Wang listened to the conversation between Lin Haozhi and his son for a long time, and became more and more confused as he listened. The old man and the young man talked about family affairs in front of outsiders without any subtlety, and this matter was also related to his own head.

Cui Xi reminded him: "Sir, since the prince is back, you should tell him clearly if you have anything to do."

Lin Haozhi stood up after hearing this, turned around and walked to the side room to get something. Taking advantage of the time, Cui Xi introduced to the king: "Your Majesty, this is my young master Lin Zheng. Despite his young age, he is also good at both civil and military affairs."

He said the praise was beyond words.

Lin Zheng waved his hands hurriedly: "I don't dare to take it. I don't dare to take it. The prince has a great reputation. I have heard about the prince from my father since I was a child. Don't praise me in front of the prince for being both civil and military. On the contrary, the prince is the savior of my family. Today

The incident made the prince laugh a bit."

"It's nothing. It's normal to have some disputes between father and son, but you have a bad temper. You are not afraid of being unfilial if you contradict the old man? Haha?" Wang Pang asked with a smile.[

Lin Zheng blushed: "I also know that this is not good, but my father just can't let go of Qingfeng Building. I asked him to close it because I want him to live his old age in peace."

"Peace of mind? How can I feel peace of mind when I have to give up this Qingfeng Building after so many years?" Lin Haozhi came out of the wing, holding a wooden box in his hands. The wooden box looked heavy. "However, now that the prince is back, I am really

I feel at ease."

As he spoke, he put the wooden box on the table, turned around and said to Cui Xi: "Go outside and watch, don't let anyone in. I have some private words to say to the prince."

Cui Xi agreed, turned around and walked out of the room, closing the door behind her.

Lin Haozhi turned to Lin Zheng and said: "Sit down, too. Haven't you always asked over the years: Why do I make so much money, but still refuse to accept it when it's good? I'll tell you today..." he said

Then he opened the box, and inside there were neatly arranged gold ingots.

There are more than ten gold ingots in this box, and each gold ingot is about thirty taels. If converted into coins, it is not an exaggeration to say that the family's fortune is ten thousand.

"This is almost the savings of more than ten years, and there are some silver notes underneath the gold."

Wang Pang glanced at Lin Zheng. Lin Zheng just glanced at the box and stopped looking at it. For a moment, he frowned slightly, as if he was very disdainful of the origin of the gold and silver here. This man was somewhat righteous.

However, Lin Haozhi is not a treacherous person. He must have his own reasons for insisting on Qingfeng Tower for so many years.

"The reason why I have made so much money over the years is to know the origin of Qingfeng Tower. Back then, my father made a mistake and almost lost his life. Thanks to the prince, he was saved from death. Mr. prince, do you still remember what happened before you disappeared?

?”

For Lin Haozhi, this happened more than ten years ago, but for Wang Pang, these things just happened. Wang Pang nodded: "Of course I remember!"

"Haha, just remember. At that time, I wanted to give up my father's management of Manchun Garden and come to the capital to do garden repairs. But it's not easy for us who have no connections. Fortunately, the prince took care of us, so we ended up with a small surplus.

At that time, I was going back to Hangzhou. The prince and I had a private agreement to help me open Manchun Garden in the capital. Of course, making money was secondary. The main thing was that at that time, the prince was working hard and wanted to do something big. Obviously what we were doing was

These places of entertainment can secretly know the private behavior of some officials."

Lin Zheng was the first to hear these things, and he glanced at Wang Pian in confusion.

Lin Haozhi also saw Lin Zheng's confusion. He explained: "When you first enter the officialdom, you naturally don't know that many things are not as grand as in the court. The official who took off his court uniform, as if changing his face, immediately appeared.

It’s clear. Especially if you are tainted with alcohol, sex, and wealth, we are not doing this business to harm others. We are just doing it to protect ourselves!”

"So, dad has always insisted on running Qingfeng Tower just for the prince's grand plan?" Lin Zheng understood Lin Haozhi's words.

"You can say that……"

Hearing this, Wang Pang felt warm in his heart. He was even more touched when others reciprocated the kindness he had shown to others back then.

Lin Zheng seemed to be still confused: "But, they said that the prince was dead back then, why did dad still persist?"

Lin Haozhi smiled. He stretched out his hand to "touch" this box and pulled out a hidden compartment from the side. There was a booklet in the compartment. "Your Majesty, take a look..."

Lin Zheng hurriedly stood up, took the book, and handed it to Wang Pang with both hands. Wang Pang took the book and opened it. On it, in small regular script, there were densely written notes about who came here in a certain year and how much it cost to have a banquet; who met in a certain month in a certain year.

Who did he tell and what confidential things were said.[

"Everything in this booklet is extremely important. You see, my lord, I have recorded so much here. If I had just written this casually, I would probably not be able to put it down." Lin Haozhen smiled and continued: "I

When I responded to the capital, I was very sad to hear the sad news about the prince. But at that time, I thought that the prince is gone, but your father's new policy still has to be carried out. I seemed to regard this matter as the prince's legacy. As a result

I opened this restaurant and prostitute, and originally I wanted to find an opportunity to give these things to your father. But you know your father's temper, he doesn't even bother to see these things, let alone believe what is said above."

"Haha..." Looking at Lin Haozhi's expression, Wang Pang could imagine that Wang Anshi was a famously stubborn husband, and Lin Haozhi must have hit a snag with him.

"But the longer this restaurant and brothel has been open and the more things I heard, the more and more I started to doubt whether the prince had faked his death. Sir, if you were sent out by the emperor, you wouldn't have time to be with your family.

Say something? Besides, just by wearing an official uniform, I concluded that it was you, the prince. I didn’t believe it anyway. Then I slowly collected it, and hey, I actually found evidence that you were not dead."

"What evidence?" Wang Pang was also very curious.

"Do you know who the emperor sent to investigate the cause of your death and find the murderer? Qin Minxue! Do you know Qin Minxue's wife too?! She once complained to the sisters of the Golden Lotus Society that Qin Minxue was demoted because of the unfavorable investigation of the murder, and she said that the emperor deliberately let Qin Minxue go.

Just find an excuse for not doing the job well."

He deserves it, Zhao Xu can do this to himself, let alone Qin Minxue, who has stolen his love?! The king said slightly: "Accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger, I think Qin Minxue should also learn some lessons."

"No, but I don't dare to tell others about this. I just wondered which day the prince would come back. Let's see if I guessed it right, haha... Oops!"

Lin Haozhi laughed twice and hurriedly covered his chest. His face turned pale and his lips turned blue and trembled slightly.

Wang Pang and Lin Zheng hurriedly stepped forward, and Lin Haozhi waved his hand: "It's not in the way, it's not in the way!"

"Brother Lin, you are suffering from heart disease. You should have a good rest. Now that I'm back, everything will be easier..."

"My heart ailment can be cured by the prince's medicine..." Lin Haozhi waved his hands and frowned.

Wang Pang suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said to Lin Zheng: "Go find a book called "Hejiju Prescription". If I remember correctly, it was published in the first year of Yuanfeng. There is a "medicine" in it.

’ It’s called Styrax Pills. It’s a honey pill made from fifteen kinds of ‘medicine’ including styrax, benzoin, borneol, concentrated buffalo horn powder, musk, etc. You should keep it on hand for your Majesty to relieve this heart ailment.”

After saying this, Wang Pang himself felt curious, hadn't the ancient and modern stone been taken away by people in the future? How could he remember the "medicine" prescription and the title of the book? Regardless of so much, maybe this information has really been

absorbed by the brain.

Lin Zheng did not dare to neglect and said: "I'll go right away, turn around and leave!"

"Wait!" Lin Haozhi said slowly along his chest: "Where are you going? You have to find a book first and then a prescription. Don't be in a hurry. I still have something to say. Don't you want me to worry about it?

Are you going to take over the Qingfeng Tower? Today I will announce that I will not do the Qingfeng Tower. I will hand it back to the prince when he comes back!"

"Give it to me?" Wang Pang was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "You, the young master who has become a ninth-grade official, are afraid of damaging the official prestige and won't let you do it. I, the prince, can't open a restaurant just after returning to the capital."

’ Hall?”

"Your Majesty, these things are all yours. I still have a house. From now on, I will let my son take care of me in my old age, and I can take care of my grandson to enjoy family happiness." Lin Haozhi pointed to the box and looked at Wang Bian sincerely.

.

This was also Lin Haozhi's intention. Wang Pang knew that it would be difficult for the father and son if he resigned again. He took the box, took out the book, put it in his arms, and handed the box to Lin Zheng. "This is your father's hard work for many years.

It's deserved. As for Qingfeng Tower, I can't have it. But I have a way to get the best of both worlds, are you two willing to listen?"

"Your Majesty, please speak!"

"I also heard Chen Kangyou say that when I first left, Jinxiu House in Jinxiang Mansion had been taking care of the family members in the house, but I didn't know that Jinxiu House was no longer there. How could Cui Xi become the housekeeper of Qingfeng House and still hope that Lin

Tell me brother."

The shopkeeper of a restaurant became the general manager in another place. He must have been in trouble because of the closure of the restaurant. Lin Zheng hurriedly said for Lin Haozhi: "When Mr. Wang first took charge and implemented the New Deal, he issued a ban on the consumption of public funds for eating and drinking.

lng fee. At that time, the business of both companies was not easy to do, and Jinxiu Tower was gradually declining. After finally surviving the storm, when Su Shi was unjustly imprisoned, someone reported that there was an inscription by Su Shi in Jinxiu Tower, saying that it was for

The emperor was so disrespectful that Jinxiu Tower was closed down, and Cui Xi was almost imprisoned. Fortunately, the people in the prince's palace had private contacts, so my father took care of everything to get Cui Xi out. In this way, Jinxiu Tower was locked up, and Cui Xi was released.

Xi became the general manager here."

Wang Pang nodded and glanced at Lin Haozhigao even more. "Thank you, Brother Lin, for remembering the old relationship. If Brother Lin really doesn't want to do Qingfeng Tower, I will transfer him to Cui Xi."[

"The prince's words are no problem. The prince of gold and silver will accept them!"

"Brother Lin, if you think this was my support back then, so you don't accept it. Now these are regarded as transfer funds that I paid for Cui Xi, and you should keep them."

Lin Haozhi looked at the wooden box: "Your Majesty, I listen to you. But I have one request. The Qingfeng Building must not be closed. It's not that I don't want to part with this business. In the past, it was for the Prince, but now it's not just for the Prince."

Wang Pang thought to himself that Lin Haozhi might have something to say to him, but his face still didn't look good. So he comforted him: "Brother Lin, have a good rest. That's what we have agreed. I'll go back home first."

Go check it out, I'll come back in the middle of the day, and we'll have a good chat then."
Chapter completed!