Child Bride’s Peaches and Plums Are All Over the World

Li Baolu silently crushed the letter in the palm of his hand, and when he opened it again, it turned into a pile of powder.

Gu Jingyun also rubbed his forehead with quite a headache, turned around and said: "You go to Patriarch Li to ask for a carriage, and I will go to Cousin Jun to discuss it. Let's go to Yazhou first, and then go to Qiongzhou after dealing with the sect matters."

Gu Jingyun calculated the schedule in his mind, and quickly worked out the best route, "It's summer, we will drive in the morning and evening, rest more at noon, pull the cart with two horses and one mule, and if the road goes well, we can reach Wuchang in eight days. It only takes one day to get to Jiading Mansion by water, and then from Jiading to Yazhou. In this way, you can arrive in Yazhou in half a month.”

"It's far from Yazhou to Qiongzhou." One is inland and the other is on the sea. Li Baolu has a headache, "Not to mention that the holiday is only forty days, we can't go back to the capital even in two months. You have to deal with the affairs of the court. Don’t be busy, you can go to the Hanlin Academy or not, but we can’t always skip classes at Qingxi Academy, next year your group of students will have to take the Junior Examination, and those who have passed the Junior Examination will be required to take the examination of scholar?”

Gu Jingyun thought for a while, then comforted her and said, "It's okay, I'll ask someone to help me take a substitute class for half a month. If we go to Qiongzhou, we will go to Jiading and take the waterway to Suzhou, and then change from Suzhou to Qiongzhou by sea. It takes ten days. It takes at least half the time by land.”

"But who in the academy can replace you?"

"Qi Lekang is a good person. We have been in touch often after the academy competition last time. He is also free in the Imperial Academy. Let me write a letter to ask him what he means. If he doesn't want me, I will ask other gentlemen in the academy for help."

Qi Lekang has good knowledge and character, and the academy would not have any objection to him taking classes on his behalf.

On the contrary, Li Baolu...

Gu Jingyun looked at Li Baolu, "What should you do, I'm afraid there is no husband who can replace you in the women's courtyard."

Li Baolu thought for a while and said, "Let me transfer classes with other gentlemen, transfer my first half month's classes to the later ones, and then temporarily hand over the class teacher's responsibility to Mr. Yuan."

"Okay!" The couple agreed to move separately.

Gu Jingyun approached Li Jun and said: "We need to change our route to Yazhou for something. We don't expect to arrive in Qiongzhou until the first day of August. You can take them back to the capital to finish the rest of the work. It doesn't matter if you leave around the tenth day of July. It's okay to go south by water or sea. It will be here in a month. When you arrive in Qiongzhou, start preparations, and the grave will be opened as soon as we arrive."

"Yazhou?" Li Jun thought for a long time but couldn't figure out where it was, but he looked at Gu Jingyun's expression as if something serious had happened, nodded quickly and said, "Okay, then we'll see you on the first day of August."

Li Xie was about to lie down and sleep. He was exhausted from the opening of the ancestral hall for the past two days, and today he stood for a long time, so he was so tired that he fell asleep after dinner. I heard that Li Baolu is here.

He didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately got up again, afraid that something happened to Wufang and would trouble him.

"Departure the day after tomorrow?" Li Xie said in surprise, "Didn't you say you left only on the first day of junior high school?"

Li Baolu said helplessly: "My husband and I have something to do, so we have to go somewhere else first, so we need to leave as soon as possible. Because the time is too urgent, we will not be able to buy the carriage ourselves, so I ask Grandpa for help."

Li Xie was very happy to help them, but he was afraid that if they didn't look for him, even relatives would have to come and go frequently to kiss. So he said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, there are not many other things at home, because we often go out to buy and transport medicinal materials, there are quite a few horse-drawn carts."

Moreover, the Li family has a big business, so they will not wrong themselves. There are various types of carriages, which are huge in space and luxuriously furnished, but they did not dare to go too far. horse.

Now Li Baolu wants a large and fast carriage, but it is very simple. With a little modification, two horses and one mule can pull the carriage.

If it weren't for the fear of violating the rules, it would be faster to use three horses.

But this is not too slow. Although it is not as fast as a fast horse with a whip, it can exceed the average riding speed. Moreover, their carriage is covered with soft bedding, soft couches are placed in the middle and under the left and right windows, and a table is fixed in the middle. , A hole was dug on it, just enough to put down the teapot and cup.

And when the mechanism was opened, the table was taken away and the wooden board was lifted, and below it was a space for their daily necessities, including towels, wooden basins, some dried meat, dried vegetables, rice noodles, etc., because it was summer, they only brought three thin sheets. blanket.

When Li Baolu saw this carriage, she was so happy that she wanted to fly. If it wasn't for reducing the weight and making the carriage faster, she would have wished to carry all the delicious food from Shunde on it.

It is said that this is the largest and best carriage of Li Shi, even Li Xie has never used it a few times.

Seeing Li Baolu's eyes glowing, Li Xie gave them the car and said with a smile: "We rarely go out, and this car is rarely used because it requires a lot of pulling force, but our identity Due to limitations, you can only use two mules at most, unlike you, who can use two horses. This cart is not considered humiliating in your hands."

Li Baolu wanted to decline. Although she liked this car, she didn't need to steal it from him. Wouldn't it be better for her to build one herself in the future?

But before she even opened her mouth, Gu Jingyun agreed.

"Our meddling in the matter of Wufang's returning home made them panic. If you don't pick them up, they don't know what to think. Taking this carriage will make them feel at ease, and we are also cheap. You have to feel sorry for it and go back through Juntang Brother, just give them something of comparable value."

"Also."

So they drove this luxury car to Wuchang.

At this time, Bai Yitang had already taken Qin Wenyin to Tianjinwei to board a sea boat.

Qin Wenyin's health is not good, when they stopped and went from Qiongzhou to the capital, it was almost half play and half hurry, and she still felt uncomfortable, let alone hurry now.

Naturally, he didn't want her to suffer, so he decided to go by water.

Qin Wenyin can take the boat, so he prepared a lot of fruits and vegetables to eat on the boat, and then boarded the boat with her.

They first went to Suzhou by sea boat. Because of the smooth wind and the water, and the sea route, the speed was extremely fast, and they could reach Suzhou in four days.

Then turn from Suzhou to Jiading by water. If there is no boat to Jiading, then go to Wuchang, and then change in Wuchang.

Don't look at the trouble, it's actually very convenient, because the boats on the waterway will stop for supplies from time to time, it can take half an hour at the shortest time, and it can be a day at the longest time. If they can quickly find the boat when they transfer, it won't waste time.

And it is not difficult to find a transfer ship, as long as you have good information, who can compare with Bai Yitang in this regard?

So when his stupid apprentice Kankan arrived in Wuchang in a carriage, Bai Yitang and Qin Wenyin, who were farther away than them, had already boarded the boat to Jiading.

Li Baolu and Gu Jingyun stood on the wharf in Wuchang, looking at the endless stream of boats with blank eyes, "There are so many boats, why don't they put up a sign? Do you have to ask one by one?"

Nanfeng immediately said: "Madam, why don't you find an inn to rest first, and the young ones to inquire first?"

Li Baolu lowered her eyes and thought for a while, and finally remembered that she was still the head of the Lingtian Sect, and there was still a power in her hand that had not been used. She immediately said to Nanfeng: "You don't need to go, you help your master to find a nearby inn to rest, I will Go find the boat and come back to find you in a while."

Gu Jingyun also thought of her identity, glanced around, pointed to a nearby inn and said, "I'll wait for you there, don't worry, we arrived more than a day earlier than expected."

Because the car was good, Baolu and Nanfeng took turns driving the car on the way, and Gu Jingyun would also take over in the morning and evening when it was not too hot, letting the two of them do other things or rest. The horses were changed twice on the road, except for the time when the sun was the hottest at noon and the night was darkest, the carriage almost never stopped, so they arrived a day and a half earlier.

They thought they were going very fast, but they didn't expect Bai Yitang to be ahead of them.

The Anbu businessman who is resident in Wuchang was approached by the head of Li very helplessly. He just sent two people away, why did three people come again?

Can't the master and apprentice go together?

The businessman recruited a man to whisper a few words, and a quarter of an hour later the man came back and reported: "My lord, there are only four boats on the wharf that are going to pass through Jiading. Three of them are leaving today, and one is going to leave early tomorrow morning."

"Did you ask them the port they need to stop on the way? Choose the ship with the least number of stops, the fastest speed, the best reputation, and the best cabin environment." When the time comes, you can take our family's boat and leave, you must know that our family's boat is the biggest in Wuchang Mansion."

Li Baolu was sensitive, and immediately asked: "But someone from Lingtianmen took your boat and left?"

"That's right, isn't it Headmaster Li's mentor, Headmaster Xiaobai? He also brought a wife with him."

Li Baolu looked annoyed, "Did they leave two hours ago?"

"yes."

Li Baolu immediately said: "Aside from asking you to find a boat for him, what does my master want you to prepare?"

The businessman was taken aback for a moment, then said hesitantly, "I also prepared some sundries for the road."

"Very well, prepare one for me according to his list."

The merchant twitched the corner of his mouth, a little unwilling to move.

Li Baolu immediately took out a bank note from her pocket and stuffed it to him, "I know the rules. Although Anbu also belongs to the Lingtian Sect, the head of the Lingtian Sect cannot take things from it. Don't worry, I will pay for everything. Running errands is hard work, and the rest of the money is bought for them to drink."

The businessman looked at the denomination of the bank note and sighed, "Okay, I'll prepare it for you."

The man who went out to inquire about the news soon came back to report, and the businessman turned his head to Li Baolu and said, "It's best that the fastest boat will leave in an hour. Lady Li might as well go to the pier and wait. You send something."

"Okay, then I will trouble you."

The clerk looked up at Li Baolu curiously, but was slapped on the head by the businessman, who took out a list and a bank note from his pocket and handed it to him, "What are you doing in a daze, take a snapshot of the list and prepare things. If it’s good, I’ll give you a tael of silver if you do it well. Do you know if I can bring back the rest of the silver bill?”

Holding the bank note in his hand, the clerk felt that the female heroine was too generous, and it cost fifty taels as soon as she made a move, so he asked curiously: "Master, who is this person? Master?"

"Can they be different if they are masters and apprentices?" The businessman told him, "These two are from the Jianghu, and they are famous in the Jianghu. You should be careful, if you get offended by them, or I won't be able to protect you when the time comes." .”

The buddy shuddered, and immediately said: "You know, I don't dare to watch and talk too much."

The businessman was satisfied and let him retire. No one knew that he was a member of the Lingtian Sect, and he came from the same line as Bai Yitang and Li Baolu.