Chapter 199: Set off early
"Knock knock~" As soon as the day dawned, all families began to get up to make a fire to cook, and the door of Zhou's mansion was suddenly knocked.
"Really—who the hell is it early in the morning?" The porter yawned and scolded and walked towards the door, usually few people from the Zhou Mansion came so early.
"Crunch-" As soon as the door opened, the gatehouse was stunned by the scene outside, there were many carriages and big boxes outside the Zhou Mansion, and the gatehouse in the crowd saw a familiar figure, Lujiang County guarded Song Qing, and there was a person who was tied up turned out to be Song Gongzi, the gatekeeper suddenly sobered up, and immediately said with a smile: "I don't know that Lord Song is coming, and I hope that Lord Song will atone for his sins!" I don't know what happened to Lord Song coming to the Zhou Mansion so early? Are you looking for ——? ”
"As soon as I reported to Lord Zhou, I said that Song Qing asked to see him!" In fact, the news of Zhou Yu's return to the Zhou Mansion last night spread to the ears of officials at all levels in Lujiang County like wings, and the most anxious in his heart belonged to Song Qing, he didn't expect that his son offended Zhou Yu, and their father and son even wanted to seek revenge on Zhou Yu. There was no way to stay alive, so they could only prepare a generous gift, and rushed to the Zhou Mansion to meet Zhou Yu before dawn, and the other officials in the city saw that the county guard had set an example, so they followed and waited outside the Zhou Mansion early.
"Eh-Lord Song, you are one step late, our master and young master left last night! However, before he left, he left a letter saying that if the county keeper comes, let me pass it on to the county guard! "The porter is also very strange why the master, the young master, the lady, and the young lady left before dawn last night, but left a letter when they left, as if they had calculated to send Song Qing to come.
In fact, it was not Zhou Yu's clever calculation, but the relationship between the Zhou family and Song Qing was too close. Zhou Jian, Zhou Fu, and Zhou Hui are actually just squires with a little money, even if there are people above the Zhou family, they have to do a good job in local relations. From their daily contact, Zhou Yu guessed that after last night's banquet, Zhou Lie and Zhou Huo's family would definitely reveal the news of their return, just to let Song Qing take advantage of his weak strength to find his own trouble, but they underestimated Song Qing's IQ, and what the officialdom pays attention to is that there are no eternal enemies, only unchanging interests. He would not be stupid enough to intervene in the internal struggle of the Zhou family, and it was obvious that Zhou Lie and his gang were not opponents of the same level at all.
The fire paint on the cover is still intact, and the words "send the adult to open it in person" are written on it, and the handwriting is beautiful but has a majestic momentum. Lord Song carefully opened the letter inside, only to see a few short sentences written on it. However, Song Qing's anxiety from the beginning to the end of the face of joy, originally if his grandfather Zhou Jing and his father Zhou Xian went to Yangzhou together, Zhou Yu did not need to bother with Song Qing, but Zhou Jing was unwilling to leave his homeland for many years, he could only leave some thoughts for Song Qing.
In the letter, Zhou Yu wrote that the general meaning was that he did not come to Lujiang County this time to offend Lord Song and Song Gongzi, but just went north to Luoyang to see his grandfather and father. Outside the city gate, Biyuexuan, the matter is also asked to take care of Lord Song, it is really urgent to enter Beijing overnight. Lord Song doesn't have to worry about the dog's affairs, we are officials in the same dynasty, Yangzhou and Lujiang County are adjacent to a strip of water, if Lord Song wants to develop further, you can try to go to Yangzhou to serve, as long as Lord Song can take care of the Zhou family, Zhou Yu can also recommend Song Qing to enter the capital as an official. But there is one thing that must be made clear to Song Qing, the people of the Zhou family are not allowed to be arrogant and bully the common people, these must be strictly controlled by Song Qing, and the people of the Zhou family will keep to themselves and say nothing. Once he took advantage of the reputation of the Zhou family, Song Qing must deal with it according to the law, otherwise all his previous promises to Zhou Yu will be canceled.
When you are a petty official, you want to be a big official, and after you are a big official, you want to be a bigger official, and having power in your hands is as addicted as taking drugs. However, the painting cake given by Zhou Yu is not all empty words, if he Song Qing is really a thoughtful person, he will definitely climb up along his own pole, for the current Han Dynasty, if you want to become an official, as long as you have money!
"May I ask if Lord Zhou Xian is in the mansion?" Song Qing suppressed the excitement and ecstasy in his heart, the promise of a state pastor is equivalent to giving himself a great favor, since Zhou Yu is gone, then Zhou Xian must still be in the mansion, because Zhou Yu's letter did not mention Zhou Xian's whereabouts. Song Qing thought that since he came, it would be better to go into the mansion, and meet Zhou Xian to express his meaning.
"Lord Song-our old man's family and young master left overnight, and only the old master, the old master, the uncle, and the second master's family are in the mansion. The young master of our family instructed the little one to say, Lord Song doesn't have to be so polite, just follow what the letter says, the young master will ensure that you have a bright future! ”
Hearing this, Song Qing completely calmed down in his heart, Zhou Xian and Zhou Yu were not in the mansion, even if he arrived at the city gate now, they would have already left the city, he waved his hand to let Song Gongzi untie the rope on his body, turned around and got into the carriage and left the Zhou mansion.
At this time, Zhou Yu's father and son were preparing to say goodbye at the fork in the road, Zhou Jing originally wanted Zhou Yu to stay for a few more days, but Zhou Yu's most annoying thing was to usher in the polite work, in order to avoid many people and talk too much, he went to Biyue Xuan to rest overnight, and rushed out of the city smoothly when the city gate was just opened early in the morning, and Zhou Ru rode a small white horse to follow Zhou Yu all the way. While walking, he twisted his head and asked Zhou Yu, "Brother-what's fun in Yangzhou?" Do you have a delicious snack? ”
"Ru'er - my brother can't accompany you to Yangzhou this time, there are Gan Ning's brother, father, and mother to accompany you on the way, and my brother in Yangzhou bought you a lot of things you like, and you must take good care of your father and mother for your brother when you grow up. You can't run around like before-" Zhou Yu was alone in his previous life, and when he saw other people's brothers and sisters in a pile, he was very envious, jealous and hateful. Zhou Ru's sister is only twelve years old and still doesn't know anything, and a few days ago, Zhou Hui instigated Zhou Ru to go out to play, and he didn't blame Zhou Hui.
"En-brother, rest assured, Ru'er must listen to her father's words, brother, come back early after finishing your errands!" Zhou Ru's innocent and lively appearance has a trace of carefree innocence. Although he and his brother have been together for less than half a day, my brother is too good to him, what
"Okay - you go to your mother first! My brother still has something to say to Brother Gan Ning! Zhou Yu touched Zhou Ru's head and said.
"Okay--my brother is like a dad all day long, it's boring-slightly-" Zhou Ru grimaced, stuck out her tongue, and patted her little white horse towards Mrs. Zhou's carriage.
"Xingba-my father and sister will be entrusted to you! After you send them back to Yangzhou safely, you can consult Cheng Yu about the control of the Yangtze River Basin, and he may be able to give you a way to save time and effort. Take care along the way—" Zhou Yu said with a fist hugging towards Gan Ning.
"My lord—the last general understands! Take care of the lord, Brother Dian, and Zhou Bao'an! After Gan Ning finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and ran in the direction of Zhou Xian's carriage.
"Gong Jin - shall we take a detour to the boundary of Jingzhou and then go north to Luoyang?" Dian Wei gave a safer idea.
"It's too time-consuming to detour, from here you only need to pass Nanyang to Luoyang, and it will take a lot of time to go around Jingzhou! I still want to meet Zhang Mancheng for a while! This kid is also a talent! ”
Alas - Zhou Yu is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and he wants to go to Longtan Tiger's Den again! Dian Wei and Zhou An could only smile bitterly, but they betrayed them by their actions, they were all militants, how could they let go of such a good opportunity!