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No matter what Xie Qinghe thought, Xian Yuyu and Shu Jing returned to Yangting together, and everyone in the family was very happy.

The next day, Jiang Erniang hurriedly moved back to the shop on the street, and she had to find a high-sounding reason on the surface, explaining to Xie Qinghe: "I don't live in the shop, and I have regular customers who come to ask questions in the morning and evening. If you can’t find anyone, it’s a delay in making a living.”

Xie Qinghe didn't bother to care about her.

He originally planned to keep Shu Jing by his side to restrain him, but now he doesn't mention it at all.

Jiang Erniang has such a temperament, and when she and Shu Jing get together, one of them is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, what's the use of Xie Qinghe going to grab Shu Jing?For example, earthworms eat soil, and dung beetles eat dung, which are difficult for people to understand.However, the nature of the creatures is like this, how to force it?

Moreover, it is really impossible to live at home.

Jiang Erniang brought two maids with her. Jiang Erniang had three adopted daughters, plus Lao Huang, the gatekeeper, and Mrs. Zheng, the cook. The east and west rooms were packed to the brim.Xian Yuyu has no place to stay when he comes back, so he can rest overnight in Xie Qinghe's lounge in the hall, which is not a long-term solution.

Jiang Erniang took Shu Jing and the three little girls back to the shop, and Xian Yuyu moved into the guest room again.

Xie Qinghe didn't disrupt his plan, and took his whole family to climb the mountain the next day.

Jiang Youniang happily prepared food and clothing with the maids. They planned to have a picnic on the mountain and cook tea. The dishes they prepared the day before yesterday were no longer available and had to be prepared again.

Jiang Erniang originally agreed to close the shop for a day and the whole family went out.For the time being, she won't go, and ask big ya and little ya ya to play with her.

The whole family knew that Jiang Erniang temporarily canceled the travel plan because she didn't want Shu Jing to appear in front of Xie Qinghe again.

What happened between Shu Jing and Jiang Erniang, except for Xie Qinghe, no one else knew.They only knew that Shu Jing had been missing for a few months and was brought back by Xian Yuyu. Xie Qinghe was furious and threw Shu Jing until his nose was black and his face was swollen and his head was swollen.

Xie Qinghe has always been kind to others, but suddenly he loses his temper so much, who in the family is not afraid?

In order to protect Shu Jing, Jiang Erniang temporarily changed the plan, and everyone understood.

Jiang Youniang felt that it was annoying to be disrupted suddenly, and she was not angry with Jiang Erniang, and complained behind her back.

She planned to let Shu Jing carry the several bags she had prepared, but now Erniang Jiang and Shu Jing were not going, so she had to temporarily unpack them again, asking the maids to help carry some, and Mrs. Zheng also carried some more.Xianyuyu said, don't split up, I'll take care of it, it's a small thing.

Xie Qinghe didn't say anything, and went out with a trekking pole, his expression as usual.

Shu Jing had the sequelae of being hit by the puppet charm. He couldn't sleep with his eyes open the night before. After moving back to the shop, he finally slept peacefully for the night, and he woke up groggy at noon the next day.The Yayas all went hiking and autumn outing, the shop was extremely clean, he clutched his painful head and walked around the backyard, Jiang Erniang came back to see him when he heard the movement.

After a few gossips, Jiang Erniang went to the kitchen to bring the leftover peanut porridge for Shu Jing, and said, "There are two sweet steamed buns. The meat buns are all sent to my younger brother."

Shu Jing ate the porridge and steamed buns, and just when he felt relaxed, he suddenly heard Jiang Erniang say that he had pushed back Qiu You: "It was originally agreed to go together. I was afraid that he would lose his temper when he saw you. If he kicked you halfway up the mountain ...I'm covered in cold sweat just thinking about it. It doesn't matter if I don't go."

Shu Jing looked at the sky, the sun was high and it was already noon.

Jiang Erniang sat beside him and watched him eat, her eyes were full of love and concern, Shu Jing felt the same as Xie Qinghe, and didn't know what to say.

Shu Jing knew why Xie Qinghe was angry and why he lost his temper.However, he and Xie Qinghe both understood what happened and the key point of the matter, Jiang Erniang didn't know.She showed such a shy attitude towards Xie Qinghe, as if Xie Qinghe was making trouble for no reason, and everything he did to Shu Jing was unreasonable harm.

"Auntie," Shu Jing felt that the whole thing had become absurd. He knelt down in front of Jiang Erniang and held her hand, "Master punished me for your injustice and to protect you. I... really did it No. The master said that I like to manipulate people, but I didn't mean to do so on purpose, I will change it in the future, I know I was wrong..."

Before he got to the point, Erniang Jiang touched his head and said, "I know. You just change it. Go wash the dishes. I'm going to look at the shop."

"..." Shu Jing took her hand, "Master punished me because he loves to protect you. If you do this today, he will be sad."

"Don't I know? But he is my younger brother, and he is also my younger brother when he gets angry again. The blood from the womb has been there since birth, and it can be drained dry, so he is not a sibling? If he is the same as before , beat you a few times with a bamboo branch, the pain of the flesh does not hurt the muscles and bones, and when you get angry, you will fall to the ground, your forehead will be smashed, and you will lose your sense of proportion. Shall I let you seek death?" Jiang Erniang He was still a little angry.

Shu Jing was rendered speechless by her words, and after a while he whispered: "You are not good either... you offended the master like this."

Jiang Erniang comforted him: "When I find a suitable opportunity and bring you your deed, you don't have to be so worried."

Shu Jing didn't know what to say anymore.Is that the point of this thing?

He was worried that Jiang Erniang would protect herself too much, which would hurt Xie Qinghe's feelings and make the siblings divorce.As a result, Jiang Erniang had a clear account in her heart, that is my brother, and if he offended him, it was still my brother.Not at all afraid.

Shu Jing was also completely convinced.

As usual, Xian Yuyu lingered in Yangting County for half a month, and took the secret book Xie Qinghe gave him to leave and return to Hanshan.

In October, everyone put on jackets and padded jackets, and He Jing came to take Mi and her son home.He took his wife and fled to live in Yangting because he injured Yuan Shizhen and was afraid of revenge from Qianxihou Mansion.Now that Anping was on the rise, all the things in the past were not a problem, so he took his wife and children back to the capital of course.

Xie Qinghe heard from Jiang Youniang that Mi's family is packing their luggage in summer, and they are only waiting for He Jing to pick them up, but they don't know that they won't come until it's almost winter.

As soon as He Jing arrived in Yangting County, she ran over to ask Xie Qinghe if she wanted to go to the capital for the winter.

——As we all know, Xie Qinghe is afraid of the cold, and winter is very painful.Moreover, he didn't like to go back to Linjiang Town to spend the New Year with his parents.

In order to bring Xie Qinghe back to the capital, He Jing would rather leave his wife and children in Yangting County for more than half a year, and wait from summer to winter before he came here just to coax Xie Qinghe to go together: "The warm building is specially built for you in summer." In the house, the fire dragon burned in the walls, and the floor was scalding. When the fire burned, I couldn’t wear thick clothes, so I had to eat ice bowls with bare arms. White snow fluttered outside the window, and the house was as warm as spring..."

He Jing boasted like crazy.

He really prepared a small courtyard with a single family for Xie Qinghe, and rebuilt a warm house, just waiting for Lindong to invite someone.

Xie Qinghe accepted He Jing's invitation.

Jiang Erniang is doing a lively job, so naturally she won't accompany her.Jiang Youniang has some psychological shadows about the capital, and she is not very happy to go to Beijing.

Before leaving, Xie Qinghe visited Mr. Zhuang and asked him to take care of his two sisters. When Zhuang Tong was studying with him, he was Zhuang Tong's teacher. When Zhuang Tong won the first prize, he was Zhuang Tong's mentor. Love is more and more different.Mr. Zhuang attached great importance to his entrustment, and he agreed wholeheartedly, and then asked: "Are you not coming back next year?"

Xie Qinghe said with a smile: "As long as the manor is still accepting apprentices to teach, in March, April and May every year, there is nothing to be shaken, and it is necessary to give lectures."

Mr. Zhuang is concerned about whether he will bring Zhuang Tong, Yuan Shi'an, and He Jing together to make trouble when he goes to the capital. He is young and energetic and likes to give advice. Mr. Zhuang is mainly afraid that his son will be taken into the water.Xie Qinghe said that he would come home in the spring, and Mr. Zhuang was satisfied.

Smart people don't need to talk too deeply. Mr. Zhuang felt at ease, and immediately turned into a loving father, desperately bringing gifts to his son.

The He family stopped at the pier when they had a boat, and there were twelve carts of things that Mr. Zhuang brought to Zhuang Tong, and it took a whole day to move them.He Jing couldn't help feeling sorry for his loving father, Xie Qinghe nodded and didn't say anything.When Xie Qinghe returned to the cabin, He Jing stuck out her tongue.

In the cabin, Mrs. Mi was also amazed when she talked privately with He Jing: "If you say that the two adults in Mr.'s family can be called loving. Mr. has been very popular in the past two years, and his eldest sister is even more famous. It is rumored that the main character of the family has been ripped off. Many people said that the husband is cold-hearted and not filial to his parents. His father jumped up and cursed, saying that the husband is very filial and never allowed anyone to speak of him. "

"The only son." He Jing tilted her feet on the couch, she was very familiar with this kind of mentality, "No matter how bad it is, don't allow others to say it's ruined."

Sitting in front of the dressing table, Mrs. Mi applied her face and did not speak for a while.

On the contrary, He Jing sat up strangely, and said, "In the past, you always seized the opportunity to say a few words about your misconduct, what's the matter today?"

"I've lived in the country for a year, and I often come and go with my husband. I don't have to be picky about things, and he can take care of my apprentice's daughter-in-law who is not close to me. If you want to say that he is inconsiderate , cold-hearted, not close, that's impossible. However, the old man in the town also sounds like a very loving old man. No matter how you think about it, it should be due to the love of father and son, right?"

Mi closed the pearl powder cover, turned her head and spread her hands: "But it is not! Things are so abnormal, I guess there must be some unknown inside story, it is definitely not what we outsiders see."

He Jing was amused by her analysis: "According to what you said, if Mr.'s father is an unreasonable and brutal old man, you can continue to scold Mr. for being unfilial. It is because he defends Mr. everywhere that you suspect him of doing something wrong." A bigger bad thing? Does Mister have a reason for being 'unfilial'?"

Mi Shi nodded and admitted: "Is there something wrong?"

"It's nothing wrong." He Jing was speechless.

After arriving in the capital, Xie Qinghe moved into the small courtyard that He Jing had prepared for him. The capital was already so cold that the vegetation was frosty, but living in the warm house was as warm as spring, and when he felt comfortable, he felt particularly relaxed and happy. Seeing He Jing also Very pleasing to the eye.

Yuan Shi'an came to see him soon, and Zhuang Tong had a formal official position and was valued by the emperor, so he had no chance to slip away, so he had to rush to the reunion after an errand.He Jing gloated: "Brother, Mister has moved a lot of things for you, and they are still piled up on the boat at the pier."

He Jing worshiped Mr. Zhuang as his teacher in the manor, and the "sir" he said at this time was Mr. Zhuang.

Zhuang Tong said angrily: "You borrowed less from my servants in Yangting? Don't you recognize the gate of my house? Why don't you ask someone to move things for me? Can I move them myself?"

He Jing said resentfully: "That's impossible. My servants are carrying things, how can they enter the gate of your house?"

He didn't say that the matter was okay, but Zhuang Tong got angry when he mentioned it, and said to Xie Qinghe: "Sir, you can judge. His brother who looks three thousand miles away wants to find a job, but he passed the official selection and got stuck in the office." I went to the clerk. I wanted to find out the eunuch’s connections, so I dug out the book ahead of time, but I thought the price of the clerk was too expensive——Qin Dajian asked for 8 taels, but he didn’t want to come out. He brought a few boxes of cloth and silk medicinal materials to my house and asked me to help. Turn over the book."

He Jing said angrily: "That's something I gave you! It's not a bribe to you. If you can do it, you can do it. If you can't, let it go. Is it worth kicking my servant out in person? It means I'm easy to bully, so change someone else ...Do you dare to knock him out?!"

Zhuang Tong sneered and said, "Why don't you dare?"

Xie Qinghe sat with Yuan Shi'an drinking tea and watching a play.

Zhuang Tong is a senior, and He Jing didn't dare to quarrel with him, so she went to drag Xie Qinghe with a few words, trying to make Xie Qinghe sidekick.

Xie Qinghe smiled and said: "It's also simple. I'll pay you here, and hire someone to help you move your things. It's too big to be here to quarrel." He gestured to Zhuang Tong with his empty cup, and Zhuang Tong went up Before pouring tea for him.

This is obviously on Zhuang Tong's side.

He Jing still wanted to talk, Xie Qinghe turned to look at him: "Eat if you want to eat, if you don't eat, go back earlier. Quack."

——Xie Qinghe didn't mean to eat people with short mouths at all.He lived in the yard arranged by He Jing, and asked He's family servants to take care of the daily life, and even spent some money sent by He Jing, but he still didn't speak for He Jing.

He Jing ate two mouthfuls of frozen tofu in a state of depression, and said bitterly, "It's just brother partiality."

Xie Qinghe glanced at him and said: "It's all right for you two to play together to deceive the officials of the court. Come to me and perform this play. I can't see it after looking at it?"

Zhuang Tong was wiping the tea tray with a cloth towel when he paused for a moment.

Yuan Shi'an, who had been silent all this time, stretched out his hand: "20 taels, I won!"

Both Zhuang Tong and He Jing took out small silver ingots from their pockets and handed them to Yuan Shi'an. He Jing sighed and said, "Oh, it's boring. Did you notice it from the beginning, or did I overact and leak later?" Got a horse?"

Xie Qinghe took a sip of tea and said: "It's fine if you are arguing with Xiaoyuan. When you were in Yangting, when you saw Zhuang Tong, your ankles became stiff. When he said a word to you, you didn't dare to lift your head. Now it's his exam The number one scholar became an official, and it wasn't you who became the number one scholar and became an official, so you have the guts to quarrel with him?" After saying that, he glanced at Zhuang Tong: "It's bad to learn from the younger brother."

Zhuang Tong hurriedly got up and apologized.

Only after that did Zhuang Tong explain that he did have a scene with He Jing because there were too many people in the court who wanted to follow his path.

The emperor liked Zhuang Tong very much and often called him into the palace to accompany him.As an imperial edict, Zhuang Tong was often responsible for receiving the imperial edict and making imperial edicts. The emperor occasionally asked him to help approve the memorial—the emperor dictated it, and Zhuang Tong was responsible for polishing it into a chapter.After spending too much time in and out of the palace and getting along with the emperor for a long time, he became a first-class "favorite" in the court.

There are many people who want to spend money to find Zhuang Tong to do things, mainly because they want to hear the emperor's tone and try to figure out the emperor's heart, so that they can deal with the matter.There are also many people who beat around the bush and want to know about the emperor's daily life, what he likes, what he doesn't like, whether he has any disease, whether he is in good health...

Zhuang Tong was tirelessly troubled by all kinds of temptations, so he conspired with He Jing to make a fuss, and dropped the jar in one fell swoop.

After the servants sent by He Jing were kicked out, Zhuang Tong's door was mostly quiet.

"There's always someone who doesn't give up." Zhuang Tong shook his head slightly.Once a person has an invincible status, he thinks that no one can reject him.Even if Zhuang Tong beat He Jing's servants out, some people thought that Zhuang Tong could reject He Jing and dared not reject himself.

Xie Qinghe didn't intend to give Zhuang Tong advice on how to be an official, so they chatted a few words about the scenery of Beijing and then dispersed.

He lived in Beijing for nearly four months, and most of the time he taught He Jing to study, and Yuan Shi'an often came over.It's just that He Jing is not as free at home as she is in Yangting. There is no avoiding human relations at home. One relative celebrates his birthday, and another relative marries his daughter and daughter-in-law.

Yuan Shi'an sometimes brings friends over to play, Princess Pinghe who is disguised as a man, and Princess Pinghe's little sisters who are also disguised as men.

Yuan Shi'an didn't reveal their identities, but Xie Qinghe also pretended not to know.He doesn't like socializing, but being a calligraphy and painting teacher for wealthy families is also his goal in life. Yuan Shi'an introduced princesses, princesses and county masters to him as apprentices. How can he blame Yuan Shi'an for his troubles?

Through Princess Pinghe's introduction, Xie Qinghe earned money to respect teachers from several princesses and county lords, and they were very happy with each other.

In the spring of the next year, when Xie Qinghe was going back to Yangting to give lectures, these noble girls were reluctant to part.

Xie Qinghe said: "I will come again next winter."

Princess Ping He asked curiously: "Why does winter come? Isn't there no class in June?"

Xie Qinghe smiled and said: "I can't move in summer to avoid the heat. I plan to go out for a trip in autumn. I have time to come in winter."

Compared with the ladies in ordinary families who don't leave home, Princess Pinghe and several noble girls are already very free. They can go out alone to find a teacher to study, and meet with people they like for dinner and dinner at will.

However, even the noble ladies living in the clouds are very envious of Xie Qinghe's freedom to come and go.

Teaching apprentices in spring, escaping the heat at home in summer, traveling in autumn, and going to Beijing to keep warm in winter.To put it simply, how free is it?

"Only a man can walk around so freely. We women can't do it. When we are daughters, we can't leave our parents. When we get married, we have to take care of our husband and son-in-law. If we have children... then we will be locked up for the rest of our lives, and we will never leave again." Don’t move anymore.” Princess Li Xuan sighed with emotion.

Princess Pinghe glanced at Yuan Shi'an, who was behind the car and escorted on horseback, and suddenly she didn't look forward to recruiting a son-in-law so much.

On the way back to the palace, she told Yuan Shi'an about it.

Yuan Shi'an smiled gently: "Wherever the princess likes to go, I will accompany the princess to go."

"Going out to play every year, spring, summer, autumn and winter are not comfortable indoors, can you do it too? Aren't you angry?" Princess Pinghe asked.

"The princess is the king, and the minister is the minister. The princess is fine as long as she is happy, and the minister only wants the princess to be happy. The court gave the minister so much salary and the status of the minister's son-in-law captain. Isn't it just letting the minister accompany the princess every day?" Does playing make the princess happy every day?" When Yuan Shi'an spoke, the corners of his eyes were smiling and the corners of his mouth were upturned, everything convinced Princess Ping He that everything he did was not because of the court.

"What you say is what you say." Princess Pinghe stretched out her hand to hook him, "After I open the mansion, I will go to see the sea, the mountains and the Gobi."

Yuan Shi'an hooked her slender fingers, and the two of them tapped their thumbs lightly: "What you say means what you say."

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Xie Qinghe's annual schedule is roughly set.

After staying in the capital until mid-February, Xie Qinghe went back to Yangting to teach and guide his apprentices. Classes ended in May, and he stayed at home to escape the summer heat in June.

He said he was staying at home to escape the summer heat, but Xie Qinghe actually set aside this part of his time to accompany his two sisters.

When he was at home, he would teach Jiang Youniang how to read and write with a needle, and spend time talking with Jiang Erniang.They didn't go very far when they went out in autumn. They basically took Jiang Youniang with them and invited Jiang Erniang to go with them.Jiang Erniang had to make a living, so most of them refused to go out with him.

The wedding between Princess Pinghe and Yuan Shi'an was held in early August, Xie Qinghe brought Xianyuyu to visit Taoism in Qingxiao Mountain, and did not join in the fun.

Before going to Beijing this year, Xie Qinghe asked Jiang Youniang's opinion again, asking her if she would follow her to the capital to see the world.

Jiang Youniang refused to go.

Jiang Erniang asked about Shu Jing's identity in a circumstantial manner.Xie Qinghe did not hesitate, and immediately handed over the contract to her.

When Jiang Erniang was overjoyed with Shu Jing's body deed, Xie Qinghe told her: "Second sister, I have something to tell you. I have some opinions on the matter between you and Shu Jing, but you don't want me to wait for it. If you are not happy or not feeling well, come back and tell the third sister, or write to me directly. I will not read your jokes, and will protect you."

Jiang Erniang's eyes were a little hot from what he said, and she choked up and said, "Of course I know that."

When it came to Qiuwei again, He Jing won the election as she wished, and became famous on the Guibang.Among the students Xie Qinghe led in the manor, two of them won the election.

He Jing's Zhongju shocked many people's jaws. However, he ended up in the capital, and the court gave him a lot of quotas. It is not as difficult as Annan County to be a Juren.There were 28 students in the manor, and two of them won the election, and they were the two students who liked to listen to Xie Qinghe's lectures the most. This immediately attracted countless discussions and curiosity.

Xie Qinghe has gone to the capital for the winter.

After He Jing was elected, the whole family was very happy.

I heard that He Jing once boasted that after he won the imperial examination, his family would move mountains of gold and silver to Xie Qinghe as a thank you gift. The old lady of the He family actually used sixty catties of gold and sixty catties of silver to make two small mountain bonsai. He Jing moved Xie Qinghe to thank him.

Xie Qinghe was worried about the two bonsai: "This thing is packaged like this, I'm afraid it can only be used as a decoration, and it won't be able to be flowered."

He Jing grinned so much.

He went home again and told Mrs. He about it. When he heard that his son Zhongju went home to join in the fun, Mrs. Xuan picked up his ear and scolded: "You know how old you are when you dig up Grandpa's private house. Are you ashamed?"

Old Mrs. He smiled and said, "Grandpa is just such a young grandson, doesn't his private house belong to him? Can't his brothers snatch it from him?"

So, the eccentric and generous Mrs. He took out his private house again, and asked He Jing to send it to the husband.

This time Xie Qinghe refused to accept any more gifts, and said: "Let me just say this, you go home and learn from the old man. Don't you know how much sixty catties of gold is?" Not only did he refuse to accept any more gifts, In the twelfth lunar month, he wrote a couplet of congratulations and asked He Jing to take it back to Mrs. He.

Mrs. He had a very high vision. After accepting the couplet, he hung it in the hall, appreciating and praising it for several days.

During the New Year's Eve, every household moves around very frequently. Mrs. He often brings his relatives and old friends to appreciate the couplets. After coming and going, Jiang Yingzhou's reputation in Nan'an spread like wildfire. After inquiring deeply, he said that this person has a criminal record. The teacher of the number one scholar, Zhuang Tong, is also the teacher of He Jing, and he has a ready-made good writing background-this talent cannot be faked at all!

He Jing took the opportunity to help her husband solicit business, saying that during the few months of living in the capital, she could lead apprentices and teach them how to write and write.

Although Xie Qinghe brought Zhuang Tong and He Jing out, not many people think that Zhuang Tong's high school champion is his credit. After all, Mr. Zhuang is well-known. How old is Xie Qinghe?I have never finished myself, and my results are always worrying.This matter should be taken too seriously, no one is willing to joke about the future of their nephew.

However, teaching calligraphy and painting is completely a trick played by the rich. Even if you fail to learn, how much money can you spend?

After the reputation was spread, many young masters who were keen on calligraphy and painting came to pay a visit.

Xie Qinghe never refuses anyone, he sees people ordering dishes, and those who are interested in this should teach seriously, and if they are joking around, they will receive a valuable Shu Xiu, and put them under their noses for teasing - the money is in place Yes, everything is easy to say.

When Chunwei started the exam, Xie Qinghe had already returned to Yangting.

He was teaching at the manor with peace of mind. At the end of March, news came from the capital that He Jingdian had passed the first-tier trial and was a newly released Tanhualang.

The manor was completely boiling.All the students squeezed into Xie Qinghe's class, scrambling to express their desire to listen to Mr. Jiang's class.

Xie Qinghe said helplessly: "I only saw He Jing in high school, why didn't I see you discussing Li Qun and Zhai Xiu?"

Student A said excitedly: "Sir, you don't know yet? Zhai Xiu also won the Jinshi, No. 17 in the second class! Li Qun's family has something to do, and he didn't go to Beijing for this subject! The students said that if he also failed, I'm afraid it's also on the list!"

Xie Qinghe: "..." It's because I'm not well informed.

From then on, Xie Qinghe never had a class in the small study, and the place of class was forcibly arranged in Yishanju.

This place is where Mr. Zhuang gives lectures. It can accommodate 300 desks and accommodate nearly [-] people to attend lectures.

Xie Qinghe took a look, and immediately complained to Liu Qin: "Mr. Zhuang only speaks once in ten and a half months, and I have to come to class the next day. In such a big place, the voice is too low to be heard in the back row. Lectures at the top of my voice every day, and I have to go home in three to five days."

Liu Qin said: "Hey, just whisper it, it's their fault if you can't hear. The students will copy each other's textbooks. Just arrange the quick students to sit in the first three rows."

Xie Qinghe gave him a thumbs up, you guys who run private schools really know how to play.

Having said that, Xie Qinghe went home and prepared some nourishing pills for himself.However, Jiang Yingzhou's skin is too useless, no matter how hard he exercises, it is difficult to speak calmly for a long time.

When Xian Yuyu came to Yangting County, Xie Qinghe was busy compiling textbooks just in time.

He mistakenly thought that Xie Qinghe was copying the secret book, so he hurriedly stepped forward to say hello and thank you for your hard work, and blew a rainbow fart.Xie Qinghe showed him the half-written thing, and said, "If you don't mind, I'll give you a copy too. Take it back to Zhibao Cave and put it away. From now on, everyone in the door will be a master."

Xian Yuyu sat on the side fanning him, and couldn't help laughing: "You really worked hard."

Xie Qinghe reminded him: "Come here a few days earlier in June. I plan to take a walk around Hedong this year, so I may not be at home. If you don't have time, I will write the book and put it in Shu Jing's place. You can find Shu Jing to get it. .”

Xian Yuyu nodded and said, "Disciple, come earlier, and go to Hedong with Daoist."

Xie Qinghe likes to take Xianyuyu with him when he goes out, he can fight and carry and is sensible, he can catch anything.

Xianyuyu also knew this, but there were still many affairs to be dealt with on Hanshan, and he couldn't follow Xie Qinghe all year round. When Xie Qinghe was in Yangting County, he stayed for half a month before leaving.If Xie Qinghe went on a study tour, he would stay with him for two more months, running errands and serving him very attentively.

In the past, Xie Qinghe would only go out in autumn, but this time he would leave in June, Xian Yuyu thought it was a special case, so he didn't ask much.

However, gradually, Xian Yuyu discovered that Xie Qinghe was spending more and more time outside.Except for returning to the manor to teach every spring, he basically runs outside the rest of the time.Sometimes climb mountains, sometimes go into the sea, to learn some strange skills that have been lost or will soon be lost.

He doesn't even go to the capital every winter, and sometimes he can't get away if he stays in a warm place, so he cancels the trip to the capital.

Just a few years later, the situation in the capital became more and more complicated and tense.

The old emperor's health deteriorated year after year, and he frequently fell ill and retired from the court. The court and the whole world were facing the crisis of changing hands.

Xie Qinghe knew that the emperor didn't have many days left. In the spring of the coming year, the emperor would die, and Princess Pinghe's elder brother, the third prince who had already been registered as the crown prince, would ascend the throne.

However, when people are about to die, they will try to survive.The emperor knew that his fate was not long, and suddenly remembered the genius doctor who had treated the son-in-law's wounds.

The genius doctor can make the crippled and helpless imperial doctors stand up again, can't the genius doctor save me from the collapse?

Therefore, the emperor issued a secret decree, passing the doctor who rescued the son-in-law Duwei Yuan Shi'an to the palace that day.

——At this time, the emperor did not dare to invent a decree, for fear that the government and the public would find out about his physical condition and cause chaos.

Xie Qinghe went to Changlin County for a study tour after finishing his classes in May, with only Xian Yuyu with him, no one knew his specific itinerary.Yuan Shi'an was the unlucky guy who received the emperor's secret decree, so he had to take someone to Changlin County to look for him.After inquiring all the way, he chased to the foot of Xihuang Mountain, completely dumbfounded—according to what the villagers said, Xie Qinghe took Xianyuyu into the mountain.

The entire Xihuang Mountain stretches for thousands of miles, with countless branches criss-crossing it.Many places are deserted.

How to find this?

No one could be found, and Yuan Shi'an couldn't go back to Beijing to pay the edict, so he could only take people to stay near Xihuang Mountain, counting the stars every day because of boredom.

The secret decree urged by Jingzhong became more and more urgent, and the tone of reprimanding Yuan Shi'an for his ineffectiveness became more and more severe, but Yuan Shi'an calmed down instead.

Mr. Jiang is not a wild man who doesn't know what's going on outside the window. Although he never advises Zhuang Tong and He Jing to be officials, he knows the court situation very well.Now that the emperor's body is about to collapse, he sent himself out to look for it, doesn't Mr. Jiang know? ——There are two aunts living in Yangting County. How could Mr. Jiang let himself disappear so that no one can contact him?

Thinking of Xie Qinghe's precise divination skills, Yuan Shi'an was probably sure that Xie Qinghe was hiding on purpose.

It would be even more impossible to find someone.

Yuan Shi'an deliberately led people to stop and go looking for him outside Xihuang Mountain, in order to avoid the emperor's wrath, and it was expected that he could not find it.After so bitterly guarding near Xihuang Mountain for a year, not long after the beginning of spring, news came from the capital that the emperor had passed away.

As Princess Ping He's son-in-law, Yuan Shi'an naturally had to return to Beijing immediately for the funeral.

When Yuan Shi'an rushed back to the capital, the crown prince had already become the emperor. Empress Yuan and Princess Pinghe were all crying together, but the new king specially called him to him and said, "The son-in-law has worked hard for several months to seek medical treatment for the emperor Daxing. Asking for medicine, I can see all the credit for this."

The monarch and his ministers were polite, and Yuan Shi'an resigned from the hall, sweating all over his back.

The new king was awarded the crown prince because his mother, Empress Yuan, was favored.However, Empress Yuan cannot always be brightly colored, and it is impossible for the old emperor to favor only one person.When the old emperor was over 60 years old, he had two old sons, whom he loved very much. One died at the age of three, and the other grew up healthy and smart, just seven years old.

The old emperor, who dreamed of a long life, didn't like the new emperor who had been the prince for more than ten years, but liked his youngest son.

——I'm afraid that the new monarch has long been looking forward to the death of his father.

The genius doctor who often travels to and from the capital could not be found at the critical moment. Yuan Shi'an ran away for half a year and squatted on Xihuang Mountain without moving his nest. He insisted that he had not found it and was looking for it.

He really couldn't find it.

However, Xinjun misunderstood what he meant, thinking that he was one of his own, and helped him "send" his father away.

It is true that there is no father and son in the heavenly family.

Yuan Shi'an restrained his expression, and had to go to comfort Princess Ping He.

This princess was favored by her father since she was a child, and she was really saddened by her father's passing.Moreover, if one's own father is the emperor and one's own brother is the emperor, can that be the same?Is it the same for my own mother to be the queen and my sister-in-law to be the queen?

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Xie Qinghe lived a full life in Jiang Yingzhou's skin.

In this life, he has learned 72 kinds of knowledge and skills that are not recorded in historical materials and have disappeared in the long river of time, such as the language communicated by some mountain people, the ancestral secret skills of some wizards and gods, and some skills that have been eliminated , Such as grass seeds weaving rough warp cloth, steaming and drying rabbit skin... I didn't realize it, but felt that some things were really useless and deserved to disappear from history.

Jiang Youniang was never married in her life, and she became a master of calligraphy, painting and embroidery. There are copybooks "Book of Immortals" and "Qing Jing Jing" handed down from generation to generation.

The most peculiar experience belonged to Jiang Erniang, who failed to spend her whole life in Yangting County.

Zhuang Tong got caught up in party disputes in the capital and was almost intercepted and killed. He was sheltered by the North and South grocery stores and escaped.The guards sent by the imperial court were useless, so Zhuang Tong took the token from Xie Qinghe and asked the grocery store for help cheekily.

The matter was reported to Han Shan, and Xian Yu Yu took care of it in person.He wrote a letter to Shu Jing, asking if Shu Jing wanted to leave the mountain?

——Being humiliated as a slave is an atonement. Isn't it more meaningful to go out to protect a virtuous minister who pleads for the people in person?

Shu Jing was very moved.

However, his master is Xie Qinghe, and Jiang Erniang's opinion must also be considered.

Jiang Erniang didn't know what Shu Jing was struggling with. She didn't even know that Shu Jing was an assassin who had killed countless innocent officials.It's just that Shu Jing received Xian Yuyu's letter and wanted to protect Zhuang Tong very much, so Jiang Erniang handed over the shop to Da Ya and packed her bags.

Shu Jing was startled by her straightforwardness: "This matter... I haven't thought about it yet."

"What's there to think about? You can go if you want. Zhuang Tong is not someone else. He is in trouble. Why not help if he can help? I have to think about it for a long time when He Li goes home. Now we are not short of money, so we can do whatever we want without thinking too much! I have packed all my things, and I can go on the road when I make an appointment with the boat." Jiang Erniang said .

After arriving in the capital, the encounters thereafter became even more mysterious.

Shu Jing followed Zhuang Tong for personal protection, and Jiang Erniang had nothing to do, so she played with Zhuang Tong's wife He Shi and He Jing's wife Mi Shi.She has a special status, and even Princess Pinghe will send her a post to invite her to sit at the banquet.After getting into this circle, Jiang Erniang met Wan Shi, the wife of Cai Rong, the chief assistant of the court, at a very accidental banquet. Wan Shi recognized her at a glance: "Miss Jiang!"

Jiang Erniang was a little confused: "Madam recognize me?"

Wan's face was full of smiles, and her daughter, Cai, also heard the sound and said with a smile: "My aunt doesn't recognize me? That year when my mother took us to Beijing to join my father, she fell ill on the boat. It was my aunt who borrowed the stove to cook for us. Medicine. I still remember my aunt holding me and singing."

Only then did Jiang Erniang remember.When she and Xie Qinghe went to Beijing to look for Jiang Youniang, they had a fate with this family.

"I remember. So it turns out that the lady is going to defect to Cai Shoufu." Jiang Erniang said.

Wan Shi snorted, and said, "Who was the first assistant at that time? Poor little official