The fleet of Yanwangfu went all the way very fast, not only someone led the way, but no one dared to block the ships passing along the road, so the group left the capital in the morning and arrived at the Yangzhou wharf before the evening.

Xie Mulin was pleasantly surprised. If the road behind is also at this speed, then it will not be difficult to reach Beiping before the snowfall. No wonder King Yan dared to ask them to delay for a few more days and go north with him, according to the speed of the fleet of the Yan Wangfu, even if the Xie family left Beijing a few days in advance, I was afraid that the fleet of the Yan Wangfu would be caught up in a few days. Now follow Yanwangfu, the second half of the road will definitely save a lot of time, and you can also avoid the trouble of various levels!

If there is any disadvantage, it is probably that when you stop the boat to rest and spend the night along the way, it is not as convenient as before. Because Yanwang wants to hurry, small towns and small wharves generally do not stop, three meals a day are solved on the ship, and when they dock at night to stop and replenish, they are looking for a place nearby, not necessarily a big port town, even if it is in the wild, there are guards from Yanwang's mansion, and there is no night to harass, it is very safe. It's just that they only stop for the night and set off early the next morning without much delay. If the Xie brothers and sisters wanted to go ashore for a stroll and buy some souvenirs, they would have a little lack of time, and they would not land until after dark, and the local city gate would have been closed long ago, and there was no way to enter the city. However, considering that this is not a modern cruise ship, with speed, something else must be sacrificed, and Xie Mulin doesn't care.

On the first night of docking in Yangzhou, Song and Xie Meijun unexpectedly received a post from Master Yang.

Master Yang is the same acquaintance of the five products in Yangzhou Mansion, and his official position is not high, but he is decent enough in his hometown Huyin County. He started from the sixth grade in Yangzhou and rose to the current fifth grade, which has been an old qualification for twenty or thirty years, but he has never left. There is a little bit of real power, but he has always been just a second official, suppressed by his boss, but the money is very good. He did not bring his wife and eldest son to the post, but he took a second room in Yangzhou, and it is said that there are other concubines who also have children. Today, he was ordered to send the post to the ship, that is, he was a favored concubine, dressed gorgeously, although the color and materials did not violate the etiquette of the concubine's room, but looking at her gorgeous dress, Song and Xie Meijun thought of the majestic Mrs. Yang in Huyin County who tried to support the official's wife, but was compared to a country woman by this concubine, and their mood was a little delicate.

The concubine was quite able to speak well, and she had never lost her manners, and she was full of courtesy to invite the "in-laws' wife" and "second grandmother" to the city's official residence for a banquet. But the Song family didn't want to talk to this concubine, so they turned their heads and glanced at their daughter.

Xie Meijun had followed Yang Yiquan to Yangzhou to visit Master Yang before, although she had never seen this concubine, but she had seen something else, and she didn't care much. She knew that she couldn't pay too much attention to the rules in front of the Yang family.

She only told the concubine one thing, that is, their family went north to follow the fleet of Yanwangfu, so they followed the rules of Yanwangfu day and night. His Royal Highness King Yan decided that the fleet would only dock at Yangzhou Wharf for one night, and the supplies were finished, and they had to leave early the next morning, and everyone had to keep up. And the head of the Xie family is an official under the nose of King Yan, and there is no reason to violate the order. For example, if it is almost dark today, although the city gate has not yet closed, it will be inconvenient for the women to enter the city after dark. Although Xie Meijun is the daughter-in-law of the younger generation, and the two children are also the grandchildren of Master Yang, but the Song family is an in-law with a foreign surname, and it is inappropriate to come to the door as a guest at this time. And when tomorrow dawns, they are going to leave again, and they really can't spare time to go into the city to visit, so they can only make amends to Master Yang. They did say earlier that they were going to visit him, but now that there is a change, there is nothing they can do.

The concubine had to change her tune, saying that she invited them to eat in the big restaurant near the wharf, and Master Yang would rush over when he got the letter. There is no curfew in Yangzhou City, and the city gate is closed late, and the time can come up in time, and Lord Yang can also spend the night in the courtyard outside the city, and then enter the city tomorrow morning and return to the official residence.

Song's face was even more unsightly. Xie Meijun glanced at her mother, and replied to the concubine's room, it was dark, and it was inconvenient for them to travel, if Master Yang missed his juniors, let Yang Chun go to the nearby teahouse to charter a private room, and the grandparents and grandchildren would meet.

The concubine tried her best to persuade the Song mother and daughter to change their minds, so they had to laugh, retire and disembark, and then send someone to rush back to the city to report the news.

Xie Meijun saw the Yang family getting on the horse and returning to the city at the window, looked back at her mother, and smiled a little helplessly: "Uncle Yang has been in Yangzhou for many years, and it is inevitable that he will be affected by local customs. It's not that he forgot his original intention, it's just that everyone around him behaves like this, and if he is different, he will be excluded and have to go with the flow. But he didn't want to do this in his heart, so he has been trying to find a way to transfer out of this place, but unfortunately he has never been able to do so. ”

Song said lightly: "If he is willing to transfer out at the same level and go to those poor places, he may not be able to get his wish." But if he wants to be promoted, and he wants a better fat shortage, it is naturally not so easy to get his wish. How many places in the world can be called fat? It is even more rare than Yangzhou, he has no family background, and no connections, so he naturally has no gain. Just to stay in Yangzhou all the time, he has already spent a lot of effort, what is the benefit of being too greedy? Why can't you think about it like this?! ”

Xie Meijun did not speak. In fact, she also felt in her heart that if Master Yang continued to stay in Yangzhou, something bad would happen sooner or later. The atmosphere here is not good, not to mention Jingli, there are rumors on the Huyin side. That is, there have always been children of officials with deep backgrounds who serve as prefects in Yangzhou, and Master Yang has never dared to offend such officials, so because he gets along well, he can live safely so far. But now the prefect of Yangzhou is said to have something to do with the Lin family, and he may be liquidated when he will be liquidated. Master Yang didn't want to say goodbye to the old man and return to his hometown at this time, was he really not afraid that when the official mission came, he would not be able to protect the evening?

Now that Baba wants to invite Song's mother and daughter to the door, what can it be for? Do you still want to talk about the marriage between Yang Yiquan and Xie Meijun? But what's the point? If Xie Meijun hadn't been for the sake of her children, she really wanted to reconcile with her husband one day earlier. Yang Yiquan's performance in the past few years has not been sincere at all, which has long made people feel chilling, who is willing to continue to live with him?

After more than half an hour, it was already dark, and there were people on the dock again. This time, it was sent by Master Yang again, and he wanted to invite Young Master Sun Yang Chun to a small gathering in the teahouse, and the ladies were inconvenient to travel, so they were exempted.