Meng Sheng soon learned about the Mid-Autumn Festival, and early the next morning, he had a gloomy face, as if everyone else owed him money. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Shi and the gentlemen in the academy had a respectful attitude towards Meng Shang, just nodding to each other during dinner in the morning, and then they excused themselves from their busy work, leaving behind an old-looking student and disappearing.

And the students in the academy looked at Liu Yong and his party, pointing and sneering. But soon this was no longer the case, apparently admonished by the gentlemen. However, looking at Liu Yong and the "talents" from Tokyo, there was still a wave of disdain, contempt, unwillingness and envy in their eyes.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the customs of Songyang Academy are not much different from Tokyo City, but they are not as lively as Tokyo City. During the day, a gentleman took the students to climb the peak, and the leaves of the trees in August were no longer the verdant of a month ago, and fell golden as the autumn wind blows. In the early morning, there was another light rain in the mountains, and the raindrops gathered on the bent dead leaves, and a mud-stained boot stepped on it, making a faint but not crisp sound.

Liu Yong had already turned his grief and indignation into appetite at this time, took a large handful of washed dates from the dining hall table in the morning, walked on the path up the mountain, did not care about the disdainful gaze of the students of the academy around him, and stuffed them into his mouth one by one, and secretly said fiercely in his heart when he spit out the jujube core:

"Eat you poor!"

Liu Yong naturally had a lot to eat, and when he came back from the mountain at noon, Liu Yong's stomach was already too long to eat much lunch, so he could only watch Wang Huan beside him feasting on carp made with the freshly brewed sake of the academy.

In the afternoon, there was a great Confucian teaching in the square, and Liu Yong and they naturally followed, but they all listened in a daze without saying a word, and they didn't know if anyone understood, or listened.

After the lecture, it was time to prepare for the moon worship, and after everything was ready, Yang Shicai, as the head of the mountain, reappeared in a very formal dress, holding an album full of sacrificial texts in his hand, while another gentleman held the ritual and acted as a salute.

Reciting the rituals, worshipping and rejoicing, everything seems so normal that even the old scholars in Tokyo can't find fault with it.

After Yang Shi did all this, he left in a hurry, along with several gentlemen from the academy, leaving only the students, preparing to continue last night's literary meeting.

Meng Fuzi's students naturally no longer looked bored with themselves, and after glancing at each other, they also left with black faces like scholars and their own husbands.

One night, nothing happened.

Early the next morning, August 16. In the case that the guest was reluctant to stay longer, Meng Sheng and Yang Shi hypocritically pushed and gave in, and the four carriages set out on the way home.

The autumn rain in August continued, and less than half an hour after the convoy set off, it began to rain lightly in the mountains. Because of the painful lesson of "crashing" when they came, the only four remaining carriages walked very carefully, until the sky was dark, and they did not see the county seat of Mi County. had to stay in a small town where Liu Yong had never heard a name.

At noon on the second day, when they arrived in Mi County, the convoy was detained and could not go any further.

To be precise, all passing carriages, horses and pedestrians were detained in the county seat of Mixian County and were not allowed to move forward.

"What's going on?"

Meng Banxian got out of the car with a black face, and now he already regretted a little why he agreed to the prince's proposal and brought the students to Songyang Academy? The journey has been very difficult.

"Sir, according to the officials, there has been a big case here, and everyone has not been able to leave the city since yesterday evening, and they need to cooperate with the government to complete the investigation before they can continue to move forward." The coachman who drove the car for Meng Sheng said.

"If I knew that I wouldn't go into the city, there would be so much to do about the detour, and I could save a few big dollars in the city entrance fee...... Phew, that's bad luck! Meng Banxian spat on the ground and shouted.

"I'm afraid not." The coachman smiled bitterly and continued: "Listening to the coachman of the carriage in front, there are official handles on the official roads around, and even a battalion of troops stationed in Mi County has been dispatched. ”

"Huh?" Meng Banxian suddenly felt that things seemed to be different from what he imagined, and he was stunned.

"Sir, let's go to the county office first to inquire when we can be released, if it doesn't work today, we have to find an inn to stay in first." The coachman looked at Meng Banxian, who was at a loss, and reminded.

"Hmm...... Mmmm, that makes sense...... The old man thought the same way. Meng Banxian hurriedly said.

The county government was also in a mess at the moment, and an old official threw down a sentence of "wait and see", and ignored Meng Sheng and the others who came to inquire about the news.

In the afternoon, there were more and more vehicles that were locked up in the city and not allowed to go out, and it seemed that they couldn't get out today, so Meng Banxian took out the plate given to him by the prince and went to find an inn to stay.

But how many rooms are still available at the inn at this time? In recent years, the ownership of Mi County has often changed, or it belongs to Xijing, or it belongs to Xifu, but after all, it is in the Gyeonggi area, and it can be regarded as Gi County in terms of rank, and business travel is frequent. After two days of "special" circumstances, innkeepers raised their prices one after another, ready to make a big profit.

After asking seven or eight in a row, he rented three chase shops at a very small inn with the main street behind him at a price more than double that of the past, and the moment he paid the money, Liu Yong found that Meng Banxian's face became pale.

After sending a coachman to the county government to report their residence, the group settled in this small, dilapidated and damp "inn". This stay is two days.

On the morning of the third day, a few officials came to question, and there was an acquaintance among them, but it was Qi Sheng, the official he met on the road, but he was just a follower at this time, honestly following behind a big-shouldered and round-waisted officer. After calling everyone out, the officials began to interrogate one by one, even Liu Yong and these children.

"What day did you depart from Tokyo?" The big-shouldered and round-waisted official patted the back of the knife and asked.

"On the thirteenth day." Meng Banxian replied a little uncomfortably.

"When did you arrive at Songyang Academy?" Qi Sheng asked.

"Evening of the 14th." Zhou Rong said honestly.

"When did you leave the academy?" This was the question of another thin officer.

"On the morning of the sixteenth." Liu Xun said timidly, he looked at the official who was much taller than himself and asked fiercely, almost not crying.

"It only took one day to get from Mi County to Songyang Academy on the way out, but why did I enter the county seat of Mi County on the morning of the 17th on the way back?" The big-shouldered and round-waisted servant roared.

"It's raining in the mountains, the roads are slippery, and I don't dare to go fast." Meng Banxian was obviously a little scared, although he looked down on these "cheap officials" on weekdays, but Xiucai met a soldier, and he couldn't explain it reasonably. Before he met those more rude Qiu Ba, Meng Banxian was stunned.

"That's not right! When you came, it was five, and now it's four. Qi Sheng said suddenly.

To be continued......

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