Chapter 26 Chapter 2 Sword Eleven

The pond in Hualan Garden is cool in the heat of the afternoon, and the lotus is about to bloom, and the sparkling light is shining in the upside-down withered lotus.Ji Ye stretched his legs, leaned against the shade under the stone bridge, peeled off the lotus pods in his hand, picked out the lotus heart and bit the fragrant lotus seeds, and opened the book in his hand comfortably.He is used to life in the East Palace.In a garden in Nuoda on the outskirts of the city, except for Zu Ling and the place where Young Master Yu and Young Master Chen lived, the other places seemed desolate.And there are only a few youths from aristocratic families in the imperial army who are in charge of guarding, and it is easy to desert.

Suddenly he felt a shadow cast on top of his head.Looking up, it was the child on the bridge who was waving his arms at him. Even though it was summer, his wrist was still wrapped with the fur of a white leopard. "Asule?" Ji Ye didn't expect to meet this barbarian young master here. "I... I went to the library via Qingxinfang to find some books to read," Lu Guichen explained.His face turned red involuntarily, and his heart was beating a small drum. In fact, he wandered around the garden for a long time before he found Ji Ye. In the afternoon, the two maids who served him went to tease the cat with Bai Liyu. There was a lot of people just across the wall, so he could only face the tall palace wall. .So he thought of the only friend in the East Palace. He didn't know if he and Ji Ye were friends. The answers were a little lazy.

"Jimo, has You Guerrilla bothered you recently?" Lu Guichen walked down the bridge and walked in front of Ji Ye. "I don't see him often, I don't know what he is doing? The general got angry last time, maybe he was scared? But to be honest, there is no fight to fight, and it's quite boring," Ji Ye curled his lips, and his eyes were only on the book, "No After leaving You Yin, Fang Qi summoned Peng Lianyun and the others only dared to yell." "What book are you reading, Himeno?" Ji Ye revealed the cover of the book, the cover was a little fuzzy, and it was inscribed with the name "The Complete Story of the Shocking Dragon".

"What book is this?" "You haven't read this book yet?" Ji Ye shook his head, "I've read it for the fifth time, but it's a rare good book, and it's much more interesting than "The Battle of the Four Governors." "What are you talking about?" "It's the story of Emperor Qiangwei. This book begins with Emperor Qiangwei joining the army in Tianqi until he ascends the throne. It is the most exciting part. The rest will be boring, such as entrustment, taxation, and signing a contract with the Wanzhou Chamber of Commerce. I don’t even bother to read it. Where’s your book?”

Lu Guichen shyly turned over the book in his hand. The title of the book was Master Lu's handsome handwriting - "Government Code".Ji Ye took it, turned it over like a gust of wind blowing paper, and raised his head with puzzled eyes. "No interesting book," Lu Guichen became more and more embarrassed. "The homework left by Master Lu, I have to take the 'Tian Mo Pian' exam tonight. I will go to the library to find two collections and read them as soon as possible. So as not to be blinded when you can’t answer.” "What is this 'Tian Mo Pian' about?"

"It's about how to measure the land, hand it over to the village for management, how to collect taxes, how many good years there are, how many bad years, how old people over the age can be exempted from taxes, and the land taxes of previous dynasties." Ji Ye nodded: "So it's a book on farming." The two of them had nothing to say anymore.Ji Ye was still seriously flipping through his "The Complete Story of the Startled Dragon". Lu Guichen thought that Ji Ye probably didn't have much time to take care of himself, so he thought it best to leave wisely.He stood there, hesitating to say goodbye to Ji Ye, but the book blocked Ji Ye's face.

"Aren't you going to find a book?" Ji Ye cast his gaze over the book and saw Lu Guichen looking at his book. "Do you like to read it?" Ji Ye understood a little bit, and he generously handed over the few books on the side to Lu Guichen, "Then you take it back and read it, I have basically read the previous ones. Don't worry." If I lose it, I have to take it back to the bookstore.” "Field taxation varies with time and place. The rich get one out of four, and the poor get one out of seven. In a bad year, if the harvest is poor, and the output of the field is less than half, they can be exempted from taxation. There is no tax for five years of land reclamation, and the mountain field is worthless. Its farming is difficult, and it does not collect taxes, but it has to pay the public grain of the village. Those who have public grain, widows and widows, are used for relief, and the officials send six of them from the four villages, so that they can all be supported."

Bailiyu's voice echoed in the hall, clearer and more excited.Master Lu's frown gradually loosened, and finally he nodded in satisfaction. "Young Master Yu seems to have really worked hard on the 'Tian Mo Pian', which is gratifying." Master Lu narrowed his eyes slightly, combed his beard, and suddenly stared again, "It's just the servants of the two Maple Gardens. The lyrics and music written by the young master in his spare time are presented again. It is really chilling to read! They are full of obscene works and melodious sounds, and there is no such thing as "Eastern Palace Famous Jade Collection", which criticizes the appearance of women and compares the appearance of these famous families. The woman is like a whore in a brothel!"

Bailiyu didn't dare to argue, so he could only mutter in a low voice. "The young master is the heir of the princes of the heaven! What should be learned is the way of the emperor, with a heart far away from the mountains and rivers, how can there be room for the leisure of pollen and fat jade? These women were selected into the palace to serve the young master to study and live. What? Gentleness and kindness are the key!" Master Lu gritted his teeth and was out of breath, "After such a long time, how can I meet the ancestors of the Baili family for generations?" There was silence in the hall, and Bailiyu didn't dare to raise his head, knowing that if he raised his head, he would bump into the teacher's sad and angry old eyes.

A low laugh suddenly broke Master Lu's solemnity. The master turned his head abruptly, and stared at Lu Guichen behind him fiercely like a bull's eye.Only then did Lu Guichen wake up, he hurriedly looked away from the table, and looked at Master Lu respectfully. "Why are you laughing, Young Master Chen?" Lu Fuzi straightened his airs, with a calm and eloquent voice, and walked over slowly, his eyes slanting slightly down on Lu Guichen's desktop, "What is this?" His expression changed suddenly, and he grabbed the book in front of Lu Guichen. Lu Guichen looked at Master Lu in puzzlement, seeing that he was shaking like a shofar, and his gray and sparse beard was motionless without any wind.

"This is the biography of Emperor Qiangwei, the great hero of your country," Lu Guichen lowered his head. "I just got it today. It's really a good book. I couldn't bear to let it go after reading it, so I brought it here. Forgive me, Master." "This, this, this... this is the history of our Dayin, this is just a story of the underworld!" Master Lu's mournful cry only shook the doors and windows of the main hall, "Barbarians! Barbarians!" "Master, I don't want it. I asked a friend to borrow it..." The door that Lu Fuzi slammed when he left was still trembling, Bai Liyu came up and held Lu Guichen's hand: "Today is thanks to you." He ran out with a happy face, leaving only Lu Guichen sitting there alone, looking up at the falling shreds of paper. Holding the spear in his arms, Ji Ye strolled along the palace wall in small steps.He is in charge of patrolling the two sides of Maple Garden tonight. He prefers to patrol, at least he doesn't have to stand at the gate of the palace like a log.He raised his head and suddenly saw the people on the palace wall. "Hey!" Lu Guichen was startled, and looked down to see Ji Ye quietly climbing up from under the wooden ladder. "Is the young master staying up so late at night? What are you looking at here?" Ji Ye squeezed up and stood side by side with Lu Guichen on the top of the ladder. The Guihong Pavilion where Lu Guichen lives and Bailiyu's two maple gardens are just a partition wall. You can see the scene on the opposite side when you climb up the ladder. An elm tree just covers them, and no one can see them.Just separated by a wall, the two Fengyuan gardens were still lit with red gauze palace lanterns in the yard late at night, surrounded by servants and wives. "I'm touching...it's Xiao Su," Baili Yu, who was blindfolded, grabbed a skirt corner, and he grabbed the skirt corner and rushed up to hug it, but it was in vain. "Wrong guess, wrong guess!" The girls giggled and clapped their hands. "Don't lie to me, I remember that skirt just now, it's clearly the shadow gauze on Xiaosu's skirt!" Bailiyu was still flashing left and right, following the girls' voices, but they all missed up. "No! No!" The girls laughed even louder. Bailiyu didn't move, and turned his head from side to side.He didn't move, and the girls didn't speak, they covered their mouths and moved slightly.Their feet were all plain silk shoes with soft soles, and they landed without the slightest sound.Bailiyu couldn't hear, so he could only move. The girls pushed each other, pushing their companions into Bailiyu's arms.They were light and nimble, holding back their laughter, and ran back lightly to take revenge on their female companions.In the end, the game finally turned into girls tickling each other, but everyone refused to make a sound, as if they would lose if they made a sound. "What are they playing?" Ji Ye became bored, and asked Lu Guichen with his chin in one hand. "I'm not very clear," Lu Guichen shook his head, "If you get caught, you lose, right?" "As long as you trip with your legs," Ji Ye nodded, and said with certainty, "I'll definitely catch three or four!" A girl suddenly couldn't help laughing.Bailiyu seized the opportunity, went up to hug her, and groped her body. "It's Xiao Su, it's Xiao Su!" He said loudly, "This shadow gauze must be on the outside of Xiao Su's skirt." "I'm here! Your Highness didn't catch me!" A round-faced girl shouted behind Bailiyu, as if she was the one called Xiao Su. "Guess again, guess again, if you don't guess correctly, you won't kiss," the girls shouted again. Bailiyu hesitated, and he leaned over to sniff the girl's neck gently. The girl was itchy from his sniffing, her face flushed red, she almost couldn't help laughing, but she held it back. "Don't laugh, don't laugh," the female companions continued to quarrel, "Don't deliberately lose." "Is there someone who lost on purpose?" Ji Ye felt more and more bored, so he thought about it. "I know!" Bai Liyu shouted loudly, "It's Liu Yu'er, it's Liu Yu'er! Liu Yu'er and Xiao Su changed their skirts, but the scent won't change, it's Liu Yu'er's scent! " He took off the veil on his head, and still hugged the girl in his arms: "Liu Yuer, you lose, you lose!" "Your Highness guessed right, it's Liu Yu'er's turn!" The girls all laughed, only Liu Yu'er's face was getting redder and redder, as if she was about to bleed. Bailiyu approached unceremoniously, lightly bit the tip of Liu Yu'er's delicate nose, and then pressed his lips against her face.Liu Yu'er seemed to push him away, but also seemed to lose her balance. She fell back and fell to the ground with Bailiyu.The giggles around became more noisy, and Bailiyu still hugged Liu Yu'er and rolled on the ground a few times, biting her ear lightly.Liu Yu'er's skirt was turned up, but there were no trousers underneath. In the light of the palace lantern, her legs were slender and delicate, as if they were carved in powder. "Your Highness...Your Highness..." The women seemed to be pulling, but they just followed by and put on a show. Liu Yu'er blushed and snorted softly. Ji Ye turned his head to look at his companion, only to feel that a tendon in the back of his neck was numb all the way to the top of his head.The two climbed down the ladder shyly, and sat side by side under the palace wall. Lu Guichen touched his forehead, which was actually covered with sweat, and let out a long breath. "No wonder you climbed so high..." Ji Ye stared at him. "I'm not! I..." Lu Guichen stammered, "I just don't have anything to do. Originally, Liu Yu'er and Xiao Su were in Guihong Hall, and they also ran over. Leave me alone. I just want to see what they're doing." "So it was your maid who was snatched away by Young Master Yu, but you also like this?" Ji Ye snorted disdainfully from his nose. "I...I...I'm not..." Lu Guichen didn't know how to explain.His face was so red and purple, like an unripe eggplant, he could only lower his head deeply. "Can you go out of the palace?" Ji Ye pulled his sleeve, "I'll take you out tomorrow night to see what's new." "Fresh?" Lu Guichen raised his head and looked at his friend in surprise. Ji Ye's face was full of complacency.