Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 130 Enrollment
The carriage arrived at Prince Xin's Mansion.

Gu Jingnian lifted the curtain of the car and happened to meet Yin Shu who was riding a horse from the other side of the long street.

Today Yin Shu was wearing a hunting suit, with her hair tied up, arrow sleeves, short collar, and long boots. She held a horse whip in her hand and carried a bow and arrow on her back, looking very dashing.

Just a moment ago, she tilted her head and said to the guard beside her, "I look down on them. I only want to get married. I don't get married because there are few men in the world who are worthy of me..."

Before she finished speaking, she turned around and saw Gu Jingnian, and she couldn't help but her eyes lit up.

Strangely enough, she fell in love with Gu Jingnian at first sight, and even after she learned that he had a lover, her admiration for him and even the joy of meeting him remained.

Gu Jingnian could sense Yin Shu's thoughts from her eyes. He thought it was very strange before, but today, thinking about the Yin family's generations of marriages with strangers, he had a new guess about this.

Perhaps, Yin Yucheng's admiration for Feng Niang and Yin Shu's immediate liking for him actually stem from the father and daughter's deep affection for strangers, especially powerful strangers.

"Mr. Gu...Uncle Gu."

Yin Shu rode forward, looked at Gu Jingnian deeply, and entered the mansion with him.

After passing the front yard, she deliberately waved away her attendants and asked in a low voice, "What progress has been made in today's audience?"

She is always in a good mood when she and Gu Jingnian "help each other".

This sometimes made her unable to tell what she wanted. She did this rationally to send Feng Niang away and make her father sober up. But deep down, she felt that doing this could bring her closer to Gu Jingnian, which made her feel comfortable.

While she felt comfortable, the thought of Gu Jingnian taking Feng Niang Pei Nian away and hugging her left and right made her feel a kind of pain of not being able to get what she wanted... But she was inexplicably immersed in this pain.

"I was thinking that perhaps the matter of me escaping from the hostage status can be left to the prince." Gu Jingnian said.

Yin Shu said: "But my father doesn't have a good relationship with Third Uncle."

"No problem. The prince wants to know about the traitors. I can use him."

"How can I help you?"

"Do you know Ji Ren Mi Sheng?"

"heard about it."

Gu Jingnian said: "I want to know more about Mi Sheng, could you please find it for me?"

"it is good."

Yin Shu turned her head and found that she had reached the path leading to the guest house. Gu Jingnian was bowing and saying goodbye, preparing to leave, and the two of them only chatted for a few words.

She then took a step forward and said, "You don't have to be polite with me. After all, we are uncle and niece. Just call me 'Ashu'."

She subconsciously pointed out that this relationship would alienate each other, wanting to see how Gu Jingnian would react, but was also worried that the two would really become alienated, so she added another sentence.

After so many twists and turns, I don’t know how Gu Jingnian will react.

But Gu Jingnian just smiled faintly, stopped, looked at her, and asked: "Are you going this way too?"

Yin Shu was stunned.

She used to be bold, even rude, but now she pouted for the first time, acting like a spoiled child, as if she couldn't do anything to this man.

Pei Nian and Zhang Xiaofang were already walking towards this side. She had a lot to say, but she had no choice but to turn around and walk away.

After walking for a distance, she looked back and saw the three of them talking and laughing. She felt disappointed, so she got angry at the flowers and trees beside the path and kicked a potted plant away.

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Gu Jingnian walked side by side with Pei Nian and felt much more relaxed.

"Someone came today to announce the imperial decree, appointing me as an official in the Xunyu Guard." Pei Nian said.

"Old business?" Gu Jingnian asked.

Pei Nian said: "It shouldn't be, it's just an empty position, Yong State doesn't value us."

She was expressing her feelings on purpose, not afraid of anyone hearing her little dissatisfaction.

Gu Jingnian didn’t care whether he was reused or not, he just said “Oh” when he heard it.

Zhang Xiaofang walked beside Pei Nian, deliberately lagging behind for a few steps. Seeing that they were no longer on speaking terms, she said, "She also asked me to go to Yuewei Academy with Sister Pei to study."

"Are you going too?" Gu Jingnian asked in surprise.

"also?"

"Ah."

Gu Jingnian nodded.

He pondered the matter and thought that Yong Ting should not have any deep intentions. Qu Jizhi had promised to let Zhang Xiaofang enroll in the school. Pei Nian wanted to be an official of Yong Ting, so it was reasonable to test him first and teach him some principles of Yong State.

Two days later, the three of them went to Yuewei Academy together.

Unlike Chongjing Academy which is located on the outskirts of the city, Yuewei Academy is located in a very central location in Yongjing City. It covers a vast area and is quite impressive.

This was a place for foreigners to study established after the Yong State implemented the national policy of coexistence of common people and foreigners. Later, ordinary children were also allowed to enroll. In recent years, it has gradually replaced the Imperial Academy. Many important officials in the Yong State court, especially many generals who hold great power in the army, came from this academy.

Gu Jingnian and the other two walked into the gate, handed over their credentials, and an official led them inside.

Along the way, I saw that all the disciples were wearing the same style of straight-hem long robes, but their bodies were completely different. Those with wings on their backs were just ordinary, and those with three heads and six arms were not the most bizarre. From time to time, several tails emerged from someone's buttocks, or the third leg under the lapels could not be covered.

There were also some creatures with human faces and snake bodies, human bodies and lion faces, which made them dazzled.

"This way."

The clerk leading the way urged them on and led them into a small hall.

There were several low desks in the hall, on which were placed writing brushes, inkstones, and papers. They were separated by screens, and it was obvious that this was an examination room.

Gu Jingnian and the other two sat down one by one. Not long after, three papers slowly fell in front of them.

"Answer it."

A voice came from behind the screen in front. Zhang Xiaofang couldn't help but wailed softly as she was about to take an exam right after entering school.

Gu Jingnian looked at the paper and found that the topics covered a wide range, including classics, history, and state governance, as well as some questions about different species, which was similar to the ten-day examination of Chongjing Academy.

But it is conceivable that some concepts between the two countries are bound to conflict.

Zhongzhou was originally one country, but it had been divided for hundreds of years. Although the written languages could still be understood, many differences gradually emerged. On this paper, Gu Jingnian did not recognize many words, and did not understand the meaning of some sentences.

He got up very early today and felt a little sleepy as he read, so he picked up his pen and simply answered the questions he knew. He was too lazy to think deeply about the rest, so he put down his pen and fell asleep on the low desk.

I was in a daze and probably didn't sleep for too long. When I woke up, I could vaguely see Pei Nian still writing furiously through the screen. On the other side, Zhang Xiaofang was scratching her head.

With a "ding" sound, a breeze blew, and the three papers slowly floated forward and passed the screen.

Gu Jingnian therefore judged that the person sitting in the back could also control the wind and might be a member of the royal family of Yong State.

After a while, an old voice sounded.

"Pei Nian, Mingde Hall; Gu Jingnian, Zhixing Hall; Zhang Xiaofang, Mengjing Hall."

Then three people walked into the small hall and led them to their respective schools.

Passing through the corridor, Zhang Xiaofang was the first one to be brought into the school.

Classes had not started yet, and as she entered the courtyard, she heard a commotion.

"Wow wow wow."

Following a strange cry, a cloud of mist flew out from the hall. Zhang Xiaofang looked carefully and saw a baby boy with horns on his head, wearing a bellyband, and looking very milky.

That was probably a Ji child, but he was a little different from the Ji people. He waved his lotus-like hands, and the wind blew, and the trees in the yard shook continuously.

"return!"

A little girl of four or five years old ran out, shouted, raised her hand and grabbed the little baby boy who was flying in the air, and pulled him back to the school.

Zhang Xiaofang was stunned for a long time, then she mustered up the courage to walk into the hall, where she saw it was full of children between the ages of three and six, making a lot of noise.

They looked up at her and shouted, "Here comes the Master!"

"Why did you change the female teacher today? She doesn't look that old."

"This is the classmate you're waiting for... Sit over there."

"Oh."

Zhang Xiaofang lowered her head, found a seat at the back and sat down, trying her best to shrink her body.

The little girl who had just taken something from the air ran over, sat down next to her, and said, "You are amazing."

"Me?" Zhang Xiaofang asked, "What's so great about me?"

"How old are you? You've grown this big." The little girl asked, "Are you five years old? Is this your ability?"

Zhang Xiaofang didn't know whether she should deny it for a moment.

Being five years old and having special powers seemed to earn him more respect from the little girl than the real situation, and it would not be so embarrassing to be her classmate.

She nodded slightly.

The little girl pointed at the baby boy riding the clouds and asked, "How old do you think he is?"

"One year old?"

"No, he is thirty-seven years old. He is a relative of mine, from my grandfather's generation."

"Can he read at such a young age?"

"You don't know, he grows so fast, maybe he will be able to speak tomorrow."

As soon as the words fell, the baby boy floated over, and as if to prove what the little girl said, he pointed his little finger at the book, babbled, and squeezed out a word.

"people."

"Look." The little girl said proudly, "My mother said he has Ji people's blood, so he grows very fast."

Seeing this, Zhang Xiaofang felt pressured and thought that she would be the dumbest one among these children.

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Gu Jingnian walked into the school and looked around. He saw that all the people sitting there were rough and savage, or some strange people with human faces and animal bodies.

"Ow!"

I saw a strong man punching in the air, and the wind from his fist turned into a black bear, which rushed towards Gu Jingnian at the door with a roar.

Gu Jingnian stood there without moving, watching the ferocious black bear approach him and then disappear into thin air.

"Ha! This new guy is so brave! He was not frightened."

The strong man clapped his hands and slapped out two more black bears, which ran towards Gu Jingnian again.

"break!"

The next moment, someone shouted and dispersed them.

The person who spoke was a plain young man with a square face. He was holding a book in both hands and reading it. He said, "Stop arguing. If you don't want to learn, I still want to learn."

"Haha, Yin Jialuo, you are so stupid, what can you learn?"

Gu Jingnian looked around and saw that there was only an empty seat next to Yin Jialuo, so he went over and sat down. With a quick glance, he saw that the other person was reading the book "Youth Studies" which he had memorized when he was ten years old.

It seems that the people here are not very good at studying, which shows that the exam is unfair. Gu Jingnian claims that he is much better than these people.

He deliberately asked around and found that there were many students with the surname Yin in the school. Thinking of Yin Yucheng's so-called "talent", he began to have some new guesses about the national policy of coexistence of different customs in Dayong.

(End of this chapter)