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As a medium-sized city with a lot of mobility, the morning market in Jincheng is extremely early, at two or three o'clock in the morning, there are many businesses on both sides of the street to start busy, at four or five o'clock, there are some scattered shouts on the street, and after a while, the street is already full of people.

On weekdays, Yu Xuan mostly waited until the sun hung above his head before he was picked up from bed by his mother, but today was the beginning of the study day, and Yu Xuan had to force himself to open his worried eyes early in the morning.

Study day is a decree issued in the early days of the founding of the Yu State, this decree must be enforced, four of the seven days as study days, children under the prescribed age in all parts of the country must go to the general academy specially established by the state government to study in all aspects of the study day, if they are under the age to refuse to go to the general academy on the study day, they will be severely punished together with the whole family, even if they are the children of officials.

When they reach adulthood, those who have outstanding grades can independently participate in the annual national examination of Yuguo, and if they do well in the examination, they will be sent to all parts of the country to participate in official positions.

As soon as this decree was promulgated, everyone was boiling, and in this way, many poor families finally had a chance to turn over, but after the decree was implemented for a period of time, they finally realized that even if it was just such a seemingly equal opportunity, most of those who could stand out from the national candidates were some anointed children.

For him, the various obscure things that Mr. Craftsman on the stage talked about were tantamount to a lullaby played by a top pianist, but fortunately, the Pu Academy did not require the students' grades, so what was difficult was just the torment of the upper and lower eyelids fighting.

Randomly put the porcelain vases scattered all over the place into a pile with his feet, Yu Xuan pushed open the door, there were already two people in the courtyard outside the room who were practicing boxing in the morning, one of them was his father Yu Li, and the other was a big man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, his name was Yu Shan, one of the guards who followed Yu Li to Jincheng back then, and he was also the leader of the Jincheng guards today.

Seeing Yu Xuan walking out of the door, yawning constantly, the two stopped moving, Yu Shirt smiled, revealing a mouthful of big white teeth that contrasted sharply with his complexion, and said, "What's the matter, it's only eleven years old, is there a pickled thing at night that makes you can't sleep well if you don't solve it?"

Yu Li gave him an elbow and motioned for him not to take his son with him.

Yu Xuan naturally didn't understand the meaning, he still yawned for a while, and said vaguely: "I picked too many nettles yesterday, if I didn't deal with it overnight, it would be a pity to waste it today." ”

Then, the maid brought a basin of water, Yu Xuan held the water with his hand, wiped it on his face indiscriminately, took the two copper coins handed by Yu Li, and walked outside the door of Yu's mansion.

Yu Li instructed behind him: "Be serious in class!"

Yu Xuan waved his hand, but he didn't dare to agree.

Jincheng has developed rapidly over the years, and many outsiders come to play or purchase local specialties in large quantities, Yu Xuan walks on the street, and he can hear a lot of caravans coming and going negotiating with the owners of various specialty shops, most of the content is how difficult it is for the two sides to compete with each other in their own homes, and how generous the price they pay or sell, until one party is speechless, and the price is finalized.

Yu Xuan came to the door of Aunt Gui's shop, and at this time, Aunt Gui was hurriedly greeting a large group of groups who came to Jincheng to play from somewhere, Yu Xuan didn't make a sound, put the two copper coins behind the counter, and took one from the pile of baked cakes that had already been made.

Yu Xuan bit the cake and turned his head, suddenly saw a figure in front of him, and hurriedly chased after him.

After walking side by side with the figure, Yu Xuan pretended to eat the baked cake as if nothing happened, and after a while, seeing that the other party had not spoken, Yu Xuan couldn't help but ask, "Fu Ru, have you eaten breakfast?"

The girl known as Fu Ru turned her head to look at Yu Xuan, who was still chewing the baked cake in his mouth, but he unconsciously stopped chewing, and two touches of crimson rose on his cheeks, and he was embarrassed.

Fu Ru looked at Yu Xuan, and said in a childish voice: "I haven't eaten it." ”

Yu Xuan wanted to hand over the baked cake in his hand, but when he saw the bite marks on the baked cake that were obviously stained with saliva, he had to give up, he just wanted to say something casually, but now he didn't know how to continue, so he could only follow Fu Ru's buttocks.

This girl of the same age named Fu Ru is the daughter of a local family in Jincheng, born at a young age with red lips and white teeth, cute and abnormal, people who have seen Fu Ru all doubt that she will inevitably grow up and become the dream lover of countless people.

But in fact, Fu Ru, who was still young at this time, had already become the object of affection in the hearts of many of his peers, including Yu Xuan, and occasionally when it was not a study day, Yu Xuan would also think about going to school quickly, in fact, he just wanted Fu Ru.

But Fu Ru's attitude towards Yu Xuan is really not friendly, whether it is in the general academy or on the street, if Yu Xuan does not take the initiative to speak, Fu Ru will never take the initiative to talk, fortunately, Fu Ru's attitude towards most people is so cold, so that Yu Xuan's heart is balanced.

The two walked for a while, and then they saw the General Academy, which was renovated from an ordinary house bought by the state government from a family who moved out of Jincheng a long time ago, and the appearance was largely preserved, so it was not much different from other private houses.

Yu Xuan saw a figure squatting at the door from a distance, it was Xie Ma, who wanted to wave to Yu Xuan, but when he saw Fu Ru beside Yu Xuan, he put down the hand he had just raised in surprise.

After walking to the gate of the general academy, Fu Ru walked straight in, Xie Ma looked at Yu Xuan curiously, asked with his eyes, Yu Xuan didn't explain, and after showing a meaningful smile, he also raised his heel and went in.

Mr. Calligrapher has already been waiting for the students to arrive at the lecture platform, the calligrapher's name is Gu Haosi, is a middle-aged man, with a delicate face, a thin body, wearing a plain robe all the year round, at a glance, you know that he is a literati who is obsessed with learning, I heard that Gu Haosi originally held an important position in the officialdom, but because of his stubbornness, conformism, and treatment of people, regardless of the relationship, he was treated equally, and because of this style of acting, he offended many people openly and secretly, and finally was sent to Jincheng under the exclusion of all means, and became an insignificant calligrapher。

After all the students were seated, Gu Haosi walked to the lecture desk, took out the book tucked under his armpit, and prepared for class.

As a small border country that has not been founded for a long time, the foundation of the country depends on those soldiers who killed the enemy on the battlefield, so the whole country is still martial, even if some people stand out from the national examination, most of the positions are post-war staff, so the content taught in the general academy is also about military and martial arts, and the children who are still at a naughty age lack basic interest in this, and before the class starts, they all wilt.

Some days ago, the neighboring Yan State, which had been at peace with the Yu State for decades, suddenly sent troops to Anwen County without warning, and announced with the soldiers stationed in Anwen County that they would take over Anwen County in full swing and let Yu Guo hand over the jurisdiction of Anwen County as soon as possible.

Anwen County is the land of Yu Guo clearly marked on the map of Yu State, and the Emperor of Yu Guo naturally refused, so he sent the Minister of Negotiation to Yan State to negotiate, roughly to find out the reason for Yan State's trouble.

As a result, Yan Guo claimed that Anwen County was originally the territory of Yan State, because when the land area was coordinated, the minister accidentally forgot to draw it in, so he drilled a hole for Yu Guo, and now, Yan Guo needs Yu Guo to immediately hand over the jurisdiction of Anwen County, and Yu Guo can not be held accountable for the land encroachment of Yan State for so many years.

In fact, of course, this is not the case, in fact, because the geographical location of Anwen County is just a protrusion of the border between the two countries, if you talk about the national boundary alone, Anwen County is indeed in the territory of Yan State, but the residents of Anwen County are basically the people of Yu Guo, if they let the people of the entire county move their families is not easy and extremely inhumane thing, so the Emperor of Yu paid a great price, and finally let Anwen County can justifiably become a part of the land of Yu Guo, and now, Yan Guo is clear that he wants to go back on his word and refuse to admit the things of the year, so at present, the two countries are still in a stalemate on the ownership of Anwen County。

Among the children who were not interested in this, there were a few children who listened attentively, most of them were born in martial arts families or Jiangmen families, and they had the ambition to serve the country loyally when they grew up, and one of the boys asked: "Sir, Anwen County is just a small county town with a few hundred households, and the income from taxes and income can be said to be almost insignificant, why does Yan Guo want to fight for such a square inch even if he risks the war between the two countries?"

The calligrapher, who had gone from youth to middle age in Jincheng, had a sad face and replied: " Yan Guo's purpose is naturally not Anwen County, over the years, Yan Guo has annexed several small countries around it, the country has grown a lot, and there are several brave and warlike generals under his command, and Yu Guo has been low-key and dormant over the years, and the national strength seems to have been standing still, this Anwen County matter is just a brick thrown by Yan Guo, they want to see if Yu Guo's people who came out to pick up this brick this time have the strength to pick up this brick, if the people who went to pick up bricks are not strong, they will rush up the next moment, carve up Anwen County, and then look at Yu Guo like a hungry wolf, until they completely swallow Yu Guo。 ”

After speaking, Gu Haosi sighed heavily and said: " Although you are still young, you must first know that in this world, when you are small to a person, to a big country, you have to find a reason for yourself to act, whether this reason is tenable or not, they don't care at all, just want a self-deceptive peace of mind, even at my age, I always wonder why they have to put on a sanctimonious hat for themselves when they choose to be the most vicious and vicious man, or whether they really think that their lame reasons can deceive all the people of the world, I still don't know。 ”

Some of the students in the audience were thoughtful, while others were still wandering.

As for Yu Xuan, it is naturally the latter.

At this time, Yu Xuan was looking out the window, looking at the Qingfeng Tea House, because the Pu Academy was almost directly opposite the Qingfeng Tea House, looking out of this window, you could have a panoramic view of the Qingfeng Tea House.

Since it was still early in the morning, there were no guests in the tea house, so Zhan Yu, who was busy and idle, found a stool and sat down, holding a book he didn't know what to do, perhaps because he was fascinated by it, sometimes frowning, sometimes smiling at the corners of his mouth, this kind of simple expression, on this handsome face, but it is a unique style.

Eleven-year-old Yu Xuan, seeing this scene, couldn't help but drift away.

Zhan Yu is a well-known beautiful man in Jincheng, with a slender figure, a handsome face, a pair of eyes as bright as stars, except for Yu Xuan, he is gentle and elegant to everyone, behaves decently, and speaks more pleasantly.

But only Yu Xuan knew that Zhan Yu was not like this before.

Zhan Yu was admitted to the orphanage when he was eight years old, and in the same year, Yu Xuan was born, Yu Li went to the orphanage to find Yu Xuan's childhood friend, and saw that the child looked pleasing, so he took Zhan Yu back to Yu's house.

As soon as Yu Xuan was a toddler, he followed Zhan Yu's brother all day long, babbling and screaming, and ran with Zhan Yu all over the street.

At that time, Zhan Yu was already a little adult who could be in charge in all aspects in the eyes of adults, but in Yu Xuan's eyes, Zhan Yu did not match the image in the adult's mouth at all.

He would secretly pick the ripe exotic fruits of Yu Fu, grind them into powder, find some restaurants, pretend to chat with the guys in the store to attract attention, and then let Yu Xuan, who was not walking smoothly at that time, secretly pour those powders into the seasoning.

He will take Yu Xuan to the melon field outside the city, pick two watermelons and sit with Yu Xuan on the edge of the field, one by one holding one and nibbling, if it is unfortunate that the melon farmer finds it, he quickly wipes his lips, puts the half-eaten watermelon in his hand next to Yu Xuan, and then said to the melon farmer who came from afar with an apologetic face that blames himself for his poor care and will compensate for the watermelon money.

In this way, whenever he takes Yu Xuan to do these bad things, Yu Xuan finds that his well-behaved Zhan Yu brother in the eyes of outsiders will always be inexplicably secretly happy, Yu Xuan does not blame Zhan Yu for throwing the consequences on himself after doing bad things, he thinks that doing these things can make people watch out for him everywhere, but he can appear to be very majestic, he just doesn't understand why a person has such different sides, the difference is so big that people always feel that these are completely two people.

Zhan Yu's other side was destroyed when Yu Xuan was eight years old, when Zhan Yu was sixteen years old, two years away from adulthood.

Yu Xuan clearly remembered the scene that day.

Zhan Yu stood at the door of the Yu Mansion, carrying a not too big burden on his shoulders, this was all his own personal belongings that he had lived in the Yu Mansion for eight years, he bent down, touched Yu Xuan's head, and looked at the street, but his bright eyes on weekdays looked particularly dim at the moment: "Brother can't play with you anymore, don't do those bad things alone in the future, it will be annoying." ”

Yu Xuan raised his head, looked at this brother who had been almost inseparable from him for eight years, and asked suspiciously, "What are you going to do?"

Zhan Yu replied with a smile: "I'm not from Yufu, I have to be self-reliant after all." ”

Yu Xuan asked again: "Then why don't you go to the general academy to take classes?"

Zhan Yu still smiled: "Because the general academy allows children who don't have a father or mother to go, and my brother doesn't have free time to go, so he simply won't go." ”

Yu Xuan didn't ask any more, and watched Zhan Yu fade away and disappear into the corner of the street.

Then, with the funding of the city lord Yu Li, Zhan Yu opened this Qingfeng Tea House at the gate of Jincheng City, and in just a few years, with only one person, a tea house was kept in good order, and it almost became the only place that the people of Jincheng could think of to chat.

But since then, Yu Xuan has never seen the naughty habits that only he knew in the past from Zhan Yu, even if the two occasionally gag, Yu Xuan could also feel that the latter was extremely careful in his words.