Fire Captain

After attending classes with Bai Ziyang for a period of time, Minglan has come to realize a truth: the first impression people leave on others when they interact with each other can be deceiving!

Previously, through two events, one was delivering coal across the wall, and the other was saving his mother in danger, the image of Bai Ziyang left in Minglan's mind was that of a good man who was enthusiastic and chivalrous. But now Minglan feels that Bai Ziyang is absolutely a bad "scoundrel"!

Minglan has been sleepy since she was a child. The reason she can come to Mr. Zhuang's class on time now is thanks to the maid in her room who takes turns "bombing" her every morning. She has to wake her up at least half an hour in advance and watch her closely, otherwise she will fall asleep again if they are not careful.

During class today, Zhuang Xuejiu left a question for everyone to think about, and then he left, saying that he would come back later to listen to everyone's answers. After that, everyone was thinking about the question left by Zhuang Xuejiu, except Bai Ziyang, who was sitting at the back, leaning on the table, propping his head with his hands, and looking to the side with his head tilted.

Bai Ziyang watched Minglan go from sitting upright to slowly relaxing, then nodding her head like a chicken pecking at rice, and finally with a slight thud, she fell asleep sweetly on the table...

The main reason was that the day before, Minglan was punished by Master Zhuang to copy books, and she refused to let others help her, so she naturally copied until late at night. This morning, it was Xiaotao and Danju beside her who took great pains to wake her up. Now that Master Zhuang was not here and the sun was shining warmly on her, she naturally felt more and more sleepy the more she thought about it. In the end, she could not resist the call of Zhou Gong and could only go to play chess with him.

Seeing that the others were serious about it, Bai Ziyang quietly climbed up, and warned the followers behind him with his eyes not to make any sound. He then climbed to Minglan's desk, picked up her brush and dipped it in ink, and gently drew a few strokes on Minglan's fair face. Then he gently put down the brush and quietly returned to his seat, holding his stomach and laughing silently. He didn't see the other followers behind him, looking at him as if he was a lunatic. Tingfengmian looked at the horizon expressionlessly. At this moment, he just wanted to exchange positions with Shangcheng and others who were working outside... Don't think he doesn't know what "shame" is. He is a high-tech product of Planet 2B!

When Minglan's maid Xiaotao saw that she could not stop Bai Ziyang, she turned around and ran to get water and wet a handkerchief to wipe Minglan's face. Unfortunately, before she could wake Minglan up, Zhuang Xuejiu had returned. She had no choice but to go back to her seat. When passing by Minglan, she kicked the stool under Minglan hard. Minglan was awakened by the shock and jumped up.

Mr. Zhuang was older, and he walked in slowly with his hands behind his back. For a man of his age, who had read so many books, his eyesight should not have been very good. If Minglan had sat up slowly, there would have been no big problem, but she moved so much that she was naturally noticed by Mr. Zhuang.

When Master Zhuang saw clearly, he flew into a rage and shouted, "Nonsense! How disgraceful! How disgraceful..." After saying that, he left everyone behind and walked away in anger.

Although Molan and Rulan didn't know what was going on, they were naturally delighted to see that they could end the get out of class early. Sheng Changfeng had just dozed off and was awakened by Zhuang Xuejiu's voice. He was still a little confused. Among the rest of the people, only Sheng Changbai and Qi Heng were the most serious about studying. The two looked at each other, feeling confused and not knowing what was going on.

Sheng Changbai turned around to look at Qi Heng, so his peripheral vision happened to catch a glimpse of Sheng Minglan not far away. Upon seeing her, he shouted in surprise: "Xiao Liu, you...!"

As he shouted, the rest of the people turned around to look at Sheng Minglan, and when they saw her, they all burst out laughing at the same time. Immediately, laughter broke out in the classroom.

Rulan pointed at Minglan and laughed so hard that she couldn’t speak. She held her stomach and said, “Haha…haha…ouch, my stomach hurts from laughing so hard…hahahaha…”

Sheng Minglan had just woken up and was still a little confused. Before she could come to her senses, everyone laughed at her and made her even more confused. With her round eyes, round face and three small mustaches on her lips, she looked like a kitten that was not even a month old. Xiaotao hurriedly came to Minglan with some water and motioned for Minglan to look at it herself.

Minglan used the water mirror to see that someone had drawn three mustaches on her cheeks with ink, which were quite symmetrical on both sides. There was also a word "Wang" written on her forehead. She immediately became angry and turned to look at Bai Ziyang.

At this time, Bai Ziyang laughed the loudest, and he was rolling on the ground holding his stomach. It was obvious that he was the culprit. Minglan shouted angrily: "Bai...you...humph!" She wanted to call him Bai Ziyang, but it seemed impolite to call him by his name. Call him Mr. Bai? How could she be so polite to him! Call him Brother Bai? Forget it in this life! Minglan didn't know what to say in front of everyone. In the end, she was so angry that she threw the handkerchief she was wiping at Bai Ziyang and hit him on the head.

Bai Ziyang took off the handkerchief on his head and put it aside. He looked at Minglan with the Chinese character "王" on her head and the angry expression on her face. It was like a kitten in the jungle that would fall down if pressed, but she insisted on pretending to be a tiger with her teeth and claws bared, so fierce and ferocious... Interesting, interesting! However, he didn't expect that after two years of not seeing her, the child who used to stand out has now learned to endure?

Seeing this, Sheng Changbai had no choice but to say, "get out of class is over, get out of class is over! Xiaoliu, go wash your face!"

Afterwards, Sheng Minglan had to go to Master Zhuang to apologize. After all, it was a fact that she slept in class, otherwise she wouldn't have been unaware of someone drawing on her face. Fortunately, Master Zhuang, seeing that Minglan was a girl, didn't need her to take the imperial examination in the future, and the schoolwork requirements were not so strict, so he only punished Minglan by making her copy books.

After leaving Master Zhuang, Xiao Tao followed Minglan and said indignantly as she walked back, "It's not the girl's fault this time. It's all because of Mr. Bai. It's a pity that the girl was the only one punished to copy the book. If I had known, I wouldn't have dozed off at that time. I would have been able to stop him!... Oh, Mr. Bai is the most hateful one..."

Minglan whispered to comfort Xiaotao, "Forget it, it's my fault for falling asleep in class! Master Zhuang made me copy books because he wanted me to practice calligraphy. Master Zhuang was doing this for my own good!"

As the master and servant were talking, they saw Qi Heng and his follower Buwei waiting by the roadside. When they saw Minglan and the others coming, Qi Heng asked with concern, "Sixth sister, how is it? Did Master Zhuang punish you?"

Minglan greeted Qi Heng politely and then said, "It's nothing. Master Zhuang just asked me to copy some books. Thank you for your concern, young master."

Qi Heng asked: "This incident can't be entirely your fault...Do you want me to copy some for you?"

Minglan shook her head and said, "There's no need to trouble you, young master. Master Zhuang punished me to copy books for my own good... Please forgive me, young master. Minglan has to go back to copy books and can't keep you company. Please do as you please!" After that, she walked around Qi Heng and hurried away with Xiaotao.

Qi Heng looked at Minglan's back as she left quickly, feeling a little disappointed. He didn't understand why his Sixth Sister always seemed to avoid him, even though he just liked playing with her.

Minglan noticed Qi Heng's gaze and felt like a thorn in her back. She took Xiaotao and hurried away. She turned a corner and was out of Qi Heng's sight and then breathed a sigh of relief. But unexpectedly, just as she breathed a sigh of relief, she heard the sound of leaves rustling above her head. Just as she was about to look up, she felt a flash in front of her eyes. Minglan was startled and screamed "Ah!" Xiaotao hurriedly pulled Minglan back two steps. Fortunately, Minglan's scream was not loud and short, so it did not attract everyone in the yard.

When Minglan took two steps back, she could see clearly that it was Bai Ziyang, wearing dark clothes, hanging upside down on a tree branch, swinging in front of her, with his arms crossed, looking very uncomfortable. When he saw Minglan, he waved his hands and said, "Hi!"

Minglan secretly patted her throbbing heart, new hatred and old grudges surged up at the same time, and she couldn't help but say, "Why is it you again!"

Bai Ziyang grabbed the branch with one hand, flipped over and landed gracefully. Then he glanced at the book Xiaotao was holding and asked, "Did Master Zhuang punish you to copy the book?"

Minglan gritted her teeth and said firmly: "Yes, thanks to you!"

Bai Ziyang grinned, showing all eight of his teeth, and said, "Let me help you copy it. Fortunately, I am also responsible for this matter!"

Minglan rolled her eyes and said, "No need!" Then she wanted to bypass Bai Ziyang and leave.

Bai Ziyang reached out and took Minglan's homework and the book that Zhuang Xuejiu asked her to copy from Xiaotao. He flipped through them and asked, "How many times do you need to copy it?"

Minglan tried to snatch the book back while saying, "I can copy it myself, I don't need you! Give it back to me!"

Bai Ziyang held the book high up. Even if he jumped up and down tomorrow, he would not be able to grab it. Seeing Minglan was very anxious, Bai Ziyang raised his hand and pressed the top of Minglan's head. He rubbed it and felt that it felt good. He chuckled and said, "Little girl!" Then he turned around and left.

"Hey!" Minglan shouted from behind, "...Mr. Zhuang asked me to copy it three times and give it to him before class tomorrow morning!"

Bai Ziyang walked without stopping, waved his hand and said without turning back: "I know!"

Time flies by like a horse passing through the window. Bai Ziyang goes in and out of Sheng family school. In the blink of an eye, another two years have passed.

Recently, the atmosphere in the upper class of Bianjing City was a little subtle because the crown prince was seriously ill. Prince Zhao was also very quiet after returning home from court. When Bai Ziyang visited the crown prince, he quietly checked his pulse and found that he was already at the end of his life and no medicine could help. He would only live for about a month. After returning home, Bai Ziyang discussed with his family and made a decision.

The next morning, Bai Ziyang asked the emperor to join the army. The emperor had always known that Bai Ziyang preferred martial arts to literature, so he had been prepared for his desire to join the army, but he did not expect Bai Ziyang to ask for it at this time. Looking at Bai Ziyang, the emperor could not help but think of his son on the sickbed. If his son could get better, no matter what he asked for, he would agree, as long as he could get better! Thinking of this, his heart softened and he could not help but agree to Bai Ziyang.

In this way, Bai Ziyang, at the age of less than twenty, was appointed as a cavalry general of the fifth rank and was to take office on a chosen day.