124. Misunderstanding
"Hey, wake up!"
"Chen Ji, wake up!"
Chen Ji was patted hard on the shoulder. In his sleep, he subconsciously turned around and grabbed the hand, twisting the other person's right hand behind his back.
The captured person cried out in pain: "It hurts, let go!"
Chen Ji suddenly woke up. This was not the inner prison, not the sea of fire beside the Peony Bridge, nor the dangerous city gate.
His nostrils were filled with the strong scent of books and rosin ink from Zhixing Academy.
There are only rows of bookshelves here, and no swords or murderous intent.
Chen Ji quickly let go, and when he looked carefully, he was shocked to find that the person he had just captured was Zhang Xia, who was dressed in fiery red.
broken!
How did I capture this person?
Zhang Xia rubbed his wrists and frowned, "What kind of habit is this? Sleeping while standing is fine, but hitting people after waking up?"
Chen Ji explained, "Sorry, sorry, I was very sleepy. I was having a nightmare about being chased and killed. When I was woken up by the slap, I subconsciously wanted to resist."
Zhang Xia looked at Chen Ji suspiciously.
She recalled the scene just now and felt that the other party was extremely fast. She had no time to react before her right hand was grabbed and she could not move.
Chen Ji asked politely, "Miss Zhang Er, why don't you come with me back to Taiping Medical Clinic later? I'll ask the master to prescribe some medicine for your injuries."
However, Zhang Xia waved her hand and said, "No need. I'm not that delicate."
Chen Ji asked again, "Miss Zhang Er, what did you call me for just now?"
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Zhang Xia got straight to the point and said, "I misunderstood my father's words earlier and thought we were engaged. In my impulse, I went to you and said some nonsense. I came to you just now to apologize, but since you twisted my arm today, we're even now."
Chen Ji was puzzled: "Apologize?"
Zhang Xia hummed: "If you want me to apologize, I'll do it."
Chen Ji looked at Zhang Xia. His phoenix eyes were like two scimitars, incredibly sharp.
He thought for a moment and said, "It was just a misunderstanding before. You don't need to apologize to me. Just talk it out. I wish Miss Zhang Er will find a good match."
Zhang Xia looked at Chen Ji and asked, "Weren't you angry before?"
Chen Ji didn't want to dwell on it any further: "I'm not angry, let's just forget about it."
"OK!"
Seeing that the matter was over, Zhang Xia asked again, "Why are you late today? Why do you look like you haven't slept all night?"
Chen Ji said nothing.
Zhang Xia changed the subject, "I heard from my father that you're having a falling out with Master Chen and don't want to return to the Chen family. But you have the ambition to start your own business, and now you have the opportunity to study under Mr. Wang. You should cherish it. Why are you giving up on yourself?"
Chen Ji said seriously, "I do have something important to attend to. It's not my intention to be late."
Zhang Xia asked in confusion, "What's going on?"
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"Sorry, I can't tell you."
Zhang Xia said solemnly, "Today is the first day of school. Even if something important is pressing, it should be postponed. This is not only responsible for your own future and destiny, but also a sign of respect for Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang is highly respected, and it is not easy for ordinary scholars to meet him. I hope you can maintain a positive attitude and study hard with him."
Chen Ji said softly, "It's wrong to be late on the first day of school. I will apologize to Mr. Wang in person later."
Zhang Xia looked at the bloodshot in his eyes and asked suspiciously, "You didn't really go to the gambling house like the rumors say, did you?"
Chen Ji said calmly, "It's up to Miss Zhang Er."
Just as he finished speaking, he heard a voice beside him say, "If he wasn't going to gamble, why is he late?"
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Chen Ji looked over and saw Chen Wenzong and Chen Wenxiao coming out side by side. Chen Wenxiao sneered and continued, "Zhang Xia, he must have gone gambling last night. You must be careful. What if Lord Zhang really wants to marry you..."
Zhang Xia suddenly interrupted Chen Wenxiao: "How can you be so arbitrary without any evidence? Who I marry or not is none of your business."
Chen Wenxiao was stunned.
Zhang Xia said disdainfully: "Even if I really get engaged to him, that is between me and him. I say he can, and you say he can't. Don't think I don't know your Qiuwei Jingkui.
How did you get it? I asked my father to copy the articles of several of you. Chen Wenzong and Lin Chaojing are well-deserved, but your article "Governing the Country" is a bunch of shit. I wonder what you learned in the past three years at Donglin Academy?"
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Chen Wenxiao's face flushed instantly. "You, how can you be so ungrateful? I was just speaking up for you."
"Do I need you to speak for me?"
Zhang Xia sneered, "I heard you've been attending banquets and accepting congratulations lately. I advise you to stay home and avoid making others laugh when you talk about your article."
Chen Ji was also stunned. This Second Miss Zhang had such a sharp tongue.
The other party is not targeting himself, but looks down on every uneducated person fairly.
At this time, Princess Baili and the Crown Prince were saying goodbye to Wang Daosheng. As soon as they walked into the front hall, they saw Zhang Xia saying something in a threatening manner.
Bai Li stepped forward and stood in front of Chen Ji, raising his thin eyebrows and saying, "Zhang Xia, are you going to set up something again?"
Zhang Xia looked at Baili, then at Chen Ji, and let out a light exclamation.
Before she could say anything, she saw a carriage stopped at the door.
Zhang Zhuo lifted the carriage curtain and leaned out to greet everyone in the front hall: "Everyone is here."
The Crown Prince, Bai Li, Chen Wenzong, and the others all bowed and saluted, "Master Zhang."
Zhang Xia came to the door and asked curiously, "Father, why are you here?"
Zhang Zhuo laughed happily and said, "I just happened to be passing by, so I'll take you home."
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Zhang Xia frowned, "I'm not a child anymore. You don't need to catch it. If others see it, they'll think I'm spoiled."
"It's just a matter of convenience. It's only natural for a father to pick up his daughter. No one else will say anything."
Zhang Zhuo jumped off the carriage, walked past Zhang Xia, and pulled Chen Ji aside.
Everyone in the front hall looked at each other in confusion. Zhang Xia looked at his father's absent-minded back and suddenly felt that the other party was not here to pick him up, but was finding an excuse to look for Chen Ji.
Behind a bookshelf, Zhang Zhuo lowered his voice and asked, "Do you need me to explain something to Wang Daosheng?"
Chen Ji looked at Zhang Zhuo with a strange expression: "When did Master Zhang discover my identity?"
Zhang Zhuo stroked his beard proudly and said, "I have a photographic memory. I can recognize a person just by the sound of his footsteps."
Chen Ji sighed inwardly and said, "I hope Master Zhang will help keep it a secret."
Zhang Zhuo smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't worry."
As he spoke, Zhang Zhuo's expression darkened. "It's a pity that you didn't take the official route to the imperial examination. Otherwise, after next year's palace examination, you could come and help me, which would have given me even more power. Now that you've been confined to the Imperial Household Department, you're a member of the eunuch party for life. Those civil servants will never accept you again."
"Thank you for your kindness, Master Zhang. It's no problem.
Zhang Zhuo asked, "Do you need me to explain to Wang Daosheng why you were late today?"
“No need!”
Chen Ji shook his head and said, "I'll go and apologize to Mr. Wang myself. Mr. Zhang, please don't linger here. It will easily arouse suspicion."
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"OK!"
Zhang Zhuo turned and walked out, took Zhang Xia's wrist and got into the carriage.
In the carriage, Zhang Xia looked at his father. "You're not here to pick me up, are you? You've clearly come here specifically to look for Chen Ji."
Zhang Zhuo thought for a moment and explained, "You acted rashly yesterday and went to talk nonsense to Chen Ji. I have to go and explain things to him."
Zhang Xia hurriedly said, "Father, don't worry. I've made it clear to him that he and I are not engaged. But this is quite strange. He was late on the first day of school. No wonder everyone says he's hopeless."
Zhang Zhuo was speechless for a moment.
He gently lifted the curtain and looked at Chen Ji standing at the door of the academy, ready to watch the carriage go away.
It was obvious that this young man had made great contributions last night and saved thousands of households in front of the West City Gate, but he could not tell anyone around him about it.
Zhang Zhuo sighed softly, "It must be unpleasant to be misunderstood."
Zhang Xia asked curiously, "Father, what are you talking about?"
Zhang Zhuo lowered the curtains and said nonchalantly, "My girl, when you look at people,
Don’t listen to what others say, you have to understand it yourself.”
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Zhang Xia said, "Who cares? Anyway, I won't have anything to do with him from now on. What kind of person he is is none of my business."
After that, she jumped off the carriage and shouted: "Zao Zao"
The next moment, a chestnut horse galloped out from the alley.
Zaozao passed by Zhang Xia without stopping. The girl quickly grabbed the saddle and leaped onto the horse. "Father, go home by yourself. Don't come to pick me up again!"
Zhang Zhuo sat in the carriage, watching the girl riding away on her horse, and said quietly, "My dear, it's too early to speak."
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In the front hall of Zhixing Academy.
Chen Wenzong and Chen Wenxiao had already boarded the carriage and left.
Bai Li gently tugged at Chen Ji's sleeve. "I asked my mother yesterday. Zhang Xia is a lawless lunatic. You mustn't take her words to heart. In the early years, she audited classes at the Imperial College in the capital and pissed off quite a few of the doctors there. But Lord Xu loves her, and Xu Shu, the deputy director of the Imperial Observatory, also dotes on her. No one can do anything to her."
Chen Ji smiled and said, "It's okay. Princess and Prince, please go back to the palace for now. I still need to apologize to Mr. Wang in person."
The prince shrank his neck and said: "Then you have to be careful. Mr. Wang is very strict and we can't help you."
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As he said that, the prince pulled Baili and walked out.
Bai Li frowned: "Brother, don't pull me, let's go and plead for Chen Ji too."
The prince lowered his voice and said, "Why are we going there together? Are we going to get scolded together? Mr. Wang has disliked me for a long time."
Chen Ji listened to the sound gradually fading away, straightened his clothes, and stepped into the backyard.
The backyard is clean and tidy. There is a plum tree planted in the southwest corner. The buds are already formed and are about to bloom.
Mr. Wang, who was wearing a blue Confucian robe, holding a sutra in his hand and a white paper flower on his chest, was standing under the plum tree in a trance.
Chen Ji stood still and bowed, "Sir, I had something to do last night..."
Wang Daosheng didn't even turn his head, just looked at Meihua calmly and asked, "Is it something important?"
Chen Ji said seriously: "Yes."
Wang Daosheng said calmly, "Do you think it's more important to enroll on time today, or to accomplish it now?"
Chen Ji hesitated for a moment: "It is more important to accomplish it now."
Wang Daosheng said calmly: "That's enough."
Chen Ji was puzzled: "Sir?"
Wang Daosheng's eyes swept over him slowly: "My Zhixing Academy cannot offer a career in officialdom. It can only teach the way to be a good person. However, even the greatest truth cannot surpass one's true heart. If one's true heart is free from flaws, then just follow it."
Chen Ji bowed again and said, "I understand."
Wang Daosheng walked towards the main house, but before entering, he changed the subject: "But you must remember, if you break the rules, you will be punished. This is the rule of the world, and it is also the rule of my Zhixing Academy. If you are late again next time, you will be punished."
"clear!"
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Chen Ji looked at the empty courtyard and then at the plum tree. He felt that this Wang Daosheng was a little strange, different from Zhang Zhuo and Chen Liqin.
He is like a rebellious scholar who only talks about his own ideas.
Chen Ji took a deep breath, turned around and walked out.
But as soon as he stepped out, he was stunned. He saw Jin Zhu squatting across the street wearing a bamboo hat, his eyes occasionally glancing at the breakfast shop next door.
In the wok in front of the shop, vegetable scraps and fried dough sticks were tumbling.
Chen Ji looked around Anxi Street, then quickly came to the front of the Golden Pig and said, "Master Golden Pig, we have only been apart for a few hours. There is no need to miss me so much."
Upon hearing the voice, the Golden Pig suddenly looked up, his eyes gleaming with brilliance. "Do you think I'll always come to see you? Your cultivation path was delivered to Luocheng ahead of time. How strange! My letter requesting merit for you should have just arrived in the capital, so how could the cultivation path be delivered ahead of time?!"
End of this chapter.
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