The people in the hall saw that someone was talking at the door, so they didn't want to move, because since the lord and the lady left, no one came to the house, and it was very deserted.

The two subordinates looked at it, their eyes lit up, and they couldn't help wiping their eyes, and then they looked closely, and when there was indeed their own master standing at the door, they all rushed to get up and run forward to greet them.

"Master, you're back, why are you back?"

"What do you say, this is our master's home, and the master can come back whenever he wants?"

"I mean..."

Meng Tianchu smiled: "That's it, that's it, don't talk about it, I'm just coming back to see you, are you all okay?" ”

When the two subordinates heard Meng Tianchu say that they came back to see them, they were immediately grateful, and the two of them nodded and said yes. Meng Tianchu was also a little moved, and a few people entered the door while talking, and suddenly there was a muffled thunder outside the sky, it seemed that the rain was really coming.

Entering the yard, in fact, everything was not as bad as Meng Tianchu imagined, as if everything was still the same as before, at least the flowers in the garden seemed to bloom better, and the osmanthus trees and magnolia trees planted by Feiyan last year seemed to be taller, but they did not have the meaning of flowering.

Most of the remaining maids were idle and bored, hiding in the shady corridor or under the gazebo to nap, chat and embroider, the sky had suddenly become cloudy, dark clouds, the wind blew the largest weeping willow in the garden is rattling, Meng Tianchu stood in the middle of the courtyard, stretched a long waist, and roared, in fact, it was not to attract everyone's attention, but a kind of catharsis, he felt that this roar, his heart was much more comfortable.

Everyone turned around or raised their heads, and they all quickly got up and walked quickly in the direction of Meng Tianchu, Meng Tianchu greeted everyone with a smile, and everyone also called out to the master cordially and respectfully.

Lao He Tou is also among them. smiled and said, "Master, why do you have time to come back today?" ”

Meng Tianchu said as he walked: "I was doing something in the county office, it happened to be raining, Xiaonuo and Tu Long said that they couldn't go back to the governor's mansion anyway, so we came over to have a look." ”

Lao He said happily: "That relationship is good, or I won't go back today." The old slave asked the kitchen to cook a few small dishes for the master, and you still sat in the back garden and drank some wine? ”

Lao Hetou's words really made Meng Tianchu a little tempted, and when he was hesitating, Lao He Tou said again: "You don't know, after you and your wife left in the back garden, we packed up and came out, don't you like to eat plums and watermelons." We are going to plant some of our own next year, and we have already told the foreman that he will simply free up a vacant land for you to grow some vegetables and fruits that you and your wife like to eat. Isn't it fragrant to grow your own food? We've planted some moons in that open space now, and they're growing well, so go and see, and I'll let the kitchen prepare something for you." ”

Xiaonuo: "I think Brother Meng or we won't leave, and let Lao He Tou go back and say it later, I haven't come out for a long time." It's good to come out and have a look, and besides, it's rare for you to come back. Everyone misses you, if you leave, won't everyone be disappointed? ”

Lao He Tou said yes again and again, Meng Tianchu smiled and nodded, and Lao He Tou saw Meng Tianchu nodding. Happy to go to work. Tu Long called back Lao He Tou and asked him to call Chai Meng when he sent someone to deliver the message. It was mainly a number of helpers, and Lao He left in response, and quickly found a subordinate to go to the governor's palace to report the news.

Meng Tianchu took Xiaonuo and Slayer Dragon to the back garden, and sure enough, the lotus flowers in the pond were still blooming, even more delicate than before leaving, it seemed that Lao He Tou was really dedicated to this courtyard.

Meng Tianchu saw at a glance the open space where Lao He Tou said, the area was not small, although the moon season inside was not tall, but they were all competing to open, red, white, pink, purple red, yellow, intersecting among them, it looked really good.

The three of them went up to the pavilion and sat down, and the maid and the servant quickly brought tea, snacks and fruits.

Xiao Nuo found a place next to the pillar and sat down, leaning comfortably on the master, his eyes slightly closed, and a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, looking very comfortable.

Meng Tianchu and Tulong were drinking tea, talking casually, the breeze was blowing the flowers and plants outside the pavilion, Meng Tianchu felt that he was already getting drunk before he could drink.

Xiao Nuo said lazily: "Brother Meng, do you have a feeling of relief now?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "No"

Xiaonuo: "I have, I think at least two cases have been closed, and if there is progress, it is worth being happy." ”

Meng Tianchu: "People should not be satisfied with the present, but must continue to make progress so that they will not fall behind." ”

Xiaonuo said disdainfully: "I don't agree, we have to see our own success and not get carried away, we have to spur ourselves at any time, I think you are always so tight, what fun is there in a person's life?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Slaying the dragon, you can tell me, is it me or Xiaonuo is right." ”

Dragon Slayer smiled and said, "I can't afford to mess with either of you, I don't express any opinions." ”

Xiaonuo: "Slaying the dragon, you are so sophisticated, we are just joking, don't care." ”

Slaying Dragon pointed to his mouth and said, "This thing sometimes kills people, you know?" ”

Xiaonuo: "I don't know. ”

After slaying the dragon and taking a sip of tea, Xiao Nuo asked Meng Tianchu to throw a peach for himself, Xiao Nuo took a sip, the juice overflowed from the corners of his mouth, and he felt very sweet, Xiao Nuo's eyes narrowed when he ate it, and he looked very cute.

Slaying the dragon: "As the saying goes, disaster comes from the mouth, and if you say too much, you will lose, you know?" ”

Xiaonuo: "It's not a bad thing to be cautious, but a man seems to be a little timid like this." ”

Slaying the dragon laughed a few times and said, "Men are also people, what do you say, princess?" ”

After all, Xiaonuo was not deeply involved in the world, and she still couldn't understand some of the half-cut words, so she had to shrug her shoulders and smile.

Xiaonuo looked at the sky and said, "Why doesn't it rain when there is thunder this day?" It's suffocating. ”

Meng Tianchu also looked up and said, "It's fast, it's okay if you don't go down now, I'm afraid that Chai Meng will not be able to walk on the road." ”

Xiaonuo: "Brother Meng, it's not that I'm talking about you, you're just too good to people, this is an advantage." But sometimes it's also a big drawback, especially in officialdom, what do you say, slaying dragons? ”

Slaying the dragon smiled and said, "You say, just listen to it." Don't ask me, I don't know anything about officialdom, but Miss Xiaonuo has been in the eunuch's house, and I think what she said still has some truth. ”

Xiao Nuo saw that the dragon slayer agreed with his opinion, so he said with some pride: "You are good to your family, good to your friends, and good to your subordinates." There's nothing wrong with that, but it's good to keep it in your heart and don't reveal it easily. The deeper you hide, the less people can guess what you're thinking. ”

Meng Tianchu laughed, and suddenly stood up, Xiao Nuo saw that Meng Tianchu was still happy, and suddenly stopped laughing, thinking that he had said too much, after all, people are also officials now. There are also subordinates and maids around you, are you a little embarrassed?

Thinking of this, Xiao Nuo also hurriedly got up. He was still holding a half-eaten peach in his hand, and looked at Meng Tianchu a little nervously.

Meng Tianchu said: "When was the old man giving away his nails that day? Xiaonuo: "The day before yesterday, it was just that." ”

Meng Tianchu: "I'm asking what day it is?" ”

Dragon Slayer hurriedly said, "Fifteen. ”

Meng Tianchu's expression suddenly became solemn, and he said, "Xiaonuo's words just now reminded me, and your father also reminded me last time, let me bypass that dead end to think about the problem." I was thinking. What is my dead end, now I know. The reason why the murderer who killed the grandson of the Zhao family has not been found is not how deep he hid, but that we thought he was hiding deeply. ”

Xiao Nuo and Slaying Dragon looked at each other, not knowing what Meng Tianchu was talking about.

Meng Tianchu sat down again, called a maid, and said, "Go and find me the foreman on the construction site, and then call me Lao Hetou." ”

The maid hurriedly went, Meng Tianchu dipped the tea in the cup with a chopstick, and then drew a circle on the table, Xiaonuo quickly summarized the things on the table, and made some room for Meng Tianchu to write, at this time, he couldn't disturb him, lest his train of thought be broken, and it would not be so easy to think about it again.

Meng Tianchu was writing and drawing on the table, and Xiao Nuo and Tu Long didn't know what he was drawing when they saw him on the side, and he was still muttering words in his mouth.

Lao He Tou and the foreman on the construction site soon came, standing tremblingly under the gazebo, the maid was about to report, Xiaonuo hurriedly waved his hand, signaling them not to speak first, Meng Tianchu turned his back to them, Xiaonuo thought that Meng Tianchu didn't know, who thought he would stop the chopsticks in his hand and said, "You guys are here?" ”

Old He and the foreman hurriedly nodded and said yes.

Meng Tianchu turned around slowly and looked at Lao He Tou and a shirtless middle-aged man standing next to him, his skin was dark, but his teeth were still white.

Meng Tianchu: "You are the foreman on the construction site?" ”

"If you go back to the adult, the small one is the foreman on this construction site."

Meng Tianchu: "The day before yesterday, Lao He Tou brought me a good thing, did you also see the ground at that time?" ”

The foreman is a rough man, and he snorted, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but fortunately, Meng Tianchu was a person from the modern past, and he was broad-minded, and there was not so much red tape to pay attention to.

"Phew, that's still a good thing, it completely ruined my interest in drinking with Brother He, and now these people who open restaurants are not good things, everything is thrown into the dishes, and yesterday I took my brother to ask for money for my dishes."

Meng Tianchu sighed with interest and said, "Then when you go, what did the restaurant owner say, did you give you the money?" ”

The foreman said indignantly: "At first, they didn't give it to us, but then they saw that we were going to smash their things, so they were afraid, and they said a few good words to us, and then paid us the money." ”

Meng Tianchu: When will we go to that store to have a look.

The foreman waved his hand again and again, and said, "My lord, you still don't go, that shop is small and dirty, where is a noble person like you going?" Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "It's not in the way, let's just go and have a look, by the way, is Chai Meng here?" ”

"My lord, I'm here."

As he spoke, he saw Chai Meng come over with a smile and a jar in his hand.

Meng Tianchu: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived." ”

Chai Meng smiled and said, "I'm hurrying, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with the delicious food and drink here, my lord." You see, I also brought you your jar of osmanthus wine. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled: "Haha, Chai Meng still understands me." ”

Chai Meng: "It's not that I understand you, but the fourth lady understands you, she heard that we were going to stay here tonight, so she said that you can't do without wine." He said that he was the wine of the house, and no one knew that the jar was brewed and drinkable, so he asked me to bring it to you, saying that if the jar was drunk, it would not be enough to make up for it with other wine in the house. ”

Everyone laughed when they heard Chai Meng's words, and Xiaonuo: "I think the fourth lady is really considerate to Brother Meng." Brother Meng is really a blessing, the four ladies are all so good to you, and they are not as jealous as the three wives and four concubines in other people's families. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled proudly. Said: "That's it, you guys retreat first, today we only drink, don't talk about things, every time the wine has not yet reached the mouth, things are coming, it's really disappointing." Today, I really left everything behind, and I must have a good drink. ”

Lao Hetou: "Master, the dishes will come up immediately." Are you eating here, or..."

Xiaonuo: "You don't need to ask him about this, I'll be sure, it's best here, there are flowers and wine." There is wind and moon. What a feeling. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Yes." Yes, yes, this is good to listen to, I think it is, anyway, it's just the four of us, and we don't need such a big place. ”

Soon, the kitchen sent some exquisite appetizing side dishes one by one, and Meng Tianchu and the others also set up a posture, ready to get drunk.

Chai Meng opened the wine jar, and everyone immediately smelled an attractive fragrance, like the fragrance of wine, but with a strong fragrance of osmanthus, which made people intoxicated.

Xiaonuo stepped forward, first sniffed it, and then saw Chai Meng pour the wine into the glass cup, it was amber, and everyone couldn't help but be surprised.

Slaying the dragon: "It's clearly osmanthus wine, how is it so colored, the osmanthus wine I drank in the past is either colorless or light yellow, how can this wine be such a color today?" ”

Meng Tianchu also felt strange, so he stepped forward to take a look, and saw that there was no turbidity in the wine, and it was crystal clear when poured into the glass, which was very beautiful, some like the color of wine.

Meng Tianchu picked up the cup, smelled it well, there was no peculiar smell, and was about to come to his mouth to taste it, only to see the dragon slayer quickly snatch Meng Tianchu's cup down, and said, "Wait!" ”

Meng Tianchu saw that most of the wine was spilled on the table and on his hands, and he didn't feel pity, and said: "It's just a water wine made by ordinary people themselves, don't be surprised, you see it's all spilled, it's a pity." ”

Slaying the dragon said righteously: "My lord, forgive the slaying dragon for being rude, I think it's better to be cautious." ”

Xiao Nuo took advantage of the fact that he was not paying attention to the dragon slaying and dipped a little of his hand into his mouth, and was overjoyed, and said, "It's so sweet, did you put honey?" ”

Meng Tianchu saw Xiaonuo's expression, smiled, and said, "Look, someone can't wait, I think there should be nothing to do, let me taste it too." ”

Chai Meng smiled and said: "Brother Slayer Dragon, Meng Ye is the most calm on weekdays, but he can't do it when he encounters wine, this is our uncle's weakness!" ”

Meng Tianchu took a sip, and it was really sweet and refreshing.

Meng Tianchu: "I think in addition to osmanthus, there are probably some other things in this wine, the taste is really unusual, when will I take Feiyan to the door to learn the scriptures, let Feiyan also make me some such wine to drink." ”

Dragon Slayer: "In this way, I think I'll take a sip first, if it's non-toxic, it's not too late for you to say more." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled: "No, I have already sprinkled a cup for me, you still have to drink more, but I won't do it, I won't give you more drink, besides, if it's really poisonous, what if it's chronic?" I can't wait until after you have a seizure, I can't wait, whatever, let me do something with people's kindness, I was just a master at the time, so there was no need to harm me. ”

Slaying the dragon was helpless, so he had to agree with a wry smile.

The sky has completely darkened, but the back garden is still *** bright, and more than a dozen red lanterns are hanging high on the trees.

I thought it would rain, but after a few muffled thunders, there was no movement, and the wind was still blowing gently over their heads, Meng Tianchu and the four of them not only killed a jar of wine brought by Chai Meng, but also drank three jars of osmanthus wine at home.

Meng Tianchu was a little drunk, holding his cheeks with one hand, he looked at Xiaonuo, Tu Long and Chai Meng drunkenly, and said with a smile: "I only know now that the land I met is a huge number of people, to... I won't drink with you in the future, you can drink too much, people used to fall, I haven't felt it yet, why can't I do it today, you haven't fallen yet? Especially Xiaonuo, at such a young age, I am really impressed to have such a amount of alcohol! ”

Xiaonuo was actually a little drunk, but she was still a little short of falling, she staggered to her feet, and her speech was a little slurred, but fortunately, there was a maid waiting by her side, so she hurriedly held on.

"Hee-hee, how about I give everyone a dance?"

Meng Tianchu was chewing fruit in his mouth, and when he heard it, he immediately sprayed Chai Meng on the other side, Chai Meng was stunned for a moment, suddenly understood, and laughed wildly.