I am the leader of the capital

Zhao Fujin went to Dongxu's library in the morning. After reading the books all morning, the young man at noon planned to buy two cakes outside Dongxu to satisfy his hunger, but when he thought of the old man who went down to the basement after falling asleep, he Planning to go back and have a look.

When he came to Dongxu today, he locked the door of Wenlai Inn. The guests of Wenlai Inn left earlier and gave him a lot of convenience. When he returned, the young man saw the gate of Wenlai Inn from a distance. It was open, and the little donkey that I locked in the house early in the morning was also released and tied to the tree in front of the door.

When the young man entered the door, he saw the old man dozing off in a chair, and said happily, "Shopkeeper, are you awake? If the little donkey hadn't dragged me to look down the aisle in the morning, I wouldn't have known you were back."

The old man opened his eyes unhurriedly, looked at Zhao Fujin and said: "That little donkey is quite intelligent, and the donkeys of Zhuangyuan Lang are smarter than other people's donkeys."

"Shopkeeper, don't talk nonsense. The number one scholar said it before the test. If it spreads, people will laugh." The young man waved his hand hastily.

Sun Qimiao didn't insist anymore, and said to Zhao Fujin, "Have you ever eaten, kid?"

"I haven't eaten it. I planned to eat something casually outside the Dongxu Gate, but then I remembered that you should be back, so I came back to have a look." Zhao Fujin shook his head.

The wonderful old man nodded, took out a small piece of broken silver from the counter and threw it to the young man, saying: "Well, old rules, you can help me do some errands and buy some things, buy more wine."

"Okay." The young man was not polite, picked up the silver wine and ran out to buy things. Now he already knows which store has delicious and cheap food.

After a while, the old man who had occupied the entire chair opened his eyes and saw the young man running in with a jar of wine in his arms and a few bags of food in his hand. The old man smiled and said, "Why are you trotting?" ? Those who didn’t know thought there was a dog chasing you.”

The young man spread out a bag of food on the table, and said to the old man without looking back, "I have to go to Dongxu to study after I finish eating. Time waits for no one, and it will be Chunwei."

"You kid want to take the No. [-] Scholar exam?" The chubby Sun Qimiao nimbly got up from the chair. When he sat at the table, the stool made creaking noises, as if it was about to disintegrate at any moment.

The young Zhao Fujin is still wearing coarse clothes. Everyone I saw in the Eastern Preface today is dressed better than himself. The young man is a little embarrassed, but he is full of energy when he thinks that he can also dress better after being admitted to the first prize. Facing the old man, he said, "Yes, who doesn't want to be the number one scholar?"

"Some people want to be rich and famous, and some people want to get ahead. What about you, why do you want to be the champion?" The old man took a roast chicken and tore it open to eat.

The young man poured the wine for the old man and poured himself a little. After taking a sip, the young man said, "What am I doing? I want to get out of that small village, so that I don't face the loess like my parents and grandparents. Turning your back to the sky, reading is the best way out for the poor, not one of them.”

The old man nodded, as if recalling his old past, and said to the young man, "Do you know why I am called Sun Qimiao?"

Before Zhao Fujin could answer, the old man continued: "I'm asking nonsense, how would you know, because ah, I was abandoned when I was young, and I don't know my name, I just remember that my surname seems to be Sun, so I said The surname is Sun, and the person who picked me up saw me at the fork in front of the temple, so he simply named me Sun Qimiao. When I was young, my biggest dream was to go out, but I didn’t rely on studying.”

Zhao Fujin ate the meat with big mouthfuls. He felt that he had never eaten so much meat in these years. Maybe the parents and wife in the family who ate the meat in these few meals would not be able to eat it for a year, so he ate harder and helped translate It’s okay to help with errands and eat something. If you eat less, it means you’re at a loss, and you can study better when you’re full.

The old man said from the side: "Then aside from changing your destiny? You can change your destiny even if you are not the champion, but why do you insist on taking the first place?"

The young man scratched his head in embarrassment, "Because the wife of the champion can get an imperial order. I want to help my wife to win an imperial order. It would be great if I can be named a county king or something."

"What is the mandate?" The old man obviously didn't know what the mandate was, and he hadn't heard of it in these years.

The young man was not very clear about it, but he explained it as simply as possible, "The emperor appoints officials, and bestows honorary titles and some high-grade clothes on the family members of the officials."

"Oh, I see, you kid is also kind and righteous."

In the dilapidated small inn, the fat old man and the plain-looking young man sat opposite each other and ate meat. The young man sighed and said, "What do I call being affectionate and righteous? My wife is the one who is affectionate and righteous. She came to Beijing for me." My wife pawned her dowry, and even sold the sheets on my bed for me to take the exam. I didn’t know that I brought all the food at home, what would they eat at home.”

The old man stopped talking, and the young man said to the old man after eating and drinking, "I'm full and I'm going to study. Your relatives from the shopkeeper have gone back? Are you still leaving?"

"It's already confirmed. I'll leave in a few days." The old man drank his wine without looking back. The young man standing on the threshold said goodbye and was about to leave for Dongxu. The old man asked curiously, "Aren't you Is there a little donkey? Why do you have to walk? Do you feel ashamed to ride?"

Zhao Fujin smiled bitterly, "You are joking, shopkeeper. Look at what I am wearing. Do I still care about this face? I am saving money. The little donkey will be put in the stable when it rides to Dongxu. There is a fee, where do I have any spare money?"

The old man turned his head and smiled and said, "Let me give you some. You take the exam well, and if you get the number one scholar, you can help your wife win a royal order. I have a number one scholar at Wenlai Inn, and he is worthy of the word Wenlai on the plaque." , isn't this the inn where Wenquxing rests here?"

"The shopkeeper was joking. I'm pretty good. Walking more can be regarded as physical exercise, and I can also take a good look at the scenery of the capital. I can kill two birds with one stone. By the way, I can kill three birds with one stone." The young man waved his hand and set off up.

Today, Zhao Fujin met the young man who would not answer Lin Jingxun when others called him, but responded to Lin Xianyu when others called him. The young man was also reading, but Zhao Fujin didn't bother him when he was helping with the reading, otherwise the chat would be in vain time consuming.

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A group of people from Yun Musheng who came out of Yangxiahou's mansion headed west. On the way, everyone was full of righteous indignation and condemned that Yangxiahou's family was too muddy to support the wall.

Han Difu frowned and said: "It's not that the mud can't support the wall, after all, it's nothing but rotten tree roots, and the mud can be used after drying, but the rotten tree roots are really useless. "

"Hahaha, Dizi, your metaphor is good."

Several people burst into laughter, but Han Di's Mansion did not laugh, but sighed and said: "Do you still remember how their family educated their offspring?"

Li Yu shook his head and said: "Of course I remember this. Yang Xiahou said that the children in the Marquis Mansion don't practice martial arts. Practicing martial arts will easily damage their clothes and shoes, and the children who practice martial arts eat too much. No Willing to pay for it."

Li Qiyuan on the side said: "Yes, and I also look down on Wen. The children's knowledge and culture are taught by the old people in the family who are familiar with poetry and books. The goal is to be able to recognize their own names and some simple characters. If you don't practice martial arts, you still believe in it." In this world, fists are respected, and literati always depend on warriors to live."

Han Difu smiled bitterly: "That's it. Under such an environment, how can you expect them to be bricks instead of mud? It's like putting all of us in that environment when we were young. We It will be like that when I grow up."

"How is that possible?" Li Yu was the first to object.

Han Difu looked up and said: "Your objection is invalid, this is the fact, you can't talk because your father is like this, you look at Zhao Hongda again, although he is also trash, but his father is scheming, so Zhao Hongda You can only joke around with things you don’t know and don’t jump to conclusions.”

Li Yu suddenly opened his mouth and was speechless. He really had nothing to say. He didn't expect to be humiliated by a casual sentence, and even added his own father in it to humiliate him. Zhao Hongda looked at him for no reason. Han Difu said: "If you scold Dizi, scold him, what are you doing with me? What's wrong with me? Why is it trash?"

Han Difu explained: "It is used as a metaphor for comparison."

"You can do the comparison. You can't catch me for the comparison, right? Who can you catch? Li Yu can't speak but brains. What do you call me with this kind of person?" Zhao Hongda frowned. As soon as Li Yu finished speaking, he rushed over.

Seeing the two wrestling together, Han Di's mansion ignored him, and said to Yun Musheng, "Do you like that Yangxiahou's mansion very much?"

The young man in white walked slowly, nodded and said: "It's really good, our Shuiyuntian is really too small, there are only four rooms, it's not small, to be precise, there are too few buildings, if we add buildings, The yard will be crowded again, so I have to find a new residence.”

Xiao Mishu and others in Han Di's Mansion nodded, and Yun Musheng continued: "Look at all of you, only Di Zi lives there, and the others have no place to live. There are too many people, and there is no place to stand after going.”

"That's true. According to ordinary people, the yard is enough. Even if one or two buildings are added, it won't be crowded. But for a local tyrant like you, it's too small to show the grandeur of your family. " Li Yu, who was dressed in pink, interjected from the side.

Han Di's Mansion looked at Li Qiyuan who was walking on the far side with a happy face and asked curiously: "Mr. Li, what kind of building are you going to help their family prepare? There is also a big lake, which occupies a relatively large area. You Have any good ideas?"

Li Qiyuan saw that everyone was looking at him, so he said: "There is no suitable method yet, but no matter how you say it, you won't lose money. First, the house should be in a slightly remote place, so the land price is much cheaper. They are all new, and they don’t have any other requirements. The wood doesn’t need to be good, but new ones are fine, and the walls have to be repaired.”

"Do you have any good solutions for this lake? Is there any small lake in this capital? It doesn't matter if it's a little smaller, as long as they can make do with it, it's better to just give money." Yun Musheng looked at Li Qiyuan and said .

"Wouldn't it be nice to dig one manually when there is no suitable lake?" Li Yu interrupted again, but no one said anything to him this time, because if there is no suitable yard with a small lake, digging it manually is the best. There is a solution.

But Li Qiyuan suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Yes."

"What way?" Yun Musheng had a thorough understanding of this kid, and he was really shrewd. During the time he was in Yangxiahou Mansion today, he belittled the value of Yangxiahou Mansion from the front and side to lower the price.

Li Qiyuan pointed to the Chunhua Pond on the side of Zhanghua Road, smiled strangely and said in a low voice: "This lake, it would be better if we let them have this lake."