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Chapter 807

Although this was not Chen Xin's first time rushing for the exam alone, he felt that it was the loneliest time. That trip to Yizhou was accompanied by Li Xiruo and Li Tian. Although they didn't talk much, it made him feel at ease.Now he went to the capital to participate in the examination alone, perhaps because it was too cold, his heart was always chilling.

Counting the time, he has not seen these two brothers and sisters for more than half a year. Sometimes he forgets that there is Li Xiruo in this world, but most of the time he can't help but think of her.He hoped to get Li Xiruo's explanation of what happened that day, but he was also afraid that what she said was not the answer he wanted.

Maybe it was because he was too worried, but God also felt it. The twelfth lunar month is dry and cold, and it suddenly rained. Not only the wind scraped his face like a knife, but the falling raindrops also seemed to condense into ice balls , one by one hit the face.

Unfortunately, misfortunes never come singly, one of the wheels of the cart that Chen Xin rented was also damaged by the wear and tear of the stones, and he could not walk for the time being. The coachman looked at the sky and apologized to Chen Xin: "According to this hour, I'm afraid I won't be able to get there. Binzhou is in the city, and today only wronged scholars live in the wilderness."

Chen Xin looked at the endless deserted road, if he lived in the wild on weekdays, he would be fine, but it is raining tonight and it is so cold, if he falls asleep like this, something will happen to him.

Standing in front of the cart, Chen Xin said to the driver: "Push the cart first to find out if there is a simple shelter, sleeping in the wild is not safe even for us two big men."

The coachman nodded quickly, and pulled the cart forward with Chen Xin.

However, it is not easy to find a place to live in this wilderness. Just as Chen Xin was about to give up, a wild dog appeared out of nowhere. The driver thought it was coming to snatch food, so he hurriedly protected his dry rations, but the wild dog turned away. He grabbed Chen Xin's trousers and dragged him to the west.

Chen Xin just felt strange, it was also the first time for the coachman to see this new scene, and said to Chen Dao, "Isn't this dog guiding us?"

Chen Xin glanced at the dog uncertainly: "It seems to be."

The two followed the wild dog with a cart, and saw a dilapidated wooden house not far away. Chen Xin walked in first, and found that the house had been unoccupied for a long time. Needs are gone, it's an empty house.

He told the coachman to tie up his horse and come in quickly. When he remembered the wild dog, he turned around and found that it had already disappeared.

The coachman patted the rain on his body, the rain soaked into his skin was icy cold, his hands were already red and swollen from the cold, and he kept breathing for himself.

Chen Xin asked the coachman to find some wood and hay that could make a fire, and he felt warmer when the flames blazed high.

"Fortunately, the wild dog took us to this place just now, otherwise we would have a really hard time tonight."

Chen Xin, on the other hand, looked pensive. An inexplicable animal appeared in the middle of the night and brought the scholar into a certain broken house. It was too similar to a scene in some strange novels, so he had to think carefully.

And Li Xiruo, who dispatched the dog in Chenzhou City, fed a piece of meat to the wild dog as a reward.

Li Tian laughed beside him and said, "Since you don't trust him, why don't you follow him all the way."

"We haven't seen each other for more than half a year. What reason do we have to follow him and find an excuse to sell fur? Chen Xin is so smart, he will definitely find out."

So Li Xiruo and Li Tian came to Chenzhou City early in the morning, one step ahead of Chen Xin, and prepared to pretend to meet by chance.

Chen Xin and the coachman slept on the hay with their clothes on. Because of the fire, neither of them dared to sleep too hard. They just took a rest and waited for the weather to improve before rushing to Chenzhou City.

Suddenly, there was the noise of carriages and horses outside the door, Chen Xin immediately sat up and pushed the coachman awake.In this wilderness, the most fearful thing is to meet robbers who rob. Even though Chen Xin hid the money everywhere for precaution, there is no guarantee that no one will find out.

Three or five people came from outside, and they were taken aback when they saw the fire in the house, and looked at Chen Dao: "Excuse me, are you the owner of this house?"

Chen Xin glanced outside, there were three carriages, all of which were bundled with goods, and these people also looked like businessmen, not gangsters.

Cheng Tu, the leader, looked at Chen Xin without saying a word, knowing that he was worried about them, so he first revealed his identity: "We are a caravan from Yangcheng, and we are here to deliver goods, but we were delayed for some hours on the way. The door is closed, you can’t enter the city, and it’s raining outside, so I just want to take a rest for a while.”

Chen Xin weighed their identities, and said politely: "I also borrowed someone else's treasure land, please go ahead."

Cheng Tu nodded, and asked the rest of the people to start the fire. Their coats were all wet from the rain, and they felt a little uncomfortable sticking to their bodies, so they took them off and put them beside the fire to dry.

As soon as these people came, Chen Xin was in no mood to sleep. He glanced outside the door and saw that their goods were also stained with rainwater. Get three carriages.

Chen Xin said to Cheng Tu: "Although the rain outside is not heavy, your goods will be soaked overnight if you leave them outside. Are you going to unload them?"

Seeing Chen Xin's concern for their goods, these people immediately took precautions, and their eyes became unfriendly. Cheng Tu smiled at Chen Xin and said, "No, we are all buying and selling some live fish and fresh shrimps, and they are all raised in water. , not afraid of rain."

Chen Xin nodded, doubts in his heart, but he didn't ask any more after looking at the faces of several people. It is not a short distance from Yangcheng to Chenzhou. Although Yangcheng is rich in seafood, it is still rare to send it to Chenzhou by such a journey.

Cheng Tu's helpers, seeing Chen Xin's expression, whispered something in Cheng Tu's ear, and Cheng Tu shook his head at them.

Chen Xin added some hay to the fire, then lay down and fell asleep again.But he had a slit in his eyes, seeing that Cheng Tu and the others took out the dagger from their sleeves, they seemed to be discussing something, and then put the dagger back.

Chen Xin was shocked and closed his eyes.

By the time of the fourth watch, Cheng Tu and his party couldn't stand it any longer, and fell asleep on all fours, snoring continuously. Chen Xin had always been a light sleeper, so he had to sit up again.

He saw the sleeping people and the horses outside, he weighed it up and walked out.

The three horses were exhausted, and they all closed their eyes. Chen Xin walked around the stable and found nothing unusual until he saw white crystal traces on the ground.

He knelt down and picked up the crystals on the ground, frowned, then stretched out his hand to touch the bottom of the carriage plank, it was the same crystals as on the ground.

He couldn't help but secretly startled, what he met was a group of private salt dealers.

They must have used some kind of method to hide the private salt below. Once the rain soaked, the salt would melt and drip to the ground. After it dries up, it would evaporate into salt again. This is why they dare not unload the cargo. Afraid that Chen Xin would find out.

The imperial court has always explicitly prohibited the sale of private salt. After all, salt tax accounts for a large part of the national treasury. Selling private salt means paying money from the national treasury.Those who sell more than one stone of private salt are charged with beheading.

Chen Xin immediately went back to his hay bed, seeing the vigilance of those people just now, it should be to prevent him from discovering their secrets.

Not long after Chen Xin lay down, there was movement from Cheng Tu's side. Chen Xin jumped in confidence, fearing that Cheng Tu would know that he had just gone to the stable. Fortunately, Cheng Tu did not go to him, but went to the stable to check the goods carefully. .

He also found traces on the ground and the carriage, and quickly wiped them clean while no one was around.

Cheng Tu was the leader of the team this time, and he was doing business on the knife edge, which made it difficult for him to fall asleep again, so he could only sit outside the door and keep staring at his horse.

Chen Xin opened his eyes, got up from the hay, and sat beside Cheng Tu.

Cheng Tu immediately looked at him warily, but Chen Xin took out the book on his own and began to read silently.When Cheng Tu was a child, his family was poor and had no money to study for him, so he always respected scholars. Seeing Chen Xin studying hard, his heart softened a little: "Are you a scholar?"

Chen Xin nodded: "This time I'm going to Beijing for the exam."

Cheng Tu looked surprised: "I didn't expect you to still be a candidate. If you were selected at a young age, your future must be limitless."

Chen Xin just smiled, and turned his attention to the book again. Cheng Tu saw that Chen Xin was just reading the book quietly, and he didn't come up with the usual rhetoric as he imagined, so he took off his guard and took out a stone to play with.

Chen Xin glanced at it. The stone was colorful, and although it was uneven on the surface, it was of great ornamental value.

"Is this the Windstone?"

When Cheng Tu saw that Chen Xin actually knew it, he introduced the origin of his stone with a little excitement. This is such a gorgeous windstone that he found after searching for a long time in the desert. Unfortunately, when others looked at it, they thought It's just a broken rock, although it doesn't affect his liking, but it also makes him feel uncomfortable.

"This wind-hardened stone looks like its natural appearance after being weathered, and it's ingenious."

Cheng Tu couldn't help but patted Chen Xin on the back: "It's still you who are scholars who know what to buy. I said that I was looking for treasures. Those ordinary people insisted that jade is only valuable."

"Jade is only of secular value, but Fengli Stone is tempered in the desert. Its character is rare and cannot be measured by ordinary value. It is very suitable for the caravan's experience of going through ups and downs in business."

Chen Xin's words touched Cheng Tu's heart, he forgot for a moment that he was a private salt dealer, and told Chen Xin about his travels all these years, and when he waited for dawn, he saw that Chen Xin's cart broke down , and generously said: "I have been lucky in my life to know my virtuous brother. If you don't dislike my virtuous brother, you can take our carriage and go to Chenzhou City."

The people next to him hurriedly pulled him back. There was something in their carriage, could that be able to walk with outsiders?

Cheng Tu didn't care, anyway, he was going to Chenzhou soon, thinking about what could happen.

(End of this chapter)