The Academy of Literature in Xining Town is not far from Bailu Academy, and it only takes a few street corners to get there. The buildings here are extremely simple, hidden in the camphor forest, exuding a quiet fragrance of books, attracting Qin Yi and his party.

"Squeak-" The quaint door opened, revealing a handsome young man. When the young man saw Qin Yi and the four of them coming, he quickly opened the door, and walked a few steps to greet him with a smile: "Oh, it's the four editors who are going to take office today?" ”

"Exactly!"

"Slave Zhang Jiu, the four adults, please wait a while, the little one will lead you in, and then go and report to the master of the courtyard!"

Although Zhang Jiu greeted him with a smile, he looked at everyone's faces between these words. He noticed that one of the four, on the far left, was dressed in tatters, while the other three were all well-dressed.

Not only that, but the man also had a vegetable face and a thin body. The other three are by no means like this.

When Zhang Jiuyi saw this, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart. He is a thoughtful clerk of the Bungaku, and he is responsible for receiving the adults who come in and out of the Bungaku.

Which of those adults is not gorgeously dressed? But the man in front of him was dressed in tatters, wearing a long robe with pudding, and he was all white. Although he was holding a folding fan in his hand, no matter how he looked at it, Zhang Jiu did not look like an official who had taken office in the Academy. Hmph, this kid is about the same age as himself, but he can put on music!

Qin Yi naturally didn't know what Zhang Jiu thought of himself, he saw that Zhang Jiu was talking, but his eyes were staring at him unkindly, so he coughed in a majestic tone: "Zhang Jiu, don't hurry up and lead the way!"

"Hmm! Wait a minute, adults! ”

Zhang Jiu glanced at the other three without leaving a trace, and saw that their faces did not change, but the attitude shown by the person on the far left made him extremely unhappy! Hmph, shake your face with Grandpa Zhang, whether you are a new adult or an official in the Academy of Literature, I have to let you see my ability!

Although he was very unhappy when he thought so in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, but smiled and said, "A few adults come with me!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Jiu led the way in front, and Qin Yi and the other four followed. After a short time, everyone entered the literary academy, was led to the main hall, and sat down.

"Wait a minute, my lord, I will tell the people to serve tea and then go and inform the head of the courtyard!"

Listening to Zhang Jiu's words, Qin Yi couldn't help frowning, this Zhang Jiu is really ink. He was about to have a seizure, but he was stopped by Tong Can's voice on the side: "Let's wait for a while, at this moment, the master of the courtyard is probably also busy!"

At this time, when Zhang Jiu heard Tong Can say this, he peeked at Qin Yi again, and hurriedly catered to Tong Can: "What the adult said is right!"

"Someone's coming!" Zhang Jiu shouted towards the gate of the main hall with a smile on his face.

Immediately, I saw a maid come in, and after Zhang Jiu whispered a few words to her, the maid retreated, and he arched his hand to everyone: "A few adults use it slowly, I have instructed the maids to prepare a good oolong tea!" The little ones go down first to pass through the courtyard Lord Liu, and the adults wait a minute! ”

After saying that, he bowed his waist and exited the main hall!

Seeing Zhang Jiu leaving, Qin Yi's mood became relaxed, and he chatted with the other three. They've known each other before, and now they're getting to know each other better!

In a short time, a maid came in. The maid held a tray with four cups of oolong tea with the fragrance of tea on it, which was intoxicating.

"This maid is really good-looking!"

In addition, there is also Tong Can's praise, obviously in addition to the aroma of oolong tea to attract him, there is also the maid who serves tea!

The maid smiled lightly, and came to the four of them one by one, and served the teacups in turn.

Qin Yi took the teacup, smiled slightly at the maid, and opened the tea lid and prepared to taste tea. It's just that the moment he opened the tea lid, Qin Yi was stunned, what about the tea in the teacup? Why is there no tea? What the hell, how is it a glass of boiled water?

Immediately, Qin Yi's face froze there! After counting the breath time, it will be restored!

"Hmph-" Qin Yi snorted coldly, he could probably guess what was going on. only heard a sound of "clang-", and Qin Yi slammed the teacup on the side of the case.

The maid and Tong Can and the other three were naturally shocked by this voice!

"Your Excellency...... What happened? The maid who was about to leave the main hall, as if she had lost her soul at this time, quickly knelt on the ground, kept buttoning her head, and her voice was a little shy, "Is it...... What did the slave do wrong? ”

"Lord Qin, what's wrong with you? For no reason, why are you so angry? ”

"Come on, come on, sit down quickly, let's have tea and chat together!"

"Oh, Lord Qin, this maid is very beautiful, and she seems to be knowledgeable, how could she offend you?"

When Qin Yi heard this, he understood what was going on, and said, "Three adults, let's take a look at what is in my teacup?" After reading it, make a comment! ”

He looked at the innocent expression on the maid's face, and thought that Zhang Jiu had whispered to the maid for a while before, and he understood that behind all this, it was that Zhang Jiu who was making trouble. It's just that Qin Yi couldn't understand when he offended this Zhang Jiu, causing him to embarrass himself behind his back?

This cup of boiled water, if Qin Yi really drank it, it meant that Qin Yi was admitting to Zhang Jiu, which was equivalent to Zhang Jiu embarrassing Qin Yi. What's more, at this moment, maybe where Zhang Jiu is hiding to see his jokes! In fact, this also means that Zhang Jiu declared something to Qin Yi, entering this academy, you Qin Yi only have the status to drink boiled water, where do you have the status of drinking tea?

Tea is the way of hospitality and respect. Serving tea to entertain guests was a ritual followed by the people of the entire Xia Dynasty. Now, Zhang Jiu instructed the maid not to serve tea to Qin Yi behind his back, which means that Zhang Jiu disdains Qin Yi. In other words, in his eyes, Qin Yi's status is even inferior to him, a member of the Academy of Literature!

Qin Yi could probably guess this, and his face was already gloomy: "A dignified official, you don't know how to respect officials!" Hum! ”

When everyone heard Qin Yi say this, their expressions changed, and they got up and came over. When they saw Qin Yi's glass of boiled water, a strange look immediately appeared on their faces!

"How? Lord Qin is the editor of the Academy of Literature personally named by Lord Si Zhengge, the Secretary of Scholars! How can you entertain with a glass of boiled water? What about sending Hanako? ”

"Humph! Even the begging people outside, entering some people's homes, as guests, the host will also serve tea! Where did you subordinates lose the way of etiquette you learned? ”

"Lord Qin, don't be angry! Shi is not good at tasting tea, you drink this cup! ”

The three of you said it word by word, and the maid who said it straight had tears in the corners of her eyes, and she couldn't help crying: "The slaves and maids are all in accordance with Steward Zhang's orders, and they have nothing to do with the slave family!" Steward Zhang only asked the slave maid to make three cups of tea, and then ordered the slave and maid to serve boiled water to the one of the four adults who was dressed in tatters! The slave and the maid just do it, and it really has nothing to do with the slave and the maid! ”

"Humph!" When Qin Yi heard this, he glanced at the other three, and probably understood in each other's hearts that he had met a manager who judged people by his appearance, so you Zhang Jiu, wait and see!

"You...... Let's go down! Brew another glass! After Shi Ao and the others understood what was going on, they couldn't help but show a strange look on their faces again, and they ordered the maid to step back and look at Qin Yi's body at that time, "Oh, Lord Qin, you said that you, such a good literary talent, such a good talent, why don't you accept the funding of the rich people in the town, and why are you still wearing these rags?" ”

When Qin Yi heard this, there was a black line on his face, he naturally knew that these people had entered those families, and he also understood why they said this. It's just that the Tao is different, Qin Yi said indifferently: "The price code offered by those families does not meet the taste of the official, and they have all been shirked by the official!" ”

As soon as the three of them heard it, they knew what was going on, looked at each other, and didn't say anything anymore, just took care of their own tea.

At the same time, in the compilation room in the back hall of the Academy of Literature, Zhang Jiu pushed open the door and crept in, with a flattering smile on his face, and smiled at Liu Congwen, the master of the academy who was sitting at the table in the center: "Lord Liu, the three editors sent by the Scholar Division have arrived!" ”

"Huh? Aren't there four of them written in the text? Is there a mistake? ”