When they arrived, the foot of the mountain was already crowded with people.

The Pengcheng Academy has been established for two or three hundred years and has trained many outstanding students. Most of the teachers here are juren who have passed the high school entrance examination or even jinshi.

Pengcheng Academy has a very high status in the whole of Xuzhou. Students who can come here to study are either outstanding in ability or children of officials from wealthy families.

Children of merchants were not allowed to study in government-run academies unless the emperor granted special permission.

Yinuo looked at the spacious mountain path leading to the gate of Pengcheng Academy and couldn't help but sigh, "There are so many people!"

He looked at the three people who were reluctant to leave him and said helplessly, "If you continue like this, you will delay the dining time in the cafeteria."

"My little uncle is going to go hungry on his first day of reporting in."

"How pathetic!"

After listening to Yinuo's talk, the children, no matter how reluctant they were, finally let their uncle go and allowed him to enter the academy.

"Uncle, you have to study hard."

"Listen to your master and don't make him angry!"

His younger brother Teng Runchen spoke seriously, and Yi Hao held his forehead with his hand again.

Are you talking about yourself, kid?

Yinuo felt that lunch time was the time to build good relationships with classmates, so she calculated the time before going out. When she arrived, she had just made some beds and could go to the cafeteria to eat with her classmates. It was a good opportunity to get to know classmates and promote friendship.

She took out the big bag from the carriage and gave it to Wanyi, asking him to take Yihao up the mountain. She took the two children for a walk here and waited for Wanyi to come down.

There are many tea stalls and restaurants at the foot of the mountain. All the shops along the road that can rest are filled with students' families. These families come to send their children or husbands to school, take a short rest here, and then go home.

Yinuo was as curious about all of this as the older kids. He took them to eat here and go shopping there, and they had a lot of fun.

Yi Hao took Wan Yi up the stairs and came to the gate of the academy.

"Please show me your sign."

When they came to register last time, the college had already assigned them classes and beds. They just need to take out their nameplates and someone will take them in.

Sure enough, the gatekeeper Xiao Si knew Yi Hao's name after seeing the sign.

"Mr. Yi, your class is the Jiazi Tianban, and your bed will be arranged in the third courtyard of the Jiazi courtyard. Please bring your little Si and follow the people over there."

The gatekeeper also reminded Yi Hao to help make the bed and then come out, because the academy is a boarding school and does not allow book boys or students to accompany students.

Yi Hao said thank you, took Wan Yi and carried the bag and followed Xiao Si in.

"Are you Yihao?"

"The first case in Xiao County."

Yi Hao looked at the person who came, making sure that he didn't know him, and then he performed a scholar's salute.

"I am Yi Hao."

The man was also very humble and returned the greeting: "I am Lu Ming from Pengcheng."

Lu Ming!

Yi Hao had heard of this name before. He was the top case in Pengcheng.

In the county examination in Pengcheng, the number of examinees is naturally more than that in Xiaoxian. Anyone who can become the first in the exam must have extraordinary talents.

"So it's Case Master Lu. I've heard of your name for a long time."

Lu Ming is a humble, upright and lively person, and he quickly became friends with Yi Hao.

"We are all classmates, don't be so formal."

As he said that, he looked at Wan Yi curiously. This servant was different from the other servants. This man was strong and muscular, with a big build. It was obvious at first glance that he was a martial artist. It was not something that ordinary rich people could train to have such a powerful servant.

But judging from Yi Hao's clothes, he doesn't look like a wealthy family. Although Xiao County is not a remote and poor place, it is not a wealthy town either. There are almost no scholarly families who can arrange for servants to follow them.

He was a little curious about Yi Hao's identity.

"I heard that your bed is also in the A-3 hospital. I'm also in that dormitory. Do you mind if we go together?"

Yi Hao wanted nothing more than to ask, "Why would I mind?"

"Thank you, Brother Lu!"

Coming to the academy today, he felt the class gap even more deeply. There were not many poor children like him, very few. At a glance, there were only three or two people dressed like him.

When he was studying in Xiao County, he had excellent grades and was treated favorably by the teachers, which made him popular in the academy and at least no one would make things difficult for him.

However, it is easy to stand out from the crowd, but it is not easy to stand out from the crowd.

Firstly, those who can study here are all excellent students, and secondly, those who can study with peace of mind have good family conditions. So people like him who come from a poor family will definitely be isolated here.

Before coming here, he had prepared himself mentally to concentrate on reading the books of sages and not pay attention to anything else outside.

Now that someone is showing goodwill to him, no matter what his purpose is, Yi Hao will not refuse.

The two of them just chatted one after another.

Of course, Yi Hao didn't think it was shameful that he came from a poor family. When Lu Ming asked him, he told him honestly that the boy behind him was a servant from his second sister's family, and that his second sister and two nephews had sent him to the academy today.

But he did not reveal Teng Ke's identity. As a fifth-rank military officer, a higher position than that of a county magistrate, he must be a popular figure in the eyes of these people. He did not like others trying to curry favor with him just because of his brother-in-law.

This honor does not belong to me.

Lu Ming seemed to be a simple person, but he was definitely not stupid. Naturally, he saw that Yi Hao didn't want to talk, so he didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he introduced the customs and culture of Pengcheng to Yi Hao.

The two soon arrived at the Third Courtyard, where two servants were guarding and assigning beds to everyone. The accommodation conditions at Pengcheng Academy were quite good. There were double rooms, triple rooms, and six-person rooms, with different fees to cater to everyone's family needs.

When housekeeper Wan brought Yi Hao to report, he paid for the accommodation for two people for three years. Yi Hao wanted to stop it but it was too late. He knew that this was arranged by his brother-in-law, so he couldn't refuse. He just silently remembered Teng Ke's kindness.

The servant looked for the registration book according to the signs the two men presented.

"You two are both in a double room. Since you are here together, how about you two share a room?"

Lu Ming was once again curious about Yi Hao's background. He was dressed like that, yet he could live in a double room. His background must be complicated.

"I'm OK."

Yi Hao was also very happy. It was a rare thing to have a good roommate: "I couldn't ask for more."

Seeing that the two had no objection, the servant took out two bunches of keys and handed them to them. Each bunch of keys had two keys, one for opening the room door and the other for opening their own cabinet.

"Here is the key to the east room. You two can choose your own beds."

The servant's attitude was respectful but not flattering. One could tell at a glance that the quality of the staff in the academy was also very high.

The two thanked him again, took the key and went straight back to their room.

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