When the time came to the end of February, the weather became warmer, and Zhou Xiangnian inquired about the news from the north at the boat shop, and the road was that the canal had been reopened, so he went to Qin Bai. Qin Bai immediately ordered, loaded the luggage, and prepared to return to Beijing in the north.

Wu Shaoying and Huang Jincheng came to see it off, and almost all the people of the Qin clan came, and even the governor and the prefect of Jinling were very appreciative, and they came to the dock to see them off. Even a few friends of Mao, Pan and Qin Baixin, who were far away in Huzhou and Suzhou, also rushed to see them off. On the day Qin Bai said goodbye to Jiangning, the send-off ceremony by the river was quite grand.

But no matter how grand the scenery is, there is also a time when the song ends and people disperse. Qin Hanzhen followed his grandmother, and in addition to saying goodbye to the wife of Feng in the sect and Qin Kewen in the fourth room, he talked to his cousin Wu Shaoying.

Qin Hanzhen was unprecedentedly verbose, and kept pulling Wu Shaoying and telling him to take care of himself. He didn't marry a wife, nor did he take a concubine, there were only housekeepers, servants, and rough envoys around him, and there was no one who took care of food and clothing seriously, and knew how to be cold and hot, and everything had to rely on his own consciousness. He is also a person with big ideas, who is stubborn, and refuses to listen to the housekeeper's half a word of persuasion. Qin Hanzhen has become a frightened bird after his illness a few years ago, and he is afraid that when he will make a mistake again, he will be busy and have no measure, and he will sit down and get sick again, damaging his body.

Wu Shaoying only listened to her niece's chatter with a smile, and didn't think she was verbose. This is Qin Hanzhen's concern for him, and he naturally understands it in his heart. In fact, since the illness a few years ago, he has now woken up. In this world, he is not really careless, at least the only drop of blood left by his beloved in the world still needs him to support him. Teacher Qin Bai and Shi Niu will have other children and grandchildren, cousin-in-law Qin Ping will also marry and have children, the Guan family is far away in the northwest, and there is no way to rely on it, Qin Hanzhen can really count on only his cousin. If he doesn't cherish himself and work hard, he is afraid that his niece and daughter will be wronged in the future, and he will be powerless. Therefore, even if it is to protect this child, he has to take care of himself and strive to earn a future in his career. Otherwise, when he came to Jiuquan in the future, how would he have the face to see his cousin Guan Rongniang, who died for him?

When Qin Hanzhen finished talking, Wu Shaoying reassured her in turn: "Don't worry about your cousin, at a young age, you have to worry about it like an old lady." My cousin is such a big man, can't he take care of himself? As for my affairs in the yamen, you don't have to worry. More than a month after the opening of the government after the year, I have been doing my best work, and I also helped the prefect find out a few mistakes and erase a lot of mistakes for him. He now sees me as half a confidant, and he doesn't see the slightest suspicion he had before. In the future, I will be in the prefect's yamen, and the situation will only get better and better, so you just have to rest assured. ”

Qin Han was really surprised, the last time Wu Shaoying came to see her, she didn't mention this experience, it was quite sudden. But when she thinks about it, she is not surprised. With Wu Shaoying's ability, as long as he is willing, who can't do it?

Thinking of the rumors I heard a few days ago, the troubled incumbent Jinling Mansion deduced that it seems that he has begun to pretend to be sick and take leave to prepare for getting out in the future. It is estimated that in two or three months, Wu Shaoying will be able to sit in the position of acting magistrate. Originally, I was worried that the prefect of Jinling would look at him unpleasantly and would make a stumbling block. Now that Wu Shaoying has completed the Jinling Prefect, what else is there to worry about? My cousin's road to promotion will surely go all the way smoothly.

Qin Han was really relieved, and he didn't say anything. On the contrary, Wu Shaoying began to instruct her: "My cousin knows that you are good with the grandson of the King of Liao, and you are as close as a brother and sister, but he is not your brother after all." Now that you are older, there is a difference between men and women, and you still have to observe the etiquette you should have. The two of you are open in your hearts and feel that it is okay, but you also need to guard against the villain's gossip. Jingzhong is not as good as Jiangnan, you are in Jiangnan, you don't have to force yourself to socialize with others, and your relatives and friends are also facing you, and you won't chew your tongue behind your back. But there are many powerful people in Beijing, and there are many people with dark minds, who can't look down on the good of others, and they have to rise up three feet of waves when they have nothing to do, not to mention gossip behind their backs and bad reputations. The grandson of the Liao King was born in a noble family, and no one could value his father anymore, and no one could underestimate his identity, and the emperor and the prince supported him. A little gossip doesn't bother him. But you are a girl, once you damage your reputation, I'm afraid your life will be sad. Even if the teacher and the wife are self-purifying and don't take it to heart, will you really not appear in front of others and will not associate with others for the rest of your life? Why bother asking people to hold your handle? If you want to live a comfortable life, it is better to be as good as possible with the light and dust. ”

Qin Hanzhen knew that his cousin was really thinking about himself, so he bowed his head and agreed, and said with a smile: "I don't often be with Cousin Zhao, so I forgot to be in proportion." In the past, I saw more because we were reading and painting together in front of my grandfather. But as he grows older, he will have to do his business sooner or later, and I will learn my own in the inner house, so how can I see him every day? Now after all, it is not as good as when it was a child. ”

In fact, when Zhao Mo got the title after entering Beijing, he was afraid that he would go to the fiefdom, and it would be impossible to continue to live a quiet life in the inner house of the Marquis of Yongjia. But this matter has not yet been decided, and Qin Hanzhen did not say anything to Wu Shaoying, but only reassured his heart.

Wu Shaoying saw that Qin Han really understood what he meant, and his expression softened: "Good boy, you are a sensible person, although your cousin can't be by your side, you can rest assured." In fact, the grandson of the King of Liao...... Although there are many shortcomings, you still have some sincerity, and ...... in the future," he paused, "and see, it's too early to say that." ”

Qin Hanzhen tilted his head and looked at him: "What does my cousin mean by this? Of course Cousin Zhao is good to me, he has always been very sincere with the people of our family, is it possible that there can still be hypocrisy?

Wu Shaoying smiled and didn't say it explicitly: "It's because I'm thinking too much, so you don't think I've said it." ”

At this time, after Niu and Feng and the others finished talking, they came over to call Wu Shaoying again, so he stopped talking to his niece and went to listen to his wife's instructions.

It wasn't until three poles on the sun that the boats of the Qin family and the Feng family left the Jiangning wharf and sailed to the Yangtze River waterway. Qin Hanzhen helped his grandmother Niu, stood on the deck, looked at Brother Qian on the shore from a distance and waved to them, wiping her grandmother's tears, and couldn't help but feel a little sad and goodbye.

Finally, it's time to leave.

After leaving the Jiangning wharf, the fleet crossed the Yangtze River diagonally, reached the opposite bank, and then turned into the mouth of the canal and sailed straight to Yangzhou. There are many people in their fleet, and there are a lot of goods on board, and they are all under the banner of Yongjiahou Mansion all the way, and they dare not be embarrassed at the passes along the road, but there are many petty officials and officials who catch up to curry favor, so the ship does not go fast. When I arrived in Yangzhou, it was already evening. Qin Bai thought that when they went south the year before last, they only stayed in Yangzhou for one day, so he simply ordered everyone to stop in Yangzhou and take the opportunity to play for a few more days, which can be regarded as fulfilling the oath to his old wife Niu.

Qin Hanzhen and his entourage traveled to the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou, went to several places of interest, and because they are now familiar with Huang Jincheng, the latter wrote a letter to the people in his hometown in advance, and the gentry of the Huang family came to visit Qin Bai when they heard the news, and set up a banquet in a famous restaurant in the city to receive them.

Qin Hanzhen followed his grandmother and inquired about Xiao Huang's mother's family, and found that almost no one in the Yangzhou Huang family knew the news of their family. Only the second master of Huang, who had gone south with the Qin family, heard from Huang Jincheng that Xiao Huang's brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces went to the capital and fell in love with the powerful family, but for some reason, he had never been in contact with the Huang family in Beijing, as if he was deliberately hiding from his own family. Second Master Huang naturally felt that something was wrong, but the people in the clan didn't care much about this side of the house, and they also laughed at their delusions, and they didn't care about their current situation. He had the heart to inquire, and he had nowhere to find someone, so he could only sigh at home.

Because of the love of peers, Huang Er also privately entrusted Zhou Xiangnian and asked him to help pay attention to the news of his nephew's family. As for his brother Huang Liu, who still lives in Jiangning, he has been sick, and there is no one around to take care of him, and his daughter is still taking care of herself in the Qin family's sect room.

Speaking of the situation of Xiao Huang's family, Qin Hanzhen only sighed a few words with the elders, and then left it behind. Qin Keyong didn't follow them north this time, and said that he would set off with Zhao Mo's tea caravan in a few months. Qin Hanzhen followed his family to eat and drink enough in Yangzhou, and bought some local specialties, so he left by boat and continued to go north along the canal to Huai'an.

When I arrived in Huai'an, I had already crossed the Huai River. In winter, the canal north of the Huai River froze, and although it has been reopened, the water level is not very high, so the boat does not go very fast. Qin Hanzhen and his entourage swam Hongze Lake in Huai'an, and were about to go elsewhere, when the River Governor's Mansion stationed here heard the news and sent a post, inviting Qin Bai's family and Zhao Mo to a banquet, saying that they wanted to pick up the wind and wash the dust.

The governor of the river is an elegant person, and the place where the banquet is held is also elegant, and it is a famous local garden, called Qingyan Garden, which has some scenery to enjoy. Qin Hanzhen followed and opened his eyes, tasted the delicacies of Huai'an, and tasted the famous local tea dumplings, and lived a beautiful life. coincided with Qin Bai's birthday, and they also celebrated Qin Bai's birthday again in Huai'an, and only set up a small banquet on the boat, so that their families were happy. Niu's, Qin Hanzhen and Zhao Mo all closed the congratulatory gifts, and even Xiao Feng's filial piety paid tribute to the two-color needlework, and the family was happy.

They stayed in Huai'an for a few days, and then continued north, and soon arrived in Xuzhou, and stopped in Xuzhou for two more days, playing all the places they had not played the year before. Because I think that it is not far ahead, that is, in Shandong, the saline-alkali land that I have noticed before, I can also take the opportunity to inquire whether there are talents who know how to govern. Xuzhou is a big city again, and there are many bookstores in the city, so Qin Hanzhen persuaded Zhao Mo to go around and see if he could find useful agricultural books and buy some suitable seeds.

At this moment, the letter from the capital Changfang arrived. The letter was written by Qin Zhonghai himself, and in addition to mentioning trivial matters at home, he mentioned an important news in Beijing.

The second lord of the king, who was deeply favored by the emperor, still failed to survive the illness after all, and passed away at the end of the first month.

Before he died, he saw the emperor who came to visit the sick in person, and did not ask for any grace for his brother's family, but only asked the emperor for one thing, that is, he hoped that the emperor would agree, so that his brother and his brother's two eldest sons would resign and return to their hometowns to raise themselves, and they would not return to the court to participate in politics during their lifetimes.