Wu Mingzhe wanted to call his father, but before he could speak, he heard the three of them say: "That." ”

The owner of the old house looked around vigilantly, and when he saw that there was indeed no one, he opened half the door and let the three people in.

Wu Mingzhe wondered in his heart: What does it mean? Why did his father know Zhang Sanren's talking book? Why don't two people go to their home when they meet in this secluded place? Wu Mingzhe scratched his head, and his hair was also loosened by him, and when he looked closely, it was already a little scattered. He pushed Mu Hanqing, who was silent nearby, and said in a low voice: "Brother Mu, how do you say that my father and Zhang Sanren will meet?" Shall I wait here to ask more? ”

Mu Hanqing smiled and said, "The owner of the house, you and I didn't get close, maybe you were dazzled." How did Ling Zun come here? I'd better hurry up and send the bricks on the carriage back to the house, don't worry too much. ”

Wu Mingzhe had to say more, but Mu Hanqing was already pushing him, and before he could say more, he was dragged out of the alley by Mu Hanqing.

Mu Hanqing was in a hurry to drag away Wu Mingzhe, with his own considerations. Wu Mingzhe didn't understand what "that" meant, but Mu Hanqing knew these two words in his heart. "Naqi" is the local dialect of the neighboring country Xiong Yue, which means "no one". When Mu Hanqing was a child, he was very fond of Xiongyue's gardening system for a while, and he also wanted to find a Xiongyue person to ask about the local customs. At that time, a team of Xiong Yue's juggling team came to the streets of Yunning City for a while. Mu Hanqing was the same year as a boy in the juggling team, and he deliberately wanted to get close to Xiong Yueren, and he became acquainted with the boy after coming and going. I didn't know much about the local scenery, but I learned a few words of Xiongyue local dialect.

Mu Hanqing can be sure that the three of them must be Xiong Yue. Ya Mingzhe would never mistake his father. It is not surprising that the owner of the old house and Xiong Yueren met in private, but the two of them are so secretive and meet here like thieves, I am afraid that there is another mystery. But because of Wu Mingzhe's temperament, Mu Hanqing was not easy to point out, so he deliberately looked for the head to take Wu Mingzhe away from here, and then made plans after returning home.

Back in the carriage, the house's driver was a little anxious: "Young Master, Young Master Mu, how did you two come back." Hurry up and get in the car, if the sun is away from the west, the lord will not be able to spare the small. ”

Although Wu Mingzhe didn't want to leave, he couldn't bear it when he saw the little guy's anxious and scared look, so he put up with his curiosity for the time being, and rode back home with Mu Hanqing.

Wu Mingzhe wanted to discuss with Mu Hanqing in the car, so Mu Hanqing pushed the boat down the river and said, "Just that person, the owner of the house confirmed that it is Ling Zun?" I remember that when I was a child, I let my father lead me, and I saw Ling Zun once, as if it was not what it is today. ”

"How so? Can my dad still admit his mistake? ”

"Didn't the owner of the house tell me yesterday that you study hard under the lamp every day, maybe you hurt your eyes, and you don't know?"

Fortunately, Wu Mingzhe's mind was successfully led to a pair of eyes by Mu Hanqing, and the two chatted all the way.

Mu Hanqing was afraid of causing more trouble, and when he got out of the car, he pulled the curtain and looked out, and there was nothing unusual, so he got out of the car with confidence, and together with Wu Mingzhe, he instructed the little servant to pull the carriage to the backyard. Wu Mingzhe wanted to leave Mu Hanqing after eating tea before leaving, but Mu Hanqing left in a hurry under the pretext that there were still boundary paintings to rush.

When he arrived at home, Mu Hanqing put down his hanging heart and told what he saw today and told Mu Lao about it. Mr. Mu recalled the words of Tuhong and the old house that day, and considered the rumors about "Pastoral Garden" in the market, and a bad thought came to his heart.

"Qing'er, it seems that today's affairs are more than what my father can hear. It is rumored that the Xiongyue Monarch has long coveted the secret method in "The Pastoral Garden", coupled with what you have seen today, because my father is deeply suspicious of the death of the old master, I am afraid that there is another conspiracy. ”

"Father, are you saying that the old man of the house has colluded with Xiong Yue, and he killed the old man of the earth?"

When the old man heard this, his face became serious, and he hurriedly made a silent gesture: "Qing'er, this matter is very important. There is a noble person in his house who is getting face in the palace, and my Mu family is lonely, and the mountain rain is coming, so you can protect yourself. What you hear and see, it will rot to your stomach, and say not much. ”

When Mu Hanqing heard this, he nodded and stopped making a sound. But even if he spoke steadily and cautiously, he was a little younger, and when he suddenly knew such a powerful thing, he was also entangled all night and couldn't sleep, and when the rooster crowed, he barely closed his eyes for a while.

When she got up again, yesterday's events were still in her ears, Mu Hanqing's mind was swollen, and she was a little haggard, Mrs. Mu wanted to give her son leave, but the affairs in the garden were too tight, Mu Hanqing still insisted on going to the imperial garden.

Not long after Mu Hanqing went out, a messenger came to Mu Mansion. It turned out that the old director of the house invited the old director Mu to go to the Yunlai wine shop for tea. At this juncture, I am afraid that it must have nothing to do with the events of the day before yesterday.

The old man Mu didn't miss the appointment, otherwise he would be even more suspicious of avoidance, so he changed his clothes and stopped, took two pots of fresh longevity flowers and boarded the carriage.

As soon as they met, the two old principals inevitably exchanged pleasantries in the private room: "Brother Mu, I haven't seen you for many days, it's always good?" ”

"Okay, it's business as usual. I brought you two pots of longevity flowers today, and they are in full bloom. ”

The two sat down and took a sip of tea, and the old man of the house began to go straight to the point: "Can Ling Lang adapt to the Ministry of Industry recently?" I heard that he is smart and motivated, and he is deeply loved by Lord Wei, and he is much more refined than the uncompetitive boy in my family. It's my family's son who doesn't open the light, and he only knows how to play with Linglang all day long. Brother Mu knows where these two went yesterday? ”

"Yesterday, the two of them were not ordered to go on an errand, but also went to listen to the words of the West Market. Don't you know? ”

The old head of the house turned the teapot and raised his eyebrows: "Nothing else?" ”

"My dog will know everything about me, and will not hide anything."

"Haven't seen any acquaintances?"

The old man heard these words, and he knew that the house Mingzhe was afraid that he would tell the old master of the house about yesterday, and he couldn't hide it, so he avoided the important and picked it up lightly and said, "I haven't seen it." On the contrary, he said that Ling Lang seemed to see a lifetime of people, not to say that you were the brother of the house. The old man Mu took a sip of tea, looked at the old head of the house, and said with a smile: "The dog also told me that Ling Lang studied hard, I am afraid that it is caused by fatigue and dazzle, and the dog has also seen the house brother, how can he not recognize people?" ”

"Yes, yes, that year, when Brother Mu took Linglang to ascend to the heights, I waited for Zeng Yao to see it once."

Old Mu was a little relieved: "The dog also gave Ling Lang a clear prescription, persuading him not to work so hard, lest he see people of the same age who look like the house brothers, which will not be good." ”

When the owner of the old house heard this, he was a little embarrassed by his son's embarrassment, but Mu Hanqing didn't recognize him, so he was relieved. Both of them were afraid that they would talk too much and shake off what they were hiding, so they laughed again and went home.

As soon as the meeting in the wine shop came to an end, there was a new situation in the imperial garden.

The emperor was scheduled to complete the work at the autumn equinox in order to organize the fiftieth birthday of the queen mother. But the day before yesterday, Da Fama divined the hexagram for the Queen Mother, saying that the Queen Mother's birthday coincided with a leap month, and it was necessary to pass before but not after. The emperor governs the country with filial piety, where is there a reason not to consider the queen mother. A word of instruction descended to the corner hall. After the inner supervisor of the decree left, Lord Wei was worried again, the construction period for repairing the imperial garden was already much shorter, and now it has been cut for another month, how can this be good?

However, the holy decree had been issued and there was no way to change it, so Lord Wei had no choice but to call the three principals to the corner hall to discuss what should be done next.

"The three principals, the emperor issued an order today, ordering us to reduce the construction period of the garden by another month, but is it difficult?"

When the three principals heard this, this was not a little difficult. The main hall and the Fucui Pavilion have already taken their feet, so it's just a matter of stepping up. But the pile of mountain lake stones, many of them are stained by silt, even if they are scrubbed and dried, I am afraid that they will not be able to use it, the stone went to nearly forty percent, and the emperor also wants to increase the rockery, in order to prolong the life of the queen mother, how is this good?

The three of them could only be sullen and silent.

"The old man also knows that this is not an easy task, according to the three of them, what do we need to solve the most at the moment?"

"Lake Stone!" Three people blurted out at the same time.

Lord Wei frowned and touched his black mole: "That's true." Hey, the lake stone is not easy to find, even if it is immediately transported from other counties, I am afraid that it will be more than half loaded. It's hard to do, it's hard to do. ”

The four of them bowed their heads, at a loss. Wu Mingzhe, who always had no idea, came up with a plan: "Lord Wei, why don't you take local materials, other counties are not good for luck, I'll wait to go to Mingchi to find some?" ”

"There are indeed a lot of lake stones in the Ming Pond, but the lake stones have been piled up in the mountains. Besides, the garden was used by the court to enjoy with the people, wouldn't it be inappropriate to take it like this? Hong Xin'er felt that this method was inappropriate.

"It's a good idea to be the owner of the house." Lord Wei got up, walked to Wu Mingzhe's side and paused: "It's better to be close than to be far away." Mingchi rockery, just blow it up with gunpowder. The old man of Hushi can be recruited from other places now, and when Hushi arrives later, it will not hurt to make up for the omission of Mingchi. ”

After speaking, Lord Wei also patted House Mingzhe's left shoulder: "The owner of the house, the future is immeasurable!" ”

After hearing the praise, Wu Mingzhe was even happier and said, "Then why don't I go now?" ”

Hong Xin'er and Mu Hanqing couldn't stop slandering in their hearts, but they couldn't express it, so they had to pick a few young and capable craftsmen according to their words, and went to Mingchi with Master Wei together.

A team of people and horses traveled between them, and they came to Mingchi without much effort. It was the sowing season, and the people who farmed the land did not have much time to visit the Ming Pond. There is no festival, and the people who are engaged in business and work are not idle, so there are not too many tourists in the Ming Pond. Lord Wei and the garden of the Ming Pond are old friends, and they came to clarify their original intentions, and successfully borrowed some people who are stationed here, and they cleared out a rockery in front of it in a short time. The next step is to bury the gunpowder and blast the stones.

Wu Mingzhe volunteered, opened the bag of gunpowder, buried the lead in, and wanted to light the fire, but was stopped by Lord Wei: "The owner of the house, I'll wait and wait, just find a craftsman with fast feet to come and get some." Don't lose your identity. ”

Xin'er wanted to say that she was fast-footed and stayed to order the introduction, but she hesitated again and again, and she gave up for fear of revealing her identity, so she withdrew with a group of people, leaving only a craftsman in a thin shirt. The craftsman didn't want to order an introduction, but when he heard that Master Wei had promised 100 yuan, he was moved and insisted that he was the fastest.

The primer was ignited, and when he saw the spark jumping up, the craftsman threw down some incense from the primer, got up violently, and ran towards the crowd. As soon as he ran not far away, he heard a loud "boom", and the rockery cracked, and then the heat of the gunpowder rose to open the top of the lake, and a small lake stone smashed into the back of the craftsman.

Hong Xin'er broke away from everyone and wanted to pull the craftsman, but manpower couldn't defeat the gunpowder after all, and the stone still pressed the craftsman down.

The craftsman fell to the ground, a mouthful of blood came out of his mouth, and after two blinks, the man stopped moving.

"Little Zhuozi, wake up, wake up." Several familiar craftsmen rushed over and wailed around the fallen Xiao Zhuozi, but this person was afraid that he would never wake up again.

Lord Wei also lamented, but the emperor still had to do it. Master Wei called two craftsmen to come: "You two, hurry up and go to Yuan Cheng to ask for a mat, send Xiao Zhuozi home, and bury him with a good life." ”

After that, Lord Wei gave the two craftsmen who carried the people a piece of silver, and sent the two away. Before there was a cup of tea, Lord Wei persuaded everyone to regroup and blow up the next rockery.

At this moment, Xin'er couldn't care too much, and before everyone could react, she knelt down in front of Lord Wei: "Lord Wei, Linglong begs you, human life is at stake, this rockery can't be blown up anymore!" ”