I'm just a dude

Chapter 38

Qi Yuan was stunned for a long time before repeating hesitantly: "Are you afraid of the dark?"

Xu Yu replied, "Yes."

"Didn't you see it?" Qi Yuan was shocked, "You never said that before." But Xu Yu treated him so well, if he was really afraid of the dark, he wouldn't mind going over to comfort him.

Qi Yuan got out of bed while talking, and ran to the opposite side with his shoes on.

Xu Tan lifted the quilt, and saw him climbing onto the bed skillfully, and stretched out his arms to hug her waist.

The bed in room No. [-] was very narrow, so Xu Yu had to lie on his side instead to prevent Qi Yuan from falling.

The boy's body temperature came through through the thin short jacket.Xu Xuan lowered her head, just in time to see the top of Qi Yuanyuan's head.Said to be with me, but now the other party is like a small animal seeking comfort, the whole person retracted into his arms, and moved a few times to find a comfortable position.

Qi Yuan was still immersed in the shock just now, after lying down, he raised his head, blinked his eyes, and said curiously: "You are actually afraid of the dark."

"Is it strange?" Xu Yu smiled and asked in a low voice.

"That's right." Qi Yuan said, "You are the third son, how many girls want to marry you!" Who in Beijing doesn't like to praise the third son as a good-looking talent, with a vicious heart and a sword?

Today, when he and Yunlan went back to the uncle's mansion, Qi Yuan also heard from Yunlan that the girls in Keyuan also watched the willow shooting competition.Afterwards when everyone chatted, nine out of ten people praised the third young master.

Although the Zhaixing Building in Keyuan can see the situation over there, it is a bit far away, and they don't look very carefully. When the servants came to report the results, they only said that Xu Yu and Shi Nan shot Liu Bai at the same time, and there was no separation. win or lose.If they knew what happened next, they would probably fall for Xu Yu even more.

Qi Yuan thought to himself, if he was a woman, he would definitely have to think about Mr. Xu, who wouldn't have a sweet dream?but now……

Qi Yuan couldn't help laughing: "If they know that you are afraid of the dark, will they not want to marry you?"

Seeing his curious face and a little bit of gloating, Xu Yu obviously only cared about listening to other people's little secrets and forgot about the sad things just now, so she couldn't help but also laughed.

"Of course they don't know." Xu Yu said intentionally, "Otherwise I wouldn't be so popular."

Qi Yuan giggled, raised his hand and patted Xu Yu's back, comforting, "It's okay, I'll keep it a secret for you."

"Then I'll leave it to Brother Feng Zhou." Xu Yu looked down at him and smiled, then covered Qi Yuan with a quilt, and then put his hands behind him, wrapping him and the quilt loosely.

Qi Yuan hummed, then lowered his head and lay down again.

He hasn't slept with anyone for a long time, and when he was a child, he often went to his grandmother's place to sleep, but the grandmother's room was scented with sandalwood all the year round, unlike Xu Yu's body, which smelled clean and pleasant.Probably because Xu Yu is like herself before, bathing in fragrant soup all day long and wearing bracelets from time to time.

Qi Yuan sniffed lightly.It was still early, and he had just squinted for a while, and now he was not sleepy at all, and he couldn't help but raise his arms and legs, or lower his head after lying down for a while.

Xu Xuan closed her eyes and fell asleep, first she felt that Qi Yuan was deliberately stepping on her instep, she was wondering, then she felt that Qi Yuan seemed to get up.

The side of the bed moved slightly, but the sound of Qi Yuan getting down to the ground was not heard.Xu Yu was slightly surprised, and then felt that someone was holding her ankle.

The tingling sensation instantly spread from the ankles to the limbs, and Xu Yu almost kicked him off.Fortunately, he had a strong concentration, he stabilized the moment, and tried to relax his limbs as much as possible, following Qi Yuan around.

Qi Yuan gently tugged his leg down, lay down quietly again, and leaned close to him.

Xu Yu was wondering, so she heard the person in her arms sigh, and muttered very depressedly, "Is it so much worse?"

Qi Yuan stepped on Xu Ting's insteps, tried to straighten his body, and looked up again.

Xu Yu was not lying straight yet, he was stepping on someone's foot, but the top of his head just reached Xu Yu's chin.

Xu Yu was stunned for a moment, and then understood, it turned out that Qi Yuan was comparing heights.

Xu Yu: "..."

At this time, I have to pretend not to know.

His eyes were still closed, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.Qi Yuan, on the other hand, felt depressed for a while, then just fell asleep in a daze.

After that day, Qi Yuan slept on Xu Yu's bed.

He is active by nature and talks a lot. He has to lie down and play for a long time every day before he is willing to fall asleep.In the first few days, he slept outside, patting Xu Ting from time to time to reassure him not to be afraid.

Later, the two of them turned around, Xu Yu slept on the outside, or when he was playful and stayed awake, he would coax and scare him with a dark face, or listen to his disputes in school, and comfort him from time to time.

The one who bullies Qi Yuan is naturally Ren Yan's faction. According to Qi Yuan, there are obviously two factions in the Xiudao Hall. One is the poor students headed by Ren Yan. Most of them are tribute students from all over the world.The other faction is the remaining sons of Beijing officials or wealthy supervisors of Nasu.

In fact, to be precise, the children of officials and eunuchs also look down on those supervising students who accept the grain, but it is extremely rare for the children of wealthy businessmen to do well in their studies, so it is not worth dividing into another faction.

Qi Yuan was at odds with Ren Yan from the beginning, so he was classified as the latter.Because Fang Chenghe always helps Qi Yuan, and occasionally draws money to make money, so he also despises the noble literati.

"Every time everyone discusses the teaching assistant's lectures, Brother Fang stops talking when he joins them." Qi Yuan sighed, a little annoyed, "I heard that court officials place great emphasis on the friendship of the same year, if Brother Fang offends them now, there will be no harm in the future." What should I do if I become an official and are embarrassed by them?"

Xu Yu didn't know why Ren Yan always targeted Qi Yuan, but Ren Yan set up a poetry club after the Dragon Boat Festival, attracting tribute students from all over the world, and it is indeed becoming more and more prestigious now.

In fact, not only the Taoism Hall, but also the Willful Hall where Xu Yu is located, there are also several members of the Poetry Club.

Qi Yuan's worry was not unreasonable, the children of officials should first consider the position of their parents when they are appointed as officials.And those disciples from poor families have no roots and no family, only the teacher and the same year to help each other, on the contrary, it is easier to help each other and form a school of their own.

More importantly, after Emperor Yuanzhao seized the throne, in order to express that "regardless of the concubines, they are all my blood relatives", so he opened a mansion for several princes early, and the configuration is the same.Among them, the second prince is particularly intelligent, and his literary skills and martial arts are better than the prince's.So it once became the object of support of the courtiers.

Later, Emperor Yuanzhao realized that something was wrong, so he solemnly appointed the prince and let him practice in Liubu.The last time Xu Yu went back to the mansion, he heard from his father that Emperor Yuanzhao was very suspicious and feared that his old ministers would have different ideas, so he decided to select a group of clean-born students from humble backgrounds among the Jinshi Jinshi and focus on training them to help the prince in the future.

Now that Qiu Wei is around the corner, Fang Chenghe Ruozhen being squeezed out by these supervisors is really not a good thing.

Qi Yuan looked very playful, like a child all day long, but he was quite sensitive on this point.

"Brother Fang has a very high score, and you have the help of the Taifu, so you don't have to worry too much." Xu Yu thought for a while, and could only comfort him, "What's more, I heard that Princess Pingyang sent a piece of "Four Seasons Quiet" a few days ago. "Appreciation" scroll to the empress, the emperor happened to see it, and greatly appreciated the painting."

Qi Yuan was taken aback, "Painting?"

Xu Ting nodded: "This picture scroll uses different techniques to paint the scenery of the four seasons. It has both the wealth of the courtyard and the elegance of the literati. It looks like rice but not rice, like yellow and not yellow. The emperor praised him as "the wrist has good fortune, and he is unique for a while." '. Later, I learned that he came from a poor family and lived in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, and I was very appreciative."

Fang Chenghe's background couldn't be more innocent, and although he is not liked by other supervisors now, he is the first to become famous among Emperor Yuan Zhao.So as long as he can pass the imperial examination, it is not certain that he will be the first in the future.

Only then did Qi Yuan feel relieved.However, he didn't let go of his breath for two days before he unexpectedly met Ji Kao of the Imperial College.

The quarterly examination of Guozijian is not once every quarter, but only once in each spring and autumn.But this exam is very grand, all supervisors need Dao Yilun Hall, and the instructor will issue the test questions one by one after roll call.

Qi Yuan was unprepared that day, seeing everyone gathered for roll call, he thought he was going to give a lecture, but after seeing the test paper, Qi Yuan's mind buzzed, and he was completely panicked.

However, this time the exam was very strict, everyone had to sit according to their number, all the instructors from the Imperial College came to invigilate the exam, Gong Jijiu sat in person, Qi Yuan's eyes turned pale, and he had to bite the bullet and write something casually.

Because Fang Chenghe had given him supplementary lessons for the titles of "Four Books", he could still make up some of them.Qi Yuan couldn't even compile the Five Classics, Poetry and Poems that were tested later.

The instructor who treated him well on weekdays had purposely walked around him, but seeing his sweating profusely and flushed face, he couldn't help but get worried, and simply stayed behind Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan was like a light on his back, he lowered his head and watched the sweat dripping from his forehead, wetting the test paper drop by drop.The fear in his heart gradually turned into shame, Qi Yuan felt so powerless for the first time, and just sat there for a whole day.

When the bell rang for the end of the exam, Fang Chenghe hurried over to look, and saw that Qi Yuan's face was abnormally red.He stretched out his hand and felt that Qi Yuan's forehead was burning hot, and his eyelids were also hot. He was afraid that something might happen to him, and he would take him to see a doctor without saying a word.

In the Guozijian, there is an imperial doctor who specializes in treating Jiansheng.Chief Zhai Zheng was coming to look for Qi Yuan, seeing him like this, he hurriedly followed Fang Chenghe to the left and right, and helped Qi Yuan out.

Qi Yuan also knew that something was wrong with him, so he hurriedly thanked Mr. Zheng Zhai, fearing that he would delay his business.

Seeing that his face was on fire and his voice was very weak, Chief Zhai Zheng hurriedly said, "I came here to look for you. Didn't you ask me to send a letter last time to ask about the current situation of our Qi family in Yangzhou?"

When Qi Yuan heard this, he was stunned suddenly, and stopped in his tracks.

"How?" His voice was hurried, and he became hoarse, "How is the Qi family?"

Zhaichang Zheng saw his eyes suddenly lit up like two clusters of flames, dazzling and frightening, although he was puzzled, he said directly, "The Qi family is doing well!"

Qi Yuan was stunned for a moment, his face was full of anxiety and bewilderment.

"It's a coincidence." Zheng Zhai said: "The Qi family has made incense for generations. Although they are rich and well-mannered, they have built schools and invited famous teachers, but the descendants of the next generation have never been literate, and there is not even a scholar. But this year , Qi Yuan, the young master of the Qi Mansion, somehow suddenly became enlightened, and even won the first case in two trials in a row in the county government. It is said that the Xuezheng Master is very appreciative of the young master, and said that he must be selected in the trial!"

After Zheng Zhaichang finished his speech, he couldn't help sighing, "Now the Qi mansion is the most respectable in Yangzhou city! It is said that everyone in the whole mansion was very happy. The flowing water banquet was held for three or four days, and the incense shop was scattered one after another A few days of prayer incense pills, and tens of thousands of taels of sesame oil money into the temple during the Dragon Boat Festival. Thinking about coming to the Qi family for generations of merchants, and now finally being able to change the family, I am very happy to spend this money!"