The meeting place was set in the pavilion not far from Meng's house, and I heard that it was a place where Meng's second son often went to study, and few people disturbed him.

When I arrived, in addition to Li Shen in the pavilion, there was also a young man in a long shirt and folding a fan, Bai Jing Siwen, who was indeed the appearance of a scholar, and when he saw me and Achu entering the pavilion, it was probably really difficult to associate the two of us with the "guest" that Li Shen said, and they forgot to stand up when they saluted.

One of us was carrying a medicine basket and the other was carrying a fish bucket, and when he saw him put down things like this, he wanted to return the salute, and when he heard the basket fall to the ground and make a very loud "bang", he hurriedly said: "The two girls don't need to be polite." ”

Then let's go straight in, I reached a consensus with Achu. Achu started first: "Hmm... Does Childe know a woman named Qiulan? ”

Meng Gongzi's face changed greatly, but he replied: "I don't know." ”

"Don't know? That's the wrong person. I deliberately stabbed Ah Chu's arm, "It's troublesome for Meng Gongzi to run this trip in vain, but Miss Qiulan is dead, and she is the top card of the Shu Wu family, the old bustard didn't dare to just make a noise, so she had to spend money to hire us to inquire about her regular customers first and then arrange the aftermath." ”

Achu said: "Since people are not right, why bother to tell him this." Alas, I collected money to do things, but I was busy until today to find this one, but unfortunately it is not. Let's go, I didn't waste the time of the two sons. ”

"Wait!" This Second Master Meng was even more breathless than I imagined, and I didn't even have time to stretch out my hand to the medicine basket, "She...... How will it ......?"

"I am seriously ill, and there is no medicine for him." Achu replied, looking at Meng Gongzi's pale face and clenched fists, and added, "Pity the child in Miss Qiulan's womb, it is really one corpse and two lives." ”

Meng Gongzi's whole person seemed to have been hit hard, and his eyes were completely lost: "Impossible." ”

I looked at him calmly: "Why is it impossible, I am the doctor who treated Qiulan, at that time she said that she had become an abandoned woman, and she was like this, just asking for death, and I also had no skills to return to heaven." ”

"Maybe that man only sees all this as a scene on the wind and moon field, but I don't know if he would have slept peacefully if he knew that he was carrying two lives, one of which was still his own flesh and blood."

"Yes, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep peacefully in my life." He suddenly laughed miserably: "By mistake, God's will is like this, I am wrong to blame Lan'er." ”

"If you knew today, why bother in the first place." I sighed, "But where does this lie begin?" ”

Meng Gongzi said: "I was originally dragged by my classmates to Shu Wu's house to accompany me, but I hit it off with Lan'er at first sight...... Then she had my child, and I wanted to help her redeem herself. On that day, I scraped together enough money, but I happened to bump into the master in school who resigned and returned to his hometown, and was going to see him off, so I ordered my little servant to bring the money for redemption to Lan'er. Unexpectedly, the little girl came back and told me that Lan'er said that she was taken by a foreign official and wanted to accept her as a concubine, and she had promised to cut off the relationship with me, and the child was also killed...... I can't help but feel like I'm in a cloth! Today, I know that she has died...... Lan'er, I really hate to go with you, Lan'er......"

Meng Gongzi couldn't stop crying, but my heart sank: Qiulan's death was just a cover, but there must be something wrong with the little guy next to Meng Gongzi. But how can a small guy understand so much, and how many people behind the scenes will be involved in the romantic affair between a woman in a green building and a scholar in the eyes of others?

Looking at Meng Gongzi's injured appearance, there was no point in bluffing him like this, Ah Chu couldn't bear to see it, and was the first to tell the facts and discuss: "I'm sorry for the son, this time, Qiulan is still alive, your child was also saved by Bingran, and there is nothing to let her be a concubine, your family of three can still be reunited." ”

The sadness on Meng Gongzi's face gradually turned into consternation: "So...... Lan'er is still alive, is all this fake? ”

I, Achu and Li Shen nodded frantically.

Meng Gongzi's face did not have the joy of learning the truth, I was secretly wondering if he was not able to accept it poorly, but he became sad again: "Qiulan is still alive, I am very happy." It's just that...... After a long time, I also figured out that my father and mother would never allow me to marry a woman from a green building, let alone let the child recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, I ...... If you enter the government in the future, you must not have a lady from a low background. ”

"I and Qiulan, after all, we missed it, and we have no fate." He sighed and burst into tears.

I'm a little crazy: Big brother, don't you really pay attention to the little guy who fabricated a big official rival for you out of thin air?

Ah Chu whispered in my ear: "If he had said the latter paragraph earlier, I wouldn't have told him the truth." ”

I think so.

I wanted to remind him to pay attention to the people around him, and I wanted to ask him how to settle Qiulan in the future, but Meng Gongzi was too sad and focused, so we had to give up. In the end, Meng Yan declined Li Shen's kindness to send him back to Meng's mansion, I thought that he would get into trouble when he went back with such a lost soul, and it was difficult to say it clearly, so I had to instruct: "Son, don't get caught on fire because of this matter." I don't know if he heard it, but it is not appropriate for him to publicize the matter with Qiulan, and he should have counted it.

Seeing that Meng Yan had gone away, I whispered: "It's really an ancient version of Zhou Puyuan, but I haven't had a bad heart yet." ”

Achu heard it with a look of curiosity: "Who is Zhou Puyuan?" ”

I glanced at Li Shen and said: "A man in the book mistakenly thought that his sweetheart had died and been sad for many years, but his sweetheart stood back in front of him in a dignified manner, and he refused to admit it. ”

But since he and Meng Gongzi have concerns, what can we, the spectators, talk about? ”

sent Meng Yan away, and there was a Li Shen. Li Shen was a scapegoat this time, and he no longer hid it when he asked him about the Meng family:

Although the master of the Meng family has wives and concubines, only the original wife has children, a total of two sons and four young ladies, the eldest son Meng Heng, married the eldest daughter of the Zhou family as his wife, and now manages most of the family's fields and shops; The second son, Meng Yan, who is today, is the only one in the family who has entered school, and the Meng family is counting on him to take fame and seek a half-official position. The four young ladies except for Li Shenwei's wife Mingzhu have all left the cabinet and married to the town, so they will not easily return to the door if they have nothing to do.

The composition of this family is not complicated, and there seems to be no need for a house fight - the concubine who has nothing to do has the capital to fight with the main house, and the development direction of the two sons is completely different, so it can be said that they can't fight if they want to.

A Chu said: "Qiulan is a woman from the Qinglou, so the Meng family does not agree to her entering the door, but Meng Yan, who gave Qiulan a ransom silver, may still want to recognize this child at the beginning, so the Meng family borrowed his little maid to make a move?" ”

I replied: "If the Meng family expects him to enter the imperial examination, they will naturally want to avoid future troubles, which is reasonable, but even if they want to start, why bother to pull the future uncle of Shopkeeper Li into the water?" ”

Li Shen couldn't help but interject: "Actually... Li has a question, and he doesn't know whether to talk about it or not. ”

Achu said: "You have to talk about it, and you still ask what is inappropriate, talk about it." ”

Li Shen said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that I met with Meng Ergongzi today, and he has recognized himself as the party, but he never mentioned the matter of the jade pendant, and the two girls didn't even ask?" ”

Ah Chu looked at him with a smile: "Does Shopkeeper Li think that Bingran and I have forgotten about this?" ”

Li Shen had an expression of "you won't really forget", and I couldn't help laughing.

"First of all, I don't want to speculate whether Meng Gongzi is acting." I explained, "And the people who are deliberately plotting to kill Qiulan and blame you will not come to your invitation as openly and openly as Meng Gongzi. ”

Li Shen agreed: "Indeed, when I made a post with him, he should be cheerful, and said that he was a family in the morning and evening, and he should move around more." ”

"So I speculate that this Meng Yan was also put on the spot," I said, "However, if his acting skills are really superb to such an extent, we will not be able to startle the snake today." ”

"So what are we going to do next?" Achu asked.

"Sell my medicine and your fish first, and then go and tell Shu Wuniang that the person has been found, and the identity is known."

When Shu Wuniang heard these things, she was first furious - the rules of the Qinglou are not allowed to accept the property given by the guests privately, Qiulan also received such a large amount of money for redemption in addition to medicine, which can be said to be a big taboo; Then there was a big surprise - the other protagonist of this matter is the second son of Mengfu, and the water in it is really not shallow.

"Meng Yan won't take Qiulan away now, let alone give a name." I said to Shu Wuniang, "If you go back to a month ago, maybe he is still willing?" ”

Shu Wuniang didn't say much to Meng Yan, and the guests who turned their faces and didn't recognize people had seen too many of them here. Now that people have found it, everything has settled, and the follow-up will be easier to do.

She thought about it for a long time, and finally told Qiulan everything about it, only hiding the part of the jade pendant oolong. Qiu Lan's body has not recovered yet, and Shu Wuniang can't scold her anymore, so she only accepted the part of the silver and returned the deed of sale to Qiu Lan.

"The rest should be enough for you to settle in." Shu Wuniang was quite painful when she said this, "As for whether the child in your womb wants to stay, it's all up to you." ”

Qiulan's attitude was very calm, her body had not fully recovered, and she stood there with a pale and thin cold appearance.

She only said: "Thank you, Mom, Miss Shen, and Miss Chen." ”