Chapter 106: Leaving a book and not knowing that the summer heat has arrived
People were coming and going downstairs, but upstairs it was quiet as usual.
The books on the bookshelf are thread-bound old books on spiritual practice. The paper inside the books is ordinary thin paper commonly used by academy students. The pens, ink and inkstones are quietly resting on the desk by the west window. The female professor is sitting quietly under the east window, playing with flowers.
, the young man sat cross-legged on the floor and meditated. Occasionally he got up and wrote a few sentences on the paper and stuffed it into the book. When night fell, another fat young man came quietly. After seeing the message, he went back to Liao under the west window.
A few sentences or a long speech.
Handwriting that was either graceful and graceful or wild and wild was scrawled on those papers. Ning Que and Chen Pipi, two guys who didn't know each other's identity, kept communicating by leaving letters, and in the late spring and early summer
The days slipped away quietly between their strokes, drawings, ridicules and laughter, peaceful and beautiful.
"Brother Wuming, is there any way to make the sword in the book more supple?"
"Idiot, what's the name of a sword if it can be flexible? Besides, your math question yesterday about grass and cows... was so weird. What is the relationship between quantities?"
"Idiot, don't call things that you don't understand weird. Besides, is there really no way to understand it? I still don't believe that Master Haotian would be so unfair to a genius like me."
"It is true, but you still don't have any hope. There is only a thin line between genius and idiot. Anyone who has this kind of hope, no matter he is a genius or not, will eventually become a poor idiot. In addition, I still want to reiterate
Once again, the math question you asked the day before yesterday was really weird and had no simple beauty."
"I heard that the Demon Sect uses a different method. They do not seek to resonate with the breath of heaven and earth, but try to incorporate the breath of heaven and earth into the body. Can you enter the spiritual path if you have no body orifices using this method?
In addition, the following is the third math question I gave you. Please answer it carefully and don't always ask me for the answer."
"This question is just for elementary school level. Are you humiliating me? Regarding the Demon Sect, I must warn you that it is okay in the academy. If you mention it outside, don't mention these two words, otherwise you will
It is very miserable to be hunted down by the strong men of the righteous way in the world. In addition, I must tell you with a smile, even the practice method of the Demon Sect to absorb the heaven and earth into the body requires all the orifices to be penetrated, so that the breath of heaven and earth can penetrate into the body."
"It's really a shame, I thought there was another way to go."
"If you can figure out how to use the eight methods of Yongzi to decipher words, you can be regarded as a deviant guy. I am really worried that you will be forced to rush to practice magic, so you should not feel regretful, but should feel lucky, otherwise if you fall into the trap
If you enter the devil's path, I may have to pick up my sword and chop you into three halves in the future."
"What you said makes sense. I feel very disappointed."
"We are now pen pals, right? Why don't you ever ask me who I am? Don't you have any curiosity at all? Don't you think it's a great opportunity to meet this genius?"
"I'm never very curious about other people's affairs, and you never asked me who I am."
"Okay, who are you? Where are you from? Where is the academy? Do you have any beautiful sisters at home?"
"My name is Ning Que. I come from Weicheng. I live in Bingshe, Academy. I only have a little black charcoal maid at home... Who are you? Where are you from? You already have a fierce wife and concubine in your family, so why do you hate women so much?"
"My name is Chen Pipi, I come from Xiling, and then I disappeared."
"I heard that five years ago, a famous Xiling student got a top grade in six subjects. All the teachers in the academy came out to watch because it was the best result in a century. Could it be that that person was you?"
"Sir, do you feel awe and admiration for me now?"
"I passed the A-level exam in three subjects, failed in two subjects, and dropped out of one subject. It is said that this is the only result in the academy for a hundred years. In this case, why should I fear and worship you?"
"...It's easy to pass the first-level exams in three subjects, get the lowest scores in two subjects, and fail in one subject. It's really a rare and vigorous level. You're being cruel, but I temporarily admit that you have the qualifications to talk to me on an equal footing."
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"You are from Xiling, why did you come to Datang to study?"
"I come from a big family in Xiling, and the family's fortune is so big that you can't imagine it. You know, a genius like me is destined to inherit the family fortune when he is born, but the problem is that I have another genius who is equally talented.
The elder brother who is only slightly inferior to me. More importantly, since I was very young, this elder brother has treated me very well. He takes care of me and cherishes me in everything. This is not because the elders in the clan decided to treat me.
The family property was handed over to me without any complaint. I did not want to inherit the family property at all. I felt that my brother was the best candidate to inherit the family property, but the elders in the family did not allow me to refuse. The longer I stayed at their home in Xiling, the longer
"The better my brother treats me, the more uncomfortable I feel, so I simply sneaked out when I was ten years old."
"If you ran away from home at the age of ten, wouldn't your elders be looking for you everywhere?"
"How could they not be looking for me? Since they couldn't find me, they would have guessed that I was hiding in the academy. What about you? Why did you enter the academy, and why were you working so hard a few days ago?"
"Of course I want to be an imperial official when I enter the academy, and of course I want to practice cultivation. As for why I work so hard, it's because I have a lot of things to do. If I don't work hard now, I might lose my life in the future."
"What could be so troublesome?"
"Then I can't tell you the story you know."
The exchange of letters on ink and paper beside the old west window began with asking each other about practicing mathematics, and gradually progressed to curiosity about each other's lives. Time passed by gently, and Ning Que's body recovered quickly after taking that prescription.
There was no coughing anymore, and the relationship between the two young people, who had never met each other, became more and more familiar.
It was summer, and the temperature was getting higher and higher. The west window had been closed at some point, shrouding the building in darkness. Ning Que looked at the messages that the guy had written on the paper in the past few days, with a smile on his face.
Gradually, I found a shocking detail: the guy named Chen Pipi said that if his family couldn't find him, they would definitely guess that he was hiding in the academy. This sentence indirectly showed that for that guy's family,
, there is no place in the world that they cannot find. Only a sacred and lofty place like the academy can make that family fearful.
"Xiling Divine Kingdom...where can there be such a powerful family?"
He frowned slightly and thought for a moment, but was puzzled, and then looked down. Yesterday afternoon, he asked for the first time in the letter if they could meet. Now that he was sure that the other party was on the second floor, he was naturally a little curious about what the letter said.
's reply.
There is someone's handwriting from last night on the paper: "Whenever you can enter the second floor, you will naturally be able to see me."
Ning Que shook his head and wrote a reply: "The problem is...how can I enter the second floor."
Haotian's injustice has made all the senses in the young man's body incomprehensible. No matter how ulterior he is, he reads books in a deconstructive way, moves mountains and digs holes with fearless spirit, he has never really taken a step forward on the path of spiritual practice. At this time, he is looking at
The word "two floors" made him feel a little sad.
He put down his pen and stood up, looking at the quiet bookshelves around him. He laughed at himself and sighed softly, thinking that he was standing on the second floor wondering where the second floor was. This was really an interesting and boring thing.
Suddenly, he frowned slightly and noticed a shallow scratch on the ground under the bookshelf leaning against the gable not far away. The scratch on the dark wooden floor was very light and very light. If you don't take it seriously,
It's really hard to find when you go to see it.
Ning Que walked over after a moment of silence, squatted down and touched it lightly with his fingers, confirming that it should be the result of years of friction. He looked up at the heavy bookshelf, and the fingers that pressed against the scratches trembled slightly.
The sides of the bookshelf are engraved with some complicated patterns with unclear meanings. The patterns are filled with gray accumulated over the years. They are round, steep and square without any specific shape, making them look extremely ugly. Every detail of the old carved eaves is extremely exquisite.
It was exquisite, but the decoration on the bookshelf next to the wall was so crude. He felt more and more strange. He slowly touched it with his fingers, then closed his eyes, feeling every touch from his fingers.
Is the legendary second floor behind the bookshelf? Is the real academy behind the wall?
"You can try to pry this bookshelf open and see what's behind it."
Ning Que suddenly opened his eyes and turned around to look around, and found that the gentle and petite female professor had quietly come behind him at some point, looking at him with gentle and even encouraging eyes.
He didn't know the true meaning of the female professor's gentle and tranquil gaze. He glanced at the patterns on the bookshelf with a wry smile. Occasionally, a light flashed through his mind, and he remembered when he looked at the Suzaku portraits on Suzaku Street and saw those canopy beasts in the palace.
I had vague guesses about some things, but I still dared to do anything disrespectful.
The time has now reached the midsummer of the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse. Ning Que and Sang Sang have been in the majestic city of Chang'an for several months. They opened an old pen restaurant, successfully entered the academy to study, and ate some leftovers every day. It seemed that they were living a normal life.
Nothing has changed at all, but that's not the case.
A young soldier from a border town followed someone to fight for a night in the spring rain. He entered the palace once and spent many days and nights fighting with those spiritual books. He saw a bigger and more magnificent world and met some interesting people.
The characters' vision and spirit are very different from before.
The most important thing is that in these few months, he sent away his first friend in life, killed the censors Zhang Yiqi and Chen Zixian, and took the first step on the road to revenge. Fortunately, these two people
His death seems to have not alarmed the Tang Empire officials and the powerful General Xiahou.
"It's too hot. That's the only bad thing about Chang'an City."
Lying on the bamboo chair and looking at the stars above his head, Ning Que wiped the sweat from his face, shook his head and said: "The weather won't get cooler until the morning. Do you think there is a small lake next to the tea master's house, will it be better than
Are we more comfortable here?"
Sangsang took the towel and soaked it in the bucket of cold water, then whispered: "Master, are you going to kill him just because his house is cooler? Is revenge... really that interesting?"