Starting from a thatched cottage, the farmer embarked on the road to wealth through imperial examina

Ye Changyan rode on a chestnut horse, chasing Xuan Lei under Li Ping's crotch, and they ran happily around the outer circle of the racecourse.

After running several laps, the two men slowly slowed down their horses. Ye Changyan then saw the equestrian teacher Wang Ke, who was stopped by Xu Jingzu and had a worried look on his face.

Ye Changyan rode his horse to the fence and jumped off the horse. Li Ping, who followed a few steps, also jumped off the horse and cast a look at Xu Jingzu who was blocking Wang Ke. Xu Jingzu then stepped aside. Wang Ke hurried forward and asked Ye Changyan with concern.

"Ye Changyan, are you okay? You've just learned to run a few laps in the inner field. It's dangerous to suddenly gallop in the outer field."

Ye Changyan smiled at Wang Ke somewhat awkwardly.

"It is my fault for causing you to worry."

Wang Ke was relieved to see that Ye Changyan was safe and sound.

At this time, Xu Jingzong, who was not far away, stopped Liang Jingcheng and others who were running towards this side.

Liang Jingcheng knew that Ye Changyan had just learned to ride a horse. After running a few laps in the field, Liang Jingcheng was a little worried and wanted to go forward to check on Ye Changyan's condition.

Ao Chong'an, Fan Tao and other students of the Imperial College were all envious of Li Ping's Xuan Lei and his handsome appearance. When they saw that the black horse had finally stopped, they all wanted to come forward to watch.

A group of people came towards Ye Changyan with excitement, but were stopped by Xu Jingzong who was guarding the middle. Seeing Xu Jingzong's stern face, Ao Chongan hurriedly explained his purpose.

"Hey, why are you stopping us? We just want to go and take a look at the black horse."

But no matter how Ao Chong'an and others explained to Xu Jingzong, the other party had a stern face and stood still blocking everyone's way.

Ye Changyan heard a noisy sound coming from afar. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw Liang Jingcheng and others being stopped by Li Ping's entourage. Ye Changyan spoke to Li Ping.

"Brother Li, those people over there are all my classmates."

Li Ping turned around and saw that the person in the lead was the young man who had performed best in pulling out the white feather arrows from the ground while riding a horse. He had also praised him in front of Ye Changyan, so he cast a look at Xu Jingzong who was stopping the crowd.

Xu Jingzong then made way. Seeing this, Liang Jingcheng and others came towards Ye Changyan. Xu Jingzong also followed behind and came to Li Ping's side.

Ao Chong'an, Fan Tao and others ran over and surrounded Xuan Lei Ma, looking at him intently, as if they had discovered some treasure.

Only Liang Jingcheng ran straight up to Ye Changyan and asked anxiously.

"Chang Yan, you've only had a few lessons in horse riding. The way you galloped just now really gave me a cold sweat. Are you okay?"

Ye Changyan's excitement after riding his horse and whipping the whip had not yet completely subsided. He smiled and shook his head at Liang Jingcheng.

"I am fine."

After hearing Ye Changyan say that everything was fine, Liang Jingcheng finally felt relieved. Then he looked at Li Ping beside him with a scrutinizing look, and then asked Ye Changyan.

"Who is this brother?"

Li Ping saw that the other party was looking at him with a scrutinizing look, and he knew that there was no ill will in it. On the contrary, the other party was not as good as the others who rushed up to check his own Xuan Lei. Instead, he was the first one to rush up and ask about Ye Changyan's situation with concern. It seemed that the other party had a very good relationship with Ye Changyan.

After hearing Liang Jingcheng's question, Ye Changyan introduced the two parties with a smile on his face.

"This is my senior brother Liang Jingcheng, and this is Master Li Ping."

Li Ping heard Ye Changyan introduce the other party as Ye Changyan's senior brother, not a classmate. It seems that the two of them do have an unusual relationship.

Li Ping raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a warm smile, and bowed slightly to Liang Jingcheng.

Through Ye Changyan's introduction, Liang Jingcheng was sure that he had never met this person before, but why did the other person's faint smile look so familiar?

Ye Changyan saw Liang Jingcheng staring at Li Ping in a daze, and wondered if Liang Jingcheng also felt that Li Ping's smile looked familiar.

"Brother, do you also think that Master Li's smile looks familiar?"

Hearing Ye Changyan's questioning voice, Liang Jingcheng came back to his senses. He bowed to Li Ping slightly awkwardly, then nodded.

"Indeed, Master Li's smile does look very familiar, but I can't remember who it looks like at the moment, which is a bit rude."

"It's okay, it's okay. I just met Master Ye, and Master Ye's reaction is similar to Master Liang's. It seems that I really look like someone you two know when I smile. I'm a little curious about how similar we are to make both masters react like this."

Li Ping had a smile on his face, but he was really curious in his heart. Which of these two people did he smile like?

While Li Ping was chatting with Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng, Ao Chong'an, Fan Tao and others were admiring the heroic appearance of Xuan Lei, the divine horse, with excitement. Although Ye Changyan's equestrian teacher Wang Ke taught people to ride horses at this horse farm, he was completely powerless against a divine horse like Xuan Lei, so he also came forward to take a closer look.

Li Ping learned from chatting with Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng that the two had studied under the same teacher before they were admitted to the Imperial College. Since the teacher could teach two students who were admitted to the Imperial College at the same time, it seemed that the teacher must be no ordinary person.

During the conversation, Li Ping claimed that he was an idle official in Shengjing City, but he did not reveal much about his background.

"I own some shares in this horse farm. Today, I happened to meet you two riding horses here. Although this is the first time we meet, we had a great time chatting and we hit it off. You two brothers, please go to the stable and pick a horse. I will give it to you as a gift."

Li Ping and his fellow apprentices Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng did get along very well, but Li Ping also felt that the pair seemed to be holding back in their words. He didn't mind at all. If they were really completely open about their first meeting, then such people were not worth making friends with. What's more, he also had many secrets, such as his true identity, which he could not reveal to the pair of apprentices.

Hearing that Li Ping was going to give a horse to each of his fellow apprentices, although one horse was nothing to Liang Jingcheng and Ye Changyan now, his fellow apprentices had just met him by chance today, and although they seemed to have quite a good relationship during the conversation, it would be inappropriate for them to accept two horses from someone else.

Seeing that Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng were both refusing and would never accept the two horses he gave them, Li Ping smiled and spoke.

"Brothers, there is no need to refuse. Just accept the horses I gave you and treat me two meals in return. This is considered a courtesy. I heard that a restaurant opened near the Imperial College a few years ago. I think it was called Yun something. I heard that the food in this restaurant tastes very different. I have always wanted to go and see it. What do you think, brothers?"