She County is one hundred and twenty miles away, Jixi is twenty miles away, at the beginning, Jixi was only Huayang Town of She County, and it was only separated from the county in the Tang Dynasty. Because of this, there is a huge difference in population and land area between the two places. Huizhou's eight mountains, one water and one land, even in such a large place as She County, the amount of farmland is really not very good, let alone the small Jixi. Therefore, compared with the other five counties, there are many people who go out to do business, and the land price is quite cheap. Most of the Hui merchants who came from here were reluctant to buy land and property in the local area, and many even moved out altogether and settled in other rich places in the south of the Yangtze River where the land was fertile.

However, when it comes to Longchuan, which does not have many acres of good land, everyone in Jixi knows it. On the way to Longchuan, Wang Fulin dressed up as an old horse in men's clothes, of course, he didn't need to ask for directions, but he also happened to meet a group of taxis on the same road, and he actually knew these three people, that is, the three private sacrificers he and Xiaobei had seen in the main hall of the West Garden!

The three of them walked in front of him, and when they asked Longchuan Village halfway, several villagers immediately enthusiastically pointed out the way, which mountain to cross, which bridge to take, how many miles in total, and when they could arrive, explaining everything in detail. However, when one of the older of the three asked more, Mr. Humelin's ancestral house was there, and the villager who pointed the way was a little unnatural.

"Yes...... It's just that the second master of the Hu family is not easy to speak, so I'm afraid you can only look outside at most. ”

"After this township test, we were entrusted by colleagues from other prefectures and counties in the southeast to visit Mr. Merlin's bereaved family in Longchuan because the fifth anniversary of Mr. Merlin's death was approaching. It is expected that the Hu family will not be so unreasonable. ”

The townsfolk say so. The three scholars replied. Didn't pay much attention to it. They are all horses and are quite skilled in equestrianism. As Wang Fulin, who also learned to ride a horse for a short time, he also very much agrees with this kind of travel that does not rely on manpower. Xu Xiake's travelogue certainly sounds fascinating, but considering that someone disregarded the hardships of the people, relied on a note from the officials, recruited the people to carry him all over the famous mountains and rivers for free, and asked the states and counties along the way to supply, but this kind of travel in the world has never been healthy. On the contrary, the deeds of exhausting the people's power are really not worthy of praise.

Therefore, he pretended to be a fellow practitioner who overheard the three of them coming next to him, and went up to talk to them.

As a result, among these three people, one of them had the same surname as him, but it was Wang Yingjiao, a native of Wuyuan, who was now from the imperial examination. Because he felt that there was little hope of going to the Jinshi examination immediately, he was exempted from illness and took the initiative to give up going to Beijing next year to take the entrance examination. According to him. This was learned from Cheng Kui, a native of She County. However, what made Wang Fulin even more laughable and crying was that. After this person talked about Cheng Kui, he said angrily: "Cheng Shulin also admires Wang Fulin too much, but he is just a little Xiucai who just passed the guò test this year, and he was lucky to hang the bottom of the first class in the annual exam, but he kept saying that Wang Fulin was above him, and where did we and others work hard to fight out of the township examination room?" I think Brother Zhou and I happened to be out of town at the beginning, and we didn't participate in the hero's banquet, otherwise we would definitely meet him! ”

This brother with the same surname seems to have some opinions about himself!

Wang Fulin touched his chin, but he was not angry at all. Lifting people, naturally there is arrogance, I think Master Li was not the same at the beginning? And what surprised him even more was that among the two people who were walking with Wang Yingjiao on the side, Zhou Wen, who was also from Wuyuan, actually refuted Wang Yingjiao's words: "What Cheng Shulin said is not completely unreasonable, when it comes to reading and learning, Wang Fulin may still be a little hot, but the difficulties that people have spent in the past few months are put on you and me, if they are both talented students, can you have a countermeasure?" It's better to travel thousands of miles than to read 10,000 books, didn't we decide to postpone the entrance examination just because we planned to sharpen ourselves again? ”

Wang Yingjiao was obviously very dissatisfied with his friend helping others speak, and immediately glared at him angrily, and the two actually argued like this. At this time, Cheng Renqing, the thinnest and oldest of the three, but only a student, persuaded him to make peace as if he was playing a round: "Okay, okay, don't quarrel with the two of you, there are others here!" If Brother Wang is not convinced, you can rush Ming'er to Wang's house in the back street of Chengzhong County to ask for Huiwen, the paper of the annual exam can still be posted outside the school, and the four questions have been completed quite well. ”

"That's not as hard as our township test for three times and nine days!" Wang Yingjiao burst out with a sentence, but his eyes caught a glimpse of Wang Fulin and Xiaobei in men's clothes on the side, and found that he had forgotten about outsiders, so he suddenly became a little uncomfortable, and quickly asked with a forced smile, "The accent of this virtuous brother seems to be from She County?" ”

Everyone almost quarreled because of themselves, Wang Fulin didn't want to throw a bombshell in front of them, and his eyes rolled and he opened his mouth, "In Xixinan, Xiashe County." Coincidentally, he happened to have the same surname as Brother Wang, and he was under Wang...... North. ”

Xiaobei saw that the three of them were fighting because of Wang Fulin, and it was interesting to watch the excitement on the side, and when she heard that Wang Fulin was from Xixinan, she couldn't help but be angry and funny, but when she heard the last sentence, she was suddenly choked by saliva very miserably. She lay on the horseback and coughed in the dark, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Wang Fulin looking at her with innocent eyes, and made a gesture that she couldn't help, she almost didn't die of anger! She didn't understand, Wang Fulin was fooling what kind of name was not good, and he wanted to use her name to make trouble!

"It turned out to be Brother Wang Xian." Wang Yingjiao didn't know that Xiaobei was secretly scolding, so he thought it was someone who was careless. He arched his hand at Wang Fulin, not even realizing that most of Xixinan was surnamed Wu, and most of the Songming Mountain across the river was surnamed Wang. When Wang Fulin was still polite, he looked at Xiaobei again, "Then dare to ask ...... this virtuous brother is"

Xiaobei wanted not to speak, so as not to reveal the flaws, but at this moment, she obviously couldn't avoid it, she secretly complained that Wang Fulin was troublesome, so she could only deliberately thicken her throat and say: "My surname is Hu, Hu Jiamu." ”

She just randomly broke a name for herself according to Wang Fulin's naming method, but she never thought that it would be a good voice as soon as the words fell. But it was Wang Yingjiao, who was a little nerdy, who praised him: "The word Jiamu shows the painstaking efforts of Ling Zun when he was named!" Although it is said that there is no forest without trees, the pillars of the country are ...... of the good trees."

This time, before he finished speaking, he found that this person actually pulled Xiaobei's father. Wang Fulin had to interrupt: "Brother Wang." It's not too early. This Longchuan Village is not very close, and if you don't hurry, I'm afraid it will be too late! ”

His companion obviously couldn't stand Wang Yingjiao's verbosity, and said on the side: "Yes, it's important to hurry now, if you have anything to say in Longchuan Village!" ”

Wang Fulin glanced at Xiaobei and saw that her face was only slightly darkened, and she was not angry or angry, and her heart was suddenly relieved. The next road was just a small gallop. But the road to walk is far more than Songming Mountain to Huizhou Fucheng, so he naturally felt back pain when he rode a horse for a long distance for the first time. Even at noon, everyone just stopped, ate a dry food for lunch, and continued to hurry, and when they arrived in Longchuan Village, it was already evening, and the smoke was curling everywhere, and the western sky was full of red and bright sunset. Among the three, Wang Yingjiao, who was the most angry, was very angry. chanted a poem, which made Wang Fulin very glad that he had signed up for a fake name.

Otherwise, what if someone drags themselves and asks to do poetry and singing?

Although the sun is setting at this time. It is definitely not the season to visit guests, but Wang Yingjiao kept saying that he should follow the ancient style, and he could do his best to visit guests, and dragged his two companions to go, and Wang Fulin, who knew that the Hu family was not easy to enter, followed behind with Xiaobei. When he came to the door of the mansion that looked quite bright, Xiaobei instinctively dodged into the shadows behind Wang Fulin, and the first three people in front of him couldn't wait to knock on the door. After a while, a crack in the door was vaguely opened, and Wang Yingjiao, who had sorted out his clothes, said: "We are from Wuyuan, and the next two are from She County, and we are here today to ask to see Mr. Merlin's bereaved family, Master Hu Er." ”

Wang Fulin only looked at the expression of the guy who answered the door as if he was looking at a fool, and knew that Wang Yingjiao had definitely kicked the iron plate. Sure enough, the porter glanced up and down at the others, and then said stiffly: "My lord is not in good health and will not be a guest." ”

If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely retreat at this time, but Wang Yingjiao was definitely dead-headed. He subconsciously pressed against the door with one hand, and then shouted loudly: "Duke Hu has the merit of Jinghai, but he committed suicide with humiliation and humiliation, and now the fifth anniversary of his death is approaching, we are entrusted to meet the second master to discuss this matter, the second master has the slightest filial piety, how can he keep us out?" ”

Wang Fulin was dumbfounded. This Wang Yingjiao is too bad at being a man. Even if you really accept someone else's invitation to come here after the township test, you have to speak softly and tactfully, how can there be such a simple and rude? Seeing that the two doors slammed shut in front of Wang Yingjiao, almost touching someone's nose, the two companions didn't even insert a word, he couldn't help but glance at Xiaobei next to him. Sure enough, even the little girl who has always played cards out of common sense showed an unbearable expression at this time, obviously thinking that this Wang Yingjiao deserved it.

Everyone has already put on such a clear attitude, even if Wang Yingjiao still wants to fight for it again, his two companions have long regretted it, where will he be willful, and quickly grabbed his arm one by one, and dragged the person away alive or dead. Wait until you leave the Hu family's mansion, look at the sky that has completely darkened now, and then look at Wang Fulin and Xiaobei in the back, the eldest Cheng Renqing stepped forward to apologize for Wang Yingjiao with some embarrassment, and then said: "Now that we are rejected by the Hu family, why don't we rush back to Huayang Town to stay?" ”

This time, Xiaobei, who has been here more than once, said angrily: "There are at least more than 20 miles to go back to Huayang here." ”

"Then let's stay in a house in the village."

Zhou Wen, the calmest of the three, made a decision, and Wang Fulin did not express any objections. He still didn't take the initiative to ask Ying to come out, but followed the three of them with Xiaobei. After going around several houses, they all refused because the house was small, or they didn't dare to accommodate strangers, so Xiaobei couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "Hey, why did you promise them?" As I said before, there is a land temple at the back of the village where people can live. What if someone's home is cramped? I don't want to live with them! ”

"Don't forget you're pretending to be your first time." Wang Fulin reminded him angrily, and then said in a low voice, "This is the person who sent you to the door who is enthusiastic about your father's death day, of course you have to observe it carefully." ”

It took seven or eight to transfer before Zhou Wen succeeded in staying overnight. What's even more gratifying is that the other party is also surnamed Hu, although he and Hu Zongxian have already come out of the five suits, but they are barely relatives of the family, and they are rich families in Longchuan Village.

PS: It's the eighteenth, ask for monthly passes and recommended tickets, thank you all (to be continued......)