Meet the Gentleman

Chapter 11 Sir, please stay

"Tuk-tuk-"

Outside the door, a hideous evil ghost kept knocking on it.

Behind the window, Che Gai was so terrified that he dared not move.

The knock on the door was like a death warrant hitting his heart, making his scalp numb as if it was exploding. Then, he saw the evil ghost slowly turn its head and look at him. The cold and evil eyes made him feel like he fell into an ice cellar, freezing his whole body and unable to move.

"Don't come here, don't come here..."

Che Gai stared with frightened eyes and screamed in his heart, but the evil ghost suddenly pounced on him.

"Help me—"

Che Gai struggled and shouted, his voice cutting through the night sky.

"Baji!"

An anxious shout was heard. It was from Fu Lin, who lived in the same inn. Hearing Che Gai's terrified cry for help, he jumped up from the bed and rushed out, even breaking down the door.

He rushed to Che Gai's house and shouted anxiously: "Baji, Baji..."

But there was no response from the room, so he broke through the door and rushed in. He looked around and saw Che Gai lying under the left window, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.

"Eight Extremes?!"

Fu Lin's heart trembled, and he rushed forward to pick up Che Gai. When he found out that he was not dead, he breathed a sigh of relief and sat down.

At this time, many students in the inn were awakened, especially those friends who studied with Che Gai, all of them ran to Che Gai's room.

"Zizhi, what's going on?" a young man asked in confusion.

"What happened to Baji? I seemed to hear him shouting for help..."

Everyone asked at once.

Fu Lin carried the unconscious Che Gai to the bed, shook his head at everyone, and said, "When I broke through the door, Baji had already fainted on the ground."

After a while, Che Gai woke up slowly and saw a familiar face standing in front of the bed. Only then did he realize that he was not dead.

"Baji, what happened just now?" a young man asked.

Che Gai took a breath and said with some fear: "Just now there was an evil ghost knocking on the door..."

"Evil ghost knocking on the door?"

"This is impossible. How could there be evil ghosts in the city? Besides, there is Master An in charge in the north of the city. Which evil ghost would dare to run into the city and harm people?" Someone immediately refuted and didn't believe it at all. He asked, "Did you see it wrong?"

"If there really was an evil ghost coming to the inn, how could we not know about it?"

"Brother Che, you must have seen it wrong."

No matter how Che Gai explained, no one believed in the existence of evil ghosts.

Not to mention that they were inside the city and Lord An was waiting there, so they didn't hear the "knock knock" sound that Che Gai mentioned.

Logically speaking, the knocking sound was quite loud and could definitely be heard in the rooms on both sides.

However, people living on both sides of Chegai didn't hear it at all.

Seeing that Che Gai was fine, everyone comforted him and left. After all, it was still dark...

"Zizhi, don't you believe me?"

Fu Lin did not leave, but sat with Che Gai in the small hall.

At this time, Fu Lin did not answer immediately, but looked at the pale Che Gai and said, "Baji, maybe you are drunk."

"Drunk?"

Che Gai laughed angrily, then suddenly calmed down and said, "Now that I think about it, I was indeed wrong."

“This door…”

Fu Lin looked at the broken door with some embarrassment and said, "I'll ask the store to fix it in the morning. We'll just have to make do with it tonight."

He stood up as he spoke, hesitated for a moment and said, "Baji, go to bed early."

Che Gai nodded.

But he sat still, his eyes fixed on the door, secretly afraid that as soon as he closed his eyes, the evil spirit would come knocking on the door again.

Wrong?

At first he thought that he might have really seen it wrong.

Just as they said, how could there be evil ghosts in the city? Besides, Dean An was still in charge not far to the north of the city, so which evil ghost would be so blind as to come to the city?
But he knew he was not mistaken.

The evil spirits were literally knocking on his door...

As for why he didn't die, it was because the evil spirit couldn't rush into the wall, as if there was an invisible force blocking it. Also, he had a very strange feeling that as long as he opened the door, the evil spirit would be able to come in... But why didn't other people hear the knock on the door, nor did they feel the evil spirit?

Che Gai was still frightened and sat there until dawn before he dared to go to sleep.

……

Early morning, mountain stream.

Feng Qingyan woke up at dawn, washed up, and went to the study to read.

Not long after, Chen Niu drove a horse-drawn carriage and brought Mrs. Chen and the food box to the wooden house.

"Mr. Feng, breakfast is here."

Mrs. Chen got out of the car carrying a lunch box and said while standing at the door.

Feng Qingyan came out of the study upon hearing the sound, smiled and nodded at the two of them, then saw Madam Chen bow slightly and walk into the living room, placing the prepared breakfast on the table one by one.

"Mr. Feng, the breakfast is still hot." Madam Chen stepped aside and said, "If you don't like it or want to eat something else, please tell me first."

Feng Qingyan nodded and sat down to eat.

"It suits my taste very well. It would be better if it were a little lighter."

Feng Qingyan ate it for a while and felt that it tasted good, so he said to Madam Chen.

"I'll make a note of it." At this time, Chen Niang began to clean up and asked after a while, "Master Feng, do you have any clothes to change?"

"I can wash the clothes myself." Feng Qingyan left the table after eating.

"How about that?"

Madam Chen was about to clean up the dishes, but upon hearing this, she waved her hands and said, "Mr. Feng is a scholar, how can you wash clothes like a woman? People will laugh at you."

"also."

Feng Qingyan thought for a moment and said.

"Mr. Feng, are you going to the academy?"

Chen Niu, who had been waiting in front of the house, walked up the steps and asked.

Feng Qingyan looked at the sky and it was getting late, so he nodded and walked into the carriage under the guidance of Chen Niu. Although the carriage was plain, it was very clean and there were thick mats inside...

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of the thatched cottage, and the old gatekeeper looked at Feng Qingyan in surprise.

"Meet Mr. Bai Hou."

After Feng Qingyan bowed, he walked towards the morning hall.

Bai Hou was the surname of the old gatekeeper. As for his given name and whether he had a courtesy name, Feng Qingyan did not know. Besides feeding the blue cow and teaching a few children how to box, the old man just sat in front of his thatched cottage and sharpened his hatchet.

I rarely talk.

At this time, the morning hall was still empty. Feng Qingyan knelt down in front of the sand table and began to write down the words one by one, so quickly that it was difficult to see clearly.

I still don’t know many words.

That's why he had to come to morning class.

Soon, several children came in noisily...

In the blink of an eye, a morning passed.

Outside the thatched cottage, or on the banks of the Lingshui River, there were still many students watching the craftsmen of the Winter Palace building the academy. There were also many students who noticed Feng Qingyan's presence and wondered why he was still hanging around among the children at such a young age...

"Sir, please stay."

When Dean An was about to leave the morning hall, Feng Qingyan hesitated and said.

An Xiu stopped and turned around, looking at Feng Qingyan who had been quiet all this time with some surprise, and asked curiously: "Qingyan, what's the matter?"

"Could you please read and explain the Ya Sutra in Ya language?"

Feng Qingyan leaned forward and bowed, feeling a little worried that Dean An would refuse. "The current teaching progress of the teacher is too slow for Qingyan."

Free admission to the morning class also means that you can only learn what the teacher teaches.

The Yajing, or dictionary, explains the ancient words and meanings in elegant and correct language, and is an important reference book for scholars who study the Book of Songs and the Classics. The book contains more than 8,000 words, which can be divided into chapters on interpretation, words, instructions, relatives, palaces, instruments, music, heaven, earth, hills, mountains, water, grass, wood, insects, fish, birds, beasts, and livestock.

Ordinary people can learn about the world by studying the Yamas, learn the names of birds, beasts, plants, insects and fish, and increase their knowledge of various kinds.

But for Feng Qingyan, it was mainly for the purpose of learning to read and write, and to learn elegant language.

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I wish all students good results in the exam!
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(End of this chapter)