Time Traveling: The Man and Wife Heads the House

Gu Xihe opened the box, looked at the contents, a thought flashed through his mind, but he didn't grasp it.

Lu Zixiu reached out and took the contents of the box in his hand, looked at it over and over for a while, and asked in confusion, "What is this? Lingjian? It doesn't look like it. It looks like, it's..."

Gu Xihe helped him out, "I know what this is, it should be a rocket for reporting credit."

"I can see it too. It's the kind where a little bit of core flies out." Lu Zixiu chuckled, "He really thought we would look for him again! What can he do for us?"

Gu Xihe said solemnly: "I always feel that the old man is not a simple person, let's accept it."

With that said, he put the things in the box and put the box in his arms.

Lu Zixiu said: "That's right, don't do it for nothing."

Outside the carriage, Zhang Chi said to Tan Shi: "Brother Tan, do we really want to stay at the Yingbin Inn?"

Tan Shi smiled and said: "I heard that the Yingbin Inn is the best inn in the imperial capital, why don't you want to go?"

Zhang Chi rubbed his nose, "We're going to stay here for many days, the best inn must be expensive, right? Let's save some money."

Tan Shi told the truth, "You don't want to live in a place related to Mu Xuan, do you?"

Zhang Chi blushed slightly, and murmured: "Brother Tan, can't we make it clear?"

"Okay." Tan Shi laughed loudly, "If you don't want to go, let's go to another inn. But I'm afraid that there are too many exams and I can't find a suitable inn."

Zhang Chi said: "Brother Tan, I heard that your hometown is in the imperial capital, so I will trouble you."

Tan Shi rubbed his nose, and said in a low voice: "I haven't been back for many years, and the changes here are quite big, I dare not say that I can find it, let's look for it!"

To Zhang Chi's disappointment, they went to several inns in a row, but they were all full.

Zhang Chi said dejectedly: "I thought we came early enough, who knows that the inn is full."

Tan Shi nodded, "The addition of this Enke this year has made students all over the world look forward to it, and more people came to take the exam than before."

"Isn't our daimyo exam held every year?"

Tan Shi felt that Zhang Chi's question was a bit strange, but he didn't take it to heart.

"If you don't study, I'm afraid you don't understand our daimyo's examination system. Whether it's the provincial examination, general examination, or imperial examination, they are all held every three years. The last exam was five years ago."

"Why? Isn't it once every three years?"

"Yes, it should be held every three years. But in the year when the exam was due, there was chaos in the palace. His Royal Highness was plotted against and fell into a coma. I heard that the emperor was furious. Not only was the imperial examination exempted, but many officials were also dismissed."

"The emperor likes the prince very much?"

"How do we ordinary people know about the royal family? It's just heard. The crown prince is the empress's son. Although the empress is gone, her father and elder brother are all in the court. Even if the emperor doesn't like it, he will do it on the surface. I heard that the emperor's favorite now is Concubine Mei Gui, and her son is also the favorite. The crown prince... I am afraid that he has become a hindrance to others, and my heart is stabbed!"

He has never watched Gongdouju, but he can also imagine how many dirty deeds will be behind the scenes for that supreme right.However, he is just an ordinary citizen, and the emperor's family affairs are far away from him and have nothing to do with him.

The Yingbin Inn is very famous, Tan Shi casually asked a few people for directions, and quickly found them.

Zhang Chi looked up at the inn in front of him. There were two stone lions in front of the door, and the vermilion door was open. Looking in from the door, there was a white screen wall, and in front of the screen wall was a clump of green bamboo half a person's height.

This place does not look like an inn, but rather a private mansion, but on the plaque hanging on the gate, there are plain and simple seal characters, welcome inn.

As soon as their carriage stopped at the door, a young man came out of the door, frowned and said impatiently: "Parking is not allowed here, and it is not open to the public. If you are staying at the store, go to another place!"

Zhang Chi glanced at him, ignored him, and got out of the car to help Gu Xihe out of the car.

The clerk continued to yell, and Tan Shi also came down, and said with a smile: "Little brother, it's not easy to go out, if we don't live here, we won't park our car."

The man curled his lips and looked him up and down.

"Do you want to live here? Don't ask, but you can live here?"

Lu Zixiu walked over, and upon hearing his words, he couldn't help laughing and said, "I really don't know! What kind of people can live here?"

The guy looked even more proud, his eyes seemed to be staring into the sky.

"People who come to live with us, it's not enough just to have money, but also..."

"Man," Gu Xihe interrupted him with a smile, and took out the jade pendant that Mu Xuan gave him, "Someone told me that with this jade pendant, you can live here, please take a look, is it okay?"

The clerk glanced at the jade pendant, and immediately became polite, as if he didn't dare to make up his mind, "Young masters, wait a moment, I'll go find our shopkeeper."

After speaking, he quickly entered the house.

Gu Xihe stood at the door, looked at the plaque at the gate, and said to Lu Zixiu, "Look, Zixiu, is this written by Teacher Lu?"

Lu Zixiu looked up carefully, nodded and said, "It really looks like my father wrote it."

At this moment, a person came out of the room to greet him. He secretly sized up Gu Xihe, Lu Zixiu and the others, and when he heard their conversation, he cast his eyes away from the jade pendant in Gu Xihe's hand, and bowed to salute, "I don't know the honored guest is coming. , I never greeted you far away, please make amends."

Seeing that he was polite and reasonable, Gu Xihe cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, shopkeeper."

"Don't dare. Please invite some young masters."

The shopkeeper ordered as he walked, "Go and tell Boss Tang that some of Master Mu's guests are here."

Gu Xihe hurriedly said, "We're going to stay for a while, so don't bother the boss."

The shopkeeper laughed, "No trouble, no trouble. It's rare that Master Mu has a friend over, and our boss is too happy!"

Boss Tang is in his 40s, tall, with slightly dark skin, a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. When he is not smiling, he is quite majestic, but when he smiles, he looks like the ice is melting, and the spring breeze is blowing on his face, very hearty.

He also spoke with a loud voice and full of energy.

"Xiaoxuan has been withdrawn since he was a child. He never thought that he would go out and meet good friends like you. As his elder, I am really relieved!"

The host and guest enjoyed the meal, Gu Xihe thanked them again and again, and asked Boss Tang not to take too much care of them.

Boss Tang smiled heartily: "I know, a few of you are here for the exam, so naturally you don't want me to disturb you. Don't worry, Chunyuan will stay with you, and no one will go."

Yingbin Inn occupies a very large area, divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter gardens, with towers and pavilions, rockery and flowing water, spring flowers and autumn fruits, and the layout is very elegant.The Spring Garden where Zhang Chi and the others live is just a courtyard of the inn. The main room has two entrances, and the east and west rooms. Inside, there are soft beds, tables, chairs and benches, and the utensils used are all extremely exquisite and luxurious.

In Zhang Chi's eyes, this place is not like an inn, but rather like the Grand View Garden he saw on TV, which opened his eyes.

He didn't care how luxurious the place he lived in, he was delighted to be able to share the same room and bed with Gu Xihe at night.

He helped Gu Xihe take off his coat, and untied the wide cloth that bound his waist and abdomen inside, so that his stomach could be relaxed.

He held her in his arms, touched his obviously protruding belly and said, "Xihe, do you feel uncomfortable?"

Gu Xihe leaned against Zhangchi relaxedly, shook his head, "It's okay."

Zhang Chi said in a low voice: "Xihe, if you live here, there are no outsiders around, so you don't need to corset your belly. It's not good for the child."

"I see."

Zhang Chi knew that it was a helpless move for him to corset his belly. After all, he entered the imperial capital and was crowded with people, so he was afraid of being discovered.

"Xihe, who is that Mu Xuan? Also, why did he give you the jade pendant?"

Gu Xihe leaned against the head of the bed, blinked slyly, and said, "You will know who Mu Xuan is soon. Maybe he will come to you soon."

"Looking for me? What are you looking for me for?"

Gu Xihe said: "I told him that the person behind Jiang Lingzhi is you."

"So what? He's just a boy."

"He is indeed a child, but not an ordinary child."

Sure enough, as Gu Xihe said, Mu Xuan came to Zhang Chi the next day.

Mu Xuan's illness has completely recovered. He is wearing a moon-white robe, a white jade belt, and thick-soled purple cloud boots. Although he is young, he is full of momentum.

Tang Zheng followed behind him, dressed in blue, with a sword hanging from his waist, he looked like a chivalrous man.

Gu Xihe was about to kneel down to salute, but Mu Xuan helped him up.

Mu Xuan looked him up and down, squinted and said, "Xihe, why do I think your belly is getting bigger again?"

Gu Xihe's face flushed slightly, "Your Highness is joking. Please sit down quickly. Brother Chi, go make tea."

Zhang Chi looked at Mu Xuan's attire, and then heard Gu Xihe's address for him, and had some guesses in his heart.

Mu Xuan asked: "Xihe, how are you living here? Why isn't there even a servant in the house? Qian Chong is getting more and more sloppy with things."

Qian Chong is the shopkeeper of this inn.

Gu Xihe hurriedly said: "It has nothing to do with Shopkeeper Qian, it's because Zhang Chi and I don't like people around. I also want to thank you, Your Highness, otherwise we wouldn't be able to find an inn and would have to sleep on the street."

"Xihe is exaggerating. How can Zhang Chi be willing to let you sleep on the street?"

Seeing that Gu Xihe blushed again, he laughed.

"Where are Lu Zixiu and Tan Shi?"

Gu Xihe said with a smile: "How could Zixiu stay in the house obediently? He pestered Tan Shi and went out."

"There are more than ten days until the exam, but he is not nervous."

"I've known him for so long, but I didn't know that his temper is so detached."

While talking, Zhang Chi made tea.

Mu Xuandao: "Brother Zhang, please sit down."

Zhang Chi guessed his identity, so naturally he didn't dare to take it too seriously, saying "Don't dare", and then sat next to Gu Xihe.

Mu Xuandao: "Brother Zhang, I don't tell lies in front of people. You should know my identity, and I won't hide it from you. I'm here because I have something difficult to ask you."

Zhang Chi said: "I don't dare to ask for advice. If you have anything to do, just say it."

"In that case, I'll just say it straight. Brother Zhang, you said that if you want to get that position, what is the most important thing?"

Zhang Chi's mind turned several times, thinking about the plots of n TV dramas, and then said: "I think the most important thing is military power."

Mu Xuan's eyes lit up, "I said Brother Zhang would surprise me. Can you explain in detail?"

Mu Xuan stayed in Chunyuan all afternoon before leaving contentedly.

Gu Xihe sighed: "The daimyo seems to be quite peaceful, but I didn't expect the court to be so complicated."

Zhang Chi helped him to lie down on the bed, gently massaged his legs that had been settled, and said, "Yes! It's not only complicated, but also very dangerous, so I don't want you to become an official in the court."

Gu Xihe apologized, and patted his hand, "I'm not afraid, isn't there you?"

Zhang Chi shook his head helplessly, her husband believed in him so much, he was under a lot of pressure!

He doesn't want to fight monsters and upgrade at all, he just wants to sell tea, take care of the children, and live a warm and cruel life.

For the next two days, Mu Xuan would come over every day, sometimes in the morning and sometimes in the evening, he expected that Gu Xihe would not go out, so he was not worried that he would not find anyone.

On the third day, he didn't come, and on the fourth day, he didn't come either.

Gu Xihe was a little worried, but Zhang Chi said, "As the prince, it's strange that he can come out every day!"

Gu Xihe thought about it, and Zhang Chi's words made sense, so he relaxed a little.Although Mu Xuan is a child, judging from his conversation these days, he is ambitious and capable.He also thought that he grew up in the palace and had experienced great storms, so he really didn't have to worry.And just like Zhang Chi said, it's useless for him to worry.

Lu Zixiu and Tan Shi were very chic, they didn't look like they came for an exam, they looked more like they came for a trip.Go out early in the morning every day and come back at night.When he came back, he pulled Gu Xihe to mutter, talking about what he had seen and heard about the imperial capital, and more about the delicacies he ate.

Seeing that Gu Xihe listened with gusto each time, he became more energetic.

"Xihe, let me tell you, there are so many candidates in the imperial capital now! You can meet a few in every inn and restaurant. Yesterday I met a few candidates in Lianshi, tsk tsk, that's also Is it called poetry? It really doesn’t make sense!”

Gu Xihe glared at him, "Brother, we are scholars, how can we speak so vulgarly?"

Lu Zixiu rubbed his nose and said with a smile, "I can't think of an adjective! Can you think of one for me?"

Gu Xihe couldn't go out, Zhang Chi hoped that Lu Zixiu would tell him more about the imperial capital, but he didn't like Lu Zixiu pestering Gu Xihe for too long.

He deliberately looked him up and down, and said seriously: "Zixiu, I see that you have gained a lot from your visit to the imperial capital, and it's all on your double chin and stomach."

Lu Zixiu paid great attention to his own image. Hearing what Zhang Chi said, he quickly tightened his jaw and stomach, and shouted, "Really? I've gained weight? Is it so obvious?"

Tan Shi glared at Zhang Chi, and pulled Lu Zixiu out, "It's getting late, let Xihe rest early! Didn't you say that you want to eat the famous pancake fruit in the capital tomorrow?"

Gu Xihe looked at their backs, smiled and shook his head.