The Dragon Boat Festival, a major festival in the Song Dynasty, like New Year's Day, Qingming Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival, was originally due to the death of Qu Yuan who threw himself into the Miluo River on the fifth day of May. In order to commemorate this great patriotic poet, various commemorative activities will be held on this day, such as Eating rice dumplings, racing dragon boats, etc.
As for the Song Dynasty, Qu Yuan was worshiped on the first day of the fifth lunar month. The palace would post inscriptions on the wall of the central door of the pavilion for five days.
Jinling Martial Arts Hall is no exception. In addition to holding sacrifices and holidays, it also runs blackboard newspapers and publishes Qu Yuan's poems and other activities.
“I took a long breath to cover my tears, mourning the hardships of the people’s lives;
Although I am good at cultivating my hair and keeping it in check, I will be replaced in the morning and in the evening;
Not only to replace Yu Yihui, but also to ask for help;
I have a good heart, and even though I died nine times, I still have no regrets;
The spirit of resentment is so powerful that it will never..."
It was afternoon. Zhang Zhengsi stepped on a stool and wrote carefully on the blackboard under the shade of a tree beside the classroom. On the stool next to him, female student Li Siyu drew flowers and trees on the edge of the blackboard.
Li Siyu is a lady and has great painting skills. Although Zhang Zhengsi's calligraphy skills were average, he was lucky and his chalk calligraphy was good. Therefore, the matter of running the blackboard newspaper fell to these two people.
"Zhang Zhengsi, I heard that you knew the principal before he ascended the throne."
Li Siyu said while drawing Xiuzhu, observing the words and expressions.
"That happened in the winter of last year. If it weren't for the principal, I still don't know where he is. He might be in prison in Lin'an Mansion, or he might have been sent to the army!"
Zhang Zhengsi panicked and couldn't help but say a few more words.
He had an insurmountable fear of women. He always felt nervous when seeing a woman, especially alone with a beautiful woman.
"Then you are so lucky! I heard that on the day the principal ascended the throne, he fought all the way to Funing Palace. His body was full of thunder and he was ready to risk his life at any time. Is that true?"
Li Siyu finally turned around, his face full of curiosity.
"You have to ask Instructor Tian or Instructor Li about this. They are both familiar with the principal. I heard about it later."
Zhang Zhengsi was secretive, but he did tell the truth. At that time, he was outside the palace, not in the palace. He was only doing peripheral warning and observation.
"After you finish painting, you should take a break. Let's sit down and chat."
Li Siyu got off the stool, put down the chalk, clapped his hands, and sat down.
"It's so uncomfortable to stand all the time on such a hot day!"
The two sat down on the stools, with a full distance between them. Zhang Zhengsi was nervous and didn't know how to position his restrained hands and feet.
He has lived twenty years and has never met such a beautiful and graceful girl. They are absolutely different from the women he saw in Lin'an City. They are either philistines, arrogant and vulgar.
Come to think of it, with his status as a low-level scoundrel, which parent would dare to give his daughter to him?
Li Siyu put her hands on her knees with a natural expression. She looked at Zhang Zhengsi who was embarrassed and frowned slightly.
"Zhang Zhengsi, I'm not a monster. You worry about the world and are majestic. Are you still afraid of a weak woman like me?"
Li Siyu's words made Zhang Zhengsi smile mockingly and relaxed.
Indeed, he seemed to have no reason to be afraid of Li Siyu.
"There is no such thing as a banquet that lasts forever. The students of our martial arts hall can only be together for a year at most, and it is rare for us to meet together. After graduation, everyone will go their separate ways, and it will be difficult to meet again."
Li Siyu said softly, seeming a little emotional.
Zhang Zhengsi glanced around and found that no one was paying attention, so he said:
"Li Siyu, I forgot to ask you. How could you, a girl, want to pass the martial arts hall?"
That day, Li Siyu followed the brothers into the martial arts hall, but no one seemed to accompany them.
"I have been weak since I was a child. I practiced martial arts for a few days when I was a child. Later, when I grew up, I admired the deeds of Mrs. Ping Guo, so I came to the martial arts hall."
As Li Siyu spoke, there seemed to be a trace of nervousness in his eyes.
The Mrs. Bingguo she mentioned was Liang, the wife of the national hero Han Shizhong, who was later called Liang Hongyu.
"You female students in the martial arts hall are the treasures of the principal. Maybe in the future, we will meet a great hero like Han Shizhong."
"Such a great hero, wouldn't it be you?"
Li Siyu continued what Zhang Zhengsi said, making Zhang Zhengsi's face suddenly turn red. Li Siyu was also flustered and quickly changed the topic.
"You know, Shi Huiyu and Xuan Yuehua both seem to like the principal, you know?"
"Ah! Is this the case?"
Zhang Zhengsi was startled and his eyes widened in disbelief.
Shi Huiyu, the daughter of Shi Miyuan's nephew Shi Songzhi; Xuan Yuehua, the daughter of Xuan Zhen, actually fell in love with the emperor's principal Zhao Hong.
This really blinded his eyes.
"This is nothing. Wu Min seems to be very close to Zhen Zhidao, and Instructor Tian is with Wei Sisi. Do you know all this?"
After changing the topic, Li Siyu became much more relaxed.
"So many things! This kid Tian Yi is very quick to do things!"
Zhang Zhengsi shook his head in surprise.
If all the martial arts halls were like this, with everyone talking about love, who would still have the energy to learn and practice?
In fact, there are only two or three couples in the Jiangwu Hall, and Tian Yi and Wei Sisi already had a relationship before the Jiangwu Hall was founded.
After a short silence, Zhang Zhengsi broke the dullness.
"Li Siyu, you are eighteen years old this year, why are you not married yet?"
"How do you know I'm eighteen?"
"All the male students know the details of you dozen female students. October is your birthday."
"So that's it. I..."
Li Siyu was about to speak, but suddenly shut up and stood up unconsciously.
Zhang Zhengsi was stunned and raised his head. At some point, two well-dressed men with sweat on their foreheads were standing in front of them, looking at Li Siyu and Zhang Zhengsi coldly.
Zhang Zhengsi couldn't help but was stunned, and stood up. Just as he was about to say hello, Li Siyu spoke first.
"Dad, big brother!"
The middle-aged man frowned, looked Zhang Zhengsi up and down, then turned and left.
"Come out with me!"
Another young man had the same cold expression. He glanced at Zhang Zhengsi, snorted coldly, and followed the listless Li Siyu. The father and son walked towards the gate of the Jinling Martial Arts Lecture Hall together.
Dad, eldest brother?
Li Siyu followed his father and brother and left. After Zhang Zhengsi was stunned, he felt panicked.
The father was looking for his daughter in an upright manner, no wonder the guard didn't stop him.
The confident and open-minded Li Siyu looked at him with frightened, helpless and sad eyes, which made him feel mixed for a moment, as if he had lost something important and felt empty.
He suddenly remembered the rumors about Li Siyu in the Jinling Martial Arts Hall. It was said that Li Siyu was already engaged to someone else and entered the Martial Arts Hall in order to escape from the marriage.
The timid figure appeared in Zhang Zhengsi's mind, and he strode towards Li Siyu. Seeing Li Siyu and his father and brother exit the gate of the martial arts hall, Zhang Zhengsi chased them out without hesitation.
Since it was a holiday, I saw that Zhang Zhengsi was wearing the uniform of the Jinling Lecture Hall and his ID was confirmed. The guard at the door let Zhang Zhengsi out.
Zhang Zhengsi walked out of the school gate, took a closer look, and couldn't help but see a big fight. He saw several sedan chairs parked on the road about a hundred steps away from the school gate, surrounded by several big men. Together with the sedan chairs, they blocked the sight of the guards of the lecture hall. .
Two or three big men grabbed the struggling Li Siyu, stuffed her mouth with a handkerchief, and tied her up with ropes.
Beside the sedan, Li Siyu's father and brother were watching with cold eyes.
"What are you doing? Why are you robbing people?"
Zhang Zhengsi immediately ran up, shouted, and stood in front of the sedan.
No need to ask, Li Siyu didn't want to go back because his father wanted to force him.
Seeing Zhang Zhengsi appear, Li Siyu whimpered and struggled desperately, with anxiety and hope in his eyes.
"What the hell are you! Get away!"
Seeing that it was Zhang Zhengsi, Li's father waved his hands in disgust.
"Why are you stunned? Put it in and carry it away!"
Several men lifted up the bundled Li Siyu and stuffed her into the sedan chair.
"Stop! Let him go!"
Zhang Zhengsi quickly stepped forward and grabbed a man's arm.
"Kill this bastard!"
Father Li became furious and roared.
Father Li roared angrily, and several men immediately rushed forward and surrounded Zhang Zhengsi from all sides. Li Siyu's brother cursed, stretched out his hand and punched Zhang Zhengsi straight in the face. Several other men attacked Zhang Zhengsi with fists and kicks.
Zhang Zhengsi turned aside, grabbed Li Siyu's arm, threw him to the ground, and then kicked a man over. He also received a blow to his vital part and fell to the ground.
Several other men came forward and beat Zhang Zhengsi. Zhang Zhengsi did not dare to make a fatal move, so he had to get up and fight while retreating. Although the battle situation was unfavorable, he prevented everyone from leaving.
"Leave him alone! Leave now!"
Seeing more and more people watching, Li's father became anxious and urged everyone.
"You dare to fight people from the martial arts hall. Don't you want to live?"
"Who dares to act wild in front of the martial arts hall?"
Following the shouts and chaotic footsteps, several guards from the martial arts hall broke into the crowd and knocked down several men one by one, including Li Siyu's eldest brother.
"Master, she is my daughter, I took her back to get married!"
Father Li stepped forward to explain with a smile on his face. He watched helplessly as Zhang Zhengsi untied the rope from Li Siyu and blocked her behind him.
"You say that people in the martial arts hall are in charge of other people's family affairs, so aren't you afraid of the king's law?"
Li Siyu's eldest brother got up, with swollen eyes and roared loudly.
"Do you know where the martial arts hall is? To tell you the truth, the martial arts hall is the king's law. If you don't accept it, just go and sue!"
"I saw you being sneaky just now. It turned out that you wanted to kidnap someone. Regardless of whether it is your daughter or not, if she enters the martial arts hall, she is a member of the martial arts hall and a disciple of the emperor! Leave quickly, otherwise don't blame me for violence!"
The two guards spoke out one after another with livid faces.
"Is there no place for reasoning in this world?"
Father Li stamped his feet anxiously and shouted without confidence.
"To reason, go to the principal, go to the emperor. Next time you dare to kidnap people randomly, you will be subject to military law!"
After the guard finished speaking, he waved his hands towards Zhang Zhengsi and Li Siyu.
"You go in first and go to the Academic Affairs Office to explain the situation later."
Judging from the posture of the two guards, it was obvious that they were trying to cover Li Siyu and the others from entering.
Zhang Zhengsi looked at Li Siyu's tear-stained cheeks and felt the urge to protect her, but he did not dare to take any action. He lowered his head and entered the martial arts hall one after another with Li Siyu.
"Nie Zhan, come back here!"
Seeing Li Siyu leave without looking back, Li's father turned pale and stamped his feet. He roared angrily at his daughter's back.
"The world is declining! The world is declining! I want to see the principal! I want to see the emperor!"
"The principal is not here! Come back after the Dragon Boat Festival! But I advise you not to come. It will be uncomfortable even if you come!"
The guard snorted coldly, left the stunned Li family behind, and turned to leave.
When you come to the Jinling Martial Arts Hall to kidnap people, what do you think this place is? Is this a place where cats and dogs can do whatever they want?
