The Southern Song Dynasty began with the apprenticeship of Huang Shang

Chapter 31 Apprenticeship
On this day, Shen You came to Yang Chengye's small courtyard and said, "Second brother, hurry up, brother has found a husband for you."

Yang Chengye was confused immediately: "Sir? What sir?"

Shen You smiled and said, "Second brother, have you forgotten? Mother said that you are going to take the imperial examination, and let me find you a teacher to guide you in your studies."

"This gentleman was the second best in the previous court. He is very talented and well-educated. He recently retired from his old age and returned to his hometown. Let's go and meet him soon."

At this time, Yang Chengye remembered what Wu Ruolan had said to him a few days ago, and he didn't expect Shen You to find him so quickly.

Shen You prepared gifts and rode to Tianjiabang with Yang Chengye.

In this era when literati are in power and warriors are humble, it is much easier to do things with the skin of a literati. This is what many people think.

Now sometimes I think about it, the reason why the literati did this is because they have a guilty conscience and are afraid of the warriors.

Before the Song Dynasty, it was the literati’s pursuit to be a general and a minister. In the former Tang Dynasty, Li Jing and Li Ji were such people. Even Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who had been civil servants and never led soldiers, had the same understanding of military affairs. extraordinary.

Today's literati, whose backbones were broken by the turmoil before the Song Dynasty, the more they despised generals, the more guilty they became, and the external performance was just to cover up their weakness.

To say that the Kingdom of Jin is also bad. It only captured Bianliang back then, but was unable to destroy the Song Dynasty. It was also counterattacked by people like Yue Fei and almost perished. It is simply who is worse.

Realizing this, Yang Chengye had no intention of being an official at all, he might as well be happy walking the rivers and lakes, and when the Southern Song Dynasty fell, he would go to sea at worst.

At the same time, Yang Chengye secretly pondered lightness kung fu, focusing on speed, like wind and lightning.

Although the speed of the wind is generally not fast, it is gentle, and the lightning speed is the fastest, but if it is used in light kung fu, it will give people a feeling of exploding with all their strength. is uniform.

Yang Chengye thought while practicing, "I've almost done my research now, no matter how much effort I put in, it won't work. It's better to find a secret book of lightness kung fu."

Thinking about it, Yang Chengye has already arrived at the destination Tianjiabang.

Tianjiabang is a small village. There is a lake beside the village. The water in the lake is clear, and fish swim in it like a shuttle.

And what they were going to was a rather magnificent mansion by the lake—the Shifu.

Shen You stepped forward to knock on the door, and the door opened after a while, and a servant came out to look at Shen You, Yang Chengye and the carriage behind them and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Shen You smiled and said: "I am Shen You and my brother Yang Chengye came to visit the teacher."

The servant said: "Our master is taking a lunch break, if you want to see him, just wait."

The servant closed the door with a bang.

Shen You said with a helpless smile: "I really have seen the character of a literati."

Yang Chengye said disdainfully: "What kind of literati? It's just a guy who knows some articles. Apart from shaking his head, he can't protect his home or defend his country. It's better to close the door and do learning."

Hearing this, Shen You hurriedly said: "Second brother, don't talk nonsense, this dynasty is dominated by literati, and literati think highly of themselves, it would be inappropriate to offend them."

"Especially the old master has been an official in the court for dozens of years, and has countless disciples and old officials. We should have a good relationship with him."

Yang Chengye and Shen You waited for an hour outside the door before the door opened again.

"Our master invites you in!"

It was the servant who came out and said.

Shen You nodded, carrying the gift, and Yang Chengye followed the servant into the gate.

Entering the gate, the goal of entering is a large sea of ​​flowers, all kinds of flowers are competing to bloom, and a hundred flowers are blooming, which is too beautiful to behold.

Behind the sea of ​​flowers, small bridges and flowing water, pavilions and pavilions form a beautiful picture.

Looking at such a beautiful scenery, Yang Chengye would really enjoy it!

At this time, the servant pointed to a two-story pavilion made of solid wood and said: "The master is waiting for you up there, you can go up by yourself."

After the servant finished speaking, he left straight away, Yang Chengye and Shen You looked at each other and walked into the pavilion.

In the hall of the pavilion, an old man in his seventies with a silver hair, white beard fluttering, and a ruddy complexion sat on the Taishi chair and sipped fragrant tea.

"Shen You and his second brother Yang Chengye met the teacher."

Entering the hall, Shen You saluted the old man.

The old man put down the teacup slowly, stroked his beard, and said, "You are the benevolent member Wailang, right?"

Shen You replied: "It's just me, I didn't expect the teacher to know me, I'm so lucky!"

The old man praised: "The name of the member is spread for thousands of miles, and it is difficult for the old man not to hear it."

"I don't know what the old man is doing here?"

Shen You replied: "Mr. Suwen is knowledgeable and talented. He has taught and educated people all his life. His disciples and old officials are all over the world."

"I am honored to return to my hometown today, and I want to accept a closed disciple. My second brother is not talented, so he came to apprentice."

As Shen You said, he offered the gift box, and said again: "I heard that the master is also a good wine person. He has tasted all the fine wines in the world. There are several kinds of wine out there that are brewed by the second brother himself. Please don't dislike the master."

Hearing this, the old man narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Yang Chengye carefully, and said after a long time: "It looks okay, but it's just a waste of energy on brewing, and it will be difficult to become a great player in the future."

"There is no shortage of good wine, you guys should go back!"

Hearing this, Shen You's expression tightened, and he really wanted to slap himself, why did he say that the wine was brewed by his second brother?
"Teacher, you misunderstood!"

Shen You hurriedly explained: "Second brother not only knows how to make good wine, but also has good hearing and eyesight, and has extraordinary literary talents. It's just that he lacks experience in scientific research."

"Oh?"

The old man looked at Yang Chengye again, and said, "What kind of literary talents can a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy have? Don't exaggerate!"

At this time, Yang Chengye was also a little angry, and said: "Master, what you said is wrong, you don't know that Gan Luo Twelve is the prime minister, don't bully the young man into poverty, he will surely rise to the sky in the future!"

"Humph!"

The old man snorted coldly, and said with a bad expression: "What a big tone, the old man will test you today."

"Look at your calligraphy attainments first."

As the old man said, he came to a table, which was covered with rice paper, and next to it were the Four Treasures of the Study.

"Young man, as long as you write "The Analects" within half an hour, the old man will admire you."

Hearing this, Yang Chengye secretly laughed in his heart, this old guy is also treacherous, this is not only to test his calligraphy, but also to test his literary skills.

Yang Chengye has memorized "The Analects of Confucius" backwards since he was a child. As for calligraphy, Yang Chengye prefers Song style.

In the Song Dynasty, Song-style characters were the most popular, and literati all liked Song-style neat and tidy characters.

Without further ado, Yang Chengye dipped his brush in ink and wrote "The Analects of Confucius" on rice paper.

In just a quarter of an hour, Yang Chengye wrote a full page, and his handwriting was neat and smooth.

"Okay, stop!"

Seeing "The Analects of Confucius" written by Yang Chengye, the old man suddenly stopped.

Shen You looked at the words written by Yang Chengye, and asked the old man happily: "Master, can the words written by the second brother still fall into your eyes?"

　This book has been signed, and it will not be updated, let alone eunuchs. I hope everyone will vote for it and collect it by the way.

　　Brahma takes you into a different world of martial arts!

　　Two more today
　　
　
(End of this chapter)