"Big Brother."

When Zhao Rong and Fan Yushu saw the visitor, they hurriedly saluted.

Li Jinshu extended his hand to support her, "Ziyu, Yushu, there's no need to be so polite."

He smiled and said, "Are you used to living here recently? If there is anything inconvenient, please tell me."

Zhao Rong coughed lightly and said, "It's pretty good. The people here are polite, warm and friendly. Ahem, Senior Brother, I don't want to go back anymore."

Well, it would be better if those students didn't glare at me...

Fan Yushu thought about it and nodded seriously.

After asking about their well-being for a few more times, Li Jinshu took out two rolls of paper from his sleeve and handed them to Zhao Rong and the other man respectively.

He nodded and praised Zhao Rong, "Zi Yu has done very well in the past few lessons. He has digested the knowledge taught by the teacher very well. It is conceivable that he has put in a lot of effort after class. By the way, there is Zi Yu's calligraphy. Have you ever studied under a calligraphy master? I have never seen this kind of regular script and I don't know much about it, but it is much better than the brothers'. Next time when the teacher is free, I will take it to the teacher to have a look."

Generally, the homework assigned by Mr. Yan is corrected by Li Jinshu, the senior brother.

Zhao Rong spoke modestly as usual and took the manuscript.

Seeing this, Li Jinshu nodded secretly in his heart. He felt that this junior fellow from his hometown was indeed good. It seemed that the uncle-master in Da Chu was recommending talented people based on their talents.

Then, he turned to look at Fan Yushu who was looking expectant, and handed him the manuscript with the same smile, but he didn't say much, "Yushu is also very good, but you still need to work harder. I made some corrections on it, you have to read it carefully. If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask Ziyu nearby, you happen to live together."

The corner of Fan Yushu's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but glance at Zhao Rong, who was nodding in agreement with his senior brother's words with a relaxed expression.

Seeing Fan Yushu looking at him, Zhao Rong winked at him quietly.

Fan Yushu was very upset. They were all gifted students, so why were you so outstanding?

I obviously didn't see you reviewing your lessons very hard after class. We usually ate and drank together, and you sent three love letters to Nanci Jingshe every morning, noon and evening. But in the end, you were the only one praised by the senior brother... Damn it, you were all pretending. You must have been working hard behind my back. You're not careful in making friends.

Li Jinshu did not leave immediately after he finished speaking. Instead, he hesitated for a moment. He glanced at Zhao Rong and said slowly, "Is Ziyu free the morning after tomorrow?"

Zhao Rong was stunned, and thought for a moment, "I don't have classes the day after tomorrow. I have an appointment with Brother Yushu to go to West City for a stroll, but there is no rush. What's the matter, Senior Brother? If it's important, then Yushu and I will go back later."

"It's not a big deal... It would be better if Ziyu could come. It's like this. I went to Beifu to do some work for my teacher a few days ago, but I accidentally got lost. Fortunately, I met Miss Ye from Xiaoyaofu, who kindly showed me the way. Later, we got to know each other after chatting."

As Li Jinshu was talking, he started laughing and said with emotion:

"This Miss Ye is very studious. She has already reached the Tianzhi realm, but she still admires Confucianism and often comes to me to ask for advice on some difficult problems in Confucian classics. A few days ago, she came to me again and said that the Moon Festival is coming soon, and she wanted to have some fun first, so she held a literary gathering and discussed poetry and prose together. She asked me to bring some junior brothers with me. I thought it was a good opportunity to exchange ideas and promote learning. In addition, I owed Miss Ye a favor for showing me the way, so I agreed."

At this point, he tilted his head and looked around, a little embarrassed, "If it's not convenient for Ziyu, then forget it. I'll ask other suitable junior brothers. Several junior brothers have already agreed to go."

As Zhao Rong listened, his eyebrows gradually raised, and he always felt that something was wrong. "Senior Brother, are you sure that Miss Ye comes to you to ask for advice every time?"

But before he opened his mouth, someone else rushed to answer for him.

Fan Yushu said excitedly: "Big Brother, what is the name of this Miss Ye? Xiaoyao Mansion, Tianzhi Realm, but cousin Ye Ruoxi?"

Li Jinshu was startled. "Miss Ye's name is Ye Ruoxi. Is she your cousin?"

"Old friends, my family and hers are old friends... Since it's a gathering organized by cousin Ruoxi, I guess Lanzhi will also go. Big brother, Ziyu and I won't be going to West City the day after tomorrow, we'll go to the gathering together..."

When Fan Yushu said this, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had thought of something. He winked at Li Jinshu and said ambiguously, "Big Brother, cousin Ruoxi often goes to you to ask for advice. Hehe, I understand. Ziyu and I will go to help you the day after tomorrow. Ziyu, what do you think? Big Brother, I have thought about it. When the time comes..."

Before he could finish his obscene words, he was suddenly interrupted by Li Jinshu.

"Yushu, you can't go the day after tomorrow. Ziyu can go with me."

Fan Yushu opened his eyes, "Why, I happen to know cousin Ruoxi, I can help you!"

Li Jinshu was a little curious about what Fan Yushu was talking about, but he already knew that these new junior brothers were still young, lively, and without restraint in their words and deeds, so he didn't care.

Li Jinshu's face was serious and he said in a serious tone:

"Miss Ye has worked so hard to organize this gathering in order to promote mutual exchange and learning. She sincerely invited us, so we must take this matter seriously and live up to Miss Ye's kindness. Besides, there will be many people attending, so we cannot bring shame to our teacher.

Hey, Yushu, your studies are not solid, you still need to study hard, I will take you next time when there is a chance, this time I will take Tzuyu and other suitable junior brothers to the meeting, you stay and review the homework assigned by the teacher, don't walk around. "

Fan Yushu: “…”

In the end, the eldest senior brother still did not promise Fan Yushu to take him with him.

Zhao Rong thought about it and decided that there wasn't much to do these days, and there was no news from Qingjun every day when he went to deliver letters, so there was no need to rush. So he agreed to accompany his senior brother to the gathering.

"Big Brother, where is the gathering going to be held? We are not going to move it outside the palace, are we?"

"That's not necessary. We like to hold elegant gatherings in places like the seaside cliffs. This time, Miss Ye's elegant gathering is not big, so it will be held in the Nuanxi Bamboo Garden in Taiqing Mansion..."

…

Early this morning.

Zhao Rong ran to Nanci Jingshe early in the morning. After completing one-third of today's task, he parted ways with Fan Yushu, rolled up his sleeves and left leisurely under the latter's resentful look.

Zhao Rong met Li Jinshu at the agreed place. Also attending the Nuanxi Gathering were a few senior brothers whom Zhao Rong was not very familiar with. In the past, he had seen these senior brothers being very diligent and hardworking.

He nodded and greeted everyone. After gathering together, they went to Nuanxi Bamboo Garden under the leadership of the eldest brother.

Zhao Rong had originally wanted to wear the luxurious and exquisite embroidered shirt. It had been in the bottom of the box for a long time. It was given to him by Wen Ruo when he left Zhongnan Kingdom. He had only worn it a few times. He had always wanted to wear it when he met Qingjun, but every time he met Qingjun, he was surprised.

They wanted to wear it this time but didn't because the eldest senior brother said that they should be more solemn and not flashy, so they all wore the simple and plain academy uniform.

Led by Li Jinshu, the group walked on the road with their backs straight and their faces heavy.

Zhao Rong followed behind and nodded secretly. What the senior brother said should be correct. This gathering does look a bit serious. Fortunately, Fan Yushu, the show-off, was not brought along. Otherwise, some strange things would have mixed in and affected the purity of the team...

Zhao Rong thought so and completely removed himself.

But, not long after, Zhao Rong no longer thought so...

Soon, the group arrived at Nuanxi Bamboo Garden, located at the southern foot of a small hill in Taiqing Prefecture.

Taiqing Prefecture is one of the transcendental existences on the mountain of Wangquezhou. It was built with the resources of the human race in the state. The place where it is located is also a treasure land of great beauty and mystery, with a climate that changes greatly in the four seasons.

Just like this Nuanxi Bamboo Garden, it is clearly autumn now. After the autumn rain, most of the mountains and forests outside the palace have turned large patches of autumn yellow.

But at this moment, when Zhao Rong looked out, he saw thousands of emerald bamboos and emerald green leaves in the garden not far away, just like summer.

According to the eldest senior brother, this Nuanxi Bamboo Garden got its name from a clear stream that runs through the garden from north to south. The water in the stream is warm and pleasant all year round, just like a hot spring, and is deeply loved by the female students in Taiqing Mansion. All year round, there are often girls coming here to wash their feet.

When Zhao Rong and his group arrived outside Nuanxi Bamboo Garden, there was already a group of pretty young girls in their twenties, dressed in bright red robes, waiting outside the door.

Seeing them coming, the girls looked at them for a while with their pretty eyes. Some of them glanced at them sideways, covered their mouths with their hands, and whispered, and laughed from time to time.

A girl with long hair who seemed to be the leader came forward with her hands raised.

"Are you Li Jinshu, Mr. Li?"

"That's me."

The eldest brother bowed respectfully.

At the back, Zhao Rong followed a group of fellow brothers in performing the formal greetings.

The girl with drooping hair looked curiously at these respectful and dignified scholars in the academy, and couldn't help laughing. She smiled and said, "No need to be polite, no need to be polite. Fairy Ye asked us to take you in. Please follow me."

Zhao Rong and others followed closely and entered the Nuanxi Bamboo Garden.

This garden is very large, and the Nuanxi Yaji is held at a certain section of the clear stream.

The crowd went upstream along a stream that was warm all year round and walked into the quiet bamboo forest.

Along the way, this group of cute girls jumped left and right, very lively, in sharp contrast to the stiff and polite Zhao Rong and others. These girls were also chattering and couldn't stop talking, and they were always curious and amused to talk to Zhao Rong and others.

Zhao Rong was surprised to learn that they were not human girls, but transformed water creatures, whose true forms were red carp, and they lived in this warm stream.

As he was walking through the woods at this time, Zhao Rong suddenly turned his head and saw a round-faced red carp girl next to him who had been staring at him secretly. Her little body trembled, and she hurriedly shook her head left and right, pretending to look at the bamboo forest on both sides.

Seeing this, Zhao Rong twitched the corners of his mouth and suddenly missed a certain silly girl. He remembered that she was also so silly when they first met.

By the way, are all the demon girls who have just transformed into the Jindan realm like this, looking stupid?

As if she felt embarrassed to be frightened by a dull scholar, the round-faced girl tilted her head and glared at him, "Stupid, what are you looking at?"

Zhao Rong, who was mistaken for a nerd, did not reply. He turned back as if nothing had happened and continued walking.

The round-faced girl winked and said, "Hey, Mu Tou, can you write nice poems?"

Zhao Rong pretended not to hear and remained silent, staring at the green forest in front of him.

"Hey, why aren't you talking? Are you deaf?"

Zhao Rong nodded slightly.

The round-faced girl chuckled, "So you're a fake idiot. Hum, I get it. You're...wanting something. My sisters said that some men, especially those fake Confucian scholars, like to attract girls' curiosity in this way. Then they trick them into the little room, pounce on them...and eat their hearts."

Zhao Rong had a blank expression on his face, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, "I have a wife, please don't disturb me."

Round-faced girl: “…”

But the next second, Zhao Rong suddenly smiled, tilted his head and asked casually: "Are there many little goblins like you in Taiqing Mansion?"

The round-faced girl pursed her lips, "You are the little demon... Well, there are many demon cultivators in the mansion. Some talented demons can even become Taiqing Mansion students, with unlimited future prospects. However, most of them are like us, with specific responsibilities, such as being responsible for a mountain or water in the mansion, while practicing and earning contributions..."

Zhao Rong nodded slightly.

Later, I talked to this round-faced girl for a few more words and became more familiar with her.

Soon, Zhao Rong and his party, led by the red carp girls, arrived at a quiet and open streamside located halfway up the mountain.

There were already quite a few handsome men and women waiting in front, and when they saw them coming, they all turned their heads.