Li Didiuu has always been very curious about one thing, in his eyes, the master is definitely not a serious Taoist, but in the seven counties of Youzhou back and forth over the years, he has seen the respect of the people for the master, even those rogues will not be embarrassed when they see the master, he can't understand.

"Master."

"Huh?"

"Why do the rogues kill people like hemp, but you dare to carry so many silver and copper coins around, you are not afraid of the rogues?"

"I'm not afraid, I'm afraid."

The long-eyed Taoist explained as he walked: "You are still young, and you won't understand some things that you say to you, but you can write them down...... People are changeable, very fickle, when the heyday, the people's belief in no matter what it is, whether it is Taoism or Buddhism, in the final analysis, the belief is in the court, the court is the foundation of people's instability, but in troubled times, people's hearts do not believe in the court, then they can only believe in gods and Buddhas, even if the fear of ghosts is stronger than the fear of the court. ”

Xiao Li Diudiu really didn't understand these words very well, but he wrote them down, and what the master said would not be wrong after all.

"Those Daoists who dare to kill officials but don't move us are afraid of retribution, they do bad things, and they think that they can accumulate virtue because they don't kill a Taoist, do you say that people's hearts are sinister or not?"

Li Diuti shook his head: "I don't understand." ”

The master smiled: "If you don't understand, you don't understand." ”

Master raised his head and looked, and a big city in the distance already had an outline, and that was the place they were going to, Jizhou.

Great Chu rivers and mountains in the world of Kyushu, one of the nine states of Jizhou is located in the north of the Central Plains, Jizhou has nineteen states under it, Youzhou is the northernmost state capital, Youzhou to the north is Yanyun Mountain, Yanyun Mountain is the enemy country to the north.

"Master, what are we doing in Jizhou?"

Li Didiu couldn't help but ask again.

This time, his master didn't say anything about buying a life, but said with hope in his tone: "Master has an old friend in Jizhou, although we haven't met for a long time, but the relationship between us will not change, and the gentleman's friendship is as light as water, and I came this time to ask him to help Master do something." ”

After Changmei Daoren finished speaking, he subconsciously patted the package behind him, which contained his savings over the years.

The inventory at the city gate is not strict, although his master is very reluctant, but he still handed over a piece of broken silver to the team responsible for inspecting the people entering and leaving the city gate, and said a few beautiful compliments.

Half an hour later, Li Didiu and his master walked all the way to the outside of a high-rise compound, his master asked him to wait at the door, and walked outside the door by himself, seeing that his master's expression was extremely serious, and he also deliberately tidied up his clothes, although the clothes looked dirty anymore, wrinkled and pimpled.

After knocking on the door, the master took two steps back and waited, and after a while, an old man opened the door, squinted at his master, and then shook his head: "Dao Chief, there is no need to use your place here, you better go to another house and ask." ”

Changmei Daoist took out an envelope from his arms, it was already yellow, I don't know the years, he handed the envelope over with both hands: "I am tired to tell the master of the book, so I said that I asked to see Changmei." ”

This is the home of Zhou Huaili, the chief secretary of the grain administration of the Yamen of Jizhou Prefecture.

I don't know why the old man paused for a moment, and glanced at the long-eyebrow Taoist with pity: "You shouldn't know that the adult has stepped down, right?" When the adults were in power, every year, many of this relative and that friend came to drink and drink, and you were late. ”

Changmei really didn't know that Zhou Huaili had stepped down, and his face was anxious: "Please let me know, I'm not here to eat and drink, I have something important." ”

"That's it."

The old man who guarded the door said, "You are waiting here, and I will ask the master." ”

The long-eyebrow Taoist hurriedly thanked him, leaned over and bowed, Xiao Li Diudiu stood not far away and looked at the master's begging for help, his heart was inexplicably very painful, thinking that if he had the ability in the future, he would not let the master say good things like this, just to see people.

"Master, is Lord Bookkeeper a great official?"

Li Diudiu walked up to the master and asked in a low voice.

"Shh......h

The long-eyebrow Taoist motioned for him not to talk too much, and then said in a very low and very low voice: "Although Lord Master is not a big official, he is the biggest official that Master knows, and if I want to help you buy your life, I can only beg him." ”

"Why does Master always say that he wants to help me buy my life?"

"Because Master doesn't want you to follow me all the time to live like a flower, you are smart and studious, Master has been saving money all these years just to give you a different way to live, Jizhou Four Pages Academy is very famous, if you can enter Four Pages Academy to study, in the future, you will be able to find a job in the government, even if you are an account in the government, it is a decent day, besides, how can a disciple from Four Pages Academy be a bookkeeper."

"I don't!"

Li Diudiu finally knew what Master meant by buying his life, Master had mentioned the Four Pages Academy several times, intentionally or unintentionally, saying that the president of the Four Pages Academy was a world-famous Confucian Gao Shaowei, that is, some high-ranking and powerful people in the court were also students of Gao Shaowei.

What a big official is the Jizhou Jiedu envoy, the official of the feudal territory, and the student of Gao Shaowei.

When Changmei heard Li Didiu say that I didn't say two words, his face suddenly became ugly: "You kid, don't talk nonsense." ”

"I'm not talking nonsense, if I enter some Four Pages Academy, what will Master do?"

"Me?"

Changmei Daoren smiled hard: "You little burden don't follow me, maybe my life is free, I don't have to save money for you, you can eat whatever you want, you can wear whatever you want, do you think I can't live without you?" Without you dragging me down, I would have lived a very chic and comfortable life. ”

Li Diu's eyes became wet: "Is Master saying that I am a burden?" ”

The long-eyebrow Taoist gritted his teeth: "Yes, you are my burden, if I hadn't taken you all these years, I would have had such a hard time?" ”

Li Didiu also gritted his teeth to prevent himself from crying.

At this moment, the old man who was guarding the door came out and said with a smile: "My lord invites you in, you stomp your feet, don't bring dust into the living room." ”

Not long after, an old man and a young man entered the courtyard under the guidance of the old man who guarded the door, and at the door of the main house, Zhou Huaili, who looked like he had gray temples, stood there waiting, and hurriedly walked down the steps after seeing the Changmei Daoist: "My old brother, what's wrong with you, so dusty and dusty." ”

Li Diudian snorted in his heart, and said in his heart that he was pretending like this, if my master was the elder brother, shouldn't he go out and pick it up in person?

Zhou Huaili took the hand of the Taoist with long eyebrows and entered the living room, and ordered his subordinates to make tea, and after asking about the meaning of the long eyebrows, Zhou Huaili was obviously embarrassed.

"Brother, I have been out of office for more than two years, and I hardly walk around with people in the government, and I have had the opportunity to meet Mr. Gao in the past, but in the past two years, I have lived in seclusion, and I am indeed ...... I really can't help, brother, you listen to my advice, the Four Pages Academy only recruits fifty disciples every year, all of whom are from famous families, you ......"

He didn't say the words later, thinking that Changmei should be able to understand.

"I have been running around all these years, and I have not forgotten that you mentioned to me back then, you love Mr. Songming's words the most."

The long-eyebrow Taoist opened the package and took out a scroll from inside: "This is the authentic work of Mr. Songming, it took me nine years to find it." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Huaili's eyes lit up: "Mr. Songming's true handiwork? ”

His hands trembled a little with excitement.

Mr. Song Ming is more than 200 years ago the great Chu celebrities, calligraphy, his words handed down every piece is worth a lot, even can not be measured by money, for people who love words, a pair of Mr. Song Ming's genuine handwriting is priceless.

Zhou Huaili didn't dare to open the scroll directly, but cleaned his hands first, and then opened it cautiously little by little, with an expression on his face like a womanizer slowly untying a woman's clothes.

I don't know why, Li Didiuu feels that this person is very hypocritical, and he doesn't like it.

"It's a real handiwork, it's really Mr. Songming's real handiwork."

Zhou Huaili was so excited that there were faint tears in his eyes.

Li Didiuu has seen that calligraphy, and when he has nothing to do, he squatted on the ground and learned to play with the font on it, and the master saw it and said that there were seven points of expression, but he didn't think there was anything beautiful about that word.

"The ......"

Zhou Huaili stared at the notebook and couldn't move it, but beckoned and ordered: "Hurry up and prepare a meal for my old brother, he must be hungry." ”

Li Diudian snorted fiercely in his heart.

So when I ate it, I didn't save face at all.

Half an hour later, the long-eyebrow Taoist took Li Diudiu's hand and came out of the Zhou Mansion, with a smile on his face, Zhou Huaili left a note, and also left the money he had accumulated for several years, saying that he promised to walk around.

"He might be greedy for your money."

Li Diu looked at the master: "Look at his eyebrows! ”

"No nonsense."

The long-eyebrow Taoist glared at Li Diu: "Don't think so badly about people's hearts." ”

The lights and candles in the study of Zhou's mansion were lit all night, Zhou Huaili looked at this calligraphy all night and didn't sleep all night, he couldn't take his eyes off, for him, this calligraphy is a rare treasure, the more he looks at it, the more he likes it, and he likes it very much, and he can take it as his life.

The next morning, Zhou Huaili freshened up and changed clothes, got into the carriage and left.

Outside the gate of the Four Pages Academy, Zhou Huaili waited for a while before being invited in, saying that Mr. Gao had just finished teaching and was waiting for him in the study, and he walked into Gao Shaowei's study with awe like a primary school student.

Gao Shaowei looks like he is about sixty years old, and his spirit is very good, but he doesn't care much about it, with his identity, seeing Zhou Huaili can indeed be regarded as giving face.

"Sir."

Zhou Huaili first bowed.

"Brother Huaili, I will rush to the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion in a while, if you have anything important, just say it."

"Yes, yes, yes."

Zhou Huaili opened the package he brought with him, and inside was a delicate wooden box, he carefully placed the wooden box on the table, and slowly opened it: "I got a genuine handiwork of Mr. Songming, it is the ...... that Dengque Tai"

Before he finished speaking, Gao Shaowei's eyes lit up: "Huh? Really?! ”

"Really!"

Zhou Huaili took out the copybook and handed it to Gao Shaowei, and Gao Shaowei's expression after opening the copybook was exactly the same as yesterday's Zhou Huaili.

"Sir."

Zhou Huaili cleared his throat: "I...... I have a nephew......"

Before he finished his words, Gao Shaowei raised his head and glanced at him: "Want to come to the academy?" Bring it over for me tomorrow, and it just so happens that a few children will come over tomorrow, so I'll take a look at it and keep it. ”

"Yes yes yes ......"

Zhou Huaili hurriedly leaned over and bowed: "Thank you, sir." ”

Gao Shaowei looked at him, and then looked at the poster: "This is a ...... on the Bird Stage."

Zhou Huaili said: "Mr. stays to observe, I don't give it to Mr., I temporarily store Mr. here for Mr. to observe, Mr. can observe as long as he wants." ”

Gao Shaowei suddenly smiled: "How dare I accept such a valuable thing, I will stay and observe it carefully for a few days, and then turn around and let someone send it back to you." ”

"Good, good."

Zhou Huaili leaned over and bowed again: "That gentleman is busy, I'll leave first." ”

Gao Shaowei didn't leave the notebook with his eyes, but beckoned: "Come on, prepare some wine and food, Brother Huaili and I haven't seen each other for a long time, we need to talk more." ”