"Brother Taozi, hahaha, it's my first time to give a lecture in the classroom."
"I feel like I didn't prepare too much this time, and what I said was not good enough. It seems that I still have to prepare well, and I can't just say whatever comes to mind."
"I didn't expect that they would all like to listen to it."
"I thought I couldn't talk about it."
Lu Qubing was particularly excited. He sat across from Tao Zi and danced happily.
He returned to his previous state, speaking very passionately, and even after talking for so long today, he didn't even feel tired.
The new changes in the school room have attracted the attention of many people.
A few days later, students began to come to watch.
They stood outside the door, and some even rode on their own servants and leaned out of the courtyard wall to take a look.
Seeing Lu Qubing vividly explaining the law to everyone, they couldn't help laughing.
Someone shouted: "Tell them about the classics! Tell them about the classics!"
However, Lu Qubing's lessons were not so smooth, he was hesitant and intermittent.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead from time to time, becoming more and more embarrassed as he talked.
Fortunately, these people only watch for a few days. When they feel that they have lost their fun, no one will continue to come here.
No matter how clean Liu Taozi cleans this place, to those people, this is still a pigsty, a place where a group of cows and horses live.
The filthy and foul smell emanates from the depths of the souls of the cattle and horses and cannot be cleaned away.
Without the interruption of these libertines, the teaching went extremely smoothly.
In the past five years, this is the first time that a teacher has come to the law school to explain to them.
These students were not familiar with each other in the past. Everyone stayed in their own rooms and rarely interacted with other people.
But now, they really started to be like windows. Under the guidance of Lu Qubing, everyone told each other their names and household registrations.
They became familiar with each other.
Ten days passed by in a blink of an eye.
The earliest group of people, those led by Qihu, were already going to take the exam.
Before Qihu left, he came to Taozi's house with his things.
"Brother Taozi, I got my student license today, and I will take the exam at the county school in a few days."
"I know Brother Taozi doesn't like me. I'm here this time to apologize to Brother Taozi and admit my mistake."
"If I have offended you in any way in the past, please forgive me. I grew up in Cheng'an. In all these years, I have never seen anyone like me."
"Even if Brother Taozi doesn't take the exam, he will definitely be able to accomplish great things. I don't ask for Brother Taozi's support. I just ask Brother Taozi not to care about my rude behavior in the past."
Qihu said, stood up and saluted Taozi, and slowly and respectfully exited the room.
These first batch of people have left. They have obtained the qualifications of apprentices and can officially take the exam.
The rest of the students also have a break, which is only one day.
Many students decided not to go out. Although they were eating leftovers, it was safer inside the county schools than outside.
Liu Taozi, on the other hand, started packing the packages early in the morning.
Lu Qubing sat across from him, looking eagerly at Tao Zi who was busy.
"My relatives and friends are all in my hometown. I have a day off and it's too late to go there. It will take at least three days to get there."
"I don't know anyone here, and people don't like me very much. I have nothing to do all day and no place to go."
"I feel a little tired of eating food from the county school every day. I want to eat wheat rice or something, but there is no place to eat it."
“I’ve been in Cheng’an for so long, and I’ve only gone out once, and I’ve never traveled around. The main reason is that I don’t have anyone familiar with the local area to guide me.”
Lu Qubing's words were full of hints.
But Liu Taozi ignored it. He packed the package, carried it on his back, and then looked at Lu Qubing.
"Then I'll go back."
"If it's convenient for you."
Before Lu Qubing could finish speaking, Taozi had already walked out.
Lu Qubing sat on the bed in despair, shook his head and sighed.
Suddenly, Taozi walked in again.
Lu Qubing's eyes were full of surprise.
"Brother Taozi!"
"I didn't take the book."
Liu Taozi strode along the county road, and his behavior always attracted the attention of passers-by.
While everyone was walking with their heads down and cautiously, Liu Taozi's pace was out of place.
His steps were long and heavy, and dust was thrown up with every step he took. He was like a carriage pulled by three horses, running wildly.
Lu Qubing had to speed up his pace to keep up with him.
"Brother Taozi, please slow down! I, I, can't catch up!"
Taozi still took this chatty brother with her.
The two of them arrived at the city gate one after another.
A row of heads hangs on the city gate.
They pierced the skulls, fixed them with ropes, and hung the heads at the city gate, and people passing by passed under them.
Tao Zi raised her head and saw that they were all acquaintances.
Zhang Cheng finally lost weight, and his head was already rotten. Although these people had done procedures to prevent rot, the head still became miserable.
Two guards were hung on his left and right sides, continuing to protect his safety, and the thieves were also swaying in the wind.
Lu Qubing looked at this terrifying scene, his face turned pale.
Their empty eyes stared at everyone passing below them with inexplicable malice.
After showing the evidence of the crime, the soldier didn't do anything difficult.
After leaving the city, Lu Qubing gradually forgot about the horror at the city gate and became cheerful and cheerful, like a child going out to play with the adults at home.
He did not lie. This was the first time he went outside the city in several years.
However, Taozi's expression became much colder. As she walked, her eyes kept looking into the distance.
Taozi walked very fast, and he didn't seem to feel tired. No matter how difficult the road was, he would not slow down. Lu Qubing originally had a lot of things he wanted to say, but in order to keep up with Taozi, he
I really didn't have the energy to say anything else.
In the distance was a familiar high slope, and Taozi slowed down her pace slightly.
When the two of them passed the high slope, Taozi stopped.
Under the high slope, there were dense crowds of people standing.
They were barefoot and ragged, many of them only had cloth hanging on their bodies, and some were naked.
Their hair was disheveled, their bodies were dark, their bellies were sunken, their feet were moving little by little, their eyes were dull, and they did not notice the peach on the high slope at all.
Taozi couldn't count how many of them there were, and they were moving numbly towards the north.
A trace of pity flashed in Lu Qubing's eyes.
"Dead man."
"Those who ran away during the corvee period did not dare to go home and could not see the officials. They could only run around to pick up food."
"In the end, all they can do is eat each other, and the remaining few who are the most ferocious will occupy the mountains as bandits, attack and kill passers-by, and turn into man-eating beasts."
"I think back then, Your Majesty used benevolence to stabilize the country, reduce taxes, lighten corvee services, build schools, straighten the administration, and appoint upright and honest officials."
"Crunt against the foreign invaders, surrender the internal traitors, and grant amnesty to the people of the world. How prosperous it was at that time."
"But in these years, His Majesty has overhauled the palace and built more temples. There have been frequent corvee labors and a few miscellaneous taxes. In the Santai Palace alone, 300,000 civilians have been recruited. There are no strong men everywhere, only the old and the weak."
"It really shouldn't be! It really shouldn't be!"
Or if you leave the city and go to bed on the way, you will be much bolder.
Taozi said nothing, just looked deeply at the walking dead.
It wasn't until they were far away that Tao Zi took Lu Qu Bing and moved on.
After walking through the charred land and dead trees, turning left and right on the path, under the gaze of crows, they finally saw a peach forest.
Lu Qubing was very excited. To literati, the peach forest always had a different connotation.
He looked at the beautiful peach grove, brewing the elegance of a scholar in his heart, muttering some poems that were unknown to outsiders.
The Taozi family is hidden among these dense peach trees.
Outside the courtyard, there was a little baby holding dead branches in his arms, sniffing and picking up the fallen dead branches.
"Brother Peach!"
When he saw Liu Taozi suddenly appearing, he immediately took a few steps back.
"Brother Taozi is back!!"
He yelled and rushed back into the courtyard.
Lu Qubing was a little embarrassed when he was about to say hello, "Is this your little brother?"
"Picked it up in the village."
"peach!!!"
Then I heard a call.
Liu Zhang rushed out of the courtyard at a trot. Her pace became faster and faster, and she was about to bump into Liu Taozi's body in a few steps.
Mrs. Liu Zhang pinched Taozi's arm, then stood on tiptoes and pinched his face and head, looking up and down to make sure he was okay, her eyes couldn't help but become moist again.
"Do you know how scared I am? Zhang Cheng and the others"
Only then did Mrs. Liu Zhang notice Lu Qubing beside her, and quickly silenced her voice.
Lu Qubing hurriedly saluted, "Lu Qubing pays homage to my aunt!"
"I came in a hurry and couldn't bring my prayers"
Mrs. Liu Zhang subconsciously returned the gift, "Since you are my son's friend, why should you be so polite? I don't know that there are guests coming to Xiaowu to open the courtyard door."
Lu Qubing was a little shocked.
Because of Taozi's personality, Lu Qubing had many predictions about this family. He thought that she might be a "shrew" with broad limbs, but he never expected that Taozi's mother seemed so polite and decent.
She doesn't look like a peasant woman.
Besides, hearing this expert answer, why does it sound like he comes from a wealthy family?
He couldn't help but glance at Taozi, then why did Taozi have such a character?
The two of them looked out of place standing together.
Mrs. Liu Zhang invited the two people into the courtyard.
They could only sit in the courtyard. Mrs. Liu Zhang obviously had a lot to say to Tao Zi, but she couldn't do it because there were guests.
Lu Qubing also knew about this situation, so he prepared to leave the courtyard on the pretext of looking around, but Taozi caught him.
"Mom, this person is the county magistrate."
"I have entered the county school to govern law. I have a ten-day break and will be able to take the exam in another twenty days."
Mrs. Liu Zhang looked at Lu Qubing, who also cleared his throat quickly, "Taozi studied hard in the county school. Both me and his classmates are very fond of him."
Mrs. Liu Zhang smiled and nodded, her face full of gentleness.
"My Taozi has been well-behaved and studious since she was a child. She seldom goes out and is taken care of by Lu Lingshi."
Taozi's mother is as gentle as water, and the food she cooks is even more delicious.
Lu Qubing, who was devouring his food, couldn't figure out why Taozi would want to leave here and go to some shitty county to learn how to eat swill.
How could such a gentle and kind mother raise a person like Taozi?
"Bang!!!"
There was a loud noise and a wild boar was thrown to the ground.
Lu Qubing was so frightened that he almost vomited out the food he had eaten.
A strong man who looked exactly like Tao Zi and was a bit bigger than Tao Zi walked into the courtyard.
"Dinner before I come back?!"
The man opened his mouth like a roaring beast.
Lu Qubing suddenly understood.
Oh, that's right.
Chapter completed!