Early in the morning of the fourth day of the first lunar month.

Meng Tianchu drank a few more glasses in Song Yuanqiao's house the first night, and when he brought a few people to pick up Meng Tianchu, Meng Tianchu walked a little unsteadily, he didn't think there was anything bad about the New Year, but now he knows that the New Year is not good, except for the children who are happy, adults are spent in hard work and hard work, Meng Tianchu is also, he has been playing drunk boxing for several days, and there is a time when he gets up early in the morning, there is already a sedan chair or carriage waiting outside, and it is not good not to go, sometimes there are three places in a day, This is what made Meng Tianchu tossed, filled with a stomach full of good wine, but did not eat a few mouthfuls of food, and when he thought of the millet porridge that Feiyan boiled, Meng Tianchu's saliva came out.

Meng Tianchu woke up, only to find that it was in Xiaonuo's room, but Xiaonuo was no longer in bed, Meng Tianchu boringly called the maid to come in and wait for him to change clothes and wash, and when he was washing his face, he walked in with a smile on his ears, first respectfully gave Meng Tianchu a salute, and then got Meng Tianchu's permission, then straightened up and said softly: "Master, did you sleep well?" ”

Meng Tianchu threw the handkerchief into the basin, and a maid hurriedly put the coat on Meng Tianchu, Meng Tianchu snorted and said, "Where did the sixth lady go so early?" ”

Ear: "Master, what time do you see, and you still say it's early?" Several ladies went to the Niangniang Temple, and took the young master and young lady with them. ”

Meng Tianchu walked to the door, the sky was gloomy, as if it was going to snow, and said, "What is the god at this time, I can't see what time it is." ”

Ear walked to Meng Tianchu's side, carefully and quickly straightened out the folds on the side of the padded jacket, and then said: "It's three o'clock in the afternoon, and Ear is worried that you are hungry." So come and see, whoever wants to be a slave as soon as they come, you get up. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "It's really quiet today." ”

Ear hurriedly said: "Someone came to invite early in the morning, there are three, saying that you answered them one by one last night, the slave pondered, the master slept so soundly, and dared to discuss it with the eldest lady." It's all back, saying that you went to the grave before dawn, and today is a quasi-non-return, so they just left, and the slave wants you to rest more. ”

Meng Tianchu saw that his ears were frightened, and he was afraid that he would blame him, so he smiled and said, "You are for my good, and you have also been approved by the eldest lady." Of course, I don't blame you, but I'll tell you about things like this in the future. ”

Ear hurriedly replied: "Yes, sir, the slave will no longer dare to call the shots." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, you go down." ”

Ear nodded. Retreated.

Meng Tianchu got dressed and walked out of the door. Seeing a woman in a flower jacket walking past the front yard, walking in a hurry, Meng Tianchu said to the people on the side: "Who is that person who passed by just now?" ”

The maid looked at it and said, "Miss Lin." ”

Meng Tianchu: "No, you are wrong, where is Miss Lin so fat?" ”

The maid smiled and said, "On the morning of the first day of the new year, I fell down the steps from the time I was a guest and fell on my waist. A belt made by Miss Liu'er was tied around her waist, so she looked bloated. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then she is still running so fast, why don't you hurry up and catch up with me." ”

When the maid heard this, she hurriedly chased after Lin Ruofan and stopped her.

Meng Tianchu stepped forward and saw Lin Ruofan standing there panting with a red face when he saw Lin Ruofan in the cold.

"Master Meng, is there something to stop me?"

Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "Ruofan." I heard that your back hurts. What are you doing running so fast? ”

Lin Ruofan smiled with relief and said, "I thought something was wrong." It's out of the way, I'm still busy, if Meng Ye doesn't have anything, I'll leave. ”

Meng Tianchu was about to say something, when his ears came from behind him and said respectfully: "Master, Wang Zhutou is here, saying that he is looking for you for something important." ”

Lin Ruofan hurriedly left, Meng Tianchu had no choice but to turn around and say to his ear: "There will be no New Year's Eve and what else is going on in the Yamen, right?" ”

Ear smiled slightly and said, "Ear didn't dare to ask." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, let's go, let's go and have a look." ”

Wang Yi was standing in the hall, not sitting, and when he saw Meng Tianchu coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "It's time for my lord." ”

Meng Tianchu sighed and said, "I thought there was something that scared me." ”

Ear Zhiqu retreated, Meng Tianchu asked Wang Yi to sit down, and then said: "The second year of junior high school asked you to come to the house, why didn't you come?" ”

Wang Yi: "I came, and I was still received by the housekeeper just now, and that young man was a big ghost and quite clever." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Really? Why didn't I see you? ”

Wang Yi smiled and said, "There were so many people that day, adults may not have noticed me. ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while, didn't speak, and motioned for Wang Yi to drink tea, and after Wang Yi took a sip, he said: "There is one more thing I want to talk to adults, I didn't want to disturb you during the New Year, but you said that you can't delay something, so I came." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Say it." Anyway, I'm idle, and now this New Year's is getting more and more boring..."

Before Meng Tianchu's words were finished, he walked to the door and interrupted Meng Tianchu's words, saying, "Master, Lord Jian Qijian, the political envoy of the right cloth, is here." ”

Wang Yi hurriedly got up with a sigh and said, "Forget it, my lord, I'll retreat first." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said to Wang Yi: "Don't worry, your matter hasn't been finished yet." Then he said to the ear, "Have you asked Lord Jane about something?" ”

Ear: "I asked, but Lord Jian didn't seem to want to say, only said that he brought his daughter over to greet your New Year." ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while and said, "Ear, you ask Master Jian and Miss Jian to sit in the front hall for a while, you go and talk with you, and I will arrive later." ”

The ears went, and Wang Yi said: "My lord, isn't this a little inappropriate?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "What's inappropriate, you say yours, and your ears will naturally deal with it." ”

Wang Yi: "This ear is really good at getting things done. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled indifferently and said, "It's only been a few days since I came, let's take a look." Let's talk about your business first. ”

Wang Yi sat back in the chair, and before he could speak, Jian Ning came, Meng Tianchu smiled and motioned for Jian Ning to come and sit, and then said, "Why are you here?" ”

Jian Ning sat down with a smile, and then said, "That new housekeeper of yours is playing chess with my father, and my father said that I can help out, so I came over to take a look." ”

Meng Tianchu thought to himself, this ear seems to be really capable, he knows everything, smiled, and said, "It's okay, what did the ear say to your father, he wasn't angry, right?" ”

Jian Ning said with a smile: "It was said that the head catcher of the Yamen was coming, and there was something urgent to say, and the adults were going to come over, but the matter was finished immediately, so in order to accompany my father with peace of mind later, I asked the housekeeper to come and talk about it." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said to Wang Yi: "I said don't worry, okay, let's talk about your business." ”

Wang Yi: "It's still that month."

When Meng Tianchu heard this, he was immediately unhappy, thought about it, and said, "I remembered, did she ask you to come and tell me, saying that today is the fourth year of junior high school, and asked Xi if he picked it up?" ”

Wang Yi nodded.

Meng Tianchu was annoyed and said, "This Xi Yue is really capable of even launching your head catcher, why are you willing to speak for her?" ”

Wang Yi hurriedly explained: "My lord, it wasn't her subordinates who spoke for her, she asked a jailer to say it, and the jailer said that Yue'er hadn't eaten since the first day of junior high school and was already dying. ”

Meng Tianchu got up and said, "Don't worry about her, as long as we don't torture her to death, we won't be responsible, she doesn't eat, what can we do?" Let's go, let's go and see Master Jian and Ear play chess, don't worry about that Xi Yue, I'll see what she can toss into. ”

Wang Yi saw that Meng Tianchu said this, and he couldn't say anything more, so he peeked at Jian Ning, and saw that Jian Ning just made a helpless expression.

The three of them got up and went out of the hall and went straight to the side hall.

In the evening, it really snowed heavily with goose feathers, Meng Tianchu continued to play chess after eating with Jian Qi, but Jian Ning talked to Xiaonuo about herself.

Meng Tianchu and Jian Qi were leisurely drinking tea and playing chess in the study, the incense burner in the room put some calming sandalwood, the fragrance was thick, the fire in the stove and brazier baked the room very warm, and some plants in the house were still blooming in the middle of winter, which made people feel very comfortable.

Jian Qiqi fell into a position and said casually: "Tianchu, I don't think it's inappropriate for me to call you like this, right?" ”

Meng Tianchu looked at the chessboard seriously, coping with the next tactic, so he said with a smile: "Lord Jane, when you first met the humble position, wasn't it called like that?" Out of the way, this should be a humble honor. ”

Jian Qi smiled, seeing that Meng Tianchu had already taken a step, he was not in a hurry, he picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, took the lid and gently tapped the edge of the tea bowl, looked at the chessboard and said, "Hmm... I can't see it, Tianchudi chess is very good. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled indifferently, and also picked up his tea bowl to take a sip, and saw that Jian Qi was looking at him meaningfully, so he said, "Master Jian, do you have something to say?" ”

Jian Qi carefully placed the tea bowl on the table, lowered his head to look at his sunspot, Meng Tianchu stopped talking, and after Jian Qi was a long time later, the chess pieces fell, Jian Qi looked up at Meng Tianchu and said: "Tianchu, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, and in private my Ning'er is still the scribe of your mansion..."

Meng Tianchu hurriedly said: "Lord Jane, you can't say what kind of scribe Miss Jian is, it's just that Long Live Lord knows that Miss Jian Bingxue is smart and has the ability to never forget, so he called to help the lowly position, and the daughter of the political envoy will not be a scribe." ”

Jian Qi laughed and said, "Actually, that means that, alas... What do you say, girl? ”