Ouyang Cen was very curious about Mrs. Xu, but the person had passed away, and it was not only rude but also pointless to ask about her life again.

"No, you have fun closing the door," Ouyang Cen ordered.

"Okay. ”

Zhou Buyan immediately did so.

Liu Yan felt that Ouyang Cen was going to say something about the calligraphy exhibition next, for fear of being heard, and that was indeed the case.

Ouyang Cen said that he was suddenly called to a meeting by the Calligraphy Association in the afternoon, so he did not go to the airport. The content of the meeting is naturally related to the calligraphy exhibition to be held tomorrow, so it can be regarded as an "advance ventilation meeting".

The advantage of having a calligrapher as a teacher is that Liu Yan can know in advance who the five judges of the interview are.

The five people are experts in five aspects: line script, cursive script, official script, seal script and regular script.

Ouyang Cen was originally invited to be a cursive judge, but because his apprentice Zhou Buyan participated in the exhibition, he refused the invitation to avoid suspicion.

The first four judges were all old acquaintances of Su Yi, and when Ouyang Cen mentioned the fifth regular script judge, he paused, his eyes were complicated, "Regular script, they found Su Xuezhen." ”

Su Yi's expression changed immediately, he put away his smile, his sitting posture was no longer leisurely, he slapped the chair handle hard, and reprimanded, "Why did you choose him this time." ”

"Among the younger generation, Su Xuezhen's achievements in regular script are the most prominent, and at the end of last year, he also joined the calligraphy association," Ouyang Cen said "young", which means younger than him and Su Yi, that is, people who are now fifty or sixty years old. Dancing and becoming a member of the National Calligraphy Association means that this person can be called a true calligrapher, and the value of his works will also rise.

Su Yi is also a member of the association.

"Su Xuezhen's regular script works are now very valuable and highly sought after by investors. Last year, he also set up a Xizhen Academy, which was modeled after the ancient academy and taught calligraphy and literature. ”

Su Yi mocked, "It's all hype." ”

At his age and status, he doesn't care about things outside his body, he doesn't care if anyone buys his works, he writes, pays more attention to the senses, entertains himself, and is happy.

But in today's society, everything looks at money, and the calligraphy circle is no exception.

"You are still prejudiced against him, aside from what he has done, his regular script is your true biography, not only that, but he has added his own understanding on the basis of you, which is not similar to you, to be honest, the writing is really good, but I still prefer your regular script. ”

Ouyang Cen always felt that Su Xuezhen's works were almost something, not complete enough.

Su Yi didn't care, "No matter how good his handwriting is, it can't make up for the lack of his personality, and he has nothing to do with me." ”

"It has nothing to do with you, but your little apprentice will face him tomorrow. ”

"It's different now than thirty years ago," Su Yi snorted coldly, "I'm just staring here, and I see that he dares to play tricks under my nose again." ”

Liu Yan could hear the conversation between the two old men in a fog, and she could barely guess that Su Xuezhen should have been Professor Su's apprentice.

Zhou Buyan also couldn't understand, in his opinion, Su Xuezhen is a famous calligrapher, his calligraphy level is beyond doubt, his Xizhen Academy has a high reputation in the ancient capital, two open enrollments, are long queues, very popular.

So, what really happened thirty years ago?

Sending Ouyang Cen away from his apprentice, Su Yi thought about it again and again, and still told Liu Yan about the cause and effect.

Indeed, as Liu Yan guessed, Su Xuezhen is Su Yi's apprentice, but he was expelled from Su Yi thirty years ago, and both of them are surnamed Su, and there is a slight relationship in blood, Su Xuezhen is a particularly distant relative of Su Yi, sharing a family tree.

Things have to start from thirty-four years ago, at that time, the middle-aged Su Yi was already an accomplished calligrapher, had become a professor at Capital University, and had already accepted his first apprentice - Fang Huaiyuan.

And Su Xuezhen is just an ordinary freshman at Capital University, he took Su Yi's calligraphy class, Su Yi found Su Xuezhen's words when he checked the students' classwork, felt that he had potential, and had the same surname, and felt cordial, so he called him to the office alone, and then Su Xuezhen's apprenticeship process was very similar to Liu Yan.

After becoming a master and apprentice, the two found out that they were distant relatives, and one of the Su family had moved to the northwest hundreds of years ago.

At that time, Su Yi only had two apprentices, Fang Huaiyuan was seven years older than Su Xuezhen, and he entered the master early, so Su Xuezhen naturally called him "senior brother". As a senior brother, Fang Huaiyuan loves Su Xuezhen very much, the teacher is busy with work, he often answers questions to Su Xuezhen, and also copies his works to Su Xuezhen, Su Xuezhen admires and appreciates him very much.

It looks like a harmonious picture of brothers, friends and brothers.

In this way, four years later, the national calligraphy and seal carving exhibition held every four years began to register for work. There is a conventional rule in the world of calligraphy that a master can only send one apprentice to participate in this calligraphy exhibition.

Fang Huaiyuan and Su Xuezhen are both very good students, Su Yi hesitated again and again, and chose to submit Fang Huaiyuan's works, he mentioned to Su Xuezhen the old-fashioned story of Confucius and pear, he said that Fang Huaiyuan learned calligraphy by his side for seven years, worked hard and diligently, and it was time to become a teacher, he said that Su Xuezhen was still young, and there would be a chance in four years.

Su Xuezhen smiled on the surface and said that it didn't matter.

But I was not convinced.

Fang Huaiyuan carefully prepared his works for the exhibition a month in advance, and he chose regular script.

In those days, there were no courier companies, and you had to go to the post office to send a package.

Fang Huaiyuan had already joined the work at that time, staying at the Capital University to do administrative work, and his working hours and the working hours of the post office happened to conflict.

Su Xuezhen offered to help him run errands and send packages.

Fang Huaiyuan trusted him and handed him his own words.

With the help of Su Xuezhen, Su Yi still can't forgive him for his lack of morality, and he replaced his regular script works with Fang Huaiyuan's works.

By the time Su Yi and Fang Huaiyuan knew, Su Xuezhen's works had passed the preliminary evaluation and were shortlisted for the exhibition.

In front of Fang Huaiyuan, Su Yi angrily scolded Su Xuezhen for doing this, and Su Xuezhen Zhenzhen said, "Obviously, my talent is higher than that of my senior brother, but because I am young and I entered the teacher late, I am deprived of my qualification to participate in the exhibition, which is unfair to me! Some people who rely on self-study and don't even have teachers can successfully sign up, why can't I? If I knew this, I might as well not apprentice!"

Su Yi's violent temper immediately exploded, and he couldn't wait to beat him.

Fang Huaiyuan hurriedly grabbed him,

Su Yi angrily pointed at Su Xuezhen and said, "You get out of me, from now on, I don't have you as an apprentice." ”