Ning Yu accompanied the old lady and Mrs. Ning in the old house for a few days to eat fast, this meal was sent down by the Ci'en Temple on the mountain, it was still coarse grain red bean rice with a few radish and cucumber strips, but now that I think that Monk Yuanhui is no longer there, my heart is a little empty.

The old lady also often sighed, such a good monk said to go, and then thought of her own home, but the old lady was a little afraid in her heart, and went to the temple more often, thinking that no matter how old this person is, after all, he is unwilling to die.

Ning Yu sometimes thinks that if the Kangxi Emperor in Beijing is counted as sixty or five years old, as for when Kangxi died in his memory, Ning Yu remembers it a little vaguely, it seems that it has only been a few years, I am afraid that he will also be very afraid of death.

Ning Yu was at home for a few days, and then after the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month, he chose a good day and an auspicious day, took several family members and guards in the house, and set off to Hanyang with gifts, preparing to apprentice to the great Confucian Cui Wancai.

This Xiaogan County was not far from the city of Hanyang Mansion in the first place, so it was already in the city at noon, and then Ning Yu asked the Fuzhong family to lead the way, but it was outside the gate of Cui's mansion.

Speaking of Cui's Mansion, it is actually an ordinary small mansion, no different from other people in Hanyang City, and it seems that they are very reluctant to let people know that Cui Wancai lives here.

However, it is strange to say that although the gate of this mansion is closed, there are two strong guards standing at the door, which is different from the style of this mansion.

When the guard saw Ning Yu and his party, he didn't avoid it, and said, "Those who come stop here, there are guests in the house, and please avoid them." ”

Ning Yu was not angry when he was stopped by someone, but just asked, "Who are you?" How can there be such an unreasonable servant as you under Master Cui? ”

The guard looked arrogant, raised his head and said: "The little one is not from Cui's Mansion, it is the guard under the Fubiao Chen Shen General Chen, and now my son-in-law is going to study, and I hope you will leave quickly." ”

As soon as he said this, Ning Yu remembered that now Hanyang City is also a mixture of fish and dragons, the original Huguang envoy Zhang Liandeng was promoted to the governor of Hubei last year, and his Fubiao Zhongjun General is this Chen Li Chen, who can be said to be a person who has ascended to heaven.

Zhang Liandeng can be called a prestige in the Huguang generation, strictly speaking, the official reputation is not bad, the character is benevolent, can be called benevolent government and love the people, as early as the 49th year of Kangxi did Huguang according to the envoy, in the last year that is, in the 57th year of Kangxi was promoted to the governor of Hubei, which shows that its foundation is deep. Strictly speaking, even his son Ning Zhongyuan is Zhang Liandeng's person.

Zhang Liandeng is also very disciplined in doing things, and his administrative means are both powerful and beneficial, last year in Suizhou thousands of people worked in chaos, it was originally a catastrophe, but Zhang Liandeng was not afraid at all, and immediately ordered the arrest of fifteen people who were the head of the rebellion, and then after interrogation, knowing that these people were forced by hunger and cold, they only punished a few people headed by them, and the rest did not ask, and the people of Suizhou were very grateful to Dade.

But Zhang Liandeng has one thing that is not good, that is, he protects his shortcomings, so he was promoted with Chen Li, who was a third-grade general, and his official rank was even above Ning Zhongyuan from the third grade, and Ning Zhongyuan looked down on Chen Li and thought that this person had nothing to show for himself, so there have always been many contradictions between the two.

Ning Yu saw these two arrogant guards, he just waved his hand lightly, and two Ning family guards also came out behind him, wrapped their braids behind their heads, and flew over.

The two guards didn't dare to move their knives in the city at will, so they had to clench their fists to meet them and play ping-pong. But as soon as he made his move, he found that the Ning family guards were obviously all strong soldiers in the army, and they were quick and ruthless, and they were knocked to the ground without moving.

The people in the courtyard also seemed to hear the movement, and a young man in his early twenties stepped out, his face dark.

"Who am I? It turned out that Brother Ning Xian had arrived. The young man smiled but did not smile.

Ning Yu was a little confused, as if he had seen this person somewhere, but he didn't remember it clearly.

Seeing that Ning Yu didn't seem to recognize him, the young man's face darkened a little, and said, "A few years ago, I accompanied my father to your Ning family as a guest, so I met Ning Gongzi. ”

Ning Yu instantly understood, this person was Chen Li's eldest son Chen Shien, a few years ago, when Ning Zhongyuan was still from the third grade guerrilla, this Chen Li was just a five-grade garrison, so he wanted to come to Ning Zhongyuan, and Ning Zhongyuan saw Chen Li's behavior at both ends of the snake and rat, so he lightly dismissed.

Now that Zhang Liandeng and Chen Li have been promoted all the way to the rank of general of Zhengsanpin, he is haunted by the past, and under the annoyance and anger, he naturally wants to exclude and suppress Ning Zhongyuan everywhere. Even Chen Shien saw Ning Yu recently, and under the new hatred and old hatred, he couldn't wait to bite twice.

Ning Yu said lightly: "It turned out to be Chen Gongzi, but I didn't know that Chen Gongzi was not drinking and having fun in Wangyue Tower, accompanied by beautiful women, why did he come to this place to study, could it be that Chen Gongzi had really read a few books?" ”

This is unceremonious, this Chen Shien can be called the number one gentleman in Hanyang City, he only knows how to go to the brothel Qinglou for recreation every day, and his raw clothes are good and skinny, but he is a belly of straw, how can he have read half a book? He Ning Yu is also a well-educated child.

Chen Shien's eyes were red when he said this, and he couldn't wait to come up in person to fight hard, but he saw that the so-called strong guards in the mansion had been pressed to the ground and couldn't move, so he had to endure this breath.

"Ning Yu, you wait! The Ning family doesn't have many good days left! Let's go! Putting down a cruel word, Chen Shien left alone, as for the two Chen family guards on the ground, they didn't look at it.

Ning Yu did not ignore this threat, but secretly remembered it in his heart, thinking that this Chen family might have some kind of moth, and when the time came, he might be able to remind his father a few words and make plans in advance. But today's business is to apprentice, so you can't make a mistake.

Ning Yu personally dismounted and went to the front of the courtyard gate, knocked lightly three times, and said loudly: "Boy Ning Yu, on the order of my father, I specially came to apprentice, and I hope that Mr. will teach you a lesson or two." ”

There was no movement in the courtyard gate, Ning Yu knew that this old gentleman was disgusted by this Chen Shien today, and he was afraid that he had a bad impression of him, thinking of this, he scolded Chen Shien a few more words in his heart, this kid doesn't learn and has no skills, but he is unlucky for his son.

After another moment, just as Ning Yu was about to retreat and come back next time, the courtyard door opened, and a middle-aged man in Tsing Yi and Shangshan appeared in the door, looking at him only in his early forties, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a generation of Confucians, the leader of Shilin.

It's not that Ning Yu judges people by their appearance, but in his eyes, all Chinese medicine is good for old, and this teacher is naturally old and fragrant.

However, Ning Yu did not reveal it on his face, and still saluted respectfully: "Dare to ask who Mr. is?" Mr. Tinghe can be inside? ”

The middle-aged man's face was a little weird, and he forced himself to squeeze out a smile and said, "The contemptible person is Cui Wancai." ”