I'm taking the imperial examinations in Liaozhai

The examination place of the township examination is in Yuping, and Zhaoyuan County is not close to Yuping, but it is not the farthest county in the province.

With the carriage instead of traveling, the three arrived in Yuping City in less than ten days.

The current emperor's surname is Liu, the country's name is Chu, and the country is divided into 21 provinces, Shanbei Province is one of them.Most of these provinces are divided according to the terrain, and the origin of the name of Shanbei is related to this. Because it is located in the north of Dafeng Mountain, it is called Shanbei.In today's terms, Yuping is the capital city of Shanbei Province.

Compared to Zhaoyuan County, Yuping City is bigger. Ji Zihe, a country boy, has never even been to Zhaoyuan County a few times, let alone Yuping City. He has never been willing to blink since entering the city.A big city is full of prosperity, and there are many rare gadgets that Ji Zihe has never seen before. Ji Zihe feels very novel.

"Look at your prospects, you will go to Jingzhou to take the exam in the future, that's where the mortal emperor lives, aren't you afraid that the emperor will know how you look like a country bumpkin?" Bone laughed.

"I'm still young!" Ji Zihe muttered, lifting the car curtain without turning his head.

Ning Caichen liked his appearance quite a bit. He always felt that his cousin was too precocious, probably because he had no parents since he was a child. He has always been very sensible, and rarely has When you are childish, it hurts to watch.

"Is there anything you like, my cousin will buy it for you?" Ning Caichen asked.

Hearing this, Ji Zihe shook his head, "I don't like anything, cousin doesn't need to spend money."

"There's no need to spend money. Before leaving, grandpa gave me all your money. It hasn't been touched yet. Grandpa said that when the time comes, all the rest you can't use will be mine. " Ning Caichen said.

Ji Zihe glanced at him resentfully, "Why did Grandpa give you my money, I won't spend money recklessly."

Old man Ji has never been stingy with his grandson, nor has he with his grandson. He prepared a package for Ji Zihe and Ning Caichen.Ning Caichen confiscated it, his family did not lack the money, but his grandfather insisted, so Ning Caichen accepted Ji Zihe's share of the money.

Ji Zihe seriously doubted whether his grandfather combined the two packages together, otherwise how could there be so much money, even if there were two Ji Zihes who spent extravagantly, it would be impossible to spend so much money, so how much would be left over.Compared to Ning Caichen, who was never short of money, Ji Zihe, who had always had a clean pocket and face, was so envious that he was about to tear himself apart.

"Because I'm an adult." Ning Caichen's light words made Ji Zihe lose his temper.

His grandfather has always been like this, always saying, children don't need to buy things, and they don't need to socialize, so what pocket money do they need!Even the red envelopes received by relatives when they go out for Chinese New Year have to be handed in. If you say that you are afraid that he will lose it, it will still be spent on him in the future anyway.

Ji Zihe used to secretly save his wife from copying and writing homework for his classmates, but now he only has [-] cents left when he is full of money.It's been so hard to copy books for many years, and I can go back to before liberation, poor, poor.

"Big cousin, where do we live today? I remember that last year we went to the county town ahead of the entrance examination, and the inns in the county town had no rooms, and there was no place to rent a house. Although Yuping City is big, it is lovely. There are too many, and there will be no place to stay." Ji Zihe worried.

"Don't worry, I have plans." Ning Caichen looked confident.

Ji Zihe then put his heart in his stomach and stopped asking.

Ning Caichen parked the carriage in front of a house in the west of the city, got out of the carriage, and went to call the door.Huang Jiulang jumped out of the carriage first, took out a small stool from the carriage and put it under it.

"Actually, I don't need a horse stool." Ji Zihe stepped on the small stool and got off the carriage.

"Little dwarf, you are so short, if you don't use the horse stool, I'm afraid you will break your leg." Bone said quietly.

"No way." Ji Zihe muttered, "I'm still growing, and sooner or later I'll be eight feet taller, definitely taller than you."

"Okay, I'll wait." Bones said, his body lengthened violently, and he conjured up two long legs that were taller than the courtyard wall, looking down on the "short" Ji Zihe.

Ji Zihe: ...

Hold fuck, this is obviously cheating!

Huang Jiulang listened to the conversation of the man and the ghost with a smile on his lips, and put away the horse stool, while Ning Caichen had already called the servants in the house to carry the luggage.

A young woman was talking with Ning Caichen. Ji Zihe didn't know this woman, but from Ning Caichen's appearance, the two were very familiar. Could it be a confidante of his cousin?

Just as he was thinking, he saw Ning Caichen waving at him, and Ji Zihe walked over. Ning Caichen pulled Ji Zihe and introduced to the woman, "This is my cousin Ji Zihe, he also wants to participate This year's country test."

Seeing Ji Zihe, the woman said with a smile, "You are Zihe. I have heard my cousin mention you in letters. You are young and promising, and today you can see a real person."

cousin?Ji Zihe looked at Ning Caichen, it turned out that he was not a confidante.

Ning Caichen didn't know how Ji Zihe arranged him in his mind, and said with a smile, "You can call her sister-in-law, by the way, brother and sister, where is cousin?"

"He, he is in the study now, let's go into the room first, and I will send someone to the study to bring him back." Speaking of Wang Sheng, Chen's face became more sad.

Ji Zihe and the others were welcomed into the house, and met Ning Caichen's aunt and uncle, and Mrs. Chen led them to see the residence.

Along the way, Ji Zihe saw that Mrs. Chen looked at Ning Caichen several times, hesitant to speak, and Ji Zihe couldn't sit still when he got to the place, and told Ning Caichen that he wanted to go out for a stroll.

"I know you can't stay here, so go out and look around. If you see something delicious and fun, just buy whatever you want. You don't have to save me." Ning? Not short of money? Caichen gave Ji Zihe a purse .

Ji Zihe nodded, "Don't worry, I will definitely not save you."

Nonsense, the money in his hands will become his, is it possible that you still want him to return it?

"Xiao Jiu, there are mixed people in this city, you have to take care of your cousin." Ning Caichen asked Huang Jiulang worriedly.

"Yes, Master Biao, Xiao Jiu has remembered." Huang Jiulang nodded.

"Zihe came to Yuping City for the first time, and they are not familiar with the place where they lived. I will ask Alan to take them for a stroll. This girl is familiar with Yuping City the most. She knows where there are delicious and interesting things." Chen Shi called a maid and said.

"That's really great. I'm afraid that these two boys will not be able to find the door if they play like crazy." Ning Caichen said with a smile.

Ji Zihe gave Ning Caichen a blank look in his heart. How could they get lost? At worst, if the bones grow taller, they will be able to find where the door is.

Although they were very unconvinced, Ji Zihe and the others obediently followed Alan out the door.

After Ji Zihe left, the smile on Chen's face faded, revealing a trace of sadness, "Cousin, what do you think I should do!"

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, what's the matter with you, tell me slowly if you have anything to say."

"Oh, it's really a family ugliness that should not be publicized. A few days ago, my husband met a woman and kept her in his study. He didn't go home every day, and only knew how to play with that woman." Chen looked at Ning Caichen a little flustered. He quickly added, "I don't blame him for harboring Jiao in Waijin, it's just that the woman's identity is wrong."

Ning Caichen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he thought that his sister-in-law was going to complain to him about his cousin's flirtatiousness, and how could he care about the affairs between their husband and wife.He wanted to speak up for his cousin, which seemed immoral. If he didn't speak up for his cousin, it would be dishonest. It's really hard to be a good person.

"Siblings, what's wrong with being a woman?"

"I heard from my husband that this girl's family was poor, and she was sold by her parents to a rich family as a concubine. Because the mistress of the family was jealous and couldn't tolerate her, she escaped. If she was a woman from an ordinary family, she would That's all, but if someone else's family has to escape their concubine and someone finds out that the husband is hiding it, it will not only damage the reputation of the husband, but may even cause a lawsuit." Chen said.

Since this woman sold herself as a concubine, her contract of selling herself must still be in the hands of the master.Now that her husband has hid her privately, what if someone finds out and sues him in court?Possessing a fugitive slave is a felony, and it may be punished, and her husband's future will be ruined.

Ning Caichen also thought of the powerful relationship among them, and said solemnly, "Don't worry, brother and sister, I'll go to his study to find him."

Chen Shi was overjoyed, "Then thank you cousin."

Ji Zihe and the others wandered around the city, and Alan, a very competent tour guide, took the two of them around various scenic spots.Rao Ji Zihe didn't stop his claws even if he wanted to be stingy, the money in his pocket flowed into the purse of the street vendor, it was really painful and happy.

"Master Ji, there's someone performing a boulder-breaking show." Alan said, pointing at the crowd of people on the street.

"Go, go over and have a look." Ji Zihe bit the sugar figurine with a look of great interest.

"Little Hezi, be careful!" Gu Gu suddenly called out, and before Ji Zihe could react, a beggar rushed over and knocked him to the ground.

"Master Ji!" Alan exclaimed, and hurried to pull the beggar's clothes, trying to pull him up.Unexpectedly, the beggar looked thin, but he was quite heavy. Alan pulled him hard, but he didn't even respond at all.

"Master, are you okay!" Huang Jiulang hurriedly put down the messy things in his arms, and went to help Alan pull the beggar together.

Before he touched the corner of this man's clothes, the alarm in Huang Jiulang's heart suddenly sounded, his two arms trembled, his face was terrified, his hands trembled and he dared not touch the beggar.Alan saw it and glared at him, thinking that this little book boy is really useless, even a crazy beggar would be afraid of it.

Ji Zihe looked at the sugar man who fell to the ground by his side, with a look of unlovedness, so heavy, he must have suffered internal injuries, why is he so unlucky.

"I told you to be careful, who told you not to look at the road." Bone squatted in front of Ji Zihe and said.

The beggar seemed to be awake, he raised his head with his arms propped up, looked around as if he didn't know where he was, then lowered his head to look at Ji Zihe's face, looked at it for a moment, and there was an evil smile on his face, " Does the beauty love me?"

Ji Zihe:? ? ?

"Wow, is this person taking advantage of you!" His bones exploded immediately, and he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to hit someone.

"What nonsense are you lunatic, get the hell out of here!" Alan pushed the beggar to the side with all his strength, and hurriedly pulled Ji Zihe up.