Meng Qi used his hands as pillows and leaned comfortably against the wall of the car.
Although they can walk much faster than a horse-drawn carriage due to their light work, they don't need to work hard, as long as they steer the reins and let the horses go down a road, with someone who is close by their side and candy-fried chestnuts in their hands, they are really happy.
As far as the disadvantage is, he and the doctor must always have someone outside, otherwise the horse will run around, wanting to go wherever, and once if they are not fast, it will rush into the farmland.
Along the way, Meng Qi taught him a lot.
"How do you know there are secret words in that book of Golden Lotus?"
The ink carp was sitting on the rickety carriage, still a little unbelievable.
He only read the beginning of the book, and skipped roughly Yan, who didn't want to read it carefully. Romance novels actually contain mysteries? The only strange thing in the book seems to be-
"That flower shop whose name is repeatedly mentioned?"
"How obvious... Unless the author of this book is the owner of a flower shop, and his lotus flower is unsold and can't be sold at all, so this is the last resort."
Mo Li thought to himself, he really thought so.
Meng Qi touched his chin and smiled: "The doctor is not familiar with Taijing Street, so naturally he won't be too suspicious. Everyone who has flipped through this book can't help but go to that address when they go to Dongshi. When you go shopping, you won't necessarily buy Luo Shizi Jinlian, but you can't help but be curious."
"So you went?" Mo Li was quite surprised. He didn't think about this aspect. Now that Meng Qi said this, he couldn't help but think about what an "ordinary person" would do.
If he can understand these things better, does it mean that he is more "human"
Mr. Qin only taught Mo Li how to behave in the world and how to uphold the way of a gentleman. Simply put, it is all "correct" things, no matter whether it is Yan. The love story is still not in it, but Meng Qi brings these novel experiences.
Zhushan County is too small, people are too familiar with each other, and it is difficult for major events to happen.
It is also difficult for complicated things involving the interests of several parties to occur.
The so-called traveling around the world is precisely to see these things that can never be learned in books - that is, there is an extra Meng Qi who is not planned.
They have a lot in common and a lot of differences, and the ink carp is getting to know each other.
He liked the smug look of Fat Mouse, and liked Meng Qi's eloquent explanation of the pros and cons of things, as if he had seen the self-confidence with his own eyes. Mo Li was very regretful that he could not see the heroic appearance of Meng Qi leading the army to play and applaud the enemy in the last years of the Chen Dynasty.
After thinking about it, the ink carp stuffed another peeled chestnut.
I don't know what Mo Li was thinking, but Meng Qi, who was full of confidence in his own charm, happily opened his mouth to accept it.
He was lying on his back with his head leaning on the side of the curtain. The bumps of the carriage and the effect of the wind made the curtain always float, which allowed Mo Li to see Meng Qi with his head turned sideways.
Doctor Mo glanced at the car curtain and thought it was time to wash it.
He stretched out his hand to lift the curtain a little to avoid sweeping Meng Qi's face.
Meng Qi thought it was Mo Li who wanted to see him all the time. He thought that the doctor didn't say anything, but he actually liked him very much. Look at his actions!
He was like eating a piece of iced watermelon in dog days, from head to toe, not a single pore was not relaxed.
Happy to be happy, but Meng Qi decided not to show it. The doctor is very thin-skinned. He has to restrain himself and not say anything!
The ink carp who saw the changes in his expression: "..."
There is only one chestnut, is it worth being so happy? You have to suppress your overjoyed emotions. Is this because you are afraid of laughing at him
So Doctor Mo thoughtfully pretended he didn't see it and continued the topic just now.
"Did you go to see that flower shop?"
"There is no flower shop. As far as I know, there should be an insole shop in Dongshi."
When Mo Li heard the words, he followed Meng Qi to the East Market in Taijing, which was indeed an eye-opener. Before that, he never thought that the shops could be divided so finely. The shoe shop alone could be divided into seven or eight kinds. , and one absolutely does not sell another kind of goods. There are also a lot of insole shops, with a variety of patterns, there are auspicious pictures of many children with melons and branches, and there are patterns that attract wealth and advance step by step.
"That shop is called Yuanbaoji." Meng Qi knew that Mo Li couldn't think of the connection, so he said directly, "There was a poem in the previous dynasty, saying that the three-inch golden lotus is like Yuanbao. Although it does not sell shoes, it reluctantly follows. The two characters of Jinlian hang on the score."
Mo Li frowned slightly, puzzled, "Could it be that there is something strange about this shop?"
"When I was in Taijing, I couldn't understand what mysteries the people who wrote the script were playing with, I would say it's completely irrelevant, but repeating the place names many times, it can't be that after people read the script, they go to the location. I smiled knowingly when I saw the name of the shop."
"Brother Meng, don't be joking." Mo Li was very disgusted with the word Jinlian.
When Qin Lu taught him in his early years, he said that if he was a parent and mutilated a young girl, he was not ashamed and popular in the north and south of the river. There is no such bad habit in Zhushan County, not because the people know the truth, but because everyone in the family has to work, and it is impossible to bind their feet.
"... The Chu Dynasty had an express prohibition of women's foot binding, but the implementation was not smooth." Meng Qi looked at the roof of the car, sat up and said, "The government can't go door-to-door to search. Far away, the local officials are also perfunctory. This problem has been in the heart for many years, and it has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Jinlianji is originally Yan. The love story book, using this as a hint, probably wants people to look for it."
He paused, then said again: "Because when I stayed in Taijing, I didn't know about the fraud case, so I didn't think too much about the meaning of this suggestion in the book. Now we are hundreds of miles away from Beijing, and more It's impossible to know what's wrong with this shop, it depends on the ability of Deputy Commander Gong."
"How do you know that Lu Yu will give this matter to Gong Jun?" Mo Li asked suspiciously.
Gong Jun seems to have already had an assignment to investigate Prime Minister Zhang's crony charges. This is not an easy task. With another fraud case, can you be too busy
"Do you still remember how the identity of the abbot of Liuhe Temple of Longclaw Peak was exposed? Gong Jun, perhaps the best at picking out threads and finding thread ends from a mess, if it was me, I would also reuse him." Meng Qibao Raising his arms, he sneered, "I guess he won't have time to go home and hug the fox slave. He wants high-ranking officials and wealth, and he wants to spend his days in leisure, how is that possible?"
Mo Li felt Meng Qi's unkindness to the deputy commander of the palace, and he wanted to laugh.
Fortunately, he has left Taijing, and he does not need to witness the impact of the eight cats with his own eyes.
"He is not an official, and he is also the number one expert in the world of swordsmanship." Mo Li reminded.
"He became an official for raising raccoon slaves." Meng Qi snorted coldly.
Mo Li held back a smile and said, "In the world, everyone has different ambitions, and they don't necessarily think about saving the country and the people. As long as they fulfill their duties and do not serve as an official for the sake of wine, sex and wealth, why not?"
Meng Qi admitted that Doctor Mo was right, but he was still unhappy and simply lay back in the car.
"Don't press the medicine bag!" Mo Li turned around and warned anxiously.
Meng Qi moved to the side after hearing the words, looking at the medicine bag and thinking, he might not be as important to the doctor as it is, after all, herbal medicine can cure diseases and save people, but he can't.
- Wake up, herbs are consumed at any time.
With his knees against the wall of the carriage, Meng Qi angrily angered the carriage and muttered, "This carriage is still small, so I have to put down a low table so that the doctor can sit and read and write."
"It's better to let you lie down completely?" Mo Li added.
Meng Qi blinked and swallowed all his words just now, pretending that nothing had happened, and vetoed: "No, no, how could it be? Ordinary carriages the size of which are the most convenient, and the bigger ones are heavy and heavy. , a horse pulls hard."
Mo Li replied casually: "As long as you become a gerbil, the horse will definitely be able to run faster."
Meng Qi: "..."
What's wrong with the gerbil, the weight of the gerbil is not light.
Mo Li took Meng Qi's silence as an objection, and continued: "And I'm different, if you put a tank of water in the carriage, whether the horse can be dragged is another matter, the carriage will probably break down if it doesn't go far. ."
Meng Qi thought to himself, if you can't just prepare a water basin, what kind of tank do you want
Feeling the bumpy and swaying degree of the carriage, Meng Guoshi had to correct his thoughts. It really had to be a water tank, otherwise the fish and water in the basin could be thrown out.
"The road in Yuzhou is really rougher than the mountain road." Meng Qi hurriedly put away the book that the doctor had just read.
The carriage cannot run fast on the mountain road, but it is different on the flat road.
The faster the wooden wheel spins, the harder it gets.
They can't go to the official road. This kind of caravan travels too many lanes, and it is unsatisfactory in one way or another.
"There is someone in front." Mo Li lowered the curtain of the carriage, looked ahead, and saw a long line of vehicles with small flags fluttering in front of them.
There are strict regulations on flags and flags in the ritual system. They are one of the guards of honor. Folk darts can only use small pennants, and their colors are also limited.
Yuzhou is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, with many large cities.
There is no desolation of Yongzhou here. The large and small farms are connected to each other, the traffic is in the streets, and the chickens and dogs are familiar with each other. On the road, you can often see scattered caravans and dartists. There are still more than ten miles away from the next city. This is naturally nothing to the ink carp. Arrived, but for ordinary people, they need to hurry up to arrive before sunset closes the city gate.
The goods were heavy and slow, and the caravan was gradually overtaken by the carriage of Mo Li and the two of them.
The escort and the hangman looked over here vigilantly.
Mo Li has been looked at many times along the way, and he is used to it. For this reason, he specially changed his attire, dressed as a traveling scholar, chose gray-brown clothes, and wore a cloak that could not see the primary color. Buckle a hat on his head.
Although it seems to be cleaner, it does not look like it is on the road, but it is not eye-catching. After all, scholars like to be poor and pay attention.
The rut marks are not deep, indicating that there is nothing heavy on the car, at best a person or a box of books.
Unusual to say the least, it's probably a horse in a trailer.
It looks a lot more energetic than the average swan horse. Although there are a lot of mud spots on its hair and four hooves, it can still be seen that its physique is good. It is a well-raised horse. Even the iron of the horse's feet is new. The hoof prints are complete and clear.
Anyone whose eyes light up at the galloping horse will soon be disappointed.
Because it is truly a horse.
No matter how well-bred a horse is, it's still a horse, and it can't run fast.
Looking at the spirit now, it may just be because he is young or the owner is willing to spend money to buy good forage. Once there is no supply, this horse will be lost to the public. Maybe its owner was deceived by a horse dealer! This kind of thing is also very common. The horse market often has this kind of brightly managed goods, which are specially used to deceive those inexperienced buyers, and they can often shout several times the high price.
The escort shook his head, feeling that he was deceived again.
There are those who know the goods, and there are those who do not.
"Hey, your horse is pretty good, what kind?"
A frivolous young man stretched his head to look here, with a smile on his face, like a young man who came out to see the world. He felt that Mo Li had an unusual aura on his body, not like a poor scholar.
In fact, Mo Li was already trying very hard to sit in the most casual posture. He raised his eyes and looked at the young man, and found that the man was in good health and there was no need to seek medical treatment, so he ignored it.
The curtain of the carriage was down, and there was no movement inside. The young man was a little embarrassed when he saw that no one answered.
He didn't continue to shout here, but he seemed to be intrigued by this ordinary carriage at first glance, so he followed him casually, looking at the "coach driver" from time to time.
Now it was Meng Qi's turn to be unhappy. Through the gap in the curtain, he could see the young man riding a horse, getting closer and closer.
"Bah!"
Young crotch. The horse that got off suddenly raised its head and neighed, as if it felt something terrible, and ran away in a flash.
"Brother Meng, restrain yourself." Mo Li reluctantly reminded.
Horses are more sensitive than people, and they can quickly detect any aura released by the masters of the inner family.
"His horse is timid, don't you think our horse has nothing to do with it?" Meng Qi said eloquently.
Mo Li exposed it mercilessly: "It was frightened by you all the way, and I'm used to it. At first, it didn't even dare to get on the boat."
He was so frightened that the horse ran around and took several wrong paths. If he hadn't asked for directions, he would probably still be squatting in the wilderness right now!