Liu Yunxiang and Yan Du glanced at each other, not understanding the meaning of the old gentleman's words.

"So what do you want us to do?"

"It's simple." The old gentleman looked at Yan Dui, "Please ask the prince to go to Zhushui County as a teacher for me temporarily." ”

When they came out of the prison, the two were still stunned, and they couldn't guess the old gentleman's intentions. But fortunately, he promised that he would not harm the Three Treasures, and he would release the Three Treasures after half a year.

"Dad, mother!"

Hearing this, the two looked up and saw Xingyi running over, and before they could run to her, she knelt down.

"I'm sorry I didn't protect my brother well."

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly stepped forward to help Xingyi, only to find that her face was very bad, and her hands were cold, "Are you sick?" ”

Xingyi shook his head, "I'm fine, I'm ......"

Xingyi's eyes were red as he spoke, "I didn't take a good look at Sanbao, so he was kidnapped." ”

Liu Yunxiang hugged Xingyi, and then took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, "Don't say that, my brother will lose it, because someone is worried about it, and I can't prevent it." On the contrary, your father and mother can't stand you, and they want you to be busy with business and take care of your younger brother. ”

"What does the old gentleman say, brother?"

"It's okay, he promises not to hurt Sambo."

"Then ...... him"

Yan Dui stepped forward and put the cloak on Xingyi, "The matter of the three treasures, my father and mother will deal with it, don't worry, take care of your illness first." ”

"Don't worry, the three treasures are fine."

The two of them accompanied Xingyi back to the house first, and then invited a doctor, knowing that she was sick because of too much thinking, and the two of them felt even more guilty.

At night, Liu Yunxiang slept with Xingyi, and persuaded her for a long time, but she still couldn't be relieved.

"Mother, I promise your love with your father, but I don't take care of the three treasures, I can't live with you." Xingyi said in a muffled voice.

"How do you say this, it's not your responsibility to take care of the Three Treasures, and besides, you are our daughter, so we naturally love you."

"......"

Seeing Xingyi lowering his head, Liu Yunxiang suddenly realized something.

"But who is chewing the root of your tongue in your ear?"

"No, no, it's me...... I guessed it myself. ”

"What do you guess?"

Xingyi lowered his head and raised it for a while, but his eyes were already full of tears, "I wasn't born to you, right?" ”

Liu Yunxiang was stunned for a moment, "Who told you?" ”

Before Xingyi opened his mouth, tears fell first, "Yan'er and I are twins, but I don't look like him at all." And his eyes are like Daddy, and his nose and lips are like you, so it's only possible that I'm not my own. ”

"Xingyi, don't think nonsense, you are our precious daughter." Liu Yunxiang hugged his intentions distressedly.

In fact, she knows that Xingyi's identity can't be hidden, and there are many people who know it, and sooner or later it will be revealed. But she tried her best to keep this secret, just because she was afraid that Xingyi would be sad when she found out.

"Mother, you and Daddy both love me, so I am very satisfied."

"You." Liu Yunxiang sighed, knowing that he couldn't hide it, and he was also very ambitious, "You know, me and your father, the two of us love you very much." ”

"I know."

"And don't feel that you are not from our family because of this, you are the same as Yan'er and Sanbao. You are our daughter and the most honorable princess of Daeung. ”

She didn't know when Xingyi became aware of her background, but she felt distressed when she thought that she had worked hard to run Lingyun's business, taking care of Yan'er and Sanbao with all her heart, and even fearing that they would leave her.

Liu Yunxiang hugged his daughter and said a lot of things, but he was sensitive and knew that his life experience would be somewhat different from the past.

Early the next morning, before dawn, Liu Yunxiang and Yan Du left a letter and left their courtyard in Yangzhou. The husband and wife rode in a horse-drawn carriage and headed south along the official road.

They were dressed in cotton clothes, and the carriages were plain, like ordinary people.

Liu Yunxiang peeked out of the carriage, and saw that Yan Duan was wearing a cyan robe and a square scarf wrapped around his head, and he really had the temperament of a teacher.

"Zhushui County is a remote county under Yangzhou, that Mr. Bai has a academy in the county, there are fifteen people in his school, six of them will take the township examination in half a month, if it passes, they will be able to participate in the imperial examination next year." Liu Yunxiang said.

When he was in prison, the old gentleman briefly told them about the situation in his academy. As for why he asked Yan Dui to be the teacher instead of him, he refused to reveal a word.

"I've never been a gentleman to anyone, but if I teach them two kung fu tricks, it's okay." Yan Du snorted.

Liu Yunxiang smiled: "The king of Zhenbei is too modest, you have a good hand, and the articles are also incisive, why can't you be a gentleman, with your talent, it is more than enough." ”

Yan Du turned his head: "You are ridiculing this king. ”

"No, but I think that this old man Bai asked you to go to Zhushui County, and he definitely didn't want you to teach those students to read."

"This old man has another purpose, we'll know when we go."

As the name suggests, Zhushui County is located in a sea of bamboo, surrounded by mountains, and the mountains are full of bamboo. A river runs through the small county, and they have to take a boat to reach it.

Green water and green bamboo, white mist rising, the boat walks in it, as if in a splashed ink landscape painting.

The rowing boatman wore a straw hat, and when he met the other boatmen, he greeted him as if he were singing, and he had a tune.

"Boat family, have you heard of the Mid-Levels Academy?"

"Mid-levels Academy?" The boat family thought for a while, "We have two academies in Zhushui County, one Mingyuan Academy and one Huiming Academy, and I haven't heard of any Mid-Levels Academy. ”

Yan Du turned his head to look at Liu Yunxiang, could it be that the two of them were deceived?

"Then do you know Bai Banshan?"

"I don't know."

Yan Du thought that this Banshan Academy was famous in Zhushui County, and this Bai Banshan was a very big character, as long as he casually inquired, he could find out, but it turned out to be like this.

But he dared to kidnap the little county king, so he wouldn't be nameless.

Get off the boat at the ferry, and then look at the scenery of Zhushui County, the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, the blue bricks and blue tiles, and the small bridges and flowing water.

Yan Du pulled Liu Yunxiang, seeing that it was still early, the two went to the street to inquire.

This county town looks not small, there are many shops on both sides of the street, and there are also small vendors along the street, which looks quite prosperous. The two of them walked in it, unconsciously indulging in this scene of stability and abundance.

Compared to Xizhou, this is simply a place where the gods live.

Yan Du inquired when he met someone, and inquired about several times, but he had never heard of Mid-Levels Academy.

The two of them were so tired that they sat down in a shed that sold wontons and asked for two bowls of wontons.

Seeing that there were people next to him, Yan Du asked them again if they had heard of Mid-Levels Academy.

These people are dressed in short clothes, and at first glance they look like they are doing hard labor, so they don't know what kind of academy they are.

Yan Du was disappointed, and the old woman who sent the wontons over sighed, "Mid-levels Academy? Why does it sound so familiar? ”