Two hours later, Mei Xiaoren got what she wanted. Even though the book is still a little thick, the pages that need her to pass the book have been folded, which can save a lot of effort.

She sat in the corridor with a book to read since she returned to Xingzhiyuan, and when the sun was shining, the other students also returned to Xingzhiyuan one after another after practicing their swords, one by one exhausted, almost no one paying attention to what people were doing in the courtyard.

Only one person set his eyes on the man reading a book under the porch.

Wu Xian stopped and looked at it for a while, and then moved towards the opposite room.

Wen Bin, the owner of the house, had just returned, and was sitting on the chair facing the door, closing his eyes and recuperating, and asked the scholar to beat his legs and squeeze his shoulders.

There is also a grandson Tao Ze'an of the Shangjing Mansion who lives in the house, he was busy drinking water to quench his thirst, and in a blink of an eye, he saw someone entering the door, and greeted him with a smile, "Senior Brother Wu is here, sit down." ”

Wu Xian nodded, sat down on the chair next to Wen Bin, and shouted softly, "Brother Wen." ”

When Wen Bin opened his eyes and looked at him, his gaze swept outward and his chin raised.

Wen Bin looked in the direction indicated by Wu Xian, saw the person reading the book, didn't want to pay attention to it, closed his eyes and said lightly: "What's wrong with him?"

Wu Xian leaned over slightly, leaned into Wen Bin's ear and whispered: "Brother Wen, although Mei Xiaoren is from the Shu clan, the bishop will send him to deliver books to the scholars, which shows that he has some skills, at least not the people like Su Da fools." ”

Wen Bin still closed his eyes and said casually: "You also said that he is a Shu clan, and no matter how big his ability is, he can still reach the sky."

"He can't get through the sky, but he can reach the ears of the university scholars in a few days."

"He's just going to deliver books, and the scholars will pay attention to him"

Wu Xian did not refute, but turned his eyes to ask Tao Ze'an next to him: "I remember that as early as when the scholar went out of Beijing, your grandfather sent you a letter when he went to Beijing to have a look, saying that the scholar left Beijing this time to come to the academy to have a look."

Tao Ze'an nodded, "Yes, the university scholar brought a guard of honor on this trip, but he didn't stop all the way, and went straight to Jinzhou." ”

Wu Xian asked Wen Bin again: "Then according to Brother Wen, will the scholars living here be indifferent to the affairs of the academy?"

"Since he came here specially, he will naturally inquire about the affairs of the academy."

"Who will you ask," Wu Xian continued, "will the scholars only listen to the gentlemen?"

Wen Bin opened his eyes, sat up straighter in his chair, and said, "Scholar Wei is a person next to the prime minister, how shrewd, he will definitely find other ways to listen to the truth." ”

"That's right, that is, the more unpopular the Shu students are, the more they can see the truest side of the academy." Wu Xian turned his eyes to look outside the door and said, "So, the scholar will definitely ask Mei Xiaoren." ”

"You're afraid that he will complain to the scholars, saying that we, the children of the scholars, have excluded him and Su Li."

"Of course, you can't let him say bad things, but it's better to let him say some good things." Wu Xian smiled and asked, "Does Brother Wen understand?"

Before Wen Bin could answer, Tao Ze'an couldn't help but sigh: "Wu Gongzi is right, in a few days, he is the only one among us who has the opportunity to get close to the scholar, if he lets him blow some wind for us, it will be more useful than our hard practice of swordsmanship." ”

Wen Bin already understood what to do, and immediately ordered: "Then let him in." ”

Wen Bin spoke, but no one in the room took action. After all, this is not to summon, but to invite, it is inappropriate to send people, but whoever goes to the three of them will lose anyone's face, and even Tao Ze'an refuses.

The idea was Wu Xian's idea, and he didn't want to stand up, but fortunately he kept looking out of the door and caught a figure in time.

"Su Li," Wu Xian shouted.

Su Li was passing by the door, wiping the wooden sword in his hand as he walked, and when he heard the shouting, he didn't need to look at it to know which direction to go.

He hurriedly entered the house and greeted with a smile: "The three sons are all screaming." ”

Wu Xian instructed Su Lidao: "Go, call Mei Xiaoren." ”

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nbsp; "Brother Mei" Su Li was curious, he saw that Wu Gongzi and Wen Gongzi were looking out of the door, and they also looked back, only then did he see Brother Mei sitting in the courtyard.

"Wu Gongzi is looking for Brother Mei"

"Talkative, if you want to call you, you will call" Wen Bin scolded impatiently.

"Yes, yes, I'll go."

Su Li turned around and ran out of the door, and stood in front of Mei Xiaoren after a while, but Mei Xiaoren was immersed in the book and didn't notice who was coming.

"Brother May"

Mei Xiaoren raised his head when he heard the voice, "Is there something wrong?"

"Gongzi Wen and Gongzi Wu let you in."

Mei Xiaoren's hand flipping through the book paused, even though she was puzzled, but there was no need to offend people, don't offend, she just went.

When she entered the room, she just arched her hand to the two of them as a sign of courtesy between her classmates, and her back was straight.

The room was very quiet, and Su Li, who was next to him, sweated for Mei Xiaoren. He knew that these scholars did not like to be "treated equally", and Brother Mei's gift was undoubtedly mentioning the word "equality".

In this place where the surface pays attention to equal treatment, respect and humility are still remembered. Wu Xian looked at Wen Bin in silence, Wen Bin understood what he meant, so he opened his mouth a little reluctantly: "Show Senior Brother Mei a seat." ”

Su Li was stunned, and Mei Xiaoren was also inexplicable.

Wu Xian answered with a smile: "What Brother Wen means is that we are classmates and should not be rusty, and Brother Mei has just arrived, and everyone is not familiar with each other, so let's sit together today and have a good chat." He pointed to Su Li again, "And Senior Brother Su, sit down together and say." ”

These famous sons showed favor to them, and Su Li was as happy as anything, and immediately brought two stools and sat down happily.

Mei Xiaoren always felt that this matter was too strange, and even if he sat down, he sat a little restrained.

"Senior Brother Mei, although our backgrounds are very different, Brother Wu and I have no intention of excluding the two junior brothers, we are both brothers and friends."

Mei Xiaoren squeezed out a smile and nodded politely, "Gongzi Wen is right." ”

"If there is any difficulty in the future, or who dares to bully you, just come and tell me." Wen Bin pointed to his side again, "It's okay to tell Brother Wu." ”

Although Mei smiled with a faint smile on her lips, she knew that behind such a reversal, I am afraid that there was another purpose.

Five days later, there was silence under a clear sky.

The gentlemen, headed by Bishop Zhou, were all dressed in official uniforms and waited at the front of the academy square early.

Behind them, a hundred students stood in the square in unison with wooden swords, leaving only the road in the middle that led to the mountain gate for the scholars to pass for a while.

Mei Xiaoren stayed far away and watched from an inconspicuous position next to the mountain gate. She didn't have to practice swordsmanship, nor did she have to walk on thin ice to greet her, and she became the most idle person in the academy today.

By the middle of the day, there was finally movement in the mountains and forests ahead. The first thing that came was the sound of the gong, no more, no less, exactly thirteen times, symbolizing the high position and power of the person who came.

After the sound of the gong, several vermilion lacquer signs pierced through the dense forest and were revealed in the eyes of everyone.

Even if it is written on it is still "quiet" and "avoidance", but the words are painted gold, which is particularly eye-catching, and the sign is an official from Beijing, not to mention the majesty of the official uniform, and the person is still well-trained. The formation at the head of this row alone can stun people by seven points.

Mei Xiaoren only felt that such a comparison, her former team could be described as "extremely cold".

They were followed by a line of guards with knives, who rode on horses, with serious faces, and walked slowly in pairs and twos. The guards were followed by dozens of attendants, walking forward around an eight-carrying brocade sedan chair, and behind the sedan chair were many attendants and guards

Hundreds of accompanying people carefully escorted the important ministers of the imperial court who came from afar, showing the majesty of the second-rank officials everywhere.

Such a formation is enough for people to be in awe at a glance, retreat, and dare to approach and offend.