Nest has been studying the books for a long time at home. With more and more students coming to the capital to take the exam, Ning Shuo finally went out.
When Ning Nuan found out, he went out with a book every day, and heard Xiang Tao's big mouth say that his old friend in Jiangzhou also came to the capital, so he went out to visit friends one after another these days.
Ning Shuo had always had an idea, and after being away from home for many years, Ning Yanwen and the second wife couldn't control him at all. Therefore, although watching him go out every day, he was anxious, but he did not mention a word. Only Ning Shuo was very calm. He went out with a book every day, saying that he was reviewing it with his friends. When he came back, he still had that book in his hand. What did friends learn.
He went out too often, the second lady didn't say anything, and even Ning Nuan noticed something was wrong.
During a meal, she casually mentioned this matter: "My cousin has to go out every day, saying that he is reading a book with other friends outside, but it takes a lot of money to go back and forth. Isn't it the most convenient time at home?"
"The matter of Ning Shuo, what do you care about? It's better to think about Lang'er." Jiang Yunlan sighed: "He is in Qingzhou, he is destined to miss this scientific examination, and he will not take this road in the future. If not, do you really want to be the leader of the mountain bandits?"
She saw Ning Shuo walking in front of her all day, and she couldn't help comparing Ning Lang and Ning Shuo for a while. Even though she knew that Ning Shuo had a lot of hearts in her stomach, she couldn't help but think that if Ning Lang could have more hearts, she didn't need too much. If she could have half of Ning Shuo, she wouldn't be so worried.
"Mother, over there with my brother, there is naturally King An watching for my brother." Ning Nuan said softly, "Don't you think that cousin goes out too often?"
Jiang Yunlan was stunned for a while. Hearing the cautiousness in her tone, she couldn't help but put down her chopsticks and said solemnly, "A Nuan, what did you find?"
"Although I haven't met other people preparing for the examination, I also heard that Zhu Gongzi even pushed the work of copying books for the imperial examination. He lived in the academy and would return to Zhujia Village when he was free. It's been a while, but the last time I went back was a month ago. My father and mother know how talented Mr. Zhu is. Even Mr. Zhu works so hard. Could it be that my cousin is even more powerful than Mr. Zhu?"
That is of course impossible.
Without thinking about it, Ning Yanting and Jiang Yunlan retorted in their hearts: In the last life, Zhu Hanshan was the one who passed the exam, not Ning Shuo.
"He has been studying in Jiangzhou for many years and has been taught by a famous teacher. Maybe he is confident, so he is not panic." Ning Yanting said hesitantly.
Ning Nuan smiled: "But cousin's friend doesn't seem to be worried."
Ning Yanting was stunned.
He couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
The next day, when he went out, he happened to meet Ning Shuo walking out with a book in his hand, as if he was going out on a normal day. Ning Yanting stopped and couldn't help calling him.
"Uncle." Ning Shuo stopped and said hello to him gently, before saying, "Uncle is going out, can I take my nephew on the way?"
Ning Yanting did not disagree, and immediately nodded in response.
When Ning Shuo also got into the carriage, his eyes drifted to the book in Ning Shuo's hand, and then he asked aloud, "Are you going out to read books today?"
"Exactly." Ning Shuo replied, "My nephew's old friends in Jiangzhou came to the capital. These days, my nephew was with them. When I was in Jiangzhou, my nephew was often with them. Studying, and now that they have come to the capital, it can be considered that they have recovered their habits in Jiangzhou."
Ning Yanting nodded and said nothing.
He dropped Ning Shuo to the door of a certain teahouse. Ning Shuo thanked him and got out of the car very soon. There were already several people sitting in the teahouse. Ning Yanting glanced over there. A scholar about the same age as Ning Shuo, his temperament was completely different from that of Ning Shuo. He didn't look like a scholar, but instead gave Ning Yanting the illusion of looking at Ning Lang's former friends.
Not like Ning Shuo's friend.
Ning Yanting only glanced at it, then quickly withdrew his gaze, the carriage gradually drove forward, and soon left the teahouse. It wasn't until the carriage drove out a long way that Ning Yanting reacted with hindsight.
One of them seems to be very familiar
He seems to be the son of an adult in Beijing. He has always been a dude, but Ning Shuo didn't say that he was in contact with some old friends in Jiangzhou. When did he meet people in the capital again
Ning Yanting couldn't help frowning and fell into contemplation.
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Zhu Hanshan carefully read the letter sent by Ning Lang from beginning to end. He delayed for a day, and at night, before going to bed, he began to write a draft in his mind, and it was only the next day that he picked up the pen and began to write back the letter.
After he wrote the letter, he didn't send it to the Ning family immediately. He was thinking about what he had seen in Qingzhou in the book, thinking that there were a lot of bandits there, for fear that Ning Lang's three-legged cat's time would suffer there. I want to find some self-defense items and send them to Ning Lang together. With such a plan, his action of sending the letter was delayed a little.
When the academy was over, he immediately went to the pharmacy with a warm letter, wanting to ask if there was any self-defense prescription. Fortunately, Zhu Hanshan didn't care, as long as he could accept the money in his pocket, he bought them all. After thinking about it, he even went to the next shop to weigh a pound of chili noodles.
When he came out with a pile of oil paper bags, the money in his pocket was empty.
Zhu Hanshan hurried to Ning Mansion with the oil paper bag in his arms and the letter in his arms.
When he was passing by a tea house, he suddenly heard someone calling his name upstairs, he stopped and looked up.
I saw a person wearing the uniform of Qingshan Academy sitting in the private room on the second floor, lying by the window, waving at him and asking, "Zhu Hanshan, where are you going?"
Zhu Hanshan recognized that he was a student in the same class, and he didn't study very well on weekdays, but he was familiar with Ning Lang. Zhu Hanshan answered truthfully: "I'll send something to Ning Lang."
"For Ning Lang?" The man immediately cheered up and said quickly, "Wait, wait a second, I'll send something to Ning Lang too."
He said, and the figure quickly disappeared behind the window. After a while, he stuck his head out again and said to Zhu Hanshan, "Why don't you come up?"
Zhu Hanshan thought for a while, thinking that it was for Ning Lang, so he answered his words and walked upstairs with a bunch of things.
The student was sitting in a private room, pulling a pen and paper and writing a letter in a hurry. He was not alone in the private room, there was also a scholar in a blue shirt, Zhu Hanshan nodded at him, then sat quietly and waited.
He didn't take the initiative, but the blue shirt scholar took the initiative to talk to him.
"Are you Ning Lang's friend?"
Zhu Hanshan's eyes moved slightly, and he looked at him, his face was not obvious, he neither nodded nor shook his head, he only signaled him to continue with his eyes.
Ning Shuo smiled and said gently, "I'm Ning Lang's younger brother, maybe he mentioned me to you."
Zhu Hanshan pursed his lips and looked at him with a bit of vigilance: "I didn't mention it."
"I'm his cousin, not his brother."
"nor."
"..."
Ning Shuo added, "If you have anything to send to Ning Lang, why don't you give it to me, and I'll take it with you when I get home."
"No need."
"So you are Ning Lang's younger brother?" said the student who was immersed in the letter: "I knew earlier that Ning Lang should not have gone to Qingzhou to study. In the remote mountains, where can I meet a good teacher, if he stayed in Beijing, Waiting for you to come back, just leave later, this year's autumn will also be able to..." The student suddenly realized something, and quickly closed his mouth, continued to bury his head in writing, and kept his mouth shut.
Only Zhu Hanshan wondered, "What can I do?"
"I didn't say anything, you heard wrong."
Zhu Hanshan was stunned for a while, but did not ask any further.
The student quickly wrote the letter. It wasn't long, just a few sentences. He asked Xiao Er to find an envelope, write his name, and then hand it to Zhu Hanshan.
Zhu Hanshan took it and didn't stay here too long. He just glanced at the table casually, and quickly picked up the paper bags he brought and got up to say goodbye.
He walked down the stairs with the oiled paper wrapped in his arms, and his footsteps slowed down.
A few books were casually spread out on the table, and the two of them appeared in the teahouse, not like they were reading books, but rather like they were gossiping about the society, with a relaxed expression. Among the scattered books, he seemed to be able to see a familiar note.
The paper is square and upright, and the characters are not too big. It is densely written all over the entire surface, and it seems that a familiar topic is also written.