Chapter 115: A promise that cannot be refused
Li Su came to Taiyuan for such a big thing, the Wang clan in Taiyuan City naturally knew it clearly, originally they were still on the family shelf, when Li Su arrived, they did not go with the officials of Taiyuan to greet them, but when they learned that Wang Guo took Li Su to find Wang An, all the high-level leaders of the Taiyuan Wang family were shaken, and held a secret small meeting overnight
In the central meeting hall of the Taiyuan Wang clan, the old patriarch Wang Tong sat on the main seat with an iron face, and more than a dozen people with the same face sat on both sides, most of these people were full of white hair, and occasionally a few were younger, but at least they were in their forties. Although there are many fewer people than usual, these people are the real people in charge of affairs in the Wang clan, and most of them were also involved in the punishment of Wang An back then.
"Phew! I said it a long time ago, Wang Guo, this kid can't be reused, what is the result? This white-eyed wolf sold us in the blink of an eye! The youngest middle-aged man in the room stood up with a disgruntled expression on his face. This person's name is Wang Kong, it is the second uncle of Wang Guo, he is the most wary of Wang An's father and son, and he is also a hundred dissatisfied with the rise of Wang Guo in the clan, but he has no choice but to be outstanding in the clan and bring a lot of wealth to the clan, no matter how much he suppresses it, he can't stop the rise of Wang Guo's status.
Hearing Wang Kongfa's complaints, the patriarch Wang Tong glanced at him coldly, and said coldly: "Hmph, now is not the time to talk about this, Wang Guo has already taken King Qi to see Wang An, if nothing else, Wang An will definitely be reused by His Royal Highness King Qi, and King Qi is the most favored son of His Majesty today, and it is very likely that he will ascend to the throne in the future, and Wang An will definitely be more reused, if he is bent on revenge against my Taiyuan Wang family, then my Wang family will be even more sad in the future!" ”
Although Wang Tong also hated Wang Guo. But people and Wang An were originally father and son, and it was reasonable to do this, but I blamed myself for being too careless, I didn't expect that Wang An, who had become a waste, would be able to turn over and take the line of Li Su, thinking about what the clan has done to Wang An over the years, if it was him. It is estimated that it will definitely be incompatible with the clan.
"Big brother, now that King Qi and Wang An have just met, they must not have made a formal appointment yet, so can we find a way. ruined their meeting this time, and even hid Wang An directly, anyway, he was just a madman without any fame, could King Qi still turn the whole Taiyuan over and find it again? An old man with a fierce face stood up and said angrily. This person is Wang Tong's own brother. Because of his age, he rarely goes out. I have only heard of Li Su's name, and I don't know much about it.
After hearing this, Wang Tong smiled bitterly, and explained helplessly: "Second brother, if it were someone else, it would be fine, but this King of Qi must not be offended." More than half of our Wang's income is in the hands of the other party. And the other party is extraordinary, judging from the information obtained, the other party is not only smart, but also decisive, and led the troops to defeat the tens of thousands of troops attacking Goguryeo in Dengzhou, such a person. Such reckless methods must not be used. ”
Hearing Wang Tong's words, the others also nodded. Although they are in an opposing position, they are very admiring to Li Su, the king of Qi, and can even be said to have a bit of awe, and even for the joint suppression of industry and commerce by the five surnames and seven hopes, they Taiyuan Wang also have a little reservation, after all, a large part of their family's industry is related to emerging industry and commerce, and if industry and commerce are suppressed, the industry in their clan will also be affected.
"Patriarch, how can Wang An say that he is also from my Wang family, although he was driven out of the clan, but there is always a bit of incense, plus the clan has not been thin on Wang Guo over the years, can we find a breakthrough from Wang Qian, and then further reconcile with Wang An, and even include him in the family tree again, presumably he should not refuse this condition?" At this moment, an old man who usually had a good relationship with Wang Guo opened his mouth and proposed.
Unexpectedly, as soon as this proposal came out, it immediately attracted the approval of many people, and even among the old people who participated in the sanction of Wang An, many people agreed to reconcile. Seeing this situation, Wang Tong, who was sitting on the patriarch's seat, sighed secretly, thinking that their Taiyuan Wang family was also one of the five surnames and seven hopes, but they had been on a steep road all these years, not only the talents in the clan had withered, but even the arrogance of the original family was about to be lost.
However, although Wang Tong was sad and angry in his heart, as the head of a clan, he still had to follow the opinions of most people, after all, the patriarch was not the emperor, and he could not rely on power to oppress people, seeing that so many people agreed to reconcile with Wang An, and although there were several opponents, among them, Wang An's own brother quarreled the most, but unfortunately the number was too small to reverse the situation at all, and finally Wang Tong had to follow the opinions of most people and send someone to contact Wang Guo first.
But what Wang Tong and these people didn't expect was that they had just made the decision to reconcile with Wang An, and the next morning, Wang An, who was completely rejuvenated, came to the door with Wang Qian, not only asking to enter the ancestral tomb to worship his father, but also taking the initiative to return to the family.
Wang Tong is not a fool, for Wang An's behavior, there is naturally some speculation in his heart, so after letting no one else retreat, Wang Tong and Wang An talked secretly for a long time alone, and immediately announced that Wang An would be re-included in the family tree, retract the original order to expel him from the clan, and also agreed that Wang Tong entered the ancestral tomb of the Wang family to worship his deceased father.
For this sudden news, people who knew about Wang An's incident back then were a little confused, and the people of the Wang clan who heard some hidden secrets speculated one after another, what kind of favorable deal did the patriarch Wang Tong and Wang An reach? Otherwise, why did the patriarch smile for several days?
After Wang An was recruited by Li Su, he moved out of his home, and his wife Mrs. Wang has been living in Li Su, for their couple, not only Li Su is very respectful, Wenxin and their daughters are also very respectful, because that night back, Li Su told them about Wang An and his wife, and as a result, several women were moved to cry for half the night, and the next day they impatiently took Mrs. Wang to the inner house for a detailed discussion, but they didn't know what Mrs. Wang told them, so that the eyes of several girls crying were swollen.
Wang An wants to worship his father, and Wang Guo naturally has to follow together, but Li Su and Cui Yu are not from the Taiyuan Wang clan, so it stands to reason that they can't enter the ancestral tomb of the Wang family, after all, at this time, the theory of feng shui is prevalent, and the tombs of the ancestors are very important, and the Wang family is even more so.
However, this time the situation is a bit special, firstly, Li Su, as a prince, has a transcendent worldly identity, and Wang Tong may have intended to show favor to Li Su, and specially agreed that Li Su and Cui Yu could enter the ancestral tomb of the Wang family, of course, this matter is strictly kept secret, except for Wang Tong and Wang An's father and son, very little is known.
In fact, the worship process was very boring, Li Su was just trying to be fresh at first, and finally waited until the worship was completed, Wang An asked the others to retreat, and he took his son Wang Guo to pull out all the weeds around his father's grave. This kind of thing must be done by the people close to him, and Li Su and Cui Yu can only watch from the side.
Now Wang An is no longer the madman-like appearance before, his gray hair is pulled up in a bun, revealing a mature man's face, although the face full of vicissitudes is still a little pale, but the spirit is excellent, especially those eyes, bright and shining with wisdom, the numbness and confusion when Li Su first saw him can no longer be found. Now Wang An is wearing a scribe's robe, and he looks very graceful, but unfortunately his leg is still a little lame, which is the injury he suffered after he went crazy, which was not very serious, but because there was no money for treatment, he fell into the root of the disease, for which Mrs. Wang was still very guilty, but Wang An didn't care at all.
After helping his father's grave weed, Wang An drove Wang Kuang to Li Su's side, took the wine jug and wine glass, sat down cross-legged in front of his father's tomb, poured two glasses of wine, and talked to his father's tombstone there, but it was a little far away, and Li Su and the others couldn't hear what the other party was saying at all.
In fact, Wang Anzhi went crazy at the beginning because of the persecution of his father and the Wang clan, and even later when Wang An went crazy, he cut off the father-son relationship with him.
However, for the ancients who paid great attention to filial piety, parents are parents, even if the father did too much, the son did not dare to have any complaints, Wang An estimated that he also had this idea, after being re-listed in the Wang's door wall, the first one was to worship his father, and he also made a sacrificial text that Li Su could not understand, and told his father very solemnly.
"Brother Wang, in order to divide the five surnames and seven hopes, Wang Fu actually let go of his original hatred, such a broad mind is really admirable!" Li Su looked at Wang An in the distance and said with emotion.
On the second day after Wang An agreed to assist Li Su, he proposed to take the initiative to reconcile with the Taiyuan Wang family, first restore his identity, and then enter the Qi Wang's mansion as the Taiyuan Wang family, so that Li Su and the Taiyuan Wang family have an extraordinary relationship. In addition, Li Su also made a promise to Wang Tong, the patriarch of the Taiyuan Wang clan, through Wang An's mouth, although this promise is just a painted pie in Li Su's view, but for the Taiyuan Wang family, it is a promise that cannot be refused.
Hearing Li Su's words, Wang Guo looked at his father in the distance, and there was also a look of admiration, and after a while, he said: "Your Highness, my father told me yesterday that his life is only a hundred years at most, and he is about to reach the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and there is not much time left, and he has no time to pay attention to the previous hatred, as long as he can help His Highness, in fact, he will also help himself, and fulfill the wish of his youth, everything else is no longer important!" ”