Chapter 18: Something Happened
Early in the morning of the second day, Li Xiuwen drove a carriage to Ye Ming's house, and after he pestered Ye Ke and said a few words, he was pulled out by Ye Ming, and then the two came to the Li Mansion in the town and began their daily routine. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Copying books is still relatively simple for Ye Ming, and his handwriting has a unique beauty, but any book he copied can be recognized at a glance.
At first, Father Li also came to take a look, and when he saw Ye Ming's handwriting, he couldn't help but admire.
Although he has no fame, but people who have also read books still have some appreciation for words, so he also thinks a little higher of Ye Ming, and at the same time sighs in his heart, why is his son so unproductive.
Not only did I not read the book well, but even the words written in this character were very different from others.
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"Brother Ye Ming, it's going to be May 15 in a few days, I have to go to the academy, so I can't accompany you, don't think too much about the foolish brother!"
After a day's work, Li Xiuwen took Ye Ming to the study to drink tea, and after a sip of tea, he spoke.
"If you have something to do, just leave, will I still keep you?" Ye Ming picked up a piece of pastry, and then asked casually, "Are you still a student of the academy?"
Looking at Ye Ming's face full of disbelief, Li Xiuwen was a little unhappy, is it so strange that he is a student of the academy?
"Eh, I said Brother Ye Ming, although I am a little inferior to you in terms of knowledge, you can't look down on people so much, right?" Li Xiuwen put down the teaglass, stood up, and said in an arrogant tone: "Tell you, I'm a student of Tianqi Academy, that's Tianqi Academy!"
"Tianqi Academy?" Hearing this name, Ye Ming was obviously a little surprised, not for anything else, just because Tianqi Academy is a national academy, and it is very strict in accepting apprentices, and there are quite a lot of exquisiteness, and it is not easy to enter it.
"But the Tianqi Academy in Fushan City?" Ye Ming asked.
There are three national academies in the Great Heaven Dynasty, one of which is Tianqi Academy, the academy is located all over the dynasty, and the headquarters is in the imperial capital, but what Li Xiuwen said will definitely not be where the imperial capital is, and the other Ye Ming can only think of the capital cities of various states, as for the others, it is unknown.
"Uh......" Li Xiuwen's face was a little strange when he heard this, and after a while, he said with some embarrassment: "It's not Fushan City, in fact, the Tianqi Academy I studied is not even as good as the branch of Tianyun City, to put it bluntly, it is the branch of the branch, a small branch in Qingyun Town." ”
"Oh, I see. Ye Ming nodded slightly, looking very plain on the surface, but thinking about other things in his heart.
This academy has so many branches, it seems that the power of these three national academies cannot be underestimated, the disciples must be all over the entire dynasty, and there must be many students who come out of the court to be officials in the court.
It's just a pity that now Confucianism and Taoism are declining, Taoism is dominant, and I don't know which one really controls the government.
"You ......" Li Xiuwen's temperament, what kind of reaction is this, "Brother, you are looking down on me!"
"Well, to put it bluntly, isn't it just that my uncle spent money to buy it!" Ye Ming didn't care about the other party's reaction at all, and ate the pastries by himself, if it was Tianqi Academy in Fushan City, Ye Ming might look at him differently.
But this is a small branch in a county, and it is not so difficult to enter, although there will also be various tests, but there is also a backdoor, after all, it is like this in any world.
"I ......" Li Xiuwen was speechless, because he was really told by Ye Ming, Tianqi Academy in Qingyun County, although it is also a national academy, but after all, it is too far away, and many things still need to be done internally.
For example, to pull sponsorship, and the Li family is the sponsor of this small branch, and it is a big head, otherwise with Li Xiuwen's own knowledge, it will be really difficult to enter.
"Alas......" Li Xiuwen sighed, sat back in his seat, shook his head again and again, and said: "This time the academy recruited me over, but it was actually the quarterly exam, and I don't know what results I can get this time, annoying!"
For Li Xiuwen, Li's father can be said to have done his best, so that he can have a little success in the future, not like himself and his ancestors, who can only do business for generations.
Although it is said to be a century-old businessman, in the eyes of the world, a businessman is not as good as a person who studies to gain fame, and he also dreamed of being able to get fame when he was young, but in the end, because of the reason, he had to give up.
Now that Li Xiuwen's generation has arrived, Li's father has entrusted him with his unfulfilled wish, hoping that he can at least take the test for a show of talent and fame, so he spent thousands of taels of silver to get through the relationship and send him to Tianqi Academy.
But Li Xiuwen is not angry, every time he takes the quarterly exam, he is the last few, and the angry Li father has to confine him at home every time and punish him for studying hard.
But Li Xiuwen himself knows that he is not a piece of material for reading at all, otherwise how could he fail to pass the exam three times and even fail the show?
But anyone who can enter Tianqi Academy must at least have a child status, and then after some testing, they will be recruited if they are qualified, and the rest will be eliminated.
Most of the students who can enter the academy will be admitted to Xiucai after a year or two, and Li Xiuwen entered the academy after the examination at the age of fifteen, and now in the past three years, he is eighteen years old, and he has also taken the exam three times, without exception, each time he has failed the list.
It is not difficult to be a child, and with the Li family's family background, let alone a child, even if it is a mass production child, it can be done.
Li Xiuwen was admitted to the middle school at the age of fifteen, not because of how talented he was, but because of his huge resources and strong teachers.
"If it's the last few this time, I'll be grounded again, alas......"
"Don't worry, it's not the first time anyway. ”
"A one-time lockdown is a month, and I feel so sad when I can't see Ke'er for such a long time...... Brother Ye Ming, you have to come and see me more when the time comes!" Li Xiuwen leaned back in his chair, thinking of the quarterly exam in a few days, he was weak for a while.
"Okay, don't disgust me here, I'm here, don't think about hitting my sister. Ye Ming stood up, patted his sleeve, and said, "It's not too early, I should go back too." ”
"This is leaving, don't!" Li Xiuwen hurriedly stood up and grabbed Ye Ming, and said: "I'm leaving soon, and it's half a month since I leave, don't go back tonight, how about I drink with Brother Foolish?"
"Pull it down, you want to take me to drink flower wine again?" Ye Ming flicked his sleeves and said, "With your virtue, dispel the idea of my sister as soon as possible!"
"No, absolutely not, it's at my house tonight, I'll set a table, just the two of us, have a good drink!"
Seeing this, Ye Ming thought that there was still a black rabbit watching at home, and nothing should happen, but he didn't return overnight, and if he didn't notify him first, I'm afraid it wouldn't be good.
Seeing Ye Ming's hesitation, Li Xiuwen thought that this was done, and said, "I'll send someone to your house to inform you, and I think my aunt and Ke'er will agree!"
Without waiting for Ye Ming to reply, he hurriedly ran out......
"Well, just this once!"
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At night, Li Xiuwen set up a banquet at home as promised, feasted Ye Ming alone, and did not drag him to drink flower wine, and Li's father did not say much about this, but just told the two not to drink too late.
Looking at the dishes on this table, Ye Ming was speechless, he said that it was two people, is it necessary to make such a big show?
Just this table of dishes, let alone two people, ten people can't finish it, and they really have money to burn.
"Brother, foolish brother toasts you!" Li Xiuwen took the wine glass and drank it all, without the elegance of a scholar at all, but a little ruffian.
After Ye Ming drank all the wine, he said again: "Foolish brother, I envy you a little, I have a mother who loves you, and I have a beautiful and lovely sister, I only have a father who knows how to urge me to study all day long, alas, ......"
"Is it really that important to study? As long as I inherit the family business in the future, I won't be able to live a good life, just a fame, why do I have to take the exam, I'm really not that material!"
"Since it's just a fame, then you can take it back!" Ye Ming didn't want to say too much about family affairs, you envy me now, why didn't I envy others in my previous life?
Cherish what is in front of you.
"It's so easy to say, why bother now. Li Xiuwen shook his head, swept away his troubles, and said, "Come on, come on, drink, why are you talking about those troubles, it's fun!"
After three rounds of drinking, the two of them drank up, and before they knew it, it was ten o'clock in the middle of the night, Li Xiuwen's old problem was committed again, so he had to take Ye Ming to drink flower wine again, and he only drank at home, and he didn't have that feeling.
For this, Ye Ming said nothing and didn't agree, he was a little drunk, he suddenly thought that he would practice swords every night, although he didn't go home tonight, it was better to practice here.
"It's free to drink flower wine, why don't you dance the sword with me, brother?" Since that encounter with the evil wolf, Ye Ming will bring a sword with him every time he comes to the Li Mansion, but he is afraid that there will be another accident.
"It's okay, if it's a good dance, I'll drink three cups by myself, if it's not good, you will punish yourself with three cups!"
"Okay, talk about it!"
Ye Ming said, came to the courtyard, took out the iron sword on his waist, and practiced the Guyun swordsmanship, this swordsmanship focuses on fast, most of them are basic skills, it doesn't look fancy, there is no look, Li Xiuwen was bored watching from the side, walked into the house and took out the wine pot and glass, just wanted to stop, but saw the iron sword in Ye Ming's hand flashing with a burst of blue light.
"This is ......" Li Xiuwen thought that he was dazzled, and kept blinking his eyes, but no matter how he looked at it, the sword contained a ghostly light visible to the naked eye, and it couldn't be faked.
Ye Ming was drunk and hazy, and unconsciously entered the realm of emptiness again, and the spiritual power in his body flowed with every move and style.
Gradually, Ye Ming also discovered that his current state was abnormal, this was a feeling that he had never felt before, he only felt that his body was becoming more and more flexible.
Immediately afterwards, the momentum of the whole person changed, the iron sword that flashed with blue light splashed in the night, and the footsteps jumped and jumped, every movement was like flowing water, completely enveloping the surrounding space for several zhang, and splashing ink did not enter.
At the end of the practice, Ye Ming let out a low roar, and the iron sword in his hand stabbed out, and a ghostly light burst out, piercing the air in front of him to form a whirlpool with a large bowl mouth, and extending into the distance.
"Okay, good!" Li Xiuwen, who had been watching from the sidelines, suddenly praised and said three good words in a row, "My brother is really hidden, and he has practiced such exquisite swordsmanship, I should drink three cups!"
Ye Ming just wanted to speak, but saw a black shadow rushing towards him, and just thought about swinging his sword to slash it, but found that it was a black rabbit.
This guy isn't guarding at home, how did he get here?
Ye Ming was puzzled, and just wanted to ask, but the black rabbit was unusual, jumping around him for a while, and his mouth was even more chattering, and finally he turned over and rolled on the ground.
Seeing her like this, Ye Ming was a little anxious, what happened to her, could it be that something happened at home?
Looking at it again, I saw that the black rabbit's fur was unkempt, and the color was even more gray, losing its former luster, Ye Ming hurriedly checked the three yin flames on her body, which had declined a lot compared to the past, and was obviously injured.
"What happened, is there something wrong at home?" Ye Ming picked up the black rabbit and asked eagerly, how did he know that the black rabbit just nodded, chirping, unable to say a word, and there were tears flashing in his eyes.
Looking at this appearance, I thought that something must have happened, Ye Ming didn't care about drinking with Li Xiuwen anymore, and walked towards the gate with the black rabbit, but just walked a few steps and turned back, and said to Li Xiuwen: "Help me prepare a fast horse, right now!"
"Okay!" Li Xiuwen had never seen him with such an expression in the past few days with Ye Ming, although he didn't know what was going on, he didn't ask much, he just dropped the wine jug and ran to prepare.