Li Hongji rode on a tall red horse, looking at the carriage speeding on the official road in front of him, and a large number of soldiers, and felt like a dream in a trance.

At this time, a full month has passed since Uncle Wang took him to ask for a position.

Li Hongji has been pulling his hair off these days, but he just can't understand how the dignified Lord Zhizhou, who was high up in the past, came in person, said a lot of words of encouragement to himself, and then let himself follow the three messengers he saw that day on the road!

In order to show the importance of the Lord of Zhizhou to this trip, even Liu Yicheng, who had just taken office, arranged for him to come over, and escorted him all the way!

I'm a good person, and I can let the post man personally escort me, aren't they all the treatment that only those extremely important foreign envoys can have when they come to pay tribute?

The dizzy Li Hongji and the dizzy Liu Yicheng set off with the three military posts in such a daze.

Where to go?

I don't know.

What are you going to do?

I don't know.

Why go?

Didn't dare to ask......

In the past few days, Li Hongji has been following these three urgent envoys in such a daze, sleeping in the open air, day and night, and has been rushing to the east......

These days, I finally got acquainted with the people, and then I inquired about the destination, they were going to Beijing!

What are you doing in Beijing?

I don't know.

Why do you want to go to Beijing?

The three envoys are also unclear......

Then the matter fell into a dead loop, and Li Hongji didn't know whether the trip was good or bad.

At best, could it be that a relative at home has become a big official and wants to promote himself?

Li Hongji thought about his relatives, friends and old acquaintances, but he didn't find a single acquaintance in the capital, and he couldn't help but be a little discouraged when he thought of this.

Thinking about it at worst, could it be that the person he once offended became a big official and wanted to punish himself?

Li Hongji thought about the people he had offended again, and he didn't find an enemy in the capital, the only one who might have an enmity with him, that is, the old man who was waiting for him to repay the money in his hometown, but he didn't hear that he was now uprooted and sent as an official? Li Hongji was even more discouraged when he thought of this.

Along the way, he passed through countless mountains, rivers, and cities, which opened Li Hongji's eyes, and he felt that he was a dirt bun before, and he began to be ashamed of himself again.

The confusion about the future, the fear of the future, the unadaptability to the unfamiliar environment, and the fact that he is still worried about the debts owed by his family, whether he can repay them in time makes Li Hongji scratch his ears and cheeks these days.

Fortunately, a few days ago, it got better, and the team in front of me was still growing on the way to Beijing.

In the past few days, Li Hongji has also inquired about something. A few days ago, I heard that a senior official from the court and the central government had been dismissed and returned to his hometown, and I heard that he was also going to Beijing. The big officials are invisible, and I heard that they are too old to ride horses and sit in carriages.

In this team, there were three people who were named by the above, one of them was a senior official who was added a few days ago, and the other was a middle-aged man with a dark face and a lean lean.

Li Hongji looked left and right, the only acquaintance he could call was Master Liu, who he had only seen once that day, and Zhizhou came in person that day, obviously valued himself very much, and said a lot of words of encouragement, and then sent this Lord Liu to escort him into Beijing as a sign of attention.

It's just that this Lord Liu's eyes are also a little sad, and he knows that this Lord Liu should have something unspeakable, this is a private matter, and you can't ask around.

Li Hongji drove the horse and walked a few steps quickly, catching up with the lean man in front of him, this is a person who has read a book, although he has no fame, but his ambition is to give a thumbs up to anyone who listens.

Li Hongji walked side by side with that man, hugged his fists and said, "Brother Xu, do you know what we're going to do?" ”

When Xu Hongzu heard Li Hongji's question, he also shook his head with a sad face, and said: "You have asked me thirty times, and I don't know, you said that you are a post man, and I am a grass man who only wants to travel all over the famous mountains and rivers, why was he dragged to the capital?" ”

"Oh, by the way, where is the little brother?"

"Shaanxi Yulin rice fat, is our Ming Dynasty nine-border town Yansui Town."

Xu Hongzu nodded and said, "I've been to that place." ”

The corners of Li Hongji's eyes twitched, he felt that his experience was already a little incredible, but compared to the one in front of him, it was still a lot worse.

I heard that the person in front of me was invited down on the halfway of a mountain, and then he walked all the way to the capital, and they met on the official road half a month ago, and the destination was the same, so they went together.

In order to rush and hurry, such a journey is the most boring, these days Li Hongji and Xu Hongzu are also familiar with each other, so they inquired about Xu Hongzu's family, Xu Hongzu was also a little bored and told Li Hongji something.

This statement frightened Li Hongji, in Li Hongji's eyes, the big bull in front of him was probably crazy, otherwise it would be impossible to do such a crazy thing.

After listening to Xu Hongzu's self-introduction, Li Hongji gradually had some general impressions of Xu Hongzu's life.

Xu Hongzu was born in the 14th year of Wanli in Mingshenzong in a famous wealthy family in Jiangyin, Nanzhili, and his ancestors were all scholars.

His father, Xu Youmian, did not want to be an official all his life, nor did he want to associate with the powerful, and liked to visit everywhere to enjoy the landscape.

It is estimated that he was influenced by the culture of the farming and reading family, Xu Hongzu was studious at an early age, well-read, and especially fond of the map of the local scriptures.

In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli, when Xu Hongzu was fifteen years old, he should pass a children's examination, but he did not pass it.

His father saw that he had no intention of becoming famous, and he was no longer reluctant, so he encouraged him to read a lot of books and be a learned person.

Xu Hongzu reads very seriously, and everyone who has read can remember everything he has read. But the collection of books at home gradually could not meet his needs, and he collected books that he had never seen before, and whenever he saw good books, even if he didn't bring money, he had to take off his clothes and change them.

Xu Hongzu was nineteen years old, after his father died. Xu Hongzu was born with a quirk, and he wanted to go out to explore the mysteries of famous mountains and rivers, and wanted to paint the world's famous mountains and rivers for the general will, but because of his elderly mother, he couldn't bear to make the trip.

Xu's mother is open-minded and reasonable, compared with her father's "purity of ambition", her mother's "diligence" has a more direct impact on Xu Hongzu.

Then Xu Hongzu wore the travel crown made for him by his mother, carried simple luggage on his shoulders, left his hometown, and embarked on the journey of conquering the famous mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty.

After Li Hongji learned about Xu Hongzu's deeds, although he felt that he had a problem with his brain, he had to admire Xu Hongzu's courage to complete his ambition by sleeping in the open air, which was to walk all over Daming!

Could it be that there are high-ranking officials in Beijing who know about Brother Xu's deeds, and then want to meet this strange person?

It makes sense when you say this, their team of people, the official master is going to take office, this Brother Xu has done such a shocking thing, it is hard to guarantee that it will make the official master with a strange temperament above interested, but he was born plain, he has lived for more than 20 years, and the farthest is only from his hometown to Yinchuan Yi This feat can be taken out to talk about.

He is such a person who has no literary talent, no wisdom, and only one body can still handle kung fu, but in this world it is much better than his own kung fu, how can he let the officials above know his existence?

Li Hongji is obviously not a heartless character like Zhu Yousong, and he always has to think about things he can't understand, but he racked his brains and probably couldn't imagine that among the people who walked with him all the way, Han Yi, the veteran of the Four Dynasties, sat in the carriage, and Xu Hongzu, who was next to him, also had a nickname called Xu Xiake, and he himself would change his name to Li Zicheng in the future......