Dai Xiang also realized that she had overreacted a bit, and said with an awkward smile, "Sister Mu, this Wenjin Academy is not suitable. We can't go to this academy. I heard that this academy is haunted all year round. There are not many students in the academy, and there are only two teachers."
"Let's go." Bei Yutang didn't say anything.
Xiao Moer followed Bei Yutang upstairs, Xue Qian followed closely behind, and Dai Xiang saw that they had all left, so she naturally followed as well.
The higher they went, the more desolate it became. The steps were covered with moss and the surrounding weeds were overgrown, as if no one had walked through them in a long time. When they arrived at the entrance of the academy, they saw fallen leaves on the ground in front of the open gate and the dilapidated blue-tiled house. It didn't look like an academy at all.
If it weren't for the four words "Wenjin Academy" written on the plaque, people would probably think they had found the wrong place.
Daixiang looked at Wenjin Academy in disbelief. She knew that this academy was not very good, but she was still shocked when she saw it with her own eyes.
"Is this academy really still open?" Xue Qian asked.
An Ye, who had been following them in the dark, walked out, stood beside them, and looked at the dilapidated academy in front of them.
"Sister Mu, do you really want Young Master Moer to study in such an academy?" Dai Xiang asked.
"Read. Why not read as long as it's open?" Bei Yutang said calmly, as if he didn't notice the academy's decline.
So what if some academies are magnificent? They are actually filled with incompetent people who don’t know right from wrong and only follow what others say.
An Ye walked forward and knocked on the door of the academy.
After knocking for a long time, he heard footsteps coming from behind the door. The person opened the door and was surprised to see a group of people standing outside.
"Who are you looking for?"
The man who opened the door was a scholar, handsome but with a sallow complexion, evidently the result of long-term malnutrition. He wore a grayish-blue robe, bleached from washing, and with several patches on it, indicating that his family was not well-off.
"Looking for Master Zhou."
A group of people followed the scholar into the courtyard. The courtyard was very clean and completely different from the outside.
As they entered, they met another scholar.
"Ziming, who are they?"
"Guest." Qiu Ziming replied indifferently.
It had been a long time since outsiders visited the academy, so the fact that so many people came this time was actually a novelty for them.
Qiu Ziming asked a few people to wait in the front hall and walked into the backyard.
A moment later, an old man in his fifties with white hair appeared beside Qiu Ziming. When the old man saw them, he looked at them carefully and confirmed that he did not know them.
"Who is looking for me?" Mrs. Zhou's eyes swept back and forth between Xue Qian and Anye, and finally stopped at Bei Yutang.
"Master Zhou, I'm honored." Bei Yutang bowed to the old man, "I'm here today to discuss my son's schooling."
Master Zhou turned his gaze towards Xiao Mo'er, "Is this the child?"
"Exactly."
Master Zhou waved to Xiao Moer, who walked up to him and asked, "Have you had any enlightenment? What books have you read?"
Dai Xiang said, "Our young master is already a scholar."
Qiu Ziming looked at Xiao Moer in surprise. Even Master Zhou was surprised, and his eyes softened when he looked at Xiao Moer.
"He's a good child, but he's not suitable for our academy." Mrs. Zhou refused with a smile.
Not only did Dai Xiang and the others not expect this result, even Qiu Ziming did not expect it.
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