Chapter 10: The Assassins
Li Xiucai called Ye Jing to the table, a piece of rice paper was spread on the table, and he handed the pen to Ye Jing, "You use the Yuncheng flood as an article to tell me what you think." ”
"If I do well, will my sir let me enrol in school?" Ye Jing felt that things could still be turned around.
Li Xiucai knocked her head with a fan and said, "Naturally, no." ”
Ye Jing was stunned for a moment, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, "What benefits can that gentleman give me?" If you don't give it a try, I've admired your hospital for a long time. ”
Li Xiucai saw that she was clearly aggrieved but patted his ass very sincerely, and suddenly felt a little nostalgic, he touched his chin and said slowly: "What's the benefit?" Well...... If you do well, I will allow you to sit in at the Academy, shall you? ”
"Thank you, sir." Ye Jing hurriedly bowed down, "I also have a good friend, there was an accident in his family, so he delayed the exam, can Mr. also give him a chance?" ”
"You kid, the article hasn't been seen yet, but there are a lot of requirements." Li Xiucai flicked his sleeves and continued, "Where is he?" Write an article like you and take a look. ”
Ye Jing's face was happy, and he bowed again, "Thank you, sir, he is waiting outside the academy, and the student will call him over." After that, before Li Xiucai was born, she turned around and ran outside the hospital.
"Outside the Academy? So how did you get in? Li Xiucai looked at Ye Jingyuan's back and muttered to himself.
Outside the academy, Shen Yingshou was looking at the wall, and he felt that someone slapped him from behind. He turned his head suddenly, and when he saw that it was Ye Jing, a smile immediately broke out on his face, and he asked hurriedly, "Brother Ye, where did you come from?" The result? ”
Ye Jing was really amazed by his smile, and she said with a smile: "Acacia, you look so good when you smile." ”
Shen Yingsian's face turned red, his face suddenly sank, he touched his cheek, and said softly: "I have this skin." But what is the result? ”
Ye Jing saw that he seemed to poke Shen Yingshou's sadness, and hurriedly said: "Brother Shen, let me tell you a good news, the mountain chief promised us that as long as we write a good article, we can listen to it in the academy, and Brother Shen will come with me." With that, she grabbed Shen Yingshou and walked quickly towards the mountain chief.
When the two arrived, Li Xiucai was standing in front of the window fiddling with orchids, he carefully wiped the leaves one by one with a cloth, and his expression was very focused.
Shen Yingshou grabbed Ye Jing, who was about to walk forward, stood at the door and leaned over, and said respectfully: "Student Shen Yingsan has seen the mountain chief." ”
Ye Jing had no choice but to follow him, and shouted according to the gourd painting: "Student Ye Jing, I have seen the mountain chief." ”
Li Xiucai turned around and nodded: "Don't be polite, Ah Jing, it's rare for you to be so polite." ”
Ye Jing leaned over and rolled his eyes, but his mouth was respectful: "What the mountain chief has taught is a lesson." ”
The two got up and walked to the table, stood and began to compose. Li Xiucai lowered his head and continued to serve the orchids, and the room suddenly became quiet, and occasionally the wind blew, and the end was extremely cool.
Because Ye Jing personally experienced the flood in Yuncheng, she had no difficulty in writing, starting from the analysis of the cause of the flood to the problem of Yuncheng officials, she took out the posture of writing an analysis report, and wrote a few large pieces of paper.
An hour and a half later, both of them put down their pens one after another. Ye Jing glanced at Shen Yingsian's article, but when she saw the neatly written pavilion on the page, and then looked at her own words, she suddenly felt a little weak, although she had practiced diligently, she could barely see it.
Li Xiucai paced to the table and picked up the article of the two to read carefully.
After a while, he touched his chin and said loudly: "Both of them wrote well, Shen Yingsan used the allusions appropriately, and the article was written in accordance with the rules." Ye Jing's writing is very logical, although he doesn't pay attention to the format, but it is also clear, but this character still needs to be practiced. ”
"What does the mountain chief mean is that we are doing well and are able to sit in on it?" Ye Jing said with a smile.
"Don't be late tomorrow." Li Xiucai folded the article and pressed it under the pen mountain, "I will leave the article, you can go." ”
Ye Shen and the others said goodbye at the gate of the academy with a relaxed face, Zhu Huo was waiting at the gatehouse, and Ye Jing took him back to the Dong Mansion together.
That night, Ye Jing went to bed after greeting her adoptive parents, and today she was so tired that she fell asleep with a pillow.
Zhu Huo waited until midnight, saw that she was already asleep, quietly got up from the side room, opened the door softly and walked towards the garden.
At this time the garden was pitch black, and the candles burning in the stone lanterns gave a faint glow, and he hurried past the stone lanterns, and the wind he brought made the candles flicker. He stopped at the rockery under the Tunan Pavilion, and the evening breeze blew slowly, blowing the water in the mirror lake, and he squinted his eyes comfortably, tilting his head slightly to the sky.
A gust of wind blew, and a man dressed in black suddenly appeared in front of him, this man seemed to melt into the night, and his eyes were particularly eye-catching.
He opened his mouth to speak, and his voice came from under the face towel, a little dull, "What are you looking for me?" ”
"Yesterday was your assassination of the Liang King." Zhu Huo opened his eyes and affirmed, "You didn't consult me before you acted, you were too reckless, and you almost leaked your whereabouts." ”
"Hmph, discuss with you? You've always been a wretch, but you only know to let me endure it! I might as well figure this out on my own. The masked man sneered, rather disdainful.
Zhu Huo frowned, lowered his voice and said: "The spy sent a tip, King Liang has already suspected the events of the year, you can't act rashly during this time, you can only retreat now, I want to find a way to divert his attention." ”
The masked man snorted coldly, "Divert attention? How do you do that? ”
"I have my own plans, you go out of Beijing in a few days to avoid it, don't spoil the big thing." Zhu Huo admonished with some unease.
The masked man only glanced deeply at the bamboo noise, and flew away without answering.
Zhu Huo sighed, rubbed the corners of his forehead, and felt a little headache, King Liang made such a big move this time, and he secretly broke a lot of people, I am afraid that he will have to clean up for a while.
Let's talk about this, Ye Jing dreamed that she was stabbed in the chest by Dong Jingshan's sword, and the blood that flowed out blurred her eyes. She suddenly woke up from the nightmare, stroked her chest, and felt a palpitation. She simply got up and poured a cup of tea, and when she saw that the moonlight was bright outside, she walked out into the courtyard to breathe. Although he is very satisfied materially these days, he is really nervous, and when he meets Li Xiucai today, he looks like he is pretending to be confused, and he may be exposed one day.
She sighed, but found that the door of the side room was ajar, Ye Jing walked over cautiously and called out for a bamboo noise, but no one answered. "Do you want to go to the bathroom?" Ye Jing was a little puzzled.
She stood at the door for a while, and finally quietly pushed the door in, Ye Jing was the first time to enter the house of Zhuhuo, and there was only a couch, a pair of tables and chairs, and a box inside. The quilt on the couch was half lifted, Ye Jing tried the temperature, and it was already cold.
At this time, she suddenly touched a warm and hard thing, which was a jade pendant. When I got it in front of my eyes and carefully identified it, it seemed to have a "Feng" word engraved on it.
"Meet? Meet? Is it a token of love? Ye Jing touched the jade pendant, a little puzzled, "No, no, it should be read as 'Pang', it seems to be a surname, is it difficult for Zhuhuo to become a surname?" ”
She took a closer look at the jade pendant in the moonlight, put it back at the bottom of the quilt, and quietly exited the side room.
Ye Jing didn't have the heart to enjoy the moon and the wind, so he went back to his room and lay on the bed, but he couldn't sleep, Feng's jade pendant, Zhu Huo who could read and hyphenation, Dong Jingshan, who adopted her inexplicably, and Li Xiucai, who might demolish her at any time. Ye Jing felt a mess now, as if she was trapped in a fog, she grabbed her hair, and suddenly remembered today's nightmare, only to feel cold all over her body.
"No, we have to get this straight! Zhu Huo, surnamed Feng, this must be a breakthrough point! Thinking so, she decided to go to the academy tomorrow to inquire.
At this time, there was a sudden squeak, and it was the bamboo noise that came back. Ye Jing immediately held her breath and listened attentively to the movement next door, but unfortunately she didn't hear anything.
Ye Jing got up as usual on the second day, dressed and washed as if nothing had happened. She didn't see that when Zhu Huo went out with water, the corners of his mouth pulled out an arc that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
Today, on the first day of the academy, Ye Jing and Zhu Huo took a car out of the city, and Dong Jingshan did not allow her to take the car according to the rules of the academy. Ye Jing argued for this, and in the end he only won the treatment of taking a carriage out of the city. When she got out of the city gate, the coachman respectfully asked her to get out of the car, and she had to go the rest of the way.
After arriving at the academy, she revealed her identity, but the little girl didn't know how to arrange her, so she could only take her to see the mountain chief, but she saw that Shen Yingshou had already arrived.
"Chief, students don't know how to listen? Yesterday and the future have time to ask clearly. Ye Jing said in a calm voice.
Li Xiucai fanned his fan again and again, and his voice was as clear as ever, "I have already said hello to the teachers of the academy, you can go wherever you want to go to the class, but each teacher has different rules, and you must abide by them." ”
"Thank you, Chief." The two replied in unison, and then turned to take their leave.
"Ye Jing, you can stay for a while, I have a few points to explain to you in yesterday's article." Li Xiucai suddenly called out to Ye Jing.
Ye Jing had to turn around, and she received an envious look from Shen Yingsian, but she couldn't wait to give him this opportunity, she didn't want to be alone with Li Xiucai at all.
Having said that, she still made a solemn gesture, "Please teach the mountain chief." ”
"I still like you to call me Brother Xiucai, I haven't heard it for years." Li Xiucai paced in front of Ye Jing and personally helped her up.
Ye Jingxin was about to burst out of his throat, but his face did not change and said: "The mountain chief said that he laughed, only Achen called you like that, and the student has always been called Mr. ”
Li Xiucai stared at Ye Chen's eyes and suddenly burst out laughing. He reached out and stroked Ye Jing's earlobe, so frightened that she shrank back and almost fell.
"You and your brother are seven or eight points alike, and we've been apart for years," he paused, pointing to his earlobe, "and you've got a red mole here, I've always remembered." ”
Ye Jing knew that she couldn't hide it from Li Xiucai, she stared at his eyes tightly and said word by word: "The mountain chief remembered wrongly, the student already had a red mole on his ear, but his sister didn't, the mountain chief was afraid that he missed his sister too much and was confused." ”
Li Xiucai narrowed his eyes and smiled indifferently, "It's okay, every day." ”