Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

"His grandfather is my young master's grandfather, and we are brothers." Bafang sat down next to Chu Mufeng and continued: "By blood, we are brothers with the same father, but in fact, Mr. Meng over there has been there since he was a child. I hate my old man.

Just because my old man was a step-in-law, he was afraid that the old man would get a share of the family property when he became an adult, so he used all means to force the old man to leave the capital. "

"Actually, how much property does the Meng family have in Dongcheng? It's just a house left by our ancestors, two shops and a few acres of land.

The two brothers could only give my old man a shop according to the situation at that time, and the house in Dongcheng would not be my old man's turn.

Just because of that shop, Mr. Meng from Dongcheng wanted to drive my old man to death.

But my old man was lucky. After escaping from the capital, he still married a wife and had children.

Although he only has one son, he is enough to bring glory to his family.

After my general was awarded the title, he went to Beijing with his family and was favored by the emperor, who granted him a residence.

This house is much better than the Meng family's in Dongcheng!
My old man passed away here, and he was very proud. "

When Bafang said this, he took the tea cup handed by Meng Changqing and took a sip, "Who knew that those shameless people in Dongcheng would dare to come to our house after my old man passed away, thinking that my general didn't understand the grudges of the previous generation.

In fact, my general knows this very well and never gives the other party a good face. But unfortunately, some people are just thick-skinned and insist on hiding it.

They always send some worthless things, but they want to exchange the general's flesh and blood. The general threatens and warns many times. If it weren't for the clan etiquette and the evildoers in the upper court who stare at the general all day long, how can the general tolerate them? Survive to this day? "

At the end of this paragraph, Meng Changqing handed him another piece of chestnut cake.

Bafang took a bite, and the crumbs fell all over his body, "Master, how can I eat this at this time? It will delay things." He put the remaining chestnut cake aside, clapped his hands and continued: "If my general or The three young masters in front of them have always been alive. Even if the Meng family in Dongcheng covets the general's palace, they can only stay in Dongcheng.

It's a pity that my general and the three young masters in front of me all died in the battle, and the Meng family of Dongcheng came out again and made people disgusting.

They are so shy that they want to inherit the General's Mansion. Not a single brick of the General's Mansion is earned by them, so why should they inherit it?

Those people have always done whatever it takes to benefit themselves. They have harmed my wife and aunt several times, and they have taken turns to plot and plot. When it comes to clan law, according to their theory, if there is no male in the family, the family property should be given to the clan, and they should also act as the aunt's master for the wife.

Secondly, in the future, I want to adopt Meng Xiaowen here to pass on the heirs, so that this lineage will not be extinguished.

How could there be such kindness over there? If he really raised Meng Xiaowen, he would be raising a wolf cub. "

"Master!"

Before Bafang finished his book, Dai Dongwen's voice came from outside. He walked in quickly and said, "Master, the Meng family is here again."

"Who changed it this time?" Meng Changqing asked.

"His eldest young master."

Bafang came over to confirm, "Is it Meng Xiaole?"

Dai Dongwen nodded.

Bafang immediately introduced to Chu Mufeng, "This is the oldest of my young masters. This man has learned all about his grandfather's bad intentions. On the surface, he looks like a decent person, but in fact he is evil and sinister." bad."

Chu Mufeng smiled politely and said, "Mr. Meng, if you are going to see him, then I will accompany you."

"I'm not going to see him." Meng Changqing said to Dai Dongwen: "Kick him out and tell him that I am very tired and don't want to see guests. Close the door of the house. Except for the officers of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites, no one else can open the door." open."

"Yes." With Meng Changqing's words, Dai Dongwen walked forward with a stick in hand. He said the words twice. When he saw that the other party refused to leave, he threw him out directly.

"My family is full of rough people, and it's not important to do anything. Master Meng, please don't mind. My young master has business to do and has no time to entertain you. If you don't have anything to do, run here. This is not your home."

After saying that, the door was closed in time. Meng Xiaole got up from the ground, pressed against the door and shouted: "I didn't invite him for the Meng family. He doesn't understand etiquette. Don't regret it in the future!"

There was no movement at the door, and what Dai Dongwen said at the door had reached Meng Changqing's ears.

The people who clamored for Meng Changqing to regret were now standing in front of the private room of the teahouse, not daring to go in.

Until I heard someone inside ask impatiently: "This is not far from Meng's house, why haven't you come back yet?"

He knew he had to go in.

Meng Xiaole walked in with his head lowered.

"Where are the people?" The young man sitting in the main seat asked him in a very bad tone.

"He doesn't see guests, not even me." Meng Xiaole took the opportunity to complain, "He has always been like this. He never pays attention to etiquette and patriarchal laws, and has no respect for us."

"Why does he respect you?" the young man asked, "You are just a little bit related to him. If you didn't have this blood relationship, with your family background and ability, you wouldn't even know which way to open the door of Meng Mansion. You have What deserves his respect?”

Meng Xiaole's face turned blue when he said it, but he didn't dare to say anything in defense.

"I just asked you to call people here. No matter what method you use, what kind of respect are you trying to show me here?" The young man said more and more impatiently, "You can't even handle this thing well, how can you have the face to appear in front of me? , go and invite me again immediately!”

Meng Xiaole had no choice but to go again.

As a result, the Meng family saw that it was him and didn't even open the door.

Meng Xiaole had no choice but to say outside the door, "I'm not here to see you. I'm here on behalf of Mr. Zou. It's him who wants to see you. He's waiting for you at the teahouse on the corner of the street. If you don't believe it, you can send someone Let the servants take a look."

He talked for a long time, but there was still no movement inside, "The person who wants to see you is the young master from the family of the Minister of Rites. If you don't take me seriously, don't you even take the Minister of Rites in your eyes?"

The person listening to his words inside the door now was not Meng Changqing, but Chu Mufeng who came to the front yard to eat.

The Meng family's cooks were very good at cooking, and there were some novel foods that he had never seen before. While eating, he listened to stories from all directions, and unknowingly ate for half an hour, and he was really exhausted.

Dai Dongwen saw that he had heard about the same thing, so he stepped forward and said, "Sir Bai, it's too noisy in front, why don't you go to the backyard to rest."

"No, is there any other door? I'll go outside to eat."

Chu Mufeng walked out of the side door and entered the palace directly. Meng Xiaole's words just now were completely repeated in Wei Zhishan's ears.

"I wonder when the Ministry of Rites will arrange for Mr. Meng to meet the saint?" Chu Mufeng asked.

Wei Zhishan said: "I don't know about this either. From what I hear, Your Majesty wants Master Meng to rest for two days."

"With all the noise, how can Master Meng rest?"

"You can just bring a few Imperial Guards over and have them stand at the door of Meng's Mansion. I think it will save you a lot of trouble."

"Calling the Royal Guards requires His Majesty's will."

"This is His Majesty's will. He is already waiting in the long alley. You can just take him there."