Wei pointed to a man in his thirties beside him, who looked weak and white, looking sick and dying, and said to Meng Tianchu: "This is Sima Ru, the young secretary of Honglu Temple in Beijing, who is also a young talent, a suave character, and I came here this time to listen to some good words from Xu, saying that there is heaven and Suzhou and Hangzhou, so I came with me to take a look, which is a tour of the mountains and rivers." ”

Meng Tianchu saw Xu Wei's respectful expression, and already knew a little in his heart, a commander of the third rank made such a solemn Shaoqing from the fifth grade undoubtedly reveal a message to his own master and younger brother, this person should not be underestimated.

Meng Tianchu naturally knows, don't look at it as a small Cong Wupin, but it is a fat difference, and the royal court, guests, and auspicious ceremonies are all under their control. Moreover, all the national ceremonies, suburban temples, sacrifices, court meetings, banquets, feasts, canonizations, calendars, springs, transmissions, performances, etc., as well as the pilgrimage of foreign officials, the tribute of all the fans, and the reinstatement of the husband and the envoys, thanks, if you see the resignation, and the Honglu introduction. New Year's Day, Shangyuan, Chongwu, Chongjiu... All praise the officials and salute. "It's equivalent to a royal housekeeper, but these chores can't be underestimated.

Meng Tianchu hurriedly got up and made a gesture to the white-faced Sima Ru, but Sima Ru was also calm, and actually stood up and saluted back, which surprised Meng Tianchu very much, thinking that it was probably to give Xu Wei face, after all, he was the head of Jinyiwei, and this face still had to be given.

After everyone got to know each other and sat down, Jian Qi said: "I didn't have a few drinks with Mr. last time, but I can't miss it today." We're going to have a good drink. ”

Meng Tianchu hurriedly thanked him, he was most afraid of associating with these dignitaries on weekdays, Ke Qian was better acquainted with it, but who was sitting in front of him was not his own boss, you had to do whatever people said, where was it possible to refuse to say no. In fact, it has been very hard recently, and I haven't had a good rest, and I have been a little weak after transfusing 600CC of blood to Zuo Jiayin. I regret that I came rashly.

Cai Zhao on the side motioned to the housekeeper to let those who danced and played stand down. Everyone just watched it. Now no one seems to have much interest, since a few gentlemen want to drink with peace of mind, then it's better to be clean.

Meng Tianchu hurriedly said that he was late and punished himself with three cups, and when everyone saw this, they all wanted to raise a glass with Meng Tianchu, and after a while, Meng Tianchu was already slightly drunk.

Xu Wei saw that Meng Tianchu's drinking today was different from what he was doing on weekdays. Xu Wei walked to Meng Tianchu's side, and saw that everyone was still interested, so he smiled and said: "All of you only drink with my little brother, and don't give me a chance to let Xu also catch up with my little brother." Talk. I don't think it's too early. Lord Jian, see if you disperse first, tomorrow Xu will have a treat in Juxian Building, and we will drink it well then. What do you think? ”

Jian Qi saw that Xu Wei already wanted to disperse, and said that he had indeed come over for the second watch, and he was about to go for the third watch, and he was the oldest at his age, except for Cai Zhao, he was the biggest, if it weren't for Xu Wei and Sima Ru, he wouldn't have given up his life here to accompany the gentleman. So he just pushed the boat down the river, saying that Lord Xu and Lord Sima were tired of traveling and driving, and it was better to rest early.

Although Meng Tianchu was a little drunk, he didn't make a fool of himself on the spot, so he stood up and said goodbye to everyone one by one, everyone walked to the door of the yamen with a smile, Chai Meng saw that Meng Tianchu's pace was a little unsteady, and he wanted to help, but when he saw Meng Tianchu looking at himself with a smile, he understood and only followed carefully.

The housekeeper ordered someone to drive Lord Jane's carriage over, Lord Jane's entourage and Cai Zhao carefully helped Lord Jane to the car, and after Lord Jane got into the car, he poked his head out and arched his hand and said, "Lord Xu, Jian Qi is rude, why don't you and Lord Sima bend to stay in the house for a while?" ”

Xu Wei: "Lord Jian doesn't have to be polite, my little brother and I have already agreed to go to his house to live, as for Master Sima, Xu will naturally arrange it, you go first." ”

Jian Qi was not polite, and after saying goodbye to Xu Wei and Sima Ru, he left in the dust.

Cai Zhao said cautiously on the side: "Or..."

Xu Wei waved his hand and said, "No need, Brother Sima and I will go to live at the younger brother's house, what does Brother Sima think?" ”

Sima Ru nodded, Meng Tianchu didn't expect that Xu Wei would not only go to live at home, but also bring a Sima Ru, this is good, everyone in the family has probably already rested. He turned around and glanced at Chai Meng, shook his head, and motioned for him to go back and report first, anyway, it was close to home, Chai Meng understood, and hurriedly took the first step.

Cai Zhao saw that Xu Wei and Sima Ru had decided to go to Meng Tianchu's house, and he didn't dare to insist, so he had to send the three of them out of the door, and after walking a few steps, Xu Wei asked Cai Zhao to go back, Cai Zhao didn't dare to make a sound, so he had to nod his head and bow his waist, and when he saw that they were far away, he breathed a sigh of relief, and turned around and went home physically and mentally exhausted.

Meng Tianchu was blown by the cold wind, as if he was much sober, seeing that Xu Wei and Sima Ru thought that there was nothing at all, it seemed that it was really not a loss to be a person who mixed in the officialdom, and they were all good drinkers.

I only heard Sima Ru say: "This Jian Qi is really getting less and less concerned about people, saying that he is catching the wind, and he actually got you and me to a small county official's house to have a meal, and I will just do it, he actually doesn't take you, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, in his eyes, it's really..."

Xu Wei said twice, he couldn't hear what he meant, and only said: "People are the champions of the imperial examination, and their niece is also a concubine who was elected to the palace, and she has been very favored recently, I heard that the woman is very good, and she jumped from Concubine Hui to Concubine Hui in three years, and she jumped three levels in a row, which is really powerful, and even the virtuous and virtuous Empress Zhang wants to let her score three points." ”

Meng Tianchu listened to it as if he was listening to a story, and he didn't know anything about the affairs of the palace, so he couldn't say anything.

Sima Ru snorted lightly and said: "I know that our saint, he doted on Empress Chen like that at the beginning, and then it was not the same, although Empress Chen had it, she shouldn't have any jealousy with the emperor, but what was the result?" The end is probably the worst among the harem masters in the past, after Queen Chen died. The saint did not pity her, and the funeral was extremely simple

Out of the main entrance of the palace, carry out from the left gate like a palace concubine. The ministers have been made again and again, but have our saints listened to it? It was not a hasty burial of Empress Chen, and a month later, Concubine Zhuang succeeded to the throne and became the current Empress Dizhang. ”

Meng Tianchu watched from the sidelines. As the so-called drunkenness understands. This Sima Ru is really bold enough. Dare to talk about the current emperor, although I have heard Zuo Jiayin mention some ridiculous things about the emperor in the past, but after all, it is the words of the bed between husband and wife, and he must speak softly, that Sima Ru is very arrogant, and he feels that he is not talking about today's saint, but saying that he is not a child.

Xu Wei sighed: "Alas. Forget it, who calls people to be favored now? There is a good saying, that is, a person who has attained the Tao of the chicken and dog ascended to heaven, don't say it, we talk, and we will leave out my virtuous brother in the cold. You must know that my virtuous brother is not an ordinary person..."

Sima Ru laughed twice, and Meng Tianchu found that this man was laughing, and his voice was very different from his face. The voice was very deep.

Sima Ru said: "How could I not know? Lord Xu thinks that I, Sima, am really just staying in the palace for a day and looking at the yellow calendar? ”

Meng Tianchu saw that Xu Wei and Sima Ru looked tacit. Do they really know everything? He also pretended to be drunk and staggered along.

Just thinking about it, the three of them had arrived at the door. Sima Ru looked at the two stone lions at the door, patted the one on the left with his hand, and then looked up at the plaque of Mengfudi, the corners of his mouth grinned, not knowing what it meant.

This is a woman who walked out of the door, although the moonlight is getting better, but because she came out of the door, she couldn't see her real appearance, Sima Ru saw that Xu Wei had already stepped forward, and shouted out the eldest lady, it seemed that it was Meng Tianchu's original wife. Sima Ru stood beside Meng Tianchu, pretending to help Meng Tianchu, but did not step forward.

The woman who only listened first said ten thousand blessings to Xu Wei, and then said softly: "If you know that Lord Xu is coming, we will have to wait for you to come before resting, it's really rude, hurry in and talk." ”

Xu Wei pulled Sima Ru to Xia Fengyi's side and introduced: "I am the eldest lady of my virtuous brother, and I am the daughter of Xia Feng, a member of the household department, Xia Fengyi. ”

Sima Ru then followed the lantern hanging at the door and the moonlight in the sky to see the woman clearly, and saw that it was a big beauty, Sima Ru didn't look good, so he quickly lowered his head and shouted respectfully to the eldest lady, but he thought in his heart that this Meng Tianchu was really blessed, and a little master actually found such a fairy-like lady, which was really enviable.

Xu Wei: "Big lady, this is Sima Ru, the young secretary of Honglu Temple in the capital, and he is a friend of Xia. ”

Xia Fengyi grew up in charge of his family since he was a child, so he naturally understood this person's position, so he smiled and bowed, Sima Ru was fascinated by Xia Fengyi's ceremonial smile, Xu Wei quietly nodded his back behind him, and he woke up, this pale face had a trace of blood, but unfortunately it was too dark for no one to see, only he felt that his face was hot.

Meng Tianchu saw it in his eyes, he knew that many people would lose their temper when they saw their four ladies, but fortunately, they were just unconscious, and then it would be fine, seeing that this Sima Ru was like this, he had been staying in the palace, and he had never seen any beauty, but he didn't expect that Meng Tianchu still hid such a big beauty in his house, so he lost his temper, not strange, not strange!

Chai Meng walked out of the door, helped Meng Tianchu, and several people walked into the door with a smile, which was not far away from the sound of the husband beating the ground, and after three sounds, it was a sentence: "The weather is dry and dry, fire prevention and theft..."

Nothing after that.

…

Zuo Jiayin felt that someone was touching her cheeks in her sleep, itching and swishing, she opened her eyes and saw a familiar face, she smiled.

"Tianchu, why are you here?"

Meng Tianchu sat on the edge of Zuo Jiayin's bed, gently grabbed one of Zuo Jiayin's hands, looked at Zuo Jiayin's still pale face, and touched her face distressedly.

"I was going to come to see you last night, Xu Wei came, I was afraid of waking you and my son, so I didn't come, do you feel better?"

Zuo Jiayin nodded and said, "Tianchu, your face is not good, I know that you gave me a lot of blood in order to save me, and so did the second lady." She is pregnant now, can she afford to eat like this? ”

"Don't worry about that, you just have to take care of yourself. By the way, Xu Wei said that he wanted to come to see you in a while, Feng Yi meant that you couldn't get out of bed during the confinement, and it was a bit rude to lie down like this, so I was afraid that I would be tired of you, so I simply refused. ”

"Wait until I'm better, do I really think I'm so tired to go see Jin'er?"

"I went, the nurse just fed the milk and slept again, I heard the nurse say that the child is almost asleep before the age of one, right?"

Zuo Jiayin smiled: "How do I know?" ”

Meng Tianchu also smiled.

"I just miss him very much, thinking that since I gave birth to him, I have never slept with the child, I am all carried by the wet nurse, and I am worried that when I get better, he will not kiss me."

Meng Tianchu saw that Zuo Jiayin's eyes were moist when she said this, and hurriedly coaxed her: "How come?" When you are out of confinement, let Jin'er sleep with you, and the nurse will feed you every day. It's just that you're too weak to work hard, you know? ”

Zuo Jiayin nodded obediently.

Someone outside the door playfully said, "I'm coming in!" Have you said enough about it? ”

Zuo Jiayin and Meng Tianchu said in unison: "Xue'er"

I saw Xue'er wearing a white dress and floating in like a lily.

Meng Tianchu hurriedly got up, Xue'er first said Wan Fu to Meng Tianchu gracefully, and then walked to the bed with a smile, still smiling just now, and was sad when she saw Zuo Jiayin's appearance, and suddenly threw herself into Zuo Jiayin's arms, Meng Tianchu saw Zuo Jiayin's brows frowning slightly, and quickly patted Xue'er's shoulder, Xue'er sat up, and saw Meng Tianchu pointing to Zuo Jiayin's stomach, and immediately blushed, first wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and then hurriedly made amends.