Jing said to Cheng Ziyi: "Guogong seems to have known Meng Tianchu before, how are people?" ”

Cheng Ziyi laughed, but he quickly analyzed the relationship between Meng Tianchu and Jiajing in his heart, this Meng Tianchu is only a little master of Renhe County, before that Jian Qi and Ke Qian spoke for him, he felt very strange at the time, if Meng Tianchu was flamboyant and flattering, he didn't find it, and even felt that this offspring had a good temperament, so he liked it, but when the emperor arrived in Jiangnan, he didn't look for himself first but went to find Meng Tianchu, who is this Meng Tianchu?

Cheng Ziyi said: "Don't hide it from the Lord Long Live that Wei Chen still likes Meng Tianchu, he is honest and not hypocritical, the most important thing is that he has a good temperament, Wei Chen thinks that character is more important than anything else." ”

Jiajing nodded, looked at Meng Tianchu, but didn't say anything.

The group entered the hall, and as soon as they sat down, the people in the hall hurriedly came to report, saying that there was a person named Wang Yi who was the head catcher of the county government of Renhe County, and he wanted to find Meng Tianchu in an emergency.

Jiajing smiled and said, "Meng Tianchu, haven't you already resigned from the errand of the county master?" ”

Meng Tianchu hurriedly got up and replied respectfully: "If you go back to the Long Live Lord, the grass people don't know what the king is looking for the grass people. ”

Jiajing waved his hand and said, "Since you have found this place all the way, you should go and have a look." ”

Meng Tianchu was about to go out with thanks, but Jiajing said again: "By the way, I heard that you still have an errand in Hangzhou East Factory, right?" ”

Meng Tianchu thought to himself, the words of the old man. Precisely. ”

Jiajing nodded and said, "Okay, let's talk about this later, you go and see what the person is looking for you to do." ”

"Long live you."

Meng Tianchu, under the leadership of his subordinates, hurried to the entrance hall, saw Wang Yi wandering at the door in a hurry, and saw Meng Tianchu coming out, and hurriedly came forward.

"Master Meng, I'm sorry. I heard that you have a distinguished guest at home, and I didn't want to disturb you, but..."

"Nothing, I've already come out. Why are you looking for me so urgently? ”

Wang Yi pointed to a carriage not far away, Meng Tianchu looked at it and said, "Why is the eldest master here too?" ”

As he spoke, he and Wang Yi walked towards the carriage.

Coming to the carriage, Meng Tianchu lifted the curtain and took a look. I saw that Cai Zhao had already leaned on the car and fell asleep.

Wang Yi leaned in and shook Cai Zhao, Cai Zhao opened his eyes and saw that Meng Tianchu had already come. Suddenly, his eyes brightened, and he quickly sat up straight, and said happily: "Tianchu." There you are. Behold, I fell asleep. ”

Meng Tianchu saw that Cai Zhao still had a trace of saliva on his chin. I couldn't help but feel a trace of pity in my heart, I used to be in the yamen. Cai Zhao can do nothing every day, but now that he is gone, Cai Zhao seems to be getting much older all of a sudden, which makes people feel distressed when they see it.

Meng Tianchu stretched out his hand and gently wiped the saliva from Cai Zhao's chin, and said softly: "What is the matter for you to come to me in person, don't stay in the car on such a hot day, be careful of heat stroke, let's find a cool place to talk." ”

Meng Tianchu got into the car, Wang Yi also jumped into the car, and Cai Zhao said, "Aren't you a guest at the governor's house?" Isn't it inappropriate to go like this? ”

Meng Tianchu thought about it, and said, "Let's find a place to talk nearby, is it something important?" ”

Cai Zhao thought for a while and said, "It's not a big deal, I won't look for you anymore, or I'll wait for tomorrow." ”

Meng Tianchu knew what Cai Zhao meant, people came from afar, and they couldn't let people go back again, it seemed that there was really something, so he said: "Then go and tell the descendants of Lord Cheng, you wait for me." ”

Cai Zhao nodded, Meng Tianchu jumped out of the car, ran to the foyer in a few steps to find a subordinate, and was about to speak, when he saw a subordinate hurriedly coming out of it, seeing Meng Tianchu, he immediately smiled and said: "Lord Meng, our lord asked you to go, saying that the long live lord is in a hurry, and he wants to go to the garden." ”

Meng Tianchu arched his hand and said: "You came just in time, I bothered to tell the Lord of Long Live and your family and Lord Yan, Meng Mou's yamen had to rush back in an emergency." ”

The face of the person was embarrassed, and at this time, I saw a woman wearing a skirt and walked over gracefully, and when I looked closer, it turned out to be the Xiaowei that Meng Tianchu had seen before, and this Xiaowei was also the woman who Meng Tianchu saved the ground on the edge of the West Lake that day.

Xiao Wei stepped forward with a smile, saluted Meng Tianchu a little shyly, and then said softly, "What? Lord Meng is leaving? ”

Meng Tianchu hurriedly returned the salute and said, "The yamen is in a hurry, so..."

Xiao Wei sighed, nodded, turned to the man and said, "Go ahead, just say that Master Meng has something to do, and he can't go away, and he will come back and ask for the guilt of the Long Live Lord." ”

Seeing that the eldest lady said this, the next person hurriedly left.

Meng Tianchu didn't care about taking a good look at the woman in front of him, he only felt that it was very different from the appearance of the fierce and vicious son that day, and he couldn't see a person.

"Then thank you... Thank you, Miss, Meng said goodbye. ”

Turning around and about to leave, he heard Xiao Wei say softly: "I hope that Lord Meng will keep Xiao Wei's story a secret." ”

Meng Tianchu saw the solemnity of his only face, probably not wanting Cheng Ziyi to know and worry, so he nodded: "Don't worry, Miss won't let me say, I'll shut up, okay, I'm leaving." ”

The corners of Xiaowei's mouth rose, smiled slightly, and said: "The adults call me Xiaowei, I'll talk about the life-saving grace later, you can be busy first, Xiaowei won't send it." ”

Meng Tianchu nodded and left in a hurry.

Xiao Wei looked at Meng Tianchu's departing figure, and at this time, a handsome maid came out of the flowers, walked to Xiao Wei's side, and tapped Xiao Wei's face with the grass in his hand, Xiao Wei turned around, and saw that it was his own maid Xiaomeizi, so he smiled and said: "What are you peeking at here, I still can't change this bad habit." ”

Xiao Meizi is the woman who was driven away by Xiaowei that day.

Xiao Meizi blushed and said, "Miss, I..."

Xiao Wei smiled, stretched out her slender and white finger and poked it lightly on Xiao Meizi's forehead, and said, "Tease you." ”

Xiao Meizi was relieved. He smiled and said, "Actually, I didn't see anything.

Do you go to the garden? I haven't seen you for a long time, so I came to take a look. ”

Xiao Wei smiled slightly, and said softly: "It's the son who saved you and me that day, called Meng Tianchu." ”

When Xiao Meizi heard this, she immediately understood, and snickered: "It should be the son who saved you, I mean how did you recognize it." That childe's person is really good, he came with Long Live Lord? So what kind of official is he? Why did it come and go? ”

Xiao Wei pursed her lips and smiled, "Okay, why are there so many words." You've asked so many questions at once, how can I answer you, besides, I don't know what kind of official he is. But he just said that there is something in the yamen, is it a county order? ”

Xiao Meizi shook her head and said, "I don't think it looks like this little county order will be with the Long Live Lord?" No way. ”

Xiaowei also felt strange. I heard a subordinate not far away shouting respectfully: "Miss, my lord should be in a hurry." ”

Xiao Wei and Xiao Meizi snickered at each other and walked quickly towards the inner courtyard.

Meng Tianchu got into the car. Then the three men drove out of the Governor's Palace. I found a tea plantation near the lake where the wind could blow and sat down.

The three of them first drank a large bowl of herbal tea. Only then did the heat on his body disperse a little.

Cai Zhao put down the tea bowl and said with some embarrassment: "Tianchu." I'm so embarrassed. ”

Meng Tianchu wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "When did you give me such politeness?" I'm all out, so don't say anything polite. Let's get down to business. ”

Cai Zhao: "A few days ago, someone reported to the Yamen, saying that his grandson was missing, so we sent someone to look for it, and this morning, we found the body of a seven-year-old child by the moat in the west of the city, but..."

Meng Tianchu: "What? ”

Wang Yi said with a painful face: "There are only the head and the child's internal organs, alas! I'm really..."

When Meng Tianchu heard this, he was very surprised, and said, "What do you say about the yamen's deeds?" ”

Cai Zhao shook his head and said very dissatisfied: "Since you came, he has probably forgotten that he is still a fool, and he actually saw that the head and internal organs ran faster than me Cai Zhao, really..., otherwise, how could he be forced to come to you!" ”

Meng Tianchu saw that Cai Zhao was almost in tears, and knew Cai Zhao's mood, so he hurriedly said: "Dong Weng, you treat me Meng Tianchu as your own, how can I sit idly by and ignore me when you need me?" Don't worry, I promised you, and I will help you. ”

Cai Zhao nodded with a sigh, patted Meng Tianchu's shoulder, and muttered, "That's good, that's good..."

Meng Tianchu turned to Wang Yi and said, "Then let's go back to the yamen directly to see the head and internal organs." ”

When Wang Yi heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, and said happily: "Master Meng, I, Wang Yi, really haven't been wrong for so many years with you, and with you, the eldest master will be down-to-earth." Let's go, let's go back. ”

Meng Tianchu returned to the yamen and came directly to the mortuary, and saw that the head and internal organs were still in a basket, and said habitually: "Zhexue, bring me my things." ”

After speaking, he found that something was wrong, and looked back at Wang Yi with some embarrassment, who would have thought, at this time there was a woman standing at the door, dressed in plain clothes, looking at herself.

Meng Tianchu stepped forward quickly, happily held her hand and said, "Xue Xue, why are you, aren't you at home and still have to stay at home for seven seven and forty-nine days?" ”

Murong Yuxue smiled slightly, took out the clothes and gloves that Meng Tianchu needed to wear to inspect the corpse from a package, and said while dressing Meng Tianchu and putting them on: "Brother Wang came to look for me, I know that you need my help at this time, so I will come and take a look." ”

Wang Yi left with a sense of humor and closed the door.

Meng Tianchu saw that Xue Xue was getting thinner and thinner, and said distressedly: "You don't want me to come to see you, but you can't take good care of yourself, why are you getting thinner and thinner?" ”

Murong Zhenxue smiled shyly and said, "Where am I thin?" Okay, let's get started, I'm done, I'm going back, okay? ”

Meng Tianchu nodded, knowing that during the period of Xue Xue's filial piety, it was not easy to flirt and scold, and what to say was too sweet, so he walked to the basket, because the weather was hot, these things had begun to emit some smells, and blood flowed all over the ground.

Meng Tianchu squatted down, first took the head in his hand and looked at it, and Murong Yuxue also prepared a pen and paper, standing aside, ready to record at any time.

"The deceased was a male, aged about seven years old, with no injuries to his face and head, the deceased had not been hit on the head with a heavy object before his death, and the wound was cut from the neck with a knife, and the knife edge was neat, probably a relatively long knife."

Murong Zhenxue: "Could it be a scythe or something?" ”

Meng Tianchu said while looking at his head: "It's not impossible, but I think it's more likely to be a knife that is generally sharper, such as a watermelon knife, a boning knife, and a kitchen knife, which is not necessarily." ”

Murong Zhenxue lamented as she wrote: "Who is so cruel? ”

Meng Tianchu: "Naturally, start with the deceased's family, see if the family has quarreled with others recently, whether the family has enemies, the means are indeed cruel, but, Xue Xue, come over and take a look, the method is indeed very skillful, this murderer seems to be really murderous without blinking." ”

Murong Yuxue stepped forward, also looked at it carefully, and said, "Yes, if it is really the enemy's doing, then this hatred is probably too deep." ”

Meng Tianchu put his head aside, looked at the internal organs in the basket, and said, "There are no signs of poisoning, and the color of the internal organs is normal."

Xue Xue: "Wang Yi, have they found another place?" What about the child's limbs and body? ”

Meng Tianchu stood up and said, "I heard Wang Yi say that I have found it within a radius of one mile, but no." ”

Murong Yuxue put down the pen and paper, looked at it closer, and said, "Tianchu, I heard that you have resigned from the errand of your master, so what are you going to do in the future?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Come back with a champion." ”

Murong Yuxue looked up at Meng Tianchu in surprise, and when she saw that he seemed to be very serious, she said, "Why do you think about taking the imperial examination now?" You're not..."