Wu Mingzhe saw that Mu Hanqing didn't have such flowers and plants, so he had to give up. Things in the garden are very complicated, the stones have been cleared, and the silt has not yet been cleared. Lord Wei sent Hong Xin'er to make a list, so that the two of them could continue to clear the dredging, and then arrange the replanting of the ground, so as not to miss the season.

This new flowers and plants of the Mu family, Ya Mingzhe heard from his father's mouth, but he has never liked to study the skills deeply, and he did not ask much about what the new flowers and plants of the Mu family are like, and whether they have really been successfully planted. Just said that, but I just wanted Lord Wei to see himself. He took the craftsmen to work, and when he sweated profusely, he forgot all about the previous things, and laughed with Mu Hanqing again. But Mu Hanqing already had something on his mind, and he had no intention of joking with him, so he took someone to another pool to get busy.

The three principals were on their own errands, forgetting that today was the day of their official month, and as a rule, Lord Wei was going to give each of them a document describing their performance this month. Due to the continuous errands, Lord Wei forgot to send someone to send documents to the three families. The elders of the three families of the civil house remembered this incident, and as soon as Lord Wei returned to the corner hall, he heard a rumor from outside the palace gate, and each of the three families sent a small servant to get Lord Wei's documents.

Master Wei heard the story, and only then did he remember today's events, so he took out his pen and ink and quickly wrote the paperwork. He wanted to give the three of them the same evaluation, but today he saw that Wu Mingzhe really didn't look at his eyes, and the old house owner had just presented a pair of Dongxiang jade bracelets to Lord Wei a while ago, so he kindly instructed two more sentences on the house Mingzhe's documents, so that the old house owner could pay attention to his son and not show too much timidity.

That night, the owner of the old house surprisingly did not blame his son for being an errand, but lost his temper with his son and the Tujia girl for making no progress. Mrs. Wu felt sorry for her only son, and she also knew that her son had been an elm since he was a child, where could he get the knack of the "Book of Songs", so she took advantage of the old house to go to the study, and came to her son's room alone, so that he could listen to the obedient book more when he was resting, and the insight of the talented and beautiful woman would also understand.

Wu Mingzhe was full of grievances, sat on the couch, and kept shaking his mother: "Mother, my son is stupid by nature, why does my father want to get the "Pastoral Garden"?" Why is it so hard for me? ”

"Don't ask too much about your children."

"Mother, you must know, just tell Zhe'er."

His mother couldn't stand his grinding, and it was difficult to say everything, only vaguely revealed: "You remember, "Pastoral Garden" is about the honor and disgrace of my house, and your future is all in this book." ”

Wu Mingzhe wanted to ask more, but her mother hurriedly took a piece of cake and plugged his mouth, refused to say more, and left in a hurry.

is different from the situation surrounded by Wu Mingzhe's father and mother, when Mu Hanqing returned home, the Mu family and his wife were not in the hall, and they asked all the people, but no one knew where the two had gone. When Mu Hanqing saw this, he knew that his father and mother had gone to the Mu family's garden outside the mansion again, and they were busy riding a horse to find someone. Sure enough, his father and mother are here. His father was taking a small red rock rhizome that had just been sent out to take a closer look.

Seeing his relatives, Mu Hanqing didn't need to be calm anymore, so he asked: "Dad, my Mu family has Hongyanling, can outsiders know about it?" ”

The Mu family and his wife were confused by their son's question. Old Master Mu stood up and threw the red rock ling into the soil: "Qing'er, you have always been steady, and Lord Wei's documents also praise you for being able to do errands, why are you so reckless today?" ”

"Dad, tell the child quickly, how did the two families of Tu and Wu learn about Hongyanling?"

Mu Hanqing's mother saw that her son was running hard, so she took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat for him: "Qing'er, you and your father sit down, talk slowly about something, don't be anxious." ”

Mu Hanqing settled down a little, nodded, took the handkerchief and wiped it again, and told his father about Hong Xin'er and Wu Mingzhe's inquiry about Hong Yanling. His father recalled, but he didn't have a clue. But the old man Mu was sure that Tuhong and the old head of the house should not have seen Hongyanling, and he had never mentioned it to the two. He also told his son about the dispute between Tuhong and the old man of the house over "Pastoral Garden". When the old man of the house and Tuhong argued, there seemed to be the sound of pushing and shoving. The old man Mu hid behind the wall, and did not listen to the conversation between the two, only knowing that it was because of the quarrel over "Pastoral Garden", he didn't dare to listen more, so he quietly walked away. When he said goodbye to Tuhong, Tuhong was already exhausted.

For this reason, Mu Lao always believed that Tu Hong's death was related to the house master, but there was no evidence. Because of the topcoat formula, the house family was more faceless than the Mu family in the previous dynasty, and he was afraid that the Mu family would not be able to provoke others, so the old man Mu repeatedly told his son not to say much, and he was not afraid to get closer to the house, but don't be too close to the Tujia girl, so as not to be involved in the matter of "Pastoral Garden".

Mu Hanqing also shut up, his worries seemed to be unnecessary.

After turning the day, it was time to enter the palace on an errand again. When the weather warms up, it's a good time to dig up the roots and clean up the garden. Early in the morning, Xin'er took a few young and sturdy craftsmen to dig up the stump of the broken dragon cypress.

Hong Xin'er did not blindly let these people dig the soil like others, but first asked them to go to the well to carry a few buckets of water, pour them around the wooden stakes, wait for the water to seep in, the land is soaked and soft, and then dig layer by layer. This method saves a lot of effort, a little half a day's effort, the stake will be exposed, but the dragon cypress grows day by day, and the roots of the ground are already tightly held with the clods, and the simple digging is afraid that it will not be able to come out.

Wu Mingzhe, who was digging the mud, saw that Xin'er had made a difficulty, but it was a chance to perform, and he ran over with a sharp shovel in his hand to split the thick roots.

"The owner of the house, don't use brute force to cut it, be careful!"

Xin'er's words were still a step too late, and Wu Mingzhe's sharp shovel had already been swung down. This is good, it makes his mouth hurt, and his forearm seems to be connected to someone else. With a "boom", the shovel fell to the ground.

Wu Mingzhe was in pain, and he didn't care about getting dirty, so he squatted down and sat on the ground, "oops, oops" and screamed. The two craftsmen couldn't help him up, and if Hong Xin'er hadn't been around, he would have cried.

Mu Hanqing heard the voice, and also put down the work in his hand and rushed to Fucui Pavilion, Wu Mingzhe was still sitting on the ground, and saw Mu Hanqing as if he was a relative: "Brother Mu, you are here." Look at my hands. ”

Mu Hanqing and Wu Mingzhe have been working together for a month, he looked at Hong Xin'er, and then at Wu Mingzhe's red tiger's mouth, and there was a sharp shovel thrown far away, and he also roughly understood the reason: "The owner of the house, that Long Bai has to think about it in the long run, I will help you up first, and be careful to get cold." ”

Wu Mingzhe was aggrieved, so he took Mu Hanqing's hand and stood up: "Brother Mu has a magic method?" ”

Mu Hanqing leaned down to help Wu Mingzhe pat the dirt on his body: "It's not difficult to take out that dragon cypress root." I have gone to the kitchen to ask for some brine, and after a while I will have two people carry it and water it, and in a few days I will be able to remove the roots of the tree, so that I can dig more, and change some soil, and the newly planted tree will survive. ”

Hong Xin'er heard that Mu Hanqing had already prepared, but she didn't tell the two of them, and she became angry: "You want brine, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

"The owner of the soil, blame me for not thinking it through, I thought you would have to dig until noon to reveal the roots, but I didn't think it would be so fast." Mu Hanqing's face was sincere and apologetic, but it seemed that Hong Xin'er was faceless.

The three principals are not interesting to delay any longer, so they have to leave the dragon cypress root and go to other things. At this moment, the little inner supervisor in the corner hall brought a message from Lord Wei.

The royal green brick kiln has been out of use for many years, and now it will be reopened, and I am afraid that it will not be able to catch up with the construction period. Tomorrow coincides with Mu Xiu, and Lord Wei will send Mingzhe and Mu Hanqing to find some good quality kiln bricks, and take a look at how much stock there are in the new floor shop patterns in the kiln.

As for Xin'er, Master Wei cherished her as a woman, and worked hard day after day, and did not make arrangements to let her recuperate.

Hong Xin'er's temperament is not an idle person. She has been away from home for many days, and she misses her father and mother very much, and she has just received a monthly salary, so she has to pay tribute to her father and mother. The sky was slightly bright, Hong Xin'er got up early, simply cleaned up, and rushed to the West Market.

Speaking of which, Xin'er's family is in Dongshi, but with her current status, she wants to swagger to Dongshi to do goods, which may be inappropriate, so she has to go to the West Market to buy some food and bring it home.

Xin'er wanted to change back to the former rat ash jacket and go out on the street, but it was hotter at this time, it was not appropriate to wear that, and it was too eye-catching to wear an embroidered skirt, and Tuhong had just passed away, Hong Xin'er didn't want to wear that glamorous, so she borrowed a gray lotus-colored horse-faced cloth skirt from Xiangxiu, which was cheaper to walk. At most, for many days, Xin'er saw everything and wanted to add some to her family who hadn't seen her for a long time, and before she knew it, it was close to noon.

There wasn't much money left, Xin'er thought that she had to buy a rouge for her sister, she would definitely like it, so she went to Yanxiangtang. When she got out, she didn't walk a few steps when she heard someone in front of her calling her: "The owner of the soil, here and here!" ”

Hong Xin'er listened to the familiar voice, and followed the sound to see that it was Wu Mingzhe and Mu Hanqing. Xin'er secretly scolded in her heart: I'm really afraid of something, I came to the West Market, and I couldn't avoid these two. But the matter has come to this, and it is necessary to meet it: "The wood master and the house owner are really coincidental." How did you two do it? ”

"It's all in the car." Wu Mingzhe pointed to the carriage at the corner of the street: "There are a few green bricks that are acceptable, and some new bricks are still there." ”

Mu Hanqing looked Hong Xin'er up and down, but she didn't expect Hong Xin'er to wear a jacket and hakama on weekdays, and occasionally changed into a skirt, even if she didn't make up much, she also had a little bit of water out of hibiscus. It's this horse-faced skirt, it doesn't seem to be the style of the official's daughter...

Hong Xin'er was uncomfortable by Mu Hanqing's look, and quickly asked again: "I don't know what Master Mu is doing in Xishi?" ”

Mu Hanqing consciously retracted his gaze, and didn't dare to ask deeply, but he didn't mean to come here.

But it was Ya Ming Zhe who loved to say it tightly: "I heard that there is a new Zhang Sanren in the West Market, and the speech is extremely interesting. Brother Mu and I will listen to it. Isn't it good to have the landlord together? ”

Before Hong Xin'er could answer whether it was good or not, the three of Zhang shouted on the street. The three of them were squeezed to the front by the crowd rushing over, and they couldn't get out, so they had to listen.

On this day, Zhang Sanren talked about the chance encounter between the Yong Ma and Princess Xiang in the previous dynasty, and it was about Princess Xiang who went out in disguise and accidentally fell from the teahouse, and the Yong Ma happened to pass by and catch the princess. Since then, Princess Xiang has secretly promised the concubine, and it has finally become a good story.

When Wu Mingzhe heard this, he looked at Xin'er on the side again, and seemed to feel something.

At the end of the round, the crowd dispersed, Xin'er said goodbye and left in a hurry. Wu Mingzhe was still unsatisfied, and wanted to keep up with Zhang Sanren and ask him for some more words to please the girl, so he pulled Mu Hanqing to find someone.

The two of them walked through the two alleys, and when they saw that the three of them had stopped sneakily by a small door, and saw that there was no one around, he knocked on the door knocker five times in a row. One of them half-opened the door, poked his head out and asked, "Is it any different?" ”

When Wu Mingzhe saw half of his body, his heart suddenly felt and he muttered in a low voice: "Dad? ”