Yu Jun

Chapter 216
The ticket examination was indeed like a good medicine, Wu's mother was able to get up and lie down immediately, ate a bowl of meat porridge, and landed on the ground top-heavy, to pack Wu Jin's bags.

Wu Jin comforted Wu's mother to rest, and she only brought three or two pieces of clothes, a few plasters bought by Li Yitie, a full silver tael, and the bamboo box she used three years ago on her back. She didn't need anyone to give her away.

As the night deepened, he rode back to Cheng's mansion again.

The red lanterns of Cheng's mansion were hung high, and the word "Fu" was pasted on the gate, and the door on duty was also dressed in joy. After hearing that Wu Jin wanted to see Cheng Ting, he immediately went in and invited the third master who was domineering at home to come out.

Because Cheng Ting defeated his father, he was able to go to Jeju with him, and was praised by his mother. Now he is showing off his power at home, holding the hand of Fat Dahai, and appearing on the stage like the third prince.

Seeing that Wu Jin was carrying luggage, and there was a small flag for the exam on the bamboo box behind his back, he let go of the fat sea, and was very surprised: "Going to Beijing at this time?"

Wu Jin nodded: "I'm here to say goodbye to you."

Cheng Ting didn't ask the reason, because he knew that Wu Jin acted on his own, and would never act capriciously. He quickly turned around and took the crane cloak from Pang Dahai's hand, put it on, and put on a lantern, "I'll see you off."

Pang Dahai stepped forward nimbly, took the bridle from Wu Jin, led the horse for him, and walked behind them.

"I'll leave after the Lantern Festival," Cheng Ting sneezed and rubbed his nose. "Jeju is very close, and I can get there in a few days. I can go back and forth often. I'm afraid it will take several months for you to come back."

Wu Jin shook her head: "This time, the return date is uncertain."

Cheng Ting flicked the lantern in his hand, and the firelight shone on Wu Jin's face, and then moved away. After a long while, he said sullenly, "That's right."

He continued: "The older we get, the harder it is to get together. Now that you have gone to Kyoto, I have also gone to Jeju, leaving Lefeng here alone. She—"

"She must be lonely."

Wu Jin whispered, "Yes."

She has always been lonely. Since she was a child, she has been wandering in the vast house, with no companions, no friends, and very few relatives.

Calculating with one's fingers, her happiness and liveliness are only a few years.

Cheng Ting sighed old-fashionedly, and then said with relief: "Don't worry, with me here, we can always see each other."

Wu Jin smiled: "It's not that I'm gone forever, there are still many days, and it's not like the sky is far away, and besides, who can predict the fate of life, success and disappointment are just in the blink of an eye."

Cheng Ting nodded, and sent Wu Jin to the outside of the city gate, put down the lantern, reached out to hug Wu Jin, and patted him on the back twice: "Treasure!"

Wu Jin also hugged him firmly on the back: "Treasure."

Afterwards, he took the bridle from Pang Haihai, put his luggage on the horse, got on the horse, pulled out the whip, and looked at Cheng Ting: "Go back."

He turned the horse's head, identified the road with the dim light, clamped the horse's belly hard, and galloped away with a sound of "drive".

Under the darkness of night, except for the wind and snow, he was left alone to go to another unfathomable battlefield. No one could help him, and there was no predecessor to pave the way. With his hands and feet, he walked a road for himself and for Mo Lingfeng.

The cold moon was setting in the west, and the sun was rising in the east. He fed the horses, ate, and repaired in the foot shop beside the road. In less than an hour, he turned up again and walked along the official road all the way to the capital.

The scenery along the way is full of ice, snow, and severe cold. It is far less beautiful and magnificent than the autumn scenery when he went to the exam three years ago. However, the last time he had a glimpse of it, this time, he took in the frozen river and the snow-covered green mountains.

Despite the wind and rain, all day long, his exposed ears and palms were red, swollen and burning at first, and then the skin was itchy. Whenever he went to a resting place, he would first warm his hands and rub his ears to avoid frostbite.

On the 25th of the first lunar month, Wu Jin rushed to the capital and settled down at the Yunyang Taoist Temple in Yuntai County outside the capital. The Taoist temple was still the same, and the three Taoist priests were still the same. Seeing him, it was like meeting an old friend. They let him stay and entertained him along with the horse he rode.

Wu Jin went to the city on the second day to buy pens and inks for the exam.

This time, Kyoto caught his eyes unreservedly.

There are eight streets and nine streets, rows of flying boats. When he entered the city at the time of Mao, the city was already crowded with people, cars were like flowing water, horses were like swimming dragons, and the morning light was a dazzling golden light, piercing through the morning fog, and slowly falling on this bustling scene.

Shops scrambled to open the doors, traffickers chanted tunes, and drilled vigorously. The persimmons, dried dates, and candied fruit in the baskets were all from all over the world. The unexpired tangerines rolled in the bamboo baskets, shining golden like the sun, and the sweet aroma diffused from the cold wind, which was particularly attractive.

The sons of the rich and the rich pass by on horseback, arranging flowers, and sometimes there are women traveling in groups, most of them wear veiled hats, talking and laughing.

Among them, there are also women who dress up as men, with knives on their waists, and pretend to be unrestrained in their words-because the emperor admires the Women's Army, the capital is also proud of this style, but they have never seen what the real Women's Army looks like, so they have to imitate cats and tigers.

The students who came from all over the world came out of the rented house, influenced by the bustling atmosphere of Kyoto, they all dressed up in a new look, and went to study with their heads held high.

Wu Jin went to the bookstore to buy brushes and ink, and went to the pharmacy to buy plaster for frostbite. The Lantern Festival lanterns were still hanging in the tea house and wine shop. There were more and more people walking on the street. He couldn't rush away with his things in his arms, but could only slowly go to the Gongyuan.

On the way, he could look up at the Forbidden Palace at a glance.

The majestic and towering Qionglou Juque bursts out of the morning mist as light as tulle, towering and majestic, with a golden roof reaching the sky.

There are turbulent courts, courtiers who take power and power, and emperors who value tricks and despise morals.

At the same time, it also contains the integrity, strength of character, and ambition of the scholars in the world-the world has the way, and the way is martyred, and the world has no way, and the world is martyred with the body.

His eyes didn't linger on it for too long, he went to check outside the Gongyuan, saw that there was no change, and the roads were clear, so he turned and went back to the Taoist temple.

When he left the Gongyuan, Qi Chang came out from a small room near the Gongyuan with his shoulders shrunk and his waist bowed. He looked at a figure not far away that seemed to be Wu Jin, and suspected that it was his own dazzled eyes. When he rubbed his eyes and looked again, the figure had disappeared.

He thought that his eyes were dazzled by reading, so he closed his eyes to rest for a while, and took a breath of the air outside.

A quarter of an hour later, he returned to the house.

There is only one narrow room with no windows, a bed is placed against the wall, and a square table is placed beside the bed. The square table is only equipped with a chair, and when the chair is pulled out, it is also close to the door.

On the way when he came, he heard that renting a house must be near the Gongyuan, so as not to miss the news, but also to make friends with other students - who can tell whether there will be a very personable minister among them.

He has the 30 taels of silver from the Yamen and the 100 taels of silver from the Mo Mansion, but he will not return to the Mo Mansion to be a servant in the future.

It would be great if Wu Jin was here, he thought.

Wu Jin is like a mountain, the people behind him will always see peace and prosperity in their eyes.

(End of this chapter)