Chapter 52 Gambling
As the chickens crowed, Xue Shenzhi got up to wash and went to the lecture hall to read in the morning.
He came the earliest, and in a short while, half of the students came. The lecture hall was quiet, and most of them consciously let their paces lightly, with only the rustling sound of flipping books.
Xue Shenzhi put out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, poured clear water into the inkstone, and then held the ink anchor and polished the ink.
Instead of reading silently with his classmates, he took out the set of old books he received to copy.
A few days after the lecture, he had copied a volume of "The Doctrine of the Mean" and a volume of "The Analects of Confucius". The booklet was a little bit broken, but it contained Li Mingli's annotations. Xue Shenzhi did not waste his studies at home. The contents of the booklet were explained with annotations, so he could quickly understand and integrate them.
Sometimes the books copied are more profound than reading silently. He can basically recite them.
He was smarter than others since childhood and could never forget his memories, so he was able to pass the exam for the child's life at the age of eight.
The one who is expected to take the test is the Eight-Legend Essay, and the Eight-Legend Essays are drawn from the Four Books and Five Classics, and you must read them carefully and memorize them all.
Usually, he reads himself at home and needs to read it four or five times before he can understand it. The teacher’s lectures can help Xue Shenzhi master the key points faster. Therefore, he only copied the booklets when reading in the morning and evening.
Today he happened to copy "The Great Learning", and he copied only two pages, pressing one hand on his book.
Liu Qiao sneered: "Xue Shenzhi, I heard you refused to be the personal disciple of Dean Zhou?" Liu Qiao glanced at Wang Chunfang who was sleeping on the table and sneered: "You are still arrogant and want to pull waste like Wang Chunfang and Wenquxing into Class A?"
Liu Qiao was not convinced by Xue Shenzhi, so why could he be appreciated by Zhou Shuzhi? Just because of the ridiculous title of child prodigy?
Everyone burst into laughter.
"Liu Qiao, you don't know yet? Xue Tongsheng went to see the dean as soon as he entered the academy and specially invited Mr. Qin from Tongfu Restaurant to be a lobbyist. Mr. Qin and President Qiu are old friends. I think he wanted to be the closed disciple of President Qiu, so he rejected President Zhou." Jiang Liyuan fanned the flames.
Sure enough, Liu Qiao's face turned pale, "You're so sad, Dean Qiu only values knowledge. He won't accept you as a closed disciple just because there are people behind you!"
Xue Shenzhi put the brush in clean water and put it in a bamboo tube. He slowly raised his eyes and looked at Liu Qiao, "Since that's the case, what are you afraid of?"
Liu Qiao's face turned black.
Jiang Liyuan snorted and said, "Xue Shenzhi, you can't even enter Class A, which means you are not good at studying. Dean Qiu doesn't pick the good seedlings of Class A, so how could he choose you, a sick person? If you want to stay in Qingyuan Academy, I would like to advise you to know the current situation!"
He reached out and held the inkstone to help put it in Xue Shenzhi's basket. His hand shook slightly, and the thick ink sprinkled on the "Great University" he copied. Jiang Liyuan apologized without sincerity. "Ah? I'm sorry, I accidentally slipped my hand." When his hand loosened, the inkstone fell over in the bamboo basket.
Before, Liu Qiao and Jiang Liyuan competed against each other. Since Xue Shenzhi came, the two of them have shared the same hatred and excluded Xue Shenzhi together.
Xue Shenzhi looked at the mess in the basket, and the ink oozing out of the bamboo basket, a dark cold light flashed in his eyes, and he pursed his thin lips tightly.
"Wipe clean." Xue Shenzhi's eyes were cold, and the bamboo basket was put in front of Jiang Liyuan.
Jiang Liyuan laughed, "Liu Qiao, have you heard what he said?"
Liu Qiao patted Jiang Liyuan on the shoulder and mocked, "Xue Shenzhi, it's not impossible to ask us to wipe it clean. Three days later, if you can make an exception and be promoted to Class A, we will not only compensate you for a new set of books, but also eat the whole set of dirty old books!" After a pause, he said maliciously: "If you can't enter, just give it to me - get out of Qingyuan Academy!"
Liu Qiao didn’t know whether Xue Shenzhi had real talent or not, but Xue Shenzhi wanted to be promoted to Class A in an ordinary test, which was a dream!
When Wang Chunfang woke up and heard this, she was so angry that she trembled all over and smoked her orifices.
"Liu Qiao, your uncle! If you get into Class A, you will lick your shoes. If you can't get into the exam, you will get out of Qingyuan Academy!"
Who doesn’t know that it is hard to get to the top of the test at the beginning of the school year.
So far, there is only one precedent for the Jinshi master who is an official in the capital.
Liu Qiao is simply a bad intention!
"Shenzhi, he will be crazy if he is fine. Don't listen to him barking." Wang Chunfang wanted to take Xue Shenzhi away. Xue Shenzhi brushed away his hand, and his dark pupils looked at Liu Qiao and Jiang Liyuan coldly, "Li is the name."
Liu Qiao's face was gloomy when he heard Wang Chunfang's words. Then he saw Xue Shenzhi asking for a document, as if he was afraid that they would not admit their debts. He couldn't help but sneer, "Wang Chunfang, do you see that? People don't appreciate it. Don't meddle in other people's business! Xue Tongsheng's talent in Class B is just aggrieved him. Didn't I give him a chance?"
He took out his bamboo basket, took out a piece of rice paper, put down a note, pressed the handprint, and handed it to Xue Shenzhi.
"In duplicate, whoever refuses to admit his account will be his grandson!" Liu Qiao's eyes were cold and ruthless, "I have some ways to make you unable to survive in the academy!" He held a piece of characters in which Xue Shenzhi pressed his handprint, snorted coldly, and shook his sleeves and left.
The students around were buzzing and talking, and they were all laughing at Xue Shen's arrogant and boring study, and they were happy to watch it as a joke.
"It's too much!" Wang Chunfang jumped up in anger and stared at them fiercely, and everyone dispersed when they saw them. Looking at Xue Shenzhi's dirty basket, she exclaimed: "Shenzhi, what's going on? Forget it, you'll lose it! I'll change you a new basket, but the booklet is dirty, so I have to copy it again."
“Stay.”
“Eh?”
"It's a pity to lose it. You can't waste food at will."
food?
Wang Chunfang scratched her head, and the contents were filled with learning tools. Where can I find food?
After awakening, Xue Shenzhi had already walked out of the lecture hall.
Wang Chunfang chased him out and happened to meet Wenquxing, who was carrying a big bag and returning from home.
Wenquxing was so tired that he stuck out his tongue and gasped, "I'm so tired! We have a good time these days, so my mother prepared roast goose and roast chicken... Village Flower, help me carry the bag to the house!" She threw the bag on Wang Chunfang.
"Why me?"
"You eat the most!" Wenquxing kicked him, "Go quickly!"
Wang Chunfang was carrying a burden in grievance. Xue Shenzhi went to help him share the burden. Wen Quxing said, "Shenzhi, I came to the academy and saw your neighbor's sister eating wontons at a stall outside."
Xue Shenzhi was stunned, "Do you know her?"
Wen Quxing covered his mouth and shook his eyebrows at Wang Chunfang.
Wang Chunfang did not receive Wen Quxing's hint and said honestly: "That Astro Quxing pulled me and hid at the door and watched."
Wen Quxing glared at him fiercely and quickly explained: "Hehe, I just recognize my familiar face. I will meet her in the town in the future. If she has difficulties, we can help her."
Xue Shenzhi said "yes", stuffed the bag to Wenquxing, and walked out of the academy.
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In the alley.
Shang Zhi confronted the two people.
"My little lady, take out all the flowers and silver. If you want to stay, it's okay!" The man with a broken finger on his hand stared at Shang Zhi's beautiful and fair face, and reached out to pinch her face.
With a "bang", Shang Zhi patted his hand away.
She thought to herself that her wealth would not be revealed, but she was careless and attracted the eyes of these scoundrels.
The man looked at his hands that were numb and his eyes were fierce, "Smelly girls, don't toast and not eat and drink!"
No longer talkative with Shang Zhi, he just started to grab Yao Huang.
Shang Zhi pinched the silver needle in his hand, stepped back, and pressed his back against the wall. The hand that was twisting the needle was wet with cold sweat. She bit her back teeth tightly and gave the flowers forward, "I'll give it! I only have two taels of silver."
When they saw Shang Zhi tactful, their faces were relieved, "That's right, why bother to suffer from flesh and blood?" Seeing Shang Zhi's actions of taking money into his arms, greed appeared in his eyes.
"For you!"
Two people approached at the same time, one received the flowers and the other received the silver.
Shang Zhixun took action, and when the man came to pick up the things, he stuffed the flowers into the basket and stuck the silver needle in his hand on the back of their heads.
The silver needle has a medicine that numbs the nerves. Shang Zhi is walking alone outside, and puts it close to his body to protect himself. This is the first time he has used it. It can quickly tying his neck to exert the effect of the medicine.
Their children were tall and big, and they were vicious villains, and they were quick to move. One person avoided him, and the other person was too close to him and could not hide. When his neck hurts, he feels a little numb all over and falls to the ground.
"Silly girls, you're looking for death!"
Shang Zhi knocked down one, and she ran away.
The man chased after her and grabbed her wrist.
Shang Zhi's face was pale. While struggling, he took out a pack of medicine powder with his other hand and sprinkled it on the man's face. She saw the man who had fallen to the ground and picked up a stick and hit her head.
"Um."
A muffled groan sounded in her ears, and then she was pulled into a hug with a familiar and clear ink fragrance at the end of her nose.
"You are so bold to rob at the entrance of the academy!" Xue Shenzhi held Shang Zhi's hand and hid her behind him, and said coldly to the man who was supporting him with a stick: "I have already reported to the official, why don't you get out of here!"
The man stared at Shang Zhi tightly, listening to Xue Shenzhi's words, he was shocked and angry, and wanted to run away, but staggered and fell to the ground unconscious.
Shang Zhi watched the two men sank to the ground, and let out a long breath. When she went back, she increased the dose of the medicine on the silver needle!
She was holding her anger in her heart. She picked up the stick, beat the two men hard, and kicked them in discomfort. She turned to Xue Shenzhi and said, "These two villains will twist them to the official."
Xue Shenzhi lowered his right hand and relaxed his tense body. He looked at the two men with a bruised nose and swollen face and nodded slightly.
"Be careful next time when you go out, don't walk into an alley with few people. I would rather take a walk more." Xue Shenzhi's heart was not calm yet, and he rushed over to see what happened just now, and his heartbeat was about to stop suddenly.
"I'm careless this time." Shang Zhi whispered. If she hadn't been afraid that the drug would make her inhaled, she wouldn't have used the silver needle at the beginning. "That's not light, let me see your hand."
Xue Shenzhi's arm was so painful and hot that it must be very serious, but he didn't want to worry about her, so he shook his head, "It's okay, just go back and apply some medicine." He wiped the cold sweat on her forehead with a silk cloth in his left hand. He withdrew his hand and saw Wang Chunfang and Wen Quxing, who were stunned at the alley, and were obviously scared by Shang Zhi's beating.
Shang Zhi frowned, forced his palms to lift it up, lifted his sleeves, and his arms were swollen. She pressed it to check if there was any injury to the bone.
Xue Shenzhi snorted in pain, his face turned pale and his cold sweat was pouring on him.
Wang Chunfang came to her senses and saw Xue Shenzhi's hand tightening, and she ran over anxiously, "Shenzhi, your hand is injured? What should I do? Can you take the test three days later? If you can't take the exam, you will be kicked out of the academy!"
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Heroes save beauty, hahaha~
Village Hua: Hero saves beauty? Haha, wait to be kicked out!
Yesterday, Xiao Aici's daughter was frying and took her to the hospital for examination. She then had dinner at her aunt's house. She went home very late and didn't have time to write today's update. It was too late. She presented the big fat seal with more than 3,000 words, (づ ̄3 ̄)づ╭? ~
Chapter completed!