Although the general direction is correct, when I found Yang Xuezheng's residence, it was also dark.

In this era, there are no electric lights, and only the candles of every household are relied on, and the echo brightness formed is pitiful, almost the same as reaching out and not seeing five fingers, bumping and bumping all the way.

If it weren't for the high-headed horse sent by Xue Fu, Qiu Tongmian might have been sent to the yamen as a prisoner.

Seeing the building that the passer-by said before, I knocked on the door, and waited for a long time without any response, didn't I go to bed so early? I took out my mobile phone and looked at the time, it was only 7 o'clock, and I didn't sleep so early in the village.

continued to knock, but when he saw that there was still no response, he increased his strength, and after a while, his hands were swollen, and no one came out.

It's over, Qiu Tongmian is tired, and he does it on the ground, I don't know what to do, whether to continue to wait, or find an inn to live in first.

Just when Qiu Tongmian was at a loss, a dozen more guys passed by the gate of the Gongyuan, the black light was blinding, the guy was also a nerd, Qiu Tongmian was sitting at the bottom of the stone ladder, and he actually crashed straight up.

Xu stepped on Qiu Tongmian's instep, Qiu Tongmian sighed and cried out in pain. When he reacted, he looked up and saw a figure in a gray robe falling to the ground, and a red lantern was rolling far on the ground.

Qiu Tongmian has only been in this era for more than a few months, and he has not been out much, he has never seen a person dressed in this costume, and he is still wearing a lantern, and he is not lightly frightened.

The man fell to the ground, and it hurt more than the hatred of the cotton. Hearing Qiu Tongmian screaming, he was also so frightened that he couldn't get up for a long time. To say that the tribute courtyard in the east of the city is a complex of buildings, covering an extremely wide area, and there are very few residents on the side, and both of them are frightened by each other.

When Qiu Tongmian reacted, he saw that the things on the ground had not moved for a long time, and he seemed to be lying there, and saw the lantern that rolled down in the distance, with a change written on it, and knew that someone had bumped into him.

Hurriedly pulled up the guy on the ground, found that the other party was trembling, he was angry and funny, knowing that this person was less timid than himself, so he squatted down and said to the guy, "Hey, brother, it's a big night, I'm sorry, you get up quickly."

The guy heard the person behind him speak, and felt the temperature coming from his hand, I am afraid that it is not a ghost, it is a beggar, and the old man who is hurt will fall and eat.

Quickly got up, and said angrily, "You terrible person, this big night, that place can't sleep well, run to the gate of this tribute courtyard to sleep, if you don't say a word, I will call someone to arrest you today and go to the yamen to play the board."

The guys couldn't swallow the breath just now, they were not one or two guys who played at night, the city was divided into areas, took turns to cross patrols, and also divided into time periods, which was equivalent to the urban management of later generations.

Seeing the guy who rolled up his sleeves and wanted to use force against himself, Qiu Tongmian hurriedly said, "Don't, don't, I came to Gongyuan from other places, I looked for Yang Xuezheng, but I didn't know the way on the road, I found the door, knocked on the door for half an hour, but didn't see the door open, brother, I can't help it, I'm tired to rest here." ”

I heard that the other party was looking for Yang Xuezheng Yang, and I looked at the gift box on the ground, and I believed it a little, but I still couldn't swallow it in my heart.

Seeing that he was looking for Lord Yang, it must have something to do with it, and he was not sure for a while, and he didn't dare to move, so he rubbed his thighs and knees, picked up the lantern on the ground, and leaned over to Qiu Tongmian's face, looking at him and said.

"It's not that I said you, see that you are also a scholar, how can you be so stupid, this tribute courtyard is a place for students to study and take scientific examinations, if there are people in this house, I am afraid that they are not alive, aren't you looking for ghosts."

As he spoke, he glanced at Qiu Tongmian and saw that his face was full of black lines, so he no longer wanted to say anything, and planned to turn around and leave, which was considered unlucky.

Qiu Tongmian knew that this guy must know how to find Xuezheng and where he would let him go, so he grabbed him and said, "Brother, I was wrong before, but I can't be blamed for this, if you want to blame, blame it for being too dark."

Seeing Qiu Tongmian laughing, the guy was even more angry, and said, "Look at you as a scholar, how can you quibble like this." ”

Qiu Tongmian continued to laugh and said, "How can I quibble, you look at my instep", he said, revealing the instep of being stepped on red to show the guy, and continued, "I also have a lot of pain, I wanted to find the inn, but there is no lantern in my hand, I'm afraid I can't find the road." ”

Saying that, without waiting for the guy's reaction, he took out a certain amount of silver from the baggage and handed it to the guy.

When the guy saw this, he smiled, and quickly put it into his waist, and then smiled, "Mr. is really generous, this money is my soup and medicine fee, I heard you come to Yang Xuezheng"

He pointed to a small road behind the Gongyuan and said, "The Gongyuan is divided into the front and back yards, this is the front yard, and the backyard is a lot of roads, so I have nothing to do, I shook the lantern in my hand and said, I will send you a hand."

After saying that, he led the way ahead.

This time, after knocking on the door for a while, someone came out and opened the door.

The old man dressed as a housekeeper glanced at the guy and Qiu Tongmian, and said, "What are you two doing at night?" ”

When the guard saw someone coming out, he smiled and said, "I heard that this gentleman came to find Lord Yang, but he didn't find the right place, so he sent it over, and the villain is leaving", after speaking, he looked at Qiu Tongmian and signaled that he was leaving.

When the old man heard that Qiu Tongmian was coming to find the master, he approached Qiu Tongmian with a lantern, looked at it for a long time, but recognized it, and said, "Yo, isn't this Tongjin, why did you arrive at the house so late."

Qiu Tongmian saw that the old man knew himself, learned the old man's movements, and pretended to say, "It turned out to be you, I have never been to the Gongyuan at night, I am afraid that I took the wrong road and found the wrong door just now, and the lost man took me to find it."

The old man didn't want anything else, and pulled him into the house. said, "Let's talk about it first, I'll go and inform the master first, you go to the front hall to sit down and have a cup of tea."

As he spoke, he led Qiu Tongmian to the main hall, ran outside again, called someone to build tea and brought it up, and went to Xuezheng.

Qiu Tongmian ran all afternoon, and he was also tired and panicked, and he was not polite when he saw the tea coming up, so he drank it zizily.

After a while, I heard a cough outside the house, and I knew that Yang Xuezheng was coming.

I saw Yang Xuezheng wearing a thick coat, and the people next to him were holding candles, and they entered the house, and saw Qiu Tongmian drinking tea there, and said with a smile, "Tongjin, why did you arrive at the house so late, I received your words earlier, I thought you should have arrived early, I was afraid that something would happen to you on the road, and I sent someone to look for your news outside the city."

Qiu Tongmian arched his hand and said, "Lord Lao is worried, Lord Yang, I took the wrong road on the road, and I came a few days late" After speaking, he secretly looked at Yang Xuezheng.

Seeing that Yang Xuezheng's face was not very good, pale, it was estimated that he had been in bed for some time, and from the appearance of him, he was only in his forties, he should be in the prime of life, and he should be impatient, he should be a talented person.

Seeing Qiu Tongmian calling him Lord Yang so politely, he was a little puzzled, he only separated last year, so he was unfamiliar?

Seeing Qiu Tongmian's impetuousness in his speech and behavior, he somehow felt that Xiao Jintong had changed as a person. Picked up Qiu Tongmian and said, "Why do you call your lord again, you are so good, I am indeed a little worried, your father's affairs, I also know, your family background is also familiar with one or two, your father will definitely not want you to be like this all day long, next year's spring boudoir, how are you prepared?" ”

After speaking, he coughed, took a sip of the hot tea brought by the next person just now, blew open the tea leaves on it, took a sip carefully, and did not raise his head, as if waiting for Qiu Tongmian to give a satisfactory answer.

Qiu Tongmian didn't know why Yang Xuezheng asked this as soon as he saw him, he knew how many catties and taels he had, and he was afraid that Yang Xuezheng would suddenly torture his knowledge, so he quickly raised his spirit and replied, "Teacher, next year's spring boudoir, I have never slackened, you can rest assured, I will not let you down."

Xuezheng raised his head and glanced at him, staring at Qiu Tongmian and said, "Your homework, you are not worried about the teacher, but you are in this state, and the teacher is worried about you, cough cough." That's it, it's not too early, I'll ask Steward Lin to take you to the back kitchen to get some food, and rest early. Tomorrow at noon, we will be on our way, it is almost the end of the month, and after November, it will be much colder in the north. “

After speaking, he called the housekeeper to bring the enemy down with the cotton.

Qiu Tongmian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xuezheng return to the room, I don't know why, seeing Xuezheng so nervous, it is estimated that everyone who is a teacher is like this, thinking of his former high school teacher, he also feels like this.

The night passed, the next morning.

Yang Xuezheng came to the place where Qiu Tongmian lived, stood in front of the house with his hands behind his back, did not hear the sound of reading, but heard Qiu Tongmian's snoring, shook his head slightly, and was a little disappointed. He didn't go in and call him, but turned around and left.

At noon, Qiu Tongmian packed his luggage, then helped the housekeeper pack his luggage, saw Xuezheng coming, stood up and shouted "teacher", but did not see Xuezheng respond, and left quickly, Qiu Tongmian was confused, looked at the housekeeper and said, "What's wrong with the teacher", the official smiled, "I never know, maybe you made your teacher angry."

Seeing that Qiu Tongmian hadn't comprehended yet, he stopped talking.

The four carts were full of luggage, and a lot of people were tired.

I was busy until the afternoon, and then I started to go on the road, Qiu Tongmian couldn't ride a horse, and he couldn't ride the horse a few times, for fear that everyone would doubt him, so he said to the housekeeper who was walking behind, Uncle Lin, "I sprained my thigh a few days ago, and I can't ride a horse, otherwise, I'll walk behind, and the horse will let you ride."

The housekeeper laughed and said, "Tongjin, it's not easy for you to go far this time, you took the wrong road on the road, your leg was sprained again, and you were knocked to the ground again last night", after speaking, he saw Qiu Tongmian's face was helpless, and he laughed louder.

Seeing that Qiu Tongmian was not angry, Zhengse said, "This way to the north, the road is still long, you are injured, don't ride a horse first, talk to me, chat, the lord said that he will not rush to the night tonight, and when there will be an inn, he will stay first, and go to Anqing Mansion tomorrow."