Ten days later, a small fishing village near Weihaiwei in Shandong.

There are only a dozen families living here, and the people in the village usually go to sea to fish and dry salt for a living, and they rarely interact with outsiders on weekdays, so life is peaceful. Just this morning, a sea boat sailed into the simple harbor of a small fishing village.

It was a warship, about four feet long, made of wood, hung with two-masted hard sails, and more than 20 gun muzzles were fired on the hull.

The ship anchored for half a day, but no one got off the ship. The villagers had never seen such a large boat, and compared to the small fishing boats in the village, this boat could be called a behemoth. There were many villagers pointing at the boats on the shore, and a dozen and a half children were playing.

When the sun was about to set in the west, a young man in Chinese clothes walked to the side of the boat, took out a telescope and looked at the official road not far away, as if waiting for someone to come.

This person is Su Wensheng, whom Qian Jin met by chance in the capital, but since that encounter, this person has been like a stone sinking into the sea, and he never thought that he would appear here today.

After waiting for about half an hour, a team of people came on the official road three miles away, and Su Wensheng couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw it. As soon as he gave the order, some soldiers lowered their boats, and forty or fifty soldiers rowed to the shore and lined up in formation. The whole process was clean and clean, and there was no noise after the formation, and it was clear that they were going to greet very important people.

When the team of people on the official road approached, everyone could see the outfit of this line.

At the head were two carriages drawn by four horses. The entire carriage was covered with a heavy black cloth, and it was impossible to see the situation inside; The wheels of ordinary people's carriages are all made of wood, but the wheels of these two carriages are made of stainless steel; The walls of the carriage were actually wrapped in a layer of iron sheets.

There were more than twenty white-clothed women guarding the front and rear of the carriage, all of them quite attractive, but they all had a solemn look on their faces, and each of them carried a long sword on their backs.

When they arrived at the beach, the groom driver stopped the carriage with a "whoop". Immediately afterwards, a woman in Tsing Yi lifted the black cloth and jumped off the carriage. Looking closely, this woman is graceful, with eyebrows and beautiful eyes, although her face is covered with a plain veil, she still can't hide her cold temperament.

Seeing the woman in Tsing Yi get out of the carriage, Su Wensheng hurriedly greeted her, bowed down and said, "Princess Jing, it's been hard all the way." "It turns out that the person Su Wensheng has been waiting for is Princess Jing, the daughter of King Ming. Since the night attack on the Zhenfu Division, Princess Jing has evaporated from the world, and she can no longer be found. Unexpectedly, ten days later, she actually appeared in Weihaiwei, more than 800 miles away.

Hearing Su Wensheng's greetings, Princess Jing only nodded slightly, but a pair of beautiful eyes probed the place where she was, and after confirming that there was no danger, she said slowly: "The time to answer is quite accurate." ”

Su Wensheng was about to reply, Princess Jing had already walked to the carriage behind, saluted the carriage, and said, "Old Shu, you have arrived at the beach, please get on the treasure boat." ”

After a few breaths, an unkempt old man emerged from the carriage. At a glance, the old man was in his sixties, his clothes were tattered, his hair was disheveled, he seemed to have not taken a bath for decades, and only a pair of eyes were bright.

After the old man got out of the carriage, he took a few deep breaths of the salty and humid air on the seaside, and then he walked up to a woman in white, took her into his arms, and said with a smile: "It's been twenty years, the old man has finally come out, and it feels wonderful to see the light of day again." Although the woman in white didn't like it, she knew that the old man was the person the princess valued, so she had to let him do whatever he wanted.

Su Wensheng couldn't help frowning when he saw the old man's dissolute behavior. He glanced at Princess Jing's expression and said carefully: "Princess, everything is done, why don't you get on the boat?" ”

"Has Chen Xiong already set off?"

"I was on my way north five days ago."

"Are all the shadows laid in the capital lurking?"

"A little thing, princess rest assured."

Princess Jing nodded and said, "This time the two of you have merit, and you will be rewarded when you go back." Let's get ready to sail. After a pause, she looked at the villagers who were watching not far away, and said, "These villagers already know our whereabouts, don't leave us alive." ”

Su Wensheng agreed, but his eyes unconsciously looked at Princess Jing, and after a long time, he reluctantly walked towards the sea boat.

Half an hour later, the ship lifted anchor in the colorful glow of the sky.

Princess Jing stood alone in the stern of the boat. Looking at the small fishing village that was gradually moving away, as well as the rising flames and smoke, her eyes were full of coldness: "Mother-in-law of the Zheng family, old man Li, I guess none of you thought that this princess spent such a big price to rescue Shu Lao from the Zhenfu Division." And my good aunt, in your eyes...... Aren't brothers and sisters as good as a nephew? ”

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On the same day, a convoy escorted by Jinyi Guards arrived in the capital.

This team is strange. Walking in front of the white horse was Xu Baolu, but there were more than 20 strangers sitting in the eight carriages behind him, and the Swarder family was also impressive.

Four months ago, Xu Baolu had written to inform Shoufu that he had returned to Beijing to report on his work. After the resumption of the sea ban, the strangers who had trade with Guangdong could not do business, so they went to Xu Baolu's political secretary office to protest. Xu Baolu can't do it, these people can't be killed, and it's not bothering to leave it alone. So, he simply revised a letter and asked the chief assistant to decide.

As a result, half a month later, he received an urgent document of 800 miles from Shousuke, ordering him to bring all these strangers to the capital safely immediately, and nothing else.

Xu Baolu vaguely guessed Shoufu's intentions. He consulted with these strangers about the letter from Shoufu, but he didn't expect these strangers to be full of expectations for meeting the most powerful officials in Chen Guo, so they agreed to go north. It just so happened that the Swarder family was a guest in the political envoy department, and he was a missionary who had baptized the first emperor, and the trip to the capital together might have an unexpected effect. So Xu Baolu warmly invited them.

Having spent some time in the capital and having revisited for many years, Schwart gladly accepted Xu Baolu's proposal. The happiest of the few is Emily, and the thing she mutters the most along the way is "I'm finally going to see my husband".

Along the way, Xu Baolu introduced the customs of Chen Guo to these strangers from time to time, and also played in Suzhou for two days, and there was a delay on the road. These strangers were also amazed by the vastness of Chen Guo's land and beautiful rivers and mountains.

When they arrived in Hebei, more than 2,000 horses led by Zuo Fang, the commander of Jinyiwei, finally met the convoy. Although Xu Baolu is a provincial official, he has not yet reached the level of asking the commander of Jinyiwei to greet him personally. When he was about to ask, Zuo Fang had already bowed to him, and at the same time congratulated him on his promotion to the secretary of the ministry.

Xu Baolu was puzzled, and when he asked, he learned that the capital was being purged. As an old sparrow who has been mixed in the officialdom for more than 20 years, he already has a premonition that Shousuke's situation is not good. So, in the following days, in addition to eating and sleeping, the people of the convoy rushed to the capital day and night every day.

By the time they arrived in the capital, the purge in the city had come to an end, and the nine gates of the capital had been reopened.

Xu Baolu instructed Zuo Fang to bring all the strangers to Honglu Temple to settle down, and he rushed to the Li Mansion non-stop. When he saw Shousuke's withered face in the east study, he felt sad for a while, and when he fell to his knees with a thud, he cried, "Teacher, you have suffered. ”

Shoufu just smiled, called Steward Li, and said, "You go and call the money boy." Some words are explained clearly at one time, which saves trouble. ”