The next day, Pei Mengqing took a tour of Tianhe County. Xiaori and Juju went to the central area of Yanzhou University to search for records of the underground "ferocious beast" Canglan for Pei Mengqing.
But before entering the library, Xiaori met a white cat.
She is the fiancée agreed in the marriage contract, Qingyu.
The two cats met it on a nearby road before entering the library.
Its intuition was very strong, and it looked back and saw Tachibana and Xiaori.
It jumped down from the bench and walked in with its tail wagging.
"What are you doing here? Do you want to marry me?"
As a cat with pure white fur, it is not easy to see its traces clearly in the snow. As long as it moves faster, it will blend in with the surrounding environment.
Xiaori and Juju took two steps back:
"No, haven't you heard that I also ran away from my marriage?" Xiaori asked.
"I've never heard of this, but there is indeed no scent of other cat clan elders behind you." Qingyu tilted her head and walked around the two orange cats.
It made Juju and Xiaori very uncomfortable.
"We came to the central area to look up information. We want to see the history of the school. Do you have any recommendations?" Juju asked.
"History of the founding of the school? You should go to the library to check it out first. If you can't find the answer, why not go to the county archives and check the local county annals. The history of the school may be recorded more clearly." He whispered in a soft tone. Qingxuan, seeing that the two cats really didn't seem to be here to find him, breathed a sigh of relief and pointed out the clear path to the two cats without hesitating his words.
"Okay, thank you." Juju nodded.
Xiaori glanced at Qingyu and said thank you, and went to the library with Juju.
Qingyu looked at the backs of the two cats from behind, feeling a little strange in her heart.
The founding history is a record of important events since the founding of Yanzhou University. What do Juju and Xiaori need to look up based on the founding history?
Could it be something about the ferocious beasts underground?
Cats have always been very curious, so Qingyu followed the two cats and entered the library.
Yanzhou University has a lot of money. When it first built the library, it used various bronze and steel structures to build the entire library in the shape of an unfolded book.
The implication is that all students can freely browse books.
Therefore, the library is divided into east and west sides. The left side mainly contains works written by Confucian scholars, scholars, teachers and students of the Zhou Dynasty in the past ten years.
On the right are ancient books that are hundreds of years old, rare unique copies, the history of the school's founding, and some real historical materials obtained from historians.
For example, the things that the Taizu of this dynasty violated the Luoshui oath and the things that happened when he was beaten to a pulp by the former Prime Minister of Shu are all clearly recorded in the history books, and the current Yanzhou University has a copy.
Fortunately, the emperor of the current dynasty was very enlightened and did not pursue the dark history of the founding of the country. Instead, he still provided policy support to various institutions of higher learning and regarded them as the mainstay of the Zhou Dynasty.
The annual allocation to various institutions of higher learning alone accounts for 2% of the fiscal revenue.
Two cats entered this quiet library.
There were no students in the library, only the doorman stayed loyally in his small room, burning a charcoal fire to keep warm.
In previous years, many teachers and students spent time in the library, checking information and learning new knowledge.
Now everyone is so cold that they can't straighten their fingers and can't even write. Naturally, they can't read anymore.
Only some warlocks who are not afraid of the cold and heat, or extremely studious students will come here to continue reading and studying.
Divided according to book categories, go directly to the right after entering the door.
Ancient books, unique books, horoscopes, school history... found.
Juju and Xiaori entered a reading room and began to wander among the bookshelves, and soon found the "History of the Establishment of Yanzhou University".
The two cats opened the school history, found the table of contents, and then directly found the first part about the establishment of the school.
In the 11th year of the founding of the dynasty, under the call of Emperor Wen, schools were built in all states across the country, and under the name "University", they recruited and cultivated talented people from all over the world, and admitted them on a selective basis regardless of gender.
One of the reasons for the decline of dynasties in the past was that the talent pipeline was crowded, and good talents were unable to serve the court. The court was full of decayed, stagnant water, and the dynasty would naturally decline.
Therefore, Emperor Wen hoped to not only select talents, but also establish institutions of higher learning to cultivate talents, and at the same time cultivate professionals in various fields to lay out every position in the Zhou Dynasty.
In order to avoid the recurrence of the situation where the Minister of Rites does not understand etiquette and the Minister of Punishment does not understand criminal law.
Yanzhou University was successfully established in such an environment.
After its establishment, it worked hard and through the efforts of several principals, the entire Tianhe County has been transformed into a prosperous county, far surpassing other counties in Liang County.
After that, Yanzhou University gradually became famous and made many outstanding contributions, sending many important officials and talents to the imperial court.
Gradually it was upgraded to an imperial-level university and became one of the most important universities.
Until now.
From beginning to end, Xiaori and Tachibana did not see any details related to the founding of the school.
They all say that Yanzhou University was established in response to the policies of the Zhou Dynasty when Emperor Wen made great efforts to govern and carry out reforms.
There are no hints about the Sky Patrol Sword, the ferocious beasts in the underground, the source of energy, or the name "Canglan".
The two cats looked at each other and read all the history of the school's founding, but there was no relevant record. Could it be that there was something obscure, so they avoided talking about it?
Even Emperor Taizu's misdeeds and broken promises can be recorded, but the events surrounding the founding of the school are not even mentioned at all.
They didn't even say where the energy in the school came from.
It seems that we can only go to the Tianhe County Archives to check. There may be information about the initial establishment of the school or the time when the school was established.
Perhaps, there is a record of a certain disaster that devoured creatures and was sealed underground by a great warlock's sword.
As a result, when I went out, I happened to encounter Qingyu peeping outside.
"Are you trying to find out what happened in the early days of the school's establishment?" Qingyu asked.
"you know?"
The two orange cats were startled, as if they had been caught doing bad things secretly, but they soon became calm.
"You want to investigate this matter? Are you interested in ferocious beasts?"
"Yes, we want to know the origin of the original beast."
Qingyu thought for a moment and decided: "I'll go with you."
"Are you also interested in this matter?"
"That's why I came here." Qingyu said a fact that made the two big oranges feel strange.
"Is this the clan's idea?"
"It was my own idea."
In this way, the three cats got together and went to the archives in Tianhe County to start investigating what happened here before the establishment of Yanzhou University.
It's best if you can find clues.
