In the fourth year of Longqing, on the seventh day of November, the light snow was sunny at the beginning.

The prince accompanied Gao Shishi, who was studying for a bachelor's degree on leave, took leave to return to his hometown to prepare for the exam, and officially left Beijing today.

Outside You'an Gate, an ordinary carriage, escorted by four family members, bid farewell to the teenage prince of Jingzhong, and quietly embarked on the road to return home to the south.

The son Kuo Shao, who came to see him off, was divided into two batches, a group of freshly dressed and angry horses, who were the sons of various nobles in Beijing, headed by Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong, with a total of no less than 20 people; Another group of civilians and polite people were the sons of high-ranking officials in Beijing's Chinese courtiers, headed by Ge Xi and Ma Wei, and the number was slightly smaller, a total of seven or eight people.

Interestingly, when the two groups of people said goodbye, they also sent Cheng Yi to Gao Pragmatic.

The number of these Cheng Yi varies, such as Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong, the two little grandfathers, all of whom offer Cheng Yi a hundred taels, which means that they will win a hundred battles in the field; The little marquis and the little uncle are sixty-six taels of water, and they take the meaning of six or six shun.

The children of civil officials are different, some of them have a lot of elders in their families, such as Ma Ziqiang's son Ma Yu, his family is a wealthy family in Shaanxi alongside Zhang Siwei's family in Puzhou, but due to the style of civil officials, he has to be the same as Ge Xi and others, and offer Cheng Yi twelve taels, which is to take the moon and the moon to be happy.

Although Gao Shiyu is known for his wealth in these two small circles, he definitely does not lack this little money, but in the state of Chinese etiquette, the rules must not be abolished, so they all accept it with a smile.

Gao Shiyu is not like other traversers, either he doesn't like to interact with the "ancients", or he pretends to be forced and takes a posture, after all, he is a secretary, for these social entertainment, it is not a problem at all, not only can he talk and laugh with every friend who comes to see him off, but he can also say that the other party is full of smiles and a spring breeze in a few words, and he is between the children of the civil and military factions, and he can even make the two sides nod their heads - the so-called civil and military affairs, it is not easy for him to do this.

When they finally waved goodbye, the pragmatic carriage slowly left, and the children of each family could finally bid farewell to the cold wind and get into their own carriage to rush back to the city.

On the other side, Gao Shishi quietly lifted the curtain of the carriage and asked Gao Jue outside: "Where are the riders waiting?" ”

Gao Jue immediately replied: "The eldest young master, two hundred horsemen, have rushed to the east of Lugou Bridge ten miles to wait early this morning. ”

Sure enough, the so-called light car simplicity with high pragmatism is just a trick to cover people's ears and eyes. He was now bitten by a snake once, and he was afraid of the well rope for ten years, and he inevitably encountered the old thing of being attacked by horse bandits and bandits again, this time he returned to his hometown and directly brought two hundred horsemen to prevent accidents.

After all, this time he had to pass through the vicinity of Bazhou when he went south, and there was no fierce general escort like Liu Xian and Liu Ling's father and son. As for Gao Heng, although he heard that his martial arts are very good, Gao Pragmatic doesn't understand martial arts, and he has never seen Gao Jue make a move.

Anyway, Gao Shishu is not bad for money.

Gao asked again: "Is the route arranged?" ”

"It's all arranged." Gao Jue replied: "Today, we will meet the riders first, then cross the Lugou Bridge, rush to Liangxiang County for noon, and rush to Zhuozhou to live in the afternoon along the Zhulu Horse Station." Tomorrow, we will pass through Dingxing County along the Xuanhua Horse Post and rush to Baoding to live in ......"

"Wait." Gao Pragmatic suddenly interrupted: "This road, after passing through Dingxing County, before going to Baoding, is it Ansu County in the middle?" ”

Gao Jue was slightly stunned and replied, "Is it going to pass through Ansu, what does the eldest young master mean?" ”

"Adjust the speed of travel, and change to rest and eat in Ansu County at noon tomorrow. In addition, you send someone to Ansu County, take my name and send it to the county government, and hand it over to the county honorable Liang Wuliang Qingtong Gong, this person is my senior brother, I have passed through Ansu, if I don't tell you, I don't agree with the courtesy. ”

Gao Jue hurriedly responded.

In fact, Gao Pragmatic didn't care about the Liangwu County Order, who didn't leave a name at all in later generations, but Chen Ju was a native of Ansu County, and Gao Pragmatic had written to Liang County Commander to help him a little in order to win over Chen Ju. Since I have returned to my hometown and passed through Ansu this time, it is better to say hello.

Come to think of it, this Liang Xianzun, who ranked more than 170th in the top three in the 38th year of Jiajing's Jinshi Gold List, definitely did not dare to snub himself, the nephew of the old Gaoge, and the close minister of the prince, after all, when he went to Beijing to report on his work, he couldn't even see the high arch side, and the low status among the high arch disciples can be seen, and he can have the opportunity to get close to him, but it is to give him face.

Less than an hour later, Gao Shishi and his entourage met two hundred horsemen east of the Lugou Bridge.

These two hundred horsemen were personally selected by Gao Jue, not seeking to be the best in riding and swordsmanship, but to be honest and disciplined. This is Gao Shishi's request to explain in person, after all, he is going to Xinzheng, which is his hometown, in case he brings some bandits and causes any trouble, he will be ugly on his face.

Gao Jue also took this opportunity to pick two clever and reliable young horsemen to go south first, and rushed to Ansu County as soon as possible to inform Liang Xianzun to "take over".

Liang Xianling was just about to go to bed that night, when he saw the master of the door hurrying with the disciple, saying that he had something important to meet the county respect, and even specially explained to the subordinates that even if the county lord had already fallen asleep, he had to wake up immediately.

Liang Xianzun heard that he thought that the horse bandits were sneaking into the county seat, and he was taken aback, and hurriedly rushed to the front hall from the backyard, who knew that Master Zhang's face was wrinkled with a smile, and when he saw his own county lord, he immediately stepped forward and said congratulations: "Congratulations to the county honor, the happy event is coming!" ”

"What's the joy?" Liang Xianzun saw that it was not the horse bandits attacking the city, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a depressed face: "The people below don't know about things, and they have arrested a person who shouldn't be arrested at all. ”

The master Zhang still had a smile on his face: "The county doesn't have to worry, the person who can solve the problem for the county is here!" ”

Liang Xianzun was stunned for a moment, and hesitated: "Who can solve this problem for this county?" Although the man surnamed Shuai is not a big man, the things he is involved in are not simple. This matter had nothing to do with the county, but he inexplicably wanted to sue the royal court, but he was arrested in the county again! What if...... If the county doesn't take the right position, it won't be much worse than death! ”

Master Zhang laughed, raised the name in his hand, and then handed it to Liang Xianzun, and said, "The county lord might as well take a look, there is this master here...... County lord, you just want to stand on the wrong side, students think, it's difficult to be afraid! ”

Liang Xianzun was surprised, and hurriedly took the name in Master Zhang's hand to take a look, only to see that the worship post was written in the center of the top grid "Worship Ansu County Order Liang Qingtong Gong Qi", and the inscription was impressively written "Xinzheng Late School Junior Brother Gao Pragmatic Respect".

"Xinzheng! High pragmatism! ”

Liang Xianzun screamed in shock, looked at Master Zhang with wide eyes, his usual grace and bearing were completely gone, he just jumped up and shouted: "Hurry up and call someone!" Ready to receive overnight! Then without waiting for Master Zhang to respond, he hurriedly paced a few steps, and hurriedly said: "Inform the county officials, officials, and all the elderly squires in the county who can still breathe, and say that this county has issued a death order, and tomorrow they will all follow this county to welcome the high service and read the master!" ”