"Squeak-" The red-lacquered door opened, and an old man in his forties and fifties poked his head out and looked out.

"Meng Bo, it's me! Little Qi'er! Meng Qi immediately walked up to the old man and shouted.

Meng Bo stared at Meng Qi up and down, his eyes widened, and he asked with a look of disbelief: "You are the eldest lady!" ”

"Yes, I've grown taller, and Meng Bo doesn't recognize me?" Meng Qi put his hands behind his back, smiled, and said coquettishly.

"Aren't you ......" Meng Bo couldn't believe his eyes and looked at Meng Qi again, and stopped talking, and finally swallowed the words he wanted to ask, and said with a respectful look, "Miss, come in!" ”

"Wait, I have a friend!" Meng Qi said to Meng Bo, walked up to the scorpion and said, "Let's go in!" ”

The scorpion nodded, followed behind Meng Qi and Meng Bo, and walked towards the Meng Mansion.

"Uncle Meng, where is my father? My friend has something to ask him! As he walked, Meng Qi asked.

Meng Bo suddenly stopped, turned to look at Meng Qi, his face was full of sadness, and he wiped a handful of tears and said, "Patriarch, patriarch, he died last year!" ”

"What? It's impossible, my father is in such good health, he is still a warrior of the zodiac, and he has a lot of lifespan, how could he die like this? I don't believe it, I don't believe it! Meng Qi was like a thunderbolt from the sky, he couldn't believe his ears, and shouted excitedly.

Meng Bo immediately glanced around in a panic, leaned over to Meng Qi's side, and said softly, "Miss, you should be quiet." The current Meng family is not the same as before. Let's go to the old slave's residence first. The old slave will tell you more details.

Meng Qi closed his mouth, took a hard breath, tried his best to calm the excitement in his heart, but his eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and he said with a little pleading: "What about the mother?" Take me to see my mother, okay, Meng Bo! ”

"Hey!" Meng Bochang sighed and said, "The patriarch died of illness. You disappeared again, no one has been able to find you for so many years, everyone in the family says you are dead, and Madame is disheartened, and shortly after the death of the patriarch, she committed suicide by jumping into a well! ”

"What?" Meng Qi's eyes widened, and the two tears that had been rolling in his eyes finally couldn't help but fall, heartbroken, and muttered to himself, "Impossible." It's impossible for my mother to be so ruthless to leave me and commit suicide, impossible! ”

The scorpion narrowed its eyes. felt that this Meng family was no longer what Meng Qi imagined, and her usual vigilance told her that there was a lot of danger here, so she approached Meng Qi and said, "You calm down first, let's find a safe place!" ”

"Yes, yes, this son is right, now the Meng family is full of Mrs. Liu's people, and the Meng family is making trouble for the position of the patriarch, if Mrs. Liu knows that the eldest lady is back, it will definitely be unfavorable to the eldest lady, eldest miss, let's go back to the old slave and think about it in the long run!" Meng Bo glanced at the scorpion gratefully, and hurriedly said along with the scorpion's words.

Meng Qi looked at the scorpion with tears streaming down his face, saw the scorpion nodding at him, wiped a handful of tears, and closed his mouth.

Meng Qi kept wiping his tears along the way, following behind Meng Bo, the scorpion glanced at Meng Qi and said: "I haven't confirmed whether Meng Bo deliberately lied to you, so you cry like this, in case your parents don't die, then aren't you crying in vain?" It's not lucky! ”

"My father and Uncle Meng grew up together, although Uncle Meng's status is very low, he can't even keep his surname, and he has to follow the surname of the Meng family, but he and his father have always been very good brothers, I once heard my father say that there are few people in the Meng family who can be trusted, but he is one!" Meng Qi said.

"Then I'd better wait until I'm done digging and then make a final decision. However, you should be careful after I leave in the evening, after all, you have not been back to this house for ten years, what is the current situation of the family, which people are really good to you, and which people are false to you, it is not easy to distinguish, only to guard everyone is the most appropriate! Scorpion said.

"Scorpion, thank you, I got it!" Meng Qi looked at the scorpion and said sincerely.

Meng Bo's small courtyard is in the southernmost part of Meng's house, the small courtyard is an ordinary courtyard house, facing the gate and sitting in the north and facing south direction, there is a big house with two rooms and a living room, and there are two wings on the east and west sides. There is no other decoration in the courtyard, only a lot of flowers and plants, and they are all planted in a large pot, if it is on weekdays, the scorpion must think that this person is a vassal elegance, because these potted plants seem to be precious, but there are many kinds, disorganized, no beauty, there is a vacant place to put a pot feeling, even walking around those potted plants. However, this is a world where cultivators prevail, and all plants can become the most powerful weapons, so these potted plants cannot be left unguarded.

The scorpion's gaze at the honest-looking middle-aged man deepened a little, and he wondered in his heart, is this person an enemy or a friend?

The scorpion's eyes swept around the yard, and he transmitted a voice to Meng Qi and said, "There are too many plants here, you have to be careful!" ”

Meng Qi still looked too sad to be able to do it on the surface, but he secretly transmitted a voice to the scorpion: "I also sensed that these plants seem to have a very strong murderous aura!" ”

The scorpion looked at Meng Qi and felt relieved that this little girl was not stupid.

Meng Bo seemed to be afraid that Meng Qi would doubt him, and took the initiative to explain: "After the patriarch succeeded to the throne, he felt that the place where the old slave lived was too dark and damp, which was not good for the old slave's health, so he specially let the old slave move here!" Meng Bo wiped away his tears as he spoke, "The poor patriarch died of illness so early, and I haven't had time to repay him yet!" He sobbed, and then continued, "Recently, there has been chaos in the family, Mrs. Liu has not taken care of me, the old slave thinks that once the second lady ascends the throne, I will not be able to keep this sunny place, I plan, at that time, I will apply to guard the tomb of the patriarch's wife, my qiē is given by the patriarch and his wife, and I should do more for them!" ”

"Meng Bo, don't be like this!" Meng Qi stepped forward and comforted, "Actually, I don't remember where you used to live, if you hadn't said it, I really wouldn't have thought this was a good place to be sunny." Don't worry, maybe my sister won't notice the goodness of this place and let you die again! ”

"I'm not a cultivator, what do I want to do in such a nice place? If it wasn't for the patriarch's insistence, I wouldn't have moved here, and if I had to, I wouldn't have felt a pity! Meng Bo wiped away his tears again and said, "Miss, you go into the room to rest, and I'll get you something to eat!" ”

"No need, we brought a lot of food when we came, if we don't finish it tonight, I'm afraid it will be bad tomorrow, and it's shameful to waste food!" The scorpion hurriedly refused. By the way, he sent a message to Meng Qi, "Before figuring out whether this person is loyal or traitorous, it's better not to eat his things casually!" ”

Meng Qi nodded slightly at the scorpion, and said to Meng Bo: "Yes, Meng Bo, don't be busy going in and out, you want food for three people from the kitchen at once, it is easy to arouse Aunt Liu's suspicions, and you also know how meticulous Aunt Liu's mind is!" ”

Meng Bo's face flashed with displeasure, but it was fleeting, and then he said respectfully: "Yes, yes, or the eldest lady is thoughtful, then I won't be open!" ”

The three of them returned to the living room, Meng Bo poured tea from the teacup on the table, handed it to Meng Qi and the scorpion, and asked, "Miss, where have you been all these years?" Why is there no news about you? ”

"I" Meng Qi said and looked at the scorpion, seeing that the scorpion shook his head slightly at him, after a thousand turns in his mind, he coughed dryly, and continued, "Back then, I thought I couldn't become a cultivator, in order not to embarrass my father and mother, I ran away from home and suffered a lot, and then a peasant couple saw me pitiful and adopted me, in the homes of ordinary people, although it was not like in the Meng family, but there was no pressure, and I went to the city twice a year to buy seeds and special soil and fertilizer provided by the cultivators, Grow some food, keep half of it for yourself, sell it for money, and live a very comfortable life, so I don't want to go back to this Meng family that is so competitive! ”

"Do you come to Flower City twice a year? Why has the Meng family never received any news about you? Meng Bo asked puzzled.

"Hehehe!" Meng Qi smiled awkwardly, and his mind quickly turned around and continued, "That couple loves me very much, and they are reluctant to let me go that far, and even if they buy seeds and soil, I can't transport them home with my powerless appearance!" Therefore, they have always come to Huayucheng by themselves and let me look after the house at home. Moreover, I was afraid that I would be found by the people of the family, and I would become the hand of those unscrupulous people who hit my father, so I deliberately did not come to Huayu City! ”

"Kid, it's so hard for you!" Meng Bo said with a light sigh.

"By the way, Meng Bo, you haven't sued me yet, how did my father die!" Meng Qi said.

"the past, heart attack and sudden death!" Meng Bo said.

"Sudden death?"

Scorpion and Meng Qi exclaimed suspiciously at the same time, it seemed that among all the causes of death, sudden death was the most suspicious.

"What the doctor said should be right! At that time, the old lady was watching at the scene, as well as Mrs. Liu, a group of elders, the doctor should not have the ability to fake! Meng Bo hurriedly said, "By the way, eldest miss, you have been gone for so many years, why did you come back all of a sudden?" ”

"It's my friend who wants to ask my father about something, so I'm back, and I've been gone for so many years, it's a foregone conclusion, I don't think the family should embarrass me!" Meng Qi said.

"That's right, now the second miss's cultivation technology is also ranked first in Huayu City, I don't think the family will force you to do anything anymore!" Meng Bo pondered for a moment and said. (To be continued......)