After Zhang Yu returned to Ruiguang, he first delivered the mission to the Pawn Division under the jurisdiction of the Governing Bureau, because all the officials here were appointed by the teachers and scholars of the palace, so there was no need to explain separately after that.

After staying here for more than a summer, he came out of the house, and by the way, he went to the bank office again, and took out the rich gold dollar obtained by killing the newt.

It wasn't until noon that he was able to return to his residence in the palace.

Now that he is a scholar, that is, a teacher in the usual sense, he is eligible to exchange for a more spacious mansion, but he thinks that his place is not bad, no one disturbs him, and the environment is more familiar, so there is no need to change it.

Li Qinghe had received the news when he got off the dock, and he had been waiting outside the door, and when he saw him coming back, he came up and saluted, saying, "Mr. is back, and hot water and soup have been prepared at home." ”

Zhang Yu nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, is there anything wrong with me during this period of absence?"

Li Qinghe said: "There is nothing special, the manuscripts left by Mr. were also sent to the Hanmo Newspaper Hall according to the instructions in advance, and the medicine bones were sent three times this month by the miscellaneous library, and Qinghe was all placed in Mr.'s study as they were." ”

Zhang Yu said hello and walked into the house.

At this time, an ocelot came out from behind him, probed his brain to look, scurried to the top of the table, his tail was erect, his eyes widened and looked around curiously, and after a while, he jumped a few vertically on the top of the cabinet, jumped into a big bamboo blue hanging under the high window, shook it, poked his head out of it, and screamed at Zhang Yumeow.

Zhang Yu glanced at it and said, "Okay, this place is yours." He said to Li Qinghe again: "Qinghe, you wait to spread a layer of cushion in the basket, and prepare some scattered pills I prepared for it, not too much, half a tael is enough, just feed it once a day." ”

Li Qinghe said: "Yes, sir." Then he asked, "Sir, does this little thing have a name?"

The little ocelot heard him call himself a little thing and barked at him dissatisfiedly.

Zhang Yu thought for a moment and said: "It likes to eat pills, it is very human, and it is an ocelot, the lord of the mountain, so let's call it 'Miao Danjun'." After the explanation, he went all the way to the study.

As soon as he entered here, he suddenly felt that there was a hot current wafting in, and the source was undoubtedly on those packets of medicinal bones, but he also found that compared to the last few times, the source energy this time was much less, and the sum of the three packs in front of him was not as good as the previous one.

He guessed that maybe it was the strange bone fragment that was about to be excavated.

He didn't immediately open it to check, but took out a book bag from the bookcase, poured everything out of it, and finally a bloodstained jade pendant with the word "Qiu" fell out of it.

He picked it up and looked at it, and put a stamp on a piece of paper. Then I took the pen and paper, and after a short time, I wrote down a document, picked it up and looked at it, and after seeing that there were no mistakes or omissions, I put it into the letterbox, and called Li Qinghe in, and said: "Qinghe, you will send this letterbox and this jade pendant rubbing to Hanmo Newspaper on my behalf." ”

Li Qinghe bowed, took the things and went out.

In a secluded house in the southwest of the palace, Qiu Xueling is holding a teacup, admiring the flowers in the garden, and not far away there is a painter he specially invited, who is adding color to the flowers on the canvas at the moment.

At this time, an assistant came over and said, "Xueling, Zhan Shaolang is here and says he wants to see you." ”

"Zhitong, I heard that he made it ugly in that barbarian tribe this time, and he was very embarrassed......

Qiu Xueling put down the teacup, rubbed his hands, and immediately a maid brought his face over, he reached out and washed it inside, and then wiped it clean with a white cloth, and said, "You go and return the apprenticeship sticker on my desk to him, and tell him that he will no longer be my student in the future, and I can't control him." ”

The assistant said yes, and did as Qiu Xueling ordered.

After a long while, he turned back and said, "Xueling, the thing has been given to him." ”

Qiu Xueling opened the tea lid and blew twice, "What did he say?"

The assistant said: "Zhan Shaolang took the sticker and left without saying anything." ”

Qiu Xueling's movements paused slightly, squinted and said: "I know the current affairs very well, and it seems that I can afford to lose." ”

The assistant said: "Xueling, we do this, isn't it ......?"

Qiu Xueling smiled and said: "I know Zhan Gong, he attaches great importance to this little son, if he has nothing to do, then we can still get along, if there is something, then he must try to get others out of the tank, not himself, that is me, do you say I dare to keep his son by my side? It's better to get rid of it quickly." ”

The assistant said in a low voice: "But Zhan Shaolang is still young, if he holds a grudge......

Qiu Xueling said leisurely: "So, you can't let him turn over." You go to Xie Miaobi of the Linning Newspaper and post the news that I have dismissed him from the school, and it should be remembered that I didn't make this decision because Zhan Zhitong did a bad job......"

He put down the teacup, his expression was solemn, and he sat up straight, "It's because I have never taught him the language of the Jianclaw tribe before, and he has not traveled near Ansan, and all the languages of the Jianclaw tribe he learned were stolen from Zhang Fujiao, no, Zhang Shijiao, and he also used my reputation to add glory to himself."

I was deceived by him!

Can I stay by the side of such a shameless student? Do I dare to stay by my side? I pity that I only pay attention to his talents, but ignore his virtues, I am really worthy of the trust of Zhan Gong!"

The more he talked about the back, the louder his voice became, and he also showed a sad look.

The assistant said with emotion: "It's really not easy to learn the order. ”

"By the way, you still have to post an apology," Qiu Xueling pointed with his finger, "I apologize to Master Zhang for me, it is precisely because of my lax discipline that there is such a student who specializes in crooked ways, and I will definitely apologize to him another day." ”

The assistant raised his thumb and said, "Xueling is smart, after that Master Zhang knows about this, he must not be kind to Zhan Shaolang, right?"

Qiu Xueling took another sip of tea, let out a comfortable sigh, put the teacup on the side table, and said, "Just let the two of them fight, let's just watch the play outside." ”

When the assistant heard the explanation, he went out to run errands.

In the evening, he came back with a little alcohol, and said: "Xueling, the matter is done, Xie Miaobi said, it will be published tomorrow afternoon at the latest, and I promise that it will not make it difficult for Mr. ”

"Good. ”

Qiu Xueling got rid of a trouble, and went back to rest with confidence.

Early in the morning of the second day, Taiyang School Palace, in the Erudite Hall.

Liu Guanglai came to the spacious public hall, took a few of today's newspapers from the newspaper box and looked at them, the recent newspapers of the Hanmo Newspaper Hall are very interesting, often publish some articles involving the identification of antiquities, not to mention the popular and interesting, but also to break the ignorance.

He could conclude that this "Tao Sheng" must have studied this science, even if he was not a scholar of ancient naturalism, because the things involved in it were definitely not something that ordinary people could write.

Only today, he was attracted to another article.

It was written about an old case from 60 years ago.

Sixty years ago, with the revival of the Ancient Kingdom of Xueyang, in order to deal with the bad situation, the Metropolitan Protectorate ordered a full mobilization, but all adult men under the age of sixty who were in good health had to go to the battlefield.

There was a young teacher who was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he paid for a man named Caisheng who had a mutilated toe and looked similar to his own seven points, and asked him to go in his place.

When he saw this, although he was not ashamed of this person's behavior, his emotions did not fluctuate much, after all, there was more than one person who wanted to escape military service at that time.

But then things developed beyond his imagination, and he didn't expect that the lower limit of people could be so low.

This young teacher actually had an affair with the latter's wife when he was on his way to report for service.

Maybe it's because he and Caisheng are a little similar, and sometimes the two are mixed together during the day.

But a child in the neighborhood recognized that he was not Caisheng, and one night he saw the two meeting in private, so he came to call the door in the middle of the night in Caisheng's voice.

Thinking that it was Caisheng coming back, the young teacher jumped out of the window and ran away, but broke a leg, climbed onto the horse, and fled back home.

But after going back, he found that his jade pendant was lost in Caisheng's house, and he was very afraid, so he asked himself to ask for an assistant to ask for it, because he was afraid that others would know, so he told him to go to Caisheng's house at night, and came back after taking the jade pendant.

After the assistant servant went, because of the knock on the door, Caisheng's wife thought that the young teacher was coming, so she opened the door and let him into the house.

Coincidentally, Cai Sheng took a settlement fee because he successfully passed the service, and because he missed his wife, he turned back in the middle of the night and wanted to send the money home, but he happened to bump into the two of them, mistakenly thinking that the two were cheating, and in anger, he used the sword issued by the army to finish off the two, and finally died by himself.

Because the war was imminent at that time, the people were panicked, and the Sikou Office briefly checked it, collected the evidence, and closed the case in a hurry.

When the young teacher learned of this, he was afraid that he would be implicated, so he slandered the assistant for stealing his things, and kicked out the assistant's wife and children who lived in his own home. And because he had a broken leg, he escaped the tragic battle of the Honghe Pass.

The newspaper didn't say who the young teacher was, and Caisheng used a pseudonym, but printed the rubbing of the jade pendant on the newspaper together.

When Liu Guang saw this, he already knew it in his heart.

There were not many Tianxia people who could survive that battle sixty years ago, and even fewer of them were teachers.

But there is only one person who has been discharged from service with a broken leg.

He glanced at the jade pendant rubbing again, and immediately recognized it, it was clearly the word "Qiu"!

He couldn't help sneering a few times, and then looked at the newspaper, as if there was some stain on it, and wanted to throw it away immediately, but after thinking about it, he stuffed it back into the newspaper box in the public hall.

Ruiguang City, Qiu Fu.

There was a hurried knock on the door in Qiu Xueling's bedroom.

"School order, school order!"

Qiu Xueling was still asleep at this time, and when he was pushed, he woke up, only to find that the sky had already dawned, and it seemed that he had used a lot of calming his mind before going to bed yesterday.

He woke up and said, "What's the matter? ”

The assistant pushed open the door, he held a newspaper in his hand, rushed to the window and said, "School order, newspaper, newspaper, many people came to inquire about this in the morning, asking if it has something to do with ...... order."

"Oh, is the newspaper out?"

Qiu Xueling's face moved slightly, and he sat up with the help of the assistant and took the newspaper, but when he opened it and saw the contents on it, his eyes couldn't help but widen, his lips kept trembling, and his hands trembled, and then he shouted in a voice with panic and anger: "Slander, slander! This is slander!"

After a few sounds, he found that he was a little out of breath, and he couldn't lie down weakly, then pointed outside, and said weakly: "Quick, quick, go find Lin Miaobi from Hanmo Newspaper and let him ......"

Wrong!

He suddenly found that he was not mentioned in the whole article, and he took the initiative to ask for a withdrawal, wouldn't that be a self-confession?

"I, I ......"

He only felt a mouthful of phlegm blocking his throat, but he couldn't get out, and at the same time he felt dizzy and nauseous.

At this moment, another servant ran in from outside in a panic and shouted: "Oh no, sir, the people from the Sikou Office are here, saying that they are looking for Mr. to ask about an old case, sir...... Sir?

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