After lunch, several people changed into the clothes they had picked up, and for convenience, Ye Qiushui also put on men's clothes, and everyone looked at each other's new looks and teased each other for a while before stopping.

Ye Qiushui laughed for a while and said: "When you enter the city for a while, if you meet someone who checks our identity, you will say that you are escorting me to Beijing to take the exam, I am your son-in-law, if someone asks you what happened to your hair, it will be said that it burned out when it exploded." ”

Everyone nodded yes, and at this time, Marco ran to Ye Qiushui, bent down, stretched out his right hand and made a gesture of please, and said to Ye Qiushui: "Childe, please here, the mountain road over there is not easy to walk." ”

Ye Qiushui said: "It's still Marco who is sensible, you see that you are all one by one, and you don't know how to take care of your son-in-law." ”

Seeing that Marco and Ye Qiushui were having fun there, Xiang Luyang said: "It's better to be young, don't worry about anything." ”

Ye Qiushui glanced back at him and said, "Let's go, middle-aged man, don't sigh there." ”

Xiang Luyang shook his head, smiled bitterly, and followed Ye Qiushui and others down the mountain, in the process of descending the mountain, Ye Qiushui introduced the etiquette and customs of the last years of the Ming Dynasty to a few people, although everyone didn't remember it too much, but they all listened to it as a story, after all, this is a good way to pass the time.

After coming to the city gate, looking at the dilapidated city gate, the collapsed city wall, and the guards who were busy saving people, Xiang Luyang muttered to Ye Qiushui: "It seems that no one should be interrogating us." ”

Ye Qiushui said: "The more this time, the more careful you must be. ”

Sure enough, as soon as a few people approached the city gate, they were intercepted by several officials wearing green official uniforms and carrying waist knives, and one of the leaders said: "Who are you, why did you enter the city at this time?" ”

Ye Qiushui hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Several Jinyi Guards have worked hard, the small one is to enter Beijing to participate in the scientific examination, just now it was blown out by the explosion of the air, and the subordinates delayed a little time in order to find me, so it was too late to come in." ”

Seeing Ye Qiushui's attitude of neither humility nor arrogance, the leading Jinyiwei secretly said in his heart: "This young man should have some background, if he is an ordinary man, when he sees Jinyiwei, even if there is no ghost in his heart, he will be afraid of three points, but in the eyes of this young man, he can't see the slightest fear, this eventful autumn, it is better to cause less trouble." ”

Thinking of this, the brocade guard opened his mouth and said: "Since it is a move to enter Beijing to catch the exam, let's go in quickly, but I remind you that if there are relatives in the city, try to live in the relatives' houses, and now the inns in the city are basically closed." ”

Ye Qiushui arched his hand and said, "Thank you for reminding me." ”

Without looking back, she walked towards the city, and Xiang Luyang and the others also followed her and walked into the city.

After coming to the city, looking at the ruins on both sides of the road, Xiang Luyang frowned and said, "Do you really plan to pan for the world's first pot of gold here?" ”

Hearing Xiang Luyang say this, everyone was silent, yes, the people here are already very miserable when they suffer this kind of unwarranted disaster, can they really bear to start with these people?

After being silent for a while, Ye Qiushui said: "Forget it, let's take a look around the city first, it's really not good, let's go out before dark, it's a big deal to sleep in the mountains and forests, it's a camping." ”

In fact, this group of people has received orthodox education since childhood, and everyone has a complex of pity for the old and the poor, but they haven't seen this scene just now.

After a while in the city, a few people turned to the east of the city, because it was far away from the center of the explosion, the impact was not very large, so there were still a few shops open, just when Ye Qiushui was about to walk into a pawnshop, inquire about the situation here, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves on the corner of the street, judging from the sound, the number of people seemed to be quite a lot, although there were not many pedestrians on the road at this time, but there were still some pedestrians, with the sound of horses' hooves from far and near, screams and curses came from time to time on the road.

After the horse team passed, Ye Qiushui and Xiang Luyang walked into the pawnshop, asked the others to wait outside, and saw that a customer came to the door, and the shopkeeper hurriedly came over to greet him, and said while pouring tea: "The explosion in the morning, the guys all asked me to be sent home and take refuge. ”

Ye Qiushui said: "In this eventful autumn, the shopkeeper can still think about the guys, which shows that the old shopkeeper is kind-hearted." ”

The old shopkeeper said: "Born in troubled times, who has what to do!" Forget it, I don't know what advice the two sons have when they come to my shop? ”

Ye Qiushui sighed and said: "My two brothers were originally going to Beijing to catch the exam, how could they have thought that they would suffer this catastrophe before they entered the city, although they escaped with their lives, but the luggage coil was lost in a panic, and they had no choice but to use this thing to exchange some silver for two days in the old shopkeeper." ”

With that, he handed over a small mirror that he used to touch up his makeup to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper took the small pink round carved box and observed it carefully for a while before he spoke: "Please forgive the old man for being blunt, this thing doesn't seem to be as simple as it seems on the surface, I'm afraid there is something else inside this thing." ”

Ye Qiushui smiled and said: "The old gentleman is really like a torch, this thing is actually a treasure mirror, its mirror surface is as white as snow, and it is extremely clear, if it weren't for my misfortune, I really wouldn't have taken out this treasure to show people." ”

After that, I clicked on the edge of the mirror box with my hand, and the mirror popped out directly.

The old shopkeeper took the mirror, and when he saw that it was as Ye Qiushui said, he lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said, "I don't know how much the prince wants to be this treasure mirror?" Is it dead or alive? ”

Ye Qiushui asked: "How to say death, what about life?" ”

When the old shopkeeper saw Ye Qiushui asking, he was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I think the son must be from a famous family, and he has never been in contact with our pawnshop. ”

"To put it bluntly, it is to sell this thing directly to us, let's negotiate the price directly, and when I lend you two pieces of silver, you will press the thing on me, and wait until there is money in the future to redeem it, of course, when redeeming, we will charge a part of the interest."

Ye Qiushui said: "Then I don't know how much silver my treasure mirror can be used for?" ”

The old shopkeeper said: "Seven hundred taels for death, five hundred taels for life, three cents per month, for one year, if you don't redeem things when they expire, they will belong to the shop." ”

Ye Qiushui said: "Then since this is the case, I will take it as a living, and in a few days my family will send me a silver tael, and I will redeem it." ”

The old shopkeeper saw that Ye Qiushui wanted to be a worker, although he was a little disappointed, but he still opened a pawn ticket for Ye Qiushui, and handed the pawn ticket to Ye Qiushui, and the old shopkeeper asked: "I don't know if the son wants a silver ticket or cash?" ”

Ye Qiushui said: "Give me fifty taels of silver, and everything else will have silver tickets." ”

After receiving the old shopkeeper's silver and silver tickets, Ye Qiushui had no intention of leaving, but talked to the old shopkeeper.