Xia Yan would not dare to have a deep friendship with a person like Zhang Ting-whether he has other purposes or not. And Shao Xuanye - he is not sure yet. The next morning, outside the palace of the king, Shao Xuan also came in gorgeous clothes, saw Xia Yan, his eyes flashed with surprise, he saluted, and greeted: "Lord Xia." ”

The order had already been ordered, Zhang Ting had already waited here, and now he had finished handing over to Shao Xuan, so he had nothing to say and left. Xia Yan saw that Shao Xuan also gave up his hand, and hurriedly shouted, "Lord Shao," he said, "Is there anything important this morning?"

Shao Xuan also turned around. This ten days are the duties of his guards, but there are detachments of soldiers in every card, and as long as he is still in the forbidden city, he can shout, and he must not be derelict in his duties. At the moment, Xia Yan's original intention was not clear, and he only replied: "It's not anything special, it's just that in the early dynasty, it's better to wait outside the vertical arch hall." This is where it goes. ”

When Xia Yan heard him say this, he was a little disappointed, so he had to say: "Then Lord Shao is busy first, I-I-am here in the morning at King Yi, and I wanted to ask Lord Shao to take care of me." ”

Shao Xuan also bowed down and said: "The Yiwang Mansion is fully staffed, if Lord Xia needs it, he will call it with ease." If the morning is dispersed early today, Shao will come to wait outside the house again. ”

After saying that, he left, Xia Yan didn't even have time to agree or not, so he had to enter the mansion with a foolish heart.

When I entered the palace, I knew that although there were few people in the Yiwang Mansion, the government army was still allocated according to the routine, but the manpower was transferred from Zhang Tingna, the former secretary of the palace, and obeyed the orders of Cheng Ping and Zhang Ting. Since there is a government army, Shao Xuan also brought people in again, which put a lot of pressure on King Yi and the front secretary of the palace, and he refused to do it.

Looking at Cheng Ping's expression, he really didn't know what was going on outside, and when he saw him coming, he was very surprised, and asked in the first sentence, "Why does the Taoist chief have time to come to me?"

Xia Yan knew what he meant—he said that his marriage to the Thorn was approaching, and it stands to reason that he had no time to spend time in the Forbidden City, so why did he come to see him for Suzaku again?" He smiled reluctantly, refusing to say anything, "Why is he not free? I haven't seen you for a long time, so I shouldn't have come to see you?"

Cheng Ping asked people to serve tea and snacks, and said: "Actually, it's okay this time, I don't feel cold, the Taoist is busy with his own things, I also said to Lord Zhu two days ago, I take the medicine of the hospital every day, it can't be broken, don't worry." ”

Xia Yan said "um", didn't ask, and sat quietly. Cheng Ping didn't doubt him, chatted casually, and then asked him to step back and complain to him: "I really envy you for stabbing together." I'm here—" he was a little shy, "they forced me to marry a concubine, saying that the crown prince Qing and Wang Gong were married, if I hadn't been too ugly, I would have shirked it until now, and I wouldn't be able to push it off this year." Do you think, if I really marry some kind of concubine here, where can I leave?"

The "they" in his words refer to nothing more than the elders of the royal family. Cheng Ping was just a nephew in terms of the emperor of the dynasty, and he couldn't bear the prince's share, but Zhao Tuan's children were thin, and the original Guo died early before he ascended the throne, and the two daughters also died. This Ping'er finally got back half forbidden and half offered, and he couldn't be sent to the land of the county again, out of filial piety to the emperor, he was in the name of a prince, and only had more face with the royal family, how could he have half of the real power?

But it is precisely because it is for the sake of face, Cheng Ping is nineteen this year, this kind of identity, of course, should have been married, last year King Gong chose a side concubine and there was a lot of excitement inside and outside the forbidden city, Cheng Ping wanted to shirk, most of the time he couldn't help it.

"I also know that I don't have a backer in this forbidden city, and no one can help me speak," Cheng Ping said wryly, "I told Master Zhu, and I hope he will help me stop it, but I also know that he also said that he should be a wife." I know—they all want to keep me in this forbidden city—Dao Chief, but you help me, I will go to congratulate you on your wedding day, and there must be a lot of people in the Blue Dragon Sect, you say, is there a way to make a trick and let me escape?"

Xia Yan only asked him to be upset by these words. "King Yi......" he didn't know how to explain, "for the time being...... Wait a little longer. ”

"When?" Cheng Pinglu begged, "It's been less than a month since I went there......

"I ...... When I meet with the Blue Dragon Sect again, we will discuss a solution. Xia Yan only said. It's not all a pretext. He himself wanted to see the thorn again, so he disappeared and saw the face of the Blue Dragon Sect. Until then, there is no way to respond to Cheng Ping.

Cheng Ping couldn't hear his reluctance, and leaned back in the chair, "Is it - this matter is really difficult." He was embarrassed to hold up the tea ceremony, "Don't be surprised, I'm bored here." If I tell others, they will despise me in their hearts, and I will not be satisfied. I dare to say this to you. "There's no way," anyway—you told Thorn for me, my big brother, didn't miss her or the big guy for a moment. ”

Xia Yanshi didn't know that his face was natural enough to look at him, so he couldn't look at him, and hurriedly said, "My lord is here for your cold illness." Since you are in good health, I will say goodbye first, tomorrow and tomorrow-" Before he finished speaking, someone outside suddenly reported in a loud voice, and heard that he said: "Master Song is here." Cheng Ping hurriedly said: "First invite him to the study to sit." While pulling Xia Yan, "Don't be busy leaving, if the Taoist chief is fine, can you accompany me - it's the Song Bachelor in Taixue who is here - they are all Emperor Taishang, and they think that I haven't learned these upbringings in the capital in the past, so I sent someone to invite a teacher from Taixue, and he will come to teach me to read every 369th." Really...... I don't dare to refuse to listen, but if I listen to it alone, I can't talk to it, it's really boring. Although he said that, his face was not very refusal, and he thought that he had a good impression of this "teacher".

If it was someone else, Xia Yan would probably have to find an excuse to leave first, but when he heard it like this, it was Song Ran nine times out of ten, so he smiled and said: "Taixue Bachelor's lectures, I may not be able to listen to them if I usually want to listen to them-I came here by coincidence." ”

Cheng Ping was pleasantly surprised when he heard him answer, so he pulled him to the study. "The Taoist also knows Master Song, right? The 'Three Test Leaders' in the 'Shaoxing Six Scholars' are very knowledgeable. ”

Xia Yan did not deny it, "I recognize, the last time I went back to the capital to talk, I happened to have a seat with Bachelor Song, and it was so elegant and elegant, it was unforgettable at first sight." Later, I also asked him to solve a few doubts in the book, but fortunately he did not think that I was ignorant, and I was very patient. ”

"Yes, yes, Master Song is the most kind and patient, I ask what is not decent, he is not surprised. ”

Out of the hall through the courtyard, a few have arrived in the study. This room is spacious, and the seats for teachers and students have long been arranged, which shows that it is not the first time that students have been taught and lectured. Because Cheng Ping has an identity, and the seat is not too humble, he will arrange things according to the habit, and the division is the west seat to the east, and he obeys the ancient relics.

Not long after Song Ranfang arrived, he was not surprised when he saw Xia Yan and Cheng Ping coming together, and he did not hurry to pay a visit to Cheng first, asked His Royal Highness King Yi for his kindness, and smiled and made a cross hand salute with Xia Yan, saying that he had not seen him for a long time.

Cheng Ping treated him with great respect, called him "teacher", and accused: "This is Lord Jun Li of Lord Zhu's Mansion in the Forbidden City, who has always been good with students, and happened to come to see the students this morning, and the students heard that he knew the teacher and had a good relationship, so he made his own mind to call him to listen to the class, and the teacher should not blame." ”

Song Ran smiled brightly: "Where is it, I am in a hurry, I came early, and I disturbed King Yi and Prince Junli." If Jun Li Gongzi does not give up, he will sit down together and give advice, and he will not be able to ask for it. ”

At that moment, Xia Yan added another guest seat, and the three of them sat down. In that case, he was just an observer, so he just listened. Cheng Ping definitely didn't have the little education he said, so he remembered that Thorn had said that this brother was too weak to practice martial arts, but he had actually read a lot of books. It's just - it's true that no one taught him, literacy was originally taught by his mother Lin Zhi when he was in Baixi Village, and after he arrived in Qinglong Valley, Cheng Fangyue didn't teach him to read, he mostly read it by himself.

Finding a "teacher" to teach him from Taixue is probably starting since that autumn meeting. It's just that because of Cheng Ping's impartial status as a prince with no real power, it would be biased to send any senior and prestigious doctor of Taixue, and finally invited Meng Weiliang and Song Ran, who ranked second in the "Shaoxing Six Scholars" and had no official position and therefore no factional position. Fortunately, Cheng Ping is only nineteen years old, and even though those two have the least qualifications, they are also in their early thirties, so it is not an exaggeration to call them "teachers". Meng and Song discussed, Song Ran talked about the Four Books and Five Classics, Meng Weiliang talked about poetry and songs, and taught alternately.

Cheng Ping prefers Song Ran. It's not that Meng Weiliang doesn't speak well, it's just that this teacher Meng is too partial to Su Shi, saying that he is talking about poetry and songs, but in fact, most of them are talking about Su poetry and Su words, Cheng Ping is not too much of a student, and his poetry and writing are not so good, and he will be a little disgusted after listening to too much. As soon as Meng Weiliang talked about the rise, he talked endlessly, and he couldn't interject it, but it was better for Song Ran to speak slowly, and Cheng Ping asked questions in an unknown place, and spoke freely in a feeling place, that is, Xia Yan listened to this morning, and felt that if all the teachers in the world were like this, there would be more people who wanted to come and study and study. He had already heard Song Ran's lectures in Taixue this time, but most of those students were already full of wealth, and there were more than a dozen or twenty students in a class, and there were not many students who read according to the script, and the discussions were often difficult and profound.

It was almost noon, and when Cheng Ping left the table to relieve himself, Xia Yan smiled and said, "I have never seen a person like Brother Ruran - what he does." There's probably nothing going on in the world, isn't it?"

Song Ran only smiled bitterly, "Why should Childe make fun of me-I know that I'm just doing superficial work-I have no choice." ”

"How to make fun of it, it's a compliment. Xia Yan smiled, and then his face turned slightly solemn, "Feng Ming found you that day?" Shi Yu didn't have much, it was important to say a few more serious words.

Song Ran knew what he was going to say, and he also restrained the smile on his face, and quickly recounted the words before and after meeting Shen Fengming that day. Shen Fengming looked for him because of three things, one was to explain to him the whole story of the "Expedition of Shuangqin", the second was to discuss with him how to deal with Xia Yan's marriage accident, and the third was to ask Song Ke and Lou Qianshan about coming to Lin'an.