Since following the emperor to participate in the pro-farming, Shu Yan felt that his body was not as good as before due to lack of exercise, so he would dance with the sword given to him by Xiao Mo every morning, and go to Shangshutai to be on duty after the dance. He usually doesn't dance at night because he is afraid of seeing things and thinking about people. He mostly gets up early to dance the sword, goes to Shangshutai during the day, and reads at night. He is now more worried about Xiao Mo than he misses - will something happen to him on the road? Or does he not want to come back? There is always a reason why he hasn't come back for so long, he doesn't think and doesn't want Xiao Mo to be an unsentimental person, but at this time, he would rather Xiao Mo not come back in his heart, and he doesn't want anything to happen to him on the road.

He's been gone for too long, and he may not really be coming back.

Due to the huge organization and growing importance of Shangshutai, which aroused the jealousy of Emperor Sima Yan, he intended to expand the Zhongshu system to properly suppress Shangshutai. In addition, after pacifying the Quartet, Sima Yan gradually began to be greedy for pleasure, and handed over all the major affairs of the court to the abbot Yang Jun in charge, and Shang Shu ordered Wei Qian to be at odds with Yang Jun because of his opposition to the crown prince Sima Zhen as the prince, and Yang Jun took the opportunity to squeeze out Wei Jun. Nowadays, the issuance of imperial edicts no longer passes through Shangshutai, but is carried out by people in the Zhongshu system.

There is no need to go to the inner court to be on duty, Shu Yan feels a lot more relaxed, and only rotates between the Cao Cao in Shangshutai every day to draft various documents. On this day, Shu Yan was in Shangshutai and heard something about his hometown, which shocked him. It turned out that Sima Mo, the king of Ruyin, died of illness at the age of eleven.

At the beginning, although the princes and kings of the royal family had their own fiefs, most of them were reluctant to go to their respective fiefdoms because they were nostalgic for the prosperity of Luoyang or greedy for power in the court, but stayed in Beijing. Some ministers of the prince's party suggested Sima Yan and ordered them all to return to their feudal kingdoms. The reason is that since the princes and kings are close relatives of the royal family, they should guard the Sima family in their respective fiefs for the emperor, and should not gather in Beijing. The name is like this, but in fact, it is to exclude dissidents, and the most important thing is to squeeze out Sima You, the king of Qi.

Sima Mo was only a few years old at the time, so he did not go to his fiefdom Ruyin to reside, but stayed in Jingshi. His mother was a concubine of Sima Yan's low status. Because he was still young, had no heirs, and had no one to inherit his throne, Sima Yan decided to abolish the Ruyin Kingdom, recover the fiefdom, and restore the establishment of Ruyin County. In this way, Qiu Shoutai, the minister of Ruyin State, will be transformed into the Taishou of Ruyin County, and other corresponding officials will also be changed.

In this case, there are a lot of issues involved. Naturally, the imperial court will send someone to deal with it. Sima Yan had twenty-six sons, and although he was a little sad about Sima Mo's death, he didn't care much about it. What he was thinking about now was sending someone to deal with Ruyin's affairs. Since the establishment of counties in addition to the state involves all aspects of personnel, taxation, military, and local administration, of course, it is necessary to select a few competent people. He first thought of the two young talents in Ruyin's hometown-Shu Yan and Shi De. But the two of them are still young and have little qualifications, so they can't lead the charge. In the end, Jia Gong, who was the great Zhongzheng of Yuzhou, received the errand. Because Ruyin belongs to the lower-level administrative region of Yuzhou, Jia Gong still knows a lot about the people in Ruyin. As a favor of Ruyin Zhongzheng, because he had a friendship with Qiu Shoutai, in order to avoid suspicion, he was not selected. The Situ Mansion, the Ministry of Officials, and the Great Sinong in charge of taxation also sent people.

Shu Yan received the assignment, so he was naturally very willing. Because he has been away from his hometown for a year, he is thinking of going home to visit Xia Tingchang, Han Ruoxin and his hometown fathers. As for the Shi family, it is also an honor to receive this errand appointed by the emperor, and Shi Hui also wants to know about the operation of his family's farmland, water mills, and trading in his hometown. But clinker, Biyu went out because he took Wushi San the day before yesterday, and he suffered from the cold when he came back. Although there is no big problem, he is pampered, and his body is weak when he is not sick, this is a little sick, and he is even more invincible, and he can't even go to the secretary's pavilion, let alone Ruyin, which is thousands of miles away. Shi Hui hated that iron could not become steel, and scolded him a few words, but he was helpless.

Shu Yan simply cleaned up, took the sword that Xiao Mo gave him, and set off with the group. Riding a horse to the Luohe crossing, there were already official boats waiting there. The Luo River is not directly connected to the Ru River, and because they had to take precautions against taking dry roads, the group also led the horses to the boat.

Xiaoxing overnight stay, not just one day. The official ship has already sailed away from Luoshui, turned around on land and water, and sailed into the Ru River by changing ships. Getting closer and closer to his hometown, Shu Yan couldn't sit still in the cabin. He stepped out of the cabin, holding on to the railing of the boat, and his heart was filled with waves. He has a great affection for the waters of the Ru River. He grew up by the River Joux since he was a child, and the source of eating, drinking, and playing is all related to this river, and it is the water of the River that nurtures him and his hometown.

He loved the river and hated it at the same time. Because the river took away several of his dearest and loved ones - father, mother, Uncle Han, and Zhixin. Why did such a loving motherly river turn into a devouring demon in an instant? Parents and Uncle Han still know where they were devoured, but Zhixin doesn't even know where she fell into the water......

When he was sighing, the boat had already arrived at the Ruyin realm, the scenery on both sides of the strait was becoming more and more familiar, and it was getting closer and closer to the Shujiazhuang ferry where he and Zhixin met for the last time. However, the boat did not go further south, but docked at another nearby ferry port.

The deceased is like this, no matter how much the relatives miss it, it will be over after all. I have feelings for Shujiazhuang, which is just my own private feelings, and it is important to do the right thing at the moment, and I can't delay everyone's trip because of myself.

It was getting late, and there was still a long way to go into the city, so the group rested on the boat for another night. Early the next morning, after getting off the boat, Jia Gong said to Shu Yan: "Shu Lang, now that we are in your hometown, are you going to visit your relatives first or do business first?" ”

Shu Yan said with a smile: "This is my hometown, and I should have invited everyone to the cold house for a cup of tea first, but we are not traveling this time, but we have official business, so it is important to do business first." ”

Jia Gong nodded after hearing this, and everyone rode on their horses and ran towards Ruyin City. When I arrived at the county office, the gatekeeper saw a team of people coming not far away, and they were all wearing court clothes, and they knew that the origin was not small. It wasn't until they got close that they recognized Jia Gong and Shu Yan, and hurriedly reported to the inside.

Because Shu Yan worked here for a while as a literary scholar and scholar after being promoted to filial piety, these servants all knew him; And Jia Gong is the big zhongzheng in this state, the ultimate examiner of the people, and the people with a bit of status in the department naturally know it.

Qiu Shoutai was in the back office, and when he heard the report from the messenger that Jia Gong and Shu Yan were leading a group of men and horses to come, he was taken aback, and hurriedly dressed up and went out to greet him. met Jia Gong first, complimented him, and then saw Shu Yan again, and said, "Shu Wenwen...... Oh, no, it's Shu Shangshulang. ”

Although Shu Yan is a court official, his rank is much smaller than Qiu Guoxiang, and Qiu Guoxiang has also been his own boss, so of course he should be more humble. He respectfully bowed and said, "Is Qiu Guo okay when he says goodbye?" ”

Although Shu Yan was born in a poor family, and he was only a small Shang Shulang, but after all, he was doing things in the court, Qiu Guoxiang naturally did not dare to underestimate it, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop Shu Yan, and said to the person next to him: "Shu Shang Shulang used to be a literary scholar here before entering the court, I always called him 'Shu Wenxue' at that time, and called him Shun Kou, no, I just took the liberty of calling out, I forgot for a moment that he had a promising beauty difference in the court, tsk." ”

An official from the ministry next to him said: "Shu Shang Shulang is a filial piety recommended by Qiu Guoxiang, your vision is really good, Shu Shang Shulang is highly valued by the emperor!" ”

Qiu Shoutai listened, and pretended to smile proudly: "That's a must, I have long discovered Shu Shangshulang's talent and virtue, and I know that he will definitely add glory to our Ruyin." Otherwise, why don't I recommend any of the so many scholars in Quan Ruyin, but I recommend him? It is because he is the best in all aspects of his talent and virtue......"