Shen Cha lay on the bed and soon turned over, once to the left and once to the right, becoming more energetic the more he turned.
She had already slept before. Although her sleep was not very peaceful, she was not very sleepy now and could not sleep at all.
After about a cup of tea, she heard shallow breathing coming from the opposite side. When she heard that sound, she knew that her brother had fallen into a deep sleep. Then she relaxed a little and sat up slowly. He lifted up the quilt, wrapped himself in his cloak, and walked out slowly and quietly.
Walking outside, Shen Cha poured himself a sip of water from the small warm teapot, and then began to rummage through the large camphor wood boxes that had been moved over. He found the few volumes of books that he had not finished reading before, and picked them out. Put it aside and gently close the lid of the box.
Picking up the books, she carefully walked back to the inner room and lay down on her bed again.
Taking a pillow and placing it behind him, Shen Cha sat back on the bed, opened the book he had been reading before, and smiled softly.
In fact, she has never mentioned to anyone that the book she is reading is exactly the process of how Shen Yizhou and Xue Jinchang met, got to know each other, and became sworn friends as described by His Highness Prince Ning. To be precise, this process is just this notebook. A small part, but just this small part, should be able to solve many of their problems.
However, she only read the beginning. Xue Jinchang had not yet left Yuezhou for Xijing City. As soon as he saw this, he was interrupted by an accident. Before he could continue reading, he had no idea how the rest of the story happened. .
Although he has not read it further, Shen Cha believes that the content recorded here should be more detailed than what His Highness Prince Ning described. All their previous questions may be able to find answers here.
Moreover, she believed that the content inside was more subjective and perhaps more personal than what His Highness Prince Ning saw, simply because it was Xue Jinchang himself who left these scrolls and wrote these stories.
Shen Cha looked at the scrolls in his hand and slowly calculated the time. These scrolls should have been written during Xue Jinchang's later years. At that time, the Xue family was no longer the previous Xue family and had already been granted a title. , there is also a trace of emotion in the words recalling the past, lamenting the innocence of youth, and lamenting the difficulty of traveling all these years.
There should be several such books. What he is reading now should be a story that happened when he was seventeen or eighteen years old. This period is considered a very important period in Xue Jinchang's life. The changes in his life are all from this period.
Before being interrupted, Shen Cha happened to see that Xue Jinchang had passed the imperial examination that year and was preparing to go to Xijing City to take the provincial examination. If everything went well, he might directly participate in the palace examination.
Xue Jinchang, who is 17 or 18 years old, is full of expectations and is very excited about his upcoming exam in Beijing. According to his notes, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep for several days. He felt that with his own level, he could pass the exam. There is absolutely no problem with the provincial examination of the Ministry of Rites. As long as you perform well in the palace examination and come out on top, you can realize your ambitions, save the country and the people, and change the situation at that time.
He believed that when the new emperor ascended the throne, there would be a new atmosphere, and he would never let these people continue to live in a state of emptiness like before.
Seeing this, Shen Cha couldn't help but shook his head. To put it bluntly, Xue Jinchang, who was smug and ready to do something big, was really naive, with a hint of stupidity, and he didn't look like someone who was raised by a wealthy family at all. The young master is not sensitive to the situation in the court at all.
However, when she saw Xue Jinchang's small words on the side, she couldn't help but laugh.
Mr. Xue, who has gone through many vicissitudes of life, added his comments to Xue Jinchang, a young man who did not understand the world at that time. He was so well protected by his family and elders that he had not experienced any pain and had no idea of the gap between reality and dreams. How big it is, I embarked on the road to Xijing City with great ambition, but I never thought about how many ups and downs I would encounter along the way.
Shen Cha sighed softly and stretched out his hand to rub his eyes. Xue Jinchang is indeed very capable, with outstanding literary talent and martial arts. To be honest, if it weren't for the encounter on the road, if it weren't for a series of things that happened after arriving in Xijing City, it would be completely overturned. It overturned his original ideas and overturned the world in his imagination. He could successfully participate in the provincial and palace examinations that year. If he was not the top pick, he would at least be the second place. At that time, what direction would his life take? ,I do not know.
Shen Cha yawned and suddenly felt that Xue Jinchang should thank Shen Yizhou properly. If he hadn't known him, his fate would have been rewritten, and Daxia might have lost a Wuding Marquis. .
"Why don't you sleep? What are you watching?"
Shen Cha was reading with great interest when he suddenly heard Shen Haolin's voice and was startled. He almost dropped the book in his hand.
She looked in the direction of the soft couch and saw Shen Haolin looking at her with bright eyes and sighed softly.
"Brother, are you awake, or are you still awake?"
"I fell asleep, and I'm awake now. If I wasn't particularly tired, I wouldn't be able to sleep well during the day and wouldn't be able to sleep for a while."
"Then when I went out, was my brother asleep or awake?"
"When did you..." Seeing the scroll in Shen Cha's hand, Shen Haolin raised an eyebrow, "Did you go out to get this?" Seeing Shen Cha nod, he smiled, "When you went out, I didn't know , what I know is that I saw you smiling weirdly when I just woke up." He rubbed his neck, "What is written in this? Can it make you smile like this? Is it of any help to us? ?”
"Very helpful. These are the notes of Elder Xue Jin. He wrote it himself in his old age."
"Notes?" Shen Haolin was very interested, "What did you write?"
"Some of the stories that happened when he was young overlap with the ones we heard today. I was thinking while reading just now that maybe the answers we are looking for are in these notes." Shen Cha put on his clothes He put on the big cloak, hugged the books, got out of bed, and ran to the soft couch, "It's a little dark over there, so we can't see clearly. Let's read here."
"Lean on me." Shen Haolin wrapped Shen Cha tightly in the quilt, held her in his arms, and patted her gently, "That's fine."
"Brother, how can you read my notes when you wrap me up like this?" Shen Cha looked helplessly at Shen Haolin, "My two arms are wrapped in it."
"Oh, I forgot!" Shen Haolin opened the quilt again, took out the book from Shen Cha's arms, wrapped the person again, hugged the person in his arms, patted the person again, and said with a smile, "That's good!"
Shen Cha looked helplessly at his brother who had snatched his book, and sighed softly.
