Chapter 110: Face-raising and admonition
At the end of the song, people parted, Meng Zhao, Meng Chuan, Meng Rong and others returned to Meng’s mansion with laughter.
Before I could ease my excitement today, I was sent by Meng Jizu to a garden in Beiyuan, the mansion...
Meng Jizu and Meng Hongdao were playing Go in an octagonal bluestone pavilion. The black and white pieces on the chessboard were hard to distinguish.
There was a post outside every five steps and a whistle ten steps. The man in black was guarding the sword, with a solemn expression and a strict guard.
Meng Zhao and Meng Chuan stood carefully outside the pavilion, with their hands hanging on both sides, lowered their heads, and waited patiently.
Meng Rong, who is her daughter's family, had so many concerns and ran into the pavilion to act spoiled, which made Meng Jizu and Meng Hongdao feel helpless.
Meng Jizu threw away the chess piece in his hand, raised his thick big hand, and gently patted Meng Rong's little head.
"You little ghost, you know how to act coquettishly towards me, but you can't do it again and again.
Forget it this time, next time you go out, you must bring the masters arranged by your mother. Don’t leave their sight in an instant, do you understand?”
Meng Rong rolled her eyes in dissatisfaction, frowned, and hummed,
"I'm not, those people are so boring. They follow me whatever I do, without any freedom at all.
It’s not like today, I go wherever I want, do whatever I want..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Meng Jizu's face turned gloomy and he spit out his lilac tongue, not daring to speak again.
Meng Hongdao gently pressed a chess piece on the side to smooth the field.
"Rong'er, don't make your father angry, listen to him.
After this period of time, you don’t have to worry so much, after all, it’s a turbulent time now.
I believe I know very well what happened to the party you attended today.
Some people spare no effort to attack our Meng family, so they must never give anyone an opportunity to take advantage of it.
If you make a mistake, your father will be jealous and be held hostage by others. Do you understand?"
Although Meng Rong was a little willful at times, she was still very well-behaved and obedient most of the time. In addition, Meng Hongdao said so bluntly, she naturally did not dare to make trouble and nodded softly.
This made Meng Jizu and Meng Hongdao breathe a sigh of relief. Meng Rong had mediocre martial arts skills, shallow cultivation, and a special status. If she was robbed, it would be very likely to cause a fatal blow to the Meng family. It is necessary to guard against it.
After sending Meng Rong away, Meng Jizu and Meng Hongdao lost interest in continuing to play chess.
Meng Hongdao reached out to the two of them and called Meng Zhao and Meng Chuan into the pavilion, facing in silence.
After a long time, no one of the four people under the pavilion spoke.
In the end, Meng Jizu looked at Meng Zhao with a complicated expression, sighed,
"Do you two know why you were called here?"
Meng Zhao and Meng Chuan communicated briefly with their eyes. Meng Zhao took a step forward, his body bent slightly, and said,
"When I go back to my uncle, I know that it must be because today, my fifth brother and Rong'er went to attend the party of Miss Xi, and there was a lot of trouble.
But whether it is attending the party or what happened during the process, it is all the fault of my nephew and has nothing to do with my fifth brother. Don’t blame him for my uncle and third uncle.”
Meng Zhao's behavior of caring for his younger brother and being brave enough to take responsibility is actually shaping a character.
It is better than those who have something wrong, blame others, and criticize others, and criticize others, and show their maturity.
Besides, this matter is not serious, and Meng Zhao does not think that Meng Jizu and Meng Hongdao will punish them.
Meng Jizu shook his head and said with emotion,
"I'm asking you to come because of this, but I don't want to punish you.
In fact, you did a good job, even better than what I and your third uncle had expected.
You gave the Meng family a sigh of relief, and you made your face look good without losing your ancestors' reputation. It's great."
The county town is large and has a population of hundreds of thousands, but it is also very small for a force like the Meng family.
As long as they think about it, no matter how troubles or disturbances in the city are hidden from Meng Jizu and Meng Hongdao.
Therefore, the outside world may not know what happened in the garden square, but they know every detail clearly.
Meng Zhao fought with Shi Siming and avenged the Meng family, and received praise from Chen Tianci and innate invitations to fight. His potential was limitless.
All these things are a huge increase in face. If this happens, the Meng family will be punished, and the Meng family will be destroyed.
But, merit is merit, and I have to say what I should say. Meng Jizu continued,
"Even so, I'm still worried that you two brothers are too strong and too impulsive.
Since we saw Shi Siming and the Sun family coming together, why didn’t we find an opportunity to slip away and give others a chance to attack?
Also, this time I won, and you retreated safely. Have you ever thought about what kind of situation you would face if you lost?
I still say the same thing: In the future, you must think twice and not be rash and impulsive."
Meng Zhao nodded repeatedly and made a humble and taught, while Meng Chuan looked resentful and disagreed with what Meng Jizu said.
Meng Jizu was a mature and polite statement. He took one step and looked at three steps. Although he thought carefully, he lacked motivation.
If it is true as he said, it may be able to protect one's own visibility, but it will definitely cause the Meng family's momentum to fall further.
If you flee without fighting, you don’t even have the courage to face the enemy’s family. How can the outside world’s evaluation be high?
It can only be said that in the middle of the year, their thoughts and personalities are incompatible with Meng Zhao and Meng Chuan, who are full of energy and full of energy. They are seeking stability, while what Meng Zhao and the others ask for is one idea.
Of course, if we subdivided it, Meng Zhao and Meng Chuan are very different.
Meng Chuan is a passionate boy in the true sense. He has simple feelings and impulsive temperament. Sometimes he is naughty when doing things, and he relies on his passion.
Meng Zhao's true character is somewhat similar to the calmness that Meng Jizu and Meng Hongdao expected, but it has a little more gambling and utilitarianism.
For him, it is high risk and high reward.
When the benefits are great enough and you have certain confidence, you will have the courage to take a try.
Of course, this kind of gambling is sometimes a good thing and can achieve great things.
Sometimes it can become a bad thing, heaven and hell, perhaps just in a moment.
What Meng Jizu and Meng Hongdao hope is that Meng Zhao and Meng Chuan can be more stable and more stable.
It can be said that Meng Jizu and Meng Hongdao regarded Meng Zhao and Meng Chuan as the future helmsmen of the Meng family to cultivate and train, in order to make the two of them the mainstay of hope and the pillar of the family.
In fact, this is easy to understand. According to their vision, the Meng family will be a situation where the head of the family will be assisted by multiple brothers in the future.
Although the head of the family must be wise, wise, strategic and visionary, the brothers who assist from each other must also give certain help to the head of the family.
Naturally, children who can stand on their own and put the overall situation first are more in line with their expectations.
It’s a pity that at present, although Meng Zhao and Meng Chuan are excellent, their personal outstanding abilities are not enough to bear such a heavy responsibility.
Moreover, Meng Zhao has some potential for wiseness and decisiveness, and from the perspective of defeating Shi Siming, he is also very scheming.
However, such a person is suitable for the head of the family, but not for the auxiliary, otherwise two tigers will inevitably be incompatible.
Chapter completed!