Chapter 396

The capital of Dazhou is far away from Lingnan and has been sailing for more than 20 days. But after winter, the capital is very cold and the river is frozen, so we can't take a boat.

It took about one and a half months to take a carriage, but they saved half of the time by speeding up. But song Xintong and his wife were warm, so they had to go earlier, so they couldn't wait until the new year. If something happened on the way, they would miss the meeting test in early February next year.

Therefore, all the Juzi in all parts of the world are on their way after they say goodbye to their relatives in autumn. When it's almost winter in the capital, they can settle down to read books, get used to the cold weather in the capital, and meet the examination in the best condition.

Of course, the luckiest state capital is closer to the capital. It's not necessary to rush. It's the happiest time after the new year.

On this trip, Daya followed song Xintong. The twins were escorted back to Lingnan by Jiang's boat. There were poplar trees there. Song Xintong was also relieved.

They drove two carriages on their way. Along the way, they met a lot of Ju Zi people from other states and counties who were on their way to the capital. They all gathered into a team and went on their way slowly.

On the way, we exchanged the local conditions and customs of different places and talked about the interesting stories of different places. It was not boring and interesting all the way.

"Brother Lu, I heard that there are rivers in Lingnan. Why don't you go by boat? It's not only fast, but also not hard." Ju Zi asked.

"Seasick." Lu Yunkai said casually: "the carriage is on its way. Seeing the local conditions and customs of different places is helpful to the scientific research."

"Brother Lu said so."

When it's time to eat, song Xintong stops to cook. As before, they go out with pots and pans, rice noodles and meat. They don't have to worry about starvation when they don't meet the village market, and they don't have to drink cold water to eat dry cakes.

Juzi, who was next to him, had no such foresight. He only brought silver or pancakes bought in the last market. Looking at Lu Yunkai, they were so well prepared that they came forward one after another and said, "brother Lu, sister-in-law, you are so well prepared. Can we get together?"

"We don't eat for nothing. We collect firewood and water, and we also give money." They smell the delicious pork stewed noodles, and then look at the cold and dry cakes in their hands. They really can't eat any more.

These ten or so Ju Zi and Lu Yunkai can be said to have good character and personality. Otherwise, they would not be able to go together, and those who can't speak would have left early with other people.

"Yes." Song Xintong should go down. After all, everyone is away from home. It's fate to meet each other. In addition, she also wants to attract more future colleagues for Yunkai. As an official in the court, she always needs help.

What's more, two of them are still in the top of the other states. They are not low in literary talent and knowledge. In the future, they are also in the top two.

Song Xintong thought far away, naturally should also be under: "after that, the matter of collecting firewood and fetching water will trouble you."

"No trouble, no trouble."

Along the way, they kept supplying and looking for accommodation. Sometimes they lived in villages, sometimes they lived in inns, sometimes they lived in forest temples, but they were not afraid of too many people.

Finally, on the first day of winter, they arrived in the capital.

It took nearly 40 days, spent a little money, but had a wonderful life. All the way down, everyone was not thin, on the contrary, they were ruddy and strengthened.

On the day of arriving in the capital, it has entered a cold winter. The cold wind makes the face ache, and it's accompanied by light rain. I heard the local people say that it's sleet. If it's colder at night, it will snow. Otherwise, the whole capital will be covered with snow. It's not convenient to go out at that time.

Song Xintong is glad to be on the road quickly. If he is still on the road outside, how many people should not be killed? Moreover, the road is frozen, and it's not easy to walk. It's even more difficult to walk.

The city gate stands majestic in front of us. It is more majestic and imposing than the city gates of Lingnan, Jingzhou, Yongzhou and other places we saw along the way. The patrol guards on the city wall are very angry and infiltrate people.

There was a long line at the gate of the city. Most of them were foreign candidates for the exam. After a long time, it was song Xintong's turn to take their carriage. When the carriage stopped, bodyguards in armor asked them why they went to the city.

This is the capital, at the foot of the emperor. The gate is strictly guarded to prevent lawless people from making trouble.

But it's usually just a routine inquiry. If there's no special action, it won't attract attention. Lu Yunkai handed the document to the bodyguard headed by him. "Next, I'm Ju Zi from Lingnan who rushed to the capital to take part in the examination. This is the document." Then he pointed to the carriage where his wife and Daya were, and gave another document: "this is my family member, that is my servant, this is the document."

The bodyguard took a look at it and found that the number of candidates for the examination in the capital was not enough. They had to check them one by one. After checking, they were released.

"Thank you very much." Lu Yunkai takes the document and hands it to song Xintong to put it away. He continues to drive the carriage to the capital.

It's still a long way from the city gate to the downtown area. Along the driveway, you can see the houses scattered. This is the outer city, where most of the common people live.

It's cheap to live outside, but it's not convenient. You can't get all kinds of information in the city. So as long as the economy allows, you will choose to live in the inner city. The inner city is the most prosperous. There are not many high-ranking officials and rich merchants, and there are many shops next to each other.

"Brother Lu, where do you live?" Other Ju Zi asked: "we are going to find a cheap inn together. If we are lucky, we can find a cheap courtyard together, or we can study quietly.

It's still winter. There are still three months to go until the eighth day of February. You can recite your endorsement well.

Long before he left Lingnan, Jiang Mingzhao helped them buy a small courtyard, which had already been cleaned up, so they could move in.

Lu Yunkai refused: "a friend who lives in Beijing should go to his home to borrow this time."

"Farewell, then." "When we have settled down, we will go to find brother Lu to attend the poetry meeting," he said

"Good." Lu Yun said an address, let them go there to find him.

After a while in the inner city, I found the small courtyard that Jiang Mingzhao had bought for them. The courtyard is not big, not as big as Lingnan's, but it's not far from the downtown. It's convenient, but it's quiet in the middle of the trouble. It's very good.

It's not song Xintong. They can't afford money to buy a big house. They just think it's not good to buy a big house all of a sudden when they're new here. Such a small yard won't make eyes.

"Mother, are you here?" Hiding in the thick cotton padded clothes, wennuan looked around at the yard and asked.

"Here we are. We'll live here for a long time." Song Xintong pulled the hat to Nuan Nuan. The edge of the hat was sewn with rabbit hair. It was white velvet. The warm little face was beautiful.

Nuan Nuan asked, "don't hurry?"

"No, I'm home at last." Song Xintong in the warm cheek kiss, "well, to play in the house, mother to clean up the house."