Chapter 81: Departure
Hearing that the spirit grass had finally landed, Tang Lang's heart was settled, but after calculating the time, there were only five days before he set off to participate in the competition, so he could only ask stubbornly: "Steward Du, I don't know how long it will take to transfer Blood Baozhi from the Kingdom Branch?" I will go to the Imperial City to participate in the competition in five days. ”
Du Jisong waved his hand and said: "Time is definitely too late! The spiritual grass transplantation is no more than others, and we must be cautious, otherwise it will wither or die halfway, which will inevitably affect the efficacy of the medicine, and we must beware of being robbed, so we will arrange special personnel to transport it, and I estimate that it will take ten and a half months at the earliest." ”
Tang Lang took out the identity nameplate of Lingzhi's apprentice and bowed deeply to Du Jisong: "Thank you Du, for your care!
"You, huh...... If you are still interested in Lingzhi, you can go to the branch there to meet after you arrive in the Imperial City, and maybe there will be opportunities in the future. Du Jisong waved weakly and let him go.
Tang Lang returned to the academy to inform Xun Zhongjing of the situation, the other party's face twitched slightly, obviously very reluctant to the Silver Moon Grass, but in order to save Shen Zilan, he still reluctantly exchanged his beloved things, Tang Lang kept this gratitude in his heart, and if he had the opportunity in the future, he would definitely find another Silver Moon Grass in return.
In the next five days, Tang Lang spent most of his time in the medical room to accompany Shen Zilan, and the other team members were also preparing for a trip to the imperial city, only Zhao Feiyu was nowhere to be seen for a few days, leaving only a note, saying that he had something to do, and he was meeting when he set off.
Five days almost flew by in a flash, Tang Lang and the others originally thought that they were going to set off directly on the road, and they didn't want Ji Fengyu to take them directly from the Jinlou to the playground, and they were suddenly stunned by the noisy gongs and drums and the fluttering of colorful flags.
"This ...... What's going on?" Tang Lang stammered.
Ji Fengyu laughed: "The academy competition is an annual event, and the academy will inevitably prepare a grand send-off ceremony before departure, on the one hand, to show the importance of the competition, and on the other hand, to let other students see the demeanor of the players representing the academy." ”
Tang Lang was angry: "Mentor, should you tell us in advance?
Ji Fengyu smiled slyly: "A few of you, either you are stupid, or you are thieves, and the rest are stupid and coarse, even if you tell you in advance, what's the use." It's mainly up to the mentor me to suppress the scene. ”
Tang Lang found out that Ji Fengyu was indeed dressed very decently today, the original sloppy robe was replaced by a brand-new black robe, the neckline and sleeves were embroidered with a circle of gold thread, and a piece of green jade in the middle of the belt, the whole person became elegant and handsome, and the usual cynical appearance was like two people.
And the team members are all dressed up from afar, their coats and leather boots have been worn in the Moting jungle, they are all dusty, and under the backdrop of Ji Fengyu's deliberate dress, they all look gray-headed.
Dean Zongbo saw the team members, standing on the high platform in the middle of the playground, and used the loud sound spell to speak to the teachers and students of the school: "Students, teachers, this year's college competition is about to be held, Canglei Academy will send a team led by Tutor Ji Fengyu and Tang Lang as the captain to participate in the competition, let us wish them excellent results and win glory for the college......"
Zong Bo quoted the past to discuss the present, and talked about tea kung fu with enthusiasm, and Tang Lang only dozed off when he heard it, only to feel that someone pushed him hard behind his back, and couldn't help but take a step forward and almost fell down.
"Tang Lang, the dean is telling you to go up and speak!" Jiang Dali reminded in a low voice behind him, and Tang Lang found that Ji Fengyu was no longer around, and was already standing beside the dean on the high platform, looking at his face quite unkindly.
Tang Lang scratched the back of his head, ran up to the high platform in three steps and two steps, standing on the side of the dean and Ji Fengyu a little overwhelmed, Zong Bo looked at him with a smile, Ji Fengyu's face became even more ugly than just now, and he said word by word: "Tang Lang, the dean asked you to say a few words on behalf of the team members, don't embarrass me!"
"Oh!" Tang Lang nodded to indicate that he knew, turned his head to look around the students in the audience, and found that in addition to the students of the junior class who were required to come, there were also many students of the intermediate class who came to cheer, and there were crowds, at least hundreds of people.
"Well, that ......" Tang Lang cleared his throat and began to speak: "Actually, at the beginning, Tutor Ji found me and said that he wanted me to participate in the academy competition, but I refused!"
Everyone on the stage was dumbfounded by him all of a sudden, Zong Bo still maintained a kind smile and did not change, Ji Fengyu was already on the verge of breaking out, but Tang Lang continued unhurriedly: "You may not believe it, but I really think so. Who wants to do something that is not beneficial? ”
"However, after the last time the people from Jianlong Academy came to smash the field, my thoughts have completely changed! I ran to our territory to spread wild, and if I didn't teach them a good lesson, I wouldn't call him Brother Mantis!"
The more Tang Lang spoke, the more excited he became, as if he had returned to the scene before he took his little brothers out: "Why do these cowards dare to come to our Canglei, isn't it that we have always had a bad reputation before, and they want to use us as soft persimmons, and I haven't asked Brother Mantis if I agree, and I haven't asked our brothers who have said yes!"
"Don't agree, don't agree!" The students in the audience were also excited by this unscrupulous speech, and shouted loudly with him.
"Of course I can't agree! Not only that, but I also have to go to the Imperial City to prove that none of our thunderous masters are bad seeds, and if anyone dares to bully us again, he will be beaten to the bottom!"
"Spank him and blossom!" The students in the audience laughed loudly, and with the coaxing, Ji Fengyu's cheeks had turned the color of pig liver, and he was a little trembling with anger.
"Okay, it's all Canglei's pure masters!, let's, uh......" Tang Lang was still full of interest, and when he was about to say the declaration of "robbing people, grabbing money, and grabbing land", Ji Fengyu covered him from the back and dragged him aside, Zong Bo took over: "This, although Tang Lang's words are a little vulgar, but the truth is not bad, if you fall behind, you will be beaten, our Canglei's previous record is not good, others will look down on us, so we must catch up!"
"Catch up, catch ......up," the dean finally brought the departure ceremony back on track.
Zong Bo saw that the time was about the same, and waved his hand: "Participating colleges, the old man will see you off, waiting for your good news!"
The audience suddenly applauded, cheers were endless, Ji Fengyu held Tang Lang's right arm, and whispered in his ear: "Be honest with me, don't talk nonsense!"
The onlookers automatically gave way to a small path, allowing Tang Lang and Ji Fengyu to pass through the middle and join the other members of the team.
Tang Lang took a look, and all the team members were ready to go, but found that Zhao Feiyu had changed back to his previous men's clothes.
"Filipino, what are you playing here?" Tang Lang wondered.
Zhao Feiyu winked at him: "Don't ask more, I have my own arrangements!"
Tang Lang thought to himself: Okay, as long as you're happy.
Except for Shen Zilan, the rest of the members were ready, and Ji Fengyu bowed goodbye to Zongbo: "Dean, we are ready to go! Thank you for seeing us off!"
In fact, the people accompanying him were far more than Tang Lang, and there was also the logistics team prepared for them by Canglei Academy, with carriages, banners, and supplies, after all, it was a major event to participate in the competition on behalf of the academy, and if it was too shabby, it would be ridiculed by other academy teams.
The crowd rolled towards the gate of the academy, and Tang Lang saw his grandfather standing in front of the hut beckoning to him from a distance, and hurriedly ran over to say hello.
"Little Tang Lang, you have to be careful in everything! It doesn't matter what the rank is, your potential is still great, you can't damage the foundation because of your stubbornness, do you know?" Grandpa kindly told Tang Lang, which made his heart warm, and he couldn't help nodding in agreement.
Tang Lang exchanged a few words with his grandfather, then hurriedly caught up with the team, and when he turned around, he could still see his grandfather's rickety body through the crowd, and he was reluctant to let go of it, and decided that when he returned from the imperial city, he must spend more time with his old man.
Just when Tang Lang was feeling melancholy, Zhao Feiyu squeezed over and teased: "Who are you looking for? Could it be Senior Sister Zilan? Didn't you tell her not to see her off, so as not to be sad." ”
Zhao Feiyu not only dressed up as a man, but even changed her voice to a male voice, but her tone was still a little coquettish, which made Tang Lang shudder a little when she heard it: "Filipino, I really can't bear your dress like this." Also, I didn't look for Zilan again, she should still be recuperating in the medical room. ”
Zhao Feiyu took out a letter from her arms and stuffed it into Tang Lang's hand: "Senior Sister Zilan gave it to you! Also, I will watch you all the way, don't mess with flowers and grass again, otherwise Senior Sister and I won't pay attention to you anymore!" Tang Lang saw her expression, the hair on her body stood upside down, and she didn't even have the interest in opening the letter, so she temporarily put the letter into the jade pendant and waited until her mood calmed down.
Half an hour later, Tang Lang and his entourage had already left Canglei City and marched along the main road in the direction of the Imperial City. Changping Prefecture, where Canglei City is located, is located in the northwest corner of the Tianqing Kingdom, while Jiangyun Prefecture, where the Imperial City is located, is in the southeast section, thousands of miles away from Canglei City, and it will take at least ten days to reach.
In case of rain and road interruption along the way, the time may be extended, in order not to be late, as soon as he left the city gate, Ji Fengyu ordered all the personnel to enter the carriage and move forward at full speed, and soon Canglei City disappeared from everyone's sight, replaced by the mountains in the distance and the tall trees on both sides of the avenue.
When his mood calmed down, Tang Lang took out Shen Zilan's letter and looked through it, Juanxiu's font was like a clear spring, and between the lines were all instructions and blessings to him, full of concern, and he didn't mention anything about his illness.
Closing the letter, Shen Zilan's beautiful and quiet face appeared in Tang Lang's mind again, and he was full of emotion in his heart: Zilan, I will come back as soon as possible after participating in the competition, and by then you have already taken the spirit grass, and your body must recover as before!