"It's a pity that there are only five words, and it always seems a bit unsatisfactory." His Majesty the Emperor held his wife's hand and said with emotion, his face full of regret, "And others dare not say in front of me, don't you know yet? If you want to talk about the level of appreciation and interpretation, I still have it, but I am really annoyed when talking about the skill of outlining and copying. "
"I tried it with the double hook method last night, and found that I could not copy the five-character charm." The queen smiled and said, "If Your Majesty really likes it, why not let the ministers who are good at calligraphy in the court try it."
The emperor patted the back of her hand, laughed a few times, and shook his head, "Look, you still understand my intentions. After the dynasty was dispersed, I had forced all those old guys to stay. At this time, I was writing in the imperial study room, and I told them that no matter whether the young granddaughter at home is one year old or a wife, if I cannot write the five words out of thin air, I will not be willing to let them go."
In order to bloom the five words of the sky on the other side, there were many more fun and helplessness in the imperial palace of the Tang Empire. However, no matter how the emperor loved this book, it was just some leisure and leisure, so as to avoid being nagged by the censors again. His Majesty did not use the official institutions in the court, but the palace sent people to search quietly in Chang'an City. He also told some court officials who were close friends and ordered them to help inquire among the people.
After several months, I have searched for the most famous calligraphy and painting shops in Chang'an City. The most famous calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty called them to the palace to ask questions quietly, but still did not find the mysterious calligrapher, and even countless disciples. The famous calligrapher can't even understand the style of brush and ink of these five characters.
The main reason for the current situation is that people's thinking is admiring.
From the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to the old ministers in the court who were deceived into the imperial study to those great folk calligraphers, from the first glance of seeing that book, the round and sophisticated pen was straight The broad structure, the charming and proud ink posture, and the agile and elegant charm are shockingly praised. In their opinion, this mysterious secretary must be a hidden master who has been immersed in calligraphy for decades. Even if he is hidden among the people, he must have been passed down for hundreds of years. I practice silently in the aristocratic family bookstore, and it is impossible to set up a stall on the street to sell words.
It is precisely because of such preconceived ideas that no one wants to go to Xiangfang to ask those poor scholars who sell their names, and no one wants to go to find out whether there are any new calligraphy and painting shops in the alleys of civilians. Naturally, no one can do it. It connects the character that caused the storm in the imperial study with the unknown old Bizhai in Linsuo 47 Lane.
One day, several tourists from Dahe Country came from afar, after visiting the Chang'an City Palace from afar, they bypassed the short street and came to the 47th Lane in Dongcheng, and walked into the extremely ordinary calligraphy and painting shop at the entrance of the alley.
They held their hands behind their backs, looked at the ordinary books hanging on the wall, and couldn't help but frown and shook their heads. When they saw a certain central hall, their eyes suddenly lit up and they exclaimed: "The Tang Dynasty Chang'an is indeed hidden and they are lying on the street. There are always a small family on the street. There is actually a very nice ink scroll hidden in the bookstore...Well, is your boss here?"
Sangsang was eating with a bowl of chicken noodles with fragrant noodles. He listened to someone's call, raised her slightly dark face and replied with a smile: "The boss is not here. If you ask for the price, this painting will cost three thousand gold. Non-dual value."
An ordinary middle hall is worth three thousand gold, and it also specifically explains that it is not divalent. What is this style? This must be the style of the ink scroll left by Mr. Wang, a calligraphy master in the Great River Kingdom, in his heyday! The tourists from Dahe Country were stunned when they heard this, and laughed in anger. They were too lazy to say anything, so they threw a word and left.
"Everyone says that Chang'an people are generous, warm and hospitable... I think this Chang'an people are crazy poor!"
As someone and a little maid's silver bills are getting more and more expensive, the price of someone's ink rolls is getting more and more expensive, until it is unreasonable. During these days, Lao Bizhai can often see it. The guests were shocked and speechless, and they could often hear the scolding of the guests before leaving angrily.
Sangsang was already familiar with this scene and even felt a little numb. He lowered his head and continued to eat shredded chicken noodles. Now she finally understood that although she could buy six bowls of sour and sour noodles soup for a bowl of shredded chicken noodles, it was covered with oily beads. The chicken soup is really delicious.
Ning Que was playing with two smooth silver balls cast from silver ingots in his hand, and came out of the back house, leaning against the shop door like a second generation ancestor, looking at the backs of the guests in the middle of the alley in the distance, without any slightest. It lowered the awareness of the people of Chang'an's quality and said mockingly: "If you can't afford it, don't ask the price, Sangsang... Close the door and use hot pot!"
Spring goes, autumn comes, and winter solstice is coming. Now it is the deep winter of the thirteenth year of the Tianqi period of the Tang Dynasty. It has been nearly a year since Ning Que and Sangsang, the master and servant, arrived in Chang'an City.
During these days, he studied in the academy, and was deliberately forgotten by his classmates and became quiet, and had more time to practice and chat with Chen Pipi. Sangsang stayed in Linsuyiqian every day to take care of the shops with increasingly poor business, and occasionally he would go to the princess's mansion at the invitation of Li Yu, and the two became more and more familiar with each other. Ning Que never understood the increasingly strong friendship between His Highness the Princess and the little maid, and in the end he could only attribute it to the fact that he had a close eye to each other.
After eating a hot pot that was soaking in a mellow and sweaty hot pot, I used four plates of freshly cut mutton to burn my feet, Ning Que comfortably got into the quilt, listening to the whimpering wind between the window, and rubbing it with a little coolness. With annoyed, he said, "It hasn't snowed yet. Why is the weather so cold? Chang'an City is so difficult to bear in summer? Who is irresponsible to make a conclusion?"
Sangsang smiled, took off his outer jacket and got into the quilt on the other end, rubbed the quilt's laundry water's small hands, and said, "Young master, you're content. Our life is much better than when we were in Weicheng. Now."
This is a very sincere comment. Now there are more than 10,000 taels of silver notes hidden under the bed of the master and servant. Every month, I have to get a large dividend from the gambling house in Xicheng. To put it in the subtext deep in their hearts, it is: We are too Not short of money, too rich, too fucking rich...
Since you have so much money, you have to use it to improve your life. Although the master and servant are still frugal, it is always easy to go from frugal to extravagant. The hot and sour noodles are replaced with the original soup, shredded chicken noodles, and pickled rice is turned into After sautéing mutton, it was so cold a few days ago that they even built a northern kang in their house. Now they are burning silver charcoal and drinking new tea. The house is as warm as spring. Compared with the life of more than ten years, Now this day is simply wonderful and unlike the world.
Ning Que complained that the winter in Chang'an City was dry and cold, but it was just a talk.
Now I can finally see that mysterious world of cultivation. I can use my mind to control the vitality of heaven and earth, turn the silver ball in my hand, and lift up the paper on the table as I wish. Well, although the mind power outside the body is too weak, The energy of heaven and earth that can be controlled is too thin, so the paper flies more chaotic than the feathers, and the silver ball rotates more slowly than the movements of Chen Pipi, but he really can't find anything he is dissatisfied with.
The north wind outside the window became tighter, and the night passed without a word. When I woke up the next morning, I saw endless snow covering the streets, alleys, palaces and buildings of Chang'an City. The silver-wrapped trees quietly poked out of the streets and alleys and looked at the pedestrians. . Ning Que put on a jacket and stood side by side at the door of Lao Bizhai with Sangsang. Looking at this beautiful scenery, thinking about the experiences and life over the past year, he actually looked at the snow that he had been tired of when he was in Weicheng. A new meaning.
"This is a great day," he exclaimed contentedly.
Sangsang smiled beside him and nodded.
Living quietly and beautifully in Chang'an City, without the blood of revenge, without the unrequited depression, and spending time between one person's academy and two old pens, the master and servant gradually grew up, and then gradually got The people around me forget, and just like this, they willingly disappeared into these beautiful little days.
She was doing needlework and washing dishes, and he wrote books and looked at books copied from the old bookstore. In this seemingly monotonous repetition, the hour hand began to rotate again, time slipped away slowly, the winter solstice and New Year and Lantern Festival are Slide away from the bustle, hot mutton hot tea and ink slip away from the tranquility, and in a blink of an eye, another spring of the 14th year of the Apocalypse.
Another spring is coming, and willow catkins are floating all over the sky. The women in Chang'an are bound by cotton jackets and furs for a whole winter. The plump figures of the whole winter finally have the opportunity to breathe. Looking at those who are trembling in the chilly early spring breeze but are about to open. The girls with white and tender hearts showed their hearts, Ning Que, who opened the curtains, went to the academy with admiration and gratitude.
After nodding to each other with Situ Yilan, who was sitting in the front row, he walked to the table at the last side. No other classmates would chat with him, and no one would even look at him. He I had been used to it and didn't care at all. After sitting down, I took out the lecture plan for the etiquette and started to review it.
This morning is the Lishui Department. The lishui Department in the Academy's Bings is Cao Zhifeng, associate professor of the Lishui Department. It is also the great master of the Dongxuan Realm of Yanguo who beat the general's grandson Chu Zhongtian into a pig's head on the day the school started. For such a person No one dared to neglect his teachings with great qualifications and great means and profound meaning to the children of the Tang Dynasty.
The bell rang quietly, and Associate Professor Cao Zhifeng walked in slowly, which made the students of Bings feel a little strange that the gentleman has changed his cold and serious appearance today, and there is a trace of unconcealed joy hidden between his old eyebrows and eyes.
Next, something happened that made the students even more unexpected.
Associate Professor Cao Zhifeng looked at the students in the audience and pondered for a moment. Just when the students thought he would put down the heavy books in their armpits and began to criticize routinely, he coughed twice, stretched out his five fingers with his right hand and bounced them mentally a few times in the air, and then said seriously: "Today's heaven and earth The vitality has changed, so it is not appropriate to go to class or leave school."
After saying this, Associate Professor Cao Zhifeng turned around and left the bookstore without hesitation, leaving behind the room full of students who were shocked and speechless, and the sudden burst of discussions.
"What's wrong with this? Professor...what's wrong with him?"
"Teaching him is he sick?"
"When you are sick, you ask for sick leave from the academy. How do you use this trick? What does the energy of heaven and earth change today? The energy of heaven and earth changes all the time, and it is not that it suddenly started to change today!"
"Damn, this move is so cruel. Could it be that we can use this trick if we don't want to go to class in the future?"
Chu Youxian gently hit Tian Ning Que's shoulder and said incredibly: "What kind of crazy did Lao Cao suffer from today?"
"How can I know?" Ning Que was also extremely puzzled, but it would be better for him not to attend classes. He could have more time to go to the old bookstore and look at the gift-study lesson plan that had just been spread out on the table, thinking it was early Knowing that I did not have to spend any effort to sort out last night? Shaking his head, he began to organize the books and prepare to leave.
At this moment, someone in front of the bookstore said, "You didn't see the joy that could not be hidden on Professor Cao's face just now? That's because a great man is coming to Chang'an City today. The professor is in a hurry to go out to greet him. That's why I forced such a boring excuse."
"What big shot makes Lao Cao so excited? I remember that on the last winter solstice, the Minister of Rites came to give the teachers a condolence money, three hundred taels of silver! Lord Shangshu! Lao Cao still had a calm face like the Emperor of Yan was dead. "
"People who have lost their country will inevitably have some resentment and hatred. Your statement is too unkind." The student in front said with a smile: "As for who this big man is today, why Professor Cao is so excited, it is actually related to these things. Relationship, you should know that although Professor Cao is a senior teacher in the academy, don't forget that he is a Yan native first."
"What's the point?"
"The big man who is coming to Chang'an City today is Prince Longqing of Yan State. How could Professor Cao not be excited?"
"Who believes this? If you think about your homeland and think about seeing the royal family in your homeland, you will be excited and lose your composure. Prince Yan has been a guest in Chang'an City. Why didn't he see Lao Cao go to the city to pay tribute every day?"
"Things that are unsightly."
Chu Youxin listened to the argument ahead and approached Ning Que and whispered, "Crown Prince Yan is just a hostage. How can he compare with Prince Longqing? You must know that for the Yan people, they were suppressed by our Tang Dynasty for hundreds of times. In 2019, Prince Longqing had already been regarded as the last hope for revival. Lao Cao knew that he was coming, so how could he not be excited and lose his composure? "
"Prince Longqing?" Ning Que asked curiously: "Is it the brother of Prince Yan?"
"Dear brother."
Ning Que frowned and said, "Then why did the Yan people put the hope of revival of Yan State on this... Prince Longqing? Even if the Emperor Yan passed away in the future, the one who succeeded the throne should be the Prince Yan."
"This is the problem. As far as I know, most people in Yan do not agree with the succession of the crown prince of Yan, but believe that Prince Longqing should succeed the throne... Many people think that Prince Longqing is a genius who has never been born in the world ."
Hearing the five words "Unknown genius", Ning Que's frown stretched out his eyebrows. While sorting out books, he said with a smile: "This is also a genius, that is also a genius. I have been in Chang'an City for less than a year, so I'm really tired of listening. With these two words, if geniuses are really rare, there may not be too many that emerge during the Apocalypse period."
"Wow..." Chu Youxian looked at you and said with a joke: "When you see you are silent and calm, I thought you didn't care about the matter that day, nor did you care about the attitude of your classmates towards you. I didn't expect you to remember what you still remember, to Xie Chengyun That genius was very disdainful, but you have to know that Prince Longqing is not Xie Chengyun."
Ning Que stopped the movement at hand and looked at him, waiting to listen to the following.
"Prince Longqing, that is a real genius." Chu Youxian said seriously.
"You are real nonsense." Ning Que said angrily, and then he was slightly stunned when he listened to the comments coming from ahead.
The four words Prince Longqing caused many shocking and admiration in the bookstore, and then there was a lot of discussion. There were very few people who had never heard of this name, like Ning Que, who had lived in the border for a long time. However, some people still had the same questions as him. What kind of person is Prince Longqing who could make the Yan people bet on him about the hope of reviving their country and make people like Professor Cao Zhifeng excited and lose their composure to such a look?
"Although he is the prince of Yan State, since his brother was sent to Chang'an City as a charity, he was sent to all countries in the world by the royal family of Yan State to travel and study. He lived in the Dahe Kingdom of Yuelun State and the Southern Jin State for several months, and then entered After studying at the Tianyu Academy of the Heavenly Yu of the Divine Kingdom of Xiling, he became the first name in the first year of admission. "
If we say that the most famous and most respected academy in the world is undoubtedly the academy in the south of Chang'an City. However, in addition, various countries also have their own well-known academies. The Tianyu Academy of the Xiling Divine Kingdom is composed of the temple sacred officials. They personally teach, which is the best. It is naturally extraordinary to be able to take the lead in such a place. However, this alone does not explain too many problems, at least it cannot intimidate these proud students in the academy.
"In the third year of Prince Longqing's entry into Tianyu Academy, he followed his classmates and teachers to preach. That autumn in the Lanke Temple in Washan, the Tianyu Academy's teachers failed to argue with the great masters of the Buddhist sect and retreated. Prince Longqing smiled and stood up and stepped forward. , debated with the seven sons of the Buddha Sect for three days and three nights, winning seven consecutive games, and even caused the eldest disciple of Lanke Temple to vomit blood and fall to the ground. In the end, the elder of the secluded residence in Lanke Temple to ring the bell and speak. Then he smiled and shut up and returned with a flower. The elder of Lanke Temple praised him for his profound knowledge and unparalleled eloquence. If he could enter Buddhism, he would be able to revolve around the wonderful meaning in just ten years and be led to the inability to the point of nowhere."
"How could the Buddha Sect take away his favorite disciples in Xiling Temple? In the fourth year of Prince Longqing's entry into the Tianyu Academy, the leader of Haotian surrendered to the nobles and accepted him as his personal disciple, and even asked him to start learning to handle the affairs of the Temple Judgment Department. ...Now I heard that Prince Longqing is only one step away from entering the realm of knowing fate, highly valued by the Haotian Dao Sect, is already the second-ranked figure in the Judgment Department, specializing in guarding the evil demons of the heretics and has extremely high authority."
"The No. 2 figure in the Temple Judgment Department?" A student gasped and said, "This kind of big man cannot cause any storm in our Tang Dynasty, but if he wants to be in the southern Jin Dynasty and the river countries, even the emperors dare not snatch a few If it goes against his will, why did he come to the Tang Dynasty and Chang'an? "
"Because Prince Longqing... wants to go to our academy to study."
"Entering the academy? Will such a big shot come to be classmates with us?"
"What you think is extremely beautiful. Such a big man has been studying in the Tianyu Academy for many years. Now he is an important figure in the Xiling Temple. How could he be classmates with you and me? Of course, his purpose in entering the academy is to go to the second floor. "
"He came to Chang'an City this time, in addition to continuing to study on the second floor, there is another important reason, that is, he replaced his brother Prince Yan as his charity. As Yan Huang grows older this year, his health is gradually deteriorating. No one knows what He will pass away from the world. His Majesty, my emperor, valued filial piety first and agreed to the Prince Yan return to his country to serve his relatives, but he asked Yan State to have a sufficient royal family to replace him. After thinking about it, who else is qualified except Prince Longqing? "
"The Xiling Temple trained Prince Longqing for many years, and the facts proved that this person's talent was indeed outstanding. The people of Yan valued his talents and paid more attention to his close relationship with the Xiling Temple. He regarded him as the hope for the revival of Yan State. In my eyes, this prince is probably much more important than the prince who has been hostage in Chang'an City for many years. So what I don't understand is why the Yan people actually agreed to my Tang Dynasty's request this time."
Through the introduction and complementation of more than ten classmates from famous families, a clear picture gradually emerged in the minds of all the academy students: the young royal family, the young practitioner who is about to enter the realm of life, is carrying the hope of the revival of the Yan people. An important training target for Xiling Temple. Who can do this kind of person who is not a talent of destiny?
Thinking of the style of the prince Longqing from afar, the young and proud students in the bookstore couldn't help but feel extremely complicated in their hearts. They were a little envious, jealous, and a little unwilling to accept it. However, this unwillingness is in front of the other party's dazzling history and reputation. There is really no power.
For a moment, the bookstore became strangely quiet. Chu Youxian looked at his classmates and smiled and said, "You have forgotten what Prince Longqing is most famous... You should know that this prince was born very handsome. Some people even described him as beautiful and inequality. In addition, he had a beautiful and beautiful temperament in his abdomen. When he was a young man, he first entered the Moonland Kingdom, which attracted countless young girls in the Moonland Kingdom to watch on the street. I heard that the Sun, Moonland Kingdom was unknown. How many pairs of embroidered shoes have been broken, how many girls have screamed, how many pairs of eyes have been red when they cried. "
This is a very famous strange story. The students in the bookstore naturally would not know it. However, most of the people who talked about it before were young men, so how could they be willing to mention this paragraph? When Chu Youxian said at this time, he sat in the bookstore. The girls in the front row suddenly thought of this rumor. The young and innocent face suddenly appeared on their chills. Even the Miss Gao, who had been a little depressed and disliked recently, opened her eyes wide, and the corners of her lips were slightly raised unconsciously.
"I'm talking to you sisters, it's too late for you to be crazy at this time."
What Chu Youxian is best at is stabbing and then repairing it. He looked at the girls with a smile and said, "Prince Longqing has already made a marriage, and the target is Princess Lu Chenjia from Yuelun Kingdom, and he is also the most famous person in the world. Flower-in-law. When Prince Longqing was studying Buddhism in Yuelun Kingdom, he fell in love with Princess Lu Chenjia at first sight. Later, His Royal Highness went all the way to Tianyu Academy to study, just to spend time with Prince Longqing, where do you have any chance? Everyone knows that Lu Chenjia is so crazy about flowers. You are no match for such a flower silly ability."
The girls in the bookstore suddenly became a little dull when they heard this, but at this time they could still argue with Chu Shixian? I had to pursed my lips and lower my head. Seeing the expressions of his female companions, Situ Yilan couldn't help but frown and talk about other topics, diluting the spring feelings of the young children in the bookstore.
Lu Chenjia, a silly girl from the Moonland Kingdom, is a famous beauty in the world. In addition, there are two women in the world who are compared with her by the benevolent people. One of them is the closed female disciple of the Great Book Saint of the Great River King. It is said that He is extremely gentle, virtuous and virtuous, and likes calligraphy, so he is called a calligraphy fanatic. Another is a mysterious female disciple from the Tianyu Academy of Xiling. It is said that the woman is unparalleled in her gentleness, but she is dedicated to the Tao, except for her practice. Without distracting thoughts, it is called Taoist ignorance.
"When it comes to Huaniang Shuniang, everyone knows the origin of her name. That is, the Taoist beauty has always been extremely mysterious. People only know that there is such a beauty in Xiling God Kingdom, but they don't know who her surname is and where she is now."
Situ Yilan listened to her classmates' curious discussions, and after hesitating for a moment, she said, "Not many people know the name of the Taoist beauty, but I heard that she is now... the number one person in the Temple Judgment Department."
(I have survived, and it turns out that it is very painful to adjust the jet lag. Getting up at six is not something that people do...)