Thinking

Xiao Zhi handed him the handkerchief, Qi Si took the handkerchief to wipe off his sweat, smiled brightly at Xiao Zhi and said, "Long time no see."

Xiao Zhi thought his words were interesting, and said with a smile, "It's only two or three days."

Seeing Xiao holding the sword on his waist, Qi Si recalled what happened that day, and said with emotion: "You are so powerful, if it weren't for you, I would have lost my mind."

"Remember? In the future, I will practice more mental techniques, and don't get angry when using a sword."

Qi Si nodded obediently, picked up the teacup on the stone table, and asked him curiously: "You said that Chongyi is ranked in the top five in Jianghu. Your kung fu is on par with Chongyi, right? Are you also in the top five?"

Xiao Zhi couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, but he didn't say it bluntly. He just replied: "I am a member of the Shenyingwei. The Shenyingwei is loyal to the royal family and will not participate in the battles of Jianghu."

Qi Si had no choice but to nod his head. He felt that Xiao Zhi was very powerful and low-key, and he was also very good-looking. He was like a green pine, and his emotions were always light, very special.

Thinking of something again, he put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Xiao Zhi with a questioning expression on his face: "Xiao Zhi, can you ask Lu Yingqiu for me to find my master Chong Yi?"

Xiao Zhi thought for a while, nodded and said, "Tomorrow I will deliver the letter for you."

Speaking of Lu Yingqiu, Qi Si was no longer desperate for life or death, but he was still a little depressed.

Xiao Zhi looked at him smiling for a while and worried for a while, but felt that this young boy had everything written on his face, and he mentioned the matter of enrolling to Qi Si: "Tomorrow is the day of enrolling, I will come to take you to Hongdu Academy in the morning."

Qi Si was distracted all of a sudden, and suddenly became nervous: "So fast?"

"There are masters and gentlemen in the academy, it's not as casual as it is now, but the companions are still very good."

"Where did you study in the past? Was it also Hongdu Academy?" Qi Si asked Xiao Zhi.

Xiao Zhi found that Qi Si was very interested in him, and replied: "I used to be taught by my wife, and I have never been to an academy."

"Did you become an official in the court later?" Qi Si asked more and more questions, because he felt that Xiao Zhi was kind and reliable, so he always wanted to know him.

"Shen Yingwei of the Xiao family, I am the Patriarch of this generation. When you were your age, besides studying and practicing martial arts, I would also follow suit. When I was old, I would naturally enter the court and take over the Shen Yingwei."

Xiao Zhi replied patiently, his eyes were clear and energetic.

Qi Si thinks that Xiao Zhi is very powerful, and he doesn't understand anything. When he was in Luyang City, he was surrounded by Lu Yingqiu and Chong Yi, and accompanied by Yu Ke. He was at ease every day and didn't think about anything. Now Lu Yingqiu doesn't want him anymore. Chong Yi is his home all over the world, and he probably doesn't know that his apprentice has become a substitute prince.

Thousands of miles away, in the imperial palace of Jin State.

Yu Ke was sitting on the porch outside the hall, her handsome face was a bit hazy, and she was wearing a light green cloud brocade coat. She seemed to be the young man in monk clothes in Fanghua Temple. He looked at the flower and bird pavilions in the courtyard and remained silent.

"Still angry?" Lu Yingqiu came from the front hall, tall and majestic, looking at Yu Ke's back, and asked Xiao Yunsong.

Xiao Yunsong also frowned, and nodded: "I don't eat a lot these days, and I don't talk much when I see His Majesty."

Lu Yingqiu frowned, and went to Yu Ke's side.

Yu Ke knew that Lu Yingqiu was coming, so she didn't look back, she just said, "He saved me with his life, and I left him in Yan Country."

Lu Yingqiu's voice was very calm: "Your Highness is for the state of Jin, and so is Qisi. Besides, His Highness doesn't know about it. Under the current situation, no one can stay out of it."

Yu Ke shook her head: "This is different, you didn't mean to ask him at all."

"Your Highness, you have to cheer up so that he can come back safely in the future."

But Yu Ke felt it was ridiculous, she turned her head and stood up, looking up at Lu Yingqiu: "He has been closest to you since childhood, general, my father is so ruthless, why are you so ruthless?"

Lu Yingqiu's handsome face was unwavering: "In order to increase the chances of winning in the future, Jin can reduce the number of deaths. Your Highness, this is not a big sacrifice, and he will not suffer there."

Yu Ke didn't answer.

Lu Yingqiu said: "Tomorrow is the ceremony of returning to court, Your Highness Seventh."

Yu Ke turned around and entered the hall.

Lu Yingqiu looked at Xiao Yunsong and said, "Take care of him."

The next day, after the "Sixth Prince Yu Ke" ended his years of incognito life outside the palace, was welcomed back to the court, and immediately went to the Yan Kingdom as a hostage, the "Seventh Prince Yu Xunshu" of the Jin Kingdom who was living outside the palace was found and returned to the court that day. Set up a ceremony, welcome all officials, and announce it to the world.

Qi Si woke up early, after washing and changing clothes, he went to the front hall, and found Xiao Zhi in a martial robe, with a long sword on his waist, already waiting.

Qi Si was a little embarrassed: "When did you come?"

Xiao Zhi had handsome brows and eyes, very gentle, his clear eyes were always extremely peaceful, he smiled and said: "I just came, it's still early, just walk slowly."

After going out, Qi Si got into the carriage, Xiao Zhi followed on horseback, Qi Si lifted the curtain, leaned on the carriage window, looked up at Xiao Zhi and said, "Will you leave after sending me there? not coming?"

Xiao Zhi sat on the horse's back, led the rein in his hand and looked down at him, he didn't understand what he meant, so he asked, "Why do you say that?"

"Aren't you sent by the emperor to settle me? You won't come after I enroll, right?"

Qi Si was still a little nervous, Lu Yingqiu and Chong Yi were not by his side, these few days he was gradually relying on Xiao Zhi, fearing that if Xiao Zhi didn't come, he would be alone in Yan Country.

Xiao Zhi didn't quite understand Ji Si's worries, but he still comforted him: "I will continue to take care of you, but I won't follow you all the time. You can go to Xiao's Shenyingwei Mansion to find me if you need something."

Relieved, Qi Si nodded and sat back.

After the carriage walked for a quarter of an hour, Qi Si felt a little nervous and looked forward to it.

After getting off the carriage, following behind Xiao Zhi, Qi Si entered Hongdu Academy.

Hongdu Academy is not far from Qiao's Mansion, and it is very large in scale. It is the most prestigious academy in Changyu, the capital city of Yan State. There are many children of famous families, officials and rich families who study here. It can be regarded as a semi-official academy.

In the academy, there are Mongolian Hall, Guozi Hall, and Guangwen Hall. The age of students ranges from five to six years old to teenagers.

The tall courtyard wall of bluestone bricks, two stone beasts stand guard at the gate. After entering, you can see the promenade, rocks, flower beds, and screen walls. The courtyard is simple and elegant, and the eaves and tiles of the houses are scattered. The serious voice of the husband and the sound of children reading loudly, Calming.

Qi Si followed Xiao Zhi, and met the master book under the guidance of the academy servant.

Under the order of Emperor Su, Xiao Zhi had already greeted him at Hongdu Academy. The roster had been kept on file. Looking forward to the Guoziguan Shutang that I want to go to.

The atmosphere in the academy is clear and bright, and students are not treated differently based on their family background. There are also many children from high-ranking families who are talented and talented. It is considered normal to wish to study as the prince of Jin.

Qi Si followed Xiao Zhi out the door, and happened to see a family of children being sent to study nearby.

The child is only seven or eight years old, and the uncle at home has made arrangements to put away one of the nameplates and tie one around the child's waist, and let the child follow the academy boy to the school, watching him leave, the child naturally left After two steps, he turned around to cry, with tears in his eyes, and looked straight at his uncle.

The child's uncle did not soften his heart, and said in a deep voice: "You are not allowed to turn around once you step into the school, and you are not allowed to cry!"

The child immediately closed his mouth, not daring to overflow the tears in his eyes, he turned his head and obediently followed the boy into the nearby yard, and the child's uncle nodded in satisfaction and left.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Zhi and Qi Si couldn't help feeling that the child was pitiful and funny, and Qi Si said, "If I was this old, I would probably cry too."

Xiao Zhi thought about the scene where he came to the academy with a crying baby, and he couldn't help but find it funny: "Then I can only take you back and leave, and go home to find a master to teach, and I don't care what I do. Just don't cry."

Thinking about that scene, Qi Si laughed for a long time, and when Xiao Zhi finished speaking, he laughed too.

The two of them followed the master through the long corridor, passed through two courtyard halls, arrived at the Guozi Pavilion, and came to the study hall he was going to. Xiao Zhi told Qi Si that the other courtyard would send a car and horse to pick him up in the evening. Tell the master of the academy right away or come to him, then bid farewell and leave.

Looking at Xiao Zhi's back, Qi Si tried not to look reluctant, but the master still saw it, and comforted him, "It's good to be familiar with here."

The head book, Dai Qisi, was at the entrance of the school hall, and explained a few words to the teaching assistant.

Then he pointed out the location of Jisi in the academy. After Qisi memorized the location, the master book called the servant again, and asked the servant to take Qisi to familiarize himself with the places in the academy that he needed to visit frequently so as not to get lost, and then took him away. The pen and ink of the book brings Qi Si back to the school.

The students in this class are about the same age as Qi Si, they are all young boys, and they seem to be easy to get along with.

Because Yu Ke and Yu Ke were taught by the teacher every day in Fanghua Temple, and their qualifications were good. Although the homework was interrupted during the setbacks during this period, his progress was easy to catch up, and he felt very fresh in the school.

At the end of summer and early autumn, the bluestone brick and tile school is very cool inside. The wind outside the doors and windows blows into the house with the smell of flowers and plants, mixed with the fragrance of books and ink. .

Qisi felt peaceful and peaceful, and followed her husband and the children around her to read sentence by sentence, writing word by word, Confucian and Mencius poems and books, literature, prose and history biography, which gave me a different feeling than reading in the past.

"I don't know where Yuan Kong is now", Ji Si couldn't help but think of the real Yu Ke, "Probably in the imperial palace of the Jin Kingdom, I should also study with my husband."

Qi Si gradually began to no longer think about the affairs of Jin State, no longer persistently wanted to see Lu Yingqiu to question him, and no longer questioned why he was in this situation—fate put him in a place where he was looking for something. position, he will do his own thing.

The whole morning passed quickly, and at lunch time, a young man sitting next to Qi Si finally couldn't help it. He saw that the newcomer to the school had a handsome face and an extraordinary posture. He was very interested in Qi Si and quietly observed him. All morning, Master Naihe watched, not daring to act rashly.

Now that class was over, he immediately leaned over, lay on Qi Si's desk, looked at Qi Si with a smile and said, "My name is Cao Lumin, you're new here? Let's go have dinner together."

Qi Si secretly breathed a sigh of relief - this morning he had noticed that Cao Lumin's eyes were looking at him from time to time, and he felt strange and a little dumbfounded.

He doesn't like to take the initiative to approach strangers, he doesn't know the character and behavior of the teenagers in this school, so he ignores them.Unexpectedly, this person was just very enthusiastic, and came to him after class.

Qi Si raised his eyes to look at him, this Cao Lumin was the same age as Qi Si, dressed in luxurious clothes, slightly fat, fair-faced, looking like a festive dumpling.

When he smiled, his eyes were curved into a line, but he had a pleasant face. Qi Si immediately had a better impression of him, so he nodded and said with a smile: "Okay", then got up and went out with him.

All the way from the study hall to the dining hall, Cao Lumin and Qi Si have become acquainted with each other - he is the youngest son of the rich merchant Cao's family in Changyu City.

Cao Lumin introduced herself honestly, and then asked Qi Si's name.

Qi Si hesitated for a moment, then replied, "Yu Ke."

Cao Lumin felt that the name sounded familiar, and asked, "Where is your home? Did you just move to Changyu?"

Qi Si nodded: "He's from Jin."

Cao Lumin nodded again, then frowned and thought for a moment, then asked with a sudden realization, "Are you that Yu Ke?"

Qi Si: "..."

Cao Lumin's eyes were wide open, with an excited expression on his face, and he asked mysteriously, "Is it really that Yu Ke?"

Qi Si nodded dumbfoundingly: "It's that Yu Ke."