Su Lu was bitter in his heart, but Su Lu didn't say it.

In essence, Su Lu is a very good-looking person, usually casually shouting bitter and tired, but when he is really bitter and tired, he keeps his mouth shut.

The man's husband, if you have tears, you don't flick!

Su Shi and the others took good care of Su Lu, and when they encountered extremely cold weather, they found a warm place to stay for a few days, so as not to freeze his little child.

Anyway, they set off early and reserved a lot of time so that they could walk slowly on the road.

The group stopped and stopped, and finally arrived outside Kaifeng Mansion.

Su Lu looked up at the towering and tall city wall, and then looked at the three big characters of "Kaifeng Mansion" that were strong and powerful, and he had an inexplicable feeling in his heart. He had been to Kaifeng before, it looked quite dilapidated there, and there was no style of the ancient capital, but the city in front of him was full of the majesty of the high city and Guangyu, and the city gate was full of people coming and going, and the traders were endless.

The prosperity of Kaifeng extends from the city to the outside of the city, and the water system extending in all directions constitutes a complex water network in the suburbs of Kaifeng.

Boats come and go on the rivers, diligently transporting rice, grain and commodities needed by millions of people in Kaifeng Prefecture.

It is rumored that as early as the Warring States Period, the Wei State had moved its capital to Kaifeng, and there was a "chasm" water network outside Kaifeng as a defense, and there was a towering city wall under the long-term siege. The Qin people besieged the capital of Wei for several months without success, and finally had to use their strength to dig the Yellow River into the chasm and pour the Yellow River water into the chasm, so that the king of Wei himself came out and surrendered with a small boat.

It can be said that this is a capital city very close to the Yellow River, and the intricate water network outside the city closely links it to the Yellow River, and occasionally the Yellow River can be flooded by disasters.

Of course, most of the time it was the Yellow River that fed Kaifeng.

Su Lu followed Su Xun and them into the city without any hindrance, not even a person to do routine inspections, which shows that the imperial court is very relieved about the more than one million floating people who come in and out every day.

When the group entered the city gate, they saw a middle-aged scribe standing under a willow tree not far away. The other party is about thirty-six or seventeen years old, handsome, and a beautiful beard is properly taken care of, as smooth as silk. He saw Su Shi and his party from a distance, and immediately walked up quickly, and said with a smile: "I calculated that you should almost arrive, just today to rest, just come here and wait." ”

Su Lu had never seen this person, and after talking on both sides, he realized that this person was Su Shi's cousin Wen Tong, who was more than ten years older than Su Shi.

The relationship between the two is very close, Su Shi also used to paint with classmate Wen, until the first year of Huang You, Wen Tong was admitted to the Jinshi, and the cousins saw less.

Wen Tong is now serving as the manager of Jixian, the so-called Jixian school, simply put, it is a lower-level civil official who is engaged in proofreading and sorting out scriptures in Jixian Academy, and if there is no suitable position for a while, Jinshi will be put on these noble and good-sounding errands for a few years.

Su Shi was very happy when he saw Wen Tong, and his cousin and cousin shouted to each other, and looked at each other carefully.

Wen Tong couldn't help but sigh: "Before you know it, you are going to be admitted to the Jinshi, so I was admitted a few years earlier, otherwise I would have fallen behind you." ”

Su Xun next to him blushed when he heard this.

He only took the exam with his son in his forties, which is a shame to say!

Wen Tong didn't notice that he accidentally pierced his cousin's heart, and enthusiastically led Su Xun to Daxiangguo Temple.

Although Wen Tong is a Beijing official, he does not have his own house, and only rents in the public rental housing provided by the imperial court, and Su Xun's family must not be able to fit so many people, so they have to rent it in a Buddhist temple as usual.

The most convenient place for candidates to borrow in Kaifeng is naturally Daxiangguo Temple.

Nearly 100 years after the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Xiangguo Temple is not only a temple, the temple is very lively outside the temple, the temple has a lecture office for the general public, a performance place, a low-rent house for the students of Guangzhou, a public bathhouse, the geographical location is superior, and the facilities are also very complete; Outside the temple, a thriving commercial street has developed, with many shops, and traders and pawns also come and go, so you can buy everything you want.

However, this kind of lively place is also indispensable for thieves, pickpockets, and charlatans, at least when Su Lu and his party walked through the lively commercial street, a pickpocket was thrown out by Xiao Cui's over-the-shoulder fall.

Xiaocui usually manages the money bag, and she feels very good at the police, and her skills are also very good.

Su Lu gave Xiaocui an approving look.

Wen Tong also remembered the situation here, and hurriedly reminded Su Shi that they should pay attention to taking care of their belongings, so as not to be stolen.

Su Shi nodded again and again, a little envious of the two good helpers raised by Su Lu.

Xiao Cui won't talk about it, King Kong is also very good, and he usually helps Su Lu find out the news. You must know that even on the way to Beijing, King Kong can find a quick order for Su Buwei, and let Su Buwei draw to earn travel expenses!

Su Shi also had the idea of picking a good scholar.

His current scholar is too wooden, and he is not easy to dispatch.

Su Shi thought so in his heart, and entered the Daxiangguo Temple with Wen Tong to see where he would live in the next few months.

Su Lu also looked left and right curiously, admiring the Buddhist temple buildings of the Song Dynasty in front of him. There are a lot of those that have survived in later generations, most of them are beautiful and delicate, Daxiangguo Temple is no exception, walking in it can see that there are painted carved beams everywhere, solemn in revealing a bit of richness, but without losing the elegance loved by the literati.

It is rumored that even the emperor loves to go out to the Great Xiangguo Temple to walk around, listen to the monk's lectures, feel the fireworks in the world, and find the peace of mind!

At Su Lu's request, Wen Tong directly discussed with the monk who led the way to ask for a small courtyard that was not inhabited, and just arranged for his group.

The monk who led the way smiled: "It's also a shame that you came early, if you come late, there will be no courtyard." ”

The Zen room of Daxiangguo Temple is also divided into several kinds, the cheapest is Datongpu, where candidates gather in one room to sleep; Pay a little more money to live in a separate Zen courtyard and have the good treatment of a single bed.

If you catch up with the peak season for candidates from all over the world to take the exam, of course, even Datong shops are hard to find!

A place to sleep better, of course Su Shi and the others were happy, and said that they were fortunate to set off early.

When it comes to the beginning of spring, I'm afraid it's hard to find a place to stay!

Su Lu picked his room and spread it out directly, saying that he was with the bed chief, and no one wanted to go out by himself.

Su Shi originally wanted to take Su Lu out for a walk, but when he said this, he had to give up.

Wen Tong saw Su Lu for the first time, and it was a little funny to see Su Lu directly wrap himself in a silkworm chrysalis. When he went out, he said, "Little cousin is really interesting." ”

Su Shi said: "The interesting thing about Brother Lu is more than this, you will know it later." ”

Wen Tong asked if there was anything interesting, but Su Shi didn't say anything.

Su Lu slept comfortably, and he could be regarded as having slept back after more than two months of sleep. He was about to get up to see what delicious food Yun Niang had made, when he heard someone shouting outside the window: "Are you lazy again?" ”

When Su Lu heard this soul torture, he was full of excitement and completely sober.

Who?

Who is saying such scary things?