marquis of jingan

Chapter 624
With a full [-] anti-Japanese soldiers as guards, Shen Yi's journey was naturally peaceful.

He and Cheng Tingzhi shared a carriage, and when they were on their way, apart from resting with their eyes closed, they spent most of the rest of the time chatting with the Fujian chief envoy.

Mainly to chat with him about some official affairs.

The chief envoy is a civil servant of the third rank. Even if this rank is placed in the central court, he can be said to be a high-level official. Some of his thoughts and experiences must still be of some help to Shen Yi, a newcomer in the "workplace". of.

Fuzhou is about [-] to [-] miles away from Yueqing. Although the speed of horse-drawn carriages is much slower than that of riding horses, everyone is taking the official road. The road is easy and there is no delay. After walking for about ten days, they have already arrived in Yueqing .

However, the anti-Japanese army is full of infantry, and they don't have a carriage. Therefore, most of the three thousand anti-Japanese soldiers are still behind them. It is the five hundred cavalry pawns in the anti-Japanese army who really protect Shen Yi.

After the group arrived in Yueqing, it was already afternoon, and Shen Yi's carriage did not stop at the anti-Japanese army camp.

After all, there was another guest in his carriage.

His carriage stopped at the gate of Shen Yuan.

After getting off the carriage, Shen Yi looked at Ling Su who was escorting them all the way on horseback, and then said: "General Ling, most of the brothers in the Anti-Japanese Army are still behind you, work harder, and don't go back to the camp, go back Bring them back and remember..."

Master Shen smiled and said: "It's good to restrain the soldiers, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, don't make trouble, let them all go home safely, and have a good New Year."

Ling Su respectfully clasped his fists at Shen Yi, and said, "Your subordinate obeys!"

Shen Yi thought for a while, and continued: "You go back and forth. When you come back, I will definitely not be in Yueqing anymore. At that time, General Ling and Xue Wei will work together to take care of the camp of the Anti-Japanese Army. How long to spend is up to you to discuss and decide."

"At the end of this year, General Ling, you will probably go home to celebrate the New Year. Xue Wei is homeless and will probably spend the New Year in the camp. At that time, I will allocate some money to the two of you and let Xue Wei bring those who are also in the camp. Let’s have a good New Year together with the brothers who celebrate the New Year here.”

Xue Wei is a military household.

And since he inherited the father's position, it means that his father died early.

Xue Wei's life is more difficult, his parents are gone, and he is not married, so Shen Yi said that he is homeless.

As for Ling Su...

Although his father is gone, his mother is still there, and she got married early in Linhai, Taizhou and had a son, and now the eldest son is in his teens.

Ling Su bowed his head respectfully, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, your subordinates will make proper arrangements for the brothers."

Shen Yi nodded and said with a smile: "Then you should go back now, come back to Yueqing earlier, after a year of busy work, you should also take a good rest."

"Yes!"

Ling Su responded loudly, and then returned to his horse with several hundred cavalrymen.

After explaining to Ling Su, Shen Yi looked at Xue Wei, who was leading people to meet Shen Yi near Shen Yuan, with a calm expression: "You take the brothers back to the camp first, and I will go there later."

Xue Wei silently lowered his head and cupped his fists.

"Yes!"

After the generals of the anti-Japanese army left one after another, Shen Yi turned around and led Cheng Tingzhi into the Shen Garden, and said helplessly, "There are too many trifles, and the Fantai has been waiting for a long time."

Cheng Fantai followed Shen Yi into the Shen Garden, and said with emotion: "If Bachelor Shen is not limited by age and qualifications, it is no problem to be the chief constitution of a province."

Master Shen smiled, and did not answer the flattering words, but said: "This is the place where I stayed in Yueqing, named Shen Yuan. I sent a letter to Yueqing two days ago. At this time, in Shen Yuan, There is a friend waiting for you and me."

Shen Yi had mentioned this friend several times on the way, so Cheng Tingzhi didn't ask any further questions, and followed Shen Yi into Shen's garden.

Although Shen Yi didn't live in this garden for too long, it was designed by him himself, so there was no need to worry about getting lost. Soon, they came to Shen Yuan's warm pavilion.

Here, indeed, there was a friend waiting for the two of them.

After Shen Yi entered the Nuan Pavilion, he cupped his hands at a little old man with slightly gray hair in the Nuan Pavilion, and said with a smile: "Lord Zhongcheng, I haven't seen you for a long time."

At this time, Cheng Tingzhi also saw the true face of this "friend".

It was Zhou Yishan, governor of Zhejiang.

He hurried forward and bowed his hands in salute.

"Cheng Tingzhi of Taizhou, pay homage to Lord Deqing."

Zhou Yishan, courtesy name Deqing.

This Zhou Futai was drinking tea, but immediately put down his teacup upon hearing this, and stood up from his chair. He first glanced at Shen Yi, bowed his hands in return, and then looked at Cheng Tingzhi behind Shen Yi.

Because of some presbyopia, he recognized it after a while, and said, "You are... Cheng Mingli from Fujian?"

Cheng Tingzhi nodded with a smile, and said, "It's rare that Lord Deqing still remembers me. After all, the last time I was in Jiankang was a few years ago."

Zhou Futai sat with Cheng Tingzhi, and after exchanging a few pleasantries, he looked at Cheng Tingzhi and asked with a smile: "Your brother Mingli, you are not working in Fujian, why did you come to Zhejiang?"

Cheng Tingzhi glanced at Shen Yi, and seeing the smile on his face, he let out a foul breath and said, "I was ordered to accompany Bachelor Shen to the capital to face the saint."

Having said that, he looked at Zhou Yishan and asked, "Who is Lord Deqing?"

Zhou Yishan lowered his head and took a sip of tea, said with a wry smile: "Then it looks like the two of us are going to go to Beijing together."

"The old man has also received the order from the Holy Majesty to enter the capital to face the Holy Spirit with Bachelor Shen."

Zhou Futai smiled all over his face, but his eyes flickered a little.

His Majesty the Emperor wanted to deploy in the southeast, he knew about it, if Shen Yi went south to Fujian this time, and brought the governor of Fujian to Beijing together, then he would not feel strange at all, but Shen Yi went to Fujian this time, bringing It made him feel a little weird that he went to Beijing with a right chief envoy.

The governor of the right is naturally clear about the status of the right chief envoy in the province.

Even Zhejiang has only one chief envoy, and there are no left and right Yuan chief envoys.

The three of them sat together and talked and laughed for a while before Zhou Futai turned his head to look at Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Scholar Shen, it seems that the year will be over in twenty days, and Yueqing is not too close to Jiankang. When are you leaving for Jiankang?"

"Let Cheng Fantai rest in Shen Garden for the night today."

Shen Yi smiled and said: "Tomorrow morning, we will set off."

"Ah."

Zhou Futai stood up from his chair, cupped his hands slightly towards the two people, and said, "In that case, the three of us will meet at the North Gate of Yueqing tomorrow morning."

He looked at Shen Yi and asked, "How?"

Shen Yi naturally had no opinion.

After all, from Yueqing to Jiankang, if you only take the official road and don't take shortcuts, you may have to walk more than 1000 miles. This distance, even if you travel faster by horse-drawn carriage, it will take more than half a month.

In other words, when the three of them arrived in Jiankang, there were only a few days left before the end of the year.

Ever since, Shen Yi sent Zhou Futai away, and arranged for Cheng Tingzhi to live in Shen Yuan.

Then he went out and went to the camp of the Anti-Japanese Army, where he met Xue Wei.

After explaining some things to Xue Wei, Shen Yi didn't return to Shen Garden to rest until the evening.

Early the next morning, Shen Yi left from the North Gate of Yueqing with a second-rank and a third-rank court official, and headed straight for Jiankang.

Although there were some twists and turns along the way, nothing major happened. The group finally arrived at Jiankang City at noon on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month.

At this time, they were still seven or eight miles away from Jiankang.

A group of people got out of the carriage, sat down in a small tavern by the side of the road, ordered a table of food, Shen Yi poured wine for the two local bosses, and said with a smile: "After eating, we will walk for another half an hour, and we will be ready for dinner." I can go to Jiankang..."

"Are you two going to face the saint today or tomorrow?"

The two looked at each other, and both lowered their heads and took a sip of wine at the same time.

Zhou Futai was silent for a while, his voice a little hoarse.

"Tomorrow..."

Cheng Fantai nodded accordingly, and he also let out a sigh of relief, his tone full of tension.

"I also feel better tomorrow."

After saying this, he hugged his shoulders with his hands and shuddered.

"This Jiankang winter..."

Master Cheng let out a breath of white air, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Compared to the south, it's much colder."

Zhou Futai poured him a glass of wine with a smile, and said with a smile: "Drink a glass of warm wine from the store to warm up your body."

Cheng Fantai took it with both hands and lowered his head slightly.

"Thank you, Mr. Deqing."

"Brother Xian is too polite."

At this time, the two local officials had some fear of meeting the emperor face to face.

At this moment, the two of you are pouring each other a glass of wine, and it feels like they are hugging each other to keep warm.

(End of this chapter)