Chapter 42

With the departure from Beijing in early summer, the capital returned to a brief calm. Until a large number of students arrived, the hot topic in the capital finally turned from the little Marquis who was famous in the capital to the Chunwei scientific examination.

Bingwen booked four rooms at Shuangsheng Inn in the capital early in the summer.

Now it is only February, but there is no empty inn in the capital. Let alone going to the house, there are firewood houses, horse pens, houses and temples. Now they are overcrowded. It is even more difficult to find a place to live in such a big Chang'an city.

At first, Bingwen believed that people who could win the favor of early summer should at least have a little talent and fame, not to mention being well-known. But who ever thought that except that Xie Jiming had participated in the spring palace twice and had a reputation for bad temper, the remaining three were in danger and unknown, which was very difficult to find.

Bingwen now promoted an intelligent young fellow in the yard to a schoolboy and named sang Yi. Early this morning, I took sang Yi to Tongfu Inn and planned to meet Ji Ming for a while.

Xie Jiming lives in a general store in Tongfu inn. Bingwen inquired about it early in the morning. Now he has had morning tea with the candidates who live with Xie Jiming on the same table and chatted all over the world.

Seeing his extraordinary conversation and generous spending, these students couldn't help chatting up one after another. Bingwen kept Xie Jiming in mind and glanced at the position of the Tongpu from time to time.

After half an hour, before Xie Jiming came out, Bingwen asked the examinee who lived with him, "are all the people in your Tongpu here?"

Everyone replied, "yes."

She frowned at the words.

At this time, I heard a boy suddenly say, "it seems that there is another one called Xie or something."

The crowd knew again: "that man is not very sociable. I heard that he has failed the exam twice. Every morning, he buys a Wotou in the back kitchen and goes back to his room to read. He doesn't go out all day."

Bingwen basks in the sun. No wonder he has a reputation for bad temper. Seeing that it was impossible to meet by chance, he raised his hand and bowed to the candidates to bid farewell and walked towards the Tongpu.

Xie Jiming's room is very remote. Bingwen asked several waiter's questions before he saw the shop where he lives near the horse circle.

When the door was opened, the room was dark and damp, and the furnishings were very simple. In the small space, there are six narrow single beds, two cabinets and a small table against the window. Xie Jiming sat on the ground next to the small table and looked through the books in the light. He was not surprised when he saw Bingwen coming in. He said calmly, "did someone come to be a lobbyist today?"

This time it was Bingwen's turn to be surprised.

"Excuse me, but Mr. Xie Jiming?"

"Aren't you sent by your highness four?"

"No, I'm just entrusted by others. Come and see if Mr. Xie needs any help."

Bingwen couldn't help but be surprised. What kind of talents even the four Highnesses sent people to condescend and win over.

"No, please go back."

Jie Jiming's face was calm and his tone was indifferent.

Bingwen's hand was frozen there and the corners of his mouth smoked. Xie Jiming is really not polite at all.

"Don't get me wrong, Mr. Xie. I don't need you to do anything for me. I just cherish my talent. Looking at the bad environment, I might as well let me..."

Bingwen was interrupted by Xie Jiming before his voice fell.

"I'm not interested in who sent you. I won't do it if you need it or not. It's very good here. Please stay away from me."

Xie Jiming made a gesture of seeing off the guests.

Bingwen can't help helping his forehead when he meets such a prick. He took out a letter from his arms, which was left to him at the beginning of summer on the night of parting. He said that in case he didn't know Ji Ming, he would give this letter to him for a try.

Take the first two steps and present the letter with both hands.

"Then please let Mr. Xie finish reading this letter and I'll leave, so that I can explain to the person I entrusted."

Xie Jiming opened the letter with some boredom and read it.

Bing Wen stood uneasily aside. He didn't know what was written in this letter. Therefore, he has been observing Xie Jiming's expression.

Seeing him from frowning and double locking to smiling, his cheeks and ears were covered with layers of blush, and the whole person suddenly glowed.

After reading the letter, Xie Jiming carefully put it away. He stood up from the ground and saluted Bingwen. He admired Bingwen and asked respectfully, "I don't know who wrote this letter?"

Bingwen's mouth twitched, thinking that he didn't care who sent it just now. On the surface, there was a gentle way: "Mr. Xie, after reading this letter, you have to give it back to me for destruction."

Bingwen didn't know what was written in the letter, but he knew it was written by himself in front of him at the beginning of summer. He was afraid that in case the content on it fell into the mouth, it would be bad for the beginning of summer.

Hearing the speech, Xie Jiming quickly covered his chest and asked, "this calligraphy is natural and unrestrained, unique and exquisite. Why destroy it? Since you gave it to me, it's mine."

Bingwen couldn't help holding his forehead. After a while, he said, "if you keep it properly, promise not to be seen by others, you can also collect it temporarily."

"That's nature."

Jie Jiming nodded in agreement.

"In that case, Mr. Xie will change places with me."

"You haven't told me who wrote this letter." Jie Jiming asked stubbornly.

"Mr. Xie, my friend really doesn't want anything from you. I just appreciate your talent and knowledge. I wish you a little more comfortable during your scientific research in Beijing."

"I don't need these. I just want to see him." Xie Jiming shook his head.

Bingwen can now be regarded as the hottest childe in the capital. He has never been treated in such a cold shoulder. He took a swipe from the corner of his mouth and said to him patiently, "my friend, he is no longer in the capital now. That's why he entrusted me to take care of Mr. Wang. I will recommend him to you when he returns to Beijing."

"Seriously?"

Xie Jiming is still struggling.

"Nature."

"When will he be back?"

"Maybe you can see it after releasing the list."

Bingwen thought that if he could delay for a while, he would delay for a while first.

"Just a change of residence. I have no other requirements?"

"No." Bingwen grinds his teeth in his heart.

"Then go with you."

Xie Jiming simply packed up a few clothes and went out with Bingwen.

On the way to Shuangsheng Inn, Bingwen asked Jie Jiming curiously, "I don't know if it's convenient for me to know the content of this letter."

As soon as he mentioned the content of the letter, Xie Jiming's cheek showed a touch of excitement. He was about to speak. After thinking about it, he turned his eyes and said, "you don't understand."

Sang, who was behind him, burst out laughing, quickly held back, lowered his head and followed him.

Bingwen was so angry that he didn't want to say a word to Xie Jiming. He took him to the room of Shuangsheng Inn and said goodbye in a hurry.