Dominate the ancient academy

This time, Steward Lin not only bought a house and servants for Shu Xiaoxiao, but also brought five thousand taels of silver notes, so Shu Xiaoxiao is in a particularly good mood now.

The official registration for the "Yuren Academy" would not start for another three days. Shu Xiaoxiao also used the flowers and plants around her to get a clear idea of ​​the situation around the house.

This is considered the wealthy area of ​​Yong'an Town. The neighbors around here are either the sons of the prime minister or the sons of the minister, all of them are sons of important officials in the court.

Especially the prime minister's son next door. I heard from the flowers and plants that the young master next door is particularly fond of losing his temper. Every day he is either satisfied with this or dissatisfied with that. Anyway, he is never satisfied with anything.

There were also students who went to visit him, but they were also scolded and sent away by him. Those students did not dare to speak to him in person, but said behind his back that this young master had a violent temper.

However, these have nothing to do with Shu Xiaoxiao. The house here covers a large area. Even if he gets angry, it can't disturb her. She doesn't need to curry favor with the prime minister's son. So she just treats the information sent back by these plants as news and just listens to it.

"Yuren Academy" is located in Yuxi Mountain, which is a huge mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles. The academy only occupies a part of it, and other places are still open for people to visit.

It is late spring now, with flowers blooming in all colors and full of spring spirit. The two of them decided to go out for some fun before school starts.

Unexpectedly, it was the beginning of the school year and the pavilion on the mountain was basically full of people. Shu Xiaoxiao went to a place with fewer people to see if she could let Shenbao have some fun.

Shu Xiaoxiao and Zhenzhu carefully walked through the pavilion and moved slowly down.

"Master, this is too dangerous. How about we go somewhere else?" Pearl looked at the hillside, worried that the master might slip.

"It's okay. I just saw a flat area below. We can just go down. We have been to many places in Qinglian Village. There is no danger here."

In fact, she had heard about the flowers and plants here that there was an area under the pavilion with many edible fruits growing. Usually no one went there, so they asked her to go over and eat the fruits. That’s why she wanted to go over and take a look and pick some wild fruits.

Su Shiche had been extremely bored these past few days. He was the youngest son of the Left Prime Minister of Daning. He was born prematurely and was weak, so his grandmother, mother, and brother all spoiled him. Only his father couldn't stand him. Somehow, this time he persuaded his grandmother and mother to let him study at the "Yu Ren Academy", and he was brought here before he had a chance to resist.

The food and environment here are bad, and there are even those sycophantic people who come to curry favor with the powerful. It's really unreasonable. Instead of studying hard every day, they do these crooked things. He won't pay any attention to them.

I finally came out to relax today, but I didn't expect there were so many people here.

"Go, find a place with fewer people." Su Shiche raised his chin and said to the servant behind him.

"Master, I see there are few people over there, let's go over there and take a look."

As the servant said this, he led Su Shiche to a place where there were fewer people.

Shu Xiaoxiao found the place and discovered that it was a large area of ​​prickly ash and mulberries. What a good deal, what a good deal, it all brought back childhood memories!

Shu Xiaoxiao put the ginseng treasure out, and they started picking these prickly ash and mulberries. Fortunately, Yuan Zhen saw that she was carrying a shoulder bag and took one too, otherwise it would have been difficult to pack them.

One of them picked prickly berries and the other picked mulberries. In a short while, they had picked half a bag, all of which were red, so they could be kept for two days when they got home.

Just as they were about to take a break, they heard the sound of someone coming. They didn't pay much attention to it. After all, they were under the pavilion and the ginseng treasure was now invisible. As long as they didn't touch it, they couldn't detect its existence. So they squatted on the ground leisurely and watched the ginseng treasure drill into the soil and then drill out. The ginseng treasure was a little too excited.

Su Shiche didn't know that there were still people under the pavilion. He was planning to take a rest and then go back. There was no point in having too many people around, so he didn't stop them when he saw them coming. But as soon as they approached, they pulled out daggers and stabbed them. The two servants screamed in fear, and it was too late for them to rush forward.

Su Shiche stepped back in a hurry and accidentally fell down from the pavilion. Shu Xiaoxiao was watching Shenbao playing happily in front of her, but suddenly a mass of something passed by her and was about to crush Shenbao.

In a hurry, Shu Xiaoxiao reached out to grab him, only to find that it was a person with a pale face and had fainted.

Shu Xiaoxiao was startled, and Shenbao and Yuanzhen hurried to Shu Xiaoxiao's side.

The boy who fainted was not very old, with red lips, white teeth, and delicate looks. Judging from the clothes he was wearing, he did not seem to be a child from an ordinary family. He should be a student who came to school.

Hearing the movement above, Shu Xiaoxiao asked Yuan Zhen to hold the person and followed the instructions of the flowers and plants to go back from the other side.

"Xiaoxiao, why did you bring the young master from next door back?" Qingzhu, who was standing by the wall, asked when he saw the person the two brought back.

Shu Xiao asked Yuan Zhen to carry the young master into the guest room first, and then came to the green bamboo and asked, "This is the son of the prime minister next door."

"Yup!"

"Are you sure it's a man? Or a woman dressed as a man?"

"It's a man. Zizhu even saw him taking a bath! You are the only one here dressed as a man." Qingzhu complained. She was a girl and couldn't bear to see everyone acting like that.

"Okay, I understand Qingzhu. I'll give you a bath with ginseng treasure today."

"Okay, Xiaoxiao, you can ask me if you have any questions in the future. I'll keep an eye on it for you."

Shu Xiaoxiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. When these plants talked about the bath water used to water the ginseng treasure, each one became more excited than the other.

She also knew that the water soaked with ginseng was a good thing, but she was too familiar with the ginseng, so she just watched it being soaked. She couldn't drink the water. Even if she could drink it, she couldn't drink it often. After all, thousand-year-old ginseng was too nutritious.

When she was in Qinglian Village before, she would dilute this water or soup and give it to her grandfather, aunt and others to drink. Their bodies became stronger and stronger, and the plants that were watered with this water also grew more vibrant. People in the village said that she was a blessed person, and whatever she planted grew better than others. In fact, that was all thanks to the ginseng.

After carefully observing Su Shiche's appearance, Shu Xiaoxiao decided not only to save him, but also to make friends with him. The main reason was that this man's appearance was too much in line with Shu Xiaoxiao's needs. If the two of them stood together, this guy would be more likely to be a woman disguised as a man, which would give her a sense of security.

He immediately asked the servant in the mansion to call a doctor. Fortunately, the soup used to soak the ginseng today was still there, so he poured out half a bowl and asked Yuanzhen to take it to the kitchen to heat it up. After drinking it, he was guaranteed to have all his illnesses cured.

"This young man fainted because of a violent collision. He is a little weak, probably because of premature birth. He has been well cared for, so there is nothing serious. Apply some ointment to the scars on his body, and they will disappear in a few days."

After the doctor left, the more Shu Xiaoxiao looked at this face, the happier she became. With this face, no matter how clean she usually behaved, no one would doubt her identity.

"Master, what's wrong?" When Yuan Zhen came in, he saw the young master staring at someone. Could it be that the young master was falling in love for the first time?

"I just didn't expect there is someone who looks as good as me. Let me take a look." Shu Xiaoxiao casually looked away when she saw Yuan Zhen come in.

Seeing that the young master didn't care, Yuan Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. It was also the first time she saw someone who looked as good as the young master.

Oh! It can't be...

"Young Master, he...he wouldn't be also..." Yun Zhen hurriedly pulled the young master out of the door, pointed at Shu Xiaoxiao and then at himself, his face full of horror. Could he be disguised as a man like them?

"No, there aren't so many people like us." In the thousands of years of history, the only woman who disguised herself as a man to go to the academy was Zhu Yingtai. How could they possibly meet another one?

"That's good! That's good!" Yuan Zhen patted his chest, otherwise it would be too scary.