When Li Wuwu left from Baixia County, he did not follow the caravan again, but left alone in a carriage. This made the caravan both lose and breathe a sigh of relief, this son's handwriting was really too big, so that everyone's nerves couldn't stand it.

Autumn in the north does not have the busy scene of harvest in the south, but is a bit bleak. The frost of autumn leaves and the fiery red of the mountains are a rare vitality in this world.

The carriage did not go straight to the Jingshi, but made a detour, and Li Wuwu wanted to see an elder, the former Taifu Hongtai.

said that he was an elder, but in fact he was Zhao Pu's opponent, who had been-for-tat in the officialdom all his life, and when he was about to go to work, he was a grudge. A few years ago, Zhao Pu brought Li Wuwu to come once, and that time Zhao Pu not only brought Li Wuwu to ask for advice, but also had a layer of meaning, using an apprentice to slap his face. That time, Li Wuwu cleanly dismissed the old lady Fu and admitted defeat, Zhao Pu rarely did not ridicule and ridicule, but just sighed that a generation of new people replaced the old ones.

Mrs. Hong lives in seclusion in Changshan County, although it is not far from the border pass, but there is the impregnable Changshan Pass, and the Changshan General who inherited the mantle of Marshal Shentu, Changshan County does not have the kind of rumor of the ordinary border pass county.

The carriage passed through the village and did not stop, and there were more soldiers than robbers along the way, and most of them were quite friendly, so it can be seen that General Changshan had made great achievements in governing the army.

The old lady is not like Zhao Pu and Shen Tukong, although he returned to seclusion and set up a academy, he will retire in a small place called Daishan Village. The mountains are not high, the water is not deep, and there are not many people in the village. When the carriage arrived, the excitement on the faces of the children who were chasing the carriage could be seen that there were probably very few outsiders here.

When I came to the small courtyard of Mrs. Hong in my memory, the fence wall was more mottled than in previous years, and all kinds of autumn chrysanthemums were in full bloom in the small courtyard, which was very elegant. It's a pity that the host is not at home.

Li Wuwu asked a few families, but unfortunately the villagers here probably don't go out much, and they shook their heads at Li Wuwu's official words, and they don't know if they don't understand it, or they don't know who Mr. Hong is talking about.

Li Wuwu thought about it, and asked Zhao San to drive the carriage to the river.

Sure enough, from a distance, I saw an old man with a hat by the river, who was concentrating on fishing.

"Don't come unharmed, old lady!" said Fauber.

Lao Suo turned around, and under the hat was silver frost beard, although he was a little thin, but he was in good spirits. The old man was stunned, as if he couldn't believe the person he saw: "Mr. Fu, what a rare guest!" After that, he looked behind Fu Bo and saw that Zhao Pu was not there, but fortunately, Fu Bo did not have any sadness on his face, and he should not have come to report the funeral or something. He hesitated and asked, "Is this coming for me?"

Fu Bo has been waiting for Zhao Pu for many years, rarely leaving, and he came here alone at this time, what happened?

Li Wuwu stepped forward, bowed down and said, "I've seen the boss!"

Although Li Wuwu has changed his appearance, his voice is also a little different from a few years ago, how can the old lady forget the appearance of bowing down?

"Li Wuwu!" the old lady muttered, her eyes a little erratic, as if she remembered the little boy who was talking eloquently in front of him. Before he knew it, he had grown up.

"Worry-free take the two teachers to say hello to the boss, the boss looks in good spirits and is old and strong!" Li Wuwu can coax the two masters in the academy, and his mouth is also sweet and sweet.

"Hmph, I thought Mr. Fu was here to report the funeral? Old man Zhao seems to be alive and well!"

"The family teacher eats and drinks well now, but he is worried about the boss's body and bones, so he specially asked Wuwu to take a look!"

"Haha-" The old lady laughed and said: "Old man Zhao's life is very hard, I'm afraid, my old man's bones are rotten, and he is still living freely!" As an opponent for many years, the old lady has some understanding of Zhao Pu's identity.

After speaking, without waiting for Li Wuwu to reply, the old lady reached out and grabbed Li Wuwu's arm, and said, "Boy, it's rare that you are kind enough to come to see me, go, I just caught a lot of fish, and I went back to drink." After speaking, he didn't care about the fishing rod, lifted the bamboo basket filled with half a basket of fish with one hand, and walked towards the village with Li Wuwu's arm with the other.

Along the way, some villagers saw it and greeted the old lady in the local dialect cordially, and Li Wuwu could vaguely understand that it was shouting "Old man Yu!"

The old lady saw that Li Wuwu was curious, so she smiled and said: "The old man is fishing as a hobby, he catches more on weekdays, so he gives it away, and they collect more fish, so they call me the old man, as for the old man's real name, they really don't remember it." Haha-" There was a cordiality in that hearty laughter, but he couldn't get in touch with the former court master who was proficient in scheming and wrestling with the old prime minister Zhao Pu.

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In the chrysanthemum bush of the small courtyard, several large stones are stacked into stone tables and stone benches, although they are not finely carved, but they are elegant.

On the stone table, in the small red clay stove, there is a white and tender ember, the fragrance is pervasive, mixed with the aroma of chrysanthemums, so that the small heads lying on the fence wall outside the small courtyard drool.

The old lady picked up the pottery bowl on the table, fished out half a bowl of fish with bamboo chopsticks soup and water, brought it to the wall, handed it to the front of the largest head, and said with some distress: "Na, I don't have many such delicious fish, give you a little taste, you give them a share, the fish basket is at the door, and there are fish, bring it back yourself." ”

The big head took the bowl and held it with both hands, and the other little heads hurried over.

"It smells so good!"

"It's all there, don't grab it!"

"Let's go, let's go over there. ”

A group of children chattered and gradually moved away.

Li Wuwu sat at the stone table, smiled and watched the old lady turn back, sit opposite, and then take a chopstick of fish meat and chew it slowly. I ate several bites before I stopped.

The old lady put down the bamboo chopsticks and sighed: "I haven't seen you kid for a few years, this cooking skill is becoming more and more exquisite, the old man, the imperial banquet I ate in the palace back then, it is not as good as your pot of fish stew, your skill, it is a pity not to be an imperial chef!"

Li Wuwu poured a glass of wine, leaned to his nose and sniffed gently, this is the chrysanthemum wine brewed by the old lady. Hearing the old lady's words, he gently put the wine in the cup into his mouth, and a strong chrysanthemum flavor spread in his mouth.

Putting down the wine glass, picking up the wine jug, and pouring the wine, Li Wuwu said as if unintentionally: "I'm going to be the imperial chef, no matter how good the dishes are, does he dare to eat them?"

In a word, the old lady looked at Li Wuwu in a daze, and was speechless.

Li Wuwu picked up the full wine glass and saluted the old lady: "It seems that the old man is in the countryside and has ambitions in the court!"