After Nan Dao came back from the path, he was dragged into the room by Li Taimei. After some friendly exchanges, Nan Dao admitted that he had accidentally called the wrong one, and then changed his name and called Mr. Mei twice. Li Taimei Then he happily let go of Nandao.
So the two of them lit a fire in the room and talked about bullshit for a long time.
When it was almost time, the gentlemen came out one after another. Unexpectedly, Yunhu was also inside. When he saw Nan Dao sitting in the concierge warming himself by the fire, he smiled and nodded, and then followed the other gentlemen and left to the right. The remaining gentlemen began to arrange some things in the large courtyard where they entered.
Nan Dao stood at the door and watched for a while, then was pushed by the concierge Mr. Mei, so he was forced to start helping 'enthusiastically'.
In fact, there is nothing to do. It is just to put some tables and chairs in the yard, put up an awning, boil some water nearby, and prepare some medicine to prevent students from catching colds.
Perhaps as Yun Huzhi said, before Xuanxuyuan became a world-famous place of cultivation, it was first just an academy for enlightenment and the transmission of culture.
In the process of helping, Nan Dao also took the time to find out some information.
For example, Xuanxu Academy is mainly divided into three major departments: Wenhua Academy, Qingniu Academy, and Wugui Academy. Then there are the branch factions that are subdivided downwards.
For example, under the Wenhua Academy there are the School of Literature, the School of Qing Commerce, the School of Mathematics and Physics, etc.
Under the Qingniu Academy are the Taoist School, the Kendo School, the Karmic School, etc.
Wuguiyuan does not have a large audience in Huaian, but it has also opened several small branches, but most of them focus on the sacrificial rituals of Wuguishen Cult.
Nan Dao's enthusiastic help really made the gentlemen have a good impression of him. The gentleman named Xie who boiled water with Nan Dao asked him about his intention to study and registered his name in the book in advance. , just the first one, and then let Nandao go to the right first and wait.
Nan Dao thanked Mr. Xie and then passed through the Moon Gate holding an umbrella.
Passing through the door is a relatively large courtyard. There is a stone tablet at the entrance of the courtyard, engraved with the words Tanchun Garden. There is a pool in the courtyard. Various flowers and trees are planted along the pool. There are pavilions and a large plum forest in the corner. The spring season is blooming brilliantly. There are three green pavilions in the plum forest, and the paths are scattered. The gentlemen are drinking tea and chatting in the middle pavilion.
Nan Dao's sudden intrusion made the gentlemen look over. Yun Hu was also among them. When he saw Nan Dao, he nodded and motioned him with his eyes to go to the pavilion next to him to wait. So Nan Dao turned to the crowd. The gentleman bowed and walked along the road to the nearest pavilion.
As soon as he entered the pavilion, Nan Dao felt helpless.
A young man in white lay on the stone table in the middle and fell asleep.
It was Zhang Xiaoyu.
Nan Dao sat down next to him and pushed him. Zhang Xiaoyu woke up in a daze, and woke up immediately when he saw Nan Dao.
"Junior brother, how do you know I'm here?" Zhang Xiaoyu smiled awkwardly, "Don't worry, I'll help you investigate after I get some sleep."
"..." Nan Dao was speechless, "How did I know you were here? I'm here to participate in the spring recruitment. Aren't you a disciple of the Human Sword Sect? Do you still want to come here to learn swordsmanship?"
Zhang Xiaoyu said seriously: "I am the gentleman here."
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Zhang Xiaoyu chuckled twice and said, "It's too little money to be a waiter in an inn. Being a gentleman here earns three taels of silver a month. Do you know what three taels of silver is? Hehe!"
Nan Dao looked at the dark circles under Zhang Xiaoyu's eyes caused by playing cards all night, sighed twice, and said, "Does Xuansheyuan still teach people to play mahjong?"
Zhang Xiaoyu said dejectedly: "Mahjong is taught by the School of Mathematics and Physics. Those stubborn old men refused to let me enter the School of Mathematics and Physics even to death, so I have no choice but to become the second teacher of the Kendo school."
Nan Dao asked in confusion: "What does Mr. Er mean?"
"It means Mr. Number Two."
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Nan Dao looked at Zhang Xiaoyu, a little unbelievable that such a stupid young man who lost everything playing cards all day long could actually be the second gentleman?
Zhang Xiaoyu looked at Nan Dao and said proudly: "After all, I can be regarded as the proud disciple of the Human Sword Sect. If it weren't for the man who sharpened the sword in this Xuanxu courtyard, I would be a great gentleman today."
Nan Dao suddenly remembered the woman in the white dress he met earlier, and turned to look into the pavilion, but he did not see her figure.
Nan Dao turned around, looked at Zhang Xiaoyu and said, "Then what are you doing here? Aren't all those gentlemen there?"
"Hey, those people are very boring. I said it's still early anyway, so let's play a few cards before talking. Those people are just blowing off their beards and staring. I don't want to be angry. I might as well come down below and sleep. There will be more students waiting for us. , see if you can join the table and play a few rounds.”
Zhang Xiaoyu said that he would continue to lie down and sleep.
"Zhang Xiaoyu!"
A powerful voice came from above the pavilion.
Nan Dao looked up and saw a tall old man standing by the guardrail of the pavilion, looking at it with gritted teeth.
"It's almost time, why are you still there? Why don't you get up here quickly!"
Zhang Xiaoyu stood up helplessly and walked listlessly over there, complaining: "This old guy is the dean of Wenhua Academy and the deputy dean of Xuanxu Academy. This old man is too fierce. Junior brother, you Don’t go to his place later.”
"Why do I feel like you lent him a lot of money?"
Nan Dao looked at Zhang Xiaoyu's back and said.
"Ahahaha..." Zhang Xiaoyu smiled awkwardly and got into the Merlin.
Nan Dao held an umbrella and sat down on the edge of the pavilion, quietly waiting for the spring recruitment of Xuanshuyuan to begin.
Not long after, there started to be voices outside, and there seemed to be some quarrels. Nan Dao was listening in the pavilion, and was a little curious, so he stretched his head and looked over there. Unfortunately, the view was blocked by the various flowers and trees. , saw nothing.
Not long after, a handsome young man of fifteen or sixteen years old came in, followed by two servants, holding a black umbrella for him. As soon as the young master came in, he looked around and saw the gentlemen upstairs. They didn't show any timidity, they showed a bright smile, waved their hands and said: "Hey, good morning everyone."
The gentlemen glanced at it, ignored it, and turned back to continue drinking tea. Zhang Xiaoyu lay lazily beside the guardrail, raised his hand, and replied: "Hello, playing cards..."
Before he finished speaking, he was knocked on the head by the old gentleman.
The young master laughed, but no one paid attention to him, so he stopped laughing, shook his head and said, "It's boring."
As he spoke, his eyes glanced at Nan Dao in the pavilion nearby, and then saw the umbrella in Nan Dao's hand. Then he looked up at his own umbrella, held his chin in thought for a while, and looked at his servant.
"who is he?"
The servant nodded and bowed with a smile, and said, "I've never seen him in the city. I think he's just a country citizen somewhere."
"Young man from the countryside?" The young master snorted coldly and said, "What kind of class do you hold the same umbrella as me? I smashed it."
"Okay, Master." The servant without an umbrella rolled up his sleeves, walked to the pavilion, and punched Nan Dao.
Nan Dao was still looking at the three people inexplicably. Seeing that the fist was already in front of him, he retracted the umbrella.
"Dang~"
The servant jumped out of the pavilion holding his hands and wailing.
"Master, Master!"
The servant screamed miserably.
"It's broken, it's broken."
"What's broken?"
"The villain's hand is broken..."
The young master looked at the servant in front of him who was holding his hands in pain and with snot and tears streaming down his face. He tilted his head and said, "You really smashed it!"
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The servant looked at his young master with wide eyes.
The young master waved his hand and said to another servant: "Zhang San, give him two taels of silver and tell him not to come here again. What a sight!"
...
After dismissing a servant in public, the young master walked into the pavilion with a smile, sat down next to Nan Dao, looked at Nan Dao's umbrella curiously, and asked in a friendly manner: "Let me meet you, my name is Beitai.”
Nan Dao looked at Young Master Beitai under the edge of the umbrella for a while before he said, "Nan Dao."
"Pah." Beitai clapped his hands and praised, "What a good name. It seems that you and I have a close relationship."
"..." Nan Dao was speechless.
Beitai leaned backward on the guardrail of the pavilion and said lazily: "Since we are so destined, how about you give me your umbrella?"
Nan Dao looked at him for a long time and said, "I know a very good doctor. Would you like to introduce him to you?"
Beitai sat up straight, looked at Nandao for a long time, and said with a soft smile: "Zhang San."
The servant on the side bent over and came over.
"Master?"
"Didn't you see someone scolding your young master for being sick?" Beitai stood up and straightened his clothes, "Keep smashing."
The servant stood there watching Nan Dao get into trouble, and asked hesitantly: "Should I smash it or not?"
Beitai sighed, patted Zhang San's face, and said, "Why don't you have the eyesight? Forget it, go back and get the two taels of silver, and you can go away too."
Beitai sent away the two servants, stood by the pavilion, gazed at a pool of spring water, and sighed, "Life is as lonely as me."
Nan Dao ignored him, and Beitai did not continue to cause trouble. The two of them waited in the pavilion peacefully.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. From time to time, students in their teens would come in through the courtyard gate. Occasionally, there would also be a few students from the demon clan. They glanced at the two people in the first pavilion and walked to the back pavilion very wisely. go.
In the middle, Mr. Mei, the concierge, came in with a large bucket of hot tea and asked the students in the pavilion who needed some hot soup to warm themselves up.
Many people drank a bowl. Nan Dao had a cough and coughed up some blood, so he also drank a bowl. To his surprise, it was Beitai, the famous young master of Nanyi City, who also wanted it. I drank a bowl of it.
Seeing Nan Dao looking at him strangely, Beitai, who put his legs on the stone table, just said lightly: "Why, this young master can't drink hot tea?"
Nan Dao shook his head, looked at Beitai with a strange expression and said, "No, it's just that you are the only one who chewed off a piece of the bowl."
"I'm happy to." Beitai said angrily. Then he lay down, looked at the falling rain from the sky, and said no more.
The two of them sat in the pavilion in silence.
"Hey, isn't this Mr. Bei who is known as the one who covers the sky in Nanyi City?" A joking voice came from the courtyard gate. Nan Dao turned his head and looked over there, and saw a young man who looked like a young master walking in, followed by a silent middle-aged man holding an umbrella.
The young master walked to the pavilion, looked at the North Island, then at the South Island, tilted his head slightly, and said calmly: "Throw him out."
The middle-aged man said nothing and walked straight towards Nan Dao, about to grab Nan Dao's lapel.
"If you dare to throw him out, I will throw you out, Hua Wuxi."
Beitai was still lying there lazily.
The middle-aged man looked back at the young man known as Hua Wuxi.
Hua Wuxi signaled the man to come back, then sat down on the other side of the pavilion with her legs crossed and smiled softly.
"I'm just kidding."
