Chapter 137: Powerful Minister 【06】
Zhenbei Gongfu has recently become the center of conversation in the capital.
The former Duke of Zhenbei and his eldest son were killed in battle, and the second son Meng Yuanjia went into battle, repelled the Hulu army, and returned with a great victory, but brought back 200,000 Zhenbei Army, which scared the emperor into perplexity.
In order to appease Meng Yuanjia, the emperor issued the imperial decree to inherit the title of Duke of Zhenbei and serve in the Ministry of Military Affairs. Meng Yuanjia was also a super-class prince and a minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs. .
Those who were not politically agile enough to see that the emperor was afraid of Meng Yuanjia came to send gifts, trying to make good friends with the new Duke of Zhenbei. Those who can see it also maintain a respectful attitude towards Zhenbei Gongfu as much as possible.
It was the Zhenbei Gongfu that was proud of the spring breeze and suddenly it was rumored that a ceremony of recognizing the ancestors and returning to the clan was held for Meng Qi, the third young master of the house, and guests were invited to attend.
This is a bit strange, the third young master of Zhenbei Gongfu is not his biological son? !
Meng Xi was very low-key when he moved out. He quietly bought a house to live in, and rarely went out. Yan's family was well-mannered, and no one dared to talk about it. Therefore, no one knew that Meng Xi had already moved out because of his life experience. Zhenbei Gongfu.
Now that Yuan Jia has released the news and sent out invitations, naturally he has no intention of concealing his life experience for Meng Qi.
So people in the whole capital know that the former Duke of Zhenbei, Gao Yi, adopted his only son in order to take care of his family who sacrificed his guard, and raised him as a direct son. Hold a ceremony of recognizing ancestors.
People have praised the former Zhenbei Army for caring and caring for his subordinates. By the way, he raised the issue of death pensions for the soldiers who died in battle, and pulled out other generals. Compared with Zhenbei Gong, it seems that the best in this regard is the Zhenbei Gong lineage. .
The Duke of Zhenbei's line never deducted pensions for soldiers who died in battle, and he always took care of his family members. Like Meng Xian, an orphan whose father died and his mother remarried and has no other elders, is directly raised by the Duke of Zhenbei. big.
Meng Xian can only be said to be the luckiest one among the many orphans who sacrificed their lives, because his father Meng Shisan was a guard and servant, but he grew up with Duke Zhenbei since he was a child. The treatment of Bei Gong as an adopted child.
Yuan Jia took this opportunity to smash the reputation of Zhenbei Gongfu in the capital. After all, a general who can be so considerate of his soldiers must be a good general.
The guards who came back with Yuan Jia were all excited and excited. Thinking of the kind treatment of the Zhenbei Gongfu to their guards, they were all as energetic as they had been beaten with chicken blood. .
Only Meng Xian, the party involved, could not laugh.
He hides in the house he bought with his own money and is reluctant to go out. When he thinks of going out and meeting a former acquaintance, how should he answer when the other person asks about his background? Do you want him to admit that he is not the young master of Zhenbei Gongfu, but the son of a mere guard?
In the past, the dandy children he despised in the past were more noble than him!
After receiving the invitation from the Zhenbei Gongfu, Meng Qi's biological mother Lin Shi hurriedly put down her work and rushed to the door of Meng Qi's mansion, knocking on the door: "Hu'er, Qi'er, open the door! It's your mother, let your mother in!"
Meng Xian didn't want to pay attention to it, but Lin Shi was too persistent, knocking on and off, and the door was getting louder and louder.
When Meng Xie left from Zhenbei Gongfu, he wanted to take away the servants and servants he was used to, but the big housekeeper said that these servants were sold to Zhenbei Gongfu. .
So after he moved to this small house, he could only buy a new maid to serve him in his daily life, plus a cook to cook, so he couldn't afford more servants.
The cleaning of the mansion was handed over to Lin, who always wanted to come to fight the autumn wind.
Meng Qi was able to hold grudges against his adoptive parents because of a trivial matter, which showed that his temperament was cold, and naturally he didn't have much sincerity for the Lin family.
Before, when Mrs. Lin asked him for money, he didn't care and gave it at will. That's because he spent the money from the Zhenbei Gongfu. It was strange to think that he was carrying money from the Zhenbei Gongfu to support his own mother. of stimulation.
And now that Meng Xian was kicked out of the house by Yuan Jia, and the private money in his hand was a little less, how could he be pleasing to the Lin family who was playing the autumn wind?
He didn't want to give a penny, but if there is a son, there must be a mother, and the Lin family is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Money can, she has to help him clean the house.
Lin Shi was also afraid that the rich son would ignore her if he didn't want to, and he would accept it as soon as he saw it. Every day, he came to Meng Qi's house to clean up, eat two meals, and then go home with one or two things.
Although Meng Xie seems to be living a very hard life now, it is only very hard compared to when he was in Zhenbei Gongfu. In fact, in Lin's opinion, he is living a life of an immortal, and there is something missing from his hand seam. All her family can eat and drink.
Under such circumstances, Lin Shi even held onto Meng Qi and did not let go.
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Meng Xie looked gloomily at Lin Shi who entered the door, and said indifferently: "Didn't I tell you not to bother me when you're fine?"
Lin shi didn't care about his attitude, took out the exquisite invitation card given to her by the Zhenbei Gongfu, and asked with a serious face: "Er, you didn't say that you just didn't want to be angry at the Zhenbei Gongfu, just Move out and be calm and calm? This post said that you are going to recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestry? You are a good master of the government, what are you doing to recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestry? What good is it to come back?"
Lin's interests are more important to her. She doesn't care whether her ex-husband who has been dead for more than ten years can inherit her incense or not. She even thinks that if Meng Qi can always be the third young master of Zhenbei's government, it will be a honor for her dead ex-husband!
Therefore, the Lin family was the last person other than Meng Qi himself who did not want him to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestry.
Meng Qi's face changed suddenly, he stretched out his hand and snatched the invitation from Lin's hand, unfolded it to read the content, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said with hatred, "Meng Yuanjia! You are too pushy!"
He thought that Yuan Jia had just said that he was going to hold an ancestor recognition ceremony for him, to scare him, and Yuan Jia should be able to let him go if he moved out honestly.
However, this invitation clearly told him: let you go? Dream it!
Meng Qi tore up the invitation in a fit of anger. He wanted to see if the ceremony could go on without his protagonist present!
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After tearing up the invitation, Meng Qi made up his mind not to participate in this ceremony of recognizing his ancestors and returning to his ancestors. He would leave Meng Yuanjia and all the guests there to embarrass Meng Yuanjia!
However, Yuan Jia was already prepared for this. He sent the big housekeeper to go, and Meng Xi obediently promised to go there.
It's not that he's not firm enough, it's that he can't stand the power of Zhenbei Gongfu now.
Lin shi was also beside him at the time, watching her particularly temperamental son listen to the threats in a few words of the big butler of Zhenbei Gongfu with a smile, and then he obediently admits to counseling.
She was very nervous.
Because she remembered that she had smeared Duke Zhenbei in front of Meng Qi.
In fact, more than ten years ago, she never had a face-to-face with Duke Zhenbei at all, because as soon as she received the news that her ex-husband died in battle, she packed up and went back to her parents' home to prepare for remarriage, and her son threw it to the neighbors, saying It was to trouble the neighbors to take care of them for a day, and then she never came back.
At that time, Duke Zhenbei was still on the front line and did not return to the capital. By the time he returned, Lin Shi had already married his second husband.
Lin didn't care about what happened to Meng Xi who was left by her. In her heart, she had long thought that Meng Xi was either thrown away by the neighbors or given away, and it was none of her business.
She never imagined that after more than ten years, Meng Qi would come to her door and look like a rich young master. It was obvious that her son had a very good life, so she knew that this son was adopted by her ex-husband's boss Zhenbei Gong. , I panicked when my mind moved.
When Lin was lying, she only thought about the benefits. Now that she saw that a housekeeper of Zhenbei Gongfu had such power, she was afraid later, if Zhenbei Gongfu knew that she was smearing Zhenbei. Lord, will she let her whole family die without a burial?
After the big housekeeper left, Mrs. Lin couldn't hold back her legs and slumped to the ground, and asked Meng Qi in an uneasy manner: "Er, why do you think the Duke of Zhenbei's mansion is so cruel? Try to scare us ordinary people, what do you say? Will the Zhenbei Gongfu come to arrest us?"
Meng Qi glanced at the terrified Lin Shi, and knew what she was afraid of, and laughed mockingly: "As long as you don't say any lies that smear the reputation of Zhenbei Gongfu, Zhenbei Gongfu will not care about you."
Lin Shi was even more panicked, and reached out and grabbed the corner of Meng Xi's clothes, so panicked that he lost his heart: "Xi'er, you have to help my mother, my mother just didn't turn around for a while, and my mother was caught by the corrupt officials in the play. It's misleading, my mother didn't intend to smear the reputation of Zhenbei Gongfu!"
"You admit that you took the initiative to abandon me for the sake of remarrying?" Meng Qi looked at her, not knowing what it was like in his heart.
Lin's hesitantly said: "I, I'm not forced to, I was young when your father died, how could I be a widow for the rest of my life? It's not easy for me to remarry with you, you have to think about your mother for the rest of your life. Ah! And if I hadn't remarried, how could you be so lucky to be adopted by Duke Zhenbei? Other sons who sacrificed their personal guards are not as lucky as you, and Duke Zhenbei's mansion will give you some money at most..."
Although there had long been speculation, when Lin shi personally admitted that she was smearing and lying, Meng Qi couldn't help feeling disappointed and regretful.
As Lin said, compared to those children whose father died in battle and could only live with other elders in the family, or the orphans whose parents were not adopted by others, how lucky he is!
But this luck has not always favored him, how could he just recognize Lin's nonsense and believe Lin's nonsense?
The exhausted Meng Qi pushed Lin Shi away and said to her indifferently, "Go out! I don't want to see you again!"
Lin shi is very good at looking people, and seeing Meng Qi's expression is very wrong, she did not dare to roll around this time, she got up from the ground and slipped away.
Meng Qi sat on the chair, leaned his head back on the chair and closed his eyes. In his mind, the carefree and happy time he had in Zhenbei Gongfu involuntarily appeared in his mind. Comparing his current situation, he couldn't help but stretch out his hand ruthlessly. He slapped himself fiercely: "Idiot!"