Chapter 157 Kiss
After listening to a few songs in Yuyin Pavilion, Zheng Zhi and his friends returned to the inn where they were staying.
The musicians of Yuyin Pavilion have room for improvement in their piano skills, but their arrangements are pretty good.
Coincidentally, several good friends also arrived in Chang'an. Having arrived in Chang'an earlier, he was more familiar with the place, so he took them around.
After returning to the inn, Zheng Zhi closed the door and began to practice calligraphy.
Because of his amazing ability of photographic memory, he can save a lot of time on memorizing compared to ordinary students, and has more time to focus on his weak subjects.
His scores in imperial examinations and archery were not strong, but good enough to pass the imperial examination. Rite and mathematics were his strengths, and music was not bad either. In the subject of literature, his calligraphy and painting were a little weak, but he could make up for it through laws and essays.
He was determined to win the imperial examination this time.
Zheng Zhi's dream is to enter the Censorate and become an official who is brave enough to speak out directly.
His grandfather was once a censor. Influenced by his grandfather, Zheng Zhi set his ambition to become a censor since he was a child.
Today's Daxia seems to be at peace, but in fact it is facing internal and external troubles.
The country is surrounded by enemies externally, and the emperor is incompetent and corrupt internally.
The court needs upright ministers like him who dare to speak the truth and love to speak the truth.
Bang, bang, bang!
Zheng Zhi hadn't finished writing a post yet when there was a hurried knock on the door.
His good friends would not be so rude.
Could it be that brother came to have tea with him?
Zheng Zhi walked to the door and opened it. Instead of seeing the kind-hearted man, he saw several detectives with knives.
The leading detective asked, "Your name is Zheng Zhi?"
Zheng Zhi had no good feelings towards these police officers who bullied the people and exploited the people. He said rudely, "It's me, what's wrong?"
"Take it."
At the constable's command, Zheng Zhi was held down on the shoulders by two men, one on each side.
The noise at the door disturbed the other guests.
Three figures walked out of the rooms on both sides. Seeing this scene, a young man's face changed and he asked, "What are you arresting people on?"
The constable snorted coldly and said, "The Chang'an County Office received a report that this person has publicly insulted Your Majesty many times and slandered the court officials. He has committed the crime of disrespect. Is it wrong to arrest him?"
Upon hearing this, the three young men were not afraid. Instead, they took the initiative to step forward and straightened their chests.
"I cursed too, so you can take me away too!"
"Your Majesty is lazy in government affairs, why can't you say it?"
"Li Xuanjing controls the government with one hand, unites his faction to fight against dissidents, and all officials are afraid of him. How can this be considered slander?"
"You can arrest us, but can you shut up the people of the world?"
The constable looked at them, sneered, and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I didn't know the truth before, but this time you insulted His Majesty and slandered important officials. I heard it with my own ears..."
These young calves, after studying for a few years, have no idea of the immensity of the world.
This is Chang'an, not their remote hometown.
You can't talk nonsense in Chang'an.
If these words were heard by the Imperial Guards or the Mirror Department, they would have no more heads than they could chop off.
He waved his hand and said, "Take them all away!"
…
Chang'an Street.
Li Nuo held a vase of flowers in his left hand and held his wife's hand with his right hand.
Along the way, Song Jiaren was very silent.
He didn't know if it was because he mentioned his mother-in-law that he had affected her.
After all, it was because of him that his wife could not stay with her mother. Li Nuo had no idea how much resentment she had in her heart about this matter.
If the two of them are going to become a real couple in the future, this is an issue that cannot be avoided anyway.
Li Nuo was silent for a moment, then said, "My wife."
Song Jiaren whispered: "Hmm?"
Li Nuo asked bluntly: "Are you blaming me for what happened to my mother-in-law?"
Song Jiaren turned her head and looked at him, shaking her head and said, "No."
In fact, she had been weird before.
And it was strange for a long time.
When she was a child, people scolded her for being a motherless child. She would also wonder why others had both a father and a mother, but she only had a father but no mother.
Later, she learned from her family that her mother broke up with her father and ran away from home because of her marriage. Naturally, she hated the stupid husband whom she had never met.
However, as she grew up, she got used to it and knew that this matter should not be blamed on a newborn baby.
Now, of course, she couldn't blame him.
Li Nuo looked at her and said, "You are lying. You hesitated just now, and you still blame me."
Song Jiaren was slightly stunned, and said again: "I don't have it."
If she really blamed him, why would she let him hold her hand, sleep in the same bed with him, cover herself with the same quilt, tacitly allow him to teach her how to play the piano, and even pretend not to know how to teach him archery even though she knew he was an excellent archer...
Li Nuo thought for a moment and said, "I don't believe it, unless..."
Song Jiaren asked: "Unless what?"
Li Nuo whispered something in her ear.
Song Jiaren blushed, let go of his hand and walked away quickly.
Li Anning is easy to coax, but his wife is easy to deceive.
She is even simpler than Li Anning.
It should have been Li Nuo's fault, but with just a few words he was able to turn the passive situation into the active one.
Li Nuo sighed in his heart.
It is really not easy to take the initiative to get a kiss from your wife.
She was always reserved and shy.
I don't know where my mother-in-law's initiative and generosity came from...
Li Nuo returned to the Song Mansion and took a look at the law code. Zheng Zhi's portrait had already appeared on the law code.
Portraits of his three friends, next to him.
The difference is that Zheng Zhi's portrait is bright, while the three others are dim.
In fact, Li Nuo was not completely sure whether he could light up Zheng Zhi's portrait this time.
He didn't know whether insulting His Majesty and criticizing court officials were crimes recognized by the legal code. Anyway, there were provisions in the Daxia law, and judging from the results, they had violated the law to some extent.
If that doesn't work, you can only have someone keep an eye on him and wait for him to spit on the street before taking action.
Li Nuo put the vase of flowers on the table and brought a pile of books.
These are the classics involved in the imperial examination syllabus.
Li Nuo picked up a book at random, opened a page, glanced at it, and closed his eyes. Most of the content of the page then appeared in his mind.
With just a cursory glance, he remembered more than 60 percent of the content.
Li Nuo opened his eyes and carefully read it again in his mind.
When he closed his eyes again, he could completely repeat all the contents of the page in his mind.
There is really no shortage of geniuses in this world.
There are actually people who can remember everything they see.
Li Nuo sighed and turned the pages of the book one by one.
He is not Zheng Zhi. He has to make good use of this day to review all the things he needs to memorize for the imperial examination, so as not to waste his life again.
A footstep came in from outside the door.
Song Zhe was holding a pile of thick books in his arms. He saw Li Nuo reading a book, which was the Confucian "Sixteen Classics", one of the compulsory subjects in the book category.
He walked forward and asked, "How is your reading of the Sixteen Classics going?"
Li Nuo said: "Just started watching."
Song Zhe was stunned: "Just started watching?"
There is one month left before the spring exam and two months before the imperial examination, and he has just started reading the Sixteen Classics?
How will he write the article then?
He watched Li Nuo flipping through the pages of the book and asked, "Is that how you read it?"
Li Nuo nodded and said, "Yes."
Song Zhe asked, "Can you remember it if you look at it this way?"
Li Nuo said: "I can remember about 80% of it."
Song Zhe glanced at the book in Li Nuo's hand and asked, "Only the most sincere person in the world can fulfill his nature; if he can fulfill his nature, he can fulfill the nature of others... What's behind this sentence?"
Li Nuo thought for a moment and said, "If one can fulfill the nature of man, then one can fulfill the nature of things; if one can fulfill the nature of things, then one can praise the transformation and nurturing of heaven and earth; if one can praise the transformation and nurturing of heaven and earth, then one can be equal to heaven and earth."
Song Zhe was shocked: "You really just started watching it. Are you like your father, with a photographic memory?"
Li Nuo was slightly stunned: "My father also has a photographic memory?"
Song Zhe noticed that he said the word "also".
It’s true.
They are truly father and son. What they can do easily would require ordinary people to put in ten or even a hundred times more effort.
Fortunately, he was no longer surprised. He put down the thick pile of books in his arms and said, "This is the book I used in the past. There are many notes and annotations on it. If you have time, you can take a look at it."
Li Nuo said: "Thank you, father-in-law."
In fact, these books are not that valuable, but the annotations of the third place in the imperial examination can help him avoid many detours.
Song Zhe glanced at him and turned away.
Li Nuo opened the book he sent him, and saw that all the blank spaces on the pages were filled with notes written by him.
If you can finish reading these books, there will basically be no problem with the articles.
The time for photographic memory is limited, and Li Nuo doesn't want to waste his life, so he sits at the table reading.
Song Jiaren sat opposite her, reading Fenghuang's notes on flower arrangement.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Nuo looked up and saw that it was already dark outside. He didn't know what time it was. He looked at Song Jiaren and said, "My lady, if you are sleepy, go to sleep first..."
Song Jiaren didn't raise her eyes, but said softly: "It's okay, I'll wait for you."
Li Nuo read for more than a quarter of an hour. Not wanting to disturb his wife's rest, he closed the book and said, "It's getting late. Let's rest."
Song Jiaren nodded and walked to the bed.
Li Nuo usually sleeps in it, so he gets on the bed first and sits against the headboard.
The quilt was a little cold, so he decided to sit down and warm it up first.
At a certain moment, just as he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly felt a cool and soft feeling on one of his cheeks.
Instantly separate.
Her movements were quick, bringing with them a gust of fragrant wind.
Li Nuo was slightly stunned.
Although the kiss was on the face instead of the mouth this time, it was not an accident, but she took the initiative to kiss him.
He turned his head and the lights in the room suddenly went out, so he couldn't see his wife's expression.
Song Jiaren had already crawled into the quilt, with her back to Li Nuo, and whispered, "I really don't blame you. Now you should believe it, right?"
Li Nuo thought for a moment and said, "I don't believe it, unless you kiss me again..."
(End of this chapter)
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