The storm passed suddenly, just as it was temporary. In almost a quarter of an hour, the wind and waves subsided, the dark clouds moved away, the bright sun shone through the clouds, and the rumbling sound went away.
Hong Er sat paralyzed on the ground, and laughed wildly, "I won! I won!" Then he cried twice, but immediately laughed again. The sailors were too tired to sit on the deck, some were crying and some were laughing.
Zhang Yunzheng heheed twice, then looked back at Shen Wen, Shen Wen was also smiling, his hair was sticking to his face, his cheeks were sunken, and his eyes were darkened. Zhang Yunzheng felt a little sad and asked, "What do you want to eat?"
Shen Wen said: "I want to eat something sweet." She tried her best to concentrate her consciousness and broke through the limitations of the past. Her brain power was very exhausted, and now she just felt like she was about to collapse.
This is on board, where's the sweetness? Shen Wen sighed: "Forget it, there must be none on the boat."
Zhang Yunzheng frowned: "Can I draw some plums for you?"
Shen Wen smiled, and the two looked at each other, feeling very sweet. Shen Wen was drenched all over, and Zhang Yunzheng's eyes were unstoppably about to go down. Shen Wen also noticed it, blushed, got up quickly and said, "I'm going to sleep for a while."
Zhang Yunzheng hurriedly said, "You're not stupid enough to sleep in wet clothes, are you?"
Shen Wen was even more embarrassed, he waved his hands and said, "You don't care about me!" Taking advantage of the busy people around, he walked away quickly.
Zhang Yunzheng felt that he was the one who said this all the time, why did the roles of the two of them switch? He stood up with an evil fire, walked towards Hong Er who was still giggling, and asked, "Where's your father?!"
Hong Er chuckled hoarsely: "It's not my father! It's me!"
Zhang Yunzheng raised his eyebrows: "What?! Shopkeeper Zhou said that your father Hong Laoduo was in charge of the boat!"
Hong Er still smiled rascally: "My father has diarrhea and can't get out of bed at all! You want him to take the helm?"
Zhang Yunzheng was angry: "Then we won't use your boat!"
Hong Er rolled his eyes: "How can we do that? We have collected all the food and don't want to return it to you!"
Zhang Yunzheng clenched his fists, and Hong Er shouted: "What else do you want?! I'm leaving the teacher! Do you see?! I've survived the storm! I'm the best!"
Zhang Yunzheng shook his fist in the air and said, "Why do I want to punch you into the sea so much?"
Hong Er rolled his eyes and said: "Who will steer you if you hit me? I'm the uncle now, understand? You have to respect me. You should call Hong Helmsman!"
A sailor next to him came over and pointed at Zhang Yunzheng: "This young man got on the mast, and the knot slipped off. Don't you think it's very evil?"
Hong Er immediately looked at Zhang Yunzheng: "Oh! You are so lucky! Come to my boat often in the future! I will give you a discount!"
Zhang Yunzheng scolded: "Who wants to sit on your boat! Liar and fool! If the sail can't be put down, why not just cut off the mast?!"
Hong Er's eyes widened: "How can I do that?! This is the biggest boat in our family. It was built by my grandfather. It is said that the wood used is very good. Not to mention that the water is slippery in the strong wind and waves, and the ax cannot fall. If it is really chopped off, even if we go back, my father will not chop off one of my arms?"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "Human life is at stake, do you understand that?! Cheapskate! Cut off my money and give you the money to build a new one."
Hong Er waved his hand: "That's not the case! It's face! Do you understand?! A real helmsman not only has to survive the storm, but also live a complete life! Especially chic and relaxed..."
Zhang Yunzheng yelled: "You are still chic and relaxed?! You are as aggrieved as a grandson!"
Hong Er laughed: "Isn't it because this is the first time? Next time I will have experience? It must be chic and relaxed..."
Zhang Yunzheng said angrily, "Do you still want another time?! Where are we now?"
Hong Er stared: "How do I know?!" Seeing Zhang Yunzheng raised his fist again, Hong Er immediately said: "No matter where you are, as long as you go west, you will be able to go back, right? You finally come out once, have fun, don't Don't worry about it!"
Zhang Yunzheng wanted to quarrel again, and a cry came from behind him: "My lord! You're so frightening!" Yulan, who was hit with a bruised nose and a swollen face, and another big man with a sallow complexion walked over awkwardly. Yulan hugged Zhang Yunzheng's arm and cried, saying: "Young master! How can it be good?! What should we do?!..."
Hong Er smiled gloatingly, imitating Yulan's voice and said, "That's right! What can I do? What can I do?" The sailors beside him also booed. Zhang Yunzheng frowned and pushed Yulan: "Why do you look like Lilac? Look at your potential! You are not as good as a girl!" Shen Wen is so good! Thinking of Shen Wen, Zhang Yunzheng turned around and asked Hong Er: "Do you have candy?"
Hong Er raised his head and laughed, and the sailors followed suit: "That's right! Hurry up and coax me with candy, what should I do if I cry?" "Candy? Do you think this is the backyard of a house?"... Even the yellow dog beside him He hoarsely called twice.
Zhang Yunzheng was a little embarrassed, "If you don't have it, just say it!" He pulled Yulan and said, "Go! Go to bed! There are people shouting at night, it's so noisy! I couldn't sleep well..." and walked away.
Hong Er tilted his head and thought about Zhang Yunzheng's words, then patted his head and said, "This is the style! I have to say the same in the future!"
The ups and downs of the hull gradually became smoother, and light poured down from the gaps in the deck overhead, knowing that the storm had passed, and Yulan and the others would come out at any time. The fourth prince let go of Su Wanniang's hand. Su Wanniang lowered her head and stood up while leaning on the railing. She had been sitting for a long time, and her legs were a little numb. She swayed a bit, and the Fourth Prince reached out to support her again. The two hugged and kissed in the dark, but now, Su Wanniang blushed so much that she didn't dare to look at the fourth prince, she walked back to her own cabin with her hands on the deck.
Seeing Su Wanniang go in, the fourth prince got up and pushed open the hatch on the top, the morning light burst down, and the sea breeze was cool. His clothes were soaked and he shivered. But he went on deck anyway. He looked around and saw a mess on the deck. He stepped towards the bow of the ship, behind him, Shen Wen quickly stepped into the cabin, and soon, at the stern, Zhang Yunzheng and Hong Er began to argue...
The fourth prince arrived at the side of the boat, and saw that the sky in the morning was as clear as blue, and the sea was boundless. The sea breeze brought water vapor and made him shiver. He took a deep breath, feeling that he had been reborn as a human again.
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Shi Helin and shopkeeper Zhou went to the land temple and worshiped devoutly, and then held a free clinic for a day in the small town, shopkeeper Zhou and Hong Laoduo set up a porridge shed. Hong Laoduo gave all the food he had collected for the voyage to porridge.
The next day, Shi Helin bid farewell to shopkeeper Zhou and rushed to the meeting place. Shopkeeper Zhou told Shi Helin the address of Li's Merchant Station, the next stop he would send letters to the capital, and asked Shi Helin to send a letter to him, and of course he also loaded a carriage with goods.
Shi Helin was very anxious, but he couldn't tell shopkeeper Zhou the key to those characters, so he could only lead them on their way worriedly. I arrived at Li's site on the way, unloaded the goods and delivered the letter, and arrived at the agreed seaside town ten days later. They stayed in the largest inn and waited at the pier from morning to night for several days in a row, but naturally they did not wait for Hong Er's boat. What shocked them even more was that people said that there had been storms at sea, and that families of fishermen would come to the pier every day to cry and burn incense and worship to the sea.
Shi Helin was so frightened that his guts split, and Zhang Yunzheng's subordinates immediately said that they would tell Ping Yuanhou about the situation through Li's website as soon as possible. Shi Helin also felt that he could only do this. He understands the secrecy of this trip, he can't go back to the border to find someone, and he can't tell the people in Zhenbeihou's mansion that Yan's Academy is too far away, and now it really depends on Pingyuanhou.
He wrote a letter, told the situation before and after the voyage, and said where he was, and then asked people to return to the Li's station they passed by to deliver the letter, while he took his troops and stayed in this small town. It was the place where they said they would meet, if Hong Er's boat anchored elsewhere, Zhang Yunzheng and the others would still find it here.
Li's site is actually the gateway for Marquis Pingyuan to collect information. Li's people are in charge of business and transportation, and they don't know the details, but the people sent by Marquis Pingyuan have already received instructions: to report the matter about the second son of Zhangjiayuan's house in time, and there must be no mistakes. When he received the letter, he heard that it was about Mr. Zhang's family, so he guessed that something might have happened. He felt that it was something serious, so he hurriedly marked it as urgent, passed it on from station to station, and reported the news to the Pingyuanhou's Mansion in the capital.
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As soon as spring comes, Ping Yuanhou is in a good mood.
He received news from the border that Zhang Yunzheng and the others had arrived at the border, went to Beirong and returned safely. Marquis Pingyuan was bewildered for a while, but knowing that they were fine, he just cursed secretly, "Little bastards who don't know how to live or die". According to the news from the station on the road, Zhang Yunzheng and the others left the border area to go to the seaside. There was a severe drought in the inland area, but the weather along the coast was humid, so the drought was relatively less severe, and there were many stations in the Li family. Zhang Yunzheng should be able to return relatively smoothly.
Another happy event was Zhang Yunming's arrival outside the capital. This son has been away for a year and a half, Li Shi misses it very much, now coming back will make Li Shi happy.
Marquis Pingyuan didn't dare to tell Li Shi right away, so he secretly arranged people to observe around for a while to make sure that no one was watching over there, and then told Li Shi the news. Li Shi was so excited that he wiped his tears and said repeatedly: "Dear! Lang! Dalang! My son..." But he became worried again, and nagged to Pingyuanhou: "Is it going to be all right? No way?..."
Marquis Pingyuan comforted Mrs. Li and said, "He's in a village outside. I have released people for ten miles around there. You can go to see him by saying that you go out of the city to burn incense, but it will change a few times, so go elsewhere first." Go and have a look. I won't go out, you tell him I'm fine."
Mrs. Li was so excited that she immediately arranged the affairs of going out of the city. To be on the safe side, according to Ping Yuanhou's instructions, she talked about going out again and again, changed her mind again and again, and repeated it seven or eight times. Then she finally went out once, burned incense in the Xiaoyun Temple outside the city, and then returned home. The eyeliners who followed her saw nothing.
Zhang Yunjin heard that his mother was going out of the city to burn incense, so he waited for Li Shi to tell her the time. In the past, Li Shi would take her with him when he went out to burn incense, which was considered a trip. But waited and waited but didn't get Li Shi's words. He just watched Li Shi change his mind back and forth, and then saw Li Shi went out, and didn't take her with him. She felt weird in her heart, after Mrs. Li came back, she made a fuss about going out again, saying that she had to worship the Buddha after worshiping the Taoist temple. A few days later, Zhang Yunjin heard that his wife was leaving the house again the next day, so he came to see Mrs. Li. As soon as he entered the door, he saw his younger brother Zhang Yunzhao begging on Mrs. Li: "Mother, take me there! Last time I said to take me, but I didn't go, this time I will go!"
Zhang Yunjin hurriedly said, "Is mother going out of the city to burn incense? I also want to go with mother."
Li looked away from the two children and said: "The world is not peaceful now, you two children are still young, don't walk around outside."
Zhang Yunjin said: "I went to see the fifth princess sister a while ago, and nothing happened. This is next to the capital, what big things can there be?"
Li thought it was not safe to be near the capital, frowned slightly and said: "You are all at home, children and girls, you should not go out."
Zhang Yunzhao said unconvinced: "I'm not a kid anymore! I'm in great shape now! Watch me punch you all the way!" Then he jumped to the ground and started punching, Li Shi couldn't bear it I kept laughing, and said, "It's amazing! My son has grown up..." But thinking of his two grown sons, who couldn't return to their homes, their eyes were moist, and they took out a handkerchief and dipped the corners of their eyes.
Seeing his younger brother punching him, Zhang Yunjin made his mother cry, knowing that his mother must be thinking of his elder brother. She didn't know anything about what the Zhang family and his son did, but she had experienced that assassination, and Zhang Yunming didn't come back under that circumstance, there must be something wrong with it. It's just that she is a girl in a boudoir, and she can't help anything, so she can only stay silently in the yard. Seeing that her mother was depressed, she wanted to accompany Mrs. Li out of the city even more, and said in a low voice: "Mother, should I accompany my mother out of the city? In other families, the wives take their daughters to worship temples. It seems a bit unusual for the mother to go out alone. .”
Li's heart skipped a beat, she pinched the silk and thought for a while, then said: "Let me ask your father, but Xiao Lang is definitely not allowed to go out, he has to stay here with your father."
Zhang Yunzhao, who was punching, stopped and shouted: "It's so unfair! I'm sweating from fighting so hard! Why don't you let me go? I'm going to find my father!" Then he ran out, Li He shouted anxiously: "You child, don't go out like this when you have sweat on your head!" It was already too late, and Zhang Yunzhao had disappeared.
Mrs. Li sighed: "No one makes me worry."
Zhang Yunjin smiled, and said according to Li Shi: "Look at what mother said, am I not well? I didn't cause any trouble to mother..."
Li Shi nodded again and again: "Jin'er is a good boy..."
Zhang Yunjin immediately said: "Then it's a deal, I'll go with my mother!"
Li smiled bitterly: "You child!"
Zhang Yunzhao was naturally rejected by Marquis Pingyuan, and was so angry that he ran to Eunuch Gu to complain. Eunuch Gu knew that Marquis Ping Yuan would never let his youngest son leave the heavy protection of the mansion. It can only be said that it was because Zhang Yunzhao's martial arts were not good enough, so Zhang Yunzhao was more diligent in practicing martial arts. Maybe he could reach Shen Qiang's level. Of course, Eunuch Gu didn't tell him this.
The next day, Mrs. Li and Zhang Yunjin respectively got into the carriage and went out of the city to worship the temple under the guard of many family members. They went to a temple that had been arranged earlier to offer incense, and then left without resting. However, unlike the last time Mrs. Li went out of the city, before returning to the city, Mrs. Li passed by several Zhuangzi to meet with the steward. In a farm in the middle, Mrs. Li sent Zhang Yunjin away, saying that he wanted to talk about things alone. Not long after, Zhang Yunming, dressed as a farmer, followed the steward into the door.
When Mrs. Li saw such a simple eldest son, she remembered that Zhang Yunming wore brocade and silk when he was in the capital. Now that he had suffered so much, he choked up crying and dared not make a sound. His shoulders trembled violently and he was so busy backed out.
Zhang Yunming stepped forward to salute, with tears in his eyes, he said in a low voice: "Mother, don't be so sad, the baby is fine."
Mrs. Li got up and hugged the shoulders of her son who was taller than herself, opened her eyes with tears in her eyes, looked carefully at Zhang Yunming's face, saw that although Zhang Yunming was darker, but his complexion was healthy, she was slightly relieved, and hurriedly said: "You shouldn't I came back. Your father said he won’t come to see you, so hurry back to the south!”
Zhang Yunming didn't answer, and asked with a smile: "How is mother?"
Li Shi nodded again and again: "Okay, I'm just worried about you two rebellious sons!"
Zhang Yunming smiled: "I'm really fine, the south is very safe."
When Li saw the eldest son, she began to miss the other one, and sighed, "I don't know what happened to him."
Zhang Yunming knew that Zhang Yunzheng was going to accompany Shen Wen to the border, so there should be some news after such a long time, so he said: "I should go see my father."
Frightened, Mrs. Li hurriedly said, "Don't go back to the city! Don't worry me."…
While talking, Zhang Yunjin said to the guards outside the door: "I want to see my mother."
Mrs. Li immediately looked at Zhang Yunming. Zhang Yunming thought that Zhang Yunjin had grown up and should be sensible. After all, they were brothers and sisters and wanted to see each other, so he nodded to Mrs. Li. Mrs. Li said aloud, "Let Miss come in."
When Zhang Yunjin came in, when he saw his elder brother in farm clothes, he also shed tears, sobbing while saluting.
Zhang Yunming also returned the gift, and said in a low voice, "Sister, you don't have to feel bad, I'm just doing it for convenience."
Zhang Yunjin and Zhang Yunming talked for a few words, and Li Shi urged: "We can't stay too long, so as not to make people suspicious, it's time to go back." She took Zhang Yunming's hand and said: "If you say a thousand words and ten thousand, you must Pay attention to your body, don't get hurt or tired, be careful! Hurry up and go back to the south!"
Zhang Yunming nodded again and again, Zhang Yunjin also came over to salute, and whispered before leaving: "Sister Fifth Princess has become a monk, do you know?"
Zhang Yunming nodded, Zhang Yunjin was about to cry again, and whispered: "I went to see her, she draws lotus flowers every day, and the painting is much better." Zhang Yunming nodded again.
Mrs. Li said: "We have been offering sacrifices to the Taoist temple, and we will not let her be wronged." After speaking, he gave Zhang Yunjin a look, and didn't like what she said, lest Zhang Yunming linger and be in danger.
Zhang Yunming said to Mrs. Li, "Mother, please take care of me." In these words, the fifth princess has already been regarded as his own.
Mrs. Li didn't know the whole picture of the whole matter, but felt that Zhang Yunming was too confident, but it was not easy to hit him, so he had to say a few more words before bidding farewell to Zhang Yunming.
Mrs. Li and Zhang Yunjin went to a few more Zhuangzi, and returned to the city without incident. Over there, Zhang Yunming finally used up all the etiquette of meeting his parents, and immediately led two or three people out of the village on horseback, heading for the Taoist temple where the fifth princess was located.
The fifth princess was already going to sleep, so she meditated before going to bed to calm the mind. It's a pity that she was destined to miss the immortal way tonight, she sat for a while, and heard a slight sound on the window. The fifth princess was startled, and opened her eyes to listen carefully. After a while, she heard another rustling on the window, which seemed like wind, but it was definitely not.
There was a thought in her heart that she didn't dare to face up to, the fifth princess trembled a little, and she got out of bed. Putting on his coat, he opened the bedroom door. The maid who was lying down in the outer room got up again, and the fifth princess said, "I'm a little bored, so I just stand outside the door."
She slowly opened the door, it was late spring and early summer, the cool air of the night was not cold, but she was trembling even more. She waited for her eyes to adjust to the darkness, and began scanning the courtyard. A black shadow moved by the wall, and the fifth princess almost cried out. When she saw that it was Zhang Yunming who came out of the shadow, the fifth princess' eyes became hot, tears streamed down her cheeks, and she hurriedly wiped it with her hands.
She knew that Zhang Yunming was risking his life when he came to see her, so her father waited for Pingyuanhou's son to come back so he could attack Pingyuanhou's mansion, the fifth princess hurriedly gestured for Zhang Yunming to leave.
For more than a year, Zhang Yunming has been manufacturing the most advanced crossbows, bed crossbows and other weapons of this era in the southern mountains, as well as training refugees. Before he came, Master Song told him that the forging alloy formula given by Zhang Yunzheng had been tested. Simply coat the iron blades of the arrows to make them extra sharp...
If it wasn't for his father and he, he didn't even have the intention of becoming an emperor, and they could raise troops. Zhang Yunming believed that they would definitely win, and even if the third prince came to power, he would never let down his vigilance, and would definitely hold back like his father. So his state of mind is completely different from the distressed state of mind of the women who cannot see the future. The women he saw today would cry as soon as they saw him. Thinking of this, under the moonlight, a faint smile appeared on his face. Although Zhang Yunming was only wearing tight black clothes, his smile was as charming as when he was dressed in fine clothes and holding a paper fan.
The fifth princess didn't dare to make any noise, so she could only grit her teeth and swallow the sobs welling up in her throat.
The maid in the room got up and walked over, saying, "I can accompany Taoist nun for a walk outside."
Fifth Princess shook her head, looked outside and said, "I'm fine, don't worry."
The maid was a little surprised that the fifth princess answered so solemnly, and just about to speak again, she saw that the fifth princess took a step back and returned to the room, closed the door with both hands, turned back to the inner room with her head down, and said in a low voice: "I don't want to go out I'm sleepy."
The maid didn't say anything else, and when the fifth princess entered the inner room, she lay down again.
The fifth princess blew out the lamp in the inner room, sat on the bed, shed tears and looked at the dark window that had just made a sound, feeling both sweet and sore in her heart. Suddenly, a shadow appeared on the gauze-covered window. Looking carefully, it turned out to be a hand. This hand made various animal shapes, sometimes it was a deer's head, sometimes it was a rabbit, and sometimes it was a butterfly... The fifth princess cried and sobbed, unable to restrain herself anymore, the maid asked outside: "What's wrong with Taoist?"
The fifth princess cried and replied: "No... nothing... you... you go to sleep quickly! Go!" The maid felt that the fifth princess was in her prime and even became a monk. What to ask again.
The hand disappeared, and there was silence.
The fifth princess waited for a long time, but the rustling sound stopped. She lay down and looked at the window until she fell asleep.
Zhang Yunming did not go back to see Li's Zhuangzi at all, according to the original arrangement, he spent the night in another Zhuangzi at night. After another day, he set off to return to the south.
He didn't dare to go straight south, so he took a detour and walked southward for more than 20 days. When he arrived at a station, he finally received a message from Pingyuanhou.
The message was only one sentence, using a number that only the father and son understood, asking him to go to a Li's site in the northeast of his location.
Zhang Yunming didn't know why, but with his father's instructions, there must be something wrong, so he hurriedly turned his head to the north and headed for the location.
When he arrived at the station, he found that one of his father's capable housekeepers was waiting for him. Zhang Yunming's heart sank, and he asked, "What happened?"
The steward sent away the people on the left and right, and then said in a low voice: "The master said that the second young master is missing."
Zhang Yunming's eyes widened: "What?!"
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Shopkeeper Zhou's letter only said that Zhang Yunzheng and the others boarded the ship. It was a short journey, but the helmsman was not good enough. This letter was delivered through Li's site, although it was early, it arrived later than Shi Helin's subsequent urgent letter.
When Mrs. Li got the letter, she hurried to find Marquis Pingyuan. Marquis Pingyuan knew everything a long time ago, and sent someone to send a letter to Zhang Yunming along the way, telling people to wait for Zhang Yunming. Zhang Yunzheng's identity outside is the distant nephew, he was afraid that others would not take this matter so seriously, so he asked Zhang Yunming to look for it himself. The second son is his darling, and the eldest son is the most reliable at this time.
Mrs. Li asked Marquis Pingyuan: "I got the news. He went out to sea. Has he come back now?" Mrs. Li knew that Marquis Pingyuan had letters everywhere.
Marquis Ping Yuan didn't dare to look into Li Shi's eyes, he supported Li Shi's arm and asked her to sit down: "Don't be in a hurry..."
Mrs. Li immediately became anxious: "He didn't come back?!" Immediately began to cry...
Marquis Pingyuan hurriedly said: "Madam, don't cry, I've sent someone to send letters to all the shops along the coast. If Yunzheng goes to find them, send letters back quickly."
Li cried and said: "Send it a few more times, so that they don't worry about it.... My son... in the sea..."
Marquis Pingyuan comforted, "Maybe it's on another coast, we don't know."
Li Shi asked, "How many people are there?"
Ping Yuanhou was vague: "It should be three men... five people."
Mrs. Li was in a hurry and didn't notice the meaning of Pingyuanhou's words, so she asked again: "Are there any carriages and horses?"
Ping Yuanhou shook his head and said, "No."
Mrs. Li cried even more: "My poor son! Without carriages and horses, how can we travel..."
Marquis Pingyuan consoled him: "Doesn't he still have two legs? If there are mountains of gold and silver, let him ask his master to practice martial arts. That kid is very strong."
Mrs. Li continued to cry: "How far can we go? What about the food?! Something must have happened! I'm dead! Go and send the letter! Wow..."
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The housekeeper said to Zhang Yunming: "That distant son of the Zhang family hired a boat to go out to sea, and by mistake boarded a boat whose helmsman has no solo sailing experience..."
Zhang Yunming blurted out: "What?! He shouldn't be so stupid!"
The housekeeper sighed and said, "The old helmsman was ill and did not travel, and his son concealed the truth."
Zhang Yunming gritted his teeth: "This is killing people!"
The steward nodded: "The people who stayed on the road arrived at the place they agreed on. The pier said they didn't see their boat. Moreover, I heard that there was a storm at sea, and some other boats didn't return to port..."
Zhang Yunming broke out in a cold sweat. His love for Zhang Yunzheng's younger brother far surpassed ordinary brotherhood. The eldest brother is like a father. Zhang Yunzheng could not leave the house when he was young. There is a paternal feeling in his care of Zhang Yunzheng. His throat tightened, and he said reluctantly, "I'll take people to the north right away!"
The housekeeper said: "Master has gathered more than 20 horsemen for the young master, all of whom are capable men. Food can be bought at Madam's shop along the way, and the master also sent newly trained pigeons."
Zhang Yunming said: "Please tell my father, I will first go to the place where they made an appointment to meet the people on land, and search south along the coast from there."
The butler agreed: "Master also means the same." He secretly felt that this young master is reliable.
Zhang Yunming counted the troops and headed north that day, and the steward returned to Beijing to report to Marquis Pingyuan.
Mrs. Li passed the farm on the way out of the city to worship the temple, and reported it to the city on the same day. Unfortunately, the key was dropped at the palace gate, and it was delivered to the palace the next day, and it reached the emperor's desk.
The emperor glanced at him, and said with a sneer: "The son of Marquis Pingyuan is probably back. Let people go to the farm and temple that Mrs. Marquis Pingyuan passed by to watch, and the path going south from there. If you see it, kill him on the spot." Let's go." Once his son dies, Ping Yuanhou can be dealt with.
Eunuch Sun quickly agreed.
The prince over there also got the letter, and said to his staff: "It seems that Mr. Zhang came back to visit his mother, and the emperor will definitely not let him go. Let's wait for the good news."
It's a pity that Zhang Yunming left that Zhuangzi that night, and took another detour to the south the next day. Those who followed him did not see him on several roads. What's more, he changed his direction in the middle and headed north, far away from those who searched for him south.
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In the distant sea, after the storm, the weather has been sunny and windy.
Zhang Yunzheng and his party had no idea that their incident would eventually alarm the Pingyuanhou couple in the capital, and they were still immersed in the good mood of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe.
Every day, sailors still come to fish from the sea, or make porridge or barbecue, and there is no shortage of food at all. Zhang Yunzheng sat next to Hong Er every day, watched him steer, and looked around for him, clearly expressing his distrust of his skills. The two quarreled, but Hong Er didn't drive Zhang Yunzheng away, and in the end he liked him talking.
The fourth prince sat on the deck with Shen Wen and Su Wanniang every day. In front of many sailors and Shen Wen, he and Su Wanniang could only exchange gentle glances occasionally, and there were no other intimate actions. In this era, showing love in public is a kind of superficiality, especially for unmarried women, it is even insulting. So the fourth prince and Su Wanniang officially entered the period of passionate love because they hugged each other in the bilge, but they were very polite and reserved in public, and they didn't overdo it.
Zhang Yunzheng and Shen Wen also became reserved, the two of them couldn't quarrel like they used to when they met now, they blushed a little when they looked at each other.
One day when the sun was setting, Zhang Yunzheng finally strolled to Shen Wen who was standing alone on the side of the boat, and watched the distant sunset side by side with Shen Wen. The two of them didn't speak for a long time, but they felt very relaxed. The sea breeze blows gently, and the two of them smiled at the same time...
Someone shouted: "Look, land!"
The people on the boat all looked up to the west, and a black line appeared on the edge of the setting sun, separating the sky and the water, allowing the glow of the sky to spray into the air, and let the overflowing colors rippling in place.
For a while, some people thanked God, and some people jumped for joy.
Zhang Yunzheng looked into the distance and said, "I really don't want to go ashore."
Shen Wen nodded: "Yes, it's still comfortable to take the boat."
Zhang Yunzheng smiled with satisfaction, and Shen Wen took the opportunity to act coquettishly: "Can you tell that Hong Er, let's go south like this, we can see the shore, but don't lean on it?" There is no danger, she wants to take a boat, Comfortable and romantic, much better than walking on the road.
Zhang Yunzheng looked at Shen Wen with disdain: "How can a person like me say such a timid thing?!"
Shen Wen thought for a while, and then came up with an idea: "You go and let your entourage talk about it."
Zhang Yunzheng knew that this kind of request was a guilty conscience, so he really went to find the Magnolia he had brought, and confessed. Yulan immediately went to look for Hong Er. Zhang Yunzheng watched from a distance what Yulan said to Hong Er. Hong Er looked over and grinned so happily that his front teeth could be seen from so far away.
Zhang Yunzheng blushed a little, walked to Shen Wen's side again, and said in a low voice: "You've made me lose face!"
Shen Wen said with a tired voice: "How could it be? Why don't I think so?"
Zhang Yunzheng looked down at Shen Wen's smiling eyes, then turned to look at the sea: This little liar, he made 11 million for her, so what is this
They lived a leisurely life on the boat for a few more days, and Hong Er said that they had arrived at a boat station of their family and had to dock. When they really wanted to leave the wooden boat, everyone felt a little bit reluctant. When they got off the boat, they bid farewell to Hong Er and other sailors who had been together for more than ten days, as if they had become good friends.
When the group arrived at the small town where the wooden boat was moored, they found out that they were more than 400 miles south of where they originally wanted to stay. Several people advanced into the inn, ready to talk about how to go later.
Shen Wen drew the relative positions of two places on a piece of paper, and also drew Yan's Academy where he was going to pick up Su Chuanya, the imperial tomb where he was going to send the fourth prince back, and his own temple. Everyone looked at this From several places, I found that this place is closer to Su Chuanya's academy.
Zhang Yunzheng pointed to the map and said, "I'll send someone to go back and tell them, let's go to the academy and let them meet there directly."
Shen Wen looked at the other two people, the fourth prince and Su Wanniang both nodded, Shen Wen said: "So, is it safe? We don't have a motorcade or anything."
Zhang Yunzheng said: "If we just wait here, I'm afraid we will have to wait for half a month? It will take about ten days to go back, and then it will take four or five days for them to come here on horseback."
Shen Wen knew that even if they had money, they couldn't buy horses, so she said, "But if we go by ourselves, we have to walk, right?" She looked at Su Wanniang and the fourth prince.
The fourth prince hurriedly said: "I can walk, although it's not fast, but I like to walk. If it's for... we can see if we can buy a donkey cart or something like that."
Su Wanniang said: "It's okay, I can walk, I haven't been running around every day these years? How can I be so delicate?"
Seeing that they all had the same idea, Shen Wen also nodded, now it's almost May, so it takes another two months to go back, so it shouldn't be a waste of time waiting here. So it was decided that tomorrow Zhang Yunzheng and the fourth prince would go to see if they could buy a surrogate animal, and then separated Zhang Yunzheng's only two remaining subordinates, one went north, and Yulan followed them south.
After more than ten days on the boat, I got used to the rocking of the boat, and when I really lay on the wooden bed in the inn, Shen Wen asked Su Wanniang who was sleeping next to her, "Do you think the bed is still shaking?"
Su Wanniang nodded: "Yes, it's still shaking." She paused for a while and asked, "Do you regret taking me out?"
Shen Wen asked: "What is belt? We agreed to do things together, and I need a companion when I come out." She is a single woman, how can she travel thousands of miles alone
Su Wanniang sighed slightly: "I just think I'm a burden, I can't ride a horse, and I can't walk fast."
Shen Wen turned over and said to Su Wanniang: "Sister Wanniang, without you, I would feel very empty. Anyway, I feel at ease when we come out together. In the future, you must live next to me, but don't stay far away."
Su Wanniang said with a smile: "We agreed to live next door, and we will see each other every day." The two of them swore to each other, so they fell asleep, not knowing that most of the promises they made when they were young would never be fulfilled in the future.
The next day, Zhang Yunzheng and the Fourth Prince wandered around the small town for a whole day, and only then did they ask for a lot of money to buy back an old donkey whose teeth had already fallen out. Seeing the dying donkey, the car didn't want to be, even if it was bought, it would be fine. No cattle pull. Zhang Yunzheng's entourage brought silver and a map and left on foot. They rested for another two days and were ready to go.