In the afternoon, Lin Jue went to the send-off banquet of the officials of Tianfu and returned to his residence, and Bai Bing had already finished counting. A total of seven large trucks were slowly loaded with tarpaulins and lined up in front of the door. Lin Jue called Wei Dakui to explain some things. After Lin Jue left, Wei Dakui also had to take people to Huainan Road to borrow grain, and Lin Jue naturally wanted to explain to him.

After some hectic arrangements, Lin Jue ordered to get on the horse and set off. A group of more than 100 people slowly walked out of the alley and onto the street, heading towards Xicheng. There are few pedestrians on the streets, and the autumn wind rolls up yellow leaves and flutters in all directions. The people on the street were hurrying with their necks and sleeves caged, and almost all of them had vegetable faces and yellow muscles. There is a serious shortage of materials in the city, and the livelihood of the people has been threatened, which makes Lin Jue more aware of the importance of returning to Beijing to urge relief materials this time. If we don't hurry up the relief, the first snow of winter will fall, and many people will die in the city. That was the dereliction of duty of his pacification envoy, and it was something that Lin Jue definitely didn't want to see.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, look for death?" The cavalry in front of them let out a loud scold.

Lin Jue and Bai Bing rode side by side in the middle of the group, and when they heard the movement, they rode their horses and hurried forward a few steps, just in time to see a cavalryman waving a whip and threatening to beat someone. Looking in front of the horse's head, I saw a thin man wearing a hat and a dirty body standing in front of the horse's head and holding the horse's reins.

"You are so bold that you dare to stand in our way? Do you know who we are? It is estimated that it must be the remnants of the cult, and they will be arrested and sent to the yamen. The horseman shouted loudly.

The man staggered and asked in a hoarse voice, "Master Jun...... Master Jun...... I'm just asking for something. I...... I want to know...... There is a ...... Can Lord Lin Juelin be in Yingtianfu? I want to see him. ”

"Lord Lin? Is Lord Lin also something you can see if you want to? Get out of the way, or I'll blame me for whipping you. The horseman rebuked loudly.

Lin Jue heard it sincerely, so he immediately stepped forward and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

When the cavalryman saw Lin Jue coming, he hurriedly said, "My lord, this people suddenly rushed to stop our horse's head and grabbed the reins of my horse. The behavior is very suspicious. This made him arrest and send him to the Yingtianfu Yamen, and asked Huang Tong to sentence them to be severely interrogated and dealt with......"

"Senior brother! Is that you? ”

Lin Jue was listening to the cavalryman talking, and suddenly the sound in his ears made Lin Jue's body tremble. This sentence is very familiar to the senior brother, but it is the cry of the man with the hat in front of the horse's head, and the voice is very hoarse, which makes Lin Jue a little confused.

"Senior brother, is it really you? I've found you, woo woo. Brother, I've found you. The thin people in front of the horse's head wept in hoarse voices.

"Are you ......," Lin Jue asked with a frown.

"Senior brother...... It's me, it's me. The people lifted their hats, and their long hair poured out in a mess. down. The man straightened it up, and peeled off his messy hair to reveal a dirty, haggard face full of tears. Seeing only those eyes, Lin Jue suddenly screamed in surprise as if he had been struck by lightning. That person was actually the junior sister Fang Huanqiu.

"Huanqiu? How are you? What are you doing here? How did you get this way? What happened? What's wrong with you? ”

Lin Jue was surprised and delighted and asked, his body had already jumped off the horse and rushed to Fang Huanqiu.

Fang Huanqiu was also pleasantly surprised, and she didn't know which sentence to answer with her mouth open. Suddenly, his brain was dizzy, his body was weak, he fell into Lin Jue's arms, and he fainted.

Lin Jue immediately ordered the convoy to turn around and rush back to the residence to standby, and he took Fang Huanqiu and Bai Bing back to the residence. Bai Bing quickly made a diagnosis and concluded that it was just a combination of weakness and hunger and thirst. To put it bluntly, it is low blood sugar plus lack of water, supported by mental strength. As soon as he relaxed after seeing Lin Jue, he couldn't hold it anymore.

Everyone hurriedly boiled some soup and poured it in, Bai Bing brought hot water to scrub and change clothes for Fang Huanqiu, and after tossing for a while, Fang Huanqiu woke up quietly. The first thing he saw when he saw Lin Jue was crying loudly, throwing himself into Lin Jue's arms and choking and crying. Lin Jue hugged her softly and comforted and asked, and Bai Bing quietly withdrew from the room to let the two of them talk to themselves. The women of the Lin family all know the origin of this Fang family girl and Lin Jue. This is Lin Jue's first wife, although there are some twists and turns and misunderstandings that will lead to passing by, otherwise the current housewife of the Lin family is this Fang Huanqiu. A few years ago, even the little county lord was afraid that he couldn't match this Fang Huanqiu's position in Lin Jue's mind.

"Senior sister, why did you come to Yingtianfu? How did you become like this? What the hell is going on? Tell me about it. Don't cry, I'm dying. Lin Jue wiped Fang Huanqiu's tears, hugged her soft little body in his arms and comforted and asked.

Fang Huanqiu slowly stopped her grief, she was not sad, but more aggrieved and happy. You must know that she came to Yingtianfu all the way and suffered a lot. When I saw Ai Lang at this time, I naturally wanted to cry and vent.

So, in the midst of sobbing and choking, Fang Huanqiu began to explain why she appeared here.

It turned out that after Fang Dunru and Fang Huanqiu's mother and daughter had a long showdown that night, Fang Dunru and his wife made a decision to let Fang Huanqiu leave Beijing to avoid the wind and rain in the capital, while Mrs. Fang stayed in the capital to accompany her husband to tide over the difficulties. Fang Huanqiu also agreed that night, but she had already made up her mind to come to Lin Jue.

It's not that she can't stay up to see Lin Jue because she is lovesick, she thinks that the difficulties encountered by her father now are difficult to pass. Daddy's words and deeds have made her feel this strongly. In Fang Huanqiu's opinion, at this moment, the only person in the world who can help his father is Lin Jue. Daddy refused to bow to Lin Jue, but she couldn't sit idly by, so she wanted to take this opportunity to rush to see Lin Jue and beg him to help Daddy. Ask him to help Daddy through this difficult time. Other than that, she didn't have any other way to help Daddy.

She had actually made a decision that night, so she took a preventive shot in advance, telling her father that she didn't need to send someone to escort her, because she didn't want her father to know that she was coming to ask Lin Jue. With Daddy's temper, he would definitely not agree.

The next morning, Fang Huanqiu boarded the boat and left, and after leaving the capital, he got off the boat at Liujiadu Wharf on the way. Fang Huanqiu knew that Lin Jue was quelling the rebellion with the army in the area of Jingbei and Jingxi Road, and recently granted the Qincha pacification envoy the state and county after quelling the rebellion. But she didn't know the specific location of Lin Jue. According to the last news she knew, she knew that Lin Jue had annihilated the bandits and quelled the rebellion in the great victory of Xingren Mansion, so she decided to go to Xingren Mansion to find Lin Jue.

Fang Huanqiu has never gone out alone in his life. Although the Fang family is not a big family, it can be regarded as a scholarly family, although Fang Huanqiu is not a daughter, but she is also a small family Jasper has been cared for since she was a child. Traveling alone this time was really beyond Fang Huanqiu's ability.

Especially in the counties of northern Beijing after the great turmoil, people's hearts fluctuated, and the remnants of the bandits made trouble one after another. The chaotic social security situation made her journey even more difficult. She carried five hundred taels of silver with her, which was supposed to be the cost of living in Hangzhou. It is also enough as a stockpile. But she didn't know the sinister nature of people's hearts, nor did she understand the truth that wealth was not exposed. She hired a cart from a small market town to the north, and on the first day after crossing the river and entering Fengqiu County, she ate in a restaurant and exposed the silver ingots in the package. Then, she became a target for some.

That night, someone infiltrated the inn where she was staying and ransacked all her silver taels. Fortunately, Fang Huanqiu was not in the inn at the time, and the shopkeeper accompanied her to the car dealer in the city to hire a car to go to Xingren Mansion, thus escaping the catastrophe. Otherwise it is not known what will happen. Maybe you lose your money, and you will lose your life.

After returning to the inn, Fang Huanqiu was stupid in the face of the looted package. She had never thought that this world was so sinister, and this time she had learned a lesson. But the lesson is too big. All the money has been robbed, how can I continue the trip? She wanted to report to the official, but the innkeeper told her that she didn't have to waste that effort. This kind of thing happens every day in the city, and even there are murderers, and the government can't control it at all. Thank goodness to be safe.

The shopkeeper saw her pitiful and wanted to waive her room money. But fortunately, Fang Huanqiu was still wearing some jewelry, and he pawned the golden hairpin on his head in the city and got more than a dozen taels of silver. After settling the house money, there are more than ten taels left. Fang Huanqiu was determined to continue the trip, although the money for hiring a car was not enough, even if he left, he had to walk to find Lin Jue. She couldn't give up.

The innkeeper kindly told her some doorways. First, she can no longer show people in women's clothes. A single woman walks down the road, and that's extremely dangerous. Even if you don't have any money, you will encounter a strongman and regret it for life. Second, you must not trust anyone along the way, not a single one. When walking, you have to take the big road, even if you take a detour, you can't take the small road. The five counties in northern Beijing are now rampant with banditry, and there are not many people who fall into the grass for their livelihood, so they must not walk alone. You can only walk after dawn every day, and you must leave the store as soon as it gets dark. The shopkeeper also told her that when she met people, she only said three points, and she could not tell the truth, and she had to be more open-minded.

In short, the old shopkeeper's words helped Fang Huanqiu a lot for his first trip to the rivers and lakes. Fang Huanqiu bought men's clothes, wore a hat, and hid all the silver taels in a few corners. He blackened his fair face and palms with plaster, and finally bought a dagger to hide around his waist for self-defense. After that, began her long and arduous journey.

From Fengqiu to Changheng County, she walked for two days. It took her four days to rush from Changheng to Xingren Mansion. There were many blisters on the delicate feet, and it hurt so much. But she limped to Xingren Mansion.

I thought that Lin Jue would be seen when I arrived at Xingren Mansion, but when I inquired, I learned that Master Lin had already left Xingren Mansion and went to the state capitals on Jingxi Road to appease the people. Fang Huanqiu wanted to cry without tears, so she could only continue to follow Lin Jue's footsteps. When I went to Chengwu County, others said that Lord Lin and his entourage went to Shanxian County. When I went to Shanxian County, others said that Lord Lin and his entourage went to Feng County. Halfway to Feng County, I heard that Lord Lin had gone to Xiayi, so he hurriedly went south. Then halfway through, I learned that Lord Lin had already gone to Yingtianfu.

For a full fifteen or sixteen days, Fang Huanqiu relied on a stubbornness and a spirit. Spur yourself on with the belief of saving your father, motivate yourself with the joy of meeting Ailang, and follow Lin Jue's footsteps all the way with a will beyond ordinary people. The blisters on the feet burst and reappeared, and finally cocoons were born. The little silver was used up, and he only relied on two cooking cakes a day to satisfy his hunger, and when he was thirsty, he drank water in the riverside pond by the roadside, and walked to Yingtianfu step by step.