Six years later.

In the thirty-second year of Chunxi, spring.

It is the April day when the warbler flies and the grass grows, and the peach blossoms planted along the embankment of the moat in the Dingjiang River bloom bewitchingly, and the flowers reflect the water, and the rippling water waves are also dyed with a continuous spring. Dingjiang Mansion is a famous city in the south of the Yangtze River, the treasure of the world, the outstanding people, and the convenience of the Huai water, as the hub of the river, the transportation is developed, the grain and silk are transported to the north, in exchange for the pearl and jade, gold and silver, built into a carved fence and jade house, its prosperity is far from being comparable to the Baiyuan town.

Bailu College is located in the north of Dingjiang City, occupies a large area in the best location, established for a hundred years, since its inception has produced countless talented and famous ministers, not only the students in the south of the Yangtze River rush to it, even the students in the north rush to study thousands of miles to study is not uncommon. In addition to the lectures of the Four Books and Five Classics, there are also six art courses of courtesy, music, archery, driving, calligraphy, and mathematics are also opened, and the admission and teaching are very strict, and the students will be evaluated once every quarter, and the results are divided into four categories from good to bad: A, B, C, and unqualified, and the students who get the A class are excellent, and the bonuses are given, and those who fail may be discouraged.

When Mu Ge'er was eleven years old, he obtained the entrance examination qualification for Bailu Academy with Lu Juren's letter of protection, and three years passed in the blink of an eye.

He got the first class in this quarterly examination again, and Mr. Jian yì He can participate in this year's college examination, and the test is nine out of ten. The classmates privately asked him to take a prize of twenty taels of silver to have fun together. Bailu Academy said that there is no class, and the poor family is treated equally, but how can ordinary people have spare money to learn the six arts of Shilaozi and gentlemen, and it is not easy to learn to be better than other rich children who have been enlightened early, and almost all the students in the academy are the sons and daughters of Jinma Yutang, who can afford to pay twenty taels of silver? It's just a game, a cockfight, a roll of dice, and it's gone in the blink of an eye.

Mu Yan entered school early, only fourteen this year, even if the classmates around him are close to the age of sixteen or seventeen, although the age is different, but he has practiced martial arts all the year round, especially in the past few years, his height has jumped very fast, he has been seven feet, and he is very passable in the land of Jiangnan, and he will have the height of an adult man, which is already a punch taller than his big brother. He was precocious and had a good time with his older classmates, but he still pushed the invitation of his classmates and sighed: "Thanks for my kindness, it's a pity that I still have to go to Master Gu's to continue the class." ”

Some people think he is pitiful, and some are envious, "Go to open a small stove again?"

Others wanted to invite him to be a martial arts horse and archery master, but Master Gu was a doctor, and his wife was notoriously rich, so she didn't lack money at all, so she couldn't invite him to be a boxing master at all. Master Gu used to work part-time as a technical combat instructor in the army for a while, and then resigned, taught several apprentices, all of whom have been out of the school, and have not accepted new apprentices for many years. Six years ago, when Master Gu accepted Brother Mu as an apprentice, many people came to the door to stop their sons and daughters, but they all failed, and Master Gu announced that Brother Mu was his closed disciple. Under the tutelage/teaching of Master Gu, after Mu Ge'er entered the academy, he was top-notch in every riding and archery test.

Everyone thought he was lucky, but he was forced to learn martial arts from Master Gu, but it was the boss's reluctance, and he stood on the pile every day, while scolding the "Wang Ba" and "bastard" in his heart.

If you are not happy, the more you hate Master Gu, the more serious you will be, and you will swear to learn all of Gu Qinghong's martial arts, and you will be out of the blue, and sooner or later one day you will ask Gu Qinghong to bow down - although he has not been able to do more than ten moves in Master Gu's hands so far.

Let's work hard in the future.

It wasn't until one time that Mu Yan had a slight change in his opinion of Master Gu. At that time, Master Gu had been teaching him for a year, and every day was boring Zama steps and plum blossom piles, which he practiced until he vomited in the troupe, but he still hindered Gu Xuezhou, so he could only continue to practice patiently, and finally couldn't stand it anymore after a year, and complained: "You don't plan to teach me martial arts, why do you say that I am your apprentice?"

"Yo, do you think of yourself as my apprentice? Didn't you never call me 'master'? An Zhi sent you here because he wanted you to strengthen your body and cultivate your self-cultivation, not that she wanted you to be a martial arts master to be brave and ruthless, I just taught you according to self-cultivation. Master Gu replied.

Brother Mu was so angry that he couldn't fight with Master Gu, he couldn't beat the stone with an egg, "Then you don't teach me, drive me out of the school!"

Master Gu looked at his immature little face and was all unconvinced, very funny, "How many people want to be my apprentice and I don't teach you, you are good, but you still dislike it." Well, take a break, and I'll tell you why you're doing it. ”

Master Gu is quite shameless to live in his wife's house, his wife Li Yun is a little lady who is very good at making money, built a large courtyard of seven in, the back garden opened up a piece of land to plant all kinds of bamboo, Wuzhu, bamboo, Xiangfei bamboo, Foguang bamboo, Luohan bamboo, square bamboo, Jin Ming bamboo, etc., at a glance full of greenery without the edge, there is a pavilion in the bamboo forest, there is a small building, according to a small pool of clear water, the wind pavilion and the moon pavilion, belong to each other, the clear pool water reflects the bamboo shadow and the green wave is slight, so it is named Cuiwei Mountain House. No one disturbs here, it is very clean, and it is an excellent place to practice martial arts.

The two of them sat down in the bamboo pavilion, and Master Gu said, "I accept you as an apprentice, not only because of An Zhi's entrustment, but also because of my own intentions." ”

Mu Ge'er speculated: The people who taught him to practice in the past said that his skeleton Qingqi was a material for martial arts, and this old guy must be because of this, he must have never seen a talent with such qualifications as me, right?

Master Gu's tone was indifferent, "My fathers and ancestors have been living in martial arts for several generations, except for me, boxers, dart masters, my great-grandfather died unexpectedly, and my grandfather also died in a martial arts competition." Do you always think that you have a high talent for martial arts? To be honest, it is still far from what I was when I was young. As soon as I learned to walk, I started to practice martial arts, and I was born with divine power, I was able to lift a stone when I was four years old, and when I was six years old, even my father couldn't compare to my strength, this is God called me like this, and I can't help it. ”

Brother Mu was dumbfounded when he heard it, how to say it, he felt that he was already very confident, this Master Gu pretended to be modest on weekdays, and he could even blow it better than him, how could it be? What kind of story is it in a chivalrous book? "And then, what does it have to do with you taking me as an apprentice?"

Master Gu gave him a slightly calm look, and said slowly, "Actually...... I almost killed a guy when I was seven years old. ”

Mu Ge'er: "......"