Xia nodded.
The two sisters-in-law walked hand in hand back to the city. When they passed the city gate and were asked about their whereabouts, the gatekeepers all knew them: "Sister-in-law and Madam Shen are back so soon?"
"yes."
"By the way, Madam Shen, the brothers are all wondering why Mr. Xie wants to learn martial arts from the head?" The doorman asked curiously.
It was Gu Feng who was mentioned. Chen Heng and Xia Shi were both stunned.
"Learn martial arts? Ah Jian?" Shen Heng was surprised. How could a scholar with no strength learn martial arts?
"Don't you know?"
"Maybe he wants to keep fit." Although she said so, Chen Heng herself didn't quite believe it. Xie Jian's thinking couldn't be explained according to ordinary people's logic. Who knows who he is going to deal with.
"My dear little brother, I want to go up to the city wall to see how far my son's carriage is. Can you make an exception?" asked Xia.
"That's not difficult. I'll just give them a call." The gatekeeper said, calling out to the brothers guarding the stairs of the tower, and then pointed at the two people from the Xia family.
"Thank you very much." Xia thanked him and then took her sister-in-law to the city wall.
"Next." The gatekeeper checked the visitor's pass, then exclaimed, "Lord Lu is also up there." But Mr. Xie was the Lord's student, and they were all family, so it was nothing.
This was Chen Heng's first time on the city wall, and she still remembered the sense of spaciousness that the first time gave her.
"Lord Lu?" Xia originally wanted to take a look at her son's carriage, but unexpectedly saw the Lord.
Lu Ji'an stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the entire Nanqi County, his posture erect and his usual composure. He had just seen Xia and Shen Heng outside the city sending little Xie Min to the imperial capital, and he also saw them coming up, nodding and smiling.
"How are you, Lord Lu?" The two men saluted quickly.
"Min'er's carriage will soon reach the foot of the Boyun Mountains. We won't be able to see it once we reach the top of the mountain." Lu Ji'an pointed to a place not far away.
Xia looked over and saw her son's carriage galloping, with two servants on tall horses escorting him on both sides, looking very majestic.
"Do you like coming here to look out?" Chen Heng asked.
"Yes, the weather is bad today. In the past, when the sun was shining, all things were working, and the harmonious and beautiful scene made people have infinite longing for the future." Lu Ji'an said in a gentle voice.
Perhaps she was being overly sensitive, but Chen Heng sensed that Lord Lu seemed to be preoccupied. She looked down at the farmland not far below, "Although it's a cloudy day, the people are doing their best to farm and cultivate the land. The harvest will surely be doubled in autumn, a scene of prosperity."
Lu Ji'an smiled. Madam Shen's words always surprised him, but he didn't want to just go along with it. "Even though the people work hard to farm, if the harvest in autumn doesn't go as expected, wouldn't it be all in vain?"
It seemed this righteous man was indeed troubled. Although it wasn't about farming, it was probably something else. Chen Heng suddenly thought of a sentence she had read in a book, which seemed quite appropriate: "Some things are not something you persist in because you see hope, but because you persist you see hope."
People are most afraid of losing hope, but as long as they persist and try their best, even if the result is not as good as they imagined, they will not let themselves down.
Lu Ji'an's eyes moved. He was a man of firm character, but his mood would be affected from time to time. Madam Shen's words made him cheerful and he laughed out loud: "Madam Shen, what you said is right. If a man has a life and is willing to love things, he will surely be able to help others. I am just worrying about it myself."
Shen Heng smiled and replied, then asked without shame, no no, it should be asked when she didn't understand: "Sir, what do you mean by this?"
Lu Ji'an's eyes were filled with smiles: "Let Ajian give you the answer."
At this moment, a yamen runner came up hurriedly to report: "Sir, Yu Wei has returned with a letter."
"Walk."
Chen Heng and Xia Shi hurriedly bowed and saw him off.
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