Misty Rain of the Old Times

Chapter 58 Basics
The mountain road is winding and flat, with pine, cypress and bamboo forests on both sides, and various flowers and trees hidden in between.

Yushan is far away from the city, as if it is in a secluded place, and the surrounding mountains and forests have never been affected by disasters.

Perhaps out of respect for the place of study, there are no carriages or horses on the road leading up the mountain. Everyone, regardless of age or age, young masters, maids or even guards, walks.

Most of them are children, who are full of energy and jump around like a group of naughty monkeys. Their family members and servants can only chase them and remind them to be careful from time to time.

During the peak hours of entering the school, there were many pedestrians on the road. Judging from their attire, most of them came from wealthy families. They were moving up and down the mountain in an orderly manner, and no disputes or disturbances occurred.

After walking on the mountain road for nearly half an hour, Chen Xuan finally saw the gate of Yushan School.

The gate is about ten feet high, and the white walls on both sides are ten feet high and extend deep into the woods. Judging from the scale, the area of ​​Yushan Academy is no less than a standard football field.

There were traces of graffiti on the wall beside the gate. Although he could not read yet, Chen Xuan guessed that those scribbled words were either students writing down their aspirations for the future, or graduates returning to reminisce about the past. Of course, it was also possible that a child might have secretly written down words to curse someone.

Places like schools are always filled with endless hopes, regrets and memories.

Stepping into school is the beginning of life, leaving is the end of a period of time...

There was an open space in front of the gate, which was already filled with a long queue of people entering the school. No matter who they were, they behaved much more well-behaved here. Even Gao Jingming and the others lined up obediently and stopped chasing and fighting.

That's because there is a teacher watching over here, with a pen and paper in his hand writing and drawing to take notes. If the teacher records it in the notebook, it will be included in the daily moral assessment. Xiao Cai and the others reminded Chen Xuan of this on the way up the mountain.

For scholars here, the level of knowledge is not everything; moral character is also of paramount importance. If a person has a bad character, no matter how high his knowledge is, he will not be accepted by the world.

Following the team, they moved forward slowly, not very fast, but soon Chen Xuan understood why they had to queue up to enter the school gate, because there were people who carefully checked the personal belongings of people entering the school.

This was probably to prevent people from bringing dangerous items into the school. In other words, even if Zhou Lin and Deng Lingfeng didn't show off their swords and sleeve arrows at Baliji, they probably wouldn't be able to escape the checkpoint at the door. If they were discovered here, the consequences would probably be more serious.

Gao Jingming was in front of Chen Xuan. As the team moved forward, Chen Xuan felt that Gao Jingming was looking around and seemed a little nervous. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Could this guy have secretly brought something he shouldn't have brought?

Even though he told Geng Hong in Baliji that he didn't bring any dangerous items, just because something shouldn't be brought doesn't mean it's dangerous.

He wanted to remind Gao Jingming that if he really brought something he shouldn't have, he should take it out and hand it over to Xiao Ye or Geng Hong as soon as possible, but there was a teacher in front watching him with a fierce look, so Chen Xuan swallowed the words back.

Gao Jingming became even more nervous. Not only him, but also Tian Xueyu, Luo Taiyun, and even some of the children who were queuing in front of him to enter the school were the same.

On the contrary, Zhou Lin and Deng Lingfeng looked relaxed, but it was only temporary. They would definitely suffer a hard time after returning home, but they just didn't realize it now.

As the team moved forward, Chen Xuan gradually saw the situation ahead, and his eyes were opened.

Because you can never imagine what a group of children can take out of their personal belongings. Anything that does not conform to the rules will be taken out by the teacher. Those with family members, guards and servants will be handed over to them. Those who are alone will be registered and kept by the teacher. The serious ones will be confiscated directly, and the parents will be notified later.

In any case, children who were found to have inappropriate items would either become listless or survive.

What children hide the most are various snacks and foods, including candies, desserts, dried fruits, braised fruits, etc. These things are not allowed to be brought to school.

It seems that the gentleman likes to search out this kind of things the most. He even smiled in front of the children and said that it was a filial piety to the gentleman and they could have a snack again. This made the children almost cry with anger.

This is still normal. There are also many strange things, such as various puppets, toys, clay figurines, storybooks, etc.

There were also quite a few dangerous items, including slingshots, knives, mahjong and dice. The gentlemen collected half of the box, and these things will not be returned later. Are you here to study or to fight and gamble?
Secondly, there are some weird ones. Small pets like turtles, birds, dogs and snakes are relatively normal, but there are actually some wearing rouge and powder bellybands. What's the matter? Do your parents want to have children?

Even more 'horrifying' was that the teacher actually found a baby in one of the children's book baskets. The child had actually brought his younger sister, who wasn't even a month old, by hiding her in the book basket. He even said that he had made a bet with a classmate and had lost his sister to the other person as a wife, so he brought her here. A man should keep his word...

He really does what he promised!
This scene caused everyone to burst into laughter, and the child was severely reprimanded by the teacher in public, and then someone was quickly arranged to send the baby back.

Chen Xuan had broadened his horizons. The children in this ancient society were also a worry. Their personal belongings were like dimensional bags. It was both unexpected and reasonable that anything could be taken out of them.

Soon it was Chen Xuan's turn. Deng Lingfeng and Zhou Lin, who were in the front of the line, passed without a hitch. Then, against their will, the searcher found a small, fist-sized teapot, which his grandfather had used for tea, and which he had secretly brought with him. Luo Taiyun also didn't escape the search. The searcher found a dozen small bags of snacks from inside his belt. The searcher took his snacks and teased him about how much weight he had gained in just a few days at home. Who was he trying to fool?

Then it was Gao Jingming's turn. He didn't dare to look at the teacher, and his little body was trembling slightly.

Chen Xuan, who was following behind him, was stunned. What on earth did you secretly bring with you?

Even Xiao Cai and Geng Hong realized that something was wrong with Gao Jingming. Geng Hong's eyes twitched and he sighed to the sky. He should have searched the young master before going up the mountain to prevent him from doing anything dangerous.

The young master was quite cunning. He got into another car as soon as he left the house and didn't join us on the road. As soon as we got to the foot of the mountain, he started clamoring to go up the mountain without giving us any chance. It seemed like he was on guard against us.

But when we examined his body at the inn, we didn't feel anything. Could it be that he had left someone else's car in there at that time?
Damn it, why did I believe the young master's nonsense...

"Sir, I don't have anything on me," Gao Jingming confessed in front of the gentleman's gaze.

The gentleman was immediately amused. "I haven't even searched you yet, and you've already confessed?" He immediately extended his hand and said without question, "Just take it out. If you make me unhappy, I'll make you clean the toilet for the rest of the day. Do you believe it?"

Gao Jingming opened his mouth, knowing that he could not pass this hurdle. With a sad face, he reached out to feel around his waist. Chen Xuan also looked at him curiously.

The next moment, the gentleman, who had been calm and composed, froze slightly, as if he had seen a ghost.

From Chen Xuan's perspective, he could see Gao Jingming slowly pulling out a long cloth bag from the side of his waist. The cloth spread out to reveal a golden corner of the scroll item!
"Sir, you have to keep this for me. This is my mother's imperial decree... mmm..."

He was talking while taking out something, but before Gao Jingming could finish, the gentleman covered his mouth and dragged him away. In the process, the gentleman used his long sleeves to cover the things in Gao Jingming's arms that he had not yet taken out and put them into his sleeves.

The gentleman on the side whispered something to Gao Jingming. Gao Jingming covered his mouth tightly with a look of fear and shook his head.

He glared at him fiercely, then gestured with his eyes for Geng Hong to come over.

Geng Hong, who didn't know what was going on, walked over and heard the master whisper a few words to him. His iron tower-like figure trembled all over and almost fell to the ground.

I felt like crying but couldn't even cry, and I was shaking like I had epilepsy.
Then Geng Hong asked Leng Bing to go over again. Soon Leng Bing's pupils shrank and she looked at Gao Jingming in disbelief.

She exchanged a few quick words with Geng Hong, then quietly took the things from her husband and ran away, taking the two guards with her.

With Geng Hong's expression as if his wife had died, Gao Jingming was carried directly into the school gate by his teacher, who did not forget to instruct others to watch over the place and act as usual.

"A Xuan, go to the dormitory and wait for me first," Gao Jingming, who was taken away, reminded in a crying voice.

Chen Xuan, who had only heard half of Gao Jingming's words before, had no idea what Gao Jingming had secretly brought. He cursed in his heart.

It's so outrageous that they actually dared to steal Madam Gao's imperial edict conferring the title of Madam!

Shouldn't something like this be on display? How did you get it?
It must have been done last night while resting at Mrs. Gao's place. Mrs. Gao, no matter how much you dote on your son, why didn't you keep such an important thing away and let him get it so easily?

How dare you!

The key to the problem is that this matter can be big or small. If it is a small matter, it is the child's ignorance. If it is a big matter, it is a crime of disrespect. How many heads do you have in your Gao family that are enough to be chopped off?
No wonder Geng Hong, a man as strong as an iron tower, was so scared that his legs went limp!

At this time, Gao Jingming should have been taken to Mr. Yushan by his master. He couldn't take care of this matter, and Mr. Yushan, Gao Jingming's master, had to come.

I hope it can disappear quietly. Gao Jingming is really good at doing things quietly.

Chen Xuan was filled with melancholy, but considering his age, he was just a naughty kid, just basic exercises...

(End of this chapter)