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In the 16th year of Qingyuan, at the end of autumn, Zhongyang City, Chunshen Academy.

The academy was named after "I don't feel like I've read the spring, an inch of time is an inch of gold". It was built in the 15th year of the Qingyuan Dynasty by order.The head of the school is the first literati of the imperial academy, who is willing to wash his heart, and the academy only recruits students from various families and royal families.

Feng Xie didn't need to come, but Gan Xixin was his teacher since he was a child, if he was in Chunshen Academy, he would inevitably find nowhere sometimes, so it would be better to come and be a student together.

Since the farewell five years ago, Feng Xie had a lot of thoughts, and he never found time to see the little prince with black eyes. Now the prince is 14 years old. According to his father, it seems that he wants to let him do it for him. As a companion to read by myself, this time I follow, and I also mean to take care of it by the way.

Besides...he should have taken care of him, but he remembered it too late. If the emperor hadn't mentioned it this time, those long memories...would have been sealed for a longer time.

He walked slowly into the newly built Chunshen Academy, but this time following him was Xiao Yifeng's son Xiao Yifeng, who was the same age as him.Yi Feng Yi Feng, presumably Xiao Teng chose this name for him to make him loyal to the Great Seal and the Feng Dynasty.

Several bookboys at the gate of the academy used to be people around Gan Xixin, and they were familiar with him. When they saw him coming in, they hurriedly bowed: "His Royal Highness, Wanan."

"Where is the teacher?" Feng Xie nodded slightly and asked.

A book boy replied: "Mr. Gan is taking a nap."

"Then I won't bother you," Feng Xie smiled, and then hesitated, "Then... where are all the students in the academy? I want to look for Prince Lie's son, did he come on time today?"

"The crown prince came to the academy today, of course everyone came," another book boy said respectfully, "I just didn't expect the crown prince to come so early. They are probably still behind the happy hall and have not come out to greet them. Or Your Highness waited for a while again, and Xiao Tong went to invite them?"

Feng Xie waved his hand: "No need, I'll just go there by myself."

Ruyi Hall was originally the lecture hall where Gan Xixin taught. Feng Xie and Xiao Yifeng walked through the hall. A wooden sign written by Gan Xixin was hung on the left door. People are not expected to come."

As soon as he came out of the left door, before passing through the lush bamboo forest in front of him, he heard some noise, accompanied by shouting, persuading and fighting, Xiao Yifeng was startled, turned his head to look, and saw Feng Xie's His complexion had already darkened, and he walked towards the back of the bamboo forest without saying a word, his steps were very light.

After half an hour.

When Gan Xixin rushed over, he saw eight children standing in front of the Happy Hall, seven of them were covered with scarves, Xiao Shizi was the heaviest, even his lip was broken, and the other six didn't get any favors, standing with bruised noses and swollen faces. with.There was only one young man in a dark blue satin dress who looked more mature, he thought he was there to break up the fight, he was not injured, but his body was covered with dust, and he looked rather embarrassed.

"Bullying the widowed by the crowd, bullying the young by the elders, and doing whatever you want with your own status, let me ask you, what is the reason for this?" Feng Xie stood in front of the eight people and shouted in a low voice, "You are all descendants of aristocratic families. , to set an example for the people of the world. Don’t you think it’s a shame for the family to bully the weak even before they are weak?”

Only now did he see clearly that it was the six descendants of this family who first met the eldest son in the courtyard, they picked quarrels and made trouble, and after a few words, they started to fight.Although Xiao Shizi was ruthless in the fight, he was no match for these six people. Fortunately, the young man in blue came over and tried to persuade him a few words.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but turn his head and take another look.

The young master in the dark blue robe looked very similar to him in age, but he was only seventeen or eighteen years old. When he saw him turn his head, he bowed deeply: "Qi Shi Qi Lang, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Feng Xie felt that the name sounded familiar, thought for a moment and asked, "Is it the eldest son of the Qi family?"

Qi Lang replied, "Yes."

"You don't need to be too polite," Feng Xie said casually, turned his head, and looked at the people in front of him again, "I remember that I saw you many years ago when you were with the crown prince, why did you leave the Jinting Imperial City , this word has fallen on deaf ears?"

Speaking of this, he suddenly felt a strange sense of guilt. Back then, Emperor Qingyuan brought Xiao Shizi back, but after meeting him and speaking a few words, he gave the house and allowed him to receive education with the children of the Zhongyang family.It's just that the son is helpless, and the emperor's attitude is neither hot nor cold. I knew that I should have taken care of him earlier. Seeing that this group of people dare to directly attack him, I don't know how much I have suffered in these years...

"Ah Shao, come here," he beckoned to Xiao Shizi, who is three years older than that Xiao Shizi, and he was still a small bunch five years ago, but now he has grown so fast, "Do you still know me? ?”

"If you don't come to look for me again, you really won't recognize me..." Chu Shao lowered her head and muttered, but still walked over obediently, "Of course I remember you, brother prince."

He didn't like to talk back then, but now his temperament is quite different. When talking, he inadvertently raised his arm, and his sleeve slipped off, revealing a part of his arm.

Feng Xie could see the numerous scars on the young man's arm almost immediately. There were bruises and sores. It was even a little scary to look at. He grabbed the other man's hand, lowered his eyes and asked, "What's going on here?"

"It doesn't matter," Chu Shao withdrew his hand, smiled at him, and said nonchalantly, "I usually go to teach martial arts, it's normal to have some scars because I usually teach Fighting with this group of people in the martial arts field, today they will not take advantage of my lack of weapons to fight..."

Feng Xie's eyebrows twitched, and he slowly raised his eyes.

During the few years when he was busy studying political affairs after returning to the court, the children of those aristocratic families gradually grew up.Among them, Qi's, Wei's offshoots and the six villainous youths from other families are the most famous. These six people did all kinds of evil in Zhongyang City, and were jokingly called the "Six Great Harms of Zhongyang" by the people of Zhongyang.

The eight standing in front of them, apart from Chu Shao and Qi Lang, happened to be these six people. The 17-year-old His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rarely gets angry, but now his expression is terribly dark: "Kneel down."

Seeing his complexion, those six people hurriedly knelt down in a panic, and Wei Qiange, the leader of the "six evils", raised his head and gave him a flattering smile: "Your Highness, don't be angry, we are just... It’s all about sparring, small bumps are unavoidable.”

"Small bump?" Feng Xie pulled up the hot hand of Xiao Shizi behind him, and sneered, "When I came over just now, the six of you pressed him to the ground, and you didn't show mercy at all. Listening to what he just said, you still He moved his hand when he didn't have a weapon—look at this scar, there is no lack of 'comparison' on weekdays, is this called a small bump?"

Seeing that he was angry, Chu Shao couldn't help tugging at his wide light golden sleeves behind her: "Brother Prince, don't be angry, I'm fine..."

It is inconvenient for the father to treat this child better, but he himself should not be negligent. Seeing the flattering smile on his face, Feng Xie remembered the snowy day in Zhongyang five years ago, when he first saw this child. .Even though he has a pleasing face, he is still silent and introverted, as cold as frost and snow, completely different from now.

The "Six Great Evils of Zhongyang" are rampant in Zhongyang City, and there are many servants, so the deep grudge against him must have made him suffer a lot.

"Mr. Gan," Feng Xie turned around, bowed his head and saluted, "These six people did not abide by the rules of the academy, what punishment should they receive, you can just punish them, if the family sends someone to ask, let them ask me stop."

As he spoke, he pulled Chu Shao, who was at a loss, to walk out, and asked as he walked, "I will protect you from now on, and they won't trouble you anymore. Where do you live now?"

Chu Shao replied honestly: "The emperor allocated a small house, and there are no servants, and I don't go back often..."

Feng Xie frowned slightly: "I met Royal Father a few days ago, and Royal Father said that he wants you to accompany me to read... Do you know about this?"

"Ah..." Chu Shao opened his mouth and looked at him, very pleasantly surprised. Now he seems to be able to use his lovable face very flatteringly to make all kinds of expressions that make people laugh or are very cute, "really Well, but I don't know yet... Great, from now on someone will accompany me to study and practice martial arts, you don't even know, Brother Prince, I used to be here by myself, and I didn't even have anyone to talk to..."

What made him happy was not the enviable position of "Prince Accompanied by Reading", but "someone accompanying me at last", Feng Xie touched his head, and said softly, "From now on, you won't find everyday life boring, Yesterday I discussed with my father and allowed you to move into my residence."

Chu Shao was startled, as if he hadn't thought of it at all, and before he could say anything, Feng Xie spoke again: "Yi Feng, the garden I told you to clean up last month, has it been cleaned up?"

Xiao Yifeng lowered his head and replied, "Don't worry, Your Highness."

Chu Shao tugged at his sleeve with one hand, fearing that he would run away, and said in a low voice: "But... I originally thought that I would go to the military camp to practice after I was 14 years old. Brother Prince, if I go to the military camp, I will go to the military camp. Can I read it for you?"

Feng Xie didn't expect him to have such thoughts, he hesitated for a while and said: "It's because I didn't think carefully, I didn't expect you to have such thoughts... It's okay, you can move to my mansion first, there are many servants in my mansion , there is also a response."

The boy nodded trustingly, and smiled at him with two small canine teeth: "Thank you brother!"

The three of them walked out while talking, but before they walked out of Chunshen Academy, they heard a distant call from behind: "Your Highness!"

Feng Xie frowned slightly, turned around, but found that the one chasing after him was the eldest son of the Qi family who had just spoken for Chu Shao.This Young Master Qi looks different from the dude who is like the six evils of Zhongyang, he is dressed in dark blue, luxurious and restrained, and he is also young and dignified, which makes Feng Xie's impression of him a bit better: "Young Master Qi, What else is there?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing," Qi Lang stared at him, said in a nonchalant manner, and then smiled again, "I heard from my father that His Majesty is going to send Prince Lie's son to the Prince's Mansion to accompany His Highness?"

He usually doesn't mingle with that group of people, so he doesn't know Chu Shao well. Chu Shao pulled Feng Xie's sleeve, poked his head out and said, "Yes, I also just found out."

Qi Lang nodded in agreement, he is the same age as Feng Xie, only sixteen years old this year, not only loved by his father Qi Zhao, but also praised by Gan Xixin many times, he has a good reputation in Zhongyang City, but for some reason, today he But he stumbled a bit when he spoke: "That...it's really great. My father told me that day that he wanted me to accompany His Highness to study... I think that Chunshen Academy has a lot of homework, so Lang has to work harder. .”

Feng Xie was taken aback, then lowered his sharp eyes, and said in a warm voice: "The eldest son is only 17 years old, and he is already a man of both civil and military skills. Qi Gong must need you, and you have involved a lot in accompanying me. It is in vain. It’s not good to delay things.”

"Then... I will visit the Prince's Mansion some other day..." Qi Lang knelt down and made a big salute after hearing the words, "His Royal Highness Wan'an."

"There's no need to be too polite." Feng Xie nodded, chuckled and left, until the three of them walked out for a long time, Qi Lang still knelt on the ground and did not get up.He brushed the dust off his sleeves, looked at the gate of Chunshen Academy and slowly revealed a smile, but this smile was slightly different from the previous one, mixed with a strange emotion that was almost fanatical.

"The roc rises with the same wind in one day, soaring up to [-] li..." He muttered, and the wind in late autumn blew across the courtyard covered with thick leaves, bringing a bleak "squeak" sound.