In the scorching summer, the rain in Dengzhou is less than that in the south of the Yangtze River, but in the past ten days, there have been two heavy rains.

The dark clouds obscured the sun, the heavy rain turned into a drizzle, and the forest official didn't like to go out when it rained, Xia Zhiming also knew that he was used to it, so he simply moved the desk to his room to read together.

Yang Yuying stood in the corridor with an oil-paper umbrella, turned the umbrella surface, the water splashed, it was very good-looking, she took the umbrella, turned her head and saw Xia Zhiming sitting at the table, engrossed, Lin Guan lazily hugged the blanket, messed up his hair, and peeked out pitifully by holding the window.

"When will the rain stop?"

Xia Zhiming retracted his mind and sighed: "Even if it stops, no one will play with you, and no one else in the entire academy is there except for our Honghu class." ”

Dabi has been assessed three times before, and this is the fourth time, and after this time, the quota for going to Beijing can be determined.

In the Beijing competition, all the students of the Honghu class went, but the other classes had to go through several rounds of fighting to determine the final ten candidates.

It is not necessary for Honghu to arrive, but when he arrives in the capital, he is afraid that the pressure of competition will be greater, and the teachers of the academy obviously have great hopes for them, and none of the students are willing to waste time, except for Lin Guan, of course.

This guy has been missing all day, skipping classes more times than going to class, and it is becoming more and more difficult to see him until it rains.

Lin Guan sighed weakly, shrank his head back and curled up on the bed without moving.

Yang Yuying looked at his face, and couldn't help but be a little worried: "Is it uncomfortable?" ”

"No, it's just lazy." Lin Guan muttered, and fell asleep drowsy after a while.

As soon as the summer was coming to an end, Mr. Qi was eating the watermelon chilled with well water with the students on a leisurely afternoon, and said with a smile: "It's time to go." ”

Everyone: "......"

Although I knew that it was almost time, last month, there were eight people in Class A and two people in Class B, and the list of the Beijing Big Competition had been decided...... But this is too sudden.

The students didn't even pack up their things, and half an hour later, they all got into a carriage with flags and lanterns with the words of Changping Academy and set off.

Xu Meng deliberately went to the various carriages to take a look, and when he came back, he sighed: "Our academy has really made a lot of money, I see that there are seventy or eighty swords on the carriage alone, and they are all flashing with spiritual light, and there are countless other weapons that I know and don't know." ”

"There is also a car loaded with all kinds of pots and pans, Dengzhou's special wine, jujubes, peanuts, black rice, and a pile of leather, throw us on the wasteland, we can live a year and a half without fear of starvation."

Xu Meng shook his head as he spoke, and when he looked up, he saw Yang Yuying, Huang Ying sitting opposite each other, Xia Zhiming and Lin Guan meditating back to back, no one listened, and couldn't help but be a little discouraged.

"It's so boring to go all the way for so long without even talking."

Fang Shuo was stunned: "What does Classmate Xu want to say?" He racked his brains, couldn't think of it for a long time, and was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.

Xu Meng: "......"

"Ah, elephant!"

Fang Shuo suddenly pointed out of the car and said happily, "Our academy doesn't have many things with us, it's already a light car, and their Golden Elephant Academy is really extravagant." ”

After speaking, Fang Shuo exhaled a long breath, as if he had completed a major task, his whole body was relaxed, and he pursed his lips and smiled at Xu Meng.

Xu Meng: "......"

Forget it, this guy didn't mean it!

Lin Guan was curious, turned his head to look out, and sure enough, he saw a convoy of elephants, parallel to them.

Elephants don't walk very slowly.

The elephant was draped in gold leaf, and the seat was also glittering with gold and inlaid with countless precious stones.

"Look at the cushion on the seat, it's ice silk, I saw it once in Baibao Pavilion, twelve pieces of ice silk handkerchiefs, I really didn't buy it if I was reluctant, people knitted it into cushions, blankets, and rolled on it casually."

Xu Meng hummed Hengdao.

The young students wearing the uniforms of the Golden Elephant Academy, riding elephants, are high, imposing, and the convoy composed of more than a dozen elephants is really spectacular.

Xu Meng was particularly envious and sighed softly: "I almost went to the Golden Elephant exam at the beginning. ”

The Golden Elephant Academy is located in Qingzhou, not very far from Dengzhou, and it is also in the place of continuous battles.

The mountain chief of the Golden Elephant is a child of the royal family of the White Kingdom, Zhao Yichang, because of his admiration for my Dashun culture, he went to Dashun to study at the age of seventeen, and then he was admitted to the Jinshi all the way, but he never entered the officialdom, but went to the remote Qingzhou to build the Golden Elephant Academy, which took root and has been in place for 30 years.

If it weren't for a place like Qingzhou, where it was a little more prosperous, a figure like Zhao Yichang would definitely be a world-famous academy.

Of course, the status of the Golden Elephant in Qingzhou is not much different from the status of Changping in Dengzhou.

Fang Shuo shrank his head violently and whispered, "It's so fierce!" ”

On the elephant's body, a thin teenager somehow provoked the classmate in front of him, who was a head taller than the boy, strong and strong, and wore a thin fist on his hand, and punched the boy with a punch.

The boy dodged, but he was still hit by the shoulder, and he fell from the elephant with his head, but fortunately he was nimble, the elephant was also trained, and had a gentle temperament, and his feet were raised and he didn't step on it, so that the boy rolled to the side.

"Be careful!"

Changping's coachman gave him a hand.

But that's just it, the grievances of the academy are not a last resort, and Changping will not interfere.

After a while, the sky was getting dark, and not far ahead was Qianning Town, the town was not big, and the population was small, but it was a place to stay.

The carriage entered the inn.

As soon as he entered, Xu Meng wailed: "There are so many ants!" ”

Not only are there many insects, but there are also many ants, the house is short and dilapidated, stuffy and tight, and the people in the post house are full of embarrassment and can't take it out.

This condition is a bit rudimentary.

As soon as the people of the Golden Elephant arrived, they glanced twice and turned their heads to leave, and when they saw the students of Changping starting to settle down, they couldn't help but sneer: "The pigsty also lives, do you even have to eat pig food?" ”

Xu Meng's fire rose as soon as he reached out, and he reached out to draw the knife.

Frightened, Fang Shuo dragged her down: "Be kind, be angry and make money, no, Mr. said you can't make trouble." ”

Xu Meng glared at him angrily: "Stupid, even if Mr. is here, he still has to cut him!" ”

As soon as Fang Shuo made trouble, the people left early, Xu Meng was so angry that he didn't get angry anywhere, but the house was really difficult to live in, and the food he ate couldn't be eaten, and the bedding they brought was there, but the house was so hot that people couldn't stand it.

Two students who are good at ice go to the house to cool everyone down, and they have been busy for a long time, how can it be possible for a long time with reliable human support?

Xu Meng couldn't stand it, so he dragged Yang Yuying out to buy some deworming medicine, as well as ice cubes or something.

The messenger of the post house was very polite, and also pointed them to the largest Tibetan incense restaurant in the town, and there was medicine and ice.

Tibetan Xiangzhai is not far from the post house, Xu Meng's desire to shop instantly swelled as soon as he entered, he wanted to see this, he wanted to see that, and he went back and forth around all kinds of goods.

Xu Meng picked out a lot of medicinal incense for a long time, and as soon as he took out the money bag, a student of the Golden Elephant came in and said coldly: "Let me go, we have a Golden Elephant bag for the goods in the store today." ”

Fang Ruohua glanced back at him and smiled politely: "When we finish picking, it's not too late for you to pack, isn't it enough for you to use the goods in one store?" ”

The student sneered: "We want to entertain distinguished guests, do we want to let distinguished guests use the leftovers you picked?" ”

Xu Meng took a deep breath of anger: "Your distinguished guests can't use the leftovers, so we can't even use them?" ”

"What kind of thing are you......" The student raised his eyebrows and squinted at the two of them contemptuously, "I don't even deserve to carry shoes for distinguished guests, don't be wordy, and don't roll ...... again"

Before the words fell, Yang Yuying waved his hand at him, and the sword returned instantly after it was unsheathed.

The student of the golden elephant was obviously not touched by the sword, but only by the sword wind, but his cheeks and mouth were numb, and he couldn't spit out half a word.