Ren Baqian walked up to the podium and placed the book on the table. He looked down and saw an empty seat in the middle. He asked doubtfully, "Xu Peng, where's Du Laoliu? Why isn't he here? "
Xu Peng was already worried. When he heard Ren Baqian's question, his expression didn't improve. He stood up and replied, "Teacher, he can't come."
"Why?" Ren Baqian's heart skipped a beat when he saw Xu Peng's expression.
Xu Peng calculated in his heart. By now, the Du and Tu families should already know about it. There was no need to hide it anymore, so he said, "Du Laoliu eloped …"
Ren Baqian's face immediately lit up.
The other students were also in an uproar and looked at Xu Peng with their mouths agape.
Du Laoliu actually eloped?
Ren Baqian immediately recalled the scene that he had witnessed in the tavern. At that time, both he and the empress saw it very clearly.
He thought that it was a form of growth for students to experience such things, but he didn't expect Du Laoliu to be so ruthless and elope …
"When did this happen?" Ren Baqian asked.
"It should have been yesterday afternoon after school," Xu Peng replied.
Ren Baqian frowned and pondered for a while. After that, he inquired about Tu Yu's family background. Tu Yu's father was called Tu Hong, an assistant in the Ministry of Justice and a Secondary class, Rank 4 official. Tu Hong and the Minister of Revenue, Tu Wan, were close relatives.
As for Du Laoliu, his family background was similar to Tu Yu's, but he was the most useless third son.
As for the girl with the surname Shi, he didn't ask about her.
However, Du Laoliu and the girl's elopement had directly trampled the faces of the Tu family and the girl's family into the mud. Both sides wouldn't let him off.
It was still unknown whether the two of them could escape.
If they didn't succeed, his fate would be worrying.
If they succeeded, he would have to give up on his studies and fade into the masses. It would be a pity.
At the thought of this, Ren Baqian felt a little regretful. He originally thought that Du Changkong had made some progress and would have good prospects in the future. He didn't expect such an unforeseen event to happen.
"Alright, continue with the lesson." Ren Baqian collected his thoughts and slapped the table.
However, the people below didn't have the mood to listen to the lecture. All of them were whispering to each other and winking at each other. Usually, Ren Baqian would use a gun and bullets to teach them what classroom discipline was. However, he wasn't in the mood today.
However, after only half of the lesson, an angry female voice could be heard from outside, "Principal Ren, is Du Changkong here?"
Needless to say, someone had come looking for him.
Ren Baqian slammed the book on the table and said in a deep voice, "Read the book yourself first."
As he walked out, the classroom immediately burst into an uproar. A bunch of people crowded at the door and in front of the bed, looking outside.
"Who are you? What's the matter? " When Ren Baqian arrived at the entrance of the academy, he saw a lady in her forties or fifties standing there. She was wearing a wide-sleeved robe with five or six burly attendants behind her. All of them looked menacing.
Fortunately, these people knew that they couldn't barge into the academy.
"Principal Ren, my daughter, Shi Jiyue, was abducted by Du Laoliu yesterday and has not been seen since then. I want to ask him where my daughter has gone, "the lady angrily asked.
"It just so happens that Du Laoliu has been abducted to an unknown place. If Madam sees him, remember to inform me. The rules of the academy must still be followed. Those who play truant without reason will be punished," Ren Baqian said calmly. You are asking me for him? I still don't know who to look for.
"Is Du Laoliu not here?" the lady asked in an overbearing tone.
"If you can get the warrant from Her Majesty, you can come in and look for him," Ren Baqian said unhappily as he stood at the door.
The lady carefully looked at Ren Baqian's expression. Her face darkened and she finally said hatefully, "Principal Ren has taught a good student. Let's go! "
Ren Baqian cursed in his heart. Do you think I'm a scapegoat? Why are you putting all the blame on me?
You are only looking for your daughter now that she's gone? Don't you know why she's gone?
I even lost a student! In any case, after a year of my education, she's a talent who can add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
"Hmph!" Ren Baqian looked at the lady's back, flicked his sleeves, turned around, and entered the courtyard. "Close the door."
Seeing that Ren Baqian was unhappy, the students who were originally blocking the door immediately scurried back to their seats in a panic.
After school, Xu Peng found Ren Baqian and asked, "Teacher, can you help Du Laoliu? He and Shi Jiyue like each other, and he even said that he would propose marriage to the Shi family after he achieved some results. In the end, Tu Yu interfered. "
"How can I help?" Ren Baqian asked. If Xu Peng had looked for him previously, he might have been able to help.
Now that Du Laoliu had run away, how could he help?
Xu Peng felt that Ren Baqian's words made sense. He had thought too much, cupped his fists, bowed, and left with a heavy heart.
Ren Baqian shook his head when he saw that Xu Peng had left. He wasn't too worried. After all, the youngsters of the aboriginals weren't like the youngsters on Earth who couldn't differentiate between the five grains. In any case, they were at the Kismet Heaven level and were much stronger than ordinary Wheel experts. As long as they didn't provoke the beasts in the deep forests, they wouldn't be in much danger.
It all depended on when the two of them would be caught and brought back.
Many of the aboriginals were originally hunters in the mountains, and many of them were good at tracking.
Ren Baqian wasn't optimistic that the two of them would be together after eloping, and it was only a matter of time before they were caught and brought back.
After returning to the palace, Ren Baqian first asked for the empress's whereabouts. She was still discussing with the ministers about Great Xia's movements in the imperial court.
This was because Great Xia's movements over the past half a month seemed to be very aggressive on the surface. They had been attacking the cities non-stop for more than half a month, but the 500,000 soldiers surrounding the three cities hadn't made much progress for more than half a month. This was somewhat suspicious.
In the previous battle, Ziyue City was breached in just one night. The deputy protector general was besieged by many experts and died on the spot.
With such a comparison, the problem could be seen.
After returning to Pingle Park, Ren Baqian gave Tiantian and Gungun, who were about to pounce on him, a slap each. Then, he strolled to a lake in the palace.
The lake wasn't considered big, and its diameter was less than 300 meters. There weren't any waterside pavilions or pavilions on it, and it was surrounded by a circle of trees.
Through the clear lake water, Ren Baqian could see a guy with a body full of green scales lying at the bottom of the lake.
Ren Baqian first found a comfortable place to sit. It was a rock that protruded from the shore. He felt pretty good as he sat there and enjoyed the surrounding brightness.
Then, he shouted, "Qishui!"
At the bottom of the lake was the kirin that Ren Baqian had ridden before. However, it plunged into the lake after returning to Dayao. Ren Baqian would occasionally come to take a look when he had nothing to do, but he had never seen it come out.
Ren Baqian sat on the shore and muttered, "Everyone has some ideals or dreams. When they are young, their dreams become desires when they grow up. There are always some things that they want to do from the bottom of their hearts.
Humans are like this, so is the kirin, right? Even if it's to pull a cart or be a mount, it should have something that it wants to do, right? For example, a tall, rich, and handsome man who pulls a cart or a heavenly king who rides … Look at you, you stay at the bottom of the lake every day and don't come out even once a year. I'm afraid that moss will grow on your body. Fortunately, you're in the water. Otherwise, your body would stink …
"Do you know that humans who stay at home every day are called otakus? What should a kirin be called if it hides in its nest every day? Otakus? Speaking of which, I still don't know if you are male or female … You didn't let me take a look back then …
"Do you have anything you want to eat? For example, sashimi? I recommend dipping it in wasabi. Horseradish isn't bad either. I quite like the pungent taste of horseradish … Give me a scale, and I'll treat you to sashimi. How about that? "
After nagging for an hour, Ren Baqian got up, feeling a little bored. "I'll see you in two days. Think about it carefully!"
After Ren Baqian left, Qishui opened its eyes at the bottom of the lake. It was like a lightbulb at the bottom of the lake, and its eyes were full of distress …
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