Chapter 19 Respect for the King
The two things of conscription and the imperial examination ceremony made the whole country boil, and in a remote mountain village has not yet learned the news, there is a academy here, called Gaoshan Academy, I don't know when, a pair of brothers were established here, the younger brother is a teacher, he teaches without tuition, only once the six ceremonies are charged, and the expenses after that are borne by themselves, because his calligraphy and painting are hard to find, of course, it is not expensive to sell, the reason why it is so expensive, first of all, the degree of art is naturally enough, and secondly, these calligraphy and paintings are sold by my brother. Every time he disappears into the crowd after he is sold, it is impossible to find his traces, and people disappear in an instant. Therefore, the younger brother has never been seen, and the elder brother can't find it, so it is naturally very mysterious, and the cost of the remote academy is not large, and it often takes a few years for this younger brother's ink treasure to appear once.
"Brother, the paper, food and cloth in the academy are running out, you can go down the mountain again" A man in a light yellow robe walked into the room, if the tree was in the wind, his eyebrows were fresh and handsome, and he was holding the guqin in his hand.
"I said that the mountain is high, let me sleep for a while, I said don't make noise to me in the morning" There was a middle-aged man lying on the bed, his face was full of stubble, he buckled his nose, turned over and continued to sleep, who would have thought that the two were a pair of brothers.
"You can't get up? I'll take the students to your house to recite later, I have to cook at noon, I've been telling you for a few days, I thought you had already sold the calligraphy and paintings, just looked at it, the rice jar has bottomed out, get up quickly, otherwise the students won't have anything to eat at noon" The man in yellow didn't forget to shake the shaker after speaking, kicked it by the way, and then walked out.
"Pretending to be a cultural person outside, being so rude to my brother, cut, bullying me as an elder all day long" The middle-aged man continued to sleep, and took a closer look at the person lying on the bed was none other than the former emperor's imperial guard-Xu Jiangyuan!
On the day Emperor Zhongxiao ascended the throne, Xu Jiangyuan came to Mingyue Academy to pick up his only younger brother Xu Shangao, and began to live on the run, because he received an order from the former emperor to obey the orders of the prince or the second prince who ascended the throne, but the prince was inexplicably crazy, and the second prince was also "killed", he was tantamount to a derelict person, and the reason why he had to flee was for the four-year-old brother. He had no way of knowing, but he knew too much, staying in the palace to maintain the crazy prince, he would definitely be convicted of obstructing the new emperor's accession to the throne, and for the sake of his younger brother, he would hide incognito and hide in the world.
"It's over... I can't sleep, this rabbit cub" Xu Jiangyuan kicked the bed a few times, like a child spoiled, but he never thought that the bed would collapse all of a sudden, "What the hell am I..."
"Sell calligraphy and paintings for wine money, sell calligraphy and paintings for wine money..."Xu Jiangyuan hummed an unknown tune and searched in Xu Shangao's study, "It's really, it's so valuable, what's wrong with selling it at one time, I have to run down the mountain again and again, the amount is right, if you don't go down the mountain, you won't have any wine to drink, good brother has good intentions!" After packing the calligraphy and paintings in the room, he left the room, passed by the church and looked at his younger brother who was teaching inside, "Hey, my brother hurt you, otherwise he must be a big official."
After saying this, Xu Jiangyuan turned around and changed another place, "That is, Brother Ling is smart, another talent, if it can be used by the imperial court, he must be a capable backbone!" ”
Xu Jiangyuan plays two roles, schizophrenic in general, "Of course, what prime minister, imperial teacher, is not as knowledgeable as my brother, do you have any children?" Intersection bacon, red beans or something, read to you for free. I won't take any money from you..."
"Oh? Yes, yes, yes, I'm about to give birth, and I'll send it over after giving birth..."
Xu Jiangyuan entertained himself like a fool, and was seen by the children in the house, and there was more laughter in the classroom.
Xu Shangao knocked on the table, "Heart!" Eye-to-eye! Mouth to! Have you forgotten everything? ”
A student stood up and said, "Sir, your brother is teasing us there again"
Xu Shan looked high and just wanted to go out, Xu Jiangyuan raised his legs and ran, "Study hard!" Every day! Drink every day, be strong..."
"Haha..." immediately caused a burst of laughter.
Xu Shangao shook his head, with a helpless expression, "Can't learn, can't learn, everyone continue to read", but he thought in his heart, 'He must cook at night!' ’
Outside Liangcheng, on the side of the ancient road, Sheng Linyun and Mo brothers finally had a place to rest - Luzhou City after a few days of running.
"It's different, brother, I'm dying of hunger, help me pick some fruit, and then we'll go into the city" Sheng Linyun sat listlessly on horseback, sticking out his tongue.
"You didn't eat rabbit meat last night, you wait a while, I'll come when I go" Mo Bu led the two horses to the river, let them drink, and looked around.
"I don't like meat... I'm so thirsty too" Sheng Linyun muttered and also came to the river, stared at the lake for a long time, hesitated and then retreated, not daring to walk over.
"Brother, if you are afraid of water, just sit under the tree, I will help you get water after picking the fruit" Mo Bu noticed this from afar and shouted towards Sheng Linyun.
Sheng Linyun nodded to understand, returned to the tree, it was already autumn, the weather was still very hot, he had to stop without walking a few steps, and fanned the wind with his hand, Sheng Linyun found that a person came in the distance, if it was usual, Sheng Linyun didn't care about it after a little observation, but the person who walked in front of him carried a big basket behind him, and the basket could be vaguely seen to be some scroll calligraphy and paintings. Not to mention people like Sheng Linyun, who have been curious about everything since childhood.
The person Sheng Linyun paid attention to was none other than Xu Jiangyuan, at this moment he was walking leisurely on the road, thinking about how much wine to buy for a while, at this moment, Mo Wei rushed to Sheng Linyun's side like crazy, Xu Jiangyuan and Sheng Linyun were startled, Mo Wei looked at Xu Jiangyuan who came with a serious expression, but Xu Jiangyuan instantly recovered his leisurely demeanor and continued to walk, slowly walking with the two of them.
"Different, what's wrong?" At this time, Sheng Linyun asked Mo Wei why he was so flustered.
"I can hear the footsteps of the monkey a hundred meters away, but I didn't hear the footsteps of the man just now, he must be a master, at least the light skill is above me, if I hadn't looked back by chance, I wouldn't have noticed him, thinking that he was approaching you to do something, just passing by?" Mo Wei frowned, a little unable to judge.
"It shouldn't be, the two of us went down the mountain except for the Liucheng County Order, and we didn't offend anyone, that person carried those calligraphy and paintings, like a vendor who entered the city, but he prepared such a big basket to buy something, and rarely entered the city!" Sheng Linyun bit his index knuckle and thought about it.
"Brother, you eat a few fruits first, I'll get you some water" Mo Wei stuffed a few fruits to Sheng Linyun and walked back to the river, Sheng Linyun was very embarrassed, but because he had a drowning experience in an extremely frightened situation when he was a child, he no longer dared to walk to the river alone, even Xiaotan, and after resting for a while, the two rode into the city.
As soon as I entered Luzhou City, I found that the city was noisy, with scolding and shouting everywhere, as if they were quarrelling, and there were people in the crowd who were constantly chasing and fleeing. Sheng Linyun felt very inexplicable, generally there are rich and noble families living in the city, how can it be so barbaric, and when he looked at it, a group of officials and landlord-like people were chasing a person, it was none other than Xu Jiangyuan, who had just met outside the city.