Sister: "I think the most terrible thing in this world is the human heart, not the reason why people want to make up these things to scare people, is nothing more than to let some people who believe in them know that there are more terrible ghosts than them, if there are no ghosts to cover up, then their human hearts will not be revealed?" ”

After Meng Tianchu and Steward Yan listened to the words of the fourth sister, they couldn't help but glance at each other, where is this from the mouth of a poor daughter's family who sells lotus root powder, even in the eyes of these secular people in the Ming Dynasty, this remark is undoubtedly a paradox or contrary to the norm, but this little woman blurted out, and there is no indignation at all, which has to make the two men not underestimate this little woman.

The fourth sister probably saw the meaning in the eyes of Meng Tianchu and Steward Yan, and immediately smiled awkwardly, stood up, and said, "Okay, take a break, the two guest officers will listen to my fourth sister's words, and I will make lotus root noodles for the two guest officers to eat." ”

The two young men walked to the edge of the pavilion and said loudly: "Fourth sister, are there any lotus root powders?" ”

The fourth sister didn't look back, but said lightly: "No, I'm sorry, two guest officers." ”

The two young men left a little disappointed, and one of them said: "It's a pity that I rarely met the fourth sister, but I don't have it." ”

Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "Fourth sister, it seems that you are a big name on the edge of the West Lake, and there are many people who know your name?" ”

The fourth sister smiled slightly and said, "Thanks to the care of you repeat customers, how could there be such a good business for the fourth sister today?" ”

Steward Yan looked at the lotus root flour in the basket, and then said, "The fourth sister probably has to talk about her mood when she sells things." ”

The fourth sister looked at Steward Yan, then looked at the lotus root powder in her basket, smiled, and did not speak, but quietly covered most of the lotus root powder with gauze.

Meng Tianchu and Steward Yan quickly finished the second bowl of lotus root noodles, and the fourth sister packed up her things, then took out a small jar from the basket and handed it to Meng Tianchu, who took it suspiciously. The fourth sister said: "I probably can't come again for a while, this is some home-brewed rose honey, I see that the guest officer is also a very good eater of rose stuff, there is not much rose honey in this jar anyway, so give it to the guest officer." ”

Meng Tianchu was immediately very grateful, after all, it was only a two-sided relationship, and after Meng Tianchu thanked him, he took out some scattered silver from his arms. said: "Accept these scattered pieces of silver, Meng doesn't mean anything else, and I know that you won't take extra money from others, but I'm clumsy and stupid, and I don't know how to express my gratitude in my heart." So, please be sure to accept it. ”

The fourth sister looked at the loose silver in Meng Tianchu's hand, reached out and took the smallest one from it, and then put it in a small money bag around her waist. Then he served the basket, gave a salute to Meng Tianchu and Steward Yan, and left without saying a word.

Steward Yan smiled and said to Meng Tianchu: "Where is the fourth sister a woman who is short of money, you." It probably hurt her self-esteem again. ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Steward Yan in amazement, Steward Yan just smiled, and then stood up. looked at the back of the fourth sister in the distance. said: "You think you can see it as far as your Meng Gongzi can see." And am I still in the dark? ”

Meng Tianchu: "I don't know what Steward Yan means?" ”

Steward Yan laughed a few times and said, "You." Do you really want me to make it clear? Okay, when I saw you give money just now, I actually knew that you were trying to test the fourth sister, in fact, those few pieces of silver are really nothing in our opinion, you probably think that if she picks a slightly larger one, she will also say the past, but the smallest is not worth our four bowls of lotus root powder, and then a child from a poor family with a lot of money and backbone, he will not do a loss-making business. ”

Meng Tianchu saw that Steward Yan had spoken everything to his heart, and he couldn't help but secretly admire this person's thoughtfulness, but he didn't speak, only smiled.

Steward Yan saw Meng Tianchu smiling, so he continued: "Moreover, although I haven't seen how many jars she sent, but when I see you take the action, I know that there is not much in it as she said, at least there is more than half of it." In this way, wouldn't she lose even more? I see that she is not a dull person, not only is she not a dull person, but she is also very intelligent, since she is smart, then why let herself suffer? In this way, the woman is the lady who was looking for the land just now. ”

Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "I see that Steward Yan is thoughtful, so in this way, you can guess that woman is the one who was looking for land from the previous family?" ”

Steward Yan looked at Meng Tianchu, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled.

Meng Tianchu unscrewed the lid of the jar and found that it was still full, leisurely exuding the fragrance of roses.

The two of them watched the figure of the fourth sister disappear from sight, and the steward Yan said: "Those few family members are really smart. ”

Meng Tianchu nodded, thinking that yes, those people had probably seen the fourth sister in the pavilion, so they deliberately said those words, holding the jar of rose honey, and the two of them walked back towards the way they came.

"Yes, when those few family members were talking outside the pavilion, I wondered that the fourth sister was very attentive to putting seasoning in the lotus root noodle bowl we were, and she didn't mean to look back at the excitement at all, in fact, the more she was like this, the easier it was to be suspicious. However, looking at the clothes of those families, if the fourth sister is really the daughter of a big family, what kind of lotus root powder does she sell? ”

Steward Yan nodded and said, "That's hard to say, we are not the parties involved, so naturally we don't know what they are thinking." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Maybe I just feel lonely, so I disguised myself to play these tricks, where is it to make money, I just think it's fun." But if it's true, this girl is really bold, she dares to walk the streets and alleys alone, and the time to come out and pretend to be a little girl who buys lotus root noodles should not be short. ”

Steward Yan approvingly: "Yes, I think so too. Seeing that I have eaten the lotus root noodles invited by Meng Gongzi, I have never asked Meng Gongzi's name for such a rudeness. ”

Meng Tianchu hurriedly said: "You're polite, under the name Tianchu, dare to ask Steward Yan..."

Steward Yan arched his hand and said, "Meng Tianchu? Good name! In the next name dimension. ”

Meng Tianchu was shocked, his head buzzed, and he almost dropped the honey in the jar to the ground

Fortunately, Steward Yan didn't care, thinking that Meng Tianchu just almost dropped the honeypot in his hand and lost his expression, but he didn't know that Meng Tianchu studied liberal arts when he was in middle school, and the best subjects in liberal arts were Chinese and history. At the beginning, he found a "famous painter and military strategist of the Ming Dynasty" Xu Wei as his brother, which made Meng Tianchu often feel more proud, and today he didn't know that he had invited the Ming Dynasty during the Jiajing period to serve as a scholar of the Wuyingdian University, and he entered the Zhiwenyuan Pavilion and was still in charge of the ministry. After the dismissal of the ministry, he went straight to the West Garden, and then progressed to the Ministry of Shangshu, and was a scholar of the palace, a young master and a prince. Yan Song, a young master and a scholar of Huagai Palace, was such a big man who ate the roadside stall on the edge of the West Lake, thinking of this, Meng Tianchu thought about it again, could it be... Don't... He felt like his palms were sweating. No, it won't be such a coincidence. If the middle-aged man in front of him was Yan Song, then the fat man who was chatting with Xu Wei and Sima Ru in the inn..., Meng Tianchu couldn't help but cough because of nervousness.

Meng Tianchu said: "Yan... Strict housekeeper. Doesn't the accent sound like the people of the capital? ”

Steward Yan smiled and said, "Yes, it has been decades since I left my hometown, but only the hometown accent has not changed." But. Can you tell where I'm from? ”

Meng Tianchu tried to recall what the history teacher told Yan Song in high school that Meng Tianchu had liked a class flower in the class before, and that woman was pursued by many people at that time. Later, a boy wrote a love letter to the class flower. I was handed over to the teacher by the class flower. Later, the teacher beat the boy hatefully, and then the boy said that the class flower was the hometown of the traitor Yan Song. And say that it's not a good thing. Of course, these are not important to Meng Tianchu, the important thing is that the class flower himself has liked it, and even checked the three generations of the ancestors of that class flower, so Meng Tianchu remembered that the girl was Jiangxi, but as for where Jiangxi was, he had forgotten it.

Steward Yan saw that Meng Tianchu bowed his head and didn't speak, so he said, "What? Is Meng Gongzi wondering where I am in Jiangxi? ”

Meng Tianchu was excited, thinking that if this man was really Yan Song, then he could still be on the right call, that Yan Song was once called: "A seven-year-old child is called a pavilion old before he is old, and his thirty-year-old uncle is a talent but a prodigy. What else can a prodigy not guess?

Meng Tianchu hurriedly smiled and said: "I have been to Jiangxi once, but it has been too long, and I don't have any memory, which makes Steward Yan smile." ”

Strict housekeeper: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm a pleasant person in Jiangxi." ”

Meng Tianchu couldn't remember where Yan Song was from Jiangxi and woke up, so he still warned himself that it was better to pay attention to what he said, because Yan Song still did a lot of ruthless things after he finally gained power.

The two men then said something inconsequential, and walked slowly back to the inn.

Following

Two people came up from Meng Tianchu's mansion, one was Cai Zhao and the other was Wang Yi.

Meng Tianchu heard Feiyan come to the room to report that he had come back from Hangzhou Mansion very late the night before, and had a few more drinks, so he hadn't woken up yet, and he wanted to sleep for a while, seeing that Feiyan was very anxious, and that Cai Zhao was also his own food and clothing parents in the past, and he was not thin on himself, so it was not good to ignore people so quickly, so he thought about it or persisted, washed up briefly, and then went out to meet guests in a neat manner.

I saw that Cai Zhao and Wang Yi were fidgeting in the hall, and when they saw Meng Tianchu coming, the two of them stood up at the same time and walked towards Meng Tianchu, but they hadn't seen each other for a few days, as if they were particularly cordial.

Meng Tianchu first Cai Zhao's face was haggard, there were bloodshots in his eyes, and he felt a little unbearable in his heart, knowing that as soon as he left, Cai Zhao had not found a capable master for a while, so he had to do everything himself.

Meng Tianchu looked at Wang Yi, and saw that he also had a serious expression, an old beard, and he hadn't shaved for a few days, and the two friends glanced at each other, and all their emotions were in their eyes.

Meng Tianchu helped Cai Zhao sit down first, and asked kindly: "Dong Weng's complexion today doesn't seem to be very good, is it that there have been more trivial matters in the Yamen recently, you still have to pay more attention to rest." ”

Cai Zhao said: "It's not in the way, probably once upon a time with you, I was negligent in affairs and too lazy, so I suddenly got busy and had no direction." ”

Meng Tianchu said distressedly: "Things can't be done, you still have to rest well." ”

Cai Zhao said: "Tianchu, I came to you today, and I have nothing to do without going to the Three Treasures Palace, I Cai Zhao also have no choice, otherwise I won't come to trouble you, I hope you can come back to help me, and when I find a suitable master, I will not hinder your future." ”

When Meng Tianchu heard this, he was embarrassed and didn't know how to shirk it, and before he could think of how to speak, a maid walked in, walked up to Meng Tianchu respectfully, and said softly: "Master, your breakfast is eaten here, is it okay?" ”

Meng Tianchu suddenly said: "Why are you subordinates more and more rude, and you don't ask the eldest master and my brother Wang, but you actually asked me first." ”

When the maid heard this, she was frightened, and hurriedly said: "Master, the slave maid has already asked the eldest master and Wang Zhutou, and they all said that they have already eaten and don't want to eat anymore, so that's why..."

When Meng Tianchu heard this, he nodded and said, "Then just bring me something to eat, it's cooler here." ”

The maid answered, and then withdrew.

Meng Tianchu then said: "Dong Weng, if you say this, it will make Tianchu embarrassed, where am I looking for any future, but I feel tired, so I want to rest and rest." ”

Meng Tianchu saw Cai Zhao sighing, so he asked vigilantly, "Is something wrong?" Hasn't He Ding's case been transferred to the prefect's yamen? ”

Wang Yi also learned from Cai Zhao and sighed, putting one hand on the arm of the chair and supporting his forehead with the other, as if he was very distressed.

Meng Tianchu was anxious and said: "Okay, just say something about it, you all know that I, Meng Tianchu, am an anxious person, if there is anything I need help with, I, Meng Tianchu, will not be hypocritical, as long as you don't sigh here." ”