Yan Ruoran was sitting in the carriage, and his face was still as calm as usual. But if you have to observe carefully, you can still see the faint sadness at the corner of Yan Ruoran's eyes. Sitting in the carriage, the girl kept lifting the curtains on the side of the carriage, looking at them and then putting them down.

Although there is no definite news from the officials and gentry in Jiaozhou City, everyone knows it well that the general Li Meng will always be away from Jiaozhou for a period of time every year. As the general who is in charge of Laizhou Prefecture, there is also Qingzhou's defense within Li Meng's garrison, so it is normal to go out and patrol.

Although the school grounds and training venues in Jiaozhou are strictly guarded, the locals in Jiaozhou are not too taboo. After all, the military disciplines of Jiaozhou camp are strict and try not to disturb the people. Therefore, if the officials and gentry in Jiaozhou are willing, they can always judge when Li Meng will not be in Jiaozhou.

In October, Yan Zhizhou received a notice of becoming the prefect of Dongchang. Because it was approaching the end of the year, the Ministry of Revenue and the Shandong Provincial Government Office both required to take office in March of the following year.

Moreover, Yan Zhizhou also had his own relationship in the officialdom. Perhaps he had acted, and the news of his transfer did not appear in public notices such as Tangbao, which is in line with the convention. It is not too late to announce it until he officially took office in March of the following year.

After confirming that Li Meng had left, Yan Zhizhou immediately decided to leave for his post. It was not a big deal to live in Dongchang Prefecture for several months. Anyway, the local gentry and powerful people would be careful to welcome the "Tai Sheng" for several months.

Li Meng led Tang Er, Wang Hai, Ma Gang to Caozhou, Zhao Neng and Chen Liu to have their own guards. Ning Shiye was dispatched and commanded in the camp of Fengmeng Town. The only host in Jiaozhou City was Luo Xi, the butler of the Salt Administration Inspection House. Luo Xi was just the leader of the general affairs office, and he couldn't get involved in many things.

Yan Zhizhou wanted to take his family out of Jiaozhou City. The butler Luo Xi had no reason to stop such a sixth-rank herder official's actions, and he did not dare to stop him. He could only notify the matter immediately.

The first is military affairs, of course, the chief general's personal affair should be put aside. After this matter was delayed for a few days, he sent a quick horse to report the news.

Although Yan Ruoran has been in communication with Li Meng in her own small courtyard, she has to send her three meals a day because she is enclosed in the courtyard, so she is not sure about her own affairs.

When Yan Zhizhou suddenly said that he wanted to move, Yan Ruoran was of course shocked. Yan Zhizhou was also a person with a clear world. Seeing his daughter performing like this, he understood something in his heart. Thinking that Jiaozhou is Li Meng's territory, maybe he had established some connection.

This fact made Yan Zhizhou very angry, but he was helpless. However, when Yan Ruoran showed a decisive look, the reaction Yan Zhizhou could only be even more helpless. But this was his daughter after all. Although Yan Zhizhou hated Li Meng, his daughter was still important.

"In just a few years, Li Meng, from a military household to a current general, was decisive in his killing and fighting. His hands were covered with blood. He was silently guarding the two prefectures. There are rumors in this prefecture and county that there were a few charming women in his house. Such a gloomy, violent, and lustful warrior is not your good match, let alone his private salt transactions like lakes and seas, and his status is so lowly... In the future, I will find you a gentleman for your father, and take the right path to study for the imperial examination. Wouldn't it be better to live a harmonious life!"

However, after saying this, Yan Ruoran's expression became even more sad. Yan Zhizhou patted his forehead. His daughter knew that although he was quiet, he had a very stubborn temper. He decided to be sure of anything important and would never look back. If he forced himself to do something, he might really die. Moreover, looking at his daughter's appearance at this time, he clearly decided...

Yan Zhizhou sighed in his heart, changed his words, and advised him again:

"You are also a young man. To say to you, if you think Li Meng is sincere to you, it would be better to go to Dongchang Mansion with You, then Li Meng is a military officer. If he knows that we are leaving, he will naturally catch up. The person riding a horse is faster than us. If he can't catch up, then let's not talk about everything."

For girls who are rational and persistent, the only way to convince them is to reason. After saying this, Yan Zhizhou saw his daughter, who was sad but firm in her eyes, was a little loose. She stared at her directly, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and continued:

"You are a girl, and you are in this house that is only three parts of the land all day long. You don't know anything outside. You'll believe whatever the other party says. If you have this opportunity, you'll try it so as not to delay your whole life."

As a father and a traditional scholar of this era, Yan Zhizhou's words were already said with open face. Similarly, such direct words were very convincing.

Women in love are always nervous, and Yan Ruoran is even more so. In Jiaozhou, they have met Li Meng twice in a pitiful way, and they are all contacted through letters. The girl believes in Li Meng's sincerity, but she is also very worried, and she is still not sure.

After hearing this, Yan Ruoran returned to his calmness and left Jiaozhou City with his family docilely. Yan Zhizhou's thoughts were a little different. He couldn't help but think that his daughter's personality would not suffer any losses in the future at her in-laws' house. Mianli needles are the way to deal with people.

By the way, Yan Zhizhou didn't think about waiting for Li Meng halfway, and told his family to hurry up along the way. However, his team was not Li Meng's army. There were many women and old people, some of them were fine and soft, and the speed was not much faster. Unconsciously, in the minds of Yan Zhizhou and Yan Ruoran, the relocation and taking office were in a hurry on the road, and there was a sense of competition.

If the family arrives in Liaocheng, Dongchang Prefecture City and Li Meng has not caught up with him, then it is not sincere. Leave Jiaozhou, go to Weixian, follow Weixian and walk along Changle County, Qingzhou Prefecture City to Jinan Prefecture, go straight to Jinan Prefecture, and walks on the road for five days, walking on the dignified official road. Yan Ruoran is nervously watching the road before and after the road, hoping to see Li Meng's traces, but he was disappointed for five days.

The prefectures where Li Meng was stationed were Qingzhou and Laizhou. On the sixth day, he left Qingzhou's territory and booked to rest in Zhangqiu County in the evening. The hope of seeing Li Meng in Jinan Prefecture was a little different. When Yan Ruoran was left alone at night, he had already cried several times, and his hope was getting slimmer.

However, Yan Zhizhou became more and more at ease, thinking that his daughter would not have to marry a vulgar martial artist. Yan Zhizhou had also walked through some places from south to north, and had also seen what the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers looked like. Li Mengzhi's army was really an anomaly. If the Ming Dynasty soldiers were like this, they would probably have been peaceful in the world long ago.

But Li Meng's army was so outstanding, but he did not bring any good feelings to Yan Zhizhou. Although Yan Zhizhou was not in charge of the matter, he did not ignore it. He often observed Li Meng's actions in Jiaozhou Camp. He was always a little scared and panicked in his heart, and always felt that he would take a lot of risks when he was involved in this person.

He had not left Jiaozhou City for three or four years. He walked along the way, and everything he saw and heard shocked Yan Zhizhou. When he was in Jiaozhou, he felt that the world was peaceful. Although Di Baotang newspapers covered the famine, he still didn't see it and felt that the situation was not that bad. But after leaving Jiaozhou, he knew what it was like for Shandong to be ruined for this major disaster. There were bones everywhere and no one was inhabited by a hundred miles. Such exaggerated descriptions were actually a bit realistic. Fortunately, Yan Zhizhou's housekeeper was a smart man. Although Yan Zhizhou was unwilling to take Li Meng's favor, the housekeeper still insisted on borrowing a hundred soldiers from Jiaozhou camp to escort. Of course, this was also the practice of court officials taking office.

On the road, Yan Zhizhou discovered that if there were no such hundred soldiers, he would have suffered a loss. On the way to Qingzhou Prefecture City, Changle encountered hundreds of bandits. As a result, after the hundred soldiers who were guarding him showed up, the hundreds of bandits knelt on both sides of the road and sent him tremblingly.

Since entering the Weixian area, there have always been some sneaky people staring at the inn. After this bandits welcomed each other, the residence began to be extremely quiet. Those postmen who did not have too many good looks and the post leaders became very respectful and polite.

Yan Zhizhou was really moved. When he thought of Li Meng's proposal for marriage, the two argued endlessly. Li Meng said loudly, "The world is so chaotic, how can peace be guaranteed without the sword of a martial artist?" At that time, he thought that this person was just ulterior motives and talking nonsense, but today he saw the actual scene outside, combined with the things in Dibaotang newspaper, it was really what Li Meng said.

If it is really a mess and can protect your daughter, I am afraid that a weak scholar will be useless, and he really has to be a martial artist like Li Meng...

Along the way, what Yan Zhizhou and his daughter Yan Ruoran thought was a little disappointed and discouraged. Their idea of ​​becoming a father gradually changed.

The convoy did not walk fast. It took almost half an hour to walk over from Li Meng and the others. Three hundred people were staying on both sides of the road, without any hidden meaning. It was really scary.

Yan Zhizhou, who was riding on the horse, listened to the two leaders who led the team below and said in a low voice:
Chapter completed!