Xiao Yiyuan and his cousin Xiao Yisheng entered the city gate, and when they saw the busy streets, Xiao Yisheng opened his mouth wide and looked around, he only hated himself now why he didn't have two more eyes.

Xiao Yiyuan just looked at the surrounding environment casually, and then turned his head to look at Xiao Yisheng, who had not enough eyes, smiled and said, "Let's go, we have to find a place to live quickly." ”

"Uh-oh." Xiao Yisheng hurriedly followed Xiao Yiyuan, and after the freshness just now, he began to worry again. Approaching Xiao Yiyuan, he said, "Big brother, where do we live in such a big Shangjing City!" ”

"You just follow." Xiao Yiyuan said and walked forward, and Xiao Yisheng immediately followed.

When he arrived at a noodle stall at the mouth of an alley, Xiao Yiyuan walked over and sat down, "Boss, come and have two bowls of noodles." ”

Xiao Yisheng immediately walked over to him and sat down.

The boss, an old woman in her forties and fifties, saw that a guest was coming, came over with two bowls of coarse tea, put them in front of the brothers, and said with a smile: "Wait a minute, you two." ”

The proprietress walked back to give them below, and at this time a man in his thirties came over with a bag of noodles in his hand, he walked to the woman and put the noodles down, said a few words to the woman, and then poured himself a bowl of tea, walked to the table next to Xiao Yiyuan and sat down.

Xiao Yiyuan looked at the man, and saw that he had a loyal face and a straight look in his eyes, so he walked over and sat down opposite him, smiled and said, "This big brother, can I ask you something about it." ”

He spoke politely, and the man was a little uncomfortable, rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "You... You ask. ”

"How do you get to Shanglin Academy?" Xiao Yiyuan asked.

"Shanglin Academy, that's a bit far." The man thought for a while and said, "This is Nancheng, and Shanglin Academy is in Dongcheng. You have to follow this road all the way forward, and when you go to Dongcheng, you can ask again, I haven't been to Shanglin Academy either. ”

Xiao Yiyuan got up and thanked the man, the man rarely had contact with the scholar, and he didn't greet anyone like this, so he immediately got up and gave his hand, but his movements were stiff and a little funny. Xiao Yiyuan smiled and walked back to where he was sitting just now.

"For the guests." The old woman shouted at the man, who got up and went over and brought two bowls of noodles to the brothers.

After eating, the brothers got up, each carrying a cage on his back, and walked down the street to Dongcheng. After walking for nearly an hour and not reaching Dongcheng, the two found a place to sit down and rest, and then continued walking.

They are used to walking like this. They came to Shangjing from southern Xinjiang, and it can be said that they crossed tens of millions of miles, which is not a big journey. Xiao Yisheng asked Xiao Yiyuan as he walked, "Big brother, let's go to that Fang Daru like this, will he let you go to Shanglin Academy to study?" ”

Xiao Yiyuan walked silently for a while, and said, "It should be, the teacher sent him a letter, and he also replied, saying that I should come to Shangjing to find him." ”

"That's good, that's good." Xiao Yisheng's face was a little relaxed.

But Xiao Yiyuan's heart is not very easy, he was born in the remote southern Xinjiang of Daqian, where the land is barren and the teaching is backward. There, he was said to be a Wenqu star, and he was full of confidence at the beginning.

But on the way from southern Xinjiang to Shangjing, he experienced a lot and saw a lot, and realized that in fact, he was just a Wenqu star in that barren land, and compared with people outside, he was not much better.

Thinking wildly in their minds, the two arrived in Dongcheng, and after inquiry, they came to the gate of Shanglin Academy. Looking at the tall gatehouse and the vigorous and powerful four big characters of Shanglin Academy, Xiao Yiyuan was apprehensive and unconvinced, he was no worse than those who had been taught by famous teachers since childhood.

"Shall we go in?" Xiao Yisheng asked.

Xiao Yiyuan glanced at the words "Shanglin Academy" on the plaque again, and said, "Find a place to rest first, and come back tomorrow to see you." ”

The brothers walked a long way until they found a relatively cheap inn in a somewhat remote place. Entering the room, Xiao Yiyuan muttered in a low voice, "The inn in Shangjing is really expensive, such a small room costs one or two silver." Fortunately, today's noble son gave ten taels of silver, otherwise there would be no food tomorrow. ”

Xiao Yiyuan put the cage on the ground, took out two books from it, and said, "Tomorrow, I will see if there is any place to copy books here." ”

In the past, he used to copy books for his own reading.

Xiao Yisheng saw that he took out the book and knew that he was going to read, so he stopped talking, that is, he did things lightly, for fear of affecting his reading.

Yongning Hou Mansion

At this moment, Tang Shuyi was in Xiao Yuchen's yard, looking at the luggage he had prepared for travel. A few sets of clothes, a few books, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and then there are commonly used medicines.

"Ready to ride?" Tang Shuyi asked.

Xiao Yuchen sat opposite her and said, "Yes, it's more convenient to ride a horse." ”

Tang Shuyi hummed and agreed. In fact, if she travels, she would prefer to take a carriage, after all, there are many things to comfort. But everyone's ideas are different, and she doesn't force it.

"When you're away from home, nothing is as important as safety." Tang Shuyi instructed softly, "If you encounter a bad person, property and others are secondary, and life is the most important thing." ”

Xiao Yuchen nodded, "My son knows." ”

"Tomorrow to say goodbye to Fang Daru?" Tang Shuyi asked.

Xiao Yuchen: "Yes, I'll go to Master the day after tomorrow, and then I'll set off." ”

This master naturally refers to Qi Liangsheng.

"Okay." Tang Shuyi took out a small seal and handed it to him, "Take this small seal, and you can withdraw silver from all the Tongda money houses in Daqian." But remember one thing, wealth is not exposed. ”

Tang Shuyi didn't say that there was no need to save money, the three children in their family grew up in a rich nest, and they didn't know what saving money was. Of course, they don't have to save either.

Xiao Yuchen responded again.

On the second day, Xiao Yuchen took Changming out of the house after breakfast and went to Shanglin Academy to bid farewell to Fang Daru. Changming wasn't very happy these days, because Xiao Yuchen went out to travel with Changfeng without him.

Seeing that his face was a little drooping, Xiao Yuchen said: "Although you are at home, you must also pay attention to the movements in Beijing, I will write every once in a while, you have to report to me." Because of your thoughtfulness, I kept you at home. ”

When Changming heard him say this, he had a smile on his face, and he explained to himself in his mouth, "The slave is not unhappy, the slave is reluctant to you." ”

Xiao Yuchen snorted, and Chang Ming laughed.

Sitting in a carriage, it didn't take long to arrive at Shanglin Academy. Xiao Yuchen took Changming all the way to Fang Daru's study, and when he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he saw a scholar in his early twenties, talking to the guard.

When the little guy saw him coming, he immediately bowed down and said with a smile: "Xiao Shizi'an." ”

Xiao Yuchen glanced at the scholar, the two looked at each other, he bowed his head to each other, which was regarded as a greeting, and then asked the little guy, "Fang Daru is here?" ”

"Yes, I'll lead you there." The little guy said with a smile.

"No need, I'll go over by myself." Xiao Yuchen said and walked inside, but Changming didn't follow up, but waited outside.