Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 60 Assassination
  Like Qingfeng Academy, Guanxue is also divided into three houses: upper, middle and lower.

After Li An entered the official school, he was naturally assigned to the lower dormitory.

A few days after the Sheng family wedding banquet, it was time for the monthly quiz at the end of the month.

There is no need to write an article. The exam is to select some passages from a subset of classics and history that they have learned. Students need to answer where they come from and their own understanding.

This is not difficult for Li An. After all, he has a very good memory, and he usually reads either the books from the Sheng family collection borrowed from Sheng Changbai or Liu Xuewen's collection.

There are many annotations in these books, and Li An has long memorized them.

After entering the official school, except for the first two months, Li An was basically either first or second because he was a little behind in learning knowledge.

There's no way around it. For a question like this, his good memory is a huge advantage.

The reason why he sometimes takes second place is because he is much worse than Sheng Changfeng in calligraphy.

When watching the drama, many people must have regarded Sheng Changfeng as a playboy.

In fact, although Sheng Changfeng is a bit dandy, he still has some talent and learning, otherwise he would not have been able to pass the county examination and the joint examination at such a young age.

Moreover, Sheng Hong's calligraphy is very good. Sheng Changfeng has been taught by him since childhood, and his calligraphy skills are considered very good among his peers.

Although Li An insists on practicing calligraphy every day, after all, it has only been more than a year, and his calligraphy is still far behind Sheng Changfeng.

If the master who graded papers preferred calligraphy, he would have to settle for second place.

When the paper was handed out, Li An read it again and found that it was not difficult so he started answering.

An hour later, the sound of a clapper sounded. Master Sun asked the students in the front row to collect their answer sheets and left the school.

As soon as the master left, the school immediately became noisy.

Because they would have a break tomorrow after taking the quiz today, the students were packing their things while making appointments about where to go to play tomorrow.

Li An did not interfere with this. After packing his things, he took Shi Zhu and left the school.

"Li An!"

As soon as he came out of the academy, Li An heard someone calling him, and when he went out looking for recognition, he saw Gu Tingye, smiling and waving to him.

Li An came up with Shi Zhu and said with a smile: "Zhong Huai, why are you here?"

"Haha, I'm here just to wait for you and Zicheng. I've made a reservation at Yuchou and let's go have a drink together." Gu Tingye said with a smile.

"Okay, then let's wait for Brother Sheng."

Li An smiled and nodded, and asked Shi Zhu to go back and inform his parents, then went to Yuchou to look for him, and then waited with Gu Tingye at the entrance of the academy.

Li An knew that tomorrow was the day of Old Man Bai's funeral, and there was a high possibility of an assassination attempt on today's meal.

When he first heard that Gu Tingye wanted to invite him to dinner, Li An instinctively wanted to refuse.

However, when he heard Gu Tingye said that he wanted to get rid of Yuchou, Li An hesitated for a moment and then agreed.

It is not a secret that Yuchou is the property of the second wife of the Bai family. Gu Tingye came to Yangzhou just to inherit the Bai family business, so it is impossible not to inquire about this.

Since Gu Tingye still chose to go there, he probably did it on purpose.

As for the danger, Li An was not worried. The Bai family assassinated Gu Tingye because he was obsessed with the Bai family's wealth and did not care about Gu Tingye's identity at all.

However, one of him and Sheng Changbai was a Tongpan Gongzi, and the other was a political student. They had no interest in the Bai family, so the Bai family could not take action against them.

The two waited at the door for a while, and Sheng Changbai and Sanshui walked out.

Hearing that Gu Tingye wanted to invite him to dinner, Sheng Changbai did not refuse. He sent Sanshui back home to inform him, and then took a carriage with Li An and the others out of the city.

Arrive at the pier of Baobao Lake and take a small boat to get on Yuchou.

After Gu Tingye reported his name, the waiter led the three of them to a position near the edge of the boat.

After sitting down, Gu Tingye said with a smile: "I heard that the scenery of Baoan Lake is good, so I wanted to drink while taking in the scenery, so I didn't ask for a private room on the second floor."

Li An smiled when he heard this and said: "If you want to enjoy the scenery, the second floor has a wider view, so you can better appreciate the scenery of Baoan Lake."

A trace of uneasiness flashed across Gu Tingye's face and he said, "Really? I don't know. I thought the first floor was better." Li An saw Gu Tingye's expression and knew that Gu Tingye was lying.

Although he felt that those assassins were unlikely to attack him and Sheng Changbai, there was still some risk.

And he came here even though he knew there was a risk, just to see if Gu Tingye did it intentionally by inviting them to dinner this time.

Now it seems that Gu Tingye already knows that the reason why he chose the first floor is so that he can jump into the water and escape at any time.

Thinking of this, Li An felt a chill in his heart. Because he was familiar with the plot, he still had a good impression of Gu Tingye.

Although there is an element of deliberately making friends, there is also a sincere intention to make friends.

However, what happened this time made Li An understand that Gu Tingye was not as simple as he saw in the play.

Perhaps his initial friendship with Sheng Changbai also had a purpose.

"Haha, it's all the same. You can enjoy different scenery in different places. To be honest, I really don't dare to go to the second floor." Sheng Changbai smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Ever since Ru Lan fell from the boat, he had lingering fears and never came to the lake to eat again.

If it weren't for Gu Tingye's treat this time, it would be hard for him to change the place as a guest. He really didn't want to come.

Gu Tingye was surprised when he heard this: "Is there another story in this?"

"Speaking of which, Li An and I met on this ship."

Sheng Changbai smiled and told the story of how he brought Ru Lan to dinner, how Ru Lan fell into the boat after the collision and was rescued by Li An.

"So, you are destined to be together." Gu Tingye smiled.

"Haha, Brother Sheng, our first meeting was not here." Li An said with a smile.

Li An also didn't mention that Sheng Changbai didn't recognize him later.

But this is normal. The two met just once, and it was already a few months after they met again.

Moreover, at that time, Li An had already studied and practiced martial arts, and his family's conditions had improved a lot. In a few months, there had been a lot of changes.

Sheng Changbai heard this and asked doubtfully: "Have we met before?"

"Haha, Brother Sheng, do you still remember that in mid-April last year, you went to a drugstore to buy Polygonatum?" Li An said with a smile.

Sheng Changbai was stunned when he heard this and said in surprise: "Are you the young man back then?"

"That's right." Li An smiled and nodded.

While the three of them were chatting, the waiter brought out the food and wine.

The three of them chatted while eating.

"By the way, my father once rescued a man from Lao'an who was wrongfully imprisoned. His son Zhuang Xuexue is a great Confucian. My father plans to invite him to our home to teach my third brother and me how to read. Brother Zhonghuai and Li An, why don't you talk to me? We are classmates together and will take the scientific examination together in the future," Sheng Changbai said.

Gu Tingye cupped his hands and said, "I was born in a young family, and my temperament is not suitable for studying."

"I have to ask my tutor before I can decide on this matter."

Li An was a little moved, but he knew that Sheng Hong would be promoted to Bianjing soon.

He can't follow him to Bianjing.

"It doesn't matter. Li An and I are engaged in literature, and you are engaged in martial arts. We will be able to make great achievements and regain the frontier in the future." Sheng Changbai said with a smile.

"Yes, in the future when we are in the imperial court, we will definitely be able to accept..."

As Gu Tingye said, there was a sudden burst of air. He instinctively lowered his body, and a sharp sword behind his back grazed his back and slashed him.

"what!"

The sudden change scared the diners on the ship and fled in all directions.

(End of this chapter)