This man's surname is Wang, not someone else, it is Wang Lao, who once served as a judge in the community cultural festival and proposed to accept Zhao Mu as an apprentice.

Although he has been called Wang Lao by many students, Wang Lao is not old, and he is only about fifty years old now.

Wang Lao's name is Wang Gu, and he is now a professor of history at Imperial Capital University.

The woman who was called "master's wife" by Zhao Mu was Wang Lao's wife, surnamed Ou. And the old man is Wang Lao's father, named Wang Yun.

Zhao Mucheng Wang was already a master before the military training, and now he has been to this courtyard many times, and he is also very familiar with his wife and the old man Wang.

At Wang Gu's request, not much earlier, not long after the calligraphy competition, Zhao Mu went to visit him.

When I met Wang Gu, he was in the office. Seeing Zhao Mu's arrival, he seemed very happy, and directly led Zhao Mu to his home, which is now the courtyard.

When I arrived at his house, I met my current wife and father-in-law, both of whom were very good people and treated Zhao Mu very well.

Hearing Wang Gu's intention to accept Zhao Mu as an apprentice, his wife and father looked at Zhao Mu curiously, this was the first time that Wang Gu had the idea of accepting an apprentice.

"Shepherd boy, show me your level. Shi Gong said to Zhao Mu with a smile.

The old man spoke, of course Zhao Mu obediently did so, ready to show his level on the spot,

"Komaki, bring out your full level, like you did in the previous competition. ”

Hearing Wang Gu's words, Zhao Mu understood what he meant, which was nothing more than the ability to let himself come up with the integration of various genres.

Calming down, Zhao Mu began to grind the ink.

Looking at Zhao Mumomo's skillful movements and unhurried movements, the three people on the side nodded secretly, their movements were standard, and their mentality was very good.

After grinding the ink, he took out a large hair and began to put pen to paper on the square table that had been placed aside.

Blessing is like the long flowing water of the East China Sea

Shoubi Nanshan Immortal Pine

The movements were not hurried, and a few big characters were born under Zhao Mu's pen.

There are a total of fourteen characters, and Zhao Mu uses seven or eight kinds of brushwork and fonts, which are elegant, bold, or graceful......

Looking at the birth of Zhao Mu's pen, the old man's eyes became brighter and brighter, and his hand unconsciously brushed his snow-white beard.

When Zhao Mu finished the couplet and put down his pen, the old man laughed: "Okay, well written." ”

"Haha, old man, I have a good eye, right?" Wang Gu said to the old man proudly.

The old man's eyes widened, "What are you proud of, this is not your ability." ”

Wang Gu was stunned all of a sudden, making Zhao Mu on the side look at it and want to laugh, he didn't expect that Professor Xiang, who was very majestic at the beginning, would have such an embarrassing thing.

"Yes, boy, although your calligraphy is terrible, it is very good to be able to master so many styles of calligraphy at the same time. ”

"It's just that the knowledge is too broad and not specialized enough. Wang Gu said on the side.

"Tell me, how many styles of calligraphy have you mastered now?" the old man asked with great interest.

This stopped Zhao Mu, he had never counted this question, and secretly counted it in his heart, but Zhao Mu himself was startled, and he had seventy-two kinds of calligraphy.

The calligraphy of the thirty-six chapters varies from the coarse calligraphy of the early history of the empire to the delicate calligraphy of the late imperial period.

Although 72 kinds of calligraphy is really an exaggeration, it is not surprising to think about the long history of the empire, and there are many kinds of calligraphy in the 5,000-year history of China.

When Zhao Mu knew from Zhao Mu's mouth that Zhao Mu had mastered so many kinds of calligraphy, even the well-informed old man was shocked.

Then the old man instructed Zhao Mu to show all the calligraphy he knew one by one.

It's time for Zhao Mu to show his talent, although he has mastered so many kinds of calligraphy before, but Zhao Mu rarely uses it, and now it is rare to show it.

Looking at the words with different styles born in Zhao Mu's pen, the old man and the master put their heads close together, paying attention to different styles.

Surprised, abrupt...... , all kinds of expressions appeared on the faces of the two people who were originally very calm.

The old man is the person who once stood at the peak of the master in the mouth of several professors in calligraphy, and he was also surprised at this moment.

The old man had to be surprised, as a calligraphy master at the peak of the master, although his own calligraphy already has his own style, but the understanding of various other styles is also very high. 、

But at this moment, the old man had to admit that some of the calligraphy schools in Zhao Mu's pen had not even seen himself, which had to surprise and surprise the old man.

Wang Gu, who had not yet accepted Zhao Mu as an apprentice, was also surprised, thinking that Zhao Mu had shown the best level in the previous calligraphy competition, but now he knew that what was revealed at the beginning was only the tip of the iceberg.

"Good boy, that's not bad. When Zhao Mu's calligraphy had been fully displayed, the old man indulged in it for a long time before he came back to his senses and praised it.

"Although you have a lot of things, you don't have anything that you can take. Wang Gu, who came back to his senses, shook his head and commented.

The old man glanced at Wang Gu, "Boy, these seventy-two kinds of calligraphy, you can talk about the other advantages and disadvantages." ”

Zhao Mu knew that the old man was taking advantage of this opportunity to guide himself, so he hurriedly listened carefully.

"Okay, I'll start with the first ......"

With Wang Gu's evaluation, Zhao Mu, who was listening carefully, nodded silently in his heart.

Although he does not know a variety of calligraphy that Zhao Mu has mastered, after all, he is the vision of a master, and he can easily see the level of Zhao Mu's level, and he can also point out Zhao Mu's shortcomings one by one.

In the first font, Zhao Mu's shortcomings were found in more than ten places, and Zhao Mu was embarrassed.

Then there is the second font, the third font......

The advantages and disadvantages of various fonts continue to accept comments, Zhao Mu's face is full of embarrassment when he is criticized, and his level is simply useless in the other party's mouth.

"In short, the font is good, but the level is still far from perfect, and it simply tarnishes the beautiful font. "This is the final conclusion.

The old man smiled, and then looked at Zhao Mu with a smile.

Zhao Mu's face was full of embarrassment, and the little smugness before was hit without a trace.

"Hehe, it's not so exaggerated, you have to have confidence in yourself, at least it's good that you can master so many calligraphy fonts at a young age. ”

However, before Zhao Mu could breathe a sigh of relief, the old man's next sentence "Although the level is too low" made Zhao Mu almost suffocate to death.

Next, the old man also briefly commented a few sentences, but the short language comprehensively summarized every mistake made by Zhao Mu, and the realm was obviously a higher level.

For Professor Wang and the old man, through the comments just now, Zhao Mu is completely convinced, this level is not much higher than himself.

(End of chapter)