Chapter 22: Refreshing
Looking at the old man lying on the couch in front of him, in addition to seeing that he is an old-timer from the age, he does not have the appearance of a respected old-timer as Yao Deputy Hall Master said, this person is dressed in a white robe, his hair is not tied and scattered, and a white robe is also draped on his body with a wide placket, half leaning and half lying and crossing Erlang's legs, like a scoundrel in the market, but only that pair of deep and bright eyes seem to be able to penetrate people's hearts. After looking closely, he found that he was still holding a plate of braised chicken legs in his hand, where he was gnawing uncontrollably, Wen Ziqi looked at Ling Haoran and Pei Yuanting, as if he asked again, is this one in front of him really the one Deputy Hall Master Yao said? Pei Ling and the two also looked at each other, and the other party was also asking each other! The three of them really couldn't imagine that this person was the person with the highest rank in the Qingzhou Branch, and even the hall master Zhu Zhilian regarded himself as a junior in front of him. It is said that the old man is still here at such an age because of a promise made back then, and the rumor also says that the old man was not from Yichun Hall back then, but was entrusted by someone to stay here. It's just that too much time has passed, and it is estimated that only the old man himself knows the reason.
Wen Ziqi, Ling Haoran and Pei Yuanting looked at each other with each other, on the way over just now, Deputy Hall Master Yao had settled the three of them in advance, and the respected old-timer who was waiting for them to meet had an extremely strange personality, and he couldn't be offended, he didn't care about anyone's face. If you want to learn from him, it's best not to disobey him. This old man doesn't care if you're a disciple or not. Mood and anger all depend on the mood.
The three of them didn't know what to do, so they had to stand in front of the old man obediently, and they didn't dare to disturb his old man. Quietly watching the old man gnaw on the chicken legs with relish, and as the old man was eating the chicken legs there, the three of them moved with their throats.
The sound of "grunt" interrupted the old man's selfless state, only to see the old man raise his eyelids and look at the three people in front of him, then licked the oil on his fingers and asked angrily: "It's the three of you this year?" ”
The three of them hurriedly saluted and said in unison: "It's the junior."
The old man licked the bones in his hand and threw them out casually and said, "Get me three rotten wood every two years, I don't know what Zhu Xiaozi thinks." ”
Ling Haoran glanced at Wen Ziqi, raised his eyebrows lightly to indicate how to respond, and saw Pei Yuanting beside him step forward and salute and said: "It is precisely because the three juniors are rotten wood that they need your old man's wonderful pen to carve it, otherwise they will not be able to gain a foothold in this world, and I hope that the old man will be perfect." ”
The old man snorted coldly and said, "Why do I have to carve the three of you? You kid has a flamboyant tongue and a market atmosphere, I don't like you. And your kung fu of slapping horses was also taught to you by Yao Binkun? What's your boy's last name? ”
Pei Yuanting said with a flattering face: "Old man, the younger generation's surname is Pei, I'm not sloppy, I'm just talking about things, I know that there are two imperial doctors in the imperial court who were taught by you personally." ”
When the old man heard Pei Yuanting say that his two apprentices were imperial doctors in the imperial court, his face did not show a sense of pride, but said with a look of disgust: "Don't mention those two in front of me, I disdain to recognize them as apprentices!" You said your surname is Pei, but you are a descendant of Pei Zhennan? ”
Pei Yuanting shook his head and said: "The younger generation doesn't know Pei Zhennan, the younger generation follows the mother's surname, not the father's surname, and the father is the deputy hall master Yao here." ”
The old man smiled and said meaningfully: "You are Yao Binkun's son, but you don't believe in Yao and you don't have the surname Liu, so your grandfather is Pei Rufeng?" ”
Pei Yuanting said in surprise: "Exactly, your old man still knows my grandfather?" ”
The old man looked at President Pei Yuan and sighed and said: "Brother Pei and I once worshiped together to study medicine under the oldest predecessor of Xinglin, who was the most famous, and it was unbelievable that Brother Pei would go like that, so I don't want to see Yao Bingkun because of this!" It makes no sense to say that you take your mother's surname! "After that, he looked at Wen Ziqi Ling Haoran again, pointed at Ling Haoran with his hand and said What about you?"
Ling Haoran stepped forward and saluted: "Senior Ling Haoran"
The old man frowned slightly and said, "Lin? Royal surname? “
Ling Haoran hurriedly shook his head and hurriedly said, "No, it's Ling Yun's ambition." “
The old man suddenly realized: "General Weiyuan stationed in Mobei? “
Ling Haoran nodded and said, "Don't dare to deceive the seniors, the juniors can join the Yichun Hall because of the prestige of General Weiyuan." “
The old man was originally lying on the side of the couch, but when he heard Ling Haoran say that he had something to do with General Weiyuan, he straightened up and said slowly: "General Weiyuan has been stationed on the border for more than 20 years, trying to protect our country from the invasion of the Qiang people. Although the old man is a few years older, he sincerely admires General Ling, but it is really difficult for the old man to figure out that with the outstanding exploits of General Weiyuan, he also needs to cultivate power in the imperial court? Perhaps the old man was short-sighted and could not understand the deep meaning of General Weiyuan. But if you really have a relationship with him, I will do my best to teach you what I have learned, both for public and private purposes. ”
Ling Haoran bowed deeply and said: "Thanks to the love of the seniors, the younger generations should do their best." ”
The old man nodded, looked at Wen Ziqi again and said, "What about you?" By whose relationship did he rely on to worship Zhu Xiaozi's disciple? ”
Wen Ziqi stepped forward and saluted and said: "The younger Wen Ziqi, a native of Qingzhou, has been following his uncle to practice medicine everywhere when he was a child. It was my uncle who recommended the younger generation to come here as a handyman. Later, because of the favor of the master of Zhu Hall, he was accepted as a disciple. ”
The old man closed his eyes and sneered and said, "Zhu boy's favor? Then you must have something good at medicine... The words stopped abruptly halfway, as if he suddenly thought of something, opened his eyes, stared at Wen Ziqi tightly, and asked in a deep voice: "You just said that your surname is Wen?" ”
Wen Ziqi hurriedly nodded and said, "The junior is indeed surnamed Wen, don't the seniors also hate people with the surname Wen?" I wonder why? ”
The old man walked quickly to Wen Ziqi, staring at Wen Ziqi tightly with those eyes that could see through everything, just staring straight ahead. Wen Ziqi looked at those deep eyes, and suddenly felt why these eyes were so gentle, so gentle that people let go of all their guards! Like a loving mother, she looks at you lovingly!
Wen Ziqi was so dark that he couldn't imagine that he would encounter the Spirit Technique here! Hurriedly lowered his head and saluted: "Seniors, juniors are offended, please forgive me!" ”
When the old man saw that Wen Ziqi could take his eyes off his gaze, he suddenly felt that this young man was far from being as simple as he said.
The old man could see that he was hiding something, some secrets hidden deep in his heart that he didn't want outsiders to know.
Hearing Wen Ziqi say this, the old man laughed and said: "I, Mo Qianqiu, am eighty and seven this year, I pride myself on being smart, and I rarely make mistakes in knowing people and things, but I am so happy to see the three of you today, I can't see through the three of you, Pei Yuanting, who has been influenced by the atmosphere of the market since childhood, speaks and does things exquisitely. Although Ling Haoran's habits were obvious, his words unintentionally revealed the spirit of a tyrant. And although the kid surnamed Wen spoke softly, he still showed a sense of anger in your eyes deep in his heart. Know that the eye is the reflection of the heart! What the three of you just said was just some scenes, and they were used to compliment people! Well, I don't bother to care if you have other plans, but to me you're just my students! As the old saying goes, the teacher preaches and teaches to solve doubts. I'm going to pass on all I know to you, and I'm going to do whatever I want from here! After that, Mo Qianqiu stroked his chin and beard and said to the three of them with a kind attitude: "Now you go to the Danfang next to you and wait for me, and I will go over after I finish eating this plate of chicken legs!" ”
The three of them said goodbye and slowly exited the room, Mo Qianqiu looked at the three people outside, and said to himself: "These three people have a lot of charm together, the righteous Ling Haoran, the experienced Pei Yuanting, and this Wen Ziqi who can be calm from the old decay spirit technique, such a combination will definitely make the Qingzhou branch shine in the big competition!" ”
The three people outside the house were like frosted eggplants at this time, Pei Yuanting looked at the two people next to him who also lowered their heads and frowned, and said jokingly: "I really deserve to be the person with the highest rank in the hall, I have eaten more salt than we have eaten at such an age, and we can see it so thoroughly with a simple look, it is really amazing." I had the feeling that I was like a baby in front of his old man, and he knew what I wanted to do before he even spoke! ”
The two people next to them stopped and looked at each other when they heard Pei Yuanting's description, gave Pei Yuanting a thumbs up, and said in unison: "Thorough!" ”