Life experience and profound knowledge are two different things, so a stupid philistine village woman can deceive a talented girl like Xue Shuiwu who is kind and well-read.
However, the acquisition of life experience does not necessarily require the person concerned to experience blood and tears in person. Sometimes the experience and lessons taught by the predecessors may be a bit jerky when you first use them, but you will soon be able to make them your own. , which is handy to use.
Ye Xiaotian already had experience passed on from countless "sages and predecessors", so it was much easier for him to arrange the journey of the three of them to the west than the bumpy journey of Shui Wu in the past. Of course, in such a place where the folk customs are violent and the law and order is poor, it is also an important reason why it is far more convenient for a man to come forward to handle affairs than a woman.
Everywhere Ye Xiaotian went, he settled Shuiwu and Yaoyao first, and then searched for merchants going west in the town, and he never looked for an independent brigade with a large number of people, but only found a few small caravans to join forces. And the line of the team, so that several teams can form mutual constraints.
Ye Xiaotian is well aware of how despicable some people's humanity can be in places without legal and moral constraints. Only by mixing together several teams of different affiliations can it be ensured that moral and legal constraints can still be maintained in uninhabited areas. .
At the same time, Ye Xiaotian also made full use of the convenience of traveling westward together, and with the purpose of being a strong girl to avoid being entangled by the man, he started his project near the water.
Ye Xiaotian thinks long-term, Xue Shuiwu is not only very handsome, but also so beautiful that it makes his heart flutter, and she has been with the official lady since she was a child, and she has read a lot of poetry and books. Ye Xiaotian does not want his descendants to continue to struggle at the bottom of the society like himself, to be a small citizen who runs around for three meals a day.
But to change the situation, the only way is to study and study. He can't afford Mr. Xixi, and Shui Wu, the playmate and schoolmate of the daughter of the ceremonial family, is obviously a very good first teacher. .
As long as you catch up with her, you will have a good wife, a baby girl, and the most responsible teacher. How can Ye Xiaotian not go all out.
The farther you go to the southwest, the more difficult the road is, the fewer towns you encounter along the way, and the fewer business travelers on the same road. Merchants seek profit, who will go where birds do not lay eggs? Although Guizhou is not all remote and poor places, this road is not a shortcut to Guizhou.
As a result, Ye Xiaotian and the three fell into a predicament. Ye Xiaotian did not agree with the three of them taking the risk of going on the road. There are few towns further on, and the villages are all hidden in the mountains, and most of those villages do not have contact with outsiders. Adventure ahead.
Finally, they stopped at Lujiao Town, from which there were two roads to Guizhou. The other road needs to go through the mountains. Although it is nearly two-thirds of the way, it is very desolate and difficult to walk along the way.
Ye Xiaotian lived in the town for three days, but he still didn't get a caravan headed to Guizhou. After noon, Ye Xiaotian went out to check around, and was walking back in disappointment, when he suddenly saw a group of people entering the town. Baozheng and Chao Huan greeted her home graciously.
There are more than 20 people in this group, and the entourage are all riding tall horses, who are born strong and powerful, and they are holding two light carts. The front one is open, and a man in blue robe is sitting in the car, and a man in blue is sitting behind him. A light cart carried their luggage, and there were no female relatives.
Ye Xiaotian's heart moved, he hurried forward to meet him, and asked a knight who had just dismounted: "Brother, where are you going?"
The knight immediately showed alert eyes, glanced at him coldly, and asked, "What are you doing?"
At this time, Chao Bao was just inviting the nobleman on the light car to get off. When he heard the voice, he turned his head and saw that it was Ye Xiaotian who had been inquiring about the caravan going to Guizhou in the past few days, so he said loudly: "Go Go, you want to go to Hu County with a companion to find a caravan, this is an official team, and you can disturb it, go away!"
The blue-robed man who got out of the car glanced at Ye Xiaotian lightly, and asked, "Are you going to Hu County?"
Ye Xiaotian saw that the blue-robed man was not a few years older than him, but his demeanor was like a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties, his melancholy brows were slightly frowned even when he was silent, as if he was a descendant of the Yellow Emperor five thousand years ago The rise and fall of the future and even the future of the land of China are all on his shoulders, with an old-fashioned appearance.
Ye Xiaotian hurried forward and said: "Yes! This young master, Xiao Ke wants to take two girls to Hu County, but the road is dangerous and difficult. He has been stranded in the town for three days, and he has not found a team that can go with him. I don't know, young master. You... are you going to Hu County?"
In fact, Ye Xiaotian wanted to pretend to be husband and wife with Shui Wu, but Shui Wu has been unwilling to give in on this point. In desperation, the three of them have been called brothers and sisters along the way.
The melancholy man frowned habitually, hummed lightly, nodded and said, "I'm going to Hu County. I'm leaving early in the morning. You should stay here early in the morning."
When Ye Xiaotian heard that he claimed to be an official, he knew that he was an official who was going to take up a post in Huxian County. It was very safe to walk with him all the way. Overjoyed, he quickly said good things without asking for money: "Thank you, my lord, you have a kind heart. A bodhisattva with a heart and a bright future..."
The melancholy man waved his hand lightly, and walked up the steps. Chao Baozheng shot Ye Xiaotian a glance, and quickly chased after him. When he was about to catch up with the melancholy man, Chao Baozheng made a gesture inadvertently, and a villager standing idle on the street nodded slightly, turned and left.
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Early the next morning, Ye Xiaotian brought Xue Shuiwu and Yang Leyao to the gate of Chao Baozheng's house. After waiting for about half an hour, the gate of Chao's mansion was opened, and the young official who was going to take office in Hu County walked out. , Chao Baozheng followed the melancholy man step by step.
When he saw Ye Xiaotian, the melancholy man didn't say anything else, but when he saw Xue Shuiwu, his eyes lit up slightly. Such a handsome woman is rare, and she is the only one in this remote place, so she is naturally amazed.
Chao Baozheng respectfully sent the melancholy man all the way to the entrance of the village, and seeing Ye Xiaotian's family of three sitting in the car carrying the cargo in the procession, he couldn't help shaking his head and chuckling, saying: "People who want to die, God I can't save you..."
Probably seeing that Xue Shuiwu is a weak woman and Le Yao is a child, the melancholy man showed kindness and asked the three of them to get in the car.
Yaoyao lay in the middle of two piles of sundries, sleeping soundly, woke up too early in the morning, she was sleepy. Ye Xiaotian and Xue Shuiwu sat cross-legged in the hard-pressed space, Shuiwu's delicate and soft hands were tightly grasped by Ye Xiaotian, and she couldn't even pull them back.
Ye Xiaotian looked carefully at Shui Wu's palm, with a fairy-like appearance, and said: "Girl, Xiaotian, let me count, you are missing me in your life."
Shui Wu blushed immediately, she quickly withdrew her hands, and said shyly: "I knew you were going to talk nonsense again."
Ye Xiaotian said: "Hey! How can you say it's nonsense? Yang Lin and I are old friends and have really learned a lot. Why don't you report your birth date and I'll do the math for you?"
Shui Wu spat lightly, and said: "It's strange to believe you, you will talk nonsense."
Ye Xiaotian said: "Forget it, if you don't believe what I say, you should listen to what the saint said."
Shui Wu asked in surprise, "What did the saint say?"
Ye Xiaotian said with a hippie smile: "The sage Confucius said: 'When three of us go together, there must be my wife. Choose the beautiful one and marry her.' Look, what the sage said makes sense."
Shui Wu was angry and funny, glared at him bitterly, turned her head to look at the scenery in the mountains, and said nothing more. This is not the first time she has heard Ye Xiaotian's crazy talk, and she will naturally develop immunity over time, and she was not used to hearing his nonsense at first.
In fact, Shui Wu knew in her heart that although Xiaotian was flamboyant, she had never really forced her to do anything. It was an insignificant honor to be able to send her to Guizhou in such a generous way when they met each other. Naturally, he couldn't get angry at the crazy things he said.
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said, "Isn't what you said doesn't work? Then I have to ask God to say it. Why don't you raise your head and let me take a good look at you."
Just as Ye Xiaotian said this, a horse in front of him suddenly turned around and said to him: "Little brother, our master wants to talk to you."
Ye Xiaotian wanted something from others at this moment, so he got up immediately, jumped off the bullock cart, and hurried to the front cart.
Along the way, he has already found out that the melancholy man's name is Ai Feng, and he is going to Hu County to serve as a historian. Speaking of this Dian Shi, he is actually a low-level official (below the ninth rank), but Dian Shi is in charge of arresting and inspecting prisoners, and his real power is really not small.
Due to the official system of the Ming Dynasty, when the positions of the county magistrate or the master book were cut and vacant, the duties were concurrently held by the Dianshi, and the county magistrate and the master book were both officials of high rank, so although the Dianshi was not popular, they had to be selected by the Ministry of History. , the emperor's imperial pen signed and approved the appointment, which belongs to the "official order of the court".
Of course, that's the case, but Dian Shi is still a low-level official after all, so the imperial court's control is not so strict. Generally speaking, if a local official submits a candidate, the imperial court will rarely reject it, and most of them will appoint it.
This Ai Dianshi was originally a magistrate of a certain county in the Central Plains, but he was demoted to Hu County to be a Dianshi because he collected less than 90% of the tax during the final examination according to the examination method of Mr. Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant today.
Hu County was originally under the jurisdiction of chieftains, but it has just been reformed and entered the mainstream. Not only is Huxian a third-class small county, but it is also surrounded by chieftain officials. It is not easy to be an official here. It is no wonder that Ai Dianshi always looks melancholy .
Because the place is remote and unstable, Ai Dianshi did not bring his female relatives with him, but only a few family members. The big men who accompanied him were all powerful men from the village to protect him on the road.
Ai Dianshi was impatient to take a long detour, so he chose this relatively remote and difficult mountain road. He was an official, and all the people accompanying him were strong and big men. It was expected that no one would bite his hard bone.
All the way was fine, Ai Dianshi was lonely and bored, suddenly remembered Ye Xiaotian and his party, his girl was so beautiful and charming, he felt strange thoughts, so he ordered him to come to his car to talk.
He wanted to take Ye Xiaotian in, but his ultimate goal was to take in Ye Xiaotian's pretty and lively "little girl". He's an official, so of course he won't do things like rob people's daughters, but the Xiaotian brothers and sisters are so despondent, as long as they reveal their words, it's not as bad as rushing to get married with him, what danger can there be?