As soon as the carriage entered the capital, four strange faces were imprinted into the eyes of people hiding from many places.

Because they dressed very simply, they were basically disguised as suspicious, but the people in the Marquis' Mansion had detailed speculations about them.

They didn't notice anything strange and walked in happily.

What’s different from other places is that people are too mixed, whether they are red-haired or curly, they can be seen everywhere.

This also reflects the inclusiveness of Dayu Kingdom towards foreigners.

The first thing Qin Xiaoxiao noticed was the food.

She would watch carefully before she arrived at a stall, and if she hadn't tasted it, she would buy some to try it out.

What surprised her the most was the skewers, which smelled fragrant.

She grabbed more than a dozen meat skewers at once, and each of them sent two or three, generously letting them eat it, meaning she would pay.

I ate the rest myself.

The small vendor happily introduced other varieties, and she was not polite, and gave them some to everyone.

After tasting it, everyone thought the taste was good, but it was much inferior to the spicy skewers made by Leng Yingchun.

Qin Xiaoxiao wanted to get a few more strings, so Leng Yingchun let her stop. Although there were people coming and going here, there were no secret guards.

Leng Yingchun doesn’t want his whereabouts to be exposed.

Qin Xiaoxiao touched her belly and looked at the food in other places. She was dazzled and planned to sweep the food from the snack street in the next few days and must take all the food in the capital.

Sun Zhenyi suggested finding a house to live in first. Along the way, he was drowsy every day and wanted to lie down and rest. Leng Yingchun was driving the carriage too fast.

"Then the store, how much did these meat skewers cost in total?" Leng Yingchun also wanted to settle down as soon as possible.

"Haha, twenty taels!" The vendor smiled slightly.

"What?" Everyone was surprised. Are the prices in Beijing so expensive?

"The guest official is from a foreigner. In the capital, the ingredients of these meat skewers are rare. This is the only one. The food is rare, so it is naturally a bit expensive." The small vendor was very proud.

"It's too crap for the store? Are you just the most common three-layer meat with pepper, star anise and spices, or bake it at home. It's not too old to bake it. Put it on a charcoal plate here and simmer it and sell it to customers. It has lost its first taste. At most two taels of silver, but you ask for twenty taels of silver. Is it too ignorant to deceive consumers?"

Leng Yingchun bluntly analyzed the situation of the meat skewers.

The small vendor was speechless. He did this, and the small vendors around him showed admiration.

No one has been able to tell the vendor's routine yet.

"Look, my sister is not wrong, the store, give me some discount, otherwise we will stand on this street and tell people who have passed by you that you sell dead pork and see if anyone is willing to buy your stuff."

Qin Xiaoxiao felt a little guilty about making Leng Yingchun spend so much money, so she wanted to cut the price.

When doing business, customers are afraid of goods. The vendor considers himself unlucky, waves his hand, covers his heart and makes a look of cutting his flesh, "Then half, give ten taels of silver!"

Leng Yingchun no longer struggled and gave the vendor ten taels of silver.

Fortunately, the capital is full of wealthy customers, and a mere ten taels of silver cannot be called a wealthy family, so they still avoided many people who were observing in the dark.

"Yingchun, I'm tired too. Where are we going to rent a house?" Qin Xiaoxiao yawned.

Leng Yingchun watched everywhere, and there were bustling business houses on the street. If you don’t do business, you have to live nearby. The price will definitely be scary. No matter how much you have, you won’t be able to lose money.

"Let me ask a few beggars. They are traveling around the streets and alleys and must be familiar with every corner." Leng Yinghuan came up with this idea when he saw the beggar who was asking for something to eat not far away.

"Go and ask!" Sun Zhenyi sat on the stone by the roadside. When he saw Leng Yinghuan leave, he complained, "There are beggars in the capital, and the gap between the rich and the poor is serious at the foot of the emperor."

"What does it have to do with you? Care about yourself, your beard is unshaven, what does it look like?" Qin Xiaoxiao sat next to him and said indifferently.

"You are not rushing to the road. Every time you go to a place, I stay for a little time, and I didn't have time to scrape it (this chapter is not finished!)

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beard."

Sun Zhenyi was quite helpless. When he came to the capital, he was in a state of great condition like escaping. He was nervous and exciting, and he followed their footsteps in panic.

"Don't be too many excuses. Look at Brother Huan, like you, he doesn't have time to rest more, why can he keep his face clean?" Qin Xiaoxiao said so much that Sun Zhenyi had nothing to say.

Leng Yingchun ignored their words, observed the surroundings intently, and touched the jade pendant on his waist.

She was sending a signal to her colleagues in Wanshi Pavilion in the capital, but she didn't know whether they understood her signals.

Leng Yinghuan came over. He learned from the beggar that he walked forward to the end of the street, turned left to the end, and right to the end, and was a place called "Scholar's House".

Small houses and thatched huts are rampant, and the prices are very low. The main reason is that there are many scholars living in them. The owners bet on them and they can't guarantee that one or two of them will be able to pass the exam. It must be because they have made movable signs, attracting more people to come and rent.

The four of them didn't stop for a moment, got on the carriage and ran forward.

It took half an hour to arrive at the gate of the beggar's "Scholar's House", and the door frame made of nanmu wood shows its wealth.

The scholar dressed in the feathered crest and scarf is particularly conspicuous, and people who shake their heads and walk and read books can also be seen everywhere.

Their arrival did not attract the attention of the scholars, but instead felt comfortable.

"If you are not familiar with the place, who should we rent a house?" Qin Xiaoxiao felt that her waist was about to break. This place can be regarded as a suburb of the capital. Quietness is quiet, but it was also set off by the scholars.

"In this way, Sun Zhenyi, it's time to test your skills!" Leng Yingchun climbed into the carriage, took out the book basket, and carried it on Sun Zhenyi. "The news from Brother Huan said that the rent here is very friendly to scholars. Whether we can save some money or not is all your ability."

Sun Zhenyi understood that Leng Yingchun asked him to pretend to be a scholar and patted his chest, "I just finished reading the books in the basket, and I can also fool the Four Books and Five Classics. Look at my momentum, it is a model for high school. The owner will definitely give me some cheapness."

"Go quickly, we're waiting for you here." Leng Yingchun clenched his fists, "Give some strength!"

Sun Zhenyi walked forward with his head held high, grabbed a scholar and asked how to find the owner.

The scholar looked at him and knew that he was an outsider. He laughed and walked directly past him.

He asked several people in a row, but no one paid attention to him.

He walked over dejectedly, "No matter how much you ask, don't answer, are the people here so cold?"

"If you have money, you can make the devil push the mill. Look at me!" Qin Xiaoxiao volunteered to run up. Seeing the particularly embarrassed scholar, she stopped him and secretly gave him some money to ask how to find the owner.

The scholar was indeed short of money, so he told her after collecting the money, "The price of the thatched hut here decreases step by step from left to right, and basically has been rented out. They are all working hard to review their homework and intend to become famous in one fell swoop."

"Is there a small house?" Qin Xiaoxiao asked more.

She could enter the house at any thatched hut, but she felt it was not safe. The house had a gate and a wall, so it was very safe.

She even missed the time she was raising in the attic.

"Yes, there are, but the price is relatively expensive, and it costs twenty taels of silver a year." The scholar said everything.

"This is quite cheap. Where can I take us there." Qin Xiaoxiao was very anxious.

The scholar looked at her and felt that she should have been a wealthy family disguised herself as a disguised person to experience life, so he left disdainfully.

"Hey, hey, what's your attitude? Tell me quickly, where is the small house? I'll give you a high price and hard work!" Qin Xiaoxiao shouted loudly from behind.

The scholar had already left.

But when Qin Xiaoxiao noticed that the people around her looked at her with sarcastic gaze, she felt it was quite inexplicable.

She came over and said deflatedly, "Yingchun, I can't do it anymore. You can think of some solutions and settle us down as soon as possible."

"Let's go and see what to do!" Leng Yingchun had no idea either.

They had no choice but to sit in the carriage and walk forward.

The more you go, the louder you read aloud, and it also comes from all directions.

The layout of thatched huts is similar, with a yard at the front, and there are probably two or three rooms inside.

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Seven or eight scholars gathered in one yard, probably sharing the rent.

The scholars seemed to be used to people coming and going, and no matter whether they stopped to see or not, they did not respond.

"Study hard, nerd!" Qin Xiaoxiao muttered.

"Xiaoxiao, don't laugh at them. They don't know how much energy they have spent on their imperial examinations. They are just for the sake of being the best in the world, so they have to study hard." Leng Yingchun quite understood the feelings of the scholars.

"You will consider them. It's getting dark. If we don't rent a house, we will have to stay in the inn. It must be very expensive." Sun Zhenyi was afraid that Leng Yingchun would share his money.

"Stingy!" Qin Xiaoxiao mocked.

"Xiaoxiao, why don't you go to your house?" Sun Zhenyi looked at Qin Xiaoxiao.

"This, I'm not familiar with the capital, and I don't know where my home is." Qin Xiaoxiao was helpless.

It was really ironic to say that he wanted to live home, but he didn't know the way home.

"Don't worry, we'll walk back and forth on this road, which will definitely attract the attention of the homeowners."

Leng Yingchun guessed that the homeowners were nearby, and they would often see scholars and contact those who were in love.

Sure enough, after they walked the road five times and spent half an hour, an uncle stopped the carriage and asked with a smile, "Do you want to rent a house?"

"Yes, uncle, what do you have to introduce?" Leng Yingchun's eyebrows were loose, and she finally took the bait.

"Of course there is, but we have an unwritten rule, that is, if one of the people who travel with us must be a scholar when we move in, and we must also show me the general text engraved by the local government." The uncle said the process tirelessly.

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To be continued...