Chapter 161: A Fantastic Gathering

Three days later, Huo Canglang left Shaocheng and returned to Jinghai to resume his life. Before parting, he told Huo Zongtang to practice martial arts well, and half a year later, he came to Shaocheng in person and took Huo Zongtang to participate in the next round of selection.

Within a few days, the police officers from the police station arrived in Zhenwu and investigated Hodge's attempt. As a victim and witness, Huo Zongtang also entered the police station several times to cooperate with the police investigation.

The evidence is conclusive, and Hodge is in danger of escaping this time. What awaits him will be a prison sentence.

On the other hand, the True Martial Arts Academy also quickly expelled Hodge, and Hodge's academic path was completely cut off. After Huo Lao Wu received the news, he went crazy at home and smashed around, and even his wife was injured.

Some of the same surnames who had been oppressed by him for a long time also united to take revenge at this time, forced him into an alley at night, and broke one of his legs with a stick. At the same time, he was forced to sign a sky-high IOU.

After this trouble, Huo Laowu's family was almost ruined, and he no longer had the majesty of the past. Those doglegs and Huo family elders who aided in the abuse also abandoned him at this time. Some even came to the door to ask for hush money, and even did not hesitate to threaten them with force. Huo Laowu, who has been abducted and deceived all his life, has finally tasted the taste of being persecuted.

People who know his details are now just sighing: It is really good that good is rewarded, and evil is rewarded with evil, not that it is not not reported, the time has not come! Huo Lao Wu, when you were powerful and bullied, you never imagined that you would have today, you deserve it!

Huo Zongtang resumed his normal study life. It's just that because of his literature and martial arts cultivation, he has far surpassed the first-year students. Now the school has specially arranged for him, Zhu Bajiao, Bai Xiaolong and a few others to transfer to the second grade to prepare for the city's graduation examination in two months.

Huo Zongtang first challenged Su Ying and Cai Jin, and then defeated Huo Qi, and with his own strength, he successively destroyed several civil and military tyrants in the first and second grades. Now that he has transferred to the second grade, the ordinary students in the second grade almost look at him with an upward gaze.

So even though it was a mixed class, I didn't have any trouble.

In terms of class, he has his own way of learning, and the pace is different from the teacher's teaching, but the teacher knows that this student is different and does not care about him. So the class is easy. In addition, he has gone through two retreats, and he has already comprehended all the texts for the graduation exam, and these lessons don't sound interesting.

The class time is used to study other literary classics by myself.

After class, it is also very interesting to practice martial arts with Wan Guiying, or to fight literary superpower with Liu Qingqing. As the saying goes, men and women are matched to work without getting tired. When learning literature and practicing martial arts, having a beautiful woman as a companion is indeed pleasing to the eye and extremely efficient. Bai Xiaolong and Zhu Bajiao, the two of them, are funny, but when they practice together, there will always be some painful situations, if they study seriously, Huo Zongtang doesn't like to play with them.

As for eating together after class, chatting and farting, talking about life ideals and pickling girls, that's still a little interesting.

In addition, there are two clubs. Wu Zhizhong often comes to practice Yanti calligraphy, Liu Wu often comes to play Tai Chi, and more and more students are recruited, so Huo Zongtang can't be lazy. Under the supervision and coercion of Wu Zhizhong and Liu Wu, Huo Zongtang's own Yan Ti and Tai Chi have also grown a lot.

And then during this time, he also has a task, which is to spend money.

Shi Yuwei gave him one million, and he had already spent 300,000 before. He spent all the remaining 700,000 in a week.

Where did the money go?

Of them, 500,000 yuan, he bought a book -- a famous collector's copy of Lu Xun's "The Scream". This version is a hand-copied and collected version by Lu Xun's former friend Xu Shoushang, and it has one-tenth of the spiritual power of the original work.

Take this book with you, and it has the miraculous effect of mental power bonus. With it, Huo Zongtang's spiritual attack power can be increased by two percent, and the defense power and attack range can also be increased by ten percent. This is really a super help for a literary rookie.

On the market, this famous collector's book of Xu Shoushang is priced at least one million. It was Wu Zhizhong who came forward to bargain for Huo Zongtang, and the other party sold the book to Huo Zongtang at a friendly price.

Although the price of this book is high, and at the same time, he still owes Wu Zhizhong a favor, Huo Zongtang still bought the book without hesitation.

For Huo Zongtang, who lacks absolute strength and has no strong backers, anything that can quickly improve his strength is a scarce treasure. After all, I can't say which day, I will meet a scumbag like Hodge, so we need to take precautions, and if we can increase our strength by one point, we must increase by one point.

Therefore, although 500,000 is expensive, it is nothing compared to safety and life.

Huo Zongtang also spent 200,000 yuan to buy some medicines. In addition to some medicines to replenish qi, nourish qi, and promote muscle development, he also bought some drugs for on-the-spot combat.

For example, tonifying pills that can quickly replenish mental energy, such as strong pills that can quickly increase muscle strength, etc. Although it is unlikely that you can use these drugs when you practice in school, it is always better to be prepared.

Half a month after Hodge's incident, Wu Zhizhong suddenly came to the Zhenwu Academy again and warmly invited him to participate in a calligraphy meeting in Huacheng.

Huo Zongtang didn't want to go, but he owed Wu Zhizhong a favor, and seeing his sincerity, it was really difficult to refuse.

Besides, calligraphy plays an important role in the development of literary superpower. Literary superpowers, close to magical powers, mysterious. Calligraphy, on the other hand, is similar to magic runes. No matter how strong a magician is, if he can't master the superior magic runes, he can't maximize the power of magic.

In the same way, no matter how good a writer is, if his calligraphy is poor, the exertion of his spiritual superpowers will also be significantly affected. Therefore, learning calligraphy well is of great significance to literary superpowers. For this reason, it is necessary for Huo Zongtang to meet the world.

What's more, Wu Zhizhong told him that this calligraphy salon was organized by a well-known silver calligraphy family in China. This calligraphy family has a great background, and its ancestor is Mrs. Jiawei, a female calligrapher in the Jin Dynasty.

Speaking of Mrs. Wei, many people may not be familiar with it. But if she mentions her other identity - the enlightenment teacher of the great book saint Wang Xizhi, maybe the world will suddenly realize and revere it.

Unlike many calligraphy families, the Wei family has always passed on calligraphy to women because their ancestors were women. The position of the head of the family, like the four beautiful families, is held by a woman.

The head of this generation of the Wei family, named Wei Fangyue, although he is over sixty years old, is still regarded as a famous modern beautiful calligrapher because of his ability to stay in the face and his red face.

This calligraphy salon was organized by Wei Lanfang. The meeting was attended not only by the Wei family, but also by distinguished guests from famous families in the modern and modern book world. It also includes some names that make Huo Zongtang's heart flutter.

For example, the Zhang Daqian family.

For example, the Lin Sanzhi family, for example, the Kang Youwei family, the Yu Youzhi family, and so on!

In Huo Zongtang's impression, any of these names are among the top ten calligraphers in modern China! Although the participants were not these calligraphers themselves, they were all the second and third generations of elites in their respective families, and it is not an exaggeration to say that this calligraphy meeting was full of stars.

Not only that, each family has a junior in the family to attend, with the intention of meeting friends with books, increasing knowledge, learning skills, and preparing for the inheritance of the family calligraphy in the future. Huo Zongtang can also take this opportunity to expand his network.

After listening to Wu Zhizhong's introduction to the guests of this calligraphy salon, Huo Zongtang agreed without hesitation.

A day later, Huo Zongtang took Wu Zhizhong's special car and came to Hailou in Huacheng Town. Zhenhai Tower is one of the three famous buildings in Lingnan, and has always been a beautiful place for Zhong Lingyu, and is very popular among Lingnan literati and artists.

Every time there is a grand gathering of poetry and books, Lingnan celebrities like to place the venue here. Over time, Zhenhailou's status in the literary and artistic circles has been laid.

This time, the host Wei family chartered two floors of Zhenhai Building, the first floor was used for calligraphy exhibitions, and the second floor was used for calligraphers' gatherings.

When Wu Zhizhong and Huo Zongtang came to Zhenhai Tower, it was more than nine o'clock in the morning. Before entering the door, Huo Zongtang smelled a thick ink fragrance, carefully distinguished, there were also different styles of aromas, which was refreshing, the soul power was shaken, and the soul seemed to be pulled up to a realm.

Looking at the sky above Zhenhai Tower, the sun seems to be seven or eight minutes brighter than elsewhere, and there is a faint gold and silver glow in the middle, which is brilliant and dazzling, and it shines directly into the sky, and the scene is very majestic and magnificent.

Listening to Wu Zhizhong's explanation, whether it is the fragrance or the dazzling brilliance, it is the spiritual power of the calligraphy works in the building. Because there are many famous masterpieces in the exhibition hall, and there are many of them, the whole presents a grand scene of bright stars, so there will be a magnificent scene of bullfighting and light shooting in the sky.

The spiritual energy contained in these calligraphy works is so powerful that it can distort the sun, which makes Huo Zongtang also amazed.

With this respect, Huo Zongtang followed Wu Zhizhong into the first floor of Zhenhai Building.

On the left side of the first floor is the living room, which has a wide space and a unique cave. There is a peony carpet on the ground, a Chinese lantern hangs above the head, and there is a long table more than 20 meters long in the center of the hall.

The wood that can be made for such a tabletop is probably a thousand-year-old tree, and the cost is inevitably unimaginable.

On both sides of the long table, there are two rows of mahogany square chairs, and the material is also a color of red acid branches, which looks very stylish.

On the table corresponding to each seat, a name tag has been placed, and there are four treasures of the study next to it.

As soon as the two entered the hall, the beautiful waitresses on both sides greeted them and led the way for the two. However, the beautiful waitress did not lead the two to the rectangular table, but led them to a side hall next to the square table. The tea in the side hall is full of fragrance, and there are a few voices, it turns out that someone has already been making tea and talking in it.

Walking into the side hall, I saw seven or eight people sitting in the hall, some men and women, talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was very relaxed and cheerful. Sitting on the main seat is a woman, looking only in her thirties, with a graceful temperament, a calm expression, a dark cheongsam, and a taste of intellectual beauty.

A girl who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old was accompanied by her. The girl is sitting precariously, holding a teacup and teapot in both hands, washing cups and making tea for everyone, and her movements are very elegant. This girl has a delicate and beautiful appearance, long hair and a shawl, a red flower on her head, and a set of plain white Hanfu, accompanied by curling tea cigarettes and quaint tea sets, very ancient ladies' style.

When several people saw Wu Zhizhong coming in, they all smiled and said, "Yo, Old Wu is here!" Some people got up and asked him to sit down, and some people just said hello casually, obviously very familiar with Wu Zhizhong, and they were not polite to each other.

"Dr. Wu, come and sit, Xiaobei, serve tea." The middle-aged woman sitting on the throne just smiled and nodded, but did not move. The girl named Xiaobei next to her quickly made a cup of tea and handed it to Wu Zhizhong with both hands.

Wu Zhizhong sat down, greeted everyone one by one, and said to the tea-making girl: "Xiaobei has grown up, it is really clear water out of hibiscus, and it is becoming more and more refined." ”

The girl covered her mouth with one hand and said with a smile: "Uncle Wu, you are getting more and more handsome." The appearance of this elegant uncle is very good! ”

Wu Zhizhong waved his hand and smiled, and said to the middle-aged woman very respectfully: "I haven't seen you for a long time, and Mrs. Wei's demeanor is better than before." ”

Huo Zongtang knew it in his heart. This, a woman with still charm, turned out to be Wei Lanfang, the head of the Wei family, and also Mrs. Wei of this generation. Listening to Wu Zhizhong's introduction, Wei Lanfang is the highest attainment among Mrs. Wei in recent generations, with the strength of her ancestor Wei Shuo, and now has broken through the "elite" rank, and has won the title of "fifth-level calligrapher", enjoying a high reputation in the calligraphy world.

Wu Zhizhong is only a doctor, and the calligrapher level is only level four, so in front of Mrs. Wei, he behaves a little restrained and respectful. When Mrs. Wei saw him come in, she only greeted him with a polite smile, and did not get up to greet him, which also reflected the gap in strength between the two.

Wu Zhizhong introduced Huo Zongtang to everyone, saying that he was a New Year's friend. Most of the people present just nodded and said hello and got to know each other politely.

Then Wu Zhizhong introduced the characters present one by one.

First of all, of course, is today's master, the head of the Wei family, a calligrapher, and the seventy-sixth generation of Mrs. Wei Lanfang. The girl making tea next to her is her youngest daughter Wei Xiaobei, who is good at tea ceremony skills, and it is said that her calligraphy attainments are also quite true to her mother.

The second big coffee is the grandson of the famous and thunderous late Qing celebrity Kang Youwei, Kang Yiyi. Kang Yi wears a little black hat and a long shirt, which is very relict of the Republic of China. As the third generation of Kang Youwei's family, he is now a fifth-level calligrapher and has a respected position in the southern calligraphy community.

Immediately afterwards, it is the third generation of Yu You's family, Yu Tianyou, a fourth-level calligrapher.

The third generation of Lin Sanzhi's family, Lin Xuguang, is a fourth-level calligrapher.

Kang Youwei, the first person to change the law in the late Qing Dynasty, Yu Youji, a veteran of the National Revolution, and Lin Sanzhi, a modern grass saint who was a late bloomer, these thunderous names, Huo Zongtang had only seen them in books before, but he didn't expect that after being reborn, he would even drink tea at the same table with their descendants, this feeling ...... It's like a dream.

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Thank you to the local tyrants who voted for monthly tickets, subscriptions and rewards, and by the way, cheeky and asked for all kinds of tickets!

In addition, some book friends mentioned that Hodge should not have four front teeth...... The author made a mistake of common sense, apologize to everyone, and thank you for catching insects. Everyone understands that it is good to knock out a few of Hodge's teeth~ (To be continued.) )