Mr. Xiao Qi is not only the father-in-law of the Shen family, the second master of the Shen family, but also the mentor of Shen Jitang, and he is one of the few academic masters. Although, the old man doesn't talk much about the rules, but at this stage of his life, the so-called rules and customs are nothing.

Although the old gentleman came in a hurry, and he didn't post to notify him or anything before, as soon as the porter reported that it was the second lady's father and mother who came back to the Shen family, the Shen Mansion began to boil.

Mr. Xiao, who can be called a national idol-level master, is here in person!

Mr. Xiao, who has always been cold and arrogant, and even the royal family doesn't care much about it, has come to the Shen family!

It seems that since the second lady married the second master, Mr. Xiao has ......

Yet! No! Yes! Come! Come! Come! Shen! Home!

Oh my God, not once!

A servant who had been in the Shen family for a long time pinched his fingers and found out about this fact, and immediately stared at him and secretly shared this matter with his side.

"You don't know this, do you?" the person who knew said meaningfully, which caused everyone to ask questions for a while, and then he said with a proud face: "Our second lady's father! Her reputation is great! Not only is she very knowledgeable, but she also has a great temper! When I heard that the first emperor wanted to ask him to teach him the present day when he was still the prince at that time, but the eunuch who went to announce the decree was scolded by the old gentleman. made the first emperor lose face very much, but in this way, the first emperor failed to do anything to him. ”

Someone else immediately joined the discussion excitedly, "I also know one thing, I heard that our second lady's father gave birth to three daughters in his life, and the Xiao family originally planned to send a stepbrother to support him, but he also refused." ”

"Well, I also know about this, I heard that later the old man raised the second lady and the three sisters as boys, and they learned to read and write, tsk, they don't lose to men! It's just strange that the old man dotes on his three daughters very much, but after his daughter got married, he didn't go to a son-in-law's house once!"

"Ah, why is that?"

Everyone was chatting happily, and the second steward appeared in front of everyone with an expressionless face, and everyone who was originally in high spirits immediately dispersed.

When the smiling chief steward and the expressionless second steward walked over, everyone squeezed their eyebrows and hinted: See, the chief steward and the second steward must have gone to the gate to pick up the old gentleman!

This point is really not wrong, as soon as the news of Mr. Xiao's visit to the Shen Mansion reached the backyard, the Xiao family took Shen Junqian to Shou'an Hall first, and as an old gentleman, he must have come to the Shen Mansion to meet the old lady first. Feng also wanted to go to the door to greet the old gentleman in person, but was persuaded by Xiao, and only said that Shen Jitang had gone to the gate with his third uncle Shen Ji'an, so Feng gave up, but he also went to the door of the main room of Shou'an Hall to wait.

Shen Junqian followed Xiao Shi and secretly thought about what it was that allowed his grandfather to break his previous habits and come to the Shen family.

Xiao Qi wants to know that his visit to the Shen family has attracted so much speculation, he must spray people's faces, and he can't come to his son-in-law's house if he has nothing to do!

But this time, the old gentleman really didn't come to the Shen family to hang out, there was indeed something to do, originally he wanted to ask Shen Jitang to take his daughter, grandson, and granddaughter to Lishan Academy, but he simply brought the Zhou family over on a whim.

Zhou and Xiao Qi have lived for decades, where do they not know his character, as soon as he said that he was going to the Shen family, he knew that he could not persuade him, so he hurriedly sent someone to inform his daughter and son-in-law while packing his things.

It just so happened that today was the day of cultivation, although Shen Jizhong was not at home visiting friends, but Shen Jitang and Shen Ji'an were there, and they knew some of the old gentleman's temperament, so they hurriedly took people to the gate and waited.

Who knows, the Shen family's blood is boiling and waiting to see this in-law and scholar, but they haven't seen anyone for almost an hour.

Shen Jitang and Shen Ji'an took the chief steward and second steward of the Shen family at the door, and they all looked at each other from excitement.

What is the situation, what is it?

Originally, Shen Jitang and Shen Ji'an appeared at the gate one after another, and the people passing by around were curious, who was here from the Shen family to fight such a big battle, so that the two masters of the Shen family went out to greet them. As a result, I saw that it was almost half an hour, and the two masters of the Shen family were still standing at the gate, and the originally sunny weather in the picture revealed a feeling of cold wind.

Shen Ji'an couldn't help but look up at the increasingly blazing sun above his head again, and with the rest of his eyes, he looked at the curious and strange eyes that passed by from time to time, and finally couldn't help but glance at Shen Jitang next to him, "Second brother, how did you worship such an old gentleman, and marry his daughter and my second sister-in-law from him?"

Shen Jitang glanced at him as if he was fine, and did not speak.

As soon as he opened the chatterbox, where could Shen Ji'an hold back, not to mention the various eyes around him looking at him like a monkey, if he didn't find something to divert his attention, he would definitely be driven crazy.

"Second brother, after you worship Mr. Xiao as your teacher, you often stay in Lishan and don't come back, won't you get the moon first for the sake of the still water building?"

"Second brother, I heard that the second sister-in-law and sisters are all raised by Mr. Xiao as their sons, and their knowledge is better than that of your disciples, is it true?"

"Second Brother ......"

"Second brother, let's talk about it, let my younger brother study and study too. ”

The chief steward and second steward standing behind Shen Jitang and Shen Ji'an were probably somewhat accustomed to it, and their expressions were quite normal. But the Xiao family who came to the Shen family to report the news couldn't help but sweat secretly, this third master of the Shen family is really unseemly!

Probably annoyed by Shen Ji'an's verbosity, Shen Jitang finally turned his head to look at Shen Ji'an, but he didn't speak, looked at it for a while, and suddenly looked at the gate of the Shen family behind Shen Ji'an, and said with a serious expression, "Third brother and sister, ......"

"Ahh As a result, when he looked up, he saw Shen Jitang and the others staring at him with burning eyes, and suddenly coughed twice in embarrassment.

"Who's that, what's your name, are you sure that your old lady is going out behind you?" Shen Ji'an turned around and asked the Xiao family who came to report to the Shen family, and he got an affirmative answer, and then said to Shen Jitang, "Second brother, Lishan shouldn't be too far from our Shen Mansion, you see that he is not a courier of the imperial court for eight hundred miles, even if the horseback riding should not be particularly fast, he said that he went out not long ago, and your father-in-law and they also went out, why haven't they arrived for so long?"

Shen Jitang frowned, and beckoned the chief steward, "You find two clever little guys along the road to find where the master and the master are now, and report back quickly when you see it." ”

Not to mention that Shen Jitang and Shen Ji'an, who were standing at the door to greet people, were waiting anxiously, and the Xiao family, who had been waiting at Feng's Shou'an Hall early, was also a little uneasy, they had something to do in the suburbs of Beijing, could it be that their parents also encountered something on the road, right?

"Master, how long will it take you?" Zhou sat in a gazebo on the side of the road, and said helplessly to Xiao Qi, who was painting with peace of mind, "You said that you were going to Jitang and Li Niang and didn't post in advance, I was worried that they wouldn't be ready, you said you were going out, I quickly sent someone to the Shen family to inform, now you are good, you are here halfway, you are really, really ......"

Zhou sighed and wanted to say something more, but found that the person who was splashing ink on the side ignored her at all, and immediately "hummed" at him.

Ziyue, who was beside the Zhou family, smiled and comforted: "Madam, why do you bother to be angry with our master here, the master doesn't often say anything, to the point where he can already do whatever he wants, what does this mean The slave doesn't understand, but the second lady and the aunt are both proud disciples of the master, and they must both understand." ”

"Hmph, what do you understand, this, this...... Old man," Zhou pointed to the elegant old man in his fifties who was painting on the side, and said indignantly, "I don't know him yet, he is an elder, he is just more ridiculous, what does it matter if Li Niang and Ji Tangli don't understand, they can't do anything to him, they have to provide for him." Really, it turns out, he won't go to his daughter's house, I'm worried. Now he doesn't know that tendon is wrong, he wants to go to Liniang and them, I thought it was a good phenomenon, according to this, it is better not to go anywhere. ”

Xiao Qi, who was almost finished drawing on the side, took the pen without looking back and continued to draw while saying casually, "What are you anxious about, although I didn't post, it wasn't a hot brain and decided to go to Shen's house." I calculated before I went out, today is Xiumu, and the three cousins must have someone there, and there will be no shortage of people to entertain us. ”

Zhou didn't understand it at first, but when he understood, he couldn't help but say in a loud voice: "I think you are the more knowledgeable people become, the more stupid people become, is this what I just said? Is this what I just meant? Ziyue, you said, is this what I just said?"

Ziyue covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled, and replied, "Madam, the master is painting, I guess I didn't hear you clearly." ”

As soon as Zhou's voice was high, Xiao Qi, who was about to speak, immediately didn't hear it, and continued to draw seriously. There was nowhere to hold Zhou's fire, so he could only sit there and sulk.

When the two little servants sent by the chief steward of the Shen family saw Xiao Qi and Zhou in the pavilion, Xiao Qi's painting was just about to be finished. The two little guys immediately left one behind, and the other hurried back to report the news.

Xiao Shi heard the little guy who was sent by Shen Jitang to report the news in the backyard say, "Master Xiao feels that the scenery is pleasant on the road, and he is painting in the pavilion on the side of the road, and he is just about to finish painting." Suddenly glared at the little guy, and looked at the little guy with a tremble, before he asked like a god, "What did you just say, say it again." ”

The little guy was inexplicable, so he had to repeat the words again.

As soon as Xiao Shi was sure that he had heard it correctly, he suddenly felt choked on eating, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence, "What did the second master say?"

"The second master didn't say anything, just asked me to tell the old man and the ladies, so as not to worry everyone. ”

"Okay, we know, you can step back first. When the little guy retreated, Xiao Shi said to Mrs. Tai, "Old lady, my father ......."

Feng patted her hand comfortingly, and said, "It's nothing, Xiao Lao has learned from everyone first, and he has always been straightforward and casual, so you don't need to be uneasy." ”

Xiao nodded, "Since our sisters got married, my father's temperament has been more casual in recent years, I am a daughter, I have nothing to do, but the old lady was disturbed by me in the morning, and now she has been waiting for a long time in vain." ”

"Mother, it's not in vain, didn't you just say that your grandfather is almost finished painting, so you came over?" Shen Junqian had been listening to the side, never expecting that his grandfather would be such a willful person. I have followed the Xiao family back to the Xiao family a few times before, and the Zhou family has sent people to pick up their brothers and sisters from time to time, and it seems that there is nothing else except that my grandfather went out to study or something