Don't go back to hometown

Jiang Xianyu pulled Xie Cheng to the side of the bed, took off his shoes and lay down inside, then patted the empty seat beside him.

Xie Cheng lay down beside him, lying on his side and looking at him.

Jiang Xianyu reached out and approached him, and nestled into his arms.

"Go to sleep." Jiang Xianyu said softly, "Get up early tomorrow, don't be seen by them."

Xie Cheng tensed his body, but moved his hands cautiously, gently wrapping his arms around Jiang Xianyu's waist.

He actually wanted to ask the boy in his arms why he was so close to him?

Does the teenager understand that this is more than brotherhood?Have you noticed the love hidden in his heart?

He hid it so well in his previous life, the boy didn't notice it before he left home, and it's even less likely that he would know it later.Although in this life he has done some transgressions and given some hints to the young man, does the young man really understand?

Does he not reject it?Don't you hate it?

Does that mean I can finally expect you to look back at me?

"Why aren't you sleeping?" Jiang Xianyu heard that his breathing was unsteady, and looked up at him.

Xie Cheng raised his hand, and under the gaze of the young man, he stroked his temple hair, and then asked him in a voice that was so soft that he almost trembled, "Can I kiss you?"

"!!!"

Jiang Xianyu's eyes widened suddenly, and he couldn't stop blinking, his eyes fell on the corners of Xie Cheng's tight lips, his ears and cheeks suddenly started to heat up, and a blush crept up.

He didn't dare to say anything, he just raised his face and closed his eyes, his eyelashes trembling uneasily.

Xie Cheng looked at his expression of "seeing death as home", and suddenly smiled.

I will take it as your acceptance, and I am willing to look back at me from now on.

He leaned forward and kissed the boy's forehead, hugged him again, and said softly, "Sweet dream."

Jiang Xianyu froze for a moment, hid his head by his neck, his cheeks were terribly hot, and he choked out a sentence: "...You are also a dream."

A good night's sleep.

……

On the second day, the morning light was faint.

Shimo heard the sound of Duan Shuwen getting up in the main room, yawned and got up, and when the time came, he rubbed his eyes and went into the back room to call his young master.

It turned out to be a messy empty bed.

Where is his young master?

How about a young master at his age?

Shimo went to the clean room to have a look but found no one, then ran out of the room again, and was about to shout twice when the door of the young master's room next door suddenly opened.

His young master stood there disheveled.

"Master, why are you in the young master's room? Did you sleep together last night?"

He noticed that Xie Cheng's collar was crooked, and he saw a red mark on his collarbone. He wondered, "Did the young master get bitten by a mosquito?"

Xie Cheng noticed Shimo's gaze, glanced at the position of the collarbone, straightened his collar, "No."

That was the imprint of Xiao Yu leaning on his shoulder.

no? !

Shimo was stunned for a moment, then stunned.

what is that? !Is it something he read in a short story book? !

This, this, this... Is this something he can watch without spending money?

He knew that the young master and the young master were good friends and often slept in the same room, but didn't they just simply sleep?

Last night, the young master and the young master came back holding hands, and the young master was crying!Last time, the young master seemed to have kissed the young young master's wrist, wasn't he dazzled?

They turned out to be that kind of relationship? !

Shimo was so shocked that he couldn't speak clearly: "That, that is..."

Is that what he thought? ! ! !

He tiptoed to look into the house, but his young master blocked him so he couldn't see anything.

Xie Cheng flicked his forehead, "Shut up."

Shimo was stunned and quickly covered his mouth.

How could this be? !

Xie Cheng closed the door behind him and went back to his room.

Shimo followed behind him, helping him to get dressed.

"Master, you...you and young master, aren't you brothers?" He looked at Xie Cheng's expression and asked in a low voice.

He is just a little book boy, fortunate enough to be able to read a few words and read some books by the young master's side, but he doesn't know anything about love, and those love stories didn't tell him that men and men can also be husband and wife...

He felt astonished when he thought about it!

It's just that it's not so "scary" when it's his young master and young master.

Xie Cheng glanced at him, "Disgusting?"

"No, no, no!" Shimo quickly denied, "Why would I feel disgusted by the young master! I'm just worried that the young master——"

"You are the only male in the second room. The master and wife will definitely be angry if they find out, and outsiders may also gossip..."

Shimo said as he frowned more and more, "The young master really recognizes the young master?" Isn't it because of a momentary fascination?

"Listen up, Shimo." Xie Chengli straightened his clothes and looked at him solemnly, "I don't care what others think, but with you, Xiao Yu is your other master, treat him like me, do you understand? "

Shimo nodded hastily, "Then... the young master will be the young lady from now on?"

Xie Cheng paused, bent his lips and smiled, and said to him: "Don't talk nonsense in front of him."

Shimo grinned and nodded with a smile, "I see."

No matter what other people think, he only listens to the young master.

Ping An came over and asked them to have breakfast, and Xie Cheng asked Shimo to wait for Jiang Xianyu to wake up.

When the latter woke up, Duan Shuwen had already gone to the Imperial College for class.

Jiang Xianyu touched his nose in shame, and decided to get up to practice martial arts tomorrow morning.

After breakfast, Xie Cheng went back to his room to study, Jiang Xianyu also set up a table next to him, and started to do his homework.

This time, the homework assigned to him by Master Liu is no longer the way of Confucius and Mencius, but some miscellaneous books.There are farming, arithmetic, crafts, and business.

The master said let him read them all, mark the parts he doesn't understand, write down his thoughts after reading it, and talk about which one he is most interested in.

Jiang Xianyu casually flipped through it first, and found that the diagrams of forging techniques and mechanisms were quite interesting, so he read them for several days.

In the past few days, Xie Cheng never said that he wanted to sleep with him, but occasionally when Jiang Xianyu opened his eyes in the middle of the night, he would find the other party lying beside him.I was taken aback at first, but then I went with Xie Cheng.

Every morning they would practice martial arts together, and Jiang Xianyu also taught Duan Shuwen a set of simple boxing techniques, as long as he learns a little bit, he can strengthen his body.

At the end of the month, Duan Shuwen Xiumu said that he would take Xie Cheng to meet some classmates and friends.

His classmates are all juren, and they can study in Jinling Guozijian. They are all knowledgeable people and can give Xie Cheng some advice.

Jiang Xianyu was reading in the room and did not go with Xie Cheng.

"I may not understand what you talk about, so I don't want to go."

Xie Cheng didn't force it, and touched his ear.

Jiang Xianyu's ears turned red immediately, he quickly turned his head to avoid it, and pushed Xie Cheng out of the door.

He and Duan Shuwen went there for a whole day, Jiang Xianyu reckoned that they would not come back for dinner, so he decided to go to the Escort Bureau to find his eldest brother for dinner.

Pingan and Shimo followed Xie Cheng and the others, Aunt Li and his wife went out to buy things, only Aunt Wang was at home.

There is still half a year left in the employment contract that Duan Shuwen signed with her, and now that there are many people in the family, he will keep it for use.

Jiang Xianyu talked to Aunt Wang and went to the Escort to find his eldest brother.

Jiang Baizhou really checked his homework every day and looked through his notes.Knowing that he is interested in forging recently, I also found some other books for him.

Seeing him that day, he dragged him out again, "It's just in time, meet me and find someone."

Jiang Xianyu: "Who?"

Jiang Baizhou: "Yuan Wuye. I asked him to find out about Ren Xiaoyao."

Yuan Wuye has several fleets under his command, and has some contacts in the government. Sometimes he is conscripted to transport food for the government, and the power behind it is not small.

"A few years ago, the dart boarded his family's boat. I never thought of encountering water bandits, so I helped him."

Jiang Xian thought that what his elder brother could say was not just "helping", maybe it was saving Yuan Wuye's life.

The fact is really as he expected.

It was indeed because of saving his life that Yuan Wuye agreed to help Jiang Baizhou investigate Ren Xiaoyao, but he did not expect to find something.

Jiang Baizhou and Jiang Xianyu entertained Yuan Wuye in Wangjiang Tower.

The other party was a middle-aged man with a dark face and a burly figure, and he probably could do some work.

He didn't exchange pleasantries at first, and first handed the things he found to Jiang Baizhou.

Jiang Xianyu leaned forward to look at it, and the paper was written on the life experience of the person "Xie Yancheng".

"This person came to Jinling half a month ago. He has a complete household registration and directions. His ancestral home is Hangzhou. His surname is Xie and his name is Yancheng. He is four in his twenties. He is a martial artist. He came to Jinling to participate in martial arts."

Yuan Wuye took a sip of his wine and continued: "Brother Jiang said that this person's identity is false, so I sent someone to Hangzhou to investigate."

"This person's household registration and Wu Xiucai's qualifications are all documented, but there are not many traces of his life in Hangzhou. There is only one residence, and he has just moved there not long ago."

Jiang Baizhou frowned: "So he not only forged a fake identity, but also forged Wu Xiucai's aptitude?"

Yuan Wuye nodded, and said softly: "Scholars are no better than juren, and martial arts are not as strict as imperial examinations. If it is done properly, it is not difficult to have more martial arts talents out of thin air."

Jiang Xianyu found it ridiculous.

He suddenly understood what Xie Cheng said in his previous life, "the evils of current politics".

Those in power can even control the list of Wu Xiucai, so what's the point of selection?How unfair it is to those who study martial arts diligently!

He also heard Yuan Wuye lower his voice and say: "The prefect of Hangzhou today belongs to the line of loyal kings."

Jiang Xianyu thought that it was true, Ren Xiaoyao was a member of King Zhong in his previous life.

Jiang Baizhou's heart sank, he didn't expect Ren Xiaoyao's backside to be so complicated.It seems that it is not impossible for the younger brother to say that he approached them on purpose.

I have to send a letter home and tell my parents.

"Burn it." He handed the paper in his hand to Jiang Xianyu, and then toasted Yuan Wuye, "Thank you, Wu Ye, I know what I know."

Jiang Xianyu took the candlestick, lit the paper in his hand and burned it, then threw the ashes into an empty bowl beside him, soaked it in tea, and completely "destroyed the corpse and wiped out the traces".

Yuan Wuye clinked glasses with the two brothers, and persuaded: "Although I don't know what grievances you have with this person, if you are not sure to tear off his human-leather mask in public to prove that his identity is false, it is best not to be with him. He is head-to-head, beware of getting involved in disputes above."

"Thank you, Fifth Master, for your suggestion."

Sending Yuan Wuye away, both brothers Jiang Baizhou and Jiang Xianyu felt a little heavy in their hearts.

Jiang Xianyu regretted his rashness that day, which aroused Ren Xiaoyao's vigilance.If he let the people behind the scenes know, maybe they will find them in order to silence them.

Jiang Baizhou suspected the reason why Ren Xiaoyao deliberately approached them, perhaps their identities had been exposed.

And Yuan Wuye was able to find out about this, and the forces behind it should not be underestimated.He shouldn't have brought Xiao Yu to show his face...

He sighed and looked at Jiang Xianyu: "I shouldn't have brought you here today."

"Why?" Jiang Xianyu was puzzled, "Ren Xiaoyao was caused by me, so naturally I have to solve it."

"You don't understand—" Jiang Baizhou's voice paused, remembering that Xiao Yu didn't know his own background, he couldn't continue.

"In short, you have to be more vigilant and protect Xie Cheng and brother Shuwen." Jiang Baizhou urged, "We can't implicate them in our family's affairs."

Jiang Xianyu nodded, it turned out that Jiang Baizhou was talking about their family's secret.

Jiang Baizhou thought he didn't know, and even thought that was why Ren Xiaoyao approached them.

But Jiang Xianyu knew that Ren Xiaoyao didn't know his life experience in his previous life, otherwise he wouldn't use him as an abandoned son.

It's just that he suddenly realized that without him running away from home and taking the martial arts exam, his family would have no chance to tell him about his life experience.

If this is the case, he will not be able to advance and retreat with his family. Just like before, Jiang Baizhou used his "do not understand" to prevaricate him.

You have to find a way to uncover this secret.

While worrying, Jiang Baizhou patted him on the head, "Okay, don't think about it, I'll send you back first, and talk to Xie Cheng."

"No need," Jiang Xianyu said, "It's not on the way, you should go back to rest early, I'll just tell him."

Saying that, he waved to Jiang Baizhou, and left by himself.

……

Duan Zhai, Xie Cheng and Duan Shuwen have already returned.

During the day they discussed knowledge, and in the evening Duan Shuwen invited a few classmates to have a few drinks, but no one was drunk, and Duan Shuwen was still somewhat excited.

"I didn't expect Ah Cheng's knowledge to improve so much. My classmates all said that you can win Jieyuan this time."

Xie Cheng smiled, "Brothers are overrated."

Seeing that Jiang Xianyu's room was not lit, he frowned, "Is Xiaoyu asleep?"

Duan Shuwen: "Maybe he's not in the house."

Xie Cheng pushed the door open and went in to have a look. There was no one in the room, the bed was neatly made, and the tea was completely cold.

He rubbed his forehead and called to Shimo: "Go and ask where Xiaoyu has gone."

He knew that the other party might just go out to get some air, or went to find the elder brother, but the scene of people leaving the tea still made him a little annoyed.

He didn't like the other party disappearing without warning.

Even if only for a short while.

Shimo ran to ask Aunt Li, Aunt Li was cooking hangover soup in the kitchen, "The master and I didn't see the young master when we came back from shopping, should we go out?"

She looked at Aunt Wang who was lighting a fire on the stove, "Sister-in-law Wang, aren't you at home?"

Aunt Wang said angrily: "I must have gone out, otherwise I can't see you at home?"

Shimo ignored her eccentric look, turned around and told Xie Cheng, "The young master should have gone out."

Xie Cheng frowned: "Didn't you say where?"

Shimo shook his head.

Reason tells Xie Cheng that Xiao Yu is not such a person who does not understand etiquette, when he is a guest at someone else's house, he will not go out without saying a word, and will not return late at night.

But the other party has so many previous convictions of leaving without saying goodbye, and he always forgot to tell his family when he stayed overnight at his house before, and his temper is always out of tune...

Xie Cheng: "Go to the bodyguard bureau and ask."

"Yes."

As soon as Shimo ran to the door, Jiang Xianyu came in from the outside.

"Young master!" Shimo grabbed him, "Where are you going? The young master is asking me to find you!"

Before Jiang Xianyu could speak, Xie Cheng heard a voice.

"Where did you go?"

Xie Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his forehead and asked him.

"I went to the Escort to find Big Brother."

Jiang Xianyu walked towards him and smelled alcohol, "Are you drinking too?"

"Drink a little."

Xie Cheng didn't pay attention to the word "also", he just grabbed Jiang Xianyu's wrist and asked him: "Why did you come back so late and didn't leave a message?"

Jiang Xianyu was taken aback, "I told Aunt Wang."

Xie Cheng raised his eyes to look at Shimo, and Shimo said anxiously: "Why is this person like this! I just asked her!"

He rushed into the kitchen and asked Aunt Wang, "What's the matter with you? The young master told you where he was going, and just now asked you why you didn't say anything?"

Aunt Wang said with a cheeky face, "Didn't I say he went out?"

Aunt Li said angrily: "Why didn't you tell me where you went? Did you answer the master's question like this?"

She has endured enough of Aunt Wang's narrow-mindedness in the past few days, and she knows how to find trouble all day long. Even a big fart can be a monster in the kitchen, and she can mess up such a small matter today.

"That's really not as good as you." Aunt Wang threw away the tongs and stood up, yin and yang said strangely: "You are his slave and I am not."

"Then get out!"

The dark-faced Duan Shuwen appeared outside the kitchen, untied the money bag and threw it at Aunt Wang's feet, "If you take the monthly money, get out now, and don't use it tomorrow!"

Aunt Wang trembled in fright, and immediately lost her temper.

She has worked here for more than a year, and everyone said that the owner of the house is a scholar with a good temper, and it is easy to work here with a lot of money, but it is only today that she knows that a scholar can be so scary when she gets angry.

"We...we signed the contract until the end of the year." She didn't want to lose the job yet.

Pingan scolded: "The deed is also written. If you can't do it well, you have to get out! You are such a big Bodhisattva, our family can't afford it!"

Aunt Wang's face turned pale, but she still refused to leave, and said sternly, "I, I didn't do anything wrong, so you can't drive me away."

Aunt Li saw that she obviously didn't take what she played today seriously, so she stepped forward to pick up Duan Shuwen's purse and handed it to Pingan.

Then he said to Duan Shuwen: "Grandpa, you don't need to give her monthly money. In the past half month, she has been stealing things from the kitchen a lot. The wild ginseng that the lady prepared for you has been pinched by her several times. It is worth dozens of taels of silver. !"

If she hadn't been caught on the spot, she would have denounced her long ago.

"You're talking nonsense!" Aunt Wang flatly denied, "How can a few ginseng whiskers be worth so much money?"

Aunt Li choked on her: "It's worthless, what are you doing stealing it?"

"I didn't steal it!" Aunt Wang yelled in tears, as if she was about to throw a tantrum.

"enough!"

Duan Shuwen's original good mood was wiped out, and he didn't want to listen to her nonsense at all, "If you make trouble again, I will go to see the official tomorrow."

Aunt Wang suddenly looked like a chicken being strangled, with a funny expression on her face.

In the end, he walked away in disgrace.

Ping An watched her pack her bags with her own eyes, and she was not allowed to take more than a single stitch.

Jiang Xianyu and Xie Cheng had already returned to the house, and did not intervene in the family affairs.

Aunt Li came over to deliver hangover soup, and whispered to Xie Cheng: "Master, this incident made my uncle unhappy, do you have a lump in your heart?"

She had just gone to the uncle's room to deliver hangover soup, but the uncle's face was still dark.

Xie Cheng shook his head: "Brother-in-law is not a narrow-minded person, do your best, and treat your sister and brother-in-law as your master from now on, don't ask me."

Aunt Li nodded, and said worriedly: "Then Aunt Wang is a bitch, I'm afraid she will ruin my uncle's reputation outside."

Xie Cheng: "Then first let the neighbors know that she was driven away by the owner after stealing something."

Aunt Li immediately understood, "I see."

People who do work also need to be famous. No one like Aunt Wang would dare to use her.

After Aunt Li went out, Jiang Xianyu scratched his face in shame, "I didn't expect this to happen."

Xie Cheng: "It's none of your business, this person couldn't stay in the first place."

Jiang Xianyu nodded, still feeling a little guilty.

He had never seen Brother Duan get so angry.But if it were him, I'm afraid he would also feel that he lost his manners and face in front of the guests, and it would be hard not to be angry.

Thinking about it this way, if he lived in the Escort, he wouldn't have so many things to do.

But Xie Cheng is definitely not happy.

He didn't see him for a while, Xie Cheng was afraid that he would run away.

Jiang Xianyu secretly sighed in his heart, and decided to stay by Xie Cheng's side for the next few days, so that he could study with peace of mind.

……

The township examination was getting closer and closer, but Xie Cheng was as calm as usual, without any sign of nervousness.

He writes an article in the house every day, and when Duan Shuwen comes back from school, he will show it to him and ask him for advice.Or take it to Master Chen and discuss it with other students.

If he and Duan Shuwen were discussing knowledge in the study, Jiang Xianyu would read at the door to make sure that Xie Cheng could see him when he looked up, so he didn't have to worry about whether he would run away again.

In short, he stayed close to each other, even to check Jiang Baizhou's homework, and asked Shimo to send it.

So it was the eighth day of August, the day before the provincial examination.

Aunt Li began to prepare food for Xie Cheng in the evening, steaming steamed buns, dried meat, and dried vegetables overnight, and roasting fresh meat pies to ensure that Xie Cheng would bring fresh and hot food with him when he set off.

Everyone agreed that although the No. [-] room could buy food, it was definitely not as clean and delicious as the one at home.

Shimo scented the clothes that Xie Cheng was going to wear, and prayed that his young master would be assigned a good position, neither hot nor cold nor smelly.

The Tribute Academy checked ahead of time, and people started queuing up in the middle of the night.

Jiang Xianyu rented a carriage to take the exam to Xie Cheng, Jiang Baizhou and Duan Shuwen both came.

Shimo and Ping An went to line up for Xie Cheng first, and then came to call him when the queue was almost there.

In the carriage, Jiang Xianyu repeated what Aunt Li had told him.

"I heard that there is a small stove in the number room. The steamed buns and cakes can be eaten after steaming. Aunt Li chopped up the dried meat and vegetables. You mix some water and boil them into soup to warm your body."

Xie Cheng: "Yes."

"You know better than me about the exam, so I won't talk about it." Jiang Xianyu raised the curtain of the carriage and took a look, "You'll be here in a while, do you want to sleep a little longer?"

Xie Cheng shook his head and looked at him amusedly: "Don't be nervous."

Jiang Xianyu denied: "I'm not nervous."

But his face was tense, as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

Both Jiang Baizhou and Duan Shuwen couldn't help laughing.

Jiang Baizhou: "I should really ask you to look in the mirror. You are even more nervous than when you were taking the talent test."

Jiang Xianyu froze for a moment, he couldn't remember how he felt about the exam back then.

But now, although he knew that Xie Cheng knew Yuan in his previous life, he still held his breath for him and dared not relax.

Duan Shuwen patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, Ah Cheng has a solid knowledge, and there will be no mistakes."

Concerned about the presence of Jiang Baizhou and Duan Shuwen, Xie Cheng didn't dare to do anything too intimate, he just patted the back of Jiang Xianyu's hand and said, "Trust me."

Jiang Xianyu relaxed his shoulders and smiled, "Okay, I believe you."

After waiting for a while, Shimo's voice sounded outside, "Master, it's our time!"

Xie Cheng got out of the car with the test basket and walked towards the tribute courtyard.

Jiang Xianyu stood on the carriage and watched him walk through the long line until he disappeared.

The sky is getting brighter, the sun is rising, and it is another sunny day.