Since the matter of Da Bo Mengpei's release to Qiongzhou was decided, Changfang has been in a state of continuous low pressure.

Lu's temper became worse and worse, and even Luo's mother and Shimo, who served closely, often complained in private. Every time Cui's mother, who was well-informed, heard it, she turned her head and told Meng Qingyun.

Then I heard that in Beijing, Uncle Mengpei also tried his best to move around, but unfortunately it had no effect, and he had to go to Qiongzhou in the end.

Bai Lu set off that day, and walked for half a month, and at the time of the autumn equinox, he had not yet left the boundary of Henan.

On the side of Yaxi Meng's house, there is another messenger.

However, what the messenger sent was neither for Meng Pei nor for Meng Jin, but for Meng Qingyun.

"The villain was ordered by my family Shichiro to hand over this scroll to the girl."

The servant under the hall was able and neat, and he carried a long brocade bag on his back, and after taking it off, he handed it to Asakusa.

This brocade bag is quite weighty, Asakusa almost slipped his hand, and Bauhinia hurriedly helped him.

Together, the two maidservants took out a long painting tube from it, and then pulled out a thick scroll from the painting tube, each holding the other, and carefully unfolding it.

As a result, the painting became longer and longer, and the two of them pulled farther and farther away, and only when they reached a third of the length, Meng Qingyun stopped.

"This will break the painting, go to my father's study."

She asked Asakusa Bauhinia to reroll the painting and put it in the painting tube, and everyone moved to the study.

Mengjin is not in the house anyway, there is no one in the study, and there is a small maid to clean it on weekdays, which is very clean.

Asakusa called four servants in, emptied the three bookcases, put them together, and then re-unfolded all the scrolls and spread them out on the bookcase.

It's a long scroll.

About eight inches wide and twelve feet long, it is painted and colored on silk and painted in a scattered perspective composition.

Meng Qingyun walked to the bookcase and watched carefully.

On the far right is written the four characters "Huangshan on the Sword", which is indeed the long scroll that Li Xiaoqi promised to draw for the Huangshan Literary Society.

Although the painting renders the mountain scenery of Yellow Mountain, the focus is on the winding mountain road, there are a large number of tourists, ladies, children, carriages and horses, and street vendors, from the county seat at the foot of the mountain, all the way to the Ciguang Temple on the mountain. On the sword platform outside Ciguang Temple, it is a detailed depiction of the grand occasion of the day's literary meeting, many literati and scholars gathered together, one of the students dressed in the wind and talked eloquently, and the surrounding spectators were blocked, cheering.

Li Xiaoqi is worthy of being the master of the rules of the Hanlin Academy, and this hand of courtyard painting is already quite popular.

The servant of the Li family said beside him: "This is a copy of Qilang's drawing, which was originally sent to the Hanlin Academy in Bianjing, and will be presented as a congratulatory gift for the official family's birthday next year." ”

Meng Qingyun nodded, what kind of effort is required to draw such a long scroll, naturally he must be very cautious and careful.

Asakusa and Bauhinia also watched beside her, their faces full of amazement.

"Huh? Yuan Niang, look! ”

Bauhinia pointed to a place on the painting and hinted excitedly.

Meng Qingyun looked intently and saw that it was a hill behind the side of the sword platform, which was exactly where the viewing pavilion was located.

In the painting, two young people, a man and a woman, are talking in the pavilion, and a servant girl and a maidservant girl sit side by side on the ground with their backs to them.

Bauhinia refers to the path slightly down the observation pavilion, where two women are hiding behind the bushes and peeking out, and a child and a guard are facing them across the trees.

This is obviously a picture of the scene where Meng Qingyun overheard Li Xiaoqi and Feng Zhenzhen talking that day.

Zijing laughed: "It turns out that Yuan Niang looked like this that day. ”

Asakusa also felt embarrassed, covering her mouth and snickering.

Meng Qingyun raised his eyebrows, this Li Xiaoqi, who looked elegant and gentle from the outside, turned out to have such a narrow side, and laughed when he thought about it.

The servant of the Li family said: "Qilang said, this is a copy, it is not worth anything, and if you can make a girl smile, it is its creation." ”

Meng Qingyun said: "Your family Qilang has a heart, thank him for me." Do you have anything else to do here? ”

The servant of the Li family said: "There is nothing to do. Shichiro said that this is a daily interaction between young people, not a friendship between the two elders, so the villain will not bother the old lady and the eldest lady of your mansion. ”

Meng Qingyun nodded: "In this case, I will ask someone to arrange a guest room for you, if you are fine, I will ask someone to accompany you to take a walk in Yaxi, and I will prepare a few clay instruments when I go back, and you will bring it back for me as a thank you gift to your family Qilang." ”

The servant thanked him and was taken down.

Meng Qingyun continued to admire the scroll.

Zijing squeezed her eyebrows and smiled: "Yuan Niang, Qilang is very attentive to you." ”

Meng Qingyun glanced at her: "What do you want to say?" ”

Zijing said: "Such a long painting, even if it is just a copy, it will take a lot of effort." People are so attentive, and they specially asked someone to send someone to send it, Yuan Niang, didn't you experience a piece of his friendship? ”

Meng Qingyun straightened up and said with a smile: "You have been quite idle recently, and you are still in the mood to think about these things." ”

Asakusa secretly pinched Bauhinia and said in a low voice: "Yuan Niang is still in the filial piety period, what nonsense." ”

Bauhinia flattened her mouth into a duck's beak, indicating "I don't say anything if I know".

Meng Qingyun asked them to put away the paintings.

August 11 is Meng Huiyun's birthday.

She is fifteen years old this year, and this birthday is also a gift for her.

Meng Qingyun didn't understand this very well, so it was all handled by the eldest lady Lu.

Although Lu was upset, his daughter's etiquette was still very attentive, and she invited a few girls of the same age who she made friends with every day, and invited several noble ladies and officials to watch the ceremony, and invited Mrs. Yongkang Hou as the guest and Meng Qingyun as the praiser.

After all, she is Meng Huiyun's cousin.

The ceremony was held in Shenyong Hall, according to the ancient rites, the first addition, the second addition, the third addition, the listening training, the thanks, and the ceremony.

Meng Qingyun watched the whole process, solemn and lively, but also opened his eyes.

After the ceremony, the guests had a birthday banquet, and invited the two female gentlemen to say a few paragraphs, and everyone was happy before they dispersed happily.

After the cold dew, the days get shorter, the nights get longer, and the autumn clothes get thicker.

Meng Qingyun took the lead, opened his own private warehouse, moved a lot of clothes out, and made new autumn clothes for the whole house, so he gained a lot of gratitude.

Bauhinia also complained that private property should not be used to subsidize public high schools.

Meng Qingyun had another statement: "The income of the public middle school has not been brought in, and nothing can be done." The clothes in my warehouse are all from many years ago, and the colors are old, if you only rely on your own use, you can't use them up for ten years, and you have to dry them every year, which is troublesome. ”

"It's better to take it out as a favor, so as not to put the box with mold and insects, killing two birds with one stone, how good."

Anyway, she has a lot of money, so she just sprinkles it out, it's really just a drizzle.

On the first day of the ninth month, the county government came again, saying that the Bianjing Ministry had issued a notice again, indicating that Mengjin had gone to Beijing to be an official.

Although the official position is still known as the affairs of the third class, the official rank has been upgraded by one level, and the general doctor is the fourth grade.