Chapter 554: It's All Picked Up

"Took a concubine?" Yang Xu was stunned, "Who, my dad?"

"This subordinate saw it with my own eyes!" Personal guard Awu said firmly, "You have no sisters, yet the Lord's father behaves intimately with that beautiful woman, holding arms and shoulders; the relationship is definitely not ordinary!"

The room fell into silence.

Two or three personal guards laughed secretly.

Awu was baffled.

A moment later.

Yang Xu tapped the table with two fingers.

"Awu, let me ask you, what am I going to Huangzhou for?"

Awu pondered: "To celebrate the Lord's grandfather's birthday, meet relatives and friends, and express longing?"

"What about my dad?"

"To celebrate his father-in-law's birthday?"

"Your meaning is, in the five years I haven't been home, my dad not only took a concubine, but is also taking the concubine, traveling thousands of miles to Huangzhou to celebrate his father-in-law's birthday?"

Awu reacted, lowering his head in embarrassment: "It seems it doesn't make sense."

Yang Xu stood up and patted the personal guard's shoulder.

"Awu, you are different from others; don't waste your time on reading, practice martial arts well."

"Don't worry, Lord!"

"Let's go, come downstairs with me to welcome them!"

"Yes!"

"Old Master, Mistress, just call me Azhao. The one who was with me on the Drum Tower earlier is called Awu. He went ahead to report to the Lord and will be here soon."

Azhao cupped his hands respectfully.

Yang Dongxiong asked: "How many people came with you?"

"Including the Lord, there are seven people, six personal guards, all experts of the Wolf Smoke Earth Bridge and Heaven Bridge, practicing the Six Jia Divine Array and the Falling Flying Eagle Array, turning without gaps, responding like drums."

"Even if we face a great martial artist at the initial Hunting Tiger Realm, we can hold our own for a while. If the Old Master has anything to do, just order us."

"The Eldest Cao Shixiong is impressive."

Xu Zishuai muttered.

Liang Qu calculated the rooms.

The servants and the white-case master's apprentices were squeezed two by two, just enough to fill the single rooms of the green wood ship.

The family is prosperous.

"It's the Eldest Cao Shixiong!"

Yu Dun suddenly spoke.

Liang Qu looked up.

Under the Drum Tower, the surging crowd quietly parted.

The tall young man in the lead was very similar to Yang Dongxiong, walking like a dragon and a tiger, with black-armored warriors following left and right. As the two sides approached, a wind blew toward them.

"Father! Mother! Liang Shidi!"

The young man opened his arms, hugged Yu Dun and Lu Gang warmly, then looked at Yang Dongxiong and Mistress Xu, opened his mouth, as if he had thousands of words to say. His chest rose and fell three times in succession. The young man took a deep breath, tidied his clothes, stepped back three steps, and bowed respectfully.

"The wanderer could not return, the emotion in my heart is like pounding; the child has been thinking of you day and night!"

Restaurant.

Yang Xu's back was straight, his face slightly flushed, and his desire to talk was high.

The table of more than ten people listened quietly.

"I thought that such a big thing as my dad taking a concubine, how could it not be mentioned in the letters for five years, and he had to take her to Huangzhou to see my grandfather. Seeing it with my own eyes, it was truly a misunderstanding."

"Last year's letter, I only knew my mother had changed, but I didn't expect the change to be so great. At first sight, it made Awu think my dad had taken a twenty-something concubine!"

Mistress Xu covered her mouth, her eyebrows curved.

Awu's face flushed red, embarrassed, wanting to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

From the difference between the Flowing Gold Sea and the Jianghuai Marsh, the scenery along the way from Heyuan Prefecture to the Imperial Capital, from catching fish by chiseling ice in the winter, to the small battles in early spring, and the horse racing in early summer, what a northern landscape.

Yang Xu chattered on, saying a lot in one breath.

In the middle, Xu Zishuai and Cao Rang occasionally interjected, asking for more details.

Liang Qu found it interesting, picked up the yogurt floating with fruit bits, took a small sip, and a faint sweetness mixed with coolness spread.

It lasted for a full quarter of an hour.

Yang Xu stopped talking and looked down the long table: "These three must be Liang Shidi Hu, Liang Shidi Xiang, and Liang Shidi Liang. I haven't been home for a long time, and the four of us haven't even met, so I've been negligent in caring for you. As the Eldest Cao Shixiong, I am truly ashamed."

The three hurriedly said no.

Exchanging pleasantries and talking about old times.

Yang Xu cared about his junior brothers' martial arts progress.

"I don't know how the three junior brothers' martial arts are progressing?"

"Galloping Horse Initial Realm."

"Galloping Horse Initial Realm."

"Wolf Smoke Earth Bridge."

"Cough, cough."

As soon as Liang Qu opened his mouth, Hu Qi and Xiang Zhangsong couldn't stop coughing, and followed Awu in lowering their heads, looking for cracks in the bricks.

Yang Xu laughed loudly.

"Last year I received three letters in total. Master wrote a lot about the Ninth Liang Shidi, the first letter saying he was happy to have a disciple, pure in character, outstanding. The second letter said the Ninth Liang Shidi had entered the River-Lake Office and achieved Galloping Horse."

"At that time, I was puzzled. This wasn't the end. Immediately after the third letter in winter, it said Liang Shidi Liang had made contributions in water control and received the Holy Emperor's oral decree."

"Holding the letter, I was truly at a loss, suspecting that the messenger had delivered the wrong family letter."

Not just Yang Xu.

All six personal guards were shocked.

Liang Qu was young, ranked last, and looked the youngest among everyone.

Who would have thought the realm would be so high.

No wonder I couldn't feel the fluctuation of blood and Qi; it turned out everyone was at the same level!

Incredible.

Seeing even the Eldest Cao Shixiong behave like this, Hu Qi and Xiang Zhangsong's embarrassment eased slightly.

It's not that we are not good, it's that the Liang Shidi is not human.

The Prince of Yue went from north to south and only sent such a jade token; there's no place to reason about gold, silver, or copper ones.

After being lively for more than half an hour, as it approached lunch time, there were more people coming and going in the hall, and the atmosphere was enthusiastic.

Yang Xu wanted to be the host and treat them, so they went into a private room to set up a table.

Yang Dongxiong said: "The wind and waves on the river are small, so pack it in a food box and take it to the ship to eat. Master Helian is still on the deck watching the ship, so it's not good for us to eat alone. And arriving in Huangzhou early will allow your mother to chat with her relatives for two more days."

"Then let's not delay. It's not easy for everyone to go to Huangzhou. Does the Liang Shidi have empty rooms on the ship?"

"The seven senior brothers are enough, no need to rent another boat."

"There are seven more horses."

"There are two boats, the space in the bottom cabin is sufficient."

"Good! Today I'll take advantage of the Little Liang Shidi's light and save some silver."

Yang Xu ordered some food and had the waiter send it to the pier, while he took his personal guards back to the room to pack their luggage and board the ship.

"A treasure ship."

Canal mouth shore.

The black horse stepped on the springboard and boarded the ship, entering the bottom of the ship's cabin.

Yang Xu reached out to touch the keel of the green wood ship and saw at a glance that the material was extraordinary.

It was cut and shaped from a whole piece of green water wood, as were the ribs extending from both sides, and even the three water beasts pulling the ship were great spirit monsters.

Just such a configuration, how much money did it cost?

"Liang Shidi has such broad financial resources!"

"It didn't cost much money, picked up in the water."

"Picked up in the water?"

"Cao Shixiong Yang, board the ship." Xu Zishuai poked his head out and waved, "You'll get used to it slowly. Ashui can always pick up some strange things from the water."

Always?

Yang Xu looked strange, but didn't ask much.

On the spacious deck, the master and disciples gathered.

The restaurant waiter moved the food boxes, and the Dragon Girl helped replace them with porcelain plates on the ship.

In the busyness.

A furry claw stretched out from under the table, secretly grabbing toward a roasted chicken leg.

Slap!

Long Yao slapped it down and pulled the squeaking little river otter out from under the table.

"What a tall and beautiful woman."

"Eldest Cao Shixiong doesn't know." Xu Zishuai moved a small stool closer and whispered, "This is the Jianghuai Dragon Girl, born with skin like white jade, tall, and she was also picked up by Ashui from the water."

"This can also be picked up?"

Yang Xu was dumbfounded.

"Eh, the Long-Jiao-Guo-Jiang is like this, Eldest Cao Shixiong, you have little contact."

"What about the one next to her?"

Yang Xu pointed to Long Eying, who was stepping on the springboard and coming over from the old Fu ship.

This woman was even more stunning than the previous two, looking nearly five chi seven at a glance, yet without any disharmony.

Xu Zishuai bit the end of his chopsticks and glanced sideways.

"Same, picked up." ===== CHAPTER 555 =====