The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 85 Yunqi Mountain

Sheng Yuan followed his parents to the foot of Yunqi Mountain, and saw a pavilion standing beside it.

A plaque with clear texture hangs directly above the gazebo, and the plaque is engraved with three powerful characters - [Yunqi Pavilion].

On the stone pillars on both sides of the wooden plaque, there are two couplets engraved respectively: [Qingyun hides around and sees a young horse, Hongxia occasionally lives with a good talent].

"Yunqi Academy is on the top of Yunqi Mountain. Although it sounds very high, Yunqi Mountain itself is only a few hundred feet high. On the mountainside, there are study rooms, shops, teahouses, restaurants, inns and other places to entertain tourists and students. If you are tired You can have some food or rest there, so going up and down the mountain is not difficult."

Third Master Sheng is not unfamiliar with Yunqi Academy. He has visited several times before for his children to study, so he is very familiar with the route.

Sheng Yuan looked up at the Yunqi Mountain hidden among the clouds, covered with green clothes and thin cloud shawls, and a mountain road winding down like a skirt, the scenery alone is very pleasant.

"This place is much more beautiful than Jiujiang Academy." Sheng An raised his head and sighed while holding his sister, "The temperament is completely different!"

"What is Jiujiang Academy like?" Sheng Yuan was curious. She remembered that her sister said that it seemed to be very big.

"Jiujiang Academy has a three-storey bookstore, and the rest are ordinary houses, that is, there are a lot of competition venues, and it also has its own farm and grassland used as a racetrack! It is the largest academy in the government school. .

It is said that when the site was first selected for the construction of the academy, they valued the barren land and the vast area; speaking of it, if it were placed before Dayan, Jiujiang Academy would be built across counties! "

Speaking of his academy, Sheng An felt a little proud.

Sheng Xiangxun smiled and patted his eldest daughter's head: "Okay, I know you like Jiujiang Academy, but we are here to see Yunqi Academy today, so it's more appropriate to talk about it, right?"

"I know!" Sheng An sticks out her tongue and winks at Sheng Yuan.

Sheng Yuan covered her mouth and snickered, and after laughing, she began to look around, only to feel that the place was sparsely populated.

"Our family has stayed here for a long time, and we haven't seen many pedestrians passing by." Sheng Yuan murmured in his heart, does anyone go to school here?
"Isn't it late to come out? It's almost lunch time, and the pedestrians are probably halfway up the mountain." Sheng Xiangxun looked at the two girls with a smile.

The little sister immediately avoided his sight with a guilty conscience.

Who made the two of them stay up in bed in the morning!

The way up the mountain, because of the beautiful scenery to see and the company of family members, seems to be not difficult at all.

Sheng Yuan rode on her father's neck, shook her head and sighed cheerfully, and laughed angrily at Third Master Sheng who was starting to sweat.

"You're not tired! Have you walked two miles?" Third Master Sheng was so angry that he took two quick steps on purpose, intending to shake this little chubby guy who sat and talked without back pain!

Sheng Yuan didn't expect her father to scare her, and immediately screamed.

Fortunately, Third Master Sheng was holding the little girl's paws, otherwise the little guy would have had his hair pulled out.

Mrs. Zheng led the eldest daughter and walked behind, the couple smiled and watched the excitement, only to feel that the secluded place made the couple feel like a bustling market.

Even this beautiful scenery seems to be dyed a little bit brighter, and the tranquility has become festive.

When the family of four brought the servants to the middle of the mountain, Third Master Sheng felt that he was about to stick out his tongue: "No! No! I have to unload the goods!" He hurriedly asked the servant girl to carry the fat girl down!

"I said I want the servants and women to hug him in turn, but you won't listen." Zheng took a handkerchief to wipe his sweat with distress.

"Do you want to hold your daughter yourself!" Sheng Sanye shook his fan to cool himself and his wife, and smiled and showed his wife his shoulders, "Look at how strong it is! I didn't let the little fat girl bend it!"

Sheng Yuan was patrolling the market in front of her with her sister, when she heard her father and mother showing off, she immediately ran to her father, glared at her and said, "The baby is not heavy!"

Even a three-year-old girl doesn't like to hear people say she is heavy.

"Okay! Okay! You're not heavy! It's because Daddy is getting older, not as good as before! Back then, Daddy wasn't tired of hunting and carrying little wild boars!"

Ga? !

Sheng Yuan felt that there was something wrong with these words, but she didn't want to understand what was wrong. When she saw her sister and mother covering their mouths and laughing lightly, the servants and maids brought by the house also bowed their heads and shrugged their shoulders. With her little paws, she wanted to compete with her father.

Third Master Sheng raised his legs and ran away, teasing the little girl with a laugh, causing the little guy to chase after him on his back.

On some deserted streets, they could hear their family laughing, and the boys who were dozing off in the shop couldn't help coming to the door, leaning against the door and watching the excitement with a smile on their faces.

After such a fuss, the family chose to go up the mountain in a bamboo sedan chair.

Sheng Yuan followed her sister in a bamboo sedan chair, the little guy rubbed his belly and looked at his sister pitifully.

Sheng An didn't know what to do, so he called the nanny who came with him, and asked for two pieces of shortbread, and handed it to his sister: "Here, here, let's make do with something, and when you arrive at Yunqi Academy, you can go to the cafeteria to eat Slightly."

"I think there are several restaurants halfway up the mountain." Sheng Yuan ate, pointing down the mountain with his little finger.

"Daddy said it was very quiet there, and he didn't know if the ingredients were fresh, so he simply went to the top of the mountain to talk about it. Anyway, Yunqi Academy's food is well-known far and wide."

Hearing that it is famous far and near, Sheng Yuan felt that the hungry belly could bear it for a while, the little guy looked at the shortbread that was as big as a chess piece, hesitated, and finally ate it.Well, children can't waste food!

After walking a third of the distance, there are gradually more pedestrians on the mountain road, most of whom are scholars chatting and laughing hand in hand.

After walking two-thirds of the distance, there will be more couples going up the mountain with their children.

"Sister, why do they insist on walking up the mountain?" Sheng Yuan asked her sister uncomfortably when she noticed that everyone's eyes lingered on the bamboo sedan chair they were riding on from time to time.

Before Sheng An could speak, the bearer in front laughed: "Young lady, I'm taking the liberty to add words, so that the lady will know. This situation started because of rumors that spread out at some time, saying that Yunqi Academy only accepts people with perseverance. For those who seek to study, they must walk and climb the mountain to be admitted.”

"Ah? Is there such a requirement?" Sheng Yuan felt that the style here didn't suit her!She can endure hardship, but hates others asking her to endure hardship.

But the bearer said with a smile: "Where is it true! The head of the academy only requires the students who take the children's examination to walk up and down the mountain two or three times every ten days, in order to exercise their physique, so that they will not be overwhelmed by the exam. .”

"Sure enough, the rumors are not credible!" After Sheng Yuan understood it, he looked at the sweaty pedestrians on the stone steps beside him, and felt that the bumpy bamboo sedan chair had a special taste.

Tsk tsk, it's really comfortable!
(End of this chapter)