The individual was about to go out to eat, only to see a person at the door, an accurate young man, with a moderate figure, not much different from Meng Tianchu's age, although it was far away, but he could still see the handsome face and free and easy temperament of the man.

Xia Fengyi whispered, "Who is the person standing at the door talking to Lao Hetou?" Looking for your husband? ”

Meng Tianchu said: "I don't know. ”

Xia Fengyi hadn't spoken yet, but saw Lao He Tou running over, and the man also turned around and saw Meng Tianchu and Xia Fengyi in the distance, and then nodded and smiled at them.

Old He Tou ran to Meng Tianchu and said breathlessly: "Young Master Xu asks to see him." ”

Meng Tianchu was very surprised, he didn't expect that this Xu Wei actually came uninvited, and at a glance, he knew why Shui Muyan was so desperate to follow this man. It seems that women are also lustful, no matter how rich He Yingming is, the gold and silver are piled up into a mountain, and the water Muyan is not a long sigh every day, looking at the end of the world, and finally ending a distant wait with death.

Meng Tianchu was still thinking about it, Xia Fengyi said: "Husband, what kind of god are you going, that son is still standing at the door." ”

Meng Tianchu came back to his senses at this time, and immediately said to Xia Fengyi: "There is a distinguished guest arriving, hurry up to the kitchen and have a look, let the cook prepare a few more exquisite dishes, by the way, serve a few more pots of good wine, go quickly." After saying that, he immediately stepped forward in person.

It was the first time for Xia Fengyi to see Meng Tianchu entertaining a guest she didn't know so warmly, so she hurried to the kitchen.

The man saw Meng Tianchu walking over quickly. I guessed a few points, so I greeted him with a smile.

Meng Tianchu said: "Young Master Xu, I really didn't expect that you would come in person, say it in advance, Meng will send someone to pick you up." ”

Xu Wei smiled heartily, revealing a mouthful of white and neat teeth, and said, "It's also a coincidence." The Governor and I are returning from the capital. I heard Brother Xingpeng mention that Master Meng was looking for me everywhere. So I came uninvited, and I hope that Master Meng will take care of the rudeness. ”

Meng Tianchu said politely and politely, but muttered in his heart, who is this Xu Wei? What does it mean to rush back from the capital with the governor, and Chen Xingpeng is also a brother, so it seems that this person lives in Hangzhou. And he mixed it well, he didn't know at all, it seemed to be living in a vacuum, and what was even more odious was that Chen Xingpeng didn't even tell himself, fortunately, he didn't tell Chen Xingpeng what to do with this Xu Wei, otherwise it would be ugly.

Meng Tianchu invited Xu Wei into the hall, and then ordered tea. Just about to speak. Seeing Xia Fengyi walking in with light steps, Meng Tianchu immediately introduced the two parties: "This is Cheap Nei, this is Xu Gongzi." ”

Xia Fengyi immediately stepped forward to give Xu Wei a blessing. Xu Wei saw the woman in front of him. The state is strong and true, i|Hanzhudan.

Xu Wei hurriedly gave Xia Fengyi a look and said, "I have heard Master Ke Qianke praise Brother Meng more than once before, and there are several wives who look like immortals, but now that I see them, I know that the immortals are not as good as Brother Meng's wives. ”

Xia Fengyi smiled shyly, turned around and whispered to Meng Tianchu: "It's all ready, look at noon, it's the young master and Xu Gongzi alone..."

Meng Tianchu said: "Let's call them all here, it's also lively, what does Xu Gongzi think?" ”

Xu Wei smiled: "I just like Brother Meng's character, I, Xu Wei, is called Xu Maniac, and I have always been informal, Brother Meng is like this, but I am happy." ”

Meng Tianchu also didn't like the ancients to take out what Laozi Mencius would take out at every turn to educate people, and it was not easy to meet a person who was as wild as himself, so he also had some meaning of seeing each other and hating each other.

Meng Tianchu and Xu Wei walked to the dining room with a smile, and on the way, Xu Wei said, "Brother Meng doesn't know what to do with Xu?" ”

Meng Tianchu didn't know what to say for a while, so he asked vaguely: "Where is Gongzi Xu now?" ”

Xu Wei waved his hand and said: "Xu Mou failed seven times in the imperial examination, he is really unambitious, and now he is a small staff member under the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, participating in some state affairs at the same time, full of national aspirations, alas! ”

Meng Tianchu was reminded by Xu Wei, and suddenly remembered that when he was in college, a teacher who taught himself criminal logic, was very old, and that teacher liked a man named Xu Wei in the Ming Dynasty very much, and often talked about it in class, saying that this person, "conceited and talented, curious, and talking", should be a wild and uninhibited, talented person, but he has no ambition in his life, and his old age is still very bleak. It's a pity that I didn't dare to tell him that your eighth exam was also a vain test.

Meng Tianchu thought about it and couldn't help but take a good look at the suave boy in front of him, and secretly felt sorry for him, and after a while, he said, "Does the son know a woman named Shui Muyan?" ”

Xu Wei's face changed, paused, and said, "That's an old friend in the next place, why did Brother Meng mention her?" ”

Meng Tianchu thought to himself, fortunately, you are still talking about "old friends", and the girl did not love you in vain, waiting for you to come back.

As they spoke, the two of them had already arrived at the dining room, and the others had not yet come, so the two of them sat down and talked first.

Meng Tianchu said: "How long has it been since Gongzi Xu has seen the water girl?" ”

Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "It's been more than half a year, but I can't remember the specifics, I saw it once in midsummer last year, when I went to the East China Sea with the right attendant of the military department and the imperial history of Hu Zongxian, Brother Meng, I didn't say that I forgot, time flies really fast, and it will be another year in a blink of an eye." ”

It seems that when men are running for careers, women are always just flowers in the water, or it can be said that they think of it when they see it

I forgot about the same thing, the man in front of me, who was called outstanding calligraphy and painting by later generations, heard that he was still an old friend of Qi Jiguang. It's actually for the sake of his career that he doesn't even know that a woman, a woman who has been waiting and loving him, has returned to Huangquan and is no longer alive.

Everyone ate and drank, Xu Wei was also a drinker, so he had more topics with Meng Tianchu, everyone talked and laughed at the wine table, so comfortable, and ate a meal for nearly two hours. It's just that the four ladies retired early. The two men were left drinking and talking.

Both were a little drunk. After the banquet and walked to the back garden, Meng Tianchu said: "I heard that the flowers and birds in Xu Gongzi's pen are expressive, can you paint a lotus flower for Meng, then Meng is interested." ”

Xu Wei looked at the lotus flower drunkenly, then at Meng Tianchu, and said, "We haven't finished talking about half of what we just said. Since you came to me on purpose, I think you didn't just ask me to paint for you and have a drink with you? ”

Meng Tianchu said: "I heard that the water girl likes a song very much, does Xu Gongzi know?" ”

Xu Wei said: "Lang is like Mo on the dust, and the concubine is like a." Seeing each other melodiously, there is nowhere to be found. The wine is blowing in the spring breeze, and there is zero autumn rain in the eyes of tears. After parting, do you still understand lovesickness? ”

It seems that there is no drunkenness and no forgetting. It's kind of hearted.

Xu Wei finished reading. Then he had some emotion and said: "If I am the one who can save her from the sea of suffering, I will definitely be able to live up to this lovesickness." But..."

Meng Tianchu looked indifferently at a pool of blooming lotus flowers. said: "After crossing the Nai He Bridge and drinking Meng Po soup, the red face is just the past, and the face is just a legend." ”

Xu Wei is a smart person, as soon as he heard this, he naturally knew the rough, he stumbled, then held on to the white marble railing by the pool, looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, and then said: "I should know what you are looking for me, but I just don't want to believe it, no matter what, no matter what, I come and go naked without worry." ”

Meng Tianchu was a little familiar when he heard this, and thought about it was actually Cao Xueqin's remarks of Jia Baoyu in "A Dream of Red Mansions", but fortunately, he was not reincarnated in Cao Xueqin, otherwise it would be plagiarism.

Meng Tianchu saw Xu Wei's lonely and sad face, and he didn't know how to comfort him, so he just stood and didn't speak.

Xu Wei said: "A joke has become true, and I can't even become a promise-taker." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "What joke? ”

Xu Wei sighed and said: "Brother Meng still lives freely, big mansions and small courtyards, small bridges and flowing water, closed moons and shy flowers, three wives and four concubines, isn't this what men want?" But what about me Xu Wei? I can't even make a promise to my beloved woman. ”

Meng Tianchu said: "I know that there are some things that I don't say and you know, and it makes you sad even more if you say it, but there is one thing that I want to put in that empty house, if the owner of the house sells the house, that thing will naturally be thrown away as a waste, isn't it a pity, the things that people value so much in life, although they go, it is better to return the things to their original owners." ”

After speaking, he greeted a maid who was standing aside and waiting, and then explained a few words, and the maid ran out, and after a while, he brought a picture scroll.

Meng Tianchu called the scroll to Xu Wei, Xu Wei only opened it halfway and quickly closed it, handed it to Meng Tianchu, covered his face with his hands, and his shoulders trembled violently, as if he was trying his best to control his emotions, but finally he couldn't help crying.

Meng Tianchu said: "Brother Xu, let's mourn, it's also a blessing that the water girl is fortunate to meet you in this life." ”

Xu Wei sighed and said: "She treats me with deep affection, but I let her down, alas, it's better to know than not to know." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Why did you let the water girl build her residence in Sunset Village?" ”

Xu Wei was stunned for a moment and said, "It's her who has a heart, and I don't mean that." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "What does Xu Gongzi mean by this? ”

Xu Wei said: "It rains and clears in Phoenix Mountain, the water and wind are clear, and the sunset is bright. A flower of flowers, blooming over Shang Yingying. Where to fly the double egrets, if you want to, Mu Huanting. Suddenly, I heard that the river was making a mourning kite, bitter and affectionate, who to send! The smoke gathers and the clouds are harvested, and it is Xiangling according to the contract. If you want to wait for the end of the song to ask for it, no one will be seen, and the peaks will be green. ”

Meng Tianchu was very surprised and said, "Is it this poem Su Shi's "Jiangchengzi"? ”

Xu Wei nodded and said: "Now I really understand, I only said that it would be nice if we could live such a comfortable life one day, she actually paid attention and found a place to live in the same place as the words in the words, probably hoping to live with me like a fairy couple, but I still failed her after all!" ”

Xu Wei staggered to the edge of the Jiuqu corridor, looked at a pool of lotus flowers, and chanted in the sky: "On the New Year's Eve last year, the flower market was as light as day. The willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk. On New Year's Eve this year, the moon and lights are still the same. I didn't see last year's people, and the spring shirt sleeves were full of tears! Shaking his head, he jumped into the pond and splashed Meng Tianchu's body.

The people in the front yard rushed to hear the sound, and when Lao He saw that there was a person jumping in, he said: "My lotus in this pond, I also look at the season to harvest some lotus roots, grind some lotus roots, and give the third lady's children a snack in the future, alas! ”

Several servants hurriedly jumped into the water and pulled Xu Wei into the water, and Meng Tianchu instructed the servants to quickly take him down to change his wet clothes, temporarily put on his own clothes, and arrange decanting soup to sober him up.

Meng Tianchu saw that Lao He Tou was still standing by the pool and muttering to himself, so he smiled and comforted: "There are still lotus roots, people are in a bad mood, so they always have to find a place to vent, don't they?" There happened to be a pond, so it was convenient. ”

Lao He was still angry with Xu Wei, and said angrily: "Isn't there a wall and a pillar? Have the ability to bump into, alas, I am pitifully lotus. ”