These were all taught to him by his brother.

Mr. said that reading can't just read, he understands, so he has been following in the footsteps of his brother and Jun Qi, and often feels that he may not be able to catch up in his life.

Lu Zhou thought, it was good to be able to come out with his brother this time, and after he came out, he knew that there are so many different people in the world, and it is not only geniuses who can be admitted, and not all of them are like Brother Jun Qi.

Some of them are young, some are already very old.

Some people are high-minded, some are philistine, some are impatient, some are steady, some people always want to calm down when they encounter problems, some people know a lot, and some know very little......

Moreover, there are still people stealing!

The aura of lifting people in Lu Zhou's heart was shattered.

Lu Zhou thought that they were actually no different from their uncles and relatives who farmed in the village.

The more he knew, the more he felt that it was better to be an older brother.

So Lu Xu proposed that they go their own way and not be with those scholars, and Lu Zhou didn't feel anything wrong.

Or they are more comfortable to walk on their own, there is nothing that they don't eat, that doesn't live, they should leave unevenly, and they want to stay for a while and be urged to be troublesome.

Lu Zhou couldn't help but ask: "Brother, weren't there more people in the caravan when you went to the north in the past?" Are they the same? ”

Lu Xu scoffed: "If you dare to go like this in Shuozhou and the north, you have already been taken away by wolves!" ”

Lu Zhou: "......"

Also, Shuozhou and the north are more difficult than going to Beijing to catch the exam, but my brother has to go there two or three times a year, and my brother is pioneering.

As a result, Lu Xu unconsciously had a more magnificent image in Lu Zhou's heart.

Lu Xu and Yan Junqi were chatting about what to eat at night, chatting and chatting, and saw that Lu Zhou was looking at him with adoring eyes.

Those eyes were bright, as if they were adorned with stars.

Lu Xu was inexplicable, and couldn't help but feel a little worried about parents, and in the future, they would take their children out for a walk, look at Lu Zhou's little appearance, it would be easy to deceive at first glance!

In this way, they walked all the way along the avenue at their own pace, but they still failed to reach the capital before the year.

During the Chinese New Year, they lived in a small village, and the only scholar in the village heard that Yan Junqi was a lifter, so he came to Yan Junqi every day with a book and waded through the snow to ask Yan Junqi for teaching.

This person is in his early thirties, and the children are almost the same as Lu Zhou, but he can ask Yan Junqi to come here, be respectful as a teacher, and never sit.

Lu Xu asked Lu Zhou to follow and listen, and every time Lu Zhou saw him standing next to Yan Junqi and bending down to ask for advice, he was shocked by the hungry curiosity in his eyes.

The man had to work at home in the morning, and he could only come from afternoon to evening, and every time he consulted until dark, he was very embarrassed to delay Yan Junqi after eating.

On the third day, he learned that Lu Xu planned to leave after the fifth day of the new year, and every time he came, he began to carry firewood for them.

Lu Xu asked him why he went to the nearby county town to study, and the man said shyly: "There is no gentleman in our village, my father died early, my mother is not in good health, and I dare not travel far to study." At this age, he was only admitted to the show. ”

Yan Junqi said: "It's not easy to cultivate and study, if it weren't for the support of my family, I wouldn't be able to take the exam." ”

He took out his book from the bookcase and lent it to the scholar, "This is the note I made when I was studying in the county, I have some insights taught by Mr. Xianxue, if you don't dislike it, you can take it first." ”

The scholar's eyes were red, and he was very grateful.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the small village had little to eat, and the scholar braved the snow to serve them three bowls of dumplings.

The skin of the thick noodles, the stuffing of tofu and cabbage, Lu Zhou ate it very sweetly.

He felt that the harvest of these ten days in this small village was incomparably rich and incomparable.

It turns out that as long as you like it, it's not a big deal to be admitted to the age of 30, even if you don't have fame for a lifetime, it won't affect your desire for knowledge.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the three of them sat on the bed under the quilt to keep vigil, and after eating the snacks, Lu Xu encouraged them to take turns telling stories, chatting about the future, chatting and chatting, and somehow talking about the library in the imperial city.

Lu Xu said: "Our Zhouzhou is actually quite suitable for being a librarian, guarding books all his life, happy and happy, which book to read, which book to post, which book to post, and which book to post, and which yamen to manage the library?" ”

Yan Junqi: "Secretary Province." ”

Lu Xu patted Lu Zhou: "Then you will run for this test in the future!" ”

Lu Zhou smiled bitterly, although the secretary province is an idle yamen, how can it be easy to enter?

He bit his lip and asked cautiously, "Brother, will you be disappointed if I can't pass the Tongsheng exam in my life?" ”

Lu Xu was stunned, then rubbed his head with a smile, "Do you remember what my brother said when you were going to study?" ”

Lu Zhou nodded.

Lu Xu said: "I'm not here to let you study for the sake of being promoted, you still can't even pass the exam as a child, it's no different to me, my brother hopes that you can read happily, I thought so back then, I still think so now, I was your brother back then, and the future will be the same, for me, you have only one identity, that is, my brother." ”

Lu Zhou's eyes flashed, and he let out a muffled "um".

Lu Xu grabbed his shoulders and patted him hard behind his back, and the thick quilt made a clattering sound, "You are my brother!" What's wrong with not being able to pass the exam? If anyone dares to laugh at you, tell me, I'll take you to beat him! ”

Lu Zhou burst into tears and laughed, not understanding why his brother could say that his younger brother was more proud than being admitted to the top prize, but he was so happy.

If Zhuangyuan and Lu Xu's younger brother can only choose one of the two......

Then he still shouldn't be a champion.

Well, my brother is right.

There is nothing more proud in the world than being Lu Xu's younger brother! He already has the best.

In early February, they finally entered Beijing safely.

The three of them looked at the towering walls of the capital from afar, and their hearts surged.

It's finally here, the center of Oki, the heart of Oki, the most prosperous capital of Oki that every Daki person yearns for!

Lu Xu handed their paperwork to the city guard, but the city guard did not answer, but went around their mule cart to check, and without saying a word, he opened the curtain of the car with a gun, put on his shoes and stepped on the clean bedding on the car.

Seeing this, Lu Zhou wanted to stop him, but was stopped by Lu Xu.

Seeing that they were rummaging in the car, they didn't check it well at all, and kicked down the water jug in the car, Yan Junqi said, "What are you looking for?" ”

The city guard glanced at him when he heard this, "Weapons, secret letters, evidence of collusion with barbarians, do you want to tell you?" ”

Yan Junqi: "The barbarians have already returned to Daqi, how can you collude, do you mean that the barbarians pretended to be obedient, deceived Your Majesty, and deceived hundreds of officials?" ”

The city guard is excited, can this be nonsense?! He just said, why does this kid talk so much?! He was about to get angry, but Lu Xu stepped forward quickly, "My lord, you really like to laugh, we are from a small place, don't tease us, we entered Beijing to take the exam, and we brought some luggage." ”

The city guard snorted coldly: "You said that luggage is luggage?" Who knows if you brought poison or not. ”

Lu Xu took out the silver and stuffed it into his hand, "It's really luggage, you see it's all clothes and bedding, this is our paperwork, and the big seal of the county government and the county guard is detained, you can take a look." ”

The city guard weighed the silver, put away the gun and jumped out of the car, casually opened the paperwork and glanced at it, and saw that there were many chapters on it, so he let him go: "The capital is not as good as your hometown, pay attention to what you say, okay, go in." ”

Lu Xu: "Thank you, sir. ”

He pulled Yan Junqi and Lu Zhou and hurried into the city.

has walked a long way, Lu Zhou is still glaring at the city guard angrily.

There are people on the road, and they have always been unimpeded, and this is the first time they have encountered such unscrupulous people asking for money.

Lu Xu said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's the capital, it's expensive to raise people elsewhere, but it's nothing when you get here." ”

Lu Zhou turned around and said, "Brother, they only stopped our car!" ”

Lu Xu: "It's not just that they stopped us, they are thieves, they see that our car is valuable, and they are not powerful, and they have a foreign accent, so they don't blackmail us from anyone." ”

Lu Zhou was shocked, and when he looked back carefully, it turned out to be true!

Lu Zhou was furious, "Does no one care? ”

Lu Xu: "Can someone care about it so rampant?" ”

Lu Zhou was silent, but suddenly felt extremely disappointed in the capital.

Lu Xu patted him on the head, "Okay, there are good people and bad people everywhere, so they should consume money to avoid disasters and save trouble, they don't ask the poor people for money, they already have a conscience." Let's go find an inn to rest and let's go. ”

Most of the cities in Daqi are respected in the north, followed by the east, Lu Xu inquired on the road, and sure enough.

The imperial city is in the north, the yamen of all roads is in the east, and the nobles are in the west.

The officials lived in the eastern city, according to their grades and family backgrounds, roughly from high to low, from north to south, and where they intersected with the southern city, there lived some petty officials of no grade, as well as the local rich people in the capital.

The houses in Xicheng are larger, and they are all hereditary by the nobles.

Ordinary people, peddlers and pawns live in the south.

Those who go to Beijing for exams and errands have the money to live in Dongcheng, but they don't have the money to live in Nancheng.

Lu Xu looked for an inn along the street and found a street where the south city and the east city intersected, which was quite prosperous.

Three people, two rooms, one room for 300 wen a night, excluding food, hot water in the morning and night, carriages and horses are counted separately.

Lu Xu's mule and cart had to pay 100 wen a day for forage.

This time, Lu Zhou didn't say anything too expensive, the three of them squeezed together, or he lived with Lu Xu, and didn't disturb Junqi's brother Wen Shu, but took the initiative to move the luggage to his room.

This store does not provide luggage supervision, and they are not responsible for the loss of luggage in the car.

Lu Xu inexplicably felt that Lu Zhou seemed to know something.

But Lu Zhou didn't ask, so he wouldn't take the initiative to say.

Put away the luggage, it's still early, Lu Xu plans to go around first, and then find a quiet yard.

A day's accommodation is 700 Wen, plus the cost of three meals, nearly one tael of silver a day, Rao is that they brought a lot of money, and they can't afford it like this.

It's only February, and the exam is just in April, and there will be a palace exam after the exam, and the palace exam will be in May.

Staying in the inn for two or three months, no matter how you think about it, it is inconvenient.

The quiet is too remote, the conditions are not good, and the conditions are good, all facing the street, disturbing Junqi's review.

Or find a small house, spacious and comfortable.

However, Lu Xu did not plan to rush for a while.

Let's take a look around today.

Jun Qi began to study books seriously as soon as the New Year, and he bought a batch of books when he passed by Yuancheng last month, and he was reading like he was fascinated, he concentrated on preparing for the exam, and did not plan to go out.

Lu Zhou was packing up his things, tidying up the dirty ones, taking stock of what they needed to add, and whether there was anything bad.

Lu Xu wanted to come out, so he took him out with him.

If you want to find a house, you can't find it in a moment, and with such a big capital, you have to find the way first.

Lu Xu didn't know if there were any special rules in the capital, and he didn't catch a car, so he only brought a little change and walked around with Lu Zhou.