Chapter 20: Returning to Honor (I)

That said, the boat with white sails was slowly traveling along the undulating curve of the bay to that side, Tanyu Port that direction has come a small boat, the small boat sailing very fast, not a moment’s time will be close to the big boat, the boat man gestures to signal, the two boats slowly docked together.

The rope ladder was lowered, and a sweaty official climbed up, panting.

By this time, Fan Xian had already changed into his usual clothes and was putting shoes on his feet, so for a moment it was too late to say anything, and he nodded his head to signal the official to speak.

The official wiped away the sweat on his forehead and said in a trembling voice, “I am a Tanyu State official, and I have come to welcome Lord Qin to his hometown to save his family.”

Hearing these words, Fan Xian froze; he had not paid attention to the official uniform of the visitor earlier, and was somewhat surprised to hear the visitor report himself as an official. He is not a person who likes to be flattered, but he is also clear that, the hallowed Supervisory Academy’s Tishui, Lord Qinzhi returned to his hometown, Tanyu State’s parental officials will surely feel a great honor, and will surely try to do everything possible to pat themselves on the back……. How is it that the governor didn’t come, but the one who came is a Dianliang?

He subconsciously looked at the people like ants on the distant pier, squinted his eyes and said, “Where is the governor?”

Just a thoughtless sentence, fell in the ears of the Tanya state official but as the thunder of the sky, he was scared not shallow, said with a wailing face: “Adults got the news that adults are going to arrive, this time should be to the pier to pick up the adults, adults do not blame the adults, really …… adults do not know that the adults arrived this early! .”

This series of adults adults will Fan Xian also winding confused, taste a moment to understand, the original Tanya Cheng did not expect his ship will arrive so fast.

He smiled and said, “What’s there to blame, it’s just a private homecoming, where’s the need for such a big battle to greet it.”

But there was already a big battle on the pier, and Fan Xian, with his amazing eyesight, vaguely watched as some people were hurriedly preparing to build a pergola, and there were officials rushing that way, while there were even more Tanyu people gathered.

Tantian official’s heart was a little bit more at ease, bravely raised his head slightly and took a glance at this big figure who hadn’t returned to Tanyu state for two years already, he was transferred to Tanyu state after Fan Xian left, so he had heard more rumors about that strange young master of the earl’s house, and on top of the officialdom, in the past two years, he had even heard more about the glorious deeds that young Lord Fan had done in Kyoto and the world, so he had long been filled with curiosity about this figure who had gone out from Tanyu state.

“Sure enough …… is a heavenly figure.” The canonical official was shocked by Fan Xian’s appearance and immediately lowered his head to report on today’s situation.

It turned out that Lin Wan’er, the county princess mother, had returned to Tanyu City with the third prince and a bunch of people, and had long since alarmed the entire city. This Tanyu City since the seaport business lost, has long become a small place in the middle of nowhere, although his majesty year after year to give grace to reduce the tax, the people’s livelihood, but …… who has seen this kind of big gesture, this is the imperial son and the county princess ah!

People are guessing, since the wife and students are back, naturally little Lord Fan is also to come back, so long ago to make preparations, just did not think Fan Xian in Jiaozhou to deal with things, a due to the officials of the people are not clear about when Fan Xian to, gradually loosened the mind. It was not until today that an all-black cavalry suddenly arrived outside the city, passing through the city’s defenses and coming directly to the pier to begin defending it, that the people guessed that little Lord Fan was arriving today.

Time was so tight that only the official who happened to hear about it rushed over, while the governor of Tanyu Prefecture and the officials were still in their mansion to escape the summer heat, and were busy getting dressed and heading this way at this time.

The official of Tanyu Prefecture was afraid that the prefectural government would not be ready in time and that Fan Xian, the great man, would become angry, so he hurriedly came up in a small boat to apologize.

He carefully watched Fan Xian’s complexion.

Fan Xian suddenly opened his mouth and asked, “Is the old lady alright?”

The official fawned and smiled, “The old man’s body is in good health, and Lord Zhi Zhou enters the residence from time to time to ask for peace.”

“Uh, wan …… hmm?” Fan Xian suddenly frowned.

The canonical official was startled in his heart, thinking that this lord was beginning to express dissatisfaction in his heart for today’s reception, and the sweat behind his back increased by three layers in fear.

On the contrary, Hong Changqing beside Fan Xian knew that his lord was just suddenly confused, not quite sure how to address his wife in front of this official, so he smiled and said softly, “Is the young granny available?”

Fan Xian sighed in relief and nodded, although this official in front of him was a minor official, he did not have the sense to allow the other party to address Wan’er with the title of Young Grandmother – although this official was certainly very willing to recognize Lin Wan’er as a grandmother.

“Madam is in the mansion.” The canonical official compensated for his caution and said, “The old man is also in the mansion …… this day, and I’m afraid that the old man’s heart is set on your lordship, and he insisted on coming to the pier to pick you up, so I haven’t dared to report it to the mansion yet.”

Fan Xian nodded with satisfaction and patted the official’s shoulder approvingly, he himself meant the same thing, so he didn’t let the black rider go to inform the mansion at all, and was also prepared to give the old man, as well as certain people in this city, a surprise.

The canonical official was flattered.

“Let the people on the docks disperse.” Fan Xian smiled and said, “Lend me your small boat, I’ll go back by myself later.” Since the old lady and Wan Er did not come to the pier, he was naturally too lazy to deal with those officials, and it would not be too late for those folks in Tanyu …… to gossip about them later. Sitting in a bamboo hut in a serious manner, this kind of difficult experience, there is Suzhou that one time is enough.

Unexpectedly listening to this, Hong Changqing and the official said in unison, “This can not be allowed.”

Hong Changqing was naturally worried about Fan Xian’s safety, Fan Xian smiled after calming down a little and said, “Qingwa, you have been with me for a short while, remember in the future, you are a member of the Supervisory Yuan, and just accept my decisions……. I can’t get rid of those tiger guards that his majesty bestowed upon me, and you’re going to haunt me, so I can’t have any I can’t get rid of those tiger guards that his majesty gave me.

Although the words are light, the meaning is heavy, Hong Changqing let out a bitter smile, not daring to say anything more.

The Tanya state official said bitterly, “Your honor, this side looks at the beach gently, but the back is full of cliffs, there is no place to …… go ashore from the pier, if you want to embark on a trip to the mountains, it is better to wait for the next day.”

Fan Xian stood up, tightened the clothes on his body, and looked at the cliffs slowly sweeping backward beside the ship.

Looking at the reefs that were too familiar to be familiar, he couldn’t help but let out a contented sigh and said, “This lord, An Zhi has grown up in Tanyuzhou since he was a child, does he still not know the way home?”

Tanyuzhou is not big, but in these decades it has produced a Minister of the Household and His Majesty’s nursemaid, which is already glorious enough, and now there is an additional Lord of Qin …… and Lord of Qin grew up here until he was sixteen years old, so in these two years the people of Tanyuzhou have been thrilled and excited about it, and that is, when they come to and go with the people of the neighboring states, there is a few more hints of confidence and pride. Even when interacting with people from neighboring states, they have gained a few more threads of confidence and pride.

Today, the black cavalry of the Supervisory Board went to the pier to set up guards, and although the people were afraid, they guessed that the big man was returning to his hometown, so naturally they all crowded around, ready to see if the young master of the Earl’s House, who was as pretty as a young girl, had changed his appearance in Kyoto in the past two years.

An aunt holding a basket with eggs in it muttered, “I said I was coming back after the New Year, but the one who came back was not a real person, this time it should be a real person, right?”

The next person said with a smile, “How can it not be a real person? Didn’t you see that Third Highness and Mrs. Fan both came back?”

Another person said enthusiastically, “I wonder if Young Master Fan has changed his appearance. When he left for Kyoto, I don’t know how many young ladies in Tanyu City cried their eyes out.”

The older woman laughed out loud and said, “How can this look change just like that?”

“I don’t think it’s necessarily true, even this real father can change at the drop of a hat ……”

Immediately this unknown person was dragged by the excited crowd into the alley to be violently beaten.

After a slight awkwardness and silence, the people of Tanyu State, who were gathered around the pier waiting for Fan Xian, gradually shifted their idle chit-chat back to Fan Xian himself as well as the old stories of that year.

“Do you still remember how Young Master Fan used to always stand at the top of that courtyard of his house and yell at everyone to collect their clothes every time the Rolling Winds came?”

All of them laughed, and those young men who were close to Fan Xian’s age couldn’t help but remember a lot of things from back then, when Fan Xian was just an illegitimate son of an earl’s house, and would occasionally fool around with these kids on the streets, only to become two worlds long ago as they grew older and had different identities.

What the young men had in their eyes was just envy and some complicated emotions, one of them said in a small voice, “I’ve also heard Lord Qinchan tell stories.”

He spoke in a small voice, and what he said was probably not believed by anyone, so most people subconsciously let their ears filter the words. Seeing that no one in the crowd paid any attention to him, that young man said bitterly, “It’s true …… I remember it was a story about digging for treasure.”

Still no one cared about him, the big woman carrying eggs said with great interest: “Speaking of our young master Fan, it is really different from others, when he was young, he was obedient and sensible, and there are a few strange things …… Let’s say that when he was out on the street with the maids in the earl’s mansion, when did he let those maids ever carry anything? Tsk, this master of the house when, only called a amiable it.”

The wharf was abuzz with discussions of varying content, and not long afterward, the governor of Tanya Prefecture led the officials to arrive as well.

At this time, they were panting and organizing their official uniforms, looking at the white-sailed ship that was about to dock, and in their hearts they breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that after a thousand rushes, they had finally arrived.

It was just that all of them did not expect that the Lord of Qin was not on the ship.

The Tanya state official walked down the ladder and met the governor’s eyes that wanted to eat people, and said with a wailing face, “His Excellency got off halfway, and should have returned to his home by this time.”

The governor was shocked and glared at him, in his heart he was anxious to go to the count’s residence, but for a moment he didn’t dare to leave, because although the Lord of the Imperial Household had gotten off the ship, there was still a cadre of officials on the ship who had to be greeted by themselves, and in front of all these Fan Xian’s beloved ones, he didn’t dare to be too much of a take-away.

The crowd of onlookers couldn’t help but cry out in unison as they listened to this, and then they sighed long and short, their breath filled with pity.

Hong Changqing, wearing the official uniform of the Supervisory Board, led a group of Supervisory Board secret agents off the boat and looked at the crowd on the pier. The crowd was swept by this cold gaze, and immediately stopped talking. Unexpectedly, Hong Changqing piled up a gentle smile and said, “Lord Titus is heartbroken that all the townspeople are sunburned on the pier, so he came up with this last resort, and will come out to meet with all the townspeople in the future.”

He then turned to meet with the governor and said cordially, “His Excellency really doesn’t want to alarm the place, so his intentions are all appreciated, so I’d better ask the governor to take all of you back first.”

Not far outside of Tanya City on top of a cliff face, there was a white figure struggling to climb upwards. The word “struggling” might not be appropriate, because the person who was just a small white dot against the stone wall, climbed upward very easily, with the toes of his feet slightly stirred, his fingers slightly curved, and his entire body was adhering to the slippery stone wall, like a flowing curve moving upward, and he couldn’t see that there was a little bit of straining at all.

This person seems to this piece of rare, full of bird’s nests and moss stone wall is very familiar, the path chosen is also incomparably precise, that is, the landing hand and foot without the slightest hesitation, as if he knows where there is a protrusion under the stone, where the crevice can be landed on the general.

Needless to say, this man was naturally Fan Xian, who had broken away from the white-sailed ship.

When he was a child, he had begun to climb the cliff under the supervision of Five Bamboos, and until he was sixteen years old, he had spent ten years on this cliff, and of course he was as familiar with every blade of grass and every tree here as if they were his own palm prints.

It had been more than two years since he had climbed, and Fan Xian calmed his breathing, getting close to the long-lost rocky cliffs, the long-lost seabirds and dirt, and climbed upward.

It didn’t take him long to reach the top of the highest cliff, looking down at the waves lapping at the rocks beneath his feet and the view of the city of Tanyuzhou in the distance.

He turned back and was somewhat surprised to see a large clump of small yellow flowers in full bloom, and other than the flowers being a bit more abundant, everything on this cliff top didn’t seem to have changed in the slightest from two years ago.

Fan Xian sighed and sat down, his two feet resting on the edge of the dangerous and high cliffs swinging and swinging, his heart emerged with a faint sadness and missing.

Uncle Wuzhu was not here.