IHOEAYSTTTIW Chapter 19

Chapter 19: Is the Capital City City-like?

Chapter 19: Is the Capital City City-like?

When traveling, a poor family travels like a rich one.

The Capital City is only fifty to sixty *lǐ* away from Lin Family Village. Even if the ox cart is steady and there are a lot of things, it will only take two or three days. Lin Yan prepared enough rations for five days, and even worried that it wouldn’t be enough. There was no other reason, just that Yun Qi was at the age where he was growing, and he was worth two people when working, and his appetite was not far behind.

The two cars were parked not far from the city gate. Lin Yan was very satisfied with putting away the dry food and wiping the crumbs from the corner of Yun Qi’s mouth, “Xiao Qi, they are about to change shifts, let’s go over now.”

Yun Qi touched the beard on his face and quietly used the front camera on his cell phone to take a picture.

The person on the screen had a full beard, two thick eyebrows twisted together, and several scars on his face. In his current state, he couldn’t be seen as the imperial brother the new Emperor was looking for, nor as a scholar or a farmer. To put it nicely, he was a battle-hardened hunter, and to put it bluntly, he was a bandit from some mountain.

Along the way, people were secretly looking in this direction. Yun Qi hid the cell phone back in the dirt and asked in a low voice, “Brother, is it really okay for me to look like this?”

This disguise was drawn by Lin Yan himself. Lin Yan was very satisfied. He looked back at the people in the car and patted Yun Qi’s shoulder reassuringly: “It’s indeed not very good-looking, but no one can tell who you are, right?”

The closer they got to the city gate, the more people there were around. Lin Yan pointed to the gatekeeper at the city gate and lowered his voice, “It’s almost time for the shift change. Look, they’re already slacking off. Just bear with it, we’ll take off the makeup when we get into the city and return your mother-given handsome face.”

Yun Qi shook his head and quietly snuggled up to Lin Yan, murmuring in a low voice, “I’m not wronged, I’m just afraid I’m not worthy of you, Brother.”

The gatekeeper yawned, returned the road permit to the person in front of Lin Yan, and turned to look at Lin Yan, “Your road permit.”

“Official, you’ve worked hard.” Lin Yan handed over the road permit and also handed over the last pancake.

The gatekeeper had seen bribes of gold, silver, jewelry, and decorations, but this was the first time he had seen a bribe of dry food. He pushed the thing back in disgust, but the sudden wind blew the aroma of the dry food into his nose.

“You should keep this for yourself.” The gatekeeper’s mouth was tough, but his actions contradicted his words. Lin Yan tried to take the pancake back, but couldn’t pull it back no matter what.

The two were at a stalemate, and finally, the gatekeeper gave in first. He snatched the pancake away with force, accepting the first bribe of his career, but his mouth was as hard as ever, “Forget it, this official will give you face and reluctantly accept it.”

Lin Yan secretly rolled his eyes and chuckled, “You’re right.”

Taking people’s money, naturally you have to help them avoid disaster.

The gatekeeper didn’t want to make things difficult for the two of them. He glanced at the road permit and didn’t see any problems. Just as he was about to let the two of them in, he noticed the large mushroom that had been hiding behind Lin Yan.

He looked at the road permit and then compared it to the person.

The gatekeeper asked with difficulty, “You are Lin Yan, and this is your husband… called Mo Qi, seventeen years old this year?”

“Yes.” Lin Yan nodded, not hiding or dodging, but justified.

The gatekeeper took a breath and looked at Yun Qi with his beard and thick eyebrows, his voice becoming more and more difficult, “This is seventeen, what the hell?”

It’s human nature to gossip. The people on the side quietly craned their necks to look over. After seeing Yun Qi’s appearance, they secretly took a breath. Some nosy people were already discussing in low voices.

“What a pity, such a fair and clean *Ge’er*, how could he find such a husband.”

“Hey, didn’t you see the mole on that *Ge’er’s* face? That location, tsk…”

“Where, where?” Several more people gathered around, craning their necks in Lin Yan’s direction. Yun Qi stood in front of Lin Yan and swept over with a blank expression.

Yun Qi began to thank Lin Yan for drawing this makeup for him. It was ugly, but it was really intimidating. The crowd that had been chattering just now instantly quieted down a lot. Only a few bold ones were pointing and whispering.

“This young *Ge’er* is really good-looking, fair and tender, and he even has dimples when he smiles. If it wasn’t for that mole, he could definitely marry into a very good family, but now…”

“This pair is really a good match.”

The gatekeeper returned the road permit to Lin Yan. He walked to the people who were gossiping with a dark face, put his hand on his knife, and his voice was so cold that it could almost condense into ice, “Go, go, don’t delay me from working.”

Don’t look down on the gatekeeper for not being a big official, but for these common people, he is still unattainable. Those people nodded and bowed in embarrassment. After the gatekeeper left, they rolled their eyes in dissatisfaction, and the topic had already switched to the gatekeeper.

“What’s wrong with this guy named Gu?”

“Who knows?” That person clicked his tongue in disdain, but still lowered his voice, “He’s a henpecked husband, he can’t stand anyone saying a bad word about his wife, and he likes to meddle in other people’s business.”

Another person shook his head helplessly, “He’s an official, he can do whatever he wants.”

Although it was a bit eye-catching, and although there were some minor twists and turns, Lin Yan and Yun Qi still successfully entered the city.

The Capital City has so many fun things. Lin Yan was dazzled. He wanted to run to the market without putting his things down. It was Yun Qi who begged and pleaded for a long time before he didn’t go shopping with large and small bags.

Yun Qi washed off the exaggerated makeup and skillfully put on new makeup. Yun Qi’s skills couldn’t be said to be a completely new person, but he could be considered to be a new person. Lin Yan marveled.

“This is about right.” Yun Qi put down the powder cake and looked at himself in the bronze mirror.

“Can’t tell, can’t tell at all.” Lin Yan put his arm around Yun Qi and walked out of the post station, then scratched his head embarrassedly, “If you know how to put on makeup, why did you let me mess around?”

Yun Qi’s eyes were smiling, and his voice was full of doting: “Because Brother likes it.”

Lin Yan walked down the street with Yun Qi’s arm around him, muttering non-stop, “I also like to go shopping, and I also like…”

Yun Qi nodded and remembered everything, but when he turned into an alley, the smile in his eyes completely disappeared.

From the moment they entered the city, they had been targeted. After a circle around the post station, the group of people not only didn’t decrease but increased instead.

Yun Qi was very clear that he couldn’t avoid the new Emperor this time he entered the city.

He was too lazy to hide. It was just that everything in the Capital City disgusted him, and the treacherousness of the Imperial City made him even more disgusted. If it wasn’t for those seeds and for Lin Yan, he wouldn’t have taken a step near that city gate in this lifetime.

“Come, come.” Lin Yan, who had run far away at some point, waved frantically at Yun Qi. He picked up a small object from a small stall and fiddled with it in front of Yun Qi, “Look at this…”

Yun Qi didn’t even ask the price and directly took out his purse, “Brother likes it? I’ll buy it for you?”

“So domineering.” The feeling of being pampered made Lin Yan even more excited. He quickly scanned the goods on the stall and quickly determined the target…s, “Then I want this, this, this.”

One hand paid the money, and the other hand delivered the goods. Yun Qi’s action of taking out money became more and more skillful, and the posture of taking things became more and more difficult.

A pharmacy suddenly appeared among the various restaurants and wine shops. Lin Yan skipped it directly, and then turned back. He took the things from Yun Qi’s hand and pushed him inside, “That’s right, have you been having headaches lately? Go in and take a look.”

Yun Qi had headaches since he was a child. He knew it was a mental illness, but Lin Yan’s attitude still made him a little happy. However, there was no need to see a doctor.

Yun Qi shook his head frantically, “There’s no need, right? It’s probably because I’ve been staying up too late.”

Lin Yan’s attitude was firm, “Come on, come on, there’s always nightlife in this Capital City, right? I still want to go to a brothel, how can your body handle it.”

The good mood vanished.

Yun Qi dryly advised, “Brothels are not good places.”

Hearing him say this, Lin Yan became even more excited, “You’ve been there before? What’s it like…”

“How is that possible…” Yun Qi felt that he was really starting to have a headache. He covered his head and muttered pitifully, “Brother, my head hurts.”

“Why did it suddenly hurt?” Lin Yan immediately lost his desire to study brothels and rushed to the clinic with Yun Qi, “Let’s go, let’s go, I’ll take you to see a doctor.”

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