Zhao Hao and his entourage were numerous.

In addition to his father and son, Qiaoqiao, Ma Xianglan, and Fan Datong are in the same line.

and Li Zhen's family; Zhao Shizhen and Zhao Shixi's two eldest nephews; Hua Shuyang, Jin Xuezeng, Zhang Jian, and Pei Peijia are four disciples; Wang Rulong was a general and a number of their attachés.

and twenty stewards led by the brothers Yu Ben and Yu Bo; thirty-six new recruits; Fifty guards led by Gao Wu and Cai Ming......

Two hundred or so people were divided into five boats, one after the other, forming a team, and sailing south along the canal.

It wasn't until Tongzhou that he knew that he was actually traveling the same way as Xu Gelao.

Standing on the deck, looking at the local officials in Tongzhou, under the leadership of the Kuraba squire, respectfully knelt down to welcome the scene of Xu Ge Lao coming ashore to catch the wind. Zhao Hao couldn't help frowning slightly, and said that good people go to tea and cool?

Only a few dozen miles out of Beijing, the civil officials greeted Xu Ge without any scruples. If you go to Nanjing and Suzhou, you can't empty the alleys and loess mats of the people, and offer him as an ancestor?

The civil officials are clearly using this way to demonstrate to Emperor Longqing!

The more you snub our Motosuke, the more we respect him. Let the people everywhere know that they have another faint king.

Zhao Hao is not worried about Emperor Longqing, he is worried about his father's future days.

Suzhou is next to Songjiang, not to mention, it is said that the Xu family is also very powerful in Suzhou City, so you have to be fully psychologically prepared.

Hearing the sound of thunderous snoring in the cabin behind him, Zhao Hao shook his head, and said in his heart, forget it, let Daddy grow up in the storm.

He was just about to turn around and enter the cabin when he suddenly felt a cold gaze stabbing at him.

Zhao Hao looked over and saw that it was the former Xiaoge Lao Xu Fan, standing on the dock surrounded by officials, looking at him fixedly, without hiding the pride and hatred in his eyes.

As if to say, the kid saw it. Even if I'm not Xiaoge's old age, it won't be easy to crush you to death.

Zhao Hao stood still, picked his ears with his little finger, and then blew his fingers lightly.

"Xu Fan, when are you going to kowtow to me?"

"You ......" Xu Fan exploded his lungs in anger, but he was speechless.

He really hasn't kowtowed to Zhao Hao to make amends. No wonder last time I was outside the noon gate, this kid deliberately pushed three or four, it turned out to be to pinch me!

Only then did a group of Tongzhou officials know that the young man who was glaring at the old man in the small pavilion was none other than Zhao Hao, who was bewitching the public.

Presumably, Zhao Shouzheng, who dared to beat Xiao Ge Lao, was also on the boat?

They couldn't help but angrily reprimand, Zhao Hao is also a lot of people here, where are they willing to see the son suffer? and scolded each other on the shore.

For a time, on the Tongzhou wharf, two well-dressed people were scolding the streets, and foul language was flying, which was refreshing.

Until Xu Ge couldn't listen to it, he coughed in the eight-lift sedan chair, and said in a deep voice: "Shut up!" ”

The officials on the shore immediately fell silent, and the people on the ship had no opponents, so naturally they would not continue to scold.

The sedan curtain slowly opened, Xu Ge Lao looked at the boat with gloomy eyes, and locked on Zhao Hao, who was dressed in a white robe.

"Xu Fan, since Your Majesty's will is so, you just do it."

"Father......" Xu Fan couldn't help but turn blue, but seeing his father's gloomy face, he didn't dare to say a word of nonsense.

"Yes!"

Xu Fan lifted his robe, knelt straight in front of Zhao Hao in front of everyone, kowtowed to him meticulously, and said in a muffled voice:

"Dr. Zhao, Xu Fan has kowtowed to you to apologize!"

Zhao Hao didn't look at him, but looked at Xu Jie.

Xu Ge Lao only glanced at him, then slowly lowered the sedan curtain and instructed the sedan chair man: "Let's go." ”

In such a stagnant atmosphere, the officials didn't dare to talk nonsense, and hurriedly got on the sedan chair one after another, followed Xu Ge's old sedan chair, and went to the garden where the banquet was held.

Xu Fan stood up from the ground, the anger on his face was gone, and he only said to Zhao Hao expressionlessly: "I lost this game, I admit punishment." Let's do it again in the next game! ”

"If you try again, you'll still lose." Zhao Hao pursed his lips in disdain, turned around and entered the cabin.

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Although his words are hard, Zhao Hao's cowardice did not dare to get off the ship in Tongzhou.

He and his group of so many people offended the officials on the ground in Tongzhou again, and it was purely asking for trouble when he got off the boat at this time.

'Hey, why did you feel so much less courage as soon as you left the capital?' Less than half a day after leaving Beijing, Zhao Hao had already felt longing for his godmother.

Fortunately, the officials along the way sent Xu Ge Lao all the way, and the ships of the two families were getting farther and farther away, so there was no chance of conflict again.

Otherwise, we have to offend the officials along the Grand Canal.

When Zhao Hao and the others arrived in Yangzhou, the Xu family's ship arrived in Jining.

The officials in Jining were naturally respectful, waiting for Xu Ge Lao to return to his hometown on the wharf in the south of the city.

With a history of more than 500 years, Nancheng Station is one of the largest post stations along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Outside the post station, hundreds of sailboats were scattered on the vast lake.

On the wharf, except for the officials and soldiers who maintained order, and the officials and sedan chairmen who came to greet them, there was not a single idle person waiting for them.

Those dirty boatmen, sailors, young men, and white men were all kicked out of the dock, so as not to pollute Xu Gelao's sight.

When Xu Ge came out of the cabin with Xu Fan's support, more than a dozen officials from the prefect of Jining and below all knelt down respectfully to greet him.

"Everyone, please calm down, the old decay is already a cloth cloth, and it is not deserved." Xu Jie kindly asked the officials to get up. The flattery of the magistrates along the way has basically soothed the wounded heart of the old Shoufu.

"Xie Ge Lao." Only then did the officials get up and step forward.

Xu Jie actually saw a familiar face from these people, and couldn't help but smile in surprise: "Fengzhou, why are you here?" ”

The middle-aged man named Fengzhou is not tall, thin, elegant in appearance, and extraordinary in bearing, he is Wang Wuyang's uncle, Hua Shuyang's father-in-law, and Wang Shizhen, the leader of the dignified literary league.

At this time, although Wang Shizhen was still dressed as a scribe, the plain gold belt tied around his waist clearly indicated his identity as a four-grade official.

Wang Shizhen stepped forward with a smile, supported Xu Jie, and said: "My nephew is about to go to Henan to take up his post, and I heard that Yuan Fu Zhishi is returning to his hometown and is about to pass through Shandong. I stayed in Jining and waited to give you a ride. ”

Taicang and Huating are only a few dozen miles apart, and the Wang family and the Xu family are friends and in-laws. Wang Shizhen's father, Wang Chen, had a bad relationship with Xu Jie. Later, Wang Chen was killed because of his disobedience to Yan Song, and the Wang family was able to benefit from Xu Jie's protection.

Last year, Wang Chen was able to rehabilitate, and it was also Xu Ge's old help. Even Wang Shizhen's regain of use and his promotion to the deputy envoy of Henan was all operated by Xu Jie. Therefore, Wang Shizhen regarded himself as Xu Jie's nephew, and waited for him to see him off in Jining.

"Fengzhou has a heart." Xu Jie patted his hand with satisfaction, and said a few polite greetings to the prefect of Jining.

Surrounded by all the officials, he went into the post station and stayed.

The prefect first introduced Xu Ge Lao, and in the courtyard prepared for him, he asked the old man to wash his face and change his clothes first, and then have a banquet after resting.

After the prefect of Jining retreated, only the father and son of the Xu family were left in the courtyard to talk to Wang Shizhen.

ps. Chapter 2, ask for monthly passes, recommended tickets ~~~