Chapter 211: Exam

Yan Ruoran was sitting upright in the carriage, her face was still the usual calm appearance, but if you look closely, you can still see the faint sadness in the corners of Yan Ruoran's eyes. Sitting in the middle of the carriage, the girl kept lifting the curtains on the side of the carriage, looking at it and then lowering it again.

Although there is no exact news about the officials and gentry in Jiaozhou City, everyone knows that the general Li Meng will always be absent from Jiaozhou for a period of time every year. As a general guarding Laizhou Mansion, and there is also the defense of Qingzhou within the scope of Li Meng's garrison, it is normal to go out to patrol.

Although the school grounds of the Jiaozhou battalion and the various venues for the drill are strictly guarded, the locals in Jiaozhou are not too evasive, after all, the military discipline of the Jiaozhou battalion is strict, and they try not to disturb the people. Therefore, the official eunuchs and gentry in Jiaozhou, if they have the heart, can always roughly judge when Li Meng is not in Jiaozhou.

Yan Zhizhou received a proclamation to be appointed as the prefect of Dongchang in October, and because it was close to the end of the year, the household department and the yamen of the provincial government of Shandong all asked to take office in March of the following year.

And Yan Zhizhou also has his own relationship in the officialdom, maybe he is active, and the news of this transfer does not appear on public documents such as Tang Bao, which is also in line with the usual practice, and it is not too late to announce it when he officially takes office in March of the following year.

After confirming that Li Meng had left, Yan Zhizhou immediately decided to leave for his post, and it was not a big deal to live in Dongchang Mansion for a few months, anyway, the local gentry would also be careful to welcome the "Taizun" for a few months.

Li Meng took Tang Er, Wang Hai, and Ma Gang to raid Caozhou, Zhao Neng, and Chen Liu each had their own town guards, Master Ning dispatched and commanded the camp in Fengmeng Town, and the only person left in Jiaozhou City was Luo Xi, the housekeeper of the Yan Zheng Inspection House, who was the leader of the general affairs, and many things were not intervened.

Yan Zhizhou wanted to leave Jiaozhou City with his family, and the housekeeper Luo Xi had no reason to stop the actions of such a six-grade herdsman official, and he didn't dare to stop it, so he could only inform him of this matter immediately.

Military affairs first, of course, the private affairs of the main general must be put aside, and after a few days of delay in this matter, a fast horse was sent to report the news.

Although Yan Ruoran has always maintained correspondence with Li Meng in her own small mansion, because she is confined in the mansion and even asks someone to send her three meals a day, her own affairs are not clear.

When Yan Zhizhou suddenly said that he was going to move, of course Yan Ruoran was shocked, Yan Zhizhou is also a transparent character, seeing his daughter behaving like this, he understood something in his heart, thinking that this Jiaozhou is Li Meng's territory, maybe he has established some kind of connection.

This fact made Yan Zhizhou very angry, but he was also helpless, but when Yan Ruoran showed a desperate look, Yan Zhizhou's reaction could only be more helpless, but after all, this is his own daughter, although Yan Zhizhou hates Li Meng, but his daughter is still important.

"That Li Meng in just a few years, from a military household to today's generals, decisive killing, hands stained with blood, silent is already the town of the two prefectures, there are rumors in this state and county, there are a few charming women in his house, such a gloomy, violent, lustful martial artist, how can he be your good match, not to mention his lake-like private salt trading, this identity is such a lowly ......, in the future for your father to find a good gentleman, take the right path of studying the imperial examination, and live a life with a beautiful life!"

But after saying this, Yan Ruoran's expression was even more sad, Yan Zhizhou patted his forehead, his daughter knew that although she had a quiet personality, she was an extremely stubborn temper, and if she recognized something, she would never turn back......

Yan Zhizhou sighed in his heart, changed his statement, and opened his mouth to persuade again:

"My father is also a young person, say to you, if you think that Li Meng is sincere to you, if you go to Dongchang Mansion with your father, then Li Meng is a military attaché, if he knows that we are gone, he will naturally catch up, riding a horse is always faster than us, if you can't catch up, then everything is not mentioned."

For girls who are rational and insist on themselves, the only way to convince them is to be reasonable, Yan Zhizhou said this, but saw that his daughter with a sad face but firm eyes was a little loose, staring straight at herself, and couldn't help but sigh "wrong" in her heart, and continued:

"You are a girl's family, all day long in this mansion that is only three points of land, where do you know anything outside, I am afraid that what the other party says, you will believe it, have this opportunity, just try, so as not to delay your life."

As a father, and a traditional reader of this era, Yan Zhizhou's words can be regarded as open-minded, and the same, such direct words are very convincing.

Women in love are always nervous, Yan Ruoran is even more so, in Jiaozhou in the past few years, the number of meetings with Li Meng is a pitiful two, all through letters, the girl believes in Li Meng's sincerity, but she is also very worried, after all, there is no certainty.

After hearing this, Yan Ruoran regained his calm, and left Jiaozhou City with his family meekly, Yan Zhizhou thought a little differently in his heart, and couldn't help but ponder, the character of his daughter, I am afraid that she will not suffer any losses in her mother-in-law's house in the future, and the needle is the way to deal with people.

After all, Yan Zhizhou didn't think about waiting for Li Meng or the like on the way, and told his family to hurry up along the way, but his team was not Li Meng's army, there were many old and weak female dependents, and there were a few soft ones, and the speed was not much faster at all. Unconsciously, in the hearts of Yan Zhizhou and Yan Ruoran, the relocation was inaugurated, and they were in a hurry on the road, which actually had some meaning of competition.

If the family arrives in Liaocheng, Dongchang Mansion, Li Meng has not caught up, then it is not sincere, leave Jiaozhou, go to Wei County, follow Wei County to Changle County, Qingzhou Mansion City goes straight to Jinan Mansion, go to Dongchang Mansion in Jinan Mansion, walk on the road for five days, take the dignified official road, Yan Ruoran is nervously looking at the road before and after every day, hoping to see Li Meng's traces, but he was disappointed for five days in a row.

Li Meng's garrison is Qingzhou and Laizhou, the sixth day is already out of the Qingzhou boundary, book to rest in Zhangqiu County at night, the hope of seeing Li Meng in Jinan Mansion is a few points worse, Yan Ruoran has been secretly crying a few times at night when there is no one, and the hope is really getting slimmer and slimmer.

Yan Zhizhou became more and more relieved, thinking that his daughter finally didn't have to marry a vulgar martial artist, Yan Zhizhou could be regarded as having traveled some places from south to north, and he had also seen what the officers and soldiers of the Ming court looked like.

But Li Meng's army is so good, but it didn't bring any good impression to this Yan Zhizhou, although Yan Zhizhou doesn't care about things, it's not that he doesn't watch or listen, and he often observes how Li Meng's Jiaozhou battalion acts, he always has some vague fear and panic in his heart, and he always feels that he has to take a big risk if he gets involved with this person.

Three or four years did not leave Jiaozhou City, all the way up, what I saw and heard was shocking to Yan Zhizhou, when I was in Jiaozhou, I also felt that the world was peaceful, although Di Baotang newspaper said that those disasters were secretive, but I didn't see it after all, and I felt that the situation was not so bad, but after leaving Jiaozhou, I knew what Shandong was ruined for this catastrophe, everywhere I saw white bones, and there were no people for hundreds of miles, this exaggerated description was actually a little realistic, fortunately, Yan Zhizhou's housekeeper was a smart person, Although Yan Zhizhou was reluctant to accept Li Meng's favor, the housekeeper still insisted on borrowing a hundred soldiers from the Jiaozhou battalion to escort him, of course, this is also the practice of court officials taking office.

On the road, Yan Zhizhou found that if there were no 100 soldiers, I am afraid that these people would really suffer, Changle to Qingzhou Mansion on the road, he encountered hundreds of bandits, and as a result, after the 100 soldiers who guarded showed the name of the Jiaozhou battalion, these hundreds of bandits were kneeling on both sides of the road, trembling and respectful.

The post inn where the road lives, since entering the boundary of Weixian, there are always some sneaky people staring, after this bandit greeting, the residence began to be very clean, those who do not have too many good faces, the post chiefs have become very respectful and polite.

Yan Zhizhou was really a little emotional, remembering the time when Li Meng asked for marriage, the two argued endlessly, Li Meng opened his mouth and said aloud, "The world is in such a chaotic situation, without the sword of the martial arts, how can peace be guaranteed", at that time, I thought that this person was just scheming and talking nonsense, but today I saw the actual scene outside, combined with those things in the Di Bao Tang Newspaper, and pondered it, it was really what Li Meng said.

If it is really chaotic, the person who can shelter his daughter, I am afraid that a weak scholar is useless, and he really needs a martial artist like Li Meng......

Along the way, Yan Zhizhou and his daughter Yan Ruoran thought about things upside down, their daughter was a little disappointed and discouraged, and their father's thoughts gradually changed.

The convoy was not moving fast, it took almost half an hour from Li Meng and them saw it, and three hundred people and horses stayed on both sides of the road, and there was no hidden meaning, it was indeed very scary.

Yan Zhizhou, who was riding on a horse, listened to the two generals who led the team below whispered:

"How can there be an eyeless thief in front of you, who would dare to rob this convoy??"