"Lotus flowers on all sides and willows on three sides, a city with mountains and half a city lake."

Jinan has the reputation of a spring city since ancient times, especially the five famous springs of Wulong Spring, Black Tiger Spring, Diaoyu Spring, Pearl Spring and Baimai Spring have long been famous. It can be said that every spring water and weeping willows in every household.

There are as many as 72 famous springs in Jinan, and there are countless nameless ones, and the number of springs is unique in the world. Many springs are embedded in various parts of the city like emeralds, and they converge along the moat to the world-famous Daming Lake. While making the beauty of the scenery, it gives Jinan a unique Lingxiu temperament and vigorous vitality.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Jinan Road was directly under Zhongshu Province, which belonged to the most prosperous economic, cultural and military town in Shandong.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Jinan was quickly rebuilt in ruins by virtue of its own vitality and the attention of the imperial court. In the ninth year of Hongwu, the provincial government was transferred from Qingzhou to Jinan, and since then Jinan has been the political and economic center of the province.

The Thousand Buddha Mountain on the shore of Daming Lake is reflected in the water, the embankment willow sandwiches the bank, and the lotus is stacked and green, forming a natural picture. The color of the lake is clear and blue, the ubiquitous lotus flowers are green and red, the reeds in the lake are flying, and the water birds are soaring. Along the lake, there are promenades, water pavilions, pavilions, pavilions.

Xu Hao stood in the Huibo Building on the north gate of the northeast with a straight face and his hands, under his feet was the crystal clear lake water gushing, the gate was still open, from time to time there were fishing boats full of fish and crabs passing through, and the air echoed with the folk songs of fishermen and boat girls.

Xu Hao looked down at the evening sunshine of Huibo, one of the eight views of Jinan. As the sun sets, the magnificent sight in front of you is dizzying.

Not far from him, Yingying stood a slender girl wearing a veil, who was intently admiring the inscriptions left by generations of literati on the wall.

The girl retracted her gaze with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Are you still angry?" If you don't take me in, I'll leave for Yunnan at once. ”

Xu Hao smiled bitterly: "Of course I hope you will always accompany me, but I can't ask for it." But I'm worried that your reputation will be damaged, and you can't tell you clearly. ”

The girl said disapprovingly: "I thought you were different from others, you are a person who understands your daughter's heart, and can afford the eyes of the world." I don't care about fame myself, so I don't need you to worry about me. If you agree with me to marry the second son of the Fu family, then I will immediately return to the capital to get married. ”

Xu Hao sneered: "If you want to leave, there is no way, since you follow me, then accept your fate for the rest of your life." ”

The girl said with a smile: "Hmph! I know that you don't mean it, and I'm tired, and it's time to go back. ”

Xu Hao immediately accompanied the girl downstairs, and said as he walked: "Your eldest brother is too, he actually returned to the capital privately for General Fu, he is affectionate and righteous, and he is bent on tying the life of the whole family to the Fu family, which I admire him." But ignoring your happiness and your mother's opinions, not judging the situation, disregarding the safety of the whole clan, and not hesitating to offend the saint, it is a little stupid, is it that after so many years, he still doesn't know the temper of the saint? The more I want to resist adversity, the more I will drag the Fu family to death, and in my opinion, the Fu family is in danger. ”

The girl suddenly became nervous, and hurriedly asked, "Then what do you say is the way to save the Fu family?" Could it be impossible to let the general die tragically? ”

Xu Hao said faintly: "There is no way, even you and I are in danger?" You must not try to change the mind of the saint, no one in this world can change him, unless the late Queen Ma is resurrected. ”

The girl sighed: "Since Niangniang's death, without Niangniang's persuasion, the saint's temperament has completely changed, and he no longer trusts anyone. He became moody, murderous, and suspicious all the time, and I was terrified when I saw him, not as kind and easy-going as I was when I was a child. Alas! ”

Seeing that he had already walked to the city tower, there were some literati who were reciting poems around. Xu Hao frowned and said, "Someone is talking about it." I'm going to leave for Qingzhou Mansion tomorrow, and I'm not at ease if I leave you here. ”

The girl was sweet-hearted, and deliberately said: "There are more guards around me than yours, and I don't know who is more dangerous, don't be taken by the victims to cook and eat on the way." ”

Xu Hao smiled and said: "The worst period has passed, and there will be no such tragedy again." Besides, who will scarce my flesh but you? ”

"Phew." The girl took a sip, "As soon as you speak, there is no one to guard the door, I knew that you were flamboyant, I might as well go to Yunnan, and the province will be taken advantage of by you endlessly." ”

"It's too late to regret it!" Xu Hao haha smiled, and then they both went down to the city tower again, more than 20 guards guarded outside, let the girl ride in a sedan chair, he rode a horse, and went towards the courtyard of the rented haode in the city.

This girl is Mu Ningxue who ran away from home, it turned out that before Xu Hao left the capital, she asked Hongye to go to the Mu family to inform her, and told Fu Zhong that she intended to marry Ning Xue as her successor.

At the same time, Mrs. Mu also received a message from her eldest son, Mu Chun, and learned that her son was on his way back to the capital. Mrs. Mu was taken aback by this, her son returned to Beijing without a holy decree to guard Yunnan, which was already a violation of military law and would be executed according to the law. This was not enough, he even tried to marry the Fu family, intending to create a momentum to force the emperor not to attack the Fu family.

Mrs. Mu couldn't sit still, complaining that her son was bold, and this time she returned to Jingji was unpredictable. When it comes to her daughter's lifelong events, she would rather give her daughter to Xu Hao, at least Xu Hao is just a side child of the Wei family, except for the great crime of rebellion, the Xu family will not have any major disasters.

And he is involved with the Fu family, which is difficult to protect, whether it is the concubine Fu Zhong mentioned by Xu Hao or the second son Fu Rang mentioned by his son, as long as Fu Youde has three longs and two shorts, it will definitely cause trouble to his descendants.

Mrs. Mu felt that if her son, who was the head of the family, insisted on going his own way, she would not be able to stop her even as a mother. Hurry up and make a decision, just let your daughter leave Beijing and go north with the Xu sisters, and avoid it for a while.

Thanks to Xu Hao's good character, accompanied by the Xu family sisters, and going to Yanwang Mansion, Mrs. Mu is relieved. But Mrs. Mu never expected that Hongye had a heartfelt eye at that time, and did not say that the elders would not let her go with her.

Originally, Xu Hao planned to take a boat to Shandong, but Mu Ningxue made such a fuss, and temporarily brought ten guards and a few small servants to protect him. Mrs. Mu also arranged for twenty henchmen to escort her, and there were a lot of housekeepers and maids, so many people and horses were inconvenient to go through the canal, so she took a sea boat of the Ming Navy, went out to sea along the Yangtze River, and went north along the coast to Rizhaowei.

After arriving in Rizhao, he changed to a few official ships and went north to Jinanfu, and hired dozens of horse-drawn carriages to continue his journey when the river was not passable.

In this way, Zhang Lin, who was guarding the canal checkpoint in advance, pounced, and now he is full of shijie headless flies, looking for Xu Hao's traces everywhere.

For Xu Hao, he doesn't care about having women with him, except for Mu Ningxue, this is the deep responsibility of love. On the contrary, the girls are more open-minded than him, what if there are no sisters of the Xu family? Mu Ningxue has been very indifferent to the reputation of the world since she was a child, and she is in a hurry to obey the power and has her mother's consent, otherwise she would not have written 'Don't be a corrupt Confucian'.

The team came to a deliberately selected elegant garden, which was used by the richest man in Jinan to escape the summer. In order to condense the snow, Xu Hao was extremely generous, and voted in the name of Yan Wangfu, and attached the waist card of the guard to prove his identity, the bronze talisman under the door of Yan Wangfu, and the gold seal used to go out of Beijing.

Even the big and small officials of the Shandong Political Department had to be hospitable when they saw it, and the rich man couldn't bear it, so he only used thirty taels of silver to wrap up the entire garden.

Xu Hao knew that with Mu Ningxue's temperament, he would definitely go to Qingzhou Mansion with him, and he couldn't help but have a headache.

Waiting for Mu Ningxue to get off the sedan chair, the two walked side by side into the inner house together. In order to prevent any accidents, Xu Hao ignored the opposition of the Mu family's steward, and insisted on living next to Ning Xue, Mu Ningxue didn't say anything about it, and sent the angry steward Mu Zhong away with kind words.

The sweetheart is close at hand, the two young men and women are a little unaccustomed, Mu Ningxue is used to changing clothes after bathing, why is Xu Hao not like this? This is inevitably a little embarrassing.

Zhiyan Ying came out and stood for a long time, and saw Xu Hao looking at the night and not entering the house, the young lady frowned and leaned against the railing without speaking, and no one spoke first.

Zhiyan couldn't help but laugh, stepped forward and said, "Living outside the guest is inevitably inconvenient. Xu Gongzi, please go to another place to freshen up, and it will not be too late for my young lady to come over and get together after taking a bath. ”

Mu Ningxue felt that the dead girl said the four words after taking a bath very seriously, and said ashamedly and angrily: "There is no one around him to serve, you go to serve." ”

Zhiyan laughed and said, "Are you really willing? ”

Mu Ningxue was angry, and scolded with a smile: "That's it, I'll just give you to him, and if you don't tease me after a day, it's best to open your face tonight." ”

Zhi Yanqiao blushed, glared at her own young lady, and said angrily: "You are rare and I am not rare, who let him go out without a girl?" You deserve to take care of everything yourself, the bath water is all set, and you two let the water cool and stand so stupidly, I won't accompany you. ”

After saying that, Zhiyan twisted her waist and turned to leave, Mu Ningxue sighed and said, "Now that I'm older, I'm getting more and more disobedient, and I have to coax her in a different way." ”

Xu Hao smiled: "Qingwen around me doesn't take me seriously more and more, and whoever provokes her will be angry with me." There are also red leaves and green bamboos, and they are used to being domineering at home, anyway, they are all young ladies, and I am a little girl. ”

Mu Ningxue smiled lightly, she knew that Xu Hao was the most fond of red leaves, and she couldn't help but be a little jealous of it. That green bamboo is also said to be a pampered person, and he can't overstate how much he spoils the girls.

As for Qingwen Yunyun, she didn't believe it at all, she saw the four big girls around him that day, all of them were very sensible, how could they be so domineering and ignorant of humility?

For Xu Hao to go out without the maids, Mu Ningxue was naturally very happy as a girl, and naturally she couldn't be bitter about him.

Mu Ningxue thought for a while and said, "Let's let Zhiyan take Cuiyu to serve you, and let them take turns on duty at night, I still have Zhiqing and Cuiyue here." ”

Xu Hao disagreed: "No need, what's the matter with your maid?" What's more, I'm going to Qingzhou tomorrow, and I don't want to alarm the government with too many people. ”

Mu Ningxue's eyes lit up, and she said softly: "Then forget it, you go quickly, the water is going to be cold." ”