Chapter 182
"Lord Xia Bo came just in time, Gu recently received a batch of Biluochun brought back from the envoy from Longjing Tea House, and he was worried that no one would taste it with Lone, come, sit down and taste it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info"The man wearing the Xuanxi embroidered gold-patterned regular clothes and the purple and gold crown of Dongzhu took one of the cups of freshly soaked Biluochun that the palace maid had just presented to the middle-aged and elderly man wearing a red gold-patterned court dress and gray hair on the opposite side, only to see the middle-aged and elderly man bow his head slightly and say, "Minister, panic." "Eh, Lord Xia Bo doesn't have to be restrained, Jin'er is my concubine, you are Jin'er's father, you are my father-in-law, you and I are Weng's son-in-law, just treat it as our own family." The young man in the black regular clothes was Zhong Kang, and His Royal Highness King Cheng was also, and he did not withdraw his hands holding the tea because of the humility of the middle-aged and elderly man opposite. Zhong Kang called the middle-aged and elderly man "Xia Bo", he is the lord of the land south of the Yangtze River, Xia Bo Jifan, his eldest daughter Jin Yue was married to Zhong Kang as a concubine a while ago, called Mrs. Jin, Xia Bo saw that King Cheng was still maintaining the action of serving tea, and took it with both hands, and his tone was still modest: "The minister thanked His Royal Highness King Cheng." "You may be seated." Zhong Kang asked Xia Bo to sit down on the seat on the side, although he was Weng's son-in-law, but after all, there was still a difference between the monarch and the minister, at this point, Xia Bo did not go back and trespassed at will, and also made a gesture of invitation, let Zhong Kang sit first: "Please." Zhong Kang was naturally not polite, lifted his robe, and sat on the side of the coffee table, with a graceful demeanor. Zhong Kang first separated the tea leaves slightly with the lid of the teacup, then took a sip on the mouth of the cup, and then asked Xia Bo, "What do you think?" "Well, it's a good thing." Xia Bo nodded and said. Zhong Kang sighed and said with emotion: "All along, Xia Bo has taken a lot of care of Gu, and when Gu Weifu was privately patrolling Jiangnan, he did everything for Gu, and even saved Gu's life, and Gu is still grateful." When Xia Bo heard this, although he did take a lot of care and care for Zhongkang during his trip to Jiangnan, but between the monarchs and ministers, Xia Bo still felt that he was ashamed of it, and said modestly: "Your Royal Highness is serious, the old minister is a subject of the Chinese Dynasty, and it is the duty of the old minister to protect His Royal Highness, if so, Jiangnan is the jurisdiction of the old minister, and it is the duty of the old minister to protect the water and soil." King Cheng faced the gray-haired, but wise old man in front of him, and he was also in admiration, because the reason why Jiangnan was able to avoid being harmed by a wide range of demons in the hidden capital was that Xia Bo signed an agreement with Luo Hu, the leader of the demon forces that invaded Jiangnan, to protect the people of Jiangnan by not causing large-scale bloodshed, what is the situation on the Jiangnan side now? Are the people still happy? As he spoke, he also asked about the situation in Jiangnan by the way, and in his heart, he unconsciously remembered the petite and lovely figure he met when he was in Jiangnan, I don't know, how she is doing now.
Xia Bo saw Zhong Kang ask this, which confirmed his vision even more, he did not look at the wrong person, Zhong Kang, if he can sit in the position of the lord of China in the future, he will definitely have something to do, so he first praised Zhong Kang, and then explained the current situation: "The people of Jiangnan can have a Ming lord like His Royal Highness, who is thousands of miles away, but he cares about the common people, it is really their blessing, the old minister is here, instead of the people of Jiangnan, thank Your Highness." Then, after another pause, he continued: "Although the situation in Jiangnan is not improving now, it can be regarded as maintaining the status quo, after all, after a series of incidents in the Green Lantern Sect, they have already reined in, but the mass graves and ghost villages, as well as Lanruo Temple, are still rampant with demons, making the dead unpeaceful and the living unable to approach." At that time, he was still under the pseudonym "Yin Hua", and followed a cuminous woman everywhere, and also caused a lot of trouble for that woman, and caused a lot of trouble, and when I thought of that woman, I don't know how she is now, and there is no news about the burning night that she sent out. He also sighed worriedly and said, "Alas, I don't know when these places will return to their original peace." What Zhong Kang is worried about is actually what Xia Bo is worried about, what Jiang Nan said is also his own territory, Xia Bo has long wanted to kill those bastards who are doing evil on his own territory, but unfortunately, now is not the time to be able to start a war with them, he can only turn a blind eye, and he also promised Zhong Kang: "Your Highness rest assured, as long as the old minister is still panting for a day, the old minister will definitely recover those lost lands for His Highness." For Xia Bo's promise, Zhong Kang naturally believed it absolutely, and smiled with satisfaction: "With a loyal minister like Xia Bo, it is Lonely, and it is the gospel of the Chinese Dynasty." As soon as he heard Zhong Kang's evaluation, Xia Bo couldn't stand it, got up from his seat, fell to his knees with a thud, and said, "Your Highness, minister, panic." "It's all said, Gu and Xia Bo are a family, and naturally the family should not talk too much." Zhong Kang hurriedly helped Xia Bo, who was kneeling on the ground, up. "Yes, yes, what His Highness said is that it was not early at that time, and it was time for the old minister to set off for home." Xia Bo stood up and said goodbye to Zhong Kang. As soon as Zhong Kang heard that Xia Bo would set off back to Jiangnan now, which would be enough, not to mention that Jiangnan was hundreds of miles away from the Central Plains, and it would take at least half a day to travel quickly, just with Xia Bo's old bones, how could he afford such a hard work from morning to night, Xia Bo had just hurried to Xiling City to see him, and he estimated that he was on the road overnight yesterday or set off before dawn, and now the sun is almost going down, he is rushing back now, I am afraid that I don't want to rest this day, he went back, so he went back, so he stopped at the exit: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate for Xia Bo to be so tired, it's better to stay in the palace for a few days first, and then go back? Moreover, it is not inappropriate to let Jin'er meet his father, since Gu took Jin'er back to Jiangnan Province to now, Jin'er has not seen you for a long time, must miss it very much, Xia Bo lives in the palace first, let Jin'er see you first, do your filial piety, and then you set off back to Jiangnan, okay? "So, well." Listening to Zhongkang say this, it also makes sense, he actually misses this eldest daughter, so he agreed.