Hong Shiqing saw that Xu Cuiyu was looking for him, and he was quite unhappy, because he had also heard about the sacrificial ceremony, and the cook that Xu Cuiyu bought was the cook who had cooked for him, and he was driven out by Hong Shiqing because his hands and feet were not clean.

This time Xu Cuiyu came to find herself, it must not be a good thing.

But when Hong Shiqing saw that it was Meng Xingzhou's meaning, it was not easy not to see him, so he ordered his subordinates to arrange for Xu Cuiyu to meet in the side hall.

Xu Cuiyu came to the side hall of the Hong family, and was shocked by the luxurious scene in front of him, worthy of being one of the four major families, the furniture of the Hong family is really extraordinary, but seeing the tables and chairs of the red sandalwood, the screen of white jade, and even the paintings hanging in the middle hall are also the handiwork of contemporary masters.

The maids standing and waiting on the left and right sides are also dressed quite gorgeously, out of the door of the Hong family, this dress is also the style of the daughter of the rich and noble family walking on the street.

The next person asked Xu Cuiyu to sit in one place and wait, and the tea on Xu Cuiyu was also a good tea like Sparrow Tongue Tea Bud, with a soft entrance and endless aftertaste, this time it can be regarded as a long experience.

When Xu Cuiyu was secretly envious of everything in the Hong family, she heard the little guy outside the door shouting: "Young master has arrived!" ”

Xu Cuiyu hurriedly put down the teacup, got up and tidied up the hem of her shirt and skirt, but when she saw Hong Shiqing walking in with her head held high, she didn't even look at her, and sat straight on the Taishi chair.

Xu Cuiyu saw that Hong Shiqing looked like she was ignoring her, and she was quite unhappy in her heart, but for the sake of the future cause, she could only swallow her anger and give a deep salute to this child who was more than ten years younger than herself, and said, "I've seen Lord Hong!" ”

Hong Shiqing has always been an arrogant person, in this world, he is still eye-catching when he comes out of Meng Xingzhou, and everyone else is not worth mentioning in his eyes.

After all, this is a young talent who has been a scholar in the middle school and an editor of the Hanlin Academy.

Hong Shiqing said without raising his eyes while blowing on the teacup: "What are you looking for me?" ”

Xu Cuiyu said: "I came to tell you a secret. ”

Hong Shiqing said with a smile: "How can private things be shared with outsiders? Someone, send off! ”

"Wait!" Xu Cuiyu stopped the Hong family who was going to take her down, and said, "If Gongzi Hong knew about this matter, he probably wouldn't have such an attitude towards me!" ”

Hong Shiqing asked with a little curiosity, "What do you want to say?" ”

Xu Cuiyu said: "The Hong family privately gave the Meng family a feng shui curse, the Hong family has done evil things before, and was punished by the ancestors of the Meng family, so the descendants want to take revenge, so they put down this feng shui curse!" ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Cuiyu looked at Hong Shiqing with a proud face.

Hong Shiqing laughed when he heard this: "Nonsense, left and right, fork this crazy woman out for me!" ”

"Yes!" The family members rushed up like tigers out of the gate, and they were about to go out with Xu Cuiyu.

Xu Cuiyu said: "If you don't want people to know about this matter, unless you don't do it, if you don't listen to my good advice, someone will tell Lord Futai about this matter, and then see how your Hong family ends!" ”

As soon as he heard Lord Futai, Hong Shiqing's heart sank, you must know that the Hong family lost the tribute cow and is searching with all their might, if this kind of false rumor is spread into the ears of Lord Futai, wouldn't it add fuel to the fire!

"Wait a minute, bring her back!" Hong Shiqing instructed his subordinates to bring Xu Cuiyu back.

Xu Cuiyu tapped her two sleeves, sat on the chair, and drank tea with the same calm and looked at Hong Shiqing.

Hong Shiqing said with a smile: "You are Meng Xingzhou's second aunt, I have heard about the sacrificial ceremony, and the reason why I know it is because I wanted to report the truth of the competition of Lord Futai at that time, but Sheng Guoer has already won, so I didn't pursue this matter, it was completely for Meng Xingzhou's sake!" ”

A few simple words caught Xu Cuiyu's pain point, Hong Shiqing meant to say, if you dare to play tricks with me, I will call you to prison!

Can Xu Cuiyuyan not know the true meaning? So he continued to look flattering and said: "Thank you Lord County Lieutenant for taking care of everything, it was just an accident, and it has nothing to do with me!" ”

Hong Shiqing stood up and smiled: "It has nothing to do with you?" The thief was caught by me and thrown into prison according to the law of our dynasty for destroying the ritual. But he said, "You told him to do it." ”

Xu Cuiyu hurriedly waved her hand and said, "There must be evidence for this matter, I didn't do such a thing!" ”

Hong Shiqing waved his hand and said, "Second lady, don't be nervous, as long as you make it clear what the secrets of the Hong family and the Meng family are, I will take care of your affairs." ”

Xu Cuiyu breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Startle me, Lord Hong, it's like this." ”

Xu Cuiyu told Hong Shiqing everything she knew.

Hong Shiqing muttered: "This matter is not in my hands, and I don't know if it's true or not, so let's go to my father, and what he says to do, just do it!" ”

Xu Cuiyu nodded, and said in her heart that if she could meet with Hong Yuanwai, it would be more useful than anything else.

So Xu Cuiyu said: "That's the case, the annoying boy will introduce me for me!" ”

Hong Shiqing looked at Xu Cuiyu, smiled slightly, and said, "Okay, please follow me!" ”

Hong Shiqing came to Hong Yuanwai's residence, knocked on the door and said, "Father, the second lady of the Meng family asks to see you!" ”

When Hong Yuanwai heard that it was the second lady of the Meng family, he immediately felt excited, and said in his heart that this Xu Yunchan is really a god operator!

He remembered the method Xu Yunchan told him, so he said, "Please let her in!" ”

After Xu Cuiyu entered the house, she gave a deep salute and said in a coquettish voice: "I've seen Hong Yuanwai." ”

But seeing that this woman was extraordinarily enchanting, even better than her own concubine, Hong Yuanwai's heart suddenly rose a little, and he stepped forward to help Xu Cuiyu and said, "Second Lady Meng doesn't have to be polite, please sit, please sit!" ”

Hong Yuanwai looked Xu Cuiyu up and down with a smile, and Xu Cuiyu also looked at Hong Yuanwai with a smile.

Hong Shiqing said: "Dad, Second Mrs. Meng is here to tell us about the peach blossoms. ”

Hong Yuanwai's face changed, and he said in his heart, Could it be that the Meng family found something?

Xu Cuiyu observed the words, and was even more sure that the peach blossom was done by Hong Yuanwai, so she said lightly: "Oh, my lord is annoyed by this matter and is about to sue the court!" ”

Hong Yuanwai smiled awkwardly: "This matter, in fact, this matter is a misunderstanding." ”

Xu Cuiyu said with a smile: "I naturally know that this is a misunderstanding, so I persuaded my master, do you want to turn hostility into jade silk!" ”

Hong Yuanwai nodded and said: "Yes, at the same time, Brother Meng and I are also brothers on the same list, if you want to blame that Mr. Feng Shui for this misunderstanding!" ”

Xu Cuiyu said with a smile: "In this case, shouldn't the Hong family do something to compensate the Meng family!" ”

As soon as Xu Cuiyu's words came out, Hong Yuanwai became disgusted with this woman at the moment, and he didn't know why he came to threaten her.

At this moment, Hong Yuanwai's pity and pity for jade were gone, and he remembered the method Xu Yunchan taught him.

Hong Yuanwai smiled coldly: "What kind of compensation does Second Lady Meng want?" ”

Xu Cuiyu smiled: "Want compensation? Did I say that? If I said that it was just a joke with you, it was too late for you to do something, as the saying goes, it is better to settle the grievances than to settle them, I also beg you to let go of the Meng family, and please help the Meng family. ”

Hong Yuanwai didn't blink his eyelids, and after taking a sip of tea, he said, "Is this what you mean, or is this what Brother Meng means?" ”

Xu Cuiyu said with a smile: "This is not only what I mean, but also the meaning of our family, you know, in the Meng family, I mean the same, my lord is also obedient to me." ”

Hong Yuanwai snorted and said: "Disrespectful and disrespectful, they all say that the Meng family's Meng Zhengtang has the blessing of Qi people, and they all say that the Meng family's wife Chen is shrewd and capable, but I didn't expect the truth to be that the second lady is the head of the Meng family!" ”

Xu Cuiyu waved her hand and said: "Hong Yuanwai said that he was in charge, we are still in charge of the decision, I will just give us ideas for the master, he will listen to me more!" ”

Hong Yuanwai smiled: "Then, what does the second lady want?" ”

Xu Cuiyu coughed and said: "That's the case, I have a son, who is kind and knows a little bit of literature and ink, and now he is about to take a scientific examination, I know that there are two paths, one is to take the Ming scriptures, and the other is to raise filial piety, so..."

Hong Yuanwai smiled: "I understand, you want me to recommend your eldest son, Meng Xingzhou, as filial piety, right?" ”

Xu Cuiyu hurriedly waved her hand and said, "No, no, no, it's not Meng Xingzhou, it's my own son Meng Heyou!" ”

Meng Heyou, I have never heard of it, Hong Yuanwai said: "This matter is difficult to do, filial piety is to have prestige, the noble son has no prestige, this is probably not easy!" ”

Xu Cuiyu said: "That's why I want to ask you for some tricks?" ”

Hong Yuanwai pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "That's it, what about you, take your son to personally build a road from Xifeng Village to Dongxiang Village, so that your mother and son will be widely known for building roads, which is a great good deed!" ”

Xu Cuiyu was puzzled: "But how can our mother and son alone repair the road?" ”

Hong Yuanwai smiled: "What's so difficult about this? Moon! ”

Hong Yuanwai shouted for a month, and Mingyue walked in and asked, "What does the master command?" ”

Hong Yuanwai said: "I'll give you a sum of money, you tell Master Song, bring good people, and go to build a road for Dongxiang Village together with this Second Lady Meng and Second Son Meng!" ”

Mingyue nodded and said, "Slave maid, let's do it!" ”

After saying that, Mingyue turned around and left.

Hong Yuanwai smiled at Xu Cuiyu and said, "How is it?" As long as you build the road, we will talk about it when the time comes! Someone, send off! ”

Xu Cuiyu said that it was good to get the news, so she didn't dare to ask too much, so she left.

After returning home, Xu Cuiyu excitedly called Meng Heyou.

Meng Heyou looked lazy, like a thin monkey who hadn't woken up, dragging his shoes, and the robe on his body was messily worn, Xu Cuiyu was angry when he saw his son like this: "I said that you still look like a human?" I just came back from a refugee! ”

Meng Heyou sat opposite his mother, poured a cup of tea, and after drinking it all, he rubbed his eyes and said, "I went to Baihualou with my friends to drink flower wine last night, and I didn't sleep well, what's the matter, mother?" ”

Xu Cuiyu hated the iron and steel, picked up the feather duster on the table and whipped it at Meng Heyou!

"What are you doing, mother, you're crazy!" Meng Heyou shouted while hiding.

"I told you not to be angry! Tomorrow I will go with my mother to repair the road! Xu Cuiyu stopped angrily, and said with her hands on her hips: "Why don't you go and prepare?" ”

"Build roads?" Meng Heyou looked puzzled.