After noon, the ticking light rain turned out to be heavy again, which made Zhu Tianmao, who was originally going to go out to run errands, very irritable.

At the moment, he was walking around under the eaves, looking anxious.

After walking back and forth for two or three more years, Zhu Tianmao stopped, turned around and looked at the burly figure standing quietly, and asked very politely: "Brother Hua Jiu, what should I do if the weather is like this?"

This Hua Jiu Ge is the sharpshooter who shot the gang leader in front of Meng Ran that night, his name is Hua Rong, because he ranks ninth among the sworn brothers, so he is called Hua Jiu Ge.

Hua Rong was born with a pair of handsome eyes, and the light in his eyes flowed, he smiled at Zhu Tianmao slightly, and said: "Childe, since the weather dictates, we don't want to come to visit, and when the evening comes, I will go to Mengfu with the fourth brother to investigate." ”

Zhu Tianmao nodded, and said with an uneasy expression: "Fifth Brother Guan is gone, I am really worried in my heart, and I can't wait to rush to the Meng Ran Mansion now and ask him what is going on." ”

Although Zhu Tianmao said affectionate words, the indifference in his eyes revealed his true heart, and he did not have the slightest worry.

Hua Rong's calm eyes hid a wisp of chill that could not be dissolved, and he said to Zhu Tianmao in a deep voice: "Thank you for your concern, I thank you for the fifth brother." ”

Zhu Tianmao waved his hand and said, "It's all a family, why do you need to say thanks, it's the right thing to find Fifth Brother Guan as soon as possible." ”

Hua Rong nodded and said no more.

Zhu Tianmao was a little bored, turned around and went back to the house, and continued to tease the newly bought maid.

Hua Rong glanced towards the house where Zhu Tianmao lived, and then left the place and came to a remote room.

There were already two people sitting in the room, one of them was dignified and majestic, dressed as a Taoist priest, and carrying an ancient sword behind him, and the other was born with a loyal appearance, tall and mighty, and a cooked copper rod standing beside him.

After Hua Rong entered the house, he saluted the two of them, and shouted, "Fourth brother, sixth brother." ”

Known as the fourth brother is the Taoist priest who made the sword, called Gongsun Sheng, a person from Jizhou, who studied in the local Taoist temple for a few years in his early years, so he was dressed as a Taoist priest.

Gongsun Sheng replied and asked, "What did Gongzi Zhu say?"

Hua Rong sighed and replied, "He, he didn't have the idea of going out to visit, but asked my opinion." ”

Gongsun Sheng asked, "What did you say?"

Hua Rong replied: "I said that my fourth brother and I will go to Mengfu to inquire after dark. ”

Gongsun Sheng nodded, "Well, it's not a way to stay here all the time, it's better to go to the Meng Mansion to investigate." I just have to find a way to get around those dogs at the door, otherwise, I'm afraid it's a little difficult. ”

The man called the sixth brother is called Lin Chong, although he is loyal and kind, he has a fiery temper, and he only thinks about solving things by force. He picked up the cooked copper stick casually, and said with a displeased face: "What do you go around, go straight out, who dares to stop it?"

Hua Rong smiled bitterly and persuaded: "Sixth brother, have you forgotten the adult's explanation? This trip is a secret act, how can you act recklessly." ”

Lin Chong snorted heavily, and said dissatisfiedly: "Just following such a greedy man who is greedy for money and wine, can find out a fart, I don't know what adults think, isn't it that he is old and his brain is not clear?"

Gongsun Sheng scolded angrily: "Shut up. Sixth, if you don't say a few words, adults have saved our lives, and we can't help but repay them. As for Zhu Gongzi, I still have to understand more, after all, he is a young man, and sometimes he doesn't know how to take measure, so we just need to obey orders. ”

Lin Chong snorted coldly, slammed the cooked copper stick in his hand on the ground, and there was a sound of gold and stone impact, and said angrily: "The fifth brother is gone, our brothers are more anxious than anyone else, but if you look at that gentleman, you will know that hiding in the room and teasing the maidservant girl has no appearance of doing a big thing."

Besides, on the eighteenth, he went out of the city with four soldiers, and when he came back, he was the only one left, and when I asked him why, he was just a fragment, and I even suspected that the disappearance of the fifth brother had something to do with him......"

Gongsun Sheng smashed the table next to him with one palm, and shouted angrily: "Shut up, don't mention this matter again." If you are dissatisfied, you can go back to Hangzhou first, and the matter here will be handled by me and Lao Jiu. ”

Lin Chong snorted lightly, did not continue to complain, and sat sullenly on the chair, looking bitter and hateful.

Hua Rong smiled at Gongsun Sheng and teased: "It's still the fourth brother who can suppress the sixth brother, otherwise, with the temper of the sixth brother, it is estimated that he will rush directly to the Meng Mansion." ”

Lin Chong glared at Hua Rong.

Gongsun Sheng smiled, stroked his short beard under his chin, and asked seriously, "Ninth brother, do you have any good ideas to get out?"

Hua Rong thought for a while, and said softly: "We have no foundation in this Jiaxing City, I thought we could use the power of that Zhou Gongzi, but unfortunately we were hindered by him because of one bad move."

If you want to make the next action go smoothly, the only way to do this is to recruit people, and more helpers are better than anything else. ”

Gongsun Sheng bowed his head and said, "It makes sense." Is there a suitable candidate?"

Hua Rong responded: "After the death of the green shirt, their gang will definitely be a mess, and it is the right time to take it down." In addition, recently, a flower thief haunted Jiaxing City, and he could find a way to subdue it, and he could use it even if he was not good. ”

Gongsun Sheng nodded and asked, "Do you have a specific strategy?"

Hua Rong squinted and said: "That small gang will go by the sixth brother, if anyone is not convinced, they can kill themselves, and when people are flustered, they will be rewarded with gold and silver treasures, and they will be invincible."

As for the flower thief, it's up to me to deal with it, and I'm not very sure if it's going to be successful or not. ”

Gongsun Sheng got up and patted his brother's shoulder, and said with relief: "Just do your best." ”

Lin Chong looked impatient and muttered: "Speaking of which, it doesn't mean that you have to fight out, what kind of work." ”

Hua Rong glanced at Lin Chong and said helplessly: "Sixth brother, wait for the opportunity with peace of mind, there is no need to clash with them head-on." If my expectations are correct, after tonight, that Zhou Gongzi will relax his surveillance of us, and then we will act separately. ”

Lin Chong didn't say anything more, thinking that he was very convinced of Hua Rong's strategy.

......

By the time Meng Ran woke up from his sleep, there was already a clanging sound in the main courtyard of the Meng Mansion, and seven or eight craftsmen were busy there.

Meng Ran put on a shirt and sat on the bed reading with no interest, maybe he had slept for a long time, and his face was wilted and unenergetic.

Standing beside the bed was not the maid green screen, but Song Fei'er, who Huo Ran had changed her posture, sitting very gently and virtuously, looking at Meng Ran from time to time, like a caring concubine.

Meng Ran flipped through a few pages of the book at random, put it down heavily, and said to the figure beside the bed: "You don't have to wait for me, just go what you have to do, I don't have anything to do here." ”

Seinfeld's red lips pursed, and she said coquettishly, "Does Childe think I'm an eyesore? ”

After that, the beautiful woman made a look of getting up and leaving.

Meng Ran beckoned and explained: "I didn't mean that, I just think that you are wasting your time with me, so why don't you do something meaningful." ”

Seinfeld was even more aggrieved, and said in a low tone, "I don't have anything else to do." ”

Meng Ran smiled lightly, "Then I'll send you a job." ”

"What?" Seinfeld asked with a glint in her eyes.

"Go to the green screen and familiarize yourself with the management of the house, and you will be in charge of it in the future. Meng Ran said softly.

"Really?" Seinfeld asked happily, and then said cheerfully, "I will definitely work hard and will not embarrass you." ”

Meng Ran snorted, "Go ahead, be careful, and be a housekeeper." ”

Seinfeld smiled at Meng Ran, and said in a soft voice: "The concubine knows the severity, and it won't make people think that the son is not good at employing people." ”

Meng Ran bowed slightly.

Seinfeld gently exited the room and went straight to the green screen.

......

Zhangfu, Lin'an County.

With the arrival of this autumn rain, the temperature of the entire city has dropped a little, and Zhang Jingzong, who was already bedridden, was even more unbearable, and was crushed by this sudden cooling. At lunchtime, he vomited a mouthful of black blood, which caused everyone in Zhangfu to panic.

After the doctor's diagnosis, there was silence in the whole house, and there was a wordless sadness spreading.

Zhang Miaoxue sat quietly at the head of Zhang Jingzong's bed, looking at the emaciated and languishing cheeks, her eyes were full of tears, she looked at her father stupidly, and prayed silently in her heart, praying that her father could recover as soon as possible, and that Meng Ran could return as soon as possible.

Mrs. Zhang sat in the outer hall, drinking hot tea slowly, looking insignificant, and a ray of light flashed from time to time in her narrow eyes, as if she was thinking about something terrible.

After a long time, the sleeping Zhang Jingzong slowly opened his eyes, looked at his daughter with cloudy eyes, and asked in a weak tone: "Xue'er, is there any news from Ran'er?"

Zhang Miaoxue shook her head lightly and replied, "Since the last letter, there has been no other news. ”

Zhang Jingzong sighed and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid I can't wait for him, and I can't witness the wedding of the two of you......"

Zhang Miaoxue's tears flowed down her cheeks, and she choked up: "Daddy, you will definitely get better, you will definitely be." ”

Zhang Jingzong tugged at the corners of his mouth and said with a wry smile: "Silly boy, I know my body, don't comfort me." Don't work too hard and take a break so that you don't burn down. ”

Zhang Miaoxue nodded vigorously and couldn't cry.

Then the two talked for a while, Zhang Jingzong's energy was not enough to support more communication, and he fell into a deep stupor.

In this process, Mrs. Zhang, who was drinking tea in the outer hall in a daze, did not move her body at all, but just sat blindly, without the slightest intention of visiting her seriously ill husband.

The well-maintained cheeks were coated with a faint amount of fat powder, and he looked at everything in front of him with a frosty face, not at all like his husband was dying, and his cold eyes revealed a bit of vicious pleasure.