Chapter 555 Songshan Inkstone
The broken carriage and the dead horse were tied together, the carriage overturned, and the master fell out of the window into the ditch and was crushed under the carriage.
Fortunately, the width and depth of the ditch were just enough to accommodate one person, otherwise the carriage would have fallen directly down, and I'm afraid the teacher would have been killed as well as the driver.
Qin Yao didn't waste any time. He pulled out the dagger he carried with him, cut the reins between the carriage and the horse, propped up the wall of the carriage with his arms, and lifted the heavy carriage up.
A figure appeared in front of the two of them, gasping for breath. Liu Qi quickly went down and carried the teacher out.
The Master's gray jacket was torn beyond recognition, his hair was disheveled, his hat had long since flown away to who knows where, and his exposed skin was covered in tiny scratches; he did not look in good condition.
Qin Yao let go of her hand, and the carriage fell down with a bang and broke into pieces.
"Master, are you okay?" Liu Qi asked with concern.
The person in his arms was gasping for breath, looking extremely frightened.
Qin Yao frowned slightly, squatted in front of the two of them, reached out and pushed aside the messy hair in front of the teacher, wanting to see what was going on with him.
However, the expected wrinkled old face did not appear. Under the messy hair was a young face that looked no more than twenty-six or twenty-seven years old.
Liu Qi was startled. "Master Ding is a young man?"
"He is not Master Ding!" Qin Yao said firmly.
His eyes turned cold, and he stared at the man's blurred eyes and asked, "Who are you?"
However, the man closed his eyes, tilted his head, and fell into a deep faint before he could answer them.
If Liu Qi hadn't been there, Qin Yao would have pinched him awake and questioned him thoroughly.
Liu Zhong, Liu Yang and others finally arrived. Qin Yao looked up and seemed to see Liu Ji's figure.
"Ma'am, are you okay?"
A familiar head popped out, and Qin Yao thought to herself, as expected.
Seeing Qin Yao who seemed fine below, Liu Ji was so angry at himself. What could possibly happen to her? She was a martial arts expert with extraordinary strength. If anything were to happen, it would be someone else.
But he couldn't control his legs and ran along with the villagers. Halfway through the run, he suddenly came to his senses and realized that it was someone else who overturned the car, not Qin Yao.
But since we're here, let's just watch the fun.
Seeing this, my goodness! Both the horse and the person are dead. It seems that I won’t be able to enjoy my dinner tonight.
Qin Yao ignored Liu Ji who was squatting on the top watching the fun. Although she didn't know who the person Liu Qi pulled out was, saving people was the most important thing. She quickly asked Liu Zhong, Liu Yang and others to put down the door panel, place the person steadily on the door panel, and let everyone tie him up with a rope and half-lift and half-drag him to the ground.
"Village Chief, who is this?"
The villagers who came to help were all very surprised. They thought it was an elderly teacher, but unexpectedly it was a strange young man.
Qin Yao shook her head. "I don't know. I'll have to wait until he wakes up to find out."
Qin Yao arranged in an orderly manner: "Liu Yang, you carry the body back to the school, Liu Ji, you and the second brother go to the town to invite Doctor Jin over, hurry up!"
"The villagers who stayed behind, help me get the carriage and the driver up."
Everyone received the order and immediately got busy.
Liu Qi, Shunzi and Liu Zhong were originally driving into the city to make purchases. After the people were rescued and Qin Yao was in charge of the situation, they naturally had to continue the unfinished task.
Liu Zhong pulled Liu Ji into the car, and the three of them took him to the town at full speed.
Watching the carriage go away, Qin Yao picked up the rope and led the few villagers who stayed behind to carefully go down to the bottom of the ditch.
First the driver and the horse were put on board, followed by the damaged carriage. The scattered luggage and other items were picked up and loaded one by one. It took half an hour to complete the finishing work.
Awang and Liu Qi's father drove a carriage over and temporarily transported the dead horse and the driver's body to the open space in front of the school and parked them there, waiting for the young man whose identity was unknown to wake up before taking any further action.
All the carriages were dragged to the remaining stone mill shed, and everything would be settled after the people woke up.
After finishing all this, Qin Yao carried the box of luggage she had picked up and returned to the village with the villagers.
Liu Ji was quite fast. He took a car to the town with Liu Zhong and others, found Doctor Jin, and immediately rented an ox cart to rush back. Not long after Qin Yao arrived at the school, the doctor arrived.
When the villagers heard about this, they all came to inquire about the teacher's condition. The children stood in the open space, surrounding the dead horse, with worried eyes, fearing that something had happened to the new teacher.
Qin Yao persuaded them outside for a long time before they all went back.
Soon, the school became quiet, and the only people left were Liu Yang and Qin Yao, and Dr. Jin who was seeing a patient.
Liu Yang was helping Doctor Jin in the room, while Qin Yao was sitting at the door of the classroom waiting.
In the empty room next door that was used as a kitchen, the driver's cold body was placed.
Liu Ji first looked at the dead horse in the yard, clicked his tongue twice, then went to the empty house, looked at the driver's body wrapped in a mat from two meters away, shook his head with sympathy, and then returned to the classroom.
"Madam, the driver and the horse died accidentally after falling off a mountain. Master Ding will not blame our village, right?" Liu Ji looked at the house on the east side reserved for the master to live in, and saw Liu Yang going in and out carrying a bloody cloth, and sighed.
At Qin Yao's feet was a mahogany box covered in mud and scratches, which contained books, pens, and personal clothes that she had picked up, as well as a letter of recommendation from the government.
The envelope was on the top of the box, already opened.
Qin Yao pointed at the letter and said in a deep voice: "He is not Mr. Ding, his real name is Zhen Yubai, he is 27 years old, from Ningxi County, and he is a scholar."
Liu Ji was stunned, "Isn't it Master Ding?"
Qin Yao hummed, "But he is a teacher recommended to our village by the government."
"Why didn't you tell us earlier that you had changed people?" Liu Ji said unhappily.
Qin Yao glanced at him and said, "Keep your voice down."
"Oh, I forgot. Please don't blame me, my lady." Liu Ji smiled awkwardly. He had no intention of going home. He found a seat next to her and sat down.
When he caught a glimpse of Zhen Yubai's suitcase, his hands started to itch, so he reached out and rummaged through it a few times while Qin Yao wasn't paying attention.
"Master Zhen's family is quite wealthy. He has the finest jacquard cotton materials and even his inkstone is the finest Songshan inkstone."
He muttered to himself, flipped through the contents of the box, and excitedly told Qin Yao: "My wife, what is this guy doing in our village when he has such a rich family background? Why does he come to this poor village to teach instead of taking the imperial examination at such a young age? What is he looking for?"
Qin Yao frowned slightly and warned him not to rummage through other people's things.
but
“Is Songshan inkstone expensive?”
Liu Ji stretched out his hand and said, "This inkstone costs fifty taels of silver, and it is in short supply. I can only get a taste of this Songshan inkstone occasionally because I follow my junior brother."
She said enviously, "This expensive thing is indeed expensive for a reason. It is more comfortable to use than the inkstone I bought with two taels of silver. If I could also own a Songshan inkstone, I would die with no regrets."
"Then go to hell." Qin Yao said mercilessly.
Without waiting for Liu Ji to get angry, he stood up and followed Liu Yang into the east room.
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