days later.

Ten miles of long pavilion, a group of people out of the city to send long live Lord and Xiao Wei them, Meng Tian Chu Dongchang nearly a hundred days of people have been following behind, everyone seems to be reluctant along the way, especially Cheng Ziyi's wife is the old tears along the way, and she keeps holding Xiao Wei's hand and telling her.

Yan Song pulled Meng Tianchu aside to speak.

"Tianchu, from now on, you and I will be officials in the same dynasty, I hope you will live up to your grace and govern Hangzhou Mansion in an orderly manner, and you will be waiting for your good news."

Meng Tianchu hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "The humble duty is really ..."

In Meng Tianchu's own words, that is, to catch ducks on the shelves, thinking that the long live lord would not say anything about being an official, who would have thought that the first day he would still be in the middle of the eight scriptures to give a holy decree, so that the father-in-law of Wei, who was waiting closely, knocked on the door of the east courtyard early in the morning, Meng Tianchu hurriedly put on his clothes and got out of bed, and before he walked to the hall, he received the decree at the door, this time he couldn't resist the decree and disobey it, but he was still a little unhappy in his heart, in the eyes of others, this little master actually became the prefect of Hangzhou Mansion overnight, The most ridiculous thing is that Ke Qian actually became his deputy and became the same acquaintance of the Hangzhou prefect, and the change of this role made Meng Tianchu extremely uncomfortable.

On the same day, Cheng Ziyi invited the officials of Hangzhou Mansion above the sixth grade to the Governor's Palace, and the excitement naturally did not need to be said, that Long Live Lord not only sealed the Fengyang princess of Xiaonuo on the spot, but also named Mrs. Cheng as the second grade of the Lady of the Command, which is a great joy for the family, the most surprising thing is not these, but Long Live Lord suddenly turned Meng Tianchu into a four-grade prefect, at that time Meng Tianchu remembered very clearly, that Ke Qian was in the crowd, and the smile on his face suddenly turned dead gray because of the announcement of the news. Meng Tianchu was also very embarrassed, after all, he also knew that he didn't work hard for a while, and the taste of stealing people's jobs was really not very pleasant, but fortunately, Ke Qian knew in his heart that Meng Tianchu would not be the prefect for too long, but just occupied his position during the transition period, and quickly adjusted his mentality. When he toasted, he had already shouted the four words of Lord Prefect in front of Meng Tianchu very smoothly.

Yan Song: "It's just an excess, and from the perspective of the old body, you won't be able to stay in Hangzhou for long." Since he has escaped the imperial examination, it is better to take office on the ground freely, who dares to say a word to those who believe in Long Live Lord? ”

Meng Tianchu smiled bitterly, and was about to reply, when he saw that he was wearing the only pink rose-scented tight-fitting robe with sleeves. The lower cover is an emerald green smoke yarn loose flower skirt, and the waist is tied into a big bow with gold silk soft smoke. With a graceful posture and a smile, Yan Song hurriedly walked away with a smile.

Meng Tianchu was about to salute, Xiao Wei raised his eyebrows, revealing a sweet smile. said: "Brother Meng, you don't have to be polite to Xiaowei, I'm going to say goodbye to you soon." I came here to say a few words to you. ”

Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "The next time I see Miss Xiaowei, I will call Niangniang." ”

Xiao Wei only smiled lightly and said: "Don't talk about me, long live the Lord yesterday, there are some things that are not easy to say, now Xiao Wei just wants to say to Brother Meng, since everyone knows that you will not stay in the position of the prefect for too long, then naturally understand that your position in the future is even more powerful, Xiao Wei feels that it is still necessary to remind Brother Meng, I hope that Brother Meng will not think that Xiao is the only daughter of the family to talk too much." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Where is Miss Xiaowei, just say what you have." ”

Xiao Wei suddenly whispered: "You must know that Long Live Lord put you in this position not only to avenge the people, speak for the dead, and show Xue for the wronged." ”

"Xiaowei's words, I remember them below."

"I mean, probably Long Live Lord noticed that some officials in Hangzhou Mansion were greedy and violated discipline, and letting you in Hangzhou Mansion was not enough to attract the attention of those corrupt officials, and secondly, they knew that you were leaving soon, so they would not fortify you, thinking that you were just here to play for a few days to prepare for entering Beijing in the future, you never mixed in the officialdom, and some things were much more terrible than dead people."

Meng Tianchu was shocked, he didn't expect Xiao Wei to say this to himself, Xiao Wei said, in fact, he had already thought about it before, the position of the prefect was handed over to him, naturally it would not be just a wish of his own, and the use of people by the Lord would not be so simple, but what was surprising was that Xiao Wei, a sixteen-year-old girl, could also see the mind of the Lord of Long Live so thoroughly, which was really impressive.

"Miss Xiaowei is really a woman among women, and she is really impressive."

Xiao Wei smiled, but his expression was very calm, and said: "Xiao Wei has a father who is an official in the imperial court by his side, and three brothers who are officials in Beijing, so naturally he knows a little bit, Brother Meng, Xiao Wei is going this time, and he is also in Longtan Tiger's Den, I don't know if I can die and die in peace." ”

Meng Tianchu saw a sad look on Xiao Wei's face, so he hurriedly comforted: "Miss Xiao Wei don't have to worry, I think Long Live Lord is very fond of you, why do you have to..."

Xiao Wei interrupted Meng Tianchu's words and said, "Brother Meng doesn't have to comfort me, since I have decided to enter the palace, I have made all the preparations, but I am just a momentary sigh." ”

Meng Tianchu felt that he was also getting along with Xiaowei almost day and night for a period of time, and he knew very well that this little girl was a big ghost and very smart.

Xiaowei: "There is another thing, that is, Jian Ning. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Miss Jane? ”

"Well, yes, you heard it before, Long Live Lord said that he would marry Jian Ning, a girl, to his Sixth Emperor Brother as a wife, which was originally a good thing, but Jian Ning, this girl is very screwed, and she found me yesterday and said that she was still young, and she didn't want to marry so soon, so she said that it would be another two years, and she would talk about it when she was seventeen."

Meng Tianchu didn't understand what this had to do with him, so he said, "What does Miss Xiaowei mean..."

Xiaowei: "Jian Ning probably can't stay at home, not to mention that her only relative will show her face, and other people will not be kind, I see that this girl is pitiful, she has died since she was a child, so I want to ask Brother Meng for a favor, see if I can find any reason to let Jian Ning live in my house for a while." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Then Miss Xiaowei and Master Cheng and your mother will discuss it, and Miss Jian and Xiaonuo have a good relationship, this is not difficult." ”

Xiaowei: "I've already told them. But what they mean is that there is nothing to stay for more than ten days, but they can't keep other people's daughters in their own homes all the time, so as not to make Master Jian Qi unhappy. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Miss Xiaowei means that you want Jian Ning to stay permanently?" ”

"Hmm"

Meng Tianchu thought for a while and said, "I really don't know what a good way to do it, when I think of it, I will definitely help with this." ”

Xiaowei: "I have an idea. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Miss Xiaowei, please speak." ”

"The first thing Brother Meng did when he took office. What are you going to do? ”

Meng Tianchu smiled: "Don't say it, I really haven't thought about it." ”

Xiaowei: "Jian Ning has a very good specialty, that is, she has the ability to never forget, I think." Brother Meng's favorite thing is to find the backlog of cases in the Hangzhou prefect for many years, as well as some accounts and account books for many years..."

When Meng Tianchu heard this, he said, "Do I still need to inquire about these myself?" ”

Xiao Wei smiled and said, "Naturally, yes, so I thought, these Xiaonuo are not good." One is that she is not careful, and the other is that she can't sit still at all. Let her run around with you, she is naturally willing, but meticulous work is not something she can do, and I have carefully observed, there is no one by your side

Stop. Help you deal with some daily chores, I also know the wrong scribe, I heard that it is also the future wife of Brother Meng.

Since it has passed the door, it will be inconvenient for the family to come forward to do many things in the future, and this court has regulations, and you naturally know it. ”

Meng Tianchu looked at the woman in front of him, thinking that in about three years, she might not necessarily take the current position of Empress Zhang, she was too calculating, everything seemed to be in her calculations, and everyone couldn't help but let her lead the nose away, including today's saints, otherwise how could there be a red face and a disaster?

Meng Tianchu: "It's still Miss Xiaowei's thoughtfulness, but even if Miss Jian really has such a good ability to never forget, but after all, people are different from my former scribes, they are Miss Qianjin, how can I command people to turn around?" ”

Xiaowei: "Jian Ning is willing, I have already asked, the account books and cases that have not been closed or have been closed for many years in this Hangzhou mansion, you will probably have to read them one by one, you must need such a helper, as long as you are willing, I will talk to the Lord of Long Live that Jian Qi naturally does not dare to say more." ”

Meng Tianchu had no choice but to nod, this head can't help but nod, people Xiao Wei is begging you for help, don't say if Jian Ning really has such a ability, but this is the way people ask for people, Xiao Wei treats himself well, and thinks about himself everywhere, people are just such a thing, say it for their own good, if they refuse, it will not be good.

Xiao Wei saw Meng Tianchu nodding, so he happily walked to the side of Long Live Lord, and whispered a few words, Meng Tianchu was at least five meters away from them, as if he could see the kind of loving eyes of Long Live Lord looking at Xiao Wei, it seems that Long Live Lord is really in love with this shrewd and wise girl.

Meng Tianchu saw that Long Live Lord called Jian Qi and Jian Ning to his side, and the people behind him stopped when they saw Long Live Lord stop.

Zuo Jiayin stepped forward and whispered to Meng Tianchu, "What did Miss Xiaowei tell you again?" ”

Meng Tianchu snorted at Jian Ning and Jian Qi and said, "You'll know right away." ”

Zuo Jiayin: "Miss Xiaowei is really busy!" ”

Meng Tianchu nodded, agreeing with Zuo Jiayin's words.

After a while, I saw Jian Qi look at Meng Tianchu, Meng Tianchu couldn't feel what Jian Qi's expression was, and he didn't know if he was happy to send his daughter to the Hangzhou prefect as his new scribe, but looking at Jian Ning's expression, he was very happy.

Xiaonuo stepped forward and said happily to Meng Tianchu: "Brother Meng, Long live Lord said, let Sister Ning'er temporarily live in the Governor's Mansion to help you take care of the affairs of the prefect's mansion, this time you have another helper, are you happy?" ”

Meng Tianchu whispered: "Little girl, your sister is about to leave, we can't continue to send it anymore, you are still happy!" ”

As soon as Xiao Nuo heard Meng Tianchu say this, he became sad all of a sudden, turned around and walked towards Xiao Wei, and before he could reach him, he had already burst into tears.

Zuo Jiayin: "I understand, but I really can't see through this girl Xiaowei, she also has her kind side." ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Xiao Wei and Xiao Nuo hugging their heads and crying, and said, "Actually, this is another kind of compensation for Jian Ning by Xiao Wei. ”

Zuo Jiayin looked at Meng Tianchu blankly and said, "Compensation? ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Zuo Jiayin and smiled, and said, "What's the matter, can't you react when you give birth to Jin'er?" ”

Zuo Jiayin's powder fist struck lightly on Meng Tianchu's body, and whispered: "I hate it!" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled, and Zuo Jiayin said: "But you still stay away from Jian Ning, after all, this is the daughter-in-law that the Lord of Long Live found for his sixth emperor brother, you must not be like you and fall in love with you for a long time, then it is not good, it is going to be beheaded." ”

"you, your feelings are like a woman who wants to marry home, don't worry, I said that I only married five ladies, and my words count."

Zuo Jiayin glanced at Meng Tianchu with a smile and said, "I don't think so." ”

Meng Tianchu was about to grab Bai, but he saw Lord Yan hurriedly come over and say, "Lord Meng, Long Live Lord wants you to go over and talk." ”

Meng Tianchu had no choice but to smile at Zuo Jiayin, and hurriedly followed Yan Song to the front.

Zuo Jiayin sneered: "It's lively this time, I've walked a long snow, and there is an extra sister-in-law of the long-lived lord and the daughter of the political envoy by my side, I see if you Tianchu can really do what you say." ”

Meng Tianchu came to the carriage of the Long Live Lord, Xiao Wei and Xiao Nuo were already crying in the arms of their mothers, this kind of scene was the most unseemly, so he hurriedly turned his face to the side of the Long Live Lord.

Long Live Ye smiled and said, "Meng Aiqing, I have a good thing for you." ”

Meng Tianchu didn't expect that Long Live Lord was going to send something to him, thinking that it was some kind of aphorism, who wanted Long Live Lord to call Grandpa Wei, Grandpa Wei held a brocade bag in his hand, and after approaching, he handed it to Meng Tianchu with both hands.

Long live the Lord: "Open it and take a look, I originally wanted to keep it for myself, but Xiaowei said that I have so many people to protect and take care of it, I don't need it, and I will have it when I return to Beijing, so she means to leave it to you, you see." ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Xiao Wei and saw that she was still crying sadly, so he put his hand into the brocade bag, touched a hard thing, took it out and saw that it was a small bird, Meng Tianchu was really overjoyed, this is really a good thing, in ancient times, this is already a very advanced thing, it is said to be a bird cymbal, but in fact, it is not for the purpose of hitting birds, but it means that even if it is as light as a bird, it is difficult to escape. It was already very close to the modern rifle, and Meng Tianchu knew that this was a Japanese musket captured in the battle with the Japanese Invaders, and then improved and imitated.

Long Live Lord saw Meng Tianchu's happy face, he knew that he was knowledgeable, and said with a smile: "This is a good thing, compared with the hand-held firearms used by our officers and soldiers before, the bird guns have a longer body tube, a smaller caliber, and a round lead bullet of the same caliber, with a longer range and stronger penetrating power." ”

Yan Song also said on the side: "And also added a crosshair and a door, change the hand to ignite the fire for the bolt to fire, the handle of the gun is changed from a straight wooden handle inserted in the tail of the bird to a curved wooden support that holds the barrel, and when holding the gun to shoot, it is changed from holding the back of both hands to holding the gun body in front of one hand and holding the handle of the gun in the back of the other hand, which can stabilize the gun for aiming, and the shooting accuracy is higher."

Meng Tianchu looked at the bird gun in his hand repeatedly and admired it, this is indeed a good thing.

Gonggong Wei said sharply: "That is, the birds are in the forest. All can be shot down. Because it is named

Long Live Lord patted Meng Tianchu on the shoulder and said, "The range of this improved bird gun is 150, but there is one point, it can't be used on rainy days!" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Wechen thank Long Live Lord for giving me this great gift, it's really a good thing!" ”

Long Live Lord laughed twice, and said: "Giving it to you is naturally useful, don't think that you are good as the prefect of Hangzhou, I tell you, it may be easy to be a master, after all, it is the county order that comes out, but now you are still higher than your former teacher of the third class, you are the fourth prefect, you must know the burden on your body, I gave you a position, I hope you can do some real practical things." ”

Meng Tianchu knelt down and saluted, and said: "Since Weichen has become the prefect of Hangzhou, I have to be sorry for the trust that Lord Banzai has placed in me, please believe in Lord Banzai." ”

"Hahahaha, how can I not believe it? Okay, I'm gone, don't send it anymore, you have to say goodbye to you for a thousand miles, I see that if you send it again, Xiaowei's eyes will be swollen from crying, so you better say goodbye. ”