Waking up from the inn early in the morning of the second day, the master and servant finished freshening up and then prepared to dress up, because today they had to go to the various departments to run the procedures and get the admission certificate of the academy, so they wanted to take care of the spirit. Ning Que sat in front of the window, facing the rising morning light, holding the scroll as if he was looking at it, squinting his eyes and preparing to enjoy Sangsang combing his hair behind him, but he didn't expect his hair to be pulled in pain, he turned his head, looked at the little girl helplessly and said, "Is it so difficult to comb your hair?"

"Otherwise, young master, you can comb it yourself, in previous years, in Weicheng, it was good to comb your hair at will, but today you have to learn from those scholars, I haven't learned. Sang Sang's hand holding the comb shrank behind him and said angrily.

"Look at your attitude, you also know to call me young master!" Ning Que said angrily: "Who is the young master and who is the girl, say two words to you, and actually ask me to comb it myself! You must understand, young master, I am about to enter the academy, that is a serious scholar, you won't just go to study, you will have to comb like that every day in the future!"

Since yesterday when I looked at the portrait in the rain on Suzaku Street, there have always been some problems with the relationship between the master and servant, but they can't understand the feelings at that time, let alone determine whether the feelings at that time are real, plus some very obscure reasons, so they have not communicated about this matter.

Ning Que looked at Sang Sang's little face, which was darker than the original, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll take you to Chen Kum Kee when I'm done with my business." ”

Hearing this, Sang Sang raised his little face and smiled, turned around and took out a knife from the package and handed it over. Ning Que took the knife and walked into the small courtyard at the back of the inn, and began to practice the knife with the morning light, the movements were precise and looked fierce and strong, but the messy and fluffy hair also shook with the movements, and it looked a little funny.

The Tang Empire is the center of the whole world, Chang'an City is a place admired and worshipped by all countries, and the academy is the center of the Tang Empire in a sense, a place that is deeply admired and worshiped by all the people, and sometimes even faintly exceeds the influence of the royal family.

Ever since he knew about the academy when he was a child, Ning Que's head, which had been washed by vulgar conspiracy theories, has never figured out why the Tang Empire, or the royal family, would allow this kind of place to be stored, the so-called people have only one sky above their heads, and there is only one sun in the sky, so how can an empire have two voices?

Whether he could figure it out in the years to come, at least this one-day experience finally made him truly feel the lofty status of the academy in the Tang Empire, and also realized the respect and even awe of the imperial court for the academy. It is just a simple college entrance examination qualification certificate, which needs to be stamped and confirmed by three of the six departments, and only officials above the rank of Langzhong are qualified to carry out this work.

The Ministry of Rites of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Ning Que saw more high-ranking officials above the fifth grade on this day than he had seen in the previous sixteen years combined, if it weren't for the fact that the military membership had not yet been converted to the civilian nationality, he even needed to go to the household yamen to run, although the spring was warm and pleasant, but in the north city of Chang'an, it was also exhausting his sweat, and he couldn't help but think to himself, even if the imperial court wants to send troops to the Southern Jin Dynasty, I'm afraid it won't need to be so troublesome, right?

What a kind of hierarchical place is the Imperial Ministry of Majesty, Ning Que is just a border city soldier with no background, he thought that he would encounter countless contemptuous and cold treatments, but he didn't expect that after those officials saw his name, although they didn't make any special expressions, they didn't do anything about the difficulties that General Ma Shixiang had warned about, and let him go with a light wave of his hand.

Ning Que carefully wondered, it should be the princess's mansion who sent someone to say hello. The princess returned from the grassland, and was assassinated on the way, and after returning to Chang'an, it must be a hundred officials congratulating, a big banquet in the palace, and a strict investigation in secret, still remembering his affairs, if replaced by others, he will be grateful. But he wouldn't think so, because this was something he had agreed with His Highness before, and even though it was by the fire, His Highness didn't look very much like His Highness.

After stamping the last chapter in the Ministry of Rites, the sun in the sky has begun to set in the west, fortunately, the bureaucracy of the Tang Empire is not too bureaucratic, and it is quite efficient, and the yamen responsible for issuing the qualification certificate for the admission examination of the academy is not far from the Ministry of Rites, and the door is still open at this time, and there are three or two young people who have just obtained the certificate at the door whispering.

"It's not a thing to live in an inn all the time, and I can't get close to my classmates. ”

"It's good to move to the academy in advance, and maybe you can get to know some brothers and sisters. ”

"It's not cheap to live in the academy, it's more expensive than the best Yuelai Inn in Chang'an City, and it's better to say that it's better when Emperor Taizu did, and at that time, the academy was free of board. ”

"Why save this little money, in my opinion, it is good to go to the academy a day in advance, familiarize yourself with the environment, and the probability of passing the guò admission test is also greater, I heard that the military department went crazy this time and recommended more than 70 prospective candidates......"

Ning Que was about to walk inside, when he suddenly stopped, looked at the young scholar and waved his hand, and asked, "This brother, what did you mean just now...... Now the academy doesn't include room and board?"

The three of them looked at Ning Que like idiots, probably wanting to say that they didn't even know this, what are you still doing in the academy?

Ning Que's favorite thing to do is to laugh at others for being an idiot in front of Sangsang behind his back, and at this time, being said to be an idiot in front of someone, naturally he couldn't accept it, and turned around and entered the door.

When he came out again, the young scholars at the gate were long gone, otherwise he would definitely be mocked when he saw the young man's pale face.

Sang Sang had been waiting outside the door, she was holding a big black umbrella to prevent her face from becoming darker, and when she was squinting her eyes and happy that this idea was good, she suddenly saw Ning Que's appearance, and suddenly became nervous, trotted in front of him, and asked in a trembling voice: "What's the matter? The academy does not allow students to bring maids?" Have you told the adults inside that I can work as a helper for the academy, as long as there is a place to live. ”

"Not the problem. Ning Que's lips were a little dry, and he looked at her and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "I asked clearly just now, it turns out that the academy does not cover room and board at all, which means that if I am admitted, I will have to pay thirty taels of silver every month." ”

"Thirty taels?" Sang Sang subconsciously raised his voice and shouted sharply: "Then what else to read!"

As soon as she said this, she knew that it didn't make any sense, frowned and looked at Ning Que sadly and said: "Young master, we have saved seventy-six taels and three cents of silver over the years, and we haven't spent a copper plate along the way with the princess, plus the money from the sale of the carriage, the general's funding and the gambling debts collected at the end, the total is less than two hundred taels of silver, and after arriving in Chang'an, we stayed in the inn for two days and ate five meals......"

Ning Que stopped the little maid's broken thoughts, and said uneasily: "The admission test will be held in a month, it seems that we will live in the inn for another month, you have to count this expense." ”

If Sang Sang could see her face at this time, she would be in a slightly happier mood, because the little black face that was slightly upturned turned turned a lot whiter because of shock and uneasiness.

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