However, Mei Guangyan entertained Jiao Shun in the front hall for a while, and estimated that everything in the mourning hall at the back should be ready. Then he got up again and led Jiao Shun to the backyard.

He seemed extremely silent along the way.

Speaking of which, Mei Guangyan and Jia Zheng are very similar. They are both the type who have wasted many years in the yamen with no hope of promotion. They think their talents are not appreciated, but in fact they have high ambitions and low abilities.

But after the recent two blows, Mei Guangyan has finally calmed down a bit - otherwise, he would have never been able to endure the humiliation of being under Jiao Shun's hands because he prided himself on being a second-ranked scholar.

But the biggest impact on his mentality was when he visited the engineering school today.

A person like Mei Guangyan might be able to adapt to the situation if he is placed in a temple and giving orders, but if he is allowed to manage everything on the construction site in detail, it is definitely a challenge to force others to do so.

After spending half a day wandering around, his mind was like a blur, and he had so many threads that he didn't even know where to start.

Previously, he thought that Jiao Shun had seen through the emperor's arrangement, so he took the initiative to show his kindness to him.

But after understanding the big and small things that she would have to manage in the future, Mei Guangyan subconsciously overturned this conclusion.

Or maybe...

The reason why this guy surnamed Jiao took the initiative to show his kindness to me was to make him numb and careless, so that when he made a mistake in engineering, he would suddenly fall out and add insult to injury.

Thinking of this, Mei Guangyan immediately increased his vigilance, thinking that although he didn't understand construction, as long as he kept an eye on the site every day, would those mud-legged people still dare to do tricks under his nose?

That's right, when I get to the engineering school, I will do everything personally, and I will never let this evil thief succeed!

Hmm~

Otherwise, I might as well just move to the engineering school to live for a while. The environment there is actually not bad. Anyway, I am in the period of mourning. I can't wear silk and satin, can't listen to silk and bamboo songs, and can't even get close to my wives and concubines.

What is the difference between studying in engineering and living at home?

As long as he gritted his teeth and endured this period of time, when his new position was confirmed, there should be no need to worry about Jiao Shun secretly causing trouble again - he firmly believed that the emperor would definitely arrange for him a noble position that was easy to supervise.

After making up my mind, my originally uneasy heart gradually calmed down.

Only then did Mei Guangyan take the initiative and said: "Because we were originally going to help the spirit return to his hometown in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the mourning hall has been evacuated after the first seven days. Now it is just a temporary arrangement. If there is anything wrong, please forgive me."

"Brother Mei, you're welcome."

Jiao Shun quickly waved his hand and said, "It's just me being rude. Actually, there is no need to make any extra arrangements. I just want to show my kindness to the old lady in front of the memorial tablet."

After hearing this, Mei Guangyan felt uneasy again.

They were obviously strangers, and even had an indirect hatred, but Jiao Shun somehow behaved like a good friend of the whole family.

Even if you want to make yourself numb, you can't act so abruptly, right?

In his heart, he silently gave Jiao a failing mark for his acting skills. When Mei Guangyan saw that he had arrived in front of the mourning hall, he quickly took two steps, raised his hand and stepped in, saying: "Sir, please come in."

Jiao Shun slightly lifted the hem of his official robe and walked into the temporary mourning hall. He saw Mrs. Mei and Mei Baosen kneeling on the straw mats on the left and right sides, and there was another woman kneeling in the corner behind Mrs. Mei.

I think she must be Mei Guangyan's concubine.

Jiao Shun withdrew his gaze and walked to the memorial tablet in an orderly manner. Upon seeing this, Ma Baosen hurriedly got up and solemnly offered the three sticks of incense with both hands.

Jiao Shun took advantage of the situation and glanced at him, thinking that this boy was very heart-warming, and he killed his grandmother, but he didn't show any strange emotions at all.

Jiao Shun held the incense in his hand, bowed to the memorial tablet three times, then lit the candle and placed it firmly on the incense burner.

I should have said a few words to suit the occasion, for example, as the leader of Mei Guangyan, I asked the old lady not to worry about this in heaven.

But no matter how shameless Mr. Jiao was, he still felt embarrassed to open his mouth when he thought of what he had done in the mourning hall.

Seeing that he had no other words to say, Mei Guangyan winked at his wife and children, gesturing for them to come forward and greet him.

Mrs. Mei and Ma Baosen immediately stood up and turned to Jiao Shun, walked about half a foot in front of him, knelt down and kowtowed.

"Madam sister-in-law and my nephew, please get up quickly!"

Jiao Shun quickly stretched out his hand to support her, and took the opportunity to wink at Mrs. Mei.

He didn't know if Mrs. Mei could understand what he meant, but writing this detail into the article could at least prove that he had tried hard.

Mrs. Mei made eye contact with him and hurriedly buried her head on her chest, thinking that this person who came to visit her had really bad intentions!

Fortunately, other than that look in his eyes, Jiao Shun didn't do anything rude. He simply asked Mapleson a few questions, said some words that would be terrifying for future generations, and then left Linghui with her husband...

etc!

Is the future life to be feared?

Is he hinting at something?

Mrs. Mei's heart was shuddered, and she immediately looked at her son subconsciously, only to see her son's ruthless eyes waiting for an opportunity to greet her on her chest and buttocks, with a look of eagerness on her face that could not be concealed.

How could I have given birth to such a bad thing?!

Mrs. Mei was so angry that she wished she could expose the truth and kill this traitor!

At this moment, the steward came in and reported: "Madam, I have asked you to prepare a banquet quickly. Mr. Jiao will stay for dinner in the evening."

"Stay for dinner?"

Mrs. Mei was taken aback and couldn't help but blurt out: "Master didn't say before that this would happen."

The steward replied: "I heard that Mr. Jiao hosted a banquet for the master at noon. Now that it is approaching evening, the master naturally wants to say a few polite words. I didn't expect that Mr. Jiao would take it seriously."

How could he be serious? He had clearly planned it!

Mrs. Mei gritted her teeth secretly, but did not dare to say anything else. She just nodded to express that she understood, then ordered the kitchen to take care of it, and sent someone out to buy some special dishes.

About half an hour later, a table of wine and food that was not full of color, flavor or taste, but was quite sumptuous, was placed in the living room in the front yard.

Jiao Shun and Mei Guangyan exchanged cups, using the same tactics they used to deal with customers, and Mei Guangyan, who was deceived, raised their glasses again and again.

Pianmei Guangyan believed that Jiao Shun was numbing herself, and tried her best to pretend to be friendly and wanted to do the opposite, so she accepted Jiao Shun's invitation to drink.

As time went by, although he was not drunk, he gradually became confused.

at the same time.

Mrs. Mei on the other side was like an ant on a hot pot, neither advancing nor retreating, just wandering around in the backyard anxiously.

Until a mother-in-law came in to report that the master was drunk in the front yard, she wondered if Mr. Jiao had any intention of taking the initiative to leave.

She knew in her heart that this must have been done deliberately by Jiao Shun in order to force her to submit. However, facing the servant's request, she could only stand up and said, "In that case, I will go out and see Master Jiao off."

The servant woman was slightly startled when she heard this, and then she tentatively said: "Would you like to invite the young master to come with us..."

Now that Ma Baosen has grown up, it should be Ma Baosen who takes the place of Mei Guangyan to visit foreign guests.

"No need!"

Mrs. Mei flatly objected, and then motioned to the servant girl to lead the way.

Although the servant woman was absolutely surprised, she thought that ever since the old lady passed away and the young master was imprisoned in the woodshed, mother and son had not been very harmonious, so she did not dare to say anything more.

One after another, they searched for the living room in the front yard.

When he entered the door, he saw that Mei Guangyan was already lying on the table, mumbling something unknown.

Mrs. Mei frowned slightly. She motioned to the servant girl to come forward and help her husband up. She looked at her husband from a distance and said, "I am too drunk. I am really treating you disrespectfully."

"Haha~"

Jiao Shun stood up and laughed, waved his hand and said: "It's my fault that I didn't grasp the point of control when I had a drink with Brother Mei for the first time - but it doesn't matter, we will spend a lot of time together in the future. As the saying goes, we will get to know each other once we have a chance.

Deep and shallow, it will never be like this again."

Hearing something in his words, he emphasized the words "once old, twice familiar" and "exploring the depths" and so on. Mrs. Mei's palm-sized oval face was almost bleeding. She took a deep breath and finally suppressed the pain in her chest.

With turbulent emotions, he forced a smile and said: "Sir, what your lord is saying is that I am really drunk today, and my family is observing filial piety, so I'm afraid it will be inconvenient..."

There was clearly a sense of seeing off guests in these words.

In fact, Jiao Shun had no choice but to stay at Mei's house.

Not to mention that the relationship between the two parties has not reached this level, even if it has reached this level, the Mei family still has a coffin. Who would stay overnight at this time?

But if he wanted to leave like this, he was afraid that he would not be able to report to the emperor when he turned back.

Alas~

They all say that working as a errand is not free, but I never expected that it would be this kind of unfreedom.

Jiao Shun could only continue to say shamelessly: "It's been a busy day, especially leading Brother Mei to inspect the construction site. I'm really hungry. I was just eating and chatting, but didn't eat a few bites of food - Mrs.

Please help yourself, I'll fill in some more and then leave."

As soon as these words came out, even the servant girl who was supporting Mei Guangyan couldn't help but look sideways, wondering what kind of official is this? Why is he so shameless, shameless and without sense of propriety?

Could it be that he just came from home to eat and drink?

Mrs. Mei naturally understood that he was not willing to leave just now, and she secretly hated this man for stalking her, but in order to send this plague god away, she had to make a compromise.

He immediately confessed his crime and first worked with the maid to send Mei Guangyan back to the backyard. Then he tried his best to avoid the other side and quietly went back to the front yard and living room.

But she didn't realize that there was someone quietly following behind her.

And this person was none other than the filial Mapleson.

After parting ways with her mother in the mourning hall, Ma Baosen felt uneasy in her heart. After careful consideration, she identified the source of this uneasiness in Jiao Shun and Mrs. Mei.

Ordinarily, given his experience and IQ, he wouldn't have been able to detect anything fishy in it.

But he couldn't help it, he had evil intentions, and he naturally became more and more suspicious the more he thought about himself and others.

So I couldn't help but ran to my parents' door to peek, but I bumped into Mrs. Mei, moved aside, and quietly went to the front yard.

Mapleson followed behind and saw his mother sneaking into the hall. She quietly approached the door sideways and cautiously looked around.

At this glance, he was struck like a thunderbolt!

I saw that my mother, who had always been a virtuous and dignified mother, was held in her arms by Jiao Shun, letting the rough man get up and down with his hands!

how come?

How can it be?!

Mapleson was in disbelief at first, and then became furious.

Fortunately, I thought my mother was a dignified lady, but I didn't expect that she would have an affair with Jiao Shun!

He only cares about his mother, but how can he tolerate outsiders getting involved?!

Mapleson was furious for a moment. He clenched his fists and was about to rush in and fight to the death with the Jiao thief.

But at this moment, Mrs. Mei tried her best to push Jiao Shun away and said in a panic: "You'd better leave quickly. There are people coming and going here. If someone sees it, wouldn't it..."

Jiao Shun asked with a playful smile: "Then when can I come?"

"You, don't come again!"

Mrs. Mei straightened her loose clothes and said sternly: "If you want to force me again, don't blame me, don't blame me..."

"What do you want ma'am?"

The smile on Jiao Shun's face faded a bit: "You don't want your son to poison his grandmother to be found out, do you?"

Outside the door, Mapleson was rejoicing that his mother was not that kind of person after all, but when he heard this, he was shocked on the outside and tender on the inside!

Jiao Shun actually knew that he poisoned his grandmother?!

"You, you are despicable and shameless!"

At this time, Mrs. Mei's scolding came from inside.

Then came Jiao Shun's sneer: "I was forced to become an adulterer because my wife hadn't volunteered her life in the first place? Isn't it ridiculous that now my wife has the confidence to beat him up?"

Mrs. Mei was immediately speechless.

No matter how much she deceives herself and puts herself in the perspective of a victim, she can't get around the fact that she took the initiative.

After a while, her attitude softened a lot unconsciously, and she begged: "Sir, it's really not safe here. You should go back first - in the future, if there is a chance in the future..."

Halfway through, she couldn't continue.

At that time, her son was facing death threats, so she mustered up the courage to do such a thing.

Now, although Jiao Shun was still threatening herself with this matter, the things she and he had done in the mourning hall were also a handle, and they could barely balance each other. Naturally, she could not have thought that that matter had been taken care of by Jiao Shun.

A picture and text report was presented to the emperor.

This is not a desperate situation, and my son's recent behavior is really...

So midway through her words, she was blocked by her own shame, lowered her head and took a few steps back, then suddenly turned around and ran out.

Tsk~

Jiao Shun watched her rush out of the living room with shame and anger on her face, smacking her lips helplessly, thinking that these gains should be enough to fool the emperor, at worst, they could be divided into three parts: upper, middle and lower.

Thinking of this, he raised his voice and shouted: "Here comes someone."

As soon as he finished speaking, a man stumbled in. Just when Jiao Shun was about to tell him that he was about to leave, he suddenly saw the man kneeling down, taking two steps on his knees and hugging his thigh.

He cried and begged: "Uncle Shi, it's all my mother's fault for being ignorant. I will go and get her back for you right now. Considering the relationship between you and your mother, Uncle Shi must definitely spare his nephew's life."

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