school days in ancient times

In this ten-year examination, Ye Mian unfortunately took home four other grades, two more than last time, but his father didn't really pick up a stick and drive him to Baofengyuan to break his dog's legs.

Ye Shilang was staring at the ten-year examination list spread out on his desk in a daze. The results were similar to the last time. The name of Wang Zhuangjue of Rongnan County was written all over the first class, but there was one place. Ye Mian's name was inserted in Zhuang Jue's name very discordantly but extremely eye-catching.

In the subject of arithmetic, Rongnan County King was cut off by his rebellious son!

Ye Shilang had to admit that he was happy, he wanted to clap his hands and laugh, but looking at Ye Mian's other subjects, except for the C grade, he failed the D grade, and he felt that as his father, he should not be happy.

Ye Shilang was stunned for a cup of tea with such a constipated expression.

At this time, Ye Mian was asking for credit with Ye Jing in the study of Bihua Pavilion.

"how?"

"Okay," Ye Jing, who was sitting in front of the case and dealing with important business affairs, said perfunctorily without raising her eyelids.

Ye Mian was wearing ivory cloud silk pajamas, a half-worn begonia-colored double-breasted coat was loosely draped over it, a pair of soft-soled sandals were on his bare feet, and a black rabbit with shiny fur was in his arms. Le Taotao paced around on the ground.

"What should I do, I accidentally blocked someone's way." Ye Mian gloated.

"Ah."

Ye Mian didn't mind Ye Jing's perfunctory, and even flattered his brother: "Lang Yan is the only one, Duanhua is the only one in the world, a fake is a fake after all, that's all."

After Ye Mian finished speaking, he snorted again, and muttered in a low voice: "Just this is worth the attention of those female students next door. I really don't know much about it."

Ye Jing finally stopped writing when he heard this, couldn't help laughing out loud, shook his head and put the pen resting on the side of Zihao in his hand, sipped his tea, and said: "You can't say that, you are here There are indeed some ingenious skills in arithmetic, even if I am against you, I will only suffer."

Ye Mian froze there for a moment, opened his eyes slightly, and felt a little shock in his heart. For two lifetimes, he has been living in the shadow of his brother, but this is the first time he hit someone to hear that his two brothers are not as good as him.

This feeling was very strange, and Ye Mian didn't have time to recollect it, so he coughed pretending to be calm, and said with a little unnatural humility: "Ham, what's the matter?"

In fact, Ye Mian was so excited that his skin became hot, and he wished he could show his brother a bare-handed square root on the spot.

After calming down for a while, I suddenly thought of something, and smiled happily, "Tomorrow, I'll go to the Qinan courtyard."

"You still dare to cause trouble?" Ye Jing glanced at him and warned, "I've been very busy recently."

Ye Mian didn't say anything, just squeezed the rabbit's ears and played with them in his hands, scolding Jiang Beiqin in his heart for being a complainer. Before the Xunxun exam, he took a few people from the Qirui Academy to the seminary to find trouble with Xue Pingyuan. That grandson was so cowardly. Powerful, Ye Mian hadn't finished lecturing that coward when he was kicked out by Jiang Beiqin who heard the news and rushed back to the yard.

Although Ye Mian was upset, he didn't really care too much. Who would have thought that Jiang Beiqin's long-tongued ghost would go to his sister-in-law to sue him overnight. Fortunately, his sister-in-law loved him and only mentioned it to his brother, otherwise his father would find out about it. Got to hit him.

Seeing that Ye Mian didn't agree to him, Ye Jing just stood there and played with the rabbit in his arms. He didn't know what was going on in his heart, so he shook his head and said, "That man Zhuang Jue, I was there a few years ago. Jinling has seen it once."

"Have you seen him?" Ye Mian looked up at his brother with interest.

Ye Jing nodded, "You are young, but your mind is extremely heavy. In fact, a person like him..."

Ye Jing thought for a while before saying, "He has a lot in common with me, and I understand a thing or two about his thinking."

"How?" Ye Mian asked curiously.

Ye Jing didn't answer him directly, but only said: "This person was in the south and he didn't leave any room for it. Now in the capital, not only did he not restrain himself, but he intensified it. He also relied on him. Two days ago, there were two people in the palace who were eating at him. You have suffered a big loss, but you can't do anything with him, you must not mess with this person, just stay away from him."

Ye Mian yelled, "I didn't mess with him, it was he who made trouble for me time and time again."

Ye Jing looked at Ye Mian suspiciously, and said, "A person like him should not cause trouble for no reason."

Ye Mian felt that he had died unjustly, and he had nothing to do with the county king in the first and second stages.

Ye Mian could still listen to Ye Jing's words. He really didn't go to Qinan Yard for school the next day, but when he went to Cuihua Building for lunch at noon, he was called over by Lu Lizheng and sat at the table in Qinan Yard. for a moment.

Lu Lizheng moved his butt to the side, giving him half a chair, Ye Mian sat down next to him, and asked, "Where's your little prince? Why didn't you come to eat?"

"Brother Zhuang Sui has gone to the Jiaoyuan, come later." Lu Lizheng swallowed the food in his mouth and said.

Ye Mian laughed and said, "Really, I thought he was too angry to eat."

All the teenagers in Qinan courtyard paused, and then continued to bury their heads in eating. If someone would have jumped out to say a few words before, but since watching Ye Mian's barbaric crimes a few days ago, how dare they argue with him.

Lu Lizheng asked cautiously: "Brother Mian, actually I just want to ask, you...are you angry with Brother Zhuang Jue?"

Ye Mian snorted: "How dare?"

Lu Lizheng sighed and said distressedly: "If you two fight, I don't know who to help."

Before Ye Mian could speak, everyone in Qinan Courtyard stood up and bowed behind him.

Ye Mian naturally knew who was behind him without turning around.

Zhuang Jue raised his hand towards them and took his seat, right next to Ye Mian.

Ye Mian felt a faint fragrance blowing through his nose, and couldn't help sniffing, but it smelled very good, very cold, as clear as emerald stones and pine snow.

Zhuang Jue took the brocade handkerchief handed over by the servant boy, wiped his shiny and slender fingers carefully, and asked Ye Mian softly, "Do you want to eat here?"

"Okay, since the king of the county is so kind." Ye Mian said with a smile as he embraced Lu Lizheng, who was shrinking his neck.

Everyone in Qinan Courtyard: "..."

Zhuang Jue glanced at Lu Lizheng, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he said coldly: "Sit down or not! Since you invite people to have a meal outside, you behave according to the etiquette. What does it look like to be crowded together!"

Lu Lizheng was obviously very afraid of Zhuang Jue, he broke away from Ye Mian and stood up at a loss, his face was pale and he didn't dare to say a word, the surroundings of Qinan Courtyard were as quiet as still water, and the servant boys beside him were even more frightened. After re-adding chairs and tableware, I stepped back to watch my nose, nose and heart.

When the table in Qirui courtyard heard the commotion, Wei Angyuan wanted to get up and go over, but Ruan Yunsheng forcibly pushed him down.

Ye Mian seemed unaware that the air around him was freezing, he just let out a light snort and sat comfortably on the newly added chair.

Zhuang Jue's face softened slightly, and the hostility in his eyes dissipated. He turned to ask him: "Is the injury on your hand healed? Is it convenient to eat?"

"It's not good, sorry, can you feed me?" Ye Mian looked at him and asked.

Everyone in Qinan Courtyard: "..."

Zhuang Jue was slightly startled, but then nodded, "Why not? It's a coincidence, there are eight treasure honey bear paws today," after speaking, Zhuang Jue really picked up the unused chopsticks at hand and picked them up. Hand the flesh of the palm to his mouth, "Fill the shape with the shape, and then hit the palm of the hand later, it will last a while longer."

Lu Lizheng's eyes widened, is brother Zhuang Jue possessed by a ghost...

Ye Mian opened his mouth to take it very calmly, only counting the mud horses one by one in his heart.

Unexpectedly, after taking a sip of soup, Zhuang Jue said, "I just went to see your math test paper, and it is indeed very good."

Ye Mian smirked, "I'm sorry, but the king of Lao County went to check it himself."

"It's okay, I'm just curious."

"Oh? Next time the king of the county is curious about me, he might as well come to me directly."

Zhuang Jue nodded and asked him: "I heard from your math teacher that you have mastered "Nine Chapters of Divination" and "Zhushu" by yourself in less than half a year. Mental arithmetic is faster and more accurate than human abacus. How did you do it?"

Ye Mian was happy, pointed to his head, bent his eyes and smiled and said: "Rely on the brain", then raised his hand to beckon the servant boy over, and ordered: "Go to the table of Qirui Courtyard and get the ginseng juice that I haven't touched. Bring the brains."

The servant boy took the order and left.

Ye Mian turned to look at Zhuang Jue, "Mr. Mathematics said that I have taken advantage of it. I am born with a good brain. I don't need to work hard on math problems. But the king of the county doesn't have to worry too much. It is always better to use more pig brains." Useful, complementing form with form."

Just after the Qingming Festival, the case of the Ruan family finally came to a conclusion. The Dali Temple proved that Ruan Zuodu Censor was not corrupt, so he was punished as a crime of dereliction of duty and relegated to the rank of Sipin Youqiandu Censor, an official in Changzhou outside Beijing. .

"Are you really going to the examination room?" Ye Mian asked Ruan Yunsheng as he walked.

Ruan Yunsheng hugged a stack of books that he had just borrowed from the library, and nodded vigorously, "Our Ruan family is like this now, relying on kindness and recommendation will not be easier than my end, and my family, now only It's up to me, it's a little more justifiable to go through the examination room properly."

Wei Angyuan patted Ruan Yunsheng on the shoulder, "Then do as you think, we are also best brothers when we enter the temple in the future, no one dares to bully you."

Li Zhao and Wen Xun also nodded, and said with a smile: "Let's make a promise someday, and be that sworn brother."

Ruan Yunsheng laughed loudly, "Okay! Then I will have to rely on the support of my brothers in the future."

Ye Mian laughed and said, "In the future, we may all have to rely on you, Ruan Tanhua~"

Ye Mian made such a joke, and they all thought of the peanut that was in Ruan Yunsheng's basket that day when Kuiyuan was worshiped, and they all laughed.

Ye Mian shook his head. He suddenly understood why the students of Guozixue love to form cliques at such a young age. There are few arms in the court who know the basics. It is really a pitfall every step. This time Ruan He didn't know how much effort his brother had put into his family's affairs, but the case was closed by Dali Temple so quickly, even if no one was working inside it, it couldn't be done.

Sure enough, Ruan Yunsheng turned his head and said to Ye Mian: "This time I also want to thank brother Jing, otherwise this case will have to drag on for a while, brother Jing is busy, and I don't know when it is convenient for me to come to thank you, why don't I let my father handle it?" , I just want to thank you, how about it?"

Ye Mian was not hypocritical, and asked him with a smile: "Oh? Then how can you thank me?"

Ruan Yunsheng laughed and said, "The Sixth Prince has a Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing. Hot soup springs are introduced on the mountain. How about I take you there for a two-day vacation? We can stay in the Zhuangzi for one night and come back the next day."

Mrs. Ruan has some close relationship with the sixth prince's mother and concubine, so it is enough.

Ye Mian hadn't spoken yet, but Wen Xun was having a lot of fun. He loved eating, drinking and having fun, so he said anxiously, "I'm going too! I'm going too!"

Ruan Yunsheng smiled: "Of course we all have to go."

Ye Mian suddenly remembered something, and asked Ruan Yunsheng: "Is that Zhuangzi called Taoxizhuang?"

"Exactly, you know?"

Ye Mian curled her lips, "It's nothing, Jiang Beiqin from my sister-in-law's natal family said a few days ago that she wanted to invite me, but I didn't agree."

Wen Xunqi snorted, "What's the matter with that long-tongued ghost?"

Ye Mian nodded, but thought in his heart, it's better not to bump into him.