The exam ticket is really like a good medicine, Wu's mother was able to lie down immediately, eat a bowl of porridge, and get off the ground top-heavy, to pack her bags for Wu Jin.

Wu Jin comforted Wu's mother to rest, she only brought three or two clothes, a few plasters bought by Li Yiti, a lot of silver, and the bamboo box used three years ago.

As the night deepened, he rode to Cheng's mansion again.

The red lantern of Cheng's Mansion was hung high, the word Fu was pasted on the door, and the door of the watch was also dressed with joy, and after hearing that Wu Jin wanted to see Cheng Ting, he immediately went in and invited the third master who was a blessing at home to come out.

Cheng Ting was able to accompany him to Jeju because he defeated his father, and was praised by his mother, and now he is showing off his power at home, holding the hand of the fat sea, like the third prince.

Seeing Wu Jin with luggage and a small flag on the bamboo box behind him to catch the exam, he spread the fat sea and was surprised: "Enter Beijing at this time?" ”

Wu Jin nodded: "I'm here to say goodbye to you." ”

Cheng Ting didn't ask the reason, because he knew that Wu Jin acted independently, and would never act willfully, so he hurriedly turned around and took the crane from Fat Dahai's hand and put it on, and forked a lantern down and carried it: "I'll give you a ride." ”

Fat Dahai stepped forward smartly, took the bridle from Wu Jin's hand, led the horse for him, and walked behind the two.

"I'll leave after the Lantern Festival," Cheng Ting sneezed and rubbed his nose, "Jeju is close, it will be there in a few days, I can go back and forth often, I'm afraid it will take several months to come back." ”

Wu Jin shook his head: "This time, the return date is uncertain." ”

The lantern in Cheng Ting's hand flickered, and the firelight shone on Wu Jin's face, and then moved away, and after a while, he said sullenly: "It's the same." ”

He continued: "The older we get, the harder it is to get together, and now that you have gone to Kyoto, I have also gone to Jeju, leaving Leaf here alone, she-"

"She must be lonely."

Wu Jin said in a low voice: "Yes." ”

She had always been lonely, and since she was a child, she had wandered in a large mansion with no companions, no friends, and few relatives.

On her fingers, her happiness and excitement have only been for so many years.

Cheng Ting sighed angrily, and then said with a relaxed heart: "Don't worry, with me, we can always see each other." ”

Wu Jin smiled: "I'm not gone forever, there is still a lot of time, and it's not across the world, and the life encounters, who can predict that the triumph and frustration are also in an instant." ”

Cheng Ting nodded, sent Wu Jin outside the city gate, put down the lantern, reached out to hug Wu Jin, and slapped him twice on the back: "Treasure!" ”

Wu Jin also hugged him the back: "Precious." ”

Then, he took the bridle from Fat Dahai's hand, put his bags on the horse, turned over on the horse, drew the horsewhip, and looked at Cheng Ting: "Go back." ”

He turned the horse's head, identified the road by the faint light, clamped the horse's belly with force, and galloped away with a "driving" sound.

Under the night, in addition to the wind and snow, he was left alone, going to another unfathomable battlefield, no one could help him, no predecessors paved the way, with his hands and two feet, to step out of a road for himself and for Mo Lingfeng.

The cold moon was sinking in the west, the sun was rising in the east, he was feeding the horses, eating, and trimming at the foot shop next to the road, but in an hour, he turned over again and went all the way to Kyoto along the official road.

The scenery along the way, all of which is ice and snow, and severe cold, is far less beautiful and magnificent than the autumn scenery when I went to the exam three years ago, but the last time he was a glimpse, this time, it is this piece of frozen long river, snow-covered green mountains, all in the eyes.

His bare ears and palms were first red, swollen and burning, and then his skin was painful and itchy, and every time he went to a resting place, he first roasted his hands and rubbed his ears to avoid freezing.

On the twenty-fifth day of the first month, Wu Jin rushed to Kyoto, and settled in the Yunyang Taoist Temple in Yuntai County, outside Kyoto.

Wu Jin went to the city on the second day to buy pen and ink for the exam.

This time, Kyoto was unreservedly reflected in his eyes.

Eight streets and nine mo, flying in rows, he entered the city at the time of Mao, the city is already crowded, the car is like flowing water, the horse is like a dragon, the morning light is a dazzling golden light, penetrating the morning fog, slowly falling on this prosperous scene.

The shops scrambled to open the door, the peddlers' pawns shouted tunes, and the posture was vigorous and drilled around, the persimmons, dried dates, and candied fruits in the baskets were all from all over the world, and the tangerines that had not yet gone out of fashion were rolled in the baskets of bamboo weaving, shining golden like the sun, and the sweet aroma was scattered from the cold wind, which was particularly attractive.

The rich and noble children played horses and arranged flowers, and sometimes there were women traveling in groups, most of them wore hats and smiled.

Among them, there are also women dressed as men, with knives around their waists, and between their words, they pretend to be bold - because the Son of Heaven appreciates the Women's Army, Kyoto is also proud of this style, but I have never seen what the real Women's Army looks like, so I have to follow the cat and the tiger.

Students from all over the world came out of their rented houses and were influenced by the prosperity of Kyoto, and they all dressed up and went to study with their heads held high.

Wu Jin went to the bookstore to buy pen and ink, and went to the pharmacy to buy a plaster for chilblains, the Lantern Festival lantern was still hanging in the teahouse and wine shop, and there were more and more pedestrians on the street.

On the way, he could look up at the Forbidden Palace at a glance.

The towering Qionglou Juque, rushing out of the morning mist as light as a tulle, is high and grandiose, and the golden top touches the sky.

There are treacherous courts, courtiers who are holding power by power, and the Son of Heaven who is heavy on art and light on Taoism.

At the same time, it also contains the integrity, style, and ambition of the world's scholars - there is a way in the world, and he will be martyred by the way, and there is no way in the world, and he will be martyred with his body.

His gaze did not linger on it for long, and when he went to check outside the Gongyuan, he saw that there was no change and the road was clear, so he turned around and returned to the Taoist temple.

When he left the Tribute Courtyard, in a hut near the Tribute Courtyard, Qi Chang shrank his shoulders and bent his waist out, looking at a back figure not far away that seemed to be Wu Jin, and suspected that he was dazzled, and when he rubbed his eyes and looked again, the figure was gone.

He thought that he was reading a book and his eyes were dazzled, so he closed his eyes and rested for a while, and sniffed the air outside.

A quarter of an hour later, he returned to the house.

There was only one narrow room, no windows in the room, and a bed was placed against the wall, and a square table was placed next to the bed, and the square table was equipped with only a chair, and when the chair was pulled out, it was also close to the door.

On the way here, he heard that the rented house must be rented near the Gongyuan, so that he could not miss the news and make friends with other students—who can say whether there will be a person among them who is a very good minister.

He has thirty taels of silver from the Yamen and one hundred taels of silver from Mofu, but he will not go back to Mofu to be a slave in the future, everything has to be a long-term plan, he is reluctant to spend silver, and he doesn't want to miss the opportunity, so he has to rent this cramped house that has been for a month.

If only Wu Jin were here, he thought.

Wu Jin is like a big mountain, and the people behind him will always be peaceful and prosperous in their eyes.

(End of chapter)