"Good boy, I haven't seen you for two months, how dare you tease me!

It's no big deal, right? It's all just encouraged by colleagues, right?

Say it again and try it! This time I will let you know the difference between elder and younger!"

In the backyard of the martial arts hall, the shade of lush trees envelopes the entire yard, and the fragrance of osmanthus flowers is as thick as honey in the air.

Xiang Changsong put his arms around Liang Qu's neck and hugged him down hard.

Liang Qu grabbed Xiang Changsong's arm and bent down to laugh, unknowingly getting a few orange-gold osmanthus flowers on his hair.

"Senior brother is so angry, so will we come to the banquet another day or not?"

"Come! Of course I'm going to come!" Xiang Changsong gritted his teeth, "I'm going to eat it hard, make you poor, make you cry, and make you regret it!"

"Then be careful because you have diarrhea, junior brother, I'm hosting a crab feast!"

"Warriors are afraid of diarrhea. The worst they can do is eat a few more pieces of old ginger! Drink a few more sips of rice wine! I'm going to eat 200 of your big crabs!"

Seeing that the two of them were busy, Hu Qi interrupted and shouted to stop.

"Junior Brother, please don't play around. Let Junior Brother Liang tell you first, what is the complete oral message of His Majesty the Holy Emperor?"

Slowly open your arms towards Changsong.

Liang Qu grabbed the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers on his head and stood up to answer: "'Build bridges and build canals, please encourage them.' No more, no less, exactly ten words.

On that day, an envoy from the imperial court came, read the imperial edict, and then orally dictated it to me in front of everyone."

"Build bridges and canals, please encourage them..."

Hu Qi recited it several times, with a look of regret on his face, "Junior brother Liang has only been here for a year, and the scene when I taught you how to stand is still vivid in my mind. In a blink of an eye, I can already bring face to my master and brothers!"

Liang Qu clasped his fists: "It's probably Senior Brother Hu who taught me well."

Hu Qi shook his head: "Junior brother Jiang Zhongshui Qilin, how can I teach someone who can be encouraged by the Holy Emperor's words?

Thirty-seven disciples have left the academy so far this month, and none of them have the ability of the junior disciples. It’s already good if they don’t rely on their abilities to go to the countryside to cause mischief."

"Our school is going to have a great person!" Xiang Changsong patted Liang Qu on the arm, "His Majesty the Holy Emperor personally issued an order that the junior brother should not find an opportunity to turn it into a calligraphy treasure and mount it in the hall?"

"It makes sense! I'll go see Master later and ask Master to write a copy for me, then frame it and hang it in the central hall!"

After finishing speaking, a flash of orange appeared in the backyard.

Liang Qu looked through the blue-gray shade of the trees into the distant sky.

The sun is setting in the west, and the halo is yellow.

If I stay any longer, I might not be able to catch up with the old monk for dinner.

"It's getting late, and I still need to go find Master. Today I will mainly inform the two senior brothers. As for the invitation, I will allow junior brother to be lazy and let Xing come and pick you up another day."

Hu Qi nodded: "I don't care about the red tape."

"A disciple is as close as a brother. If you invite me to dinner, I just give you a shout, and there is no need to send me a message."

Everyone often gets together for dinner during holidays and festivals.

Even if it's not a festival, just because the plums in Master's yard are ripe and the dates are bearing fruit, it's still worth a visit to have a meal and a meal, but it would be unreasonable and troublesome to return the invitation.

After bidding farewell to his two senior brothers, he declined the apprentice's request for guidance, and agreed to do it next time. Liang Qu rushed along Qingshi Street to Yang Mansion.

Yang Dongxiong and Xu were notified by their servants, and while Liang Qu was strolling through the corridor, they sat in the hall and waited.

After two months of separation, Liang Qu and his master and his wife have more to say.

He took the tea brewed by Nan Di and rushed to Huazhu County day and night without stopping all the way, where he discovered that the Shui Ze Monument was strangely broken.

Then he encountered the county magistrate's fleet, killed the strange fish, and personally went to the Shahe Gang to borrow a boat. The leader of the gang, Cheng Chong, blew himself up and exposed what he had done, and the gang members turned against each other.

And the local grain merchants in Ganquan Town were attacked by a group of outsiders. The locals who had made an agreement defected and joined in the robbery, and then encountered the red dragon fish... Let me tell you all in bits and pieces, no matter how detailed it is.

Mrs. Xu was happy to hear this: "The two months you went to Huazhu County were quite fulfilling. You borrowed boats and arrested people, and you made great achievements.

It made your master worry day and night. He felt that he was running such a big errand for the first time and was afraid that he would have to go out on business, so he sent the porter to the inn every day to check if there were any letters."

Yang Dongxiong looked indifferently and picked up the tea bowl to drink tea.

Liang Qu sat down and listened awkwardly.

In two months, he did not send a single letter, mainly because he felt that Huazhu County and Pingyang County were too close and there was no need.

Coupled with the flooding, the post stations in Huazhu County were also flooded. Except for the smooth flow of official letters, it was difficult to send letters from home, so it took a lot of effort to send someone to deliver them.

Liang Qu changed the subject: "Master and Madam, you might as well guess what reward the court will give me when I go to Huazhu County to control floods."

The past cannot be forgotten, and the two of them really no longer care about letters.

Yang Dongxiong pondered: "According to what you said, you have made great contributions to water control this time. Could it be that you were promoted to Hengshui envoy?"

Liang Qu shook his head: "Master guessed wrong, the disciple has not been promoted."

"Since Xiaojiu said that the breach of the embankment was an act of revenge by the leader of the Shahe Gang on the Hebo Institute, no one in the Hebo Institute will be promoted because of this.

Otherwise, how can the imperial court stabilize the people's hearts if they commit crimes and reward themselves? I guess they are mostly material rewards, elixirs, and exercises."

"Master's wife is half right, but in addition to material rewards, there is another very important thing."

besides?

Yang Dongxiong and Mr. Xu pondered together.

The emperor has three weapons to govern the country: orders, ax and ax, and rewards.

Among them, there are only a few ways to reward people: promotion, title, reward...

There will be no promotion, let alone a title.

What else could there be?

Yang Dongxiong could not think of it.

Mrs. Xu suddenly realized: "His Majesty gave you a marriage?"

"Ahem, cough, cough..." Liang Qu choked on his own saliva, "Master's wife is thinking so wrongly, how could it be a gifted marriage?"

Xu's tea lid closed and his eyes widened.

"You know why, but you're still trying to hide it from us two old guys? Say it quickly!"

Seeing that his master and his wife couldn't guess anything, Liang Qu straightened his back.

"This disciple must have an oral instruction. Your Majesty said that I am 'building bridges and building canals', and asked me to "encourage them"!"

Yang Dongxiong was astonished. He put the tea cup on the table and sat up straight.

"Is this true? Is there really an oral message?"

Liang Qu clasped his fists: "Disciple dare not make such a joke. This cross was handed down to the disciples by the envoy himself after reciting the imperial edict. It is witnessed by everyone up and down the river.

Disciple came here today. Firstly, he wanted to tell Master and his wife that he is safe, and secondly, he wanted Master to write a calligraphy treasure for him so that he could hang it in the hall."

Yang Dongxiong and Xu looked at each other.

The Holy Emperor himself gave words of encouragement!

Build bridges, build canals...

Earth is the origin of all things and the root of all life.

Water is the blood and energy of the earth, just like the flow of meridians.

Water conservancy has been the focus of all dynasties since ancient times.

Of course, there is a reason why Liang Qu’s name is just like this, but it is very important to be able to encourage him through this matter!

Half a moment.

Yang Dongxiong calmed down and happily shook his head in refusal.

"It's not that I don't want to, but if you ask me to write it, why not go to Mr. Zhao Shanchang of Shanghu Academy, who is a famous calligrapher and painter.

Your pinyin method is progressing so fast, and you can't do it without the help of Chief Zhao, so I won't be unhappy if you ask him for help."
Chapter completed!