The geese fly south with the long sky, and the willows are roaring beside the road.

On the 11th day of the winter moon, Li Ling is about to set off to leave Beijing on a long pavilion of ten miles outside Luoyang City, and many friends and colleagues are saying goodbye to him.

Regardless of whether Li Tong was his biological father or not, after his death, he was born as a son, and he would have to return to his hometown. For this reason, Li Ling submitted a memorial to the emperor after collecting his body for him. The court did not try to keep him this time, but only gave a little commendation and condolences, and allowed him to temporarily resign and return to his hometown to mourn.

As the most trustworthy official around the King of England and an important official who has a considerable force in the court, Li Ling's departure was also a great weakening and blow to the entire King of England. However, this is a real force majeure. It is a lucky thing that he can not be implicated in the Li Tong case, so naturally it is hard for everyone to say anything else.

The only thing everyone can do is to send him a trip to the end today. These friends and colleagues started sending him from the Li Mansion early in the morning, accompanied him out of the inner city of Luoyang, then the outer city, and finally to this ten-mile long pavilion.

At this point, it was the end of farewell. At this time, Li Ling solemnly bowed to everyone and bowed deeply: "You are so good, Li Ling remembers it. But it's not too early. Let Li Ling and his family go on the road ahead. I hope you can do your best to do a good job in the capital and help Your Highness Ying accomplish great things!"

While speaking, someone had already brought wine, and everyone raised their glasses toast each other. After drinking the last glass of wine, it was considered to have finished the final farewell ceremony. Some people who were close to Li Ling, such as Lu You and others, came forward and whispered a few words to him, just to be sad and not be discouraged. After saying that, they all left.

In the end, only Xu Cang, Xiao Chengzhi and Wei Liang were left, and they were still standing in the long pavilion with him, looking at each other, with complex expressions on their faces.

After a while of silence, Wei Liang sighed softly: "I didn't expect that you would leave just now when I arrived in Beijing. Really speaking, you and I haven't gotten together well."

"Teacher doesn't have to regret it. There are opportunities in the future. I'm not really dismissed from office this time, but I'm just Dingyou. At most, I can come back in three years. But in these three years, I hope you, teachers, can handle it carefully and don't let the prince and others take advantage of it."

"Don't worry, in terms of development, we may not be as good as you, Li Wenzhong, but in terms of defending the current situation, we still have certain abilities." Wei Liang smiled, then looked solemn and whispered, "It's you, you have to be careful when you return home this time. Over the years, you have offended too many people, especially the prince. It is said that the prince has said more than once in private that you want to get rid of you. Now that you have no official position, you must be careful."

Li Ling nodded seriously: "Students understand. But even if I leave the court, I, Li Ling, do not have any means of self-defense. As long as they dare not use troops openly, self-protection will not be a problem."

"Then I'll feel relieved." Wei Liang nodded, glanced at Xu Cang and the others beside him, and then retreated first.

Then Xu Cang stepped forward and said with emotion: "Wen Zhong, I didn't expect you to leave the court like this... Please feel sorry for me." He obviously didn't know much about the inside story, and he also gave condolences from the perspective of a good friend.

Li Ling also smiled at him: "As an official in the court, these things are inevitable after all. You must be careful in everything in Beijing..."

"Haha, I have already made up my mind and decided to go to the Censorate." This sentence suddenly surprised Li Ling. You know, Xu Cang has never liked competition, so it is a good way to stay in the Hanlin Academy to study history in the past few years. As long as I have to maintain my qualifications, even if I cannot enter the central government office such as the Political Affairs Hall, I am still a generation of Qingliu leaders in the court. Why should I go to the Censorate, which offends people?

Seeing Li Ling's face surprised, Xu Cang looked cold and said, "Today I realized that I am so useless and selfish. You have helped me too much over the years, but what about me? I have never helped you, including this time you were impeached by so many people, so I can only worry about it...

"Wen Zhong, although I, Xu Cang, do not have much ambitions and ability, I am not an ungrateful person! From today on, I will get used to fighting in the court and help you achieve your goals in the future!"

"Zhuo Wu, you..." Li Ling looked at the other party with a determined look, and did not say anything against him, but he bowed deeply to him as a courtesy. What is a true friend? It means that no matter what decision you make, I am willing to support it; and the decision I made is also for you!

After the two said a few more goodbye words, Xu Cang also withdrew from the Changting. Finally, Xiao Chengzhi came up without much politeness. He first said: "Be careful on the road, we will help you watch in the capital, so you don't have to worry." Then he looked at the distance and whispered, "He is waiting for you in front..."

Li Ling naturally understood who this "he" refers to. As King Ying, Sun Bi was a bit too eye-catching, so she did not send him all the way to the general officials. Instead, she chose to wait for him outside Luoyang City, and even waited until after the ten-mile pavilion that everyone dispersed before showing up.

Li Ling nodded in a clear way, then clasped his fists at the other party: "Please give me everything, and don't forget my Zongheng Trading Company, you can also take care of me."

After returning to Beijing this time, things kept going on, and then left hastily. He didn't have time to go to the shop to take a look, so he could only ask Xiao Chengzhi and the others to take care of him.

"Don't worry, keep it safe, when you come back, everything will be the same as it is now." Xiao Chengzhi smiled and then strode away.

Next, Li Ling returned to the long convoy waiting beside him, got on the bus and continued to move forward.

This time when Li Ling returned home, the team was quite long. In addition to the special vehicles transporting Li Tong's coffin, the family members were also taken together. Only a dozen servants were left in the Li Mansion in the capital to help take care of him. So many people, plus a lot of property, there were as many as twenty or thirty vehicles, and the number of people reached about two hundred. In addition to the Li family's master and slaves, some were official troops. Although they were not imperial guards or elite troops, they had at least a way of exploration, transportation and other functions along the way, which could also shock some sluts, which could be regarded as the court's grace or compensation for Li Ling.

The team continued to move forward, and after walking for two or three miles, they stopped again, because Li Ling had seen a few horses tied there on the edge of the woods ahead, and two familiar people were standing in front and back, looking at him from afar.

"Prince, Brother Yang, you guys are..." He had known Sun Bi for a long time, but he didn't expect that even Yang Zhen was here, and he immediately carried a big luggage, looking like he was about to travel far.

"Of course I'm here to see you off. Wen Zhong, you tried your best to win me to such a high position. You put me in such a dangerous situation. You can't just leave and leave without paying attention." Sun Bi suddenly said with a smile.

Li Ling smiled back and said, "Your Majesty, you have talent and ambitions. Since the prince Yong and others can compete for the throne, you naturally have the qualifications." There was no one else around, so Li Ling said too much.

"Actually, I still like to be a carefree and idle prince, and no one will pay attention to me." Sun Bi said, and looked at Li Ling deeply, "But there is a saying that you are right. Since I am in the imperial family, I have the responsibility to do my best for the world and for my Dayue. Therefore, I will compete with them. I also hope that you can always remember this and not forget your previous ambitions just because of the worry of returning home this time."

"Don't worry, Prince, I, Li Ling, have always had a beginning and an end in my work. Since I promised you, I will definitely not give up halfway and will definitely help you as the emperor. Whether I am in the court or in the world, that's the same!"

"Okay, I'll feel relieved with you."

After the two of them said these words, they made another real farewell message. Then Li Ling turned his eyes to Yang Zhen again. The latter immediately understood and said seriously: "I am here to go to Huaibei with the Lord."

"You...what do you mean?" Li Ling was shocked and thought that the other party had resigned to accompany him.

Fortunately, Yang Zhen immediately said: "I just asked Lord Lu for an errand, and this time I will go to Huaibei to take over the local Imperial City Division's secret investigation and be temporarily appointed as the Huaibei Metropolitan City Division."

Li Ling frowned again, looked at the other party with some helplessness and some emotion: "Why are you doing this?"

Before going to Huguang, Yang Zhen was promoted to Dusi for his contributions. In addition to the many contributions from Huguang later, he could actually be promoted to Tisi this time, and even at the same level as Lu Zhen and the others, becoming the third Chief of the Si.

But as a result, he is still a Dushi now, and he was placed outside the capital city. Not only did he not have been promoted, but he was demoted. You should know that the Imperial City Department's foundation is in the capital city, and most of its power is in the capital city, otherwise it would not be called the Imperial City Department. Local Imperial City Department officials secretly discuss their status, and they are even worse than local officials.

Yang Zhen looked back at Li Ling: "I only know that my life belongs to you, so I will go wherever you go... As for what official position and what future is, it is really not important to me."

Li Ling looked at him calmly for a while before nodding, "Okay, since you have decided, I'll say anything more, thank you. Then let's go back to Huaibei together."

At this point, the two said goodbye to Sun Bi, who was also moved, and headed towards the convoy. While walking, Yang Zhen suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Sir, Lord Lu, I have something else to tell you."

"you say."

"Do you still remember the arrangements when looking for relevant evidence in Jiangcheng County? They are those who want to kill you..."
Chapter completed!