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The old Confucian scholar returned the customs clearance document to the young man named Chen Pingan.
The academy master had a very good impression of this person.
The old master looked at Chen Ping'an again, carrying a long sword and a book box, which looked very pleasing to the eye.
Studying with a sword in hand and traveling thousands of miles to study are the things that we scholars can do and do best.
Chen Pingan asked: "Sir, do you know a little girl named Li Baoping? She likes to wear red cotton jackets and red skirts."
The old master laughed and said: "Who in our academy doesn't know this girl? Not to mention going up and down the academy, I guess even the capital city of the Sui Dynasty was visited by the little girl. She was so full of energy every day that we could hardly walk.
The old guy on the road is so envious. Why don't you skip class and sneak out of the academy again today? If you had come half an hour earlier, you might just be able to encounter the little treasure vase."
Chen Pingan asked: "She was the only one who left the academy?"
The old master nodded and said: "It happens every time."
Seeing Chen Ping'an's worried look, the old master smiled and said: "Don't worry, the little girl has gone out so many times and has never made any mistakes. After all, she is a disciple of the academy. What's more, our Sui capital city has always been stable and the people are simple. In addition, the Minister of Rites is also an academy student."
Mountain Master, you often come to this Xiaodong Mountain to drink tea with the deputy mountain masters, and everything will be fine."
Chen Pingan felt slightly relieved.
The old master asked: "Why, are you here to find the little treasure bottle when you visit the Cliff Academy this time? The household registration on your customs clearance document is also from Longquan County, Dali. Is he not only a fellow villager of the little girl, but also a relative?"
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "I'm just a fellow villager, not a relative. I came to the Sui capital with Xiaobaoping and the others a few years ago, but I didn't climb the mountain to enter the academy that time."
The old master felt a little strange. When these children from Longquan County entered the Xinshanya Academy to study, they first sent elite cavalry troops to pick them up at the border, and then His Majesty the Emperor personally visited the academy. It was very grand, and Long Yan was very happy, and he gave gifts to all the students.
The child, this young man from Dali named Chen Pingan, logically said that even if he did not enter the academy, he should have seen it once or twice.
The old master asked: "Are you going to wait here for Li Baoping to return to the academy?"
Chen Pingan nodded.
Of course he hopes that the first person he sees at Cliff Academy is Little Treasure Ping.
Li Huai, Lin Shouyi, and Yu Lu thank you. Of course Chen Ping'an also wants to see it, especially the youngest Li Huai.
It's just that none of them can compare with the red cotton-padded jackets in autumn, winter and spring, only the little girl in the red skirt in summer. Chen Ping'an never denied his selfishness. He was the closest to Xiaobaoping. This was true during his study tour in the Sui Dynasty. Later, he went there alone
When going to Xuanxuan Mountain, he also only sent a letter to Li Baoping, and then asked the little girl who was the recipient of the letter to help his little uncle to carry the rest of the letters to them. The scroll painted by the painter Fan on the top of Osmanthus Island,
I only gave one to Li Baoping, but none to Li Huai.
Lin Shouyi and Yu Lu Xie must be very aware of this difference between closeness and distance, but they may not care about it. Lin Shouyi is a Taoist scholar, and Yu Lu and Xie Xie are important figures in the Lu dynasty.
As for Li Huai, who is a very good player in the family, he probably still feels that Chen Ping'an and A Liang are the closest to him.
The old master waved his hand and said with a smile: "I advise you to go ahead and put your things in the college guest house. Every time Li Baoping sneaks out, even if he leaves early in the morning, he still has to come back at dusk at the earliest. There is no exception.
If you wait for her at the door, you will have to wait at least three hours, there is no need."
Chen Pingan thought for a while, then turned to look at Pei Qian and the others. If it was just him, he wouldn't mind waiting here.
He turned his head and looked at the end of the street.
Zhu Lian had been looking at the academy building behind the mountain gate. It was built against the mountain. Although it was newly built by the Ministry of Industry in the Sui Dynasty, it was extremely careful and created a simple, elegant and ancient atmosphere.
This cliff academy, which was moved from Da Li to the capital city of Sui Dynasty, was one of the seventy-two Confucian academies that dominated the world in the past.
This is the first Confucian academy Zhu Lian saw after leaving Ouhua Blessed Land.
The place where the sage lectured was famous all over the world.
When Shanya Academy was first built in Dali, the first mountain master put forward a preface to the study of enlightened principles, advocating that the four elements of learning and speculation should be combined into one word, "Xing".
When Zhu Lian raised his eyes to look at the academy, Shi Rou didn't dare to breathe.
Although Shi Rou resides in the remains of an immortal, she can resist the invisible aura of righteousness, but the instinct of ghosts and ghosts still frightens her heart.
Pei Qian remained silent and seemed more nervous than Shi Rou.
When she disembarked at Laolongcheng, she still promised to meet Li Baoping's Pei Qian, but when she arrived at the gate of the Sui capital, she began to feel weak.
When we arrived at the gate of Shanya Academy, we were even more frightened.
Chen Pingan asked with a smile: "Sir, if we want to visit Master Maoshan after entering the academy and staying in the guest house, do we need to inform someone in advance and wait for a reply?"
The old gentleman smiled and said: "Actually, the report is of little significance. The main reason is that our Master Maoshan doesn't like to entertain guests. In recent years, he has refused almost all visits and entertainment. Even if Lord Shangshu comes to the academy, he may not be able to see Master Maoshan. But Chen The young master has come all the way and is from Longquan County, so I guess just saying hello will be enough. Although our Lord Mao Shan is rigorous in his studies, he is actually easy to talk to. It’s just that the celebrities of the Sui Dynasty always focused on mystical talks, so we can’t chat with Lord Mao Shan.”
Chen Pingan still did not walk into the academy immediately and asked: "If I remember correctly, the person responsible for the public security and order in the capital of the Sui Dynasty is the Infantry Commander Yamen?"
The old gentleman understood clearly, and seemed to still be worried about Li Baoping. He smiled and said, "That's exactly what happened. Moreover, the youngest son of the chief official of the Yamen is now studying in the academy."
Chen Pingan breathed a sigh of relief again.
Chen Pingan asked some more trivial matters about Li Baoping before saying goodbye to the old gentleman and walking into the academy.
Pei Qian walked with heavy steps, especially after passing the gate, walking on a gently sloping mountain road, it felt like he was wading down the river and trudging through the snow.
The academy has a guest house specially designed to entertain students, relatives and elders. At that time, Mr. and Mrs. Li Er and their daughter Li Liu lived in the guest house.
The academy only charged some token coins, ten cents a day for each guesthouse. After learning that there were not many guesthouses currently occupied, Chen Pingan asked for four adjacent guesthouses in one go.
After everyone paid their respects, Pei Qian came to Chen Ping'an's house to copy some books.
Chen Pingan took off the bamboo box, and even took off the sword gourd and the semi-immortal weapon "Sword Immortal" from his waist.
Zhu Lian came and asked if he wanted to visit the academy together. Chen Pingan said that he would not go for the time being. Pei Qian was copying books and would not pay attention to Zhu Lian.
Zhu Lian went to knock on the door of Shi Rou's house. Shi Rou, who was feeling uncomfortable all over, was in a bad mood. Zhu Lian continued to speak weird words with a meaty flavor outside, so Shi Rou rewarded Zhu Lian with the word "Go".
Zhu Lian had no choice but to wander around the academy alone.
Li Baoping may have known this capital better than the people who were born and raised in this capital.
She has been to the Tianchang Gate in the south, which is nicknamed the Grain Gate by the people. The grain coming through the canal is inspected by the Ministry of Household Officials and then stored in the granary. It is where grain and rice from all directions gather. She was there
I squatted at the ferry for a long time, looking at the busy officials and subordinates, as well as the sweaty porters. I also knew that there was a temple of the Fox Fairy that was full of incense. It was neither an orthodox temple recognized by the Ministry of Etiquette of the imperial court, nor a temple of obscenity.
, has a strange origin. It enshrines a fox tail that is as shiny as new. There are crazy old women selling talisman water, and there are also bone touchers who are said to be from Guanxi in the Sui Dynasty. The old man and the old woman often talk to each other.
There was a quarrel.
She had been to the Changfu Temple Fair, and it was crowded with people. She was very coveted for a kind of tube snake made of horns. There were many rich people here, even those Changshou who were more arrogant than the powerful children.
Servants all like to wear clothes dyed with black Sichuan rat fur, passing it off as mink fur.
Li Baoping also went to the edge of the imperial city and squatted there for many afternoons. Only then did he realize that there were many courtesans and embroiderers. These people who were not from the palace could still enter and exit the imperial city, but they just needed to carry them with them.
Carrying a waistband, there is a Wenhua Museum that compiles the history of previous dynasties and compiles history books. It employs many external calligraphers and papermakers.
Then go around to the back gate of the imperial city in the north, which is called Dijiu Gate. Li Baoping went there more often because it was more lively. He once saw a noisy storm in a silver shop.
The soldiers caught the thieves with great ferocity. Later, she asked the shopkeeper of a nearby shop and found out that the shop that did not do clean business but made a fortune every day was a den for selling stolen goods. Most of the things for sale were stolen from the Sui Palace.
The royal objects that came out, some purses and sachets that were secretly hidden, and even the tin pieces used to repair ditches in a palace were all stolen. The leftover scraps from the palace's annual repairs were also coveted by merchants outside the palace, and many manufacturers
Reporting losses in various places is even more profitable, especially gold and jade works, and box-mounted works, which can easily be taken out of the palace and turned into real gold and silver.
Li Baoping didn't quite understand at the time. How could anyone dare to steal the Emperor's property right under the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor? The old shopkeeper who got to know her well laughed and said, "There are people doing this business called beheading, and they have to pay for it."
No one is doing business.
Li Baoping also went to Xiuyi Bridge not far from Dijiu Gate. There was a big lake there, but it was blocked by the walls of the palaces and high-ranking officials' mansions. The infantry commander's office is located over there on a lake called Diao.
Li Baoping walked back and forth several times in Hat Alley eating pastries because there was a classmate she didn't like very much. He always liked to brag that his father had the biggest hat in the yamen, even if he was riding on the stone lion over there.
No one dares to care about peeing on me.
Li Baoping also visited Zhongguan Lane in the south of the city. It was the place where many elderly eunuchs and maidens spent their old age after leaving the palace. There were many temples and Taoist temples there, but they were not big. Most of the eunuchs and maids spared no effort in supporting them.
, and extremely pious.
Therefore, Li Baoping could often see an old man with a hunchback, supported by servants, or walking alone on crutches, burning incense.
After wandering around a lot, Li Baoping came to know that the most senior palace maid was known as the inner court grandma, an older female official who served the emperor and the queen. Among them, the old palace maid who combed the emperor's hair every morning had the most honorable status, and some of them knew how to do it.
Was given the title of "Mrs."
To the east of the capital, there was the largest market in the Sui Dynasty. There were many shops, cars and horses came and went, and the flow of people was the flow of money. Among them was the bookstore where Li Baoping loved to hang out. Some bold bookstore owners would also secretly sell some books.
According to the law of the imperial court, books cannot be released out of the country. Envoys from various vassal countries often send servants to buy them privately. However, if you are unlucky, once you encounter an inspection by a shopkeeper, you will be taken to the Yamen and fined.
In these three years.
To be continued...