Although he sent him these education popularization textbooks compiled by Yunnan itself, there was no intention of making a big deal about it, but there were some suspicions of unexplained showmanship. It's just that Li Yi faintly felt in his heart that Wang Dingbao must not be the kind of literati who is jealous, and he will definitely be able to distinguish which is more important.

The purpose of this visit to Guangning Road is to express gratitude, and of course, we cannot ignore Zhenxiong Road, which also extended a helping hand. Although the Zhenxiong Dao Festival Envoy has been replaced by Wu Xun, he can't go to Cha Liang, and the kindness of others must be repaid.

Since Li Yi's purpose was Wang Dingbao of Guangning Road, Zhenxiong Road was even more lacking, so he had to entrust Zheng Wenzhong, the Yunnan transfer envoy, to go.

On this visit, Li Yi originally wanted to take Qiu Feng with him, but Qiu Feng was in a hurry to go to Zhong Lingshan's secret camp to train for the children, so he had to give up this idea.

On the part of the officials, they arranged for He Shoujie, the commander of the Yunnan Records Officer, Li Hui, the commander of the logistics battalion, Jiang Hua, the commander of the army, and Yuan Guoce, a doctor of literature, to accompany them, while the personal guards only brought 60 or 70 personal soldiers such as Lian Jun and Guo Xiaoshuang, and counted dozens of horsemen who were driving more than 20 carts, totaling only more than 100 people. The group of people rushed to Fengzhou, the garrison of Guangning Road in the southeast direction, with rolling wheels and horses' hooves.

After two days and two nights of arduous trekking on the rugged mountain road, we finally arrived outside the city of Fengzhou at noon on the third day.

This road is rugged mountain roads, a group of people are in a hurry to stay overnight, almost no pedestrians are in a hurry, and there are few villages on both sides of the official road, the population is very thin, it seems that the whole Guangning Road is also desolate, garrisoning troops in such a place, there is no strategic value at all, there is really no reason.

But when he came to Fengzhou City, Li Yi really understood what the real city wall was.

The city wall of Fengzhou, close to the mountain, is as high as seventeen or eighteen meters, and the thickness has reached six or seven meters wide, and the circumference can not be seen at a glance.

At this time, because the envoy had been sent a few days earlier, so I got the news that Li Yi and his party had arrived, and at this time, the city gate of Fengzhou City had already been opened, and in the sound of drums, two teams of brightly armored and neatly arrayed teams were lined up on both sides of the road, and more than a dozen officials stood at the front of the team in anticipation, and it seemed that they were fully prepared to welcome.

Li Yi hurriedly stepped forward, threw the stirrup off the saddle and dismounted, and looked at the Guangning Provincial officials who came up, and soon saw the long-lost old friend He Ci.

Hehe! This 'old friend', who can speak well and has good skills, was walking at the forefront of the team at this time, and soon came to Li Yi with a smile.

After He Ci finished saluting according to the rules of officialdom and introduced other officials, he happily pulled Li Yi's arm and smiled: "My brother is really timely, hehe!" If you come two days late, you won't see me in Fengzhou. ”

Li Yi was stunned, and hurriedly asked, "Oh! Brother, I have come all the way, although I want to visit Wang Dashuai, but I also have the selfishness of wanting to have a good meeting with my brother, do I want to take this opportunity to hike? ”

Hearing Li Yi's half-ridiculous tone, He couldn't help laughing and said, "My brother is really good at burying people!" I don't know how happy I am to hear that you're coming! How could you take the opportunity to hike and miss this rare opportunity to meet! ”

"Huh! It's just that yesterday the appointment came down in the capital, and I entered the capital on the same day, didn't I stay for a few days, waiting to meet you? ”

Li Yi raised his eyebrows and hurriedly asked, "Oh! It turns out that my brother is going to the capital to go to high school, and it's too late for me to congratulate my brother! How can you bury the old man? ”

"I don't know what position my brother has in Beijing this time? It's okay to say it so that my brother and I will be happy. ”

He Ci shook his head slightly and said, "Alas! You don't have to pollute your ears to say it. It's not a high-ranking official, it's just a director of the Ministry of Rites, and it's still far from the rank of the elder brother! ”

That being said, the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of color, and it was obvious that he was quite satisfied.

Li Yiyi met with God, and hurriedly congratulated him: "Congratulations to my brother, although the head of the Ministry of Rites is not of high rank, he is in charge of the important affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and his authority is great. Moreover, it is close to the court, and it is even more convenient to be promoted, but it is much more decent than the military scenery of Guangning Road, isn't this a gratifying thing? When I'm in town, I'll congratulate my brother. ”

He Ci smiled, lowered his voice and said: "Brother, don't hurt me, as long as you can leave this ghost place, even if you demote me by three levels, I will be satisfied!" Alas! Since I came here three years ago, my eyes have been ruined and desolate, and with the fighting between the various tribes here, I can't even sit down and have a cup of tea, which is terrible. Alas! Don't say anything, the marshal told me to welcome you to the city quickly, after such a long journey, you must be very tired, so go to the city and rest! ”

Although Li Yi is unknown, there is a way to 'follow the customs of the locals', how people arrange, let's follow the footsteps of others.

Fengzhou City is very large, and it can be seen from the outer city wall that it is more than two times larger than Ningzhou. It's just that it is located in the mountain city, the layout of the houses is also dense, the houses are closely arranged together, except for the main street is quite open, most of the streets are crowded by houses and shops, it seems very narrow and crowded, not even as good as an ordinary street in Ningzhou.

The group followed He Zi and hesitated for about five or six streets, and came to a relatively wide avenue.

On the north side of the street, an antique mansion guarded by two teams of soldiers appeared in front of everyone, and it did not seem to be very large.

Although Li Yi used the word 'antique' in his heart, in fact, it was just to describe it as very old, and it was obvious that it had not been renovated for a long time.

From this point of view, Wang Dingbao is not a person who is greedy for luxury, this should be the marshal mansion of the envoy of Guangning Daojiedu.

The group dismounted outside the palace gate, accompanied by He Ci and other Guangning Road officials, Li Yi, He Shoujie, Lian Jun and others slowly walked inside, just entered the middle courtyard, raised their eyes and saw that from the steps of the main hall, there was an old man wearing a purple official silk robe, wearing a soapy black sarong swallow wing official hat, with a clear face and a gray beard, who was slowly walking towards everyone, and there was already a slight smile on his face.