"Here, here, Mr. Xu's ship will arrive soon!"

A yamen runs over panting, but accidentally trips over the stone and falls a dog to bite the mud.

"Ouch."

After screaming in pain, he struggled to stand up without caring about the pain, patted the soil on his body, bowed to the officials and men in front of him, "I guess the official ship will arrive in the most incense stick of time."

It turned out that the prefect Li calculated the time and led a group of officials from Jingzhou Prefecture and Jiangling County to wait at the Xinghua Ferry Wharf outside Jiangling City to welcome Mr. Xu's big journey.

Logically speaking, a nobleman should not be called so many civil servants to "beat their backs". But Mr. Xu is a little special. He is the son of Xu Bangrui, the current Duke of Wei. Although he is not the eldest son, he is still unspeakable.

If anyone among the nobles of the Ming Dynasty made the civil servants bow their heads, it would be Duke Wei.

Xu Da's descendants not only inherited titles from generation to generation, but never surrendered, but also held military power to guard Jinling.

This glory is enough to show the Xu family's position in the emperor's heart.

Civil officials are very good at grasping people's hearts, how can they not see the emperor's attitude?

Since the emperor is very kind to the Xu family, they should naturally express it.

Although Mr. Xu did not ask his servants to deliver the letter in advance, the prefect Li sent many yamen runners along the river bank, and dozens of people were waiting in sections. Once he saw the official boat that Mr. Xu was riding on, he immediately passed the message. Therefore, although Mr. Xu's boat was still a few miles away, the news had already been transmitted to Xinghua Ferry Terminal in advance.

"Yeah, go back."

The prefect Li Rui waved his hand, and the yamen runner hurriedly retreated.

Master Li cleared his throat and said to everyone standing around: "My colleagues have been waiting at the dock for a long time, and it's really hard. Now the young master's official ship is about to arrive. Please cheer up and don't let the young master think that my Jingzhou officials are despised and treated him with a sluggish attitude."

"What the Lord of the House said is extremely true!"

The officials bowed and replied.

Master Li stroked his jaw and nodded with satisfaction.

In addition to Jingzhou Prefecture, Jiangling County officials also had local gentry and scholars, as well as some juniors in the waiting team.

Among them are Sun Wufan, Ning Xiu and some students from county and prefecture schools.

These people naturally have no sense of existence in front of a group of officials and their standing is back. I am afraid that after Mr. Xu comes ashore, he will not even have the chance to say something.

Sun Wufan was dozing off with his eyes closed, and suddenly felt someone poking his waist. He suddenly opened his eyes and jumped out subconsciously.

After seeing that the person who poked him was Ning Xiu, Sun Wufan gave him an angry look and said, "Brother Ning is so idle? Why are you poking me so hard?"

Ning Xiu was so amused that he pointed to the direction of the Prefect Li: "Brother Sun won't really fall asleep just now, right? Didn't you hear the words of the Du Zun?"

"Ah, ah? What did the Duke Zun just said? I'll just take a nap."

Sun Wufan scratched his head, his nose twitched, and he couldn't help but sneeze when he opened his mouth wide.

He quickly pulled out his handkerchief to wipe his face clean, and smiled awkwardly: "I will be like this when spring comes, I'm really seeing a ghost."

Ning Xiu exclaimed, thinking that this fat man is not allergic to pollen, right?

"Just just now, the yamen runners came to report that Mr. Xu's ship was about to arrive at the dock. The mansion master was scolding everyone and told everyone to cheer up. Don't let the man think that the officials of Jingzhou Prefecture are slow to treat him."

"Oh, Mr. Xu's ship is coming? It's so fast."

Sun Wufan leaned over to Ning Xiu and lowered his voice, "Brother Ning must not force himself to stand up later. In this case, the Lord of the Mansion should come forward."

Of course Ning Xiu knew the trick. The rules of the officialdom are that they must not surpass the level, and whoever should show off will be the limelight. Can there be good results if they steal the limelight from Prefect Li?

"I understand, Brother Sun, don't worry. Brother Sun, you must say a few words to Mr. Xu. You have to think about it and don't let Ling Zun be embarrassed."

Ning Xiu was in a good mood and did not forget to tease the fat man to death. Sun Wufan was so angry that he almost passed away.

"It won't be a problem for Brother Ning."

He turned around as if he was angry and looked at the river with his neck in his arms.

Jiangling is an important transit in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Many cargo ships will dock at the wharf to replenish supplies, and there are countless merchant ships.

But at this time, in order to welcome Mr. Xu's steward, the prefect Li had ordered the quay to be blocked, and ships upstream and downstream were not allowed to dock.

The pier cannot be docked, so the ships traveling in and out naturally can only slow down or temporarily stop on the bank of the river, and wait for Mr. Xu's ship to dock at the pier before setting sail.

At this moment, there was no ship on the river, which was surprising.

Sun Wufan's eyes were staring at the river surface, and before he knew it, he felt a little sad and subconsciously rubbed it with his hands.

At this moment, Master Li heard the joyful voice of "Here you come!"

Sun Wufan quickly opened his eyes and saw a painted black official boat heading towards Xinghua Ferry Wharf.

"It's finally here, it's finally here."

He clenched his fists, and his excitement was hard to express in words.

My father personally wrote a letter asking him to receive the young master well and that there must be no place for inadequate reception. He discussed with the Duke for a long time before he decided on this welcome plan.

Originally, the prefect Li wanted to lead officials, gentry, and scholars out of the city to walk along the river bank for more than ten miles to welcome him.

But Sun Wufan felt that this was too high-profile and would make Mr. Xu feel uncomfortable.

But if you greet him at the city gate, it will appear too casual, which will easily lead to misunderstandings from Mr. Xu, thinking that they are deliberately taking it slow.

Therefore, Sun Wufan proposed to greet him at the wharf outside the city.

This distance is not far or close, it is not close, it is not close, it is just right to be close, it is not close, it is not close.

After hearing Sun Wufan's analysis, Master Li also felt that it made sense, so he set the welcome location at Xinghua Du Wai.

Finally, under the gaze of everyone, the official ship with a black hull stopped at the dock.

Prefect Li took a deep breath, tidyed up his clothes, and walked forward with no will.

After the ship was firmly in place, several masters from the Duke of Wei's Mansion jumped down, and then a man wearing a moon-white Sushi robe walked off the boat, followed by a young woman wearing a Tang-style robe skirt.

Ning Xiu's eyes were naturally focused on these two people.

He sighed secretly, this man in a moon-white robe is Xu Huaiyuan and Xiaoshu, right?

I have long heard that Feng Shen, born by Mr. Xu, looks handsome and handsome, looks like Pan An, but it is indeed extraordinary when I see it today.

But his appearance is a little worse than himself. Well, the person in this world who can compare with him, isn't he born yet?
Chapter completed!