Heroes of the Sons and Daughters

Chapter 43 Fake Xibin talks about the Jifu case, the true filial daughter comforts the parents (2)
The scholar said: "The surname of the late student is Gu Mingqi, and his nickname is Kentang. He is a native of Kuaiji, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province. He has always been down and out, and has no intention of making progress. When he swam to the imperial capital by chance, nine out of ten people said that there was someone in your residence. The second young master wants to postpone his studies. Wansheng also asked others to recommend him, but those friends said that this museum is not available. For this reason, Wansheng did not think that he was mean, so he recommended himself like that. If the adults think that I can be the teacher of the young master, I'd rather be attached to a horse, and if I ask myself, I won't be in the position of a dead body, so as to mislead my son." The Taifu was unable to invite Mr., and saw that although he was poor and his mouth was extraordinary, he was already somewhat willing, so he said, "Mr. It’s just that my second poodle, although the talent can be cultivated, its stubbornness is beyond description. It’s a great fortune that the master is willing to fulfill him. May I ask you to live in Where? Wait for my brother to worship sincerely tomorrow, then set an auspicious date, and send you off." Gu Kentang said: "There are talents that cannot be cultivated in the world. This matter is regarded as a profit-making career, so it is naturally rare to be effective. Now that it has been hoped by the adults, it will not be more than three or five years, and Wansheng will definitely send this young master to the secret hall of the Qing Dynasty to achieve his life's career. It's just that From now on, my lord will not bother me about the homework in the study. As for the appointment, I don't need to stick to this behavior, and I will do my best for the next ten meals and two meals. Only today is an auspicious day, my lord, please tell a little boy to take my With half a shoulder of luggage brought in, the museum can be opened. Why bother to say goodbye in vain!"

Taifu Ji was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered his family to clean the study room, settle the luggage, pack the wine and meals, prepare the ceremony, put on official clothes, and accompanied Mr. Na to the study room, and immediately asked Ji Xiantang to dress and come out to meet him.When the banquet was set up, the Taifu first handed over a glass of wine, and then asked his son to hand over his advice.Mr. Gu was neither arrogant nor condescending, and after receiving half a courtesy, he said: "My lord, please let me go, so that I can talk with you quickly." Taifu Ji bowed again, and said: "From now on, I will not ask anything, but follow the persuasion." After all, I resigned and went in.

That Mr. Ji Xiantang came from nowhere. Seeing his miserable appearance, he was even more disgusting.It was only because he obeyed the rules in front of his father that it was not easy to ridicule him.When he had dinner with him, he asked: "Sir, do you know how those gentlemen left in the past?" Gu Kentang said: "I heard that they were all beaten away by those who couldn't afford you." Ji Xian Tang Dao: "But come again! Are you a person who is not afraid of beating?" Gu Kentang said: "I don't think you will beat me. Those people are probably ordinary idiots. I think his reason for asking for beating is just because For the sake of homework in the study. From now on, the young master will come to the study happily, and there will be someone like me grinding ink and brushing the paper as a companion, and it will not hurt the young master; Where can I ask you to fight?" Ji Xiantang said: "Don't expect a person like you to know how to advance and retreat!"

As he said that, he took a few servants and left early without knowing where he was going.From then on, although he was not as rambunctious as in the past, he sat in the study for ten or eight days in about one month, but he couldn't work in the study for an hour in that day.

This day is on the fifteenth and sixteenth day of the middle ten days, the weather is clear and bright, and the moonlight is a perfect day when it comes late.So he brought a group of servants together in the large open area of ​​Jiandao, pulled a plowing horse, and led him to pull it, and taught the boys to trick the horse into tricks.Some came from far away and passed by as soon as they jumped, some passed by kicking and spinning the spinning wheel, and some passed with both hands resting on the back of the saddle and erecting a straight willow.He looked at Dale.

Just as he was being obstinately happy, suddenly a gust of wind brought the sound of a pipa, and the pipa was played very mellowly and crisply.After hearing this, he asked, "Who listens to the song?" When a little boy asked, he ran away to inquire, and then ran back and said, "No one listens to the song. It's the new Mr. Gu." The man is playing the pipa in the house."

Ji Xiantang said: "He can play the pipa? Come on, let's go and have a look." Saying this, he left here and rushed to the study.

When Gu Kentang saw him coming in, he quickly put down his pipa and let him sit down.He said: "Sir, I don't want you to be so stubborn, don't let go, let me listen to the music." Then Gu Kentang re-chorded the strings and started to play.For a while, the gold and iron horses came through the air, and for a while, the flowing water and flowers went away leisurely.He danced happily, and asked, "Sir, can I learn well?"

The teacher said: "If you want to learn, how can anyone not know it!" Just how to pluck the strings, how to press the frets, how to assign the palace with the nine characters of Gong, Chi, Shang, B, Si, He, Five, Six, and Fan. , Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu five tones, how to assign Liulu and Liulu according to the five tones, how to push hands outward to form a pipa, and how to put hands inward to form a papa, and how to use them as picking, playing, hooking, and dialing. ——His eyes, ears, hands, and mouth followed his heart as he instructed, and he never had a moment's leisure.

In that half a month's time, everything such as "Exiting the Fortress", "Unloading the Armor", "Xunyang Yeyue", as well as two-tone boards, two-tone strings, two-tone "Yueer Gao", two sets of Lingzi, "Pine Green", "Haiqing", "Yangguan", "Pu'an Mantra", "Five Famous Horses" and so on, according to the spectrum of the song, they all learned it with their hands.When it was time to meet, I was tired of it, and asked what skills my husband could do.The teacher taught him silk strings, bamboo pipes, Jiegu, Fangxiang and other musical instruments one by one.He knows everything, and it will be easier.Gradually learned hand talk, Xiangxi, Wumu, Shuanglu, playing chess, and gradually learned painting, guest opera, Pythagorean, fortune-telling, and even engraving seals and color printing. Whatever he asked, the gentleman knew everything. Nothing is impossible.He also learns every time he sees, masters every time he learns, and masters every time he learns, but he tires of every mastery.Even so, he didn't leave that study door for more than half a year.

One day, two teachers and students were standing idle in the empty courtyard, looking at the crescent moon.He said again: "I've always been very bored, sir, so I have to find something new to relieve boredom?" The gentleman said: "My son has learned all my boredom-relieving skills, so where can I find something new? We 'teach and learn', what are the skills of the young master, why don't you teach me one or two things? We can relieve boredom when we get together." Ji Xiantang said: "My skills are different from these stubborn people. These stubborn people are all Small tricks, but to relieve boredom and leisure; I'm talking about the ability to fly around with spears and halberds. Sir, you can learn it from there!" The gentleman said: "Although I can't do these things, I still have ambitions. Why don't you do something for me, my lord? Look, maybe I see Lie Xinxi and understand one or two things.” After hearing this, he said, “Since you want to learn, it will be more interesting. But it’s getting late today, and there’s no eyes on the spear stick. Knowing what teachers and students are, it's not safe to hurt your husband, but tomorrow you will come to see him." The gentleman said, "what's the matter at night! Could it be that in the future, when you become a general, when you meet the strong enemy, you will also say to him, 'today? It's late, if it's not safe, it won't work?"

He was even more happy to hear what the gentleman said.Then I came to Jiandao with my husband and asked many servants to bring some weapons. Taking advantage of the twilight of the new moon, I punched once and stabbed the pole again, and then competed with those servants. None overcome him.He proudly showed off his skills to the gentleman.

Mr. Gu said: "I will also learn how to fight with the young master and fight hard. But I am an amateur, so don't laugh at me, young master!" Ji Xiantang couldn't help but look at his arched shoulders and back swaying. to laugh.Just because he wanted to learn again and again, he stood in his own place, first he put his left hand in his arms, and his right hand turned to the right to show his posture, then he stomped his right foot, raised his left foot, turned around, and turned to Gu The husband called and said, "Let's fight!"

When he turned around and went forward, Mr. Gu had long since disappeared.But he felt something sticking to the top of the braid, and he flicked left and right, but he couldn't get rid of it; the slippery man turned around, but the thing turned around with him.After arguing for a long time, I realized that Mr. Gu was following behind, and put a slap on the back of my head, and I couldn't dodge or get rid of it anymore.It made him want to turn his fist over and punch him back, but he couldn't hit him.Then he turned around and flew away, and saw that the gentleman took a step back, raised his hand, and was supporting his heel, and said, "Young master, you fell down when I sent you off! This is not the way to punch, but Be stubborn!"

If this is a knowledgeable one, it should be stopped.But he is full of youthful arrogance, how can he give up?Zao picked up the two-foot-long white wax pole he was used to from the ground, made it look like a strange python, looked at Mr. Gu and said, "Come! Come! Come!" Mr. Gu smiled and picked a stick Hold the shorter one in your hand.After two slaps on the ground, Mr. Gu said: "Hold on, it's no fun to turn you and me upside down. Since you housekeepers are good at making people, why don't you all insist on having fun?"

After hearing this, Ji Xiantang picked four people who could use poles and divided them into left and right sides. The five of them let out a "ha" and all came to make use of Mr. Gu.Mr. Gu calmly shook the pole in his hand, shaking it into a big circle, and pushed the poles of the four servants to the ground.When Ji Xiantang saw it, he took a step back, twisted the pole, and ran towards Mr. Gu's shoulder blades to pick it up.Mr. Gu didn't break his pole, he just spread his right leg, turned his left leg, and lowered his front body. Ji Xiantang's pole had already passed over his spine, making no space.He made a step under the pole, and used the pole in his hand to hand over to Ji Xiantang's leg.Mr. Gu quickly dropped the pole, helped him up, and said, "Meng Lang! Meng Lang!"

Ji Xian and Tang Yi scrambled to get up, and said: "Sir, you are really capable! I have been fooling around all along! There is no other way, you must be as meticulous as you can, and give me advice!"

Mr. Gu said: "This is not the place to be particular about, we still go to the study to talk." After speaking, when he came to the study, he was so anxious that he couldn't wait for tomorrow, so he asked Mr. Gu to ask questions.

Mr. Gu said: "Don't ask me such insignificant matters. Haven't you heard the saying of the Overlord of Western Chu that 'One man is not enough to learn, so please learn from ten thousand enemies'?" Ji Xian Tang Dao: "Then how can you learn 'ten thousand enemies' so easily?" Mr. Gu said: "It's easy to learn 'ten thousand enemies'. It's just that there is no other way, only reading." Ji Xian Tang frowned and said: "Why don't I read books? They are just empty talk that can be said but not done. How can they achieve great things in the world?" Talk about empty talk? If you leave the holy way, how can you be a great man? If you can’t be a great man, how can you be able to do great things? Talents have been rare since ancient times. The famous family has such a talent. You have the ambition to study, and I am confident that I am an old horse who knows the way. It is not worthwhile to enter the golden horse, step into the jade hall, have high teeth, and grow a big tree. Why do you have to learn these quack arts to make a living at this time? Use? Young Master, you must not lose your mind!"

As explained in the book, Ji Xiantang was originally a person with a long history, and to point it out, he really devoted himself to contemplating it from the next day.In the next year's township examination, Xiaolian passed high school.In the next year's examination, he became a Jinshi and was promoted to a cabinet bachelor.The imperial court saw that he was capable and shrewd, and his talents were worthy of great use, so he released the governor of Sichuan.Na Ji Xiantang has been benefited by Mr. Gu all his life, and he never leaves him, so he wants to invite him to take up the post together.

(End of this chapter)