That night, He An and Yu Ling happily prepared a sumptuous dinner as a celebration.

They didn't know that smashing the Three Flavors Academy was just foreplay, and the real crisis had not yet officially arrived.

Ji Ning didn't tell them, they couldn't help, let them know in advance, they just made them worry in vain.

The sumptuous dinner was finally ready, and when Ji Ning came out of the study and was about to sit down and use chopsticks to eat, he was pulled up by Yu Ling and dragged all the way into the ancestral hall.

As soon as he walked to the door of the ancestral hall, Ji Ning immediately smelled a burst of incense.

He looked into the ancestral hall again, and saw that the incense was burning inside, and the red candles in front of the spiritual seat of the cheap father and mother were bright, illuminating the tea and wine, white rice, and a big shiny rooster neatly placed on the offering table.

He An was religiously doing the final sacrificial work inside.

"Uncle An, what is the festival today?" Ji Ning walked into the ancestral hall and asked He Andao, "It seems that there is still some time before the Mid-Autumn Festival, right?" ”

He An had already finished all the preparations and said to Ji Ning: "Young Master, today is not a holiday. However, today, Sanwei Academy has successfully defended, especially when it is supported by so many ordinary people. Such a happy event must be told to the spirit of the lord and the lady in heaven, so that the lord and the lady can feel at ease and happy in the heavens. ”

When Ji Ning heard this, his expression was strange.

At this time, Yu Ling had already brought a copper basin filled with water and a towel along the side and walked to Ji Ning.

"Young master, please wash your hands, and then incense the lord and madam, and report the good news to the lord and madam." He An said.

Ji Ning suppressed the strange feeling in his heart, put his hand into the copper basin to wash his hands, and comforted himself in his heart: "If you say that you want to follow the customs, then follow the customs." It's just incense, and it doesn't hurt. ”

After washing his hands ceremoniously, Ji Ning picked up a towel to dry his hands.

Walking to the front of the offering table and standing still, He An sent the prepared incense bunch to Ji Ning, and said in a serious tone: "Young master, please offer incense." “

Ji Ning felt the atmosphere, took the incense bunch, and then solemnly worshipped.

When Ji Ning offered incense to worship, He An and Yu Ling had already knelt down behind Ji Ning facing the spiritual seat.

Among them, He An prayed to the spirit card of Ji Ling and his wife about what happened in Sanwei Academy today.

At the end, He An said: "Master, in the past, you taught Xiao An that the sky sees itself and the people see it, the sky listens to the people and listens to the people, the people's heart is the heart of heaven, and those who win the hearts of the people get the will of heaven. Today, the young master has the sworn support of the people in the west of the city, which can be said to be the hearts of the people in the west of the city. The young master moved out of the Ji Mansion, changed his mind, studied hard every day, and gradually became a learner, and the establishment of the private school Sanwei Academy not only had a serious way of making a living, but also won the support and respect of the people......"

Ji Ning listened to He An's nagging behind him, listened and listened, and found that He An's voice became choked.

Not only was He An's voice choked, but he heard Yu Ling's sobbing and weeping voice.

Of course, he knew that whether it was He An or Yu Ling, they were not sad, but happy, excited to come through all their hardships, and wept with joy when they saw the hope of the future.

Although he crossed over, he unconsciously gradually integrated into this role. Therefore, listening to He An's choked prayers and Yu Ling's sobbing and weeping voices behind him, he couldn't help but feel the same way, and his nose was a little sour.

"Uncle An, Yuling, don't worry, your life will get better and better in the future, and you will get more and more respect." He said secretly in his heart.

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The next day, Ji Ning woke up early as usual.

After washing, take advantage of the best memory in the morning to recite the Four Books and Five Classics for half an hour, and then walk to the center of the courtyard to play Tai Chi and draw a hard bow to practice strength for half an hour.

When he was training with a hard bow, Zhou Zhijing, who was dressed as a man, visited.

Ji Ning saw Zhou Zhijing enter the courtyard under the guidance of Yu Ling, so he stopped and greeted Zhou Zhijing.

However, Zhou Zhijing waved her onion white hand with a smile and said, "Master Ji, you continue, don't let the concubine affect your daily homework." ”

"Okay. Then I will temporarily wronged Miss Zhou. When Ji Ning saw Zhou Zhijing say this, he was not polite, and then instructed Yu Ling, "Yu Ling, treat Miss Zhou on my behalf." ”

"No!" Yu Ling immediately answered, and then asked Zhou Zhijing to enter the hall.

Zhou Zhijing bowed her head slightly, and did not stay in the courtyard to affect Ji Ning's bow training, and followed Yuling into the hall.

She was followed by two young men in Tsing Yi, both of whom carried a wooden food box in their hands on the left and right.

entered, Zhou Zhijing asked the two Tsing Yi guys to put down the food box, and then sent the two Tsing Yi guys and said, "You guys wait outside the gate." ”

"No!" The two young men in Tsing Yi saluted respectfully, then exited the hall and walked out of the Ji Mansion.

Although Yu Ling felt that it was not a way to entertain those two young men in Tsing Yi waiting outside the gate of Ji Mansion, but Ji Mansion was not big after all, and it was inconvenient to entertain them, so she had to give up.

After Ji Ning pulled the bow to practice his strength, he entered the room to wipe off the sweat, changed into a scholar's Confucian clothes, and then went to meet Zhou Zhijing.

In the dining hall, Ji Ning and Zhou Zhijing stood face to face, greeting innocuous words, while Yuling and He An next to them took out a beautiful and delicious breakfast from the four food boxes brought by Zhou Zhijing.

In a short time, eight different and exquisite breakfasts were set on the dinner table.

It turned out that Zhou Zhijing came to visit this morning and brought breakfast.

Ji Ning and Zhou Zhijing sat down face to face at the dinner table, ready to have breakfast, He An saluted them and exited the dining hall, leaving only Yu Ling to wait.

Although Ji Ning usually asks He An and Yu Ling to sit and eat together, but now that there are guests, He An and Yu Ling, who are subordinates, sit together and eat again, and sit on an equal footing, which is disrespectful to the guests.

Of course, Zhou Zhijing's visit this time was not to invite Ji Ning to breakfast, but to say something important to Ji Ning.

It turned out that Zhou Zhijing, as a high-ranking and powerful Tongzhi in Jinling City, was extremely well-informed, and all the important things that happened in Jinling City were known for the first time. For example, Sanwei Academy was smashed by Ji Jing and other scholars.

However, in the last two or three days, she has been assassinated, and the loyal maid who blocked the dagger for her is dying, and has not been interested in other things, and the people below dare not disturb her. Therefore, it wasn't until yesterday afternoon that she didn't know about Sanwei Academy.

When she learned about it, she was shocked and ashamed.

She learned more about the affairs of Sanwei Academy, and was shocked and angry to know that the scholars of Jinling City were all going to join forces to go to the Book Revolution to make Ji Ning's fame.

She came to visit this morning, one was worried that Ji Ning didn't know that the situation was serious, and the other was that she planned to give Ji Ning advice so that Ji Ning could get through the difficulties without danger.

Of course, she acted calmly, so when she visited Ji Ning, she also brought Ji Ning a beautiful breakfast made by her family by the way.