Chapter 7 The Secret Art of the Liu Family

Wen Renzheng is more than seventy years old, his sideburns are gray, the eyes that have been deeply tempered by the vicissitudes of time are still bright, flashing with shrewd light, and his body is steady although he is old.

The hair was meticulously combed and tied casually with a wooden flute, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Renzheng's action of stroking his beard, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and his right hand unconsciously pulled off a few beards without noticing, and his smile was fixed on the face that had been full of vicissitudes, and he looked at Liu Mingzhi who had just climbed the mountain gate in amazement.

Liu Mingzhi was also a little shocked when he found that the voice of his hurried retort was not Liu Song, and looked up at the energetic old man standing in front of him and the scholar not far away.

"Old gentleman, it's really rude, the student just frolicked with the scholar, and I didn't expect to rush into the old gentleman without noticing for a while, and the old gentleman has a lot of Haihan."

Wen Renzheng's expression nodded indifferently, and he still had a faint smile on his face, but he was only stunned by Liu Mingzhi's overreaction, and after coming back to his senses, he didn't put it in his heart and smiled lightly, "Little friends don't have to be polite, the so-called ignorant is not to blame, how can the old man have a plan with a junior." ”

Liu Mingzhi couldn't take a break, and hurriedly replied to the scholarly etiquette: "Student Liu Mingzhi, a person from Jinling, came to Dangyang Academy to study at the order of his father. ”

Wen Renzheng said happily: "It turned out to be the young master of the Jinling Liu family, and he is really a talented person, and the old man is like thunder to the name of the son." It is an honor for Liu Gongzi to come to Dangyang Academy to study, and the old head of Dangyang Academy welcomes Liu Gongzi when he hears the people's government. ”

"It turns out that the old gentleman is the famous Wen Lao Mountain Chief, the student does not know that Wen Shan is here, it is rude, the student Liu Mingzhi has seen Wen Shan Chang, I wish Wen Shan a long life than Nanshan Immortal Pine, and happiness is like the long flowing water of the East China Sea." Liu Mingzhi made a big salute respectfully, after all, he was the leader of the academy, and it was not wrong to leave a good impression after all.

Uh-huh, hum-humm, muffled laughter came, Liu Song stood aside and wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, his shoulders shook more than once, it could be seen that people were quite uncomfortable, the corners of Liu Song's mouth opened slightly and said two words to Liu Mingzhi with his mouth: "Smell people." ”

Wen Renzheng's face was a little crimson, and he lived up to his previous appearance of fairy wind and bones, his face was exaggerated, and he looked at Liu Mingzhi depressedly: "Liu Gongzi, the old man's surname is Wenren, and his single name is a political word." ”

The corners of Liu Mingzhi's mouth opened slightly, and he looked at the old man in front of him a little overwhelmed, is this a slap on the horse's leg?

"What did Xiaoyou just say about coming to the courtyard?"

"The younger generation was ordered by my father to come to Dangyang Academy to study."

"No." Wen Renzheng said two words categorically.

"Don't don't, don't be, the virtuous juniors of the old gentleman have already heard of it, and he is generous and benevolent, so he won't worry about my junior." Liu Mingzhi pleaded with a bitter face.

Wen Renzheng looked at Liu Mingzhi with a smile, and there was a strange look on his old face: "Although my Dangyang Academy has such a high threshold compared to the Guozijian, it is not a place where everyone can enter as much as they want, do you understand?" ”

Looking at Wen Renzheng's expression, Liu Mingzhi was a little entangled, what do I know, I understand, I know a hammer.

"The kid is confused, and please ask the dean to say it clearly."

Wen Renzheng smacked his lips and shook his head: "Don't say, don't say, you have to understand this, the old man is neither self-deprecating nor boasting, Dangyang Academy is a place, it's very simple to want to come in, I can say a word, do you understand now?" ”

"Oh oh oh oh ....... Got it, kid got it. Looking at Wen Renzheng's frowning appearance, Liu Mingzhi felt as if he understood something, took out two hundred taels of silver tickets from his arms, and handed them to Wen Renzheng with a reluctant face: "Put them away, don't let me see them again." ”

Wen Renzheng looked at the two silver tickets that Liu Mingzhi took out with a buckle and a rope, and his face was as black as the bottom of a pot: "Liu family boy, do you think that you can do whatever you want if you have money, the old man is asking you to show your skills, lest Dangyang Academy enter a bastard." ”

"Huh?"

"Ah what, show your skills, the old man also wants to see if the famous Jinling prince Liu is qualified to enter Dangyang Academy to study."

Liu Mingzhi stammered with a blinded face: "What...... How to show it, no... I've never experienced this kind of battle. ”

"The Four Books and the Five Classics should be, right?"

"No, it won't."

"Have you read the subset of scripture and history?"

"No, it won't."

"The art of war is always a point."

"No, it won't."

"The gentleman knows at least a little bit of the six arts, right?"

Liu Mingzhi carefully bit his fingers with his teeth and still shook his head: "Okay... It doesn't seem to be. ”

Wen Renzheng suppressed the anger in his heart: "Don't tell the old man about the poetry, you don't know at all?" ”

"Well! Well, this one! Seven tricks through six tricks. ”

Wen Renzheng asked curiously, "How do you say it?" ”

Liu Mingzhi's face fell: "I don't know anything." ”

Wen Renzheng's face turned purple: "Then what are you doing in Dangyang Academy, get out of the old decay." ”

Looking at Wen Renzheng like a bull in estrus, Liu Mingzhi swallowed lightly and foamed: "This is what you forced the young master, since this is the case, don't blame the young master for not being emotional." ”

"What are you going to do?"

Liu Mingzhi gritted his teeth and looked at Wen Renzheng, his eyes were red: "Mystery, the great summoning technique, money can make ghosts grind." After speaking, he ruthlessly took out five hundred taels of silver tickets and raised them: "Five hundred taels." ”

You must know that although the Great Dragon Dynasty is weak, but the hard currency of silver still has a strong purchasing power, ten taels of silver is enough for a family of five to live without food and clothing for half a year, five hundred taels is enough for ordinary people to be called a huge amount of money.

Wen Renzheng raised his eyes and looked at the silver ticket in Liu Mingzhi's hand: "I have the reputation of being a talented man in the world, and you want to buy the old decay with five hundred taels of silver?" ”

Liu Mingzhi gritted his teeth and took out another hundred taels of silver tickets: "Add another one hundred taels." ”

"The Four Books and Five Classics can be reviewed slowly, but the subset of the classics and history ........"

"Seven hundred taels."

"These can be made up slowly, and poetry is an indispensable subject for the imperial examination, so this is ....."

"Eight hundred taels."

"Poetry is an acquired habit that can be cultivated, and the six arts of a gentleman are the foundation of a scholar's life, and old and decayed ....."

"One thousand taels, old man, don't you have to inch in, dare to say more nonsense, the young master will turn around and leave, even if the young master who was beaten by his father when he went home will admit it."

Hearing that Renzheng flew like an arrow off the string, he flashed beside Liu Mingzhi and pulled the silver ticket in Liu Mingzhi's hand, and put the silver ticket into his cuff without Liu Mingzhi noticing: "Liu Gongzi can write a poem at will, this is the rule of the academy, even if the old man is the head of a mountain, he can't violate it at will, and the process that should be taken still has to be followed." ”

Liu Mingzhi looked at the silver ticket in his hand that had disappeared, and his heart was bleeding like pain: "Poetry? As you see fit? ”

Liu Mingzhi looked at the sky for a while, looked at the ground for a while, and wandered back and forth for a few steps: "There is." ”

Wen Renzheng's old face was a little surprised: "In ancient times, Cao Zijian made a poem in seven steps, and Liu Gongzi only walked five steps to make a poem, but he was clumsy, Liu Gongzi is really a material that can be made, please recite the poem, and the old man will also comment on it for you." ”

Liu Mingzhi took a deep breath, cleared his throat and said affectionately: "A bird is flying in the sky, there are a bunch of flowers on the ground, the bird is really free, the flowers are really beautiful, and the shallow work, please listen to the mountain chief." ”

Wen Renzheng's face turned extremely red, and after touching the silver ticket in his hand, his face slowly returned to normal, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Liu Gongzi is really a genius in the sky, presumably he will be able to raise people in high school in this autumn's test." ”

Liu Mingzhitian was shameless, and looked at Wen Renzheng excitedly: "Really? ”

Wen Renzheng looked sad: "En, en, the old man believes in you." ”

Liu Mingzhi clapped his hands and lost his confidence: "I'll just say, gold will always shine, don't talk about just lifting people, the young master will give you the first place in the exam Xie Yuan come back and take a look." ”

Wen Renzheng nodded in a blink, and handed over a bunch of keys: "This is the key to the door where the students of the academy live, this is the key to the last double room, Liu Gongzi has been traveling all the way, let's go rest first." ”

After Liu Mingzhi left, Wen Renzheng hurriedly took out the silver ticket in his sleeve, and his eyes showed a hole in the shape: "How many bamboo leaves are this, it's no problem to drink Du Kang every day." ”

Wen Renzheng didn't notice that a woman in her twenties and eight-year-olds was tiptoeing slowly closer.

The woman's eyes are exquisite, her lips are dotted, her mouth is dan, her eyebrows are delicate, her demeanor is delicate and cyan, she is weak and elegant, and her poetry is not lost in her intelligence. The woman lightly hooked her head and looked at Wen Renzheng, who was obscene: "Grandpa, what are you hiding?" ”

Wen Renzheng was so frightened that he was clever, and immediately stood up with a serious upright body, and his expression was so fairy: "Yun Shu girl, grandpa's old bones can't stand your fright." ”

Wenren Yunshu looked at his grandfather with a scrutinizing face, and then stretched out his hand and pointed at the white jade: "What is hidden, take it out." ”

"Nothing is hidden? Are you mistaken, how could grandpa hide something? ”

"Hmph, I don't believe it."

"By the way, girl, grandpa, you have something to do with Master Liu."