Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 472 August [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you 38k more]

The beginning of the Si hour (after 9:00 a.m.)

Shengjia Academy,

'Break time'.

Gu Tingye sat in the middle and couldn't help yawning.

Today he got up much earlier than usual and read for several hours straight, so he felt a little sleepy.

I wiped the tears from my eyes because of yawning.

Gu Tingye looked at the long cypress tree in front of him on the left in confusion.
Changbai was sitting upright with a focused expression.

He turned around and looked at Xu Zaijing behind him.

Looking at the bright eyes that Xu Zaijing looked at him, it was obvious that he was full of energy and not sleepy at all.

Gu Tingye pursed his lips in frustration, rubbed his face hard, and continued reading.

At the front of the school,

Zhuang Xuejiu sat on the Arhat chair in front of the screen, gently waving a folding fan.

There are less than ten students in the school.
This Arhat chair was about the same height as the desks of Xu Zaijing and others.

Zhuang Xuejiu sat on the Arhat chair, looking down from above.

You can see a lot of what's going on in the school from the corner of your eye.

Especially the students' movements, he could see everything clearly just by looking straight at them.

I also learned from Changbai that Gu Tingye came to the school early this morning.
Therefore,
A slight smile of appreciation appeared on Zhuang Xuejiu's lips.

"I don't know how long you can hold on!"

The scholar waved his fan and spoke softly.

At this time,

In the scholar's field of vision, there was Qi Heng who was turning back to read a book.

Although Qi Heng pretended to talk to Chang Feng about academic matters,

But Zhuang Xuejiu saw clearly,
When the young master Qi Heng turned around, he obviously stopped for a moment in the direction of the sixth lady of the Sheng family.

"Brother Qi Heng, I read a new poem yesterday"

Molan said softly after Qi Heng turned around.

"Fourth sister, tell me, I don't know if I've heard of it."

Qi Heng looked at Molan calmly and said with a smile on his face.

The two of them were talking.
Molan nodded from time to time, and finally said: "I really haven't thought about the angle from which Brother Qi Heng evaluated this poem."

Qi Heng smiled and nodded.

Rulan lay on the desk, rolled her eyes at Molan in disgust, and silently said "foxy woman".

And Minglan, with the chubby face at the back, was still writing with concentration.

see this scene,

Zhuang Xuejiu shook his head helplessly.

in the afternoon,

After Master Zhuang announced the end of get out of class, he walked out leisurely, fanning himself with a folding fan.

Walking on the path back to my yard,

"pedant."

Zhuang Xuejiu turned around, looked at the little maid carrying the bookcase, and said with a smile: "Wu Lang, are you not going to study hard today?"

Xu Zaijing nodded shyly: "Scholar, the Ghost Festival is coming in a few days. That day, my brother and I will take a day off to go to the Taoist temple."

Zhuang Xuejiu closed his folding fan, put away his smile, nodded and said in a deep voice: "This is a matter of national importance, go ahead."

"Yes, scholar! I will leave now."

Xu Zaijing finished speaking.
The little maid following behind him also bowed to Zhuang Xuejiu.

Zhuang Xuejiu nodded again.

Looking at Xu Zaijing who turned and left, his eyes were full of admiration and expectation.

A few days later,

Zhongyuan Festival,
Yongyihou Mansion Ancestral Hall,

Because my father Xu Minghua is in Bianjing this year,

So Xu Zaijing and Zai Zhang, together with their eldest nephew Dai Ge'er, followed Xu Hou into the Xu family ancestral hall.

After burning incense and offering vegetarian food,
Xu Xingdai was left in the Marquis's mansion.
Xu Minghua led everyone out of the gate and rushed to the Taoist temple together with the personal soldiers and old friends of the Marquis' Mansion who had prepared the carriage.

On the way,

Xu Zaijing rode on a small black colt in the middle of the team.
Qingyun followed behind him and said, "Master, I think Chu Zhan seems to have something to say."

Hearing this, Xu Zaijing looked back and saw Chu Zhan riding on a young horse. He frowned and walked side by side with Alan, glancing at him from time to time.

At this time, the knights and carriages of the Marquis' Mansion were walking on the road, and it was not good to disrupt the formation.
Xu Zaijing nodded and said, "Let's talk about it when we get to the Taoist temple."

Qingyun: "Well, I guess it's probably because of the polo thing."

Seeing Xu Zaijing's puzzled look, Qingyun said, "Young Master, you have been busy with your studies recently. You may not know that the polo masters in the Northern Liao delegation that came to Beijing have already challenged several polo teams in Beijing!"

"Win all?"

Xu Zaijing asked.

"Not really. I have wins and losses, but in the past two days I have won more than I have lost."

Qingyun replied.

Xu Zaijing nodded: "Then the polo field business is booming, right?"

Qingyun smiled and said, "Young Master, you are right. I heard from Chu Zhan that just from the two trees he was looking after, he could earn three or four strings of silver a day!"

"Oh? That's a lot."

Listening to Xu Zaijing's words, Qingyun continued, "I heard that several wealthy people in the counties and cities around Bianjing are also bringing their polo teams to join in the fun!"

Xu Zaijing looked at the bustling street scene and said, "Well, let's let them compete first and pick out the best ones. Otherwise, I don't know how badly we will lose."

Qingyun nodded repeatedly: "That's how it is now! Speaking of which, it was Madam Wu who organized the polo matches and announced the polo team's hometowns two days before each match."

"No matter whether they are from wealthy families or ordinary people in Bianjing, many fellow townsmen will go to cheer and support. It is really lively!"

"Awesome!" Xu Zaijing exclaimed.

The two were talking in the team.
On the way, they joined up with the Sun and Zhu families' teams.

As we gradually approached the temple,

Xu Zaijing stopped talking.
As the flow of people on the road gradually became denser, the environment became solemn.

There are more and more families with military honors like the Xu family.

From time to time, the head of the house, dressed as a military officer, would come over and bow after seeing the Xu family.

Entering the temple,

After the crowd dispersed, they began to move the offerings.
The battle with Bai Gao,

The troops under the command of Xu Minghua, the Marquis of Yongyi, fought many battles, including the surprise attack on Zhucheng, the pursuit of victory to attack Dengkou, the westward expedition to pacify the remnants of Baigao, and the battle outside Keyi Gate.

Even though we won a great victory, many men still died on the battlefield.

Especially the elite cavalry and infantry under the command of Zhu Qinghu, Di Jing and others.

Therefore, the Xu family has to move a lot more things around the sacrificial money mountain this year than last year.

Like the Xu family,

There are also many military officers and nobles in the capital, such as the Cao family, the Zhang family, the Zhe family, etc.

A busy time,
When the Ministry of Rites and Taoist temples began to preside over the memorial ceremony,
The group of people moved towards the Xu family.

After greeting Xu Minghua,
A boy walked up to Xu Zaijing, grabbed his clothes, and whispered, "Brother!"

Xu Zaijing looked at Lu Zezong beside him and touched his hair.

After the people from the Ministry of Rites and the Taoist Temple were busy,

Another person from the Taoist temple went into the huge mountain of money to check it out at the sound of drums.

After indicating to Qianshan that everything was fine and there was no child left behind as before, Qianshan began to be ignited from the upper hand.

Watching the fireworks go off,
The faint cries of the families and comrades of the fallen soldiers began to be heard around the Taoist temple.

As the fire on Qianshan Mountain grew more intense,
The fire is burning fiercely,

If I get a little closer, my face will feel sore and toasty.

Feeling the heat of distant flames,
Xu Zaijing pulled Lu Zezong, whose eyes looked a little nervous, behind him, and looked at the green smoke rising from the money mountain and the ashes of the paper offerings with a depressed heart.

Listening to the crying and watching the smoke and dust,

Somehow, Xu Zaijing thought of the morning after the earthquake in Bai Gaoqing Mansion. It seemed to be the same.
The memorial service ends
Everyone in the Taoist temple began to prepare to leave.

Among the Xu family,
Zhu Qinghu, Di Jing, many of the marquis's personal soldiers, and newly promoted lieutenants all had red eyes.

Chu Zhan was familiar with his personal soldiers, and influenced by the environment, he cried very hard this time.

When I was about to leave the temple,
Xu Zaijing saw several generals of the Cao family of Tuoxi Marquis.

The Cao family was talking to Ningyuan Marquis Gu Yankai.
Gu Tingye was also beside him.
The person not far behind Gu Tingye was Xu Yizhou, a brave vanguard soldier who had met Xu Zaijing twice.

Tuoxi Hou was fighting a tough battle in the east, attacking cities and strongholds.
The number of soldiers killed in the battle was much greater than that of Xu Minghua in the north.

The Cao family's personal soldiers were there because many of the Xu Marquis' son-in-law and Gu Marquis' eldest son, Gu Tingyu, died in the battle of Baigao.

Gu Yankai was talking to everyone in the Cao family, and was also asking about the situation of the Cao family's soldiers and relatives who had died in the battle.

Seeing Gu Yankai nodding his head continuously, he thought that nothing was wrong.

Xu Minghua walked over with Xu Zaijing and others.

After chatting for a while, everyone walked out together.

After the sacrifice, the return journey

The solemn atmosphere of mourning seemed to dissipate in an instant.

Xu Minghua and Gu Yankai were riding their horses in front, talking about military matters, and from time to time they would comment on a lieutenant who had been transferred to serve under Xu Minghua.

Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye walked at the back.

In the middle of the two tall mounts was Chu Zhan riding a horse.

"Young Master, Second Young Master Gu, you are so good at playing polo, you must go to the polo field and teach those bitches a lesson!"

Xu Zaijing slapped Chu Zhan’s head in annoyance: “Just talk!”

"Oh!"

Chu Zhan rubbed his head and responded, saying, "Teach those Bei Liao people a lesson."

Listening to Chu Zhan's words,

Gu Tingye looked at Xu Zaijing with great interest: "Brother Jing, shall we?"

Xu Zaijing shook his head and said, "The provincial examination is only a month away? You're going to play polo? Aren't you afraid that Marquis Gu will treat you as a ball?"

Gu Tingye was embarrassed for a moment.

At this time,

Zhu Qinghu and Di Jing rode their horses over.

Gu Tingye, Chu Zhan, Qingyun and other tactful horse riders stepped back and gave up their seats next to Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing turned his head and looked at the two of them: "Cousin, how is the song practice going?"

Zhu Qinghu said in a hoarse voice: "What do you think?"

Xu Zaijing nodded: "It seems that he practiced very hard!"

Di Jing also said in a strange voice, "Rather than practicing that piece of music, I would rather kill a few enemy scouts."

Xu Zaijing raised his eyebrows and said, "Go and kill a few scouts, but you can't go to see His Majesty in front of the emperor!"

Di Jing sighed helplessly. Suddenly, Di Jing glanced at Zhu Qinghu and whispered, "Wu Lang, I heard that you and Gu Jia Erlang had met Wei Xingshou before?"

Xu Zaijing looked at Di Jing in confusion and nodded: "Yes, I met Wei Xingtou a few times before he became famous. I say, is it appropriate for you to ask this now?"

As he spoke, Xu Zaijing glanced towards the Taoist temple behind him.

Di Jing shook his head and said, "Wu Lang, what's inappropriate about this? If I die in battle and know that my comrades want to marry and have children, I will let the ashes of the paper money burned for me float higher!"

Zhu Qinghu smiled and shook his head, but Di Jing meant that he agreed.

Xu Zaijing thought about it and said nothing.

Di Jing continued, "Is she pretty? This leader wears a veil all day long, so it's hard to see through her."

After thinking for a while, Xu Zaijing shook his head and said, "I have seen her several times, but I have never seen her full appearance. She was wearing a veil when she saw us."

Gu Tingye, who heard the conversation from behind, rode over and asked, "Commander Di, what do you want to ask?"

Di Jing looked at Zhu Qinghu with some embarrassment on her face. Zhu Qinghu glared at her and said, "Why are you looking at me? I have a family!"

"I'm asking this on behalf of the brothers in the camp! We've met several times, and we're all curious about what Wei Xingtou looks like. We're afraid that she looks good with a veil, but will become ugly without it."

"But looking at that figure, it doesn't look like she's going to get ugly."

Gu Tingye listened to Di Jing's words and shook his head helplessly: "Commander Di, there are indeed many wealthy families in Beijing who want to see the appearance of Wei Xingtou, but now it is possible that only Brother Chai Jin has seen him!"

Di Jing glanced at the group of people: "The Chai family?"

Gu Tingye: "Yes! I often hear Qu'er Liulang say that Wei Xingshou is still a prostitute! Commander Di, how much money do you have? Do you want to marry Wei Xingshou into your family?"

Di Jing straightened his chest and said a few words in Gu Tingye's ear.

Gu Tingye stared in surprise and asked, "You want such a big reward!?"

Di Jing nodded proudly.

Gu Tingye thought about it and shook his head: "Commander Di has a lot of money, but if he wants to marry someone like Wei Xingtou, he may have to double that."

Di Jing was surprised and asked, "He's just a pipa player. How can he ask for so much money?"

Xu Zaijing tilted his head and asked, "You haven't been into the city much since you returned to Beijing?"

"How can I have the time to go into the city! First I was busy performing martial arts, and then I was busy practicing those wonderful lyrics you, Wulang, wrote." Di Jing looked at Xu Zaijing with some resentment.

Di Jing finished speaking.

Gu Tingye interrupted and said, "Commander Di, listen to my advice. This kind of leader is not suitable for managing a household. You should marry a wife..."

"I just want to take a concubine." Di Jing said.

Gu Tingye: “.”

Xu Zaijing loosened the reins, patted Di Jing on the shoulder, and said, "What Erlang said just now is not right. If you really don't mind being laughed at by others, you should marry that woman as your first wife. Who knows, you may not even have to spend money, and you may even make money."

Gu Tingye was stunned for a moment, then patted his forehead and said, "Yes, yes! Brother Jing is right! If I can be the wife of Commander Di, who has such a promising future, I have to pay for it."

Di Jing hesitated for a moment: "I, I, really just want to take a concubine."

Gu Tingye shook his head and continued: "That's not enough!"

In the several carriages following Xu Zaijing and his group,

There were also the families of Zhu Qinghu and several of his fellow comrades-in-arms who came with him.

There are Xu Zaijing's aunt Zhu Xu and Ni Qiqiu,
There is also the couple Ni Tengyue and Xiaodie.

Ni Tengyue accompanied his wife to the first memorial service for his uncle who died in battle after his marriage.

In early August,
Xu Zaijing and other students who were facing the provincial examination,

Busy to the point of exhaustion.

at the same time,

Because of the participation of Northern Liao Knights,
Polo matches in Bianjing became increasingly popular.
The branches of the trees beside the polo field outside Jinming Lake,

There are already "luxury" seats that are nailed with wooden boards, tied with cotton pads, and sold at a high price.

Polo Field Exit,
From time to time, people from Bianjing would cheer for their fellow countrymen, and some would shout "xxx! xx!" at a polo team because they were playing polo badly or because their bets went wrong.

It's just this time,
The Jin Kingdom's envoys who came across the sea entered Bian Jing through the Xinsong Gate under the escort of Jin Kingdom's elite knights.

After the mission was settled,

The accompanying knights of the Jin nobles were summoned into the house.

The envoy from the post station who had been in Bianjing for a long time took out a golden invitation card and said, "Everyone, the Great Zhou Rites Department invites us to participate in the Bianjing Polo Tournament. Our opponents include the Northern Liao Polo Team."

Although the Jin cavalry did not play polo very often, when they heard this, they looked at each other, and it was unclear whether they wanted to play polo or beat someone up.

(End of this chapter)