Where is Ke Gan willing to give up, he has been in the officialdom for so many years, he naturally knows that it is not the Criminal Department that can be killed if he says that he can be killed, Long Live Lord has to personally review the case of the Criminal Department's decision to cut off his head every year, although there will be no changes under normal circumstances, but this time this case is different, Long Live Lord knew not to say it before, and also asked Cheng Ziyi and Meng Tianchu's opinions, if Long Live Lord thinks they are reasonable, then the opinion of the Criminal Department will naturally not pass, and if He Ding can't die at that time, Wu Zhe's stubborn old man said in a fit of anger that he had given him five hundred taels of silver, so he didn't dare to think about it anymore. But Cheng Ziyi is now not only the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, but also the old man of Long Live Lord, after that Xiao Wei entered the palace, I heard that even Queen Zhang felt threatened, Long Live Lord is favor to Xiao Wei, this Cheng Ziyi himself is also offended, and then think about this Meng Tianchu, although he has always looked down on him at all, a little master who is not a fart, just because he saved Xiao Yi's life, now he can stand on his head and proudly, but last time he originally wanted to give Meng Tianchu a dismount in front of the hundred officials in Hangzhou, Who would have thought that this kid still has some ability to wait unhurriedly for the people around the Long Live Lord to come to the rescue, obviously to look good for himself, now the officials in Hangzhou are thinking about Fa'er approaching the newly appointed prefect behind their backs, if it weren't for Meng Tianchu living in the Governor's Mansion now, probably the door of the Meng family would have collapsed long ago, and these two people can't be offended, thinking of this, Ke Qian had an idea in his heart. "Lord Cheng, Lord Meng, this Yang Sanniang beats the drum and complains in the government every day, I also asked for the opinion of Lord Cai Zhao Cai at that time, this case is indeed a bit tricky, I was also a little wavering at the beginning, thinking that the criminal department..., hehe, who wants. However, since the Long Live Lord thinks that the opinions of Lord Cheng and Lord Meng are reasonable, I think that He Ding can still be saved. ”

When Yang Sanniang heard this, she suddenly felt a glimmer of hope, struggled to get up, and said to Meng Tianchu: "Lord Meng, I want to go to Beijing to sue the emperor." ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Cheng Ziyi. The two of them glanced at each other knowingly, and Meng Tianchu said: "Sanniang, if this case enters Beijing, it will not be good for Master Ke to know the story behind your imperial court, and I and Master Ke are now officials in the same dynasty, I will say a good word for Lord Ke in front of you today, or will this matter be handed over to Lord Ke?" ”

When Ke Qian heard this, he hurriedly said: "Master Meng is thoughtful, I still have to handle this matter, I will tomorrow, oh." No, I will revise a letter to the Criminal Department today, saying that there are new discoveries in the evidence of this case, and I hope that it can be retried. ”

At this time, Ke Qian couldn't care about Wu Zhe's silver, so he hurriedly asked people to return the silver to Wu Zhe tonight, and now it seems that the sky in Hangzhou is about to change, and he is no longer covering the sky with one hand. It's time to call for the wind and rain.

Meng Tianchu said to Yang Sanniang: "Why don't you hurry up and thank Master Ke?" ”

Yang Sanniang understood, and quickly kowtowed to Ke Gan, Ke Gan had a stomach full of bitter water, and he had to pretend to be a hanging pot to help the world on his face, and sent Yang Sanniang and Liu Er away, Cheng Ziyi naturally praised Ke Gan in front of all the officials, Ke Gan couldn't cry or laugh, and invited everyone into the house, and on the way Cheng Ziyi whispered to Meng Tianchu: "It won't be such a coincidence, right?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled but didn't answer, and Cheng Ziyi said, "How can you thank me?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Thank you, sir." You can thank you as much as you want. ”

After Cheng Ziyi laughed twice, he walked forward, but Meng Tianchu couldn't help but think of Xiaonuo's entrustment in his heart, but he was a little heavy.

The rain that had been waiting for a long time finally poured down, and the weather suddenly cooled down, and the banquet that was originally set up in the garden had to be changed to the hall where Meng Tianchu was eating on the first day, it was still the main table, and he was still sitting next to Cheng Ziyi and Jian Qi, but this time, Meng Tianchu was very calm. Sitting outside the window and listening to the rain hitting the plantains, the jokes are ridiculous in life, and in the staggered cups, listening to the officials slapping horses and flattering in their ears, this is the so-called man's career. Meng Tianchu was not fluttering. Because he didn't drink his favorite bayberry and osmanthus wine, and he didn't eat Feiyan to make a braised lion head by himself. There were people with masks in front of him, all with smiles, and everyone had honey on their mouths, but he still wanted to go home, like a child who went away for the first time, and he found that he had no sense of belonging.

Everyone seemed to be a little drunk, Ke Gan lost no time in calling some courtesans and said that they were here to dance and have fun, but it was just to have some fun for these men who had drunk a little wine, Meng Tianchu got up, Ke Gan pretended to care, Meng Tianchu pretended to be slightly drunk, looked at Ke Gan drunkenly, and said inarticulate that he was going to go to Ke Qian's garden, Ke Gan said that it was still raining outside, Meng Tianchu took an umbrella when the people were delivering food, and walked out of the door, Ke Gan didn't ask the people to follow, saying that he was going to let Meng Tianchu be alone, In fact, I wish Meng Tianchu had slipped on the road in the rain, and he fell into his own pond to feed the fish.

Jiangnan recalls, the most memorable is Hangzhou. Looking for Guizi in the middle of the mountain temple in the month, and looking at the tide on the pillow of the county pavilion....

Meng Tianchu walked out of the front yard alone, came to the backyard alone, saw the residual lotus in the pond fluttering, during which there were few red carp shuttling here, the rain was still falling, falling into the pond in a trickle, the road was lined with weeping willows and some low shrubs, flowers and plants were not common, it seemed that Ke Qian was not an elegant person, the back garden was actually quite large, but in addition to some rockeries and pavilions, only the pink of this pool could be embellished.

The rain is still falling, but it is not very heavy, Meng Tianchu came to a pavilion and wanted to sit down, but the pavilion was already wet, he didn't want to go back, those men who were sanctimonious on weekdays are now just some obscene disciples, beautiful women are in their arms, and there is good wine to accompany them, life is probably a kind of happiness.

"Lord Meng."

Meng Tianchu turned his head and saw that it was a little maid who was waiting by his side just now, standing timidly not far away, holding a bamboo umbrella, "Is there something wrong?" Meng Tianchu thought that this maid had probably been following behind him.

"No, nothing, the butler asked me to come and see you, worried that you were drunk."

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "I'm not drunk, you go back, it's raining so much, don't get wet." ”

The maid paused and did not leave, but said, "Why don't you go to the gazebo in front of you and sit down." The gazebo had a screen, and the stools must not have been wet, so they should be able to sit on. ”

Meng Tianchu nodded, only to see that the little maid did not speak, and walked in front to lead the way first, and sure enough, it was only more than ten meters away. There was a pavilion with a screen, and Meng Tianchu found that the maid was still carrying a food box, and when she put it on the table, it turned out to be a pot of tea, a teacup, and some snacks.

Meng Tianchu sat down with a smile and said, "You Lord Ke are really careful!" ”

The little maid whispered: "It's not our Lord Ke, it's the housekeeper who asked me to bring it to you, this is the tea for decanting, and the dim sum was brought by the slave maid on her own initiative, seeing that you didn't eat anything just now." ”

Meng Tianchu was a little moved. Although this Ke Qiandi person is not very good, there are still some subordinates and maids who know the cold and warmth, which is really not easy.

"It's really hard for you, you go and go on your own place, I'll just sit here."

The maid nodded and said, "The slave has never seen an easy-going adult like you, don't be polite to the slave." This is my business, since you want to be alone for a while, then the slave maid will come once in half an hour and bring you some tea and snacks

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Go ahead." ”

The maid walked away with broken steps, Meng Tianchu took a sip of tea, and found that it was extremely sweet, and there was some slight sourness mixed in the middle, like hawthorn and roses concocted, it seems that this Ke Gan's housekeeper is still a person with a heart.

Pick up another thing that looks like a peach cake. There is also some taste of roses in the taste, soft and melt in the mouth, Meng Tianchu couldn't help but admire, I ate two in a row, in such weather, there is already some fog on the pond, and you can vaguely see cormorants or white cranes flying over once or twice, the surroundings are very quiet, only the sound of the wind, only the color of some flowers is missing. There is only a lot of ground in the pool.

Meng Tianchu held his cheek with one hand and closed his eyes slightly, as if he was sleeping, no one came to disturb him, and his thoughts could gallop freely.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise behind the rockery not far away, and Meng Tianchu was disturbed by the sound. He opened his eyes. I don't know when the rain has been very small, but the fog on the pond fills the entire back garden. People seem to be walking in the clouds, there is a feeling as if in a dream, Meng Tianchu walked lightly to the rockery, before he got closer, he suddenly saw a woman of the same age as himself coming out from behind the rockery, dressed in purple, with a very beautiful appearance, really like a pearl faint, beautiful jade shining, and there was a faint breath of book between his eyebrows. Just saw Meng Tianchu, his expression was suddenly a little panicked, he quickly raised his hand to cover his face with wide sleeves, hurried past Meng Tianchu, and quickly disappeared into the mist, Meng Tianchu thought that he was dazzled, and met the goddess of heaven, and was about to ** eyes, and suddenly found that there was a champa in the grass behind the rockery that was exactly the same color as the woman's clothes, Meng Tianchu picked it up, only to see that there was just a butterfly on it, and there was no other pattern, which was the most common pattern in the women's handpa.

Meng Tianchu was wondering with the champa, and suddenly someone behind him was talking, Meng Tianchu took the opportunity to put the champa in his arms, turned around, and saw that it was the little maid just now, looking at himself with a smile, and said: "My lord, it's foggy, our lord asked you to go back, saying that after the heavy rain, it is not appropriate to stay in the fog, and I am worried that I will get leg disease when I am old." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and nodded, didn't say anything, looked back at the rockery, and thought to himself that such a pretty woman was hiding from the rain under this rockery on a rainy day? But looking at the dress, it shouldn't be a subordinate, is it Ke Qian's concubine?

Meng Tianchu was guessing, and Xiao Yahuan was urging again, so Meng Tianchu had no choice but to leave.

Coming out of Ke Gan's house, Meng Tianchu returned home alone, and met Cheng Ziyi's housekeeper at the door, only to know that Cheng Ziyi thought he had gone home, so he came back one step ahead of schedule, this Ke Gan's family banquet was really boring, but this was also entertainment, and when he thought that there would be more and more such boring entertainment in the future, he couldn't help but be a little afraid. I wanted to go to Xiaonuo, but I was worried that she would look at her face, and besides, if I asked about what she told, I didn't do it well, but thinking of this, I still turned around and entered the East Courtyard, and then I didn't go out for a day until dawn the next day.

The next day, Meng Tianchu had a good night's sleep, and when he woke up, Feiyan had already put the soy milk at the head of the bed and put some ice cubes, which was very sweet and refreshing.

"Swallows. Swallows..."

Feiyan really rushed into the door like a little swallow, then closed the door and said, "Tianchu, you woke up, I saw that you slept so soundly, I couldn't bear to wake you up." Is soy milk delicious? ”

Meng Tianchu pulled Feiyan into his arms, and kissed Feiyan on the small mouth without saying anything.

"People think that as soon as I wake up, I can see a little beauty lying in my arms and coquettish for me, every time you are like this, as soon as I wake up, you are already up, it is not interesting at all."

Feiyan smiled and secretly said in Meng Tianchu's ear, "Didn't you tire you out last night?" ”

Meng Tianchu pressed Feiyan under him and said, "How can I be tired? ”

Feiyan giggled and said, "Okay, you don't feel sorry for your own body. I'm still distressed, Sister Fengyi often says, we all have to be temperate, because you are the four of us. ”

Meng Tianchu: "No shame, are the four of you talking about this together?" ”

Feiyan's face turned red all of a sudden, and said, "Who said it, it's just that we feel sorry for you Meng Tianchu: "I know." But I want it now, hehe, isn't it..."

Feiyan was even more embarrassed, struggling and begging: "Get up, Miss Xiaonuo has been here for a long time, since you are up, hurry up and get dressed." ”

When Meng Tianchu heard this, he said, "What's the matter, is Xiaonuo here?" ”

Feiyan took the opportunity to get up and said, "What about the breakfast we still have here?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "She's not in the mood, right?" ”

Feiyan looked at Meng Tianchu. "What do you want to ask?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, you go, I don't want to ask anything." ”

Feiyan didn't leave, sat down beside Meng Tianchu, and asked solemnly, "Tianchu, can I ask you a word?" ”

Meng Tianchu said while getting dressed: "Yes, it's total, what do you want to ask?" ”

Feiyan thought for a moment, stood up, and said, "Forget it." I still don't ask. ”

Meng Tianchu grabbed Feiyan and said, "Why are you the same as Jiayin recently, you can say whatever you want, we can't be honest with each other, what's the point?" ”

Feiyan sat down again. Said: "Tianchu." How many women do you have to love before you stop? ”

Meng Tianchu was a little stunned, but thought about it again. After all, Feiyan and Jiayin are different, and Jiayin is much more tactful in this question, but the two people have similar meanings, and Feiyan's personality is still like this, so it is not strange to ask such a question.

"You think I'm in love with Xiaonuo?"

Feiyan: "I'll ask you a question, you answer it first, I'll talk about it." ”

Meng Tianchu: "I can't answer your question. ”

This time it was Feiyan's turn to be stunned, looked at Meng Tianchu in surprise, and said, "Could it be that you will love for a lifetime if you live for a lifetime?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "I didn't say that? ”

Feiyan: "Then why can't you answer my question?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Because you are already doubting my sincerity, then my answer has no meaning at all." ”

Feiyan hasn't read any books, and she can't be reasonable about Meng Tianchu, the birthplace of her former master, but she still said: "I know I can't talk about you, but you promised us that you won't marry again except for Xue Xue, and now Xue Xue has been keeping filial piety at home for a year, in order not to bring bad luck to you, so I can't see you, but you can't either..."

Meng Tianchu: "Feiyan, where do you think of it, I just regard Xiaonuo as my own little sister, and she won't like me, you know?" ”

Feiyan didn't speak, got up and walked to the door, then turned around, looked at Meng Tianchu, and said, "Actually, if you want to marry again, it's not me, the concubine, who should say the land, but..., forget it, I'm leaving." With that, he opened the door and walked out, then closed the door.

Meng Tianchu sat on the bed in a daze, thought about it, and finally smiled bitterly and walked out of bed.

After packing up and walking out of the door, Lao Yuan saw a subordinate hurriedly walking towards him, walked to him and bowed first, and then took out a letter from his arms, Meng Tianchu said: "This can't be another invitation, right?" ”

Subordinate: "Back to the master's words, exactly." ”

Meng Tianchu patted his head and said bitterly: "Spare me, do these officials only need to eat and drink a day, and they can be promoted and make a fortune without doing anything?" ”

happened to slay the dragon passing by, and when he heard Meng Tianchu's words, he smiled and said, "My lord, this is the beginning, why is it already so painful?" ”

Meng Tianchu waved his hand and said, "No matter who invited me, they gave me back one by one, just saying that I had a headache and didn't want to go anywhere." ”

The subordinate was about to turn around, but the dragon slayer stopped the subordinate, took the letter in the subordinate's hand and handed it to Meng Tianchu, and said: "My lord, you take a look at who it is first, now that you are a new official, no one can offend, yesterday you went to Lord Ke, what if it is Jian Qi or Song Yuanqiao today?" Wouldn't it be wrong for you not to go? ”