Zhao sighed: "Miss Murong is actually quite difficult, an aunt is you, and I really don't know how that family will support it." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "If she becomes my Meng Tianchu's woman, I will naturally treat her well." ”

Cai Zhao patted him on the shoulder, and then got into the car.

When Meng Tianchu and the others arrived in Hangzhou Mansion, they learned that the Hangzhou Prefect had invited a master to him in the whole county, and he thought that he was not a master anyway, so he would naturally not be embarrassed at that time, but he didn't expect that as soon as he walked into the prefect's compound, he was still a little at a loss.

In the end, it is the prefect's house, the huge courtyard, the lanterns everywhere, the gongs and drums, the suona, and the crowds, all of which are Hangzhou has a head and a face. The families of these officials and businessmen were like participating in a beauty contest, and their dresses of various colors fluttered through the crowd, all of them bejeweled and fragrant.

Cai Zhao left Meng Tianchu behind and went to chat with a group of county officials, and Meng Tianchu shuttled through the crowd blankly.

Suddenly, someone behind him patted himself, turned around and looked, Meng Tianchu was happy, thinking that no one in this Hangzhou Mansion would know him, why did he forget that there was another her?

Standing in front of her was Xi Ruo, who hadn't seen her for a year, and after the last accident, her family ransomed her with money, saying that money can make ghosts grind, which is not false at all.

Meng Tianchu looked at Xi Ruo carefully, he hadn't seen her for a year, she seemed to be much more beautiful, and she was dressed in a light Luo dress with red silk embroidered begonias sleeping in spring, and the texture of the tangled branches and flowers, no matter from which angle she looked at it. They are all delicate and convex and pale gold and silver color. The whole person seems to be caged in gorgeous floating clouds, and it is extremely luxurious.

Xi Ruo said: "I saw it from afar, but I wasn't sure if it was or not, so I kept following it and dared to be sure when I came to it." What are you doing here? ”

Meng Tianchu shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know why I came. The prefect invited me to come. ”

Looking at Xi Ruo's expression, Meng Tianchu knew that she didn't believe it, but Xi Ruo immediately smiled and said, "They all said that they were old acquaintances, and they didn't look for me when they came." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "I just came, I have a case in my hand recently, and I can't care about playing, not as leisurely as you are." ”

The two of them were chatting happily. At this time, a woman walked over, sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a pale green long skirt, embroidered with pale blue peonies on the cuffs, a few auspicious clouds outlined by silver threads, a row of blue sea clouds densely packed at the hem, a wide pale yellow brocade wrapped in the chest, the body gently turned the long skirt and spread out, her gestures were graceful like the wind blowing willows, and she had a fair and well-behaved face. A pair of red phoenix eyes, willow eyebrows, and small and thin lips, although she is not extremely beautiful, she can be regarded as a beauty.

The woman approached them, and she didn't look at Meng Tianchu, but just spoke to Xi Ruo. The tone was full of arrogance: "I was looking for you everywhere, but you came here?" It's hard for me to find. ”

Xi Ruo hurriedly introduced: "This is our famous master of solving cases in Hangzhou, Meng Tianchu, the master of Renhe County. This little Rou girl is the daughter of the young James Mansion in the capital, and this time she is also a distinguished guest specially invited by the prefect. ”

The James's Mansion is an institution that assists the prince's work, and the young James's is the deputy position of the James's mansion, in other words, that is to say, the deputy director of the prince's office, Zheng Sipin.

Meng Tianchu hurriedly smiled and gave a salute to the girl named Xiaorou. The girl squinted at Meng Tianchu and said to Xi Ruo: "You are also becoming more and more tasteless, you are actually standing here chatting with a master, and you are not afraid of losing your eldest lady's face." ”

Meng Tianchu naturally knew about these so-called daughters of official families from the capital. He had learned Xi Ruo before, of course, this woman naturally didn't know the sky and the earth was thick, but fortunately, she also had some demeanor and would not be as knowledgeable as such a woman.

Xi Ruo looked at Meng Tianchu with some embarrassment, Meng Tianchu smiled open-mindedly, and said, "You go and get busy with your land, I'll take a walk casually." ”

After speaking, she turned around to leave, but the woman said coldly: "I don't know what happened to the people at the door, if it is a person, I will put it in the prefect's office, and I am not afraid of dirty ground." ”

Xi Ruo hurriedly said: "Miss Xiaorou, Master Meng is also a guest invited by the Ke Governor's Mansion. ”

Meng Tianchu turned around and walked to the woman's side, but the woman didn't let in, and the two of them were already nose to nose.

"What? Want to shoot at this girl? He sneered disdainfully, and exaggeratedly covered his nose with the silk scarf on his hand.

Xi Ruo gave Meng Tianchu a look, and dragged the little girl to leave.

Meng Tianchu was in no mood by this woman, and he didn't want to continue to turn around, so he walked to a gazebo and sat alone, at this time, a middle-aged man saw Meng Tianchu sitting there alone, so he walked over.

Meng Tianchu saw that someone was coming, so he stood up, he didn't know the person who came, but judging from the way he dressed, his official position should not be low.

Meng Tianchu hurriedly stepped forward to salute, but the man was easy-going, smiling and motioning for Meng Tianchu to sit down, and he also sat opposite Meng Tianchu.

"You are Meng Tianchu from Renhe County?"

Meng Tianchu immediately stood up and replied, "Late birth." ”

"Haha, you don't have to be so formal, sit down and talk."

After Meng Tianchu sat down, the man smiled and said, "I have heard Ke Qian mention you a long time ago, and I always thought it was an old man, but now that I see it, I am still so young, it is really terrifying." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled modestly, but muttered in his heart, who is this person, who dares to call the name of the prefect of Hangzhou, is it even higher than the official position of the prefect?

Just thinking about it, he saw Ke Gan walking over quickly from a distance, and said in his mouth: "My lord, you are here, and it is easy to find a lowly position." ”

My lord? Sure enough, he is an official who is even bigger than Ke Gan.

The man stood up, laughed, pointed to Meng Tianchu on the side and said to Ke Gan: "I see that Junior Brother Meng is alone, and you, the master, have left people here, so I will come to talk to him and help you do your best as a landlord." ”

Ke Qian hurriedly said to the man, "My lord, let you personally accompany me to invite guests." It's really a despicable job. After speaking, he walked to Meng Tianchu

"Sir, have you ever seen Master Jane?" ”

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Meng Tianchu hadn't spoken yet, but the man said with a smile: "Naturally, I have seen it." ”

Ke Qian said: "This is our right-hand political envoy in Zhejiang, Master Jian Qi Jian. ”

When Meng Tianchu heard this, he was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute. said: "There were many rudeness in the late life just now, and I hope that Lord Jian Haihan." ”

Jian Qi said: "Where are there so many faux pases,"

Ke Qian leaned over, smiled and said to Jian Qi, "My lord, let's go back and talk?" ”

"Alright, let's go, let's go and sit down in the hall, it's already getting windy."

Meng Tianchu thought for a moment. said: "The two adults go first, and the late students will go one step later." ”

Jian Qi said: "Let's go, sit down with my old man, I'm very interested in chatting with you." ”

Meng Tianchu didn't want to go with them because he didn't want others to think that he was a master toad who wanted to eat swan meat, he really couldn't do these flattering things, and he was afraid that others would speak badly.

Seeing Meng Tianchu's hesitation, Ke Qian gave him a look, and then said to Jian Qi: "My lord, if you don't go first, it is reasonable for Master Meng to be a little timid when he sees you." We'll come later. ”

Jian Qi patted Meng Tianchu on the shoulder, nodded, and said, "Okay, then I'll go first." ”

Ke Qian saw that Jian Qi was far away, so he said to Meng Tianchu: "You are confused, how many people want to say a word to him. I don't know how many people you have to spend on finding people, but it's good that people took the initiative to find you, and what kind of shelves do you have. ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Late life knows that it is wrong. ”

Ke Gan said: "That's right, you don't want to be just a little master for the rest of your life, let's go, it's not good to let the adults wait in a hurry." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled secretly in his heart. If they knew that they were the six-grade foreman of the East Factory, they didn't know how they would feel, and followed Ke Qian in.

As soon as he arrived in the hall, Meng Tianchu saw more than a dozen large round tables set up in the hall. Most of the people have already taken their seats, and it seems that the prefect of Hangzhou has invited no less than 100 people today, which is really a grand scale.

Everyone greeted Ke Gan with a smile, and from time to time they looked at the young descendant behind Ke Gan with puzzled eyes, and everyone muttered quietly, guessing who this young man was.

Under the eyes of so many people's questions and speculations, Meng Tianchu seemed to have walked for as long as a century, and finally walked to the first table, that is, the main table.

Meng Tianchu saw that there were few people at the main table, Jian Qi sat on the top seat, and when he saw him coming, he smiled and beckoned to him, saying, "Come, come and sit down next to me." ”

Meng Tianchu found that his palms were already sweaty, he agreed with a smile, and walked over to the position of Ke Qian's finger, cheering himself up in his heart, isn't he just a political envoy? Dongchang Factory Supervisor Hot Spring still calls me a brother, what are you afraid of, don't be so timid as a man, make people laugh.

Finally sat down next to Jian Qi, he smiled at Jian Qi and the people sitting next to him, and everyone smiled back at him kindly, and he felt a little solid in his heart. Suddenly, he noticed that the person sitting across from him had big eyes—it was the woman just now.

The woman looked at herself with contempt, the corners of her mouth were more malicious mockery in addition to the previous disdain, and Meng Tianchu shifted his gaze to other places, not looking at the woman who annoyed him.

Ke Qian walked up to Jian Qi and whispered, "My lord, do you think you can start?" ”

Jian Qi nodded and said, "Let's start." ”

Ke Qian walked to the table, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Ke Mou invited everyone here today mainly for three meanings, one is that our right-hand political envoy took time out of his busy schedule to visit our prefect, and we express our gratitude. ”

The hall suddenly applauded, Ke Gan waited for the applause, and said again: "Please come today for nothing else, mainly to thank you for your support to Ke Mou, I hope everyone will continue to support in the future." ”

After a pause, Ke Qian said: "The third meaning is to welcome the daughter of the young James of the James Mansion in our capital to come to Hangzhou to play, and today is also to wash the dust for her." ”

Meng Tianchu didn't look at the other side all the time, thinking that she was just a girl with a four-grade petty official? As for such a grand introduction, just play, play early, and roll back early.

The feast finally began, Meng Tianchu never saw Cai Zhao, and he didn't know where he was arranged, hoping that he could see himself and not leave him alone when he left later.

I have never eaten such a sweet feast, the dishes are very rich, one plate is removed and one plate is served, the people on the table are talking and laughing, everyone toasts each other, only Meng Tianchu quietly buried his head in eating.

"I guess it's only the one who asks for food and doesn't care about it when he eats." The woman mocked in a crisp voice.

Meng Tianchu raised his head, looked at the provocative face, and then looked at the people sitting around him, everyone looked at him nervously and then at the person who spoke.

Jian Qi said: "Xiaorou, how can you talk like this?" ”

The woman didn't sell anyone's face, and when she saw Jian Qi speak, she said: "Uncle Jian, I didn't want to say that, but as soon as I looked up, I saw him shaking in front of my eyes, and I couldn't eat, don't you think this person seems to have never eaten delicious food in eight lifetimes?" A poor and sour look begging for food and drink! ”

At this time, the nearby table also fell silent, probably the woman spoke too loudly, and everyone heard something wrong.

Ke Qian said: "Miss Xiaorou, Master Meng is a guest I specially invited today, and he is also a figure in Hangzhou, and he has done a lot of things for the safety of the people of Renhe County. ”

Hearing only a snort, the woman actually stood up, walked to Meng Tianchu's side, pointed at him and said, "Just him?" A little master, he actually said what kind of character, if I were him, it would be better to squat at the door with a bowl of rice and eat it, sitting here will only be embarrassing and conspicuous