Manchu civil and military bow down

To go to the Jokhang Temple, you have to cross a river.

On both sides of the river are green and lush bamboo forests. With the cool wind, the leaves are rolled, and the forest sea is undulating and rustling.The boatman rowed the oars, and the water ripples swayed amidst the sound.The big bird with white feathers and black beak passed by the water, and a little startled shadow dissipated in the clear water and blue sky.

Xu He bent down and scooped up the clear blue water with his hands, which made others shiver from the cold.When he looked down, he could still see green algae swaying underwater and fine pebbles.

This action was too dangerous, Zhaomin was afraid of him, frowned, grabbed him by the collar and pulled him up, "Be calm."

Xu He sat down obediently, and shook off the water on his hands. He looked at the Jokhang Temple that was getting closer, and his face was wrinkled: "Can I go back?"

"What are you doing back here?"

Xu He struggled: "But I still haven't written the strategy assigned by the teacher."

Zhaomin rolled her eyes: "Celun? Just you? You can read all the words—let's stay in the Jokhang Temple properly."

"..." Are you a devil?

The boat docked, and the servant girl who picked him up by the river bank had been waiting here for a long time, holding his hand and helping him get off the boat.

Xu He hugged his Rubik's Cube with a sullen face and walked down.

Before walking a few steps, Zhao Min suddenly called out again, handed the servant girl a bundle, and said, "This is the book that the young master wants to read, put it in his room."

"Yes."

???

What the hell!

Xu He couldn't believe it: "You still want me to read?!"

Zhaomin was amused by his expression, she smiled, her eyes were bright and bright, she bent over and pinched his face: "Yes, even in the Pure Land of Buddhism, you have to study hard."

unacceptable!Xu He couldn't bear it: "Didn't you just dislike me because I can't read all the words and tell me not to do my homework!"

Zhao Min smiled and said, "So you should read more books."

What the hell!

The servant girl covered her lips and smiled, and said softly to him: "Let's go up, young master, Madam has been waiting for you for a long time."

Xu He was so sad for a moment that he didn't want to say anything.In the Jokhang Temple, you still have to get up early every day, and you still have to study.Damn, it's better to be in the National Academy, at least you can have a good meal.

Zhaomin turned around and gave an order to the boatman, and then waved at the bow of the boat with a smile: "Don't slump, hurry up, let mother wait, you will suffer."

"...Oh." I couldn't be happy at all.

Jokhang Temple is halfway up the mountain, the higher you go, the lower the temperature.

At the foot of the mountain, new willows have sprouted for another spring, but the high branches are still covered with snow on the mountainside.He walked in front of the temple gate, and the melting and dripping snow fell on his forehead, making him shiver again from the cold.

The servant girl took him to the backyard of the temple, in a room that had been tidied up.

"Young master, wait here now, Madam will be here soon."

Xu He responded, and after the maid left, he unwrapped the bundle Zhao Min gave him,

Take out the book inside.A stack was placed by the window.The desk is near the window, and a winter jasmine flower leans over obliquely outside the window, it is about to bloom, and it is very charming.Xu He, who wanted to read a book for a while, was attracted by the flower for a moment.He played with the buds with his fingers, concentrating on it.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of someone talking. From the corridor, after gradually hearing the sound, Xu He was so frightened that he quickly closed the window, sat upright, flipped through the book, and pretended to be serious about reading in a panic.

Outside is the abbot and his mother of the Jokhang Temple.

The eldest princess's voice was slightly weary: "I don't ask him how he will be a marquis and a minister in the future, as long as he lives peacefully like this."

The abbot said: "Young master is a man of great wealth and honor, princess, you don't have to worry about it."

The eldest princess smiled wryly: "It's good to be rich, not to be expensive." She said: "I admit that he is so ignorant now, at least he won't get into troubles that shouldn't be caused. After all, too smart is not Good thing."

The abbot hesitated for a while, "What the princess said was that young master of the Xue family?"

The eldest princess smiled: "Hui Ji will be hurt, probably it is him."

The abbot's voice was gentle: "Prime Minister Xue was right to send him to the National Academy. Showing his sharpness too early is afraid of attracting murderous intentions."

Then the abbot's voice gradually faded away, and the door was pushed open by Zhi Yasheng.Xu He was so frightened that his back straightened a bit.

As soon as the eldest princess entered the door, she nodded with satisfaction. She approached Xu He and stretched out her hand to push the window open.In an instant, a cool breeze came in, dispelling the dullness in the room.

Xu He closed the book obediently: "Mother."

The eldest princess is dressed in a simple and elegant way today, with an apricot-yellow robe, wide sleeves like water, and apricot-yellow pearl flowers slanted on the sideburns.She looked down at Xu He: "How does it feel to stay in the National Academy?"

How else can I say this, of course it is: "Very good."

The eldest princess smiled: "Have you seen Xue Chengyu?"

Xu He nodded: "I see." His face was also lost.

The eldest princess said: "You should learn more from him."

"……Yes."

"And your cousin, when he first arrived in the capital, he will inevitably feel uncomfortable. You should get closer to him."

"No problem." Xu He thought to himself, it's completely unnecessary, Bu Jinglan is much more adaptable than him.

The eldest princess cut off the apricot blossoms protruding in front of his window with scissors, planted them in a bottle, put them on the corner of the table, gave him a few words and left.

Hearing the sound of her footsteps disappear, Xu He immediately swept all the books aside, and laid out his broken Rubik's Cube that hadn't been fully fixed yet.Frowning, it took a long time to reassemble the Rubik's Cube.The moon is in the middle of the sky.It was getting late, he put the Rubik's Cube beside his pillow, thinking that he would have to get up early tomorrow, so he fell asleep reluctantly.

On the second day, at about five o'clock, the temple bell rang.

He was called several times before he got up, and followed the young masters in the temple to the main hall to listen to the scriptures.It was so sleepy, Xu He leaned on the pillars and got over it in a daze.

After eating his midday meal, he woke up.Today's weather is very good, the sun is shining, the warm wind is blowing.Xu He took his Rubik's Cube and walked towards the front yard of the Jokhang Temple.

The spring flowers are gorgeous and the vegetation is magnificent.

As he turned the hallway in the front yard, he heard a familiar voice.