The next morning, the students held banners hastily made of various colored paper and blocked the gate of the Governor's Palace, and several activists standing at the front of the line shouted slogans with all their might, demanding that the Governor receive them and accept their petitions.

Zhao Erxun, who was born in Jinshi and learned five cars, is a literati after all, I don't know if he remembered the flying spirit of his youth, or out of the etiquette of a scholar, he insisted on going out to meet the students despite the dissuasion of the people around him, he also wanted to see what the students wanted, and what kind of confidence they had to do it.

When Xiao Yiming was pulled to the main hall by Zhao Erxun's guard officer, Zhao Erxun was still admonishing the civil and military forces around him: "...... It is not allowed to use force, it is not allowed to embarrass students, and as long as there is no serious riot, do not arrest people, otherwise the more they are arrested, the more chaotic it will be. ”

Zhao Erxun saw Xiao Yiming who hurriedly ran in with the guard officer, and when he saw Xiao Yiming's worried look on his face, he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, waved his finger, and shouted to Xiao Yiming: "You go out with me." ”

Xiao Yiming hurriedly agreed, followed Zhao Erxun through the courtyard to the gate, the chief of the guard, Guo Tiecheng, ran out first to set up a guard, and a group of civil and military officials followed out in panic.

When the students outside the door saw that Governor Zhao Erxun had really come out, they immediately let out a cheer of victory, and after a while, they closed their mouths one after another, staring nervously, and the frenzy in their eyes slowly subsided unconsciously.

To Zhao Erxun's relief, there were only a few thousand students in front of him who seemed to be excited, and the dozens of teachers mixed in with them not only did not shout along, but their faces were full of nervousness and worry, compared with the tens of thousands of people who poured into the streets to surround the barracks from yesterday afternoon to evening, the momentum was much worse, and the possibility of riots was also greatly reduced.

The four young people who looked like student leaders didn't expect Zhao Erxun to come out at all, and they came out so quickly, they immediately got together after a short period of panic, muttered for a long time, and hesitantly took out the petition, which was held by a tall student in a black Oriental student uniform, and the other three stood behind him, solemnly held up the petition, stepped forward, and suddenly knelt down in unison three meters away from the steps, held up the petition and shouted, "I hope that the adults will be sympathetic to the people's feelings and punish the culprit".

Zhao Erxun nodded slightly, signaling Guo Tiecheng to take the petition, Xiao Yiming gently grabbed the corner of Guo Tiecheng's clothes, and whispered "I'll come" and strode down the steps, Guo Tiecheng was also happy, after all, staying by the side of adults was the most important thing for him to do.

Xiao Yiming came to the kneeling four students, bent down under the nervous gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes, took the petition with both hands, and said solemnly to the student leader who raised his head in a voice that could only be heard within one meter:

"Brother Heling, a man has gold under his knees, a true revolutionary will not kneel to anyone, except his parents and ancestors."

Tang Heling, who was kneeling on the ground, was suddenly shocked, like a huge bronze bell banging in his ears, only to feel that his head was "buzzing", his consciousness was blank, and he knelt there motionless with his mouth open, like a statue that was petrified in an instant.

Zhao Erxun took the petition submitted by Xiao Yiming, held it in his hand, slowly glanced at the silent crowd in front of him, sighed slightly, and said loudly:

"Everyone, please go back, it's too hot, and it's easy to get heat stroke if you stand like this, please rest assured, this governor will give you a satisfactory answer, and within three days, it will not be perfunctory! Well, let's go back! ”

Before the students could react, Guo Tiecheng had already helped Zhao Erxun into the gate, and a group of civil and military officials hurriedly followed inside, leaving only a row of straight and solemn guards on the steps and on both sides of the gate.

Thousands of students were dumbfounded, looking around at a loss, and it took a long time to react, and they gathered in a pile to discuss countermeasures anxiously, but the governor had already met everyone's requirements and came out to meet them, the petition was accepted, and the promise was made, and no one dared to expect a three-day promise, what reason was there to gather here? What's next?

In front of the team, the three student leaders who had just gotten up hurriedly pulled up Tang Heling, who looked dazed, with heavy expressions and extremely complicated feelings, they also heard Xiao Yiming's words just now, and at that moment, they also felt the shock of their hearts that they had never felt before, the same dazed and ashamed, but not as serious as Tang Heling in degree.

"Crane age, crane age! Don't be like that, wake up, the students are waiting for us to make a decision. The short man among the three anxiously pinched Tang Heling's arm.

Tang Heling took a deep breath, looked up at the blue sky and slowly closed his eyes stinged by the sun: "Go back to school...... I'm in a mess right now, I'm going home, I'm going to be alone and quiet, and think about it......"

It didn't take long for the guard officer in charge of the perimeter to run into the main hall of the yamen and report loudly: "Report to your lordship, the students have left, in order, no more slogans are shouted, listen to their conversations, and all of them have returned to the school." ”

A relieved exhale sounded in the hall, and Zhao Erxun waved his hand with satisfaction to let the guard officer retreat, and smiled kindly at all the civil and military officers in the hall:

"Let's disperse, go back to your own place, you have to do what you have to do, and you can't delay your business because of a small turmoil."

Zhao Erxun left Xiao Yiming and Yuan Jinkai to analyze the content of the students' petition and quickly come up with countermeasures.

Xiao Yiming saw that there was nothing to do and returned to his office, many things need to be handled by him personally, although the (school) tide has been well contained, but there is still the possibility of deterioration again, and there is no room for negligence.

Before dusk, Xiao Yiming, who had been busy all day, accompanied by two guards, rode back home along the familiar street, and turned into the mule and horse market street in the north of the imperial city after passing the drum tower, and a tall young man ran out and stopped in front of Xiao Yiming's horse's head, looking at Xiao Yiming with red eyes.

Xiao Yiming raised his hand, signaled the guards not to step forward, turned over and dismounted and walked to the young man, looked at his haggard face and asked with a smile: "Brother Heling, don't your family live in the back street of the Confucian Temple?" Why don't you go home for dinner? Looks like you're looking for something with me? ”

"Something."

Tang Heling nodded, still staring at Xiao Yiming's eyes.

Xiao Yiming looked around and found that the neighbors were looking at him curiously, and many people were smiling and greeting him, so he waved to the neighbors who greeted him as a return gift, and turned to Tang Heling and whispered an invitation:

"I'm hungry, why don't you go to my house, what's the matter for us to talk about while eating?"

Tang Heling hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded: "Okay." ”

Xiao Yiming laughed and ordered the guard Xiao Fei to give up a horse and go to sit with Guan Dazi. Tang Heling was not pretentious, took the reins handed by Xiao Fei, stepped on the stirrup very skillfully and got on the horse, and walked slowly with Xiao Yiming.

Back at home, Xiao Yiming teased a group of little guys for a while, asked Sister Yi to send a few good dishes and two bottles of Scottish wine into the study, and whispered to let people not disturb him, so he invited the restrained Tang Heling into the large study on the east side of the first floor:

"Just sit down, you and I are about the same age, and we both grew up in this city, to put it a little exaggeratedly, you and I are neighbors, so you don't need to be polite."

"Thank you!"

Tang Heling looked around, quickly walked to the large bookcase that covered half of the wall, slowly paced and looked carefully, and finally stopped in front of the innermost bookshelf, stroked one of the rows of English books, looked at it again and again and couldn't help but ask: "Little brother, have you read these more than a dozen English books?" ”

Xiao Yiming couldn't help laughing when she heard a "little brother":

"I've read it once or twice, I don't have time to read it carefully, these are the reference books sent by several consulate friends in Chengdu and a brief introduction to the history and geography of European and American countries, philosophy and science and technology are all upstairs in my study, if you want to read it, you can go up and pick it up after eating." This big bookshelf is specially prepared for this group of little guys at home, you have also seen, most of them are primary and secondary school students and mathematics, physics and chemistry books, and there are many introductions to animals and plants, the reason why these English books are placed here is to stimulate children's learning motivation, there is no meaning to show off to outsiders. ”

"I didn't mean that."

Tang Heling hurriedly explained, seeing Sister Yi and a beautiful girl coming in with wine and food, he hurriedly went over and whispered thanks, and saw Sister Yi and the girl go out and close the door easily, he walked to the opposite side of Xiao Yiming, and waited for Xiao Yiming to sit down before he sat down properly.

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