Chapter 21: The Academy of the Underworld (1)

This is a three-way intersection, Xiao Chenyi took a few steps forward, looked at the words on the street sign, a interspersed Lanshan Street seems to divide the east of the city into two completely different parts, on one side of the row of shops are full of business, and on the other side, a white fence four or five feet high stretches along the street I don't know how far, the wall is extremely cleverly built with a layer of cyan tiles. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Facing the avenue of the underworld is an atmospheric gatehouse, and on the cornices covered with green tiles stand not the fierce beasts that ward off evil spirits, but a row of mud-burned unicorns. The horns carved from sandalwood seem to precipitate the depth of history. A black gate as high as the fence is ten zhang wide, stepping on nine steps with a seven-foot-high white jade texture, Xiao Chenyi looked closely, the gate made of unknown black metal was so thick and heavy, the little guy thought that he might not be able to push it. The door is inlaid with a pair of tiger-faced bunks, and the tiger bites a quaint knocker in its mouth. Look closely, there are still a lot of strange textures faintly engraved on the door, the little guy doesn't know what's going on, no matter how you look at it, it's not very clear and just ignore it. Looking up, a black golden silk nanmu plaque has two big characters "Cangming" on the dragon flying and phoenix dancing!

"This is the Academy of the Underworld!" Xiao Chenyi was thinking about signing up, but he didn't see anyone around, the door was open at this time, and the little guy waited for a moment and there was no movement, and he couldn't hide the curiosity in his heart and quietly stepped into the door.

I didn't take two steps forward, I saw a cluster of green bamboo forests, and two bluestone paved paths bypassed along the left and right, and the little guy didn't think much about it, so he picked one casually and walked forward along the paved road, there was no one else along the way, and the little guy didn't think much about it, but he was late. Leisurely walking forward, after a while, the two roads that began to fork in front of the bend merged together, turned into a slightly wider road and continued to extend forward, Chen Yi was just excited at the moment unconsciously calmed down, walking forward steadily, the scenery along the way is good, rockery pools can be seen everywhere, there is a garden behind the wall! Chen Yi also had to praise a big stroke in his heart, there is such a luxurious place in Tianyun City! After walking for a while, the road in front of it was divided into two, there was still a bamboo forest in the middle, although the little guy was puzzled, he didn't think much about it, he picked a different direction from the beginning, sure enough, there was no difference, or the garden scenery all the way, I vaguely saw a lot of pavilions in the distance, but there was no road to pass. The little guy thought that he would have to go forward to get to his destination.

At first, two or three were easy to understand, but the little guy met seven of the same forks and the same bamboo forest all the way, Xiao Chenyi's heart was a little panicked at the moment, thinking that he should not touch the phantom array written in the book! But after thinking about it, at this moment, even if he fell into the phantom array, there was no way to get out at all, so he had no choice but to continue to move forward. Fortunately, after walking through the seventh bamboo forest, you can clearly feel that the original repetitive scenery has changed, and the number of trees and pavilions along the road is decreasing, and it seems that from the jungle to the plain. Looking into the distance, I saw a hazy sky in the sky, as if shrouded in a cloud of mist.

As I walked forward, the scenery in front of me gradually showed traces, but I still couldn't see it clearly. Xiao Chenyi had a faint guess in his heart, but he still didn't dare to be sure, he couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, and began to run forward, sure enough, after running for nearly a mile, the road under his feet suddenly came to an end, and at this moment Xiao Chenyi looked at the scene in front of him in a trance.

At the end of the road was a huge lake, and although it was a hot summer day, the lake had a strange coolness, and the surface of the lake was shrouded in a layer of mist, which was reflected in the hazy feeling in the distance.

Just when the little guy was stunned, a slightly old-sounding voice suddenly came out of the hazy mist, "Little boy on the shore, you want to cross the river!" The little guy was in a trance, and subconsciously replied when he heard this, "Yes, I want to cross the river." As soon as the words fell, the direction from which the voice came, on a small boat, an old man wearing a hat stood at the stern of the boat and held a penny to pierce the fog.

Xiao Chenyi had already reacted at this time, he vaguely guessed that maybe behind this lake was the Cangying Academy, and some expectations suddenly appeared out of thin air in his heart. The little guy watched quietly as the old man sailed the boat to the shore, and before he could speak, the old man said, "Get on the boat!

It was a small boat of ordinary style, with no cabin, and two planks in the middle dividing the whole ship into three parts. The little one did not delay, but jumped into the boat and sat down in the bow. The old man propped up the penny, and the boat slowly turned around and headed for the other side.

Chen Yi had a lot of questions in his heart, and just as he raised his head and was about to ask the old man, he saw that the old man was looking at him with a smile on his face, shaking his head and signaling him not to speak. The little guy was helpless, but in this strange place he decided to sit obediently in place, bored he looked curiously at the scenery on the lake, and tried to see through the fog to see something in the distance, but this was doomed to be in vain, so the boat moved forward steadily and quickly. The enthusiasm when I got on the boat gradually cooled down in the vast lake. The little guy noticed that the road behind him was gradually blurring at the moment, but the road ahead was still confused, and he couldn't help but think that the boat would be faster and faster, and see the scenery in front of him earlier.

As if he heard the little guy's inner expectation, the fog in front of him gradually thinned, and a dark shadow could be faintly seen, thinking if he was about to reach the shore, he couldn't help but stand up, thinking that he would see the scenery of the Academy at first glance.

Sure enough, the boat held on for a while, and the opposite side gradually became clear. A high-stumpled pier with wooden planks stretches towards the center of the lake, where a number of boats are parked. On the shore, a group of young men and women dressed in long robes seemed to entertain a group of children.

Seeing that someone was coming on the shore again, a man from Erya walked out of the crowd, came to Xiao Chenyi, clasped his fists and said, "Dare to ask this little friend if he came to the Academy to sign up?"

The little one nodded in confusion.

The man took the little guy and walked to the middle of the crowd, it turned out that this group of young people was sent by the Cangying Academy to greet everyone. At this time, it was already full of people, and the group of young people decided to take this group of people on the road first.

A person who looked like a senior brother laughed loudly, "As the so-called teaching is classless, you have come to my Cangying Academy to be a part of my Cangying Academy. In the future, we will be commensurate with senior brothers and younger brothers. The Academy of the Underworld is still a little way from here, so let's ride over there. ”

The senior brother then laughed and said, "I don't know if you can ride a horse, but I am a Confucian gentleman with six arts, and I can't ride a horse." ”

Xiao Chenyi was slightly surprised, "I'm a Confucian? How can I say this? Could it be that Cangming Academy is Confucian?"

At this time, it was the turn of the group of young people and the little ones to be surprised, and the senior brother was stunned for a while, and chuckled, "It seems that this junior brother is still unclear, the Cangming Academy is headed by Confucianism, supplemented by hundreds of schools of thought such as Legalists, Mohists, farmers, and painters, and constitutes a huge learning holy place. Even if you practice Legalist exercises after entering the academy, every student in the academy has to audit the Confucian spirit, so you are considered half a Confucian disciple. ”