Lucky husband

This scene made Li Mingjin and the others in the carriage silent. Everyone didn't know what to say, and they were powerless to stop what happened just now, so they could only watch helplessly.

Qiu Momo frowned. She remembered that the entry and exit of the capital was very strict ten years ago. Even if the princes and nobles wanted to leave or enter the city, although they didn't have to queue up, they still had to undergo a simple inspection. It was impossible to rush directly in a carriage. In the past, the soldiers guarding the city did not stop them at all.

You can know autumn by looking at a leaf, and you can see how arrogant the Liu family is in the capital now from the Liu family's carriage entering the city. I don't know why the emperor tolerated such a thing, and I don't know what happened to the noble concubine who was at odds with the queen.

When Li Mingjin and the others lined up at the gate of the city for inspection and entered the city, the old woman had already left. Looking at the empty corner, Li Mingjin pursed her lips and said nothing.

Since the guides of three of them were candidates for the exams in Beijing, the soldiers at the city gate treated them with a gentle attitude, and did not force them to open the trunks. People let go.

Because of the incident just now, after entering the city, Li Mingjin didn't have much time to look at the prosperity and prosperity of the capital. He leaned against the wall of the carriage and thought about things.

When we came to an unobtrusive alleyway, several carriages stopped, and everyone was waiting here for the servants of the Wan family to find out where to live. If they found a suitable place, they would rent a yard today. If they didn’t, they could rent a yard for a while. They went to the inn again.

After sitting in the carriage for a whole day, Li Mingde and Bai Ting got out of the car and took a walk to get some air. Aunt Qiu looked at Li Mingjin's droopy look, and then got out of the car after taking a look at Bai Zhiwen.

There was no one else in the carriage, so Bai Zhiwen held Li Mingjin's hand under the cover of his wide-sleeved robe, and asked him softly, "Brother Jin, are you still feeling bad?"

The recent magistrates of Changping County are not corrupt officials who fish for the common people, so the governance of the county is relatively strict, and it is rare for rich families to bully the common people.

Coupled with the fact that Li Chengshi was working in the county government, outsiders would not dare to do anything to their family at will, Li Mingjin was basically never bullied.

Although he had seen such a plot in the storybook before and knew that such a thing would happen in the world, this was the first time he saw it with his own eyes, and he was greatly shocked.

"I feel so useless." Li Mingjin had an indescribable feeling. When the Liu family's carriage swaggered through the market just now, he wanted to do something, but he couldn't do anything.

Understanding what Li Mingjin was struggling with, Bai Zhiwen sighed: "Brother Jin, the sages once said that if you are rich, you will benefit the world, and if you are poor, you will be alone. What we can do now is to be alone. When we have the opportunity and ability in the future, we will be able to help others." To benefit the world."

Li Mingjin glanced at him: "I didn't mean to help the world, I wanted to take a look at that old lady just now, but we queued up to the gate of the city, and the old lady left by herself."

Misunderstanding what Li Mingjin was concerned about, Bai Zhiwen quickly changed his rhetoric: "Brother Jin, I noticed just now that the old lady was not injured, but was just a little frightened, and she left after resting."

Someone accompanied and said a few words, and Li Mingjin felt better. When Li Mingde and the others returned to the carriage, Li Mingjin had already taken out the story book and began to read it.

The book he was reading was not a story about love and love, but a book about ghosts. There was a story in it about a down-and-out scholar who saw an old man being bullied, stepped forward to rescue the old man, and gave him medicine.

After the old man recovered from his injuries, the old man gave the down-and-out scholar a sum of money for rushing to the exam. The money used by the scholar left his hometown county and went to Fucheng to take the imperial examination.

In the past, the scholar was very unlucky every time he took the exam. This time it was different. He successfully completed the essay in the exam room, handed in the paper and left, and then he was on the list.

This old man is not an ordinary person, he is a ghost. In order to repay the scholar, the money he gave to the scholar is not ordinary money, which can protect the scholar from bad luck during the exam.

Li Mingjin looked at the script, thinking that people of the older generation always say that there are gods standing above their heads. If there are really all kinds of spirits that can make those who do bad things suffer retribution, and those who do good deeds will be rewarded, Then there will be a lot less unfair things in this world.

It's a pity that it was just a story, which was imagined by people and did not exist.

After Li Mingjin had read the two short stories, the servants from the Wan family came back. They found out that there are many yards for rent in the south of the capital. They have already contacted the people from Yahang and took the young master and the others to have a look.

Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde knew the layout of the capital fairly well. The south of the capital is where ordinary people live. There are no high-ranking officials and nobles, so life is convenient. But when looking for a house, you should be more careful, lest you encounter that kind of old house.

Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde had discussed before that they could consider living in the south when they arrived in the capital, but with Wan Rongtong starting together, Bai Zhiwen didn't know if Wan Rongtong and the others would want to live in the west.

The west side is where a little richer people live. The rent in the yard is more expensive, and the shopping around is also a bit more expensive. Bai Zhiwen and the others can also afford to live, so they didn't propose to go to the south at the beginning.

Already having a goal, a few boys who were still acting as coachmen along the way invited them to get back in the carriage and drive in the direction of those courtyards. They had just agreed to meet here with Yaren.

When they arrived at the place, the Ya people saw their group smiling and narrowed their eyes: "Masters, it is the most cost-effective for you to find a yard at this time, and it is much cheaper. If you come back after the new year, the yard will be much less, and the rent will be very expensive." Very good."

When the boy was looking for the Yaren, he made it clear that the yard he was looking for had to be clean and larger. Their young master came to the capital to continue studying, and he couldn't study if it was noisy outside.

I will try it soon. All the scholars who come to the capital are juren. I don’t know if they will be on the apricot list next year. Therefore, when they receive these juren from other places, whether it’s the people from the bank or the inn The people here are basically polite.

You just listen to what the yaman said, and if you want to rent out the house to get a commission, the yaman will only talk about the benefits of the house, and they will only know if it is good or not.

Most of the people living in the south are ordinary people, and the yards are not very big. Wan Rongtong even frowned after seeing two of them, not satisfied.

This time they went to Beijing together. Wan Rongtong originally planned that they would live together for a few months so that they could discuss knowledge together. Unexpectedly, the yard here is so small that it would be too much for them to live together.

"Rongtong, I think this yard is quite suitable for you, are you not satisfied?" Bai Zhiwen saw that he was frowning and wanted to refuse, so he pulled him aside and said.

"I think the house is too small for us to live in." Wan Rongtong said honestly.

He and his wife brought along a servant girl and three servants. Their family needs at least three rooms to live in. There are only five rooms in this small courtyard. What about Bai and Li?

Bai Zhiwen thought for a while, and said to Wan Rongtong: "We went to Beijing to take the exam together because we wanted to have a caregiver, and we don't necessarily have to live in the same courtyard. Just now, the people said that there is a small courtyard in this alley. We went to see that small courtyard, and my senior brother and I think it’s okay, so why don’t you live here, and my senior brother and I live there, the distance is close and we can take care of each other.”

Although Bai Zhiwen's proposal was not the arrangement Wan Rongtong had thought about, it seemed that they could only choose this way if they wanted to live in the south. He nodded and said that he would go over there and have a look.

The other small courtyard was not too different from the one here. It looked clean and tidy. There were five rooms that could accommodate people, enough for Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde to live in.

The two small courtyards are on both sides of the alley, separated by three families, so that although they do not live together, it is very convenient to get in touch, and they only need to walk a few steps.

After carefully inspecting the yard again, Bai Zhiwen and the others decided to rent the two small courtyards together. They initially decided to rent for half a year and pay the rent once a month.

As expected of a courtyard in the capital, such a courtyard can be rented for one tael of silver in Changping County, and at most two taels in Fucheng, and the opening of courtyards in the capital is six taels of silver.

This price is still a bit cheaper, and it is not expensive in the capital, because the owner sees that they rent for half a year, and they are students who are coming to Beijing to catch the exam, and they want to impress their yard with style.

It is so expensive to rent a small courtyard in the capital, and you have to eat and wear to live in it. You have to pay money when you sign up, and when you count the travel expenses, it will cost dozens of taels of money to take the exam in the capital. Easy, let alone the kind from poor background.

This yard will be lived in for half a year. Li Mingjin and Bai Ting packed up their things together, lamenting that it is not easy for a scholar, and it is not easy for a scholar's family.

Bai Ting smiled after hearing his words: "Brother Jin, you're thinking about it now."

"Think about it, who are the people who can go to the capital to take the exam? They are all masters who have already won the exam. Our family does not accept gifts from the rich landlords in the county. enough."

What's more, if you don't come here early like they do, and wait until the beginning of the new year to start, there is a post station on the way for free, and you can rent a small courtyard in the capital and wait for the exam belt to be released for three months, even if you go out, you don't need to spend 30 taels Also enough.

Those landlords, squires, and non-official merchants would get a gift of 50 taels of silver as soon as they made a move.

After Bai Ting said this, Li Mingjin also thought of it. The township examination is a watershed for scholars. If you pass the examination, you can enter the court and become an official. too late.

That is to say, the two Juren of their two families have made it clear that they will not accept heavy gifts, so he did not feel the impact of becoming a Juren on the family.

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