Early the next morning, when everyone went to see Lu Yun again, they saw that Lu Yun had already arranged a guard of honor and was preparing to leave Hailing.
Xu He found in the crowd that his uncles Xu Song and Xie Kun were in low spirits and had obviously not slept all night.
Thinking about it, Lu Yun went south from the capital to Hangzhou to take up his post. He took the Grand Canal waterway to get off the boat in Yangzhou and crossed the river. There was no need to detour to Hailing.
Xu He estimated that he had made a special detour to discuss the suppression of the Japanese with these two people.
Before leaving, Li Zhijie, on behalf of Hailing County, presented Lao Bu Tang with wine for the trip. Although Lu Yun was a civilian official, he had been leading troops in these years and did not have the humility of a civilian official.
He took the wine cup, drank it down, and said with a smile: "But if you can make Diao Ge lose his murderous spirit, it might as well be a white-haired old man. Is Xu He here?"
Xu He stood out from the crowd and bowed and saluted: "I wish you great success, Lord Butang!"
Lu Yun laughed loudly: "I accept your good advice!"
Having said this, he took out a shark-scabbard sword from the sergeant behind him and pulled the sword out. He saw that the sword body was like a stream of autumn water, and it was very cold.
When everyone saw this, they all exclaimed: "What a good mouth and sword!"
Lu Yun rubbed the blade of the sword, as if he couldn't put it down. After a while, he put the sword back into the scabbard and handed it to Xu He: "I can't thank you for your two good poems. This sword has been with me since I was the governor of Xuanda and Shanxi. I have it, and I’ll give it to you now!”
Seeing Xu He take the sword, Lu Yun said reluctantly: "The name of this sword is [White Rainbow], do you know its origin?"
Xu He thought for a moment and said, "A poem by Li Qiao from the Tang Dynasty?"
Lu Yun laughed loudly and said to Xu Song beside him: "Your nephew is really knowledgeable!"
Xu Song smiled slightly: "Let the Lord of the Department laugh!"
Lu Yun put his hands behind his back and recited: "I have the Kunwu Sword, and I want to go to my husband's court.
Cut jade when the rainbow is white, and dry stars at night when the sky is purple.
The hibiscus is moving on the eel, and the frost and snow are bright in the box.
Relying on the sky to serve the country, painting the earth to gain a great reputation. "
"Xu He, I hope you will hold this sword, cut off thieves and kill enemies, become famous, and serve your country by relying on heaven!"
At this moment, the voice of Lu Yun, a skinny old man, was deafening, making everyone present feel shaken and extremely excited.
Xu He was also affected by his voice. He wanted to say something in his heart, but he couldn't say it out. He only felt hot in his chest, as if there was some emotion building up.
Lu Yun obviously felt his excitement, nodded slightly towards him, got on his horse, and left the city amidst the blessings of everyone.
Looking at the honor guard going away, Xu He felt as if he was in a dream, but the cold touch of shark skin in his hands reminded him that everything was real.
The crowd gradually dispersed, and the team headed by Lu Yun gradually disappeared into the distance.
At this time, a sigh came to Xu He's ears: "I wish I could serve my country with this life, so there is no need to be born in Yumen Pass."
When he turned around, he found that the person speaking was his uncle who liked to quarrel with others.
"Uncle, are you not optimistic about Lu Budang's trip?" Xu He asked.
Xie Kun shook his head: "The Japanese pirate rebellion is likely to get worse. It is urgent that the court should use thunderous momentum and send a large army to suppress it in order to frighten the southeast."
"There has been peace in the southeast for a long time, and the guards have become corrupt and useless. He Lu Yun only has 8,000 frontier troops. He attacks the south, and the north is burning again; he suppresses the east, but the west becomes riot again. When will the Japanese pirates be suppressed?"
"Besides, although Lu Yun is the same age as Qin Yan, he has never joined the Qin Party. If the emperor blames the Japanese pirates for destroying Chang, the first person to be pushed out by the Qin Party as a scapegoat will be the old man!"
Xu He heard this and said anxiously: "Uncle, did you tell Lu Butang this?"
Xie Kun twitched the corner of his mouth, turned around and walked towards the Yamen. The moment he turned around, Xu He heard him whisper: "He is a fool!"
…
After Xie Kun left, Xu He was about to go back to Huibin Building to wait for Qian Jizu to come back, but his uncle Xu Song stopped him again.
"I heard that you have been studying with Xie Kun recently?" Xu Song looked at the direction Xie Kun left and said warmly.
Xu He nodded.
"Ahem! He is a famous person in the world. He has the talent and knowledge of a famous person, but also has the shortcomings of a famous person. If you study with him, you have to get the essence and discard the dross! Do you understand?" Xu Song coughed twice and continued.
Although Xu He didn't know what was going on with the Xu family's main clan.
But for now, it seems that Xu Song doesn't know that Xu Dai wants him to join Zeng Feng's family.
Just when he was hesitating whether to tell Xu Song about this matter, suddenly a figure in the distance attracted his attention.
"Xiaohe, Xiaohe, you are here, you are trying to kill me!" Xu Peng couldn't breathe when he saw Xu He. He held his knees and coughed for a long time before he regained his composure.
"What's wrong? Brother Peng!" Xu He was startled.
Xu Peng said: "You should go back quickly. There is news from my aunt's family in Dong'an that your aunt is very ill. My aunt was very anxious when she heard about it and said she would go to Dong'an in person. We can't stop her! "
Having said this, Xu Peng looked around him. It didn't matter. He was startled immediately: "Uncle!"
Only then did Xu Song realize that the thin, dark young man in front of him was also a member of his Xu family.
He heard every word of what he just said, so he nodded to Xu Peng, and then said to Xu He: "Go back and take a look quickly! Ahem..."
…
When Xu He came home, he found that Xu Peng's mother was persuading Xie.
The old commander also helped to persuade: "You are a female, and it is not convenient for you to go out by yourself. Let's wait until Xiaohe comes back to talk about anything!"
Mrs. Xie said anxiously: "Uncle, you know that our family has been in trouble these past few years. Sometimes we don't have enough to eat. If it weren't for my brother's help, we, mother and son, might have starved to death." ”
"On weekdays, when I borrow two or three coins or two or three coins, my younger siblings never complain."
"The person who brought the letter said that she is very ill. If she dies, no one in our family will be here, and I will not be at ease in this life!"
When Xu He heard these words outside the hospital, he immediately remembered that his family still owed his uncle three coins.
The family was in difficulty before, and the few acres of paddy fields owned by their ancestors were favored by the Huang family. If the uncle's trustee hadn't handed over money to help tide over the difficulties, the Xu family might have been in a worse situation before.
"Mom, I'm back!" Xu He pushed open the door and entered, "Don't go, I'd better go!"
"You?" Ms. Xie shook her head: "No, no, it's said outside that the bandits in Jiangyanpu are very vicious. They robbed Taixing a few days ago. It's too unsafe on the road. You are the mainstay of the family, you can't go!" "
Come on, if you don't go there as a high-spirited man, how can you stay at home and let your mother go out and take risks?
No human being can do such a stupid thing!
"Mom, don't worry. I heard about the situation of the bandits from the county magistrate. After these bandits robbed the warehouse, they were killed by Censor Cao Jiang and his troops. Now, the remaining thieves are Heading north to Huai'an Mansion!"
Xie was still a little worried after hearing this.
The reason is that Jiangyanpu and Dong'an Town, where the bandits are entrenched, are both in the east of Hailing County.
If you go to the Dong'an Inspection Department where Uncle Xu He works, you have to take a boat across the Yan River and pass through Jiangyanpu.
Although this group of thieves went to Taixing, God knows if there are still any thieves left in the Qintong swamp next to Jiangyan Pu.
If we don't take this road, there is a salt river leading to Dong'an to the north, but even if the thieves went north, this road is not easy to follow.
In the end, only a detour from the south remained.
To the south is Taixing County, which was just plundered. First go south from Hailing, and then take the river branch path to detour.
Lao Jia had walked this road when he was young. He thought about it and felt that it was quite safe, so he said to Xu He: "In this case, let your brother Peng follow you, and there will be someone to look after you on the way."
Xu He nodded in agreement.
Seeing this, Xu Peng quickly went out to hire a boat!
