"What? The fleet is back? "
Li Zexuan woke up late in the morning. He was washing his face in the yard when he heard Pang Feiji's shout from the front of the yard. He was stunned at first, but then he was overjoyed.
"Quick, quick, prepare a horse for me. Let's go to the dock now!"
Li Zexuan excitedly wiped his face and roared at Pang Feiji who was outside.
"Yes, Lord Jue!"
"Brother, isn't there a show to watch? Lan 'er wants to go too! "
Lan 'er, who was playing in the backyard, shouted happily at this moment.
The little girl was at the age where she was playing around and didn't sleep much. She woke up much earlier than Li Zexuan. When she heard that there was a big ship to watch, she immediately became interested.
"Haha! Okay, okay, Lan 'er, since you want to see it, I'll take you to see it! "
Li Zexuan's laughter came from the backyard.
After a while, the two of them rode out of the Yunshan Courtyard. Lan 'er naturally rode with Li Zexuan. The little girl giggled along the way. Ever since Yanhuang College started, Li Zexuan, as her brother, hadn't accompanied her to play for a long time. Today was a rare opportunity for them to go out and watch the show together.
Ba River was one of the "Eight Rivers of Chang 'an." It originated in Lantian County and was located to the east of Chang' an City.
On both sides of the Ba Bridge, five miles of embankments were built. Thousands of willows were planted, and tourists walked shoulder to shoulder. It was a spectacular sight in Chang 'an. Every time spring was in full swing and the spring wind blew, the willow catkins would dance in the air and fog would become a major sight on Ba Bridge in Chang 'an.
Ba River had a dock and a relay station. It was called "Ba Pavilion". Many people would come here to welcome guests and bid them farewell. They would also break off willow branches as gifts. Ba River flowed through Mei Village. There was a relatively large dock in the southeast of Mei Village. Many merchant ships came here to load and unload their goods. The previous expedition ceremony of the imperial court fleet was held at this dock.
After about half an hour, Li Zexuan and the rest arrived at the Ba River Dock. At this time, the dock was already crowded.
"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 off his forehead and hesitated for a moment before saying, "This … I don't know who leaked the news, but these commoners most likely have relatives in the fleet. They should be here to welcome their family."
"Maybe!"
Li Zexuan shook his head. He didn't want to delve deeper into it. He urged his horse to gallop into the crowd.
…
"Mother, why haven't I seen Father yet? Didn't you say that daddy is coming back today? "
At the edge of the pier, a little girl raised her head to look at the middle-aged woman who was holding her little hand and asked in a crisp voice.
The middle-aged woman gently stroked the little girl's ponytail and said softly, "Come back soon, come back soon!"
Although her voice was calm, her trembling hands showed that her heart was surging with emotions. She was not calm at all. She was just forcefully controlling her emotions to avoid losing her composure in front of her daughter.
"Oh! Mother, do you think Father has lost weight or gained weight? I haven't seen Father for a long time. Yaya misses Father so much! "
That's right, this mother and daughter were Meng Wenhao's biological mother and sister. If not for the military training at Yanhuang College today, Meng Wenhao would definitely have come personally.
"… Your father should have lost weight, right?"
Meng Wenhao's mother said hesitantly.
Meng Wenhao had already heard about Meng Youliang's recent situation from Li Zexuan. However, in order to prevent his family from worrying, he didn't tell them the truth. Therefore, Meng Wenhao's mother didn't know anything about her husband's experience at sea.
"Yaya, be good. Your father must have missed you a lot too!"
Hearing the latter half of her daughter's sentence, Meng Wenhao's mother's eyes stung and she almost cried. Everyone in the world liked to be reunited, but the sadness and joy of separation were the helplessness of the poor. If they wanted to survive, their family had to accept separation. If they were unlucky, this separation would become eternal. But what could they do?
"Yes, yes, yes! Mother, after father comes back this time, let's not let father leave us again, okay? Yaya can also help the family earn money. Recently, Yaya has made a lot of money from catching locusts, so we can buy a lot of buns! "
However, Yaya was still young and couldn't understand the sadness behind this family. The little girl blinked her clear eyes and innocently begged.
Meng Wenhao's mother felt bad when she heard her daughter's naive words. She hugged her daughter's head to her waist and said softly, "Okay, mother promises Yaya. After your father comes back this time, he will never leave us again."
In fact, Yaya's wish was also Meng Wenhao's mother's wish. In the past few months when the fleet went out to sea, she didn't have a good night's sleep. She had never believed in gods and Buddhas, but she even went to Chang 'an City's Daxing Shan Temple to pray to Bodhisattva several times and donated dozens of copper coins for incense and oil.
Dozens of copper coins were nothing to a rich family, but for the current Meng Family, dozens of copper coins were not a small amount. They could buy hundreds of pounds of rice! However, in order to pray to the gods and Buddhas to protect her husband's safety, Meng Wenhao's mother felt that it was worth it.
…
"How long will it take for the fleet to come back?"
Li Zexuan held Lan 'er's small hand and squeezed forward as he asked.
Now that he was a Wu Dao master, he could naturally release his inner strength. Although the dock was crowded with people and it was very crowded, with his strong inner strength, no matter where he went, the people around him would quietly bounce back a little. Therefore, he didn't have to worry about Lan 'er being squeezed.
"Sir, it should be soon! When I reported to you this morning, the fleet was only about ten miles away. Now, it should be about six or seven miles away! "
Opening the way in front should have been Pang Feiji's job as a guard. However, Li Zexuan, who spoiled his sister, was afraid that the crowd would squeeze and hurt Lan 'er, so he personally opened the way. Therefore, Pang Feiji, the guard, actually hid behind Li Zexuan and enjoyed the treatment of a superior.
Six or seven miles, based on the speed of the ship on the water, would only take about half an hour. Li Zexuan nodded and continued to pull Lan 'er to the front of the crowd.
…
The people of Chang 'an City all knew that the fleet was coming back today. As the Emperor, Li Er couldn't not know. However, he certainly couldn't be like the people and wait there for a long time.
Halfway through the morning court, a small eunuch quietly walked to Li Er's side and whispered a few words. Then, Li Er directly stood up and said to the officials in the court with a smile on his face, "The morning court will end today.
Everyone, follow me to Murky Island to welcome the triumphant return of the fleet to the south! "
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