Crown Prince

Half a year later in the spring, Li Ying ushered in his fourth birthday in this world.On this day, he decided to go to the country school with pride—vowing to start the elementary school all over again.

"Silly treasure—where's my schoolbag!!"

Just as Li Ying sat down in front of the table in the main room, he stood up nervously and shouted at his and Erlang's room.

The rice porridge Wang Han had just swallowed almost choked his throat, and Hui Niang came back from the stove with a basket of cakes, and looked at him angrily: "Erlang is still young, if you call him that every day, how will you get used to it in the future?" good?"

Li Ying couldn't help but pursed his lips, and quickly shrunk back: "Erlang is just stupid... at such a young age, he just stared blankly all day long!" It's really weird, obviously he loved to laugh a lot when he was a child, but why he changed when he grew up? Become facial paralyzed?I want to call him silly treasure, let's see if he responds!

Wang Erlang, who was less than two years old, came out of the room wearing a small bellyband and holding a small cloth knapsack in his hand.He was well-fed by Li Ying with all kinds of food, and he was stronger than most of the children of the same age in Baoquan Township. He also had black hair, a fair and red face, and bright eyes.

He walked up to Li Ying slowly and steadily with a small face, and handed him the bag in a childish voice: "School bag."

"Sibao is so good!" Li Ying smiled and patted his younger brother's head, but Erlang Baozi grabbed his paw tightly.

"Erlang is not a fool." Wang Erlang frowned, raised his head and said to him, "Erlang is...Erlang."

puff.Li Ying suppressed a smile.And say you're not stupid...little idiot.

"Okay, brother is going to school, I'll feed you again today." He said that the adult didn't remember the villain's mistake and waved his paw, picking up Erlang and putting him on his lap.

Hui Niang looked at her two sons lovingly, and helped Li Ying arrange the bowls and chopsticks, and put the porridge in front of him.Li Ying was short, and although he was sitting on the high stool specially made by Wang Han, he could still only reach what was in front of him.He raised his head and smiled sweetly at his mother, and then he started feeding himself and his younger brother one bite at a time.

Erlang opened his big amber eyes and stared up at his brother.As soon as Li Ying handed the spoon to him, he obediently opened his small mouth, wrapped a whole spoonful of rice porridge into his mouth, and then swallowed with great effort.

Li Ying looked at his younger brother with great interest, like a squirrel eating pine nuts in the woods, his small cheeks were bulging, but his big watery eyes were still looking at him, and his two little claws were still clutching the hem of his clothes hold on.He couldn't help thinking intoxicatedly, this is where the fun of Zhengtai's cultivation lies.There is no TV or Internet in this place, and there are no comics, magazines, and pornographic books. If he doesn't find some fun for himself, he will be suffocated to death in the past four years!

Unfortunately, those days are coming to an end.

After breakfast, the sound of copper bells sounded outside the yard, it should be the carriage hired by Wang Han arrived.

"Let's go, it looks like it's going to rain, so we should go earlier." Wang Han put a small bamboo cage on the carriage, and tied some odds and ends together.

Holding the oil-paper umbrella, Li Ying turned her head to look at her mother. Mother Hui was hurrying out of the back room, holding something in her hand.

"Brother..." Erlang watched quietly until he tugged at the hands they held.

Li Ying looked down at him.

"Brother...Where are you going?" Erlang raised his head and asked him, his eyes very similar to those of Hui Niang blinked in confusion.

"Hmm..." Li Ying thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Brother is going to a place only adults can go, and Erlang is still peeing his pants, so he can't go." He looked at the obvious disappointment on Erlang's white and tender face, and didn't feel the slightest bit of disappointment. Guilt, but, it is inevitable that there is a little bit of reluctance.

Although he is young in body, his two lifetimes combined are enough to be the boy's father, and both Hui Niang and Wang Han have to run around for their lives, Erlang can be said to be taken care of by him until now.But this time, he had to leave.

"Don't delay, come, daddy will carry you into the carriage." Wang Han waited for Madam Hui to come over, handed Erlang to her, then picked up Li Ying and let him sit in the carriage: "Shu Xiu has been handed over to the school a few days ago. Hall, you don't have to pay attention to these."

Hui Niang looked up at the sky, walked forward a few steps, handed the package in her hand to Li Ying, and whispered: "The big one contains the cakes that Mother made for you, and a small package of dried pork, keep it for later. Take your time... There is an embroidery pouch inside, my mother has exchanged some change for you, and when you want to come back, you will hire a carriage, and you can use it if you have expenses on weekdays."

Li Ying hummed and looked up at his parents.They are all in their early twenties, but Wang Han already has white silk on his temples, and Hui Niang is in her youth, her eyes are tired.In his previous life, he had nothing but his adoptive father. When he was young, he took Xu Bing's hand and left home without hesitation. He never paid attention to his adoptive father... Could it be that the white hair on his head can no longer be covered up, are there wrinkles at the corners of his eyes... Did you scold him? over him?

He remembered that when Ron Xing took him to his funeral, the adoptive father covered his eyes, as if something had crushed his heart hard, and the pain was worse than when he fell from a tall building.

"Da Lang must study hard, and in the future he will earn a champion for his parents!" Li Ying stretched out her small hand, and gently wiped away the tears for Hui Niang.He looked at Wang Han, stood up on the carriage and put his arms around the man's shoulders, and smacked his face: "If Daddy misses me, can you go and see me?"

Wang Han's eyes were red, and he rubbed his son's soft hair.This child is too sensible to comfort them instead...

"In the academy, you must respect your teachers, and don't easily argue with others." He said in a muffled voice, "Father also studied the rural school, and the rural school and the county school are combined into one, so there are always some officials' children... who are incompetent as a father , if you are bullied, you can only—"

"Father, don't worry," Li Ying interrupted Wang Han's self-blaming words, raised his brows and said, "A manly man, why should he rely on the protection of his father's generation, which one of them can beat a white fox for a child like a father? Tables, chairs and bedding? If someone bullies a child, I will bear it first. If I can’t bear it any longer, I will naturally retaliate with an eye for an eye—that’s why there’s a Ph.D. No one will pay attention to bullying for nothing, right?"

Hui Niang couldn't help smiling, touched her son's face and turned to persuade her husband: "Wang Lang, Da Lang should go, it's not good to miss the time to enter the museum."

The coachman yelled and whipped his horsewhip, and the carriage moved forward with a slight shake.

Li Ying sat in the narrow carriage, opened the curtain and looked back.Wang Han followed the carriage for a few steps, Hui Niang held Erlang by the hand, and looked at him from a distance holding an oil-paper umbrella. Erlang's small body was getting further and further away, only to see him waving his small hands and yelling indistinctly. with what...

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and the pressure became lower and lower, and finally it began to rain.Li Ying stared blankly at the carriage driving out of the bamboo grove and down the hillside, his own courtyard was no longer in sight.He slowly retracted into the carriage, and hugged the package that Niang Hui had given him tightly into his arms.There was a dull tick-tock sound from the roof of the carriage, and the steamy wind blowing in through the window covered with a layer of screens seemed to blow away a trace of melancholy.

He watched the scenery outside the window constantly changing, from the familiar country ridges and thatched huts to the smooth official roads and teahouses. Apart from the sound of rain, there were gradually more bustling voices around him.Since he was born, he has not left Baoquan Township, and this is the first time he has come to the county seat.The academy was built two miles outside the city gate at the other end of the county seat. Horse-drawn carriages were not allowed to drive fast when entering the city, and the horses started to pace leisurely.

"Excuse me, how long will it take to get to the academy?" Li Ying opened the curtain and asked the coachman.

"About a quarter of an hour," returned the coachman.

Li Ying retracted again.It's cloudy today, so I can't see it from the sky... But by calculation, it should be almost noon.So, he will have lunch as soon as he arrives at the academy?That's good... I just took this opportunity to get to know more people.

He wasn't worried about being ostracized.Most of the students in Xiangxue County School are very young, although not as young as him, they are only seven or eight years old.Such a young child, no matter how arrogant and indulgent he is, is limited after all.In his previous life, he went to a private middle school with Xu Bing, and there were many second-generation and rich second-generation officials there. Moreover, children in modern times are much more difficult than those in ancient times. Didn't he get along well?If it wasn't for his relationship with Xu Bing, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to alienate those people later, so that he became withdrawn after entering university and society, and the worse he got, the worse he got.

Since everything depends on her now, Li Ying naturally has to plan carefully.He is just a descendant of common people, his mother and father obviously don't want to rely on his uncle's power, so he can only rely on himself.If he can't be admitted to a government school in the future, he can simply enroll in the school of mathematics. As a modern undergraduate, can he still not be able to handle ancient mathematics?For ordinary children with no rights and no money, it is equivalent to a modern junior college... As long as you can find a job in the future, education is not a problem.

Li Ying shrugged guiltily when he thought of the promise he had just given to his parents.It is one thing to make a big wish, but he is really worried that he might not be able to handle those Ming Jing and Zhou rites. Judging from the inscriptions of the previous life, Tang Dynasty characters can be roughly understood, but let a person who has written simplified characters for so many years learn it. Traditional Chinese characters, and it must be written in style...it is really difficult.Ghost painting is almost the same.

He sighed and continued to look out the window. The more he went to the south of the city, the busier it was. This was probably the real trading area.Although the weather is bad, there are still many people on the street.Li Ying poked his head out and glanced at the ground, thinking, no wonder.The roads in this city are made of bluestone and other stone materials, even if they are soaked by rainwater, they will seep down quickly, ensuring the freshness of the ground to the greatest extent.At this time, the rain was not heavy, and there was no water on the ground, but it seemed a little wet.

Li Ying became more interested, so he lay on the edge of the car window and looked out.Although this is only a low-level county seat, it is enough for him to get a glimpse of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.Pedestrians on the road walk calmly and look peaceful. The women are dressed in bright and eye-catching clothes and have different hair accessories. Even the oil-paper umbrellas they hold are delicately depicted with flowers and birds, some in pastels and some in ink.

When they passed by the carriage, they noticed that Li Ying was looking at them curiously. Seeing that it was a handsome and lovely boy, they all covered their mouths and smiled at him.

Li Ying couldn't help clicking his tongue, his little face turned red.Big...big sisters'...chests...are dazzling.A certain cub subconsciously touched the underside of his little nose, what the fuck, oh heh heh.

"... ==" What am I doing?

When he was about to look away, he caught a glimpse of a slender figure in crimson satin out of the corner of his eye—how does that figure look familiar?

"Wait - wait!!" Li Ying suddenly realized, "Stop!!" He threw the curtain of the car and shouted at the driver.

"Woo—" the coachman hastily grabbed the reins, but luckily the carriage was moving slowly, and stopped after a pause.

"Ren Xing, stop for me—" Li Ying didn't bother to explain to the coachman, he climbed off the carriage and ran away into the crowd.

"Where are you going, Mr. Xiaolang?" The driver looked anxious.If it was someone else, it would be fine for him to send his luggage to the school, but this time it was a little boy, if he lost him, how would he explain to his parents?He whipped the horse anxiously, yelled for pedestrians to get out of the way, and then accelerated a bit to chase Li Ying and drive the carriage over.

Li Yingren had short legs, so he could only see the man in red walking slowly among the crowd in the distance, but he couldn't catch up.He could see clearly in the carriage just now, but when he got out of the carriage, he realized that height was a serious problem... What should we do?He can only see the legs of a group of people in front of him, and occasionally he can catch a glimpse of the red in the gap... The women here like big red the most, and I don't know if they are following the wrong person...

"Ranxing!!" Li Ying yelled desperately with his tender voice, but was easily overwhelmed by the little flower sellers along the street, and he couldn't help but stop panting, with a sad face.No, after finally catching Rangxing, he must have a good talk about the conditions for this rebirth——

So a certain cub looked certain, took a deep breath while supporting his waist, and then blew his hair: "The one in the front -- the tall man in dark red --- Daddy, daddy, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

The whole long street froze in an instant.All the people unconsciously looked forward, the front of the front, the front of the front - finally everyone's eyes were focused on the tall man in the crimson silk shirt, with a strange expression on his face.

People around Li Ying consciously spread out and formed a circle.Before the coachman not far away arrived, he felt that the crowd in front of him suddenly became denser and the carriage became more and more difficult to drive, and he couldn't help but feel a headache.

A certain cub calmly crossed his hips, pouted and looked ahead, a road gradually diverged there, and the man in red was still slowly walking towards him with regular and slow steps.Li Ying looked at him triumphantly, yes...it really is mixed...black hair slightly curly...um...handsome...um...huh? ?

The man stood in front of Li Ying, looking down at him condescendingly, his handsome face was indifferent and indifferent.It's true that the long black hair is slightly curly, handsome, and indeed... looks like a mix - but the problem is, it's really not a mix.

He stretched out his hand suddenly, his white and slender hand grabbed Li Ying by the collar and lifted him up abruptly, brought him in front of him, and stared at him.

Li Ying's hair was terrified, as if he had just left Novice Village but unintentionally brushed out the boss.He looked up at the man tremblingly, only to see that the man had a pair of dark red pupils that were completely different from Yan Xing, and his brows were more rigid than Yan Xing, as if carved by a knife.Just staring at him like this gave Li Ying a feeling of being shrouded in evil spirit.

"...What are you calling me?" He asked slowly, his voice low and almost humming.

Li Ying's whole body went numb from his voice, and when he realized what he heard, his whole body turned cold again.He looked around, puffed himself up, and threw himself into the man's arms, wrapped his small hands around his neck forcefully, and put his two calves in a coiled...not coiled.

"Father——" the voice was milky, sweet and greasy.

The man raised his eyebrows coldly, and gently let go of the hand holding the child's collar, and slid under the little ass to support him.

"I'm not your father." The man said lightly.

Li Ying leaned on his shoulder and said depressedly, of course I know you are not my father... If you were my father, I am afraid that I should be born in the belly of Princess Datang now.Why do you see a random person on the street who looks so similar to Nian Xing?He couldn't help but think of the little black dragon he met by the river last year... He had a feeling in his heart that this person might not be from my generation.

Why do you ask?

Hmph, to grow up like this, you need to have crazy genes like a horse, anyway, mortals don't have them.

"Someone is looking for you..." the man said again.

Li Ying thought for a while, and responded with a muffled voice, and was put on the ground by the man and stood up.He looked up at the tall man, and wanted to say, he looked vicious, but he didn't expect him to be quite nice.

The man sneered, which surprised Li Ying.

"You...you are so smiling!!" I was really frightened, this person can't read minds, can he?

The man crossed his chest and stared at him, with a cold smile on the corner of his mouth: "Little baby, I can tell what you are thinking by looking at your expression, you are really tender and tight."

"Hmph..." Li Ying hummed unconvinced.What do you mean?He is a 30-year-old man, what is "raw and tender"?Young man... I was already killing people when I was your age...in the game.

Before he had time to argue with this man, or exchange names or anything, the man turned and left.Behind him came the anxious call of the coachman.After the crowd around had finished watching the excitement, he couldn't find the man again.

Li Ying shrugged his shoulders, quickly waved away the little loss in his heart, and then went to find the coachman, so he would inevitably be told something.

Originally, it would take a quarter of an hour, but Li Ying's delay took a full two quarters of an hour before the carriage finally stopped outside the gate of Xiangxue.

"Xiao Langjun, the school is here." The coachman got out of the carriage and knocked on the wall of the carriage with his whip.

Li Ying poked his head out and saw the vermilion door and plaque of the academy.

"Mr. Xiaolang, shelter from the rain under the eaves first, and wait for me to move the cage down." The coachman carried him to the top of the steps of the academy, and then got into the carriage to carry the luggage.

"Excuse me, brother coachman." Li Ying thanked, then turned to look up at the plaque with the words "Baoquan Township School" written on it. The vermilion door button on the door was a copper-clad lion head. Standing in front of him, he was so small like a rock.Dude... He can't even reach the handle of the door, so he might not be able to go out by himself in the future.

What a broken door! ! !

The coachman moved Li Ying's box and cages to the eaves, watched Li Ying's jumping feet, held back a smile for a moment, and then helped him to knock on the door.

After a while, the door was opened from the inside, and two boys came out.

"Who's here?" One of them, six or seven years old, looked at Li Ying curiously and asked.

"You can tell it's a new student at a glance." Another older boy unexpectedly took his hand and taught him: "Zitong, don't talk to people casually, all students are received by a doctor, you and I just open the door."

Li Ying's enthusiasm was extinguished by the older boy in one fell swoop, and the cold smoke curled up.He snorted in his heart, and stopped paying attention to the curious gaze of the boy named Zitong.

The doctor in charge of receiving him arrived late, and Li Ying saw his snow-white beard from a long distance, and thought, this must be his head teacher, right?

"Who is here?" Cui Dingjiang, a doctor of classics, stroked his beard and looked sideways at the coachman. He was wearing a crimson robe, and he was indeed proud of himself.That crimson robe means that his official rank is above the fifth rank, and there are very few doctors in the country, and there are no more than five in Guozixue.In this small township school, there is actually a doctor with a rank of five or more in the official residence. It is not the Phoenix that fell into the chicken coop.

The coachman hurriedly took out the name card from his sleeve and handed it to Dr. Cui with both hands.The white-bearded old man unfolded the name card slowly and looked at it, his expression changed calmly, and then he calmly lowered his head to look at Li Ying, who had a submissive eyebrow.

"You are Wang Hezhang?"

"Ah?" Li Ying looked up at him blankly, with her small mouth slightly opened.

The old man couldn't help frowning.

The coachman saw it, and hurriedly pushed Li Ying and said in a low voice, "Young Lord, I'm calling you!"

Li Ying blinked, arched his hands together and bowed deeply: "Student Wang Da...well, Wang Hezhang met the teacher."

Only then did Dr. Cui nod in satisfaction, put his hands up, and motioned him not to be too polite: "That's all. It's already noon, and the old man will take you to your residence first."

"Yes." Li Ying bowed respectfully again.Grandma's! !From birth until now, he didn't know that he still had a proper name! !It turns out that his name is not Wang Dalang! !The world is so fucking beautiful! !

Dr. Cui nodded, and glanced at the other two boys: "Bozhi and Zitong, you go back to eat."

"Yes, teacher." They all saluted Dr. Cui respectfully and left.Then Li Ying followed the old man to his dormitory for the next few years.

The coachman delivered Li Ying's things to his room, and left without mentioning his farewell.