continuation [farming]

After hearing that sigh, Xia He carefully turned her head to look at Li Mu, with some hope.Fortunately, he read a lot in Li Mu's eyes, but he didn't have the disgust he feared most.

At the beginning when he heard the news, like Xia He, Li Mu didn't believe it at all - who would believe it?His "wife" turned out to be a man.But then, Li Muxi remembered the behavior of the Zhang family, and could only gradually accept this fact. Indeed, there is no better reason than Xia He is actually a boy, to explain since the Zhang family asked his Li family to marry Xia He. is out of order.

It's not that Li Mu didn't have anger in his heart, but when he met Xia He's cautious eyes, no matter how big his anger was, it miraculously dissipated.He patted Xia He on the back, and he couldn't say anything harsh after hearing Xia He say that he didn't know about it before.Li Mu felt that his mind was a little messed up, and he didn't want to pursue it any further. When Xia He looked over to see what the Zhang family did, he turned his face away.

Xia He was a little disappointed, but even more relieved.He is not a stupid person, he knows that Li Mu is not happy to see him at this time, so he can only shrink himself, try not to appear in Li Mu's field of vision.

Both need time.

After a long time, Li Mu pulled Xia He's ankle and continued to rub it. Without looking at him, he said, "I... still need to go to Master's place. You can rest here for the time being. I'll go to you in the evening." Borrow a car and take you back."

Xia He saw that Li Mu didn't want to mention that matter, so he could only say "oh" in a low voice, and agreed, and didn't mention it. He just heard senior brother Li Muna say that he would bring Li Mu a Fake, let Li Mu go to study again in the afternoon.

With such a hut to stay in, there is no need to worry about how to meet Lan Niang and Mrs. Li, Xia He is also happy and relaxed.He just sat on Li Mu's bed, not going anywhere. After a while, he suddenly felt sleepy.It was too early today.Xia He simply pulled off the quilt and nestled in, feeling that the small bed in the academy was more comfortable and comforting than her own, and gradually fell asleep.

Xia He is heartless here, but Li Mu is in a daze.Originally, Mr. Ling learned from Ling Yao that Li Mu would not come today. When he first saw Li Mu drifting into the courtyard in a daze, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "But what happened at home? If it's urgent, You just go back first."

"The student is late, please forgive me. It's...no big deal." Li Mu said yes, but anyone could see that he was simply insincere, no big deal?Why does it look like the sky is about to collapse?

Ling Rui couldn't sit still. Seeing Li Mu like this, he scratched his heart curiously. However, Mr. Ling was sitting on top of him. Before he could get close to him, Mr. Ling coughed dryly, and Ling Rui could only sit up straight. body, pretending to concentrate on studying.

Mr. Ling didn't care about it, he just observed Li Mu first, and he couldn't help shaking his head when he saw that although he was here, his heart didn't know where he had gone.

When it was almost noon, Mr. Ling waved the others to leave, but said to Li Mu: "Follow me into the house."

"Yes." Li Mu was brought back to his senses by Mr. Ling's call, and he shook his body before responding.

The two senior brothers surnamed Pang and Ling Rui looked at Li Mu curiously before they left. They are young geniuses and hard-working juniors, what happened today?Only Ling Yao knew that Xia He jumped over the wall and ran into the academy this morning. When he left, he frowned, and reprimanded Li Mu in a low voice: "Don't delay your bright future for the sake of your children's personal relationship!"

Li Mu knew that he really didn't perform well today, so he could only respond in embarrassment, and followed his master to the backyard.

After Mr. Ling was seated, he specially asked Li Mu to stand up and speak.Li Mu thought that the master was going to punish him for being distracted today, but unexpectedly, Mr. Ling took out a policy article he wrote a few days ago, and said: "My teacher has always treated you favorably, the articles you wrote before you became a teacher, I have also read a lot. It’s just that in recent days, your article seems to be too extreme. A few days ago, my teacher looked through the "Analects of Confucius" on your desk-the classic meaning , who wrote it?"

Li Mu never thought that Mr. Ling would ask about this matter, he was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "It's the student's father-in-law."

Mr. Ling clicked his tongue and said, "I wonder why your mother chose such a family. It turns out that your father-in-law is very talented."

How could Mrs. Li know that Zhang Shiyi was able to read and write, but Li Mu couldn't explain it clearly, so he just lowered his head.

But Mr. Ling shook his head again and said: "It's just that this gentleman, I'm afraid he has suffered a lot. There is a bit of hostility in his thoughts and actions. You need to get rid of the dross and extract the essence. If you learn everything , I'm afraid you won't have a place in the officialdom in the future."

Li Mu quickly said, "Father-in-law suffered a drought 15 years ago and fled to Raonan."

"Huh?" Mr. Ling wondered, "I don't think so, I'm afraid this person has some other grievances. ——Your father-in-law, is your surname Zhang?"

Li Mu was quite surprised how Mr. Ling found out, nodded and said, "Exactly."

Upon hearing the news, Mr. Ling was stunned.After a while, his eyes were full of loneliness, and he said: "It's such a coincidence that this person is also surnamed Zhang... Sigh, Mu'er, have you ever heard that there is a great Confucian named Zhang Xiuqi? Your father-in-law has many opinions, but he is in the same line as this gentleman."

Li Mu immediately said solemnly, "Students have heard about Mr. Zhang's name." But for some reason, Mr. Ling actually mentioned this Zhang Xiuqi to him today.

It's only been 15 years since Zhang's family was ransacked and beheaded, but in the past 15 years, this name, which was once famous throughout Da Min, seems to have become a taboo now.Even Qingjun Academy, no one has ever mentioned this name.If Mrs. Li hadn't mentioned it to Li Mu, I'm afraid that at his age, he wouldn't even know who Zhang Xiuqi is.

Mr. Ling didn't expect that Li Mu would know about Zhang Xiuqi, but that's good, so he won't have to recount the tragedy in detail.He only thought that Li Mu knew something about the Zhang family's troubles, and said with emotion: "The accusations in Zhang's family back then were scarier than the other, and all of them had physical and personal evidence, even us scholars I don't want to believe it, but I can't refute it. I can only comfort myself by saying that the disaster 15 years ago was caused by God calling for grievances for the Zhang family. Mu'er, the teacher now treats you only because he has taken a fancy to your character. Those who say these words are afraid that after you become an official in the court, you will follow in the footsteps of this family..." Referring to the tragedy that year, Mr. Ling frowned, and for a long while, he couldn't do anything except sigh. .

It was the same back then, no matter how angry these scholars were, in the end, they could do nothing but sigh.

In the end, Mr. Ling also refused to say why the Zhang family was convicted of the crime, but told Li Mu that it was true.

"First, the water is as clear as it is turbid, and there are no fish or shrimps to survive. As an official in the court, one should not be independent and too aloof; nor should he be muddle-headed and eat a vegetarian meal; let alone be reduced to the same ranks as those who flirt with flattery. Only by grasping the degree properly can the people be happy.”

"Second, you need to ask more questions and think more about everything. When you have your own ideas, you need others to accept and talk about them. You can't assume that others must accept your kindness just because you think you are kind."

"Third, if you want to fight against the superiors, you need to think more about it. You are upright, and I have heard about the matter of your clan brother. I am really afraid. You will run to the Xue family now. Contest..." Mr. Ling flipped through Li Mu's article and sighed yes.

Li Mu had no choice but to say: "Please rest assured Mr. Ling."

But Mr. Ling said with a smile: "This Xue family, what you caught in Raonan is just some small tricks. If you want to catch big tricks and uproot the moths in this family, you still have to go to Liang Jingcai. If you want to To avenge your clan brother, it is better to bring down the Xue family directly. It's just... the current emperor is partial to this family, why don't you... wait a few more years. Besides, if you really want to do it, than Instead of reading the books of sages and sages, you should read more about the art of war. There are some collections in the academy, but it is not convenient to put them outside, so I will borrow them for you as a teacher."

After hearing this, Li Mu was horrified.When Mr. Ling said this, it was almost obvious that he was going to die soon.Fortunately, this is Qingjun Academy, and there is no one else in this hut, and the master lowered his voice when he said such outrageous words just now, otherwise, if someone with ulterior motives heard it, I am afraid that the entire academy would be implicated.

Mr. Ling will say this to Li Mu, but it also proves that Mr. Ling thinks highly of him.Li Mu stood up straight, saluted, and kowtowed: "Thank you sir for your guidance."

"It's the same as being an official, and it's also the same as being a human being. Okay, get up." Mr. Ling threw away the strategy in his hand, but put on a straight face, and said, "The first thing is over, the first thing is over." Two things, what is your appearance today?"

Mr. Ling changed the topic quickly, Li Mu didn't react for a while, and then lowered his head in embarrassment.He could never say that it was because his bride suddenly came and told him that the one he "married" was actually a man.

Seeing that Li Mu didn't speak, Mr. Ling sighed, "But something happened to Li Yun?—Speaking of which, I'm sorry for him. After I saw that Qin Fan left that year, I sent someone to his house. Seeing his father say that he already has a job in the town, and he doesn't want to come to study again, it's fine, but he never thought about..."

"Brother Yun is staying with his mother in the ancestral hall, so it's fine." Li Mu had no choice but to say, and then comforted Mr. Ling twice. After all, Mr. Ling was not alone in causing the misunderstanding.

"Then what's wrong with you?" Mr. Ling asked, quite strange, who could make this student himself so lonely.

"It's a student...the wife at home..." Li Mu didn't know how to explain it, so he stumbled and said yes.

However, Mr. Ling got up with the scroll, knocked it on his head, blew his beard and stared at him and said: "Then go back soon! No matter what it is, she is your wife! Since you are married, I want to accompany you this time." Lifelong person! Could it be that you are still planning to be a heartless person? You still have time to come to me to show your eyes!"

Li Mu had never seen Mr. Ling like this before. He was stunned by the beating until Mr. Ling pushed him twice and pushed him out the door.

Seeing Ling Rui looking around at the door, and seeing Li Mu being pushed out, Ling Rui laughed unceremoniously, and was immediately scolded by Mr. Ling, so he could only shrink back.When Li Mu went out, he hooked his shoulders and asked, "I heard my father scolded loudly just now. Is something wrong with your family? Do you want me to borrow a car for you?"

Xia He was in the academy, Li Mu said, "Don't bother senior brother."

"You, if you have any conflicts with your younger siblings, please coax him away. As a woman, you just like to listen. You are good at everything, but you are clumsy, you have to change!" Ling Rui said to Li Mu as if he had come here yes.

Li Mu couldn't laugh or cry, he couldn't say that his wife wasn't even a woman, could she?

Ling Rui babbled again: "If there is anything, you have to talk about it. I don't think my younger brother and sister are ignorant, so go back and have a good chat, go quickly!" After that, Ling Rui also followed suit Mr. Ling looked like he was driving people out.

Li Mu was pushed away by the father and son of the Ling family, he couldn't laugh or cry, he could only respond without stopping.

He escaped too hastily today, but now that he was mentioned a little bit by the husband, he felt a little overwhelmed.What can escape do?It's time to find Xia He and ask him carefully, or to ask clearly.Anyway, this morning, he was always thinking about this matter, and he had thought about everything he should have thought about. Li Mu asked himself, but he couldn't hate Xia He at all.

Now his heart is empty, as if he has lost his soul, but no matter what, he can't afford Xia He.What's more, he found that he still had the memory of Xia He in his heart, even though he could no longer be his wife.

Just listening to Mr. Ling's evaluation of Zhang Shiyi, Li Mu was a little curious about why the Zhang family fled in the first place.If Zhang Shizhen has anything to do with that great Confucian...

Li Mu stood up in awe. What he had never mentioned to Mr. Ling was that his father had been saved by the Zhang family in Liang Jing back then. Li Mu wanted to bring down the Xue family, but it was not entirely for Aunt Lin.

It's just that Li Mu also wondered who exactly the old lady Li got the advice from, knowing about the Zhang family, and she was inextricably related to the Xue family.The old lady Li refused to say anything, and after Li Mu asked repeatedly, she only got a promise. When Li Mu had the opportunity to meet the Holy One, the old lady Li would definitely tell everything she knew.

It's just... Hearing what Mr. said, this family's family may also have the Holy Majesty's instruction.Li Mu thought about it, and decided to listen to what his husband said first, and put the matter down for now.What's more, the most important thing for him now is to find Xia He.

It's almost noon, I wonder if Xia He is hungry?

But he never thought that Li Mu was carrying food and drink, and when he returned to the room, he saw that his quilt was bulging, and Xia He was nestling in it, sleeping soundly.

Li Mu was a little helpless, but he was not willing to call him out.He sat on the head of the bed and saw how Xia He was sleeping soundly, soundly and sweetly like a baby. It might be because he didn't sleep at all yesterday. After knowing such an astonishing secret, Xia He must be more innocent than himself. Worrying.

He put his hand on Xia He's forehead, and a warm feeling spread from the palm to the bottom of his heart.While watching, Li Mu thought to himself, the vacant space in his heart was unexpectedly filled little by little.

As if only Xia He could stay in that place.

He had known for a long time that he had feelings for Xia He, but he didn't expect this kind of love that he had never experienced before to be so deep.It's a pity...Xia He is a man after all.

Li Mu sighed again, never thought that Xia He was slowly waking up at this moment.

A pair of bright black eyes met Li Mu, Li Mu's heart tightened, and Xia He was also taken aback, but fortunately, neither of them could read the dodge from each other's eyes.Xia He said slowly, "Brother Mu...you are back."

"Well, let's eat, you should be hungry too." Li Mu said yes, and retracted his hand.

Xia He sat up and saw the bland meals in the academy, thinking in his heart, could it be that all the scholars eat like this?Although he looked disgusted, his stomach was growling. Xia He missed two steamed buns and one breakfast that he got up early in the morning, and it was past lunch time. How could he not be hungry?