"What? The fleet is back?"
At three o'clock in the morning, Li Zexuan got up and was washing his face in the courtyard when he heard Pang Feiji's shouting from the front of the other courtyard. He was startled at first, and then overjoyed.
"Quick, quick, saddle up my horse and go to the dock now~!"
Li Zexuan wiped his face in excitement, and then yelled at Pang Feiji outside.
"Yes, Sir~!"
"Brother, is there something fun~? Lan'er is going too~!"
Lan'er, who was playing in the backyard, shouted happily at this moment.
The little girl was at a crazy age, so she didn't doze much and got up much earlier than Li Zexuan. When she heard that there was a big boat to see, she immediately became interested.
"Haha~! Okay, Lan'er, since you want to see it, my brother will take you to see it~!"
Li Zexuan's laughter came from the backyard.
After a while, the two rode out of Yunshan Villa. Lan'er naturally rode with Li Zexuan. The little girl giggled happily along the way, because since the beginning of Yanhuang Academy, Li Zexuan, the elder brother, has been riding for a long time. I don’t go out to play with her anymore. It’s a rare opportunity to go out and watch the fun together today.
The Bahe River is one of the "Eight Rivers of Chang'an". It originates from Lantian County, flows through Meicun, and is located east of Chang'an City.
On both sides of Baqiao, there are five miles of embankments built and thousands of willow trees planted. Tourists rub shoulders with each other, which is the grandeur of Chang'an. Whenever spring is in full bloom and the spring breeze blows against your face, catkins flying all over the sky and misty smoke become a major sight in Baqiao, Chang'an.
There is a dock and a post station in Bahe River, which is called "Bating". People often greet guests here, say goodbye, and break off willow branches to give gifts. There is a relatively large pier in the southeast of Meicun, where most merchant ships load and unload cargo. The last expedition ceremony of the imperial fleet was held at this pier.
About two-quarters of an hour later, Li Zexuan and his party arrived at the Bahe Pier. At this time, the pier was already crowded with people.
"Why are there so many people?"
Li Zexuan couldn't help but ask when he saw the huge crowd surrounding the pier.
Pang Feiji wiped the sweat from his forehead and said hesitantly: "This... I don't know who leaked the news. Most of these people have relatives in the fleet. They should be here to welcome their families."
"Maybe~!"
Li Zexuan shook his head and didn't want to go into details, so he just rode towards the crowd.
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"Aniang, why haven't you seen daddy yet~? Didn't you say that daddy will be back today~?"
On the edge of the pier, a little girl looked up at the middle-aged woman holding her little hand and asked crisply.
The middle-aged woman gently touched the little girl's braid and whispered: "Come back soon, come back soon~!"
Although her voice was calm, her trembling hands showed that her heart was turbulent and not calm at all. She just controlled her emotions to avoid losing her temper in front of her daughter.
"Oh~! Then Aniang, do you think dad has lost weight or gained weight? I haven't seen dad for a long time, Yaya misses daddy so much~!"
Yes, this mother and daughter are Meng Wenhao's biological mother and biological sister. If Yanhuang Academy were not still training for military training today, Meng Wenhao would definitely come over in person.
"...Your father must have lost weight, right?"
Mother Meng said hesitantly.
Meng Wenhao had already learned about Meng Youliang's recent situation from Li Zexuan, but in order to avoid worrying his family, he did not tell the truth, so now Meng's mother has no idea what happened to her husband at sea.
"Yaya, my dad must miss you very much~!"
Hearing the second half of her daughter's words, Meng's mother's eyes were sore and she almost shed tears. Everyone in the world likes to be reunited, but the joys and sorrows of separation are the helplessness of poor families. If they want to survive, their family must accept separation. If If you are not lucky, this farewell will become an eternal farewell. But what can be done?
"Yeah, yeah~! Mom, after dad comes back this time, let's not let him leave us again, okay? Yaya can also help the family earn money. Recently, Yaya has made a lot of money catching locusts, so she can buy a lot. Baozi~!”
But Yaya was still young, so she didn't understand the sadness behind this family. The little girl blinked her clear eyes and prayed innocently.
Listening to her daughter's innocent words, Meng's mother felt very uncomfortable. She put her daughter's head into her waist and said softly: "Okay, I promise Yaya, after your father comes back this time, he will never do anything again." will leave us."
In fact, Yaya's wish was not Meng's mother's wish. In the past few months when the fleet went south to sea, she had not slept soundly even a night. She had never believed in gods and Buddhas, so she went to Daxingshan Temple in Chang'an City to pray for help. I visited Bodhisattva several times and donated dozens of coins worth of sesame oil.
A few dozen pennies is nothing to a wealthy family, but to the current Meng family, a few dozen pennies is a big sum, and can buy hundreds of kilograms of rice! But in order to ask the gods and Buddhas to keep her men safe and sound, Meng's mother felt that the dozens of coins were well spent.
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"How long will it take for the fleet to come back~?"
Li Zexuan asked Lan'er while holding Lan'er's little hand and pushing forward.
Now as a martial arts master, he can naturally release his inner strength outwards. Although the pier is crowded with people, but with his strong inner strength, no matter where he goes, the people around him will be bounced away silently. , so there is no need to worry about Lan'er being squeezed.
"Sir, it should be soon! When my subordinates reported to you in the morning, you were only about ten miles away from the fleet. Now I estimate there are still six or seven miles away~!"
It should have been the job of the guard Pang Feiji to open the way ahead, but Li Zexuan, a doting sister, was afraid that the crowd would hurt Lan'er, so he took on the job of opening the way himself, so Pang Feiji, the guard, actually hid. Behind Li Zexuan, he enjoyed the treatment of being a "boss".
Six or seven miles, judging by the speed of the boat on the water, it only took more than half an hour. Li Zexuan nodded, then pulled Lan'er and continued to walk towards the front of the crowd.
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The people in Chang'an City all know that the fleet is coming back today. It is impossible for Li Er, the emperor, not to know, but he certainly can't just wait there like the people.
Halfway through the morning session, a young chamberlain walked quietly to Li Er and whispered a few words. Then Li Er stood up directly and said to the court officials with a smile on his face:
"I'll stop here this morning. All my dear friends will follow me to Bashang to welcome the triumphal return of the fleet going south~!"
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