Three days later, the elder Meng Jian ordered his servant to drive a carriage and take him and Meng Zhong to the place where Zhuangzi lived in seclusion.

At this time, in addition to Meng Jian and Meng Zhong, there were also Meng Hu and Meng Sui, two friends with Meng Zhong who had a very good relationship.

Among them, Meng Jian also had similar requirements and expectations for his grandson Meng Sui, that is, he hoped that Meng Sui would be lucky enough to join Zhuangzi. As for Meng Hu, this kid went to join in the fun because of the fun, and he might have escaped back to his family at any time.

Zhuangzi's seclusion is located between "Xiayi" and "Mengbo". It is located near the upper reaches of "Zhishui" and away from the road. There are many bamboo forests and woods near the area, with a beautiful environment, and it is a secluded place with few people.

I guess after more than two hours of travel, the carriage came to a dense bamboo forest. In the bamboo forest, there was a path made of gravel. The carriage slowly moved forward along the path, and in a moment, it arrived at the manor where Zhuangzi lived in seclusion - let's call it Zhuangziju.

After a while, the carriage slowly stopped in the open space in front of Zhuangziju. The elder Meng Jian and Meng Zhong, Meng Hu and Meng Sui got off the carriage one by one.

At this time, Meng Jian had to clean up his clothes and then turned around and reminded the three little guys: "Remember, don't be rude."

Seeing Meng Zhong and the other two nodded, Meng Jian took a cane and led them to the gate of Zhuangziju.

On the outside of Zhuangziju, there is a courtyard wall made of soil and stone. There is a dilapidated wooden door facing it. Although an old piece of wood nailed above the courtyard door may be used as a plaque, there is no word on the wooden board and nothing is engraved.

So, what exactly is this thing used for?

Meng Hu blinked and gradually felt a little strange in the manor in front of him.

He walked straight to the half-open courtyard door. When Meng Jian pushed the door a little, the wooden door creaked open, presenting the roughly inside the courtyard to everyone.

However, it was rude to enter without permission from the owner. Although the gate of the courtyard was open at this moment, Meng Jian did not dare to lead the sons in rashly, so he stood outside the door and shouted: "Is anyone? I Meng Jian, I came to visit Zhuangzi."

As soon as he finished speaking, two figures came out of nowhere in the courtyard, both of whom were half-aged and half-aged men of Meng Zhong and others. After whispering a few words, one of them walked quickly to a house in the courtyard, and the other one hurried to the gate of the courtyard, bowed to Meng Jian, and said respectfully: "This is the place where Master Zhuang lives. I wonder what you have to do?"

Meng Jian smiled and said, "I am Meng Jian of Meng's family. I'm here to visit Master Zhuang."

Upon hearing this, the young man's face became even more surprised. He quickly walked out of the yard and bowed to Meng Jian again, saying, "I am the son of the Le clan, "Le (yuè)" and pay homage to the elder Meng."

"Okay." Meng Jian nodded with a smile, as if he was praising the young man for respect.

In fact, in the Shangqiu area, the Meng family, Ge family, Le family and other big families all intermarried. Even in some political issues, the families basically advanced and retreated together. Therefore, this young man named Le Jin treated Meng Zheng so respectfully.

"I will introduce you to you. These three are my Meng clan, Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, Meng Sui... I hope you and the four of you will get closer in the future." Meng Jian smiled and introduced Meng Zhong, Meng Hu and Meng Sui.

"Abide by the orders of the elders."

Le Jin glanced at Meng Zhong and the other two, and a few strange colors flashed in his eyes, but in the end he still honestly responded to Meng Jian's expectations, which made Meng Jian feel a good impression of this.

After the four little guys bowed to each other, Meng Jian asked Le Jin again and said, "Le Jin, can Uncle Zhuang live in the house now?"

The Zhuang Bo he mentioned was the old servant who served Zhuang Zhou, and was also the actual manager of the residence today. He was more than ten years older than Mengjiang in age.

But in fact, this 'Zhuang Bo' was not actually Zhuang', but the surname "Xiang" and was also the descendant of Zi. However, for some reason, the old man voluntarily gave up his family surname and served Zhuangzi for decades. He is currently the most trusted person in Zhuangzi, so he was respected as Zhuangbo.

"Here." Le Jin nodded and said, "I saw the elders come to visit me just now, and I have asked my brothers to pass on their behalf. I believe that Mr. Zhuang will... in a moment..."

As soon as he said this, he saw Meng Jian raise his head and look behind him, so he subconsciously turned his head to look at it. Sure enough, he saw an old man walking towards this side in the depths of the courtyard.

Obviously, the old man was Zhuangzi's most trusted servant, Zhuang Bo.

Seeing this, Meng Jian took the initiative to greet him, bowed and said with a smile: "Brother Xian is fine, Meng Jian is here to be polite."

“Hey.”

The old man called Zhuang Bo hurriedly walked up to hold Meng Jian's hands and said, "How can I afford the gift of Meng Zong Zhu..."

In fact, Meng Jian and Zhuang Bo had known each other twenty or thirty years ago. I remember that the Meng clan invited Zhuangzi to the family's hometown to celebrate the ceremony. However, since Zhuangzi lived in seclusion, the two rarely had any contact.

After some greetings, Zhuang Bo asked with a smile: "My brother is here today, don't you know what's important?"

While speaking, he glanced at Meng Zhong, Meng Hu and Meng Sui who were standing behind Meng Jian, with a few glances of suddenness in his eyes. It was obvious that he had probably guessed Meng Jian's purpose.

At this time, Meng Jian bowed and said, "Brother Xian, Mengda, the legitimate grandson of my family, learned that his mother was in good health a few days ago and was worried day and night. Therefore, he did not report it and served his mother without reporting it. He hoped that Brother Xian would not be surprised."

Zhuang Bo seems to be smiling but not smiling.

As the family order (the housekeeper) of Zhuangziju, he certainly knew that Mengda, the king of the Meng family, had another thing without saying goodbye.

But to be honest, he didn't care about it - after all, there are too many children from other families who have gone through the years, so why isn't it the only one who is Mengda?

As for Zhuangzi, the owner of this manor, I wouldn't care even more. As Mengda said, he lived in Zhuangzi for two years, but Zhuangzi was not sure that he had never cared about it, and he might not know that he existed at all.

In the words of Zhuang Bo, his master Zhuangzi was now immersed in the realm of "Tao" and would be almost no longer influenced by secular people or things.

But then again, since Meng Jian used "filial piety" as an excuse to cover up the reason why Meng Da left without saying goodbye, even though Zhuang Bo knew very well what was going on, he would not expose it. Instead, he followed Meng Jian's words and praised Meng Da a few words in a mixed voice, probably praising filial piety and so on.

After accusing him of the crime, Meng Jian successfully and normally recommended Meng Zhong, Meng Hu and Meng Sui, hoping that these three tribes' sons would serve Zhuangzi on behalf of Meng Da.

After looking at Meng Zhong, Meng Hu and Meng Sui, and then looking at Meng Jian, Zhuang Bo smiled burdenably.

It has to be said that the kindness sent by the families to serve Zhuangzi has always been quite burdened by Zhuang Bo because he knew the purpose of these families and knew that these families would not be able to achieve their wishes in the end with his master Zhuang Zhou.

Those who stayed in Zhuangzi for two years but were still unable to be accepted as disciples by Zhuangzi are not an exception. Sometimes, Zhuang Bo really wants to tell those families directly: Don’t send your nephews from your clan to come over again. My master doesn’t need it, and he will not accept disciples again.

But Zhuang Bo couldn't say these straightforward words, after all, he didn't want to offend these families.

And just now, an old man walked out of the main house on the north side.

The old man was wearing a soapy green cloth robe, leaning on a crutch in his hand, and a rope tied to the crutch with a gourd as big as two fists, slowly walked towards the gate of the courtyard without distraction.

"Master." Zhuang Bo bowed his hand and asked immediately, "Where is the Master?"

Obviously, the old man in a soapy and green cloth robe was Zhuang Zhou. After hearing Zhuang Bo's inquiry, he did not answer. He just raised his left hand and pointed it diagonally in one direction with his index finger on his left hand. Then he witnessed Meng Jian and the rest of the people walking by like this.

Seeing that he was ignored, Meng Jian's face was also a little worried, so he quickly bowed and said, "I have met Master. I don't know if Master still remembers me?"

Zhuangzi stopped when he heard this, turned to look at Meng Jian, and nodded calmly, not knowing whether he wanted to express his memory of Meng Jian or simply respond to Meng Jian's salute to him.

After nodding, he left on his own.

During this period, neither Le Jin, Meng Zhong, Meng Sui and Meng Hu could let his eyes stay for a moment.

Looking at Zhuangzi's departure back, Meng Jian spitted out a depressed breath that was almost ignored, and said to Meng Zhong with a slightly bitter smile: "Look, it is indeed necessary to do the 'homework' in advance, right?"

Meng Zhong nodded slightly and watched Zhuangzi walk away.

In the past three days, he has lived in the home of the elder Meng Jian, and the latter has specially done "homework" for him and Meng Sui. This so-called homework means understanding and familiarity with Zhuangzi's eccentric and autistic personality and attitude towards life in order to prescribe the right medicine.

"Are you sure?" Meng Jian asked again.

At this time, Zhuangzi's back had disappeared from the gate of the courtyard, so Meng Zhong closed his eyes and nodded and said, "You do your best."

Seeing this, Meng Jian laughed happily, patted Meng Zhong on the shoulder and said, "Okay, if you can become Master Zhuang's disciple, I will come to celebrate you!"

After saying this, Zhuang Bo and Le Jin both showed shock.

You should know that in the past twenty years, I don’t know how many people want to become disciples of Zhuangzi, but so far, not only has none of them succeeded, but these people have never been noticed by Zhuangzi.

Now, Meng Jian, the elder of the Meng family, is so optimistic about the boy named Meng Zhong?

Thinking of this, Mr. Zhuang smiled and said, "Brother, it seems that you have high expectations for this. However, don't blame Brother Yu for pouring cold water on you. It's not that easy to become my master's disciple..."

Hearing this, Meng Jian's smile remained unchanged at all. He put his left hand on Meng Zhong's shoulder and looked at Zhuang Bo and said confidently: "No! This boy must be fine!... Brother Xian wants to make a bet with Brother Yu?"

“…”

Seeing that Meng Jian was so sure, Zhuang Bo felt a little surprised and turned his head and looked at the boy named Meng Zhong in a flash.

Based on his personal feeling, although this boy named Meng Zhong seems to be steady and humble, these alone are not enough to arouse his master's ideas.

Or is this guy now restrained?

After stroking his beard, Zhuang Bo seemed to be thinking.

Although he did not believe Meng Jian's blind and confident words, he had already kept the name Meng Zhong in mind.
Chapter completed!