Everyone walked through the archway of the mountain gate, only to see the gate of the academy open, the two servants at the door were sprinkling and sweeping, and saw a group of men with red turbans coming forward with their hands on the handle of the knife, the two of them were so frightened that they lost their brooms and crawled to the academy, shouting while fleeing: "The long-haired thief is coming, the long-haired thief is coming." ”

Zuo Zongtang didn't even shout a few times, looked back at the murderous Taiping army, and couldn't help frowning and said to Xiao Yungui: "King Xi, in the land of scholars here, I am afraid that it is inappropriate for you to enter with a killing weapon, it will frighten the students of the academy, and please let your subordinates wait outside." Then he looked at Hong Xuanjiao again, and Zuo Zongtang hesitated a little.

Hong Xuanjiao smiled and said, "Mr. Zuo, but you still want to say that it is inconvenient for us women to enter?" ”

Zuo Zongtang coughed and said: "Princess Xi is quite knowledgeable, and it doesn't hurt to go in, but Princess Xi's other subordinates are ......" As he spoke, he looked at the few female soldiers who came with Hong Xuanjiao, and the implication was that it was best not for female soldiers not to enter.

Hong Xuanjiao frowned and said: "Mr. Zuo, what you said is not right, Confucius himself has said that there are teachings and no such words, the saints are just thinking about educating the world, but you refuse to let people go thousands of miles away, which is against what the saints said." ”

Zuo Zongtang shook his head and said: "The inside is an elegant place for well-educated people, and your subordinates don't know how to read and ink, and they are very rude, how can they understand the words of the sage?" If there is any disrespectful words in the entrance, will it not be an attack on the sages? ”

As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers of the Taiping Army looked at each other angrily, Lin Fengxiang rushed up angrily, but stepped forward and said angrily: "King Xi, Queen Niang of the West, don't be polite to this rotten Confucian, originally I didn't want to go into this Confucian land, but today I have to look at the terrain, and I have to go in. Since Mr. Zuo said that we are rude, then I will be rude once today, everyone has to go in, who is not allowed to enter, forcing me to wait, and it is clean to burn this place! ”

Zuo Zongtang said angrily: "In the final analysis, you are a group of robbers who don't know how to count!" Do you dare to take a step forward and try it? ”

Xiao Yungui stood aside but didn't speak, just smiled faintly and was a spectator, Li Kaifang couldn't help but step forward and said loudly: "This Mr. Zuo, after I entered the city, I didn't commit any crimes against the people, nor did I kill a single person indiscriminately, let alone loot and rob, how can I say that we are robbers?" How do we compare to those pure demons of the Ping Pong people? If the demon wants to go in, will you let it in? ”

Zuo Zongtang was speechless, and Li Kaifang then said loudly: "Is your Chengnan Academy inlaid with gold and silver?" Don't even let in? This time I entered the city, if it weren't for the maintenance of His Royal Highness King Xiwang, otherwise a academy like yours, we would have always seen one place and destroyed another! ”

Zuo Zongtang really looked down on these long-haired thieves in his heart, and his words angered Lin, Li and others for a while, he actually felt a little rude in his heart, but he was arrogant and unwilling to admit his mistakes, and at the moment he looked at Xiao Yungui who seemed to be nothing, and said angrily: "I shouldn't have brought you here!" King West, what do you say? ”

Xiao Yungui touched his nose and smiled slightly: "Mr. Zuo, this king has always been a helper and not a relative, and we have always treated Mr. with courtesy, but Mr. Shicai's words are too hurtful, just because we are rude, I won't even let the door in, is this a way of hospitality?" Besides, is this academy opened by your Mr. Zuo? ”

Zuo Zongtang was speechless for a while, this academy was not opened by him, but he thought that letting these vulgar and unbearable long-haired bandits enter this academy would inevitably damage the objects inside and frighten the students inside, so he spoke out to stop it.

Xiao Yungui then smiled and said, "Mr. Zuo, since this academy is not your own, and the academy has a clear agreement, can't you let me wait for the Taiping Holy Soldiers to enter?" Can't let a woman in? Mr. Zuo, why are you holding you back? ”…,

Zuo Zongtang was even more annoyed, the door rules of the Chengnan Academy were strict, but there was indeed no explicit rule that the long-haired thieves were not allowed to enter, just because when the Chengnan Academy was rebuilt, there was no trouble with the long-haired people, and Zuo Zongtang said angrily: "Even if there are no clear rules, the head of the academy here will not allow you to enter, otherwise I will ask the mountain chief to come out and tell you!" ”

Xiao Yungui said with a smile: "Mr. Zuo, don't be busy yet, even if the mountain chief of this academy comes in person, I have something to say." Didn't your Sage Confucius say that it is very happy to have friends from afar? If this academy does not regard us as friends, it will be our enemy, and we will never show mercy to our enemies. ”

Zuo Zongtang pointed at Xiao Yungui and said stunned: "You, you ......" He was confused by Xiao Yungui's crooked reasoning, and he was out of words for a while.

Xiao Yungui Haha smiled and pulled Zuo Zongtang to the academy, and said as he walked: "Let's go, Mr. Zuo, you haven't heard of Xiucai meeting soldiers, is it reasonable to say?" As long as the people in this academy don't look down on us brothers, they will be fine. ”

Hong Xuanjiao covered her mouth and laughed, talking about these crooked theories seems to be a person like King Xi, just when he saw that he read the wrong couplet, and said that this person has no knowledge, at this moment it sounds like this person does not seem to have a little ink, if he lets himself quote the scriptures and refute Zuo Zongtang, he will definitely not be able to argue with him, Xiao Yungui's sword went sideways, and Zuo Zongtang was helpless to follow Xiao Yungui to the academy. Hong Xuanjiao smiled, and turned back to Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang and the others: "The king of the West has taught this teacher a lesson for you, don't be depressed, it's important to do the right thing." ”

Hearing Hong Xuanjiao say this, everyone turned their anger into joy, and shouted and followed Xiao Yungui and Hong Xuanjiao into the academy.

Chengnan Academy covers a wide area, separated by three entrance and three exit courtyard walls, more than 20 houses and residential courtyards, and there are six fasts such as prisons, lecture halls, and study rooms. The front yard is wide, there are many famous flowers and strange trees dotted in the meantime, among them is the square paved with granite slabs, there are the authentic handwritten stone tablets of famous masters in the past dynasties on both sides, the end of the square is the main hall of the academy Lize Hall, the left and right sides are divided into Zhengyi, Shengjing, Jinde, Cuncheng, Juye, Mingdao Liuzhai, and then there are more than 80 endless study houses. Ten scenes, such as Nahu Lake, Moon Pavilion, Cirrus Cloud Pavilion, Suoyufang, Cailing Boat, Yangmengxuan, and Forbidden Frog Pond, are covered in the meantime, and there is really a strong smell of books.

I didn't see a single student or teacher here, thinking that the two little guys just called and everyone ran away, Xiao Yungui frowned, to be honest, he was really a little afraid of the smell of this book, thinking of the thick textbooks when he used to study, he felt a little dizzy. He cheered up and turned back to Lin and Li: "You guys do your own thing, remember to restrain your subordinates according to the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth rules of the camp, and don't let the cultural people look down on us mud legs." ”

Zuo Zongtang also heard Xiao Yungui's words, and Xiao Yungui deliberately said it louder, as if he wanted him to hear it. Hearing this, Zuo Zongtang's face froze slightly, and he stepped forward and coughed lightly and asked, "Ask King Xi, what are the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth rules of your army's camp say?" ”

Xiao Yungui snorted and said: "We always have ten rules for the camp, and the fifth one is that soldiers and men are not allowed to enter the countryside to make food, destroy private houses, loot property and search medicinal herb shops, and the state capital and county department yamen. Article 6 prohibits the indiscriminate arrest of those who sell tea, porridge and rice as porters, and the concealment of the luggage of brothers in the army. Seventh, it is forbidden to sleep in the shops on the way, delay the trip, and must contact the front and back, and do not leave the apprentices. Article 8 prohibits the burning of private houses and the construction of private houses on the road. Don't worry, as soon as my order is issued, my subordinates will obey it, they will not take the drinking water of the academy, nor will they destroy the houses here, let alone rob the finances, nor will they arrest the students of the academy to help us and others do their work, nor will they stay overnight or sleep in the academy, let alone defecate in your academy! ”…,

Zuo Zongtang lowered his head slightly when he heard this, and was silent for a long time, this long-haired military regulation is really meticulous, it is really much better than the Qing army, if you don't say anything else, you can't defecate anywhere, those Qiu Ba of the Qing army must not be able to do it, it is indeed very inappropriate for me to speak out at the right time, and I regret it faintly. His face was red and blue for a while, and after a while, he bowed down and said to Xiao Yungui deeply: "King Xi, Shicai Zuo has lost his words, please forgive me." ”

Xiao Yungui shrugged and said: "I don't care, I was originally born with mud legs, and I don't produce to steal other people's food to eat, I am indeed a robber and bandit, I don't care what others say about me, it's just that you should say this to my subordinates." ”

Zuo Zongtang's face was hot again, he was a scholar, and he didn't specialize in eating rice and grain grown by farmers to live, Xiao Yungui meant that in fact, everyone was robbers and bandits, and he said at the moment: "When the generals come back later, Zuo will definitely be a daoqian." ”

Xiao Yungui was secretly happy in his heart, it was really not easy to make Zuo Zongtang soft, and he turned his head to see a fast plaque hanging under the eaves arch of the main hall of Lize Hall, with the four big characters "Lize Wind Chief" in the big book "Lize Wind Chief" on it.

Zuo Zongtang stepped forward, looked at Hong Xuanjiao, who was also looking up at this plaque, twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Xiwangniang is erudite, I don't know if it is possible to tell the origin of this plaque?" ”

Hong Xuanjiao pouted and said: "This is the handwritten letter of the emperor of Daoguang, which was given to the academy when the academy was reopened in the second year of Daoguang. ”

Xiao Yungui frowned and said, "How do you know so much?

Hong Xuanjiao smiled lightly: "When I was a child, I followed a troupe to the rivers and lakes, in fact, I have been to this Chengnan Academy, and I know a little about things here. ”

Xiao Yungui and Zuo Zongtang both shook their heads, Hong Xuanjiao didn't believe what she said, not to mention how old Hong Xuanjiao was at that time, who told her so many allusions? Even if someone explains, she can never forget it, and she still remembers it so clearly after so many years?

Xiao Yungui frowned and looked at Hong Xuanjiao, but when he saw her looking at herself with a smile, he remembered how this little girl suddenly knew how to understand literary affairs, and chased her here, there must be something wrong, so he wanted to step forward and pull her aside to ask clearly.

As soon as he took a step, he heard a few shouts under the corridor next to Lize Hall, and four or five officials of the Taiping Army ran away with their heads in their hands, and four or five scholars behind them shouted loudly with knives and chased them all the way.

Zuo Zongtang was dumbfounded, Xiao Yungui snorted, slowly pulled out the long knife on his waist, and said coldly: "Mr. Zuo, this is what you said about the scholarly family and Lize Fengchang, are they scholars and students, or lackeys and robbers?" They were the ones who moved the knife first, don't blame this king for acting hotly! ”