The next day, Meng Fanchen explained some complicated matters to the housekeeper Meng Jin, and the family got into the carriage and ran in the direction of Yiqing Villa. The distance between the two villages is only 100 miles, but it will be there in an hour. The doorkeeper learned the identity of everyone and rushed in to report it. Soon, Yan Huanchi, the owner of Yiqing Villa, personally went out to greet him.

Everyone followed the master to the hall, and before they could take their seats, they saw a man in blue come out of the inner hall. The man was about twenty-five or sixteen, with shaggy hair, disheveled clothes, and a listless appearance. Yan Huanchi stared at the man in blue with wide eyes, as if he was a little angry.

Meng Fanchen pondered for a moment and asked, "Who is this?"

Hearing Meng Fanchen's question, Yan Huanchi came back to his senses, glanced at the man in blue helplessly, and said, "This is the dog Yan Wuyang." ”

Meng Wenwen shook the folding fan and asked kindly, "Brother Wuyang, what's the matter?"

Who knew that Yan Wuyang didn't appreciate it, but just glanced at him with strange eyes, and then left without saying a word.

Yan Huanchi saw that Meng rumored that he had touched his son's nail, so he only felt that he had neglected the guest, so he was careful to apologize: "Don't take Meng Xian's nephew to heart, the dog is in a bad mood, and he is a little neglectful, please forgive me!"

Meng Wenwen smiled faintly: "It's okay!" There are few words, but they listen to it.

After that, a maid brought tea, and everyone sat down. Yan Huanchi took a sip of tea and said, "Brother Meng, if it weren't for the famous name of Wulin Village, I really didn't know that you moved to Mo Ye Town. In this way, the two of us can be close, and it will be much more convenient to communicate in the future. ”

Meng Fanchen said: "It's really helpless to move here. Brother Yan invited our family here, I don't know why?"

Yan Huanchi smiled thickly, pointed at Meng Fanchen and said, "You, you are not honest!"

Meng Fanchen was stunned, "How do you say this?"

Yan Huanchi scolded with a smile: "Don't pretend to be stupid for me, I said that I was bringing a family, why is there one missing, don't you want her to be a family?"

Meng Fanchen understood and said: "Where, I have always been worried about my own family. ”

Sang Yinyan has not spoken since he entered the hall, and at this time he also spoke: "Brother Yan, if there is anything, you can just say it, don't make the little sister anxious." ”

Yan Huanchi was furious: "What else do you want me to say? Our two families have known each other for five or six years. In the past, when you were in Luoyang, it was difficult for us to get together, but now that you have moved to Moxie Town, you not only hide it from me, but also ask me to invite you to come to the door. Do I have to have something to ask you for?"

Sang said with a smile: "Where, it's because we moved too quickly, so we didn't have time to tell each other, Brother Yan is not surprised." ”

Yan Huanchi finally showed a smile and said, "It's still a girl, you can speak." ”

After a period of silence, Meng Chuanxin suddenly spoke: "Uncle Yan, when Chuanxin first arrived in your mansion, he saw that the manor had a unique style, and if he wanted to travel, he hoped that his uncle would approve it." Meng Chuanxin has always cherished words like gold, and this initiative made everyone stunned.

Yan Huanchi quickly reacted and laughed: "Okay, it's rare that Niece Meng is also interested in the manor in my mansion, so I will send someone to guide you." Then he called a servant.

Meng Chuanxin was about to leave with the maidservant, Meng Chuanqing suddenly got up and shouted, "Sister, I'll go with you!" Before he started, he heard Meng Fanchen shouting: "Stop!" Meng Chuanqing was shocked and looked at his father.

"Why are you so rude?" Meng Fanchen said in a stern tone, reproaching.

Meng Chuanqing understood what his father was referring to, so he faced Yan Huanchi and said respectfully: "Uncle, my nephew will retire first, and I will accompany him less!" After getting the other party's nod, Meng Chuanqing left with the maid.

After Meng Chuanqing left, Yan Huanchi smiled and said, "Brother Meng, your tutor is too strict!

Yan Huanchi had something to say, and Meng Fanchen also pretended to be confused, and sighed lightly: "It's always good to be strict, otherwise, maybe one day they will ride on our heads!" Yan Huanchi heard this, his face changed slightly, and he didn't say anything more.

Sang was careful in his introduction, and felt that the atmosphere in the hall was a little tense, so he interjected: "Fanchen, I haven't been to see Xinxin for many years, let's go to worship together!"

"Good. Meng Fanchen glanced at his wife gratefully, called Meng Wenwen, and the four of them went to Mu Xinxin's grave together. Mu Xinxin is Yan Huanchi's wife, who died for no reason ten years ago, and it is still a mystery. She was a good friend of Sang Yinyan before her death, and after her death, Sang Yinyan often came to worship.

Meng Chuanxin escaped from the hall under the pretext of visiting the garden, and Meng Chuanqing followed behind her. The two sisters and brothers have a tacit understanding in their hearts, and they both understand what the other is thinking. Meng Chuanqing, like Meng Chuanxin, escaped because he couldn't stand the serious atmosphere in the hall. Meng Fanchen has taught them since they were young: Don't interrupt the conversation of the elders casually, and don't make impolite actions in front of the elders. So, they sat in the hall like stakes and couldn't speak. They prefer to come out and move around freely and get some fresh air.

Meng Chuanqing saw that although Meng Chuanxin came out, he was still not very happy, so he asked the maidservant, "Can you take us to the garden to sit for a while?"

The servant girl hesitated for a moment, and said, "Yes, but you should be quiet." ”

Meng said: "No problem. ”

The two followed the maidservant through the countless attic corridors and enjoyed the tranquil scenery of the Pleasant Villa. When passing through an attic, a woman suddenly rushed out of a door, and called out: "Xiaobai!" The two sisters and brothers seemed to have a premonition, behaved in unison, and took a step back and looked at the comer.

The woman was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with light makeup and no makeup, and her eyebrows were like stars. Dressed in thin pajamas, his hair was a little messy, casually draped over his shoulders, as if he had just gotten up. Seeing Meng Chuanqing and the two, the woman suddenly stopped and looked at them in a daze. Meng Chuanqing only glanced at it, and when he saw that the woman was disheveled, he looked away in embarrassment.

At this time, a green-clothed maid ran out of the house and said to the woman, "Miss, why did you come out like this, there are guests at home?" ”

The woman straightened her clothes and said, "Wheat, I'm looking for Xiaobai." ”

Wheat said: "Okay, okay, you change your clothes first, and then we'll look for it." He dragged the woman into the house.

Meng Chuanqing glanced at Meng Chuanxin and asked the accompanying maid: "Is she Uncle Yan's daughter?"

The maid was frightened, and said in a panic: "No, no, I'm sorry, I have frightened you." ”

Meng Chuanxin smiled: "It's okay, but she's really reckless." With that, the two of them walked forward.

In the room, the woman sat in front of a bronze mirror, and Wheat combed her hair behind her. The woman looked at the delicate face in the mirror and said, "Who were those two just now?"

Wheat said: "I heard that there are people from Wulin Village in the house today, I think it should be the children of Lord Meng Zhuang." ”

The woman smiled: "That little brother is really good." ”

Wheat was dumbfounded, "Miss, what do you want?" As she spoke, the woman's hair was already combed, and Wheat chuckled and dressed her. The master and servant were dressed up and chatting at the same time.

"I've just never seen such a good-looking man, at least, of all the men I've ever seen, there's no one like him. ”

"Miss, you've only seen a few men in the village all day. Moreover, he looks smaller than you. ”

"But his eyes tell me he's not immature. I don't know how long it's been since I've been out, and it's not easy to meet one. The woman smiled and said, "I want to know if good-looking men are as popular as the legend says." After saying that, he was the first to go out of the room.

Wheat followed, "Miss, where are you going?"

"Looking for Xiaobai. ”

Here, the two siblings in the garden are sitting back to back, closing their eyes and recuperating. Although the two did not have any verbal communication, the friendship between them made the servant girl standing on the side envious. She couldn't bear to disturb the two of them, and quietly left the garden.

Suddenly, a "Xiaobai" woke up the two of them, and the two got up together and looked in the direction where the sound came from. I saw a purple-clothed girl rushing out of the attic, looking anxious, looking around and calling "Xiaobai". The two sisters and brothers took a closer look, and it was the disheveled young lady just now, but she was dressed up a little at this time, and she was so stunning. The woman in purple got closer and closer, and the two of them could see that her hair reached her waist, black and smooth, flowing and leisurely, with two hairpins on her head, double jasper, and the tail of the hairpin shining with pearlescent; her cheeks were ruddy, full of smiles, and a pair of bright big eyes, like the rising sun warming people's hearts, she was really born with a beautiful face and moon.

The woman in purple and Mai came to the two of them, and asked, "Have you seen my Xiaobai?"

Meng Chuanqing asked rhetorically: "Xiaobai is a rabbit?"

The woman asked, "Have you seen it?"

Meng Chuanqing said: "I haven't seen it." Seeing the look of surprise on the woman's face, she added, "The woman's pets, except for some special ones, are nothing more than three kinds: pigeons, rabbits, and cats. ”

The woman in purple smiled and asked, "Then how can you be sure that I must have a rabbit?"

Meng said: "Pigeons are birds, you will not look for them on the ground, cats are nimble and self-defensive, you will not be so worried, only rabbits are weaker, and they are the most favored by women." ”

The woman looked at him for a moment and said, "You're right, but I think you're talking like you." ”

Now, it was Meng Chuanqing's turn to be curious, and asked, "How do you say this?"

The woman said: "When I look at you, I will think that you are a docile little white rabbit, but in fact, you will occasionally expose your true nature and wave your cat's claws." Perhaps, what you yearn for more is the freedom of the white dove. ”

Meng Chuanqing was dumbfounded, and only after a while did he say, "You...... Do you know how to tell fortunes?"

The woman said, "No, I just said it casually." After saying that, she smiled and retreated, and looked for Xiaobai among the flowers with Wheat.

Meng Chuanqing looked at Meng Chuanxin, not to mention how surprised he was. The latter smiled faintly and said, "What she said is really accurate, isn't it? What a peculiar woman, who can actually see through people's hearts." ”

Meng Chuanqing shrugged, turned his head to look elsewhere, and saw a pond in front of the building. Although the pond is small, the lotus leaves are very luxuriant, and the surrounding area is covered with dense branches, as if to isolate it from the pavilion. Meng Chuanqing was curious for a while, walked over to take a look, and saw a white thing under the lotus leaf. "That's ...... Xiaobai. His face changed slightly, and he looked at the woman in purple.

The woman was still calling Xiaobai carefully, Meng Chuanqing didn't think much about it, the white shadow flashed, and she jumped down the lotus pond. The toes tapped on the lotus leaf, bent his waist, and scooped up the white rabbit. Then, he flew ashore leisurely and landed in front of the woman in purple. The action was lightning fast, and the two women watching exclaimed.

The woman took the white rabbit handed to her by Meng Chuanqing and said softly, "Thank you." ”

Meng Chuanqing was stunned, unlike her sister, this woman's voice was very soft, like a quiet spring slowly flowing in her heart, which made people feel very comfortable. Meng Chuanqing has been trapped in Wulinzhuang since she was a child, and she has very few women in contact, and she doesn't know how to treat others so that it is not rude, but she just helped her pick up Xiaobai according to her nature. Suddenly, he woke up, he had been pretending, how could he expose his true nature at this time, so he had to say lightly: "No, it's dead." ”

The woman in purple hugged Xiaobai in her arms tightly, her eyes were a little moist, and when Meng Chuanqing thought she was going to cry, she stopped her tears and suddenly asked, "What's your name?"

After Meng Chuanqing said the name, he couldn't help but ask, "What about you?" After asking, he suddenly regretted it, it seemed that the woman's maiden name was inconvenient to say. So he added, "Forget it, when I didn't ask." He turned around and walked in the direction of Meng Chuanxin.

"Yan Shangci. After he turned around, the woman spit out three words lightly, and also added, "The righteous daughter of Lord Yanzhuang." ”

Seeing that Meng Chuanqing didn't look back, Yan Shangci's eyes were a little dim, and he said to Wheat: "Go find a shovel, let's bury Xiaobai." ”

Meng Chuanqing returned to Meng Chuanxin's side, but listened to her: "Chuanqing, you should be cautious." He understood what Meng Chuanxin was saying, smiled knowingly, and said, "Well, I understand." Let's go, it's time to go back. ”

After Mai took the shovel, he said to Yan Shangci: "Miss, I'll go find someone to help you." ”

Yan Shangci said: "Don't, I'll do it myself." In her words, it can be seen that she loves Xiaobai. She took the shovel, crouched down on the spot, and began to dig the pit. She didn't have much strength, but she insisted on not letting the wheat help, so it was very hard to dig. A few shovels went down, but only a shallow pit was dug. As if a little angry, she shoved down, but the shovel got stuck under a rock, and she couldn't pull it up, so she had to call for help. The two of them held the shovel handle together with both hands and pried upward......

The two sisters and brothers happened to pass by them at this time, and the moment the shovel was pried up, the rain of dirt rose up and sprinkled it on Meng Chuanxin. Meng Chuanqing was startled, his steps deviated, blocking in front of his sister, and at the same time raised his hand to catch the flying stone. Then he froze there, looking at his lower clothes, his body stiff as a stone.

Yan Shangci threw away the shovel in his hand and looked at him apologetically, "I'm sorry, I really can't dig it...... Are you alright?"

Meng Chuanxin tugged at his younger brother's sleeve and called, "...... of love" was secretly worried in his heart, if he went to the hall to let his father and mother see it, his mother's nagging would not be said, and his father would definitely be scolded.

Meng Chuanqing was stunned for a while, suddenly threw away the stone in his hand, stepped forward and took the shovel in Yan Shangci's hand, stuck it on the ground, and said: "Now, I will help you dig a pit and bury Xiaobai, and you will go to the hall with me in a while, and tell my father that my mud is made by you, and it has nothing to do with me." Understood?"

Yan Shangci nodded without thinking about it, "Okay." I didn't want to stop the wheat but hurriedly stopped, "No, miss, you forgot, the owner won't let you ......"

Yan Shangci interrupted her, "It's okay, I promise." ”

Meng Chuanqing then picked up the shovel and began to shovel the pit, he was equipped with martial arts, this kind of strength work had no difficulty for him, and he shoveled out a pit with two shovels. Yan Shang reluctantly put Xiaobai in, and he then buried the soil and flattened it. After thinking about it, he asked Mai to bring a wooden plank again, asked Meng Chuanxin for a portable dagger, engraved the words "Xiaobai's Tomb", and erected it. The whole process is done in one go, and the proficiency is amazing. Yan Shangci looked at the small tombstone and felt that his heart had melted.

After completing everything, Meng Chuanqing got up and looked at Yan Shangci, "Okay, now you can go to the hall with me to explain to my father." ”