"Come on, come on! Today is a happy day! Jingmo, come on, have a drink with me!"
"Haha! It's better to obey orders than to be respectful! Father-in-law, please!"
"Come on~! Haha! I didn't expect that you have become an earl now, and Yuzhu has become a second-grade imperial concubine. Things are really unpredictable!"
"Okay, okay! Old man, drink less!"
"Haha! I'm so happy today! Xuan'er is becoming more and more promising. Yuzhu and Jingmo are a mother based on her son's worth, and a father based on his son's honor. Haha! I'm happy about it~!"
Lantian County, Yongan Marquis Mansion.
At this moment, the lights in the mansion were brightly lit. Li Jingmo, Ye Guozhong and others were holding a banquet to celebrate today's "collective promotion" of the Li family with everyone in the mansion. Yes, it was a collective promotion. Not only did Li Zexuan get promoted, but Li Er also gave Ye Yuzhu and Han Yuxi gifts. She was promoted to the second rank of imperial concubine and gave Mr. Li the status of an earl. It was like one person attained enlightenment, and chickens and dogs ascended to heaven!
Of course, this is mainly a disguised form of compensation from Li Er to Li Zexuan. According to Li Zexuan's contribution this time, there is no problem in being upgraded to another level, but Li Er wants to let Li Chengqian still reward Li Zexuan in the future. With the leeway, Li Zexuan's current title can be suppressed. Since Li Zexuan cannot be promoted to a title, Lao Li can only share part of the reward with Li Zexuan's family!
In this way, the voice of opposition in the court will be much smaller. After all, it would be too scary for a fifteen-year-old Duke to speak out!
"Ms. sir, what's wrong with you?"
When the Li family was celebrating together, our protagonist, after drinking a few glasses of wine, took the opportunity to pull his wife away from the wine table. After walking to a quiet corner, Han Yuxi couldn't help but ask suspiciously road.
Li Zexuan looked around and after confirming that there was no one else around, he leaned into Han Yuxi's ear and whispered: "Yuxi, my husband has something to do and needs to go out of the city. My father and mother will help me cover it up for a while." , just said I drank too much and went back to my room to rest~!"
"Ah~? Sir, it's so late, what are you doing out of the city~?"
Han Yuxi said in confusion.
"Hehe! Madam, there is an emergency at the academy tonight, and my husband has to go! Mr. Wenji and the others are still waiting for my husband!"
Li Zexuan scratched his head and said vaguely.
This is the trouble of men. Sometimes career and family will inevitably conflict. At this time, you have to make some choices! He likes the warmth and excitement at home, but there are also many people in the academy who "need" him! Who makes him the spiritual leader of the entire academy
"Academy?"
Han Yuxi was surprised, but she also sensed Li Zexuan's anxiety, so she did not continue to inquire, but frowned and said: "But sir, the city gate is closed now, how can you get out of the city~?"
"Hey! You little fool!"
Hearing this, Li Zexuan couldn't help but feel happy, then flicked Han Yuxi's forehead with his finger, and said with a smile: "Your husband, I am the lord of Lantian County. Is it not easy to build a city? Okay! I won't say more, I Gotta go, come back early tomorrow morning~!"
Li Zexuan brought his head closer, tapped the latter on his forehead, then dodged and rode away through the back door!
Han Yuxi covered her forehead, her little face couldn't help but blush. She looked at Li Zexuan's leaving figure and felt inexplicably disappointed. She understood Li Zexuan's feelings for the academy, so she didn't have any thoughts of blaming Li Zexuan for his actions. , I just can’t help but feel a little disappointed!
Suddenly I saw the willow color on the street, and I regretted teaching my husband to look for a title!
This is almost the state of mind of Han Yuxi at this time!
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Under the sparse moonlight, Li Zexuan quickly arrived at Yanhuang Academy.
At this time, the chefs in the cafeteria had prepared the meals for the dinner. As soon as Li Zexuan arrived, the dinner started immediately.
The venue for the dinner was chosen to be in the cafeteria. Since there are currently only one grade of students in Yanhuang Academy, and there are about 700 people including teachers, the academy's cafeteria is completely designed according to the specifications of a modern university cafeteria, and can accommodate more than 700 people. There's no problem at all eating together.
Perhaps the only troublesome thing is that students need to share a table by themselves. Since it is a dinner party, they cannot have one meal per person like they usually do in the cafeteria. The food must be served on each table on the floor!
Hosting a banquet in the cafeteria would definitely be ridiculed for being stingy in modern times, but Li Zexuan was not stingy at all for this dinner. First of all, many of the academy's chefs came from Zuixian Tower, so their cooking skills were not required. To put it bluntly, the taste of the dishes they cook can definitely outshine more than 80% of the restaurants in Chang'an City;
Furthermore, this dinner has a rich variety of ingredients, including chicken, duck, fish and meat. Each table has more than a dozen large dishes and a dozen side dishes. The variety and quantity are definitely enough!
"Come! Let's have a drink with Mr. Wenji! To celebrate Mr. Wenji's recovery, Mr. Wenji, just have tea instead of wine!"
The teachers in the academy all sit on the second floor of the cafeteria. This is not to create class divisions, but if the teachers and students sit at the same table, the students can't let go while eating. It's better to let the children make enough noise on the first floor. During the dinner, Li Zexuan stood up and raised his glass.
"Okay! Mr. Wenji has recovered from a serious illness. It's time to celebrate~!"
Hearing this, all the gentlemen on the second floor of the cafeteria stood up and raised their glasses to toast Li Gang!
Li Gang quickly stood up and said: "Haha! It's all thanks to the mountain chief's acupuncture to save me! I can't bear the power of alcohol, so I can only drink tea instead of wine~!"
After that, the old gentleman picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp.
"good!"
The gentlemen of the academy drank their glasses of wine one after another.
Li Zexuan did not sit down, but directly poured himself another glass of wine, then raised his glass to everyone and said, "This second glass of wine is from me to you gentlemen. During my absence, the academy is entirely dependent on your efforts." !”
After saying that, Li Zexuan raised his head and swallowed the tenderness in the cup.
"Haha! Shanzhang's words are serious!"
Everyone declined and drank the wine in their glasses.
Li Zexuan said with a smile: "Okay! Don't be polite, everyone. Sit down and eat and drink. We won't come home until we get drunk tonight!"
"Okay! I won't come back until I'm drunk!"
The gentlemen cheered, and the dinner officially began.
With two old drunkards, Wang Ji and Qiu Bearke, taking the lead, the atmosphere at the wine table was quickly stirred up. So, on the second floor of the canteen, people began to exchange cups and drink, and it was very lively.
At the same time, the students on the first floor of the cafeteria were not to be outdone. After Li Zexuan’s encouragement in the afternoon, the students had already regained their former vigor. At this time, the students on the first floor were eating and drinking and bragging. Talking nonsense is so lively!
"Hmm! It would be even more lively if the ugly cow is here too! Qingque, don't you think so?"
On the first floor of the cafeteria, Yuchi Baolin said with a little regret while stuffing steamed hoof meat into his mouth.
Li Tai rolled his eyes and said, "Huh? Baolin, if Chou Niu was here, he would probably have eaten all the food on our table by now!"
"Yeah! That's right!"
Sun Zifan was stuffing meat into his mouth as hard as he could, and said in a buzzing voice: "Hmm! I just didn't know that the cooks in our academy can make the food so delicious. How dare they reserve their power against us before!"
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Facing the two big foodies beside him who didn't care about their image, Li Tai couldn't help but be speechless, but he also had to admit that without Cheng Chumo in the academy, it seemed that there was a lot less fun. more than half a month
No, he missed Cheng Chumo a little!
"Shan Chief, His Highness the King of Shu still has Chumo and the others. When will he be back?"
On the second floor of the cafeteria, Mo Huai opened his mouth and asked a question that Li Tai and Yuchi Baolin wanted to ask.
Li Zexuan pondered for a moment and said: "The locust extermination operation has ended. Counting the days, in three or four days, Xiao Ke and Chu Mo should be able to come back! In addition, isn't Ke Shiqing still in Bashu? Call him back too, At that time, the academy will arrange for Wenhao, Tiedan, Xiaoke, Chumo, and Ke Shiqing to take the make-up exams!"
Although he encourages students to develop in a diversified way, he does not limit students to the academy on weekdays. As long as there is a good place for practice, he even encourages students to practice outside. For example, Ke Shiqing has not come back since he went to Bashu; Another example is Li Ke. Now he has begun to take the lead in some affairs of the bank.
However, in principle, every student must take the college's final exam. At most, when you fail a certain course, the college will look at your daily practical performance and give you a few extra points as appropriate. Of course, if your test score is really poor and you are still more than ten points away from the passing line, the college will There is nothing you can do, you must give up practicing outside, come back to make up the exam, or retake it!
Yan Silu stroked his beard and said, "What the mountain chief said is absolutely true! As for Ke Shiqing, I sent a letter half a month ago to inform him to come back to take the final exam. He must be almost in Chang'an now!"
"Okay! Mr. Kong Gui is very thoughtful!"
Li Zexuan admired after hearing this.
After briefly chatting about academy affairs, everyone continued to toast and drink.
The dinner lasted until the moon was above the treetops. The students and teachers naturally went back to their dormitories. Although some teachers were already drunk, the dormitories were not very far from the cafeteria, so theoretically there would be no accidents.
Li Zexuan, on the other hand, accompanied Mo Huai to send Li Gang back to another hospital. Although the old gentleman did not drink, Li Zexuan was still worried about letting him go back alone!
"Captain, now that you have returned to Yunshan, the academy guards who died in the previous battle of the academy should be buried tomorrow! It's hot now, so you can't leave the test questions for too long!"
After sending Li Gang home, Mo Huai walked with Li Zexuan on the path of Yunshan. Halfway through, Mo Huai suddenly spoke.
Li Zexuan felt a pain in his heart when he heard this. He was still a little drunk, but he suddenly woke up. Four days had passed since the death of the twelve guards of the academy. All the gentlemen in the academy were waiting for Li Zexuan to come back and bury those guards. In order to To prevent the test questions from rotting, Han Yuxi specially ordered the craftsmen in the workshop to build twelve ice coffins to store the test questions of the guards.
(The two words "shi and ti" seem to be river crab words now. To be on the safe side, they can only be replaced with homophones)
"Well! It's better sooner rather than later. Let's open a mourning hall in the academy tomorrow and let them be laid to rest as soon as possible!"
After a moment of silence, Li Zexuan spoke.
Although he said very well when he persuaded the students to cheer up on the playground in the afternoon, when he thought of the twelve dead college guards, he still couldn't help but feel a faint pain in his heart. Go ahead!
"That's right! When we have free time tomorrow, my uncle and I will treat your injuries together, Mr. Mo, so that you can recover faster!"
Li Zexuan suddenly remembered something and said hurriedly.
The night he returned to Yunshan, he planned to treat Mo Huai's injuries the next day, but he was called to Chang'an by Li Er the next day, and the matter has been delayed until now.
"Chief, there is no need to trouble you and Taoist Master Xuanqing. My injury will heal after some time!"
Mo Huai quickly waved his hand.
He is a martial arts practitioner, so he is naturally not as fragile as Li Gang. Although he was seriously injured that night, after some treatment by Sun Simiao, the external injuries have basically healed. Although the internal injuries will take some time and effort, they will not affect his daily life. He has a normal life here, but now he can no longer use his true energy easily!
Li Zexuan insisted: "Mr. Mo, you have to listen to me on this matter. You were injured while protecting the academy. I will never stand by and watch!"
Mo Huai couldn't resist, so he could only nod his head and said, "Okay! I'll thank the mountain chief and Taoist Xuanqing in advance!"
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