I was a famous teacher in ancient times

Chapter 587 Fire
Yang Xi's eyes fell on the children's parents, all of them were numb, and they were all dressed in gray and black cloth, which made them even more lifeless. This is a life that cannot go on.

Yang Xi lingered on for a while, and the more courageous boy knelt down and kowtowed, "Gentleman, the boy is diligent, and now he can do the work of an adult. The boy doesn't eat much. Please buy the boy."

Zhou Yu stared at the boy kneeling and kowtowing, "Why did you sell yourself as a slave?"

The boy didn't expect to be questioned, so he raised his head in a daze, and quickly lowered his head after meeting the eyes of the nobleman, "The villain dare not lie and hide, the villain's family really has no food to cook, and the villain wants to save the young one Brother and sister."

Zhou Yu looked at the boy's parents, who had already burst into tears, and looked at the boy again, "You are quite courageous."

The boy knew it was an opportunity, and the nobleman in front of him seemed rich and kind at first glance, so he replied carefully, "The villain knows a few words."

He is bold because of his literacy, and he dared to speak out. There are no caravans passing by these days, and no one will buy him after waiting for many days. His younger siblings can no longer go hungry.

The other boys also reacted, because they were stupid and couldn't speak, so they could only kneel and kowtow dryly.

Third Young Master Li frowned, "Sir, do you want to buy them?"

The Zhou family has no shortage of servants, and just met so many poor people. You know, there is still a long way to Jingzhou. Do you have to buy them all the way?

Zhou Yu looked at his wife, Yang Xi shook his head, "We don't buy them, we just want to give them a job that can make money."

Third Young Master Li was stunned, "An errand?"

Yang Xi waved to the literate boy and asked softly, "Can you count?"

The boy nodded heavily, "Yes, the villain can do simple accounts."

Yang Xi took the addition and subtraction test within a hundred on the spot, and seeing that the boy could indeed count, he raised his eyebrows, "You are very good."

If he was born in a family with a strong family background, this son will have another round of achievements.

The boy was very nervous. The noble lady said that he was on an errand, and he was eager to earn money. He could earn money without selling himself as a slave. Who wants to sell himself!

Yang Xi asked the boy to go to a tea stand not far away to talk, and signaled Zhu Hong to buy a pen and paper and come back. After a while, Yang Xi drew a few forms and pushed the form to the boy, "I will give you fifteen Wen a day. You need to fill in the population of nearby villages according to the form, can you do it?"

The boy looked at the form seriously, he was a little unconfident, "I'm young, I'm afraid I won't be able to fulfill the nobleman's orders."

He only knew a few words, and he had never even touched a pen.

Zhou Yu said, "This is your only chance to control your own destiny."

The boy raised his head suddenly, the boy's jaw tightened, and then he pressed the form with both hands. He thought of the old boy in the village, and he would find a way to be more literate.

Zhou Yu laughed when he saw it, "We will leave tomorrow, of course you can also fool us, but I'm sure, you will regret it for the rest of your life if you fool us."

The boy summoned up his courage, "The villain's surname is Qi, and his name is Shanyue."

He didn't know why, but he wanted to say his name out loud at this very moment.

Yang Xi smiled, "Good name."

The corners of Qi Shanyue's mouth turned up, this was his own name, and his father praised him as a young man who studied, but unfortunately the world was in chaos later, last year his father fell seriously ill again, and the family was desperate. He thought of his sister who sold himself , the joyful mood fell again.

Yang Xi wrote the deed neatly, but the boy could only read a few words, and he couldn't write his name. Yang Xi taught him a few times patiently, and the boy wrote his name crookedly on the deed by himself.

Zhou Yu gave a month's worth of copper money on the spot, and asked Cheng Jin to send ten catties of grain and one catty of salt to the boy, and the paper and pens he bought were also left to the boy, and at the same time said to the boy, "You can also ask for help. You, you are still young, so be careful."

Qi Shanyue listened and bowed respectfully, "The boy has been taught."

Seeing the young man and his wife leaving, Third Master Li's eyes moved slightly, "This son is not bad."

Yang Xi asked a question, "When the aristocratic family no longer occupies most of the reading resources, and it is no longer difficult for peasants to read and write, what will this world be like?"

The third son of Li was stunned in place, the family would gradually lose the soil to continue the glory, and if he wanted to continue the glory, he had to work harder.

Mr. Li San stood up slowly, looked at the two gentlemen with complicated eyes, his mind clamored that he should kill, but he couldn't do it, because their Li family had already been connected with Yang Xixuan.

Once the Li family retreats at this time, what awaits the Li family will be doom.

It wasn't until he returned to the inn that Mr. Li San realized that the two gentlemen hired a young man to do an investigation under his nose, but he didn't make a sound to stop him. This is the most terrifying thing, which shows that he already agrees with Yang Xixuan!

In Jingzhou Fucheng, inside the Li family's mansion, Xiao Ma's injury is recovering well. He just finished his martial arts training and got out of a simple wash. The lord asked him to take someone to pick up the two gentlemen.

Xiao Ma grinned, he was finally able to leave Li's house, and said to his men, "Leave early tomorrow morning."

Mr. Li heard this sentence when he came in, "Where is this going?"

Xiao Ma didn't hide it either, "My lord is worried about the safety of the two gentlemen, so let me greet the two gentlemen."

Mr. Li smiled, "What a coincidence, my father wanted me to meet the two gentlemen. I just wanted to tell you that it seems that we can set off together tomorrow."

Pony was even happier, "Okay."

He wished that more people would pick up the two gentlemen, the two gentlemen were as important as the lord in his heart.

Mr. Li's heart was very heavy. His father had received the accurate news that the Min family had already ambushed on the road, and there were other forces blocking them. They would not give up destroying the marriage between the Li and Yang families until the last moment of marriage.

It took another five days for Yang Xi and his party to arrive at the capital city of Yizhou. The muddy roads were too unfriendly to the convoy. They stopped and went on the fifth day and arrived at the capital city of Yizhou to rest for a day.

Since Cheng Jin entered Fucheng, his whole body has been tense all the time. The meals for Yang Xi and his wife are all in the guest room.

Before night fell, Cheng Jin personally stood guard outside the guest room.

Zhou Yu also lost sleepiness, "Cheng Jin felt wrong when he entered the city, let's be more careful tonight."

For a team as large as theirs, it is most difficult to do it in the wild, but it is easier to do it in the city.

Yang Xi touched the sleeve arrow on her wrist, which gave her a sense of security, "Yeah."

The husband and wife closed their eyes and rested their minds. It was not until the middle of the night that they gradually became sleepy.

The two lived on the second floor of the inn. The inn had three floors. The room Cheng Jin chose for them was not facing the street, and there was no shelter outside the window. It was very difficult to do something to their room.

But in the middle of the night, there was still movement. A fire broke out on the second floor of the inn. The fire spread quickly, and the voice of a man shouting for firefighting sounded outside.

Yang Xi and his wife had already got up, they put on the quilt soaked in water leisurely, they covered their mouth and nose, they didn't open the door to go out to check for a while, they waited for Cheng Jin to send a message in.

Zhou Yu said in a low voice: "Cheng Jin led people to check the inn, but he still found the way. It can be seen that there are secret passages in the inn."

There must be a lot of flammables and grease stored in the dark passage.

(End of this chapter)