It has been half a month since Liang Qiluo moved into Mo Mansion. The shocking old news was no longer mentioned under Mo Fei's suppression. Ruoshui was calm and quiet, so quiet that it was boring, so that Liang Qiluo's incident quietly became popular again at some unknown time. Start a spark...
Su Yan was having a hard time from the beginning to the end. Just as Xilou predicted, she became the initiator of leaking Qiluo's secret. The students in Shuyoutang believed the rumors, and all of them looked at her with hostility, even on weekdays. The bluffing Jin Guan stopped talking, and the atmosphere was extremely strange.
The passing students of Leshengtang were filled with emotion when they saw this scene: "It's just ungrateful and does not understand the kindness between teachers and students."
The speaker was Shen Tao, the eldest son of the provincial minister Shen Wumin.
Someone else lamented: "It's a pity that such a good Mr. Su devoted himself wholeheartedly to the students, but in the end he got misunderstandings."
The person who said this was Cai Quenan, the third son of Cai Hezong, the Minister of Household Affairs, who is currently attending classes in Zuiyuntang.
Finally, someone concluded, "If you offend anyone, don't offend this bunch of women in Shu Youtang. If you are blind and don't say anything, you are blind in heart."
The three of them sighed and dispersed.
Jinyun City stood under the tree. After hearing these remarks, I felt really bad.
It is said that all bystanders know, these students who have been cared for by Su Yan many times in the past, immediately turned their backs upon hearing some gossip, without even giving them any room to explain.
May 25th, the end-of-month exam is approaching.
But these students remained silent and pretended to be deaf and dumb, thinking that this was the most invisible way to kill people.
Su Yan finally couldn't hold it any longer and got angry in the school.
All the students just raised their heads and glanced, and continued to read with their heads down, as if there was just a clown in front of them and they were not enough to pay attention to.
Su Yan felt desperate and hatched a plan.
Ruoshui Street was still lively in the middle of the night. Teahouses, restaurants, and tiled houses were all hung with colorful lights, reflecting the customers, as if they were scenes in a painting. Su Yan was caught in the crowd, and moved little by little towards the back door of Mo Mansion. With a move, he turned sideways. It turned over and successfully rolled into the kennel in the backyard.
Su Yan patted his butt and moved into the courtyard not far away. He saw a conspicuous three-story multi-faceted carved pavilion standing there. The candlelight was bright, but there was darkness nearby. He immediately quickened his pace and headed towards the light.
In this huge mansion, only this place is still lit with candles.
Taking three steps at a time, she climbed up to the pavilion in a blink of an eye. In the gloomy room, Liang Qiluo was leaning on the window coffin, holding a book in her hand, but her eyes were empty outside the window, muttering something in her mouth.
Su Yan quietly leaned out of the window and came to the corner for a long time. He didn't hear what was being said at all. It suddenly occurred to him that opening his mouth without speaking, staring blankly, and staying up all night, isn't this a typical symptom of losing his soul? This can easily go to extremes. Yes! Without thinking too much, I immediately climbed through the window and went in.
The people inside came back to their senses, and when their eyes touched Su Yan, there were complicated emotions in their eyes.
Su Yan smiled dryly and said, "Why did you come to your house so late at night?"
Qiluo was full of hostility, "What are you doing here?"
"Haven't I already said that I jumped over the wall by mistake, but since I'm here, why don't you ask me to sit down for a while?"
Qiluo sneered and walked into the inner room. Su Yan shamelessly approached and said, "It's so cold outside in the middle of the night. I won't catch a cold if I go out. It's quite warm here. Do you mind if I stay the night?"
Qiluo turned around suddenly: "Do you mind! Leave quickly."
"Don't bother me, I have something to say, otherwise no one would be able to climb over someone else's wall in the middle of the night. If your house wasn't heavily guarded, I would have come in openly and openly..."
Qiluo impatiently covered her ears and screamed, "Get out of here! Don't force me to do it!"
Su Yan looked at her distressedly, "Qiluo, you still have a good time, I can help you."
"roll!"
The angry voice struck Su Yan's ears, and his heart went cold.
It's been a long time since he felt this kind of despair. Su Yan smiled bitterly and left Qiluo's sight.
Darkness suddenly struck. Liang Qiluo opened her eyes wide in fear and searched for candles. In her haste, she bumped into something unknown and fell heavily to the ground, causing tears to flow from her eyes.
Su Yan turned back after hearing the sound, helped her light the candle, and helped her up, but Qiluo pushed her away and scolded her for being hypocritical through gritted teeth, but Su Yan turned a deaf ear.
"Since you are afraid of the dark, light more candles. The darkness has passed, but this is by no means a suitable place for you, and neither is the academy."
She gave her a fire certificate and was about to leave. A pair of hands grabbed her. In the flickering candlelight, her voice was like a frightened bird: "Where is my shelter?"
"Beyond the country of Rong, the sky and the sky are vast, and they are all places for you."
"My reputation has been ruined. Even if I go to the ends of the world, how can I escape?"
"You have forgotten that you still have a close relative in this world, your only brother."
elder brother……
The red figure jumped on the houses on the side of Ruoshui Street, and finally stopped on the highest roof of Yunlai Pavilion. The shaky figure swayed and shrunk to a point.
The bright moon is in the sky, and the lonely building has no soul; all the flowers are happy, but they don't care about future generations.
"It would be nice to have a jug of wine!" The desolate voice floated in the air, torn by the night wind, and disappeared. Su Yan shook his head and sighed that things in the world are impermanent, so impermanent.
"We have wine, does your drinking friend want it?"
A soft voice came from under the feet. Su Yan looked down at the feet in surprise, opened a tile, and in a beam of bright yellow light, Xilou was looking up at her, smiling softly, so quiet.
Su Yan still doesn't know whether that all-night chat was a coincidence or a deliberate arrangement. If it was deliberate, could she bear Xilou's feelings, and what would Zuo Qing do to her?
But no matter what, that night was her happiest time, getting drunk, swearing, singing and dancing. But... such a clear and gentle man like the moon, he didn't commit a crime, it was incredible! This time it made her wonder if there was something wrong with her sexual orientation.
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In the middle of the night, the two of them drank and chatted happily. They talked a lot of intimate words and drank a lot of wine. Su Yan staggered back to the academy, seeing double images in front of his eyes. He didn't know where he got the strength to climb over the high wall, but the road was not clear.
I couldn't remember it, so I had to throw tree forks to decide the direction. I didn't know how many wrong roads I had walked. It was only when I hugged a stone archway that was cold to the bone that I remembered where I lived. Su Yan looked up at the dark night sky, and the wind was in his ears.
Blowing by the side, she could faintly smell the aroma of medicine. The aroma became stronger and stronger, with a little bit of sandalwood. She felt as if she was in a Buddhist hall, with the sound of wooden fish reaching her ears and the clear and distant sound of Buddha... She searched for this aroma by accident, and suddenly hit her
When she reached someone, that person staggered, but still hugged her firmly.
"Have you been drinking?"
Su Yan lay weakly on top of him, grabbed the man's clothes, raised his drunken face and smiled stupidly, "Santan! But his drinking capacity is still not as good as that of Xilou, his drinking capacity is like a wine master!"
"I'll send someone to help you go back and rest."
Su Yan sat down on the ground and said, "I'm not going back. I'm going to find Zuo Qing. I have something to ask him!"
He raised her face to face him, "Aren't you going to ask me something? Ask now, I'm all ears."
Su Yan sighed, moved over and hugged his thigh firmly, smiling and sobbing, "Do you have a grudge against me?!"
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"It was clear that you were interested in me when we were in Chu State, but why did you turn your back on Ruoshui and become ruthless? I'm not flesh, can you bear to tease me?"
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The night was hazy, like a dream, and when I woke up, it seemed like it had never happened.
When I woke up the next day, I felt light-headed, my limbs were numb and weak, and the sky was dark before my eyes. I realized that I had drunk too much, and a flash of lightning immediately struck my mind! Last night, it was Xilou who was with her. Did she do anything? Did she say anything?
Shouldn't I say it? Su Yan racked his brains to recall it, but he couldn't even remember a single thing.
Under the influence of wine, she no longer knew what happened last night. She only knew that after coming out of Mo Mansion, she went to Yunlai Pavilion and drank with Xilou for half the night. As for how she came back and how Xilou returned, it was all
I don't know.
Due to this influence, Su Yan made up his mind to never drink alcohol again!
There was a loud creaking sound, and the door was pushed open, and Buddha came in holding a food box and asked her with concern how she was doing.
Su Yan cursed in his heart, this broken door really needs to be repaired!
"It's nothing serious. Was it you who sent me in last night?"
Fo Zhen nodded. Su Yan felt relieved, "Who else came back with me last night?"
"It's just you. You were very drunk when you came back last night. If the night watchman hadn't found you, you would probably have to lie down under the memorial arch of Zen Jingyuan until dawn."
"Archive? Zen Jingyuan! Why am I there?"
"I heard from the night watchman that last night you carried the wine jar and went straight to the meditation courtyard. You hugged the arch and refused to let go, and you were mumbling something. He thought you committed suicide, so he went over to persuade you. He didn't think you could still survive after you were drunk and unconscious.
I got into a fight with someone and beat him until he got sick!"
Su Yan suddenly woke up and finally remembered what happened last night. His face suddenly turned red, "Then...does anyone know?"
"Besides being a night watcher...why are you going to the Zen Serenity Monastery?"
"How do I know? I'm drunk!"
"The way you looked last night, the night watchman didn't dare to call anyone, let alone disturb Zuo Qing, so he called me to pick you up." Fo Zhen blew the cold hangover soup for her, handed it to her, and said, "You will be here later.
Don't drink too much, it will look indecent. Also, when you drink in Chu State, you only have small drinks. People here drink like they are on the battlefield. You must not be able to adapt. If you drink yourself down, I will
…No one will make snacks for me anymore.”
Su Yan pursed his lips tightly, thinking about the breaking point in this sentence, and slowly opened the corners of his mouth.
After sobering up for a long time, when my eyes relaxed and my whole body recovered, I was already dizzy with hunger, but my stomach felt uncomfortable, so I could only drink a few mouthfuls of clear porridge. Changsun Yue came to visit with a box of bird's nests, and he couldn't help but marveled, "It's still...
I have never seen you eating porridge, sir. It seems that you used to eat a lot of fish and meat. Where did you find your strength, sir?" He said with a smile and walked over to sit down next to you.
Su Yan lamented, "My master's vitality is severely damaged, and I can only survive on a mouthful of porridge. Don't irritate me. Maybe I will rise to heaven when I get excited, and you will never see my master again."
Changsun Yue actually believed it, and quickly shut his mouth and looked at her straightly. Su Yan frowned, "What do you mean by this look? You're not interested in me, are you?"
The eldest grandson burst into laughter, "Sir, you are talking in your sleep in broad daylight! By the way, I went to Shuyou Hall this morning. What's going on? I haven't been there for only half a month. There is something weird in the school. I mentioned
No one spoke to you, only Jin Guan pulled me and reminded me not to walk around with you in the future. When I asked him why, she only said, sir, you are no longer the gentleman you used to be. What do you mean?"
Su Yan lamented again, "It's unforgivable. I have become infamous without doing anything..." Then he sighed again, "Did Jin Guan say anything else?"
Changsun Yue shook his head. Su Yan felt desolate in his heart, "Even Jin Guan is like this. Well, this is the end for me as a husband. I'd better pack up and go back to the countryside to look after the shop tomorrow."
Changsun Yue immediately cried and begged: "Don't! They don't like you, but I like you. Just come to my house. My family has so many businesses. If I choose a shop for you to look at, my wages will be several times more than other shops!"
"You think I'm a beggar?"
"No, no, I mean, that..."
Su Yan blocked her face and said feebly, "The exam will be held in a few days, and I, the poor man, have to deal with it. I won't leave you, the eldest lady, here." He picked up the bowl and walked away.
Changsun Yue was very discouraged. He thought that his own explanation might be useful, but he didn't expect that his words had no effect at all. Instead, he angered her. She really had a beautiful mouth in vain!
At the end of the month, students took exams according to the regulations. Each student worked on a case, referring to ancient books, with tea art as the main topic and pharmacology as the second. They completed two articles in one stick of incense.
It's just that the students were a little strange today. As soon as they sat down, they waved their pens quickly and without stopping. Su Yan didn't take it seriously. He took a sip of scented tea and sat down listlessly in front of the desk. Time passed little by little, but the students remained the same.
Su Yan kept her body straight and did not move at all. Su Yan looked drowsy. In addition, on the grass outside the school, cicadas kept shouting. After a while, her face was almost pressed against the desk, and her screams were flowing three thousand feet away.
It wasn't until Jin Guan handed in everyone's articles and everyone was about to get up and leave that they sat up in shock and hurriedly checked their articles. I thought they could write some classics, but I never expected that each one of them would get better and better as they wrote.
Outrageous, he stopped them angrily: "Come back! You are truly worthy of being students of Shuyoutang. The article is damn good, just like Sun Tzu Liang's. Although the whole article except for the word "tea" is related to the title,
The rest of the content can be used to publish another book! You should have a place in the market. And this one, this one is a bit tricky. It seems that it is written by Xu Ziya. It is really very tricky.
Why don't you write about the affairs of the imperial court and the harem? You will definitely be famous throughout the ages. I advise you to change your profession and become a shareholder in Sun Ziliang's business and cooperate to make a fortune!"
After finishing speaking in a crackling manner, I felt better. I couldn't help but flip through a few more pages, pulled out Jin Guan's article, and said with satisfaction: "Jin Guan is the only one among you who can still read it, at least the whole text has not left."
Jin Guan timidly asked: "I distanced myself from you, why do you still praise me?"
Su Yan wiped the hair off and wiped it on the article, "I said it long ago when I took over the school, once you are a teacher, you will always be a teacher, how can you ignore it?"
"Then why did Changsun Yue say you were leaving?"
"Do you believe what he said out of anger? This shows that Changsun Yue is not trustworthy."
Sun Ziliang interrupted: "If Chang Sun Yue hadn't tried his best to explain and brought Qi Luo's letter, we would still have misunderstood you, sir."
"Qiluo? What letter did she write?"
Sun Tzu Liang said: "Just yesterday, the letter explained it clearly. She also said that she would not come back. She felt that she was ashamed of her husband and classmates and had no shame to come back." After saying that, he lowered his head, and there was a glint in his eyes.
Su Yan looked at these young but sincere students in front of him, and his heart warmed: "Just explain it clearly!"
"What about Qiluo?" Sun Ziliang looked at her expectantly, as if thinking that only Su Yan could persuade her to come back.
"Maybe it would be best for her to leave."
The midday sun shines on the school, everyone's face shines, and all the haze completely dissipates.
"Sir, do you think I really have the potential to set up a stall and write a book?"
"Well, yes!"
"Sir, do you want to buy shares? Xu Ziya has no money!"
"...I don't have any money either."
"Liar, you always go to Wanchaofang, the boss must have secretly given you benefits!"
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"Yes, he has countless treasures there. If one or two are missing, no one will find them. It will definitely benefit you."