Chapter 7: Difficult Brothers
"Nerd, you're back. ”
He was about to walk into his yard when he saw two figures flashing out of front of him, walking towards him, looking at the students of the academy in their attire, one fat and one thin, with an unkind expression.
These two people Jiang Yun recognized that they were still from the same village as him, the fat one was called Zhu Ming, and the thin one was called Zhong Dayong, respectively, the son of Zhu Yougui and Zhong Jin, who were big families in the village.
Such a student naturally does not have any status in the academy, and the sense of existence of the two in the academy is worse than Jiang Yun, Jiang Yun at least has a micro-name of "bookworm", which is also a little famous, and these two people are basically playing the role of soy sauce in the academy, no one pays attention to it, only in each routine assessment of the academy, they will see the figures of the two in the final ranking, which attracts a few words of shame.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that they usually like to come to Jiang Yun's stubble and bully them every once in a while, in order to show their sense of existence.
Jiang Yun ignored the two of them and was about to walk into the courtyard, only to see that Zhu Ming took a step forward and blocked him.
Jiang Yun raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
Zhu Ming turned around and looked around at the other party's courtyard a few times, then turned around and said with a hint of banter: "It's nothing, just to remind you that the lease of your courtyard is about to expire." ”
Jiang Yun was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect the other party to know this matter better than himself, and after thinking about it carefully, what the other party said was not it, the courtyard provided by this academy paid once a quarter, and after careful calculation, it was almost three months since the last payment, and it was indeed almost the lease period.
"What does this have to do with you. If nothing else, get out of the way. He said with a cold face.
Zhu Ming was still standing there, and said slowly: "Of course it has something to do with me, to tell you the truth, I have already taken a fancy to your house, and I have already said hello to the housekeeper of the academy, and when the end of this month comes, if you can't pay the money to renew the rent, I will kick you out, and this place belongs to me!"
Speaking of which, he held his chest up, looked proud, and deliberately angered the other party.
If it was Jiang Yun in the past, he was afraid that he would be so angry that he jumped up and refuted it, but now, he wouldn't take such a provocation in his eyes at all, and just said lightly: "What you want to say, is this?"
Zhu Ming was stunned for a moment, looking at the other party's appearance of not getting oil and salt, he was angry in his heart, and shouted: "What kind of fart is not fart, opening your mouth is filthy, it is really insulting!"
Jiang Yun smiled and said, "What's this, every time the academy assesses, Zhu Gongzi is at the bottom of the list, this is the real humiliation." ”
"You-"
Zhu Ming was suddenly stimulated to a face that turned into a pig's liver color, every time the academy assessment, as soon as the ranking was posted, it was a pain in his heart, and he didn't want to be like this, every time the assessment list came out, he comforted himself like this, it was not that he didn't work hard, but these classmates were too perverted and demonic.
Zhong Dayong, who was standing on the other side, looked bad at the moment, Jiang Yun revealed Zhu Ming's scar on the spot, and he couldn't stay out of it, because he, like Zhu Ming, took turns to occupy the bottom position of the list all year round, and the eldest brother didn't have to laugh at the second brother.
"Nerd, no matter how many books you read, your ranking is better, what kind of bullshit, it's not a dead book, if you have the ability, you can take a top three and top five to take a look, don't say the top three and top five, the top ten don't have your share!" he couldn't help but sneer on the side.
Jiang Yun looked like he was stunned by the two of them, and said, "Anyway, it's better than you." ”
The two of them were stunned, originally thinking that if they also sacrificed this trick and exposed each other's scars, the other party would definitely be furious again, and they would be ashamed, but they didn't expect that this time it failed.
"Haha, you nerd, don't dream, you really think you can be stronger than us, the teachers all say, you read dead books, you have entered a dead end, you can't get out, it's up to you, you also want to compare with us?
Seeing that the other party was not ashamed, Jiang Yun was speechless, this person's brazenness was also the best.
"The two of them turned out to be Taoguang Yanghu, admire, admire!"
Jiang Yun felt that it was better to retreat from talking to such a person, just lowering his IQ, so he didn't pay any attention to these two people, and went straight to the door, slamming the door with his hand.
Zhong Dayong stood outside the door, still refusing to give up, and shouted loudly inside: "The surname Jiang is about to be the season exam, let's see, don't say anything else, my Zhong Dayong's ranking, this time must be in front of you......!
Seeing him chattering and scolding there, Zhu Ming was afraid that it would be a joke to attract people, so he hurriedly grabbed the other party and said, "Okay, it's useful, what is it worth competing with this nerd." ”
Zhong Dayong looked at him and said seriously: "Don't you believe what I just said?"
As his fox friend and dog friend, the other party has a few brushes, where can Zhu Ming not know, but it is not good to refute the other party's face, and nodded perfunctorily: "I believe it, it's just ......"
Zhong Dayong said with a straight face: "To tell you the truth, I have been reading recently, and I have a sense of enlightenment, and I have a deeper understanding of the words of the sage. ”
Seeing that the other party was talking about the matter, Zhu Ming became suspicious for a while, and asked, "You, what you said is true?"
As Zhong Dayong said, usually mediocre and mediocre, but one day suddenly had an epiphany, and the mouth suddenly opened, so as to become a blockbuster and shine The example is not uncommon, but there are many examples of it, and now Zhong Dayong said this, so he can't help but wonder if such a great good thing really happened to the other party.
Zhong Dayong swore and said, "Of course it's true, how could I lie to you." ”
Zhu Ming stared at the other party carefully for a while, and there was some belief in his heart, although the other party sometimes likes to talk big, but he is not so happy as to deceive himself, thinking about it, he is overjoyed, and said: "It's really good, it's very useful, this time in the quarterly exam, you must overpower that nerd, see how he is still embarrassed, and then he will be speechless and ashamed in front of us." ”
Speaking of happiness, he couldn't help laughing, after laughing, his eyes swept over the dead friend next to him, and a touch of envy and jealousy flashed in his eyes.
"Well, what should I do. I thought about it, and I couldn't help but ask.
Zhong Dayong patted the other party's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, when the assessment comes, you will sit next to me, and I will help you." ”
Zhu Ming couldn't help but think about the feasibility of this, and finally felt that it was still very possible, and besides, he couldn't think of any other way, so he had to be a dead horse doctor.
The two talked here for a while, looking at the closed courtyard door in front of them, they also felt bored, and soon left.
Jiang Yun cleaned up in his residence, brought pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and a few volumes of scriptures, pushed open the courtyard door, and walked out, it was quiet outside, and Zhu Ming and Zhong Dayong had already left.
He closed the courtyard door casually, and walked along the bluestone path of the academy to the west pavilion hall of the academy, where the children listened to the lectures, and as for the children's lectures, it was in the east pavilion hall on the other side.
"The predicate of the Mandate of Heaven is sexuality, the predicate of recklessness is the Tao, and the predicate of cultivation is teaching. Those who are in the Tao do not need to leave in a moment, and they can leave without the Tao. Therefore a gentleman is cautious of what he does not see, and fearful of what he does not hear......"
As soon as he approached the main hall of the West Pavilion, he heard the sound of Lang Lang reading.
In the main hall, at this moment, there are dozens of students wearing square scarves and bachelor's shirts sitting solemnly, holding poems and books to read, and the sound of Lang Lang echoes in the hall, buzzing endlessly.
Behind the book case in the main hall, there was a middle-aged scribe with a white face and a slight beard, closing his eyes and pretending to sleep, it was the professor of the academy, seeing that he was dressed in a white shirt and a green belt around his waist, obviously showing off his talents.
Jiang Yun quietly entered through the small door at the back of the hall, not daring to disturb the people who were reciting, and found a remote vacant seat in the back to sit down.
After sitting down, I felt two unfriendly glances cast next to me, and when I looked back, it was not that Zhu Ming and Zhong Dayong were glaring at me fiercely, and the two of them had just arrived.
Jiang Yun ignored it, turned his head directly, took out the poetry book, sat upright, and followed the students in the main hall, reciting aloud.
"A gentleman walks in his own position, and does not want to be outside of it. In the upper position, not the lower position, in the lower position, do not help the superior, and if you are righteous and do not seek from others, you will have no complaints. The top does not complain about the sky, and the bottom does not complain about people. Therefore, the gentleman is easy to die, and the villain is lucky to take risks......"
"It is the old gentleman who moves the world for the world, acts and the world for the world's law, and speaks for the world. Far away, hopeful, near, never tired of ......"
"Eager to learn, almost knowing. Practice is close to benevolence. Shame is almost brave. Knowing the three. It is known that it is self-cultivation. Knowing so self-cultivation. then know how to govern people. Knowing how to govern people. then know that the world is governed by the country......"
A group of students read aloud, the clear sound is endless, vibrating and echoing in the hall, gradually, above the hall, a layer of faint white mist suddenly emerges, circling in the air, thin as light smoke, but condensed but not dispersed, there is a light breeze blowing in from outside the corridor, and it can not move a bit.
The white-clothed professor, who had been closing his eyes behind the desk in the main hall, seemed to be aware of it at this moment, opened his eyes, and looked at the layer of white mist condensed above the main hall, his expression moved slightly, and he nodded, revealing a little satisfaction.
The hall condensed this layer of white mist, and the students in the hall turned a blind eye, but the white-clothed professor had the ability to look at the sky, and his natural eyes were like torches, and he was discerning.
At this time, he suddenly picked up the ring ruler on the table, pinched a law decision with his left hand, slapped it on the body of the ring ruler, and shouted softly in his mouth, "Duh!"
With this shout, I saw that the layer above the main hall was condensed but not dispersed, and even the light wind could not move the slightest bit of the white mist, which suddenly dispersed at this moment, divided into dozens of strands, like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers, and fell to a group of recitation students in the main hall.