Meet the Gentleman

Chapter 106 Willing to Pull a Cart for a Gentleman (Please Recommend)
In the Valley of Flowers.

Feng Qingyan's expression gradually became solemn.

"In this world, only gentlemen know where Ziyin's soul is. If not, how dare Qin embarrass the gentleman?" Zi Yaqin pleaded again.

"Give me three days to think about it."

Feng Qingyan said after a moment of hesitation.

After all, the Thirteenth Academy's Qin Club was about to arrive, and he had also killed the ghost messenger from Youdu. Besides, Youdu was a long way away, and it would take at least one or two months, which would delay his studies...

In short, there were many reasons preventing him from going to Youdu.

But he was full of curiosity about Youdu and wanted to find out more about it. His inexplicable hostility towards Youdu was definitely not because of Jiuge...

So, he wanted to find out.

"Whatever the gentleman decides, Qin will respect it."

Zi Yaqin bowed and said.

A moment later, Feng Qingyan left Baihua Valley carrying the Six-Rank Zither on his back. On the way, he was struggling internally. On the one hand, he wanted to go, but on the other hand, he had reasons to refuse to go.

The next morning's scripture class still made him a little distracted.

Noon.

He returned to Jiaziyuan, had lunch and went for a walk in the valley behind Jiaziyuan.

Flowers, plants and trees are planted in the valley, and there are pavilions scattered around.

"Jiuge, do you think I should go?"

Feng Qingyan pondered for a while and then asked, trying to find a reason to go.

"what?"

Jiuge appeared with a confused look on his face.

"By the way, Jiuge, have you discovered that there is a black burial palace under the burial mountain?"

Feng Qingyan suddenly recalled some memories when he was playing the awakening sacred song "Soul Summoning". He remembered that he woke up from the Burial Palace at the foot of the Burial Mountain, and appeared directly on the top of the mountain when he walked out of the Burial Palace.

He was quite curious about the Burial Palace. Why did he appear in the Burial Palace?
"what?"

Jiuge followed behind him, sticking his little head out with a confused look on his face.

"You should go and have fun." Feng Qingyan said.

"Oh."

Jiuge disappeared.

Feng Qingyan frowned and looked at Zangshan, wondering what he was thinking.

At this time, the driver Chen Niu came over with a sad face, bowed and sobbed, "My dear, my old horse died of illness last night, and can no longer pull your cart."

This old horse is the source of income for Chen Niu's family and the biggest asset his father left him. Moreover, the old horse has been with his family for decades and has long become a member of the family...

"Condolences——"

Feng Qingyan was stunned for a moment, then looked up into the distance and said, "It seems that God is also preventing me from going to Youdu."

"Moo-"

A long cow mooing sound came from deep in the valley.

Are there cows in the valley?
Feng Qingyan was quite surprised when he saw a strong blue bull running wildly from the valley. Moreover, it was running straight towards him, scaring Chen Niu next to him.

"My dear, hide quickly."

Seeing Qingniu getting closer, Chen Niu shouted anxiously.

But the blue ox suddenly stopped three feet away from Feng Qingyan, knelt down with its front hooves bent, bowed respectfully and said: "Qingmang is willing to pull the carriage for you, the gentleman."

"Bull demon?!"

Chen Niu was so scared that he fell to the side, his face full of horror.

"This is an academy, don't be afraid." Feng Qingyan was startled. He comforted Chen Niu and looked at Qing Niu, wondering, "Will you pull the cart for me?"

The blue bull was strong and had a dark blue complexion, giving off an impression of immense strength. It originally had a pair of long, curved horns on its head, but one of them was broken for some reason...

If it were used to pull a cart, it would be a good cow.

"Qing Mang was originally a small ox outside the royal city. During the spring exam of Confucianism, he heard Taibulantai on Meihua Mountain singing the name of the gentleman, which made Qing Mang admire and respect him infinitely, and he wanted to join the gentleman's school." At this time, Qing Mang was still kneeling, and said respectfully, "But Qing Mang, I have only known farming all my life, and I don't know poetry and books. I don't even know a single word. I can only pull the gentleman's cart. And the gentleman also needs a cow to pull the gentleman's cart. I hope the gentleman will accept Qing Mang..."

"The royal city is more than 20,000 miles away from the Burial Mountain. How long will it take you four months?"

Feng Qingyan was a little surprised. The bull demon could only run about two hundred miles a day?

This is a bit slow.

Qingniu felt a little embarrassed when he heard this, and said, "I, I don't know the road, and I ran in the wrong direction many times, so, so..."

"I see."

Feng Qingyan nodded.

It would be strange if an illiterate green bull ran in a straight line towards the burial mountain.

"Sir, if Qing Mang didn't take the wrong path, he would have arrived in less than a month." Qing Niu said hurriedly, "Qing Mang can run very fast. Among the cattle outside the royal city, I am the fastest..."

"Gentleman, a bull demon has broken into the academy and is running towards this side. Please be careful!"

From outside the valley came the shouting of servants, followed by the sound of noisy footsteps.

When Qingniu heard this, he immediately panicked. He had risked being beaten and killed to break into the academy just to see the gentleman. He pleaded in fear, "I hope the gentleman will accept Qingmang. I will definitely pull the cart for the gentleman. If the gentleman does not accept me, Qingmang will definitely be punished for breaking into the academy, or even beaten and killed..."

In addition to teachers and instructors, the academy also had many assistants, handymen and servants. Servants had the lowest status among them, having sold themselves to the academy and becoming the academy's property.

Assistants are people who assist the teachers and teach students. They have a high status and are free. They are all scholars who opened the Wen Palace. They entered the academy as assistants, either to seek a good job, or to use their status as assistants to read the academy's collection of books, or to secretly follow the teacher to study...

In the 81st Academy, many assistants could become teachers or even instructors.

This is a good way for scholars who cannot directly become teachers in academies.

As for the chores, they were a supplement to the servants and their main jobs were heavy work such as cleaning, doorkeeping, and fetching water.

At this time, several servants rushed into the valley holding wooden sticks, pointed at the blue bull and shouted: "Where did this reckless bull come from? How dare it break into the sacred place of the academy? It deserves to be beaten!"

Qingniu was terrified and did not dare to resist facing a few ordinary people.

"If you dare to resist, the teacher will kill you!"

A servant said angrily.

Feng Qingyan looked at the servants rushing up with wooden sticks, thought for a moment and said, "I will handle this matter, you can leave."

"promise!"

Several servants bowed respectfully, glared at Qingniu and left the valley.

"Do you know that it is a serious crime for demons and ghosts to break into the academy? They may even be beaten to death?" Feng Qingyan said with a frown.

It is for this reason that Qingniu did not dare to resist when facing a few ordinary people.

If the blue ox was just an ordinary ox, the academy would not pay any attention to it and would at most take it away from the academy.

"Qing Mang knows."

Qing Mang was so scared that he was shaking all over. He bowed respectfully and said, "But the gentleman lives in the academy. Qing Mang can only see the gentleman by breaking into the academy. Please don't blame me."

"I don't blame you, go away."

Feng Qingyan Road.

This was just Qingniu's one-sided statement. Without knowing Qingniu's background and the purpose of his joining him, how could Feng Qingyan easily accept him?
When Qingniu heard this, it was like a bolt from the blue, and the whole cow was stunned.

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