Chapter 40: Listen to Brother Chen

On the official road, the Meng family's convoy slowly moved forward.

Chen Mingye withdrew his gaze from afar and smiled lightly: "The person in Brother Meng's mouth should be quite interesting." ”

"He is the person I trust the most since I was a child, and he is also the brother I have always admired in my heart, but that person, although I have the heart to see him again, it is just because ......of his identity" With a long sigh, Meng Che couldn't help but clench his fists.

Chen Mingye glanced at him, rode forward, and said lightly: "It's okay, since you say that you are best friends, he will naturally understand you." ”

"Brother Chen......" Meng Che looked up at him, "My father often dislikes me for being weak, learning martial arts is a mess, and I haven't made great progress in learning literature, and I don't even have the temperament of a big man...... I often think about that man, but I don't even have the courage to go to him, you say, am I really a cowardly person as my father said?"

"A gentleman once said that listening to his words and watching his deeds is the way to take people. Chen Mingye reined in slightly, walked side by side with Meng Che, and thought for a while before continuing, "I think Ling Zun should just want to promote you, although the words are aggressive, but I want to learn literature and abandon martial arts for you, but I have never really stopped it." ”

Meng Che was stunned for a moment.

"In the same way for you, a gentleman is quick to say and quick to act, no need to justify, no need to justify, try your best to do things well. Chen Mingye looked at his former friend and said lightly, "What Ling Zun is looking forward to the most should be to see you realize your ambitions with your own hands." ”

Meng Che's eyes flashed, and he bowed to Chen Mingye for a long time: "Brother Chen's words, Meng has been taught, it seems that what my mother said, it is indeed true, Brother Chen does have a lot worth learning from Meng." ”

Chen Mingye laughed: "Where is my remark, this is the words of the master of Daqin, just move it over and use it." ”

Meng Che said seriously: "There must be my teacher in the threesome, no matter who says it, there is something worth learning." ”

Chen Mingye glanced at him and said helplessly: "Brother Meng, this is not the time to do learning, let's hurry up." ”

Meng Che laughed: "It's Meng who is stupid." ”

Chen Mingye shrugged: "I didn't say it. ”

"Hahaha......"

The convoy of the Meng family took a large official road, which was specially built by Haoming in the Spring and Autumn Period, which was specially built by Haoming in the Spring and Autumn Period, which was used for rapid grain transportation and marching.

Nearly at night, the Meng family's convoy arrived in the south of Sizhou.

Siju has seven counties, Samhe, Samsuk and Hongnong, and although the sparrows are small, they are well-organized, and although they are a patchwork of the Gyeonggi region, they have all kinds of actual positions. It's just that there are a number of Beijing officials pressed on it, and compared to the local Taishou, Ling Yin of the seven counties of Sizhou can only be responsible for the management of daily people's livelihood.

And in the Kyoto area, where wealthy families are everywhere, what families are involved at every turn, these Ling Yin is really dumb and can't say what kind of hardships he can't say, an ordinary civil case, who knows what wealthy families may be involved, and he may offend some big people if he is not careful, so Ling Yin of Sizhou has always been an unpleasant position.

Meng Che even had the leisure to laugh with Chen Mingye and a few interesting anecdotes about Sizhou.

"In the early years, there was a scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam, and for some reason he had a conflict with Henan Yin's son, and it was not a big deal, but the Henan Yin, who had always been old and serious, jumped over the wall in a hurry, and rushed to the scene from the government at that time, and scolded his son for splitting his head and covering his face. Meng Che said with a smile, turning his head to look at Chen Mingye next to him, "Brother Chen, do you know why?"

"What kind of clan and magnate relationship does that scholar have in Kyoto?" Of course, Chen Mingye also knew about this matter, but it was not easy to find fault now, and it should be a temporary pleasure to cooperate with Meng Che.

"Hahaha, there is no one," Meng Che stroked his palm and laughed, "That scholar is just a momentary battle of will, but he is the bow and snake shadow of Henan Yin Cup, and he is frightened by those noble children who are wandering all day long, who knows if an ordinary scholar is a relative of a third-grade or second-grade master?"

Chen Mingye smiled: "So Henan Yin has suffered a dark loss?"

"Wrong again, this scholar later went to high school and was named the champion of the Jinke by Emperor Taizong in the palace examination. Meng Che looked at him with a smile again, "If I report this person's name, Brother Chen will definitely be shocked." ”

"Oh, which celebrity is it?" Chen Mingye was very cooperative, looking surprised.

"Huan Wenming, this name, Brother Chen shouldn't be unfamiliar?" Meng Che finished speaking, and then laughed.

Chen Mingye nodded: "Huan Situ's name, how many people in the world don't know?"

Huan Wenming, Lord Situ of the Dynasty, there is no prime minister for the Son of Heaven in this dynasty, so this scholar who was quickly promoted and jumped all the way from the local county order to the Situ of the current dynasty is really a figure above 10,000 people under one person.

"So, Henan Yin's decision back then, looking at it in the future, was really wise, who would have thought that in just a few years, that scholar who was still down-and-out would be able to become his top boss?"

Chen Mingye replied: "I can't tell you anything about the things in the world. ”

"In fact, the Henan Yin back then is not a small name now. Meng Che couldn't help but sigh when he said this, "The name Sang Hongguang, has Brother Chen heard of it?"

"I don't know. Chen Mingye replied simply.

"Don't worry, when I enter Kyoto in the future, in addition to reading the books of the saints, I will always know these things slowly. Meng Che was relieved.

Chen Mingye smiled slightly and nodded.

"Childe, Madame has called you. One of the guards in front galloped towards them and passed the word.

"Okay," Meng Che responded, turned his head and said hello to Chen Mingye, "Brother Chen, wait a minute, my mother has called me." ”

"Since Ling Tang has a life, Brother Meng should go quickly. Chen Mingye nodded.

Meng Che patted the horse over, and Chen Mingye pulled the horse to the side of the carriage, and secretly lifted the window curtain to take a look inside.

Xiaohong leaned on the carriage of the carriage and seemed to sleep soundly.

Only then did he quietly lower the curtains, looked at the rich night ahead, and breathed a long sigh of relief. When I arrived in Sishu and Kyoto, I was just ahead.

Not long after, Meng Che, who had just gone to the front, turned his horse and rushed back.

"Did Madame say anything?" Chen Mingye glanced at him, but his expression was like this, and there was no change.

"Brother Chen, my mother said that I am not in a hurry for this night, so I will find an inn to rest for one night first, and then enter Kyoto tomorrow. Meng Che looked at him and said.

"Okay, naturally follow Madame's arrangement. Chen Mingye nodded.

This place is one of the three rivers in Ui-gun, Nam Province, which is not much away from Kyoto, and as a place in Gyeonggi, there are naturally many merchants coming and going, and the commercial prosperity is not inferior to that of ordinary state capitals.

The Meng family picked the inn, in view of the previous assassination incident, this time they did not deliberately keep a low profile, many guards checked inside and out, and some people were placed in every corner. As the land of Sizhou, the people here seem to be accustomed to such a scene, and they do not pay much extra attention to the actions of the Meng family.

Chen Mingye carried Xiaohong into the inn, but as soon as she entered the lobby, the little girl's nose moved slightly and woke up.

"Huh, I seem to smell meat?" Little Red sniffed again, and then her big eyes opened suddenly.

Chen Mingye suddenly laughed and said, "Is your nose so smart?"

Xiaohong snorted lightly, "I have spiritual power perception, junior brother, your kung fu cultivation is really bad, don't you know this?"

"I just saw a little girl's nose move. Chen Mingye reached out to scratch this cheeky little nose that he didn't admit to death.

"Hmph, you're wrong!" The little girl was right, although she woke up, she didn't mean to get out of this comfortable embrace.

"Yes," Chen Mingye was not polite, found an empty table and sat down, and yelled at the counter, "Little Er, it's served." ”

"The guest officer is here!" Xiao Er over there immediately responded.

Xiaohong couldn't hold it back any longer, and got up from Chen Mingye's arms at once, staring at the shopkeeper who rushed over with big eyes, and waved her little hand: "Little Er, Little Er, here." ”

Chen Mingye slapped her back into his arms, looked at Xiao Er and smiled slightly: "I'll just have some." ”

Xiao Er was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "Guest officer, the relationship between your brother and sister is really good." ”

"Can it be bad?" Meng Che on the side had already sat over very consciously, and only after the first cut was finished did he look at Chen Mingye and asked, "Brother Chen, don't you mind if I sit at the same table with you, right?"

Chen Mingye shrugged his shoulders: "Young Master Meng personally came to order a treat, I haven't had time to welcome it, how can I mind?"

Meng Che laughed: "Okay, Xiao Er, you have some famous dishes for me." ”

"The guest officer is atmospheric. Xiao Er glanced at the crowd around the door of the store and the guards who followed Meng Che with some awe, answered, and hurriedly ran away.

"How is it, little girl, am I much more generous than your brother?" Meng Che looked at Xiao Hong, revealing a smile that he thought was handsome.

Xiaohong glanced at him, stuck out her tongue, and didn't bother to reply to him.

Chen Mingye stretched out his hand and pinched the little girl's little face: "This big brother asked you something, why didn't you speak?"

Xiaohong's eyes widened and he was about to glare at him, but Chen Mingye used his spiritual power to transmit the sound into the secret: "Coax a big man, there will be delicious food, otherwise you won't eat it later." ”

Xiaohong hesitated slightly, and then nodded reluctantly.

Chen Mingye smiled, these two living treasures are really more interesting than the other.

Meng Che also smiled, stretching out his hand to beckon the guards behind him to stop standing, just sit down and eat. It's just that the two young guards turned a deaf ear and still stood firmly behind Meng Che.

"Why are you two standing behind me like wood, don't eat?" Meng Che was a little helpless, and looked back at the two young guards.

Chen Mingye raised his head and glanced at it when he heard this, those two were twins who grew up with Meng Che since childhood, and even he had some impressions, one was called Meng Er, and the other was called Meng San, it seemed that Meng Che had casually given names when he played with them when he was a child, and the result was so decided.

As soon as Meng Che's words had been spoken, Meng Er and Meng San replied in unison: "Young Master, you can eat first, we have to eat some when we are free." ”

"Then let's eat together, politely. Meng Che stretched out his hand to pull the two people, but the two of them were really like a piece of wood, and they couldn't move. Meng Che is also a weak scholar, so naturally he can't pull it no matter what.

"Hey, Brother Chen, these two are fools who grew up with me since childhood, you can help me persuade them. Meng Che's eyes rolled and asked Chen Mingye for help.

Chen Mingye smiled slightly, looked at the two people opposite and said, "It's a good thing to be a guard, but if you don't know how to be flexible, it may not be a good thing to make the master worry." ”

"Chen Gongzi is right, the two of us are not smart, we can only use such a stupid method to protect the young master, if the young master is angry and blames us, we are willing. The slightly taller, square-faced guard on the left went straight back.

"Sit down and eat with us," Chen Mingye sighed, "Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds to protect your young master and prevent your young master from getting angry." ”

The guard on the right hesitated, looked at the guard on the left, and the two looked at each other before nodding.

Meng Che smiled: "Sure enough, Brother Chen can speak." ”

"Not really, it's just that the same words come out of different mouths, and the effect is different," Chen Mingye shook his head and said, "There is not much difference between my words and Brother Meng's words, but because Brother Meng is the person they want to protect, Brother Meng will think that Brother Meng is just a simple kindness, so they will instinctively resist and just want to do their duty, and I am a bystander, just enough to let them listen to the words, and it is their own business to distinguish whether it is or not." ”

Hearing this, Meng Che frowned thoughtfully and nodded slightly.

"Okay, but it's funny, Brother Meng doesn't have to take it seriously," Chen Mingye couldn't help but smile again when he saw his appearance, "Look, the chef's speed is quite fast, our dishes are here!"

When Xiaohong heard this, her eyes jumped with joy.

"Everyone, after a long wait, the dish is here. Xiao Er greeted and brought the dish up with his hands and feet.

"Good work, little second brother. Meng Che turned sideways to make it easier for him to serve the food.

"Childe is too polite, you use it slowly. Xiao Er hurriedly put on a smile on his face, and after serving the food, he quickly retreated.

"Let's eat, why are you stunned?" Meng Che glanced at everyone on the stage and smiled, "Don't worry, the cost Meng Gongzi has covered, don't be polite to me." ”

"Eat. Chen Mingye glanced at him, reached out and added a piece of vegetable and put it in Xiaohong's bowl.

Xiaohong looked at him with a smile and said, "Thank you, brother." ”

"Hey......" Meng Che looked at the little girl's sunny smile, and suddenly felt a little sour in his heart, why is he an only child, and it feels really good to have such a sister!

The two guards were still sitting in a serious and decent manner.

"You eat. Meng Che looked over a little helplessly.

"It's already offensive to be on the same stage with you, how can I get ahead of you, young master, you and Chen Gongzi can use it first. Meng Er and Meng San waved their hands again and again, and their movements were very consistent.

"Hey......" Meng Che was really a little irritable, and slapped the table, "Little Er, bring the wine!"

"Childe, do you still want to drink?" the faces of the two guards suddenly changed.

"Drink, why can't you drink! The great poet immortal of the previous dynasty said well, cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle for pleasure, you will have to drink three hundred cups! What's wrong with drinking some wine!" Meng Che seemed to be a little unhappy, and pointed to the two guards, "Not only me drink, but you two also have to drink with me, and Brother Chen, don't you want to run!"

Chen Mingye smiled and said, "Good wine and delicious food, it's too late for me to keep it, how can I run!" As he said this, he glanced behind Meng Che, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked.

"Okay, then let's make a decision, whoever can't hold it first today, who ......" Meng Che was arrogant, and he was about to continue to say something, when a flat voice came from behind him.

"Che'er, what are you doing?"

Meng Che's whole person suddenly froze there like petrification, and then he turned back a little slowly, and sure enough, he saw the figure that could make him tremble, and suddenly he pulled his crotch down with a pride that was still soaring into the sky: "Mother, why are you here!"

The two guards also hurriedly got up and saluted the visitor: "I've seen Madame." ”

"You opened the inn, can't I come?" Meng Shi snorted coldly and slowly walked in front of him, "Did someone seem to be very arrogant just now?"

Meng Che smiled, but this smile was probably even more ugly than crying: "The child is wrong." ”

"Hmph, at a young age, you don't need to study hard, you drink all day long, don't you know that drinking is the worst thing," Meng Shi's eyes were full of cold light, although his voice was flat, but it seemed to have ten thousand cold fronts in it, "After a few days of hard work, you can forget all the essence when you get up the next day after drinking a meal, all to this extent, you still dare to learn to drink?"

"The mother is serious, the child is just ......" Meng Che looked aggrieved.

"The good ones can't be learned, and the bad ones will be seen at a glance, am I not able to say that you can't say it?" Meng Shi waved his sleeves and sat down in front of him.

Meng Che suddenly jumped up from his seat as if he had been shocked: "The mother misunderstood, and the child was wrong." ”

Meng Shi smiled: "What's wrong?"

"It's wrong not to drink!" Meng Che hurriedly replied.

"Think again. Meng didn't look at him either.

Meng Che looked confused.

Chen Mingye watched from the side for a long time, sighed, and had no choice but to relieve his stupid brother once.

Meng Shi seemed to have guessed his plan, and had already set his sights on his side.

Chen Mingye scratched his head, so he had to stand up helplessly and said, "Madam, the junior has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

"I'm not a tyrant of the dictatorship, I just have something to say. Meng Shi looked at him, his eyes flickering slightly, as if he was smiling.

"There has never been a reason for men to ban alcohol in the world, and Mrs. is not an unsympathetic person," Chen Mingye watched the old woman talk eloquently, and saw that Meng Shi still had an indifferent face, so he continued to speak, "The Book of Rites has long said that if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if people are observed, there will be no disciples, so Mrs. should not let Brother Meng not drink, but to have a degree." If you are too strong, you must fold, if you are too open, you can drink, drink pleasantly, and don't make mistakes. ”

When Meng Shi heard this, he got up and left.

"Mother?" Meng Che was stunned again, and hurriedly shouted.

"I can't control you, it's good to listen to your brother Chen. Meng's body paused slightly, and he only left a word behind his back, and then walked slowly upstairs with the support of the maid.

Meng Che was stunned.

Chen Mingye touched his nose, he never expected that Meng Shi would use this method to admonish Meng Che, and he never thought that she would use this method to help herself.

This Aunt Meng.