Bai Li raised his eyes and looked at him without blinking. His moist eyes were filled with vague anticipation and unspeakable nervousness. He was at a loss when he saw him suddenly laughing, with a gentle expression in his eyes. A smile like spring water dilutes all the previous deep eyes.
"Ali..." You Qing looked at his dazed expression, his smile deepened, he put one hand behind him and put his arms around his waist, pulled him closer, and said in a low voice, "You follow me as a book boy. How long?"
Bai Li, who was hooked by his actions, flew away for two and a half souls. His eyes wandered on his open and closed lips, and he even concentrated his attention to see the looming tip of the tongue through his open and closed teeth. He pursed his lips and thought about it again. Kiss, I was thinking wildly in my mind, but I didn't listen to a single word.
You Qing sighed helplessly: "I'm talking to you." After speaking, he was still stubbornly staring at the part below the bridge of his nose, even more amused, raised his other hand to hold his face and lifted it, Force him to meet his own gaze.
"Ah?" Bai Li returned to his senses and looked at him blankly, "What did you say?"
You Qing smiled and said, "Ask you, how long have you been following me."
"A thousand years." Bai Li blurted out these three words without thinking. After speaking, he was dumbfounded, and his head was buzzing. "
You Qing was stunned for a moment, then laughed again: "It's quite similar."
Bai Li looked puzzled: "Like what?"
"Sometimes I feel that we have actually known each other for a long time... Although I can't understand how long a thousand years is, I think it's okay for you to say so."
You Qing didn't take his leaked words to heart, he just took it as a joke, rubbed his thumb on his cheek twice, smiled, and then said, "It's really stupid to say you're stupid. , do you need me to tell you to understand?"
There was a small flush of gas on Bai Li's face where he lightly stroked, but he didn't notice it, and still looked at him in confusion: "What don't you understand?"
You Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She sighed helplessly despite her headache. She leaned closer to him again, touched his lips lightly on the tip of his delicate nose, and said in a low voice, "Don't hide after the next kiss, I won't blame you. ."
Bai Li felt the soft and warm touch on the tip of his nose, he was stunned, his soul floated high and far like a kite, blinked and stood dumbfounded for a long time, and finally retracted the rope, three souls and seven souls one by one Returning to the position, the person suddenly regained his spirits.
You Qing looked at the look and bright smile in his eyes, pinched his face and rubbed: "Is what I said so hard to understand? Thinking about it for so long?"
Bai Li was dizzy, his head was swayed by the gentle force on his face, his heels seemed unsteady, and he looked at him with a smirk: "Aqing, you really don't blame me. ?"
You Qing looked at him amusingly: "Yeah."
Bai Li's eyes lit up, as if he suddenly saw the dawn after walking all night, and suddenly became excited: "Then do you know why I want to kiss you?"
You Qing almost laughed out loud, hurriedly hugged him, resting his chin on his shoulder, struggling to hold back his laughter where he couldn't see, the narrowness in his eyes flashed, he couldn't help wanting to tease him, and straightened up: " do not know why?"
Bai Li listened to his words, crossed his shoulders, his eyes suddenly dimmed, and he raised his hand and tapped on his arm depressedly: "I won't tell you now."
"When can you tell me then?"
Bai Li wrinkled his nose and felt that Ah Qing had to ask such a question. ."
You Qing looked at him from a distance and smiled, "The more you talk about it, the more curious I become."
Bai Li blinked and looked at him for a while, then hesitantly whispered, "Of course I kissed him because I liked it." After speaking, he felt even more aggrieved, how could it be so simple to like it!
You Qing smiled and said, "There are so many things you like. The paintings I gave you, the words on the wall at home, the little fish in the stream, the silver pattern in your purse... Why haven't I seen you kiss them?"
Bai Li was immediately anxious: "That's different!" After speaking, he was even more depressed, and Ah Qing was still not enlightened.
Seeing that he broke free of himself, You Qing turned around and walked to the bed to lay the quilt, followed with a smile, looked at his bitter face, and continued to ask curiously, "What's the difference?"
Bai Li was full of grievances, raised his hand and rubbed his nose, wanting to say "it's different everywhere", opened his mouth but suddenly stopped, touched his fingers on the nose, turned his head to look at him in surprise: "You kissed me just now! "
You Qing didn't expect him to be so late, and even more amused: "Well."
Bai Li turned around excitedly and wrapped his arms around his waist: "Aqing, do you like me?!"
"Yes." You Qing kissed him on the lips and whispered, "I like it."
Bai Li looked overjoyed, suppressing his pounding heartbeat and continued to look at him: "Is it the same as mine?"
You Qing refrained from laughing, and once again showed a diligent and inquisitive look: "What is yours? What is mine?"
Bai Li's smile stopped, and he became more depressed. He let go of his waist angrily, turned around, shook the quilt, and gritted his teeth: "I won't tell you now!"
You Qing sat beside the bed and looked up at him: "Then when are you going to tell me?"
"When you're smarter!"
You Qing couldn't help laughing all of a sudden.
Bai Li didn't know what he was laughing at, but he was full of thoughts that Ah Qing was not enlightened. Ah Qing was an elm woodhead. lifted by the wind.
In the early morning of the second day, the sun was shining brightly. You Qing put the famous post with him, and brought Bai Li, whose mood had already recovered after the night, to the Gongyuan to report.
Entering the gate, I was led through the winding eaves by the small officer who led the way. I occasionally encountered other candidates walking out, nodding to each other, and then went inside.
The official in charge of the reception took You Qing's famous post and looked at it, and then flipped through the roster at hand, dragging the official accent and saying slowly: "You Qing, from Yanling County, Yuanchang forty-seventh year rural examination. solution."
You Qing respectfully said, "It's the student."
"Yeah." The official nodded and handed the famous post to the little official behind him, "Since it is the first name of Guibang, the imperial court will not treat you badly. The emperor has arranged unified residence for Xie Yuan in each county and province. It is Prime Minister Xue in a courtyard three miles outside the city, one person has a single room, and they take care of their own meals and can live until the end of the scientific examination."
You Qing was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect such treatment, so he respectfully thanked Long En, glanced at Bai Li who was standing behind him, and asked, "Sir, can the student's book boy be brought?"
"That's natural." The official followed his line of sight just now and glanced behind him, seeing Bai Li's outstanding appearance and refined temperament, he was a little surprised, "This is your book boy? This official should be the next one waiting to report. students."
You Qing smiled: "It's a student's book boy."
"Well." The man nodded and said, "Someone will take you there after noon, go back and pack up what you need to pack up, and come to the door when it's time."
"Thank you sir!"
"This kind of favor is out of the emperor's love and talent. After you arrive at the place, you can study and study, and you can learn from each other, but you can't form a party for personal gain, and you will lose the emperor's holy grace."
You Qing smiled slightly and bowed his hands respectfully, "Thank you for your teaching!"
The official nodded in satisfaction.
After leaving the Gongyuan, Bai Li excitedly dragged You Qing to the no-man's place, hugged his neck tightly, kissed him fiercely on the lips, and smiled happily: "Aqing, don't we need to spend money?"
You Qing raised his hand to touch his face, stared at him for a moment, and when he turned his eyes, he saw that his movements were so great that his clothes were wrinkled, and he pulled him down with a smile: "Didn't you hear? Self-catering. But it does save most of the cost.”
"Then we don't have to sell calligraphy and painting for the time being!" Bai Li looked at him with a beaming brow, "How many Jie Yuan are there in total? Can you live there?"
"More than 30 people, since they are arranged like this, they must be able to live."
"Did other Jie Yuan also bring book boys? I don't know what other book boys are like, are they like me?"
The curvature of You Qing's lips deepened, with a smile in his eyes: "The book boy is different from you."
"Really? What's the difference?"
You Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and patted the back of his head lightly: "If you ask so many questions, you'll know if you go. Go back to the inn to pack up."
"Okay!" Bai Li smiled and retracted his hand. After thinking about it, he leaned over and kissed him on the lips, "Aqing, you will definitely become a high-ranking official!"
"Well, you are a magpie, specializing in the good news."
"I'm not a magpie!"
"Then what are you?"
"I'm..." Bai Li stared at him for a moment, then turned and dragged him away, smiling, "I'll tell you later!"
After the two returned, they cleaned up, left the guest room, ate lunch early and waited at the gate of the Gongyuan.
There were also four young men who looked like scholars, presumably the other Xie Yuan who were waiting together, each followed by a scholar.
You Qing greeted them politely and didn't say anything more. Those people all looked at Bai Li curiously. Bai Li was even more curious than them. Standing beside You Qing, his eyes slipped to the side from time to time. Seeing that the buns on the heads of the book boys were wrapped in headscarves, and the heavy book baskets were still on their backs, thinking that every time they went out for a trip, he would be reluctant to carry heavy objects, and couldn't help but sigh with joy: Ah Qing, yes I'm so nice!
As soon as noon arrived, two small officials came out of the door and made a gesture: "Everyone, please!"
"Sir, please!" The five of them said in unison.
Afterwards, a few people followed the two officials and walked towards the east gate, which was quite a distance away from the gate. It took more than an hour to arrive, and after a short walk, they came to a mansion near the lake. , the door lintel only has the two characters "Xuefu" inscribed, and there is no other decoration. It must be Prime Minister Xue's other courtyard.