When everyone arrived in their rooms and packed up, they were ready to rest.
Li Hao saw Xiao Tao coming and called Li Hao to see the old lady.
So Li Hao followed Xiao Tao into the inner courtyard, and saw two old ladies sitting in the room, with Minglan and Pinlan beside them.
After Li Hao said hello one by one, he saw that Yuan Wenshao had also arrived, and the two sat down.
Then I heard the old lady ask: "Yesterday when your guard came, I heard him say that you all went into battle to fight in person. It scared me at the time. Were you injured?"
Li Hao replied: "Don't listen to his nonsense. Where is the fighting coming from? It's just a coincidence that some bandits were deliberately lured into the camp."
Yuan Wenshao also said: "Yes, no one was injured. The old lady doesn't need to worry."
After hearing this, the old lady said: "How can I not be worried? We are fighting on the battlefield, and the swords and guns are blind.
Even if you come from a martial arts family and have practiced martial arts diligently since childhood, you still need to be more careful.
As for Brother Hao, you need to be even more careful. You are a Jinshi. How can you go into battle in person after studying essays since you were a child? It's not safe. "
As soon as the old lady finished speaking, Minglan answered and said, "Yes, cousin, if you are injured, let your aunt know how worried you should be. You have to be very careful."
Li Hao replied: "Old ladies and cousins, don't underestimate me. I've been physically trained, and even a few people can't get close to me easily. And I'm sensible and won't put myself in danger. Just don’t worry.”
After hearing this, the old lady said: "I hope you can really do it. Also, what are your plans for the next trip? Are you going to go back to Bianjing directly, or are you going to suppress the bandits separately?"
Li Hao replied: "I don't know about this at the moment. I originally left the capital to deal with the rebels in Fuzhou. Now that they have been put down, it stands to reason that they should return to the capital.
However, we have to wait for Bianjing’s reply for details. I have sent people back to Bianjing a few days ago, and I think we will know about it next month. "
After hearing this, the old lady seemed to have thought of something, but she did not continue to ask. Instead, he said: "I have something to see if you two can help. Chang Wu will be going to welcome his bride in three days. I would like to ask if you are willing to go and help as a charioteer.
It turned out that the charioteer was looking for Pinlan's sister, Shulan's husband Sun Zhigao, who was a scholar.
Since you are here today, I was wondering if I could let you go too. "
Li Hao and Yuan Wenshao didn't have any objections to this. Anyway, it was just a trip to show face to the Sheng family, so they both agreed.
This made the old lady Dafang and Pinlan very happy. After all, both of them had official status, especially Li Hao.
There are many more senior officials in the capital than the county magistrate of Youyang, and they can also increase the prestige of the Youyang Sheng family.
So the old lady of the first house thanked the two of them. As juniors, Li Hao and the others naturally had to be humble.
While we were chatting, we saw a servant coming over and saying that the banquet had been prepared and everyone was asked to go to the main hall to eat.
Seeing this, Li Hao asked if he had called Gu Tingye and the others. When he learned that they had been notified, he walked directly to the main hall.
After arriving at the main hall, due to the large number of people, the tables were divided. The Sheng family sat at one table by themselves, while the other two tables were empty, leaving them to Li Hao and his companions.
Among them, Li Hao, Yang Wenyuan, Li Yixing, Zhang Wen, Wang Yu and Cheng Guosheng sat at the same table, accompanied by Sheng Changwu.
At the other table, Yuan Wenshao, Zhao Mi, Ye Sheng, Xu Xiangxing, Cao Zhen, and Gu Tingye could only let Yuan Wenshao help greet them.
However, what caught Li Hao's attention was that after the banquet, Shulan and the Sun family were not seen coming. He didn't know whether it was because the Sheng family didn't call or for some reason.
After the banquet was finished and the tables and chairs were removed, everyone stayed in the main hall to talk.
Sheng Wei said apologetically: "Originally, when you came, you should have let Chang Wu accompany you everywhere, but his wedding is approaching and he really can't get away. I'm afraid he has neglected the distinguished guests."
Li Hao replied: "Getting married is a major event in life, so naturally we should go all out to handle it. We are also here to congratulate you, so there is no reason to be negligent.
In the past two days, we just asked the servants in the mansion to take us around to see the scenery of Youyang. "
After hearing this, Sheng Wei replied: "That's all we have to do. Thank you for your understanding."
Then he introduced to Li Hao and the others what places around Youyang were worth visiting. As he was talking, a servant came in to inform them.
It was said that Magistrate Youyang had come and was already outside the gate of the mansion.
Seeing this situation, Sheng Wei knew that the county magistrate would not come here for no reason, and probably came to see Li Hao and the others, so he looked at Li Hao and let Li Hao decide whether to see him or not.
Seeing this, Li Hao naturally would not embarrass the Sheng family, so he said: "Maybe I disturbed the place a little when I was waiting for the horse to arrive. Why don't uncle invite the county magistrate over, and I will explain the reason."
Seeing that Li Hao agreed to meet the magistrate, Sheng Wei got up and went to greet him. On the way, Sheng Wei told the magistrate about the matter.
Later, when the magistrate came in, he cupped his hands to Li Hao and said, "Xu Zian, the magistrate of Youyang, pays homage to Mr. Li and all the other lords."
Li Hao stood up and accepted the gift and said: "Master Xu, please don't be polite. We are just here to visit relatives and friends in private. We have no official business. We just didn't expect to make a commotion at the city gate and disturb the place. We have to invite Xu." Sir Haihan."
Xu Zian said: "It's okay, it's just that the pawn guarding the door has never seen the world and is making a fuss. I just didn't expect you to be related to the Sheng family."
Li Hao smiled and said, "Yes, so after I arrived at Gaoyoujun, I wanted to be happy, but I didn't know that Mr. Xu wouldn't be able to come by then."
Xu Zian replied: "Of course I will come. Brother Sheng and I have already agreed to come on that day to feel happy."
"That's just the right time. Then I have to toast Mr. Xu and thank him for keeping us safe and protecting Youyang Zhouquan." Li Hao said.
After hearing this, Xu Zian quickly waved his hands and said, "Master Li is too complimentary. This is a matter within the lower official's scope."
Afterwards they chatted for a few more words, and after watching Li Hao pick up the tea bowl, he said goodbye and left knowingly.
After listening to this conversation, Gu Tingye and the others naturally had no thoughts. After all, they didn't care about a minor official of the county magistrate.
But Sheng Wei and Pinlan in the field felt different. Pinlan only felt Li Hao's majesty. How could the county magistrate be so careful when visiting the Sheng family in the past.
But Sheng Wei thought more, because with what Li Hao said today, Xu Zian must have paid more attention to the Sheng family when he was in office.
After all, a person who is in his teens and is a prostitute is much more valuable than Sheng Hong, who is in his forties and has a fifth rank.
After that, everyone dispersed to rest. On the second day, under the leadership of servants from the Sheng family, everyone went hunting in the surrounding mountains. For most of the day, they also shot a wild boar, seven or eight pheasants, and more than thirty rabbits.
In the end, he went back to the house and found many servants to carry him back. When he entered the Sheng family, Pinlan was very happy to see her.
He also said that it was a pity that he didn't go hunting with them, but he was pulled away by Minglan as soon as he said a few words of emotion.
But that's okay, otherwise Li Hao really doesn't know how to answer it. After all, there are no men from the Sheng family following him, and Li Hao and Yuan Wenshao are not from the Sheng family after all.
There is really no way to take Pinlan out, otherwise it will be bad for the woman's reputation.
On the third day, someone in Youyang happened to be holding a polo match. This time Pinlan was able to join them. Under the leadership of Sheng Wei's wife Li, a group of people joined Minglan, Pinlan and He Hongwen. It's in the past.
However, Youyang was not as good at polo as Bianjing. After playing for a while, Yang Wenyuan and the others were unwilling to go on the court to bully others.
In the end, Pinlan was very happy, and even played with Minglan and won the first place.
Everyone else was on the court after all, but He Hongwen stayed on the sidelines and watched, especially after Minglan came on the court.
However, after a short while, he was pulled by Gu Tingye to talk. Li Hao was only a little curious, wondering what the two of them could have to talk about.
But in the end, he didn't ask. Li Hao didn't want to take care of it for the time being. Anyway, Minglan was probably thinking about Qi Heng at this time, so let them develop on their own.
After playing polo, everyone returned to Sheng's house to have a good rest, because tomorrow was Sheng Changwu's wedding ceremony.
