The second day was the auspicious day of the zodiac, and Yi Jiuxiao and his entourage set off from Kaizhou City to Beijing. The head of the Wan family personally sent it to the gate of the house, and Wan Shufang was sent to the ten miles outside the long pavilion before they were separated.

Wan Shumad originally wanted to arrange two entourages to follow Yi Jiuxiao to serve all the way, but was politely declined by Yi Jiuxiao, in the past few years, the Wan family has given him enough, and what has he done for the Wan family, how will he repay it in the future?

The strange thing is that Ji Hai did not bring an entourage, although the Ji family is slightly weaker than the Wan family, it is also the first-class family in Kaizhou, and it is the same as the Wan family, and there is money and power in the clan. As a descendant of the family, Ji Hai traveled away and brought a few relatives, which was natural.

On the contrary, Teng Buyue brought two entourages, two young people in their twenties, one named Teng Tian and the other Teng Shui. The Teng family has been in business in Kaizhou City for generations and has never been an official, so the family has high hopes for Teng Buyue, a candidate, and attaches great importance to his national examination in Beijing, hoping to get ahead through the national examination and enhance the status of the family.

Teng Buyue behaved very low-key, which may have inherited the nature of a business family, and he lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to his eyes all the way, and he had a lot of stammering and flattery towards Yi Jiuxiao and Ji Hai, without any backbone and arrogance that scholars often have. Although Yi Jiuxiao doesn't like Teng Buyue, he doesn't hate it, as the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person.

For Ji Hai, Yi Jiuxiao's impression is that this person is very deep, and he seems to be thoughtful along the way, and he doesn't communicate much with Yi Jiuxiao and Teng Buyue, but he doesn't seem to be arrogant. Seeing him like this, Yi Jiuxiao didn't take the initiative to have an in-depth conversation with him, anyway, the road to Beijing is still long, everyone who should know will know, too active seems to have ulterior intentions, and he is just curious about him.

The five of them all rode fast horses, walked on the post road, very accessible, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, and could travel two hundred miles a day, according to this speed, it would take about two months to reach the capital.

The road was smooth and smooth, and on the sixth day, he went out of the boundary of Kaizhou, arrived at Huangzhou, which is adjacent to Kaizhou, and stayed in Fengming County, Huangzhou that night. Because they were in a hurry for days, they didn't wait for the sun to set before they found a place to stay, ready to rest.

After dinner, they each went back to the room to rest, the three masters each lived in a room, and the two servants of the Teng family shared a room, and they no longer disturbed each other after returning to the room, and the limited communication was carried out at the dinner table.

The ride is also not suitable for communication, the speed of the horse is fast, the wind is loud, and you should always be aware of pedestrians and obstacles along the way. And Yi Jiuxiao especially likes to observe the scenery and people along the way, so in the past five or six days, there is really not much time to talk together.

After returning to the room, Yi Jiuxiao did not rest immediately, he practiced martial arts and was full of physical energy, and he did not feel any tiredness along the way, if the horse could stand it, he could travel for days. So rest was not important to him, and he spent half of his evening on cultivation and reading.

Just as he had tidied up his things and was about to start cultivating, he suddenly heard a knock on the door. When he opened the door, he saw Ji Hai standing outside the door, and he was a little surprised: "It turned out to be Brother Ji, looking for me something?"

"Please forgive me for disturbing Brother Yi to rest. Ji Hai clenched his fists and saluted.

Yi Jiuxiao returned the salute and said, "It's still early, Brother Ji, please come to the house to talk." ”

After speaking, he turned to one side, let Ji Hai into the room, asked Ji Hai to sit down on a chair next to the coffee table, made him a cup of tea, put it on the coffee table, and then sat on another chair by himself.

"Brother Yi's talent has spread all over the alleys of Kaizhou, it can be said that women and children know, I have always admired it very much, so this time I went to Beijing, I wanted to invite Brother Yi to accompany me, and I can often ask for advice along the way, and please ask Brother Yi to give advice. ”

Ji Hai is now eighteen years old, one year older than Yi Jiuxiao, the same age as Wan Shumai, but he looks much older than Wan Shuma, and he is old-fashioned when he speaks, Yi Jiuxiao once suspected that this person was also reincarnated, otherwise he would not behave like this at this age.

"Brother Ji is polite, I have already heard Brother Ji's name like thunder, and I have admired him for a long time, and I will ask Brother Ji for more guidance in the future. ”

Yi Jiuxiao's words are very false, pure polite words, before he took the state exam, don't say that he had heard of Ji Hai's name, even he had never heard of this person, the only impression he had was from Wan Shumad's introduction, but Wan Shumad didn't know much about Ji Hai.

"Brother Yi praised falsely, studying and being an official is not my ultimate pursuit at all, I am a monk, a foundation building monk. ”

"Ah, you are a monk, why do monks bother to study and take scientific examinations, it is easy to become an official monk!" Yi Jiuxiao pretended that he didn't know that the other party was a monk, and he was very surprised.

"The exercises I practice are quite special, and you must pass the scientific examination to gain fame, you are not a monk, and you may not understand what you say. ”

"Huh~ How do you know if I'm a monk or not?" Yi Jiuxiao looked surprised again.

"Not only do I know that you are not a monk, but I also know that your spiritual root is very poor, and you are a mortal through and through, because I went to the spiritual root testing workshop to check your spiritual root testing records. ”

actually went to the Linggen Test Workshop to check his test records, and said it unscrupulously, it seems that he is beating his idea, what is the idea to fight, Yi Jiuxiao thought for a while, and did not answer Ji Hai's words.

"I've checked your past, I used to be a beggar, and then I worked in the Huang brothers' house, and I worked as a kabuki in a song and dance studio. ”

That's not wrong at all, this guy seems to have put a lot of effort into investigating him, and to investigate it very clearly, Yi Jiuxiao couldn't help but be annoyed in his heart, but he didn't show it, just listened quietly and was silent.

"I took such pains to investigate you, just to make a deal with you. At this time, Ji Hai showed the arrogance of the monk to the fullest.

"Deal?Brother Ji is a monk, what deal can I do as a poor scholar?" Yi Jiuxiao finally spoke.

"Of course there is, I think Brother Yi will gain fame for me in the national examination, we will swap places in the examination room, you write my name on the answer sheet, I will put your name on the answer sheet, after the matter is completed, I will give you 10,000 taels of silver as a reward, how?. ”

Yi Jiuxiao suddenly realized, it turned out that this guy was playing this good idea, but he still had some questions: "Brother Ji, are you sure that I will do better than you?" We have similar rankings and strengths in the state examination, so I may not be able to beat you in the national examination." ”

"It seems that I can only tell you the truth, I have been practicing since I was a child, I have not read any books, and I have never thought of participating in the scientific examination. ”

So that's the case, Yi Jiuxiao now understands everything, it seems that inviting himself to go with him is a trap, if he doesn't jump this trap, only that Teng Buyue will jump, compared with Teng Buyue, he will definitely be more suitable.

It seems that this guy has not invited himself to accompany him for a long time, and it is estimated that he is still afraid of Wanfu's strength and does not dare to start casually. Now that he is willing to follow him alone, and he is out of Kaizhou again, he no longer has any scruples, so he shows his true colors.

"Brother Ji's offer is so generous, it seems that I can't help but agree. Yi Jiuxiao is not afraid of Ji Hai, but considering the long journey, it is better to stabilize this person first in case anything happens.

"Why are you an official, it's not to get rich, with 10,000 taels of silver, you can be a rich man, why bother to be an official. You are a mortal, just a hundred years, you must see it. You are a smart person, I don't want to say more, I hope you don't go back on your word, otherwise you know the consequences. ”

After speaking, Ji Hai didn't even look at Yi Jiuxiao, got up and returned to his room, in his heart, he was determined to eat Yi Jiuxiao. The Zhuji Cultivator is similar to crushing an ant to death when dealing with mortals, if Yi Jiuxiao dares to disobey, he will not hesitate to destroy it, who would let this fool refuse to be escorted by Wanfu.

As Yi Jiuxiao guessed, at first he really didn't dare to hit Yi Jiuxiao's idea, but he hit Teng Buyue's body with the idea, so he didn't dare to invite Yi Jiuxiao for a long time. Later, I wanted to take the risk and try it, but who knew that Yi Jiuxiao would follow him on the road alone, wouldn't it be a godsend!

Yi Jiuxiao sat on the chair and didn't get up, he was not afraid of Ji Hai's threat, of course, he couldn't really promise Ji Hai anything, Ji Hai said that he would give himself 10,000 taels of silver, it was definitely a lie, and he would definitely kill himself after the fact. I just wondered what kind of exercises Ji Hai was practicing this time, and I actually wanted to give him a substitute test, I didn't ask much just now, I must dig it out if I have the chance, not for anything else, just to satisfy Wan Shu's curiosity.

The next day, after dawn, the group continued on the road, as usual, there was no change, and there was no clue. The whole journey was still very smooth, basically there was no delay, on the fifty-sixth day to the periphery of Bozhou City, you can see the towering tower like a giant beast crawling on the ground.

It was difficult to describe the majesty and magnificence of Bozhou City, Yi Jiuxiao swore that he had never seen such a huge city, and he had never even imagined it. Kaizhou City is also very tall, but compared with Bozhou, it is definitely a small thing, the glorious momentum of Bozhou, not measured by huge, can only be called noble, corresponding, is Kaizhou's vulgarity.