The official road of the farmer

After the busy communication, Ye Junshu and Yu Maolin had the same thoughts, and began the days of thanking guests behind closed doors.

The two of them practiced self-cultivation and lived a leisurely life.

The various banquets and gatherings I attended during this period were all touted so high that I was almost vain.

Fortunately, Ye Junshu and Yu Maolin are not the kind of people who are complacent and complacent after being complimented by others.

Now that I live in seclusion, I can just clear my head.

Ye Junshu has always been clear about what he wants, but the Long March has just taken the first step, and the journey is still far away.

At this moment, he should be more humble and humble, and settle down to enrich himself more.

Ye Junshu has been hesitating whether he should go back to Fengcheng County.

It is a great thing for the village that he was admitted to Juren, and he felt that he should bring the good news back in person to comfort the spirit of his parents in heaven.

But the journey is too long, and it will take at least two months to go back and forth.

At that time, I will rush from home to Shangjing. I will be in a hurry and it will be difficult to hurry.

After much deliberation, Ye Junshu finally edited a book and sent it back to his hometown in a hurry.

Ye Junshu and Yu Maolin are discussing their departure to Beijing in the near future.

The examination will be held in March next year.

It takes nearly a month to go from Yongzhou to Shangjing by land. This time is just right for Shangjing, and the weather is neither too hot nor too cold, so it is more convenient to travel.

If it was later, he might not be able to arrive before the temperature dropped. He took his family with him, especially children, and he would easily get sick if he rushed on the road when the weather was bad.

Ye Junshu wants to settle down in Shangjing before winter begins.

Time is a bit tight, and they have been packing things up for the past few days.

Yu Maolin thought for a while, and suggested: "Why don't you let the children stay here, and we can go to Beijing."

Yu Maolin actually doesn't quite understand Ye Junshu's idea of ​​bringing his children with him wherever he goes, even though his brotherhood is deep, but in his opinion, buying a few servants to serve him, eating and drinking well here in Yongzhou, not to mention having so many acquaintances Take care, at least the Zhuo family will take care of one or two, isn't that great?

Ye Junshu himself can concentrate on rushing for the exam without any worries.

However, as soon as his proposal came out, Ye Junshu rejected it without even thinking about it, "No way!"

Yu Maolin raised his eyebrows.

Ye Junshu didn't say the reason, but said, "I must take the children with me, otherwise I can't rest assured."

Yu Maolin doesn't know the inside story, and from his point of view, he may not be able to figure it out, but if the child is not under his nose, and they are separated by thousands of miles, he can't help but think wildly.

Could the kids be getting sick without him knowing?the fat is in the fire?In this era, the boundaries between superiority and inferiority are so obvious, what if children accidentally provoke bad people and get hurt?

Ye Junshu regards the children as his lifeline, if any of them get injured or other things without his knowing, he will probably go crazy.

Although Ye Junshu has no children yet, he also deeply understands what it means to raise a child to be a hundred years old and worry about 99 years.

When the children are not able to survive independently, he wants to create a safe and warm haven for the children.

This time he went to Beijing, he took the children away, and to some extent, it was a desperate move.

He must get a good rank in the imperial examination and occupy a place in the city of Shangjing.

Although Yu Maolin still didn't understand, under Ye Junshu's insistence, he finally didn't say anything.

When entering Beijing this time, Ye Junshu, Yu Maolin and Wen Bihua made an appointment to set off together, and they also had companions on the way.

After confirming the date of departure, Ye Junshu and Yu Maolin started their farewell journey again.

But they didn't make much fanfare, they just told the people close to them, and they broke up after a small gathering.

Ye Junshu personally went to inform the teacher of the date of his departure.

Zhuo Xianzhi gave him a few words of encouragement, then gave him an address, and said, "Although your senior brother is still released, he has a house in Shangjing. You can go and live with him for a while."

"Uh..." In the past two years, although Ye Junshu had written frequently with this fellow brother whom he had never met, he had taught him a lot and benefited a lot.

But when the master was not at home, he hastily dragged his family to live in someone else's house... Ye Junshu always felt that it was not good.

Zhuo Xianzhi immediately stared, "Do you really treat yourself as an outsider? My senior brother, why don't you bother him? Why are you thinking so much? If you have a relationship with your senior brother, it will be heartbreaking."

Ye Junshu had no choice but to say, "I see, don't worry, teacher."

This time when he came to Beijing, Yu Maolin also took his servants with him. Ye Junshu was still hesitating whether to continue to bother him. It would be great for them to live temporarily in the house of the senior brother. He also has enough time to find a house to buy and settle down completely. down.

In the past two years, Ye Junshu has not been idle. While focusing on his studies, he has not forgotten to find ways to make money.

Qin Yaoliang Senior brother Qin's storybooks have been progressing well in recent years, and he has gained a bit of fame. When Ye Junshu corresponded with him, he would provide a lot of story outlines. For this, the senior brother generously gave him some money.

Ye Junshu also helps bookstores to copy books. While expanding his knowledge, he can also practice calligraphy and make money, killing three birds with one stone.

Occasionally he would write some calligraphy and paintings with his classmates and set up a stall to sell them.

The most important thing is that he has received countless gifts in the past two years. Although some of them were given out during the New Year, it also made him an invisible little rich man.

Ye Junshu thought humbly that it is still affordable to buy a small house in the affluent place of Shangjing.

At dawn, the city gate had just opened, and six or seven carriages with carriages and carriages without carriages loaded with luggage quickly and orderly left Yongzhou City in a low-key manner, heading towards Shangjing.

This group of people is Ye Junshu and the others.

The road was full of wind and dust, but fortunately the road was smooth and the weather was normal, either the sun was shining or the sky was clear.

After traveling for more than 20 days, they finally arrived in Shangjing.

Even Ye Junshu couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief when he saw the majestic and tall city wall.

The roads in ancient times were not easy to walk, and the means of transportation were also backward. They were able to reach their destinations so smoothly, without illness, pain and accidents. Thank God.

Just as Ye Junshu and the others entered the city, a middle-aged man with the appearance of a butler stepped forward and said, "Excuse me, are you all from Yongzhou?"

Ye Junshu was raising his eyes to look around when he heard someone talking to a servant of Yu's family. His heart moved and he walked forward.

The servant nodded and said, "Exactly."

The eyes of the middle-aged man brightened, "Then may I ask if Ye Junshu and Ye Juren are walking with you?"

Ye Junshu listened to a few words from the side, and he was quite sure, "Is it Tian Guanshi?"

The teacher once mentioned that the elder brother stayed in the house in Beijing, and it was a steward surnamed Tian.Before he left, the teacher had sent a message to him.

Steward Tian's eyes lit up when he heard Ye Junshu's voice and looked over. He walked up to Ye Junshu and cupped his hands respectfully, "But Young Master Ye? I'm looking forward to you."

Since receiving Mr. Zhuo's letter, Tian Guanshi counted the days, as early as a few days ago, he stood at the gate of the city every day, ready to greet him in person.

They have never met the master's junior, but they are very fond of this junior.The master learned that the younger brother was going to Beijing to participate in the next year's examination and needed to borrow his mansion, so he wrote a letter specifically asking Steward Tian to treat the Ye family as his master, which he had to respect.

Both the master and Mr. Zhuo attach great importance to it, so he naturally dare not neglect it.

"Master Ye, I have prepared everything for you. Please come with me."

"Please wait for a moment." Ye Junshu apologized, then went to Yu Maolin, said that the brother's person had come to pick him up, and they went straight there.

Yu Maolin knew that Ye Junshu would not live with him after he came to Beijing, and he was very unhappy all the time. Now he was even more unhappy when he left without even entering the door. He kept a dark face and said nothing.

Ye Junshu knew his awkward temper, but he didn't care about his attitude, "When I'm settled, I'll take the child to find you."

Afterwards, someone helped to separate the salutes.

Fortunately, they all saluted separately, and it was easy to divide them up.

Manager Tian brought several servants over to help transport things.

So Ye Junshu bid farewell to Yu Maolin and Wen Bihua, took his family, accompanied by Tian Guanshi, and walked in another direction.

As the capital of a country, Shangjing's prosperity cannot be compared with any other city.

The center of Kyoto is the imperial city, and outside the imperial city, there are inner city and outer city.

The imperial city is naturally the place where the emperor and his harem live, and the inner city is generally populated by royal relatives, aristocrats, or people with titles.Some important ministers' mansions bestowed by the emperor are also in the inner city, such as Mingxiang's mansion.

Those who live in the outer city are people other than those.

This time they went to the western part of the outer city, where ordinary officials live together, and the brother's house is over there.

The senior brother, surnamed Fang, is an official ordered by the imperial court. Now he has been trained outside and has not yet returned.

Steward Tian introduced Ye Junshu to Beijing as he walked.

The main road they walked was lined with a row of tall and neat elm trees on both sides. The street was very wide, similar to a modern road, with pedestrians on both sides and several carriages in the middle.

There are row upon row of shops on both sides, neatly three-storey high, pedestrians coming and going, horse-drawn carriages in an endless stream, extremely bustling.

The child in the carriage had already secretly lifted the curtain, staring intently in amazement.

Ye Junshu was also overwhelmed, he just felt like a bumpkin entering the city.

In less than half an hour, they stopped in front of a mansion with the words "Fang Mansion" written on the door plaque.

Manager Tian asked people to open the front door, and said with a respectful smile, "Master Ye, please come in."

The master of the Fang mansion was not there, and the senior brother took his family members to take up the post, and as soon as they arrived, it seemed that they became the masters of the mansion, and many servants surrounded them.

Tian Guanshi arranged very carefully, because considering the wishes of the children, Brother Lu, Brother Qin and Brother Jing arranged the same yard, with each other, Ye Junshu had a separate yard, and Ye Junshan and Ye Jun had a yard .

With the assistance of Nan Ah, their luggage was put away separately.

The children knew that they were guests, and they all behaved very smart, sensible and polite.

Ye Junshu felt relieved when he saw that Nan Ahma was always by his side.

It's just that when he returned to the yard alone, he was really embarrassed.

Tian Guanshi sent him to wait on two young, beautiful, weak brothers and servants. When they saw Ye Junshu, they blushed and glanced at him secretly from time to time.

Ye Junshu was not used to being served by Jiao Didi's brothers, so he was extremely uncomfortable and asked them to retreat.

When Manager Tian got the news, he hurried over to plead guilty, and then quickly arranged two clever servants.

Ye Junshu was in good spirits and didn't really want to rest.

He went to take a look in Lu Geer's yard and saw that they were all lying down and sleeping, so he didn't disturb them.

He was concerned about the scenery that he had not seen enough on the road, so he left the Fangfu by himself without letting his servants follow him.

Ye Junshu felt that he was such an older person. Although he was still unfamiliar with this place, if he didn't know the way back, he could just ask someone directly, so he just took a look to see where he found it interesting.

Unfortunately today, the sky was already dark before it was dark. Ye Junshu looked up and saw that it was going to rain!

He was about to go home and found that the surroundings were all unfamiliar.

Pedestrians on the street were in a hurry, as if they wanted to get to a safe place before it rained.

Ye Junshu stopped several people but no one answered him, he just ran away in a hurry.

Ye Junshu had no choice but to turn in a different direction according to his feeling.

There was a sudden chill on his face, Ye Junshu raised his hand to touch it, his fingers were moist, he looked up and saw that it was raining in the gray sky.

Ye Junshu quickened his pace and was about to find a place to hide from the rain. He looked around and happened to pass by a man in dark black clothes.

He caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye, but it seemed that he felt something in his heart. For some reason, Ye Junshu looked back at the slender figure of the man, and then, before he could react, he had spontaneously caught up with him.

"Three...Third Young Master!"