When it came to Chao Ruizong, Mr. Qi stopped talking. Meng Ran looked at Mr. Qi with a puzzled face and asked, "Sir, you haven't finished talking yet, and the current emperor and his father haven't talked about it!"

The corners of Mr. Qi's mouth twitched, revealing a meaningful smile, and then he stopped talking. Meng Ran didn't want to ask any more.

In this way, the first day of Meng Ran's enlightenment study ended.

At the time of the dinner, Meng Hao retired from the servants, personally poured wine for Mr. Qi, and raised a toast, and kept saying words that Meng Ran didn't understand.

Mr. Qi shook his head and smiled bitterly, but he did not refuse to come, and drank it with a full cup.

After the banquet, the two were already drunk.

In view of this, Meng Ran called his mother and servant, took the two to rest, and went back to the bedroom.

Early the next morning, Meng Ran was still asleep when he was awakened by the sound of the door opening, and when he looked up, he saw that it was his father Meng Hao.

After Meng Hao entered the room, he said to Meng Ran with a serious face: "Ran'er, for what my father said to Mr. Qi last night, don't tell others, if you can, forget it as soon as possible." ”

Meng Ran looked at Meng Hao with a confused expression, but he didn't know what to say, so he had to nod yes.

Then, Meng Hao turned around and left.

Halfway through the hour, Meng Ran began to study, and since then, Meng Ran has begun to follow Mr. Qi to learn Confucian classics.

After that, every morning, there would be the sound of children reading in the west courtyard.

Zi said: At the beginning of man, nature is good. Sex is similar, Xi is far away. ”

In the afternoon, in addition to teaching Meng Ran etiquette, Mr. Qi also told him some historical stories, such as "The Princes of the Beacon Fire Opera", "The Three Migrations of Meng's Mother", "Chicken Singing and Dog Thieves" and so on.

A heavy rain came quietly, and the heat was killed unconsciously. After the autumn rain, the summer cicada that spreads its wings and sings loudly has now closed its wings and hissed; after the rainy night, the frog song is no longer as majestic as before, only three taels remain.

After the heavy rain, a cool breeze came, white dew fell, and then the cicadas were bitter.

A chill came to the face, the cicadas hissed away, the frogs chirped far away, and before I knew it, it was already late autumn.

In the middle of October, the rain falls, thinned by the cold, and condenses into snow. The ground is not very cold, so the amount of snow is not large, and it is called light snow.

So far, Meng Ran has been studying with Mr. Qi for more than three months, and the season has changed twice.

After the end of this day's study, Meng Hao asked Mr. Qi about his son Meng Ran's progress since he started school.

Mr. Qi said with joy on his face: "If you have a son like this, what more can you ask for!"

After Meng Hao heard this, he was very happy, and his often serious face changed because of his words, looking inexplicably happy, how could he still be dressed in official robes and solemn and upright.

Mr. Qi continued: "Ran'er is wise and eager to learn. I have been teaching for so many years, and I have rarely seen such children or disciples. Most of the children are playful, active, and quiet, and it is really rare to be as modest and studious, punctual and self-controlled. If I didn't know his age, I would have doubted his real age. ”

When Meng Hao heard this, he couldn't help it anymore, laughed, and said: "Brother Qi, I have a middle-aged son, so smart, I am the protection of my ancestors, of course, it also has to be due to your good teaching, brother." ”

Mr. Qi stroked his long beard and smiled knowingly. Turning to Meng Ran, he said, "Ran'er, have you ever seen your father lose his temper like this?"

Meng Ran was sitting precariously, glanced up at his father, and saw Meng Hao's face as usual, so he replied: "I have never seen my father so happy." ”

Mr. Qi smiled at Meng Ran, straightened his face, and said, "The reason why your father is happy is because you have lived up to his expectations. Although you are still young, but your father is middle-aged and has a son, and wants to see you become a talent as soon as possible, it is inevitable that he is a little anxious, I just hope you can understand, don't complain......;

"Brother Qi..."

Before Mr. Qi could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Meng Hao, so he had to shake his head helplessly, turn around and sigh at the wall.

Meng Hao turned his head to Meng Ran and said, "Ran'er, you are still young, you just need to do a good job of learning, and you don't need to know anything else." Now that you are young, you are very talented, and as a father, I only hope that you can maintain a humble attitude and not be lost by the results in front of you. ”

Meng Ran nodded yes.

Meng Hao waved his hand, and Meng Ran saluted the two of them and exited the room.

After Meng Ran left, Meng Hao immediately asked, "Brother Qi, Ran'er is still young, why are you in a hurry to tell him? Besides, I don't plan to tell him about our past affairs." ”

"I'm just worried about you. You are inflexible, although you are gentle on the surface, but you are very stubborn in your bones. And now the way of the world...... That's it, this matter has not been mentioned. I only hope that in the future, you will be cautious in your words and deeds, and don't be too persistent. Mr. Qi first sighed, and then persuaded him.

Meng Hao replied casually, his expression still a little indignant.

Mr. Qi shook his head helplessly, he knew that Meng Hao would not compromise easily, let alone change himself, otherwise so many things would not have happened back then. He knew that he couldn't persuade Meng Hao, so he didn't waste his tongue anymore, put his hands behind his back, and went to the bedroom in the west courtyard to rest.

On the other side, Meng Ran, who returned to the bedroom, was very puzzled, he didn't understand what Mr. Qi wanted to tell him, but his intuition told him that Mr. Qi and his father must have had a very important secret in the past, but why didn't his father want to tell him?

Meng Ran, who couldn't think of a reason, had to give up thinking.

The north wind is gradually rising, and the cold is falling day by day. Although Lin'an County is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is also getting cold day by day due to the influence of the season.

Heavy snowfall, November Festival. The big one, Sheng also. So far, the snow is in full bloom.

After the heavy snow season, Lin'an ushered in a heavy snowfall.

At this time, the west courtyard of Mengfu was quiet and peaceful. As early as a few days ago, Mr. Qi went on a long trip. Therefore, Meng Ran took a vacation, just because he usually studied and attended classes, and he was very busy, but now he is very unaccustomed to being free. So Meng Ran was a little bored at the moment, so he had to open the window and watch the whistling north wind outside mixed with snowflakes flying.

Just when Meng Ran was emptying his mind at the world outside the window, the door of the room was pushed open. Meng Ran turned his head and saw that it was his father Meng Hao.

I saw Meng Hao patting the snow wool on his body, turned around and went into the house and sat on the chair.

Meng Ran hurriedly got up and saluted.

Meng Hao waved his hand, not caring at all. Then he said: "Ran'er, Mr. Qi is not here, are you still used to it?"

Meng Ran stood with his hands down and replied, "Mr. is not here, the child is indeed a little unaccustomed. I used to be very busy every day, but after my husband traveled far away, I felt that I was too free. ”

Meng Hao smiled slightly and said, "One piece and one relaxation is the way to learn. You are still young, and you have been studying for half a year, so you can take a proper rest and rest, so as to save your mother from complaining all day long, saying that you study day and night, and you have no time to pay attention to her. ”

Meng Ran stuck out his tongue and grimaced.

The father and son looked at each other and laughed.

On this day, Meng Hao suddenly said that he was going to have a banquet for an old friend, who was the same year as he used to be. Now because of illness, I have returned to Lin'an to recuperate, so I came to visit one or two.

In the evening, Meng Hao waited in the front hall of his house with his son, and when it was slightly dark, he heard the sound of cars and horses outside the house, and then a servant reported that the guests were coming.

Meng Hao hurriedly got up and strode towards the door. When Meng Ran came to the door with small steps, his father Meng Hao was greeting each other with the visitor, and Meng Ran also saluted in time and shouted "Hello Shibo".

After the salute, Meng Ran looked up and saw a man of medium stature with a slightly curved back standing in the twilight, with a purple carriage behind him and a small servant standing in front of the carriage.

After hearing Meng Ran's greeting, the man laughed, but he didn't know if he suddenly inhaled too much cold air or was too emotional, so he coughed loudly and bent down.

At this time, a woman came down from the purple carriage, walked a few steps quickly, came behind the man, patted his back gently, and whispered: "Since you are sick, you can rest in peace, why do you want to run around?"

It took a long time for the man to return to normal.

Meng Hao took the man's hand and prepared to enter the door.

The man shook his hand lightly and said, "Yanniang, don't you want to bring Xue'er down?"

The woman answered softly, walked to the carriage, lifted the curtain, and a petite figure stepped out of the carriage.

Subsequently, Meng Hao took this group of people into his mansion.

After arriving at the banquet hall, Meng Hao cooperated with his wife to greet the guests, and then introduced: "Brother Zhang, this is the clumsy Jing Minniang, the dog Meng Ran; ”

"I've seen Brother Zhang. ”

"I've seen Zhang Shibo. ”

Mrs. Meng and her son greeted the visitors at the same time.

Zhang Jingzong also began to introduce his family, and said: "This is the clumsy Jing Yanniang and the little girl Miaoxue, who came to disturb today." ”

After the gossip was over, everyone was seated.

Subsequently, Mrs. Meng and Mrs. Zhang chatted about the topic of women, while Meng Hao and Zhang Jingzong chatted about the past of the same subject examination in the past, which was very lively. Only Meng Ran and that Miss Zhang sat there in a daze, not knowing what to do.

The atmosphere gradually became warmer, and even Zhang Jingzong, who was sick, drank wine.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. Meng Hao and Zhang Jingzong were already drunk, and they said some crazy things that didn't make sense.

Later, Zhang Jingzong took the initiative to stand up and looked at Meng Hao, trying his best to put on a dignified appearance, but under the invasion of alcohol, he was already inarticulate. Said slowly: "Brother Meng, I came here today because I had something important. I haven't seen each other for too long, I gossip too much, and I almost missed the right thing. ”

Meng Hao also stood up at this time, and asked with a somewhat shaky figure: "Brother Zhang, if you have anything, you can say it, as long as I, Meng Hao, can do it, I will definitely help you." ”

Zhang Jingzong replied: "It's not a big deal. You and I have written letters before, and you also know that my body is not as good as day by day, and now the so-called Zhishi going home to recuperate, in fact, is just waiting for death. The only thing I can't let go of is the little girl......"

When Yan Niang heard this, she hurriedly stood up, supported Zhang Jingzong, and blamed him for saying something unlucky.

Zhang Jingzong pursed his lips disapprovingly, and he didn't say any more.

After Meng Hao drank the wine in his hand, he said seriously: "This is very simple, my family has a good horse for thousands of miles, and you can marry your daughter." As long as Brother Zhang doesn't dislike me, Meng Hao's official position is low, and he is not worthy of your prominent family. ”

Zhang Jingzong smiled heartily and said loudly: "Brother Meng's words are interesting, don't dislike it, don't dislike it, haha, this matter is settled." ”

After that, it was very simple and clear, the two of them drank so much that they fell drunk on the wine table......