Chapter 3343 Return to Beijing
Xia Rui quickly stopped him and asked, "Uncle and aunt's gravesite..."
Zhou Man and Bai Shan looked at each other and said, "We'll have to ask Uncle Xia to continue looking after it. When Wu Yuan grows a little bigger, we'll have a sacrificial field ready in the capital and we'll move it then."
"Then won't your parents also have to move to the capital?"
Zhou Man nodded: "I have this plan."
It would be better if they were all in one place, so that their descendants could visit their graves in the future. But this was a long-term undertaking, not something that could be accomplished overnight.
After returning to the post station, Zhou Man sent people to prepare things for the tomb sweeping. The next day, he took his family to sweep the tomb of Xia Yan and his wife, and only after that did he prepare to return to Beijing.
They still have ten days of vacation left.
Bai Shan smiled and said, "We can slowly return to the capital and rest for a few days before attending court again."
"I wonder if Mingda and the others have set off yet?" Zhou Man was a little envious of Bai Erlang at this moment. Although he had only taken a fifty-day leave, the Hanlin Academy was not busy, so it would probably be okay for him to go back later.
Bai Shan said: "Don't worry about them. They will definitely go back by water, which is much easier than our journey."
Bai Shan was right. Bai Erlang and his men did take the water route and set off today.
The couple went with Yin Huo. He had originally been urging Mr. Bai and Mrs. Bai to go to Beijing for a visit, but after the autumn harvest, they had to plant winter wheat, so Mr. Bai thought about it and refused.
The group boarded the boat in Longzhou. The boat was sailing smoothly at this time of year, so Yin Huo asked someone to set up the table outside. He enjoyed the river view while making tea.
"You're so comfortable." Bai Erlang sat across from him, twisted his neck, and said, "I slept at the inn last night and got a stiff neck. I wish Manbao was here."
Yin Huo glanced at his neck and suggested, "Why don't you try twisting it yourself? They should still be in Shangzhou right now, right?"
Bai Erlang: "According to the journey, they should have arrived several days ago. Xia's company isn't big, so they can be dealt with by paying a little money. It shouldn't take too long."
Yin Huo was slightly stunned. "Such a big thing as splitting up the sect..."
"That depends on what kind of family it is. For aristocratic families, it's the most difficult. For the gentry, it's the second most difficult. For the nobles, it's the third most difficult. For the wealthy and powerful, it's the fourth most difficult. And for families like the Xia family, it's the fifth most difficult, and the lowest." Bai Erlang said, "Let's not talk about distant families. Let's take the Zhou family for example. It's very easy for the Zhou family to divide up. They just spend a sum of money and divide it wherever they want. As long as the family members benefit, who cares where you go?"
However, Qili Village has always been united, and the Zhou family will not split up.
Yin Huo nodded thoughtfully.
To get from Longzhou to the capital, you don’t have to go to Qizhou, but you can take a boat directly to Fengzhou.
Fengzhou is very close to the capital and can be reached in one day.
So when they returned to the capital, Zhou Man and his friends had only been there for two days and had just settled in.
The servants in the house heard that the street behind the door was very busy, so the gatekeeper who was guarding the back door quietly opened it and took a look. He then hurriedly informed Bai Shan and Zhou Man who were resting at home, "The princess and her husband across the street have returned."
Zhou Man immediately stood up and said, "Finally I'm back. Let's go join in the fun."
Bai Shan was dragged out by her and couldn't help laughing: "Why rush? They have already returned to Beijing and can't run away."
Mingda was weak after all, and even though he had been on a boat all the way, he was still very tired.
She leaned on the couch, raised her eyes to glance at Zhou Man, and then closed them again. "Help yourself, I'm very tired."
Zhou Man stepped forward and felt her pulse, then touched her body. "I knew you must be tired, so I came up to examine you."
She rolled up her sleeves and asked the maid to bring a soft pillow for Mingda to lie on. "Let me give you a massage. I can't say I can make you recover immediately, but at least I can give you some relief."
Mingda was overjoyed and said, "I was thinking of asking someone to go to the hospital to ask a female doctor to come and give me a massage."
"How's your appetite?"
"Not good," Mingda said. "Although I'm not seasick, I still have no appetite. It's completely different from when we went there."
Zhou Man clicked his tongue and shook his head, saying, "I prepared some pills for you, but you didn't know how to take them? Seasickness doesn't just come from vomiting; loss of appetite can also cause it."
Mingda was already like this, Zhou Man was a little worried about Yin Huo, "How is Yin Huo?"
Mingda shook his head, "I don't know, ask Bai Er."
Bai Erlang was outside directing the people to put away the luggage they had brought back. When he heard someone ask, he said, "I think he just has a poor appetite, but everything else is fine."
Bai Shan: "Then we have to go see him. He's been tired from the journey, I hope he doesn't get sick."
Yin Huo did not return to the Yin Mansion, but returned to his own county mansion.
Zhou Man treated Mingda's body and left him a recipe for medicinal food before he and Bai Shan went to the county government.
Changshou directly welcomed them into the main courtyard. Yin Huo was making tea, seemingly not tired at all. Seeing the two people coming, he even raised his hand to pour them a cup of tea. "I just entered the house, why are you visiting me?"
Zhou Man: "I came to see you because I was worried that you might be sick from exhaustion but you didn't tell me."
Yin Huo rolled up his sleeves, held out his hand, and said with a smile, "I'm not the type of patient to hide my illness."
Zhou Man put his hand on his pulse and raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Although you are a little tired, your body is indeed in good condition, even better than Mingda."
She looked him up and down, then smiled after a long pause and said, "As expected, your mood has a great impact on your condition. If you are in a more open state of mind, your body will be much better as well."
Yin Huo smiled and said, "This time, while discussing Taoism with Taoist Master Shouqing in the Taoist temple, and watching him manage the temple and help the lay Buddhists who come to visit, I figured out a lot of things."
Bai Shan took a sip of tea and asked curiously, "For example?"
"For example, the reason why people feel uneasy is because they still have expectations and fears deep down in their hearts." No matter how calm Yin Huo appears, he still hopes to get the support and recognition of his grandmother, father and other relatives, and he is also afraid of failing to fulfill his responsibilities to the Yin family.
But this trip made him figure out a lot of things and let go of his worries. For those things that cannot be changed and he is unwilling to change, it is better to let go than to cling to them.
Things in the world, like everything else, have their own nature, so just let it be.
Bai Shan and Zhou Man opened their mouths wide. "Did you... just have an epiphany?"
Zhou Man couldn't help but slam the table, which scared Bai Shan and Yin Huo, who were immersed in this peaceful atmosphere, so much that their hearts skipped a beat and they trembled together.
"I told you, our Taoist temple is special. You see, it can give you enlightenment, something that Xuandu Temple and Huguo Temple can't do."
Bai Shan patted his chest and said, "You scared me to death. Be gentler next time." He exhaled and said, "No ordinary Taoist temple can support a person like Daohe."
Yin Huo also patted his chest and took a sip of tea to calm his nerves. "I don't think you need to prescribe me any medicine to regulate my body. Just prescribe me some medicine to calm my nerves."
Zhou Man: "...I just tapped the table lightly."
Good night, tomorrow should be the end of the story, and then I will start updating the extra chapters, which are... very long, because there are a lot of people to write about.
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