King's Landing [Rebirth]

The flamboyant and unrestrained Prime Minister Wang rolled out of the carriage in embarrassment, which is no small matter.

The ministers behind all ordered their coachmen to rush over in their carriages, some came to greet them, and some came to watch the fun and watch jokes. Can surge out of the momentum of the battlefield to kill the enemy.

"Through the alley!" Wang Shuzhi pointed to the left, and dragged him by the arm.

The alleys were narrow, and carriages were impassable, and those clerks had weak legs, dismounting and chasing after them would be disgraceful, and they felt humiliated if they couldn't catch up, so they had to look at the alley and sigh.

Wang Shuzhi led Sima Rong out from the other side of the alley, and lowered his head to shake off his sleeves. Only then did he notice that the clothes on his body were clean, and he couldn't help turning his head to look at Sima Rong, seeing that he was frowning and rubbing his shoulders. Stopping: "What? Did you hurt from the fall?"

Sima Rong was thinking about what happened earlier, when he heard the words, he quickly put his hands down: "It's okay, I just thanked the Prime Minister for saving me."

Wang Shuzhi smiled: "Go back and find Dr. Li in the mansion to get some medicine."

"Yes." Sima Rong recalled that he seemed to be protecting him when he rolled out of the carriage, so he couldn't help but look up at him, "Prime Minister, is there any pain from the fall?"

Wang Shuzhi was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly: "Yes! It hurts like hell!"

Sima Rong looked him up and down, seeing that he was refreshed and smiling so wildly, he was suddenly speechless, "Where does it hurt, Prime Minister?"

"Headache...headache..." Wang Shuzhi shook his head helplessly, turned around and walked leisurely towards the noisy street in front of him.

Sima Rong hurriedly followed, his thoughts turned around: "But the emperor is a little dissatisfied with the prime minister's congratulatory gifts of calligraphy and painting?"

"No, the emperor is very satisfied."

There is no problem with the calligraphy and painting, and the case of congratulatory gift has been investigated secretly, so there will be no big problem, the only thing is that the carriage was destroyed earlier, and it is not up to him to intervene in the open and secret fight between the crown prince and the Wang family, Sima Rong thought about it for a while. Fan, said: "Prime Minister, do you feel that you have lost face today?"

Wang Shuzhi raised his hand to his forehead: "Headache."

Sima Rong secretly laughed at his pretentious gesture, but he could only hold back on his face, and said sternly: "You don't have to worry, Prime Minister, when you fell off the carriage earlier, it was not far from the palace gate, and there were no people around, only the ministers you saw with your own eyes."

"It's just being seen by those ministers that gives me a headache! If the news reaches the emperor's ears, who knows how to ridicule me, wouldn't I be disgraced in the early court?"

"In the name of the prime minister, it will be the ministers who will lose face at that time."

"Huh?" Wang Shuzhi paused, looked back at him, with a smile in his eyes, "I can't even flatter you."

Sima Rong smiled calmly: "Prime Minister, just go to places where there are many people. It will be clear in two days who will be disgraced."

"Playing tricks!" Wang Shuzhi nodded at him, and smiled lightly without asking any further questions.

The two were walking on the bustling street, and they immediately attracted the attention of countless people. The young women whispered to each other and talked a lot.

"That's the prime minister! The prime minister didn't even take the carriage today!"

"Huh? Isn't this the young master I saw last time? It turns out that he is someone close to the prime minister. No wonder he looks so handsome!"

"That's natural, it's by the prime minister's side! Otherwise, can you look so good-looking?"

Wang Shuzhi heard it interesting, turned his head to look at Sima Rong, leaned into his ear and whispered: "So it's my credit for your good looks? Why can't I remember when I gave birth to a son as big as you?"

Sima Rong: "..."

Wang Shuzhi couldn't help laughing out loud, and immediately caused a burst of exclamation. He quickly nodded and smiled at the people around him.

The two were soon surrounded by groups, some saluted, some greeted, and some put champagne into their hands as soon as they came up. The enthusiasm was overwhelming and it was almost impossible to move an inch.

Taking advantage of the crowd, Sima Rong said, "The Prime Minister has good intentions for the sake of the people, but no matter how much you save on food and clothing, you can't save the carriage first. Do you think any of the ministers in the court don't take a carriage?"

Suddenly there was a sound of admiration suddenly realized.

Wang Shuzhi raised his eyebrows slightly, and suddenly understood in his heart, and he replied with a smile: "It's okay, just leave a carriage for urgent use. Now that the war is still going on, the court needs a lot of money. As the head of a hundred officials, it is natural to save money .”

With a casual glance, Sima Rong could see the eager eyes of the people, and said: "The prime minister is right, but without the carriage, I'm afraid the villain's hands will be too busy."

Wang Shuzhi saw that the hem of his pocketed clothes was already full of fruit papas, he shook his head and smiled: "The kindness is hard to refuse, if you are tired for a while, you will be at the door soon."

After the two sang the oboe, the surrounding people had already turned from excitement to admiration. The young women hesitantly put away the sachets in their hands, as if throwing one more would make them tired, and finally had to step aside, He watched them leave with eyes full of reluctance.

On the second day, the ministers turned down and walked out of the palace gate. Looking left and right, they didn't see the carriage of the prime minister's mansion. There was only a servant who buried his head and couldn't see his face standing by the tree. He couldn't help being very surprised, thinking : Could it be that the prime minister lost face yesterday, and today he simply broke the can?

Wang Shuzhi raised his eyebrows, bid farewell to everyone, walked leisurely to Sima Rong's side, and tapped him on the head with a wat board: "What are you doing with your head down? What's the matter with being shady?"

It's just that you can't see people, and you don't know what's going on in the palace, so you have to be careful.

Sima Rong raised his head and said solemnly: "The villain just dozed off without paying attention."

"A lot of nonsense." Wang Shuzhi raised the corners of his lips, but he didn't ask any more questions, he just stuffed the wat board into his hand, and left first.

On this day, wherever Wang Shuzhi went, the reverent eyes of the common people followed him, while other courtiers followed wherever their horse-drawn carriages drove, and the common people pointed their fingers.

"I don't know which lord is sitting in this carriage? The prime minister is saving money, and this lord's carriage is so luxurious..."

"Yes, yes, the prime minister is leaning on his two legs up and down, but they are sitting comfortably in the carriage, tsk tsk..."

The folk customs of Dajin are so open, and the adults also have a headache. In the end, they couldn't bear it anymore, and they got out of the car and walked, but they were so tired after walking, their legs began to tremble, and they kept raising their sleeves to wipe sweat. It was criticized again.

"Your Prime Minister walks like a fairy, without noticing a trace of sweat, but some adults just..."

"Yes yes yes..."

The grown-ups turned as pale as pig livers, and ran back to their mansions as if fleeing. No one dared to go to the palace the next day, but when they arrived at the gate of the palace, Wang Shuzhi lifted the curtain and walked out of his house When the carriage got on and off, he couldn't help being dumbfounded.

Surprised, Wang Shuzhi walked up to him quickly, and asked with concern, "Oh, what's the matter, my lords? Are you sweating so much?"

All the ministers wiped their foreheads and laughed dryly, suddenly thinking: silly!It was not clear when the court was up, so who could see it when they came in a carriage!

On the third day, all the ministers followed Wang Shuzhi's lead, riding in a chariot at the upper court and walking at the next court, but even so, they were still exhausted and panicked, and returned to the mansion shaking their heads and stamping their feet: "Your Highness, what did you do by chopping up the prime minister's carriage? It hurt the fish in the pond, ouch!" ..."

The close confidant ministers came to the prime minister's mansion and cried: "Prime Minister, please be merciful, and take a carriage in the next court, I am afraid that the old hands and legs of the lower officials will not be able to hold on..."

Wang Shuzhi laughed loudly: "No one is forcing you to walk? Truthfully, I intend to practice my legs and feet to strengthen my body, so you should take care of that?"

The confidant ministers were miserable: "You live close, but we live far away!"

The pavilions next to it couldn't stop laughing.

"My lords, please bear with it for a few days. In fact, there is a purpose in doing this." Wang Shuzhi pretended to be unfathomable, coaxed them away with good words, and turned his head to look at Sima Rong as soon as he was clean, with a deep smile.

Sima Rong drooped his brows, pretending he didn't see it.

Two days later, Pei Liang, who was ordered to investigate Sima Rong's details, came to the prime minister's mansion to meet him.

Wang Shuzhi called him into the study, shunned the others, sat down with his sleeves up, and asked curiously, "How's the investigation going?"

"Back to the Prime Minister, Wang Chi entered the Lu Mansion as a slave at the age of eight. It has been a total of nine years. In the first year, he did some simple and rough work in the mansion. After that, he has been serving the second son of the Lu Mansion for the next eight years. He can be regarded as a companion and a servant."

Wang Shuzhi raised his eyebrows: "Eight years?"

"Yes."

"Yes." Wang Shuzhi nodded, "It seems that Lu Zixiu did treat him kindly, but what about Prefect Lu?"

"Prefect Lu doesn't like to see Wang Chi very much. The father and son once had a dispute over Wang Chi's entry to Beijing."

Wang Shuzhi narrowed his eyes slightly. He had already realized that he seemed dissatisfied with Wang Chi when he talked to Lu Wen last time. Now it seems that there may be some origins in this.

"What about Wang Chi's words and deeds in the Lu residence?"

"This is exactly what is hard for my subordinates to understand. Wang Chi is recognized in Lu's mansion as being innocent and weak, and he has never heard of any extraordinary behavior. He is completely different from the smart and alert man in the prime minister's mansion .”

"Huh?" Wang Shuzhi held back his lips and smiled, put down Ruyi and looked at him, "Have you checked it out?"

"These years in the Lu Mansion have been found out, but before the age of eight, it was a mystery. He entered Wu County with refugees when he was young, and was sold to the Lu Mansion. The villain only found out that his real surname was Zhao, and his baby name was Xiao Lang. Because of the war, I was displaced, my parents died, and I don’t know anything else.”

Wang Shuzhi got up and paced back and forth, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, he frowned and muttered, "In my opinion, Wang Chi must have a chest. Could it be that he was just pretending all those years in the Lu Mansion?"

"The subordinates dare not speak nonsense, but one other thing was found out, which sounds a bit nonsense."

"Say."

"Wang Chi was taken care of by the Second Master Lu, at most he was deceived by some words, but the day before he entered the capital, he was beaten by several slaves, and the Second Master Lu killed them all in a fit of anger. true."

Wang Shuzhi's eyes paused slightly.

Pei Liang continued: "Wang Chi passed out once, and when he woke up again, it was like a different person. Before they were killed by the staff, those servants secretly said that he was a ghost. This is a rumor among the servants of the Lu family. I don't know if it is true. Fake."

Wang Shuzhi's expression remained unchanged, he was silent for a moment, and then suddenly laughed: "It's better not to check, why do you get more and more curious the more you check?"

Pei Liang showed guilt: "This subordinate is ineffective."

Wang Shuzhi waved his hands, and the smile in his eyes was even stronger: "Lu Zixiu's temperate temper can also get angry, I am looking forward to this Xinting Wenhui."