sinking into sand

"Peony Academy?"

Guan Lan asked Yu Wangling.

Yu Wangling smiled and said: "Peony Academy is so famous. You should also know about it. Debating Moshu for ten days was one of the most elegant events in the literary world in the past ten years."

Guan Lan didn't feel much truth when he heard what Yu Wangling said.These literati are not prosperous in the north. Although he had heard of some of them when he traveled, he didn't take them to heart.If the Guan family hadn't received a letter from Yu Shaomiao that day, they wouldn't have known that there was a Peony Academy in the world.

He remembered what Yu Sha had said to him in the inn, so he asked, "You said that the Peony Academy found Yu Shaomiao? I heard that the Peony Academy has fallen in the Lijiang River. What's going on?"

Yu Wangling smiled, and said, "The fall of Peony Academy was only five or six years ago. Shaomiao was still prosperous in those years when he was living abroad. Speaking of this... the young master is interested in the fall of Peony Academy? This matter ... There are generally two explanations."

He stretched out his hand to pour tea for Guan Lan, and said slowly: "The government's explanation is that Mo Shu died of a sudden illness that day. Mudan Academy was afraid that the loss of this great scholar in the literary world would damage its reputation and interests, so it concealed it and did not report it, causing Mo Shu's body to be damaged and festered The privileges and privileges of Peony Academy are all due to the merits of Mo Shu alone. When this matter is exposed, it is natural to seek justice for her, so they took away the good citizenship of Peony Academy and demoted it to a humble one, and let them go to the skinny business. .”

Yu Wangling changed his sitting position, and recited the ballad he had read on the second day of the lunar new year to Guan Lan.

"...The flowers are gone, the peonies are gone, and the pipa is late when the rain falls. I don't know where I am, a former guest in Li's mansion."

Yu Wangling said: "So the flowers are all gone and the peonies are gone, so we are talking about the Peony Academy."

Guan Lan had already heard how Xun Er explained this nursery rhyme beforehand, and knew that the song here was far less warm and harmless than it sounds, so she continued to ask: "So, what about the folk explanation."

"It depends on how to say it." The old god Yu Wangling is here, "It is said that Shaomiao killed the girl for the beauty of the academy, or that Mo Shu drowned himself in the water after taking five stones. There are many legends. There are many more. It is nothing more than the common people. It is good to study in this academy, and I can't bear it to end so badly."

Yu Wangling said softly: "It doesn't matter if you are taken care of by parents, brothers and sisters-in-law. But if you are an orphan living on the street, if you can enter the Peony Academy and learn some knowledge and skills, it is naturally better than going to a place like a dark alley." It's better than countless times. At least you don't have to worry about losing your life when you wake up."

Guan Lan was silent again, what Yu Wangling said was pretty much the same as what Yu Sha said to him before, so he probably wasn't lying.

But for some reason, he always felt that there was something in this person's words, and he was not as elegant and easy-going as he appeared on the surface.

Yu Wangling saw his hesitation, but he didn't insist on making him believe in himself now, and continued: "At that time, Shaomiao lived in a dark alley for a year or so. It happened that someone from Peony Academy went to Picking a girl in a dark alley. At that time, there was one in the same shop as him, and she was picked just like that. The girl was very attached to him and refused to part with him. But Peony Academy has always only accepted girls. There is no way to be troubled. In the end, I asked someone to find the way to the Jinzhan Pavilion, and wondered if I could take him there."

Guan Lan answered at this time: "You guys recognized him?"

Yu Wangling said: "He is considered to be my cousin, not to mention his appearance, physical signs and birthmarks are also the same as the records. The experience is also the same. Back then, my uncle sent him to Zhulin Temple because he was weak and how many servants he served. Nian Buddha was able to enjoy the Buddha's fate, and his life went smoothly, but he never thought that he would encounter disasters and lose it. Fortunately, he found it back by accident."

Guan Lan looked at Yu Wangling, as if judging whether what he said was true.

For a moment, he didn't insist on asking the bottom line any more, and asked something else: "Is he staying in the Jinzhan Pavilion after that?"

"That's natural." Yu Wangling said, "Later, the little prince of Dingzhou came to Lijiang to study for a period of time, and we also met him. This time, people came to hold his funeral."

Guan Lan was noncommittal to these, and asked: "Then how did he die?"

Yu Wangling laughed: "Of course...it's another story. I'd like to talk with you by candlelight, but I'm too weak to stand it. If you are interested, why don't we talk about it tomorrow?"

Guan Lan is not a character who insists on making people support the sick body but also to solve doubts, she just said: "I'm the one who bothered you, Pavilion Master, please rest first."

Yu Wangling went downstairs and stood at the door of the small building in the middle of the lake, waiting for the maid to hold an umbrella.Guan Lan came out to see him off, looking at the pattering rain in front of him, Yu Wangling didn't know what he was thinking of, and suddenly smiled, turned his head, looked at Guan Lan with a smile, and said: "That day, I was in the Zhulin Temple. It must have rained so much when I was there."

Guan Lan was taken aback by his question, and was about to ask, when Yu Wangling got up and left.

On the other side, outside the small building in the middle of the lake, Xiang Feibai has been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Yu Wangling coming out, he immediately went up to greet him, and said, "The courtyard over there in Sicaotang has been tidied up all the time, the pavilion master is staying there today?"

Yu Wangling didn't say yes or no, but his body had already moved towards Si Caotang.

Xiang Feibai didn't expect that he failed to persuade this person after a month of persuasion, and Guan Lan came to Guan Lan for some reason, and suddenly changed his temper.My heart was full of doubts, and I just felt that it was not a good thing.

He was a little flustered, so he couldn't help but open his mouth to probe, and asked aloud: "Pavilion Master, who is Guan Lan? And what is his relationship with Zhulin Temple? How can you recognize it at a glance?"

It stands to reason that his words were somewhat presumptuous, but Yu Wangling didn't know whether it was because he was in a good mood or for other reasons, so he actually answered his words.

"You have also learned how to change faces, and learned the faces of people from different regions with Mu Yao. Where do you think he is from?"

Xiang Feibai pondered for a moment: "...From the eyebrows and the bridge of the nose, it is slightly more prominent than the people in Lijiang. Although they are Han Chinese, they should not come from the south."

"People from Quehuo in the Northwest, their ancestors were mixed with the blood of outsiders." Yu Wangling answered directly: "If Mu Yao hears your answer, I will definitely beat you."

Xiang Feibai was a little embarrassed, he didn't expect Yu Wangling to check his homework at this time, but he was still very puzzled: "Even if you know he is from outside the customs, what does it have to do with Zhulin Temple?"

"Guess."

"Guess?!"

Xiang Feibai was shocked: "So the Pavilion Master was testing him?! But why did he mention Zhulin Temple?"

During the speech, Sicaotang has arrived.Yu Wangling turned his head, his eyes didn't know whether he was condemning or looking at the mental retardation.

"Yu Shaomiao has never left the Lijiang River since he was ten years old. If the Quehuo people who suddenly appeared in the Lijiang River at this time came for him, it might have something to do with Zhulin Temple. If not, I'll just trick him casually, so why not?"

Xiang Feibai was uncomfortable seeing this look, so he could only respond: "The master is far-sighted, but his subordinates are stupid."

"But." Xiang Feibai started another topic, bit the bullet and asked, "What did the pavilion master mean in the last sentence in front of the small building in the middle of the lake?"

When I was in Zhulin Temple that day, it seemed that it rained so much.

Listening, it seems to be just an ordinary sentence, but it sounds like they used to be old acquaintances.

Xiang Feibai couldn't understand why Yu Wangling did this, so he asked directly.

Yu Wangling stared at him on the spot for a while, and finally, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Fei Bai, do you still remember the appearance of your playmates when you were young?" After he finished speaking, he turned around without waiting for Xiang Feibai's reply. He went straight into the Sicaotang, and the rest of the waiters also followed in.Button+Qun Er San Lin Liu Jiu Er San, Jiu} Six "

Xiang Feibai watched everyone go in, and stood for a while, he vaguely guessed what Yu Wangling had planned, but since he didn't tell him, he really couldn't ask.

He thought for a while, and felt that he was not interested, so he turned and went back to his residence.

Xiang Feibai is a doorman with a foreign surname. Even if he is in charge of practice now, his residence is still separate from that of the inner door. There is an independent courtyard to the east of the central axis.

He has been working all day long, and he wants to hide away today, so it's no big deal right now.Yu Sha's affairs were messed up, but there was nothing he could do. He could only come to him another day and talk to him.

Thinking of this, Xiang Feibai entered his own courtyard, turned away the servants on the left and right, wanted to light a lamp, read a book, and rested.

"Don't order."

Before he lit a candle in his room, a voice suddenly sounded in the room, so frightened that Xiang Fei almost lost his hand.He managed to stabilize his hand before looking into the room. At this moment, there were still some sporadic night lights in the room, and a figure came out of the shadows.

It's Yu Sha.

Xiang Feibai felt horrified when he saw him, and turned off the lights. He walked in front of him in three steps at a time, cursing in a low voice, "Are you crazy?! You escaped so easily? What are you doing back here? !"

Yu Sha didn't entangle him with these matters, and directly stated his purpose: "Where is the person you took away from Pingchunfang during the day?"

Xiang Feibai knew what was going on as soon as he heard what he said, and his head hurt instantly: "Tell me about you, if that person is so important, you can hide it better. Now that everyone has come in, you come to me again Man! How can I find it for you?!"

Yu Sha's eyebrows were furrowed, obviously he hadn't found out the situation clearly.He rushed to the Ping'en Square under the key, and Guan Lan's journey was indeed the focus of attention.So much so that the movement is clear, it is true that after entering the Jinzhan Pavilion, he never came out again.

This was not something Xiang Feibai did, Yu Sha knew it well.It stands to reason that when he saw Guan Lan's clothes, he should know what was going on. It was reasonable to find some reason to make people come out earlier. Even if he sent his disciples to follow him, it didn't matter. What happened to being locked in the pavilion?

He knew right then that something was wrong.

Yu Sha really felt tired, even though what he had done in these years, he often couldn't get back [-]% of what he paid and [-]% in return.But Guan Lan is like this, it is obviously a trivial matter, but accidents happen everywhere, and the sense of powerlessness that he can't do anything in the end still makes people feel irritated and want to beat someone up.

So he got annoyed for a while, and sneaked into Xiang Feibai's bedroom.

"Find me a disciple's clothes and help me change my appearance." Yu Sha said to Xiang Feibai, "Find a way for me to meet him."

Xiang Fei had a hard face on his face, knowing that he should be persuaded to let go at this time, especially now that Yu Wangling is obviously very interested in that little brother Guan, no matter what he does, it is too dangerous.

What's more, he is still a "dead man" now, if he is discovered, what will happen?

But he also knew he couldn't be persuaded.

Xiang Feibai sighed inexplicably, told Yu Sha to stay in the room for a while, and went out by himself to make arrangements.

Seeing him go, the anger around Yu Sha subsided a little.

It's good to be friends with Xiang Feibai. When you ask him for help, you never ask why.Afterwards, I will never bring up this old account again, as if there is no such thing.

The two of them have known each other for many years.In those years when the Jinzhan Pavilion was still in the hands of the Elder's Court, the disciples of the outer sect were always used as half-servants. No matter how high the martial arts were, no matter how clever they were, they were of no use.Pang Potian is also a manager in the outer court, not even an accountant in the inner court.

Xiang Feibai was not very old at the time, and was sold by his parents. Because his family background was clean, he had read books and could read, and he had a clear and bright appearance, so he entered the pavilion as a young student.But fate is not very good, the master in charge of him has a bad temper and loves to torture people.He came in with a good appearance and lost his human form within a few months.

It's not the torture of the third road, it's the rules of wearing wet shoes in winter, and mixing sand in the rice.Don't want to kill people, don't let people be humiliated once, and torture people like this.

Xiang Feibai lived like this for more than half a year, and met Yu Sha who was looking for a companion to study.Yu Sha's life in Jinzhan Pavilion was not easy at that time.He is a nominal young master who was lost in childhood and lived in hell for more than two years.It was so easy to find it back, and my parents were both dead, so it was inevitable that I would be bullied.I don't know if it's painful to see what memories Xiang Feibai brought up like this, so I just clicked his name to read along with him.

After getting along for a long time, and asking what happened to Xiang Feibai's master, Yu Sha found some excuses and sent the master some difficult errands, gradually the man became marginalized, and finally caught some He got kicked out for the mistake he asked for.

Yu Sha never asked what happened to this master in the end.Just like Xiang Feibai didn't ask Yu Sha why he took the risk to meet Guan Lan.

Others said that Hall Master Xiang worked so hard for Jinzhan Pavilion out of kindness, but the two people involved knew it was not the case.

There is no kindness, but sympathy for each other.