Mingzhou.
The two new Lin'an governors who had not slept day and night now appeared here.
It actually only took him one day to arrive in Mingzhou. During the rest of the time, he and the people from the Infantry Division were stationed outside Mingzhou City, near Mingzhou Port.
As the nearest large-scale seaport to Lin'an, although it is not as lively as Quanzhou, it can still be regarded as the top three ports in the Song Dynasty, with no less than two hundred ships entering and leaving every day.
Master Xin once again rejected the invitation from the Mingzhou magistrate to come to the city for dinner. His eyes were red and he was very sleepy.
"Just wait...just wait until it's time. If you can't wait...I'll leave on my own."
He knew that people disliked him for delaying Mingzhou merchants' business.
But he had no choice. This was the emperor's wish.
Although he himself felt that... the official family was a bit whimsical.
But after thinking about it carefully, it is not impossible.
"Sir, here comes another boat."
The people in the Infantry Department still didn't know any of his official positions. They just listened to his words and looked at his dress, and regarded him as a military advisor.
"check."
In fact, it's not that he doesn't have time to sleep, but Xin Ciying is such a person who can't pretend to be anything.
Especially when the emperor said it so seriously... thinking about the emperor's words, he didn't dare to close his eyes.
As soon as the ship landed, the people from the Infantry Division had already drawn their swords and looked at them eagerly, which made the people on the ship who were reefing the sails tremble in fear.
"You should be careful, this is the ship of the Jin Kingdom!"
Yu Hou of the Infantry Division had also not slept, and now he was very angry. After jumping on the boat, he slapped this man on the face:
"What are you yelling about! What we are checking is the Jin Kingdom's ship!"
As soon as he finished speaking, more than a hundred forbidden troops began to search up and down the ship.
Fortunately, the boat was not big, and it only took half a stick of incense to get a thorough feel.
Yuhou ignored the captain's threat and reported to Xin Ciying: "Sir, it's still normal."
Master Xin, feeling tired and sleepy, paced up to the bow of the ship.
Everyone in the boat was gathered on the deck. His eyes swept across the faces of these people, and finally stopped on a woman.
"Sir, we don't like it when a girl from Mingzhou City looks so good..."
I can't figure out this person's thoughts, but Yu Hou has already taken a lot of risks just by taking the Chajin people's ship.
Now I am really excited to ask for this...
Xin Ciying glared at him and stepped forward to the woman:
"take it out."
The woman hugged the bundle tightly to her chest and forced a smile:
"They are all personal items, not very convenient."
Without saying another word to her, Xin Ciying signaled to the imperial guards beside him to snatch the baggage.
The woman was so strong that the two men couldn't snatch her away, and she even scratched her face several times, which was a loss.
In the end, Yu Hou couldn't stand it anymore and kicked the woman in the stomach, so as not to completely embarrass their Infantry Division.
"gentlemen……"
Looking at Yu Hou's movements, Xin Ciying didn't feel anything was wrong... He sighed softly, feeling that he had changed a bit.
While rummaging around, the woman burst into tears, her mouth kept dirty, and she launched a map attack on all the Song people.
Xin Ciying took out a letter from his clothes.
Seeing this thing, the evil woman instantly lost her temper, like an eggplant beaten by frost.
However, after he finished reading the content of the letter...
Yu Hou stepped forward with a smile: "Sir, what did you find?"
Mr. Xin frowned tightly, closed his eyes and thought for a while, then handed the letter to Yu Hou:
"Find the fastest horse to take this letter to Lin'an."
Seeing how serious this person was, Yu Hou did not dare to be careless: "But, what will happen when we get to Lin'an?"
Now that the two heads of the Infantry Division are outside, there is no one they can talk to in Lin'an City.
"Give it to the palace... no, give it to Governor Yang. You must hand it over to him personally!"
After a pause, he added: "There must be no delay."
Yu Hou hesitated and said, "How about we go back first?"
"No!" Xin Ciying looked at the gray sea, "Keep staring!"
"Everyone has worked hard, please take your turn to rest."
…
Pingjiang Mansion, Shanghai Affairs.
Due to the continuous silting up of the upper reaches of the Songjiang River, most foreign ships now stay on the tributaries of the Songjiang River and Shanghai Pu.
Unlike Xin Ciying who couldn't sleep, Tian Shizhong who was guarding here slept very well.
I don’t know if it’s because the wine here is delicious, but Commander Tian regarded this trip as an outing.
Mainly, it's hard to believe that Xin Ciying is to blame.
I don’t know how long I will stay here, but Tian Shizhong issued the first military order after arriving here:
I was so lonely sleeping alone that I went to Yangzhou to invite some young ladies to sleep with me.
So he went back to sleep.
…
Jiankang Mansion.
Without the accompanying carriage, Yue Fei's trip went much faster. The originally planned two-day journey took less than one day.
This was because Huang Yanjie complained a lot and took a rest on the road.
Such speed opened Huang Yanjie's eyes:
If Yue Shaobao comes to serve as a servant in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I am afraid that a lot of servants will lose their jobs.
Keeping his wife's instructions in mind, Yue Fei respected Huang Yanjie very much.
Seeing that he was in real pain and could no longer hold the horse's back with his legs, he said:
"If Mr. Huang is really intolerable, water is not an option."
Although the waterway is fast, it is twice as long as the land route.
And the closer we get to Lin'an, the gloomier the day becomes, and we don't know when it will start to rain.
If the dry road is approaching, you can still move forward in the rain. If you reach the water road, you will have to stop.
Huang Yanjie agreed ten thousand times in his heart, but he knew that the emperor missed Yue Fei very much. Not to mention anything else, just the number of gold medals...
Yue Shaobao got all the cards that other people could not get in ten lifetimes in one day.
"What are you saying, Yue Shaobao? Although I am not as good as the generals, I can still endure the hardship... This is what we do."
"Um……"
Yue Fei didn't insist anymore... His understanding of the world was still at the level of 'what's said is enough'.
The group also did not enter Jiankang City. As long as they headed south, at their speed, they should be able to reach Lin'an in more than a day.
Only after they had advanced less than ten miles, they were stopped again.
"Is this person Yue Shaobao?"
I saw that they were wearing the clothes of soldiers from the Song Dynasty, and this place was four to five hundred miles away from the front line of the Huaihe River, so there was no doubt that anyone was impersonating them.
Yue Fei replied on the horse: "It is Yue Fei, who are you?"
The leader clasped his fists and said: "We are here from Sizhou. We are officials from Sizhou Prefecture. We are here to escort the nobles back to Lin'an. Now that I have met Yue Shaobao, I am really happy!"
Noble person?
Yue Fei asked suspiciously: "Why are you so happy?"
Before the man could speak, the curtain of the carriage behind was opened.
"You...are you Yue Shaobao?"
When Huang Yanjie saw the visitor, he was shocked beyond words, and for a while, many emotions surged into his heart.
