Meng Tianchu: "In this way, it seems even more necessary to go to the legendary walled village." ”

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Meng Tianchu, the master had no choice but to stop talking.

Meng Tianchu returned home from the government office, and carefully read the case file from beginning to end, and it was really as Jian Ning said, judging from the file, it was a confused case that was abandoned from the beginning to the end, not only was the physical evidence incomplete, but also the witness testimony was unsatisfactory, which made people feel a little unbelievable after reading it, why did a Hangzhou prefect who had stepped down make it so difficult for an orphan, and was it accidental or someone deliberately did it when a family of three broke the door overnight? The master also contradicted himself when he spoke, and after a while, he found that Xi Xuan had fainted and fell to the ground, and for a while he actually said that he was lying in the same bed with his sister, it seemed that someone wanted to cover up the truth of the matter, so he wanted to cover up Mizhang and burn the bodies of the three people, whether it was for self-protection and chose to frame him, or for some other reason, Meng Tianchu fell into a fog and couldn't figure it out.

Following.

Meng Tianchu took Xiaonuo, Jian Ning, Chai Meng, Tu Long, and Wang Yi and his party to drive to the walled village of Qiantang County, and was caught up by Song Yuanqiao's men and horses at the gate of Qiantang County.

Meng Tianchu heard the movement in the car, did not get up but sat firmly in his position, his eyes were slightly closed as if he was asleep, and a guard-like person blocked the way and said loudly outside the car: "Lord Meng, our Lord Song is invited." ”

Meng Tianchu opened his eyes and looked at Jian Ning, Jian Ning willingly walked out of the car, and when the guard saw that it was Master Jian Qi's daughter, he bowed down and saluted, Jian Ning said: "If you have anything to say, just say it here, we have to hurry up." ”

The guards seemed to be in a bit of a quandary. At this time, a person stepped down from the opposite car, and Jian Ning saw that it was Song Yuanqiao, so she simply got out of the car and walked towards Song Yuanqiao.

Song Yuanqiao said with a smile: "Why is Miss Ning'er here?" ”

Jian Ning gave a salute and said, "I was ordered by the Long Live Lord to help Lord Meng deal with some trivial matters such as government documents. I don't know why Lord Song is blocking our way at this time? ”

Song Yuanqiao did not answer Jian Ningdi's words, but smiled, looked at Meng Tianchu's car, walked straight to the front of the car, lifted the curtain on the car and looked at it. I saw Meng Tianchu sitting in his position with his eyes closed, and his newlywed wife Xiao Nuo was sitting beside him. Although Song Yuanqiao couldn't help but be indignant in his heart, he quickly squeezed out a smile when he saw Xiaonuo, and Xiaonuo also smiled at Song Yuanqiao, but did not speak.

Song Yuanqiao coughed loudly a few times, Meng Tianchu opened his eyes at this time, and saw that Song Yuanqiao was already gritting his teeth and patiently expression, secretly amused, but deliberately stretched his waist, got up and walked to the front of the car, and squatted down. Said to Song Yuanqiao: "Lord Song." How is it here? ”

Song Yuanqiao looked at Meng Tianchu's pretentious appearance with a smile, and said, "This official has been waiting here for a long time. ”

Meng Tianchu pretended to be surprised, and said, "Oh, are you waiting for a humble job?" ”

Song Yuanqiao waved his hand and motioned for Meng Tianchu to get out of the car and speak, Meng Tianchu jumped out of the car, Song Yuanqiao pointed to a tea shed on the side of the road not far away and said, "Lord Meng." How about we take a step to speak? ”

Meng Tianchu beckoned his people to come down and rest. Xiao Nuo and Jian Ning followed Meng Tianchu and Song Yuanqiao into the tea shed, and sat down across the table between the two of them.

Song Yuanqiao looked at the people around Meng Tianchu. couldn't help but show a mocking look, Meng Tianchu saw it in his eyes, and thought, I see how you Song Yuanqiao persuaded me to turn around and not go to the village today.

After Song Yuanqiao coughed a few times, he said slowly: "Master Meng heard that he was going to the walled village? ”

Meng Tianchu said bluntly, "Exactly." ”

Song Yuanqiao lifted the lid of the tea bowl and gently floated the tea leaves, and after blowing it with his mouth, he raised his eyes and glanced at Meng Tianchu, and said, "Shouldn't you go to the village to eat lotus root this season?" ”

Song Yuanqiao's guards on the side laughed, and Meng Tianchu also laughed, and said: "I didn't know that there were lotus roots to eat in the walled village, I thought that a retired prefect could watch it after the walled village." ”

Xiaonuo and the others also laughed, Song Yuanqiao was a little embarrassed, and said: "Lord Meng seems to be a new official who wants to do something vigorous to show the Lord Banzai." ”

Meng Tianchu laughed a few times, looked at Song Yuanqiao and said, "Lord Song also came over like this, isn't it?" ”

Song Yuanqiao: "I still advise Brother Xian, some people can't touch it, don't touch it, don't take care of some things that shouldn't be managed, don't think that there are any Wei Guogong and Princess Heavenly Master behind you to support you Master Meng, you can do whatever you want, you can't do it for a lifetime." ”

Meng Tianchu was angry when he heard this, but when he saw Song Yuanqiao's sinister and cunning face sneering at him, he held back his anger and smiled easily, Song Yuanqiao thought that Meng Tianchu would shoot the case and pointed at his nose and scolded, Song Yuanqiao now just wants Meng Tianchu to turn his face with himself, so that he can tear his face and have a big fight with this master, but seeing Meng Tianchu laughing, Song Yuanqiao became angry.

Song Yuanqiao: "What's the matter, when it comes to your sore spot Master Meng?" ”

Meng Tianchu shook his head and said: "These are all facts, how can it be my Meng Tianchu's sore spot, it should be my Meng Tianchu's honor, I don't understand that Lord Song is pointing out those things and people who shouldn't be asked, who are the things and people who are talking about, what are the things you are talking about, can you please make it clearer?" In addition, there are some relationships that you Lord Song has overlooked, and these are the last things you should ignore. ”

Song Yuanqiao: "There's no need for Lord Meng to pretend to be confused at this time, besides, is there anything I didn't think of for you?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "It should be said that Wei Guogong's family is my backing, and you also neglected Concubine Xian, aren't you?" ”

Song Yuanqiao was choked by Meng Tianchu's words, pointed at Meng Tianchu and said, "You... Don't talk to me like this arrogantly, I tell you that Meng Tianchu Xi picked up that case is already an ironclad matter, and you can't find out why you just can't find out. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Look, I said, Lord Song will not deliberately come to Qiantang County to invite me to tea." It turned out that I came here for your mentor Xi Rui, what a good student. Since it is an ironclad matter, why is it that three years have passed, and Xi is still locked up in the government prison and no one cares? ”

Song Yuanqiao snorted in his nose. said: "Do you still want to overturn the case for that kid?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "If the case is really an unjust case, then it is the duty of the lower officials to overturn the case, and I don't think there is anything wrong with it." ”

Song Yuanqiao got up to leave, and said: "Meng Tianchu, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, don't blame me in the future Song Yuanqiao didn't remind you." Hum! After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Meng Tianchu looked at Song Yuanqiao's back as he left angrily, and couldn't help but feel a little heavy.

Xiao Nuo walked next to Meng Tianchu and saw Meng Tianchu, who was still smiling, and his face was already blue at this time. With his hands clenched into fists and his eyebrows furrowed, Xiao Nuo gently grabbed Meng Tianchu's hand and whispered: "This bastard thing just wants to provoke you, you must not fall for him." ”

Meng Tianchu froze down, then let go of his fists, sighed, and said, "I understand." ”

Jian Ning stepped forward and said, "The more they do this, the more it means that there is something wrong with this case." ”

Meng Tianchu: "The only thing I don't understand is why this Xi Rui must do everything possible to calculate an orphan?" ”

Xiaonuo: "Or maybe it has nothing to do with this Xi at all, it's just trying to find a scapegoat." ”

Meng Tianchu: "I thought so too. But if that's the case. This Xi picked up three lives in his family, and who did they have such a deep hatred with their orphans and widows, and they must kill all the family? ”

Jian Ning: "Maybe you can really solve this mystery only by asking for the walled village." ”

Meng Tianchu looked at the two women standing on his left and right, and said, "Okay, it's not too early, we still have to hurry, let's go." ”

Everyone got into the car and continued on their way. Jian Ning said: "Then Song Yuanqiao is afraid that he played a big role in this case. ”

Xiao Nuo gave Jian Ning a look. Signaling her not to mention this matter for the time being, he smiled and said, "Tianchu." I received a letter from my sister last night, I have good news for you, do you want to hear it? ”

Meng Tianchu nodded but did not speak.

Xiaonuo pretended to be happy and said, "My sister is pregnant." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled reluctantly and said, "It's really good news." ”

Xiao Nuo saw that Meng Tianchu was still not in the mood, so he peeked at Jian Ning, Jian Ning thought for a while, and said, "I heard that Lord Cheng is fighting against a very famous character this time, do you know who it is?" ”

Xiaonuo: "I don't know, I haven't heard my mother mention it, how did Sister Ling'er know?" ”

Jian Ning smiled and said, "Wang Tai, have you heard of it?" ”

Xiao Nuo looked at Meng Tianchu, Meng Tianchu thought for a while, and said, "I've heard of some." ”

In fact, Meng Tianchu also knew very little about this person, although he was very interested in history when he was in college in the past, but now he thinks that he is fortunate that he is interested in power, otherwise it would be even more difficult to get along in this Ming Dynasty.

Xiao Nuo said to Meng Tianchu with great interest: "Why don't I know, is it really powerful, tell me and Sister Ning'er." ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Jian Ning and said, "Let's let Miss Jian tell us about it." ”

Jian Ning was also bent on diverting Meng Tianchu's attention, so she didn't shirk it, and said, "I don't know very well, so I'll tell you what I know." ”

Jian Ning: "Wang Tai is the leader of the Haixi Jurchen Hada Sect, his real name is Wanyantai, a descendant of the Wanyan clan of the Jin royal family, and the sound of Wanyan is similar to Wang and Wan, so it is called Wangtai or Wantai." Wang Tai was originally a native of the Haixi Jurchen Ula tribe. Later, there was a civil strife in the Hada tribe of his uncle Wang Zhong, of which he was the chief, and his cousin asked him to come to Hada to help govern it. From then on, he came to Hada, located in the Qinghe River Valley, and succeeded his uncle Wang Zhong as the chief of Hada. ”

Xiaonuo: "This Wang Tai is so powerful? ”

Meng Tianchu also listened to it, and said, "Don't interject, let Miss Jian continue to speak." ”

Jian Ning said with a smile: "After Wang Tai succeeded as the chieftain, on the one hand, he implemented a pro-Ming policy and established a very close relationship with the neighboring Ming Dynasty. On the one hand, the Jurchen tribes implemented the strategy of recruiting those who are far away and attacking those who are near, and established an offensive and defensive alliance with the Jurchen Ningguta of Jianzhou, which was far away from them, through marriage, and defeated the strong Jianzhou Dong'e tribe, becoming the most powerful force among the Jurchen tribes, and the territory under its control. It reaches Huifa and Ula in the east, Jianzhou in the south, Yehe in the north, and stretches for thousands of miles. The fortress Xingluo, in one fell swoop, dominated the Jurchen tribes, and was respected as Khan by all departments, thus becoming the first Khan of the Jurchens in Liaodong. ”

Meng Tianchu saw that Jian Ning didn't say anything, and said, "Go on." ”

Jian Ning spread her hands. "I know so much, no." ”

Xiaonuo: "Such a powerful person. Long live the Lord should be persuaded to surrender rather than exterminate. ”

Jian Ning: "I think Long Live Lord also has this consideration. ”

Meng Tianchu joked: "It seems that our Long Live Lord is not a day and only knows the alchemy land." ”

Xiao Nuo hurriedly motioned to Meng Tianchu to be quiet, and Meng Tianchu smiled: "You and Miss Jian are not outsiders, what am I worried about." ”

Jian Ning saw that Meng Tianchu regarded herself as her own, and her heart warmed.

Jian Ning: "But it's better not to say anything like this in the future." ”

Meng Tianchu: "You ladies who have lived in the family of eunuchs since childhood are too cautious. ”

Xiaonuo said disdainfully: "Tianchu, you are now a family and a well-known person, and you are already a father of two children, do you know that you have to be responsible for what you say?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Good, good, good." Got it. ”

The carriage had been on the road for about an hour. Chai Meng came back, as expected, a small bridge that must be passed to the walled village at five kilometers was broken, and Chai Meng had already found the local people to step up the construction, but it was unrealistic to continue to hurry.

Meng Tianchu and the others stopped in a market town called Feng Village, which happened to be a market town, and the road was lined with sheds built by the people themselves. Sell everything. It's not lively.

Anyway, it was still dark for a while, Meng Tianchu thought about it. I didn't live in the official post, but found a clean inn to live in, and after cleaning up, everyone went to the market together.

Chai Meng and Tu Long found that there were a few people not far behind them, so they told Meng Tianchu, Meng Tianchu smiled indifferently, and whispered: "Let them follow, let's hang out first, then find a place to eat, and then go back to the inn to sleep after dark." ”

Xiao Nuo and Jian Ning saw the fun and delicious, so they immediately put into it, happily, bought a lot of gadgets, the two of them fell in love with a piece of ancient jade at the same time, they couldn't hold each other, they actually guessed the fist to decide who wanted, and in the end Jian Ning won, Meng Tianchu saw that they were having a good time and automatically paid for Jian Ning to buy the piece of ancient jade that looked really good to Jian Ning, Jian Ning thought that Meng Tianchu spent money to buy his own land, and his heart was happy, and he immediately hung it around his neck, Xiao Nuo was annoyed at first, and then saw something other interesting, Meng Tianchu bought it for her, and she quickly became happy, as if a few people were not going to investigate the case but to play, so that the few people who were following behind her couldn't help but be depressed, when it was almost dark, Meng Tianchu and the others entered a restaurant to eat and drink, talking and laughing endlessly, so that a few people not far away ate food and didn't know the taste, and it was about to be the second watch, and a few people returned to the inn with fun.

A few people followed behind him, and when they arrived at the inn Meng Tianchu and they had already entered the house, and they couldn't help but be a little surprised when they inquired, it turned out that these four men and two women were actually one person in one room,

Several people looked at each other, there were only four people in their own land, what should I do, after discussing, it was decided to arrest the two women now, and besides, the fathers of these two women were amazing characters, and the two of them were captured, Meng Tianchu had to obediently obey their landlords, thinking of this, several people showed a victorious smile on their faces.

The four of them were divided into two ways, and there was also a room of Meng Tianchu in the middle of the two women's rooms, and after inquiring clearly, the four of them waited for the six people to lie on the bed and fall asleep before they started to act.

After a while of them blowing smoke into Xiaonuo and Jian Ning's room, they opened the door and went in, and walked to the bed to see, the two beauties were still asleep unconsciously, and they were about to carry people away, when suddenly there were two swells behind them, and before they could turn back, the four people had already fallen together, only to see the four men standing behind them smile and tied them up and put them in the house, Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "Slaying the dragon, you have now practiced this trick of fighting cattle across the mountain to perfection." ”

Slaying Long smiled and said, "These little guys think that we really can't see them, haha, the adults really guessed correctly, they will attack Madame and Miss Jane first." ”

Meng Tianchu: "If you don't tell them, you're worried that this drama won't be like it when they are critical, okay, tie up the four of them, and we'll leave." Then he took Xiaonuo and Jian Ning out of the room.

When the sky was bright, the four people who were tied up by Meng Tianchu woke up, only to find that the four people were tied to a chair, with no clothes on their bodies, almost naked, the windows were open, and the whistling north wind blew in from the windows, making people feel sleepy again.

"This damn Meng Tianchu, we fell for them."

"What are you nagging about, hurry up and ask someone to untie us... Pander to... Owe, he***, I'm almost freezing... Frozen to death. ”

"Someone's coming, help..."

Most of the people in the walled village are surnamed Xi, so the people with the surname Xi in the walled village have a very high status, from the patriarch to Lizheng, regardless of the size of the housekeeper are surnamed Xi, it is an out-and-out family village, and the village area is very large, the population is thousands, although it is called a walled village, but it is about the same size as a market town, and even the building and momentum are not inferior to some well-developed market towns.

Meng Tianchu stopped outside the walled village, and a magnificent archway was erected in front of them, at least ten meters high, with two big characters engraved on it: walled village.

Although it is winter, you can also see that it should be a lively place, with wide roads, towering aspen, fields and villages on both sides.

Xiaonuo got out of the car, looked around, and said: "This Xi Rui is really good at finding a place, surrounded by mountains, there is a river passing under the mountain, and it is a treasure of feng shui." ”

Wang Yi said: "It is said that there are a lot of Jinshi people in this walled village, and it is indeed worthy of the name, this Xi Rui did not buy land and buy a house in Hangzhou after leaving office, but returned to the walled village to build a house that I heard is very big, and now I see it is really a good place." ”

Xiao Nuo was disdainful and said, "Is it as big as my Meng Mansion?" ”

Everyone laughed, and Tu Long said: "I'm afraid I can't find a second mansion bigger than Meng Mansion in Hangzhou Mansion, from the adult's study to the front hall to cross two bridges, it's really hard to walk on a cup of tea." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, let's not talk about ourselves, the surrounding village is in front of us, let's enter the village now." ”

As he spoke, he saw more than a dozen people coming out of the village walking towards Meng Tianchu, and Chai Meng and Tu Long instinctively stood beside Meng Tianchu on the left and right.

When I got closer, I saw that the leader was a gray-haired old man, about seventy years old, who could really be described as a fairy wind bone, with a strong spirit, a ruddy complexion, and a very kind appearance.

The old man walked up to Meng Tianchu and bowed, and said with a smile: "The prefect has come from afar, and I hope that the prefect will forgive me." ”

Meng Tianchu was guessing who this person was, only to hear the old man say: "Xi Rui is under Xia"

Meng Tianchu couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect Xi Rui to personally go out of the village to greet him, and hurriedly returned the salute.

Xi Rui said with a smile: "It's really a hero since ancient times, Master Meng is already the prefect of Hangzhou at a young age, which makes the old man really admire." ”

Before Meng Tianchu could speak, Xi Rui pointed to the people behind him, and said: "These are my heirs and relatives, the old man here will not introduce them one by one, it is cold, it is better to wait until you enter the village to drink some hot tea and then introduce it to the adults one by one, Lord Meng, please!" ”