Fukang stood on the dock, stretched his neck, and looked at the big ship that had docked.
At this moment, familiar old faces appeared one after another. The Tong family's Dalang, a rough man as strong as a bear, was the first to stand on the pier.
Soon Cai Laoliu also came to the pier. When he saw these two people, Fukang was naturally embarrassed to turn a blind eye and quickly stepped forward to salute these two people.
"I have met Tong Dalang and Cai Liulang. May I ask you two, where is my young master?"
"Your young master was asked to get off the boat just now. It's right over there. It's obviously not far from the dock. You have to get off the boat at that place."
Cai Laoliu turned around and pointed behind him with a look of disgust. He always felt that his senior brother might be going to do something shameful, so he would be so sneaky and get off the ship early, without even bringing anyone with him.
Could it be that it was senior brother's old friend from Bianliang in Tokyo who came here, and senior brother was afraid that she would fight with Miss Fang on the ship, so he disembarked early and tried to comfort her?
Thinking of this, Cai Laoliu even wanted to go back to the boat to remind the charming but too strong and tall young lady Fang Baihua.
It would be one of the joys of life to see two women beating up this ruthless young man who is a philanderer.
"I was a little suspicious. I was afraid that your young master would do something shady, so I had to disembark early..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Fu Yasu's head sticking out of the side of the ship.
"Brother, the young master just met someone from the Imperial City Division. He got off the boat beforehand and said he would come to meet us later."
Fukang looked at Cai Laoliu, who was maliciously speculating on his son's whereabouts, with a dark look on his face. He really wanted to be beaten.
"Imperial City Division, it's that group of people again..."
Cai Laoliu, who considered himself a serious civil servant, twisted his lips and walked towards the oncoming butler of the Cai Mansion with disdain on his face.
"Where's my dad?"
The housekeeper of the Cai Mansion had a smile on his face. He just bent down and was about to salute when he was stunned by Cai Laoliu's words.
Fortunately, he was well aware of his own Liulang's nature, so the housekeeper quickly apologized with a smile.
"Liu Lang, the Prime Minister is on official business today, so I specially asked this old man to come and pick you up, Liu Lang."
"Okay, brother Zhisheng, I will go back home first. Let's meet at the same place tomorrow."
Tong Zhisheng over there waved his hand, indicating that he knew.
On the high ground next to the dock, Gao Qiu stood next to the carriage, and inside the carriage was Mrs. Huang, and a cute little baby girl was held in the arms of the wet nurse.
At this moment, Huang couldn't help lifting the curtains and asked.
"Husband, has their ship arrived?"
"We've arrived, and we're getting off the boat. Oops, my husband saw that boy Tong Dalang.
There's also the sixth son of the Cai family, hey, Fu'an, Lu Qian, and a girl..."
"Don't you see that our Zhang'er is such a big living person?"
Huang said anxiously, and Gao Qiu also had a puzzled face. He saw the pair of crouching dragon and phoenix chicks, but he really didn't see his own Wen Quxing.
"Madam, don't worry, Fukang has already received them and is heading this way."
"That girl is so tall. I'm afraid she is probably the young lady from the Fang family that the boy Fu'an was talking about."
At this time, Mrs. Huang couldn't care anymore, so she simply got off the carriage and stood beside her husband.
Then he saw the tall, slim girl with picturesque features, her head lowered in embarrassment.
Fu'an on the side kept pointing in this direction, and then he didn't know what to say.
Looking at the girl's fertile figure, Mrs. Huang couldn't help but become kind-hearted.
"Husband, our Zhang'er is very discerning. Apart from being a bit tall, there really isn't anything wrong with this little lady."
"Well, her brothers are all talented and they all worked under Zhang'er before..."
Gao Qiu was also quite satisfied. His son's aesthetics were indeed similar to his own.
"Now, Zhang'er has been entrusted with important responsibilities. As you know, Zhang'er is running a lot of business in Suzhou."
"Weihuo also sent a lot of manpower, but there are also overseas businesses at sea, and even Weihuo doesn't have the ability..."
After hearing her husband's words, Mrs. Huang's face became more and more proud. She was worthy of being her beloved son, he just had the ability.
At such a young age, not only did he find himself such a beautiful and easy-to-carry young lady, he was also able to find so many helpers, which was much better than when his father was young.
The group of people walked gradually, and Huang saw two little children side by side looking towards them with confusion and curiosity. They were about eleven or twelve years old.
At this time, Fukang was the first to rush back to report, and found out that his beloved son had just been invited by Yang Duzhi, the director of the Imperial City Division, and would meet at the dock soon.
Gao Qiu raised his eyebrows. Yang Xiong from the Imperial City Department had accompanied Zhang'er down to the south of the Yangtze River under an order. Not many people knew about this.
It was enough to show that the official family valued their beloved son Gao Zhang, but he appeared here at this time. Could it be that he was also here?
Gao Qiu, who was suspicious in his heart, couldn't help but raise his eyes and look into the distance, and finally resisted the urge to go over and take a look.
If the officials really have something important to ask Zhang'er, it wouldn't be a good idea to go there by yourself. Anyway, you will naturally know when Zhang'er comes home.
Having said that, the officials had hinted before that they would entrust Zhang'er with important responsibilities after he returned to Bianliang, Tokyo.
When I think about the fact that Zhang'er, who was still a young man, is now a rare high-ranking official in the Song Dynasty, is he really going to become an important official in the court as a young man?
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The two masters and apprentices chatted for half an hour on the bank of the canal. The official took a look at the sky, and then patted Gao Zhang on the shoulder with a lingering interest.
"You go ahead. Your parents are already here. It's not right to make them wait any longer."
"You should take a good rest for a few days first, and then when you come back, I will entrust you with a heavy responsibility as my teacher."
Gao Zhang obediently bowed deeply to the official Zhao Ji and replied.
"Good master, my disciples will definitely live up to the master's love."
Official Zhao Ji smiled with satisfaction and raised his hand to greet him.
"Yang Jian, bring over the gift I prepared for Xiao Gao."
Yang Jian hurried to the front, holding a small sandalwood box in both hands and handed it to the official Zhao Ji.
Official Zhao Ji handed the sandalwood box into Gao Zhang's hands, and then raised his chin proudly.
"Here, please open it and take a look. Do you like the gift I gave you?"
Gao Zhang also curiously opened the sandalwood box and saw a seal inside.
After picking it up curiously, I saw that the bottom of the seal was engraved with four Chinese characters, also in thin gold: exit, general and entry.
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(End of chapter)
