An eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy walked into the ancestral hall with his head bowed and knelt down.

Master Zhu instructed the little servant, "Tell me what you saw that night." ”

The little girl lowered her head and told the experience of that night: "That night, the little one went to patrol the night, and when he passed in front of the young lady's courtyard, he found a dark shadow flashing from the roof.

Miss Silverheart said that the young lady was sleeping soundly and could not be disturbed, I explained to the girl that there was a dark shadow, I was afraid that it was a thief who broke in at night, and the girl said that she and the maids would search the lady's room, and after searching, they found nothing abnormal, and sent the family away.

At that time, the silverheart girl said that it was a small dazzle, and she was wrong.

But the little one knows, and the little one sees it clearly.

After that, the little one was worried that there would be suspicious people again, so he stood guard not far from the door of the young lady's courtyard.

When it was almost morning, another black shadow flashed, and the little one went to tell the eldest young master, and the eldest young master personally went to the young lady's house to check in person, and found no abnormality. ”

After the little guy finished speaking, Master Zhu scolded Yingtai: "Xiao Jiu, what else do you have to say?"

I wish Yingtai not to squeak.

Zhu Lao Ye was so angry that his face turned blue, and he yelled: "Please family law!"

The rules of the Zhu family are very strict, and the one used to enforce the family rules is a rattan whip, which instantly opens the skin and flesh when it hits the body.

Zhu Lao Ye took the rattan in his hand, and seeing that the whip was about to go down, Zhu Lao Niang and the eight elder brothers all knelt in front of Zhu Lao.

Mrs. Zhu: "Master, Xiao Jiu is a girl's family, how can she stand this rattan whip?"

Zhu Lao: "Where she looks like a girl's house, she dares to go out at night to be a snitch, even if she is a man, she is not so bold." ”

Eldest brother: "The ninth sister is still young, she has made a mistake, just educate her, the ninth sister is weak, if this whip goes down, half of her life will be gone." ”

Zhu Lao: "She is frail?! How many men are ashamed of their ability to fly on the eaves and walk on the wall." ”

Starling: "The ninth sister's kung fu is taught by the brothers, if you want to punish us, punish us." ”

Under the persuasion of everyone, Zhu Lao put down the rattan in his hand, and angrily dropped a sentence, "Just kneel in the ancestral hall, when you figure it out, when you get up again." ”

After Zhu Ye left the ancestral hall, Zhu Yingtai only knelt for half an hour, and then his mother made the decision and returned to the boudoir.

Mrs. Zhu gave Master Zhu an idea, "Xiao Jiu has been pampered since he was a child, and he has developed a stubborn temperament, so it is better to invite a few more teachers for him, read poetry and songs, and understand some principles of being a person and doing things, and then invite some embroidery mothers to teach Xiao Jiu Nu Red and rules." ”

Zhu Lao: "Okay, although it has grown crooked, but fortunately, there is still time to repair it, so please invite a few more teachers back." ”

After Zhu Lao agreed, Zhujiazhuang invited eight masters successively, but each of them could not be taught after a few days.

Zhu Yingtai has been practicing literature and martial arts with his brothers since he was a child, and now the masters invited are all stumped by Yingtai's problems.

and those embroidery mothers, who were all tricked away by Yingtai.

Mrs. Zhu couldn't, so she asked Yingtai directly, "Xiao Jiu, what do you want? Do you want your mother to marry you off?"

Zhu Yingtai: "I'm only fifteen, it's still early to get married, I heard that there is a big academy in Yuezhou City, called Qingshan College, and students who come out of Qingshan College can be admitted to fame and become big officials, so I want to go to Qingshan Academy to study." ”

Mrs. Zhu was surprised: "The people who can go to the academy to study are all men, how can you go as a woman?"

Zhu Yingtai smiled slyly, "I have my own way." ”

Yingtai asked her mother to sit in the house for a while.

After a while, Yingtai appeared in a man's clothes.

Zhu Yingtai in men's clothing is actually suave and heroic, without the slightest feminine and delicate state.

Zhu Yingtai deliberately saluted his mother with manly etiquette, "Mother is above, please accept my son's worship." ”

Mrs. Zhu looked at Yingtai in men's clothes and asked, "Xiao Jiu, don't you want to dress up as a man and blend in to study at Qingshan Academy?"

Zhu Yingtai bowed again, "My son has this intention, and I hope that my mother will be fulfilled." ”

Mrs. Zhu knew her daughter Xiao Jiu's temper, and if she didn't follow her, she would definitely find a way to slip away, so she said, "This matter can only be decided after discussing with your father." ”

Mrs. Zhu went to discuss with Master Zhu.

Master Zhu counted Mrs. Zhu down, "Your daughter's stubborn personality is all spoiled by you, and now that she is about to get married, she still wants to disguise herself as a man and go out to study, absolutely not." ”

Mrs. Zhu ran into a wall from Master Zhu and returned to her daughter Yingtai.

When I returned to my daughter's room, I found that it was already empty.

Leave only one letter on the table.

The letter stated that Yingtai had left Zhujiazhuang with the maid Yinxin and went to Qingshan Academy to study, and Yingtai also expressed in the letter her determination to study at the academy, even if her father and mother sent someone to stop her, she would stick to the end.

Mrs. Zhu took the letter and handed it to Master Zhu.

After reading the letter, Master Zhu was so angry that he jumped to his feet, "It's really audacious, she dares to disguise herself as a man to go to the academy, and mix with a group of men every day, if she is discovered, will she have a good reputation in her boudoir?!"

Mrs. Zhu also knew that the matter was serious, but her daughter had already decided to do it, even ten cows could not be pulled back, so she persuaded Master Zhu in turn, "Xiao Jiu's character is very stubborn, if you send someone to chase her now, I don't know what will force her to do something, even if you forcibly arrest her back, you can't guarantee that she will run to be a snitch at night, it is better to follow her wish, let her study in Qingshan Academy, and she will have a long period of learning, the appearance of British and Taiwanese men's clothes, even if I am a mother, I don't recognize it for a while." ”

Master Zhu thought about it, and felt that what Mrs. Zhu said was also reasonable, who let the Zhu family only have such a daughter, everyone held her in the palm of their hands, since she was going to study in the academy, let her go.

In the end, Master Zhu was worried about his daughter's food and clothing outside, so he specially sent a small servant to Qingshan Academy to give Xiao Jiu gold and silver.

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Let's talk about Liang Shanbo's side.

Liang Shanbo can be regarded as a scholarly family, but his family is in the middle of the road, and by the time Liang Shanbo was fifteen years old, there was no extra silver to support Liang Shanbo's studies.

Liang's mother is a very far-sighted mother, knowing the importance of knowledge, if you want to shine on the lintel, there is only one way to study.

Liang's mother scraped together and finally scraped together enough tuition fees to go to the academy and sent Liang Shanbo to Qingshan Academy.

followed Liang Shanbo to the academy, as well as the only little servant of the Liang family-Sijiu.

Although Sijiu is nominally the little servant of the Liang family, Liang Shanbo treats him like a younger brother.

Liang Shanbo and Sijiu left Jining County and went to Yuezhou City.

On the way, Liang Shanbo and Sijiu first took a boat, crossed the Yushui River, and switched to the land route.

After walking for a day, I arrived outside the city of Yuezhou.

Outside Yuezhou City, a lotus-picking girl about fourteen or fifteen years old is being bullied by a group of bullies.

Liang Shanbo stepped forward and shouted: "Stop!"

The bullies saw that Liang Shanbo was just a scholar, and there was a scholar behind him, and they didn't take Liang Shanbo and Sijiu seriously.

One of the bullies came up to beat Liang Shanbo, but was stopped in front by Sijiu.

The bully punched 491, and Liang Shanbo stepped forward to theorize, but he was also beaten twice by the bully in succession.

The bullies were about to beat up the nosy Liang Shanbo and Sijiu, when suddenly, a figure led by the bully kicked him away.