Chapter 294: Affection

The ancestral home of the Meng family is Haifeng, Shandong, but since the first generation of Baoding Hou Mengshan came out, the Meng family has moved out of Haifeng, but the ancestral tomb and family ancestral hall are still there, and there are still many clansmen scattered in the ancestral house. Now that Meng Xian's wife, Mrs. Wu, has died, she will naturally be buried in Haifeng, so after July 7, the family began to prepare for the funeral. Meng Xian, who lost his wife, let a few chief stewards sent by the Marquis of Baoding take care of all these affairs, and except for occasions when he had to come forward, he was closed in his study at other times.

The children of the Meng family are all required to mourn for Mrs. Wu for three years, while as a husband, Meng Xian only needs to mourn for Mrs. Wu for one year. On this day, the Meng family rarely came to a guest, and he was invited into the study with only one watch.

At this moment, Meng Xian stared at the white-faced beardless old man opposite in the study, his brows twisted into a big pimple, and he snorted dissatisfiedly for a long time.

"Father-in-law Huang, everyone avoids me like a snake and scorpion at this moment, you can come to visit, I naturally miss it in my heart. It's just that my wife's bones are not cold, and you just come to the door to talk about a famous lady, which is too much! Although I, Meng Xian, am not a righteous gentleman, I am not ruthless and unrighteous to this point! Madame and I are a young husband and wife, virtuous and not jealous, and this time I did not die with a smile until I returned home, and I had already sworn before her spirit that I would never marry again in this life and this life! ”

When the old man heard this, he immediately laughed, and his voice was sharp and piercing: "Lord Meng, Mrs. Zun is a well-informed person, and I don't want you to go down here." It's good that you have a deep relationship between husband and wife, but you also have to think about your future. This Baoding Marquis is clearly Mingzhe to protect himself, don't think he will say a good word for you, most of the other military attaches are also annoyed by you, if it is not good, you have to be an official in Xuanfu for a lifetime! ”

The Yongle Dynasty followed the old system of the Hongwu Dynasty, and the eunuchs set up twelve eunuchs and four divisions, headed by the celebrant eunuchs, and each set up eunuchs and young eunuchs. Even Zheng He, a powerful figure in the West, was still second among all the eunuchs in the palace, because his qualifications were not as good as that of another person, the celebrant and eunuch Huang Yan. At the beginning, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, had not yet opened the palace and became the king, Huang Yan served by his side, and watched the three brothers Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaochu, and Zhu Gaosui grow up since childhood, but they were the most compatible with Zhu Gaosui, and they also had a lot of friendship with Meng Xian.

Although he is a martial artist, Meng Xian has worked hard on the bow horse since he was a child, and he has also used a lot of brains in reading. In order to calm down the grief and anger of the sudden loss of his wife after being released from prison, he deliberately took the Analects to read in the past few days, and when he heard this, he immediately threw down the book in his hand.

"The British public has always been fair, and now that he is training and proclaiming the government, as long as I do things carefully, I may never be able to recover!"

"English duke?" Huang Yan raised his eyebrows and said gloomily, "When I served the emperor, he was just a yellow-mouthed child, and I don't know his temper?" His cautiousness is even better than that of his father Zhang Yu, Baoding Hou doesn't help you, how can he give you a chance to recover gently? Not to mention anything else, the Zhang family and the Meng family are still in-laws, I heard that you once intended to marry your daughter to that Zhang Yue, but how is it now? Don't tell me you don't know that the Zhang family is marrying a bride today! ”

The more he spoke, the more he got up, and then he simply stood up, stretched out his hand and pointed to the stacks of books on the shelves around him, and suddenly raised his voice: "At this time, what's the use of you reading books behind closed doors, can you still give up martial arts to get a champion in the literary examination?" The words of the book's own golden house are all lies, as long as the army is launched, all the civil officials are terrified! Fang Xiaoru, who was in the limelight for a while, was punished by the Ten Clans, and Yang Rong's generation was close to his ears, so he had to have soldiers in his hands to do anything! ”

Even if he was as bold as Meng Xian, he couldn't help but gasp when he heard these words, and he actually sat down on the Taishi chair. After a long time, seeing Huang Yan's mouse eyes staring at him, he said in a hoarse voice: "Huang Gonggong, I might as well tell you the truth, except for the fact that I will never continue in this life, I can listen to you for other things." ”

This damn wooden fish brain melon!

At this moment, Huang Yan only felt angry, and he couldn't wait to give Meng Xian a beating with his head and face. In terms of qualifications, he is far superior to others in the palace, in terms of connections, as a celebrant eunuch, the eunuchs in the palace are under his control, so he is worried about Zhu Di's assignment of Zheng and Zhang Qian, and a few days ago, he racked his brains to get out of the wind from Zhu Di, and then tried his best to finally get rid of the tragic situation of being pulled down from his seat when he was old, but this matter still made him angry.

He went to North Korea eleven times, and gained countless benefits in the middle, seeing that Zhu Di's suspicion was getting worse and worse, and he might not be able to have a good death, he had to find a way back. After all, the crown prince Zhu Gaochi and him are not on the right track, when Fang Xiaoru sent a letter to Zhu Gaochi to carry out a divisive plan, he was the first to come out and tell King Yan secretly, so he was absolutely unlucky when the crown prince ascended the throne. Now that Meng Xian has been defeated, almost all of the middle-level officers and low-level sergeants under the command of Changshan's guards still support him, not to mention that Meng Xian has traveled extensively in the past, and if he can have a chance to recover, he is stronger than the two guards who can only hold money and can't do practical things on Changshan's left and right.

Barely holding back the anger in his heart, he finally decided not to dwell on this issue. Sitting down in his seat again, he sighed: "Originally, I wanted to find a rich and noble family to keep you a matchmaker, but now it seems that there is no hope." You keep filial piety this year to mourn your deceased wife, don't grab credit when you go to Xuanfu, Zhang Fu is cautious himself, so he also likes those who are calm and careful, you deliberately don't show it, he will miss the old feelings. ”

Meng Xian thought he was smart, but Huang Yan's words were like an initiation, which made him grasp some key points at once. It is also released from Jinyiwei, and it is also provoked by the king of Han, Du Zhen married a woman, and it is said that even the grandson of the emperor of the East Palace secretly sent a lot of gold and silver jewelry, but he lost his wife, but he was miserable and miserable, and there were very few people who even came to the door to hang their relatives.

But it turned out that he was too deliberate!

Thinking that Huang Yan was still able to visit him at such a moment, and gave such guidance, but his refusal just now was ruthless, Meng Xian was suddenly a little embarrassed. However, the guilt of Mrs. Wu made him unable to accept the proposal to marry another year later, and after pondering for a long time, he thought about it: "Father-in-law Huang, instead of you protecting the media for me, it is better to help the four girls in my family." I always loved her when Madame was there, and I wanted to ...... In short, I hope she can get married! ”

After all, your daughter will have to wait three years before she can get married! Huang Yan cursed in his heart, but finally nodded with a smile, and left this stubble behind him after going out. Who knows what will happen in three years, and besides, the good people are either looking at their family background or looking at their grandchildren, who is willing to wait for three years? The family he told Meng Xian was the sister of Peng Xu, the commander of the Yulin avant-garde, and the family background was certainly not good, but as long as Meng Xian married that person, half of the Yulin avant-garde would be able to get it accurate, how could this kind of thing be done by Meng Min?

After thinking about the possibility of Meng Xian's recovery in his heart, Huang Yan finally decided to take a strong medicine from Zhu Di and Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao, at the same time. It is also infuriating, Zheng He and Zhang Qian have already been ordered to appoint the new eunuchs and young eunuchs of the imperial horse, but he can't intervene at all. Otherwise, wouldn't the forbidden army in this palace be in his hands, and he still had to count on Meng Xian?

According to the ritual system, before the parents are buried, the filial son needs to live in a simple leaning house temporarily built against the east wall outside the door, and the daughter only needs to live in a quiet room, and the dress system is exactly the same. Because during the 100-day mourning period, the kitchen of the Meng family provided vegetables and vegetables as usual, but the owners of each house only had porridge, and the older ones were just polite, and the two aunts and a few children of the younger generation were secretly complaining that they had to let their henchmen quietly hide some snacks to eat at night.

Although it is done secretly, people know this kind of thing in their hearts. Seeing that Meng Min was losing weight day by day, and there was no brilliance in his eyes, he couldn't help but be secretly anxious, and quietly slipped into the kitchen that evening and begged for two jujube cakes from a familiar cook. However, when she finally came back hiding things all the way and put the plate in front of Meng Min, she saw her stubbornly shaking her head.

"Miss, although the etiquette should be like this, if Madame knows, she will definitely not feel at ease." The anxious red sleeves stared at Meng Min's raw linen clothes, and persuaded bitterly, "I asked the kitchen, and it is said that the two young masters also have someone who quietly sends snacks there, otherwise how can they survive crying day and night?" ”

Meng Min was rarely resolute, and shook his head lightly again. Seeing that Red Sleeves picked up the plate angrily and wanted to leave, she stopped her and asked softly: "If you go to persuade Dr. Feng again, just say that the previous incident was originally a joke." With his help, my mother was able to see my father get out of prison, and now no one will blame him, and my father also said that he would send him back to his hometown. If he really wants to self-immolate because of his mother's death, what has become of our Meng family? I can't thank him in person now that I am filial piety, so thank him for me. ”

Hearing Meng Min's words, Red Sleeves only felt worried for a while, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Miss, do you still have time to worry about others at this time?" Do you know that Young Master Yue is marrying Miss Du today, they ......"

"But what did my sister-in-law say to you when she came before?"

Meng Min gently clenched the bamboo cane in his hand, immediately pulled the sackcloth on his body, looked up and asked: "Sister Du and the three sons of the Zhang family have all come to the door to pay tribute to the ceremony, and now the two families are doing happy events, although our family is mourning, but it is not impossible not to give gifts." Since my sister-in-law told you, but she once prepared a congratulatory gift in the name of the family? ”

"Miss!" Red Sleeves was really shocked and angry at that moment, and finally stomped his feet angrily and said, "The gift grandma did send it on behalf of our family, it is a pair of concentric rings!" ”