The west wind was tight, and the wolf smoke began in the western frontier of the Dayan Empire, along the imperial beacon platform, from west to east across several states and counties, and spread to the imperial capital.

After several days and nights of arguing in the court, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly resounded throughout the Dayan Empire. As a result, the silent pattern of the Dayan Empire and the ancient kingdom of the southern part of the country in recent years was finally broken. The little person recorded in the book was born in this era of war and chaos, and was born in the ridge.

Jian Shuzhi's father and mother died in such a troubled era when he was very young, so that he couldn't remember what they looked like. He remembered only the night of the accident that filled his ears with the cries of children and the wails of women, and the cries of savages, and the grinding of weapons, and the blinding light of fire, and all sorts of frightened, distorted faces, and blank and helpless eyes, and then he could not remember anything else.

A scholar surnamed Wu who traveled to study saved this child from a miserable background. On the way back, Mr. Wu said that his life was hard, and God would not dare to take him in, and if he had found it a little later from the pile of dead people, it would have been a corpse now.

Mr. Wu never mentioned to him the life and death of other people, and he was afraid of knowing the truth, or a little luck, hoping that his father and mother were still in the world, and they were also rescued, but they were separated by mountains and rivers.

Mr. Wu went out on a study tour alone, but on the way back to his hometown, he took a young man with him. Farther and farther away from home, seeing more and more things, Jian Shuzhi gradually broke free from the initial grief and defense, and got used to and accepted this reality.

Yuzhou is located in the middle of the Dayan Empire. From the west of Xinjiang to Yuzhou, it has to cross several states and counties, and there are thousands of mountains and rivers apart. Mr. Wu took Jian Shuzhi's oil bottle all the way to the wind and rain, and stumbled back to Qingyang Lane in Yuzhou.

Wu's mansion is located in the north of Qingyang Lane, with white walls and green tiles, and a deep courtyard. Mr. Wu has a good reputation in Yuzhou City, and he is a famous family.

Mr. Wu led Jian Shuzhi to see Mr. Wu in the side hall, and after Mrs. Wu's approval, Steward Sun took him into the backyard to register and become a scholar of Wu's mansion. There are two gentlemen left in the side hall to ask and answer, detailing what they have seen and learned from this study tour.

The specific matters of the Wu Mansion are more in charge of the helm by Wu Zhaisheng, the second son of Wu, and Steward Sun is responsible for the specific implementation arrangements. But when it comes to who has the most important right to speak in the house, it is still Mr. Wu. Secondly, it is the eldest prince who is a close minister of the Son of Heaven. Mr. Wu is the youngest, in addition to his two brothers, there is also a sister who is two years older than him, and the elder sister has been married to a local tycoon in Yuzhou.

Compared with the two brothers and sisters, Mr. Wu has the least say in the house, after all, he is the youngest. Because he is young, he is the most spoiled son of Old Man Wu. Otherwise, the old man would not have allowed his temper to travel thousands of miles alone.

Mr. Wu's appointment at Spring and Autumn College was an agreement between him and Mr. Wu before the study tour, or a mutual compromise between the two, and it was also the result of the two of them talking about current affairs on the day they returned from the study tour. Seeing the subtle knowledge, this war launched by the ancient country of the south of the flail is not only a temptation, but also a symptom of the quiet change in the strength of the two countries.

Wu Sangongzi will go to the Spring and Autumn Academy to take up a post, which should be the most eye-catching news in Yuzhou in the near future. According to legend, the best academy in the Dayan Empire had invited Wu Sangongzi twice, but Wu Sangongzi politely declined. It can be seen that the academy is eager to seek talents, and it can also be seen that Wu Sangongzi's talent and grace.

Picking an auspicious day, Mr. Wu quietly went out of the city in a carriage. And Jian Shuzhi, as Mr.'s scholar, also traveled with him.

The Spring and Autumn Academy is the most acclaimed academy in the empire, and has produced unparalleled fierce generals who have fought on the battlefield, as well as young champions who have been proud of the emperor's list, and have produced Danqing saints and chessboard masters...... This academy has existed for a longer time than the time when the Dayan Empire was established, and it is a sacred place in the hearts of all young students.

It was late autumn when I arrived at the Spring and Autumn Academy, and along the way, I always heard that the war on the front line was tight, and the two countries were attacking each other, and each had its own victory or defeat. The Dayan Empire paid the price of 100,000 horses and horses killed in battle in exchange for the ancient kingdom of the southern shackles.

From the beginning of the war to the present, there has been a year of pinching the beginning and the end. Mr. Wu took Jian Shuzhi out of Western Xinjiang, and it has been a year. The grand welcome ceremony came to an end, and Mr. Wu officially took up his post at the college.

Mr. Wu was arranged by the college to live in the Hidden Garden, which was flanked by a towering library to the north. The Hidden Garden is not small, and there are several small courtyards not far from each other in the garden, all of which are the residences of the college lecturers. In front of Mr. Wu's residence, there is a pond with lotus flowers, and at this time, the lotus leaves have withered and swayed in the water.

Jian Shuzhi may be the most idle person in the Spring and Autumn Academy. Mr. Wu can always handle his daily routine in a neat and orderly manner, and he told Jian Shuzhi that it was a habit he developed during his study tour. Mr. Wu only thought of needing Jian Shuzhi's help when he needed to grind ink.

Usually, Jian Shuzhi really doesn't have anything to do, and he wanders around the garden every day. He didn't often run out of the garden, because the academy was full of scholars of his age, and once he was caught by an elementary school researcher and asked a few questions, but he blushed and couldn't give an answer, which was really embarrassing.

In fact, he envied the scholar in his heart, after all, he had a miserable background and couldn't even know a few people.

Mr. Wu would go to the school every morning and return at dusk in the evening. A few gentlemen from the garden often came to visit the door. Sometimes it's tea and painting with my husband, sometimes it's drinking, sometimes it's burning incense and chess...... After going back and forth, Jian Shuzhi also became familiar with several gentlemen.

The day was approaching evening, and it was not yet time for the college to close. Jian Shuzhi was sitting by the pond in a daze, thinking about some inconsequential things. A small head poked out from the courtyard wall, and as a stone fell into the pond, it made a splash, and Jian Shuzhi was startled.

When I turned my head to look back, I found a girl in a yellow shirt riding on the courtyard wall, holding a few stones in her hand. The girl smiled lightly and asked him with a smile, "How many times have you escaped from the court?"

"How many times did you skip the hall?" Jian Shuzhi suddenly understood that she regarded herself as a student of the academy. Jian Shuzhi just wanted to answer, but the girl turned over and got off the courtyard wall and walked towards the pond, "It seems that this is not the first time to escape from the church. However, the preaching of those old masters is really boring. ”

As soon as Jian Shuzhi's words reached his mouth, he was interrupted by this girl, "Don't think about quibbling, it's not the first time I've seen you squatting here in a daze." I just came here and asked if you saw anything tumbling over the wall into the yard?"

Jian Shuzhi felt that this girl was very strange, wasn't she the one who turned into the yard. He nodded, pointed to the little girl, and said, "Yes, I saw you tumbling into the yard." ”

The little girl gave him a blank look: "What about but me?"

Jian Shuzhi shook his head, indicating that he hadn't seen anything.

The little girl said to herself, "No, I saw it climb over the courtyard wall, so I chased after it." She searched carefully around every corner of the yard, but did not find what she was looking for, and came to Jian Shuzhi's side again and said to him: "The next time you see it, you will tell me." After saying that, he hurriedly jumped over the wall and slipped away.

Jian Shuzhi was simply confused, "What is she looking for?What does she look like?How can I contact her?" Just as he was in a trance, the sound of Mr. Wu and Ge Fuzi laughing and talking came from his ears.

After dinner, Mr. Wu and Mr. Ge Fuzi were chatting in the pavilion in the courtyard, and Jian Shuzhi sat on the stone steps of the pavilion to listen. Mr. Wu and Mr. Ge Fuzi are talking about "potential" today.

The mountain has potential, looking for the dragon's acupoint, the water has potential, the boat is rafting, the wind has potential, the dust is flying, the rain is powerful, the sky is low and the clouds are falling, and the people's hearts are also powerful.

The ancient invasion of the ancient country in the south of the flail was due to the "potential", the people of the south of the flail were fierce, and the lord of the Dawan country unified ten departments, ambitious, and worked hard for ten years, and the national strength was far stronger than in the past.

The Dayan Empire suffered internal and external troubles, caused the Xiao Wall, and the flooding of the Mangcang River caused millions of displaced people to be homeless, and it had a bad relationship with the eastern ally Yuanjia, and there was constant friction. The ancient kingdom of the south of the flail took this opportunity to launch an expedition, hoping to take the western frontier in one fell swoop, and the big sword pointed to the imperial capital. Unable to anticipate the resoluteness of the Dayan Empire's war of resistance, it finally forced back the invading enemy step by step, and although it successfully beheaded 30,000, it was already the price of 100,000 horses dying on the battlefield in Western Xinjiang.

If it weren't for the fact that King Dawan cherished his wings and had the innate advantage of being fast, more people would have died in this war. The ancient kingdom of the south of the flail did not retreat, and there were often a small number of rangers constantly invading and disturbing the defense line, and they would leave without a single blow, all of which were doing these disgusting things, which made the border defense of the Dayan Empire tired to deal with.

Hearing about the war in Western Xinjiang, Jian Shuzhi silently remembered many things in his heart. Accepting the status quo doesn't mean that you don't have thoughts. He held back his grief and didn't let the tears slip from his eyes.

Mr. Wu glanced at it, saw through Jian Shuzhi's complicated emotions, and didn't comfort him much, just let him sit beside him.

Mr. Wu and Ge Fuzi said: "This child was dug up by me from the pile of dead people in Western Xinjiang. The war is as fierce as a tiger, and human life is greater than the sky. The grief of war should not be borne on this small shoulder. Although I can't manage too much, I still hold my chest out of what I can. Therefore, I took him with me, hoping that he would understand the truth of life, and why not have the desire to sow a seed. This kid has been doing very well. ”

Ge Fuzi squinted, stroked his gray beard, and said, "I often hear Brother Xuansheng mention you. It is indeed a piece of jade with a firm heart. What a boy. ”

What would Mr. Wu mention to Ge Fuzi about himself? Jian Shuzhi was indeed confused, so he grinned to hide his embarrassment.

Fortunately, everyone didn't dwell too much on this matter, and the topic talked about Qinglu Academy's exchange with the academy this time. It turned out that there were four major academies in the Dayan Empire, and there were hundreds of other large and small academies, not to mention unknown academies, private schools, and grass halls, which spread beliefs and truths.

The Spring and Autumn Academy is another existence of the empire, a mountain on top of a high mountain, a clear spring in the clear stream. The four major academies all have the background of the support of the court, but the Spring and Autumn Academy is alone and has no official shadow.

The four children sent by Qinglu Academy this time are said to be all talented and talented. said that it was an exchange, but it was nothing more than a little trick of the court, disgusting to others.

Ge Fuzi smiled, "The Spring and Autumn Academy has been established for more than 400 years, no matter the change of dynasties, wind and rain, the college is still independent of the top of the West Mountain, and has seen too much of the world. And I estimate that the drunkard in the court does not mean to drink, but to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, aiming at Yuzhou. What kind of chess game is Old Lady Wu playing next?"