Ji Qingwen and his entourage moved quite quickly because of the light carriage, and since they entered Shanxi, they walked for another four days and came to the edge of the Yellow River.

On the Loess Plateau in Shanxi and Shaanxi, the Jiuqu Yellow River has walked the largest "several" character on the earth in history.

Ji Qingwen looked for a ferry boat next to the "hook" on the right side of the word "few", and waited until the evening of the third day until a big boat that could carry horse-drawn carriages across the river.

Seeing that the hour was not early, Duo Jiugong pointed to a small town in the east and said to Ji Qingwen: "Young master, over there is the famous Mokou Town on the edge of the Yellow River. Now it's getting late, how about we stay there for the night? ”

Ji Qingwen was not water-sensitive, and he was dizzy on the Yellow River ferry, and after listening to Duo Jiugong's suggestion, he immediately said: "Okay, just spend the night over there, and we will rest early if we arrive early." ”

Duo Jiugong said "oh" in agreement, shook off his whip and urged the two Mongolian horses to pull the carriage behind him, and galloped forward.

The official road in Shanxi is not very smooth, Duo Jiugong is so fast, Rao is well-built carriage is also bumpy and undulating, which makes Ji Qingwen, who was already a little seasick, even more uncomfortable, poked out his head and said to Duo Jiugong: "Jiugong, you hurry up, the town is ahead, you go slowly, are you afraid that the town will not run?" ”

Duo Jiugong didn't slow down at all, and said, "Young Master, I don't know anything. If the sun goes down, we won't let anyone into the town, and we'll have to spend the night outside the town. ”

Ji Qingwen frowned, lifted his dizzy head, and said, "Isn't it just a small town?" Such a big rule? They won't let me into town, and I'll give me a few taels of silver, so why don't we let us in? Is there anyone in this world who doesn't love money? ”

Duo Jiugong said without looking back: "Everyone in Mokou Town listens to the words of the Li family, and this rule was set by the old lady of the Li family. His family has a big business, and he used to be a high-ranking official in the court, so he really doesn't really look down on our few taels of silver......"

Ji Qingwen was so upturned that he almost vomited, and said, "It turns out that there is such a big reason...... If you can't enter the town, you can't enter the town, and it's the same to find a clean inn outside the town to spend the night. Ouch, I'm dying of you! ”

After all, the owner is the owner, and the subordinate is the subordinate, although Duo Jiugong was full of reluctance, he still had to obey Ji Qingwen's orders, slowed down the speed of the carriage, and slowly walked towards the moraine town at the end of the official road.

After walking groggily for more than half an hour, Duo Jiugong finally reined in the horse's head, turned his head and said to Ji Qingwen who was sitting in the car: "Young master, when you arrive, the gate at the entrance of the town has been closed, why don't you call a door?" ”

Calling the door is such a thing as a subordinate, can you still trouble Ji Qingwen, the young master? When Duo Jiugong said this, it was clear that he wanted to embarrass Ji Qingwen.

Ji Qingwen didn't eat this set, he glanced at Duo Jiugong, jumped off the carriage with his shoes on, raised his eyes, but was startled-

It turns out that this small town called "Mokou" is surrounded by a city wall more than one zhang high, and this city wall is made of yellow mud bricks produced in Shanxi, which is solid and neat, and is much stronger than the city wall of ordinary small county towns. In the middle of the city wall was a doorway for a carriage to enter and exit, and two rows of six lanterns were hung on either side of the doorway, and the gate was indeed tightly closed, as many nine princes said.

So Ji Qingwen took two steps forward, raised his foot and kicked twice on the thick city gate, and shouted, "Open the door!" Open the door! Open the door! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, an answering voice came from inside the door: "What are you shouting?" The sun has set, the city gates are closed, and there is no use shouting! ”

When Ji Qingwen heard someone answer, he was immediately half relieved, and said, "The door is closed, so naturally it can be opened again." Come, I'll give you two taels of silver, and it's convenient for you to let us go into town and spend the night. ”

But the one who answered the door did not accept this, but asked, "Where did you come from?" Don't know the rules of Mokou Town? The sun sets, the key closes, the rules set by Mr. Li for many years, if you give me money, I don't dare to accept ......"

Ji Qingwen really didn't believe that there could be people in this world who didn't love money, so he said again: "Isn't it too little to think two taels of silver?" Come on, come on, I'll give five taels, okay? ”

The man in the door said nonchalantly: "Five taels? Not even fifty taels! Go, go, go, we don't lack your few taels of silver in Mokou Town! ”

Ji Qingwen was about to speak, but he heard Duo Jiugong on the side preemptively say: "This master in the door, we are not idle people, our young master is a person who entered Beijing to take the exam." Because I was in a hurry to cross the Yellow River, I didn't have time to enter the town. Can you make it convenient for the young master to go in for a night? ”

After hearing Duo Jiugong's words, the attitude of the people in the door obviously improved a lot, and his tone softened, and said, "It turned out to be a lifting master?" It's not that villains make it difficult, it's really that Mr. Li has strict rules. But it doesn't matter, you turn to the left, and after walking a few steps to Xiwan Village, there is a Sifang Inn over there, which is opened by the villain's uncle, which is very clean, and it is very appropriate to stay there for one night. ”

Duo Jiugong hurriedly thanked: "Then I will take care of this master." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to Ji Qingwen and said, "Young Master, there's no way, it seems that we can't go into the town to rest today......"

Ji Qingwen said: "I can't figure it out, what is the origin of this Mokou Town, and what is the old man Li?" As for making it so nervous? ”

Duo Jiugong replied: "Old Minister Li is amazing. He was originally a scholar of the Ministry of War, a senior official of the second rank, and even the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Gonggong could speak in front of him. Two years ago, when Zhishi returned to his hometown, he often lived in the town of Mokou and was raised, and which of the magistrates on the left and right did not give his old man some face? ”

Ji Qingwen was stunned in his heart, and thought: It turned out to be a person from Wei Zhongxian's line, so it seems that there are not many days left before bad luck......

Thinking of this, Ji Qingwen's depression that had just been eaten and closed suddenly dissipated, and he asked Duo Jiu Gong with a smile: "Jiugong, how about we go to the Sifang Inn in Xiwan Village to stay?" ”

Duo Jiugong frowned and said: "It's good, I'm afraid that the ground in Shanxi is not very peaceful these days, and it is easy to meet bad people if you live outside the town." ”

Most rich people are afraid of death, and Ji Qingwen is no exception.

Hearing what Duo Jiugong said, Ji Qingwen couldn't help but be a little scared in his heart, thought about it for a while and said: "But it's late now, and it's even more dangerous to travel overnight." Either we go and take a look first, and if we look good, we will stay, or if we don't look good, we will turn around and leave. ”

However, there was no way to do it at the moment, so Duo Jiugong drove the carriage, carrying Ji Qingwen and Xing'er, turned around briskly, and turned left.

The janitor was not lying, and not long after the carriage had gone away, he entered a village that was sparsely lit, except for a small two-story building with a few red lanterns.

The group trembled towards the lantern, and really stopped in front of an inn, and when they raised their eyes, they saw that the plaque was indeed the "Sifang Inn" in the mouth of the gatekeeper of Naqikou Town.

Duo Jiugong stopped the carriage and jumped down, seeing that there was no one outside the inn to greet him, but the wooden door was hidden, he cautiously pushed open the door, raised his voice and shouted to the store, "Excuse me?" Do you have a store doing business? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, an eight or nine-year-old boy flashed out from the side, and promised in a crisp voice: "Yo, it's the guest officer who has come to stay!" Please wait here for a while, and I'll call my uncle over. ”

At this time, Ji Qingwen also got out of the car with Xing'er, and saw that this child was very clever, and his speech was also very clear, and he suddenly had a good impression in his heart, so he asked, "Who is your uncle?" The shopkeeper here? ”

The kid flashed a pair of extremely spiritual eyes, nodded and said, "This guest officer is right, this shop is opened by my uncle, and I am here to help." Wait a minute, I'll call him out. ”

Ji Qingwen waved his hand to signal the child to go down to do errands, and said to Duo Jiugong with a smile: "Jiugong, I was worried about this being a black shop just now, but there don't seem to be many people who open a black shop and ask my little nephew to help, right?" I think I'll be here for the night today. ”

Duo Jiugong was still a little uneasy, and frowned: "The young master is reasonable, but we still have to wait for the shopkeeper to come over and see how the room goes." ”