Mo Yunxiao stepped out of the sedan chair, looked up and saw the door plaque of the Zeng family. She suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Although she knew that the previous Mo Yunxiao would never have this kind of emotion. She is an extremely confident person, confident enough to calmly expose her weaknesses to anyone without feeling ashamed.

She looked back at Yunxiang and Yunxi behind her, as well as Zhang Yun'er and Li Xianmo. Their clothes were shabby, their temples were scattered, and their faces were deep and shallow plaster, and they were extremely embarrassed. And so did herself.

At this moment, the gate of Zeng's Mansion opened, and Wei Wan stepped out of the threshold first and walked down the stone steps quickly.

"Helu!" "Yuru!" The two women's hands were clasped together. "Helu, you've suffered!" Mrs. Wei choked up, and then she turned around and asked Granny Kang, who took the Mo family out of prison, "Why don't you change clothes with my sister-in-law?" ”

Granny Kang was quite embarrassed and said, "Madam, there are all men in prison, I'm afraid it's inappropriate." ”

Mrs. Wei thought about it and said to Mo Yunxiao: "Poor my sister, come in quickly, I have prepared a convulsion wine for you." Let's have a good drink today! ”

Mo Yunxiao shook her head with a smile and said, "I understand Yuru's intentions, but now is not the time. ”

Mrs. Wei looked sideways at a coffin, and then she thought that Mo Chenglin was dead. Today's Mo family is all filial piety. She felt speechless, so she walked to the coffin and saluted, and said to Zhang Yun'er beside her: "Second grandmother, this funeral will be done at my house." ”

"Oops! This is ......" Zhang Yun'er's original intention was the same, and she was about to say a few polite words before agreeing, but she was unexpectedly preempted by Li Xianmo: "This is not good." ”

Li Xianmoth stepped forward to greet him and said, "Our Mo family's funeral is done in Zeng's family, which will attract bad luck." Mrs. Wei treats us well, how can we bear to do harm? ”

Mrs. Wei smiled: "I never believe in anything unlucky." Now that the tea building is gone, the two grandmothers and three sisters have nowhere to live, how can they handle the funeral? Is it just that your old man can't be buried for a long time? ”

"This ......" Li Xian Mo had some scruples, and asked again: "I just don't know that Zeng Xianggong knows about this?" ”

Mrs. Wei said with a smile: "This matter is exactly what my lord entrusted me to do. ”

"Uh-oh." Li Xian Mo nodded again and again, and pondered for a while before saying: "We are all women's families, and we have already been in chaos when we encounter such a catastrophe, so everything will be done according to what Mrs. Wei said." ”

Mrs. Wei nodded, and invited the Mo family into the house, and the coffin was also placed in the backyard, and then prepared plain clothes and filial piety clothes, and set up a mourning hall in the lobby of the Zeng family. Mrs. Wei was not enough, so she invited 300 monks to recite the mantra of the past in Daxiangguo Temple, and spent another 500 yuan of sesame oil money to reshape the golden body of the Bodhisattva in Daxiangguo Temple.

It's just that although this funeral was lively in the house, there were very few people who came to mourn. The people who came were all Zeng Bu's colleagues, but they didn't see the friends of the Mo family in the past.

The reason is self-evident, now that the Mo family is in trouble, no one wants to be implicated. But for Mo Yunxiao, this is a good thing. She didn't know these people anyway, and from then on, she could justifiably not associate with these people.

"Humph! None of the friends that Da Lang made on weekdays did not come at this time. Zhang Yuner sat on the chair and said quite unevenly: "It's really people's hearts and stomachs." ”

At this moment, a family member came to report: "The Song family sisters and brothers of Fanlou came to condole." ”

"Oh?" Mo Yunxiao, who was kneeling in front of the spirit to see off his father, was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Invite them in." ”

Fifth sister-in-law Song and Song Mingxuan came quickly. The sisters and brothers' eyes were red and swollen, their faces were haggard, they looked tired, and they were also anxious about the Mo family's affairs.

Zhang Yun'er hurriedly stepped forward to greet and said, "Oh, what the hell is dear." Others didn't come, but the Song family's sister-in-law and Jiaxing still came. ”

Fifth sister-in-law Song glanced at Mo Yunxiao, who was kneeling, and Yunxiang and Yunxi, who were crying on both sides, also counted their noses, and hurriedly held Zhang Yun'er's somewhat cold hand, and said, "You are sad to call the second grandmother." It's a blessing and a curse, and it's unpredictable. ”

Mrs. Wei saw Song Mingxuan at a glance, walked over, and said, "You are Song Mingxuan?" ”

"Late birth exactly." He replied.

Mrs. Wei looked at him and said with a sneer: "Sure enough, he is a talent." It is true that he has the courage to withdraw from our marriage. ”

Song Mingxuan was embarrassed, so he had to bow his head and say, "I'm ashamed." The blessings of late life are not thick, and they are not worthy of lotus dew. ”

"Humph! It's a good fortune. Mrs. Wei said, "Then do you know that since you divorced, Helu's temperament has changed greatly and she has become thinner and thinner?" Where is her heroism gone? ”

Song Mingxuan glanced at Mo Yunxiao, and Mo Yunxiao also looked at him with a blank eye. His heart trembled, and he hurriedly looked away, saying, "Mrs. Wei, I know that I am sorry for Helu, so I also feasted with my sister in Fanlou and solemnly apologized to Helu. ”

"Humph!" Mrs. Wei turned around, sat back and said, "So you're going to stay out of it?" ”

"No, no, no! I'll do my best to make amends. He hurriedly explained, very hastily panicked.

Fifth sister-in-law Song hurriedly went up to relieve her younger brother, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Wei, our family is indeed not worthy of such a good child as Helu. I also asked Jia Xing to swear that in the future, I would take care of Helu as my own sister. I, as a sister, can also relax a little. ”

Mrs. Wei glanced sideways at Mo Yunxiao, and saw that she was still looking at Song Mingxuan in a trance, and sighed unconsciously: "What a good sister I am, I will suffer one after another." Alas, Song Mingxuan said that his fortune is not thick, in my opinion, his fortune is much thicker than Helu. ”

Fifth sister-in-law Song smiled awkwardly and said, "As the old saying goes, if you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing in the future." Helu is kind-hearted, easy to fight unevenly, and must be protected by gods and Buddhas. ”

After she finished speaking, she hurriedly instructed Song Mingxuan: "Why don't you go and kowtow to your Uncle Mo?" ”

"Yes." Song Mingxuan answered, then went to kneel down in front of the mourning hall, solemnly kowtowed three times, and said, "Uncle Mo, Jiaxing has come to see you." ’

Mo Yunxiao knelt diagonally opposite him and looked at him. She was also looking at him with tears in her eyes.

When Song Mingxuan raised his head, he happened to make eye contact with Mo Yunxiao, and he felt infinite regret in his heart.

"Helu, I'm ......" Song Mingxuan didn't know what to say, so he had to say a sentence about the scene when he attended the funeral: "It's sad for you." ”

"No, you didn't make me sad." Mo Yunxiao said with tears in her eyes: "I made myself sad." ”

"Daddy! Daddy! A few howls came from outside the door, and everyone looked for a look, and it turned out to be Mo Yunze who broke in. But the family at the door did not know him, and tried desperately to stop him.

Mrs. Wei recognized him at a glance, and Gao Sheng shouted: "This is a petty official of the Mo family, don't slack off." ”

When the family heard this, they stopped tearing and hurriedly came to salute. But Mo Yunze couldn't take care of them, so he rushed in, knelt down in front of his father's mourning hall, and let out a sad voice: "Daddy! The rain is back when the unfilial son is back! ”

He fell to his knees, pounding the ground with his fists continuously, and his cries were also whimpering, which made people sad.

Li Xianmoth wiped away her tears with a handkerchief and said, "Yunxiang, Yunxi, go and help Shi Yu up." ”

So the second daughter got up and grabbed Mo Yunze's arm from the left and right sides. Yunxi said: "Brother, don't be too sad and hurt yourself. ”

Mo Yunze burst into tears and choked up: "I was studying in Taixue, and I was suddenly imprisoned, and I actually said that my father was a fugitive. When I came back today, I didn't expect my father to be immortal, how could I not be sad! ”

Zhang Yun'er was also sad when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "Your father should be relieved to see that you came back safely." Get up and rest. ”

Only then did he stand up with the support of Yunxiang and Yuxi. Madame Wei had already added a chair for him to sit down and relax.

The funeral was held vigorously. Zeng Bu and his wife specially bought a piece of land with excellent feng shui in the cemetery outside the city, and buried Mo Chenglin.

However, although Mo Chenglin is buried, the children of the Mo family still have to keep filial piety. Especially has a huge impact on Mo Yunze, because of filial piety, he will not be able to participate in next year's big exam.

For this reason, Mrs. Wei comforted him a lot. "Today's officialdom is small, not as good as before."

At the dinner table that day, Zeng Bu still held his hand and said, "The old decay is also struggling to maintain, and he is in fear all day long. Shiyu, you are still young. If our officials have the wisdom of people. After three years, the clouds will be gone, and it won't be too late for you to apply again. ”

Mo Yunze smiled reluctantly and said, "Thank you for your explanation." Shi Yu remembered. ”

Zhang Yun'er sighed and said, "If you want me to say, you don't have to take any imperial examinations." Shi Yu, wasn't it the official who killed your father? Do you still want to be with them? ”

Li Xian Mo coughed hurriedly and reminded her not to talk nonsense.

Zhang Yun'er glanced at Zeng Bu and Mrs. Wei, and said with a smile: "Oh, I'm a woman, I can't speak, I offended Master Zeng, slap my mouth!" Palm! ”

As she spoke, she gently slapped her mouth with her hand. "Mother!" Mo Yunxiang was a little embarrassed and hurriedly pulled her from the side. Li Xian Mo also felt that his face was feverish, and threw a rather disdainful look at Zhang Yun'er.

Zeng Bu smiled faintly and said, "The second grandmother is not wrong, but the affairs of officialdom are intricately intertwined and difficult to judge. Let's not talk about that today. With that, he turned his head to the side and whispered a few words to the servant beside him. The servant answered, and turned to go.

Zeng Bu said: "A few days ago, the official family gave me a painting. Our official boy is romantic, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and juju tea art are all refined. It's rare for everyone to get together today, why don't you enjoy it together? ”

Li Xian Mo smiled and said: "We are all grass people, but we can also see the ink treasure of the official family, what a blessing it is." It's just that the old clumsy only knows how to eat fasting and recite Buddha for half of his life, but he is not very proficient in calligraphy and painting. The children in our family don't have that knowledge, but I'm afraid that they don't know the clever pen of the official family, so they laugh and be generous. ”

"The third grandmother is humble." Mrs. Wei smiled and said, "If you want to talk about calligraphy and painting, I don't understand it, and my master doesn't understand it either." Let's just take a look, it's just boring and boring. ”

As he spoke, the servant had already taken the painting tube, carefully took out the painting, and as soon as the painting scroll was unfurled, there was a "bang", and the long scroll fell to the ground.

Everyone looked at it and saw that this painting was very elegant. Waterfalls rush down the high mountains, mist shrouds, streams gurgling, and strange rocks bulge. A young scholar was sitting on a high stone in Panxi, stroking the piano with both hands, and his expression was very pleasant.

"It's a good painting, it's a good painting." Mo Yunze couldn't help but admire: "The official family is indeed a genius in the sky, and he is very good at this. ”

Mo Yunxiang and Zhang Yun'er didn't know what was going on, and after looking at it twice, they continued to eat and didn't discuss. And Mo Yunxi frowned and looked at it, as if he felt that this painting was very incomprehensible.

Zeng Bu glanced at Mo Yunze and said with a smile: "Not bad." The official family is smart and learns everything quickly. If the official family can concentrate on the government, it will be a blessing for the common people, if they are addicted to calligraphy and painting, they are only afraid of ......"

He didn't go on, but everyone understood what he meant. Seeing her husband's worried expression, Mrs. Wei poured him a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Therefore, the lord must always persuade and assist the official family to follow the path of the Holy Monarch." ”

Zeng Bu smiled heartily and said, "Not bad, not bad." With that, the two of them had a drink.

Mrs. Wei looked back and saw that Mo Yunxiao was looking at the painting in a daze, so she asked, "Helu, can you see what is good about this painting?" ”

Mo Yunxiao said with a smile: "This painting takes the pen bone method, and there is the foundation of Mi Fu calligraphy in the stroke outline. Well, it's a good painting. However, it seems that it is not finished. This Fuqin scholar seems to be quite empty next to him, what is the reason? ”

When everyone heard this, they were a little surprised.

Li Xian Mo asked, "Helu, I don't see you studying this way on weekdays, how come you know a little bit?" ”

"I don't want to study, but the third grandmother doesn't know." As she said this, Li Xian Moth lowered her head a little ashamedly.

Zeng Bu said with a smile: "The official family gave me this painting, which also gave me a problem. He asked me to complete this painting, I don't know what Miss Mo thinks? ”

Mo Yunxiao sat up, paced to the painting, looked at it carefully, and asked Zeng Bu: "What does the master think?" ”

Zeng Bu laughed and said, "If I have a wonderful method, can An ask the girl?" However, the official family has a few ingenuity, one is strange stones, and the other is flowers and plants. ”

Mo Yunxiao shook his head, pointed to the strange stone in the painting, and said: "The official stone is taken from Mi Fu's brushwork." Mi Fu is famous for being good at painting strange stones, but the center of this painting is not a strange stone, but this Fuqin scholar. If this handsome scholar is surrounded by strange rocks, it will be nondescript. ”

Hearing the words "nondescript", Zeng Bu's face changed slightly.

Mo Yunxiao didn't notice it, and continued: "If flowers and plants are added, they must also be dead flowers and dead grass, otherwise it will not match the atmosphere of the whole painting." However, if it is a dead flower, you should pay attention to the coloring. If it's too gaudy, it's vulgar, and if it's too light, it's not interesting, so it's not the best policy. ”

Zeng Bu was secretly surprised in his heart, thinking: "The young talents of the official family also think that strange stones and flowers are not good, but they don't explain what is wrong. And this Mo Yunxiao's talk made people feel suddenly enlightened. ”

"Helu, what do you think?" Mrs. Wei asked in a loud voice.

Mo Yunxiao looked at the painting and pondered for a long time, suddenly her eyes lit up, and she turned to Zeng Bu and his wife and said, "Master Zeng, Yuru, the little sister has the courage to borrow the four treasures of the study, I don't know if it is possible?" ”

Everyone was taken aback, especially the Zeng Bu couple. They also stood up together and looked at each other. "Miss Mo, do you want to add ink to this painting?" Zeng Bu asked incredulously.

Mo Yunxi nodded and said, "Not bad." I've got an idea to complete this picture. ”

Zhang Yun'er hurriedly said: "Helu! That's not good. This painting was made by the government, how could it be changed by our ordinary people at will. If the painting is bad, the official family will be angry, but I am afraid that our family will be destroyed again! ”

Zeng Bu raised his hand and said, 'That's fine. If Miss Mo really doesn't make up for it, the old decay can be picked up on one shoulder. The official family remembered that I was a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and there was no reason to blame. It's just that...... Be careful! ’

When he said this, he agreed. So Mrs. Wei instructed her subordinates: "Go and get the four treasures of the study." I personally grind for the lotus. ”