The soldiers who suddenly appeared on the dock startled Hu Ye, all of them were tall and tall, and at first glance they were good hands in a hundred, obviously specially trained. Hu Ye was curious, what was such a strong soldier sent to the dock to do, was he here to arrest people?

Hu Ye's doubts were quickly answered, they were not here to arrest people at all, but to maintain law and order. They drove the people on the dock to both sides, leaving a large open space in the middle, and let a few people riding tall horses walk towards Hu Ye behind.

"Don't be nervous, boy." Kong Ne saw that Hu Ye was a little nervous, so he said with a smile.

Hu Ye was as white as Kong Ne, it was strange that such a big battle was not nervous, this is not facing a few small thieves, this is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, dozens of well-trained soldiers, even if a master like Zheng Da comes, they may not be able to settle down. If these people are coming for themselves, then aren't they dead?

After Kong Ne finished speaking, he didn't wait for Hu Ye to react, and walked up with Ah Fu.

"Student Fang Xiaoru, I have seen Yan Shenggong."

"Student Xie Jin, I have seen Yan Shenggong."

"Student Huang Huai, I have seen Yan Shenggong."

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Without waiting for Kong Ne to take a few steps, several people who were still on horseback just now jumped off their horses and saluted respectfully towards Kong Ne.

Hu Ye didn't care about their attitudes, but their names. Fang Xiaoru, Xie Jin, Huang Huai, none of them are big names who will be famous in the annals of history in the future, in front of this Kongne, they are completely the gift of students, where are they still a bit of a big man.

Seeing this, Hu Ye understood that such a big pomp turned out to be here to greet Kong Ne, no wonder Kong Ne told himself not to be nervous.

"Haha, you old boys, don't come unharmed." Kong Ne saluted a few people back, and then said with a laugh.

"Yan Shenggong. Why did you come here in person this year, you can call Brother Gongjian to come to meet the emperor. And you came on this trip, why did you take Ah Fu alone, what if there was an accident on the road. Fang Xiaoru hurriedly helped Kong Ne, looked at Ah Fu next to him and said.

"Xizhi doesn't have to worry, there are people to accompany him along the way, and trouble will naturally not come to the door. Besides, I'm an old bone, who can come up and make trouble for me. Kong Ne smiled and looked in Hu Ye's direction.

Fang Xiaoru followed Kong Ne's eyes and saw Hu Ye, and saw that it was just three little dolls and a bodyguard. didn't pay much attention to it, so he continued to chat with Conne.

Hu Ye touched his nose helplessly, people are small, and they are ignored wherever they go. So he glared at Fang Xiaoru viciously, and said in his heart, you will be high, and when you are so high that you are wiped out of the ten clans, see that you still ignore me.

Fang Xiaoru is a big celebrity, as a person who was punished by Zhu Di for the ten clans, his name has long been left in the annals of history. Hu Ye was naturally thunderous about his name. It's just like this when I see it today, it's not as good as Xie Jin next to him, at least he smiled at himself.

"Boy, when you get to the bottom of it. Remember to come to Fuyang City to find me. Kong Ne turned to Hu Ye and said a word, and then entered the city of Nanjing surrounded by a large army.

"Yan Shenggong, who is that kid, he looks very young. was able to walk with Yan Shenggong. After entering the city, Fang Xiaoru asked Kong Ne curiously.

He took a cursory glance at Hu Ye just now, but he didn't see any difference. But the words that Kong Ne said to Hu Ye just now aroused his great interest.

"He's just a candidate who went south to catch the exam, not a big shot. I walked with him just because I was on the way. Kong Ne didn't intend to explain anything to Fang Xiaoru, so he said casually.

Fang Xiaoru knew that Kong Ne was not telling the truth to himself, but he didn't dare to continue asking. If this Yan Shenggong loses his temper, I'm afraid that the emperor won't give him face.

So surrounded by several future bigwigs, Kong Ne gradually disappeared from Hu Ye's sight.

"Young master, young master." Lao Qian pushed Hu Ye who was in deep thought, now that it was getting dark, he had to find an inn to rest.

"Ahh Woken up by Lao Qian, Hu Ye came back to his senses, and saw that the dock had returned to normal, and everyone didn't care much about what happened just now, and it was still the shouting that should be shouted, and the carrying that should be carried out.

Hu Ye looked at the two little girls with pale faces again, and then led Hongchen towards Nanjing City.

Now Nanjing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the prosperity of Cheng dù is naturally incomparable to Beiping, the city wall alone is much taller, the general siege ladder is not long enough, I am afraid that the two have to be connected together.

Fortunately, it is evening, not the time when the flow of people is the largest, otherwise Hu Ye would have to spend a stick of incense to enter the city gate.

Once inside the city gates, there is even more bustling crowds, and the shops on both sides of the street have been lit up with flaming lanterns, ready for the arrival of nightlife.

The Ming Dynasty also had a curfew, but it also took the second watch to start, so the people of Nanjing enjoyed the nightlife for more than an hour, especially those restaurants and casinos, and the evening was at the peak of business.

Although Hu Ye really wants to see what the nightlife in Nanjing will be like, the most important thing now is to find an inn, and the two girls need to have a good rest. He himself was tired, and the nearly twenty-day long-distance trip also made Hu Ye physically and mentally exhausted, and if he wanted to enjoy the nightlife, he would better wait until the autumn exam was completed in ten days.

The examination room in Qiuyu is the Tribute Academy, and the Jiangnan Tribute Courtyard in Nanjing is built on the edge of the Qinhuai River, as soon as he heard the news, Hu Ye felt strange. The fame of the Qinhuai River is not small, but most of the green buildings above are famous, but I didn't expect the dignified tribute courtyard to be built on the side of the Qinhuai River.

However, this is not Hu Ye's concern, since he wants to be in autumn, the inn he lives in is naturally as close to the Gongyuan as possible. But here's the problem, the closer to the Tribute Academy, the higher the price, presumably these bosses have already smelled the silver on the candidates.

They are all excellent businessmen, knowing the mentality of these candidates, they specially label some rooms as "Zhuangyuan Room", "Gongshi Room", "Jinshi Room", and then mark them with high prices.

As for how high the price was, Hu Ye saw that the most outrageous one actually asked for ten taels of silver a day, which was simply robbing money. But Hu Ye found that the high-priced "champion house" was in short supply, so Hu Ye could only sigh that there were many stupid hats this year.

If everyone goes to live in the champion room, it is really like the shopkeeper said, you can be admitted to the champion if you do it, wouldn't everyone be the champion?

What's even worse is that not only are this kind of high-priced houses sold out, but even ordinary affordable houses are in short supply, and Hu Ye has gone to many inns that are full. Until I came to a store called Laiyun Inn, I asked if there were two rooms, but the price was a little outrageous, and a house cost one or two silver a night.

Hu Ye hated to kick this shopkeeper to death, and the old money was even more itchy, and he was about to give the shopkeeper a fist. Angry is angry, but you can't do it, this is not Beiping, we can call Zhu Di to help if you beat someone, if you are not familiar with life here, it is better to keep a low profile.

It's two taels of silver a day, Hu Ye can still afford it, otherwise he missed this one, and I don't know where the next inn with vacancies is.

"The shopkeeper, pay for one month first, and then renew the lease then." Hu Ye threw a silver ticket over as he spoke.

Although he had a lot of money, he could not let this unscrupulous merchant make money. It's the third day of August, and there are still six days to take the first exam, and after the three exams, there is a long waiting day for the release of the rankings, which should be at the beginning of September.

So Hu Ye just paid a month's rent, if he didn't pass the exam by then, he would rather offend Zhu Di than enter the palace to be Ruan An's apprentice, and his little Ding Ding would be used to pass on the ancestry.

If you are unfortunate enough to be lifted as Kong Ne said, you will have to wait until the spring in February next year, and you can't go back to Beiping in the middle, otherwise it will take more than a month to go back and forth, Hu Ye can stand it, and Saren and Tsing Yi can't stand it.

At that time, he had to spend a few hundred taels of silver to live in the inn, so that Hu Ye really understood the importance of money. He really didn't know how those poor people completed the imperial examination, and was it really the same as the TV he used to watch, the firewood room of the guest house? (To be continued......)