Chapter Twenty-Three: The Enemy Meets

In the early morning of autumn, the air is clean and refreshing, the sky is high and the clouds are light, Jiang Erye took his son to lead the way, and the sound of horses' hooves is particularly ethereal and beautiful in the mountains.

After the sound of cars and horses gradually outside the car, Jiang Liulet Shuqiu lift the curtain of the car window, she poked out her little head, and what caught her eye was a blue brick city wall several feet high under the blue sky. The three red lacquered characters "Anyang Gate" above the city gate hole where people come and go shone in the sunlight, which made Jiang Liu's heart also warm.

This is the time and space where she is now - the southern gate of Kang'an, the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Anyang Gate.

Seeing the endless flow of pedestrians and the glittering big characters on the city gate, Jiang Liu knew that the capital was prosperous and wealthy, and the people's hearts were stable. Because if people's hearts are turbulent and all industries are not prosperous, the flow of people will not have such an aura, and no one will bother to paint the plaque on the city gate with red paint.

Shuqiu saw that the girl was staring at that side stupidly, and also glanced at the city gate, and then shouted, "The third master and the second young master and the third young master are waiting to welcome us at the city gate!" ”

Where?

Jiang Liu's big black eyes flashed, and he saw a little fat man in blue jumping up and down at the city gate. She thought that this must be Jiang Siyu, the third lang of the Jiang family, because-the first time she saw this little fat man, she felt that he was very eye-catching, which made her feel uncomfortable!

Sure enough, a young man in a moon-white robe greeted her father with a little fat man in blue and another child, this man should be Jiang Huai, the third child of the Jiang family. Jiang Liu looked at it carefully, if Jiang Huai was worse than her father Jiang Feng in terms of appearance, it was not a little worse, but Jiang Huai looked at it as a calm, capable and means, her father ...... Bad evaluation.

After Jiang Huai greeted his second brother, his eyes fell on Jiang Ling behind him, and Jiang Erlang and Jiang Sanlang also stared at Jiang Ling.

Second Master Jiang called Jiang Ling to recognize people, "Come and see your third uncle, second brother, and third brother." ”

Jiang Ling stepped forward and bowed majestically. Jiang Sanye responded with a smile, "Hurry up." My family has been thinking about you all these years, and this year we can finally have a reunion. ”

Jiang Liu...... on the carriage The third uncle is really good at talking!

Jiang Erlang also gave his hand, "Brother Ling." ”

Jiang Saburo pointed at Jiang Ling with his finger and laughed, "Are you going to burn charcoal in the mountains?" How do you look so dark! ”

Jiang Huai gave way to the side, so as not to be affected by the pond fish. As soon as he retreated, Jiang Erye knocked Jiang Sanlang's head as a wooden fish with a horse whip, "Bang! ”

"Oops!" Jiang Saburo covered his head and jumped to his feet, "Why did the second uncle beat me!" ”

"You're the one who hits! Did you say that about your brother? Jiang Erye said, "What about the rules? ”

Jiang Sanlang was favored at home, but he didn't dare to provoke the second uncle, so he could only bow his head at this time, and said angrily, "Grandmother asked the third uncle to take me and the second brother to welcome the second uncle and the third sister, the sixth sister and ...... Brother back home. ”

At this time, Jiang Erlang had already arrived at the side of the carriage, the curtain of the carriage was half raised, and Jiang Liu followed Jiang Muyan and called him "second brother" with a smile.

Erlang Jiang Sishun smiled gently, "The sixth sister is really good, grandmother will definitely be happy to see it." ”

Jiang Liu was silent, she was still far from being good.

After the carriage drove into Anyang Gate, Jiang Liu was still lying on the window and looking out. The scene outside the window seemed to her like a very realistic hologram of ancient market life, and she actually became a part of this scene, and she felt quite complicated in her heart.

The Jiang family lives in the east of Kang'an City, and it takes about half an hour for the carriage to drive from the south gate to Jiang's house. When the carriage drove into a quiet alley with persimmons planted on both sides of the road, Jiang Liu knew that this was Persimmon Feng Lane, where Jiang's family was located. In addition to the Jiang family, there is also a family in this alley that is quite related to the Jiang family - the Meng family.

After living in the mountains for three months, Jiang Liu generally figured out the origin and grudges of Jiang and Meng's families.

Jiang Liu's grandfather Jiang Mian and the Meng family's grandfather Meng Huizhou were childhood classmates and friends, both of them were admitted to the imperial examination, although their careers were different, but in the end they served as waiters in the Criminal Department, which can be described as irreversible.

In June of the year before last, the Emperor Taishang ordered the Criminal Department to thoroughly investigate the Suzhou ink corruption case, Meng Huizhou and Jiang Mian were busy in the Criminal Department day and night, and they couldn't take care of their families. On the night of the fire in the Criminal Department, Jiang Mian and Meng Huizhou had a fierce quarrel at the same table for dinner, and then Meng Huizhou returned home angrily. The fire burned all the files of the Suzhou case and burned the prisoners, and Jiang Mian "committed suicide that night to atone for his crimes".

Also that night, the Jiang Mansion, who did not know it, was surrounded and searched by the forbidden army, and the first stop that Jiang Song sent someone to secretly go out of the mansion to inquire was the Meng Mansion. Who knew that the Jiang family couldn't even enter the gate of the Meng family. After learning that Jiang Mian and Meng Huizhou had a quarrel, Jiang's family decided that Jiang Mian's death must be related to Meng Huizhou.

Because these two have been together for most of their lives, they have never blushed once!

What would make them quarrel like this? Later, there were rumors on the street, saying that Jiang Mian had accepted the benefits of the officials involved in the case in Suzhou and wanted to exonerate him vaguely, and Meng Huizhou had a quarrel with him when he learned about it!

The Jiang family did not believe that the fair and honest Jiang Mian would do such a thing, and the imperial court did not find any evidence in the Jiang family to prove that Jiang Mian was related to the Suzhou case, but the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and the people who took the opportunity to ask for benefits still made the Jiang family disperse their family wealth and dredge the relationship, so they got a "Jiang Mian has nothing to do with the Suzhou ink corruption case, but the case was closed by overturning the lamp oil and igniting the file under fatigue", and the Jiang family escaped.

After the Jiang family can go out, the first thing they will do is to bring Jiang Mian's corpse back from the yamen. Who knew that after Jiang Mian's mourning hall was erected, the first person to pounce and cry was actually Meng Huizhou, who had not shown up for several days!

At that time, the Jiang family had just escaped, and although they hated him very much, they didn't dare to drive him out of the house and add to the incident. Meng Huizhou cried so sincerely that he even fainted in the mourning hall, and Jiang Mian's old mother, Mrs. Jiang, was also so angry that she fell ill and died three months later.

After Mrs. Jiang died, Meng Huizhou came to pay his filial piety again, and Jiang Erye directly beat him out. Who knew that Mrs. Tai passed in front of the Meng family on the day of the funeral, Meng Huizhou actually set up a table to sacrifice, and when Mrs. Jiang's hearse passed in front of the house, she took the Meng family to cry and worship in front of the house, winning the praise of passers-by.

At that time, Jiang Mian burned the file and killed the emperor in anger, which also made the Suzhou case an unsolved case, and became a sinner in the eyes of Kang'an City and even the people of the Great Zhou. So when Jiang Mian of the Jiang family came out of the funeral, passers-by scolded; When Mrs. Jiang went out of the funeral, passers-by also said that this was the retribution of the Jiang family.

When no one wanted to get involved in the Jiang family, Meng Huizhou was not afraid of being implicated, not only spoke for his old friend, saying that he was tired for days before he accidentally knocked over the lamp and candle, but also sacrificed Mrs. Jiang with such a big gift, how could he not be admired!

Admire him for being a big ghost!

After knowing these pasts, Jiang Liu's cheeks were sour, and he secretly said that Meng Huizhou was really a peerless white lotus! At this time, in front of the Meng Mansion, Mo said how the Jiang family was, Jiang Liudu couldn't wait to pick a persimmon and fall on the door of his house! What she hates the most in her life is green tea and white lotus!

The second master Jiang also looked at the closed door of the Meng family with hatred, Jiang Huai was afraid that the second brother would cause trouble again, so he hurriedly persuaded, "Mother is waiting in the house, she ordered someone to prepare your favorite dishes, let's go back quickly." ”

At this time, the door of the Meng family opened, it was really a narrow road, and it was actually Meng Xunzhen, the third elder of the Meng family, who had a fight with Jiang Erye outside Liujiazhuang three months ago!

The two of them have a pair of eyes, so that the enemy can meet, and they are very red!