Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 231
The whole journey from Jiangling to Nanyang by boat is against the current, but fortunately there is a downwind.

Meng Xiaowan helped Zhang Zhe pack his luggage with a smile, but her eyes were slightly red.This time when he went back to Nanyang for the exam, Zhang Zhe only brought Geng Liang with him, and he left Xiao Zhaoping in Jiangling to wait for Meng Xiaowan's orders.

En imperial examination is scheduled to be in June, and Zhang Zhe's return journey will take more than ten days at the earliest. In addition to rest and revision, the time is extremely tight.Although he was very sad to leave his wife, he still set off for the west on the second day of May at the urging of his grandmother.

Jiang Feng was slightly drunk, and Meng Xiaowan carefully arranged her husband's clothes.

In the end, she couldn't help but let the tears she had held back for a few days fall.Zhang Zhe hugged her tenderly, but all his words turned into a joke.

"Wan'er regrets letting me take the imperial examination today?"

It's a pity that Meng Xiaowan didn't smile, she just closed her eyes and stuck a stick of incense in his arms for a while.

"When my husband goes to Nanyang, he will definitely meet Mr. Huo's family. I only hope that Mr. Huo will travel less with him and focus more on his studies. The scenery of Nanyang is not weaker than that of Jiangling. Even if Mr. Huo is lonely, he can bear the exam anyway." .”

Regardless of the surprised gazes of the people around him, Zhang Zhe lowered his head and pecked his wife's forehead.

He was about to swear to ignore Huo Bingcheng Yunyun.

Suddenly, he heard a pleasantly familiar voice from a passenger ship that had just docked behind him.

"Brother of Faith! How do you know your brother's footsteps and wait here?"

Several people looked up, and Meng Xiaowan immediately smiled wryly.The person who came was the one she was most worried about bringing her husband down, Huo Bingcheng!

Huo Bingcheng, who was about to get off the boat, saw Zhang Zhe laughing, and then another person came out from behind him poking his head.

Egrets are the most sharp-eyed.

"Ah, it's Sanqi! How dare you sneak here?"

Sanqi glanced at Bailu in dissatisfaction: "Where did I sneak here? My father sent me to deliver letters to the gentleman and the eldest lady."

On the pier, Huo Bingcheng happily pulled Zhang Zhe to talk, and every sentence in his mouth made the worry on Meng Xiaowan's face more serious.

"My brother and sister are happy, good thing! Good thing!"

"I came to Jiangling this time to see the first city in the south of the Yangtze River with my virtuous brother!" After saying this, he patted his waist, "Brother, I have brought enough money this time! Believe it, there is What's a good introduction?"

Zhang Zhe slightly cupped his hands at Huo Bingcheng.

"Little brother has something to congratulate elder brother first!"

"What happy event?"

"Elder brother has been on board the whole time. I'm afraid I didn't know that the imperial court has opened Enke, and the provincial exam will be in June. I wish my brother the exam in advance!"

"Sure enough it's a good thing~! Hahaha~~ I also wish my good brother~~~uh~~June!!!"

Zhang Zhe smiled slightly: "Exactly, and today is the second day of May, and my younger brother is about to board the boat to Nanyang for the exam. If my brother's boat is a little late, you and I will pass each other. Just right, my younger brother thinks that there is nothing on the road. People talk, brother Huo really has a destiny with me!"

Huo Bingcheng immediately felt a little weak in his legs. He had just been on the boat for more than ten days, and he was not out of breath, so he immediately turned back and took the boat for another ten days.He suddenly felt that Zhang Zhe, who looked very kind just now, suddenly had some hideous meaning.

Huo Bingcheng and his book boy got on the passenger boat chartered by Zhang Zhe pitifully.

Only then did Zhang Zhe and Sanqi hug each other.

"What trouble did you get into?"

"What's your name, sir? I'm not such an unreliable person, my father called me to deliver a message to you."

"Hehe," Zhang Zhe sneered, "What message do you need to drop the patrol inspection and go to Jiangling to deliver it yourself! Tell me, what did Uncle Fifth and Sixth say?"

Zhang Sanqi patted his head in embarrassment, and finally choked out a word.

"My father said, let Mr. Lang just deal with me severely!"

"Hehehehe," Zhang Zhe couldn't help laughing, "Tell me, what did you do?"

Zhang Sanqi muttered in dissatisfaction: "It's just that my father is old-fashioned. Didn't I know a few battalion officers in the army, and they took me to the embassy a few times..."

It turned out that Sanqi was considered a prostitute these days. When he saw an old bustard forcing a girl to pick up customers in a restaurant, he used the private money that Zhang Zhe had stolen from him to redeem him.

In the end, the girl went directly to Zhang's family, and she wanted to follow Sanqi by name.

Sanqi couldn't avoid this woman, so he simply "fleeed" to Jiangling to find Zhang Zhe.

After listening to Sanqi, Zhang Zhe still hasn't spoken.He heard someone spitting, and a mouthful of phlegm landed at Sanqi's feet.

Sanqi was furious immediately, pointing at the egret and asked.

"Egret, don't overdo it!"

Bai Lu said with a cold face: "Shameless things sound dirty to me, so I have the nerve to run away to find my husband. You should take care of your own affairs, and you must be a man!"

Sanqi screamed strangely: "Oh, I can't see it. I haven't seen you for a few months. You girl is getting more and more talkative. Let me tell you, you have told me the secret several times. I have always kept this account. Sooner or later, I will find someone The opportunity is given back to you!"

Meng Xiaowan said lightly: "You have a lot of guts!"

Sanqi's face immediately turned embarrassing, and he hurriedly greeted the eldest lady.And politely reported all the affairs in Wuling to the eldest lady.

As the passenger ship left the shore, Sanqi and Huo Bingcheng looked unrequited, and anyone would have this expression when they went back and forth on the boat non-stop.

Meng Xiaowan left behind the sincere Geng Liang, but instead kept Sanqi by Zhang Zhe's side.

Zhang Zhe knew what his wife meant.

Probably because Sanqi is naughty, and she is pregnant, so she can't keep an eye on him all the time, because she is afraid that Sanqi will cause trouble in Jiangling.Furthermore, she was afraid that Zhang Zhe would be depressed all the way because of missing him. Having Sanqi, a guy who grew up with her husband, by her husband's side could also make him smile a lot.

Meng Xiaowan was on the pier, seeing that the boat had disappeared and refused to look away.

If Gu Shuyi hadn't stepped forward to persuade her, she felt that she could spend a whole day watching by the river.

Not far away, Brother Jiang came with a servant to see him off.

It's just that after Jiang Xiaodi only spoke a few words with Zhang Zhe, he kept flirting with his third sister.Zhang Zhe's boat had disappeared, and he was still only staring at Gu Shuyi.

I don't know what he can see through the curtain of the third sister?

Meng Xiaowan returned home sadly, and before she could settle down, another piece of news surprised her slightly.

On the second day after His Majesty issued the decree to open Enke, King Qi, King Han, and King Zhao were all reprimanded by His Majesty, and all three kings were fined and imprisoned for one year!
As far away as Wuling County, after the news of Enke spread, a group of Wuling scholars boarded the ship and rushed to Nanyang, and the business of various boatmen was so good that it exploded.

Among them was an official ship, which was also caught among the many examination boats. The lantern on the bow had the word "Lin" written on it. It was the official ship of the Tongpan family in Nanyang County.

Standing on the bow of the boat is a handsome young gentleman, but it is Lin Funiang in men's clothing.

The cabin door was pushed open by two maidservants, and a peerless beauty with skin as white as snow stepped out.Lin Funiang turned her head to look at her, and said with a smile, "Beauty, you have come out!"

Su Mingyan had no energy to pay attention to her, she came to the bow of the boat, looked back at the slowly shrinking Wuling County City, her expression was full of nostalgia.

"Sister Su, don't worry," Lin Funiang persuaded, "There will always be time to come back."

Su Mingyan shook her head lightly: "Your Majesty suddenly named me a township lord, and appointed me to go to Nanyang Palace to receive education. I'm afraid I need to use me for some things. I'm afraid it will be difficult to return to Wuling this time. .”

She turned her head and looked towards the southeast, which used to be her hometown, Nanwu.

Su Mingyan knew very well that Zheng Lv had a record, if a girl from a clan with a foreign surname like her enters the palace to receive education, there is a high probability that the emperor will marry her soon.In half a year at the latest, she will usher in her final belonging.

Su Mingyan looked at the empty river behind, and the shadow of a person appeared in her mind again.

(End of this chapter)