Daily life in the academy

Bai Zhi originally thought that Xie Guan's impartial and selfless work style would definitely prevent Zhang Yongan from causing trouble again. It seems that she was naive. Zhang Yongan was the son of the Minister of Revenue after all. She remembered that Zhang Yongan's elder sister seemed to be a concubine in the harem. Although she was not favored, she was the emperor's woman after all. How could she, a small cannon fodder, resist?

Seeing that Bai Zhi ignored them, the two men looked at each other and stood up slowly with tacit understanding. Coincidentally, the class bell rang, and the two men reluctantly turned around and sat down.

Bai Zhi felt relieved immediately. They didn't dare to act rashly during class. She could also go to the teacher and ask for advice between classes, but after school, she had no shield. It seemed that she couldn't delay for a moment after school today. She had to call Ye Yanliang and run away. If she was caught, she would be beaten.

Ah! Why is she so miserable!

The first class in the afternoon was Master Li Su's "Ming Fa". Originally, all the theories were a bit obscure and difficult to understand, and now even the books were scribbled on and the original words could not be seen. Bai Zhi could only stare blankly for the whole class. After class, Master Li continued his good style as before, closed the book and prepared to leave. Bai Zhi rushed up and followed behind him with a look of not wanting to understand much.

Standing outside the school, Li Su genuinely thought Bai Zhi had something to learn, so he first asked her how her recovery was going, and then asked, "You rushed here so fast, is there something you don't understand?"

Bai Zhi didn't listen to his lecture at all, and couldn't even ask a question. Her face flushed with anxiety. She raised her eyes slightly and saw that Master Li was still waiting for her answer. She finally managed to say:

"I haven't seen Master Xie for a long time. I wonder when he will come back?"

God can bear witness that she really doesn't miss Xie Guan anymore. To use the words of Yan Qingchen and the others, that old man Xie didn't even finish what he promised to do, and now he has left such a mess. He is already upset, there is really nothing else to say.

But what's with Master Li's expression of "I know everything"?

He chuckled twice, raised his hand to stroke the long beard on his chin, and said with satisfaction, "It's no wonder that Jian often praised your good character in front of me. Now that you've just recovered from a serious illness, he's come to ask about your recent situation, teacher. That's really kind! Don't worry, he'll be back to continue teaching after this break."

Staring at the undeserved praise and gratified gazes, Bai Zhi suddenly felt a huge pressure, but in order to hide her true feelings, she could only smile awkwardly and said, "That's good. Thank you, Master Li, for clearing up my confusion."

Master Li nodded in agreement. Seeing her about to turn back to the academy, he stopped her and warned her, "Although you have a great talent for arithmetic, you also need to work hard on law and classics. Remember that."

"I understand." Bai Zhi hurriedly turned around and bowed respectfully in response. She didn't dare to look up until she heard Master Li's footsteps leaving.

Bai Zhi didn't expect Xie Guan to speak so highly of her in private. She really felt unworthy of it. She wiped the non-existent sweat off her face. At this time, the bell for class rang, and she turned around and went back to the classroom. This class was Mingjing taught by Master Zhang, and it was another class where she was in a daze.

Bai Zhi, who was racing against time, rushed out when she heard the bell for the end of get out of class. Anyway, her book was already in that state, so it didn't matter whether she cared about it or not.

The two people who were originally staring at Bai Zhi were caught off guard by her. They didn't even have time to put their books in order and ran after her.

There are many students in Yunlu Academy, and the distance from Dingliu Hall to Jiasan Hall is really not close. Bai Zhi was running out of breath, and the footsteps of the two people chasing her were getting closer and closer. She thought desperately, is it really inevitable that I will be beaten up today?

She couldn't help but look back at the two of them, not paying attention to the road ahead. With a "bang", she bumped into someone. The person staggered two steps before he could steady himself. Bai Zhi herself also took several steps back to avoid falling. It was during this episode that the two people caught up with her from behind.

They grabbed Baizhi's collar and pulled her back without any care, and kicked her in the back of the leg. Baizhi knelt down in pain, and her kneecap collided with the stone slab. The sudden severe pain made Baizhi groan.

"Little guy, let's see if you can still run like this. I'm so tired."

An Ziqian finally managed to steady himself when he heard muffled groans and angry curses. He looked up and saw the familiar face and slightly stubborn expression of the man kneeling on the ground. He raised his eyebrows and restrained the two men who were about to raise their fists to hit Bai Zhi.

"What are you doing?"

Luo Lin's eyes were full of anger after being interrupted. He wanted to see which blind person dared to stop him. There was a rule that everyone in the academy tacitly accepted, that is, as long as it did not involve the interests of the superiors, no matter how you acted, as long as you were not caught by the teacher, you could live in peace.

The previous case of Zhang Yongan being punished by Yan Qingchen was an exception, because Yan Qingchen himself was very arbitrary and not bound by this rule. As for other people, he turned a blind eye.

Luo Lin couldn't understand why the person in front of him wanted to stop him, so he spoke in a very rude tone: "Who are you? Do you know who is going to deal with this person?"

An Ziqian chuckled and said, "It doesn't matter who I am, and it doesn't matter who wants to deal with this person. What matters is that Master Xue wants this person. I wonder if Master Xue's face will allow you to release him."

When he mentioned Prince Xue, Luo Lin knew who he was. It was An Ziqian, the son of a merchant who had been with Prince Xue for many years and had a close relationship with him. Because of the emperor's decree, he could study at Yunlu Academy even though he was not a child of aristocracy.

Luo Lin was very reluctant, but he had to let him go. He bowed to An Ziqian with a fake smile:

"Since he is a friend of Prince Xue, we won't make things difficult for him."

After saying that, he glared at Bai Zhi fiercely and pulled the person beside him away.

Bai Zhi felt a bit complicated. She hadn't expected that it was An Ziqian who saved her. She slowly stood up, rubbed her knees, and calmed down. She thanked him with tears of gratitude: "Master An, not only do I have a poor family background, I'm also a bit useless. Thank you so much for saving me today. Otherwise, I would have been beaten to death today. I really don't know how to thank you enough."

As she spoke, she was about to pull An Ziqian's sleeve to show her affection. Although An Ziqian still had a smile on his face, the warmth in his eyes gradually cooled. He took two steps back to avoid Bai Zhi's dirty hands and said politely, "When a classmate is in trouble, a gentleman should help him. Brother Bai, don't worry. I have something else to do, so I'll be leaving first. Please make your own way."

Bai Zhi smiled and watched him walk away until she could no longer see his back. Then she turned around and put away her smile. She had finally gotten away with it again.

Having read the original book, she knew An Ziqian too well. He would try his best to get what he couldn't get, but he would lose interest in it after getting it. He would definitely stay away from those who tried hard to get close to him.