Luo Zhifu thought that Lord Li had found an excuse to hide, and when Jin Million sent people to the county office, he didn't see Lord Li, so he only got a message of "return to the city in a few days".

It was not very hot at the end of July, and Li You sat lazily on the bow of the boat, casually browsing the surrounding scenery while feeling the cool air wafting from the water. At this time, he was wearing a sunshade hat, a straight jacket with lapels, an ivory handle fan, a silk silk around his waist, and his feet on the clouds.

There was also a ship behind, and the Yangzhou Garrison Department led a small team of soldiers with Wu Xianhan, who followed the guard as a temporary personal soldier. It's just that Li Zhenfu wants to keep a low profile, so he doesn't show contact, but just follows secretly.

His trip was nominally to inspect the Gaoyou Prefecture barracks, but in fact he planned to intercept the Jiangbei student in Gaoyou Prefecture, and he knew that he was moved by emotion and reason, and "persuaded" him not to go to Jiangdu County to steal his limelight.

If he let the scholar enter Jiangdu County, it would be too late for Ren to have a thousand skills, so Li You couldn't wait in Yangzhou City, and he had to keep the enemy out of the country, and Gaoyou Prefecture in the north of Jiangdu County was the location he chose.

If the scholar wants to come to Yangzhou City, the starting point is Huai'an Mansion, and the ground must be Gaoyou Prefecture, and the distance is two or three hundred miles.

Huai'an Mansion is the territory of a foreign government, and it is inconvenient for Li You to intercept it. Gaoyou Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Prefecture, and for Master Li, the head of the Prefecture General Judgment and the Prefecture Garrison Department, it is half of its own territory. Xiaobai knows that when negotiating on his own turf, he has a greater psychological advantage.

The reason why Li You wanted to meet with the Scholar in person, instead of writing a letter to convey it, was because he wanted to speak some "spoken language" with the Grand Master, which was inconvenient to express in "written language". For example, "the heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials is my friendly countryman", "The second assistant of the cabinet is my division commander", "You weigh it carefully" and so on.

Brother Yi'er, the son of the family, is now the new squad leader, and he is still in the stage of youth and vanity, so he spoke with Li You: "Why doesn't the master put on a guard of honor? That's majestic. ”

"What do you know kid! Learn more! Li You scolded with a smile.

Master Hu, who accompanied the owner to the north, explained to Yi Ge'er beside him: "If the owner goes to visit with great fanfare, it will really make it difficult for the grandmaster to ride the tiger, if you retreat, don't be ridiculed by others and afraid of power, although this is probably the case." If the proprietor quietly goes to see him, then if the grandmaster is a sensitive, he will naturally take the initiative to retreat, and then find a serious illness or something like that, and others will not be able to say anything. ”

Li You added in his heart, he has always had to pretend to be decent in the county office, and he is tired after a long time, and it is rare to take the opportunity to relax, so why bother to be tired of himself with a full guard of honor.

While talking, the ship arrived at the canal wharf in the south of the city of Gaoyouzhou.

There are two post stations in this Gaoyou Prefecture, one is the northernmost post of the state border, and the other is the Yucheng post outside the south gate of the state city, which is one of the dozens of big post stations along the canal. If the scholar goes south from Huai'an Mansion, he must stop at these two places.

Master Hu went ashore and went to Yucheng Post to inquire about the news, and Wu sent a pawn to the Gaoyou Prefecture Barracks to report the news, informing him that Li Zhenfu had arrived.

After a short time, Master Hu turned around and reported: "It is said in the post station that there has been no news of the great master, and it seems that he has not yet arrived here." ”

"Then wait here for him, and don't have to go north any further, lest you miss it on the way."

Master Hu went to the post station to arrange accommodation again. This time, I came out to receive the county government survey, and moved in in the name of the people from Jiangdu County to welcome the front station of the great grandmaster.

Yuchengyi is surrounded by Gaoyou Prefecture South City, the street is very lively, it is a prosperous place, but in Li You's eyes, it is nothing. However, this place is close to Gaoyou Lake, and the lake is very famous, so Li You found a good restaurant to feast his tongue.

chose the window position on the second floor, Li You, Master Hu, and Wu Jiang had a table, and Yi Ge'er and the two guard sergeants had a table.

While waiting for the dishes to be served, two people in the adjacent seat spoke and mentioned the word "Jiangdu County", which made Li You listen attentively.

"My brother came from the south, did you have any interesting stories in Yangzhou City?" The younger scholar asked.

Another middle-aged scholar replied: "There is nothing else to say, only there is a very powerful county lord in Najiangdu, who recently said that he would levy two taels of silver on his consignment, which stirred up the discussion of the county for a while, but it was mostly good." If he can really use it to the people as he said, then he will be able to follow the officials. ”

The young scholar said disdainfully: "What's so powerful about this, it's nothing more than that the county venerable relies on the courage of blood and qi to rob the rich and help the poor, and I don't think it's rare." ”

What a young man's idea... The middle-aged gentleman shook his head, but didn't say anything more.

But when Li You heard that someone belittled his political achievements, he was dissatisfied, and suddenly asked the young scholar: "Is it just robbing the rich and helping the poor?" To put it lightly, dare to ask this minister, if you are in power, do you have the courage to do so? ”

The young scholar turned his head to look at it, and found that it was a literati younger than himself, so he responded: "Why don't you dare? ”

Li You asked aggressively: "Don't you dare." If all 300 salt merchants refuse to pay, how will you deal with it? The Salt Transport Division intercedes with you, do you dare not listen? The government asked you to hand over the silver taels, do you dare to refuse? ”

The young scholar was stunned for a moment by Li You's questioning, and said stiffly: "Standing upright, benefiting the people, of course not afraid of ghosts..."

Li You closed the fan with a swipe, and pointed at the young scholar very rudely: "Ridiculous, ridiculous!" It's all about it, it's just empty talk. If this is the case, you can't do it, and you still want to do something, the so-called mouth is full of talk, and there is really no plan in your chest! You've probably read the books of the sages, so go back and take a closer look at how to write the words "easy to know and difficult to do"! ”

The young man's face was flushed by Li You's lesson, and he couldn't argue, and he really felt that he had suffered an unjustified disaster. He didn't have the face to stay here, so he dragged the middle-aged scholar away from here to eat in another family.

After talking again, in this short time, there were three or four festive teams wearing red and hanging colors on the street downstairs. Mr. Hu asked the shopkeeper strangely, "What is the good thing today, you have so many marriages in Gaoyou." ”

"The guest officer didn't know that the emperor was going to draft a girl for his wedding, and I heard that the edict and the Qin mission had arrived in Huai'an Mansion, and they came to Gaoyou Prefecture in a day or two. Just these two days, who is willing to send their daughter to Beijing all the way to Beijing, the queen concubine can't think about it, it is difficult to protect whether she is dead or alive. So you can't get married in a hurry, I'm afraid it's too late! ”

The draft has finally begun, Li You was slightly stunned. If it is said that the people are disturbed, he, the person who first discussed it, can probably be called the culprit. But it can't be helped, the emperor's wedding always has to be like this.

(To be continued)