Chapter 14: Birth

This stone house is only a square foot, with only a table, a chair, and an iron cabinet. Aside from that, there's not much space left.

Li Xiucai took the key to open the iron cabinet, pulled out a book from the top floor, and after carefully locking it, he tugged on the lock uneasily. Then he turned around and handed the book to Ye Jing, "Memorize this book today." ”

Ye Jing took the book and flipped through it casually, there were paintings and words, it seemed to be a biography, and he was confused in his mind, "Mountain Chief, why do I have to memorize this?" ”

Li Xiucai walked past her with his back hand and walked towards the door, "I'll check in three hours, there is water and snacks on the table." ”

"Hey......" Before Ye Jing could speak, he had already opened the door and walked out, and he also left the lock outside, "How convenient can I be!" ”

Ye Jing stepped in front of the door in two steps and patted the stone door vigorously, but instead of getting a response from Li Xiucai, he slapped his hand painfully.

Reluctantly sat down at the table, she casually picked up a piece of mung bean cake and threw it into her mouth, and then carefully flipped through the book.

The more I look at it, the more wrong it becomes. She hurriedly moved the stool to the small window, and in the faint daylight she carefully flipped through a few more pages, and could not help but feel a chill from the soles of her feet.

This is clearly a record of the basic information of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and where is the biography of a person.

Why did Li Xiucai let himself carry this, what was he going to do? Is it hard to make yourself a spy? Ye Jing felt a chill and quickly shook his head.

Taking two deep breaths, Ye Jing was full of curiosity about the origin and purpose of Li Xiucai's book. After thinking about it, since I have been involved in the affairs of Fengjia. Now I'm afraid I can't get out easily, no matter how you look at it, this information is beneficial to her. She settled down and plunged headlong into the book.

Lu Yuan, Chen Ling, Dong Jingshan...... Ye Jing quickly looked through it and found that it was full of information about officials who were currently in office and were above the fifth grade. In addition to official positions, major political achievements, and party relations between the DPRK and China, there are also simple white portraits, but in Ye Jing's view, those portraits are useless, and they are all very abstract.

Ye Jing watched it with relish, and a long-dormant gossip heart burned in his heart, "Oh mom, it turns out that the old fox and Lu Yuan are so similar to Lian Po Lin's encounter, hehe." ”

She smiled obscenely, and a bloody drama of the two Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households falling in love and killing each other and finally coming together had been staged in her mind.

"Hey," Ye Jing sighed, "I've been so tired these past few days that I've thought about such a boring thing." ”

She flicked the wisteria leaves outside the window and sighed again.

When Li Xiucai opened the stone door, he saw Ye Jing looking at him with a resentful expression, and he coughed a little unnaturally, "How's your back?" ”

"Mountain chief, why do you only prepare a pot of water, my throat is about to smoke." Ye Jing's voice was hoarse, and there was some grievance in his tone.

Li Xiucai took out a large clay kettle from the corner of the table and said, "I forgot to tell you that the water is here." ”

“……”

"Ahem, can you memorize it? Let me ask you, what is Wei Chenshu's official position? What is the political performance? Li Xiucai paced in front of her and handed her a glass of water.

"This person is a waiter of the Criminal Department, who has been in office for two years, has served in Dali Temple, and was transferred to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs because he cracked the case of the killing of the waiter of the Ministry of Labor in the eighteenth year of Qingping." Ye Jing didn't want to say that Wei Chenshu was Wei Zhifei's father, and she remembered it relatively well.

Li Xiucai nodded, and casually asked her a few officials, large and small, until Ye Jing's mouth was dry, and he drank three cups of tea in a row.

Li Xiucai nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, I remember it better than I expected." It seems that I can read more here in the future......"

"Don't," Ye Jing hurriedly interrupted him, "I'm almost blind." Why did you ask me to carry this, chief? ”

"Do you think anyone can do it as the son of the Shangshu family?" Li Xiucai suddenly touched her head, "You really shouldn't come to the capital." ”

Ye Jing blinked and said with a smile: "If I had known that Mr. was here, I would have come to you earlier." ”

Li Xiucai turned around and put the book back in the iron cabinet, a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes, and in just a moment, he locked the cabinet door as usual, and walked out of the stone house with Ye Jing.

"Go home early today, don't delay the study of "The Book of Rites" and "Spring and Autumn"." Li Xiucai sorted out the wisteria and spit out this sentence gently.

Ye Jing hurriedly answered "yes", and ran towards the side door of the academy in a hurry, and sure enough, seeing Zhu Huo waiting there, her mood that was still a little depressed just now suddenly became happy,

"Bamboo noise!"

"Zhu Huo, are you still happy in class today? No one is making things difficult for you, is there? By the way, what about the guy who bullied you yesterday? ”

Zhu Huo listened to Ye Jing's bamboo tube pouring beans and said a lot of words, and he replied softly one by one: "Xiao is very happy to listen to the class today, Shen Gongzi has been sitting with me, and no one makes it difficult. As for the man who bullied me yesterday......"

He turned his head to look at Ye Jing, and he had that smiling expression again, "I didn't see him today." ”

Ye Jing blinked, covered his mouth and smiled, "What did you do to him yesterday?" Also, since I said this morning that we are a family, you don't have to call yourself that when it's just you and me. ”

Zhu Huo smiled slightly, as if spring ice had just burst, warm with some coldness.

"But I prepared a good meal for him."

Ye Jing laughed, turned around and grabbed Zhu Huo and ran towards the city gate.

The wind whistled in the ears of the two, it was very cool, Ye Jing's heart flew, and she finally had a family again.

As soon as the two returned home, Ye Jing was called to the study by Dong Jingshan.

Dong Jingshan seemed to be in a good mood today, he beckoned to Ye Jing with a smile, "Jing'er has been studying for some days, and my father is busy with official duties on weekdays, and your mother is just a woman, so she neglects to guide you in your studies." ”

He took a sip of tea slowly, and then said: "Listen to your husband, you have been studying "Spring and Autumn" recently, you don't have to be lazy, you have to study hard. The tenth day of October is the birthday of King Liang, and your father will take you to the banquet, so don't embarrass your father. ”

Ye Jing was a familiar stranger to King Liang, and now that she heard that she could see a real person on the tenth day of October, she was faintly excited in her heart.

"By the way," Dong Jingshan continued, "I haven't taught you the rules, I don't want to restrain you, but I have to know something." In a few days I will ask your mother to send someone to teach you. ”

"Zhu Huo can teach me, and I can also ask the gentleman of the academy." Ye Jing shuddered at the thought of Mama Rong with a fierce face holding a steel needle, and she hurriedly refused the old fox's kindness.

"Zhu Huo," Dong Jingshan raised his eyebrows, "It seems that you get along well, and you don't have to trouble your mother." ”

Dong Jingshan suddenly straightened up from the chair, picked up a sandalwood box from the table and handed it to Ye Jing, "Father remembers that today is Jing'er's birthday, and this is counted as a birthday gift." ”

Ye Jing took the box in confusion, her birthday is not today, how did Dong Jingshan know about her birthday?

Touching the gardenia carving on the lid of the box, she suddenly thought of the conversation she had with Dong Jingshan a month ago.

"What does Jing'er like to eat?" Dong Jingshan approached Ye Jing with a smile, "There is a pastry shop in the capital that tastes very good, Jing'er must try it." ”

Ye Jing was lying on the carriage window, and he was about to vomit, "Okay, don't forget it when the time comes." ”

"What is Jing'er's birthday? For the Father, he will do it well for you. ”

Ye Jing squinted, feeling that Dong Jingshan was like a fly, and it was about to annoy her to death, she hummed perfunctorily, "Next month." ”

"Which day?"

"Eleventh ......" Well, National Day, not bad.

What a national holiday! Ye Jingzhen patted his head, he really didn't know what he was thinking at the time.

"Jing'er might as well see if you like it or not?"

"Thank you, father." She made a gesture unhurriedly and gently opened the box.

I saw a white jade seal lying inside, but half a little finger long, square, with a little lion carved on the top, white and cute, this sect Ye Jing liked it at a glance.

She turned over curiously, and saw the word "Xiwei" engraved underneath.

"Xiwei." Ye Jing looked up at Dong Jingshan and wondered, "Why these two words?" ”

Dong Jingshan touched his beard and said leisurely: "Although you have not reached the crown, your father has already thought of words for you. Although it is weak, it is the beginning of light. ”

He looked at Ye Jing and continued: "When you reach the crown, you can be called Xiwei." ”

Ye Jing stroked the seal, nodded, and suddenly said, "Didn't Dad say that he would handle it for me?" Are there any other arrangements for today? ”

"Well, this, my father has been busy with official business recently, so it's better to ...... next year" Dong Jingshan's speed of brushing his beard has accelerated a lot, and a pair of eyes are wandering and staring at the pen mountain in front of him.

Ye Jing watched Dong Jingshan's movements helplessly, and said with a smile: "What about me joking with my father? Dad, if you go down again, your beard should be bald. ”

"Thank you for my father's gift, I like it very much, and Xiwei is grateful." She smiled and made a gesture, her tone full of ridicule.

"Ahem, don't be polite. Let's go to the main hall to eat, your mother cooked a good dish today. Dong Jingshan put down his hand uncomfortably and coughed.

Ye Jing not only got the seal given to her by Dong Jingshan today, but also got a pair of red plum pictures given to her by Mrs. Dong, which can be regarded as a lot of gains.

She returned to the courtyard, squinted at the bamboo noise, and leaned over awkwardly, "Do you have any gifts for your young master?" ”

Zhu Huo reached out and took out a piece of Poria cake wrapped in oiled paper.

Ye Jing snatched it as soon as he smelled it, "That's it, tsk, young master, I'm not uncommon." With that, he opened the oil paper and stuffed the pastry into his mouth.

Zhu Huo ignored her, turned around and took out the "Book of Rites" from the basket, "Young master, it's time to read." ”

Ye Jing choked on a mouthful of pastry and shook his head coyly, "Today is my birthday, so I won't study." ”

"Today's Master Speaks of Chapter 13......"

Ye Jing beat his chest, but he also knew the severity, so he had to pick up the book in resignation.