Chapter 44: Escape

The brothers ran out of the Yasheng Academy Palace, didn’t dare to take the main road, turned into the mountain forest from the path on the side of the courtyard, and ran for a long time before stopping.

Xu Qi’an’s breath was steady, and Xu Xinxin was holding onto a pine tree, panting for breath, and because of the strenuous exercise, his white face surged with a stirring flush.

“What do we do now?” Xu Qi’an planned to consult his little brother, who had “a way of doing things”, and probed:

“Was I just considered to have cracked a thousand-year-old problem for the Academy?”

He hadn’t expected his line of oral hi to cause such a terrifying vision, and wasn’t sure what kind of follow up it would produce, so he followed Erlang Xu very much from the heart and fled.

Xu New Year gasped, calming his heartbeat while letting out a haughty “Heh”, “It’s a two hundred year problem at most.”

Xu Qi’an took off his water bladder and handed it over.

Xu Erlang took a sip and continued, “If I were new to the academy, I would advise you to stay where you are and wait to receive the worship and gratitude of the academy’s teachers and students.”

“But right now I just want to get you out of here in a hurry.” He tossed the water pouch back to his cousin and waited a moment to see that his face was as normal and not suspicious.

Some disappointment and appreciation.

Appreciation, of course, because cousin was very brainy, different from his father’s kind of rough and tumble. This made the self-respecting Xu New Year heartily pleased.

Disappointment, on the other hand, is not being able to show up in front of your cousin in person and create a sense of intellectual superiority.

Yes, even if cousin made amazing poems many times, even if cousin just wrote this mountain splitting sentence on the stone tablet ….. Xu New Year still felt that his IQ was a step above.

Without this mentality, you can’t do “Heaven won’t give me a New Year’s Eve, and Dafeng will be as long as the night.”

The brothers quickly weaved their way through the woods, feeling their way quietly in the direction of the stables.

Leaving without saying goodbye is the best option at this moment.

Xu Qi’an stayed on the scene and was greeted perhaps by the Yunlu Academy’s gratitude and even enshrined as a great scholar …. Although it was unlikely.

That’s the good side.

The bad side is also obvious, Yunlu Academy and the State Elementary School is a Taoist dispute, Xu Qi’an accepts Yunlu Academy’s gratitude, but at the same time, it will definitely attract the hostility of the readers from the State Elementary School.

The dynasty is full of Zhu Zi Gui, all of them are State Prisoners.

One tax and silver case is a legacy, and this is more dangerous and troublesome than a hundred tax and silver cases.

Resignation old and my thoughts coincide …. Xu Qi’an laughed, “Rhetoric Old, you’re a real dog.”

It was good that Jiro wasn’t a pedantic reader, which was probably due to his intensive study of the art of war.

“Coarse billet.” Xu New Year sneered back and continued, “As long as we leave, afterward, I believe that the academy will not publicize it recklessly and will keep it a secret for us.”

He stopped talking and seemed silent as he hurried along, gazing in contemplation.

……

The large paddock outside the Sage School Palace.

Zhao Shou, who wore hemp clothes and had white hair, suddenly made a surprising move as he turned around unexpectedly and gazed at the back of the academy.

A few seconds later, the three great scholars made the same movement, their faces gazing out.

The Rapunzel was confused in her heart and subconsciously turned her head along with their gazes, the clear sky was clear and there was nothing.

However, in the next instant, a clear qi visible to the naked eye rose up into the sky and penetrated the clouds. The thick white clouds floating on Qing Yun Mountain collapsed in plain sight.

Zhao Shou took the lead and disappeared, and the three great scholars then demonstrated the divine ability to follow the law with their words, moving three feet of themselves to the back of the academy.

The Rapunzel frowned lightly, lifting the hem of her skirt and following with a quick and hurried step without losing her manners.

She was tall and curvaceous, with an indescribable charm as she sprinted away that could only be imagined.

……

In the Ascension Schoolhouse, the candlesticks tipped over and the wax oil flowed in a sheer stream.

In the empty hall, clear air swirled like the spring breeze, highlighting Zhao Shou’s figure as he quickly swept over every inch of the hall before his gaze focused on the cracked inscription of the Cheng Clan’s Sub-Saint.

This …. The Dean’s ancient well-like pupils set off wild waves, while quickly analyzing the cause of that rushing clear qi.

The tablet that suppressed the academy collapsed, and the Vast Qi contained within the Cloud Deer Academy broke free and filled itself to overflowing, causing the scene just now.

The question was, how could the inscription of Cheng’s subsaint crumble for no reason?

Soon, Dean Zhao understood, his eyes were attracted to the stone tablet he had erected in the temple in the first place, and as he looked at the content on the tablet, he felt like the entire world was fading and disappearing, with only that one line of ugly fonts seared into his pupils.

Branded in the heart.

Be the only one in the world at this moment.

Amidst the rippling of the spring breeze-inducing clear air, the figures of the three great scholars manifested, and they subconsciously scanned the entire hall.

When he saw the crumbling Cheng’s Sub-Saint Stone Tablet, his pupils involuntarily contracted.

How could a stone tablet crack in good time ….. No, this is a good thing, it means that the seal that suppresses the qi of Yunlu Academy has been shaken …. Li Mu Bai thought in his heart and suddenly realized that the dean’s state was not right.

It’s a state of being immersed in your own world, lost in your own soul.

The stone monument unexpectedly cracked, in the era when the sub saints were not present, someone actually managed to shake Cheng s stone monument …. Zhang Shen and Chen Tai looked at each other, seeing shock and doubt in their respective eyes.

Immediately afterward, they discovered Dean Zhao’s abnormality in the same way as Li Mubai.

“To establish a heart for heaven and earth, to establish a life for the people, to succeed the great learning for the past saints, and to open up the peace of heaven for all ages ….” Zhang Shen muttered.

He was completely shocked by the vigor, backbone, and ambition contained in these words, his body was covered in goosebumps rippling stuff, and the hot blood in his chest seemed to boil.

“This is what a scholar, should really do.” Chen Tai’s mouth trembled: “For an official, when it is for the people, for the country, for the world’s living beings, it should not be for the family of one surname, for a few people.”

This great scholar who was known to have great talent in ruling the country, at this moment, his body shivered uncontrollably and his voice was hoarse: “Enlightenment, enlightenment ah ….”

Li Mubai took a deep breath and calmed his emotions, “Who wrote this?”

The three of them looked at the dean Zhao Shou at the same time, the dean had been in seclusion for over ten years, and had devoted his heart and soul to overthrowing Cheng’s science. If anyone in the current world could start a new academic school, it would be him.

But Dean had just been with them, and, by now, Dean’s attitude said it all.

What responded to them was silence, and after a long time, Zhao Shou said in a low voice, “You guys go out first, and if you have anything to say, we’ll discuss it afterwards.”

He went on to say, “A gentleman is silent.”

The three great scholars bowed and left side by side.

The door to the temple was closed, the surrounding area was silent, Zhao Shou stood in front of the monument in silence, behind him was the hollowed out door and window, the sunlight dappled and spilled in.

After a long time, he straightened his crown and performed the disciple salute toward the tablet, “When one hears the Way, one can die at night.”

…..

Rapunzel lifted her skirt, finally rushed to the Yasheng School Palace outside, but found that within ten feet of the Palace, was a like an inverted bowl of gas shroud wrapped, cut off from inside and outside.

There was no hurry, and she stood stoically at the bottom of the steps outside the schoolhouse, like a quietly blooming flower.

In a few moments, three great scholars came out side by side, their faces sullen, but they couldn’t tell if they were good or bad.

“Three gentlemen, may I tell you?” The Rapunzel gazed away from the Academy.

“Princess don’t ask.” Chen Tai made a bow, “In this matter, we can’t get a clue for the time being.”

The Rapunzel smiled, her face that could not hide her nobility was as calm as ever.

Bidding farewell to the three great scholars, she traveled alone in the direction of the elegant pavilion, and in the mountain wind, her robes and skirts fluttered, as if she were a spirit in the mountains, a fairy who had descended to the earth to play.

Two columns of armor-clad soldiers remained outside the elegant pavilion, like a silent statue.

This twenty-four-man Golden Golem was her escort, and there was another team of seven night watchmen at the bottom of the hill.

It’s just that the academy is extremely disgusted with Wei Yuan and doesn’t allow the night watchman to go up the mountain.

Rapunzel went down the mountain with her escort and found the seven watchmen who were marqueeing at the side of the official road, with a clear voice: “The Yunlu Academy’s clear qi rushes to the sky, and the Yasheng Academy is blocked, report this matter to the Duke of Wei, and ask him to keep a close eye on the academy to find out about this matter.”

“Yes!” The night watchman clasped his fists.

The Rapunzel continued, “Check out a person for this palace, Changle County Yamen Racer Xu Qi’an.”

“As you wish.”