Coming out of Leyuan Building, Guo Sheng reluctantly said goodbye to Bai Jingning and his son, "My cousin and I have to set off on our way, Bai Shuai's boat is moored in Tangni?" Still in a hurry today? It's also true, it's not early, it's definitely going to be a day off, I really look forward to having a long conversation with Bai Shuai, Bai Shuai to lead the Jiangnan army, it's a blessing for us. ”

"Didn't Mr. say that he still wanted to take a trip to Fujian? If the gentleman comes, please be sure to come to the house for a few days. Bai Qiao looked at Guo Sheng, and the invitation was extremely sincere.

Guo Sheng's eyes lit up, nodded again and again, laughed, and said goodbye to Bai Jingning's father and son: "Just say goodbye, we will definitely meet again." ”

"Thank you, Brother Hu, Brother Xu, don't say goodbye." Bai Jingning said a few polite words, watched Guo Sheng flick his sleeves, and Xu Huan, who shook off the folding fan, took a step back, turned around, took a step or two, and saw Guo Sheng leaning over, "Old Xu, let's also find a boat and float on ......the sea."

Bai Jingning raised his eyebrows and couldn't help laughing, these two cousins are really two extremely interesting people.

"Let's go out of town." Bai Jingning ordered the elders to accompany the guards.

When the group went out of the city, Bai Qiao followed his father and whispered, "Daddy, what Mr. Hu said ......"

"Listen for now." Bai Jingning slowed down his horse a little and taught his son carefully, "Most of the ones we heard in the capital are from top to bottom, and what we hear today is from Mingzhou scholars, not necessarily who is true and who is false, just like touching an elephant, each of them sees it from their own eyes." ”

"Yes." Bai Qiao answered and looked at his father, "Daddy, it's not that the Jiang family is ......"

"Shh Bai Jingning warned his son with his eyes, "I have always taught you this, from top to bottom, it is the most difficult to see clearly." ”

"Daddy, I'm worried about ......"

Bai Jingning met his son's gaze, was silent for a moment, and reached out and pressed on his son's shoulder, "Brother Qiao, the prince, you have seen it, at least the middle and upper ranks, the one in the palace, is smarter, the ones you think are too stupid, the evil of people's hearts is bottomless, but smart people will weigh gains and losses, rest assured." ”

"Hmm."

"Tell me about these two people today." Bai Jingning patted his son on the shoulder, raised his voice, and suppressed the inexplicable uneasiness that had been in his heart since he left the capital.

"They're all interesting people." Speaking of Guo Sheng and Xu Huan, Bai Qiao laughed, "Especially that Hu Sheng, who is well-informed, very smart and keen, but also very careless." ”

"It's not carelessness, it's a carelessness." Bai Jingning nodded with satisfaction, "Because he made a little mistake, he let go and stopped the imperial examination, first, this person thinks long-term and thoughtful." His little mistake, as long as he doesn't enter the official career, is nothing, but if he enters the official career, the higher he rises, the more serious the danger, most people will hold on to the luck, there are not many like him.

Second, this person is extremely open-minded, and it is not easy to say let go of it. ”

"Maybe he won't be able to pass the exam at all." Bai Qiao said a little unconvinced.

Bai Jingning laughed, "You go on." ”

"One meal, I listened to him all the time, Daddy said, most of the people who have been talking are not scheming, and he didn't care about this meal with us?" Bai Qiao looked at his father.

Bai Jingning laughed, "This person has a career, and his cousin doesn't look like a keen career, and he has diarrhea ......" Bai Jingning shook his head while laughing, "Nine times out of ten, it's a place to eat, drink and have fun." Diarrhea is not a serious illness, to the capital, the waterway can go all the way to the North Water Gate, I really want to go to the exam, while taking a boat to recuperate, how can it be delayed? ”

"I thought so too!" Bai Qiao's smile flew, "When we went back to the capital last year, didn't my sister just have diarrhea?" There was no delay at all, we just got on the ship, and my sister was still seasick and vomited. ”

"Well, these two people, don't seek to be progressive, people have no desire to be open, Daddy has asked people to go to Mingzhou to inquire, if it's okay, Daddy wants to invite these two to our house and accompany you to travel for a few years. You are not open-minded enough, and you are a little less interesting, and it would be of great benefit to you if you could get along with these two gentlemen for a few years. ”

Bai Qiao snorted and smiled brightly, "I also like that Mr. Xu very much, he said that Mr. Hu's surname is Hu, it is nonsense, he is a serious nonsense, I think he is a serious nonsense." ”

Bai Jingning laughed out loud, this pair of cousins is indeed very interesting.

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Guo Sheng pulled Xu Huan, walked out of the south city gate, and rode a horse to the south leisurely.

"That's leaving?" After riding out and walking for nearly a quarter of an hour, Xu Huan saw that Guo Sheng had no intention of making a detour to go back, so he stabbed Guo Sheng with a whip.

"I can't go back, Bai Jingning is shrewd, he must make people stare at us, and he should send someone to Mingzhou to inquire about us." Guo Sheng dangled on his horse.

"So what's next? What to do? Xu Huan caught up with the horse and stood side by side with Guo Sheng.

"Didn't you just say, find a boat, let's go to the sea for a few days." Guo Sheng's tone was relaxed, and the first step was smooth, which exceeded his expectations, and his mood was quite good.

"Where to find it? The ship of the rock? Where did it stop? Another chance encounter at sea? Xu Huan asked in a row.

"Don't ask so much, it's all a matter of improvisation, let's make the first move, I don't know how Bai Jingning is going to respond, how to go next, how do you know now? Let's go, let's find a boat, we haven't been out to sea for several years, we are in a hurry, and we can catch a few fish before dark. Let's go. ”

Guo Sheng shook the reins and whipped his horse, Xu Huan followed closely behind, and the two horses galloped briskly, one in front of the other.

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Bai Jingning took Bai Qiao, looked at several strategic places on the map, and when the sunset was almost gone, he returned to Tangni Town, passed through the town, and went to the wharf.

As soon as he arrived at the dock, from the small boat moored on the dock, he rushed to the next Jinyi steward, and ran to Bai Jingning's horse in one breath, Bai Jingning looked at the fast steward, frowned, jumped off the horse, stared at the steward and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"I don't know if it's a big deal." The steward wiped the sweat from his forehead, "After the master and the young master left in the morning, the little one took people ashore to inspect, and on the cliffs on both sides of our boat, there were traces of people staying, which was very obvious, there were three places in total, and there was one place, find this." ”

The steward turned around and took something that only looked like an extremely poorly made hand stove from the long hand, "When the little one sees it, it's still hot." ”

Bai Jingning took it and looked at it a few times, "What is this?" Have you asked the locals? ”

"I didn't have my master's orders, so I didn't dare to ask around." The steward bowed his head.