Seeing that Li Langxuan and Qiao Xiuyu both looked eager to learn, the servant quickly picked up the book and started reading from the beginning.
"Do you want your girlfriend to treat you kindly? Do you want her to love you tenderly? If so, this book will teach you how to do it, and the foundation of all this, the main content of this book, is—male virtue."
The servant paused for a moment, then turned to the next page, and inadvertently glanced at Qiao Xiuyu, who had already taken out paper and pen and started taking notes.
servant: "..."
He really felt that something was wrong with the world and wanted to quit.
Oh well, oh well, they paid for it anyway.
...
Shang Shaoyan was unaware that Qiao Xiuyu had already begun to learn male virtues. After reading the letter, she carefully put it away and then replied to Shang Yunlan, entrusting one of Cheng Chu's soldiers to deliver it.
Shang Shaoyan looked down at the small tea table, on which sat a portrait drawn by Qiao Xiuyu. She stared at the half-finished poem for a while, then suddenly chuckled.
Although Qiao Xiuyu's melancholy is quite strange, it must be said that it is also really cute.
The group slowly made their way to Shuzhou, and finally arrived at the territory of Shuzhou after half a month. The prefect of Shuzhou was a young man who was waiting for them at the city gate early in the morning.
Chen Shu and Li Xuan were originally supposed to be assigned to build the dike, but Shang Shaoyan smoothed things over, so the two of them only needed to teach at the academy in this area.
Chen Shu and Li Xuan were extremely grateful, and the young men, women, and wives of both families were also very reluctant to part with Shang Shaoyan. Chen Shu's wife, Madam Huang, even held Shang Shaoyan's hand, tears streaming down her face.
Shang Shaoyan gently comforted her, "Madam, please don't cry. Heyang will come to visit you often in the future. Please don't find me a nuisance then."
Huang burst into laughter through her tears: "You silly girl, you always say such embarrassing things!"
The two groups separated. Shang Shaoyan arranged for the five hundred elite soldiers and the guards from the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion to stay in the western suburbs of Shuzhou, while he himself moved into a house in the city center.
The prefect of Shuzhou, surnamed Xu, led Shang Shaoyan over while enthusiastically telling Shang Shaoyan and his party about the local customs and culture of Shuzhou.
He was handsome and eloquent, and his vivid descriptions aroused everyone's longing.
Shang Shaoyan wore a veil, making it impossible to see her expression. She was subtly observing the young prefect, her mind racing with thoughts.
He spoke fluent Mandarin, but occasionally a slight accent from the Jiangnan region would appear. Though subtle, Shang Shaoyan noticed it and concluded that he was from Suzhou, Hangzhou, or Shengjing.
His every move exuded an air of nobility, not something he learned in officialdom, but rather something he was taught at home.
Therefore, this prefect must be from a prominent family, and with such talent, he is serving as an official in the remote Shu Prefecture, presumably because his family has declined and fallen on hard times.
Surname Xu, from a fallen family, originally from Shengjing or Suzhou and Hangzhou.
After considering for a moment, Shang Shaoyan suddenly spoke up: "Does Lord Xu know of any local delicacies from Shu Prefecture near my residence? The more authentic the better."
Prefect Xu was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "The county magistrate's residence is on Shuncheng Street in the center of Shuzhou. Walk a little to the left, and there's a tofu pudding stall in an alley. The taste is pretty good."
Shang Shaoyan asked jokingly, "I've heard that people in Shuzhou love spicy food. What flavor does that tofu pudding stall serve? Is it spicy?"
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