sicheng stepped forward and said: "Old man, under Wu Sicheng, the young eunuch in the palace, I have something to visit your master." If he's not there, we'll wait for him to come back. ”

The old family hesitated for a moment and said, "So a few of you, please come with the little old man." ”

Everyone followed the old family into General Weiyuan's mansion. To say that Wang Hanxin's mansion is really not big, and Wang Hanxin is not a person who likes luxury, everything in the mansion is simple and practical. But now it has reached the point where it can not be described as simple, all the carved beams and paintings have been demolished, and all the decorations under the corridor have disappeared. Liu Yan estimated that the furnishings in the house would not be spared, and he couldn't help but wonder if there was a seat in the living room when he went to the meeting room.

After entering the second door, there was a burst of reading sounds in my ears, which sounded like a group of children. Liu Yan couldn't help asking, "Uncle." Where did the sound of the book come from? ”

The old family hurriedly stopped and said: "This noble person doesn't have to be so polite, little old man Wang An, the noble person just asks." ”

"Why did my husband say this?" Liu Yan asked with a smile.

"That Master Wu is a member of the fourth grade, and he is still the support of the nobleman, and the noble man is not the king."

Liu Yan nodded: "Sure enough, Wang Hanxin's family is also clever. ”

Wang An snorted: "Back to the nobles, this is the sound of my children reading." ”

"Oh? How old is Wang Hanxincai? Where are these children? Liu Yanqi said.

"Back to the nobles, those children are orphans adopted by my master, their fathers were killed in the war against Goryeo, these children are lonely, so my master adopted them, has always been the little old man to take care of their daily life, and now the master has moved to Chang'an, so I came with the master."

Liu Yan suddenly realized and glanced at Wu Sicheng. Then he said, "How many children have been adopted here?" ”

"If you go back to your nobles, there are fourteen children and eight boys."

"Wang Hanxin, this kid himself refuses to study, but he knows that letting these children study, not bad, not bad." Liu Yan said and continued to walk forward.

After coming to the living room, the situation in the hall was better than Liu Yan thought, at least the tables and chairs that should have been there were still there. It's just that there is nothing else, and it can be said that there are four walls of the family. Liu Yan and Wu Sicheng sat down. Ji Chongxin and Jin Jier stood behind Liu Yan.

After a while, Wang An brought the tea and said with a wry smile: "The house is withered, so that the nobles can see and laugh, fortunately, this tea is reasonable, and the nobles sit down slightly." The little old man still has to prepare dinner. ”

"Husband, please take care of yourself." Wu Sicheng said with a smile. Wang An bowed and withdrew.

Liu Yan tasted the tea, which was far from the nature in the palace, but it could also be called the top grade, Liu Yan took a sip and said, "I didn't expect Wang Hanxin to adopt war orphans." I thought he was a guy who liked to attack and kill. ”

Wu Sicheng said with a smile: "This matter is also unexpected by Wei Chen, I have never heard of it before." In the past, Weichen only judged that he must be outstanding from the fact that he was very popular with the army and loved by the generals, and today's incident can also show from the side that this Wang Hanxin is not a completely incorrigible bastard, he still has some mercy. ”

Liu Yan snorted: "That's not likely, I want to see how he explains how to demolish General Weiyuan's mansion inside and out, not to mention anything else, the antique decorations in this mansion alone are worth more than 1,600 taels of silver, but he wants to even peel off the wall." ”

Wu Sicheng counted with his fingers, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is right, this plaque alone Weichen bought it back for fifty taels, so he did get a lot of money." It is said that His Majesty asked him to go to the household department to borrow 1,600 taels of silver, and he really went to borrow it, and now he has sold his property, if he says that it is more than enough to repay the silver from the household department, and he is going to spend the rest of the money like this? ”

"It's useless for us to guess here, just wait for him to come back and ask him."

The two gossiped with each other, and time passed slowly unconsciously. Seeing that the sun was sinking in the west and the sky was gradually darkening, Wang An hurriedly ran in and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, my master is back, please wait for a while, and let the master of the family change his clothes." ”

Before the words fell, Wang Hanxin strode into the room, still wearing the clothes of the street patrolman.

"This is really a master who is not as good as a servant, and Wang An is still covering it up for you." Liu Yan squinted at Wang Hanxin and said.

Wang Hanxin saw that it was Emperor Liu Yan, knelt down on the ground and said: "The minister didn't know that the emperor had arrived, and he didn't have time to greet him, so please forgive the emperor." ”

When Wang An heard that the person who came turned out to be the emperor, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again. Liu Yan waved his hand and said, "Get up, I suddenly visited, where do you want to greet you?" ”

Wang Hanxin stood up and said, "Thank you, Emperor." His Majesty suddenly visited the humble mansion of Weichen, I don't know what happened? ”

Liu Yan said: "I came to ask you, you owe Uncle Guo 1,600 taels of silver, and you have already gone to the household department to borrow it, but why do you still sell all the objects and decorations up and down the Weiyuan General's Mansion?" I'm afraid that the silver taels obtained here inside and outside are more than 1,600 taels, right? ”

Wang Hanxin saluted and said: "Back to Your Majesty, it was because the minister's family was poor, he couldn't make ends meet, and he couldn't make ends meet, so he had to make this decision as a last resort." ”

Liu Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "Nonsense." Do you want to say that you still have more than a dozen children at home, and how much can these children spend in a year? I don't think you look like you're going to pay back the money right away, isn't that enough money for you? ”

Wang Hanxin said: "Back to Your Majesty, it is indeed not enough. If you talk about these children, they are not without a hard life, when the minister was still a hundred chiefs, some of them followed the minister, and the minister was a servant to support them, although it was enough. Even if you add in the expenses of inviting a gentleman to teach, it is only a hundred taels of silver a year to prevaricate. It's just that there is still a place where the minister has an expense that cannot be omitted, and it is impossible to cope with it without General Weiyuan's money, so he sold his property to fill the loophole. ”

"Oh? Tell me what else you have to spend. ”

Wang Hanxin knelt on the ground again after hearing this, and said, "Please forgive your majesty for the capital crime of the minister, and the minister dares to tell him." ”

Liu Yan's head buzzed, and he said in his heart What trouble did this kid cause again, this time even he knew that it was a capital crime, what a big deal it must be. Gritted his teeth at the moment and said, "Anyway, I will forgive you for your innocence." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your forgiveness. The minister privately bought and financed several officials in His Majesty's Shenji Battalion to use them to research a new type of weapon. (To be continued.) )