Coming out of Chen's mansion, the evil breath in Hongcui's heart was slightly relieved. It's just that Chen Kairen and Chen Luan's father and son escaped by chance, which is always a pity. Jin Wei persuaded and said, "Sister Hongcui doesn't have to mind. As the saying goes, the coming days are long, maybe when they will be pinched into your hands, as the so-called gentleman is not too late to take revenge for ten years. ”

Hongcui looked up to the sky, clenched her fist with her right hand and said excitedly: "Yes, sooner or later, Hongcui will crush them in her hands." ”

Gege turned his head to look at her and scolded, "If you hadn't stabbed so many baskets, where would so many things come from?" Although I am noble, I can't cover the sky with one hand. If you make a mistake, you will be punished. If you don't say anything else, just say that you stab someone with a knife, right? If you do this kind of thing again in the future, don't talk about others, even I will lock you up and send you to Shuntian Mansion. ”

Hongcui grinned, stepped forward to hold Gege's arm, shook it and said, "Hongcui knows that she is wrong, Xiao Gege don't teach Hongcui a lesson." Hongcui will be obedient in the future, sleep with you tonight, and serve you comfortably, how about it? ”

Gege saw that she was coquettish, so he couldn't help but twist it on her face and scolded: "I can only talk nonsense all day long, and no matter how poor my mouth is, I will sew it up with golden wisps." ”

Jin Wei hurriedly smiled: "Gege wants me to do this, I am willing." ”

Hearing this, Hongcui skimmed Gege and ran to hit the golden thread. Seeing the situation, the golden wisp ran away with a puff of smoke. Hongcui shouted at the back not to run. Gege looked at the two of them, turned his face away, and snickered as well.

Dinner was arranged, and the day's live count was pretty much the same. The chief steward twisted his neck in the courtyard of the antechamber and watched the night gradually darken. Little by little, it shrouded in. After twisting his neck, Degui hammered his sore leg again. Seeing this, the little fat boy who followed hurriedly brought a chair. Please sit down. The night was cool, and the breeze blew through the sycamore leaves in the courtyard, and I suddenly felt cool. Degui sat comfortably in a chair and listened to the wind and insects.

The fat man asked tentatively: "It's hard to be idle for a while, Mr. Meng, have a drink with the little ones?" A few days ago, the little ones kept saying that they would invite Mr. Meng to have a drink. As a result, I have been busy with Miss Hongcui's affairs and didn't care about it. I'm idle today, so let's give Mr. Meng some face. ”

Meng Degui thinks about it, there is really nothing to do today. It's better to let them go. So, Xiao Degui nodded and said, "Okay, can you arrange it?" ”

The fat man said happily: "What is there to arrange here, ready-made wine and food." The small one is to ask Mr. Meng. Where are we going to drink? ”

Meng Degui said: "The backyard is cool. I'm afraid that whoever goes to Gege and Miss Hongcui will not look good when they see it. ”

The fat man replied, "Then it's in the antechamber." This courtyard is large, and the pine forest pavilion in the southeast corner is clean and cool, and ordinary people don't go anywhere. When someone asked, the little one replied that the manager went out to do errands and would come back in a while. ”

Meng Degui poked the fat man with his hand and said with a smile: "What did you plan to tell you earlier?" ”

The fat man laughed and said, "Aren't the little ones looking forward to drinking with the manager?" So it took a bit of thought. The manager wants to agree to this, and the little one is ready to go. The steward is here for a while. In a moment, the little one came and asked the manager to come over. ”

Meng Degui nodded and said yes. The fat man ran away with a cigarette and went busy. Meng Degui lay down with some back pain. He stood up again, walked a few steps in the courtyard, and looked at the row of sycamore forests for a while.

There was another rush of footsteps behind him, and Meng Degui looked back and saw that it was Liu San who was guarding the door. At this time, it is already after dinner, who will come to pay a visit at this time? Meng Degui asked, "Who is here again?" No matter who it is, they all replied that Gege had rested and would come back tomorrow morning. ”

Liu San kowtowed and replied: "Back to the general manager, the person who came claimed to be Mencius and said that he was your nephew. The little one doesn't know if it's true or not, so Tete came to tell the manager, whether to let this person in? ”

As soon as he heard the name Mencius, Meng Degui actually got up from the chair and said, "Why did Zixue come?" Where is it? ”

Seeing this, Liu San replied: "It's just outside the door, and the little one will invite him in." ”

Meng Degui said yes and told him to meet him in the tea hall on the west side. At this time, he didn't care about going to the Pine Forest Pavilion to drink. Mencius is the son of his second brother's family, originally lived in Pingyang Mansion, Shanxi, this is not a New Year's Day, what do you do in Beijing? If there is something at home, the second brother should always have a letter from home, why can't he see the letter?

He thought for a moment, but had no clue, so he had to walk towards the tearoom.

The tea room is only on the west side of the gate. After entering the Jinxiulan compound, a corridor to the west is the tea hall. This is the place where Meng Degui usually rests, and occasionally it is used to entertain guests. He walked into the tearoom, and the little servant came over to salute. Degui nodded slightly, and ordered a pot of tea to be made, and then some wine and food were prepared, and they were served immediately. The little guy was busy getting ready to go.

After waiting for a while, I only heard someone outside the door calling the second uncle. Listen to this voice is not a sub-study, who is it? Degui stood up and looked out the door. When night fell, I vaguely saw a figure breaking into the room, and before he could see his appearance, the person who came had already knelt in front of Degui, grabbed Degui's legs, and couldn't cry.

Degui took a closer look, this person was the eldest son of the second brother Meng Dexi's family. Coming to Beijing so late, and being such a wolf, is there something wrong at home?

Degui helped Zi Xue, and said busily: "Zixue, what are you doing?" Is there anything going on at home? ”

Zixue is still crying bitterly. Degui pulled him to the chair under the table and sat down, ordered the servant to serve tea, and asked again. Finally, Zixue stopped sobbing, drank half a cup of tea, sobbed and said, "Second uncle must save his nephew, otherwise his nephew really doesn't want to live." ”

Degui was surprised: "What is the reason why it has come to such a point?" You sue the second uncle, if you can do it or not, the second uncle will always help you. ”

Zixue said: "Second uncle, do you know that your nephew failed in the government examination this year? ”

Degui nodded and said, "I heard what your father said." This is not a big deal, but if you take the exam again next year, will you be looking for death because of this? It's too unproductive. I know what your grandfather means, I think our family is a slave for generations, and if you want to take a future, you can show it in front of your ancestors, but this kind of thing also depends on fate. ”

Zixue got up and said: "If the second uncle wants to say this, the nephew has no way to live, only one is dead." With that, he drank the remaining half of the tea and resolutely walked out of the tea hall.

Degui was taken aback, stepped forward and grabbed Zixue, and scolded: "Nonsense! If you have come to me, how can I let you die? When I saw your father when I went back, how did the second uncle explain? ”

Zixue earned a few earns, but was finally dragged by Degui. Zixue cried: "What if my nephew is unjust and can't die? ”

Degui said comfortingly: "What grievances do you have, let's sit down and talk about it, can you solve the matter by making such a fuss?" ”

Zixue is quieter when he listens to this. Degui half-dragged him on the chair again, and ordered the servant to put the wine and food on the table. Degui sat on the opposite side of Zixue and said, "Let's have two drinks today, if you have anything that doesn't go well, just tell the second uncle." The second uncle always gives you an explanation. ”

Zixue came all the way from Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi, and he was depressed along the way, and he couldn't care about eating and drinking. Degui first persuaded Zixue to drink three glasses of wine, and was about to inquire about the details, when he suddenly heard the fat man say: "The little one has prepared wine and food in the Songlin Pavilion earlier, just waiting for Mr. Meng to come over." ”

Degui is about to learn from his mind, where can he take care of going to the Pine Forest Pavilion to drink again? I have to say that there is something to do, drink it another day, and send the fat child away first.

At this time, Zixue had already drunk five glasses by himself, and as soon as the strength of the wine arrived, his feelings became more and more uncontrollable, and he said loudly: "Second uncle, do you know that your nephew was killed?" Damn Gao Wenhan, blatantly selling joints and causing his nephew to fail the exam. Second uncle, do you say that your nephew is wronged? My nephew studied hard for six years, just for this year's government exam, but how do you know that because he didn't bribe the prefect to pass the exam, is there such an unfair thing in the world? ”

Degui was taken aback and asked, "What did you say?" The prefect examiner buys and sells the joints of the examination room? Do you have proof in your hands? ”

Mencius learned to shoot the case and said: "Although there is no empirical evidence in the hands of my nephew, who in the entire Pingyang Mansion does not know about this matter? The nephew thought to himself that he was full of money, and there was no such thing as falling off the list. But that damn Gao Wenhan didn't take the public law of the court in his eyes at all. His nephew had also come to the house to reason with him, but he instructed the yacha to beat his nephew with twenty boards, and then carried him and threw him out. The nephew was angry, so he went home to tell his father, hoping to vent this evil breath for the child. The father was timid and afraid, so he let his nephew endure it and wait for the next year to take the exam. The nephew was so angry that he became seriously ill, and it was not until the beginning of this month that his nephew's illness was considered to be cured. The nephew said in his heart, Gao Wenhan will not be removed, all the scholars in Pingyang Mansion are afraid that it will be difficult to get ahead, and the nephew will come to ask the second uncle to see if the second uncle has any good methods. ”

Degui slowly sipped a glass of wine, ate two chopsticks and bamboo shoots, thought about it, and said: "There are also different preferences for examiners, you can't say that your article is not in the eyes of the examiner, just say that the examiner is bribed, right?" ”

Degui said this lightly, but it made Mencius more and more angry, and shouted loudly: "Even if my nephew's article is not as good as his magic eye, but the big fool of Su who tried the same test, he didn't even know how to get on the list without knowing a few strokes of Su Zi?" It's not because his family has some stinky money. ”

Degui said: "I can't allow you to do this, I'll ask Qing Gege early tomorrow morning to see what she says." Otherwise, just you and I will not be able to get the court officials. You're tired from running around for days, so I'll let the little guy arrange a room for you, and you live first. It's just that Jinxiulan can't compare to our Pingyang Mansion, and I can't accept your violent son, if you cause trouble, even if it's the second uncle, I can't tolerate you. ”

Mencius learned to thank the second uncle first. After that, the two talked some more homely words, and after drinking for a while, the wine dispersed.

Nothing was said all night. Early the next morning, Degui had to go to the backyard to greet Gege as usual. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Degui carefully told Gege about the doctrine of his nephew Mencius. (To be continued......)