Chapter 22: The Liao Kingdom (1)
Three months later.
Jiang Xun and Chu Enoch have been students of Xunyutang for three months, during which Jiang Xun learned that there are only more than 30 students in Xunyutang, including many students from other countries he has heard of, but he is not interested in those people, and Chu Enoch seems to be the same, but Jiang Xun always feels that he has something on his mind.
Due to the relative independence of Xunyutang's teaching, Jiang Xun and Chu Enoch were taught by the same teacher, but this teacher only taught Jiang Xun and Chu Enoch.
Then this teacher's teaching method to Jiang Xun and Chu Enoch is - free-range.
That's right, it's indeed free-range, although sometimes the teacher will still guide Jiang Xun and Chu Enoch to study, but in fact, it is dispensable, most of the time Jiang Xun likes to soak in the library of the Xunyu Hall, which is not very large, and Chu Enoch often wears a straw hat and goes to the mountains near the academy to find some rare herbs to refine something, as for what it is, Jiang Xun does not know.
After all, when Chu Enoch was refining, he took the herbs to the special alchemy room of the academy, so although Jiang Xun and Chu Enoch were in the same dormitory, Jiang Xun was not very interested in what Chu Enoch was refining, and Chu Enoch did not mention what he was refining.
Time passed little by little, and a month ago, Jiang Xun learned that the little girl Gao Mei they brought from outside was allowed by the dean to stay in the Xunyu Hall to observe, in fact, she lived in the Xunyu Hall.
So sometimes, Jiang Xun will also bring some things over to take a look, after learning that many female students in the academy were befriended by Gao Mei's innocent cuteness, Jiang Xun gradually reduced the number of times he went to see Gao Mei, after all, he also had what he wanted to do, and he couldn't do everything. But Jiang Xun would always receive letters from Gao Meituo in a few days, which wrote a lot of interesting things, and sometimes said some unrealistic ideas, after seeing these, Jiang Xun felt a little relieved for some reason, and Jiang Xun also sometimes replied, but not so often.
At the same time, Jiang Xun also knew that the senior sister Su Yi who had assessed himself had only entered the training hall a year earlier than him, and sometimes Jiang Xun would also see her in the library and talk to her about some of the current situation in the world, Jiang Xun and her conversation learned that the war between countries is getting more and more fierce, but at the same time, no one can help anyone, so a strange and fragile balance is maintained.
On the night when he finished talking to Su Yi about the situation between countries, Jiang Xun fell into the quagmire of insomnia for some reason, he thought of Luo Bin, thought of Grandpa Xun, and even thought of his father, and after that, he finally had to sleep, and the nightmare that had plagued him disappeared for some reason.
But Jiang Xun didn't care.
The days passed like this, and as Jiang Xun read more and more books in the library pavilion, he gradually learned a lot of things that he didn't know before.
"The ancient emperor, the war in all directions, the world of the world, the later value of the death, the world is divided. Jiang Xun saw this sentence in a book that did not mark the author's name, but what made Jiang Xun strange was that many pages of this book were torn off by someone, and those pages were missing, Jiang Xun always felt that there were some places that he did not understand.
"Emperor Chuang's young talent was not revealed, and after the enemy country invaded his country, Emperor Chuangdi led the people to fight, and he actually attacked 200,000 troops with 30,000 people. ”
"The Emperor Chuang's southern expedition to the north and the south, the ...... attacked"
Jiang Xun rubbed his eyes, feeling that Emperor Chuangdi was really great, but he felt that there was something wrong with such a record, but he didn't know how to say it clearly. Jiang Xun also searched for the missing pages in the library and asked the teacher, but he couldn't find it.
Gradually, Jiang Xun also let go of his obsession with finding those pages and turned to concentrating on reading other allusions.
As Jiang Xun spent more and more time in the library every day, he was also noticed by Li Xun, the pavilion master.
Li Xun felt that Jiang Xun was a young man who cherished books, because Jiang Xun never treated books rudely, and every time Jiang Xun returned a book, the book was a few things when he came. So finally one day, Li Xun and Jiang Xun talked for a long time, after that, Li Xun smiled and handed over the order of the pavilion master to Jiang Xun, and asked the latter to take care of the library for a few months, because he had some things to go outside, and he should have closed the library for a while before leaving, but when he saw Jiang Xun, he felt that it was unnecessary.
Jiang Xun didn't refuse, because this was very much to his liking, but at the same time, he also asked Li Xun Pavilion to inquire about the situation outside the main road of the Yuan Kingdom Tiger Mansion.
Pavilion Master Li Xun agreed.
After that, it was not much different from a normal day.
Jiang Xun got up early to guard the library and closed the pavilion in the evening to go back to the dormitory to rest, but one day, Jiang Xun actually saw his teacher when he was guarding the library at noon.
Jiang Xun's teacher Guo Ji is a middle-aged man with a rich and charitable face, and in Jiang Xun's opinion, the only drawback may be that the top of his head is relatively sparse.
Jiang Xun often sorted out or read books at a table not far from the door of the Library Pavilion, so he was able to see everyone who entered the Library Pavilion.
But in this way, Jiang Xun had never seen his teacher in the library pavilion, so he was stunned at the time, but Teacher Guo Ji said when Jiang Xun was still stunned and didn't know what to say: "What? Jiang Xun, are you surprised to see me?"
"Hello teacher. Jiang Xun said.
Guo Ji nodded at Jiang Xun and said to Jiang Xun, "Recently, are you free?"
"Nope. ”
"Hmm...... Huh?" Guo Ji looked at Jiang Xun in shock.
"Teacher," Jiang Xun put down the book he was reading in his hand and said, "I still have to take care of the library for Pavilion Master Li." ”
"Well, the academy will naturally send someone to take care of it for you. ”
"The person the teacher said should be the teacher himself, right?"
"Hmm. ”
Jiang Xun looked at Guo Ji, turned his head again, and didn't say a word.
"Oh, what's wrong, are you worried?"
"Nope. Jiang Xun said: "I was thinking about what would be worth a teacher who has always been lazy to help a student take care of a huge library." ”
"This is an initiative of the college," Guo Ji explained, "Recently, due to the large and small wars between countries, some people have been displaced, and we decided to send some students to help the refugees." Oh, by the way, Chu Enoch, who lives in the same dormitory as you, has joined the academy's operation. ”
"In that case, why don't you send some teachers?"
"Academy...... It also needs some people to guard it. Guo Ji didn't care about the sarcasm in Jiang Xun's words, but continued calmly: "Then, what do you think?"
Jiang Xun lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking, but in the end, he said, "If you have this responsibility, how can you not obey?"
"Then, it's tomorrow's departure, get ready. Guo Ji smiled gently, he patted Jiang Xun on the shoulder, and prepared to leave like this.
Jiang Xun watched his teacher leave, and Guo Ji turned around and said to Jiang Xun at the moment before stepping out of the pavilion door: "It's not as good as the academy outside, it's winter now, so you still need to add more clothes." ”
Jiang Xun looked at the departing teacher and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.
He got up and walked to the door, then leaned against the door, silently looking at everything in front of him, the leaves that had fallen off, the already cold breeze, and this already familiar picture, there were five different attics in the distance, looking at the high base of the attic, the layout of the house was particularly like a labyrinth, quiet but with a liveliness that Jiang Xun had not felt before, it was much more vibrant than the pleasure houses built by those high-ranking officials who were greedy for pleasure.
Jiang Xun smiled lightly, sat down quietly at the pavilion door, and said in his heart: If you can live in this place forever, it will not be bad.
In the early morning of tomorrow, Jiang Xun, who had already packed his luggage, woke up, while Chu Enoch on the bed next door was still asleep.
Jiang Xun had no intention of waking him up, because it was still early before the time of departure.
So Jiang Xun went out to brush his teeth and wash his face, and then sat under the big tree in the courtyard and meditated quietly, and the advantage of this meditation is that Jiang Xun can clearly feel the flow of soul shadow power in his body, so as to better grasp his soul shadow At the same time, it can also enhance Jiang Xun's perception of the flow of energy in the outside world. Therefore, Jiang Xun likes this way of exercising his soul shadow very much, which is also the content that few teachers teach him.
When the meditation ended, Jiang Xun opened his eyes, and in a trance he saw Luo Bin in front of him, he was very surprised, but soon, he found out that he was wrong, it turned out that Senior Sister Su Yi was sitting on a small stool in the courtyard at some point and closed her eyes to recuperate.
That's right, how could Luo Bin's little girl appear here, but ...... Senior Sister Su Yi's appearance here doesn't seem to be normal.
"Awake?"
Jiang Xun had just gotten up when he heard Su Yi say this.
Jiang Xun looked over and saw that Su Yi was still with his eyes closed, but he was smiling shallowly.
"Hmm. Jiang Xun responded briefly, and then turned around to enter the house.
"Wait a minute. Su Yi opened his eyes and looked at Jiang Xun and said, "I have something to say to you." ”
"What?"
"I just learned that the place you are going to is Liao, right?" asked Su Yi.
In fact, Jiang Xun didn't know where he was going, he just promised the academy to go, so he just went, he didn't care much about where he went. But now that Su Yi mentioned where he was going, he was really interested in this Liao country located in the north of the continent.
But now, Jiang Xun shook his head and said, "To be honest, I don't know. ”
Su Yi showed a polite smile and said to Jiang Xun: "It's okay if you don't know, I'll just ask casually." ”
"Come on, senior sister, what are you looking for me?"
"Actually, I want to ask you for a favor......" Su Yi took out an envelope and handed it to Jiang Xun, saying, "It is to give this letter to the city lord of the Liao Kingdom." ”
"City Lord?" Jiang Xun asked suspiciously.
"You don't need to think about which, you just need to hand it over to the city lord or a higher-level official. Su Yi bowed to Jiang Xun: "Please." ”
Jiang Xun glanced at the envelope in his hand and put it away, saying, "It's okay, it's just a trivial matter." ”
"I still have some things to do, so I'll say goodbye first, goodbye. After Su Yi said this, he left.
Jiang Xun was stunned in place, and even forgot to say goodbye, and then when he opened the door and entered the house, he saw Chu Enoch drinking tea while pressing the book on the table with his idle left hand to read.
"What, how long have you been up?" Jiang Xun asked with a smile.
"Get up before you're done meditating. Chu Enoch replied.
"Then ......" Jiang Xun originally wanted to ask Chu Enoch about the envelope that Senior Sister Su Yi handed over to him just now, but after thinking about it, it was better to forget it, so he said, "When will we leave?"
"Someone came back to inform us, we just had to wait. Chu Enoch sighed, showed a helpless smile to Jiang Xun, and said, "You really accepted the academy's arrangement without knowing anything." ”
Jiang Xun smiled and said, "As long as I know that you are going too, I can sit back and relax." ”
Hearing this, Chu Enoch lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then shook his head and smiled: "You are really ......."
Chu Enoch wanted to speak and stopped, and after that, the two of them stayed quietly in the room and waited for the departure.