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Chapter 13 Rescue (2)

I don’t know how many times I fell asleep. When I opened my eyes again, the first thing I saw was Li Yueru’s face... She saw me awake, as if she was extremely happy. She ordered the maid around her to go out and tell "Master and Madam", and said to me again: "Brother Zhu, you have finally woken up."

"Brother? Why did you become a big brother?" I was a little surprised when I heard Li Yueru's words. I remember that she had always called me "Seventeen" before, but now I have become her big brother.

I let my eyes slowly adapt to the sudden light, and after a while, I asked, "Miss Tang, I am..."

"Don't, Brother Zhu, you'll call me Yueru in the future!" Li Yueru helped me up, "Brother Zhu, you saved my brother. Doctor Song said that if you weren't there and you knew how to heal your injuries, my brother would be afraid that his life would be difficult, so our whole family would be grateful for your life-saving grace!"

I didn't know what to say when I heard this. I thought that I knew martial arts and more people knew about it, and I didn't know what to do in the future so that everyone would not reveal it. Just as I was thinking, I heard Li Yueru say to me very gently: "Brother Zhu, I used to not like people who danced with swords and guns. I felt that these people only knew how to fight and kill, which was really annoying. But it was not until the day before yesterday that people who were good at martial arts like you could also act bravely and stand up to save people from danger. My view on the past was completely different. It turned out that this martial arts, as long as a good person learned, could save people and help others."

When she was talking, I saw her eyes full of admiration. It seemed that she really regarded me as "Brother Zhu". If I wanted to talk about it, although my appearance and figure seemed no different from adult young men... Oh, maybe it was better, but in fact, I was only less than sixteen years old. Her shouting of her brother really made me feel guilty, but I can't explain it now.

"Wait... the day before yesterday?" I suddenly woke up in my heart that Li Yueru's words said the day before yesterday, and asked hurriedly: "Why, I've been sleeping for two days?"

Li Yueru nodded and agreed, "Brother Zhu, since you fainted when you helped my brother heal the day before yesterday, you have been fainting. Dr. Song came to see you and said that you were using a lot of physical strength to heal my brother, so you would faint because of your weakness."

Li Yueru also knows that I have consumed a lot of physical energy, because when I woke up just now, I had already secretly used up my true energy and wandered around in my body. This time, I really used up all the internal energy for Li Ziru. If I want to restore my vitality, I am afraid it will not be possible in a day or a half. However, since I can save people, even if I spend more internal energy, I have no choice but to treat it as a reward for their care for me all the way!

After a while, Li Xiaoru and Mrs. Li rushed over after hearing the news. They knew the news that I woke up, and their faces were covered with An Luo and joy. As soon as Mrs. Li entered the house, she immediately came over to hold my hand and said, "Seventeen, this time, fortunately, you were rescued, which saved Ziru's life. You...what do you want us to thank you!"

"Madam, you're so kind. It's just a small task. Madam doesn't have to take it seriously." I quickly said a word. It seems that the matter of saving Li Ziru has become a great thing in the heart of this Mrs. Li who loves her son.

"Oh, don't call me Madam anymore. You are Ziru's savior, that is, our benefactor. From now on, you can call me aunt!" Mrs. Li was so intimate to me. He held my hand and suddenly seemed to remember something. He asked tentatively: "Seventeen, I heard Yueru and Ji Ru say these two days that your parents were both dead, right?"

I didn't understand why Mrs. Li asked me about my origin. I quickly changed my mind and replied: "Yes, both my parents died, and only one uncle was left. I'm afraid I'll die in the shipwreck."

Mrs. Li nodded and said, "Seventeen, since you have no relatives at home, then you can treat this place as your home in the future. Well... Aunt actually has one thing I want to ask you, but I don't know if you can agree."

"Ah? What's the matter?" I became more and more confused, "Auntie just tells me if you have anything."

"Actually, it's not a big deal. Your uncle and I just want to recognize you as our godson. I don't know if you want it or not." Mrs. Li finally expressed her feelings with a smile.

"It turns out they wanted to accept me as my godson!" I was slightly surprised at first, and then finally understood what she said. I didn't think much about it now, and immediately struggled to get up and bow down, saying, "Godfather and godmother are here, please accept the 17th anniversary of the 17th anniversary."

When Mrs. Li saw that I agreed, she was very happy. While helping me up from the ground, she said, "Good child, it is really our blessing to have a good child like you as a godson. In fact, it is a grievance for you, Jie Yuanlang."

In fact, in this case, I really have no reason to refuse Mrs. Li’s request. Why do I really have been taken care of by his Li family? Perhaps it was because I was grateful to me for saving Li Ziruyi’s life. In order to help me raise my identity, they decided to accept me as their godson. Therefore, this matter is a great good thing for me.

Li Xiaoru looked aside for a long time, and after I finished talking about the affectionate words between Mrs. Li and I, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to me, and said, "Seventeen, this is my letter to Mr. Yang Shangsi, an academician of Yingtian Academy. Mr. Yang has been in good faith for many years. In a few days, you can take it to Yingtian Academy to register. Academician Yang will naturally take care of you."

I have heard of this as Yang Shangsi's name before, and I know that he is the academician who is now in charge of the entire Yingtian Academy and the leader of the entire Shilin Chinese scholars. If he could get his care in Yingtian Academy, it would be a great thing. So after thanking him, he took the letter.

The matter was a bit beyond my expectations. After Li Ziru's incident, everyone in the Li family was very kind to me, and those who were inquiring about their well-being did not regard me as an outsider at all. Of course, among them, Li Yueru came to visit my godmother every day, which seemed extremely attentive, which made me feel that her affection for me was more obvious.

On the contrary, Li Jiru, I have never seen her, nor have she visited me, which made me feel depressed. I secretly guessed whether she had made new progress with Liu Ziliang. This feeling of jealousy alone is really uncomfortable.

After a few days, although my internal strength has not fully recovered, I am no different from ordinary people in terms of physical strength. After I got out of bed, I went to see Li Ziru's injury and saw that he was much healed a lot, but his face was not as rosy as before. It would probably take a period of time to recuperate, so his internal injury would be completely cured.

When Li Ziru saw me, his Zhao Yunshan was also in the room. Naturally, they thanked me for saving my life more than once. Li Ziru even called me "Seventeenth Brother", and completely regarded me as my biological brother.

A month passed without realizing it, and it was time for Yingtian Academy to start teaching. I went to the world-famous Yingtian Academy with Li Ziru, Liu Ziliang and Zhao Yunshan, who had just recovered from internal injuries.

Speaking of which, this is the first time I walked on the streets of Yingtian City. The prosperous scene was compared with the time I glanced at the carriage before. I would like to say something else, just to see the goods from all over the world, such as Yanjing, that is really impossible. There is no way, who made Yingtian the capital? As the hub of the world, all the things everywhere are pouring here under the feet of the emperor, and prosperity is natural.

Although Yingtian Academy is said to be in Yingtian, it is not in Yingtian City, but on the Zijin Mountain outside Yingtian City (which explains the overview history and the overview world. As for the real original site of Yingtian Academy, please don’t be serious). According to Li Ziru, the establishment of Yingtian Academy was created by Yang Xu in the Later Jin Dynasty. The reason why he chose the site was because the environment on the Zijin Mountain was quiet and suitable for students to study with peace of mind. It was because Yang Xu saw the Feng Shui in Jiangning and decided that this Zijin Mountain was the place where literary energy gathered in the world, and it was most suitable to build the academy here, so Yingtian Academy was really built here.

I don’t know if it’s because Yang Xu’s Feng Shui technique is extremely accurate. Since the founding of Yingtian Academy, it has been around for nearly a thousand years and has become the leader of the four major academies today. It really makes people feel awe of this ghost and god technique.

As soon as the four of us walked into Yingtian, we saw many students gathering in front of the wide and grand academy gate. They were all looking at the notice board on one side of the gate, chanting in a low voice while talking in a low voice, as if there was something important on the notice.

Li Ziru and Liu Ziliang took me and Zhao Yunshan and squeezed in. After looking at the notice board for a while, they realized that what was said was a huge thing that happened in the court. It turned out that King Qi of Sichuan, the fiefdom of Sichuan, had secretly collected tax service from Sichuan people without telling the court. In just a few years, more than one million yuan were plundered, causing people in Sichuan Province to be resentful and the people were boiling. Finally, the people in Sichuan could not survive such heavy tax service and rose up in one fell swoop. Under the leadership of a man who called himself the "Four Heavenly Kings", they actually invaded Chengdu City, killing the whole family of Uncle Qi, and causing great chaos.

This bad news came to the court, which naturally shocked the whole court. In addition to severely denounced the crimes of King Qi in the notice to calm the people, the emperor's grandfather mobilized the troops of King Zhou and King Dai to enter Sichuan to suppress bandits, and at the same time called on the young and strong people to join the army to repay the national court.

"How could this happen? How could Uncle Qi be so ridiculous?" I sighed secretly. Thinking about this, the emperor's grandfather and the emperor's grandmother must be heartbroken. No matter what bad things did Uncle Qi do, he was the biological son of the emperor's grandfather and the emperor's grandmother. This time he was killed by the bandit army, which would undoubtedly cause the two elders to suffer the pain of losing their son. Moreover, this kind of incident occurred in Sichuan Province, which really caused external and internal troubles.

"No wonder he hasn't come home these days. It turns out that such a big thing happened." Li Ziru finally said suddenly after reading the notice.

After seeing this, Liu Ziliang frowned and said worriedly: "Oh, Sichuan is so close to Yunnan, I don't know if these bandits will go to Yunnan."

Seeing that he was so nervous, I comforted him: "Brother Ziliang, don't worry, this bandit will definitely be pacified after less than three months of chaos."

Hearing me say this, Liu Ziliang's face showed some surprise and asked, "Brother Seventeen, is this true? Well, why do you dare to assert this way?"

"All nerds who are only good at writing and writing. Isn't this obvious?" I smiled in my heart, but said patiently: "Brother Ziliang, imagine that the tyranny of mankind has caused harm to the world for a long time. I, the Emperor Hongwu, have just made the world settle down. At this time, when people's minds are settled, who wants to withstand another war?"

I don’t know if it was because my words were too loud, but the students who were standing around who were watching the notice surrounded us and sounded my commentary.

"This time, Sichuan was because of the absurd prince who levyed taxes on his own, and it caused public anger. The bandit leader of the "Four Heavenly Kings" only took advantage of the momentary anger in front of the people to provoke this chaos. Brother Ziliang, look carefully at the notice. In order to calm the disaster, the emperor has issued an edict to reduce the tax service in Sichuan for three years to safeguard the people. I think those people will be weakened when they hear this news. On the contrary, if those bandit leader still insists on rebelling under such circumstances, how can such an unpopular act get the support of the people? Alas, the court will fight against the unrighteous army with a good army with a righteous army, and the winner will be won!"

As soon as I finished my commentary, I immediately received nodding and approval from most of the students present, and they all threw admiration at me.

"Brother Seventeen really observed the world thoroughly, which really made me admire him!" Perhaps because after hearing what I said, Liu Ziliang put down his worries about his parents, so he praised me with joy.

I quickly declined modestly and said, "Brother Ziliang is really an over-reputation! As the saying goes, those in the authorities are confused, those onlookers are clear. Brother Ziliang is just because he is worried about Lingzun Lingtang that he cannot see clearly. On the contrary, I, the person who is watching, can see clearly more clearly than Brother Ziliang."

Just as he was talking, suddenly someone outside the crowd said, "What a great argument. I dare to ask this young master's name Gao!"

I looked at the speaker in shock and saw that he was a white-haired old man, dressed as a Confucian man, about sixty years old, and his facial features looked more clear and slim. The strong aura of literary men came from him, and he was obviously not a simple person.

"Ah..." Before I could reply, Li Ziru shouted in surprise: "Hello Academician Yang!"

Before I could come back to my senses, the other students also saw the old man's face clearly, and all bowed and greeted, "Hello Academician Yang!"

"Academician Yang?" I felt very quickly, "Is it Yang Shangsi, an academician of Yingtian Academy?" Thinking about this, I quickly took a step forward, bowed respectfully to Yang Shangsi, "I have been born in Zhu Shiqi in the evening and met Academician Yang."

As the saying goes, "Heaven, Earth, Lord, Parents, Teachers", these five things are worthy of sincere worship by scholars. Yang Shangsi should be my future teacher. Therefore, no matter what my identity is, it is natural to kneel down to him, let alone just a tribute?

"Zhu Shiqi? Zhu Shiqi..." Yang Shangsi seemed to be unable to remember me, and muttered to himself for a few words, and asked me, "Young Master Zhu, aren't you a student of our Yingtian Academy, right?"

I nodded and said, "I came here today to register to enter Yingtian Academy to listen to the study."

Perhaps Yang Shangsi had a very good impression of me after listening to my previous remarks. He nodded and asked, "Young Master Zhu, do you have fame and fortune?"

I have heard from Li Ziru that any student who wants to enter Yingtian Academy must have fame and fortune, or at least a scholar who has passed the children's examination. I think Yang Shangsi asked me this time just to know if I am qualified to enter Yingtian Academy.

"To be honest, Academician Yang only passed the imperial examination in Zhejiang this year. Fortunately, God is favored by him and he won the first name Jie Yuan."

Although I tried to pretend to be modest and tell the story of my understanding of the Yuan Dynasty, after hearing this, everyone, including Yang Shangsi and the students, showed surprise and admiration on their faces. At the same time, they showed some surprise, as if they finally had a reasonable explanation for what I could say before.

"So that's it." Yang Shangsi smiled slightly and said, "Since he understands the Yuan Dynasty, he naturally has extraordinary talents in his heart. Mr. Zhu, please follow me and I will take you to a book. From now on, you will be a student of our Yingtian Academy." As he said that, he pulled me out of the crowd and waved his hand to let all the students disperse.

I followed Yang Shangsi into an exquisite villa, and saw more than ten rooms in it. In each room, an old man dressed in a literati was sitting in it. When I saw me coming in, I looked up at me slightly. After thinking for a moment, I immediately realized that these old men should be the old scholars who were teaching at Yingtian Academy, and this courtyard must be their place to rest.

I followed Yang Shangsi to the largest room in the middle of the yard. When Yang Shangsi just sat down, he immediately handed over the recommendation letter written by his godfather Li Xiaoru.
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