Chapter 548: Hitchhiking

When Li Yuntian's official ship docked at the wharf of Jining Prefecture, the prefect of Jining Prefecture and the commander of Jining Wei had already led officials of all sizes in Jining City to greet him at the wharf.

In the crowd that greeted, in addition to Li Yuntian's cousin Li Yunfeng, there were two old acquaintances of Li Yuntian, one was Lu Ren, the commander of Jining Wei, and the other was Zhao Zeen, the patriarch of the Zhao clan of Zhaojiaji, Dexian County, Jining Prefecture.

Lu Ren was originally a thousand households guarding the Shimen Gate, and because he led the troops to Zhaojiaji in Dexian County in time to "rescue", he was promoted to the commander of Jining Guard, and the hereditary commander of the guard was appointed according to the Ming military system.

As for Zhao Zeen, it was Li Yuntian who hid in the boudoir of Zhao Xinyue, the young lady of the Zhao family, when he was avoiding the pursuit of the Han King, and then got acquainted with Zhao Zeen.

Wei Mingyang, the prefect of Jining Prefecture, was a Beijing official who was released from the position of Langzhong in the Ministry of Industry last year, and was a member of the cabinet camp, and was recommended by the cabinet to be released to serve as the prefect.

As the parent official of Jining Mansion, Wei Mingyang had already set up a reception dinner for Li Yuntian in Jining City, and Li Yuntian entered the city with a smile and a smile surrounded by everyone.

After the dinner, Li Yuntian led Xie Heng, Han Liang and Li Manshan to live in the back house of the Jining Mansion, where they would stay overnight and set off the next morning.

Originally, as Li Yuntian, the local officials would usually choose a family among the local gentry as his residence, after all, the mansions of those families were far more luxurious than the back houses of the government officials, and those gentry would definitely serve them wholeheartedly.

However, Li Yuntian didn't want to disturb the place, so every time he went to live in either the government or the yamen of the guard, this had become a practice for him.

Early the next morning, Wei Mingyang and Lu Ren led the officials to wait outside the gate of Li Yuntian's house, and then surrounded Li Yuntian to the dock to take a boat.

"Brother Li save me!" On the dock, Li Yuntian was saying goodbye to Wei Mingyang, Lu Ren and others, and a crisp shout suddenly sounded in the crowd watching the excitement.

Hearing this, Li Yuntian subconsciously looked over, only to see a handsome and handsome man in white being stopped by two soldiers who were responsible for maintaining order on the scene, looking at him anxiously.

"My lord, do you know this person?" Seeing this situation, Wei Mingyang couldn't help but ask, if it was Li Yuntian's acquaintance, he would have asked the two soldiers who were blocking the road to let the man in white come over.

"I have never lived." Li Yuntian glanced at the white-clothed man, and shook his head slightly at Wei Mingyang, as if he had never seen this person in his memory.

Wei Mingyang's brows suddenly frowned slightly when he heard this, thinking that the man in white was here to make trouble, so he waved his hand to the soldiers who maintained order, and the soldiers swarmed up, preparing to drive away the boy in white, so as not to spoil Li Yuntian's nature.

"Brother Li, do you remember Zhao Heiniu from Zhao Jiaji back then?" Seeing this, the man in white couldn't help but be anxious, and hurriedly shouted to Li Yuntian.

"Zhao Heiniu?" Li Yuntian couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, if he said that he might not be able to remember who Zhao Heiniu was for a while in other places, but if Zhao Jiaji was added in front of him, he immediately understood the identity of Zhao Heiniu in the mouth of the man in white.

Zhao Heiniu is a servant of the Zhao family where Zhao Zeen is located, who was responsible for carrying water for Zhao Xinyue's yard, and guessed from Zhao Xinyue's sudden increase in diet that Li Yuntian was hiding in Zhao Xinyue's boudoir, so he told Zhu Zhantan, who was chasing Li Yuntian, that he wanted to soar, not only to occupy the Zhao family's industry, but also to get the delicate and beautiful Zhao Xinyue.

It's a pity that Zhao Heiniu was unlucky, because Lei Ting and Lu Ren came in time to disturb his good deeds, and finally ended up in a different place.

There are many people in Jining Mansion who know about Li Yuntian's past in Zhaojiaji, but no one will take Zhao Heiniu out to have a relationship with Li Yuntian, unless......

"You...... ...... are you" An image of a person suddenly appeared in Li Yuntian's mind, and then he looked at the man in white in surprise, looking up and down at him, looking very surprised.

"Brother Li, this time it's my turn to be in trouble, you have to save me!" Seeing that Li Yuntian recognized him, the man in white suddenly showed a relaxed look on his cheeks, and raised his voice and said to Li Yuntian.

Seeing this, Wei Mingyang knew that the boy in white was an acquaintance of Li Yuntian, so he hurriedly waved his hand to the soldiers who blocked the boy in white, and the soldiers got out of the way.

The man in white then walked quickly towards Li Yuntian, followed by a handsome attendant in blue clothes, carrying two big burdens on his shoulders.

"What nonsense, don't get out of here!" Without waiting for the white-clothed man to come to Li Yuntian, Zhao Zeen, who was standing next to Wei Mingyang, walked over and stopped his retreat, and said with a straight face.

"I'm here to find Brother Li, not to mess around." The man in white raised his head when he heard this, and said to Zhao Zeen angrily, "If I hadn't been forced to be helpless, I wouldn't have made this decision!" ”

"You ......" Zhao Zeen saw that the man in white was determined to find Li Yuntian, and was about to open his mouth to scold, but Li Yuntian, who was unguarded, spoke with a smile, "Zhao Gong is a little restless, since the old man opened his mouth to ask for help, this official should ask for it." ”

"What happened?" As he spoke, Li Yuntian walked up to the man in white and asked with a smile, judging from the scene just now, the man in white didn't seem to have encountered any trouble.

"Brother Li, I was supposed to stay well in the capital, but I was deceived by a letter from home, forcing me to marry a playboy I have never met in Jinan City, you give a comment, I am a living person, why should I be sent out like goods."

The man in white bit his lip and complained to Li Yuntian angrily, it turned out that she was a woman, and it could be seen that she was worried about being deceived into going home.

This woman is none other than Zhao Zeen's baby granddaughter Zhao Xinyue, six years have passed, and she has changed from a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl to a slim girl.

"From ancient times to the present, the marriage of children is not the order of their parents, the matchmaker's words, although Zhang Gongzi has several concubines, but which man is not three rooms and four concubines, besides, you are married to the main room, and those concubines do not have to obey you!"

Zhao Zeen's face sank when he heard this, and he stared at Zhao Xinyue and taught him, "You have been in the capital for a few years, and your heart is wild, if you don't teach it anymore, won't you turn the sky upside down in the future?" ”

Hearing that Zhao Zeen said "three rooms and four concubines", Li Yuntian's face couldn't help but flash a trace of embarrassment, he has many concubines, according to Zhao Xinyue's meaning, doesn't he also belong to the "playboy"?

"It's nothing if he has three rooms and four concubines, but he secretly hooks up with a woman from a good family, and he is not clear with the maid in the family, how can such a man be entrusted for life?" Zhao Xinyue didn't frighten Zhao Zeen, and asked unconvinced.

"Gong Zhao, Miss Zhao has a life-saving grace for this official, and she should have been rewarded by the imperial court, but this official was negligent for a while." Seeing that Zhao Zeen and Zhao Xinyue were about to quarrel, Li Yuntian hurriedly started a round, and after a deep sigh, he said, "After this trip to Jiangnan, this official will start playing the emperor, so that Miss Zhao can get the due reward." ”

Li Yuntian's statement is a bit implicit, Zhao Xinyue actually not only has the grace to save his life, but also has the power of escorting, it is with her help that Li Yuntian successfully dragged the attention of the Han King to Jinan Mansion, and then made Emperor Xuande enter Beijing.

It's just that the situation in the imperial court was complicated at that time, and the credit of Zhao Xinyue's escort should not be commended, otherwise the contradiction between Emperor Xuande and the King of Han would be made public, and if it was not good, it would provoke the King of Han to rebel.

Now that Zhao Xinyue has encountered a forced marriage at home, although Li Yuntian is an important minister of the imperial court, it is not easy to interfere in the family affairs of the Zhao family, so he adopted such a workaround to help her, implement Zhao Xinyue's escort, and let Emperor Xuande give Zhao Xinyue the reward she deserves.

According to the etiquette system of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Xinyue will be awarded the title of the imperial court to become the wife of the Ming Dynasty, so the marriage that Zhao Zeen set for her will naturally come to an end, not to mention that Zhao Zeen can no longer force Zhao Xinyue to marry in Jinan City, and the Zhang family in Jinan City will retreat after hearing the news, because in this way, this family business will no longer be the right one.

"Brother Li, I'm relieved to have your words." Zhao Xinyue immediately breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and smiled at Li Yuntian, a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes, "Brother Li, I can't stay at home anyway, why don't I follow you to Jiangnan to play, I heard that Yangzhou is prosperous and rich, and the scenery is boundless." ”

"Presumptuous, Lord Li is going to Jiangnan on business, not to play in the mountains and rivers, you will be guilty of delaying Lord Li's business!" Before Li Yuntian could speak, Zhao Zeen had already scolded Zhao Xinyue in a deep voice, after all, Zhao Xinyue was a girl's family, what was the matter of following Li Yuntian to Jiangnan.

"I'm just taking a ride, and I won't delay Brother Li's affairs." Zhao Xinyue heard this, and her mouth tilted upward, and she defended disapprovingly.

"Miss Zhao can go if she wants, the official's wife is in Yangzhou City, and she will accompany Miss Zhao to visit the beautiful scenery of Yangzhou." Seeing that Zhao Xinyue was about to quarrel with Zhao Zeen again, Li Yuntian smiled and started a round, and the lady in his mouth was Zheng Wanrou, Zheng Wanrou happened to be staying in Yangzhou City now.

"It's still Brother Li's friend." Zhao Xinyue's eyes darkened slightly when she heard the word "madam", and then she said happily.

"Then it's going to trouble Master Li." Zhao Zeen glanced at the elated Zhao Xinyue, and gave his hand to Li Yuntian quite helplessly.

"It's hard work, why worry about it." Li Yuntian waved his hand and didn't take this matter to heart, so it's okay, with Zhao Xinyue, who went to Yangzhou City to play in the mountains and rivers, it was also a kind of confusion to the officials and salt merchants of the Lianghuai Salt Road in Yangzhou.

"The woman is not staying!" When Li Yuntian's official ship left the dock, Zhao Xinyue stood on the bow of the ship and waved her hand to Zhao Zeen standing on the shore with a smile.

"Zhao Gong, is that prince just now ......" After the official ship left, the crowd of people standing on the dock to see them off dispersed in groups, Wei Mingyang quickly caught up with Zhao Zeen, and asked quietly.

"The granddaughter of Zai Xia has had a relationship with Master Li before." Zhao Zeen knew that Wei Mingyang had already seen that Zhao Xinyue was dressed as a man, so he didn't hide it, and after smiling slightly, he explained lightly.

"Oh!" Wei Mingyang's eyes suddenly flashed with a look of surprise, and then nodded thoughtfully, he wouldn't believe that Li Yuntian and Zhao Xinyue would only be as simple as one side, otherwise the title of "Brother Li" could be shouted by anyone? Looks like he's going to have to find out what's going on here.

A few people on the side heard Zhao Zeen's answer, and couldn't help but glance at each other, it was rumored that the Marquis of Zhenwu was suave, could it be that he fell in love with Zhao Xinyue?

Wei Mingyang noticed the strangeness on everyone's faces, but he didn't explain anything and it was difficult to explain, so he talked and laughed with Wei Mingyang and left.

Today, he pulled down this old face and helped Zhao Xinyue to do this game, just so that Zhao Xinyue could get close to Li Yuntian, the so-called plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky, as for the result, it can only be left to fate.