Xin Liu has already worshiped two academicians, one is Academician Dou Lang of the Feng Shui Department, and the other is Academician Sima Kui of the Star Technique Department, both of whom are the Great Yi Master of the Five Ches of Xuefu, and they also held important positions in Si Tianjian in the early years.

In comparison, that Lu Youling moved to the Taishi Academy to teach when he was only over thirty years old, and he was indeed a little aggrieved, no wonder there were many people who were upset about her.

Yu Shu came to the women's house in the evening, Xin Liu was already waiting for her, the night was still shallow, the stars were unknown, and the most appropriate time for stargazing should be after midnight, the two went back to their rooms to rest, sleep, and wait until the second half of the night to get up.

At the time of the third watch, there was a knocking sound in the library, Yu Shu got up and put on his clothes with sleepy eyes, fumbled to light the candlestick at the head of the bed, took a wooden comb, temporarily tied his hair into a ponytail, and just combed it, he heard Xin Liu knock on the door outside and whispered to her: "Lianfang, are you up?" ”

"Alright, wait a minute."

Yu Shu hung up a cloth bag with charcoal and paper, went out of the house with a lamp, and when he opened the door, he saw Xin Liu standing outside the door with a bulging leather bag, wearing a light-colored cloak that was wind-proof, and carrying a bright tiger lantern in his hand.

"What did you take?" Yu Shu asked her in a low voice while locking the door.

Xin Liu patted the leather bag in his arms and said, "It's a rod scale and a wire ruler for counting angles, haven't you seen it, I'll teach you how to use it later." ”

Yu Shu has read Huaixian Zhenren's "Hun Tian Bu Lu", and it is not surprising that the ancients often borrowed many tools when observing celestial bodies.

"Well, let's go."

The Taishi Book Garden at night is very quiet, it is the spring thick, the grass and trees are deep, Yu Shu and Xin Liubing candle night road, passing by the Huā Garden Pond, occasionally hearing the sound of insects, and accompanied by the shadow of the trees swaying. Xin Liu was a coward, next to Yu Shu, he didn't dare to go far away, and suddenly a cat meowed. could startle her, grabbing Yu Shu's sleeve and not letting go.

Yu Shu saw that she was about to hang on herself, and said helplessly: "Since you are afraid of the dark, why bother asking for this errand?" Can't you let someone else do it? ”

Xin Liu said aggrievedly: "Do you think I like it, it's not that many of this year's academy students have worshiped Daozi to get started, and there are two new academy students from Academician Sima, and the other is a man." The academician confessed two errands, one was stargazing, and the other was to go to the Dianhan Building to set up a bookshelf, which was dirty and tiring, so I had to pick this one. You must know that Lu Dao has done a good job and satisfied the academicians, so that he can ask for the opportunity to give personal advice, how can I not do it. ”

This is also the same tradition of Taishi Shuyuan. After getting started, which academician to follow does not mean that you will be able to get the other party's teaching. Academicians will arrange things from time to time, and only when they do a good job can they be satisfied, so as to learn more about their housekeeping skills.

"Didn't you say during the day that Miss Qin and Ji Xingxuan were also assigned by Daozi to stargaze, will they meet tonight?" Yu Shu asked.

"No, I've already agreed with Yuerou to let them come back tomorrow night" Speaking of Ji Xingxuan, Xin Liu couldn't help but complain: "This year, the first subject of astrology has released a blank list." How many Yike who have worked hard to accumulate their studies have been delayed, and it is not the Ji family that has caused trouble. The person surnamed Ji was really embarrassed to continue to stay in the Taishi Academy, but there were still some unreasonable people surrounding her all day long, as if she would soon be able to enter the Si Tianjian Prison. ”

Why the Ji family fell and why Ji Huaishan was removed from his post and investigated, there are many people who know. However, the cause of this incident was revealed by Yu Shu, but few people knew it, at least Xin Liu didn't know how much the collapse of the Ji family would have to do with Yu Shu.

Yu Shu smiled and didn't agree with her, the two of them bypassed a row of photo walls, passed in front of the hanging huā door, the scenery in front of them suddenly looked up, and their vision broadened-

Ten zhang away in the distance, a high stone building is pulled up from the flat ground, standing quietly and upright in the dark night, and a wide and long stone road is paved on the flat grass, leading directly to the foot of the stone building.

The air is fresh all around, the trees are far away, and you can see the whole galaxy when you look up, and you feel insignificant.

"That's the stargazing platform?" Yu Shu stepped into this place for the first time.

"Well, my grandfather said that when the Taishi Book Garden was first built, it was first built by skilled craftsmen, and now it has been two hundred years, and I don't know how many predecessors have watched the stars and the moon on that platform." Xin Liu's expression was admired.

"Let's go, let's light the lamp first, and then I'll show you the artifacts here."

Xin Liuxing pulled Yu Shu in a hurry, went straight to the foot of the stargazing tower, from the north to the top, Yu Shu held the tiger lamp in one hand, and was able to see the near appearance of the stone building.

This staircase is high and steep, climb more than 50 steps before two people pedal to the platform on the top of the building, raise the eyes three or four zhang square, there are low female walls around the four, there are two huts on the north side, the middle is empty, the door hangs a bamboo curtain, I don't know what is placed inside.

Upstairs and downstairs were quiet, the wind was sparse, and there was no one else except the two of them, no wonder Xin Liu didn't dare to come alone.

"Follow me" Xin Liu put the leather bag in his hand on the ground at will, and pulled Yu Shu to the open space between the two huts, just enough to accommodate the two of them, hollow and without walls, as soon as he looked down, he could see downstairs, which was where they came up just now.

"Look" Xin Liu pointed down, let Yu Shu look at a long stone path protruding vertically on the ground, and said: "That's the measuring ruler, there is a sink chiseled on it, filled with clear water, you can shadow the bright spots of the stars in the sky, different seasons, the stars in the sky are different, you can see the length from the ruler." ”

Yu Shu had only seen some introductions in books before, and she didn't know as much about this aspect as Xin Liu, and "The Legend of Hun Tian" relied on the big astrolabe to measure, and these instruments were not used, but it didn't prevent her from being interested in learning a thing or two.

"What's over there?" Yu Shu asked, pointing to several bulky instruments in the southeast corner of the platform.

"Oh, that's Yangyi, that's the Fangzheng case, and Shen Gong's leakage, haven't you seen the picture book?"

Yu Shu nodded: "Then what do we do now?" Do you want to go down and fill the measuring scale with water? ”

"Yes, Academician Sima just asked me to record tonight's star position" Xin Liu twisted: "You go down with me, right?" ”

"Hmm." Yu Shu didn't mind walking a few more steps for the sake of knowledge, carrying a lantern to light the road in front, when the two of them went down to half of the steps, Xin Liu suddenly patted her head and stopped her: "I forgot to take the water scoop, I didn't see it down just now, I guess it's someone in the darkroom, I'll go up and get it, you wait for me here." ”

This wall ladder is not easy to climb, Xin Liu was embarrassed to ask Yu Shu to accompany her up again, so he took the lantern from her hand and turned back alone.

Yu Shu stood on the steps waiting for Xin Liu, looked up at the starry sky, was staring at Zi Weixing in a daze, and suddenly heard a miserable scream, coming from upstairs-

"Ahh

Yu Shu's face changed suddenly, and he turned around and ran upstairs with the hem of his clothes, while shouting Xin Liu's name: "Fei Fei! ”

She climbed the stairs as fast as she could, and as soon as she reached the platform, she looked around, and at a glance she saw Xin Liu, who was sitting outside the door of a stone house, climbing out with his hands and feet, and the tiger lamp fell to the side, and a dazzling flame ignited.

Yu Shu hurriedly ran up to help her, "What's wrong?" ”

Xin Liu grabbed Yu Shu's arm, looked at her with frightened eyes, his expression was almost distorted, and he pointed to the stone house with one hand tremblingly, and his cry changed his tone: "Inside, inside." ”

Yu Shu frowned and looked in the direction she was pointing, but there was a bamboo curtain outside the stone house, and it was dark inside, and nothing could be seen at all.

Yu Shu was bold in the end, patted Xin Liu's back to signal her to let go of herself, stood up and stepped forward, opened the bamboo curtain, the lantern that fell on the ground at the door of the house was still burning, she squinted her eyes to adjust to the dimness of the room, and at first glance it was a pair of embroidered shoes hanging in the air!

Looking further up, it turned out to be a pale and stiff face - a dead man!

Yu Shuxiao then took two steps back, and the bamboo curtain in her hand fell with a "click", covering the creepy picture, she instantly aroused goosebumps all over her body, and then heard Xin Liu's cry intermittently: "Lotus Fang, how, what to do, she, her, that, yes, it seems to be Cao Youling." ”

Yu Shu took a breath of cool air and forced herself to calm down, after all, she had escaped from the pile of dead people, although she also felt frightened, but she was not frightened by the scene just now.

Cao Youling? Wasn't that the young lady who quarreled with Xin Liu on the first day they went to Taishi Shuyuan to sign up!

Yu Shu swallowed his surprise and reached out to pull Xin Liu: "Someone is dead, let's hurry up and call someone over, is there a guard guarding the courtyard nearby?" Get up, let's go. ”

Xin Liu's legs were weak, he trembled vigorously, and was forcibly pulled up from the ground by Yu Shu, although he was powerless, he was even more afraid of staying here, he forcibly moved his legs, staggered to the stairs, hugged Yu Shu's arm in fear, refused to let go, and almost stepped on the empty stairs several times, but was pulled back by Yu Shu.

The two ran downstairs, Xin Liu no longer had the strength to move, and sat on the ground with a slump of buttocks, Yu Shu was anxious, and couldn't drag her, so he had to shout at the top of his voice: "Come on, come on!" ”

The shouts soon resounded in the quiet night sky, and many people will wake up from their dreams tonight

Yu Shu's shout attracted two guards on duty nearby, hurried to arrive, listened to Yu Shu's description, ran upstairs to check, and confirmed that a female courtyard student was hanged, and immediately left one person to take care of them, and the other ran to call for manpower.

However, after a while, people were woken up in the middle of the night and came to the stargazing platform when they heard the wind.

At around the end of the day, the government learned the news, and the arresters hurried to the place, asked about the situation, and dispersed the nearby onlookers, leaving Yu Shu and Xin Liu, who were the first to find the bodies, and the two guards who ran first.

One night in April, another murder was added to the Taishi Academy, and the deceased was Miss Cao, one of the twelve families, Cao Youling. (To be continued ()

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