Nightwatcher

Qingyun Mountain, Yunlu Academy.

In the academy that has been surrounded by awe-inspiring righteousness all year round, Yang Gong's eyelids trembled slightly, and then he opened his eyes.

The first thing he felt was the piercing pain, the muscles all over his body were torn, and the meridians were all broken. Then came the lungs on fire, the mouth parched, and every breath dragging on the wound.

However, his mental state is very good, his thoughts are clear, and there are subtle and imperceptible clear lights in every inch of his flesh and blood, every cell.

It was a little difficult to move his hands and feet. After Yang Gong tried to sit up to no avail, he said in a deep voice:

"Tea here!"

The teapot on the table flew up by itself, moved over his lips, then tilted the spout, and poured tea at a moderate speed.

Gulu, Gulu. Yang Gong opened his mouth to take the tea, drank half full, and the burning lungs and dry mouth subsided a lot.

After quenching his thirst, Yang Gong looked at the room and found that it was his residence in the academy.

I brought mine back to the academy, and I don't know if Yongzhou will be preserved. How many of the soldiers who returned with me are still alive?

The joy of survival also diminishes.

How long have I been comatose? Is the Northern War over? With Yongzhou's current strength, not many people will survive if they stick to it. The more Yang Gong thought about it, the more anxious he became. He struggled for a while, and finally sat up.

He let out a breath and said in a deep voice:

"Clean and tidy!"

The robe hanging on the hanger flew up by itself. The Confucian robe, which would have been troublesome to put on, was put on in a blink of an eye. The hair was automatically rolled up, and the jade hairpin flew over and inserted into the bun.

Then, Yang Gong read:

"My place is Houshan Bamboo House."

Yang Gong's foreground blurred, knowing that he was moving in space. In his sight, he saw the bamboo house of Dean Zhao Shou from blurred to clear. When he was about to arrive, suddenly, a familiar voice came from his ear:

"No, you are not in the bamboo house, you are here with me."

The bamboo house close at hand became blurred, and another scene appeared in front of Yang Gong's eyes - in the elegant and bright tea room, Li Mubai and Chen Tai, who were in wide robes and sleeves, were drinking tea and playing chess, at a table not far from the two, Zhang Shen stood by the table, guiding Xu Xinnian's ability to deeply control the Confucian environment.

This scene was both leisurely and harmonious, making Yang Gong stunned on the spot, suspecting that he was hallucinating.

Zhang Shen looked at him sideways and said:

"The dean works in the cabinet, not in the academy."

After speaking, continue to teach the proud students.

"You guys." Yang Gong took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, and tentatively said: "How long have I been in a coma, how is the battle going now, is Yongzhou defending, and will there be any results in the battle to cross the northern border?"

"You've been in a coma for half a month." Li Mubai said without raising his head as he twirled the chess pieces and dropped them.

"The rebellion in Yunzhou has subsided, Xu Pingfeng died, Qi Guangbo and other rebel generals will be beheaded at Caishikou three days later." Chen Tai regretted, "The principal asked me to stay in the academy to look after the house, but I didn't get any military merit. "

Xu Erlang raised his head, looked at Layman Ziyang, and added:

"My brother,

"One product."

Yang Gong's mind buzzed continuously. Although seeing their leisurely appearance, he had a vague guess in his heart, but out of conservative mind, Yang Gong only guessed that the Battle of the Northern Territory was successfully completed and that Dafeng regained the advantage. , and fell into a confrontation with the Yunzhou rebels.

Unexpectedly, everything is over.

It's like a young man who has nothing. Originally, he only thought about marrying a daughter-in-law, but on the day of marriage, he has a mansion, a carriage, a wife, and even a child. Don't be too happy.

Among all the realities, the most unbelievable thing for Yang Gong is that Xu Qi'an is a first-class? !

First rank martial artist?

If I remember correctly, Xu Ningyan was promoted to the second rank after Jianzheng was sealed. How long, how long has it been, to become a first rank martial artist?

But if Xu Qi'an is really promoted to the first rank, and cooperates with the land god, the national teacher, it is indeed possible to put down the Yunzhou rebellion in a very short period of time.

Li Mubai smiled and said:

"The fact that we can play chess leisurely here is the best proof."

Yang Gong let out a breath, barely digesting the shocking news.

Chen Tai looked at Yang Gong:

"Hao Ran is full of righteousness, cleansing the body, you are about to step into the third-rank realm."

After speaking, he, Li Mubai and Zhang Shen were all sore.

Yang Gong smiled:

"This is the feedback from the court, soldiers, and people to me."

Since the uprising in Yunzhou, Yang Gong has been on the front line of resisting the rebels. From Qingzhou to Yongzhou, he worked hard and almost died in battle.

He finally ushered in a breakthrough and touched the threshold of the third rank.

Chen Tai said sourly:

"The dean said that His Majesty intends to promote you as the governor of the Jingzhao Mansion. When the imperial decree comes down, you will be able to be promoted to the extraordinary. Zhang Shen and Li Mubai have gained a lot of military merits, and they have also benefited a lot. We only need to wait for the imperial court to grant official positions. Cultivation will definitely be able to reach a higher level."

Fortunately, after Huaiqing ascended the throne, the imperial court no longer objected to the scholars of Yunlu Academy.

Previously, the emperor, Jianzheng and the princes oppressed the scholars of Yunlu Academy, restricting the development of Confucianism.

Now that the Central Plains is in turmoil, the court has reshuffled the cards, and the officialdom no longer resists Yunlu Academy, and even has a welcoming attitude.

After all, class interests must be placed above personal interests. There are classes first, and then there are individuals. If there is no class, what about personal interests?

In the eyes of Zhu Gong, the scholars of Yunlu Academy are the ones who can stabilize the interests of the class.

Yang Gong sighed:

"Compared to Xu Ningyan, this is nothing.

"Xu Ningyan is indeed my student. Yang has been teaching and educating people for 20 years, and he is full of peaches and plums, but Xu Ningyan is the only student I like very much."

Li Mubai spouted out a mouthful of tea:

"brazen!"

Chen Tai sneered and said:

"After reading the books of sages and sages all my life, I only read the words "stinky and shameless"?"

"It's a pity that you don't have the opportunity to record spells. Actual combat is the best way to master the abilities of Confucian scholars.

" Zhang Shen turned his head and spat while teaching his disciples:

"Pooh!"

Isn't there a chance right now? Xu New Year thought about it and said:

"Teacher, I am working in the Hanlin Academy now. When I study history in the future, I can add this: When the Xu brothers were young, they all sat down to study in Zhang Shen!"

The voice fell, and the tea room was silent.

"Hurry up, go out and watch a good show, several great Confucian scholars are fighting again."

"Why did you fight this time? Could it be that Xu Yinluo is here?"

"Let's go and watch the excitement."

"Ah, the dean is not in the academy, will they demolish the academy?"

The awe-inspiring righteousness at the top of Qingyun Mountain fell into chaos, and the clean energy surged into the sky.

A famous student rushed out of the school, and watched with great interest the four great Confucians flying back and forth in the air. The students found that several great Confucian scholars were particularly high-ranking today, and wished to kill each other.

Xu Nian seized the opportunity to record many low-level but extremely practical spells, put the "magic book" in his arms, and left Qingyun Mountain in a good mood.

"The teacher is right. Actual combat is the best opportunity to become proficient in Confucianism, and the harvest is not bad."

Xu Nian rode his horse and returned to the capital along the straight and wide official road.

He was in a good mood, because he had finally entered the sixth rank and became a "Confucian scholar". In the Confucian system, only the sixth rank is considered to have a good combat power.

And at the sixth rank, it is the real mainstay of Confucianism.

"Although I can't catch up with big brother, I can't fall too far. Now I can be regarded as a master. In the Xu family, my cultivation talent ranks second, and my father is not as good as me." Xu Xinnian secretly said.

As for Lingyin, she is just a doll, and she was only rank nine when she left Beijing.

Xu Mansion.

Xu Lingyue sat in the pavilion, resting her bare hands on her chin, watching the little white fox crawling around in the flowerbed, while Niang and Mu Nanzhi squatted beside the flowerbed, planting exotic flowers and plants.

"Mother, the marriage between eldest brother and Princess Lin'an is coming soon, do you want to bring back the ring tone?"

Xu Lingyue thought of her younger sister who was left in southern Xinjiang to grow up wildly.

When my aunt heard this, she immediately remembered that she still had a young girl, so she hurriedly nodded:

"If you don't tell me, I've forgotten it. I really want to pick it up. I'll tell him when your elder brother comes back."

Bai Ji, who was running happily in the flower garden, stopped suddenly with a vigilant look on her face.

"What happened to it?"

Aunt noticed Bai Ji's abnormality.

"You remember your daughter wanting to eat it." Mu Nanzhi was not surprised.

After they planted the flowers and plants, Mu Nanzhi blew lightly with her small mouth, and the whole flower garden suddenly bloomed with flowers of different shapes, and my aunt was staring at it.

Mu Nanzhi said:

"Your way of growing flowers is more southward, and it is used by rich families, but the capital is more northward, so many flowers can't grow well."

My aunt said helplessly:

"Ning Yan's mother taught me. When Xu Pingzhi fought in Shanhaiguan, I was bored at home alone, so I learned how to grow flowers with her to pass the time."

Mu Nanzhi's heart moved, and he asked:

"What kind of person is Xu Ningyan's mother?"

My aunt tried hard to recall for a moment, then shook her head and said:

"I don't remember clearly, but she is a very good person anyway. When she is here, I don't have to worry about anything, so it's easy."

After all, it was twenty-two years ago, and my aunt can't remember such a long time ago.

At this time, she heard the daughter in the pavilion shout in surprise:

"Brother."

The voice stopped abruptly.

Aunt and Mu Nanzhi heard the abnormality, turned their heads to look, and first saw Xu Qi'an who was returning home for the first time after suppressing the rebellion, and then their gazes fell behind Xu Qi'an at the same time, that graceful and gentle man, at first glance, was not an ordinary person on the woman.

My aunt was stunned. At this moment, the dusty memory was like a flood that opened the gate, rushing through her brain violently.

Mu Nanzhi frowned, she instinctively rejected any women around Xu Qi'an.

"Little Ru."

With a smile on her face, Ji Baiqing walked slowly to her aunt, and said softly:

"I haven't seen you for twenty-two years. You haven't changed at all."

Auntie's face was dull, her lips murmured, and she said:

"Sister-in-law?"

The woman nods with a smile.

Xu Qi'an explained beside him:

"I brought her back from Yunzhou."

Mu Nanzhi said "Oh", the little hostility disappeared, and there was no embarrassment of "an ugly daughter-in-law meeting her mother-in-law". She didn't like Xu Qi'an, so everyone was innocent.

My aunt has a complex expression, including the joy of reuniting with an old friend, but also the embarrassment of not knowing how to greet and get along.

"Lingyue met Auntie."

Fortunately, there was a weak and deceitful daughter at home, who stepped forward at the right time and eased her embarrassment.

Aunt hurriedly said:

"Sister-in-law, this is my daughter Lingyue. You left in such a hurry that you never saw my child."

As he spoke, his eye circles suddenly turned red.

Xu Qi'an knew that her aunt had a very good impression of her biological mother. When talking about her in the past, her aunt would say that she was a very nice person.

Ji Baiqing looked at Xu Lingyue with a gentle smile:

"it's beautiful!

"Is there a betrothed family?"

Auntie heard the words and said helplessly:

"Not yet, Lingyue just has high eyesight, and she doesn't even look up to the noble young master of Beijing.

"If you don't want to stay in a female university, you will become enemies if you stay. I must marry her off this year."

Ji Baiqing smiled and said:

"It's not in a hurry. It's hardest to find a lover in this world. Parents' fate is important, but she has to see it for herself. I think Lingyue is a girl with her own opinions."

Xu Lingyue smiled slightly, feeling a little fond of this strange aunt.

Aunt hummed:

"She can have any opinions, but she has a soft personality, who can be bullied by anyone, and she is not like me at all."

It's really not like you Xu Qi'an complained on the sidelines, he was a little amazed at the sensitivity of his biological mother, from his aunt's helplessness, he saw that the mother can't make decisions, and speculated that Lingyue was very assertive.

After a brief reminiscence, the strangeness of the long-lost reunion gradually faded, and my aunt said immediately:

"Lingyue, take Auntie to sit in the inner hall and ask the servants to serve tea."

She quietly gave Xu Qi'an a wink.

When Xu Lingyue led the sister-in-law into the inner hall, the aunt tugged on Xu Qi'an's sleeve, frowned and said:

"What's the matter with her?"

Xu Qi'an glanced at her, understood what Auntie meant, and whispered:

"It's a long story. If she hadn't sneaked back to the capital to give birth to me back then, I would have died long ago."

Auntie was completely relieved.

Although she has a good impression of this sister-in-law, she is also afraid that her sister-in-law and Xu Pingfeng are in the same way.

My aunt is very sensitive about money and children.

After comforting his aunt, Xu Qi'an turned to look at Mu Nanzhi, and whispered:

"How will you be here?"

He obviously left Mu Nanzhi in the Observatory.

"Didn't you ask me to come to Xu Mansion through Huaiqing?" Mu Nanzhi frowned and asked.

Xu Qi'an stopped asking.

The three of them entered the inner hall, Xu Lingyue had already made tea, her aunt held Mu Nanzhi's arm, and said enthusiastically:

"Sister-in-law, she is Mu Nanzhi, my elder sister who is married to Jinlan."

Before the woman could speak, Xu Qi'an suddenly raised her voice:

"What?!"

PS: I took a nap in the first half of the night.