I want to do research even if I have no money

At this moment, Shili Pavilion on the outskirts of the capital.

A simple carriage crawled unsteadily on the road, and countless carriages galloped past it, rolling in waves of flying dust.The boy driving the cart waved his whip desperately, spitting out the dust he ate in his mouth.

The young man driving the carriage was named Luo Wu, a servant of Situ's family, and the person sitting in the carriage was Situ Meng who was supposed to appear in the palace.

Luo Wu said: "Master, are we really going to Ningshan County? I heard that the place is very remote, no one lives there, and the journey is far away. The money given by the old master is not enough... If there is a train, it will be fine. But now we are riding in a carriage! This horse is very old at first glance, and I am afraid that it will..."

Luo Wu himself is not a person who seeks pleasure, but is just worried that Situ will be wronged. His young master deserves the best things in the world.Both his parents were servants who grew up with the old lady, and he was the same. Since he was able to walk and run, he followed the young master. The young master treated him very well, just like the old lady, and never regarded them as servants. It is to treat him as a childhood sweetheart's playmate and an elder brother.

Situ Meng is the only son. Although there are cousins ​​in Situ's mansion, they can't play together because of their differences.

"Second Aunt's entanglement passed through the hands of the second aunt, and there are still so many left. She has shown mercy!" Situ Meng held an unsharpened knife in his hand, and was fighting with a piece of iron that was bigger than his head. , "The boat is naturally straight when it reaches the bridge. Brother, it's useless to think about it now... By the way, it's windy outside, why don't you take a quilt and wrap it up, so as not to wait until the injury on your leg recurs gone."

As he said, he put down the things he was working on, took out a quilt from the wooden box, and pushed it out through the crack of the door.As soon as the door was opened, Situ Meng was blown by the overwhelming cold wind and doubted his life, and the movements of pushing the quilt with his hands became more and more agile.

Luo Wu looked at the closed carriage door and the quilt stuffed into his arms involuntarily, sighed, and said helplessly: "Master, I have said it many times, I am just a servant, how can you treat me like that? What about brothers? If someone hears it, they will definitely gossip about you again."

"Those people who have seen and forgotten, what did they say and do? Could it be that a few gossips can make me omnipotent, or be thrown into the [-]th hell and never be reborn?" Situ Meng Picking up his gadget again, he continued what he hadn't done just now, "It's like you often call me 'Master', and I didn't stop you, did I? Then I like to call you 'Brother', and you take it as Your nickname, what I’m calling is your nickname, isn’t that enough?”

Luo Wu has never been able to say anything about him. Regarding this address, it was the young master who suddenly called him that after the death of the master and wife a year ago. Brother, brother...should it mean the same thing as "brother"?The dearest people in the world have passed away one after another, the young master must be very lonely, very lonely, right?Maybe the young master really wants to have a relative to replace his deceased parents...

While Luo Wu was thinking and grieving alone outside, Situ Meng was tinkering with small parts in the small compartment.

He didn't care that his cousin had taken the position of accompanying student; but what the second aunt, grandmother, and second uncle did to snatch this position, those low-handed methods were really disgusting.The hateful thing is that his body is too young now, he can't even protect himself, let alone snatch back what belongs to him.

"Parent's tomb is in Ningshan County? Why not in Situ's ancestral hall?" Situ Meng's voice came out from the crack of the door. He seemed to be wrapped in a quilt, and his voice sounded muffled.

When Luo Wu was young, his leg was injured, and he fell into the icy river with the injury, which left him with after-effects. Every time the seasons changed or the weather was cold, he would have attacks, and the pain would make him unable to straighten his legs.But his wife was very kind to him. His parents passed away early, and his wife treated him like his own mother. She would sew a pair of knee pads for him in autumn and winter. Later, the young master grew up and mastered the fire mechanism without a teacher. Knee pads are added with two small burners and hand warmers.

Now that pair of knee pads can no longer be used, it is rare for the young master to think of him and give him a quilt.

Thinking of the deceased master and wife, Luo Wu was a little sad, "Originally, I wanted to enter the ancestral hall, but the big house didn't want it. The third master came back at that time, and he wanted to uphold justice for the master and his wife. At that time, there was a lot of trouble. Yes, but then it disappeared for some reason...Young master, you were suffering from a high fever and lay in a coma for three days, so naturally you didn't know about it. After you woke up, the location of the burial of the master and wife has been set in Ningshan County , I can’t change it anymore, so I didn’t dare to mention it again, for fear that you would be too sad.”

Situ Meng nodded and said nothing.He is a "foreigner" born into this world. He was an orphan in the modern world he lived in. However, the aunt's family who raised him treated him very well. Because of the protection of his aunt and uncle's family, he was able to grow up healthily and smoothly.

Afterwards, he went to study in other places, and every year the scholarship was sent back to his uncle and aunt, and then he worked part-time to save living expenses. Others might think he was a bit pitiful, but in his opinion, he was already very lucky.

In this life, although he was born into this world, he had no memory of his previous life before the age of 14. Later, his parents in this world passed away in a hurry, and he fell into a coma for three days and nights with a high fever. After entering his mind, he realized that he did not belong to this world.

This place is very different from the modern world he originally lived in. Although it is also ancient, it is not necessarily the ancient time of the previous modern time. It is more like going to another world, another time and space, rather than simply going back in time.

This world has a unique "fire mechanism", which is a bit like the industrial revolution era in the previous world, but it is different in many ways.In the previous world, he was a third-year student preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination, majoring in mechanical design, and he would choose this direction for the postgraduate entrance examination in the future.When he came to this world, the mechanical design he had learned before had many similarities with the fire mechanism technique, but the energy used was different.

Situ Meng used the discarded resources collected by the cleaners to create a power system, which is called "motor" in modern times and "core of fire mechanism" in today's world.After finishing the inner core and using the inner core as the power system, it is much faster than this old horse-drawn cart.

He embedded the finished inner core in the chassis of the carriage, and connected it to the wooden wheel with a bracket, and asked Luo Wu to try to untie the old horse pulling the carriage. The carriage traveled a short distance under Situ Meng's control, except that the direction was a bit difficult to grasp. , and the rest are fine.

Luo Wu pulled the horse and stood aside. Seeing that Situ Meng could actually make a fire mechanism carriage, he couldn't help being surprised. They had never touched a fire mechanism carriage before. The master and the others used to sit on the fire mechanism provided by the imperial court. The carriage is also used for going out, because the master said that since there is a carriage, there is no need to get an extra carriage with a fire mechanism.But after the old man and his wife passed away, the carriage was also stolen by the big house and the others. The old man knew that the young master was bullied by the big room and the others, but he remained indifferent.

There was still some distance to the next post station, Situ Meng asked Luo Wu to re-tie the old horse that pulled the cart, and walked forward slowly.

Fortunately, they arrived at the post station before sunset that day. They used the old horses that pulled the cart to change some ignition engine oil, and rested at the post station for one night. When they set off the next day, Situ Meng directly replaced the ignition mechanism core and bracket. The carriage has instantly improved to a new level. Although it still looks worn out, at least it can move.

Luo Wu had never driven a chariot with a fire mechanism before, but he had a very high level of comprehension, and Situ Meng learned it with just a few demonstrations.Situ Meng nodded in relief, got into the carriage again, and came out again, already holding a small hand warmer in his hand.He stuffed the hand warmer to Luo Wu, and got back into the carriage to sleep.Luo Wu didn't dare to disturb his sleep, so he had to put the hand warmer on his knees, and the heat from the hand warmer quickly drove away the bitter cold air.

Thanks to Situ Meng's hard work, the originally long journey was shortened to just eight days. Even the oil for the ignition engine seemed to be calculated, and it was exhausted as soon as it arrived in Ningshan County.

The post station in Ningshan County is also very old. Situ Meng's dilapidated carriage is parked at the entrance of the post station, and the style of painting is so harmonious that it seems to be a complete set.

Luo Wu exchanged what little money he had left for a horse, and the carriage returned to its original function.The cold in the south is even more terrifying than in the north. Even if there is no wind, the cold air is pervasive. Situ Meng and Luo Wu, two northerners, shivered in the south. They only regret that there are too few tools to make more hand warmers.

Luo Wu's lips trembled when he spoke: "Young master, what should we do now? Ningshan County is so big, and we don't know where the master and wife are buried... Ahh!"

Situ Meng was also shivering from the cold, and always felt that the quilt that wrapped him was wet, but he felt very cold without the quilt.He opened the curtain in the carriage, and saw an old farmer coming towards them carrying a load not far away, "There is an old man over there, let's ask him about the villa!"

He was kicked out by the people of Dafang, and he was asked to go to Ningshan County, which is far away from the capital, to observe filial piety for his parents who had passed away for a full year, and he did not say where the graves of the two were in Ningshan County.Fortunately, since he was a child, his mother often told him about his grandfather. His grandfather had a villa in Ningshan County. According to his mother, everyone lived and worked in peace and harmony in this villa. Everyone respected and loved the owner. The scenery is also extremely beautiful... I don't know what happened to the villa now that my grandfather passed away for so many years?

Luo Wu also saw the old farmer walking in front, stopped the carriage, jumped out of the carriage, and helped Situ Meng get out of the carriage door.Seeing Situ Meng standing still, Luo Wu said, "Old man, please excuse me, my young master and I have just arrived here, may I ask if there are any scenic spots here?"

"It turned out to be tourists! There is nothing interesting here. There is only one Baihe Peak. Have you heard of Baihe Peak? There is a White Crane Temple there, which is still very famous. Many dignitaries will go to the White Crane Temple to pray and stay for a while. Day, but counting, the White Crane Peak is closer to Yangzhou, and only a small part is located in Ningshan County... By the way, according to your accent, are you from the north? Are you from the capital?"

"Can you hear that too? Grandpa, you are really amazing!"

"Well, although this small place is under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou, it is not in the Yangzhou mansion. A few people and a few pigs can be recognized. Occasionally, some pass by from Yangzhou or other places, most of them are from the Jiangnan side, and the official language is not as good as you say."

Luo Wu subconsciously frowned again, and asked: "According to what you said, isn't it inconvenient to live in this place?"

"That's not true," said the old man. "Although there are only a few farmers living here, there is a Baihe Peak here. It goes all the way to the gate of Yangzhou Mansion. Those of us old people who live nearby, if we usually want to buy something, or trade some crops, we will take this official railway. The railway starts every five days, which is quite good. convenient."

"You mentioned the White Crane Temple and the Villa just now? I know the White Crane Temple, but where is the Villa?" Situ Meng asked thoughtfully after listening to his words.

The old man said: "It seems to be called 'Chengning Villa'? Well, I haven't read the book, those words and words, they have always recognized me, I don't know them, I just heard people call it that, it should be Is it called this? The villa is considered the southernmost place in our area, like an island, but a small half of the land is connected to our side, surrounded by half a circle of mountains outside, and beyond the mountains is the sea... The villa It's really big, it's almost as big as our county, when I was young I would often go to the villa to do some odd jobs, the manor at that time was really beautiful!"

"In the early years, the owner of the villa was still there, and he often opened it up for us farmers to escape the summer heat. Later, the owner of the villa went away, and the manor was left uninhabited, and it has been abandoned until now... Hey——a good summer resort, but now weeds They have grown to the height of half a person, that's not counted, and some people say..."

"What are you talking about?" Situ Meng hates people half-speaking, and what is the purpose of keeping the half in his stomach?Can you keep warm when you are cold or satisfy your hunger when you are hungry? !

Fortunately, the old man was quite conscientious and didn't let them linger for too long, "I also heard from others. After all, the location of the villa itself is very remote. After the old owner of the manor left, I didn't go in again... Listen Some children who often went to play nearby said to the peasants living nearby that the villa is haunted by ghosts!"