Nightfall Chapter 71: College
Chapter Seventy-One Academy
Lao Chao Chunfengting does not know how many industries like Lin 47 Lane are in his hands. The heroes he used to associate with are unknown. It seems that if these characters want to leave Chang’an City, they should not be the ones who need to say goodbye. These shop owners in Lin 47 Lane. However, before he left today, he deliberately came to Lin 47 Lane to say goodbye to the shop owners. If in the eyes of those upper-class nobles in the empire, he would probably think that this was a middle-aged man who wanted to trigger the Chunfeng Pavilion incident through this. In the streets and alleys, make an obvious warning: don’t mess around after you leave.
But Ning Que knew that this was definitely not the real reason why he came to Lin 47 Lane—he wanted to say goodbye to himself, to the partner who used to fight side by side on a spring rainy night and eat omelette noodles side by side, just because Ning Que wanted to hide his identity, and now he was the dark guard in the palace, so that man would patiently bid farewell to all the shop owners, so as not to let the caring people in Chang’an City notice his presence.
On this thought, even if Ning Que, who thinks he is indifferent, feels warm and warm in his chest, looking at the people getting closer and the smiling middle-aged man in the blue shirt, some don’t know what to do. Self.
When I came to the door of Lao Bi Zhai, I looked at the young man and the little maid in the shop with a slight smile, and said with a polite: “Boss Ning, it’s polite.”
Ning Que looked at the gate of the blocked shop, and the people watching the excitement outside the crowd, smiled slightly, and pretended to be like him. Brother.”
The second brother Chao heard the three characters from Xu Chongshan’s deputy commander. He thought that this title was close and respectful, very decent, but unexpectedly made Chao Xiaoshu startled slightly, and then showed an unquenchable laugh, standing on Chao Chao The aggressive men behind Xiaoshu shook their heads, and they looked at Ning Que’s gaze with a kind of benevolent banter—people in Chang’an all called Chao Xiaoshu the Chunfengting Old Chao, Yulong. The brothers in the Bang referred to him as the gang leader or the eldest brother. Very few people knew the title of the second brother Chao, and Ning Que unknowingly exposed him.
“I’m leaving Chang’an City soon, so I brought my brothers to meet with the bosses. If boss Ning has any inconvenience in the future, you can find them. Of course, I believe boss Ning just needs to manage , Will surely fly up to the sky, and the blue clouds will go straight up. Please don’t forget to help my brothers then.”
Smiling towards Xiaoshu, he looked at him and said, pointing his right finger to the men behind him, and said: “You have met Qi Si. They are Chang San, Liu Wu, Fei Liu and Chen Qi. I can trust them. Brother.”
The so-called intentional management will surely make Zhiyun go straight up. Chao Xiaoshu also said in other stores, but to Ning Que like this, naturally there are some other meanings. Ning Que understands it. The men at the door of Lao Bi Zhai We also understood, Chang San Liuwu and others looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other’s eyes, then took a step forward and silently saluted Ning Que.
They knew what happened on that spring rain night, and they had a very good impression of Ning Que, who had never met before, and they also knew that Chao Xiaoshu had a very high opinion of this boy, but they did not expect it to be so high, even Vaguely reveals the meaning of solemn trust.
Chang Siwei looked at Ning Que and said gently: “Boss Ning, if there is any disagreement in the future, I will inevitably disturb you.”
Through the conversation in the palace last night, Ning Que now understands that these men in front of him are the secret guards that His Majesty the Emperor Datang used to sprinkle among the people. Now that they know their identities, they may re-enter the palace to serve in a few days. He naturally wouldn’t neglect, just listening to these words, he always felt something was wrong.
Chang Sanleng, Qi Siruth, Liu Wuheng, Fei Liuxue, Chen Qiyin, this is Chang’an City’s evaluation of several generals of the Yulong Gang, but at this time, he looked at Chang Siwei with a gentle expression, Ning Que couldn’t connect him with Leng Zi, and didn’t expect that the man had already moved in his heart to entangle himself.
Since it is to hide people’s eyes and ears, the people in Chao Xiaoshu can’t stay in Lao Bi Zhai for too long. It looks special. They just chatted a few words that are not salty or not, and then smiled at Xiao Shu and looked at Ning Que. , Said two words.
“Go away.”
It was another pattering spring rain, thin and gentle. Many pedestrians didn’t even bother to wear a hat. Ning Que stood silently at the entrance of Lin 47 Lane, watching the distant ones drifting away. The figure, looking at the back of the middle-aged man in the blue shirt who was still chic and casual, suddenly felt a little regret in his heart.
“Brother things like this, of course, need to be proven by time. If you say that you are a brother, I promised you to be a brother, then I don’t look too shameless? I was thinking about another few years, if it’s good, and It’s okay for you to be a brother, but if you just pat your **** and leave, I still lose face.”
Ning Que shook his head and sighed. He turned around and took Sangsang’s small hand and walked into the alley. There were a few first-blooming peach blossoms protruding from the alley wall beside him. They were cut off by the spring rain. Scattered branches fell on the bluestone slab.
The same stamens were scattered on the bluestone slab at the gate of the city. Next to a wine shop, toward the little tree and the brothers who had lived and died for many years, they used the peach blossoms in Changan City to drink a few cups and then bid farewell.
Spring rains one after another, the people who have just met or just met are separated or farewell. The teenager from Weicheng and his little maid spent their first month in the imperial capital without knowing it, and then finally Ushered in the most important day of his life, if all the events between life and death are not counted.
The college started today, and it’s true that it’s the beginning of school. Because the college will enter the college exam at the same time on the first day of school, and those who can pass the entrance exam will become a glorious student of Chang’an College, but fail the entrance exam. Exam preparation students, they have seen the solemn opening ceremony and saw the real appearance of the academy. Presumably this memory will become an unforgettable period in their lives in the future, and they are comforting.
At five o’clock in the morning, Ning Que and Sangsang got up and began to freshen up for breakfast. The opening of the academy is a major event for the entire Datang Empire and even for the entire world. As for the people of Chang’an City, they have been looking forward to it for a long time. All kinds of hawkers have opened their business in advance, so the master and servant are lucky. Had the hot and sour noodle soup.
Ning Que kept yawning and rubbing his astringent eyes. It was obvious that he didn’t sleep well last night. Sangsang even wore two dark circles under the eyes that were darker than her complexion. She looked even worse than her young master. Be nervous.
The Ministry of Etiquette has a special carriage for picking up candidates, but because Ning Que wants to go with Sangsang, he chose to rent a carriage to go alone. The carriage of the car dealer knows the identity of the patron and dare not neglect it. It was already in the middle of the night. They were standing by at the entrance of the alley, so their master and servant left Laobi Zhai and immediately set off to the south.
Fortunately when I was in the East City, the carriage became difficult to move as soon as it entered the South City. At this time in the darkness of dawn, the spacious Suzaku Street looked a little gloomy. It was jammed by hundreds of carriages and floated in the sky. In the light of the rain, the wet bluestone slabs could not count how many wheels were moving, and how many horseshoes were kicking the rain angrily.
The carriage used by the Ministry of Etiquette to pick up and prepare candidates was released first. Under the command of the City Gate Army, the carriage for candidates holding the admission test certificate struggled to squeeze out a **** road, forming a long line along the Drum Tower towards the Suzaku Gate. Today’s Chang’an City Academy’s test-preparation students are the most important figures. Those who participated in the opening ceremony of various ministries and even the royal family’s carriages were squeezed aside. As for those wealthy businessmen and scholars who bought admission tickets and prepared to see the excitement. They were even more unceremoniously rushed to the last side.
Candidates are more important than officials, and more important than those wealthy businessmen who can bring taxes to the empire. This may seem unimaginable, but it is a fact. And looking at the quiet and luxurious carriages and the guards with their usual faces, you can imagine For countless years in the past, the academy has always looked like this when it opened.
Ning Que and Sangsang sat in the carriage, raising the curtain corners of the car from time to time to look at the movement around them, their a little nervous and anxious mood gradually calmed down, when the carriage finally drove out of the south gate of Chang’an City and headed south along the spacious official road. He even had the mood to admire the scenery as he set off on the high mountains in the clouds.
The spring rain is still under the patters, but the high mountain that was suddenly uplifted from the Hewei Plain is not affected in the slightest, because before the peak is clear and bright, and the peak is above the rain cloud, the rising sun The projected brilliance was reflected by the cliffs, sprinkling ray of light into the world, feeling very warm.
Looking at the mountain peaks under the sun ahead in the drizzle of the car, Ning Que’s mood suddenly became extremely calm. I don’t know why, he felt that there was something very attractive to him, and there was a certain taste that he liked very much.
South of Chang’an, under the mountain, is the Academy.
It is the academy that has experienced thousands of years of wind and rain without a name, and has a longer history than the Tang Empire. It has cultivated countless former sages and ministers for the Tang and the world. It is not mysterious but close to gods.
It is also the place where Ning Que has spent so many hardships and must walk in.
The mountain is nameless, it rises abruptly between the plains and rivers, rushing into the sky.
The academy is unnamed, and it stands silently among the red and dusty world.
Dozens of horse-drawn carriages drove to the foot of the mountain one by one, and the chattering and laughter in those carriages stopped abruptly. The students who came for reference did not feel any pressure, but they had to be silent because of the respect in their hearts.
Under the clear and beautiful rays of the morning sun, at the foot of the mountain is a very large area, a gentle **** composed of green meadow hills, the undulating waves are like solidified waves, the green grass is picturesque, and there are dozens of complexities in the painting. In the lane, a few flowers and trees were planted at a distance. In the middle of the meadow, there are clusters of flowers and trees. The pink powder is not the color of apricot or peach blossoms, but it is irregular but very beautifully smeared on the hillside. The beauty is extremely beautiful.
Next to the car window, Ning Que and Sangsang looked at this paradise on earth, looking at the small black and white two-color academy building above the grass slope, they couldn’t help but feel a little surprised. After a long silence, He looked back at Sangsang and said seriously: “I must be admitted to the college!”
Sangsang looked up at him with a small face and looked at him worriedly, and said: “Master, a few sets of real questions for the admission test…Have you finished?”
Ning Que was silent for a long time. After a long time, he suffocated a sentence and said angrily: “Auspicious words! Do you know what auspicious words are!”