Summon players, rebuild Dawei

Chapter 221

With half of Xie Jiao's face immersed in the bright autumn sun, holding a half cup of cold tea in his hand, he looked sideways at the gradually moving golden fields outside the window.

Sunlight shone into the compartment through the half-opened windows, and slanted down on the sofa covered with a cream-colored rug.

The cool autumn wind blows the curtains, and the white tassels under the curtains flutter in the wind.

Xie Jiao looked out of the window motionlessly, his mood was particularly peaceful, as if he was completely intoxicated in this leisurely and beautiful atmosphere.

He didn't come back to his senses until the maid who served beside him asked if he needed more tea.

Turning his gaze back, Xie Jiao put the teacup on the coffee table, and seeing Xie Xue on the opposite side was also staring at the scenery outside the window, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Brother Cong used to say that his own carriage is more comfortable, but now he has changed his mind ?”

Xie Xue turned her head when she heard the sound, smiled helplessly and said: "This time you are superior to me, this bus ride is really comfortable."

As he spoke, he tapped lightly on the latticed glass windows surrounding the compartment with his knuckles: "This thing is the key."

"Of course." Xie Jiao agreed with a smile.

The bus they are talking about is the dedicated bus line between Xunyang and Miryang that opened at the beginning of this month.

Due to the upcoming official selection examination, the number of businessmen and tourists traveling between Xunyang and Miryang increased sharply during this period. In order to maintain the order of the official road and facilitate the passage of visitors, the government opened a dedicated bus line between the two places.

This line is currently only an experiment, and if it operates well, it will gradually spread to surrounding cities in the future.

There are two types of buses, one is ordinary buses and the other is luxury buses.

The carriages of ordinary buses are simple and simple, with a maximum of 12 people in each carriage. There are no other service facilities in the carriages except for the seats. You have to stop at the post station for five nights and sleep in Datong bunk. The journey is relatively easy to get tired, but the price is cheap. One person only needs to pay 35 yuan per trip.

The luxury shuttle bus is much more exquisite and gorgeous. Not only glass windows for viewing the scenery are installed on the carriage, but also embroidered curtains, foldable sofas, hand-woven carpets, solid wood tea tables and other facilities. The heater on the carriage can be used for heating or making tea With hot water, the sofa can also be turned into a sleeping mattress when unfolded, and you can sleep peacefully when you cover it with a quilt.

If you are in a hurry, guests can rest directly in the car at night. As long as the weather is good, it is no problem to travel day and night.

The post station will arrange a rotation of horses and coachmen. In this way, the time from Xunyang to Miryang has been shortened by half. It used to take at least seven days to travel, but now it only takes three days.

Of course, the chartered price of such a well-equipped luxury shuttle bus is naturally very expensive, but a child from a big family like Xie Jiao doesn't care about the price at all, as long as the few days on the road are comfortable.

So far, Xie Jiao is quite satisfied with his choice.

This luxury shuttle bus is not only spacious and comfortable, but also has a good view, and it is not known whether it is because of the smooth road surface or some shock absorbing device installed on the bus, so it is not very bumpy.

If it wasn't for the rumble of wheels in his ears and the slight shaking of the carriage, he would almost think that he was sitting in a pavilion independent of the wilderness and enjoying the autumn scenery.

"When we arrive in Miryang, Brother Cong and I will live in Ah Min's house first, if we have other plans in the future, we will make other arrangements." Xie Jiao said after taking a sip of the freshly brewed tea.

Xie Xue nodded slightly, and said "OK".

Unlike most of the scribes who went to Miryang to take the exam, they went to Miryang at the invitation of King Wei.

Jiang Shu didn't have a good impression of the officials of the previous dynasty, but he had to admit that there were indeed some people with outstanding abilities who could skip the examination and selection process and take up official positions directly.

Therefore, after discussing with the staff around him, Jiang Shu personally wrote a letter to invite these outstanding talents who he thought were qualified to come to Miryang to serve as officials.

Xie Xue and Xie Jiao came here in response to this invitation.

Xie Xueyuan was the Zuo Zuoshulang of the previous dynasty, and worked in the Secretary Province. Apart from being related to Zhou Mo, who is now the deputy director of the Miryang Library, he is also a colleague and close friend for many years.

It was precisely after hearing Zhou Mo's recommendation that Jiang Shu invited him to work in the Miryang Library.

As for Xie Jiao, it was Jiang Shu who personally invited him to be one of the deputy examiners of the exam and preside over the exam.

The other two deputy examiners, one is Liu Shan, the current principal of the county school who presided over many graduation exams, and the other is Zuo Pushe, the former Shangshu, who is Jiang Xian's father-in-law Yin Chongxing.

Three assistant examiners, together with main examiner Cui Lan, this exam can be regarded as gathering representatives of all age groups and classes.

"Speaking of Qilang," Xie Xue said in a gentle voice, "Is there any connection between him and King Wei?"

He asked this question vaguely, but Xie Jiao understood his meaning as soon as he heard it.

Back then, they had circulated and discussed the letter Xie Yin sent to Hengchuan.

At that time, he didn't understand why Xie Xian was so angry after reading the letter, and said full of anger, "It would be great if it was really that simple".

Later, the two of them slowly savored it.

With Xie Yin's temperament, even if the lord is relieved, it is absolutely impossible to come up with such a bad idea of ​​letting the lord pretend to be Long Yang, let alone go to battle in person to cooperate.

The only explanation is that their younger brother has other plans, and this plan is obviously his lord.

"This... I don't know either," Xie Jiao said, "but brother has always been stubborn, even though the two places are separated, the two of them are probably still going on."

"Uncle, what's your position on this matter?"

Xie Jiao thought for a moment, then smiled and shook his head: "If it was me, I would have been kicked out of the house already, but Brother..."

"No one can do anything to him." Xie Xue continued.

"Exactly." Xie Jiao nodded, with a helpless smile on his face.

In fact, there is another guess that he did not say.

He felt that his father had already acquiesced in the relationship between the seventh brother and Jiang's son.

After all, even the jade seal was secretly given away.

If you don't agree, it's time to separate the relationship in every possible way, but Xie Xian's actions have already tied their whole family to the big ship of King Wei.

Of course, this is just Xie Jiao's private guess, and he dare not tell others.

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After a relatively easy journey in a luxury shuttle bus, the shuttle bus arrived in Miryang City smoothly in the afternoon three days later.

Unlike ordinary buses that have to stop at stations outside the city, luxury buses can take guests to designated places in the city if they need it.

The two brothers brought a lot of luggage here, so naturally they didn't choose to get off at the gate of the city, so they directly paid for the shuttle bus to take them to Xie's Mansion.

The coachman was obviously very familiar with the streets and alleys of Miryang. After asking about the specific location of Xie's mansion, he confidently drove his horse into the city, and introduced the two of them enthusiastically along the way.

"A section of the way ahead, turn into the East Market from the cross street. There is nothing unusual about the East Market. It is just a farmers' market, which is called a vast area. You can buy all kinds of meat, vegetables and grains in it. It was the first time I went there. I was shocked, I have never seen so many kinds of melons and fruits in my life!"

"Ahead is the Luming Mansion, where government officials live. When you pass by, remember to walk far away, and don't get too close."

"Oh, that's not because of this...it's because there are rumors that a house in Luming Mansion is haunted..."

"In front of the mansion is the old campus of the county school, and there are many delicious restaurants nearby."

"Lively? This is not considered lively. After a while, it will be called lively when it comes to the Lantern Festival and New Year's Eve!"

On the way to Xie Mansion, the car passed by Mashu Street where the Shiguan and Library are located.

Through the yellowed street trees, the two brothers saw the novel, unique, elegant and magnificent three-story building of the library from a distance, and their eyes were attracted there.

Xie Jiao stared at the glass windows on the third floor of the building that reflected the branches and leaves of the street trees, and asked the driver, "Where is that?"

"There, it's a newly built library. I've never been there before. No one dares to approach a place where scholars stay."

Hearing this, the two brothers looked at each other with eager emotions in their eyes.

Just now I heard the coachman introduce the various characteristic buildings in Miryang, and the two of them had long thought of coming down to visit in person.

Right now, the library where Xie Xue is going to work is right in front of them, and the two of them naturally want to go in and have a look.

"Why don't we get off the car here and let Ah Shang take the luggage to the mansion first?" Xie Jiao suggested.

Xie Xue hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

So, the two got out of the car halfway, with only a boy servant with them.

Entering the museum garden through the gate, although Xie Jiao was curious about the shops opened in the pavilions on both sides, he did not approach, but walked straight to the front door of the main building.

The two of them were not familiar with this place, and they both wanted to find an acquaintance to lead the way when they came here for the first time.

Therefore, after entering the museum, Xie Xue looked around and saw two shopkeepers behind the counter on the left side of the door cleaning the dust on the cabinet with a feather duster, so she went over and asked, "Excuse me, is the deputy curator here?"

The man looked up at them, and he clearly felt that the two had the aura of a rich man who had been well-educated since childhood.

Seeing this, the tall and thin guy among them smiled and replied kindly: "The deputy curator is upstairs, who are you two?"

"Please go ahead and inform me that my old friend Fei Yu is coming to visit." Xie Xue said.

As soon as the guy heard it, he understood that the two should be friends of the deputy curator.

Afraid of delaying the important matter of the leader, he hastily said: "I will report right away, two gentlemen, please wait a moment."

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly walked out of the counter and ran towards the reading area in front of him. His back quickly disappeared among the tall bookshelves.

During the waiting period, the two brothers walked to the bookshelf to read books with great interest, and were surprised and curious that there were so many specially bound paper books in this newly established library.

When Xie Xue was the Secretary-General, he had jointly published several editions of the Beijing News with Taixue. At that time, he felt that the wooden movable type printing technology used in that newspaper was not bad. Now that he got the books in this library, he realized that the printing of other people's fonts Far more refined and refreshing than their Beijing News.

Some of the layouts are vertical and some are horizontal. The horizontal layout is neat and beautiful, and there are even page numbers circled by patterns in the corners of the pages.

Xie Xue caressed the text that was barely smudged with ink, and muttered to herself: "How did this happen..."

Just as he was wondering, a dark-skinned young man in a blue cloth suddenly approached and said to the two of them in a mysterious voice, "Two brothers, are you here for the exam? A complete set of graduation exam paper collection materials?"

As he spoke, he opened his coat and showed them the title of the documents in his pocket, which read "Five-Year Official Examination, Three-Year Simulation".