Scar arched his hand and said: "I don't know about it, but I received a secret order, saying that I want to pass through here, so I will wait here in advance, and I hope Lord Meng will forgive me for the rudeness." ”

When Xiao Nuo heard this, he said angrily: "What is rudeness, you are not rude, I think you are rude!" ”

Scar hurriedly knelt down and said to Xiaonuo: "The slave knows that he is wrong, there was also a place to offend Princess Fengyang just now, please ask the princess to forgive me." ”

Xiao Nuo pointed to the scar and said angrily, "You still know my princess! ”

At this time, someone behind him said: "Princess Fengyang is angry." ”

Meng Tianchu and the others turned around to look over, it was Yan Song!

I saw Yan Song dressed as a common person, with a long pipe in his mouth and a hat on his head that shaded the sun, but his fair skin couldn't lie.

Meng Tianchu hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said in surprise: "Lord Yan, why are you here?" ”

Xiao Nuo also stepped forward and said happily: "Didn't I see Lord Yan and Long Live Lord and Sister walking together?" ”

Master Yan smiled and took off the pipe in his mouth and said, "Long live Lord asked me to wait for you here." ”

Tu Long hurriedly took out a few benches from the house, everyone found a shady place to talk, Yan Song retreated, leaving only Meng Tianchu, Xiao Nuo Tu Long and himself here to speak.

Meng Tianchu: "How did the Long Live Lord know that we would pass through here?" ”

Yan Song looked at Meng Tianchu with an unfathomable smile and said, "Aren't you going to find the daughter of Wang Wu who was arrested by you, isn't that from here, is there another way?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "I know, I don't ask why you are waiting here, but..."

Xiaonuo: "Wait, Brother Meng knows, but I still don't understand, Lord Yan." You'll have to tell me. ”

Lord Yan stroked his goatee and said, "But it's just that Long Live Lord asked me and Dragon Slayer to wait for you here, first, I want to leave a caring helper for Lord Meng Tianchu Meng, this Dragon Slayer was selected by the emperor as a dead soldier to train in the palace at the age of six, and now Dragon Slayer is thirty years old." Participated in and completed a lot of tasks, don't look at him tall, but he is very flexible, and he has a lot of knowledge, and he has always followed the side of Long Live Lord. ”

Xiaonuo: "Then why haven't I seen him all this time?" ”

Lord Yan smiled heartily. "He's actually in the Governor's Palace, but you can't see it." I can't see either. After that, the Lord can see it. ”

Xiao Nuo looked at the tall dragon slayer disapprovingly, and said, "You are so tall, where are you hiding, there are so many people in the Governor's Palace, I don't believe that no one has seen you." ”

Dragon Slayer smiled indifferently. said: "The princess will know in the future, this is the task of the slave, long live the lord will not let others see me." Naturally, I won't show up. ”

Xiaonuo: "Is it so amazing? ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, Xiaonuo, don't talk so far, Lord Yan, since you are waiting for us in this garden, and you have acted in such a play, naturally there is a reason for it." ”

Lord Yan nodded and said to Xiaonuo, "Princess, do you know? In addition to apples, there is also a fun place in this garden, you must like it. ”

Xiaonuo likes to play, and as soon as he heard that there was something fun, he quickly asked, "What is it?" ”

Lord Yan pointed to the west with his finger and said, "You'll know when you go, let Dragon Slayer take you there." ”

Xiao Nuo jumped up happily, walked only two steps, then stopped again, turned around, smiled at Yan Song with a strange face, and said, "I know that you have the heart to separate me and have something to say to Brother Meng, but if I go there and have nothing to do, then I will come back to settle accounts with you, Lord Yan." ”

Master Yan nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, okay, okay, go ahead, it must be what you like." ”

Xiao Nuo said to Meng Tianchu: "If Lord Yan bullies you, you tell me, don't promise him everything, you are too kind." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, let's go." ”

Xiao Nuo and Dragon Slayer left happily.

Yan Song saw that they were far away, suddenly put away his smile, solemnly beckoned to Meng Tianchu, and motioned for Meng Tianchu to sit beside him, Meng Tianchu understood, this Long Live Lord left Yan Song to talk to him, and also put a cronie of his own beside him, saying that it was to protect himself, probably more to monitor himself, what is the important thing, to let Long Live Lord be so popular?

Meng Tianchu sat down beside Yan Song, Yan Song looked around, and then whispered Why did you give you this official of the Hangzhou prefect? ”

Meng Tianchu shook his head knowingly.

Yan Song smashed the cigarette holder twice, knocked the last tobacco leaves in the smoke pot on the stool, shook it on the ground, and said slowly: "Do you know what is the most profitable thing to be an official in Hangzhou?" ”

Meng Tianchu was stunned and was about to speak, Yan Song smiled when he saw Meng Tianchu's expression, and said: "The old man thinks that the long live lord has always been very accurate in seeing people, he said that you Meng Tianchu is a person who has no money, but he is not greedy for money, you have never set foot in officialdom, so you don't have those utilitarian and worldly things on your body, and now it seems that you are right." ”

Meng Tianchu still didn't understand what Yan Song meant, and he couldn't speculate arbitrarily, so he had to sit there and listen to him obediently.

Yan Song continued: "The official positions of these two Zhejiang and Huai have always been a well-known fat shortage in the officialdom, even if you make a small county order in this place, you will receive tens of millions of dollars every year. ”

When Meng Tianchu heard this, he was very surprised, and said, "Where can there be so much silver?" "Think about it, I only took one or two or five dollars of silver from Cai Zhao for a month, if it is really as Yan Song said, then wouldn't I be...?

Yan Song saw Meng Tianchu's stunned expression, so he said with a smile: "You don't believe it, do you know that your Renhe County Commander gave him something before our Long Live Lord left?" ”

Meng Tianchu still shook his head, the water in this officialdom is too deep, and it is better for him to see it clearly on the shore first.

"Your county order sent a priceless night pearl to the Long Live Lord, Long Live Lord showed me, let me guess how much it costs, I didn't dare to tell the truth, only said three thousand taels, although the Long Live Lord didn't refute me, but I can see that the Long Live Lord understands the price of the night pearl very well."

"Three thousand!"

Yan Song saw Meng Tianchu's mouth open wide, nodded with a smile, and said, "Actually." Looking at the color and size of the pearl that night, you can't buy it without 10,000 taels of snowflake silver. ”

Meng Tianchu really has a lot of knowledge, although he often receives some big gifts, such as giving a hot spring to himself or something. But after all, he is the head of the East Factory in the capital, and this Cai Zhao is so generous, it really surprises him.

Meng Tianchu: "Then Lord Yan means, didn't I watch the snowflakes and silver drill into my arms in this position?" ”

Yan Song glanced at Meng Tianchu and said with a smile: "What." Are you tempted? ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said calmly: "I didn't want to be this official in the first place. I knew there was so much to learn here. The water is so deep that I'd rather die than accept it. ”

"The water is deep, but as long as you swim well, you won't drown."

"Lord Yan, what does Lord Long Live want me to do. You'd better tell me. ”

The first commandment of the official is to be pampered and not shocked, and to be stable. What are you looking at? ”

"I.... I'm just worried that when Xiaonuo comes back later, it won't be convenient to say. ”

Yan Song nodded and said, "Okay, you are also a smart person, knowing that Long Live Lord arranged you in this position, not high or low, just to investigate the case." ”

"Investigating the case?" As soon as Meng Tianchu heard that it was related to the case, he immediately became energetic.

Yan Song: "Don't be too happy, although your position is suggested by Miss Xiaowei, but you know that Miss Xiaowei is not a mortal, and she is measured in the world, she just asked for this official for you according to the will of the Lord of Long Life, she is kind, but she also understands that this position is the most suitable for you." ”

Meng Tianchu was puzzled and didn't speak,

"The official is too big, it's easy to startle the snake, the official is too small, you don't have any weight at all, long live the Lord originally wanted you to be a governor of eight cases directly, you can behead the ministers, and you can kill the officials, but considering that you have never soaked in the troubled waters of officialdom, although you are smart, but you lack experience, this is a step to slow down, let you start from the prefect."

Meng Tianchu: "It's still long live that Lord is thoughtful." ”

Yan Song: "Tianchu, I, Yan Song, am rarely optimistic about a person, but for you, aside from the relationship between the Long Live Lord, as far as you and me are concerned, I am really optimistic about you." ”

"Thank you, Lord Yan, for your love."

Yan Song shook his head solemnly, and said a little heavily: "You have to know that the case that you are asked to investigate this time is not the small murder and theft cases that you investigate on weekdays, and the reason why you are asked to investigate is because there are only two results if you let any official place investigate, one is to find a scapegoat, and you are different, those people in the officialdom don't know anything about you Meng Tianchu, and if you don't know, you don't know how to pull you into the water, the burden on your shoulders is heavier than a thousand catties, do you understand?" ”

Meng Tianchu saw Yan Song talking to himself in such righteous words, and he also felt the seriousness of the matter, so he also nodded solemnly.

Yan Song: "Long live Lord came to Jiangnan this time, do you think it's really a trip to the mountains and rivers to find a soulmate?" Of course, Miss Xiaowei is purely a good couple, but in fact, the purpose of coming this time is to investigate one thing. ”

Meng Tianchu said cautiously: "What's the matter? ”

Yan Song whispered: "I received a secret report, saying that it was the officials of Hangzhou Prefecture who were greedy for ink to build the West Lake flood control embankment and disaster relief silver, this Hangzhou Mansion is now a transportation and trade center on water and land, all kinds of silk, salt, and minerals will appear here, and the officials are not people who spend a lot of money and spend a lot of money, just like that, they even have to fill their pockets with these silver taels issued by the imperial court, do you think they should be killed?" ”

Meng Tianchu completely understood that Wan Sui Ye wanted to use himself as a target for these corrupt officials to shoot and kill, probably before these people died, he was already doomed.

Yan Song saw that Meng Tianchu's face turned blue, so he comforted: "Don't worry, Long Live Lord also has considerations, you are now in the Governor's Palace, Wei Guogong is one of the best among Hangzhou officials, and now Miss Xiaowei is the concubine of Long Live Lord, Xiao Nuo has also been crowned Princess Fengyang, Lord Cheng also praises you, you have this backer, what are you afraid of?" ”

Meng Tianchu snorted a spirit and said, "No wonder..."

Yan Song: "What's the wonder?" ”

Meng Tianchu didn't say it, but he immediately understood, why did the two girls, Xiaonuo and Jian Ning, put it by their side, as the so-called broken bones and tendons, if they were in danger, then the father of the two girls who accompanied him every day, one was the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and the other was the political envoy of Youbu, they would not sit idly by and ignore the safety of their daughter, thinking of this, Meng Tianchu himself was a little scared.

Meng Tianchu: "Lord Yan, you said so much, what does Lord Long Live want me to check?" ”

Yan Song stood up with a smile, Meng Tianchu also quickly got up, Yan Song looked at the depths of the orchard, and said quietly: "After you take office, you will naturally know what you want to investigate." ”

This Yan Song also sold himself at a critical time!

Yan Song: "Leave the dragon slayer by your side, don't be careful, because the people in this group of officialdom are still slippery, more refined than the macaque, we can't let you fall into passivity just because we haven't started the plan, there are not many people who have seen the dragon slayer, and it is relatively safe, if someone wants to ask, just say that it is a slave bought back from the north, he is not a reckless man, he is familiar with the four books and five classics, and is familiar with music, law, calligraphy and painting, he should be able to help you, in addition, your second lady has been married into your Meng family for so long, you should also find a time for her to go back and see." ”

The corners of Meng Tianchu's mouth flickered, and he thought, you put an eyeliner next to me, and you still want me to put a hostage in the capital, aren't you afraid that my Meng Tianchu's position is not firm enough, and he will fall into the various tricks of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials? Since you don't believe me, let me be some kind of bullshit prefect, I, Meng Tianchu, am not uncommon.

Meng Tianchu said coldly: "Lord Yan, since you are very protective of me, you are planting eyeliners, and you are taking hostages, I, Meng Tianchu, was originally a narrow person, but I don't want you to tie my hands and feet, if you don't worry, let others do it, I, Meng Tianchu, will not use my wife to do any guarantee, she is now pregnant and inconvenient to travel long distances, if you don't believe me, you just kill my whole family, and I, Meng Tianchu, will not let people force me to do these things." ”

When Yan Song heard this, he laughed a few times and said, "I thought you Meng Tianchu had no temper, it's good to have a temper, but if you have a temper, I and Long Live Lord are relieved." ”

Meng Tianchu was even more puzzled when he saw that Yan Song was not angry, and what was said to be reassuring.

Yan Song: "As the saying goes, don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious, I let Tu Long play that play with you just now, but I just want to see who you are, those who are people must be upright, those who are ministers, and be loyal, you must remember this sentence." ”

Meng Tianchu nodded.

Yan Song sighed and said: "We don't don't believe you, we don't believe your words, we won't let you do such a risky thing, long live the Lord only asked me to come to you, first, he doesn't want to give you any pressure, and second, it's also to avoid people's eyes." You suddenly became the prefect of the fourth grade from a master, in fact, this is already eye-catching, but under the guise of Xiaowei's life-saving benefactor, it can be regarded as the past, okay, it's not too early, long live the Lord They are still waiting for us at the next stop, Tianchu, you can do it yourself. ”

Meng Tianchu watched Yan Song's back disappear from face to point in sight, he didn't say a word to Yan Song, he didn't know what to say, it seemed that everything was designed by Long Live Lord, West Lake Chance Encounter, Meng Family Stay, Construction Projects, Moving into the Governor's Mansion, Step by Step This took Meng Tianchu into their ***, at this moment, even Xiao Wei was suddenly liked by Long Live Lord, as if there were some political overtones.

Meng Tianchu stood alone in front of the thatched house, and the sunset was infinite in the sky, but Meng Tianchu's mind was very chaotic, and he didn't have a clue at all, and he didn't even know that Xiaonuo walked to his side.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Nuo finally couldn't help it, screamed, startled Meng Tianchu, turned his head and saw Xiao Nuo with an angry face on the side. "What are you thinking? I'm going numb in my legs next to you. ”