Chapter 67: The Key to the South Sixteenth Courtyard
Pearl glutinous rice, cold weather and sugar, mixed and baked into snow-white dumplings in the right proportion, and then two drops of vermilion. The utensils were made of quaint bronze Qinghai plates. Looking at it up and down together, it's quite elegant.
When this pastry named "Jade Rabbit" was held in the palms of Lu Ziqi and Song Ping'an, two delicate girls, it was really a lively and well-behaved scenery, but when it was shelved in front of the bald man who was more than eight feet long......
Lu Qiming glanced at Lu Mingyue's black, red, and red face with a smile, picked up the teacup and took a leisurely sip - it was a high-quality tea "Changshan Dew", which was good.
Although for the sake of Lu Qiming's face, Tsing Yi finally did not turn away Lu Mingyue, a villain, but obviously gave him special favor - for example, Changshanlu's tea "just happened" to run out of Lu Mingyue, so he undoubtedly served him such a cake full of girlish heart as compensation.
So when Lu Qiming and the others were drinking tea and feeling relaxed, Lu Mingyue, a man, could only accompany the two girls to stare at the "Jade Rabbit" in a daze.
But......
Lu Qiming moved his gaze to Tsing Yi. Rao is already very well-informed and imaginative, and he never thought that one day he would be able to see the picture of "Tsing Yi walking around with pastries". Even Tsing Yi's way of paying tribute to Lu Mingyue, Lu Qiming was surprised-if Tsing Yi in the past must have ignored it indifferently, where would this be?
It seems that Zhongwu is really a good place.
Tsing Yi obviously noticed the magic in Lu Qiming's eyes, and only stood far away with a straight face, but he didn't see it.
However, Lu Qiming would not let him go as soon as his bad taste came up at this time, and deliberately quipped: "Work-study?"
Tsing Yi immediately replied: "It's just to look at the store for two days for her, and she is not in the martial arts academy for the time being." His tone was as unaltered as usual, but the speed of his speech was clearly two points faster than usual.
The "she" in this sentence is the owner of this shop, the senior sister of the Tibetan Department mentioned by Lu Mingyue. It was precisely because Lu Mingyue had never seen Tsing Yi, let alone that Tsing Yi was better looking than the senior sister's birth, that she reacted so exaggeratedly, and even misidentified her gender in shock.
I want to come to Tsing Yi to repair the painting road, and the painting road belongs to the Wenzang, so it is not surprising to see him here.
At this moment, Lu Qiming really believed that the senior sister was gentle and kind beyond ordinary people -- otherwise, how could he say that Tsing Yi would be used to help? With Lu Qiming's understanding of Tsing Yi, if he hadn't owed a great favor to others, it would have been impossible for him to come over and be the temporary shopkeeper of the pastry shop if he was killed.
However, even with "legitimate reasons", it is obvious that Tsing Yi is still twelve points uncomfortable. Seeing that there are only Lu Qiming and their table in the store now, Tsing Yi is still bowing his head on the side to clean up all kinds of things, exuding a very busy momentum.
Lu Qiming smiled secretly and didn't poke it. It's really good that Tsing Yi has such a change.
Being willing to accept and respond to a stranger's kindness is something that is common for most people, but it is extremely rare to put it on Tsing Yi.
Tsing Yi has experienced too many misfortunes, so he will reject and be indifferent to anyone, and never take the initiative to communicate with others. Only when facing Lin Youzhi and Lu Qiming, who had saved his life, did their attitudes be different. Unexpectedly, Tsing Yi was "captured" to Zhongwu for more than a month, and it was so greatly affected.
After the big test, the martial arts academy set aside five days of free time for the young people to transition. A few people at the table discussed tomorrow's celebration, and when it was over, Lu Qiming looked up at Tsing Yi and said with a smile: "I'll come to the store to call you then." ”
Tsing Yi was silent. Lu Qiming smiled, knowing that this was a tacit acquiescence.
The number of freshmen who came over soon increased, and Tsing Yi became less and less speechless. Seeing them leaving, Yao Yao nodded his head, which was considered to be a greeting.
The group was far away from the shop for a long time, but Lu Mingyue still had a look of surprise on her face, and she didn't say a few words for half a pillar of incense in a row.
Lu Qiming kindly asked him, "Cousin, what's wrong?"
The man twisted for a long time, and whispered undoubtedly: "Don't lie to me-that Tsing Yi...... Isn't it really a woman dressed as a man?"
"Of course not. Lu Qiming glanced at him and said speechlessly: "Cousin, can't you see it yourself?"
Lu Mingyue sighed: "It's a pity...... If it's a girl, you'll have to chase after anything......"
Everyone is slandered, who was the affectionate look of not marrying a senior sister before......?
Lu Qiming raised his eyes and reminded him: "Don't make fun of Tsing Yi with this." ”
"I see. Lu Mingyue pursed her lips and said suspiciously: "Tsing Yi...... It doesn't look like his real name, does it? What's his name?"
Lu Qiming shook his head: "I don't know about this, I never say it when I ask him." ”
Lu Mingyue raised her eyebrows. But since he is not a girl, he will not discuss it in depth, only regret a few words, and continue to perform the duties of a "good senior brother".
Talking and laughing along the way, time passed quickly.
Near evening, Lu Mingyue was caught by the teacher who passed by to do coolies, Yao Chengxiang went to the main hall of Wenzang alone to find his identity jade plate, and Lu Qiming and they walked towards the imperial guard.
......
"Senior Brother Lu, this one is yours. When Lu Qiming arrived, the angry voice of the blue-shirted senior sister who distributed the identity jade plate was instantly a hundred times softer, and added an additional explanation: "The reward for the first place in the big test has been deposited in the jade card, and the junior brother can use it at any time if he wants." ”
Lu Qiming smiled and thanked him, and took the jade plate from her hand.
Unlike his lecturer token made of ink jade, the material of the martial arts academy student token is crystal jade, and the light of the setting sun slightly reflects the colorful brilliance. The shape of the jade plaque is square, only the size of the palm, the whole body is transparent and colorless, and it is difficult to imagine with the naked eye that there are more than 20 formations carved in it.
The formation is usually not visible, and only when it is activated, such as trading with people, picking up tasks, emergency distress, etc., will the fine formation lines light up.
Lu Qiming suddenly remembered an interesting allusion.
At that time, he hadn't recovered his memory of the formation, so he didn't help Lin Youzhi, but he just heard her complain - originally with Lin Youzhi's habit of doing business, the crystal card and the internal carving formation in this jade card must be kept secret, and transparent materials must not be used - but the martial arts academy prefers to use the most transparent, saying that "it is to let students see and deepen their understanding of the formation every time they use it" or something, which really made Miss Lin depressed, and there was no way.
"Senior brother, and this key-huh? wait, it seems to be a mistake......
Lu Qiming looked at the black gold key in the woman's hand, which was indeed very different from the standard of the martial arts academy - the appearance was delicate and strictly symmetrical, well, there were traces of the formation, what was the pinhole in the center, and the mechanism with the poison needle embedded in it?...... It seems more like some kind of transformation maniac's homemade, right?
Senior Sister Blue Shirt opened the first page of the booklet in her hand, and subconsciously read: "Chaowu Mountain South Sixteenth Courtyard...... South Sixteenth Courtyard?!" The expression on her face was very rich—envy, sympathy, and a smile...... It's really everything.
Lu Qiming was just about to ask again, but the blue-shirted senior sister was already reluctant to give up, but she quickly stuffed the key into Lu Qiming's hand, and said in a very sincere tone: "That's right, it's the Sixteenth Courtyard of Chaowu Mountain South, I wish the junior brother good luck!"
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In the afterglow of the sunset, Lu Qiming once again climbed Chaowu Mountain with the mood of "something is not good".
This mood reached its peak when he stood at the door of the "South Sixteenth Courtyard".
It is true that there are not many students at the highest level of the martial arts academy compared to the whole, but when they are gathered together, they are definitely not few. In particular, the residence of these senior brothers and sisters in the martial arts academy is the standard of a large courtyard for only two people, so there are almost no vacant rooms on Chaowu Mountain.
Except here.
On the way to Lu Qiming, he passed through four empty courtyards in a row from the 12th to the 15th South, and it is not difficult to find that the 17th to the 20th are also uninhabited.
The South Sixteenth Courtyard is sandwiched between empty houses, and it exudes the momentum of "ten thousand people are changing......
There was already a person living in this courtyard before, and I wonder who this person is, and how can it have such a threatening effect?
In this regard, Lu Qiming looked down at the shape of the key, and he already had a guess in his heart. Then he opened the courtyard door, and a flash of shock flashed in his eyes.
It's really neat and orderly beyond words!
The bluestone is cut into precise squares and laid on the ground, and the parallel and uniform seams are spread throughout the courtyard like a grid, and the walls, corners, pavilions, ponds, and so on are all strictly distributed along the dotted lines. Every tile was as clean as it could be—as if time had frozen in the moment they had just been cut from the stone.
There are also trees in the courtyard.
When Lu Qiming and the others saw the study building, they already felt that the trees there were symmetrical enough, but compared to the trees in this courtyard, they were really small! The trees over there were still pruning in the shape of the canopy, and this courtyard was ......
After Lu Qiming swept it with his spiritual power, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching - even the root systems under the two trees on the left and right grew completely symmetrical...... How the hell is this done?!
In this regard, Lu Qiming said:
I can't be more relaxed, can I?!
Don't you know that the ninety-nine bottles containing the liquid medicine in his "Ten Drops of Medicinal Analysis" must be placed in the same position even when the caps rotate in the same position? Or forget the barbecue knife skills he did in Gu Zhiyang's yard on a whim?
When they complained about the surrounding environment of the book building before, Lu Qiming's heart was actually full of admiration and admiration for the designer--it is so beautiful to have such an orderly world! It was only considering Lu Mingyue's sad and indignant mood that he chose to remain silent very kindly.
Unexpectedly, the residence assigned to him by the Martial Arts Academy was so in line with his aesthetics. Lu Qiming really felt that after staying here for a while, it seemed that even the efficiency of cultivation was two points faster.
As for the name of the senior brother who lives with him in the South Sixteenth Hospital, it is obviously the three words that are "frightened" to others and extremely cute to Lu Qiming-
Zhuge Ke.
Lu Qiming walked into the courtyard gate happily, and said secretly in his heart: "I don't know who arranged it, well, it is necessary to thank you." ”
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In the dean's room, Zhang Dayan, who was squatting on a stool and snorting melon seeds, suddenly felt an itchy nose and sneezed twice in succession.
He stretched out his hand and tugged at his robe, pulling the robe that was originally crooked on the left into a crooked robe on the right, and said to himself: "Evil sect, why do you feel a little cold?"