The carriage stopped in front of an ordinary mansion in the north of the city.
Just as Gu Yi got off the carriage, the mansion’s closed gate was opened from the inside, and when Gu Yi and Xiao Si entered, it was quickly closed again.
Inside the mansion, a strong smell of medicine wafted through the air and a young man was carried out from the west wing.
Gu Yi lifted his foot and went inside.
Doctor Yao was sitting on the floor, with a pile of medicinal herbs around him. He had paper laid out in front of him and was currently bent over writing something on it.
“Master.”
Master Gu, who was sitting on one side, rose and respectfully gave way to his seat.
Gu Yi walked over and sat down, “How is it going?”
Without stopping his pen, Doctor Yao returned, “This is already the third person to experiment with, and the formula is not quite right yet.”
Gu Yi’s brows knitted slightly and his voice was unquestionable, “Make sure it’s foolproof.”
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Half an hour later, Gu Yi came out of the mansion and went to the restaurant, instructing the shopkeeper Wei to prepare a table of wine and food and send it over.
Wei’s boss answered and personally went to the kitchen and came back after ordering, “Young master, Grand Master Sun came just now and wanted me to find a good place for the scholar he brought to listen to the lesson.”
The lecture was held in the open space of the academy, the weather was hot, in order to avoid the students fainting from the sun, a shed was built on the open space, the seats were also arranged in an orderly manner, the students from all over the world came and went directly to the academy to catch the number, which seat they caught was counted as which seat. Master Sun was chagrined to catch the last row of seats, so this is why he begged to come to the door.
“The dean happens to be in today, I’ll go back and ask, if I can, I’ll have Xiao Si come over and send you a letter.”
After staying in the restaurant for a cup of tea, Gu Yi went back.
The dean and Song Wan Yue were playing a difficult game, the old gentleman was nodding his head as he stroked his beard on the side, and Qin Qian’s face looked a little bad.
Gu Yi swept his gaze over his face and went to Song Wan Yue’s side, looking down.
On the chessboard, the white and black pieces were each half of the board. Song Wangyue was holding a black piece, looking solemn, and the dean was holding a white piece in his hand, hesitating to drop it.
Gu Yi only took one look and knew that Song Wan Yue was not doing her best, so he turned around and moved a stool and sat beside her.
Qin Qian did not move to look over, Gu Yi instantly sensed it and looked back, Qin Qian was shocked in his heart and quickly lowered his eyelids.
The room was silent, no one saw the scene.
Qin Qian lowered his eyebrows, his heart thumping wildly, in that instant just now he could almost conclude that Gu Yi was the son of King Qin, and that his past foolishness was all feigned, to avoid the eyes and ears of others, to conceal his true identity.
“I’ve lost.”
Song Wangyue’s voice rang out, putting the chess pieces in her hand back into the chess box.
The dean stroked his beard and laughed, “Painful, I haven’t met such a good opponent as Miss Song for a long time, after the lecture, I will definitely have a good sparring session with Miss Song again.”
“Good, Gu Yi and I will be staying here then, Dean can come over anytime.”
“Then it’s a deal.”
After saying that, the dean looked at the old man with a face full of envy, “Benefactor, you have such a good great-granddaughter, it’s really something to envy.”
The old gentleman’s eyebrows were all piled up with smiles, and he was honoured.
The dean got up, “It’s getting late, we should go back, I’ll come back this afternoon and discuss specific matters with your benefactor.”
“The meal from the restaurant will be arriving soon, Dean stay for dinner, it just so happens that I have something to request of you.”
“Begging would be out of place, just say what young master Gu has to do.”
Gu Yi was brief and concise, “I have a friend who wants to ask for a good place to listen to a lecture for his own child, and I would like to ask Dean to do me this favour.”
“This is well said, all the places are arranged by Qin Qian, you can just ask that scholar to go directly to him in the academy this afternoon.”
Gu Yi didn’t even give Qin Qian a look, “Many thanks, Dean.”
Xu Liang walked in, “Old sir, the meal from the restaurant has arrived, should we set it up inside the house or go to the dining hall.”
“Let’s set it up in the dining room.”
Xu Liang exited.
The old gentleman got up, Gu Yi and Song Wan Yue went forward to assist him, the dean didn’t say anything about leaving either, he followed him out the door, he had just walked out of the house and was about to head towards the dining hall when Qin Qian stopped, “Old gentleman, dean, I won’t stay, there are still many things to do in the academy, I want to go back first.”
“It’s not bad for one meal, eat and then go back.”
The old gentleman said kindly.
Qin Qian looked at the dean for help, who immediately understood what he meant, fearing that he did not dare to sit with him and the old gentleman for dinner, so he relieved him, “I remembered, I told Master Zhang that I would talk to him about the lecture at noon, go back and tell him to talk about it in the evening, don’t make him wait in vain.”
“Yes.”
“Then, Ensio ……”
“Go on.”
Qin Qian breathed a sigh of relief and waited for them to enter the dining room before turning around and heading out.
The restaurant had sent two tables, one to the old man’s side and the other to Meng’s side. Song Wangyue had wanted to go over to eat with Meng and Xu after playing chess, but seeing that the dean had stayed behind, she changed her mind and instructed Xiao Si to go over and say that she would go over when she had eaten her fill.
The dean sat on the old man’s left hand side, Song Wan Yue sat on her right hand side and Gu Yi sat next to her.
Song Wangyue spoke as if she was having a casual conversation, “I heard my brother say that this Mr. Qin had failed repeatedly in his exams, so it is reasonable to say that you don’t like this kind of talent, but you seem to be using him a lot.”
The dean did not doubt it, “this Qin Qian ah, indeed repeatedly failed, at first I really do not like, but later he followed your brother to my several times, I found that he is very smart, smooth, and the students and the relationship with the teachers, some small things I let him help me to do, gradually, I got used to bring him with me for everything. ”
Song Wan Yue nodded her head.
After eating, the dean and the old man went back to the house to discuss the lecture, while Song Wan Yue and Gu Yi went to Meng’s side.
As soon as they entered, Song Wan Yue jumped into Meng’s arms, “Grandma, I’ve missed you so much.”
Meng had originally wanted to wait for her to come over and pretend to be angry, but when Song Wan Yue jumped on her, she lost all her anger and hugged her, taking out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from her forehead, “Why didn’t you come to see me?”
“You don’t know how strict Master Chu is, I don’t even have the strength to walk after practice every day, so Gu Yi carries me back, so I don’t have to come to the county.”
Meng’s heart ached as she listened, “Since it’s so hard, why don’t we stop practicing?”
“That won’t do, I’ve been practicing for so long, I can’t give up halfway, but these days Master is away, I can go back to make pills during the day and come with my father at night to keep Grandmother company.”
“Speaking of pills I remembered that a letter came from your uncle and grandfather, it has just arrived, just in time for you to read it.”