Squeak.
The door of the ancestral hall was opened, and a long shadow covered Bai Yunbian's body.
Bai Changshi had a stern face, looked at his son who was still kneeling, and spoke coldly.
"Get up."
Bai Yunbian didn't look back, remained silent for a moment, and then stood up.
But after kneeling for too long, my knees had lost all feeling, and I couldn't bear the weight of my body. I stumbled and fell on the futon again.
Looking at his son's miserable condition, Bai Changshi's eyes finally flashed with a hint of unbearability, and his expression softened a bit.
"Are you okay?"
Bai Yunbian stood up again, staggering to steady his body, looking at his father with burning eyes, "Those who can't kill me will make me stronger!"
Bai Changshi's face darkened, "Keep kneeling!"
boom!
The door was closed directly, and Bai Changshi's cold voice came from outside the door, "No one is allowed to let him go! No one is allowed to bring him food!"
In the end, Bai Changshi couldn't bear it anymore and took the initiative to stop him. After being punished by kneeling beside Baiyun all night, he let him out.
Moreover, Bai Yunbian finally agreed to leave for Beijing with Xia Jingyun.
Two days later, outside Bai Changshi's house, two carriages were ready to go.
Ten well-dressed knights, holding reins, stood silently.
Xia Jingyun and Su Yuanshang said goodbye to Bai Changshi and got into the car.
The mother beside the white cloud was still holding him there, crying and nagging.
Mr. Bai suddenly felt very embarrassed. He tensed up, twisted his buttocks slightly uneasily, and looked back from time to time.
After a while, Bai Yunbian got into the carriage.
"Hey, eh, your car is in front."
"Let's talk together, otherwise we will be lonely alone."
As the car moved forward slowly, Xia Jingyun smiled and said, "Mr. Bai, where is your maid?"
Bai Yunbian pursed his lips, "When I go to Beijing to take the exam, who will bring a maid? At most, I can bring a bookboy."
Big shots are just different, they are amphibious!
Su Yuanshang smiled and said, "Then you haven't seen your book boy either?"
Bai Yunbian glanced at Xia Jingyun, "He doesn't have a book boy either!"
Xia Jingyun said with a smile: "I don't have a book boy, but I don't have so many guards to escort me forward! You are worthy of being a young master, I admire you!"
If it were before, Bai Yunbian would naturally be complacent, wave his hands lightly, and pretend to be calm.
But now, after knowing Xia Jingyun's identity, when he heard this, he naturally felt a bit sarcastic and glared at him, "You think I do?"
Xia Jingyun suddenly put away his joking expression and said softly: "My parents are here, so if you don't travel far away, you must travel well. Although Mr. Bai is here for the imperial examination, he should still be considerate of his parents' concern and not think it is a burden."
Bai Yunbian was startled when he heard this, stood up, opened the side curtain of the carriage, and stuck out his head.
At the end of the long street, his father, who had always been unsmiling and even disgusted with him, still stood silently, looking straight at the carriage.
After catching her son's gaze, she silently grimaced and turned away, leaving only his mother waving the handkerchief at him excitedly and sadly.
Bai Yunbian's nose felt sour, he hesitated, and stretched out his hand to wave to his parents, but the carriage turned around at that moment.
At the end of the line of sight, there were no traces of his parents.
It's just like the accidents on the road of life, those children who want to support you but don't.
Bai Yunbian retracted his body and sat with some sadness.
But for him, who was heartless and heartless, this emotion came and went quickly. Soon he was looking at Su Yuanshang with joy, "Uncle Su Shi, is there anything interesting along the way? Let's take a look. Bar!"
Xia Jingyun raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong? Without your maid who strives for perfection, are you willing to get out of bed?"
Bai Yunbian blushed instantly and glared at Xia Jingyun in embarrassment and anger.
"Of course there are scenery along the way. However, this trip may not be so peaceful. Let's first enter Beijing safely."
Su Yuanshang looked at the two playing and said with a smile.
Xia Jingyun also nodded and pursed his lips toward the outside, "Did Bai Changshi spend a lot of money on these ten guards? Brother Chen just said that they are all heroes with good skills."
Bai Yunbian hummed, "Father did indeed say that this time I go to Beijing with you, we will probably encounter a storm halfway. Some people are holding back, so at least we are safe."
Su Yuanshang burst into laughter. If you could call me father so smoothly, you wouldn't have to be imprisoned in the ancestral hall and forced to kneel for so long.
Xia Jingyun looked at the white clouds, thoughtfully.
Bai Yunbian was shocked by him and crossed his arms, "What other shady ideas are you planning?"
Xia Jingyun suddenly smiled, "Mr. Bai, what are your plans for the days after entering Beijing?"
Bai Yunbian frowned, "It's just looking for famous teachers, visiting friends, and then studying hard until spring comes. What other plans can there be?"
"Whether you are looking for a famous teacher or visiting a good friend, you must know that a qualified and outstanding scholar must be both civilized and military."
"What are you thinking about?"
After spending more than half a month with Xia Jingyun, Bai Yunbian also figured out this guy's character and knew that there must be something hidden and waiting for him.
Xia Jingyun chuckled and rubbed his hands, "The so-called six arts of a gentleman, etiquette, music, imperial books, and physical health are what we should do. Mr. Bai, why don't you and I show off?"
Bai Yunbian narrowed his eyes and looked at Xia Jingyun: "Do you want to compete with me, Chunwei?"
"Ah?" Xia Jingyun was confused.
Bai Yunbian said matter-of-factly, "Otherwise, what else can you and I have to fight with?"
"Ahem!" Xia Jingyun looked at him, "Can't we really just have an arm-wrestling fight?"
"Really arm wrestling?" Bai Yunbian widened his eyes and pursed his lips, "Boring."
After a while.
"Uh-huh."
"Hey ha."
Su Yuanshang's knees were covered with a wooden board. Xia Jingyun and Bai Yunbian rested their elbows on the wooden board, clasping their wrists in front of them with red ears.
Although Xia Jingyun can't compare to Xia Yunfei's natural supernatural power, he has been practicing in the labor camp for a long time and has been doing everything himself recently. There is no way that aristocratic young masters like Baiyunbian who have no fingers in the spring water can compare.
But this guy pretended to be inseparable and struggled to maintain a stalemate with Bai Yunbian, like a scumbag who was trying to lick a dog, sometimes getting close to her, sometimes alienating her for no reason.
Bai Yunbian was like the infatuated licking dog, trying his best to push things to the direction and result he wanted.
"Hey ha. Ah!"
Bai Yunbian exerted force suddenly, and after several desperate struggles, Xia Jingyun's wrist was suddenly pressed against the wooden board.
"Hahahaha! I won!"
Bai Yunbian was about to take out his hand to celebrate, but Xia Jingyun still held his palm firmly, with a look of unwillingness on his face, "Come again!"
After another stalemate, Baiyunbian lost to Xia Jingyun.
"Come again!" This time Bai Yunbian took the initiative and did not let go, "Win two out of three!"
Xia Jingyun waited silently until his eyes blurred and a picture flashed across his face.
He read it silently, breathed a sigh of relief, and instantly used his strength to push Bai Yunbian down and said with a smile: "Mr. Bai, I accept the offer!"
Bai Yunbian stared blankly at his hand that was pressed on the board, how could it be possible! I won the first round!
"Xia Gaoyang! Come again!"
"I'm not coming, Mr. Bai. Scholars like us should not be too obsessed with this kind of brute force."
Bai Yunbian's eyes widened, "Aren't you the six arts of a gentleman and a healthy body?"
Xia Jingyun looked matter-of-fact, "Look among the six arts of a gentleman I mentioned, which one includes arm wrestling?"
"Kukukuku"
Although Su Yuanshang didn't know why Xia Jingyun was so troubled, he couldn't hold it in and laughed rudely.
Bai Yunbian returned to his carriage speechlessly.
Xia Jingyun had a smile on his face, but he began to make serious calculations in his heart.
For the next five days, they walked all the way north. Xia Jingyun had stomachaches from time to time, dozed off, and was in a bad mood and wanted to rest.
"Sir, the Red Maple Valley in front of us is the border between our Yunmeng Prefecture and Sixiang Prefecture. Through this valley, we can enter the Yuncang County of Sixiang Prefecture."
Baiyunbian's guard dutifully introduced the journey to Baiyunbian.
Bai Yunbian nodded slightly, and without saying much, the group walked forward and walked into the valley ahead.
Xia Jingyun opened the carriage curtain, looked up at the canyon, and narrowed his eyes.
The tall mountains stood on both sides like majestic guards, and the group of people walked through them like humble ants.
The wind blew from one end of the valley, making the valley feel even colder.
Chen Fugui silently held the knife behind his waist in his hand;
The guard beside Baiyun silently wrapped the cloth strip on the handle of his knife around his palm;
The guard leader sent by Bai Changshi looked solemn, "Speed up and pass through here quickly!"
boom!
Several giant trees rolled down the hillside and smashed into pieces at the entrance of the canyon that everyone had just passed.
Entrance?
Everyone turned their heads suddenly, shocked and a little confused.
Why is this?
On the road ahead, dozens of masked men, holding sharp knives, appeared in front of them.
The way back was cut off and there were enemies on the way forward. As expected, this team encountered a well-prepared ambush!
"Meet the enemy!"
The guard leader shouted, and a sharp arrow shot through the air and hit the guard leader accurately in the head!
The opponent actually has an archer hiding in the dark!
In the unprepared and horrified look of the guard leader, a scabbard flew over, and at that critical moment, it accurately hit the shaft of the flying arrow, knocking it away.
The guard leader looked at Chen Fugui. Before he could say thanks, dozens of men in front had already rushed over silently!
I was delayed by other things yesterday, so I will post the second chapter later.
(End of chapter)
