"Come, come, come! Today is a joyous day! Jingmo, come, have a drink with this old man! "
"Hehe! Obedience is no substitute for deference! Father-in-law, please! "
"Come! Haha! I didn't expect you to become a count and Yuzhu to become a second-rank noble. The world is truly unpredictable! "
"Alright, alright! Old man, don't drink so much! "
"Haha! This old man is very happy today! Xuan 'er is becoming more and more promising. Yuzhu and Jingmo, one is a mother because of her son, and the other is a father because of his son, haha! This old man is very happy! "
Lantian County, Marquis Yong 'an Manor.
At this moment, the mansion was brightly lit. Li Jingmo, Ye Guozhong, and the others were holding a banquet, celebrating the Li Family's "collective promotion" with everyone in the mansion. That's right, it was a collective promotion. Not only was Li Zexuan promoted, but Li Er had also promoted Ye Yuzhu and Han Yuxi to Madam Dowager, and given Old Man Li the status of a Count. This was a case of one person achieving the Dao, and all his chickens and dogs ascending to the heavens!
Of course, this was mainly Li Er's way of compensating Li Zexuan in disguise. Based on Li Zexuan's contributions this time, it wasn't a problem for him to be promoted by another nobility rank. However, Li Er suppressed Li Zexuan's current nobility rank in order to ensure that Li Chengqian still had room to reward Li Zexuan. Since he couldn't promote Li Zexuan's nobility rank, Old Li could only share a portion of the reward with Li Zexuan's family!
This way, the opposition in the court would be much smaller. After all, a fifteen-year-old duke was too scary!
"Husband, what's wrong?"
While the Li family was celebrating, our protagonist took the opportunity to pull his wife away from the table after drinking a few cups of wine. After they walked to a quiet corner, Han Yuxi couldn't help but ask curiously.
Li Zexuan looked around. After confirming that there was no one else around, he whispered into Han Yuxi's ear, "Yuxi, your husband has something to do and needs to go out of the city. Father and mother will help me cover it up. Just say that I drank too much and went back to my room to rest ~!"
"Ah ~? Husband, it's so late. What are you doing outside the city? "
Han Yuxi asked in confusion.
"Hehe! Wife, there's something urgent at the academy tonight, so I have to go! Teacher Wen Ji and the others are still waiting for your husband! "
Li Zexuan scratched his head and said vaguely.
This was a man's dilemma. Sometimes, it was inevitable that there would be conflicts between his career and his family. At this time, he had to make a choice! He liked the warmth and liveliness at home, but there were also many people in the Academy who "needed" him! After all, he was the spiritual leader of the Academy.
"The Academy?"
Han Yuxi was surprised, but she also felt Li Zexuan's anxiety, so she did not continue to ask. Instead, she frowned and said, "But husband, the city gate is closed now. How are you going to get out of the city?"
"Hey! You little fool! "
Li Zexuan couldn't help but be amused when he heard this. After that, he flicked Han Yuxi's forehead with his finger and said with a smile, "Your husband is the Lord of Lantian County. Isn't it easy to leave the city? Alright! Let's not talk anymore. I have to go. I'll be back early tomorrow morning! "
Li Zexuan moved his head closer and tapped the latter's forehead lightly. Then, in a flash, he rode away from the back door!
Han Yuxi covered her forehead, and her little face couldn't help but blush. She looked at Li Zexuan's back as he left and felt inexplicably disappointed. She understood Li Zexuan's feelings for the Academy, so she didn't have any intention of blaming Li Zexuan for his actions. She just couldn't help but feel a little disappointed!
Suddenly, she saw the willow trees and regretted teaching her husband to seek the title of Marquis!
This was about Han Yuxi's current state of mind!
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Under the sparse moonlight, Li Zexuan quickly arrived at Yanhuang College.
At this time, the chefs in the cafeteria had already prepared the dinner. As soon as Li Zexuan arrived, the dinner began immediately.
The location of the dinner was chosen to be in the cafeteria. Currently, Yanhuang College only had one grade of students. Including the teachers, there were only about seven hundred people. The Academy's cafeteria was completely designed according to the standards of modern university cafeterias. There was no problem at all in accommodating more than seven hundred people at the same time.
Perhaps the only trouble was that the students had to share their own tables. Since it was a dinner, they definitely couldn't have one meal per person like they usually did in the cafeteria. The dishes had to be served table by table!
Setting up a dinner in the cafeteria would definitely be mocked for being stingy in modern times. However, Li Zexuan wasn't stingy at all for this dinner. First of all, many of the chefs in the Academy came from the Drunken Immortal Restaurant. There was no need to talk about their culinary skills. The dishes they made were definitely more delicious than more than eighty percent of the restaurants in Chang 'an City.
Moreover, the variety of ingredients for this dinner was quite rich. There were all kinds of chicken, duck, and fish. There were more than ten main dishes and more than ten side dishes on each table. There was definitely enough variety and quantity!
"Come! Let's toast to Teacher Wen Ji! To celebrate Teacher Wen Ji's recovery, Teacher Wen Ji, you can use tea instead of wine! "
The teachers of the Academy were all sitting on the second floor of the cafeteria. This wasn't to divide the classes. If the teachers and students sat at the same table, the students wouldn't be able to eat freely. It was better to let the children have their fun on the first floor. During the dinner, Li Zexuan stood up and raised his cup.
"Good! Teacher Wen Ji has just recovered from a serious illness. It's time to celebrate ~! "
Hearing this, all the teachers on the second floor of the cafeteria stood up and raised their cups to Li Gang to toast!
Li Gang quickly stood up and said, "Haha! It was all thanks to Yamachō's acupuncture that I saved him! This old man can't hold his liquor, so I can only use tea instead of wine ~! "
After saying that, the old man picked up his teacup and drank it in one gulp.
"Good!"
The teachers of the Academy followed suit and drank the wine in their cups.
Li Zexuan didn't sit down. He poured himself another cup of wine and raised his cup to the crowd. "This second cup of wine is a toast to all of you gentlemen. During my absence, the academy has relied on all of you for your efforts!"
After saying that, Li Zexuan raised his head and drank the wine in his cup.
"Haha! Yamachō's words are too serious! "
Everyone declined and downed the wine in their cups in one gulp.
Li Zexuan smiled and said, "Alright! Everyone, don't stand on ceremony. Sit down and eat to your heart's content. Tonight, we won't go home until we're drunk! "
"Good! We won't go home until we're drunk! "
The teachers cheered and the dinner officially began.
With the two old drunkards, Wang Ji and the bearded man taking the lead, the atmosphere at the table was quickly lifted. Thus, on the second floor of the cafeteria, there were many toasts and toasts. It was very lively.
At the same time, on the first floor of the cafeteria, the students were not to be outdone. After experiencing Li Zexuan's encouragement in the afternoon, the students had already regained their usual vigor. At this moment, the students on the first floor were eating and drinking heartily while bragging. It was very lively!
"Oh! If Chou Niu was here, it would be even livelier! Don't you think so, Qingque? "
On the first floor of the cafeteria, Yuchi Baolin said regretfully as he stuffed steamed pork trotters into his mouth.
Li Tai rolled his eyes and said, "Huh? Baolin, if Chou Niu was here, I think our table of dishes would have been cleaned out by him! "
"Yes, yes! That's right! "
Sun Zi Fan desperately stuffed the meat into his mouth and said with a buzzing voice, "Oh! I just found out that our Academy's chef can cook so well. It seems like they were hiding their strength from us! "
"…"
Facing the two gluttons beside him who did not care about their image, Li Tai was speechless. However, he had to admit that without Cheng Chumo, the Academy seemed to have lost a lot of fun. More than half a month …
Without him, he was starting to miss Cheng Chumo!
"Yamachō, His Highness King of Shu, Chumo and the rest, when will they be back?"
On the second floor of the cafeteria, Mo Huai asked a question that Li Tai and Yuchi Baolin wanted to ask.
Li Zexuan pondered for a moment and said, "The Locust Extermination Mission has ended. Counting the days, Xiaoke and Chumo should be back in three or four days! Also, isn't Ke Shiqing still in Sichuan? Call him back, and the Academy will arrange for Wenhao, Iron Egg, Xiaoke, Chumo, and Ke Shiqing to take the make-up exams! "
Although he encouraged the students to diversify their development, he would not limit them to the Academy. As long as there was a good place to practice, he would even encourage the students to practice outside. For example, Ke Shiqing had not returned since he went to Sichuan. Another example was Li Ke, who was now taking over some of the affairs of the bank.
However, in principle, every student had to participate in the Academy's final exams. At most, if you failed a certain course, the Academy would give you a few extra points based on your daily practical performance. Of course, if your results were too bad and you were less than ten points away from passing, the Academy could do nothing about it. You would have to give up your practical experience outside, come back to take a make-up exam, or re-study!
Yan Silu stroked his beard and said, "Yamachō is right! As for Ke Shiqing, I have already sent a letter to him half a month ago to inform him to come back and take the final exams. He should be in Chang 'an soon! "
"Good! Mr. Kong Gui is so thoughtful! "
Li Zexuan exclaimed in admiration.
After a brief discussion of the Academy's affairs, everyone continued to drink.
The banquet continued until the moon was high in the sky. Naturally, the students and teachers returned to their own dormitories. Although some of the teachers were already dead drunk, their dormitories were not far from the cafeteria. In theory, there should not be any accidents.
Li Zexuan accompanied Mo Huai to send Li Gang back to the courtyard. Although the old man did not drink, Li Zexuan was still worried about letting him go back alone!
"Yamachō, now that you have returned to Cloud Mountain, let's bury the Academy guards who were sacrificed in the previous battle tomorrow! The weather is hot now, so the questions cannot be left for too long! "
After sending Li Gang home, Mo Huai accompanied Li Zexuan on a small path in Cloud Mountain. Halfway there, Mo Huai suddenly spoke.
Li Zexuan's heart ached when he heard this. He, who was still a little drunk, instantly sobered up. It had been four days since the deaths of the twelve Academy guards. All the teachers in the Academy were waiting for Li Zexuan to come back and bury the guards. In order to prevent the questions from rotting, Han Yuxi specially ordered the craftsmen in the workshop to build twelve ice coffins to store the questions of the Academy guards.
(The word 'shiti' seemed to be a Chinese word now. To be safe, it could only be replaced with a homophone.)
"Yes! Let's do it sooner rather than later. We will open a mourning hall in the Academy tomorrow and bury them as soon as possible! "
After a moment of silence, Li Zexuan spoke.
Although he spoke well when he persuaded the students to cheer up on the playground in the afternoon, he could not help but feel a dull pain in his heart when he thought of the twelve dead guards of the Academy. This was probably what it meant to be able to save others, but not oneself!
"That's right! When we have time tomorrow, Martial Uncle and I will treat Mr. Mo's injuries together. This way, you can recover faster! "
Li Zexuan suddenly thought of something and hurriedly said.
The night he returned to Cloud Mountain, he had planned to treat Mo Huai's injuries the next day. However, he was called to Chang 'an by Li Er the next day, and the matter had been delayed until now.
"Yamachō, there's no need to trouble you and Daoist Master Xuan Qing. This old man will recover by himself after a few days of recuperation!"
Mo Huai hurriedly waved his hand.
He was a martial artist and naturally was not as weak as Li Gang. Although he had been seriously injured that night, after Sun Simiao's treatment, his external injuries had basically healed. Although his internal injuries would take some time and effort, they would not affect his daily life. It was just that he could not easily use his vital Qi now!
Li Zexuan insisted. "Mr. Mo, you have to listen to me on this matter. You were injured because you were protecting the Academy. I will definitely not stand by and watch!"
Mo Huai was stubborn and could only nod. "Okay! Then this old man will thank Yamachō and Daoist Master Xuan Qing in advance! "
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