I'm Really A Newcomer

Chapter 91 Scholar

"I was born in the 39th year of Jiajing, so you can just call me Xiucai."

"I don't know since when, I have been obsessed with that cold yellow list all my life."

“The world is an interesting place, but few people care.”

"My parents taught me that I only need to read the Four Books and Five Classics well, so all the "insignificant" ideas in my mind were shackled in the prison called "eight-legged writing."

"Zhu Shengren's golden rules gradually became everything to me day and night. At first, I didn't think that this thin book was all the rules of the world, but then I was overwhelmed by the world. ."

"Perhaps people in this era are tortured from birth, but I have been hammered to death in the Dali Temple prison of thought."

"After more than ten years of studying hard, I finally passed the college examination and became a scholar. Three years later, I successfully entered Qiuwei and became a scholar."

"It is impossible to get a glimpse of the ultimate world from the Eight-part Writing, but writing the Eight-part Writing well is the only stepping stone for ordinary people like us to enter the officialdom."

"Yang Tinghe, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, will I be able to reach the top like them one day?"

Like all the candidates in the world, during that extremely troubled period, the young man carrying a suitcase and cage carried his daydreams and embarked on a journey to Beijing to take the exam.

"But the cruel reality told me that it was indeed a wishful thinking. I was kicked out of the official office of the Ministry of Rites like a wild dog."

"It turns out that one hundred taels of silver can buy everything I have worked hard for for decades."

"The qualifications I obtained through Qiuwei were impersonated by the son of a landlord from the same town. I am still the scholar who was born in a small village."

"A young scholar who wants to go to Beijing to take the exam is really ridiculous."

"But the court at that time had already fallen into the madness of the 'national dispute'. Who would still care about the life and death of me, a common man, and who would uphold the so-called justice."

"My life has been ripped apart and the world is a fucking mess!"

In the twenty-eighth year of Wanli, the unknown scholar hanged himself on an unnoticed dead branch in an unknown barren mountain on the outskirts of the city.

"My flesh has been eaten away by time."

"But luckily."

"A glimmer of light penetrated the clouds and took away my soul."

…

"I walked alone in the chaos for thousands of years until I met you."

"Jiang Mian."

"I can feel the endless despair filling your heart."

"But in my eyes you are as brilliant as the most essential world."

"Because of that, there are many, many people surrounding you."

"The imperial examination is a matter of thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge, so when it comes to surpassing others - I am very good at it."

"I excitedly rushed in front of everyone and chose you."

"But I soon discovered that this was a terribly wrong decision."

"Because you dropped out of school early, all my hopes cannot be realized on you."

"You want to be a top professional player, and what I want is to pass the exam. Our two fates are like parallel lines that will never intersect."

"What's even more terrifying is to discover that from the moment I chose you, time that had been stagnant for thousands of years suddenly started to move."

"It means...my soul is getting older."

"At the beginning, I really fell into endless regret, but as time goes by, even if I can't cross the barrier of nothingness to meet you, I am still sincerely happy that you are getting better step by step."

…

In a five-star hotel in Beijing, the scholar clung to the glass and watched the world's feasting and feasting.

"Do you remember, that was the first time you talked to me after accepting me."

"Xiucai, you have read so many books, what kind of place do you think Yu is?"

"Domain... It should be a gorgeous and free world. I really can't imagine it."

"Forget it, even if you can really speak, you definitely don't know. You are just a scholar who only reads books from sages."

"Yes... I am just a scholar who only reads books from sages. It would be great if I could talk to you. It would be great if I lived in this era."

"But in addition to studying, you still need to exercise well. Just three attack points are ridiculous. The old man is a little taller than you. Ye Taoli can kill us all with one knife."

"If I can pass the palace examination and become a first-class big shot like the Chief Assistant, can I also be your helper like General Li Guang?"

"I feel like an idiot now."

"You're just a character, and I'm just talking to myself."

"..."

"well."

…

"But since that day, I found that I can only look up at your back."

"Emperor Yongle, Flying General of Dragon City."

"Perhaps from this point on I won't even be qualified to chase you."

…

"My back gradually became rickety, and my hands became dry and cracked."

"I'm like a withered weed."

…

"In the battle of the mountains, my rotten body like a dead tree only helped you hold on for a moment before being annihilated."

"Perhaps this moment is the entire meaning of my existence."

"Everyone can live a unique path, which is why the world is so wonderful."

…

"I'm going to die."

"I'm too old to be old."

…

Countless people on top of the Jade Emperor held up their mobile phones and cameras to take pictures of the gorgeous clouds and glow as the sun rose in the sky.

Jiang Mian silently accompanied the scholar through the sunset alone.

"I'm sorry." Jiang Mian said softly.

The old man smiled and shook his head.

He stood on tiptoes and touched Jiang Mian's head.

…

The scholar's smile gradually blurred in the world.

He turned back into that beautiful gleam of light at the end of the sky.

Deep in Jiang Mian's consciousness, the avatar that always only stayed in the corner was quietly broken.

…

"elder brother?!"

"Why are you crying!" Jiang Yaoguang said worriedly, looking at Jiang Mian's tearful eyes.

"It's okay." Jiang Mian blew his nose and wiped his face with tears streaming down his face.