Daily life in the academy

"I heard them talking about the Sun God Festival. What kind of festival is that?"

Now it was Yan Qingchen's turn to be surprised: "You don't know about the Sun God Festival?"

The original body had no memory of the Sun God at all. Bai Zhi looked embarrassed: "I have lived in the countryside since I was a child, and I have seen a few festivals, but I don't know what they were for. I only know that on some festivals, you can get candies that you can't eat often." What she said was half true and half false, but it was in line with common sense. The people in the countryside naturally attach great importance to the harvest, and it is estimated that they can't hold such a big event very often.

Yan Qingchen thought for a moment, then slowly opened his mouth to answer Bai Zhi's question.

"The people of our Yan Kingdom have always believed in the Sun God, no matter how many dynasties have passed. Legend has it that long ago there was an emperor named Yan Emperor. Because his people did not have enough food to feed themselves, he prayed to the heavens for five-colored millet. The heavens sent a red bird to deliver the five-colored millet seeds to Yan Emperor. However, the people planted the millet but it did not bloom or bear fruit. Yan Emperor asked the heavens why.

God replied that the sun had hidden itself and was sleeping, and the seedlings could not bloom and bear fruit due to lack of sunlight. Emperor Yan asked God what to do. God said that someone was needed to ride a five-colored bird to Penglai Island on the day of the Spring Equinox to find the sun.

So, Emperor Yan set out on a journey to find the sun during the Spring Equinox. When he arrived at Penglai Island and saw the sun, he scooped it up, rode on the back of a bird, and flew back to his hometown. He hung the sun on the city wall of his hometown. From then on, the sun shone on the earth, the crops were plentiful, and the people lived in peace and happiness.

This is truly a magical and bizarre myth. According to Baizhi's high school geography knowledge, this continent has a lot of rain during the vernal equinox, but after this particular day, the rain will stop and the sun will shine brightly, which is suitable for the continued growth of crops.

This kind of weather is similar to the dragon boat water in May and June in southern China and the plum rain in June and July in central China. However, Baizhi can also understand these. It is just the arrival of the spring equinox, with rain, thunder and lightning. In order to have sufficient sunshine and a good harvest in autumn, a sacrificial festival arises.

Of course, these words just went through Bai Zhi's mind. She opened her mouth slightly in surprise and said, "Wow, there's actually such a story. It's amazing."

Yan Qingchen nodded: "Every year during the Sun God Festival, Sheng'an will have a Sun God parade. Bai Lian will definitely ask you to join him in the fun."

"Aren't you going with us?"

Bai Zhi was puzzled. With Mu Bailian's personality, he wouldn't let any fish slip through the net. He would pester Yan Qingchen into participating, right?

"Brother Yan is going to a banquet at the palace, as he does every year! But my old man will be there too, so even if I come home late on this day, I won't get beaten." Mu Bailian had woken up at some point and came over to answer her, excited but also a little disappointed: "The Sun God Festival will be very lively. Bai Zhi, don't run around in the academy then. Wait for me to pick you up. It's a pity that Brother Yan can't come with us, otherwise we four swordsmen would be together."

Yan Qingchen shrugged helplessly: "I don't want to go anyway. Why don't you go to the palace and ask His Majesty for a favor on my behalf, allowing me not to attend the palace banquet this year?"

"Brother Yan, then you should go. You go every year anyway. You're not here this year, but we have Bai Zhi, so it won't be a problem to form the Three Musketeers." Mu Bai lowered his head and shook it like a rattle, which showed that he strongly disagreed with Yan Qingchen's proposal.

Yan Qingchen was originally just teasing him and was too lazy to argue with him. He really had to attend the palace banquet this year.

The last class in the morning was Xie Guan's Ming Suan. Ming Suan class was very relaxing for Bai Zhi and time passed very quickly. When the class was over, Xie Guan realized that he had forgotten to bring the after-class test papers. He called Bai Zhi over and told her to go to his residence after lunch to get them and distribute them.

Seeing Bai Zhi coming back, Mu Bailian put his arm around her neck and asked, "Then what did Old Man Xie ask you to do?"

"Nothing serious. He just asked me to go to his place after dinner to get the exercises and give them to you guys to practice."

"Ah, I was wondering why Old Man Xie was so kind today. He didn't assign any homework and was waiting here." Mu Bailian's good mood was instantly shattered.

Yan Qingchen was too lazy to pay attention to his dead look. He stepped past him and walked out of the school quickly. His stomach was rumbling like a drum. If he didn't eat something, he was afraid he would not be able to resist beating someone up, especially Mu Shazi who was the first to bear the brunt of the beating. If he didn't beat him up for three days, he would be like a madman.

Bai Zhi was also thinking about what Xie Guan had told her, and she also wanted to take a break after getting the test questions, so she pushed Mu Bailian away and chased after him.

Bai Zhi had a preliminary understanding of Mu Bailian's ability to cling to people today. In order to prevent her from finishing her meal quickly and getting the test papers, he really did everything he could.

Bai Zhi could no longer bear it: "I said, why are you doing this? Even if you pull me away now, the test questions will fall into your hands sooner or later."

Mu Bailian threw a tantrum: "That's different. If you see me later, you can spend more time with me."

Bai Zhi: "..."

In the end, Yan Qingchen was really annoyed by his noise and punched him on the shoulder, cursing, "Mu Bailian, you're so noisy that my ears are about to explode."

This action undoubtedly caused the other people in the dining hall to immediately move to the side a large area, so that there was no one around them for about one meter, and they could faintly hear people whispering.

"That Prince Yan is truly a bully. When he gets angry, he even beats up his own people."

"Yeah, yeah, let's stay away."

Bai Zhi glanced at Yan Qingchen deliberately, and when she saw that his expression had not changed at all, she breathed a sigh of relief. But the next moment, she saw Mu Bailian still covering his shoulder and crying in pain, and she became furious. She stood up and pretended not to see him when she passed by him, and stepped on him hard.

Mu Bailian cried out in pain: "Ah, Baizhi, stop right there."

Bai Zhi walked faster and faster without looking back as he shouted. Are you kidding? Who would stand there and wait for others to take revenge?

Wenzhe clicked his tongue and shook his head: "It seems that our Brother Bai is also your nemesis."

Yan Qingchen curled up the corners of his mouth and cursed with a smile, "You deserved it."

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The residence of the academy teacher was far away from the dining hall. One had to pass through the school and the student dormitories first, which took him around half of the academy. Bai Zhi walked quickly while cursing Mu Bailian in her heart. If he hadn't delayed her, she might have arrived by now.

Bai Zhi had just finished her meal and was in a hurry to get going. She was really exhausted. She slowed down her pace when she arrived at the dormitory. When she passed a corner of the Yi-shaped dormitory, she suddenly saw An Ziqian's figure on the corridor inside and subconsciously hid behind the wall.

An Ziqian was facing her with an expressionless face. There was a person standing in front of him. Bai Zhi vaguely felt that the back of this person was very familiar, but he was wearing the uniform distributed by the academy, so she really couldn't remember who he was.

Bai Zhi looked up at the sky. Why did she always encounter scenes like An Ziqian?

In any case, she couldn't let An Ziqian see her, otherwise she would be harassed again. Bai Zhi carefully retreated to a safe distance and took a detour to Xie Guan's residence.