Chapter 61 Arrival in Beijing
Time flies. In a blink of an eye, Ji Zheng has been away for almost three months. He has been walking on official roads all the way, so he hasn't encountered any problems since he set out.
As the saying goes, there is always a teacher among three people. Ji Zheng and Lu Qin were traveling together. Both of them were highly knowledgeable. During the three months, Ji Zheng benefited a lot and learned a lot of knowledge. Now the poems he writes are barely acceptable.
Of course the main reason was that there was not much entertainment. Lu Qin and Lu Yan spent almost every moment of their day studying, so Ji Zheng had no choice but to fit in.
Lu Yan is especially bad, he always has a book in his hand. The word "nerd" is the most appropriate word to describe Lu Yan.
Of course, sometimes when people get tired of studying, they will relax a little. The way to relax is to travel and play in the mountains and rivers, and then improvise a couple of poems.
Ji Zheng couldn't do it, so he usually played things like the Nine Rings Puzzle or the ancient version of the Rubik's Cube.
However, Ji Zheng is still very interested in this world, because the capital is in the north, so the counties and cities are more prosperous and the people's living standards are higher as they go north.
There were many strange cultures, buildings, and gadgets that he had never seen before.
"Brother Ji is out mailing a letter again?"
Lu Yan looked at Ji Zheng who was walking out with the envelope and greeted him as if it was nothing special.
"Yeah." Ji Zheng nodded with a smile.
Whenever he arrived at a county or town where letters could be sent, he would send a letter to Ji He'an, and most of the letters contained what he saw and heard on the road and some words of missing him.
Looking at Ji Zheng's disappearing back, Lu Yan's face showed some sadness and envy.
During this month, he realized how much Ji Zheng loved his husband. Except when he was studying, he would think of his husband no matter what he was doing.
When he sees a beautiful scenery, he would say that He An would definitely like such a beautiful scenery.
When I see something delicious, I will say that I must bring He An to have a look when I have time.
If he sees something interesting, as long as it can be sent, he will spend money to buy it and send it back.
At night when the moon was particularly round, he would always stare at it in a daze. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell what he was thinking.
Occasionally, when the three of them went to the town to drink and relax, Ji Zheng would pull him aside and cry about how much he missed his husband as soon as he got drunk.
She praised her husband for being so good, so cute, and so handsome that she cried so much that all her tears and snot were on Lu Yan.
Lu Yan was helpless, but the three of them were friends, so he could only bear it.
As for Lu Qin, he was the same as Ji Zheng. Although he didn't cry, he would always pull him to recite some sour and sentimental poems.
It is simply a mental torture and a physical torture.
But if you think about it carefully, the relationship between Ji Zheng and his husband is actually the love he is pursuing. He hopes that in the future he can also find someone who is willing to be with him until the end of his life and accompany him for the rest of his life.
Thinking of this, Lu Yan sighed. He would be an adult in another year, but he still hadn't found the person he wanted.
I finally found someone who meets my expectations in every way, but he/she is already married and they have a good relationship.
But it was useless to think too much about it now, as the most important thing at the moment was the scientific examination. After calming himself down, Lu Yan took his books and went downstairs to prepare for breakfast.
As soon as Ji Zheng arrived at the post station where he was sending the letter, he saw Lu Qin coming out.
"When did you come?" Ji Zheng asked, "Why didn't you ask me to come along?"
Both Lu Yan and Lu Qin would send letters home, but Lu Yan had only sent one letter in more than three months, while Lu Qin sent letters almost as frequently as Ji Zheng.
Just when Ji Zheng was lamenting that he could not realize that Lu Qin was so homesick, he saw by chance that the letter Lu Qin sent was not sent to his family at all, but to Li Wencheng.
"I knocked on the door, but you ignored me." Lu Qin replied indifferently.
He was not lying to Ji Zheng, he really knocked on the door, but Ji Zheng was still asleep at that time.
"Okay, wait for me and go back together." Ji Zheng threw down a sentence and walked towards the gate of the post station.
After sending the letter, the two walked towards the restaurant.
Ji Zheng asked: "We should be there in another month, right?"
Ji Zheng was very anxious, not because he was too tired from the journey, but because he wanted to settle down quickly so that he could tell Ji Hean his address and let Ji Hean write to him.
"Almost." Lu Qin replied.
It was still early and the temperature was not high, so Ji Zheng quickened his pace and walked back to the restaurant.
Lu Yan had finished his meal and went out to buy dry food for the journey. Ji Zheng and Lu Qin also ate a little and then returned to their room to pack up and get ready to leave.
Behind the restaurant, the waiter was feeding their horses.
After a while, Lu Yan came back and the three of them got on the carriage and set off.
At first there was a servant driving the carriage, but later the servant fell ill during the journey. Lu Qin gave the servant some money and let him go home.
After that, the three of them took turns driving the carriage. But it was also a good thing this way, at least with one less person in the carriage, the space was much larger, and the person driving the carriage could relax his eyes.
And the other side.
Li Wencheng's shop opened two months ago, and business has been even more popular than expected. Even people from neighboring counties come here specifically to buy.
However, due to the shortage of bakery kilns and the long time it takes to make a loaf of bread, the quantity of bread is limited.
And because of this reason, it inadvertently created a hunger marketing effect, making this bread even more popular.
Many people start queuing at the door early in the morning every day.
When the business opened, the county magistrate presented a plaque to the shop. Therefore, even though Li Wencheng's pastry shop was very popular, other business owners in the same business did not dare to have any bad intentions.
Of course, part of the reason is that the things Li Wencheng sells are expensive and in limited quantities, so some people who can't afford them will still buy the cakes.
Business was so booming that Li Wencheng was exhausted. However, every time he counted his money at night, he felt that all his fatigue was gone because he had made so much money.
Of course, Li Wencheng is not the only one who is tired. Ji Hean and Ji Zhongzi who also help out in the store are also tired every day. But although they are tired, they feel fulfilled.
And when you are busy, you won't think too much, so in order to get rid of the longing for Ji Zheng in her heart, Ji Hean always keeps herself busy.
Just after closing the shop in the evening, someone delivered a letter.
The person who delivered the letter was a young man. Because he delivered letters to Ji and An frequently, the two of them were able to chat with each other slowly.
"Your Alang has written to you again." The postman handed the letter in his hand to Ji Hean with a smile.
As soon as he saw Xin Ji and An, his eyes lit up, "Thank you."
After hurriedly saying thank you and chatting with the messenger for a few minutes, Ji Hean couldn't wait to go home and open the letter.
The letter begins with a word "baby" and "safe".
The three pieces of letter paper were filled with writing. Except for one sheet which recorded some of Ji Zheng's experiences on the road, the other two sheets were about how much he missed Ji He'an.
The words were very explicit, straightforward and sticky.
Every time Ji Hean saw this, his heart would beat faster, and he would feel shy and happy at the same time.
Ji Zheng sent a total of six letters in three months. Each letter was addressed to "My dear He An" and often had some cute objects representing love and longing drawn on the side.
Because of this special envelope, Ji Hean became famous in the county post station. Almost everyone in the post station knew that he had a man named A Lang who cared about him very much.
After reading it over and over again, Ji Hean carefully placed the letter in the box he had bought specially. Of course, he also took out the previous letter and read it several times.
The seed of longing quickly sprouted in the hearts of the two people and grew into a towering tree.
Every time Ji Zhongzi saw Ji Hean receiving Ji Zheng's letter, he felt happy and envious.
I am happy that my good friend is living a happy life, but I envy him because he also wants someone to care about him.
Thinking of Zhang Dashu, Ji Zhongzi sighed. His current household registration was registered with the Zhang family. Now Zhang Dashu has been missing for more than three months, and the government has cancelled his household registration.
So he suddenly became the head of the household and was completely free. As long as the three-year mourning period was over, he could marry freely and make his own decisions. It was a pleasant surprise.
Time passed by Ji He'an and his friends every time they were busy, and also by Ji Zheng's every time he missed them. In a blink of an eye, Ji Zheng and his friends arrived in the capital.
The moment he saw the city gate, Ji Zheng was shocked.
The towering city gate brought an oppressive feeling. There was a row of soldiers guarding the gate alone, all of them wearing black armor and holding weapons.
Among them were patrolling soldiers and archers on the city gates.
The city gate was also very busy, with small vendors everywhere, even filling up an entire street.
The gatekeeper checked the travel permits and household registration documents of the people, and then checked their carriage and the box of books they brought with them before letting them in.
Once you enter the city, you'll see a wide and neat cobblestone road with tall buildings on both sides.
There were many pedestrians on the road. Judging from their clothes and appearance, their living standards were quite good, at least several blocks ahead of their poor village.
The three of them chose an inn, asked for three rooms, and planned to rest for a day.
They had to wait until the exam was over and the results were out before they could go home. If they passed the exam, they would have to wait for the assignment of an official position.
So they have to stay in the capital until the beginning of next spring, which means they still have to stay for six or seven months.
Then they had to rent a small courtyard. The prices in the capital were high, and these days were the time when scholars went to the capital to take imperial examinations, so the rent was a little higher than usual.
The three of them rented a binary house, which was located in a remote place, but it was quiet, which was good for them as scholars.
The rent is shared by three people, twenty taels per person.
After renting a house, all that was left was to consider whether to go to college.
Lu Yan had no plans to go, Lu Qin was still considering it, and Ji Zheng decided to go after thinking it over.
There are still many things he doesn't understand, so it would be better to have a teacher to teach him, especially if the teacher is from the capital, wouldn't he learn better?
It's good for him.
Lu Qin finally decided to go, but he didn't go there to study. It was inevitable that he would pass the exam given his knowledge.
The reason he went there was, firstly, to make some friends, and secondly, to find out about the current situation in the court.
Most of the students in the academy here are children of officials. It can be said that apart from the people in the court, no one else knows the situation in the court better than them.
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