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Chapter 8 Fate

Lin Chen sat aside, ate the last bite of noodles in the bowl, licked his mouth, put down his chopsticks, and took another tea, and then shouted to the servant in the inn: "Checkout."

"Okay!" The servant who was wiping the table beside him immediately responded when he heard this, walked over, hesitated for a moment, and then asked tentatively: "This customer, this store usually charges Jin money. If you don't have one, you can also pay for other places. What...?"

"Of course it's Jin coins." Lin Chen smiled, took out a small purse from his arms, grabbed it in, and then spread his palms on the table, which happened to be eight copper coins lined up in a straight line.

Several countries in the world are the richest and most powerful in the Jin states located in Zhongzhou, ruled Guanzhong, Sanjin, and Jiangnan. Although there is no country in Nanling and other places that can rule and govern, Jin coins are the main currency circulating.

Of course, the currencies of other countries are not unusable, but because they are not valuable enough, the amount to be paid needs to be changed.

For example, if Liang State ruled Liangzhou and Bashu, if Liang money was converted into Jin money, the price paid would need to double the amount of Jin money collected.

Lin Chen paid for breakfast and did not plan to stay in the inn, but wanted to go shopping in Linjiang Town.

Since Lin Chen went down the mountain, every time he passed by, he would stay there for a day or two, walking around, playing, looking at the local customs and culture, and listening to their anecdotes.

Although Linjiang Town has a large number of pedestrians and merchants passing by and stop every day, the entire town is not big. Three long streets walk in parallel, and many alleys and paths are distributed vertically and horizontally, this is the whole town.

"Come and skewer candied haws!" Lin Chen said to a vendor on the street. He was about to withdraw money, but he heard a sudden noise behind him and a riot sound.

Lin Chen turned around and saw several people riding horses from the street intersection not far away. One of them shouted a few times to the people who were so scared that they leaned towards the sides: "Get out, get out!", and then he accelerated his speed and flew over here. After only a few breaths, he disappeared.

"How much?"

"Two patterns and one string."

Lin Chen turned around and paid the money, but didn't look again.

Among those people, the two teenagers who were beaten before were the two men. Looking at their aggressive appearance, you need not think about it and know that they must have gone to seek revenge.

Linjiang Town is not big, and if you really want to find someone, you can only take some time...

Lin Chen bit a candied haw and felt the stimulating taste buds mixed with the sweetness of rock candy and the sour taste of hawthorn. He was still shopping, but he heard someone say angrily: "Are you not afraid of hurting others when these people ride horses in the street?"

Lin Chen turned his head to look in the voice, but saw a scholar next to him helping a little girl who was frightened by the passing horse. After hearing this, his companion next to him immediately abducted him with his hands and whispered: "I'd better not care about such idiots."

Lin Chen knew the two of them. They were two scholars who came to Linjiang Town on a boat with Linchen yesterday.

After the thin scholar helped the little girl up, he retorted to his friend's words: "The books of sages that we scholars read are just waiting for the future examination and the people to take good care of each other after the government is the government. How can we ignore this kind of thing?"

Another scholar said: "But Jingchu is not the land of Jin State. Even if you think about the people, you should think about the people of our country..."

As he said, his voice suddenly lowered and continued, "It is rumored that thirty years ago, the emperor wanted to incorporate Jingchu into our Jin State, and wanted to sign the Zangjian Villa as "Yujian Mountain", but what do you think? Those people actually said that the Tao was different but did not plan for each other, and they actually refused the emperor's kindness! Humph! What Tao was different but did not plan for each other, I see... they just didn't know how to do it!"

The thin scholar was shocked when he heard this and quickly stopped him, "We are in the territory of Jingchu now, don't talk nonsense! And if you really go to Zangjian Villa to watch the fun, you must not say such words!"

Although both of them deliberately lowered their voices, Lin Chen's ears were so good that he listened to them without missing a word.

"Two, we meet again." Lin Chen walked over and said with a smile.

The two scholars saw someone coming and stopped their voices immediately. After seeing Lin Chen's face clearly, the thin scholar bowed and smiled and said, "It turned out to be this young hero. I parted on the river yesterday and met again today. We really have a fate."

"I'm planning to stroll around this town. Since we are destined to do so, how about we go together?" Lin Chen asked with a smile.

"this……"

The two scholars looked at each other, and the thin scholar nodded and smiled, "Since you are destined to be together, it's okay to go."

The three of them wandered together in Linjiang Town.

After some talk, Lin Chen learned the names of the two scholars.

The thin scholar is called Li Yunsheng, while the fat scholar is called Wei Youmo.

Li Yunsheng smiled and said, "To be honest, my name is still somewhat related to these two places of Chu. My father is a cloth merchant, but he also read some books and recognized some words before he started business. So when I was born, I had to be the first to name it from "Chu Ci" like other people's bookish schools. But he only recognized so many words. After reading it for a few days, he didn't understand it. He only thought that the sentence "Zhu Ji Sheng Yun" in "Nine Thoughts" was good, so he took the word "Sheng Yun". Later, he heard from a private school teacher that he knew that "Sheng Yun" means..."

Li Yunsheng said, paused and continued, "After choosing such an unlucky name, my father immediately panicked. He went to the temple to invite a consecrated jade pendant for me to wear it, and asked the Taoist priest to cast a spell to protect himself. Finally, the private school teacher gave a new name. Shengyun became Yunsheng. Although the position of the two words was changed, the meaning was different."

Lin Chen asked, "But you have a high rise and your career will be successful?"

Li Yunsheng smiled and said, "That's right!"

Wei Youmo said: "My name doesn't have so many stories. My father told me that our family has been doing business for generations and has never had scholars, so I gave me such a name. I hope I can read more books and have ink in my stomach, so that I can get fame and fortune in the future, so that a high official can come out of my family."

He shook his head and said to himself: "Wei Youmo, Wei Youmo, isn't it just that Wei Youmo? Perhaps it's because his name is taboo. Now he has won the last scholar. It's hard to say whether he can become a juren in the future..."

Li Yunsheng quickly advised: "Brother Wei, don't think so much. Names are just names after all. If you determine the future based on the quality of the name, then will everyone in the world give a good name?"

"Maybe..." Wei Youmo smiled, he looked at Lin Chen and asked, "Where are you?"

"Me?" Lin Chen was stunned for a moment when asked this, and then smiled and said, "Your name has few stories, and my name has no stories. My master gave me the word "Chen", and he didn't tell me the reason. Maybe it was the morning when I picked me up..."

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