Zhu Hao and Jinghong packed up all their belongings in the palace, but were told that they would have to stay for two more days.
Early the next morning, Jinghong went to the school to study on his own, while Zhu Hao, accompanied by Lu Song, left the palace and went to see Yu San, because San secretly informed Zhu Niang that she was preparing to leave Anlu.
Because Zhu Hao had passed the news in advance, Zhu Niang knew that her son might be threatened by the Zhu family if he left the palace. In addition, there was not much property. As long as there was a road, it would not be difficult to hire a carriage.
Ready and ready to go at any time.
In the afternoon, Zhu Hao officially took his luggage and left the palace. He met Yu San first and took a carriage out of the city.
On the way, Yu San asked in confusion: "Brother Hao, where are we going?"
Zhu Haodao: "Nanchang Prefecture in Jiangxi Province, didn't we agree to attend the lobby party hosted by Prince Ning? Here you can send my mother and I to the river to get on the boat. After we set off, you can follow us with the troupe...
...Oh, by the way, if Captain Long wants to go with you, you can take them with you."
Yu San said as he drove the car: "That leader Long is just a man who is greedy for money. Why take him to Nanchang Mansion? Are you not afraid that he will tell others about our drama? Such a person has no credibility at all..."
Zhu Hao looked out the car window at the vast expanse of white. Although it didn't snow that day, the snow in the fields might take a few days to melt.
Although Anlu is located in the north of the Yangtze River, it is not the north. No matter how cold the winter here is, it is not as cold as the snow country. There is basically no freezing period in the Han River, so traveling by boat is still the best choice.
Zhu Hao looked leisurely: "It's better to bring them with you. We are nominally the same troupe, but in fact we are two troupes, just in case of emergencies."
Yu San asked: "What is an untimely need?"
Zhu Hao did not explain.
But he knew that the purpose of Prince Ning's lobby meeting was to select the best troupes to send to the capital. Some people were willing to make a name for themselves and get rich, but not everyone wanted to be bound by power.
Zhu Hao had just bought his opera troupe, and he expected to make a fortune from it. Taking the troupe with him was just to "escape" together, and he did not intend to transfer the troupe to others. Even if Prince Ning was willing to pay a high price for it, he would not sell it.
The person who brings Leader Long... will push Leader Long out if necessary. If he is chosen by Prince Ning, it will not only meet Leader Long's wishes, but also keep his own troupe. It can be said that everyone gets what they need.
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When we arrived at the Han River, the boats were ready.
After Zhu Hao got on the boat, he saw Zhu Niang wrapped up tightly in winter clothes.
Zhu Niang said: "Xiao Hao, are you okay?"
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "It's okay, mother, let's leave quickly. If the Zhu family comes after hearing the news, it's hard to say whether they can leave... Brother Yu, please go back and arrange your own affairs quickly. We'll see you in Jiujiang Mansion."
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Going to Nanchang by water, it is a good choice to disembark in Jiujiang. Taking the land route from Jiujiang to Nanchang is relatively peaceful, so Zhu Hao decided to meet up with the troupe in Dehua, Fucheng, Jiujiang. They only met once and still walked in two ways, so for the time being
There is no need to tell Zhu Niang about the troupe.
The ship sets off.
Zhu Hao and Zhu Niang arrived at the cabin together.
At this time, Aunt Li was taking care of Zhu Ting with Xiao Bai. It turned out that her sister had been infected with wind and cold in the winter and was still ill. Her little face was so red from the cold that it was heartbreaking.
Aunt Li said: "Why are you in such a hurry and want to leave so quickly? Are you... abandoned at home?"
Zhu Niang sat down, shook her head and said: "What if I don't lose it? If Xiao Hao leaves the palace, the Zhu family will take Xiao Hao as a hostage. At that time, our family will be forced to return to the manor outside the city to live. What we earned before... is only
I'm afraid that it will fill the hole in the Zhu family. Now that Su Dongzhu is taking care of me, I can settle down in Jiangxi, which is great. We have money, and we can establish ourselves there..."
Aunt Li sighed: "It's a pity that the master left us the house and the field we just bought." For her, she didn't really want to leave the place where she had lived for a long time, and her words were full of worries about the unknown life.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Auntie, we have both the land deed and the house deed. Even if the land and house cannot be taken away for a while, the things are still ours. Isn't it good to send someone to collect the rent when the time comes..."
When Aunt Li heard this, she felt relieved after thinking that this was really the case.
Zhu Niang said: "After all, Xiaohao has a household registration in Changshou County. He will take part in the imperial examination in the future and will definitely come back. For now, he is just helping him study. It is expedient to leave Changshou."
Aunt Li cast a supportive look, nodded and said, "For Master Hao, everything is worth it."
Zhu Hao leaned over and pinched Zhu Ting's cheek. Xiao Nizi wrinkled her nose and hid in her mother's arms.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "It doesn't necessarily take long to come back, it may just be a trip to Nanchang... The New Year is coming soon, who knows what will happen in the coming year?"
When the Chinese New Year was mentioned, Zhu Niang and Aunt Li looked sad.
Although I now have money and connections and can survive anywhere, when I leave my hometown to seek life elsewhere at the end of the year, I will inevitably feel a huge sense of loss in my heart.
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Ships sail slowly on the Han River.
The ship owner was doing business with Su Xigui, and he had helped Zhu Niang transport salt before, so he was an old acquaintance. He was very polite to Zhu Niang and Zhu Hao during this trip. However, the family was orphaned and widowed, and they were carrying a lot of money, so they had to be careful along the way.
Be careful, beware of Xiaoxiao coveting you.
"Xiao Hao, I listened to you and took some of the money out of the city and buried it in a remote place on the salt flats. This way, even if we have trouble in Jiangxi, we can find someone to pick up the money and send it over to help us tide over the difficulties.
"Zhu Niang told Zhu Hao in a low voice when she and Zhu Hao went to arrange a bed.
Zhu Hao nodded. He had already considered this matter. If he left his hometown, he would probably be robbed by thieves along the way. He had to make sure that the eggs could not be put in the same basket.
Although the road from Anlu to Nanchang is relatively easy to walk, and usually there will be no problems, but after all, he does not know the social ecology of the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty very well. What is the situation like when traveling, especially when King Ning rebels?
In the past few years, it is completely predictable that the ground in Jiangxi and Huguang was not flat.
Everything is still about stability.
"Xiao Hao, you were not bullied in the palace, right? If you leave in a hurry this time, the Zhu family will soon get the news. If someone is sent to chase..."
After Zhu Niang tidied the bedding, she sat down with a worried look on her face.
Zhu Hao said: "It's okay. Yuan Changshi of the palace promised that Jinghong and I would hide it from the outside world for a few days before leaving the palace. The young master from Jingzhi County will also return to the county government in a few days. At that time, my grandmother will know that we are gone. At most
I can only sulk at our empty house."
Zhu Niang still had doubts.
"Am I sorry to the Zhu family for taking you away like this?"
Zhu Hao sighed: "Mom, when I am taken back by the Zhu family, will that be worthy of the Zhu family, but will it be worthy of me? Mom, don't think too much, we are forced by the situation. Who makes my grandmother too strong? Many times she
Are you being unreasonable? My eldest brother’s brother, and that second uncle… they are all parasites, and they rely on our money to support them…”
Zhu Niang thought for a moment, nodded, and looked at her son with a softer look.
"Besides, didn't we also leave the house and land left by my father to them? Even if there is no land deed and house deed, they can go through the government and transfer the land and house to the Zhu family's name. Only the land and land we bought ourselves
The house we buy in the future will be considered ours, so we have to guard against being snatched away by them again..."
Zhu Niang asked: "Will the Zhu family come after me?"
Zhu Hao said: "The Zhu family was ordered by the late emperor to stay in Anlu and monitor Prince Xing's Mansion nearby. He couldn't leave... Furthermore, my grandfather was named Jinyi Guard Qianhu, but in fact he had no one. We are going to Nanchang this time, but
I don’t necessarily have to live there for a long time. Nanchang may be just a transit point, and I can study elsewhere in the future.”
Zhu Niang thought for a while and said, "In this case, my mother will be carrying the Zhu family on her back and taking you around. At best, it's called a study tour, but at worst, it's just a rootless duckweed... It's still inappropriate."
She has always been a traditional woman, conservative in thinking, and a chaste woman. She felt that she was abducting her late husband's only son, which was a disservice to her husband's family.
With this mentality, she always felt guilty and thought about how to make up for it. At some point in the future, she would bring her son back to plead guilty to her husband's family. But at the moment, she agreed with her son that he could not stay in Anlu after being beaten to death.
If the son is taken back by the Zhu family, the whole family will be in a desperate situation.
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The twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Jinghong left the palace early in the morning and took a carriage sent by the county government to go home. He had not seen Zhu Hao's people in the past few days.
Knowing that one day they will be separated one day, he will accept the result calmly when the situation comes.
In the afternoon of the same day, the Zhu family sent someone to pick up Zhu Hao and report the recent situation to the manor. When they arrived at the rice shop, they found that the door could not be opened. After asking the neighbors, they found out that Zhu Niang had not opened the door for several days.
In the coldest month of winter, many shops were closed and no one cared.
Later, Zhu Wanjian and others rushed to the shop before dark, broke in through the door, and found that the person was no longer there.
The house was not empty. The basic furnishings were all there, but clothes, bedding and other personal belongings were taken away, as well as valuables.
The rice grains and official salt were all in the shop, and there was also a letter written by Zhu Niang to the Zhu Jia family, indicating that she had taken her children on a study tour, saying that she would send a letter to her family after settling down somewhere...
Zhu Wanjian should have gone back immediately to inform Zhu Jia of the incident and sent someone to chase him immediately.
But it was getting late at this time, and he expected that the city gate was about to close. In addition, he had a pre-arranged entertainment, so it was not until the next morning that he dragged his exhausted and hungover body back to Zhu's Manor.
Jia family was taught a lesson by him.
"Is it because my mother didn't send Butler Liu to the city to find you, and you forgot about your return to life? You are like this, and you still want to get the position of Jinyiwei Baihuo for your second wife?"
When Mrs. Zhu Jia learned that her daughter-in-law had run away with her grandson, she became furious. Seeing the bearlike appearance of her second son, she became furious for a moment.
Zhu Wanjian smiled sarcastically: "What's this called? Raising tigers brings trouble... My mother couldn't bear to cure the third daughter-in-law before, but now she dares to lead her away...
"I heard that the palace did not want to accompany me as a reading companion. She probably guessed that my mother would take Xiao Haozi home as a hostage and force her to submit, so she ran away with the money she had accumulated in the past six months... But she is a womanly person.