Huai'an Temple

In less than two days, Xue Zhu woke up early and carefully made some Yunpian cakes, Tiaotou cakes, and sweet-scented osmanthus double-stuffed dumplings.

As soon as I lowered my head, I lost two yuan.

Turning around, as expected, Fan Hui had a few grains of powdered sugar on his mouth, and was reaching into the steamer.Xue Zhu quickly stopped: "Is it hot?!"

Fan Hui withdrew his hand, licked the corner of his mouth, and said, "It's fragrant and waxy, really good craftsmanship! I won't let you go!"

Xue Zhu lifted the lid of the pot, and there was a basket of small and exquisite crystal steamed dumplings, which was filled with steam.He took two and handed them to Fan Hui, saying: "I don't need much, the rest can be used for breakfast for you and my master."

Fan Huitang hissed and laughed, ate the steamed dumplings, and asked vaguely, "Where are you going?"

Xue Zhu packed the food box, smiled and said: "Although they are all rascals, I have an aunt here, envious?"

Fan Hui pouted: "Look at the bag you're wearing, those who don't know think you're going on a blind date."

Xue Zhu shook the autumn-colored satin deep clothes, and squinted: "I don't have any clothes to change, so no one will make them for me?" Before Fan Hui could reply, Xue Zhu picked up the food box and left without looking back.

Fan Hui touched the dark embroidery of the curly grass pattern on his shoulder, and said to himself: "Obviously it's not the same one as yesterday..."

After eating another piece of each, Fan Hui went to Shen Tuan's dormitory to look for him. He saw Shen Tuan's Xueqing Taoist robe with the front lapel tucked in his waist, and he was punching a set of fists very slowly.

Fan Hui saw a few tricks and found them very interesting.With a move of Shuangfeng piercing the ears, he rushed to attack quickly, Shen Tuan cloud palm blocked and swept, and sent one to his arms.Fan Hui couldn't hold back enough, he punched nothing, and quickly dropped his arms to defend.Now I feel even more surprised, so I traded with him.Shen Tuan's fists and palms seemed weak, soft and long, and his face was leisurely.Fan Huiyue made his moves harder, wide open and wide closed, with gusty fists, elbows and knees raised with a sonorous sound.

Just as he was fighting, he saw a pure black carrier pigeon hovering in mid-air, cooing.

Fan Hui looked up, rolled back and retreated out of the circle, stretched his arms, and the carrier pigeon landed in his hands.

Shen Tuan stopped his palms and closed his posture, and asked, "My lord, what's the matter?"

Fan Hui nodded: "It's my elder brother who has something to do. He told me to go to Jianghuai to look for him. Daoist, please show me, what is this word?"

Shen Tuan took it over and saw that the tiny characters were soft and beautiful, and it said: Jianghuai Langao Academy, less than five days away, break the dog's legs!

"..."

Shen Tuan's slender eyes were rounded, he tried his best not to laugh, coughed twice and said: "Langao Academy, Mr. Xie must be in a hurry."

Fan Hui's face flickered for a while, and he said vaguely: "He, he's playing with me." Saying goodbye to Shen Tuan, he bowed his hands: "Master Dao, I'm leaving now. I'll be free later, so I'll bother you later."

Shen Tuan pondered for a while, and said: "I remember last time you said that if Mr. Xie arrives, it will be a big deal. This time I call you for help again, I'm afraid things will be difficult."

Fan Hui nodded: "It must not be too small."

Shen Tuan said: "Then, young master, you go first, and Yu Li and I will arrive soon after. You two have helped each other many times, so let's do our best this time."

Fan Hui clasped his fists again after hearing the words: "Thank you so much! I'll go first, see you later."

Shen Tuan took Xue Zhu's cosmic bag, carried all the vegetables, cakes and other things, and went to Li Tan's house.

Li Tan was not there, and the front door was open.

Yueniang and Xue Zhu were sitting in the front hall, chatting about some gossip.Shen Tuan put the things in his hand inside the door, turned around outside the door, and said hello: "Mrs. Li, I am here to look for Yuli."

Yueniang helped Xue Zhu to the door: "Daoist Shen, you are polite." Shen Tuan didn't look up, only saw Yueniang's concubine's skirt swaying, revealing a little tassel on the tip of her shoe.She instructed Xue Zhu to say a few words, and went back to the inner hall.

Xue Zhu closed the door, and seeing Shen Tuan Nanming on his back, he knew something was up, took the Qiankun bag and asked, "Where are you going?"

Shen Tuan walked and said: "Jianghuai, Mr. Xie has something to do, Fan Congzhi left first. I think we should go and see."

Xue Zhu followed in a few steps, and said, "It's my duty."

Jianghuai, the place where Wu and Chu meet, is prosperous in commerce and industry, rich in water and soil, and pleasant in climate.In particular, the culture is prosperous, although not all of them are scholars, but if the old woman in front of the door opens her mouth and talks about the Four Books and Five Classics, don't be surprised.

Shen Tuanyue was dressed in a white Taoist robe, with a sword on her back and a crown on her back, and her eyes were searching all over the streets.Xue Zhu's water green Taoist robe, with tightly tied arrow sleeves, is dressed like Shen Tuan, he looks like a pair of brothers.

"Grandma, do you know where Langao Academy is?" Xue Zhu asked softly, bowing.

The old woman on the street stretched out her hand and pointed: "It's just beside the river in the south of the city. Mr.'s surname is Gu. It's a pity that a good man..."

They thanked each other and hurried to find them.Langao Academy is built along the river, and has some garden styles.Entering the main entrance, there is a strange stone as a screen wall, and when you turn around, there are four bright halls.Three rooms were empty, and the sound of books came from one room.

"Guanguan Jujiu, in the river continent. A fair lady, a gentleman is good."

After reading it a few times, I heard a young and loud voice, hesitating slightly: "Um, the meaning of these few sentences is, well... two birds called Guan Guan were in the home of a Zhizhou surnamed He, and then there was ...Hey! Don't hit, don't hit, don't hit, I forgot!"

Accompanied by a group of children laughing loudly, Fan Hui escaped from the study hall in a panic.A long ruler hit his head and covered his face, causing his cheeks to turn red.

Shen and Xue raised their eyes and saw Mr. Xie, whom they met during the epidemic last time, looked disgusted, and was about to smash Fan Hui's other face with the ruler with his right hand.Shen Tuan hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Ji Shou bowed and said, "Mr. Xie, this is..."

When Mr. Xie saw him coming, he quickly stepped forward and grabbed the scroll, holding the scroll in his left hand in front of his eyes.Look at Fan Hui, his lips moved a few times very quickly.

Fan Hui then said: "Master Daoist, my elder brother asked you to write a letter to the children in the school. He said, please don't refuse, Master Daoist."

As Fan Hui said, Mr. Xie lowered his head and cupped his hands, bowing and bowing, with an eager expression on his face.

Shen Tuan had no choice but to untie the long sword, took the scroll and flipped through it, and saw that it was a book of poetry.Take a deep breath and enter the study hall.

There are less than twenty children sitting in the hall.The older ones were no more than twelve or thirteen years old, while the youngest ones were only seven or eight years old.All looked up at the person coming.

Shen Tuan smiled softly, and said softly: "The meaning of this sentence is that two Jujiu birds are accompanying each other on the small island in the river. They are like a virtuous and dignified woman, a good spouse of a gentleman who cultivates virtue. .”

The little boy at the bottom stood up and cupped his hands: "Hi sir, the student's name is Gu Shuo, what is your name, sir?"

Shen Tuan bowed to return the gift: "My surname is Shen, and my name is Shen Tuan. Don't be restrained, everyone, let's get to know each other."

These children stood up and saluted one by one, and reported their surnames by name.Shen Tuan got to know each other one by one, and at the end, a little boy stood up in the corner, blessed his body and said: "The student's surname is Zhou, and only one is named Cao'er. You are very polite, sir."

Shen Tuan also bowed and said: "So it's a girl, I didn't see it just now."

Seeing that he didn't look down on him, Cao'er was delighted, and boldly asked one more question: "Sir, you, are you a Taoist priest?"

Shen Tuan nodded: "Yes. I am a Taoist priest."

All the children below were surprised and asked in a hurry

"Daozhang, can you fly? Do you have a flying sword?"

"Did you become a fairy, just like Lu Zu?"

"Are you Mr. Xie's friend? Then will you protect us?"

"Mr. Daochang, can you catch that child-eating ghost?"

Shen Tuan saw that their voices became quieter, each of them looked sad and terrified.Quickly patted both palms, and said loudly: "Don't be afraid, Mr. will definitely protect you."

Gu Shuo stood up and said: "Let's stop asking nonsense, Mr. Xie's friend must also be a good person. Let's write the book first!"

All the children silenced and sat down obediently.

Shen Tuan then continued to study: "Scattered xylocarpus, flow from left to right, a fair lady, longing for it."

All the children were reading loudly, and the hall returned to calm.

Xue Zhu watched the excitement, bowed his head to Mr. Xie, and said politely, "Mr. Xie. My master admires you very much. It's a pity that I only saw your back last time, so I didn't have the chance to meet you."

Mr. Xie returned the salute with his hands clasped, his lips trembling, and he said a few words to Fan Hui.Fan Hui then explained: "My brother said that last time he was too hasty and left without saying hello. This time I would like to thank you all for coming. How about..." He smiled and whispered: "Yes No, I really can't remember those bastard chant scriptures, what he taught me yesterday, I forgot today!"

Mr. Xie raised his right hand, and Fan Hui hurriedly hid behind Xue Zhu, and continued, "My elder brother's name is Xie Jun, and his name is Xiaozhou. He told you not to be polite."

Xie Jun nodded with a smile, his eyebrows were trimmed handsomely, his eyes were like clouds, and his face was gentle.But for some reason, when he looked at Fan Hui, his face was full of helplessness.

Fan Hui said: "Yu Li, you can set up a team to detect psychics. My brother has guarded these children for more than ten days. If this continues, I can't stand it anymore."

Xue Zhu took out a box of cinnabar, cast a pen spell, and followed the two of them to form a formation in the academy.Xie Jun propped up the paper umbrella behind his back and led the way. Fan Hui walked in the middle. Xue Zhu asked while drawing, "From then on, when did you arrive? What's the matter?"

Fan Hui's face turned cold, with a bit of hostility, he said bitterly: "If I catch this thing, I will make him never be reborn!"

Langao Academy is a private school.But Gu Siyuan, the head of the mountain here, was born as a Jinshi.Juren in this dynasty are officials. Although most of them are post officials, grain governors and other small officials, they are really officials.Jinshi has passed the palace examination. According to the folks, the news of Honglu's success is frequent, and the top of the Jinluan Palace is holy.That's a serious grade officer.

Therefore, it is not easy to get a scholar to teach in ordinary private schools.If there is one Juren, it will be full of peaches and plums.

Gu Siyuan and Ding You didn't become an official after that, but he founded Langao Academy by himself.At present, there are 140 students in the classroom, [-] teachers who have written letters, and several teaching staff.The coursework taught is extremely broad.In addition to the civil affairs department for studying and taking exams, there is also an accounting department that teaches Jiuzhang arithmetic and abacus calculations, and a human affairs department that teaches welcoming and sending, and how to treat people.There are those who teach musicians and those who teach medicine.

Gu Shan long said that although his career is good, it is not the only right way.Where can all the families afford to pay for a student?After literacy, learn crafts and side jobs, so that you can know your responsibility and shame, and support your family.This concept has allowed many children who originally "don't need to study" to go to school for two years, learn sentence reading, be happy and wise, understand the righteousness of sages, understand benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom, and cultivate Qi Zhiping.

The incident happened a month ago, in the middle of the night, one of the children in the dormitory ran wildly and screamed, terrified.The more timid fainted from fright.When the teacher on duty at night came, he gathered all living beings and entered the room to check.

The four children were lying on their original positions, their faces peaceful, as if they were in deep sleep.But all of them were disembowelled and blood flowed into pools.There is not a trace of internal organs left, and the ribs are white and bloodshot, bared out of the body, like a huge mouth that swallows evil spirits, with criss-crossed teeth.

Gu Shanchang reported to the officials overnight, and the officials collected the corpses and registered the documents.Before returning to the yamen, a child suddenly fell to his death in public, spitting blood from his mouth, and his abdomen was sunken.The teacher on duty immediately rushed to rescue him, but the adults and children died at the same time, their vital energy was exhausted, and they looked like mummies.

Now, everyone understands that this is not something the yamen can manage.Gu Shanchang immediately gathered all the students and entrusted the government soldiers to send the children from the city home first.Then arrange teachers to send children from outer cities, surrounding villages, and Lin County home in batches.

Of the seventeen gentlemen who submitted letters, except for one female doctor, Gu Shanchang rejected them.All the rest stay behind.

Five days later, the remaining 34 children were all orphans adopted by Mr. Gu, orphans, beggars on the street, and nowhere to go.This nameless evil spirit has nothing to do during the day, and comes out at night.Stealing one's heart, stealing one's bones and marrow.

Xie Jun frowned, with a pained expression on his face, he put his two fingers together and pointed at himself, and then joined the left hand holding the umbrella, turning his fingers and palms up and down slightly.Now even Xue Zhu understood, what he said was that I didn't arrive early.

Xue Zhu sighed: "Young Master Xie, don't be ashamed, you can't know about this in advance, how can you arrive early."

Fan Hui said: "He is like this, and everything in the world is in his heart."

Xie Jun shook his head when he heard the words, and moved his lips while watching Fan Hui.Immediately, Fan Hui was overjoyed and overjoyed, and asked Xue Zhu, "Did you see what he said? He said he only cared about me! Did you see that?" Just swung it, ordinary and skillless, but Fan Hui dodged backwards and forwards and failed to dodge.Hit by Xie Jun's umbrella on the shoulder blade, he staggered and grinned.

Xue Zhu pretended not to see it, and took away the cinnabar.He took out two small Dharma bells, handed them to them and said, "If there is anything wrong in the academy, the Dharma bell will ring. It's a pity that we can't check the location."

Xie Jun took the bell and cupped his hands to express his thanks.Fan Hui took it, shook his hands vigorously, and seeing that the bell didn't ring, he raised his eyebrows and said, "What if this shit doesn't work?"

Xue Zhu also took out a small fa bell, hung it on his waist and said: "There are 24 kinds of sweet, salty, glutinous and pastry in the whole hall!"

Fan Hui clapped his hands and said, "All the walking dead ghosts will be blocked by you!"