Xiao Ding decided to return to Yongzhou in the near future. Before leaving, he proposed to King Mu about recommending him a housekeeper. Mu King Song Yinzi promised to let the deputy housekeeper of his house come over to help Xiao Ding take care of the house. Xiao Ding was very happy to hear this.

Then he thought of another thing before leaving, that is, to say goodbye to the old prince Gao. But when I think of visiting King Gao's Mansion, I always have to buy some gifts to bring over.

But what should I buy as a gift?

The last time he went to the Gao Wang's Mansion for a banquet, he forgot to bring some gifts. However, that time there was an invitation from the old prince, not to visit himself, but to be invited to the banquet, and he didn't bring a gift.

But this time it is different, this time it is not people who take the initiative to invite, but they come to the door in person, which can not be visited empty-handed!

Thinking of the gifts, Xiao Ding couldn't help but think of the few gifts that King Mu gave him.

Right! It's better to transfer the gifts from King Mu to the old prince Gao, the gifts left by King Mu are mostly expensive jade, and they are given to the old prince Gao, which is valuable and face-saving, this is a good idea!

Thinking of this, Xiao Ding found several jade artifacts given to him by King Mu, including the four treasures of the jade study. Then it is still packed in a gift box sent by King Mu, which is beautiful and generous! Xiao Ding himself felt that he had a lot of face when he brought such a gift to visit.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, a maid brought breakfast to Xiao Ding. Xiao Ding also enjoyed the aristocratic feeling of "clothes to reach out and food to open their mouths". Someone is waiting, it's really cool!

After breakfast, Xiaoding rode on his horse, brought gifts, and came to the gate of Gaowang's mansion, and asked the guards to go in to tell him that Tian Xiaoding was visiting.

The guards went in, and it didn't take long for a young man to come out, his name was Gao Hongxiu, a cousin of Gao Wanjun, and he personally brought his subordinates out to greet Xiao Ding.

welcomed Xiao Ding into the hall of the main courtyard, and the old prince Gao was sitting in the middle waiting for Xiao Ding.

Xiao Ding hurriedly walked a few steps forward to salute and said, "Junior Tian Xiaoding pays a visit to the old prince Gao!" ”

"Hahaha, General Tian, no courtesy, no need to be polite, come and take a seat!" Gao Zhengde, like last time, warmly beckoned Xiao Ding to sit down.

At this time, the subordinates had also moved the gift boxes brought by Xiaoding into the house.

When the old prince Gao saw it, he hurriedly said: "General Tian, if you come directly to visit the old man, the old man will be very happy, why do you bother to buy so many gifts?" ”

"These are a little hearts of the younger generations, and I hope the old prince will smile!" Xiao Ding said politely.

"Okay, okay, this time the old man will accept it, next time you come again, don't bring this or that, my house doesn't lack anything." Hahahaha! Gao Zhengde said.

"Okay, the younger generation will follow the teachings of the old prince!" Xiao Ding clenched his fists again.

"Hahaha, I said General Tian, you brought so many gifts this time, do you want to come over to meet my Wanjun? Someone, General Kuaida came to see her! Gao Zhengde said haha, and then instructed his subordinates to invite Gao Wanjun.

Xiao Ding secretly said in his heart, how can he answer this? said that he didn't come here to see Gao Wanjun, in fact, he also wanted to meet her and say goodbye to her face to face, after all, when they were on the front line in Yongzhou, the two had no less contact, and they were more or less affectionate. said that he wanted to see it, but he was worried that he would be misunderstood by the old prince Gao, so that he mistakenly thought that he had other purposes.

"I, I ——, I came to visit this time, in fact, I want to say goodbye to Old Lord Gao!" Xiao Ding finally said the purpose of his visit.

"What? Are you going to leave Midstate? Old Lord Gao said in surprise.

"Yes, I plan to return to my hometown in Yongzhou tomorrow.

"In such a hurry? Why not spend a few more days in Midstate? Old Lord Gao said.

"No, I haven't been home since I joined the army and went to the front line!" Xiao Ding said.

"Then what about your general's mansion in Zhongzhou, don't you want it?" Old Lord Gao said worriedly.

"I have already found His Royal Highness King Mu and asked him to send someone to help me take care of the mansion." Xiao Ding replied truthfully.

While the two were talking, Gao Wanjun hurriedly walked in from outside. Xiao Ding hurriedly got up and hugged his fist to Gao Wanjun and said, "I've seen General Gao!" ”

Gao Wanjun also hugged Xiao Ding and said, "General Tian, why are you here?" As he spoke, there was a faint hint of joy in his eyebrows.

Xiao Ding had no choice but to repeat what he had just said to Old Lord Gao to Gao Wanjun.

Gao Wanjun heard that Xiao Ding was leaving, and the little joy between her eyebrows just now immediately disappeared without a trace.

"Then will you come to Zhongzhou again in the future?" Gao Wanjun asked with concern.

"Whether or not to move to Zhongzhou, I still have to go back and ask my family for advice." Ding replied.

"General Tian, since you have decided to leave tomorrow, then don't leave at noon today, and I will send someone to arrange a banquet in a while, and it will be regarded as seeing you off." Old Lord Gao interjected at this time and came in deliberately.

Xiao Ding couldn't refute the kindness of the old prince Gao, so he had to agree: "Then bother the old prince!" ”

At noon, Xiao Ding and the people of Gaowang's Mansion had a farewell banquet together.

At the banquet, there were old princes Gao who sat with Xiaoding to drink, his three sons Gao Liangkai, Gao Liangtenon, Gao Liangal, and Gao Liangtong, and the fourth Gao Liangtong was still at the border and had not returned, so he was absent. There is also Gao Hongxiu, the grandson of the old prince Gao, that is, the young man who went to greet Xiao Ding when he first entered the door, plus Gao Wanjun, a total of six or seven people also sat at a big table.

During the banquet, everyone toasted Xiao Ding and said some cherished words to each other. The atmosphere of the scene was a little sad for a while. Gao Wanjun was also a little lonely and silent, just drinking alone.

Only Gao Liangkai was very interested, and Lian Lianqian asked Xiao Ding to eat and drink more. It turned out that he, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, had already seen the set of jade study four treasures sent by Xiao Ding, and he liked it very much, so he seemed a little closer to Xiao Ding.

Gao Hongxiu admires Xiao Ding very much, he was born in Gao Wangfu, learned literature and practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his two cousins Gao Hongjun and Gao Honglun followed his fourth uncle Gao Liangtong to the Youzhou front, so he has always been full of yearning for marching and fighting.

After Gao Wanjun came back, he kept mentioning how brave Tian Xiaoding was, how witty, and how he defeated Hu Ren. Therefore, in Gao Hongxiu's heart, Xiao Ding has already become a big hero on the battlefield. At his age, it is an age full of fantasy and longing. The worship of heroic characters is also a common psychological characteristic of young people of his age.

So during the banquet, Gao Hongxiu also kept pouring wine for Xiao Ding, drinking with him, and asking Xiao Ding to tell the stories of fighting the enemy in Yongzhou.

Xiao Ding couldn't, and it was difficult to refute Gao Hongxiu's face, so he had to talk about the killing of the enemy in Yongzhou again. Gao Hongxiu was even more fascinated by it, clapping his hands.

The banquet lasted until half an afternoon, when it was over. Xiao Ding said goodbye and left King Gao's mansion and returned to his mansion.

Since he decided to leave tomorrow, he needs to pack his bags today.

Xiao Ding looked at the things he wanted to bring back. The twenty brocades rewarded by the emperor, as well as the one thousand taels of gold, he planned to bring them back, after all, they were the emperor's rewards, and it was also very glorious to bring them back to his family.

However, there is still some money left for daily expenses on the mansion side. After all, there are still a lot of people here. You can't let King Mu send someone over to help take care of it, and let King Mu pour money to help him spend the expenses of the house!

But at this time, Xiao Ding found that although he had cheated King Mu for two thousand taels of silver before, the one hundred taels of gold that Zhou Siyuan, the governor of Yongzhou, had rewarded him with a silver ticket of one thousand taels. But yesterday, the purchase of these items in the mansion alone had already cost him two thousand taels of silver tickets. In the past half a month, he has lived in the hotel to eat or something, and he has spent hundreds of taels of silver. Now, in addition to the box of gold, he still had less than nine hundred taels of silver tickets in his arms.

It seems that here in the mansion, it is not enough to keep only the silver ticket, and it is still necessary to leave some gold to maintain normal expenses.

So Xiao Ding decided to leave 200 taels of gold as the government's expenses for this year, and wait until the end of the year, if he is free, he will come over again and send the next year's expenses.

Two hundred taels of gold can be exchanged for two thousand taels of silver, which is enough to maintain the expenses of these people in the house for a year.

Xiao Ding counted out two hundred taels of gold in the box and put it in one place, preparing to hand it over to him after the butler sent by King Mu came over tomorrow. The remaining eight hundred taels were still in the box. The cloth took up a lot of space, so Xiao Ding decided to buy a carriage back tomorrow and use the carriage to carry these things back to Yongzhou.

Although the carriage was not as fast as riding alone, it was convenient to carry things.

Looking at the box of gold, Xiao Ding secretly said, he was alone and rushed with so much gold, what should he do if he encountered gangsters on the road?