Adhere to the gentleman's principles

At night, Lu Shengming looked out the window and said, "Guard the city gate tomorrow and make sure that Qu He cannot leave the city."

"It's your son."

The next day, Zhao Junning got on the carriage and loaded the purchased grain. Qu He also got on the carriage of Zhenxi Marquis Mansion. Zhou Aoyang also followed by water with the other half of the grain. The carriage drove to the city gate, "Stop."

The carriage was stopped by someone. Zhao Junning knew it was Lu Shengming, so she lifted the carriage curtain and asked, "Master Lu, what are you doing?" Lu Shengming saluted and said, "I heard that there are foreign merchants at the city gate to investigate. Are you leaving now, Miss?"

Zhao Junning nodded: "Yes, I have been away from home for a long time and it is time to go back. My father is acquainted with the Marquis of Zhenxi and plans to go with us. Lord Lu wants to check the carriage? Then we..." Zhao Junning opened the carriage curtain and Lu Shengming said ashamedly: "I am sorry, I never thought that the Marquis of Zhenxi knew the young lady."

As he spoke in the carriage of the Marquis of Zhenxi, "Lord Lu wants to check the carriage, so why don't I get off the carriage."

Lu Shengming looked at the vague figure behind the carriage curtain and said, "Since it is the Marquis of Zhenxi, I will not investigate further."

Then he waved his hand and said, "Let it go." As the carriage started, Zhao Junning lifted the curtain and nodded and smiled at Lu Shengming. The carriage sped up after it left the city gate. Lu Shengming watched the carriage go away, and his men came running over and said, "Sir, the Marquis of Zhenxi is not in the mansion, and there is no one in the barracks."

Zhao Junning breathed a sigh of relief, and Yuan Xinghui also breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, the Marquis of Zhenxi is in the carriage, otherwise if I really imitated the voice of the Marquis of Zhenxi, I would be exposed." Zhao Junning nodded, "Yes, Lu Shengming is not so easy to fool. I hope Zhou Aoyang can handle it."

In the carriage of Zhenxi Hou, Qu He saluted to Zhenxi Hou: "Thank you for your help, Lord." Meng Jingde said: "Don't be polite, your baby is pretty and I like it."

The carriage arrived at Ningdu City, Taizhou. After getting off the carriage, they went into the inn. Meng Jingde approached Zhao Junning and said, "Well, we are already far away from Yangdu City, Yizhou. I think Zi Yan should come to pick you up soon. Grandfather will not see you off."

Zhao Junning's eyes moistened unconsciously after hearing this and she hugged Meng Jingde. Meng Jingde patted Zhao Junning on the back and comforted her, "Don't cry. Next time you come to see grandpa, you must bring my grandson-in-law with you so that I can take a good look at him. He was still a baby the last time I saw him."

Zhao Junning nodded obediently: "Okay." Meng Jingde looked at Zhao Junning carefully again: "A daughter of a general should not cry. Grandfather is gone."

Zhao Junning wiped away her tears and said, "Grandfather, take care of yourself. I will come back with my father and mother Zi Yan when things settle down." Meng Jingde nodded, "Okay."

After Meng Jingde left, the others settled down in the inn. Zhou Aoyang from Yizhou and Qu He's staff also arrived at Ningdu City in Taizhou soon to meet up with Zhao Junning. "How was it? Did anything happen on the way?"

Zhao Junning asked with some concern. Zhou Aoyang shook his head and said, "No, it went smoothly. It was just that our fleet set out a little late after your carriage left. When Lu Shengming arrived, the ship was already far away and he couldn't catch up." Zhao Junning was relieved: "That's good. Zi Yan should be here soon."

At this time, at the Jialing River ferry in Yizhou, Zhou Aoyang dressed in plain clothes. Lu Shengming rode over and looked at Zhou Aoyang for a long time, "Sir, where is the ferry going?"

Zhou Aoyang replied in a scoundrel tone: "Where the Jialing River flows into the Yangtze River, don't you know where the Yangtze River ferry is downstream?"

Lu Shengming smiled ashamedly and said, "I asked too much. The place you are going to is Ningdu City, which is a good place."

Zhou Aoyang took off his hat and revealed his handsome face. "Yes, the women there are beautiful and there are many educated people. It's a good place. I ran away from home just to avoid inheriting the huge family property. I didn't expect that when I arrived in Yizhou, they would seal off the city. You can't stop me from going by water, right?"

"Or do you want to search my boat?" Zhou Aoyang deliberately showed Lu Shengming a token with the word "Xiao" engraved on it. It was hard to tell whether it was real or fake from a distance. Zhou Aoyang deliberately lifted the curtain to let Lu Shengming see it. Lu Shengming glanced at it and said, "It was my fault for being rude. Naturally, I cannot block the waterway."

Even if Lu Shengming was suspicious, he didn't dare to act rashly. Who dared to confront Xiao's head-on? Seeing Lu Shengming walking away, Zhou Aoyang patted the boat. Qu He's five men climbed out of the water, and Zhou Aoyang paddled to speed up.

When Lu Shengming noticed something was wrong and rushed over, the boat had already sailed very far. Zhou Aoyang waved his hand and said, "Hey, Mr. Lu, you don't have to be so filial to your grandfather. Go back and be good. Grandpa doesn't have any red envelopes." After saying that, he laughed heartily.

"Sir, let's chase them. We can't catch up with them by water, but we will definitely catch up with that woman by land."

"Do you think we can think of it but she can't? The fact that she used the Marquis of Zhenxi to block him shows that she has a close relationship with him. What Senior Brother said in the letter is indeed true. This woman is terribly scheming. This time, let me suffer a loss."