Meng Tianchu held a son in his hand and said with a smile: "Lord Jane's daughter is smart and clever, it is the blessing of Lord Jane, what else do you have to sigh about?" ”

Jian Qi: "Parents want their children to have a good home in the end, don't they? But..."

There was a very light knock outside the door, Meng Tianchu's eyes were staring at the chessboard, the chess pieces in his hand had not fallen for a long time, this step was very critical, if it was not done well, it would be a total loss.

Seeing Meng Tianchu staring intently at the chessboard, Jian Qi said to the door, "Come in." ”

The door opened softly, and it turned out to be frozen ears that shrunk back from the cold, hands in sleeves, and faces that felt numb from the cold.

Jian Qi: "Is it snowing outside again?" ”

Ear nodded and said, "That's it, why is it so cold today?" ”

Meng Tianchu didn't look up and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Ear whispered at the door: "Master, there is something for you, but..."

Before he finished speaking, Meng Tianchu interrupted his ears without raising his head, and said, "Forget it, it's a big matter, I'll talk about it when I finish this game of chess." ”

The ear snorted, standing at the door without moving, the wind blew in from outside the door, blowing a chill on Meng Tianchu's back, Meng Tianchu simply put the chess pieces into the chess box, pulled down his face to look at the ear, the ear smiled humbly at Meng Tianchu, and said: "Master, you go, the slave is waiting." ”

Jian Qi said with a smile: "Ears, on such a cold day, if you don't close the door, your master will freeze to death, how can you play chess?" ”

The ear explained unhurriedly: "I know that the master is playing chess, but sometimes people are in a very comfortable environment, but they can't think calmly, and the orphan slave is bold..."

Jian Qi laughed and said to Meng Tianchu, "You housekeeper is quite special. How about it, Lord Prefect, have you figured it out? ”

Meng Tianchu simply got up and walked to the ear, the ear quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Meng Tianchu, Meng Tianchu said coldly: "You pack up the burden for me now and leave, what a slave!" ”

The ears were shocked. Hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, Jian Qi saw this and stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Ear, I don't think you are a minion." Like a gentleman, do you know what a slave should do? ”

Meng Tianchu: "Lord Jian also doesn't think his ears are like a minion, right?" The third lady of my family said so when she saw it, and you tell me honestly, what did you do before? ”

The ear paused, and said, "Master." It doesn't matter what the ears do before, the important thing is that there is a guest in the front hall, and the eldest lady said that she came from afar, and you must want to meet it, so..."

Meng Tianchu was puzzled and said, "Coming from afar?" Who is it. ”

Ear: "The sixth lady seems to be quite familiar, and she has been talking there with her, and the ear does not dare to ask." ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while, suddenly laughed, and said, "Lord Jane." Let's leave this game like this. After I have seen this guest, let's go on, Master Jane will not leave tonight, and you should hurry up and prepare a guest room for Lord Jane. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Jian Qi to agree or not, Meng Tianchu had already walked out of his study.

Jian Qi didn't tell Meng Tianchu about the business, so he left. What is so important to the guests. Don't even play the most crucial move, forget it. Since the master has left himself, anyway, the purpose of his coming today is to tell Jian Ning, the girl, to Meng Tianchu as the seventh lady, this mouth has not yet opened, naturally he can't go, this time he left, he can't come empty-handed next time, Jian Qi thought of this, and simply made up his mind not to leave.

Ear stood at the door and didn't move, Jian Qi walked around Meng Tianchu's study, and when he saw that Ear was still standing, he joked: "Ear, you are guarding this official, are you afraid that this official will steal your master's treasure?" ”

Ear smiled and said, "Where is Lord Jane, if you feel that your ears are in the way, you can let the maid serve you." ”

Jian Qi pointed to his ears and said: "I think you are just talking, you shouldn't call it an ear, it's okay to call it Qiaozuier, you said who came just now, I saw that your master didn't even care about me and ran away, is it someone from the capital?" ”

Ear smiled and said: "I don't know, it seems to be an old friend, but the accent doesn't look like I'm from the capital." ”

Jian Qi walked in front of the ear, the ear quickly lowered his head, Jian Qi looked at the ear carefully, and said, "Where do I seem to have seen you like this?" ”

Ear hurriedly lowered his head and said: "The slave has always worked in Liu Xiancheng's house, maybe..."

Jian Qi shook his head thoughtfully, and said, "No, I don't even know who Liu Xiancheng is, it shouldn't be... Well, let the official think about it. ”

Ear pointed to the game of chess, and said, "My lord, if you don't dislike the ear and get in the way of your eyes here, why don't you accompany you to finish this game of chess?" ”

Jian Qi is a chess fan, as soon as he heard that someone was playing chess with him, and his chess skills were not bad and his own were comparable, such a level of play was interesting, Jian Qi smiled, walked to the chessboard and sat down, closed the door with his ears, carefully poured hot tea for Jian Qi, and then replaced the chair that Meng Tianchu had made, and found a small stool to sit down, Jian Qi looked at his eyes and said: "Say that you are not a slave, I think you still understand these rules." ”

Ear grinned and said, "Ear is originally a minion. ”

Jian Qi didn't think much about it, and quickly focused his thoughts on the chessboard, and a subtle smile appeared on his ears' face.

Meng Tianchu walked quickly to the front hall, and when he entered the door, he saw Xiaonuo sitting with a young man in a green robe and talking softly, seeing Meng Tianchu enter the door, the young man immediately got up and walked towards Meng Tianchu with a smile, and knelt down in front of him.

Meng Tianchu hurriedly helped him up, and said with a smile: "Hurry up, I know it's you here as soon as I think about it." ”

Xiaonuo stepped forward and said with a smile: "As soon as Fan said that there was a person surnamed Xi looking for you, I would know that Xi had picked it up." ”

Xi picked up smiled shyly, Meng Tianchu motioned for Xi to sit down, and said, "From the walled village?" ”

Xi Shu nodded and said, "I heard from the sixth lady just now, saying that Xi Yue wants to see me?" ”

Meng Tianchu glanced at Xiao Nuo, Xiao Nuo knew that he was talking too much, so he quickly lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Meng Tianchu.

Meng Tianchu smiled. "Yes, she told me twice, and she said that you would come back to grave your adoptive mother." ”

Xi Pickup: "Since she wants to see me, then I'll meet her." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Don't worry, don't worry, it's easy to come back, don't talk about it for the time being." Where are you now, and is everything alright? ”

Xi picked up a smile, smiled very relieved, and said, "I went to Suzhou." Now I am a gentleman for the son of a county order, and I am also reading books and preparing for next year's township exam. ”

Meng Tianchu: "That's good, although it is useless to be a scholar, but it is not in vain to serve the country but cannot put it into action, and it is right to get fame." But you still have the surname Xi, you should call it back to your previous surname. ”

Xi pick-up: "I also thought about it, but after all, the Xi family gave me the opportunity, I can't be ungrateful, if it weren't for me, they wouldn't have died." ”

Meng Tianchu's expression became heavy, and he quickly changed the topic, and said: "That's it, I won't talk about such unhappy things during the New Year, since I come back, I will stay for a few more days and leave again, and Xi Pick up said: "The prefect's kindness to Xi Pickup." Xi will not dare to forget. Therefore, he didn't dare to be greedy for mortal dust, but he still studied hard, and as soon as possible, he took the test to serve the court and repay his kindness to the prefect. ”

Meng Tianchu: "You don't have to put so much pressure on yourself, it's a good thing for young people to be motivated, but it's not necessary to put too much pressure on yourself." ”

Xiaonuo couldn't help but interject: "That's it, Xi picks up, I think what the prefect said." Now that you're back. Why not stay a few more days? ”

Xi pick-up: "Since this is the case, then it is better to be respectful than to obey fate." Xi Yue's matter..."

Xiao Nuo saw that Meng Tianchu was unhappy, so he quickly grabbed the conversation and said, "Since I stayed, Xi Yuedi's affairs will be discussed in the long run, and we will have a good New Year first." ”

Xi saw that Meng Tianchu was a little unhappy, so he didn't say anything more.

After a few words of greeting, Xiao Nuo was a little tired from Xi Pickup, so he asked the maid to take Xi Pick up to rest, and after Xi picked it up, Xiao Nuo walked to Meng Tianchu's side, and before he could speak, he heard Meng Tianchu say: "I found that the mouths of the people in this mansion have been getting bigger and bigger, and their ears are shrinking and getting smaller and smaller. ”

Xiaonuo naturally understood what Meng Tianchu meant, and said apologetically: "Tianchu, I'm sorry, don't you take it as an example, okay?" ”

Meng Tianchu stood up, looked at Xiao Nuo with a guilty look, and still couldn't bear it, so he said: "Forget it, don't do it in the future, I'll go to the study and play the unfinished game of chess, you go and rest." ”

Xiaonuo hurriedly stepped forward and said, "By the way, did he tell you the thing I asked my ear to tell you?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "What's the matter?" ”

Xiao Nuo told the maid on the side to step back, and then whispered: "Just now Jian Ning told me that his father had the heart to propose marriage to you, so I was worried that Jian Qi had already told you, so let the ear quickly give you a wake-up." ”

When Meng Tianchu heard this, he was very surprised, and said, "Who to propose, what kind of promote?" Didn't the ears tell me? ”

Xiaonuo: "Really? This ear is really, let him tell you. ”

Meng Tianchu thought about it for a while, and then he understood why his ears were open, and then asked Meng Tianchu to go to the front hall to pick it up first, it seemed that he wanted to tell him, but Jian Qi was inconvenient to say, so he had to use the trick of opening the door to find a scolding, it seems that Meng Tianchu is wrong to blame his ears.

Meng Tianchu: "You haven't told me who it is?" ”

Xiaonuo: "Naturally, it's Jane Lemon." ”

Meng Tianchu was even more surprised, and said, "Is it Miss Jane?" How so? Didn't her father want his daughter, who was alluring to the city, to marry the emperor's relatives? How could it be... No, is it because..."

Xiao Nuo saw that Meng Tianchu suddenly stopped talking, and said, "Because of what? ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while and said, "Nothing, by the way, what did Miss Jian say herself?" ”

Xiaonuo smiled and said, "She doesn't seem to be unwilling." ”

Meng Tianchu sank his face and said, "Xiaonuo gave you a task, you must do things beautifully for me, you know?" ”

Xiaonuo said worriedly: "Tianchu, there is nothing wrong with Sister Ning'er, you let me refuse like this?" ”

Meng Tianchu took Xiaonuo's hand and sat down, and then whispered: "I just know that there is nothing bad about her, and I have no intention of marrying her, do you know?" I can't give me a woman. I'm going to take it all on, and now I'm taking Xue over the door, and you know, I don't have that kind of mind for Miss Jane. ”

Xiao Nuo muttered, "I think Sister Ning'er is much better than Ruofan." ”

Meng Tianchu was suddenly annoyed and said, "What did you say?" ”

Xiao Nuo saw that Meng Tianchu was angry, so he said, "No... No. I mean, I don't know what to say to Sister Lemon. ”

Meng Tianchu: "You two have always been the best, you have to find a way not to let her be hurt, and you can't let her and her father do this again." Do you understand? ”

Xiaonuo: "Then you have to let me know why her father wants her to marry you." ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while and said, "Xiaonuo, you have changed. ”

Xiaonuo: "Is there one?" ”

Meng Tianchu stood up with a long sigh and said, "That's it, if you find it difficult to speak." Forget it, don't say it, when Master Jane speaks to me himself, I'll give it to him. ”

Xiao Nuo saw Meng Tianchu walking out of the door, and hurriedly caught up, and said, "I didn't say it, I don't know what reason to find, what can't you tell me?" ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Xiao Nuo and said, "I'm going to the study." With that, he stepped out of the high threshold. Went out.

Xiao Nuo saw Meng Tianchu walking away. muttered, "I don't think I've changed, it's you who have changed." ”

Meng Tianchu walked towards his study, saw Ear coming towards him, lowered his head and carried a lantern should not see him, the maid on the side was about to speak, Meng Tianchu made a shushing motion, and waited for Ear to approach. almost collided with Meng Tianchu. Only then did he see that it was his master in front of him, and he was obviously startled. The lantern in his hand almost fell off.

Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "Ear, you are walking at night, what are you thinking about with your head down?" ”

The ear smiled wryly and said, "Hehe, master, I think about your game of chess before, I will lose like this." ”

When Meng Tianchu heard this, he said in surprise: "You played my game of chess with Master Jian?" ”

Ear nodded, Meng Tianchu was anxious, and said: "That's a dangerous move, if you are not careful, you will be doomed." ”

The ear nodded again and again, and said, "The minion thinks so too, but..."

Meng Tianchu thought about it, and had no choice but to sigh: "That's it, that's it, it's all lost, don't think about it, you are here alone, what about Master Jane?" ”

Ear: "The servant sent Master Jane back to the room to rest, and was about to pick you up." ”

Meng Tianchu asked the underground people on the side to retreat, and then walked to his study with Ear, opened the door, and motioned for Ear to come in with him.

Meng Tianchu was stunned for a moment, then smiled, and said, "Ear, I know what happened before, I don't blame you, you get up." ”

The ear said ashamedly: "The slave should not be on the ground in front of Lord Jane... The slave deserves death, but please don't let me go. ”

Meng Tianchu took off his coat and put it on the hanger, walked to the brazier, picked up the tongs and stabbed the fire in the brazier, and the flames came out immediately.

Meng Tianchu saw that Ear was still kneeling, so he simply sat down, looked at Ear and said: "To be honest, you are a very smart person, and people have succumbed to you at the moment, I see that you speak and act in a measured manner and can also play chess, do you still know how to calligraphy, painting and writing?" ”

Meng Tianchu unconsciously associated this young man with Xi Zhu, they are both young people, they are all very smart young people, Xi Zhuyuan is the child of a general, so what about this ear? Meng Tianchu's curiosity was aroused, and he decided to secretly investigate the details of this young man.

Seeing Meng Tianchu looking at him, Ear hurriedly said: "Master, Ear itself is a subordinate, where is what is succumbing, it is the Lord and Mrs. who are willing to take in Ear, Ear does everything for the good of the masters, please believe in the loyalty of the slaves."

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "You can indeed speak well, okay, it's late, you can go back and rest." ”

Ear stood up hesitantly and walked slowly towards the door, Meng Tianchu stopped him and said, "If you have something to say, just say it." ”

Ear shook his head in panic and said, "No... No, sir, you can rest. ”

Meng Tianchu said impatiently: "If you have something to say, don't hide it, master, I don't like such people." ”

The ears were stiff and said, "But the ears are afraid to say it, and the master is even more angry." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and beckoned his ears to his side, and when the ears got closer, Meng Tianchu said: "Don't you play any tricks for me, what tricks do you play, since you are doing this, you just want me to know that you have something to say, since you want to say it, you want me to absolve you of your sins, and you are worried that trouble will come out of your mouth, right?" ”

Ear smiled fearfully, and said, "It's still the old man's insight into the fire, and he knows what Ear is thinking." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Say it, if you are for the good of the Meng family, I won't blame you, master." ”

The ear hesitated for a moment, and said, "There is one thing I don't know whether to say or not." ”

Meng Tianchu: "I'm still hesitating, I really don't want to say it, forget it, when I haven't asked, you can go out." ”

Ear hurriedly said, "It's Lord Jane." ”

When Meng Tianchu heard this, he felt that there was something in his words, and hurriedly said, "What's wrong with Master Jian?" ”

The ear got closer, and he whispered, "The slave heard that Lord Jian is going to marry his daughter to the master?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Yes, so what? ”

The ear said nervously: "Before, the minion was worried that Master Jian would propose it to you, so I came over to let you go to the front hall, and then after I sent Lord Jian back to the room, I saw that Lord Jane's daughter went to his room, and the slave saved a mind and listened..."

Meng Tianchu hurriedly stopped and said, "Wait, is this the fault you branded in that Liu County Cheng's house?" How about listening to people like this? ”

Seeing Meng Tianchu's serious expression, Ear knew that he was wrong, so he quickly lowered his head and said, "Master, the slave just wanted to hear what they had to say, and the slave would never dare to do it in the future." ”

Meng Tianchu: "I know you're good for me, but some things don't have to be done by your ears, and you shouldn't listen to them casually, you know?" ”

Ear nodded and said, "But the slave heard that Master Jane and Miss Jane arguing." ”

Meng Tianchu thought that it would be like this, with Jian Ning's character, if Jian Qi used his daughter to ensure his future status, Jian Ning was naturally unwilling, Meng Tianchu also hoped that Jian Ning would not be such a puppet, and he couldn't help but harm himself for the rest of his life, and also hurt Meng Tianchu, because Meng Tianchu didn't like this girl, although she was very good, but Meng Tianchu had always regarded her as a good partner, or a good friend, but she didn't think about the relationship between men and women, thinking of this, Meng Tianchu said: "Okay, I don't want to hear it, If it's for this matter, forget it, you go out. ”

The ear still wanted to say something, but seeing that Meng Tianchu's eyes were closed, he had to go out lightly and close the door, but the ear thought about it and did not go back to his room, but turned around and went to the courtyard of the eldest lady Xia Fengyi.

Meng Tianchu heard the door closed, then opened his eyes, I don't know why, Meng Tianchu always felt that this ear was a little strange, he walked out of the door, came to the door of the room where the dragon was slaying and knocked on the door, the dragon slayer soon came out, seeing that it was Meng Tianchu, the two whispered quietly, the dragon slayer quickly welcomed Meng Tianchu into the door, and the door was closed immediately.