On the 10th day of September, the fleet finally arrived in Jiayu County, Ezhou after nearly ten days of sailing, and the fleet rested in Jiayu County for one night before continuing eastward.

After many years, Li Yanqing once again came to the hometown where he served as the county magistrate, when he had just gotten married, and now his sons are six years old.

On the side of the boat, Li Yanqing pointed to the county seat in the distance and smiled at his son Li Pu: "My father just got married to your mother, and then he came here to serve as the county magistrate, and he stayed here for almost two years. ”

Li Pu is of medium height, looks very much like his mother Cao Yun, but his eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to Li Yanqing, his personality is very stable, and he is very sensible, he studied under Liu Zi, a great Confucian in Guanzhong, giving people a feeling of being a young man.

Li Pu showed a smile on his face, "My mother told me about Jiayu County, saying that when my father left, the people were reluctant and hoped that my father would continue to stay." ”

"Your mother told you this?"

Li Yanqing was a little strange, "Didn't she tell you the story of exterminating the Black-Hearted Dragon King?" ”

"My mother didn't say it, but Siniang told me."

"Pu'er, what are you talking about me?"

Hu Qing'er walked up with a smile and rubbed his hair with a smile, "Are you talking about the black-hearted dragon king, telling you that Siniang almost died that time." ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "Qing'er, there are many things that almost killed you, don't mention this matter to the child." ”

Hu Qing'er glanced at her husband, "What's the matter, isn't it Pu'er?" Siniang will find a time to tell you the story of the Black-Hearted Dragon King. ”

Li Pu whispered: "Siniang, I still have to study, and I may not have time to listen to stories." ”

"Stinky boy, I'm so afraid of your father!" Hu Qing'er scratched his hair again and smiled.

At this time, the bow man shouted: "Docked! ”

Li Yanqing walked to the side of the ship and looked at the wharf, the wharf was basically unchanged from that year, maintaining the appearance of when he left, at this time, there was still a group of officials standing on the wharf, probably because they got their own news and knew that they would anchor in Jiayu County, so they all rushed here.

Li Yanqing stepped off the boat, and the first to meet was Zhou Ping, the commander of Jiayu County, who was the county lieutenant back then, and the old county official who gave Li Yanqing the idea to sell the land.

Zhou Ping was extremely excited, and stepped forward to bow down, "Subordinate Zhou Ping, meet His Royal Highness King Jin!" ”

Li Yanqing hurriedly helped him up and said with a smile: "It's right to call your subordinates, but you don't have to make a big salute." ”

Li Yanqing saw that he was full of white hair, and said: "There are a lot more gray hairs than then." “

Zhou Ping smiled bitterly, "In the past, it was more leisurely to be a county lieutenant, but after becoming a county commander, there were too many trivial matters, and I was so busy all day that my feet didn't touch the ground, and I was exhausted and exhausted, so I naturally grew old quickly." ”

"But that's a good thing, isn't it?"

Zhou Ping nodded silently, he was not born in a professional class, but started step by step from a county official, it is not easy to be able to do the county order, and he also cherishes this official position.

At this time, Zhang Yan, the governor of Yuezhou, Luo Dan, the prefect of Jiangling, and other officials stepped forward to salute, and Li Yanqing comforted everyone one by one.

He looked around, but he didn't see Yang Ju, that is, the original county magistrate of Jiayu County, so he asked with a smile: "What about Yang Tong's sentence?" Why didn't you come. ”

"Humble here!"

The voice came from behind, Li Yanqing turned around, only to see that a small boat had just stopped, and two officials jumped ashore from the boat, one was the former county Cheng Yang Ju, who is now a general judge in Ezhou, and the other was his old subordinate Liu Fang, the current governor of Ezhou.

Li Yanqing was overjoyed, the old people from the past actually came, if Mo Jun could come from Pingjiang Mansion, it would really be complete.

After a long absence, everyone was very happy to see each other, and Li Yanqing asked his son Li Pu to salute everyone, and then he went to Jiayu County surrounded by everyone.

At this time, there was already a sea of people outside Jiayu County, and the people heard that Li Yanqing had revisited his hometown, and they went out of the city to welcome the return of the old county order.

When Li Yanqing appeared in front of everyone, the cheers suddenly sounded like a tsunami, tens of thousands of people shouted excitedly to Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing smiled and shook hands with everyone one by one, looking at a pair of eyes full of expectation, Li Yanqing's heart was also full of emotion, he only stayed in Jiayu County for two years, and the people could still remember themselves.

Li Yanqing took everyone to the county government after a long absence, everything has not changed, it is still so familiar, which makes people feel a sense of right and wrong, Li Yanqing asked his subordinates to move chairs and let everyone sit down, and his son Li Pu also had a small seat, sitting next to him.

Li Yanqing glanced at everyone and said lightly: "I feel a little abnormal today, whether you greet me or the people greet me, there is an expectation, I just want to know, what are your expectations for me?" “

Everyone looked at each other, with a trace of embarrassment on their faces, Li Yanqing looked at everyone again, and finally his eyes fell on Liu Fang, "Liu Fang, come on!" ”

Liu Fang didn't dare to disobey Li Yanqing's order, so he had to smile bitterly: "Actually, it's still a matter of Dongting Lake, after the black-hearted dragon king was exterminated, it was quiet for a few years, but since last year, another gang of thieves occupied Junshan and began to make waves, and the nearby states and counties were affected, and at the beginning of the year, this gang of thieves also killed Ezhou, and everyone was miserable." ”

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and asked, "But Yang Mi and Zhong Xiang?" ”

Liu Fang nodded, "It's them!" ”

It turned out that these two people still appeared, and Li Yanqing secretly thought: "These two people should be Yue Fei's dishes." ”

Thinking of Yue Fei, Li Yanqing asked Liu Fangdao again: "Yue Fei's army is stationed in Jingxiang, didn't he lead his army down to suppress the bandits?" ”

Liu Fang hurriedly said: "A few days ago, I also talked to Yue Dutong about the suppression of bandits, there is no problem with him leading the army to suppress bandits, the key is that the imperial court did not give him an order to suppress bandits, and he cannot lead the army south without authorization." ”

Li Yanqing was suddenly surprised and delighted, "Yue Fei is in Jiangxia?" ”

He came to Jiangxia a few days to visit his mother, but unfortunately, he left Jiangxia early yesterday morning to go to the capital.

Yue Fei had already left, which made Li Yanqing a little disappointed, he thought about it and said to everyone: "I know about the bandits in Dongting Lake, I will tell the official family about this matter when I go back, and ask the official family to pay attention to this matter and arrange for the bandits to be suppressed as soon as possible." “

Everyone was overjoyed, bowed down and said, "Thank you Your Highness for your concern!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled and waved his hand, "You're welcome, we finally exterminated the Black-Hearted Dragon King and gave the people a stable life for a few years, and we will never allow other bandits to disturb the Yangtze River again." ”

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After resting overnight in Jiayu County, early the next morning, Li Yanqing's fleet sent out again, and tens of thousands of people rushed to the riverside to bid farewell.

Seven days later, the fleet arrived at Lin'an Prefecture and anchored in Chi'ankou Town, Renhe County, about thirty miles from Qiantang County.

The fleet arrived at night, when the big ship just stopped, Li Yanqing immediately sent two hundred soldiers to guard near the big ship, at this time, Zhang Shun with a few men also rushed to Chi'ankou Town, Zhang Shun arrived in Lin'an Mansion five days ago, his three hundred men have been distributed to all corners of Lin'an City, these days Zhang Shun has also collected a lot of information, rushed to report to Li Yanqing.

Zhang Shun came to the big ship with an intelligence officer, and the soldiers went up to report, and after a while, the soldiers came down and said, "General Zhang, please go up." ”

Zhang Shun turned around and gave the intelligence Yu Hou a look, and the two walked quickly towards the boat.

At this time, Li Yanqing was reading a book in the cabin, and there was a soldier outside the door who reported: "Qiyu is the capital, General Zhang is here." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "Please let him in!" ”

After a while, Zhang Shun walked in like a gust of wind, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Dutong for your humble position!" ”

"It's been a hard few days."

"Xie Dutong praised."

Li Yanqing asked again: "What is the situation in Lin'an City now?" ”

"Qiyu is the capital, and now the whole of Lin'an City is preparing for the canonization of the crown prince, but the humble position still found some abnormal situations."

"What anomaly?"

Zhang Shun hesitated for a moment and said: "Can you let the intelligence Marquis Yu personally report to Dutong, he knows the situation better than his humble position." ”

"Where is he now?"

"Just waiting outside the cabin for the summons."

Li Yanqing nodded, "Then let him in!" ”

In a moment, the pro-soldiers led in a man, a man in his thirties, not tall, and looked shrewd.

The man came in and knelt down and saluted, "Humble Yang Qu see Dutong." ”

"I seem to have seen you?" Li Yanqing felt that he was a little familiar.

"Back to Dutong, the lowly position used to be the steward of Baoyanzhai, and the Dutong did see the lowly position in Bianliang a few years ago."

"I see!"

Li Yanqing laughed, "No wonder it's familiar, when did Steward Yang become the Marquis of Intelligence?" ”

"Just two years ago, when the capital was still in Taiyuan, General Zhang Hu developed his humble position into an intelligence marquis, but now the humble position is no longer in Baoyanzhai, but the West Lake Shipping Division, responsible for managing the ships on the West Lake, because of the convenience of his position, he has been secretly observing the situation of Yinlong Villa and found a lot of clues."

"Tell me about valuable clues."

Yang Qu presented a booklet, "This is a detailed report of the humble position, please take a look at it." ”