Chapter 2 Etiquette and Cakes
It's his young self again, it's a boat on the Qinshui River, and it's Qinbo's mansion. Wake up......
That promenade...... That door...... Damn, wake up!
Zhong Qi opened his eyes and finally woke up before entering the door, not seeing the face that made his heart palpitate.
Zhong Qi rubbed his eyes and found that the sky outside the window was already bright. Worst! The morning class is the "Rite" class of Mr. Li's father, and today it is for all the students to listen, because there are many people in the class, and it is arranged in the main hall on the first floor of the Mingtang Palace, which is very late if it is too late.
Zhong Qi hurriedly got up and found that Bo Jiang and Ji Bohu were no longer there. These two guys don't even call me! Zhong Qi scolded the two of them several times in his heart, hurriedly dressed and tidied up, picked up the book and rushed out the door.
The lower house where Zhong Qi lived was on the east side of the entire building, the middle house where the female students lived was on the west side of the building, and the upper house where the children of the royal family and the princes of the great powers lived on the south side of the building. In the center of the building is the Meido Palace, the first floor is the main hall for lectures, and the second floor is the residence for sake sacrifices. The east and west sides of the palace are filled with ponds, and there is no passage, only a zigzag corridor across the lake, connecting the palace with the main gate and the embankment. No matter where the students lived, if they wanted to go to the Mingtang Palace, they could only walk along the corridor to the square outside the pond and pass through the corridor.
Zhong Qi walked to the intersection of the three corridors in the east, west and south, saw a group of people gathered there, walked over to take a look, it turned out to be the prince of the Song Kingdom, Zi Shen, the prince of Chen Guo, Jiang Si, the prince of Li Guo and others, stopped the two female students were arguing, Zi Shen pointed to one of them and reprimanded: "I am the prince of the principality, how respectable my identity is, the daughter of a small country on your side, the land is not more than a hundred miles, and the household is no more than eight hundred, which is no different from Fangi, not only does not salute when you see me, but also wears a mask, and does not show people with her true face, it is too rude!" Take off your mask, woman! ”
Zhong Qi looked carefully, and the female student who was reprimanded by Zishen was Xizi, who was wearing a leather mask at the moment. Next to her was the student of the demon clan, and Zhong Qi remembered that her name was Ya Li.
Xizi bowed slightly, and said without humility or arrogance: "I remember that when I entered the school, Mr. Deputy Priest said that in this Biyong Pavilion, regardless of the size of the country and the dignity of status, when you come here to study, you are equal students. I do this because you are a senior, as a sign of respect. Then his tone changed, revealing a faint hint of arrogance: "Although my Qin country is a small country, it is a national sacrifice." I sacrifice to the Son of Heaven for Zhou, and only the Son of Heaven can make me remove my mask. ”
Zishen sneered when he heard this: "What a Zhou Tianzi sacrifice!" If I remember correctly, not long ago, you were still sacrificing for the king of Shang, and at this time, you became the sacrifice of Zhou Tianzi? ”
Zhong Qi originally wanted to hurry up to Mingtang Palace, but when he saw that it was Xizi, he stopped, and when he heard Zishen's words of "no different from Fanji", he was already angry in his heart, which even he Tao Guo scolded together, and heard Zishen laughing at the sacrifice for the Son of Heaven, he couldn't bear it anymore, and said loudly on one side: "My Tao Country and Qin Country have been sacrificing for the country since ancient times. We are sacrificed for the Yellow Emperor, for the Zhuan Sacrifice, for the Emperor Yu, for the Summer Queen Sacrifice, for the Shang King, for the Zhou Tianzi Sacrifice. For whom we sacrifice whoever is the master of the world. If the merchant himself can't keep the world, do he still blame us for these sacrifices? ”
The people of the Song Kingdom are the remnants of the former merchants, and when they heard someone satirizing the loss of the country by the merchants, they were being poked in the sore spot, Zishen gritted his teeth with hatred, pointed at Zhong Qi and shouted, "What did you say? You repeat! The four slaves who followed him were also ready to move.
Zishen was about to have a seizure, but he felt a darkness in front of him, and a tall figure appeared in front of him, recognizing it as Ji Bohu, the prince of Yu Kingdom. I only heard Ji Bohu say: "Oh, it's really troublesome to be troubled." ”
Shi Shiran, the general next to him, walked out and said, "What's the matter with Brother Fighting Tiger?" ”
Ji Bohu said: "In this afternoon's imperial class, I want to practice the art of fighting under the car, but every time I go to the solo catch practice, no one wants to be my opponent." Isn't it annoying, you say? ”
Ji Bohu turned around, pretending to have just seen Zishen and the others, and pointed to the four slaves behind Zishen and said, "Brother Bo General, you see these people, they are burly and strong, if they are used to practice with me, wouldn't it be beautiful?" ”
The general lowered his face and scolded: "Nonsense! Brother Fighting Tiger, you are the prince of the principality, how noble your identity is, how can you let these untouchables stain your body? ”
Ji Bohu spread his hands and said, "What should I do?" ”
Bo Jiang walked to Zishen's side, pretended to have just seen him, stretched out his palm and gestured to Zishen: "Brother Fighting Tiger, you see, there is a prince of Song Kingdom here, Song Kingdom is also a principality, and the identity of the prince of Song Kingdom is also - how respectful, and Brother Fighting Tiger, you are simply a natural pair, and you make a pair on the ground." Then this afternoon's sparring of fighting techniques, Prince Zishen will come to practice with Brother Fighting Tiger, this is beautiful! ”
Ji Bohu took Zishen's hand and said, "Brother Zishen, don't live up to my good intentions!" ”
Ji Bohu was a head taller than Zishen, and Zishen needed to raise his head to make eye contact with him. Zishen looked at Ji Bohu's two thick arms, his strong muscles seemed to be about to break his clothes, he swallowed his saliva, and wanted to say a few words to support the scene, his face was red and white for a while, but he couldn't say anything.
At this time, Lu De, the prince of Qi, walked over from the direction of Shangshe with four slaves, saw someone gathering, approached and found that the general was also there, so he asked the general: "What are you doing here?" ”
When the general saw that it was Lu De, he gave a long salute and said, "Back to the Lord, classmate Ji Bohu is inviting classmate Zishen to practice the art of fighting with him in the afternoon imperial class. ”
Lu De saw that Zishen looked weird, and the rhino Hou and Jiang Si next to him also looked scornful, knowing that these people were messing around again, so he said: "This morning is Mr. Deputy Priest's "Rites" class, everyone should not go to Mingtang Palace soon, there is no good result if you miss the hour." "Let's go first.
Lu De is the oldest among all people, and his status is also noble, and he is the leader of the students of the Shandong countries of the Biyong Pavilion, and he is very prestigious. Zishen saw that someone had relieved the siege, so he hurriedly followed behind Lu De with Rhino Hou Jiang Si and others.
Xizi walked up to Zhong Qi and the three of them, gave a slight salute, and also left. Ya Li passed by Ji Bohu's side, suddenly stretched out his hand and pinched Ji Bohu's arm, stared wide and stuck out his tongue, nodded approvingly to Ji Bohu, and jumped and walked away with his son.
Looking at the back of his son walking away, Ji Bohu shook his head, patted Zhong Qi and said regretfully: "It's a pity that I'm too thin, I'm afraid I won't be able to give birth to a son in the future." ”
Zhong Qi and Bo Jiang gave him a big roll of the eyes together.
Bo Jiang put his arm on Zhong Qi's shoulder and comforted him: "Don't listen to this tiger's nonsense, now is the time to grow your body, what will happen if you can't keep it in the future." However......" Uncle changed his words: "Brothers helped you earn a lot of face in front of your daughter-in-law this time, do you also have to express your gratitude?" ”
Zhong Qi said vigilantly: "What do you want to do?" ”
The general saw that Zhong Qi was on guard, and said with a haha: "I haven't thought of it for the time being, and I'll ask you for an account when I think about it." ”
"I thought of it!" Ji Bohu slapped his big hand: "You will give me all the homework this month." ”
"You want to be beautiful!"
The three of them hurriedly stepped into the Mingtang Palace, which was already full of people, so they hurriedly sat down on their respective seats. In the "Rites" class of Mr. Li's father, the students have never dared to be absent and late. Not only because he is a deputy priest, this old gentleman is highly educated, old-qualified, strict in learning, and has a big temper, and he has always been unable to rub sand in his eyes. According to the weekly rites, there are four times for all sacrifices: spring sacrifices, summer sacrifices, autumn sacrifices, and winter sacrifices. The assessment of the six arts of the Biyong Pavilion is also determined by the four sacrifices. The most important festival of the year is the spring festival, and the students are also assessed on the rites and music of the students at the same time as the festival. The second is the autumn festival, and the field hunt after the autumn festival should assess the students' shooting and royalty. Summer festival examination book. Winter festival test number. There was once a student who was rated as inferior by the strict old gentleman during the spring festival just because the angle of the salute was wrong, and he had to postpone his school for a year. The students were cautious in Mr. Plough's class, for fear that something would be wrong and anger the old gentleman and deduct their impression points.
Today, the old gentleman is in a good mood, just after teaching the knowledge of the ceremony, looking around, the students are also studying seriously, the old gentleman is looking for someone to demonstrate. Remembering that the female students had just entered the museum, they had to take care of them even more, so they first selected people from among the female students. may have felt that wearing a mask was more majestic, and at a glance he chose his son to play the role of the monarch. When it came time to choose the role of a courtier who accepted the subdivision, Zhong Qi hurriedly lowered his head desperately, but the old gentleman was aware of everything, where could these small actions of the surrounding students escape his eyes, and the more he escaped, the more he wanted you to come out, so he pointed with his big hand and ordered Zhong Qi to come out. The surrounding students laughed in a low voice, and Zhong Qi saw that there was no way to avoid it, so he could only come out to demonstrate.
The two of them carefully exercised a complete set of etiquette according to the old gentleman's instructions, and then sat side by side, waiting for the gentleman's evaluation. Seeing that there was no major mistake, the old gentleman was also satisfied, looked around at everyone and asked: "This ceremony has been completed, if there is any omission, you can speak freely." ”
Zishen Yin and Yang said strangely: "This, the wedding ceremony is also-" Everyone around suddenly burst into laughter. Zhong Qi only felt a heat on his face, and thought that his face should be red, so he had to bow his head deeply.
The old gentleman thought that everyone was laughing at Zishen, and pointed out: "It's ridiculous, and it's shameful to laugh." This is a ceremony, not a wedding. ”
Zhong Qi got up late today, left in a hurry in the morning, didn't have time to eat breakfast, took a half-day class, and was already hungry. At this moment, a grunt from the belly boss sounded, causing another burst of laughter around him. The old gentleman shook his head and let the two return.
Zhong Qi fled back to his seat, feeling that his face was already hot to the root of his ears. turned his head to look at Bo Jiang and Ji Bohu, and saw that both of them also looked at him and covered his mouth and sneered, and he could only stare at them a few times.
Zhong Qi suddenly remembered that a man like himself was still embarrassed and embarrassed, and she was afraid that she would be even more uncomfortable as a woman. Peeking in, I saw that she was also deeply bowing her head, and she couldn't see her expression behind the mask, so she had to sigh secretly, and silently prayed in her heart that it would be better for all the students in the hall to take fewer big classes together.
It was easy to get to the end of class, and all the students sent Mr. away, seeing that Mr. had gone far away, Zhong Qi turned around and pounced on Bo Jiang and Ji Bohu, turning his shame and anger into anger, and beat and pinched the two.
The three of them giggled and fluttered for a while, and finally remembered that they were hungry, so they were ready to get something to eat. Zhong Qi was cleaning up the scroll, but found a wrapped square towel next to the scroll, and when he opened it, there were two pieces of rice cake inside. Zhong Qi looked around, and everyone was gone. I picked up a piece of millet cake and took a bite, and suddenly a fresh fragrance filled my mouth.
Zhong Qi was stunned, this fragrance is too familiar, this is the fragrance of pine nuts mixed with the specialty of Zhener Mountain - this is the taste of hometown! Who put this here? Is it - she?
The breeze of early summer blows in from all sides of Mingtang Palace, mixed with the breath of the growth of all things. In a trance, it seemed that the breeze on the mountain was blown again, the fish in the water were touched, the red leaves of Danlin were seen, and the fragrance of the mother's millet was smelled, and a sense of homesickness arose.
Zhong Qi was holding this small piece of millet cake in his hand, and he was already crazy.