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Now Lian Song is like a frightened bird, the slightest turmoil will cause him to panic, and he doesn't even notice that he has turned the book backwards.

Pang Miao, who was hiding behind a door, withdrew his gaze, and his heart sank, as if a heavy stone was firmly pressing on his heart, making it difficult for him to breathe.

In fact, just a few students took advantage of the break time to chase and fight in the courtyard, like officers and soldiers catching thieves, A grabbed B, and then yelled: "Haha, I caught it, let's see where you go escape?"

Tang Li walked over slowly, grabbed Lian Song's book, straightened it and stuffed it back into his hand.

Behind Pang Miao sat a gray-bearded old man, hale and hearty, gentle, unhurriedly flipping through the books in his hand, and talking to Pang Miao, "Everyone thinks that Lian Song's anomaly stems from the failure of Chunwei, he Too much pressure has accumulated and now it suddenly broke out. He has too high demands on himself, and his expectations are too strong, and the loss has hit him hard."

Pang Miao lowered his head, if he didn't think about going out for a trip at the beginning of the year, but stayed to help Lian Song, would there be a different result?

The old man also said: "Lian Song's knowledge is not inferior to yours, but he lacks confidence in himself, so he has been defeated repeatedly. It is better to have the opportunity to practice a lot as a scholar than to suffer in the officialdom in the future. Everyone has Your own path, each with its destiny, Pang Miao, you don't have to blame yourself."

"Thank you teacher for explaining." Pang Miao bowed to express his thanks.

This is his mentor, Mr. Xi. He gave a lot of guidance and teachings when he was studying in the academy. It is not only luck that he was able to win the gold list, but also a solid foundation laid by his teachers over the years. .Therefore, Pang Miao would visit the teacher several times a year. Sometimes when he was in the imperial capital, Mr. Xi would also talk to him about learning.This time, he was afraid of arousing the suspicion of Lian Song and Tang Li, and he was looking for an excuse for Mr. Xi to ask him to come to the school to reminisce, but he has not appeared in front of Lian Song yet.

"Excuse me, teacher, is there anything unusual about Tang Li after he came to the academy?" Pang Miao asked.

Mr. Xi thought about it carefully for a while, "He has been taciturn since he came to the academy, and then he and Lian Song had an argument over an issue, and the two got closer." He rubbed his forehead and sighed: "I'm getting old. , the memory is not very good, that’s about it.”

Facing the uncertainty in the teacher's tone, Pang Miao had no choice but to say, "Thank you, teacher."

"After being on the list like you, you will come back to visit your teacher. There are very few people who care about your classmates." Mr. Xi looked out at the blue sky, "Oh, I have devoted my life to teaching and educating people, but in the end most of them You only care about fame and fortune. Oh, by the way, I heard that you and the Cao family had some troubles? Actually..."

Pang Miao didn't want to be disrespectful to the teacher, but he wanted to hurry up and find out the source of Lian Song's anomaly.At this time, Xue Jinyi carried a few brand-new textbooks and walked across the courtyard to Lian Song and Tang Li. His focus was on the three of them, so he couldn't be distracted to listen to what the teacher had to say.

With Tang Li at his side, he couldn't communicate directly with Lian Song.And Xue Jinyi is good at communication, and as a new student entering the school, he will not be too close like him and Lian Song, which will make Tang Li feel wary.Because a secret is something that a person may tell a good friend when he has a breakdown or patient persuasion, but he will never mention a single word to casual acquaintances, all he wants is to test something after getting a little closer.

"Haha, I feel that relying on force to eat and drink, not to mention the money, is like living a lifetime." Xue Jinyi was enthusiastic, smiling as if he had eaten a lot of honey, "So I decided to return to the academy. Hug, go to Chunwei two and a half years later to try your luck, and get a half-job to win face for the family, alas, you have been in the imperial capital for so long, you must know what happened to my family..."

His smile faded a bit, showing sadness and helplessness, which was in stark contrast to just now, and he was very sympathetic in the eyes of others.

Pang Miao felt that everyone around him was good at acting, but he was the worst, and Cao Lv could see through his identity with just one look. From this point of view, it was really kind of sad.

At this time, Xue Jinyi was sitting and chatting on the steps with several scholars gathered around. Lian Song and Tang Li got up and were about to leave.

Pang Miao squinted his eyes, wishing that the speed of time could slow down again and again, so that he could clearly see everything before and after Tang Li was tripped, including the changes in expression and demeanor.

Everything happened so fast, in the blink of an eye, Tang Li had already fallen to the ground.

Xue Jinyi threw away his clothes, hurriedly helped him up, and apologized repeatedly.

Tang Li's face was stiff, and he said impatiently: "It's okay." He didn't even bother to dust off the dust on his clothes, so he dragged Lian Song away.

Xue Jinyi secretly gave Pang Miao an innocent look, and a few students next to him dragged him to talk, "Hey, I heard that you used to be very good at pursuing girls, even the arrogant top card in Qunfang Pavilion was taken by you." Fascinated, is it true? Teach us two tricks."

"I'm only interested in men now." Xue Jinyi said seriously.

The students were shocked, and ran away for more than half, and the remaining two continued to pester Xue Jinyi, "Brother Xue is very funny. Let me tell you, there will be a poetry reception in Songbaiyuan tomorrow, and he is the richest leftist in our academy." The young master is doing it, many people are going, so you should come too."

"Oh." Xue Jinyi asked again: "Is Lian Song going?"

"Hey, how do you know his name is Lian Song?"

Xue Jinyi showed a secretive smile, and the two students immediately understood what was going on, and pointed at him with a wretched smile.

"I didn't expect Brother Xue's taste to be so different."

They laughed for a while, Xue Jinyi finally got rid of the other two people, and rushed all the way back to Mr. Xi's room, clasping his fists and saluting, "The student has met Mr. Xi, and I will have Mr. Lao give me a lot of advice in the future. The students who are so kind and virtuous will remember them in their hearts."

Mr. Xi smiled very kindly, "Pang Miao recommends you to come to our academy, as long as you can achieve something in your studies, you will be satisfied as a teacher."

"Mr. Xi," a middle-aged man poked his head out at the door, thinking he was having a heart-to-heart conversation with two students, so he put down the stack of rice paper in his hand and left, "I read the test questions last time, and they are good. The three of them are on the top."

"Thank you." Mr. Xi turned the pages from the bottom, while talking to Pang Miao and the others, "Tomorrow, if you are physically able, come to the poetry reception in Songbaiyuan."

"Okay." Pang Miao's eyes fell on the bottom answer sheet. The handwriting was scribbled, and a large ink stain was even stained in the lower left corner. The word "Tang Li" came into view, "I heard that Tang Li is It was recommended by the local school, how could the handwriting be like this?"

Mr. Xi didn't raise his eyes, "His right meridian is injured, so he can't hold a pen to write, he can only write with his left hand."

Pang Miao's face changed slightly, seeing that it was getting late, he bid farewell to the teacher.

Coming out of the academy, Xue Jinyi pushed the wheelchair to Pang's house, and there were very few pedestrians on the street.

"Do you remember that when Lian Song ate at my house last time, Tang Li held the chopsticks with his left hand?" Pang Miao asked.

"It's the left hand, trembling like an octogenarian when picking up vegetables." Xue Jinyi laughed, and then sighed, "Tell me, what should I do to test out Tang Li's martial arts moves? Ambushing them on their way home, pretending to be a robber?"

Pang Miao rubbed his chin, "He robbed in the imperial capital, you will be guillotined the next day."

Xue Jinyi touched his neck and took a deep breath, as if there was a shiny big knife across his neck, "However, don't tell Zhang Mu what I said to those scholars today."

"Well, don't say it." Pang Miao nodded, and changed the topic, "If I can't try again tomorrow, I will consider talking to him."

"Hey, hey!" Xue Jinyi yelled, attracting a few passers-by to look over, he quickly lowered his voice, "I didn't expect you to intimidate people."

"That's because of the previous identity restrictions, and you won't be able to see it."

"Okay... ok. But, don't you want to check whether Lian Song is harboring Shan Feng? Why is the focus all on Tang Li, will it be too off-point?" Xue Jinyi looked through the fingers covering his face At the intersection ahead, a few policemen escorting things passed by, and they hurriedly stopped.

"Hey, people died in the city again. I hope they committed suicide, so that our life will be easier."

"It's so rotten, I don't even see it when he kills himself."

"You know, the more headless the case, the faster our Fu Yin can conclude it."

"..." Xue Jinyi looked at the cops who kept complaining, and thought: Is it really all right if your voice is so loud?

As the corpse transport vehicle went away, Pang Miao glanced at the corpse wrapped in straw mats, "Recently, there are frequent deaths in the imperial capital? Tang Li also said that Lian Song fell ill from fright when the corpse transport vehicle overturned."

Upon hearing this, Xue Jinyi quickly stepped forward to make friends with the policemen, and came back not long after.

"The last time the body was found, it was a month ago. He committed suicide and stabbed himself with a knife."

"You see, that's why Tang Li was investigated." Pang Miao said softly, "Lian Song's abnormality originated from him. He gave me the feeling that he was controlling Lian Song more and more, rather than acting as an official. Simple friends."

Xue Jinyi looked around, there were no outsiders within a few feet, "A scholar who came to Beijing from a foreign country will also have something to do with bandits..." His original questioning tone gradually faded away. His father was originally an official of the court. In the end, didn't they collude with bandits to rob disaster relief money?

"Perhaps there is some unknown relationship between Tang Li and Shan Feng. It is not a coincidence that he came to the imperial capital to study at this time, but he is going to assist Shan Feng to connect with someone?" In the end, there were only about five people who were brought to justice, and even the original gang leader died in the cannibalism. There are so few people, and some helpers are needed. However, Tang Li lives in Lian's house, so Shan Feng can Where are you going to hide it?"

Dali Siqing was under tremendous pressure, and the search would definitely turn the whole house upside down, but he still couldn't find the seriously injured Shan Feng, which is really incredible.

Xue Jinyi knocked on the back of the chair, "Maybe the short-lived ghost born at a certain time must be buried at night?"

Pang Miao continued to touch his chin. If that was the case, looking for a person who had a funeral a few nights ago in the imperial capital would be like finding a needle in a haystack, but even if he needed to scoop up all the water in the sea, he would still want to find the needle.

"Do you know where is the easiest place to get news?"

Xue Jinyi was full of confidence, "Leave this matter to me, and I'll take you home first. Places like casinos and brothels are not suitable for you."

After Pang Miao and Xue Jinyi walked away, Lian Song and Tang Li turned out from an alley.Lian Song shrank his shoulders, his calves kept shaking, and looked like he was about to cry.

"Hurry up and buy it." Tang Li threw a few copper coins to him.

Lian Song tightly held on to the money, "Pang Miao has a new friend, and he was invited by the teacher to come to the school and won't talk to me anymore..."

"Yeah, if I get too close to you, I will be very unhappy." Tang Li sneered.

Lian Song lowered his head, shaking even more violently.He was afraid that his appearance would make Tang Li unhappy, so he put his head in one hand and walked quickly to the opposite alley.Tang Li glanced at him, then looked at the back who had already walked away, and let out a heavy "hum" from his nose.

On the day of Songbaiyuan poetry reception, the teachers and students of the academy gathered together.Outside the window are the green pines and cypresses that are still standing tall in the cold winter, and inside the window is a joyful exchange of cups and glasses, and various wonderful sentences one after another, all of which praise the nobility and unyieldingness of the pines and cypresses.

Pang Miao was delayed for a while on the street near Songbaiyuan, because a team of officials from a certain place who was returning to Beijing to report on his duties led a group of people, blocking the way arrogantly, and he had to wait for those people to pass by.He looked at the officials who were walking away, joined Mr. Xi, and after going in together, he saw the figures of Lian Song and Tang Li in the corner. He was about to go over, put one hand on his shoulder, turned around and saw But it was a completely unfamiliar face, but...

Staring at his own face reflected in Qingzhan Mingrui's pupils, Pang Miao called out in a low voice, "Ah Lu?"

The man smiled.