Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times

They arrived outside the shop.

Zhang Tong went in first to announce, and then led Wu Mingrui into the room.

The small room was very simple, but there were four guards standing there, each of them tall and imposing, making the room look even more cramped.

Li Yunxi was drinking a bowl of tofu pudding from a coarse porcelain bowl. He raised his head, glanced at Wu Mingrui, and then said, “The place is small, sit across from me.” Then he ordered Zhang Tong, “Give him a bowl too, let’s see if he likes it.”

Wu Mingrui sat down next to Li Yunxi with some restraint and said respectfully, “I have met His Majesty.”

“You drank a lot, and smell of alcohol all over your body!” Li Yunxi wrinkled his nose, showing such disgust that Wu Mingrui wanted to bury himself in the ground.

However, Li Yunxi’s intention wasn’t to scare Wu Mingrui; he wanted to ask the boy what he thought.

Jing Xingzhi was the teacher’s disciple. Li Yunxi knew that the teacher had good vision and the disciple he chose must be very capable.

Therefore, Li Yunxi had planned to treat Jing Xingzhi as a calf and let his junior brother work hard for him.

But the cautious boy in front of him was the future husband of his junior sister. Li Yunxi wanted this boy to return to Hanbei Prefecture to take care of the teacher and the junior sister.

“Don’t be afraid, I’m looking for you because of the teacher and junior sister,” Li Yunxi explained, and then asked, “But… what do you think?”

After Li Yunxi asked, he stared at Wu Mingrui, as if he wanted to see through the person.

How could Wu Mingrui withstand this? The tip of his nose was sweating, and his body, which was already hot from drinking, was also sweating.

As if his mind were dizzy, Wu Mingrui answered honestly, “I… I want to go back to Hanbei. I think my ability is average, so I can just be an ordinary official. When the time comes, I’ll be close to home, and it’ll be convenient to take care of the elders on both sides.”

After Wu Mingrui finished speaking, he glanced at Li Yunxi cautiously, fearing that the Holy Emperor would think that he, the new Jinshi, had no ambition.

Wu Mingrui had been spending time with his peers these days. Compared with other ambitions, Wu Mingrui felt that he had no ambition at all.

Having the answer he wanted, Li Yunxi was very happy and agreed, “Mingrui wants to go back to Hanbei? Okay, then go back to Hanbei!”

It was just what he wanted. Anyway, Li Yunxi was very satisfied with Wu Mingrui’s answer.

From what he had heard, this brother-in-law had a gentle temperament and was indeed a good person, but such a dark place in the officialdom was really not suitable for him to go deep into.

However, Wu Mingrui felt that His Majesty was considerate and was very moved. “Thank you, Your Majesty, for your support! I will definitely be a good official in my hometown.”

The innocent brother Mingrui wrote everything in his heart on his face.

Li Yunxi looked at this face, feeling inexplicably guilty for this sincerity.

He confessed, “It’s nothing, I just thought that the teacher wasn’t in good health, and it would be better to have someone nearby to take care of him. If you were an official in Hanbei, my junior sister would be able to go home more often in the future.”

After hearing this, Wu Mingrui realized that his father-in-law’s work hadn’t been in vain. It turned out that the Holy Emperor cared about the chief so much.

Wu Mingrui felt as if he had seen the human side of the emperor. Li Yunxi became warm in his heart and he no longer be afraid of him.

Wu Mingrui smiled and said shyly, “After the wedding, I will take Yaojun home.”

Obtaining the Jinshi title meant that Wu Mingrui’s expected wedding date could be fulfilled as promised, and he didn’t have to take another exam for three years before marrying a wife.

One word, beautiful~

Li Yunxi thought it was funny how old he was, but he still blushed when talking about a little girl.

But like this, Li Yunxi felt relieved. This man had been attracted to the little junior sister at first glance. The teacher had a good eye.

A few days after this meeting, Wu Mingrui received the imperial edict to return to his hometown to serve as an official. He packed up his things and returned home happily.

As soon as he returned home, everyone began to ask who he was. After asking around, they found out that this Jinshi was a good friend of the number one scholar and the son-in-law of Chief Fang. He was also called “brother-in-law” by the Holy Emperor.

Then some curious people counted and found that Huanshui Academy had three Jinshi in the first batch, and Fang Qichen’s power was still fresh as ever.

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As the days passed, the northbound team continued to advance northward.

At the end of May, the team advanced near the border town.

“If we go further, we’ll soon reach Zhenmaguan City,” Jing Xingzhi said, looking at the outline of the city from a distance while laying lazily on Liu Fang’s lap.

Liu Fang lowered his head and saw one big and one small.

Little Ah Deng was laying on Jing Xingzhi’s chest, trying hard to reach his father’s chin. He had been trying for two-quarters of an hour.

Liu Fang smiled and said, “We’ll be there when we get there, don’t get bored, you can play with Ah Deng every day.”

After becoming the number one scholar, Jing Xingzhi had abandoned reading and writing.

Without studying, a lot of time had been freed up, and Jing Xingzhi had felt so idle.

He happened to have a son, so why not cultivate the relationship between father and son?!

Jing Xingzhi played with little Ah Deng every day, and at the same time used his energy to cleanse his veins for free.

Jing Xingzhi smiled and defended himself, “It’s obvious that he is playing with me, not me with him. Are you Daddy’s little Ah Deng? If so, you’re the only one!”

“Ah!”

When little Ah Deng heard the word, he immediately responded.

Because someone was talking to him, the little guy even opened his mouth and showed a clean smile, looking happy.

Jing Xingzhi looked at the cuteness and couldn’t help but hug Ah Deng.

Liu Fang took the opportunity to retract his legs. Thinking that they were about to arrive, he opened the curtain.

As soon as the curtain was opened, the tall city wall, rough and vaguely murderous, came into view.

Liu Fang said in surprise, “It’s here, it’s here!”

There were also many sounds of surprise from other parts of the team.

This journey had all been by land, and it could be said that the carriage’s butt had become four-petaled. Many people felt bored out of their minds and were just waiting to liberate themselves in a new city.

Even Hong Jiyi and Wang Zikai, who had been playing chess in the carriage at the front, put down their chess pieces and opened the curtain to look at Zhenmaguan City, which they were about to arrive at.

Zhenmaguan City, named after Zhenma Boundary not far from the city, was the most peripheral place in the Li Dynasty except Anbei and Dingbei. The only city that could be directly called a border town was Zhenmaguan City.

At that moment, at the gate of Zhenmaguan City, there was also an acquaintance of Jing Xingzhi: Hao Youcai, a veteran who had been on the deputy list of four imperial examinations.

Hao Youcai was very hospitable. He had heard long ago that Jing Xingzhi, the number one scholar of the current year, had become a fifth-rank official and was coming to Dingbei.

After getting the news, Hao Youcai confirmed it and asked his own people in the city to pay attention, so people would deliver the news to him.

Knowing the exact time when Jing Xingzhi and the others arrived at the last city, Hao Youcai estimated the days and waited for Jing Xingzhi at the city gate in advance. He had been waiting for several days.

Beside Hao Youcai stood two fat men wearing gold and silver.

The big fat man said, “Hey, the talented person is here soon. What are you doing standing here? You’re not even considered a Jinshi. You’re on the deputy list every year. How can you know the number one scholar?”

The other fat man looked exactly like the big fat man in front of him, even the degree of fatness was almost the same.

The second fat man said, “It’s okay to brag if you’re talented. I’m waiting to eat your stewed pigeon, hahaha!”

When the big fat man heard this, he realized that his twin brother was right, so he also laughed.

Hao Youcai snorted. “Just wait and see whether you two can eat my pigeons or I can eat your family’s banquet!”

It turned out that Hao Youcai had come to pick Jing Xingzhi up and made a bet with the two to eat and drink.