Chapter 250
Chapter 250
"Is this... Tanghai County?"
Cai Yan got off the carriage and looked at it from afar with a dozen servants.
The scene in front of her made her feel as if she had returned to the prosperous Central Plains.
Towering city walls and surrounding moats.
Busy farmers on both sides of the official road and people going in and out of the city gates.
All these scenes made her feel that it was even better than those counties near Sili.
With her servants, Cai Yan walked towards the suspension bridge over the moat.
In front of the wide bridge, young men who looked like officials were receiving the refugees they met on the road.
Cai Yan looked and didn't know what kind of food the other party had distributed to the refugees.
It was dark and looked quite big.
The refugees were very moved. After kneeling and kowtowed, they squatted aside and couldn't wait to eat as required by the officials.
"Hmm!" Cai Yan looked over and found that the refugees broke open the grain, revealing the golden color inside, which looked very appetizing.
"It's sweet! I've never eaten such delicious grain!"
A refugee in the crowd exclaimed.
Cai Yan had never seen the strange light flashing in the eyes of those refugees along the way.
The dull eyes that they had seen on the road before were gone forever.
It made her feel unbelievable.
The guards at the suspension bridge found Cai Yan and her group and asked them.
Knowing that they were looking for Yang Lao in the city, they did not let them in.
Instead, they asked them to wait here, and the soldiers sent people to the city to pass on the news.
Not long after, Cai Yong ran out of the city at a high speed.
His old legs and feet were as strong as when he was young, and he ran with a sonorous and powerful voice.
"Father!" Cai Yan looked at the figure rushing across the suspension bridge with tears in her eyes.
Finally, his nose felt sore and he couldn't hold it back any longer, so he burst into tears on the spot.
"Zhao Ji!" Cai Yong was extremely excited.
It was the first time he saw his family after being exiled to Shuofang, and his old body was shaking.
The father and daughter talked about the past, and they had their own feelings.
"How did Zhao Ji know that your father was here?" Cai Yong asked puzzled.
He remembered that he had only written letters to a few apprentices before.
"Gu Yuantan received a secret letter from his father, but he had already started his official career and couldn't get away." Cai Yan supported Cai Yong's arm and told the story.
"He sent the letter to his daughter, saying that his father was in Tanghai County, Youzhou, and wanted to see his daughter very much."
"So I quickly packed my things, took the opportunity to run out, and rushed here."
"Thank you for your hard work, my daughter." Cai Yong naturally knew that the world was unstable, and it was so hard and dangerous to rush here from such a faraway Taishan County.
"Zhao Ji will stay here for the time being." Cai Yong decided after a brief pause.
"Tanghai County Magistrate is very righteous and generous in his dealings with others."
"When the three-year agreement between my father and the county magistrate expires, I will find a way to go to the court to make some moves."
"Then return to Luoyang."
Cai Yan nodded: "Everything will be arranged by my father."
Taking his daughter, Cai Yong happily entered the city.
A dozen old servants in the mansion greeted Cai Yong one after another, making the gray-haired old man so excited that tears welled up in his eyes.
The familiar faces made him feel like he was back in the past.
Thinking of his life in Luoyang, he couldn't help but feel melancholy.
Subconsciously, he took out the iron wine pot newly made by Tanghai Steel Plant from his arms, uncorked it, and took a sip.
"Ah!"
The sharp smell of sweet potato roast comforted his melancholy heart a little.
"Hmm?" Cai Yan frowned: "What kind of wine is so strong?"
She snatched the wine pot from her father's hand, sniffed it gently, and coughed violently on the spot.
"Cough cough cough... How can father drink such strong wine?"
Cai Yong reached out to grab it, but was dodged by Cai Yan.
"Father is in poor health, and he is not allowed to drink again in the future!"
"This wine pot is given to your daughter for safekeeping."
"If I find out that your father drinks again, your daughter will be angry!"
"I will never talk to you again!"
"Uh..." Cai Yong's outstretched hand froze in mid-air.
The excitement of seeing his daughter just now disappeared completely along with his wine pot.
"That... daughter..."
Rubbing his hands, he just opened his mouth, but saw Cai Yan turned her head away.
A cold snort made him block all the words on his lips.
It's good for his daughter to come, but it makes him extremely uncomfortable to be controlled and not allowed to drink.
The alcohol bug in his stomach was already protesting against him.
Cai Yong thought about it and decided to secretly go to Commander Taishi Ci to discuss the affairs of the city at night.
Yes, let's have a good discussion!
"Sir Yang, the scholar that the county magistrate saved finally remembered!"
A clerk hurried over to report the situation.
"Take me to see it!" Cai Yong was a little excited.Although the scholar had woken up and was getting better, he couldn't remember anything.
He even forgot his own name.
He didn't know what was going on.
However, after eating food in Tanghai County for a while, he suddenly recovered his memory.
Such a thing made him feel magical.
Could it be that the food in Tanghai County has such an effect?
Seeing her father excited, Cai Yan also followed him.
Originally thought that her father was old and his legs must have degenerated.
But she saw Cai Yong running, strong and powerful, without any signs of old age.
Even better than when he was in Luoyang before.
This surprised Cai Yan.
It also made her very happy.
At least it shows that her father was not bullied in this so-called Tanghai County.
Moreover, looking at the respectful attitude of the young man who came to report the news.
Now her father has a high status here.
All these situations made Cai Yan very happy.
She gradually became interested in the Tanghai County Magistrate whom she had not yet met.
She wanted to know what kind of person he was.
She made up her mind.
When she saw him, she must thank him.
However, she also glimpsed something from the young man who called his father Yang Lao.
His identity was definitely still hidden and not exposed to others.
This made Cai Yan even more curious about the county magistrate.
What kind of court official would help hide his father's identity?
This made her confused.
Outside the gate of an ordinary courtyard in the city, two soldiers standing guard saw that the visitor was the respected Yang Lao in the city, so they let him in.
But they tried to stop Cai Yan.
"This is my daughter, Zhao Ji." Cai Yong hurriedly introduced, "She came from afar to seek refuge with me."
"So it's Yang Lao's daughter, you can come in." The two soldiers opened the gate and let her in, "But those followers can't come in."
"Thank you, two brothers." Cai Yong said politely.
Such a scene made Cai Yan look at him with new eyes.
In the past, his father would not have such an attitude towards such a small soldier.
After all, he was an official of the court.
How could he be so polite to such a small person?
Cai Yong noticed the confusion in his daughter's expression and explained: "Under the advocacy of Tanghai County Magistrate, everyone in the county is equal."
"No matter whether it is men or women, old or young, they should all receive the same respect and fair treatment."
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