Chapter 42: Songyang Academy (Part II)

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Early in the morning of 13 August, Meng Sheng set out with more than a dozen students of various ages, accompanied by six or seven "guards" and coachmen, as well as four or five carriages.

The roads of Kaifeng Prefecture have a characteristic, that is, the official roads to the east and south are more spacious than the official roads to the west and north. This is because Kaifeng is surrounded by plains to the east and south, and densely populated towns and towns. The north side is close to the Yellow River, and the west side is surrounded by mountains, so it will naturally be much worse.

Songyang Academy is nearly 400 miles away from Tokyo City, and Meng Banxian's itinerary this time is almost "improvised", so it naturally seems that the time is tight. Fortunately, although the official road to the west is not as good as the east and south, it is also spacious, and several large carriages run over the solid road surface and sway to the west.

"My mother stuffed me with some grapes, and pomegranate ......" More than ten students were divided into three carriages by Meng Banxian, and the age mix was even. Not long after the beginning of the trip, the friends gathered around in twos and threes to figure out the delicious food prepared at home in the package.

"I only have a big bag of round cakes here, my mother said that the fruit will ......spoil after a long time," Liu Qi looked at the fruits in the packages of the senior brothers around him and looked at the fruits in the package for a while, and then looked at his own bag of round cakes, and said discouragedly.

The round cake is roughly a thing that appeared in the Tang Dynasty in the previous dynasty, and a round cake is filled with various fillings in the middle, and it tastes like gnawing on the moon, so some people call it moon cake. In the early years, the custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival was only popular in the Imperial Palace, but for the people of Tokyo, who regarded Ouchi as a weather vane, it was very quick to learn. Today, at least half of the homes in and around Tokyo eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"How many days will it take us to go to Songyang Academy? This carriage can travel thirty or forty miles in an hour, and if it's fast, we will be able to live in Songyang Academy tomorrow night, what's bad? I think your mother doesn't worry about you touching your hands that have eaten pomegranates and grapes, and she won't bring them to you when you go back. A fourteen or fifteen-year-old senior brother laughed, and Liu Qi's face instantly turned red.

"Everyone came here today, except for Zhai Pei, who returned to his hometown in western Beijing with his parents at the beginning of the month, there are only twenty-two people in the private school now, and eighteen people came today, and the family is very relieved." Yang Zhang threw a grape into his mouth, leaned against the wall of the car and said.

"What's not to worry about? Who of our parents here is not more powerful than believing in Meng Banxian than believing in Bodhisattva? What's more, this is to take to Songyang Academy, one of the four major academies of the Emperor and Song Dynasty, which parent is unwilling to see for a long time? Besides, Meng Banxian is in charge of food, housing and transportation expenses this time, so he doesn't need to pay an extra bundle, leave you alone, are you willing? The senior brother who laughed at Liu Qi before said very reasonably, and then leaned against the wall of the car crookedly, and said puzzledly: "When did Meng Banxian, who has always been unable to do anything less, become so generous?" And these carriages, the money for a day's rent is not a small amount. ”

"I know that." Wang Yu, who had not spoken on the side, opened his mouth and said, "Do you remember that Meng Banxian left without class in the afternoon the day before yesterday? ”

"What's wrong?" The people around immediately gathered around.

"That night, my mother asked me to go to the side of the road to throw out the garbage, and I saw Meng Banxian sitting in a carriage, and the mark on the carriage was on the palace of Nankang County."

"How can you be so sure?" The senior brother who laughed at Liu Qi was called Zhou Bing and asked.

"My house is just outside the Chongming Gate, and many carriages of clan relatives pass by there every day, so I naturally recognize them." Wang Yu explained.

"So what does it matter?" Zhou Bing nodded and continued to ask.

"You think, Meng Banxian only came out of the Nankang County Mansion the night before, and announced early the next morning that he would take us to Songyang Academy, and he set off today, and everything was done in the carriage. If no one helped, Meng Banxian would definitely not be able to do it. ”

"You mean the Nankang County Palace?" Yang Zhang tried to ask.

"It should be fine, that's it." Zhou Bing hurriedly replied: "I think eighty percent of those 'guards' are also sponsored by a family. ”

Liu Yong, who had been silent on the side, turned the river and the sea in his heart. This belongs to him who knows best what Meng Banxian did the day before yesterday, according to the old man who made people look panicked, Meng Banxian saw the king of Nankang County, and the two also had a banquet together. Even one or two of the guards looked at Liu Yong with a familiar face, as if they were the big man who slapped a willow table the night before......

This made Liu Yong, who had been "warned" by the old man, very worried, and the disadvantages of listening to too many storytelling stories in the restaurant were exposed at this moment, and he was thinking wildly about whether he was going to be killed or sold to work as a coolie in a ravine......

The more Liu Yong thought about it, the worse his face became, and the hand holding the package trembled a little.

"Liu Yong, what's wrong with you?" Yang Zhang, who was sitting on the side, looked at Liu Yong with a pale face and asked.

"Ah, it's okay, it's okay. I just remembered the homework that Meng Banxian left for us. Liu Yong hurriedly covered it up, then took out a book from the package, lowered his head and pretended to look at it: "Zhang Ruoxu's "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" is really long, it is obviously the Mid-Autumn Festival, what does Meng Banxian have to do with Chunjiang on his back......"

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Nankang County Royal Mansion Garden

"Lord Wang, everyone has already set off." Zhao Sui'an walked in from outside and said softly.

"Well, it's all arranged?" Zhao Shishe picked up a handful of fish food and threw it into the pool in front of him, and after a while, a group of fish gathered over to fight.

"It's all arranged, and someone will come to receive the carriage when it arrives in Songyang. But ......" Zhao Sui'an replied, but stopped talking again.

"But what?" Zhao Shishe clapped his hands and asked.

"But my subordinates don't understand why they want to use the waste of Meng Shang to send this car." Zhao Sui'an thought about it and asked.

"If you don't understand, you're right." Zhao Shishe put the box containing the fish food on the table next to him, then turned around and said, "Even you, who have been with me all your life, would never have imagined that I would let a poor teacher give these things, let alone others." ”

"The prince is wise." Zhao Sui'an said complimentally, but then asked, "But does Meng Sheng know?" After all, he is a new vote, and he is not yet reliable. ”

"He doesn't need to know anything. He only needs to take his students to visit Songyang Academy. Zhao Shishe said lightly. Then he seemed to think about something again, and then asked Zhao Sui'an: "I heard you say, Miss ran out the day before yesterday to find a boy to play, have you found out?" ”

To be continued......

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