Mengying Lin passed by and blessed the middle-aged man, saying, "My brother has gone out to do business. He is not at home today. Is there anything for him to find my brother?"

"He was not at home. It's not a coincidence," said the middle-aged man, with a disappointed face, taking out an invitation from his arms. "Since I'm not here, I won't bother you. It's just an invitation from my master to Prince Wu. I hope you can deliver it on my behalf. My master told me that today is the first day of the new year, so I have prepared a small gift for childe Wu Chen. I hope childe will accept it. "

After he said that, Mengying Lin noticed that there was a small box beside him, and he handed it to Mengying Lin.

Mengying Lin didn't reach out to take it. "We've learned the kindness of your master, elder brother. But my brother is not at home. I dare not accept this gift casually. Don't embarrass me."

"It's just some worthless things. Don't be polite, girl. If you can't send this gift, my master will blame me later." The middle-aged man put the box in front of Mengying Lin, turned around and left.

He walked very fast, but in a flash he disappeared into the small box. Mengying Lin sighed. She had to let Xiao Liu take the box with her and go back to the yard.

After entering the yard, Xiao Liu opened the box to have a look. When he saw the golden bars in it, he didn't get back to his mind for a while. "This, girl, it's all gold. He said it's not something of value. How rich is the owner of his family?"

Xiao Liu's jaw dropping caused Yisheng's sidelong eyes. Yisheng took a look and took a breath of cool air. Only Mengying Lin unconsciously tightened her eyebrows. The first person who came to find her was so generous, which was more influential than she expected. It seemed that the dignitaries in Fengqi City cared more about weapon making than she saw.

When people pay so much attention to weapon manufacturing, did it mean that something important might happen in Fengqi city?

Mengying Lin was a little worried. In such a situation, she went deep into it, and the danger was much greater.

"What are you thinking, Miss Lin?" Xiao Liu couldn't help but asked when she saw that she hadn't moved.

Mengying Lin returned to her senses, shook her head and smiled. Before she could speak, she heard someone knocking at the door. Xiao Liu was shocked and ran to open the door.

"Is childe Wu Chen at home?" A bent old man looked in from the door.

Xiao Liu looked back at Mengying Lin's sense of direction. After a while, another one came.

The old man's routine was similar to that of the middle-aged man. He also gave some new year's gifts and posts.

This time, Mengying Lin did not even show her face, but let Xiao Liu follow what she said earlier to send people away.

In a short day, there were four or five waves of people.

In the night, Mengying Lin sorted out all the posts she received, and found that there were three invitations from ministers in the imperial court and two from famous rich businessmen in Fengqi city.

Those ministers were not top-notch officials. The top one was only from top-notch officials. Such officials were not interested in weapons manufacturing. They sent posts to serve the people behind them.

"Miss Lin, are you going to all these invitations?" Xiao Liu added oil to the oil lamp, and the candle jumped bright.

Mengying Lin shook her head. "Good birds choose trees to live in, but the most taboo thing is to step on two boats. If I go to these invitations, the people who really want to use me are not at ease.

"And where are you invited?" Xiao Liu though that her young lady was really speaking more and more philosophically. She could only understand a little bit about many things now.

Mengying Lin was silent. She went to the window and pushed it open for ventilation. She didn't immediately answer Xiao Liu's question, but there was something meaningful in her smile.

In the early morning of the next day, the Li family prepared a simple funeral for the carpenter. The eldest Li family, whose name was Li long, came to Mengying Lin's yard in the morning to find some people to help. The carpenter surnamed Mr. Liu told several carpenters who had a good relationship with each other about what happened yesterday. As soon as they heard that Li family had caused such a big man, they were afraid to join in the funeral of the carpenter, for fear of causing trouble to them.

The old Li family didn't know a few people when they were in Fengqi city. Even those workers who had a good relationship at ordinary times didn't come. The funeral became more and more deserted, so they had to come to Mengying Lin for help.

Mengying Lin didn't put it off either. With Xiao Liu and Yisheng, she went to help.

On the Lingtang hall, Mrs. Li cried and fainted several times. Li Long and Tiger had been kneeling in front of the coffin of the carpenter Mr.Li for a long time. Originally, the coffin was to be carried away, but now there was only Li long, an adult man, so when the time came, he would carry the coffin step by step to the cemetery in the suburbs.

Mengying Lin sighed, led Yisheng to walk behind Li long, and watched the young man carrying his father's coffin stubbornly. Every step of her calf trembled slightly because of excessive force. Her heart couldn't help sinking a point.

It was so hard for people living at the bottom to do everything. Maybe they needed only a few taels of silver to solve the problem for rich people, but they had to make a hundred times effort. She didn't have the money to find some helpers for him. This kind of thing was the matter of Mrs. Li's family. Li Long always needed to support herself, otherwise she couldn't keep Mrs. Li's family for a while.

The cemetery in the outskirts of Beijing was said to be a cemetery, whichwas actually better than random burial. It was an area designated by the government for those who couldn't afford the cemetery. In this area, you could dig a pit at will and buried your family members.

Li Long walked for an hour with the coffin on his back before he came to the grave. He put down the coffin and went to dig a hole without a rest. Tiger washed his nose and took a hoe to help.

Xiao Liu and Yisheng were not flirtatious either. They also go up to help. Mengying Lin held Mrs. Li, who was already crying fast and had no strengthen, sit down under the tree beside.

"Miss Lin, thank you so much this time. If it wasn't for you, I really don't know what to do." Mrs. Li wiped a tear and said: "it's just these days that I've seen through. Good people don't necessarily have good returns. Miss Lin, you are a good people, so I can't be selfish and cling to your big tree. After Mr. Li is buried, you can't care about our family. In case of trouble, I'll have a bad conscience all my life. "

"Don't say that, sister-in-law. If there is any real problem that I can't solve, don't worry. I'll get out in time. I'm not as kind as you think. So if I haven't got out yet, there's still hope." Mengying Lin is very honest. She doesn't think it's necessary to cheat the woman who actively persuades her not to mind them. To be honest, it may not sound good on the surface, but at least it makes everyone have a bottom in mind.

Mrs. Li never thought she would say that. Tears welled up in her eyes, holding Mengying Lin's hand and sobbing.

On this day, it snowed again. It didn't have snow much in winter in Fengqi City, but people didn't know why it was so cold this year that it snowed almost in early spring after the festival.

In the flying snow, Mengying Lin watched Li long put the coffin of Li carpenter into the pit, and then filled it with soil. Carpenter Mr. Li was buried, but sadly there was not even a tombstone.

This was the most ordinary normal life nowadays. Xiao Liu wrapped Mengying Lin's cloak and held up her umbrella. When she left, few people didn't look at the cemetery.

After carpenter Mr.Li was buried, Li Long followed Mengying Lin's orders to follow the Wu family's son.

Mengying Lin went back to the yard, put on the men's clothes and went out again. Xiao Liu wanted to follow, but she arranged to take care of Mrs. Li.

There was a world-famous tea house on the East Street of Fengqi city. The tea in it was very expensive and the price of each cup was not cheap. However, the number of people who went to the tea house was still not small . It' was not that the tea here was really better than other places. In fact, most people came here not to drink tea, but to listen to books.

There was a storyteller in the teahouse. His surname was Mingshan Feng. This storyteller was not an ordinary storyteller, but a man from the Imperial College of Fengqi city. He had a lot of disciples all over the world. He had a hobby that was storytelling. He came back to this teahouse on the 15th day of the first day of every month to talk about the world's affairs, especially a lot of news that ordinary people couldn't find at all.

Today, although it was the first day of the New Year, Mingshan Feng first said that it was time to speak. So when Mengying Lin came to the teahouse, she saw an old man with white beard sitting on the stage.

There were no empty seats in the teahouse. Mengying Lin found a seat in the corner of the hall on the first floor after looking for a circle. There were three people around table. All of them were 20-year-old young people. Mengying Lin only sat down after making a modest courtesy and the three people beside just nodded slightly.

"What kind of story can the old man tell?" Sitting on Mengying Lin's left hand was a man wearing a hat. He looked very handsome, but he didn't care what he spoke.

Sitting on Mengying Lin's right hand side was a slightly older man, who had similar eyebrows and eyes to the man who spoke earlier. "Seven younger brothers, don't look down on this old man. He tells a first-class story. If you don't believe me, ask the third elder brother."

"It's a little pleasant, especially the story he's going to tell today. If I'm right, you must be interested." The man who was called the third brother opened his mouth and drank tea gracefully.

Mengying Lin did not change her mind, but looked at them secretly. It turned out that the three men were brothers, but the ranking was seven. Their father was really able to have a life. In this way, they might be the children of some big family.

Without waiting for Mengying Lin to be curious, Mingshan Feng, who was on the stage, had a drink of tea and began to talk, "Today, I'd like to say that both of the man and woman have good feelings for each other, and a good story had been spread for thousands of miles. There were so many people here who were interested in me. Who did you say you first heard about? "

At the beginning of Mingshan Feng's speech, he gave the initiative to the audience. When they heard Mr. Feng's questions, several young people immediately began to heckle. "To say that in Fengqi City, it's the relatives of Nangong's seventh young master and Wu's daughter that have been heard recently? Mr. Feng, isn't that the same thing you're going to say? "

"Children can be taught." Mr. Feng shook his head and caught everyone's appetite before continuing: "Nangong family has been in business for generations. It's the biggest rich man in Nanyue State. It's the first emperor's business. It's the first salt business. The son of Nangong family is very rich. The daughter of Wu Jun, the first-class member of the court, is the daughter of the two families. It's not that the two families have become the most important relatives in Fengqi city. Is it a good story? "

"However, we all know that one of them doesn't know the other," Mr. Feng took another sip of tea and continued, "If it's just as simple as it looks on the surface, what book do you want me to talk about?"

"Mr. Feng, don't be a pushover. When you get there, we've all heard about it. It seems that the Wu family made a lot of noise at home because of this. It seems that they are not satisfied with the family affair. But it's the same thing?" There was another people uproar down there.

Mengying Lin took a look at the speaker. There were several people around him. One of them, though dressed in disguise, was recognized by her at a glance, Du He? How could he appear here? They were heckling and asking these questions. They were all inspired by Liancheng Mo.

"Oh, you guys are so smart. I'll let you know I say that?" He wittily pointed to a few people and said: "Yes, we are going to present the story of the great wealth of the Wu family today. In other words, the great wealth of the Wu family is the common daughter of general Wu, who was raised in the old house in the early years. It was only last year that she was taken back to the Wu family. The old house of the Wu family is located in one of the four big cities in the south. There is a scholar who is very good-looking and is used to writing poems. It's still a love poem... "

The next story, you didn't have to listen to it, was the story of Wu family's daughter and that scholar met and knew each other. There was nothing special about the story. That Wu family's daughter had been ignored for several years before, and they soon gave and received each other under the scholar's care. But at this time, Wu family's daughter was taken back to the Wu family.

"It's true that the man and the woman's concubine were interested in it, but unfortunately she misplaced the mandarin duck spectrum..." Mr. Feng said with both voice and color, and said: "But marriage is the promise of matchmaker since ancient times. The marriage of the Wu family should be decided by general Wu. How can the poor scholar be worthy to get marry with the Wu family's daughter?"

As soon as this anecdote came out, the audience immediately discussed it enthusiastically. Mr. Feng was the only one who dared to talk about it on this occasion. Although Mr. Feng was an old man with white beard and no official position, he was a real imperial teacher. The emperor had taught by him in the early years, and he liked to tell stories, which the emperor especially praised. He also specially approved the right to tell stories as long as what he said was true.

So, these words, he dared to say, but no one could treat him. However, Mr. Feng was also measured, and these so-called secreted never involve politics, so people in the courtroom turned a blind eye for him.

"How dare he? Wu Jun, the old man, even gave me such a daughter! Didn't he really pay attention to our Nangong family? "The man sitting on Mengying Lin's left hand slapped on the table, making the tea on the table sprinkle a little.

"Brother, please no nonsense!" The man sitting next to him immediately shouted coldly and gave Mengying Lin a look.

So those people were from Nangong family. Mengying Lin didn't expect to meet an ancient version of the local tyrant after drinking tea. As soon as she took a sip from the corner of her mouth, she bowed her head to drink tea, pretending that she did not recognize the meaning of his words.

"Elder brother, am I angry? Listen to what you just said. You already know that? "Nangong Qi clenched his fist angrily, took out a silver note from his arms and threw it at Mengying Lin. "Hey, you, now get away from it. This money is yours."

Mengying Lin was bending her head and trying to reduce her sense of existence, but suddenly she was thrown the money. It didn't hurt to hit her face lightly, but it was enough to make her eyes dark.

She snorted coldly, picked up the silver ticket, then rubbed it in her hand, and threw it back to him when Nangong Qi was inexplicable.

Nangong Qi was threw back the money for the first time in its life, he was stunned on the spot.

"You are a foolish man, are you sure you don't want this money? Do you know what denomination it is? "Nangong Qi's face was blue with rage. He pointed to Mengying Lin's nose and roared. It seemed that he vented his anger to Mengying Lin.

Mengying Lin smiled, not only intentionally or unintentionally, but when she smiled, she took a sip of hot tea and sprayed it directly on the face of Nangong Qi. "What's the denomination? I can't read or understand you. "Mengying Lin stood up with a smile and didn't apologize for spraying tea."Since you want to say something I don't want to hear, it's not easier to get out and say it?"

"How dare you say go away to me?" Nangong Qi was angry. When he stood up, he would fight Mengying Lin. Nangong Ting beside him pressed his shoulder.

"Don't be impulsive, brother seven. He's just an irrelevant person."

"Whether he is irrelevant or relevant, in a word, I'm not happy now. I'll pay for it later if I beat him to pieces!" Nangong Qi pushed Nangong Ting away and waved his fist to Mengying Lin.

Mengying Lin instinctively dodged back, flashed a sharp light in her eyes, and then shouted: "Nangong Qi, you can't always abandon like this. You say you don't dislike that I'm a man. You say you like that man dislike that Wu family's daughter. How can you hear that Wu family's daughter doesn't want you now, and you put your anger on me?"

Mengying Lin yelled as she retreats. When she retreated to the door of the teahouse, the whole person fell to the ground in a mess. Then she exaggerated to be a player and yells: "Nangong Qi, I was originally a child of a poor family. You said that as long as I sleep with you, you will feed my parents until they died. Now you should abandon me, and abandon me forever, and you will be condemned by heaven!"

Originally, when people heard the word "Nangong Qi ", they were shocked and pricked up their ears. In order to hear more powerful news, many people unconsciously blocked the way of Nangong Qi, so they gave Mengying Lin the chance to say so much.

But they didn't expect to see the Nangong family that the man and the woman's concubine were interested in. What's more, they didn't expect that Nangong Qi was a gay?

For a while, the teahouse was boiling, much more lively than Mr. Feng had said before.

Mengying Lin had arrived at the door, and she ran away without thinking. She glanced back in a hurry and saw that Du He and some young people had accidentally blocked the door.

It seemed that Du He found her.

In the teahouse, there had been a mess of porridge. Those who wanted to cling to Nangong's family push forward one by one. People wished they could talk with Nangong's family. If Nangong's family leaked some soup and water, it would be enough for them to eat for a lifetime.

Nangong Qi wanted to explain, but sadly found that the people around him didn't want to listen to his explanation at all, so they had already expressed their belief in him, which must be that the man just said. However, those people's eyes were clearly full of disbelief, and they immediately expressed their position, just to conform to Nangong Qi.

In this way, even if Nangong Qi could be explained again, no one would believe it.

Nangong Ting and Nangong Yan had a look at each other. At the same time, they looked in the direction Mengying Lin left. Their faces were also ugly. They looked down on a person they met by chance. Two words could make Nangong Qi in an awkward situation where they couldn't speak clearly! They could expect that after such a disturbance, Nangong's reputation would be completely ruined.

Mengying Lin ran for a street and then stopped. She didn't regret offending Nangong family. For her, she would never be a friend.

Night was gradually cold.

When Mengying Lin returned to the courtyard, Xiao Liu had also returned. As soon as she entered the courtyard, Xiao Liu, who was standing at the entrance of the courtyard, pointed to the direction of the hall.

Mengying Lin was shocked and nodded to her before going to the hall.

After she entered the room, Liancheng Mo, who was sitting on the throne, glanced at her, and then looked displeased, "Is that what you went out wearing?"

"Well, men's clothes are convenient. I'm too beautiful. I'm afraid too many people like to make trouble for the prince." Mengying Lin came to his starting direction, poured tea for her and ran down in one breath, she was tired and thirsty.

Liancheng Mo snorted, "You are confident when you arrive. However, wearing a man's dress doesn't make Nangong's family angry? "

So soon he knew? Mengying Lin was stunned, but then she was relieved. As the prince of Xuanwu, it seemed to be normal to be so well-informed.

"Your Highness asked people to provoke Wu family and Nangong family. I just added a fire. I don't think I'm in trouble. I do it for the sake of you. "When Mengying Lin spoke, she took the initiative to sit in his arms, and then put her hands around his neck, blowing in his ears.

Maybe it was her initiative that satisfied him once again, and he put his hand around her back. "It seemed that you are even smarter than I think, how can you think that I made people to provoke the discord?"

"Your Highness, I can't see that you even sent Du He?" When Mengying Lin spoke, her hand had been stretched out along his lapel. She smiled on her face, but she sneered at her heart. He came here to let out the fire. She knew, so she would rather he had reached his goal earlier and left earlier.