The Chronicle of the Rebirth of the First Daughter

Chapter 14
"what happened?"

Meng Zhiwen, the master of the Meng family, was sound asleep in the middle of the night, when he heard a scream from outside, he woke up suddenly, sat up in his clothes and asked.

Liu Mei also woke up, opened her eyes in a daze, and looked at Meng Zhiwen with concern: "Master, what's wrong? But you were shocked?"

Meng Zhiwen recalled that the voice seemed to come from the former Su family's house. Could it be that a thief entered the house of his deceased wife?

Thinking of this, Meng Zhiwen hurriedly put on his clothes and got out of bed, put on his shoes and went out.

Seeing him like this, Liu Mei quickly dressed and followed him out. Seeing Meng Zhiwen walking all the way towards Su's house, Liu Mei's eyes darkened, she gritted her teeth, and followed with fists.

Holding the torch, Yuechan stared blankly at the furnishings in Su's house, seeing that nothing was damaged, she gave up.

It wasn't until then that she woke up, remembering something that she hadn't had much of an impression of. It seemed that the house where her mother Su used to live was burned down when she was very young, and the collection of books and everything inside was ruined.

Thinking of this, Yuechan gasped, if she hadn't been able to sleep tonight to come and have a look, everything in Su's house might be gone.

Yuechan secretly hated herself for being careless and not removing the things in her mother's room earlier. Originally, she only wanted to invite her husband to come, and it would not be too late to move these books. , she was still too naive.

People don't hurt the tiger's mind, but tigers hurt people's hearts, Yuechan secretly sighed.

"Yuechan..." Meng Zhiwen's voice came, Yuechan took a few steps out, and saw Meng Zhiwen striding over in a coat with disheveled hair, followed by Liu Mei and a few servants.

Seeing them coming, Yuechan hurried forward to salute: "It was Yuechan who disturbed father!"

Seeing Yuechan standing in front of Su's house holding a torch, Meng Zhiwen couldn't help asking: "What's going on? You don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are you doing here?"

Hearing that although Meng Zhiwen was blaming, there was still a sense of concern in his words, Yuechan lowered her head, her eyes were a little wet: "Yuechan couldn't sleep, and thought that my mother had a good Guqin here, so I wanted to get it. Look, when we arrived, we found out that some thieves wanted to burn our house down, Yuechan couldn't hold back for a while, she panicked and screamed..."

Yuechan has a small body, wearing a light green gown, with a white skirt tugging at the floor. She trembled a little when she spoke, and she looked really frightened. Meng Zhiwen felt distressed when she saw it, and couldn't help but hug her in her arms. Boss: "You child, even if you want to come over, you should ask a few more servants to follow. The thief is timid today, and he was scared away by your call. If the thief is bold and robs you, you can call your father." What to do..."

Meng Zhiwen showed his true feelings and acted like a loving father and daughter with Yuechan. In Liu Mei's eyes, it was even more unbearable. She took a deep breath and stepped forward with a smile: "Master, Chan As long as the sister is fine, the child is also scared, the master should not blame too much, Amitabha, God bless, the most important thing is always sister Chan's safety."

Liu Mei made a pretentious gesture, and Meng Zhiwen was grateful to her. Seeing her holding Yuechan's hand and asking for warmth, he couldn't help admiring. Shi, but in the end she has a gentle and gentle temperament, and is a virtuous person. She treats Haoyu and Yuechan just like her own. This is the most rare thing. For the sake of the children, she should treat Liu Mei better.

After calling Huamei to inquire about some things, Meng Zhiwen personally sent Yuechan back to the room, and after sending Yuechan back to the room, he went back to sleep and didn't mention it.

Just to say that the old lady was also frightened here, she asked people to inquire and found out the truth of the matter, the old lady couldn't help being shocked, she didn't expect that someone in this house would have the idea of ​​killing someone.

The former Su family was a noble person, and she was famous when she was a girl. Since she married into the Meng family, although she was very respectful and filial to the old lady, the old lady always didn't like her very much. However, although she didn't like her, she should be given The old lady still gave her face, and it didn't make her too embarrassed.

When the Su family passed away, the old lady thought of her filial piety and respect all these years, and how she took good care of the backyard. Besides, she gave birth to two children, Haoyu and Yuechan, and she was a little sad. Now she learned that there was such a black-hearted Wanting to burn down Su's house, the old lady trembled with anger, this is not going to burn down Su's house, she clearly wanted to cut off the way for Haoyu brothers and sisters.

The old lady first thought that Liu Mei might have done this on her own initiative, and hated Liu Mei for being bold, so she sent someone to call Meng Zhiwen over the next day.

Seeing her son's gentle appearance, the old lady sighed first, looked at Meng Zhiwen and said, "Wen'er, our Meng family's heirs are weak, and your grandfather and father are all descended from the same line. In this way, until now there is only one son, Haoyu. Mother sees it in her eyes and is anxious in her heart. Liu Mei is a good person, but now she is a bit older, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to have another child. Mother Look, I want to give you another concubine, what do you mean?"

Hearing the old lady's words, Meng Zhiwen bowed his head and thought for a while, and felt that the population of his family was indeed small, and now there were only two concubines, Liu Mei and Aunt Liu, and now that Liu Mei was righted, there was only one concubine, Aunt Liu. Well, Aunt Liu is dull and has no ideas. He doesn't like it. If he brings another concubine, he will make it. He is not the kind of womanizer, and everything is still for the sake of the heirs.

Meng Zhiwen had the same idea as the old lady, and added that he respected the old lady, so he nodded: "The old lady said so, the son has no objection, and the old lady decides everything."

The old lady is very satisfied with Meng Zhiwen's filial piety: "I see that the pearl in my room is a good one, and I told her that she is willing too. I wanted to lift her up, but that happened again yesterday." Now that I think about the matter, I feel a little worried, this matter is bad luck, for the good of our family, why not just set up wine these two days to rectify Pearl's name, and take advantage of this matter to make a splash."

"What the old lady said is very true, and the son also means the same!" Meng Zhiwen stood up, saluted the old lady, and said a few words with the old lady before going out.

He thought in his heart that the old lady only cared about him and the Meng Mansion, and he was very grateful to the old lady. He never thought that the old lady's actions were to embarrass Liu Mei and make her obedient.

The old lady got Meng Zhiwen's consent, so she began to make arrangements. First, she had some good clothes made for Pearl, and then she found out her head jewelry and gave Pearl a few sets, and asked the mother in her room to open it for Pearl. face, and trained it well, and sent it to Meng Zhiwen one night.

Meng Zhiwen placed wine in the room and asked Pearl to salute Liu Mei and Aunt Liu, which was regarded as recognition of Pearl's concubine status.

Although Pearl didn't want to be a concubine, her arms couldn't twist her thighs after all. The old lady made up her mind, and the master also agreed. Unless she died, she would never escape such a fate. Pearl had no choice but to accept her fate.

Since she is a concubine, she has to look like a concubine. Pearl serves Hou Meng Zhiwen wholeheartedly at night, and her music is gentle. In addition, she is young and beautiful, and she has won Meng Zhiwen's heart. She stayed in her room for several nights. The angry Liu Mei almost gritted her teeth.

Regarding these, Yuechan just watched, but didn't say anything. Through the old lady's action, Yuechan thought that the burning of Su's house was probably instigated by Liu Mei, and it was done secretly. The old lady also guessed it. At one o'clock, Pearl was lifted up, so that Liu Mei could fight with Pearl, and didn't have time to add trouble to Yuechan.

For the old lady's protection, Yuechan is very grateful. In the past few days, because her father took a new concubine, she didn't mention the matter of moving Su's house. When I was young, I planted flowers and enjoyed grass in the yard, and I lived a very leisurely life.

A few days later, Yuechan saw that there was still no movement from Meng Zhiwen. The matter of asking Mr. was delayed again and again. She was afraid that Meng Zhiwen would forget because of too many things, so she wanted to remind Meng Zhiwen.

In the evening of that day, Yuechan came back from the old lady's greeting, found a few sheets of handwriting she had written, and took them to Meng Zhiwen's study.

It happened that Meng Zhiwen had just finished approving official duties, and was going to rest in the pearl room when he wanted to take a rest. Seeing Yuechan came in, Meng Zhiwen still felt sorry for her, so he asked with a smile: "It's so late, what's the point of looking for my father?" matter?"

Yuechan smiled and bowed, took out a few pieces of paper from her cuffs and handed them to Meng Zhiwen: "Daughter has been studying Chinese and calligraphy during this period of time, and she wrote some words. She feels that she is not very good, so I will use it to correct my father. "

Meng Zhiwen was puzzled, and took a look at the paper full of words, but he was surprised and inexplicable.

Some time ago he read the scriptures written by Yuechan, those words were crooked and out of order, and they were written by a child at first glance, but from today's few words, they have a strong character, not only the writing power is deep, but also the structure of the words is mastered The writing is very good, but it looks like it was written by a man of insight who has practiced hard for several years.

At this moment, Meng Zhiwen was shocked. He looked at the words and then looked up at Yuechan, but he still couldn't believe that these words were written by Yuechan.

"This?" Meng Zhiwen asked in surprise, "You wrote this?"

Yuechan nodded, blushing on her face: "My daughter didn't have any rules, she just wrote according to the copybook, her writing was not good, which made her father laugh, her daughter knew that her father's handwriting was always very good, so she asked her father to correct her. "

Yuechan's self-effaced words made Meng Zhiwen admire: "Yes, at your age and as a daughter, it is already very good to write such words. It can be seen that you have put in a lot of hard work."

While talking, Meng Zhiwen found another roll of copybooks and handed them to Yuechan: "Your post is for children to trace red, and I often write it according to it. The words are too rigid to learn. These postings were made by everyone in the past. You Go back and take a good look, and delve into it.”

Yuechan took it over, thanked Meng Zhiwen, thought for a while and asked, "Father, I don't know how you are doing with finding a husband for your daughter? Father is busy with work, and my daughter doesn't want to be disturbed. I will read and practice calligraphy in the future." It’s better to have a gentleman at the side to guide you.”

Hearing Yuechan ask about this matter, Meng Zhiwen thought of what Liu Mei said again, glanced at Yuechan, and frowned: "There is a difference between men and women, it's not easy to find Mr. , you should practice your calligraphy first, and then I will find out for you slowly."

This... Yuechan was very disappointed, there was no difference between men and women, and Meng Zhiwen was not such a pedantic old scholar, so why did he still mention such things.

Furthermore, the Jokhang Kingdom does not take women lightly. Women can go to the streets with the company of their families, and they can also learn literature and martial arts. There is not much difference between men and women. There are often women in the gatherings of celebrities in Chang'an City. After watching it in the past, why did my father mention the difference between men and women all of a sudden?

Although she was dissatisfied, after Meng Zhiwen said so, Yuechan didn't dare to say anything, so she went back very disappointed. After returning to the room and thinking about it, Yuechan understood a little, and she was afraid that Liu Mei would do this too. Let it go, because she is afraid that she will surpass Yue'e and Yueting in learning things, and deliberately speak ill of her in front of Meng Zhiwen, so that she will not be able to invite a husband.

(End of this chapter)