On the official road outside the state capital of Changzhou in the south of the Ming Dynasty, there are all dense human heads. Crowds of people, scholars calling friends, and officials at all levels wearing black gauze hats all have them.

Just looking at this posture, I am afraid that half of the officials and people in Changzhou have left the city. Looking at the way they looked, it seemed that they were waiting for someone.

Whether it is the officials or the common people, they are waiting for such a grand occasion outside the city, even if the minister Zhang came last time, he didn't see such a grand occasion, so who are they waiting for?

A passer-by was very curious when they saw this, so they leaned over to listen to what they were saying.

"You say, how many years has Lord Lu left his hometown, and now he is finally back!"

"Yes, Lord Lu fought for the country, how many years have it been in the blink of an eye, if I remember correctly, it should be that after winning the Jinshi in the second year of the Apocalypse, I haven't returned to my hometown!"

"But no, when Chongzhen was ten years old, the boss died, and at that time, he was just taken prisoner into the Kou, and Lord Lu was robbed of his affection, and he couldn't fulfill his filial piety and be loyal to the country!"

"Lord Lu is loyal to the country, and now he is finally back, he has returned to his hometown, he is the second civil official knighted in the Ming Dynasty after Wen Chenggong, Lord Lu is a native of my Changzhou Mansion, it is really my honor in Changzhou, and there is an honor!"

“……”

The passer-by was confused at first, but when he heard that it was the second civil official of the Ming Dynasty to be knighted, he immediately interjected in surprise and asked: "Dare to ask you, what are you discussing is my Liaodong Bo of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Hearing his words, the person closest to him immediately replied with a look of pride: "It's not Uncle Liaodong, who can make my son willing to run to the side of the road outside the city to wait, just to see it with his own eyes?" ”

"That's it, Liaodong Bonai is the pride of my Changzhou Mansion!" In addition, some companions said proudly, "We don't know what about those officials, but we, including all the people, heard that Lord Lu would come to Changzhou Mansion in the morning, so we came to wait outside the city early, just to see Lord Lu!" ”

Hearing this, this passer-by was also excited, and immediately said: "Then I have to pay tribute to Lord Lu to do it!" ”

After finishing speaking, he glanced back at the distance, but didn't see any movement, so he turned around and continued: "You don't know, in the past, there were bandits everywhere, and there were also prisoners raging, so I really didn't dare to come out and do some small business. Lord Lu fought for the south and north of the Ming Dynasty, as far as I remember, he went to Beijing, Huguang, Anhui, Shaanxi, Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Liaodong, and North Korea, right? ”

Hearing that he had such respect for Lord Lu, he immediately won the favor of these people, and one of them immediately said in a friendly manner: "It's rare for a friend to remember it so clearly, that's right!" ”

"In ancient times, there was Dayu to control the water, and the three countries did not enter!" Another person followed and said, "Now our Lord Lu in Changzhou is loyal to the country, and has been fighting for the country for at least 19 years, and now, it is the first time that Lord Lu has returned to his hometown!" ”

There was a young person who didn't dare to lag behind, and hurriedly spoke: "You don't know, I have heard all kinds of turmoil in the Ming Dynasty since I was a child, and at that time, I was really worried about what the world would be like when I grew up?" Later, I heard that some people in our Changzhou Mansion have been quelling the chaos, although they are from Jinshi, they are braver than military generals, fighting on the front line, and taking the lead. At that time, I wanted to see what kind of person he was, who was actually a scholar in Wenneng and a warrior in the army, and bravely crowned the three armies. ”

"When you say that, I remember it too!" When the passer-by heard this, he immediately excitedly participated in the discussion and said, "Liaodong Bozhen is the outlier of my Ming Dynasty, although he is a scholar, he can carry the ......."

“……”

Just like everyone else, they were all discussing the matter of Lu Xiangsheng, when suddenly, there was a person dressed as a servant on the official road, who came on a flying horse, and shouted loudly at the same time: "Liaodongbo is here, Liaodongbo is here......"

Hearing this shout, the sound of "buzzing" outside Changzhou City immediately disappeared without a trace. Everyone stopped chatting privately, and looked at the official who reported the news, and then immediately looked into the distance of the official road, wanting to see the person they wanted to see for the first time.

However, it was obvious that the official hurried to return the letter, and Lu Xiangsheng did not appear in sight so quickly. But even so, the people who were waiting outside the city flocked to both sides of the official road.

Seeing this situation, the local soldiers who maintained order suddenly felt like they were facing a great enemy, and hurriedly reprimanded them, telling them not to mess up. However, it is a rare opportunity to meet Lord Lu, and who wants to miss it?

This momentum can be described with a famous sentence in later generations: If you don't see Chen Jinnan in your life, it is in vain to call yourself a hero. Here, it's replaced by Lu Xiangsheng!

Seeing that this situation is a bit wrong, if it continues like this, it is likely that something will go wrong. When a civil official saw this, his brows furrowed, and he immediately gave an explanation.

So, I heard the soldiers who maintained order shouting loudly while maintaining order: "Lord Lu is about to arrive, do you want Lord Lu to see the chaos of his hometown?" ”

Don't really say it, as soon as I heard this, those who squeezed forward stopped squeezing, and the originally chaotic situation was immediately controlled.

Obviously, they admired Lu Xiangsheng, and they didn't want Lu Xiangsheng to see their bad side.

After a while, I saw a group of knights galloping towards Changzhou City in the distance of the official road.

"It's coming, it's coming, Lord Lu is here!" When the official who had reported the news heard this, he immediately shouted with joy.

Suddenly, there was a little commotion in the scene, but the question of the soldiers just now was still in my ears, so this commotion quickly subsided.

Even so, you can see everyone's face with excitement. The eyes were wide open. The shorter ones are all looking around with their feet on their feet.

"Boom Boom ......"

The sound of horses' hooves came faintly, and the figures of the knights became clearer and clearer.

I saw that the person at the head was wearing a big red scarlet robe, which was very conspicuous. Behind him, there was also a team of red-clothed guards. Just by looking at it from a distance, you can see that they are all very skilled in riding.

can wear a red robe and gallop on a horse, I believe that among the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, there are only a few people. Now there will be only one person here.

Suddenly, all the officials and people who were waiting were very excited, and they stretched their necks one by one to see clearly.

That's right, this person is Lu Xiangsheng.

After he was ordered to hand over the work with Sun Chuanting, he finally had the opportunity to return to his hometown and province, remembering that he had never seen his family since he began to lead troops to the south and the north in the second year of Chongzhen, and even his father died, he couldn't keep his filial piety, and almost died in Jiazhuang. Thinking that the emperor was so sympathetic and deliberately gave the opportunity to save relatives, it was really like an arrow.

Therefore, it can be said that he traveled day and night, and yesterday he took a boat down the Yangtze River overnight, and he could have entered Taihu Lake and returned to his hometown. When he thought that the boat was too slow, after crossing the Yangtze River, he galloped on horseback, and he couldn't wait to rush to his hometown immediately.

But when he arrived at Changzhou City, he saw a dense crowd of people standing outside the city, and he was a little strange, I don't know what these people are doing?

So, he slowed his horse down and wanted to ask for clarification. In this ancient time, so many people gathered, it was definitely a big deal.

What Lu Xiangsheng never expected was that as soon as he approached the crowd, he saw happy faces, and shouted to him: "Lord Lu, we have been waiting for you for a long time!" ”

"Lord Lu, you are the pride of our Changzhou!"

"Master Lu, students are fortunate to witness heroic appearances, and they are really fortunate to be born in three lives!"

“……”

Hearing the gossip, Lu Xiangsheng suddenly understood, it turned out that they were all waiting for him, so they wanted to take a look at him.

As soon as he understood this, he couldn't help but be excited, this was his hometown father who specially greeted him outside the city!

The so-called fellow sees the fellow, with tears in his eyes!

Lu Xiangsheng is already forty-six years old, and he has never seen any scenes. Now that he has been fighting abroad for many years, when he finally returned to Changzhou Mansion, he suddenly received such a grand courtesy from his hometown fathers, which made him very emotional.

He felt that all the efforts to protect his family and the country were worth it.

Involuntarily, Lu Xiangsheng slowed down his horse's pace, listened to the local sound, straightened his upper body, clenched his fists with both hands, and signaled left and right to return the salute.

Sweet or not, hometown water, kiss or not, hometown people!

The officials of Changzhou City, who were waiting on the official road, hurried up to meet Lu Xiangsheng one by one, and the governor of Changzhou Prefecture, the largest official position, said on behalf of them: "The officials and colleagues, as well as the people of the whole city, heard that the adults are going back to their hometowns and provinces, so they are waiting here. It is really hard for the adults to fight in the south and the north of the country, and they have set up a banquet for the adults in the city to catch the wind and wash the dust! ”

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he did not dismount, but clasped his fists on the horseback and saluted, and said apologetically: "You really have a heart, this official is loyal to the king, it is the duty of this official, and now he has not reunited with his family for seventeen years, and he has not kept filial piety for his deceased father, he is really like an arrow, and I hope you ......."

Speaking of this, he saluted the people around him again, and then said again: "Bear with me, this official must rush back to Yixing today!" ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be in awe.

I didn't expect Lord Lu to be loyal to the country, and if he had the opportunity, he would return to his heart like an arrow, and he would rush back to Yixing, which was still more than a hundred miles away! In the past, loyalty and filial piety could not be both, but now after being loyal, he will be filial piety, and he is really loyal and filial piety in his heart.

If it were someone else, my father would have been dead for so many years, and I wouldn't be in a hurry at this time. Now that he has returned to his hometown, isn't it to be glorious in front of others!

Thinking like this, whether it was these officials or the people on the side, they all respected Lu Xiangsheng and did not open their mouths to keep it.

I heard the governor of Changzhou say again on behalf of them: "Now that Mongolia and Liaodong have been pacified, even the Japanese kingdom has been defeated by adults, and the war has subsided, adults should have time to spend more time with their relatives in their hometowns!" ”

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help frowning when he saw that everyone around him was nodding in agreement.