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Chapter 37 Coincidental encounter with Shi Shilun

After rushing for a long time in panic, Mo Jing finally stepped into the political and cultural center of the Qing Dynasty for the first time!

Although I have been to Beijing before, this Beijing is not the other. The difference between the two is so big that it is almost difficult for Mo Jing to tell what similarities they have had. Perhaps, the Forbidden City that has not been seen is roughly the same!... Of course, the Forbidden City now should have more treasures and many iron fences!

...

"In the summer, the air cannot tell which one is better, Beijing!... It's so hot!"

Mo Jing slapped the fan and sweated... She is very annoyed now and has been here for many days, but she doesn't know how to break the deadlock. Inquiring about the news from the Qing court is almost the same as asking about the State Council in later generations. Although the current confidentiality regulations are not so strict, she dare not show the identity of a princess now. What can a plain-headed ordinary person do?

"Old Fei, Mr. Fei, why didn't you think of this? I have no power and no way, how can I find out the news?"

Mo Jing sighed!

...

"Young Master, where are you going?"

Mo Jing is now dressed as a man, and there is no one around her. Who told her that her servants and slaves are either easy to identify, or the untrustworthy Man from the Kings of Fengtian? In order to make a plan, she had to dress as a man and go to Beijing alone. Of course, she still has no shortage of magic weapons on her body, and there are two short muskets alone!... This is a must-have self-defense magic weapon for the five of them!

"Take me into the inner city!"

The person who greeted him was a coachman. Mo Jing knew that he wanted to attract customers, so he said casually.

Beijing’s city gate, “Nine inside and seven outside the imperial city four”!

The nine cities in the inner city are: Qianmen, Xuanwu Gate, Fucheng Gate, Xizhi Gate, Desheng Gate, Anding Gate, Dongzhi Gate, Chaoyang Gate, Chongwen Gate; the seven cities in the outer city are: Dongbian Gate, Guangqu Gate, Zuo'an Gate, Yongding Gate, You'an Gate, Guang'an Gate, Xibian Gate; the four cities in the imperial city are: Tianan Gate (known as Chengtian Gate in Ming Dynasty), Di'an Gate, Dong'an Gate, and Xi'an Gate! As for the gates of the Forbidden City, there is no explanation, it is probably included in the imperial city!

Among them, the Nine Gate of Licheng is also known as: Nine Gate and Nine Cars! That is to say, there are regulations for each gate to enter and exit. For example: Chaoyang Gate - Grain Gate; Dongzhi Gate - Building Gate (Transport bricks and stones); Desheng Gate - Military Gate; Anding Gate - Military Gate; Zhengyang Gate - Emperor Gate; Xuanwu Gate - Famen; Chongwen Gate - Tax Gate; Fucheng Gate - Coal Gate; Xizhi Gate - Shuimen.

Mo Jing now entered the inner city from Suwen Gate. The coachman paid taxes when he entered the city gate...

"Young Master, where are you going? Do you want me to take you for another ride?" After entering the city, the carriage stopped. After receiving a string of copper coins from Mo Jing, the coachman asked with a smile on his face.

"If you don't go anywhere, I'll just go!...You go!"

"Young Master, you look like you are going to Beijing to take the exam, right? Do you want me to find a place for you? I promise you can meet like-minded people there!" The coachman continued to pull the business.

"Take the exam? Will there be an imperial examination this year?" Mo Jing didn't pay much attention to this matter! She and her accomplices really couldn't get any interest in this!

"Young Master is joking. Next year is the year of competition, but there are also many scholars who have entered Beijing in advance!... Let's get first come first to handle the order!" The coachman smiled.

"First come first to handle it? What big comparison? There are all corrupt officials who have been compared!" Mo Jing cursed secretly! The Ming and Qing dynasties can almost be said to be the two dynasties with the most corrupt officials and the most greedy winds in Chinese history. There are still love in the Ming dynasties. After all, among the emperors of the Ming dynasty, there are often super prodigal sons who have not attended court for decades. The upper and lower beams are not straight and crooked! But what about the Qing dynasty? Kangxi and Qianlong are all saints who have been released every five hundred years? But in the hands of these saints, there are so many corrupt officials? Not to mention anything else, Heshen is the biggest proof! And the pearl that has just stepped down recently!

"Hey, coachman!..."

Mo Jing was thinking about something, but he heard someone calling the driver. When she looked up, the driver had already left her and turned to another person!

“Get a 'taxi'?”

Unexpectedly, in this society where the folk customs should be a little more simple, this kind of thing would happen. Mo Jing suddenly felt a little resentment! He completely forgot what she said she asked the coachman to leave.

"Coachman, what's wrong with you? I didn't say you didn't need your car anymore, why did you run away?" she shouted at the coachman.

"Oh, Master, I don't think you mean that, so... it's all my fault! Otherwise, you are with this Master? Anyway, my car is big and some are empty. What do you think?" The coachman was surprised and smiled.

"Brother, what do you think?" Mo Jing looked at the man who hired a car and asked.

"It's okay, it's okay! I've been able to cross the same boat in ten years and go by the same car, but it's not undesirable!" The scholar was about thirty years old, with a little bronze on his face, and he spoke very generously.

"Okay, but, coachman, I will only give you half the money for the car!" Mo Jing suddenly said to the coachman.

"Half?...This, okay, anyway, pulling one person is to pull two, and pulling two is to pull half is to pull half is to pull half!" After the coachman said that, he looked at the scholar again. Seeing that the other party just smiled slightly and followed Mo Jing into the car, he felt relieved!... He originally planned to raise the reserve price if both of them were selling the price!

Mo Jing did not set the destination, so the coachman followed the scholar's instructions and quickly pulled the two of them to a "Liansheng" inn.

This inn is not small. There are many people sitting in the east and west of the lobby. Mo Jing originally planned to find a lively place to see if he could find something, so he didn't plan to leave anymore and followed the scholar into the lobby!

"Haha, brother Tai is a very careful person!" The scholar couldn't help laughing when he saw that Mo Jing had only paid half of the car.

"It's the coachman who is really calculating. I'm sure that when he pulled us here, this inn would have to share some of the inn, so he really made money! You're not a local, right?... Humph, the coachman saw that we were outsiders, and maybe he even killed us in the money for the car!" Mo Jing had conducted in-depth research on the small calculations of the tour group in the past and saw the little tricks of the coachman very clearly. Otherwise, when he first came in, how could the waiter here be so familiar with the coachman?

"It's not easy for ordinary people to seek life, it's no wonder!" The scholar smiled, not displeased at all.

"You guy..." Following the scholar to a table and sat down, Mo Jing looked at him and asked, "Are you really not angry that the coachman cheated us of money?"

"Scam money? Haha... Where do you start? Brother, don't think too much about people!" The scholar smiled and said, "Besides, you are just guessing. If you just guess, will the world be in chaos?"

"Can't? Things in this world are messy, otherwise, you can find someone who can figure it out to show me!" Mo Jing said.

"Haha, brother is really more and more interesting in his words, but you are a little picky about it. The world is so big that even if Confucius and Mencius are resurrected, it is impossible to figure out everything. After all, 'The way of heaven is endless, and manpower is exhausted'!"

"Confucius and Mencius? Haha, if these two old masters knew that you scholars kept them all day long, no matter how good their tempers were, they would probably jump out of the ground and hit people!" Mo Jing teased.

"How do you say this?"

"Because you are not responsible for doing things, you can only pick up the teeth of your predecessors and drag everything on them. Even if they are saints, they can't stand the world's major events for thousands of years. Human nature changes! Do you think they hate you, these unworthy disciples? Will they jump out of the ground and beat you up?"

"..." The scholar was stunned for a while, then slapped his hands and shouted, "Well! Brother, this is really thought-provoking. Shi Shilun has received the teachings!"

"No..." Mu Ran looked up, and Mo Jing suddenly jumped up without any elegance, "You, what did you say you are?"

"What's wrong?... I'm going to Shi Shilun!" The scholar's expression clearly indicated that Mo Jing was fussing!

"Shi Shilun!? You, are you Shi Lang's son?"

"I dare not, brother, do you know your father? You..." This person knows me? Shi Shilun looked at Mo Jing's surprised face and said strangely.

"..." Mo Jing's eyes stared at Shi Shilun, without any sign of relaxation.

"Brother, brother, can it be you..." Could it be that you have anything to do with our Shi family? Shi Shilun thought in his heart, but only said half of his words!

"You are Shi Shilun. Are you here to take the exam this year?" Mo Jing ignored Shi Shilun's question and just asked.

"No, I am the Imperial College student from Yinmeng. He is here to study. However, the house he rented last year has been bought by someone, so I have to find an inn to live in first!" Shi Shilun replied.

"Imperial College? Oh, I understand!" Mo Jing nodded, got up and walked away!

"..." Shi Shilun was puzzled!
Chapter completed!
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