Unlike every time they went out of the city in the past, this time Yan Yunzhou and Ning Qi did not sit in the frame, out of the city gate, Yan Yunzhou was no longer bound to chase the wind, the dark brown horse stepped on the snow with four hooves, like a divine eagle volley, like a cluster of arrows off the string shot away, Yan Yunzhou's ears only left hunting the long wind.

Under the scorching sun, the man's long hair and dark clothes were blown by the wind, and the cloak was hunted by the wind.

Ning Ji looked at the figure for a long time and couldn't come back to his senses, thinking about the past, the first time he saw Yan Yunzhou riding a horse was the time he taught himself, and after that time, he realized that the person had personally taught him to ride a horse with the idea that he might not be able to leave the northern realm alive and wanted to leave some memories with him that belonged to them.

Then he had seen it many times, but every time he saw that man go to battle, and after careful calculation, this was the first time he had seen that man run so purely, and he was full of spirit.

He also patted Black Pearl's neck:

"Black Pearl, let's go, let's catch up with them."

The swarthy horse raised its head, then raised its hooves, and a puff of smoke and dust rolled up behind him, rushing towards the person and horse in front of him.

Yan Yunzhou sprinkled all his joy by chasing the wind, and then gradually slowed down, Ning Zhi caught up with him, and the two walked side by side, the breeze blew, the white horse passed through the gap, and all the haze in the past seemed to disappear with the wind.

Yan Yunzhou seems to be the same freshly dressed and angry horse boy as before, and Ning Ji seems to be still the young and promising deputy director, Yan Yunzhou tilted his head and looked at the people around him, and the smile in the corner of his eyes became more and more obvious:

"Yes, the riding skills are getting better and better."

Ning Qi replied unceremoniously:

"Naturally, Xiaohu teaches well, by the way, he is in the north at the moment, I can't say that I can still meet him."

Sure enough, after this sentence was finished, the face of the person next to him was not so good-looking, Yan Yunzhou turned his head and didn't look at him:

"The wind and the sun are beautiful, you are not angry with me."

Ning Shi Shiran opened his mouth, and the strength in his bones came up again:

"I'm not angry now."

Sure enough, any petty gentleness is fake, Yan Yunzhou was about to raise his hand to touch his heart, when he saw the man turn around and look at him with a pair of eyes that seemed to be smiling:

"It's too late to pretend to be sick."

Yan Yunzhou... Sure enough, the doctor hated it the most.

The two of them rode in front, followed by a team of guards, and behind them was the frame that was slowly moving.

Ning Ji looked at the passers-by while riding a horse, although he usually doesn't go out of the city often, but he has also walked a few times, he usually doesn't see so many people, and how can he see so many people on this road today, it seems that they all look like scholars, he rode close to the people around him and asked:

"Hey, why are there so many people on this road?"

Yan Yunzhou looked at the people who were passing by:

"I went to Beijing to take the exam."

"Rushing for the exam? Spring? Isn't spring spring in February and March every year? ”

Yan Yunzhou opened his mouth to explain:

"Last autumn, the floods in Fujian and Zhejiang were serious, delaying the local autumn festival, His Majesty specially ordered this year's spring festival to be postponed for more than two months, to start the exam at the end of April, calculate the days, these candidates should arrive in the capital these days, there are a lot of tea sheds in front, we go to rest."

"Okay."

It's almost noon, the sun is getting bigger, and Ning is a little hot, there are always small traders doing business on both sides of this official road, mostly selling some pasta, providing some tea, and some large stalls can also provide some side dishes and drinks for passers-by to rest.

Because the spring season is imminent, there is an endless stream of candidates who come to the official road to catch the exam, and there are more people rushing to do business, and this row is full of noodle and tea shops.

There were many people who came to rest, and when it came to the meal, there was not even an empty table, so Yan Yunzhou and Ning Qi randomly found a table with only one person to share the table, Yan Yunzhou waved his hand lightly, and secretly understood that the people below were all resting separately, so as not to cause any commotion.

It was the first time for Ning to sit in this tea shed with Yan Yunzhou so leisurely, and he couldn't help but look around, but Yan Yunzhou spoke like a regular visitor:

"Shop, two bowls of Yangchun noodles, a pound of sauce beef, and a pot of tea."

"Hey, this master can eat, the sauce beef in the small shop is an ancestral secret recipe."

Ning Ji looked at the plate of tempting sauce beef that came up, and his index finger was already moved, and he had already digested it by this time in the morning, he was really hungry, and tasted it:

"Well, it's really good, you taste it, this beef is really good."

The simple Yangchun noodles, with beef, are indeed very pleasant to face the sun and blow the breeze in this shed.

The people at the same table looked like a scholar, and looked at the age of Ning Qi and Yan Yunzhou, thinking that they had also entered Beijing to take the exam:

"Are the two officials also going to the capital?"

"We, we just came out of the capital and went to the north."

When Ning Qi was replying, he saw a few people coming over in ragged clothes in the distance, the leader was dressed in crow blue clothes, but his hair was scattered, but his face was very thoughtful, looking at his age, he was only a teenager, his eyes turned around in the tea shed, and finally fell on Yan Yunzhou's body, and immediately walked towards him.

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Chapter 148: Aged Vinegar Jar (I)

The teenage boy was dressed in light gauze brocade, although his face was a little dirty, and his clothes were a little torn, but just looking at this material was not something ordinary people could have.

The little boy walked to Yan Yunzhou with a few servants behind him very quickly, and gave a very polite salute, and the pair of crystal cat eyes lit up:

"Young Master Yan, such a coincidence, are you also going to the capital?"

He called Ning Ji, who was picking Yangchun noodles, put down his chopsticks and looked at the people around him, and his eyes were obviously asking, "Do you know?" ”

Yan Yunzhou was also stunned by the person who suddenly appeared in front of him, Zhou Yunxi obviously saw from his gaze that he didn't recognize himself, and then opened his mouth to remind:

"Gongzi Yan, I am the old Xuan of the Zhou family, you saved our family on the way to Jiangnan many years ago, do you remember?"

Yan Yunzhou looked at the young man in front of him who had grown into Yushu Lanzhi, and then remembered an episode many years ago, looking at this pair of swarthy cat eyes, he connected the young man in front of him with the little boy who pretended to be calm and blocked his mother many years ago.

"Ah, it turned out to be the old Xuan of Lord Zhou's family, called, called..."

Yan Yunzhou squinted slightly and tried to search for his name, Zhou Yunxi saluted and spoke:

"Zhou Yunxi, the third son of the Zhou family."

Ning Qi didn't know who this kid was, but it sounded like someone Yan Yunzhou had saved?

Just listening to this young man's words, if he didn't read the syllables wrongly, he didn't know Yan Yunzhou's identity, and Yan Yunzhou didn't have any shelf, so he beckoned him to sit down:

"Sit down and say, are you going to Beijing to take the exam?"

"Yes, Mr. Yan, did you also go to Beijing to take the exam?"

Ning Ji smiled and ate noodles while watching Yan Yunzhou in a vest talking to the young man, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but quip:

"If he doesn't, he won't pass the exam in his hometown, how can he enter Beijing to catch the exam?"

Zhou Yunxi was a little displeased when he heard him taunt Yan Yunzhou, but his good cultivation still made him ask the other party's identity first, and Yan Yunzhou also smiled and spoke:

"This is my king... My classmate also failed the township test, and we are going to go to the north to have a look. ”

Rather... I really don't want to suffer.

Zhou Yunxi nodded in a daze, he fell off the list, so don't say much, the young man's thoughts are written on his face, Yan Yunzhou said with a smile in his heart:

"You've been lifted?"

Zhou Yunxi was still immature when he was just seventeen years old, and the Engong in front of him was off the list, so he restrained a lot, just nodded dryly:

"Ah, a fluke."

Now not only Yan Yunzhou but also Ning Zhi looked at the young man in front of him twice, and he knew the story of Fan Jinzhongju.

This is not a good person, this young man looks at it as a teenager, and he has to be a middle-aged person, and at this age, all of the candidates for this year's Spring Festival are quite young.

Yan Yunzhou smiled and raised his glass to him:

"Being promoted at such an age is indeed a young and promising, don't be nervous when you go to Beijing."

His tone paused and he asked:

"Why do you look at the ragged clothes, but what happened on the way?"

Recently, it is the day when candidates from all over the country enter Beijing to take the exam, and there are officers and soldiers in the state capitals along the way.

What's more, seeing that Zhou Yunxi also brought a lot of people, and he was not injured on his body, it shouldn't have been that he met a rogue, but how did he get into this scene?

Zhou Yunxi was a little embarrassed, and he also knew that this body was a little rude:

"I came by water, down from the Baidi River, but I didn't want the strong wind a few days ago, the mast of the boat was blown off, the boat also overturned, and everything around me fell into the river, but fortunately there was a group of fishermen's boats passing by that day, and our boat did not lose their lives."

Yan Yunzhou frowned slightly:

"There's no lingering left in Beijing, right?"

Zhou Yunxi nodded a little embarrassed, and Yan Yunzhou raised his hand:

"Dark Xuan, take two hundred taels of silver and give it to Zhou Gongzi."

Zhou Yunxi hurriedly refused:

"No, Gongzi Yan, your great kindness and our family can't repay it, how can I ask for your silver? It's okay, I didn't lose the jade pendant I carried, and I can always pawn a hundred taels of silver when I get to Beijing.

Besides, my grandfather also has a shop in Beijing, and I have already sent someone to deliver the letter, so they should be able to pick me up soon. ”

"This silver is not considered to be a coil for you, but it is a congratulatory gift for you, a good student to review, if you make a difference in the future, it will be regarded as you thank me for the two hundred taels of silver."

After Yan Yunzhou and Ning Ji set off again, Ning Ji couldn't help but ask:

"Who is that little boy? How do you call you Yan Gongzi? ”

Yan Yunzhou also recalled the past a long time ago:

"At that time, my father and brother were still there, I often did not run around in Beijing, during that period of time after the floods in the south of the Yangtze River increased sharply, there were many fallen grasses along the way, and I happened to meet the Zhou family and his party on the way was robbed, I took a few generals in the house to save them, at that time I was known as Yan Ju.

It's been ten years since I counted this, and at that time, the kid of the Zhou family was only a little old, but he stood in front of his mother like a little adult, and after so long, it was really rare for that child to recognize me at a glance. ”

Ning Ji held the reins in his hand and smiled:

"How much does the prince not have a clear understanding of his face? But if I have seen you once, it is not difficult to recognize you again, and look at the little boy who is polite and gracious.

I can't say that the Zhou family will paint your portrait and hang it at home, and it's not a big deal to recognize you, but this little Zhou Gongzi is promising, an official eunuch family? At the age of seventeen, he participated in the Spring Festival, and he was really good. ”

Yan Yunzhou also nodded approvingly:

"The Zhou family is not a big family, but it should also be regarded as an official family, and it is also a bit famous in the local area."

As if he suddenly remembered something, Yan Yunzhou turned his head sideways and jokingly said to Ning Qi:

"Zhou Zhenhai should be considered diligent, I don't go to Jiangnan much, and I don't know much, but the reputation of this Lord Zhou as an official is far less than the turmoil caused by the big wedding back then."