While they were talking, Mu You walked into the room from the backyard with a basin of hot water. She was surprised to see Ning Que, but she didn't say anything and began to help Second Brother dress up.
"I can't comb my hair or wear a crown." Jun Mo said.
Ning Que said, "You don't need to do it yourself since Seventh Sister is here."
Jun Mo said, "Men and women should be different. Some things are not convenient."
Ning Que smiled and said, "Everything will be convenient after we get married."
It was quiet. The sound of the waterfall falling into the pond was very clear. Mu You lowered her head and was a little shy. Jun Mo coughed and asked seriously, "What else do you want?"
Ning Que was feeling the atmosphere in the room. When he heard this, he held back his laughter and said, "I do need your help."
Jun Mo said, "Besides Eldest Brother and Yu Lian, you are the only one who can see my problem. It means your state is quite good. Although it is not stable, you don't need to worry too much."
"It's not about that."
Ning Que clapped his hands and shouted to the courtyard door outside the window, "Come in."
Two youths with crutches walked in from outside the small courtyard. Both of them looked very nervous, but if one looked closely, they would be able to see that there was actually a huge difference between them. One of the youths was well-dressed. He was obviously very nervous, but he still looked around out of the corner of his eyes, pretending to be calm. There was a kind of stinginess in his eyes. The other youth in plain clothes was looking at his feet. His right hand, which was holding the crutch, kept trembling. If it wasn't for the youth in front of him leading him, he probably wouldn't even be able to walk.
Ning Que said to Second Brother, "In the battle with the Abbey Dean a few days ago, these two boys performed well. Judging from their recovery, their bodies are also good. I just don't know if they have potential."
"Do you want them to enter the Academy?" Jun Mo asked.
Ning Que said, "If you think they are good enough, you can choose one as your disciple and give the other one to me. But these days, you may need to teach them. I don't have time."
Jun Mo said, "You don't have a disciple yet."
Ning Que said, "If Eldest Brother wants it, I'll give it to him."
The two teenagers were Zhang San and Li Si. After the bloody battle on the Snow Street, they were taught a good lesson. If they had not been seriously injured, they would have been beaten by the elders. Because of their injuries, Li Si and his family did not return to their hometown but lived in the Zhang family's house in Sanyuanli. Today, the Chang 'an Local Government suddenly sent someone to take them from Chang' an to the Academy.
The two youths had no idea what had happened. They walked into the Academy in a daze and entered the clouds halfway up the mountain. Then, they arrived at the real Academy.
For the Tangs, the Academy was the most honorable place, but it was not mysterious. However, the back mountain was a completely different world, because all the details indicated that it should be a fairyland.
It was not until they entered the small courtyard accompanied by the sound of the waterfall and heard the conversation between Ning Que and Jun Mo that the two teenagers realized what kind of Lucky Chance they had encountered. So they became more and more nervous. Even Zhang Nianzu did not dare to look around. He looked down at his toes and prayed silently in his heart.
Ning Que said, "I know there is a test to enter the back mountain, but I really like these two boys. Now I'm worried that they have no aptitude for cultivation, like I did in the past."
Jun Mo said, "Since you can cultivate, so can they. As long as the Academy is willing to teach people, there is no one that cannot be taught. If you want them to stay, then stay."
Ning Que did not stay any longer. He said a few words to the two teenagers and left. Seventh Sister sent him out of the hospital. At the gate of the courtyard, she met someone who was talking.
The two teenagers were in extreme shock and happiness and did not notice Ning Que's departure. They looked at the one-armed man in front of them in awe and waited for his instructions.
At this moment, a big white goose walked into the small courtyard, shaking its butt. It came to the front of the house with familiarity and clumsily stepped over the high threshold. It walked to Jun Mo's feet and sat down, closing its eyes to rest.
It was injured when the Hierarch broke into the mountain and had not yet recovered. It was a little listless. Otherwise, if it saw two strangers in its own yard, who knew what would happen.
Even so, the two teenagers were still shocked by the big white goose that seemed to know how to behave.
"When you learn the rules of the Academy in the future, the first thing you have to learn is to be calm in the face of danger."
Jun Mo looked at the two teenagers and said expressionlessly, "Go to the yard and stand. You are not allowed to use crutches. You are not allowed to bend your knees and close your eyes. If you can see the first ray of sunlight tomorrow morning, you will pass."
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Colliding with the big white goose at the gate of the small courtyard, Ning Que was almost pecked by it. If it were not for the fact that it was not in good spirits, he would definitely not let it go. He said angrily, "Senior Sister, when you become the owner of this small courtyard in the future, you can't be like Senior Brother, who is so strict with Jia Lun and spoils the big white goose. You have to control that animal more. Can't you see that I am also a disabled person now? How dare it bite me."
Mu You was a little nervous. Hearing his words, she did not know what to say. She asked in a low voice, "Did you already know about this?"
Ning Que said with a smile, "We are not blind."
Mu You twisted the embroidered handkerchief in her hand into a flower and explained in a low voice, "It was he who liked me first."
Ning Que said, "The Headmaster is not here. Who dares to care about this?"
Mu You said cautiously, "Even if the Headmaster is still here, he won't disagree, right?"
Ning Que looked at the bright moon in the night sky and somehow felt a little annoyed. He said, "Who knows what nonsense that old guy will come up with?"
"What do you mean by nonsense?"
"That is … pulling the little calf."
"Why would the Headmaster do such a thing?"
"Because … he is close to the old yellow calf."
"Younger Brother, you are talking nonsense again."
"Anyway, the Headmaster is not reliable."
"Well, the Headmaster has never been reliable."
Mu You looked at the bright moon in the mountains and smiled.
Then she turned to Ning Que and bowed, "Younger Brother, thank you."
Ning Que brought the two teenagers to the Academy to be apprenticed to the Headmaster. No matter what the reason was, he let Second Brother handle this matter because he wanted to distract Senior Brother.
That was what she thanked him for.
Ning Que smiled and did not say anything more.
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The back of the mountain was very big. Everyone had their own small courtyard, and it was either a mountain or a lake. Even Tang Xiaotang was no exception. Song Qian and the Eighth Brother played chess under the pine tree all day long. The scholars lived in the library cave all year round. Basically, no one lived in their small courtyard, and it was empty.
In the past, because of Sangsang, Ning Que was the only non-resident student in the Back Mountain of the Academy. Basically, he lived in the Old Brush Pen Shop or Yanming Lake. Occasionally, he would stay overnight in the mountain, but he always kept his house.
The night was dark and foggy. He walked slowly along the mountain path with the help of his walking stick to his small courtyard.
Sangsang was not in Chang 'an. The house at Yanming Lake had been destroyed by him, and the wall of the Old Brush Pen Shop had also been cut into two. He had no reason to return to Chang' an, so he would probably make this place his home in the future.
His small courtyard was not far from the Mirror Lake. It was behind the dense forest where Senior Brother Beigong and Senior Brother Ximen usually played the zither. It was very secluded and quiet. The moonlight fell on the eaves and made it even colder.
Someone was waiting for him.
Tang Xiaotang leaned against the mud wall and lowered her head. She looked at her old leather boots and kicked the wall from time to time.
Ning Que looked at her beautiful face and the faint sadness between her eyebrows. He said, "Ask whatever you want."
Tang Xiaotang looked up at him and asked, "Is Sangsang really dead?"
She was Sangsang's good friend, and Sangsang had very few good friends.
Thinking of this fact, Ning Que suddenly felt some pain in his body.
"After coming back, not many people would mention Sangsang in front of me. Some people probably felt it was not convenient to mention her, such as Senior Brother and Senior Sister. Most people have completely forgotten her."
Without waiting for Tang Xiaotang to speak, he continued, "Yes, Sangsang is dead."
His tone was very calm, as if he was describing a very ordinary thing.
But the more it was so, the sadder it was.
Tang Xiaotang said, "She is really Haotian's daughter."
Ning Que was silent for a moment and said, "Or, she is Haotian."
He thought of the traces left by Haotian in the God-stunning Array, the traces of Sangsang in Chang 'an, and the old residence and past that he had cut off. He suddenly laughed and said, "I raised Haotian and even slept with her. Don't you think I am a very legendary person?
Tang Xiaotang suddenly felt that he was very pitiful, but she did not know how to comfort him.
Because she was also a very pitiful person now.
Ning Que looked at her and said, "I know what you want to ask. Pipi left Chang 'an with the Abbey Dean on his back. He should be going back to the Zhishou Abbey. I want to tell you that I owe him a lot, and I also owe him my life. So if there is anything you need me to do in the future, I will risk my life to do it."
Tang Xiaotang understood what he meant and said, "… Youngest Uncle, thank you very much."
The two hugged in the cold moonlight, giving each other warmth and courage, and then said goodbye.
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Ning Que used to think that he owed nothing, but the world owed him. It was not until he went to the City of Wei, came to Chang 'an, and entered the Academy that he found that he owed more and more.
He owed Chen Pipi his life, and he owed Mo Shanshan a favor.
Mo Shanshan did not accept the Eldest Brother's invitation to live in the Academy. She still stayed in the hotel in Chang 'an.
She came all the way from the Great River Kingdom and left the sect for the Academy, the red walls, and the white snow.
Ning Que did not know how to face it.
He did not know what would happen to lovers in the end.
Not all men and women would be like Second Brother and Seventh Sister.
Just like he once had a wife, but now he tossed and turned on the bed alone.
He thought that all these things would probably pass after a good sleep, but he could not fall asleep no matter how hard he tried.
He opened his eyes and looked at the white moonlight outside the window.
That year when he left the City of Wei, the starlight was also as cold and white as frost.
The wound left by the Abbey Dean on his body suddenly became very painful, and so did his heart.
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