Bandit Reborn

On June [-]th, Li Huaixi accompanied Li Long and three of his classmates to play in Yuchuan City for a day, but Yan Li did not accompany them, and Li Huaixi did not look for them, knowing that he did not have the time.

Three days later, Yan Li went up the mountain to find Li Huaixi. Li Huaixi thought he was here to say goodbye, but Yan Li said bitterly, "My father escorted Cheng An back to Jin County two days ago, but my sister is still here. I have to wait until I feel better before going back, and I will stay here to take care of her."

"you alone?"

"No, my father invited a woman, and I just bought medicine occasionally. My father, alas, it's a pity that he has put so much effort into it. My sister doesn't understand at all. She has been crying and making noises for the past two days, which annoys me to death. It's gone." While complaining, Yan Li picked up Li Huaixi's fan and fanned it, and after fanning twice, he took a look at the fan and put it down again.

On Li Huaixi's fan is a sour love poem copied by Lin Yichen. Yan Li didn't see the signature clearly, thinking that Li Huaixi wrote it casually for fun. Seeing Yan Li's expression, Li Huaixi knew that Yan Li didn't see anything, so he laughed Putting the fan away, she turned her head to comfort Yan Li, "She will understand when the matter is over, don't be angry with her, after all, she is your sister, and I will rely on you to take care of her in the future."

"It's not me who is angry with her now, it is she who is angry with us now, in her eyes, we are all villains with a heart of stone, my father is, I am, even you and Dalong are not good things, because you all Didn't intercede with Cheng An. An ignorant woman!" Angrily, Yan Li picked up Liu Quan's cattail fan and slapped it.

Li Huaixi knew this was the result and didn't mind, so he pulled Yan Li up with a smile, "Come on, cousin, don't be so angry. Come and take a look at my paintings, I know you are good at painting, give me some pointers, I’ve been learning painting from a professor in the academy recently, but look at me, drawing a tiger is like a cat, and a rooster turns into a quail, one piece after another of the best paper was wasted, but none of them are decent!”

Yan Li followed to the table, picked up a rooster declaring dawn and looked at it, "You really look like a quail."

"cousin!"

Yan Li couldn't help laughing, "You can say it yourself, don't let others say it? Hehe, you are really stingy. Come and see, you use too much ink here, and there is no need to draw every feather. In this way, look , dip some water, light it a little..."

While Yan Li was explaining, he picked up a brush and drew a rooster casually. Li Huaixi thought it was quite simple, so he imitated Yan Li and drew another chicken. This time it looked a little like a chicken, but more like a quail , Li Huaixi was so angry that he threw it into the waste paper pile after a few rounds.

Yan Li smiled and comforted Li Huaixi, "Don't be in a hurry, I started learning painting when I was three years old, and you've only learned it for a few days, so you're already very good."

"Very good?" Li Huaixi expressed doubts. He still has some self-knowledge. The old professor who taught him to paint just hinted at him, "The ruler is short and the inch is long, so don't force it." The tone of the speech is similar to that of the old abbot almost!

With the sound of books outside the door, Yan Li put down his pen and suddenly remembered something, "There is a notice posted at the gate of the government office, the crown prince is going on a tour, and he will arrive in Yuchuan in ten days. Now the shops facing the street in Yuchuan city are being repainted. Your inn should have also received a notice from the Yamen, don't you need to go down the mountain to have a look?"

"The old shopkeeper will handle it himself. The inn was just painted in April, so it won't cost much."

Yan Li nodded, "The shopkeeper of yours is pretty good. It turns out that he is very famous in our Jin County, but he is old. By the way, Huaixi, I heard that the crown prince loves talents very much. Every time he goes to a place, he will go to the local During the inspection of the academy, many talented students wanted to take the opportunity to show off their literary talents to the prince. When I came along the way, I heard that people in your academy were also discussing this matter. Why don't you prepare some articles for the occasion? Are you still learning to paint here?"

Li Huaixi didn't answer right away, he was concentrating on drawing a cat, but there was a character 'king' on the cat's head, Yan Li suspected that it was a tiger, but didn't dare to recognize it.

After Li Huaixi finished drawing this 'cat and tiger', he looked at it for a while, threw it into the wastebasket after a few rounds, changed a piece of paper and continued to draw, while drawing, he said, "Students are angry, if not done well, it will be self-defeating." , I don’t need to come forward specially, I was the head of this test, and I was only nine years old back then, so I was quite famous at that time, the crown prince would ask to see me in every possible way, as long as I don’t behave too much, it’s fine. If you don’t participate in this scientific examination, there is no need to make a splash.”

Yan Li glanced at Li Huaixi, admiring his exquisite heart, but looked down at his painting again, Yan Li can only be described as horrible.

"Huaixi, what do you want to paint?"

"Orchid, can't you see it? This is the leaf, the most similar thing I have drawn now."

Yan Li was shocked by his cousin's orchids. He originally thought that Li Huaixi was going to draw a fish play picture.

Yan Li really couldn't bear to let Li Huaixi spoil the orchids, so he half hugged Li Huaixi and held a pen together, and successfully changed a clump of rotten water plants into orchids. The smell made him a little intoxicated, and his performance was abnormal.

After drawing the bluegrass, Yan Li let go of Li Huaixi, sat on the chair and said with a smile, "Huaixi, I saw a few shops in Yuchuan, and I want to buy one. You can go down the mountain with me in a few days to see how it works." So? I think you chose the location of the inn well."

Li Huaixi stopped painting, walked over and poured a glass of water for him, "What? Are you going to open a shop in Yuchuan? Who will take care of it? You?"

"In the early stage, the old shopkeeper and I were supposed to come here, and I was the only one who found a reliable shopkeeper in the future. Jin County is too small, and there is not much profit in doing business. My father asked me to come out and venture out. "

Li Huaixi's opinion of his uncle Yan Shigui has changed a bit. All the comments he heard about this man before came from his aunt's family, who was playful and arrogant.These are actually a bit biased in detail. It is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines after he is rich. Before that, the relatives of the aunt’s natal family were indeed out of touch. It is only natural for people to lean to the side. , Uncle is also very polite to him, and through Yan Ying's incident, Li Huaixi thinks that Yan Shigui is a good person, but he is not very good at expressing emotions.

At the beginning of July, Yan Li's storefront was sold, not far from Li Huaixi's inn, with a spacious storefront in front and a small yard in the back. Yan Li stayed to renovate the storefront and tidy up the yard. Uncle Yan Shigui came to pick him up. After leaving the daughter, the Cheng family opened the ancestral hall and beat up Cheng An again, but the Cheng family agreed to all the requests made by the Yan family. One thing is not sloppy, the child has to hold the child to get married, the three books and six rituals are complete, Yan Shigui successfully won the position of a regular wife for his daughter.

On the third day of July, the Prince’s inspection team arrived in Yuchuan. It was not a holiday, and the students did not see the Prince’s guard of honor. However, there was a notice posted on the bulletin board of the academy. The officials went to Yuchuan Academy together to 'meet with all the scholars'.

The academy became busy, and all the places were carefully cleaned. The books in the Library Pavilion were taken out to dry to remove the musty smell. Li Huaixi helped to dry the books while recording the location of the books he was interested in. He had a good memory. Count him to gain the most.

Every student’s room must also be cleaned. The supervisor came to check in person, and shook his head when he saw the room Liu Quan claimed to have cleaned, "No! Not at all! Your miscellaneous things must be put away."

Li Huaixi defended himself as a school boy, "My lord, the room is too small and there is no room left."

The school supervisor didn't listen to him, and said angrily, "Other people's houses are bigger than yours. You go and see Duan Zhengchun's, and you look at what they cleaned up! Let me tell you, figure out your own way. Be sure to clean it up, otherwise points will be deducted from your conduct!"

After making another round of faults, the supervisor walked away with his hands behind his back. Li Huaixi and Liu Quan looked at each other, and pointed to the left together with a tacit understanding.

On the fourth day of July, there were a lot of people in the academy wearing military uniforms of various grades, and all corners and corners were under surveillance. Even going to the latrine made people feel uncomfortable, as if someone was staring at them, but Facts have proved that there are indeed people watching the hut. A student in the academy made a complaint in the hut, and his conduct score was deducted by two points that day, and the monthly silver was reduced by two dollars.

On the morning of the fifth day of July, the crown prince finally arrived. The dean brought all the professors, students, and academic officers of the academy to salute His Royal Highness in a bloated formation. Glancing at the crown prince, he quickly lowered himself before anyone could find out.

The current prince is about 35 or [-] years old. He has a beard and is not handsome, but he is not ugly if he has a flat head and a straight face. There is nothing surprising about his appearance, but the nobleness of his gestures is natural. If the score is seven points, Li Huaixi will not meet each other, and it is hard to see how much he will win in the future.

The prince's inspection of the academy is not much different from the modern leader's inspection of the university. There is a large circle of people around him, and a little maid will bump into him casually, and then the bloody drama of the sparrow turning into a phoenix did not happen. Of course, neither did the academy. maid.

There are no assassins, everyone is very honest, and those who want to show off their literary talents have not got the chance. Maybe the prince is tired of the boastful talk of the scholars in other academies. In Yuchuan Academy, the prince just sat in the back of the classroom and listened for a while. class, and did not test the school for the scholars.

At noon, the prince had fun with the people and had lunch in the dining hall, but the prince occupied a table by himself. After the eunuch tried every dish, he had to try it with silver needles. This was the first time Li Huaixi saw real The eunuch was very excited, and during the whole meal, he didn't take his eyes off the faces of several eunuchs. He was more interested in eunuchs with thin skin and tender flesh than the prince with a straight face.

The academy arranged a place for the prince to stay during his lunch break, but the prince was in good spirits and asked to check the residences of the students before going to rest, so the supervisor led the way, and the prince walked along the path from yard to yard.

He Chongwen, Duan Zhengchun, and Li Huaixi, like other students, stood respectfully at the gate of their own courtyard, preparing to salute when the crown prince passed by. Liu Quan and He Chongwen's book boy, He Guang, stood behind their masters. They were also taught in advance. In order to meet the etiquette of the driver, the standing is very standard.

The prince passed by their yard and stopped unexpectedly. After receiving the ceremony, he stepped into the yard and pointed to Li Huaixi's big sandbag and wooden dummy and asked, "What is this for?"

The school supervisor pouted at Li Huaixi, and Li Huaixi quickly stepped forward to answer, "Return to His Royal Highness, it is for students to practice martial arts."

The prince looked down at Li Huaixi, "You are Li Huaixi, the head of the court, right?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, yes."

The prince touched the sandbag, then lightly punched him again, and said with a smile, "Both civil and martial arts, and a rare good looks, not bad, not bad, can you take me to your room to have a look?"

How dare Li Huaixi say that he can't, and replied with a deep bow, "His Royal Highness, please, the book boy is tired and the house is messy, please don't blame the Prince."

"Lazy? I guess this must be your book boy." The prince smiled and pointed at Liu Quan.

Liu Quan hurriedly knelt on the ground and replied, "Slave Liu Quan is my son's bookboy."

"Get up, you master and servant are really strange in this academy. The combined age may not be as old as some of your classmates. Am I right, Supervisor Fan?" The prince asked the supervisor with a smile.

"Back to His Royal Highness, the oldest student in the academy is 45 years old this year, and the four Li Huaixi together are still one year behind."

The prince laughed loudly, "Fan Xuejian, you are still so funny, you live younger if you stay away from the court, you have to take good care of this small courtyard leader, this little man carved with jade, I don't know after he is named on the gold list The daughters of princes and ministers must be remembered."

Fan Xuejian glanced at Li Huaixi, and replied with a smile, "His Royal Highness is joking, this little guy is very slippery, and recruiting him as a son-in-law may not be a good idea."

"Haha, haha." The prince entered Li Huaixi's room with two hahas. The supervisor glanced at Li Huaixi, Li Huaixi nodded at him, and the supervisor let out a sigh of relief.

Li Huaixi's room was unprecedentedly clean and tidy. At first glance, there was not even a speck of dust. The boxes and cages that were usually piled up in several layers were gone, and the desk was also clean. There were only a few books that Li Huaixi usually wanted to read.

The crown prince picked up a book on the table, turned around and asked Li Huaixi, "I read your exam papers from the college exam last year, and your calligraphy is good. Have you improved in the past two years?"

"Returning to His Royal Highness, practicing calligraphy is what the students are interested in, and they never slack off in a day."

"Oh? Let me have a look."

Li Huaixi looked back at Liu Quan, the master and the servant squeezed their eyes, Liu Quan got under the bed with a sad face, dragged out a box for a long time, opened it and saw that it was Li Huaixi's old book, and went back again, this time dragged out of the box It is a picture of words.

The prince picked up a piece of writing and looked at it, then nodded with a smile, "Little book boy, can you open your young master's cabinet?"

Liu Quan blinked and shook his head, "I lost the key."

"Lost the key? If you lie to me, you will be beheaded." The prince asked with a smile.

When Liu Quan heard about the beheading, he almost burst into tears, but he still blinked his eyes and replied, "Return to His Royal Highness, I dare not lie to you, the key is really lost."

The crown prince looked back at Li Huaixi, pointed at Liu Quan and said, "You are a better slave, hehe, better than my slave, okay, I won't scare him anymore, you guys rest, there is class in the afternoon, Supervisor Fan, let's go back, Don't read it."

"Respectfully send off His Highness the Crown Prince!" Li Huaixi and Liu Quan let out a long sigh.

Supervisor Fan also let out a sigh of relief. When he went out, he pointed to the big lock on Li Huaixi's wardrobe, and stomped away angrily.

Liu Quan took out a key from his waist pouch, pushed it against the closet door and unlocked it, "My lord, come and help me, it will fall to the ground in a while, hurry up, I have to go to Duan Zhengchun's place to get the box Come back, your riding and archery suit is in the box in his room, you need to wear it in the afternoon!"

In the afternoon, the prince and his party appeared on the riding and archery field. After commenting on the riding and archery skills of the students for a while, the lonely Li Huaixi was brought to the prince by the dean. The prince gave him a chair for him to sit on and asked with a smile. He, "The dean spared you from riding and shooting, didn't he? He said that when you came last year, you couldn't even draw your bow."

Li Huaixi glanced at the dean, and replied respectfully, "His Royal Highness, the students still can't draw their bows this year."

"You are honest, it doesn't matter if you can't pull it away, and you won't let you literati go to fight on horseback. Practicing riding and archery is just to make you literati healthier. The ones in your own courtyard should be enough. I heard that you didn't sign up for this year's provincial examination, are you unsure?" After the prince finished speaking, he glanced at Li Huaixi meaningfully.

Li Huaixi understood what the prince meant, smiled slightly, and replied respectfully, "His Royal Highness, the students are young and may not be able to be entrusted with important tasks after entering the official position, so I would rather wait a few more years."

The prince was very satisfied with his answer, and he laughed loudly, "Then you can wait a few more years, you can afford to wait, my youngest son is one year older than you, when you come to Beijing, I will take him with you." You know him, he likes your essays in the college entrance examination very much, and I like it too."

Li Huaixi was still smiling, and calmly bowed on the chair, "Thank you, His Royal Highness, for your appreciation."