Chapter 9: A Clear Way
Because it is still early spring, so the noon when the sun is shining will not give people a particularly hot feeling, the summer night dressed as a maid led Ling Meng, who was dressed like a little nobleman, through the crowded streets, because it was the rest time for meals, so there were a lot of people, the summer night was fine, although Ling Meng felt quite novel at first, but gradually when there were more people, he seemed quite uncomfortable.
"Is it okay?" Xia Ye enjoyed this feeling very much, but she also noticed Ling Meng's discomfort.
"No problem. ”
"There's a lot of people, but there aren't that many people ahead, so I'll take you to the arena, which is a spectacular place to play, even though there's no competition right now. ”
The two of them were now in the bustling street next to the arena, and beyond this street, there was a wider road, which led straight to the arena made of boulders, made of rough stones, and seemed to be old, and the closer they got to it, the stronger the sense of history and antiquity.
"When the first ancestors came here, it was still a rather desolate land, and it took several generations of efforts to make this place fertile, at that time it was not a fighting arena, but a place dedicated to the gods, until later after the Duke of Daixue came here, it was changed into a fighting arena without destroying the style, and the martial arts style was greatly developed, which is also the origin of the current martial arts festival. ”
At this time, no one was taking care of the arena, so anyone could enter, and Xia Ye did not hesitate to take Ling Mengjin in.
The inside is very large, there are not many people, except for the middle and a small martial arts field, there is nothing else to see, and then there is an audience seat dozens of meters high.
"By the time the festival comes, there will be tens of thousands of people here, can you imagine?"
The two of them stood on the highest audience seat on the periphery, looked at it casually and looked out, because of the relationship between the height of the stand, so they looked farther, and the oblique back of the arena was the Snow Mansion, where you could clearly see most of the castle.
"It's beautiful...... It's great to be able to do things there. Looking at the castle in the distance, Summer Night looked intoxicated and proud, if you were a member of the Snow Mansion, you would probably be proud of it, that is the place......
Neat houses, canals, towering castles, ancient and desolate arenas, majestic barracks, imposing churches, patches of mines, tall and wide walls, and the people who live here. All of these things that made up the White Jade City were a great shock to Ling Meng, and even though he had been living here for two years, the far away life in the tower made him not know this place at all. It wasn't until today that he was born in the deep mountains and deeply appreciated the majesty and magnificence of Baiyu City, so much so that his body couldn't help trembling.
After that, they went to the barracks in the northwest, the mines in the southwest, took a boat ride on the canals, and finally visited the cathedral, and returned home before it was dark.
"You take a break, I'll go cook now. Declined Ling Meng, who wanted to help, and began to cook dinner on a summer night, while Ling Meng, who was kicked out of the kitchen, came to the third floor alone, and did not choose to meditate but came to the balcony to look at the white jade city in the dusk...... A feeling called belonging......
Time passed day by day, in the life of the academy, Ling Meng slowly became familiar with his three roommates, the three of them have been at the forefront of the class under the leadership of Xinghui, even in the grade competition, they also got a good ranking, plus the overall strength of the class is also good, so they got a good score.
After everyone's physical fitness began to be raised, they began to pay more attention to the practice of swordsmanship, because from the beginning of the fourth month, it was not a physical fitness but a swordsmanship, due to the relationship between Xinghui, Tao Ke and Tao Yi also had a much deeper understanding of swordsmanship, but understanding and actual combat are the same thing, they can never have too good performance, but under the leadership of Xinghui, plus Ling Meng also has considerable strength, so there is still no opponent for them in the first class, but they met opponents in the grade competition, the four of them are all capable and very strong, even Xinghui is not an opponent, and in the end he only got a decent ranking, which made Xinghui a little frustrated, but under the comfort of Tao Cao, he still cheered up, after all, the physical fitness of the capable person is too superior.
(The one who has the ability is the one who can absorb the aura)
Thanks to him, Ling Meng knew that there were many capable people in this academy, and they were valued by the teachers and took care of them with great care. And the first class of capable people, except for him, there are no more, so their teachers don't pay much attention to them.
When everyone had a certain foundation in swordsmanship, they began to increase archery practice, the long-awaited two brothers were like fish in water, their talent in archery was really good, every arrow must hit the bull's-eye, even the teacher was impressed with them, Ling Meng also performed quite well in this regard, it didn't take long to practice to be able to occasionally hit the target, and then occasionally hit the bull's-eye, and Xinghui was not very good at this.
In the grade competition that month, relying on the excellent performance of the two of them, as well as Ling Meng, who performed not badly, the four of them actually won the first place in the points, and after the holiday, Xinghui, as the eldest brother, took the three of them to have a good meal.
In addition to the relatively noisy life in the academy, Ling Meng, who returned home, was much more stable, either going out to hang out on a summer night, or meditating and reading books at home, all of which were books related to Baiyucheng.
I also met Xia Ye's sister 'Winter Night', a girl who is as good-looking as her sister, a few years older than Ling Meng, and her appearance is a little cold, but she is unexpectedly a very enthusiastic person when she gets along, and she gave him a geography book when they first met. After that, they went out to play together a few times, and they didn't see each other much until the end of her study period and became someone's exclusive maid. However, I heard that Xia Ye said that her employer was very kind to her, so she was relieved......
During the year, all the major festivals that I had not participated in before were encouraged by the earthquake city and summer nights. In the spring, the festival brings blessings for the new year, in the summer, the martial arts festival is full of enthusiasm, in the autumn, the torch festival is full of harvest joy, in the early winter, the snow festival gives meaning to the white jade castle, and the New Year's Festival, which is the most lively in the depths of winter, and everyone celebrates together.
The new year is also similar to the previous year, the academy first added gunnery in the first three months, and the last five months are the team cooperation that has been competing, in the competition again and again, the four of them have become more and more cooperative, although they finally lost in terms of hard power, they still achieved the top ten good results, so the four of them are also sure to obtain the qualification of the higher department.
While cleaning up the dormitory where they had lived for two years, the four of them were reluctant to part after making an appointment to meet during the holidays, after two years of getting along, Ling Meng's relationship with them was already very iron, although there were still a lot of things to hide from them, but they were able to chat with them relatively normally.
Back home, Ling Meng found that Xia Ye was fertilizing the snow gladiolus, and it was almost the time for them to bloom.
"Welcome back. "Finding that Ling Meng came back, Xia Ye held a shovel in one hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the other, twisted his head and greeted him with a very perfect smile.
"I'm back. Silently, he walked over and helped her pick up the tools and fertilizer.
"Are you hungry? "The summer night that stood up and stretched out looked a little tired.
"I'm not hungry. ”
After putting away the tools and fertilizer and putting them in the warehouse on the first floor, I went upstairs to put away the two sets of clothes that were already a little small, and returned to the first floor again, and found that Xia Ye was sitting on a chair resting with his head tilted, as if he was very tired.
"Are you tired?" Ling Meng asked with some concern looking at the summer night when he didn't have his hair coiled up and looked tired.
"Just a little bit. One hand propped up the chair and the other hand stroked her hair, she has matured a lot in the past four years, "Don't worry about me, it's all because I usually do too little." ”
"Thinking about it this way, my maid is really incompetent, and my sister often says that I don't have what a maid should be. Saying this, Summer Night fell into thought.
Indeed, Xia Ye was different from most of the maids Ling Meng had seen, probably because Uncle Wang did not treat her as a servant, and when he went to the Duke's house as a guest, except for an old housekeeper mother-in-law, the other maids were expressionless, and that feeling was a little depressing......
"Uncle Wang is really a good person, if I leave here, I probably won't be able to continue working as a maid. "I've been calling the chief manager all the time, and now I'm calling my uncle like Ling Meng, I have to say that Zhencheng is really good to them.
"Uncle Wang hasn't come back yet?"
"yes, I hope nothing happens to him. ”
"Uncle Wang is very strong, so he will be fine. "As an important member of the Duke's Palace, since there has been no bad news for so long, it means that there is nothing wrong.
In May, when he received a report that a fierce beast had attacked the village around the territory of White Jade City, resulting in many deaths, he formed a crusade and went to the village, and has not yet returned.
As for ferocious beasts, like humans, animals can also absorb aura, carnivorous animals will be completely stimulated to become extremely brutal after being infected by aura, while some vegetarian animals will become more spiritual and gentle when they are infected.
This time, I heard that a cheetah was infected, and it was a very deep infection, so that it became very dangerous.
"If there is no news, it will really make people worry. ”
"Don't worry, Uncle Wang will be fine...... If you don't become a maid, what does Sister Xia Ye want to do?"
"Probably...... I'll open a small shop next to my house, after all, I'm only a little confident in this area. ”
"Yes, Sister Xia Ye's cooking is delicious. ”
"Remember the dessert shop we went to a few times? The style is a bit yearning, their kids are so cute, they already call me sister when I went there the other day. Summer Night's face was happy and happy, and it was obvious that he was really yearning for that kind of life, "But although I yearn for it, it's still the most reassuring place, so I want to work here for a long time if I can." ”
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Father...... Mother...... I miss you guys so much...... I want to go to your side...... I want to go to your side...... Why wasn't it me who died...... Why wasn't it me who died...... Why do you want me to live...... Why do you want me to live......
Feeling uncomfortable eating delicious food...... It's hard to sleep in a comfortable bed...... The people around me are too gentle and uncomfortable...... Why are you so nice to me...... It's hard to ...... Why don't you let me die.
Father, Mother, I miss you so much...... But please let me live a little longer...... I want to help him......
Father and mother, I have a very happy day today...... Are you happy living in another world...... I probably won't be able to go to you...... I want to live, I want to be there for them, forgive me......
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No one knew how many days and nights Ling Meng had spent struggling...... No one knows how many times he resisted the urge to spoil the other party during the practice...... No one knew what a mad heart lurked beneath his calm exterior...... However, the empty and broken heart was finally slowly mended under the careful care of the earthquake city and the summer night......
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"Absolutely. ”
Xia Ye, who had been watching Ling Meng, was surprised to find that Ling Meng actually smiled, although it was very shallow, it was a natural smile, very beautiful.