The martial display ended and it got dark. After dinner, they watched the river lanterns for a while before Madam Yan and Mrs. Xue urged everyone to return.

  Tomorrow early in the morning, Mrs. Xu will take Li Wenshan and his siblings to set off back to Hengshan County.

  The next day, Mrs. Xu and the others left too early, Li Wen Nan and Li Wen Fang did not get up, Madam Yan took Li Wen Song with her, sent out a row of more than ten cars outside the second gate, and instructed Li Wen Song to send them out of the city. After seeing that all the cars had gone out of the big gate, she yawned tiredly and went back.

  Madam Xü and her entourage returned to the Hengshan County government office from dawn till dusk.

  Magistrate Li had been waiting outside the city gate, in the rear residence of the county government office, where it was almost pitch black.

  Hong Erye and Su Ye both followed to Jiangning Fu, at home there was only Tang Pozi, this moment the kitchen lights were bright, hot water and hot soup were all prepared.

  Li Xia and Li Wenlan fell asleep halfway, Mrs. Xu sent Su Ye to tidy up the upper house first, lit the charcoal basin, so that the two younger ones could wash and sleep quickly.

  Hong's aunt had caught a bit of a cold and was getting on in years, so Mrs. Xü didn't dare let her overexert herself, fearing she'd fall ill, and hurriedly urged her to go back and rest.

  Outside, County Magistrate Li and Li Wenshan were directing the long-handled porters to unload the trunks from the carts and carry them into the second gate. Inside, Li Dong and Madam Xu were together, propping each other up in their exhaustion, lighting lamps and candles, and directing the unloading of things into the empty rooms.

  The county government of Hengshan is small, and a dozen or so cars can't even fit in, they can only be unloaded quickly.

  A family of four was busy until the second half of the night, Mrs. Xu was so tired that she rubbed her waist and looked at her daughter who was exhausted with a dark face, feeling heartbroken, "After fifteen, hurry up and buy a few people to use, look how tired you are."

  Li Dong supported Mrs. Xu forward, "Mother is also exhausted, I'll support you in. And Fifth Brother and Father..."

  "Never mind them, you go rest first, rest for a while, and wash up tomorrow." Mrs. Xu supported Li Dong into the house, exhausted, and fell asleep as soon as she lay down.

  Li Dong also lay down beside his mother and rested.

  These days, County Magistrate Li has been patrolling day and night, resting in the front signing room, and no one has lived in the backyard for several days. Su Ye is also exhausted, busy running around, so he first cleaned up two rooms upstairs, roughly swept them, burned a charcoal basin, heated the bedding, and the houses of Li Dong, Li Xia, and Li Wenshan were still cold houses and cold beds.

  Li Wenshan and Li Xianling went to the signing room to stay overnight first, while the others temporarily crammed into two upstairs rooms for a night.

  Arrived at Jiangning Prefecture, Uncle's house, although it was also midnight, everything was perfectly arranged, not feeling tired at all. At this moment, Mrs. Xu and Li Dong both deeply felt the difference between wealth and poverty.

  Mrs. Xu lay on her side, gently stroking her daughter's hair with a pained heart, thinking of Mrs. Zhong and hating her for a while before finally falling asleep from exhaustion.

  The next morning, the kitchen was still busy boiling water, and Li Dong was still bathing. Suddenly, Hong's mother rushed in to report that someone had come from Hangzhou City to see Master Wu.

  Li Wenshan got up early and rushed out of the side door.

  It was Lu Yi's servant Cheng Ying, who saw Li Wenshan and hurriedly cupped his hands and smiled: "Li Wu Ye, the king and the prince, as well as Liu Shao Ye, want to take a stroll around the neighboring counties to see the excitement. The general has ordered me to come and fetch you, Wu Ye, to meet up in Lin'an, it will take five or six days. The general instructed that you just need to pack a few clothes, the rest, Liu Shao Ye said he has already packed everything you need and brought them out, so there's no need for you to bring more."

  Li Wenshan was so frustrated that he wanted to scratch his head, "You wait a moment, I'll go ask my mother, we just got back from Jiangning Prefecture last night, I need to find some clothes, you wait a moment."

  "Hey, Fifth Master, don't worry, General had me sent out early, in a little while we'll hurry up and catch up with everyone." Cheng Ying hastily said with a smile.

  Li Wenshan didn't dare to delay any longer and hastily went in to tell Mrs. Xu.

  Mrs. Xü was anxious as soon as she heard, and didn't care that Li Dong still had a head full of wet hair, hastily instructing: "Dong Jie, hurry up and find your brother's clothes. It'll take five or six days. Shan Ge, are you bringing the books you usually read? And pens, inkstones... Wu Tong has already been sent away, and you don't even have a servant by your side..."

  "Mother, don't worry, just pack some clothes and that's it. I'll go find Mr. Qin and borrow someone from him. Mother, don't worry, nothing will happen. In the past, Wu Tong followed me, but he didn't serve me either, I took care of myself. Dong Jie, just pack a few sets of clothes, Cheng Ying said that other things, Gu Liu has already helped me bring them, they're his family's stuff."

  Li Wenshan repeatedly comforted Mrs. Xu, then called out to Li Dong and stretched his neck to look inside the house, "Is Ah Xia awake yet? I have to tell Ah Xia, otherwise she'll cry when she wakes up and can't see me."

  Li Wenshan said as he lifted the curtain and entered the east wing, where Li Xia was already sitting up on the couch, putting on his clothes while stretching his neck to look at Li Wenlan who was sleeping at the other end.

  "Little Lan?" Li Wenshan followed Li Xia's line of sight and walked to Li Wenlan's side, calling out softly. Li Wenlan was breathing slowly, fast asleep.

  Li Xia nodded at Li Wenshan to sit beside her, leaned in close to his ear and whispered, "Go find Mr. Qin, have him arrange someone, go quickly."

  Li Wenshan nodded repeatedly and hastily left the house from the yamen gate, rushing straight to find Mr. Qin.

  Mr. Qin was having breakfast when Li Wenshan told him that he and King Qin were going to nearby counties to have fun, so he hastily ordered his servant, "Quickly go and call Ji Daji and Ji Erji, tell them to prepare for a long trip."

  After instructing, he looked at Li Wenshan with a delighted expression and said: "The king is going to inspect the people's situation. You follow the king and pay attention to agriculture, economy, customs, and the reputation of each county. No matter what, listen more and look more, be careful about everything, no need to talk too much. This opportunity is rare."

  "Take Gijiji and Gijiji the Second with you, they are skilled in martial arts and are also clever, they can get things done. Also, the deeds of Gijiji and Gijiji the Second were handed over to me by your uncle two days ago, I'll keep them here for now and return them to you when you come back, from then on, they will be yours, make good use of them."

  Li Wenshan nodded repeatedly.

  "Hurry back, Ji Dajiji has arrived. I'll give them a few words and let them go to the Houyuanmen entrance to find you." Mr. Qin pushed Li Wenshan out of the door, watching him run far away, slowly putting his hands behind his back, taking a deep breath of the cold morning air, feeling refreshed and invigorated.

  The king ordered a survey of the people's sentiments and called up Fifth Master Wang, this is to incorporate him into his team.

  Mr. Qin puffed out his chest, shook his shoulders a few times, took another deep breath, and felt refreshed all over. He had always worried that the king would treat Fifth Master as a jester...

  Now, no need to worry anymore, yeah, can make another move for Fifth Master...

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