Reborn I want to be a giant

Chapter 12
Wutong Academy is located on Wutong Village, and it belongs to the private property of the mountain chief, Wang Shanhai. There are more than forty students in the academy, all of whom are admitted after passing the examination, and only a few of them have been personally taught by Wang Shanhai.Xu Ye is different from others, he is a student taught by Wang Shanhai, but he is unwilling to become Wang Shanhai's personal disciple.

"You are already a master, and they all said you don't have to come back." The eight or nine-year-old fat man squatted under the tree and raised his head, with cake crumbs still sticking to the corners of his mouth and chin, and his dirty little hands resting on his knees.

"When I want to come?" Xu Ye turned over and jumped from the branch.

Wang Shanhai is a great Confucianist in the world, his disciples are spread all over the country of Dayue, and he holds a great discourse power in the imperial court.Xu Ye is Wang Shanhai's favorite student, but he is not a disciple of the mantle.Ten years ago, Xu Ze repeatedly told his son not to worship anyone as a teacher. If others made it clear that he felt that it was difficult to get off the tiger, he would fool him by saying that a Taoist priest had saved his life and he had no relationship with a teacher and student.

Xu Ye didn't quite understand his father's meaning when he was a child. As he grew older and had a clear understanding of the court's context, he realized his father's good intentions.Apprenticeship is sometimes the same as standing in the camp.Their Xu family has ancestral precepts, only to be pure ministers, otherwise they will be tolerated by the clan and face the punishment of expulsion.Occasionally, in the dead of night, he would also be curious about his father's temperament and brains, unlike someone who is afraid of the ancestors' precepts, the father's reason is probably his son...

"Xu Xiaoliu, I have your letter from home." Wang Mu came over and handed over a thick letter.

Some of the students of Wutong Academy are very rich and some are very poor.What to do with children who have no money, of course they have to work in Zhuangzi.Such as serving the fields, watching the door, cooking, repairing the house, and cleaning.However, it is not allowed to do chores for rich children in private in the academy.Wang Shanhai once took in several disabled vagrant military slaves, and only these few could take on lucrative jobs.They washed Xu Ye's clothes.For the children of ordinary people in the outer city like Wang Mu, the academy waived all kinds of fees, so they had to take turns to do the common chores of the academy, including sending letters.

Xu Ye thanked him and returned to his hut with the letter.

Gu Jiayahui's post was placed at the bottom, because it was relatively hard, so Xu Ye opened it first.The other is Xu Ze's letter, which vaguely stated that the matter he investigated before, and that the fourth child has already had a clue. Therefore, Dali Temple will only be responsible for paying attention to the situation in the future. It will not be involved during this period.In the end, he mentioned Gu's post and let him figure it out.

The two brothers and sisters Gu Yanqing and Gu Changyan didn't care about the rare gathering in the family, so when Aunt An secretly reminded Gu Changyan not to dress too brightly on that day, Gu Changyan also nodded.She already has a marriage contract, which saves a lot of trouble.It was Gu Yanqing's inactivity that made her, the younger sister, a little puzzled.

"Whether it's me or the second brother, they are just subordinates of the eldest brother." The implication is that Liang Guogong's current and future connections, money, property, etc. have nothing to do with them.Besides, they also had to work hard to grow up to help Gu Yanyun.

Gu Changyan's heart sank slightly, and he held the other's hand tightly, "Brother, bear with it..."

Gu Yanqing held her back, "I'm the one who should tell my sister, I'll be wronged for you for a few more years." Liang Guogong's mansion chose him to be Gu Yanyun's subordinate, and the path chosen for his sister was to be Gu Changxi's helper .The two brothers and sisters should have long since expected nothing from this family.

It is said that "Ya Hui" is actually mainly to invite the female relatives and young children of various families to get to know each other. In addition to getting acquainted with each other and enhancing their relationship, most of the time the elders are looking for a future son-in-law or daughter-in-law.Gu Changyan had discussed it with Gu Yanqing in advance, so he had no choice but to greet the few people they invited and ignore everything else.Not long after, Gu Yanqing was also quite emotional, the younger sister's sensitivity and prudence had indeed saved the siblings from a lot of trouble.

When Weng Qimin led Weng Fan to meet the younger brothers and sisters, they rushed forward in a hurry. The two little girls hugged together in public, very unhappy.Weng Fan, who was a step late, also wanted to hug Gu Changyan like his sister, but was held back by the nanny, and at the same time received the fresh milk candy from Gu Yanqing, so he didn't really make a fuss when he was distracted.

"Did you invite Xu's little six?" Weng Qimin took Gu Changyan's hand and asked a bunch of questions.

"He's already here, and his acquaintances have gone elsewhere." He said that he ran into several acquaintances from aristocratic families when he arrived at the door, and was dragged away before he could say hello.

"Today's banquet is scattered. If you don't want to go to the Jingzhong Hall, you can come to our yard. I have prepared meals for you."

"That's good."

"Let's go, I'll take you to see grandma first." The siblings of the Weng family came by themselves, and the elders of the family did not show up.On the contrary, Gu Changyan thinks this is the best way. The friendship between children should not be mixed with other things.

The old lady had just met Xu Ye not long ago, and she was surprised that it turned out to be such a good-looking and talented man. She hadn't heard of his name very much in the past, but she remembered the Xu family when she saw him today.It's a pity that he is not a suitable candidate for grandson-in-law.

"Changyu and his age match, but the Xu family..." Although the Xu family is not a noble family, it has a high status in the court, and Xu Ye's father, Xu Ze, is deeply trusted by the emperor. Shangde, Gu Changyu, a concubine, is unattainable.As for Gu Changxi, the eldest daughter... She is the same age as Xu Ye, so naturally she is not suitable.Moreover, Gu Zheng wanted the glory of his beloved daughter for the rest of his life, and never considered a civil servant without a title from the beginning to the end.

Weng Qimin is white and round, so he has a relationship with elders, and the old lady is no exception. Seeing the two siblings, they laughed from ear to ear, talked for a while, and gave a set of ruby ​​bracelets as a gift.

After the people left, Mammy Wei covered her mouth and smiled, "The third young master and third miss are really interesting. They have made friends with two of the three divisions." Isn't it the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple?

The old lady's eyes flickered slightly, and she quickly weighed the power of these two families in her heart, and found that they really should not be underestimated.Of course, this unexpected mood was only for a moment, because Gu Changxi invited Zhang Wanqing, the daughter of the prime minister with a higher status.This is already the highest status among the civil servants present today.Immediately, he was more satisfied with this eldest granddaughter.

After leading the siblings of the Weng family to swim around the beautiful places in the mansion, Gu Changyan took them back to the Hibiscus Courtyard.At this time, Gu Yanqing and the two brothers from the clan were also talking among the boys. Seeing that they were not interested, Gu Yanqing didn't force it. He walked around the garden with the two of them for a while, and then found a quiet place to rest and talk. , the servants were sent away, and no one heard what their three teenagers were discussing.

Both Gu Changxi and Gu Changyu obtained the list of guests for today's banquet in advance through their own means. Gu Changyu didn't know what Gu Changxi was going to do. She carefully filtered out the list of male guests.Of course Xu Ye was also within her range of choices, and she liked him quite a bit after seeing him, but Xu Ye's performance disappointed her too much.Either keep silent, or sit far away, or go along with others, just like the other sons and buddies, it's really lackluster.

Naturally, Xu Ye didn't know that in the eyes of others, he had become a playboy with nothing but skin.He wondered if he hadn't seen Gu Changyan when he entered the door, so he should meet him, even say hello.In the end, there was no chance before he left, but Gu Yanqing personally found him who was about to leave with the food box.

"There are too many guests at home today, and the hospitality is not good. Don't blame Brother Xu. This is a little snack. Brother Xu will take it home and try it."

Xu Yeguang drank and didn't eat much. The food was just what he wanted, so he took the food box unceremoniously, "Thank you... and thank Miss Gu San for me." Long smoke ready.How could Gu Yanqing have such a careful heart, nor did he have a passion for food.

"Brother Xu, go slowly."

Just as Xu Ye was about to get on his horse, he remembered something, hesitated for a while, and called Gu Yanqing to his side to mutter a few words before he rode out of the city.

Weng Qimin stayed until the evening before reluctantly saying goodbye. Weng Fan had been tossing the cat and eating snacks all day, and by this time he was already tired and fell asleep in the nurse's arms.Gu Changyan packed half a carload of things for the siblings. In addition to the full set of appetizers that will be released in the tavern in the future, there are also snacks and candies that she prepared in advance, as well as two jars of fruit wine that did not have enough time.

"You can't open it. I'll write to you when I can drink it." After repeatedly urging and watching the party go away, Gu Changyan breathed a sigh of relief.

Back at Hibiscus Courtyard, Gu Yanqing had already bathed and changed, and was sitting in the study reading.Seeing his younger sister coming back, he pulled her to him and asked her warmly, which made Gu Changyan puzzled.

"What happened?"

"Xu Ye said... His Highness's injuries are fake." There were many people before, and he suppressed his surprise. Now there are only two brothers and sisters in the study, so he is a little more at ease.

Gu Changyan was obviously also shocked by the truth, "Fake?"

Gu Yanqing nodded, "Xu Ye didn't say how he knew it, he just asked me to pass it on to you, and let us keep it a secret." If it's what Xu Ye said, then the purpose of the Fourth Prince pretending to be disabled for the past two years is intriguing. .

Gu Changyan took a deep breath, "Just listen to him, we just treat him as the Fourth Highness and we are disabled." She remembered that Zhao Yanran had an accident while hunting, and the injury must be real, otherwise there wouldn't be such a commotion back then.As for pretending to be a useless person, there should be some unavoidable difficulties.

When Gu Yanqing saw his younger sister recovering her expression, she sighed inwardly, her younger sister was still too innocent.The fourth prince was good at riding and shooting since he was a child, and it was the royal hunting that day. The princes were surrounded by complete guards, no matter how ferocious the beast was, it would not cripple a single person.However, the fourth prince was injured so badly, and Gu Yanqing couldn't think of any other reason except for someone playing tricks on him.

A direct brother above the fourth prince has become a prince. Even if he is more loved by the emperor than the other princes and princesses, it still cannot change the fate of being a rich and idle king in this life. What can we get from such a person?Will my sister really have a smooth life if she marries into the royal family in the future?

"Don't worry, I can live well wherever I am." It's not that Gu Changyan didn't see the little brother's concerns, but there are some things that the brothers and sisters are powerless to change now, so they can only take one step at a time.

Gu Yanqing held her hand, "I can't do anything about the marriage, but for other things, I will definitely do my best." If the marriage partner is not the royal family, he still has some ways, but it backfires.

"How old are you? You look like a little old man." Gu Changyan pinched the other person's face.

"..."

When Xi'er opened the door and came in, she was almost knocked down by two children who were chasing and playing. This scene has long been seen. Following the usual way, she moved against the wall and moved under Gu Yanqing's bookcase, "Master, Miss, I have something to report. .”

"Gu-Yan-Qing, I only pinched you once, and you pinched me three times... I can't spare you..." Gu Changyan's cheeks were scratched.

"Ahem, Xi'er, tell me." Gu Yanqing pulled out the folding fan from the pile of books on the table, and blocked Gu Changyan's attack in due course.

Xi'er had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Miss is grounded by the old lady."

The two days of fighting stopped and they looked at each other in blank dismay.

"My servant heard that during the day, the young miss had a private meeting with the son of the Marquis of Weiyuan, and the grandma Zhang who was next to the old lady saw it." Xi'er originally had a strong prejudice against Gu Changxi because of the marriage contract, but now she has come out again. Xi'er looked down on her even more.What Gu Changxi has done these days is not a bit like a daughter of a noble family.

Both brothers and sisters of Zhang Nanny have impressions, but they are not very deep.Compared with Wei Wei who is half the master in the Duke's Mansion, Zhang Wei is indeed much more low-key.

"Nurse Zhang was lured there, and she was discovered by the son of the Marquis of Weiyuan before it happened, and the son asked the young lady to tie up Nanny Zhang and Shen Tang..." The result was that Nanny Zhang was startled in the struggle As a servant, Xi Hengyun ran away first when he saw that the situation was not good. Gu Changxi beat him up in order to cover up, saying that Madam Zhang shamelessly seduced the foreigner.It was she who discovered it in time and ordered someone to tie it up and deliver it to the old lady after the elegant meeting.

Nanny Zhang was gagged, but the old lady didn't beat her to death in public.After sending away the stubborn Gu Changxi, he interrogated Nanny Zhang alone for half an hour, and then let Nanny Wei send him back in person, and even invited a doctor to check on the injury.Gu Zheng was invited to the Xiangning Courtyard, and the mother and son closed the door and talked for a while, and then saw the two old ladies, the embarrassing nuns, go to the Changle Courtyard in person, and locked the gate from the outside .

(End of this chapter)