Bidding farewell to his colleagues in Datong, Gu Qian took Gu Tai and Gu Xiaojiu on the road to Taizhou again.

It has been five years since he came to Jing Dynasty, and Gu Qian has also changed from an outsider to a participant in this era, although he is trying to integrate here, but it is really difficult for a person who is accustomed to modern civilization to adapt to the ancient times with seriously low productivity.

"Alas......" Gu Qian sighed, reined in the horse's reins, and the horse reluctantly stopped and took two steps in place.

"Are you tired?" Gu Taiqi immediately stepped forward and asked with concern.

"It's okay," Gu Qian raised his eyes and looked into the distance, looking at the mountain peaks reflected by the sunset in the distance, and said in a somewhat tired voice, "Where have we gone?"

Gu Tai looked at the sky, silently calculated the distance, and explained, "There are still more than ten miles to get to the next post station, if you can still persevere, let's finish this road, look at this sky, it will be dark soon." ”

"Good. After three years of training in Datong, Gu Qian was no longer the scholar who couldn't even ride a horse steadily, he picked up the whip and prepared to continue on his way.

"My lord, take a sip of water. Gu Xiaojiu walked over with a water bladder.

Gu Qian took the water bladder and drank two sips, seeing that Gu Xiaojiu was still standing under the horse, he smiled and handed the water bladder back to him, "You can drink some too." ”

"Hey!" Gu Xiaojiu raised the water bladder, grunted and poured a sigh, and after drinking the water, he wiped his mouth with his sleeve boldly, "Happy!"

"Haha!" Gu Qian and Gu Tai were amused by his crisp movements, seeing that the sun was about to set, several people didn't dare to delay any longer, raised their whips and urged their horses, and rushed all the way to the post station in front.

Galloping all the way, several people finally arrived at the post station located outside Chongyang City when it was dark, although this post station looked dilapidated on the outside, but the scale was not small, the courtyard wall was very long, Gu Qian reined in the horse and asked Gu Xiaojiu to step forward and knock on the door, but after knocking for a long time, no one came to open it.

"That's not true. Gu Xiaojiu pursed his lips, increased the intensity of his knock on the door, and smashed his fist down, smashing the black lacquer door with a bang.

"Who is this, knocking so loudly, trying to knock on the door?" The people inside were annoyed by the knock and walked out with angry faces.

"Aren't you guys a post station run by the imperial court? Why don't you open the door when you see someone staying in the house?"

"What door to open?" The little official squinted at the three people standing outside the door, and saw that several of them were dressed simply, so he couldn't help but snort, "Since you know that it is a post station run by the imperial court, you should naturally know the rules here. ”

"Hmph!" Seeing his arrogant attitude, Gu Xiaojiu snorted coldly, took out the official document in his backpack, and threw it in front of his eyes for him to see.

The lights were dim at night, but the big seal on the official document could still be seen clearly, and the little official smiled, and while flattering and making amends, he hunched his waist and led the three into the post station.

Although the post station occupies a large area, there are really not many rooms, and the little official is used to being a high and low, inquiring about Gu Qian going to Jiangnan to take up his post, and guessing in his heart that the person who can go to the rich nest to be an official must be a person with skills and background, not to mention that Gu Qian was promoted to the fourth rank at a young age, where did he dare to be lazy, and hurriedly arranged a few of them to the upper room.

After eating a hot meal, Gu Xiaojiu asked the little official for hot water again, Gu Qian has always been happy, and after a few days of travel, he should also let the adults take a hot bath and feel comfortable.

"I don't know where Gu An has gone now. Gu Qian leaned on the edge of the bathtub and squinted his eyes comfortably.

"Steward Gu is taking the waterway, he must be faster than us, maybe he has arrived in Anqing Mansion now." ”

After Gu Qian crossed over to the Jing Dynasty, it has been five years, in these five years, except for the beginning of the coffin of Xue Yuniang back to his hometown for burial, he has never returned to his hometown in Taihu County, three years ago through Anqing, he could have gone home to see, but because of the unstable foundation and fear of the Yan faction's retaliation, he had to press the feeling of homesickness, and asked the old lady to take Brother Hu to Anqing Mansion to meet secretly.

Now, Datong's three-year term has expired, and he has been promoted by merit, so he should go home anyway.

"I'm even more timid about my hometown, and I don't know if the old lady and Brother Tiger will resent me now. Gu Qian sighed, his mood became a little depressed, he had been away from home for many years, although he had letters back and forth from time to time, but he had left his old mother and children to live dependently, Gu Qian always had some bad feelings in his heart.

"What did the adults say," Gu Xiaojiu took a handkerchief and rubbed his back, and persuaded while rubbing it, "Our Gu clan has produced such a tanhualang as you in recent decades, who in the clan does not praise the old lady for teaching her son? Although you are an official outside, the clan has not been taken care of by you, and I heard that the current Taihu County Master is your same year." ”

"As for the old lady and Brother Hu'er resenting you, the little one thinks that you really think too much, you are the pride of the Gu clan, and even more so the pride of the old lady, she must be proud of you! Not to mention that you have been away from home for many years and have not returned, aren't you also involuntarily unable to help yourself?"

Gu Xiaojiu said while slowing down his movements, he chose to follow Gu Qian on an errand back then, just to make some money so that he could go home to support his father, but as time went by, his thoughts slowly changed, people's hearts are long, and Gu Qian's style of acting is stained with his ears, and his respect for Gu Qian in his heart is also increasing day by day.

Not only him, but also Gu Tai who followed Gu Qian at the same time as him, Gu Tai is a rare transparent person in the clan, otherwise he would not have been selected by Gu Qian to be a staff member, but it is one thing to deal with errands, and it is another thing to serve the main family wholeheartedly, Gu Xiaojiu also communicated with Gu Tai in private, he knew that Gu Tai was also impressed by the character of adults, so he would plan for adults wholeheartedly.

Because his mood was a little fluctuating, Gu Xiaojiu's movements gradually became mechanical, and he rubbed Gu Qian's back like he was rubbing clothes on a washboard.

"I said Xiao Jiu, do you want to rub my back into a rotten cloth?" Gu Qian lay on the bathtub and couldn't laugh.

"Huh?" Gu Xiaojiu saw that his master's back was red, so he quickly threw away the handkerchief and sneered, "Master, are you okay?"

Gu Qian glared at him and said, "You think I'm fine?"

"Hehe!" Gu Xiaojiu has been serving him for a few years, and he is no longer the young man with a face thinner than paper, he smiled doggedly, and jumped out in three steps and two steps, "Master, you take it slowly, and I'll go and carry a bucket of hot water!"

"Rabbit cub, you dare to run!" Gu Qian raised his hand and threw the towel on him, Gu Xiaojiu seemed to have eyes behind his back, and in a flexible flash, he flashed out of the door.

After sleeping comfortably all night, Gu Qian finally recovered his spirits, and the way home was very long, so they didn't delay, and as soon as it was dawn, they set off on their way.

"My lord, you go slowly!" the little official who had been respectful last night saw him off at the door.

Gu Qian nodded and stepped onto the horse.

Because they were eager to return home, the group stayed overnight and finally returned to their hometown in Taihu County in late spring and early summer.

"The master is back! Our master is back!" Gu An, who returned to Taihu County first, shouted with a smile, and several ancestors who were waiting under the town's archway with him could not hide their excitement, they brushed their beards, dressed up, and walked forward surrounded by the younger generation.

"Oh, Qian is just going home, how dare the uncles come out to greet him?" Gu Qian didn't dare to hold up when he saw the villagers' greeting posture, so he hurriedly got off the horse and walked to the entrance of the town.

"Shen Zhi has been away for many years, and he has done a lot of good things for our clan, so it is also appropriate to welcome him. "Although the clan elders are higher in rank than Gu Qian, but in the face of this young man who has been promoted to the fourth rank prefect, who dares to slack off? Haven't you heard that the county lord has also been inquiring about Lord Gu's return date? If it weren't for the Gu family's low-key and unwilling to publicize it, I'm afraid that the county lord would have come here today to greet him.

After a few years of immersion in officialdom, Gu Qian has become familiar with the things on the scene, he has always been a kind person, and when he returned to his hometown, he didn't put on any score, surrounded by everyone, he walked home with a smile.

Hearing that Gu Qian had already entered the town, Old Madam Gu couldn't sit still, she was on crutches, pulling her good grandson, and walked to the door with excitement on her face.

"Mother, unfilial piety is back!" As soon as Gu Qian walked to the door of the house, he saw the old lady with gray sideburns and the little child who was already waist-high, he knelt down with a puff, "I can't serve in front of you, my son is ashamed of you!"

The old lady's eyes moistened, she stretched out her hand, her lips trembled a few times, and she stammered excitedly: "Mother...... Good, good ......."

Gu Qian was still kneeling at the bottom of the steps, the old lady was excited, and wanted to help him up, but she was a little powerless, at this time, the child Tong who had been holding her and following her pouted her lips, handed over her grandmother to Mother Xu, who was supporting her on the other side, and ran down by herself, "Don't cry!"

"Brother Tiger?" Gu Qian raised his reddened eyes, and looked excitedly at the little child who was looking at him with curious eyes, when he left, Brother Tiger was only as tall as his thigh, and now that he was kneeling, the child could be at eye level with him.

I haven't seen him for three years, the ignorant child has grown up again, his little face is tight, as if he is a little nervous, but seeing the man's excited face and undisguised thoughts about himself, the vague concept of his father seems to be gradually clear, his soft little hand is on Gu Qian's shoulder, seeing that the man is not shy at all, and even encouraging his closeness, a smile appeared on the child's face, and he called out shyly, "Dad." ”

"Hey!"

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