Dai Zong sent Meng Ban to the gate of the palace, because it was getting late, and specially arranged a carriage to send Meng Ban out of the city.

Along the way, Meng Ban felt confused.

The carriage was very bumpy, and this Meng Ban seemed to be sitting in the clouds.

The carriage finally stopped at the entrance of the alley where Meng Ban lived, and Meng Ban thanked the coachman who drove him back, and even took out a few hundred dollars as a reward and stuffed it into the other party's hands.

This is the first time for the stingy Meng Ban.

By this time, the sun had completely set, and the surroundings were gradually quieting down.

The smell of food fills the air, and you can faintly hear the sound of husband and wife arguing and children crying, and there may be the low barking of a dog.

Meng Ban was in a very good mood, humming a country tune from Changyi Country while walking towards the alley.

Each alley has a separate door, which is closed at curfew time, and once closed, it is not allowed to be opened at will unless there is something urgent.

Meng Ban's luck was very good, when he came to the alley, it was the time when the alley gate was about to close.

Responsible for opening and closing the door of the alley is Li Zheng, who manages about 100 households in the vicinity, and is generally elected by the rich families in the middle of the alley.

There are more than 200 households in this alley where Meng Ban's family lives, with a total of more than 200 households.

Because there is an old willow tree of more than 100 years in the open space in the middle of Lu Lane, more than 100 households in the east are called Shangliulu, and more than 100 households in the west are called Xialiulu.

Meng Ban lives in Shangliulu and is now the third generation.

Shangliu Lu's Li Zheng's name is Han Ping, he opened a grain store, his family property is at least 300,000 yuan, he is the only middle household in Lu, and he has been serving as Li Zheng for 16 or 7 years.

From the perspective of personality, Han Ping is also fair and fair, and he is also very enthusiastic about Xiangzi, the only drawback is that he likes to show off his family property and judge other people's lives.

And Meng Ban is the main target of his criticism.

The reason is very simple, Han Ping's family has a lot of money, but he has only one son; Meng Ban's family is ordinary, but he has three sons.

On weekdays, as long as Han Ping meets Meng Ban, he always has to ridicule Meng Ban in the name of concern.

So when Meng Ban squeezed in from outside at the last moment when the alley door was closed, Han Ping grabbed his sleeve.

"Meng Ban, when is this, why did you come back so late, be careful that the pavilion guards patrolling the city outside will arrest you and take you to the Lieutenant's Mansion and beat your ass with a board, I won't take you when the time comes."

Meng Ban was a head short in front of Han Ping, and he was almost locked out of the alley door at the moment, so he arched his hand very flatteringly, and said apologetically: "Li Zheng has learned a lesson, the villain knows that he is wrong, and he must change it next time." ”

Meng Ban was about to go inside after speaking, but Han Ping, who was not yet addicted, grabbed his sleeve and dragged him in front of seven or eight servants guarding the alley gate.

"You haven't said why you came back so late, according to the law, it is now past the curfew time, and ordinary people are not allowed to walk around the streets without a valid reason."

Han Ping said it seriously, but it was also a fox and a fake tiger.

Everyone looked up and didn't look down to see Xiangzi, although Meng Ban came back with a pinch, but it was only a few hundred meters away from his home, and he couldn't embarrass him like this at all.

But there are always some such people around him, who use it unscrupulously when they have a little power in their hands, and they don't want to talk about a little favor when they are harmless.

They don't enforce the law fairly, they just show off their power.

Like today, this Han Ping wanted to show off the insignificant power in his hands in front of the seven or eight pavilion guards.

At this time, the door of the alley had been closed, and the servants also put their hands on their chests and walked over to watch the excitement.

Don't look at Meng Ban as a nest at home, but he is a nest person outside.

He said with a smiling face: "I have some things to do in the city today, so I was delayed." ”

"You're not too young, why do you still go into the city to toss when it's so late, why don't you call the few verticals at home, can't the three verticals still be in charge?"

"But then again, yesterday your kid came to the store to buy millet, and he almost knocked down the millet before he left the store, so you really have to watch him so late, don't let him run around."

Han Ping shouted with a "shaft" on the left and a "shaft" on the right, looking like he was concerned about the Meng Ban family, but in fact, he was mocking openly and secretly, and the servants who had attracted the onlookers also laughed.

In normal times, Meng Ban will definitely accompany the smiling face and scold his three sons together.

But today, Meng Ban feels that the word "erection" is harsh.

So, Meng Ban put away the smile on his face, blackened his face, and looked coldly at Han Ping, who was two feet away.

Maybe he saw that Meng Ban was wrong, or maybe Meng Ban didn't cooperate with him, Han Ping himself felt a little bored, he waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go, just don't care about it." ”

Meng Ban didn't entangle with him, turned around and walked in the direction of his house.

However, he had only gone out for another three or four steps, when he heard Han Ping deliberately raise his voice behind him and say, "It's not necessarily a good thing to have more people in this life, if they are all useless shafts, it's better not to give birth, you say right." ”

Meng Ban stood still, and he burst into anger.

He remembered that someone had told him yesterday that he should not call his son a son.

Thinking of this, Meng Ban turned around and walked back, and came to Han Ping in front of everyone.

Han Ping felt the murderous aura on Meng Ban's body.

"Y-What do you want to do?"

Meng Ban didn't want to bother with words, so he grabbed Han Zheng's sleeve and pulled it violently, tearing off the entire sleeve.

Han Zheng's brand-new robe suddenly became a tattered item.

Everyone was stunned, no one dared to go up, and everyone didn't know if Meng Ban, who was usually submissive, was so wild because of dirty things.

Meng Ban casually threw half of his sleeve on the ground, took out more than a hundred coins from his arms, and threw it on the ground.

pointed at Han Ping's nose very provocatively, and said word by word: "In the future, you are not allowed to call my child a vertical child, otherwise you will be beaten once you meet, and you will be worthy of such a good person!" ”

Your Highness doesn't call them erectors, what are you!

After speaking, Meng Ban walked away, leaving everyone at a loss.

This more than 100 yuan is the most unjust money that Meng Ban has spent in his life, but it is also the most arrogant more than 100 yuan.

Meng Ban came to his carpentry workshop with his head held high, and when he saw the whole family standing here waiting for him, he couldn't help but feel a little hot in his eyes.

"Daddy, ...... in the palace"

Before Meng Ri's words could be spoken, Meng Ban stopped him from speaking.

Meng Ban patted the shoulders of his three sons one by one and said: "From today on, we will be hired by the palace, and I am also old, you will have to help this family in the future, come, let's go in and talk while eating." ”

The three brothers of the Meng family saw their father with such a good temper for the first time, although they didn't know what happened to their father today, but they felt something different, and hurriedly beckoned a few female relatives to follow their father to the workshop.

In this way, the fate of this ordinary family is tied to the fate of the big man.