Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather was still very hot at noon, the front chest and back were already wet, and the beads of sweat the size of beans dripped down the red cheeks from the jaw and fell on the loess road, and it was a small pit when it was smashed.

The straw sandals under her feet were about to fall apart, and her mouth was also hungry and thirsty, Ru Yu stretched out her tongue to collect the last drop of water in the gourd, and reluctantly put the water hyacinth into the back basket.

I saw a willow tree with a crooked neck on the side of the road, and there was a stone under the tree, which was polished to the point that people must have rested here. Ru Chang sighed and said, "Since it's late, it's not bad for a while, let's take a break!" ”

After resting for about a stick of incense, he was about to get up and walk again, and was just about to sit on it, when he heard the sound of clattering horses' hooves behind him, and turned his head to see an ordinary carriage slowly coming.

There were two people sitting on the wheel, a young man in short brown grinning with a silly face, and a young man in a green robe leaning lazily on the carriage, holding a water bladder and drinking.

Ru Chang stretched out his hand and was just about to say hello, when he saw a few brocade-clothed young men riding horses behind the carriage, and a few burly and athletic men.

Ru Yu subconsciously withdrew his hand, but the carriage stopped, and the blue-robed man above asked with a smile, "How?" Is it for a ride? ”

Ru Yu waved her hand again and again, and her Adam's apple moved, "No...... If you don't take a ride, you want to ask your eldest brother for a drink. ”

"Next!" Madu plugged the water bladder and threw it over.

Ru Chang stretched out his hand to catch the Gu Dong Gu Dong and poured two sips, only to find that it was not white water in his mouth, but the cold and sweet bayberry soup, sweet and sour, he suddenly felt that there was a raw jin under the tongue, which really quenched his thirst.

Ru Yu only took two sips, re-plugged the lid, and handed it back with the water bladder in both hands, "Thank you big brother for the sour plum soup!" ”

Ma Du looked him up and down, "Are you from Huguang?" Did you go to the Royal Academy? ”

"Xiao Ke came to the Royal Academy from Huguang Hengshan to study."

Zhang Wuliu said: "Oh, you little scholar is late, the entrance exam of the academy ended yesterday, so you should hurry home and wait for the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the next year to take the exam." ”

Ru Yu smiled bitterly: "Xiao Ke has come all the way, even if it is late, how can anyone go back without taking a look, it's a big deal to find a job here, and then take the exam in the first half of the year." ”

A female voice sounded in the carriage, "Since you are going to the academy, Xuanzhong will take him for a ride." ”

"Forget it, your safety matters." Ma Du said to Ru Yu: "Originally, I was supposed to take you, but it is inconvenient for me to have a female dependent in the car, you should walk slowly, the road ahead is not far, you can take this sour plum soup and drink it." ”

Ma Dajia said again: "Huguang Hengshan is high and the road is far away, and it must be extremely hard to travel thousands of miles, and besides, what danger can a half-grown child have." ”

Ru Yu saluted the carriage, "Ru Yu thank Mrs. for her mercy, the journey is not far, but you can walk by yourself, so you won't bother." ”

"Your name is Ru Yu? Is there a way? ”

"Yes!" Ru Yu took out the road guide from the robe and handed it to Ma Du. That's right, it's Ru Yu, such a rare name shouldn't be a duplicate name.

Ma Du looked at Zhu Xiaosi, who was riding on a horse and picking his nose, and said, "How about you give him a ride?" ”

Zhu Xiaosi looked at Ru Yu proudly and said, "Forget it, don't let this sloppy clay figure stain my big dark horse." After saying that, he rubbed the nose boogers on the black and shiny mane of the horse, and it was impossible to see if it was stained at all.

Zhu Xiaosi is so stingy, if one day he breaks through Yingtian again, I don't know if Ru Yu will remind him to pay homage to the imperial mausoleum and support him to ascend to the throne.

However, Ru Yu's appearance is really sloppy, her feet are full of mud, her hem is full of mud, and her neck is full of black ash, obviously she has suffered a lot along the way.

"Then sit on the wheels and give him a flash in five or six."

"Thank you, big brother!" He took off the basket and held it in his arms, tucked away the dirty hem, and sat on the wheels with his ass lean.

Zhang Wuliu pulled him inside, "Sit tight, don't peek into the carriage, otherwise I'll kick you down." ”

As soon as Zhang Wuliu raised his whip, the horse clucked and stepped on the hooves and marched slowly on the official road, but in fact, it was not much faster than a human walk.

The academy has been open for several years, there are many students from other places, but the scope is limited, to the north but Shandong, to the south at most Fujian, and then to the west is Jiangxi, Huguang is the first time that students have come to study, and they are still a historical celebrity.

During the Hongwu period, the Manchu Dynasty did not know how many people died under Lao Zhu's knife, but Ru Yu was able to stand tall and was quite favored by Lao Zhu, and was called a wise man and gentleman by Lao Zhu, and also wrote "one person at home and abroad, the mainstay" of the Danshu iron coupon awarded to him, and built a tribute yuan fang for him in the south gate of Hengshan.

Ru Yu can be regarded as the right-hand man left by Lao Zhu to Zhu Yunwen, but it is a pity that once a son of heaven and a courtier, Zhu Yunwen favored Huang Zicheng even more, which made Ru Yu neglected and was once demoted.

After Zhu Di invaded Jinling, he hurriedly entered the palace to clean up his nephew, but Ru Yu persuaded him to go to the filial piety tomb first, and in the name of Tianjing, he was the first to persuade Zhu Di to ascend to the throne.

Such an informed and interesting person, Zhu Di naturally did not hesitate to reward him and named him a loyal uncle, this title seems to be a bit ironic to Ru Yu, and when he was embarrassed, he didn't see that he didn't have any loyalty to Zhu Yunwen.

You can't blindly blame Ru Yu for not having discipline, didn't Mencius say that the king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the king as the heart; The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as an enemy.

The friendship between monarchs and ministers is similar to the love between men and women, if you treat me badly, don't let me split your legs. Zhu Yunwen didn't want to see Ru Yu, so don't blame Ru Yu for failing to repay the king with his death, and hooked up with Zhu Di to become an adulterer.

Ma Du said to Ru Yu: "Hengshan City is no less than two thousand miles away from Yingtian, and there is Yuelu Academy, one of the four major academies in Changsha, how can you come to Yingtian to study?" ”

"Xiao Ke met a glazed merchant when he was studying in Hengshan, and when he heard him talk about the various things of the Royal Academy, he longed for it, so he traveled thousands of miles to come."

Ma Du really didn't expect that those glazed merchants could still play a role in promoting the academy, "You also believe the words of the merchants, but you are not afraid of being deceived?" ”

"The gentleman of the private school showed us the imperial court's newspaper, and there was an article on it about the Royal Academy, although Xiao Ke was young, he had also heard the names of Zhu and Tao, and the name of the Royal Academy would naturally not be bad, otherwise wouldn't it be a loss of royal face."

Ru Yu obviously didn't pay attention when he said these words, and the three brocade-clothed young men on the side of the carriage showed displeased eyes at him, and Zhu Xiaowu's head poked out of the carriage, and asked with a smile: "You have only heard of the names of Zhu and Tao, haven't you heard of the names of Uncle Ma Guo?" ”