The door of the study was open and the bookshelves were full of books. Tang Shijin flipped through a few of them with trepidation. When he saw the signature, he felt hopeless and indignant.
If even a person like this can win four prizes in a row, where is justice in this world!
There were bursts of noise coming from outside from time to time. Tang Shijin was not daring to stay any longer. After thinking for a while, he casually pulled out a piece of calligraphy from the bottom.
Written in a flourish on it were the words: "Fish is what I want, and bear's paw is also what I want; if I cannot have both, I will give up fish and take bear's paw. Life is what I want, and righteousness is also what I want; if I cannot have both, I will give up life and take righteousness."
The handwriting was vigorous and there was a signature. Tang Shijin stuffed the handwriting into his arms, left Qi's house, and ran away without looking back.
At this time, Qi Jing and Tang Shiyue were walking side by side in Qi's house.
The major parts of Qi's house have been completed, and only the minor parts are being repaired.
Although the style here imitates that of Suzhou gardens, it is not as tortuous and elegant as Suzhou gardens, but rather appears grand and spacious.
Tang Shiyue lay on the railing at the door, fed the koi for a while, and then followed him into the moon gate.
The main residence was two two-story buildings, built in a staggered manner. Walking further back, Qi Jing pointed to a room and said to her, "I will teach you martial arts here."
...
...
There was a plaque hanging at the door, which read "Shenzhu Hall". After entering, there was a huge square room with windows on all sides. There was a mahogany weapon rack against the wall. Tang Shiyue was a little confused: "I just want to learn some boxing."
"Well," Qi Xiaolang said, "You can learn anything."
He grabbed her hand. Tang Shiyue was stunned for a moment, then quickly pulled it away.
Qi Jing did not insist and said, "Let's go to the back and take a look."
The training ground at the back was really huge, and just as she said, the corridor and the training ground were separated by trees and vines, which looked like a scene in a painting.
When we got to the top, we saw a small hexagonal pavilion. The terrain was very high. From the pavilion, we could see the entire Qi residence and most of the village. Tang Shiyue smiled and said, "A Jing, did you stand here and see me before?"
Qi Jing said calmly: "I can see you everywhere."
Tang Shiyue: “…”
I felt inexplicably teased.
Her ears felt a little hot, so to avoid embarrassment, she pointed down and asked, "What is that?"
Qi Jing said, "That's the elementary school."
Tang Shiyue asked: "Is there still a primary school?"
Qi Jing thought for a moment and asked her, "Do you know the six arts of a gentleman?"
Tang Shiyue was stunned.
Qi Jing said: "The six arts of a gentleman are etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics. I have told Mr. Xu that they can come here often to learn archery and charioteering, which is also for the purpose of strengthening their bodies."
"At the same time, the children here need to set aside one hour every day, no matter if it's A-Yao or A-Yang, to help these children learn. We don't ask them to achieve much, just learn to read. If they are talented, we can give them more time."
Tang Shiyue glanced at him.
She felt that he really had a broad vision. When she first suggested that he open a martial arts school, she was more thinking about "realizing the value of life", but he seemed to have a vague sense of responsibility to educate the people.
The realm is really different.
She looked at him for a long time, and Qi Jing tilted his head and asked, "Hmm?"
"It's okay," Tang Shiyue pretended to look down, and Qi Jing also glanced down, but he saw Xu's house not far away. Someone was crouching and running quickly through the yard. He pushed open the door of Xu's house, took a quick look, and ran out.
Because there were trees in the yard and he couldn't see clearly, Qi Jing took a step and was about to take another look when Tang Shiyue suddenly grabbed his sleeve and said, "My brother is there!"
She cupped her hands, looked down and said, "Brother! Brother! Tang Shirong!"
Someone downstairs heard it and looked over here. Tang Shiyue waved downwards, and then Tang Shirong stood up and also waved over here.
After this interruption, the man disappeared.
Qi Jing frowned slightly.
Tang Shiyue was waving to Tang Shirong when she felt Qi Jing approaching and leaning over.
Her first reaction was...he wanted to kiss her secretly?
Then she dodged very quickly and gracefully.
Qi Xiaolang was obviously stunned by her action. When their eyes met, she smiled awkwardly but politely. Just as she was about to speak, he grabbed her shoulders, pulled her closer, and said, "Someone just entered the Xu family."
Tang Shiyue: “…”
It took her three seconds to realize what it meant!
Then she got angry!
Although Qi Xiaolang had no idea what she was thinking just now, she still felt extremely embarrassed.
So she said angrily: "Damn thief! He stole from us!" and then she went downstairs angrily.
When they went down and told everyone about it, they were all surprised.
When Xu Wenqu came back to check, he found that the door was indeed half open. When he went in, he saw that the study had been ransacked.
Tang Shiyue turned around and asked, "What kind of person is he? Did you see clearly?"
"No, there are trees blocking the view," Qi Jing said, "It should be a man, wearing blue clothes."
Xu Wen said: "There is nothing valuable in the study. At most, some manuscripts were lost. That's okay."
Tang Shiyue said angrily, "How can it be okay? If you become a high-ranking official in the future, you can sell your manuscripts for money! What's the difference between this and stealing money?"
Xu Wenqu: "..."
The atmosphere was originally quite serious, but Tang Junchen actually burst into laughter, and then Tang Shirong explained helplessly: "Yuer, Master's current manuscript is... very valuable."
Tang Shiyue: “…”
Damn it, it's all Qi Jing's fault! A feint made her brain short-circuit!
Tang Shiyue froze for two seconds, then tried to save face awkwardly: "Yes! So, it's too much!"
She was eager to get rid of the embarrassment: "If I had known it was so valuable, I would have asked Mr. Xu to write a plaque for me and I would hang it on the door of my room!"
Xu Wenqu asked with a smile: "What do you want to write?"
Tang Shiyue asked: "Fairy Pavilion?"
Everyone:"……"
Tang Shiyue turned around with a look of despair: "Forget it, I accidentally took the wrong medicine today, just pretend you didn't hear it, I'm leaving first."
…………
Who would have known that the next day, not long after Tang Shiyue got up, she heard a commotion outside, and the sound came from the door.
As soon as Tang Shiyue went out, he was stunned.
At the door, Tang Shirong and Tang Junchen were carrying a small desk together, and Xu Wenqu was polishing his pen.
Tang Shiyue asked in surprise: "Mr. Xu?"
Xu Wenqu smiled and said, "I won't write about the Fairy Pavilion, I'll just draw a picture for you."
He pointed to the whitewashed wall outside.
Thanks to Qi Jing, her small stone house was renovated and now the outside is bare. She had heard that the literati of this era had the custom of "writing on the wall", and she was immediately interested: "Great! What to draw?"
Xu Wenqu smiled but did not answer. He just rolled up his sleeves and began to paint on the wall.
More and more people gathered outside, forming several circles to watch. Xu Wenqu sketched with his brush, and soon someone exclaimed, "Wow, is that a bird?"
"Yes, it looks like a bird. Is that its tail?"
“Hey, is the tree coming out?”
Tang Shiyue also noticed that he seemed to be painting a phoenix. But it didn't seem to be a painting of a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix, because there were no other birds.
The painting gradually showed a childish shape, and everyone was amazed. Tang Shiyue was watching with great interest when a young man from the wine shop came running over with a big head of hair, and shouted from a distance: "Master Tang! Master Tang!"
He pushed everyone aside and came in: "A shopkeeper named Shen is here and wants to see you."
Tang Shiyue responded reluctantly, looked at him twice more, and then followed him.
After she left, the gossip of the others died down a bit. A wife in the outer circle whispered, "Why don't we go ask?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
