Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 222 The Burned Past ([-])

The screen turns.

In the school in the neighboring county.

Mr. shook his head and talked on it, intoxicated in the world of poems, books and scriptures.

Chen Yan was sitting in the last row of the school, with his back straight, but his eyes were always looking under the table——

There is a wild history novel called "Jingzi Wei Tan Ji" on his lap. The author's yin and yang satirical skills have reached the peak. From the princes to the peddlers, the author has a lot of cursing tricks Surprisingly, one thing can be scolded by him. 【Note 1】

When I read it, I didn't feel much, just regarded it as a normal market story, often after watching the whole story, I suddenly understood what he was scolding and who he was scolding.

This magical feeling made Chen Yan call it awesome.

He was watching intently, when suddenly a weak voice came from the table next to him.

"Little brother, what are you looking at?"

Chen Yan turned her head and saw a new classmate sitting on the table next to her.

It's a girl I've never seen before.

The girl has a pretty face, wearing a light blue coarse cloth shirt, tied with two braids, with two sunflower decorative ribbons stuck on the braids - she looks like a girl from a wealthy family.

Well... my family is not well-off, and I don't have the money to study in the academy.

The only thing that was a little strange was her face—her face was cold, as if... a little paralyzed.

Chen Yan lowered his voice and replied, "I'm reading a novel..."

He couldn't help but asked: "Where's the third man?"

San Manzi is Chen Yan's usual table next to him, and his family is engaged in the fur business in the town. Although he is not considered rich, he still has some bad money, so he doesn't have to work hard to make a living.

So San Laizi doesn't like studying very much. After being sent to the school by his father, he has hardly read a book, can't read a few big characters, and likes to do some stupid things all day long.

"He dropped out of school."

Chen Yan was taken aback when he heard the news.

He hated San Manzi's feet that hadn't been washed for many years, and that unique bad breath—when it was inevitable to talk to San Manzi, Chen Yan panicked every time, and that smell was extremely lethal The taste is really unbearable.

But... it's not a good thing that San Laizi doesn't go to school anymore.

Chen Yan and San Laizi are both the most truant students in the school. It took only a week for each other to form a tacit understanding of mutual protection-they will testify for each other in front of their husbands and parents, and they are proficient in manufacturing Perjury of "reasonable truancy" - that perjury is usually sickness or busy farming.

If San Laizi really doesn't go to school, how can I play truant in the future...

Chen Yan was annoyed.

As the oldest repeater in the class, he is about to reach adulthood, and there was no need to continue going to school soon, but the original owner of this body is really not very good at thinking. To stay after adulthood--

For a rich peasant like Dad who doesn't know a single word, there is no place safer than an academy, and there is no place where his youngest son can be smarter.

And if Chen Yan wants to leave the academy, he can't become smart immediately - he wants to behave normal in front of everyone, so as not to attract a lot of attention because of suddenly becoming smart -

According to his father's temperament, if Chen Yan's brain suddenly becomes better one day, he will probably find a cook to cook dozens of tables, and hold a big banquet in the village to celebrate, so that everyone will know that his son has changed. Just be smart.

Even if you suddenly become smarter, you have to find a "reasonable reason" to become smarter.

Now that San Laizi doesn't come to school, he still has to stay in the academy for a while, and he needs to find a reason for "suddenly" becoming smarter as soon as possible, so that he can leave the academy as soon as possible...

Chen Yan was depressed when the girl at the next table spoke again.

She looked at "Jingzi's Strange Talk Collection" on Chen Yan's lap: "That... can I have a look?"

Chen Yan just met her today, and he didn't even know her name, so naturally he wouldn't lend it to her.

"I'm sorry...I'm going to return this book to the renter after I leave the classroom today."

Just as Chen Yan finished speaking, before the girl could react, a faint voice sounded in front of her.

"What book? Give it back to whom?"

Chen Yan's heart skipped a beat, and when he looked up, he saw Mr. Academy's horse face that was already brewing a storm.

He subconsciously wants to protect the book in his hand, but his movements are more agile than him. Even though he is over 60 years old, he has practiced for most of his life to snatch loose books from students' arms.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, sir, the action of pulling out the book is not fast, but the angle is extremely tricky, Chen Yan, a young and strong man, can only feel a flash in front of his eyes, and then "Jingzi Strange Talk Collection" has already been accepted. Mr. holds it in his hand.

"You idiot! Let me see what book you're reading!"

The gentleman glanced at the cover and was immediately taken aback.

He was taken aback for a moment, and then his eyes became complicated, showing a little reminiscence, and then he opened his eyes vigorously, breaking away from the stupefied state.

"This book...can you understand it?"

Chen Yan replied subconsciously: "Isn't it just a satirical story! Is there anything I don't understand!"

As soon as he said this, he regretted it, and he only blamed himself for speaking quickly.

As soon as I say this, doesn't the gentleman know that I am not stupid!

There was surprise in the eyes of the husband: "Can you understand that this is a satirical story?"

Chen Yan wailed in his heart, on the surface he didn't know what to do, so he could only lower his head and not speak.

The husband looked at his reaction with more complicated eyes.

He held "Jingzi Weird Talk Collection" in his hand, rolled it into a scroll, and wanted to pat the back of Chen Yan's head as usual.

He stretched out his hand, but didn't drop it.

The students who were giggling and wanting to have fun saw Mr.'s abnormal behavior, they were very surprised, and for a while, most of them lost their mind to read jokes.

The girl at the next table asked, "Are those stories...interesting?"

Chen Yan turned to her and said, "Of course it's interesting! Swearing at people can make a lot of fun, which is not something that ordinary authors can do!"

He had just finished speaking when he heard a sigh from Mr.

"This idiot..."

Chen Yan turned his head back, and saw that most of the students who were quiet just now put on expressions of astonishment, whispering to each other and pointing at him.

Chen Yan didn't know what he did, didn't he just say something?As for being so surprised...

"Ah!"

The gentleman gave a low cry, which startled him a lot.

"Silly boy, you said those weird little stories in this book are meant to be satirical. Let me ask you, who are these stories satirizing?"

The sudden seriousness of Mr. Chen Yan was a little overwhelmed.

Didn't Mr. give up treatment on "me" long ago?
He was flustered for a moment. He wanted to fool him, but his eyes subconsciously skipped the book in Mr.'s hand, and changed his mind after seeing the word "Jing Zi".

Most literati cherish words, and Mr. Jieqing once said: [Change my word, male robbers and female prostitutes]. It must also be extremely annoying for others to misunderstand the meaning of his words.

Chen Yan looked at the book in Mr.'s hand, then at his serious expression, and lowered his head.

Some things cannot be taken lightly.

What's more, these [texts] that represent true justice and kindness and must not be misinterpreted.

He raised his head and said:

"Assassination, corruption, and cruelty are so penetrating, this story naturally scolds the corrupt and hypocritical officials in the world." [Note 2]

　[Note 1]: Due to some reasons, the title of the book cannot be written out, so I can only use the name of Mr. Wu Jingzi to change the title of the book slightly. I hope Mr. Izumi knows, forgive me for changing the title...

　　[Note 2]: The first half of the sentence was used by Mr. Yucai to comment on Liaozhai, and there is nothing wrong with the original intention here.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)