Fifty-two years

Inside Songmo Academy

It is now late autumn, and the scholar of the academy is sweeping the fallen leaves of the courtyard with a broom taller than him.

Suddenly, there was a sound of books thrown to the ground in the classroom: "Go buy sugar cakes from South Street for Young Master Ben, and ask for the kind that has just come out of the pot and is crispy." ”

It was a man dressed in silk and satin, he was sitting on a futon, the peiyu around his waist hung down to the ground, his eyes were full of flying and domineering, and his every move seemed to tell others that I was the boss here.

In front of him was a slightly smaller boy dressed in coarse cloth, and the boy did not have as many colors as the person in front of him, only his face red from the cool wind of late autumn.

The boy lowered his head and hesitated: "But... But Young Master Xu, the master will come soon, I... No.. Think..."

Xu Hongzhi stood up and kicked the boy's thigh, and the boy couldn't stand it and staggered back a few steps.

"Now Young Master Ben can't speak well, right? If you let you go, you will go, you will not go faster, run, fast, every time you grind and chirp like this, Young Master Ben wants to eat now. ”

The boy touched his leg, which hurt from the kick, and he didn't dare look into the man's eyes.

"It's... I'm going, I'm going. With that, the boy ran out of the class.

Seeing the boy running out, Wu Songping turned his head and looked at the men below him who were about the same age as him with a wicked smile: "Did you see, did you see, what about being in the same academy as us, you don't have to run errands for Young Master Ben, what Young Master Ben says is what it is." ”

A few rich kids chimed in: "Yes, yes." ”

None of the civilian children sitting at the back, dressed in coarse cloth like the boys, dared to raise their heads, and all of them buried their heads deep in the desk.

"Why is it so noisy?" An old man walked in, his temples white, but his spirit was strong, and his waist was straight.

As soon as he heard the Master's voice, the room was instantly silent.

The master walked to the podium, raised his head slightly, a trace of majesty passed between his eyebrows, and said lightly: "Sit down, take it out..."

Hearing this, Wu Songping hurriedly returned to the front seat and planned to sit down, but before his butt touched the futon, he only heard a voice from outside: "Young Master Wu, I bought it back for you." ”

The master hurriedly looked at the door, and Wu Songping also fell down with a thud.

When the boy saw the master, he quickly hid the sugar cake in his hand behind him, and when he saw the master walking slowly towards him, he stammered, "Master... Master, it's not you... That's what you think. ”

The master took out the ring ruler around his waist, patted the boy's arm, and said in a cold tone: "Take it out." ”

The boy lowered his head and slowly pulled out the sugar cake behind him.

After seeing that it was a fried golden brown sugar cake that was still steaming, the master frowned and said angrily, "Okay, you, sneak out to buy sugar cakes?" ”

A man who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it on weekdays, is idle, and likes to interrupt laughs and says, "Maybe he's hungry." ”

There was a burst of laughter.

The master's chest rose and fell a little heavily, and he patted the bookcase next to him with the ring ruler: "Who dares to laugh, come to this master's ring ruler"

No one dared to laugh, the ring ruler was in the palm of their hand, they all felt it once, and they didn't want to have a second time.

The master looked at the boy in front of him again: "Who told you to buy it?" ”

The boy hid the sugar cake in his hand behind him again, and he lowered his head and said weakly, "Yes... Yes..."

"But it doesn't hurt for you to say it."

The boy slowly raised his eyes and looked at Wu Songping, who had been looking at him with his nostrils, and the master followed the boy's gaze, and Wu Songping quickly lowered his head.

The boy plucked up his courage: "Yes... It is... Wu... Young Master Wu, it's him, Master. ”

Wu Songping saw that the boy actually exposed him, he stood up and scolded: "You fart!" ”

"Wu Songping! Don't mince words, this is the school! The master angrily knocked on the table with the ruler.

Wu Songping wrapped his arms around his chest and twisted his head and shook his feet and said, "Master, he slandered me, and I never let him do these things. ”

A weak voice came from behind him: "He always makes us like this..."

Wu Songping turned his head suddenly: "Who?" Young Master Ben stood up and said. The person in front of him buried his head in the bookcase and did not dare to squeak.

Wu Songping continued to speak: "I know that you are hiding behind your back and talking, why didn't you refuse when Young Master Ben asked you to go." ”

Everyone in the house knew that Wu Songping climbed to the capital Yang Shao, and it was also because of Yang Shao's protection that he could show off his might so much, and no one dared to provoke him.

"Wu, Song, Ping!" The Master tapped the ruler vigorously and shouted his name.

Wu Songping turned his head with a look of disdain: "What is Young Master Ben doing here?" ”

The master took a few steps forward and said in a stern tone: "Come over to this master." ”

The ring ruler in the master's hand gently patted his palm, and after a while, Wu Songping was stunned, he shrunk his neck and admitted his mistake, "Master, the disciple is wrong, spare this time." ”

"This situation has not been discovered by Master Benzi once or twice, everyone is in the same academy is classmates, Wu Songping, come here!"

Seeing that the man was indifferent, the master stepped forward quickly, which directly frightened Wu Songping and took a step back.

"Stick out!" The master spoke very quickly and sternly.

Wu Songping closed his eyes and stretched out his palm,

"Bang bang." After three sounds, Wu Songping's hand turned red, and he took his hand back and rubbed it gently.

The master returned to the podium and said: "The emperor decrees that all those who enter the Songmo Academy are equal, whether you are the son of an official or a nobleman, you are a student here, and you cannot discriminate against the son of the poor. ”

After speaking, the master looked at the boy, and his tone was not as serious as just now: "Go back."

The boy returned to his seat and just sat down, when he saw Wu Songping, who had been staring at him, Wu Songping gritted his teeth and whispered, "You, it's over." ”

In the evening, when the boy walked home, he turned into the alley and his eyes were dark, and when he woke up, he was looking at him with pairs of eyes.

The boy was startled and quickly got up to make a protective form.

"Yang Ershao, he's awake," Xiao Si saw the boy wake up and quickly turned his head and said.

The boy saw clearly the three people sitting on the chair in front of him, Yang Ershao drank the tea one by one, and even glanced at him, while Young Master Xu next to him frowned slightly.

Wu Songping, who had been pacing beside him when he saw the boy waking up, ran over quickly: "Okay, you, you're finally awake, Young Master Ben is waiting." With that, he kicked the boy in the calf.

The boy snorted as he was kicked, but still writhed backwards in fear.

Wu Songping raised a smile: "Be afraid, you admit your mistake to Young Master Ben, and Young Master Ben will send you home." ”

The boy's eyes were full of horror, and he didn't reply.

Xu Hongzhi was a little worried: "Brother Wu, let him go after apologizing." ”

Wu Songping stretched out his hand to stop, he looked at the boy and said, "Quick, kowtow to Young Master Ben three times, and let you go." After speaking, Wu Songping stood up and looked down at the boy from above.

Yang Rui finished drinking the tea, put the teacup on the table, got up, dusted off his clothes, and said: "The contemptible person still has something to do, go first, you have a good grasp of proportion, don't make trouble in my Yang Mansion." After speaking, Yang Rui raised his feet and walked towards the door of the house.

Wu Songping hurriedly smiled flatteringly: "Yes, yes, Yang Shao, you go slowly, you go slowly." Xu Hongzhi also stood up and saluted.

Seeing Yang Rui walking away, Wu Songping's smiling face was instantly retracted, he looked down at the person at his feet and said angrily: "Hurry up!" Hurry up, Ben Shao is very busy every day, fast! ”

The boy didn't turn his head and didn't give in, Wu Songping took a few steps back and said loudly, "Give Young Master Ben!" ”

Hearing this, Xu Hong took a few steps forward to stop it.

Xiao Si, who had been behind him, stepped forward quickly and directly crossed Xu Hongzhi, the boy quickly stood up out of instinctive reaction, the two Xiao Si slowly approached, and the boy turned his head to see the door wide open and ran out directly.

This reaction made everyone in the room stunned, and the two Xiao Si looked back at Young Master Wu's instructions for the first time, and Wu Songping looked at the boy's back: "Eh..."

He looked at the two Xiao Si and said anxiously, "Look at my trouble, chase me." ”

The two Si heard the order and ran out.

The boy was quickly caught, and he couldn't escape from this huge mansion no matter how he ran.

Wu Songping said coldly, "Break his leg bones and let him run like this." ”

Xu Hongzhi looked at the boy and stopped talking... He didn't dare to provoke the person in front of him, their family was not as powerful as the Wu family and the Yang family, and his father still had to rely on Wu Songping's father to seek an official position.

The boy's eyes were miserable, he lay on the ground and looked at Xu Hongzhi, and Wu Songping on the side kept clapping to death, Xu Hongzhi saw the boy's eyes, and he still turned his head away ruthlessly.

Obviously he could have stopped it, but he chose to stand by and watch.

Kwok Shun Kee tailor shop on North Street.

Several guards attached the seal to the wooden door, turned to the crowd in front of them, and explained, "This shop has now been sealed. ”

A woman slumped on the ground, looking up to the sky, weeping and cursing God.

The middle-aged man hurriedly stopped him when he saw the guards leaving, and asked, "My lord, you always have to give us a reason for the seizure, I have worked hard all my life, how can this be." ”

The guard said, "Think about who you have offended." With that, he pushed away the person next to him and left.

Yang Rui, who was standing on the second floor of the restaurant, propped his hands on the railing and looked at the group of people downstairs, and Wu Songping, who was sitting at the table behind, was eating chicken legs with oil at the corners of his mouth.

"It's still Yang Er's rare ability, he directly closed his shop, and now he can only go back to his hometown." After speaking, Wu Songping put down the bone, reached out and picked up another one.

In front of the empty space next to him is a wooden box containing a ghost ball, which is difficult to make and is very uncommon.

Xu Hongzhi saw that Wu Songping had finished nibbling on another chicken leg and hurriedly handed over one: "Brother Wu, you eat." ”

Yang Rui saw that the crowd below had dispersed, he returned to his seat, closed the lid of the wooden box, and carefully held it in his arms.

Five days later

The cold winter wind had already blown to the capital, and the middle-aged man stuffed the package into the carriage and shouted into the house, "Madam, Yusheng, it's time for us to leave." ”

Bai Yusheng limped to the woman: "Mother, Dad said it was time to leave." ”

The woman got up from her stool and turned her head to look at the empty room, where the family had lived for more than ten years.

Bai Yusheng was worried and wanted to hold the woman: "Mother..."

The woman waved her hand and turned around and said, "Let's go." ”

Bai Yusheng was just about to step into the carriage when he heard someone calling him, he turned his head to look, and a four or five-year-old child was running towards him in the distance.

The child's tone was immature: "Brother Yusheng, where are you going?" ”

Bai Yusheng limped to the child: "We're leaving." ”

The child wondered, "Do you want to go?" Where are you going? Then I can't play with you anymore? ”

Bai Yusheng replied: "Yes, we are about to go back to our hometown, and we can't play with you in the future." ”

The boy wet his eyes: "Brother Yusheng, I still understand the "Three Character Classic" you told me last time, can you not leave." The boy choked slightly.

Bai Yusheng touched the boy's head: "Then you learned the "Three Character Classic" Brother Yusheng will come back to see how you are, don't you want to be a master?" Then you have learned more than just the Three Character Classic. ”

The child cried and ran out of his nose, he wiped it with his hand and said, "Then I have learned the "Three Character Sutra", Brother Yusheng, you will come back to me, right?" ”

"Of course, we'll make up our minds." Bai Yusheng stretched out his little thumb and wanted to hook the boy.

The middle-aged man lifted the curtain on the carriage and shouted, "Yusheng, hurry up, or it won't be able to get there after dark." ”

Hearing the voice, Bai Yusheng withdrew his hand, turned around, limped to the carriage and replied, "It's here." ”

The boy behind him shouted loudly, "Brother Bai Sheng, a word is a certainty." ”