After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

I looked at Li Si's back with some amusement. He felt like a child who got his most beloved toy and walked with the wind.

I said to the waiter, "Can you please help me calculate how much money it is? If I don't have enough money, I will leave this jade pendant with you. I will go home and get the banknotes and then send it to you."

After saying that, I took off the jade pendant hanging around my neck and handed it to the waiter.

When the waiter saw the jade pendant, his face changed drastically. He fell to his knees with a plop, his head almost buried in the ground, and shouted, "Long live His Majesty, long live His Majesty, long live His Majesty."

Only then did I realize that what I was holding in my hand was the jade token that Zheng Xian gave me.

This jade token is a symbol of the emperor's status. Gongsun Wen once said that this jade token should not be given to others at will. I quickly stuffed the jade token into my sleeve and said, "I can't give you this jade pendant. How about this? I have another jade pendant. Do you think it's okay?"

The waiter said tremblingly, "Sir, you can take all these weapons with you. You don't have to pay for them."

I thought Zheng Xian's jade token frightened him, so I quickly said, "That won't do. It's already excessive for me to take an axe and this bow and arrow for nothing. I want to take two more high-quality weapons. How is that different from robbery? How about this? I'll give you all these banknotes. If it's not enough, I'll come back tomorrow to make up for it."

I pulled the waiter up and stuffed all the banknotes I had on me into his arms. I was afraid that the waiter would not accept them, so I slipped away without looking back.

The waiter waved at my back with a panicked look on his face while holding the banknote. Before he could even say "Hey" I had already disappeared.

The waiter was still standing there in a daze. At this moment, a man with a goatee and a stern face, who looked like the owner of the shop, walked in. Seeing the waiter standing there in a daze, he could not help but yelled angrily, "It's very busy outside, and you are still slacking off here!"

The waiter came to his senses and pointed at the empty wall and said, "Boss, the Pangu Axe and the Sun-shooting Bow have been given away."

The shopkeeper quickly looked at the wall and found that it was empty.

The shopkeeper's eyebrows were almost knitted together, and he asked solemnly, "Was it taken away by the young master who ran away just now?"

The waiter nodded and said, "That's right, and the young man just showed His Majesty's jade token."

"What?" The shopkeeper was shocked and asked quickly, "Do you know who this person is?"

The waiter shook his head and said, "This person's clothes are better than those of ordinary people, but not luxurious. He brought two very unusual guards with him. The two guards had sharp eyes and were obviously experts. Moreover, this person's speech and movements were a bit strange. He was not generous with his money. He only carried more than 2,000 taels of silver notes with him when he left."

After the waiter finished speaking, he handed the banknote in his hand to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper took the silver and said angrily, "The boss said that the Pangu Axe and the Sun-shooting Bow were for the destined person, so why did you take his silver?"

The waiter quickly said, "Boss, this silver is not for the Pangu Axe and the Sun-shooting Bow, but for the Roaring Sky Sword and the White Dragon Dagger."

"The Sky-Roaring Sword and the White Dragon Dagger?" The shopkeeper was about to get angry when he heard this. He glared and gritted his teeth and said, "These two weapons should be sold for at least 20,000 taels of silver. You actually sold them to me for only 2,000 taels?"

The waiter shrank his neck in fear and said, "Speak, speak to the shopkeeper, it's not that I don't want to accept the money, but that young man didn't have enough money, and finally took out the jade token of His Majesty, so I couldn't accept his money."

The shopkeeper thought about it and thought that if he saw the emperor's jade token, he might not accept a penny, so he quickly gave it to him.

The shopkeeper looked at the banknotes in his hand and said, "Go to the palace immediately and report the situation here to His Majesty."

The waiter bowed quickly and replied, "Yes, shopkeeper, I will go to the palace to report to His Majesty."

I knew nothing about the shopkeeper entering the palace. Zhang San and I were very excited because we each got the weapons we wanted and were in high spirits all the way.

Because the carriage was filled with too much cloth and cotton to be sent to Changlu Academy, I was forced to squeeze into a corner.

Pangu Axe and Sun-shooting Bow were placed at my feet. I gently stroked these two weapons, just like stroking my most beloved treasures. This feeling was wonderful. I felt that these two weapons were born to belong to me. They could also feel my joy. There was an inexplicable resonance between us.

Zhang San and Li Si, who were sitting in the front of the carriage, were just like me. They couldn't get enough of looking at and touching the weapons they had just got. Fortunately, Zhang San was a master driver, otherwise he would have overturned the carriage if he had focused so much on the weapons.

We soon arrived at Changlu Academy.

Because it was the New Year holiday, the old gatekeeper also went home. The gate of Changlu Academy was closed, but from behind, the sound of reading could still be heard faintly.

It seems that those who stayed behind were not lazy and were still studying hard. No wonder Zhao Jinping seemed like a different person. It turned out that a good environment could really change a person.

Zhang San jumped off the carriage, walked to the gate and knocked hard.

Not long after, a little girl, about seven or eight years old, with pigtails poked her head out of the side door and asked, "Who are you? Why are you knocking on the door?"

I quickly stepped forward and said, "Little friend, I am Zhao Jinping's second brother, and I am here to look for my eldest brother."

"Little friend?" The little carrot-head shook his pigtails, as if he had figured out what "little friend" meant, and then said, "Oh, so you are Brother Zhao's second brother. I can't reach the main door, how about you go in through this side door?"

I smiled and said, "I bought you a lot of fabrics to make new clothes for the New Year. This side door is hard to get in. How about I ask Zhang San to go in and open the main door?"

When the little carrot head heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, and he nodded desperately and said, "Okay, okay, you guys come in and take a look. I'll go report to Senior Brother Li."

After saying this, Little Radish turned around and ran away.

Little Radish Head ran so fast that I didn’t hear clearly what he said next.

Zhang San leaned sideways and entered the small door. After a while, he opened the big door.

Li Si drove the carriage directly into the academy to facilitate the unloading of the cloth.

As soon as we walked into the yard, we saw Zhao Jinping running towards us quickly in a pair of cotton shoes.

The structure of this academy is not complicated: after entering the gate, there is a large empty yard, which should be used for students to do morning exercises or play; in front of the yard is a large house with a plaque hanging under the eaves of the house with four large characters "Changlu Academy" inscribed on it. The large house should be the classroom where students attend classes; directly opposite the classroom is a row of relatively low houses. Zhao Jinping ran over from that row of houses. I guess those houses should be students' dormitories.

The academy is not big, but it is square and has a very academy atmosphere.