"Grandpa," Guozhi called out as he strode into the hall.

"Ouch! My grandson, come to grandpa," Guozhi stretched out his arms and threw himself into the arms of the Taigong, who picked up the little Guozhi. Guozhi sat on one of the knees of the Taigong, and said to the old man with the Taigong: "This is the grandson of the old man, who is playful and naughty. ”

The old man faced the prince and said with a smile: "Your grandson is very cute and aura, if you cultivate more, he will become a great tool." ”

Taigong nodded with satisfaction, bowed his head and said softly to Guozhi in his arms: "This is Mr., go and worship Mr." ”

Guozhi walked down, faced the old man, bowed and saluted, "Sir." ”

The old man still sat in place and returned the salute. Then Guozhi said to Taigong: "Grandpa, I want my brother to study with me." ”

"Brothers, friends, brothers, brothers, this is a good symbol of family harmony, Guozhi this child is very smart," the old man sat on the chair and smiled, looking more kind at this time. Taigong looked at Guozhi and felt happy in his heart, and felt that what the old man said was very comfortable, so he agreed to Guozhi's request with joy, and said, "Okay, grandpa agrees that you will study with Guoan, and go and have fun." ”

"No, my grandson has to wait for my brother to come to apprentice."

"Okay, it's up to you," Taigong called Gou Cai and said, "Gou Cai, go and call Guoan." ”

"Yes, the slave is going to call the eldest young master," after that, Gou Cai exited the lobby, walked to the side room of the second lady Wang Yao, stood in front of the door and knocked on the door. Wang Yao in the room responded, "Who? ”

"It's a minion," Gou Cai replied, standing outside the door.

"Gou Cai, what's the matter?"

"The old man told the eldest young master to go to the main hall for something," and the maid Qiuyue came forward to open the door later. Gou Cai walked into the room of the second lady Wang Yao and saw the second lady Wang Yao sitting in front of the desk, and there were some grapes in the small bamboo basket on the desk, which seemed to be the master and servant sitting here chatting. After Gou Cai walked in, he saluted: "Second lady." ”

"Gou Cai, don't worry, eat grapes first."

"No, the old man is waiting."

"At this time, An'er was reading in the study, and the slave family had already asked Qiuyue to go to the study," and then the second lady looked out the window, and there was an expectation for the child. When he was young, Guoan walked into the second lady's room, and Gou Cai saluted: "Big young master." ”

After returning the salute, Guoan looked at the second lady and said, "What is the matter with the mother summoning the child?" ”

The second lady shifted her gaze to Gou Cai, and Gou Cai said, "Young Master, the old man told you to go to the main hall." ”

"Oh, I know," he looked back at the second lady and said, "Mother, the child will go back as soon as he goes." ”

The second lady sat on it, nodded silently, and said, "An'er, you can go." ”

Guoan looked at his mother, took a few steps back, turned around and walked out, and Gou Cai followed. The second lady looked at Qiu Yue who was standing next to her, Qiu Yue probably understood what Madame meant, stepped forward to close the door, turned around and stood beside her, and said, "The old man has begun to pay attention to the eldest young master, and the eldest young master has begun to get ahead because of this." ”

The second lady kept looking out of the door, a little worried, and said: "My father-in-law will always be the most distressed, and the only one who cares about the most is the youngest, this person is the rule of the country, An'er has never cared about him, don't you know?" The father-in-law first called Guozhi, not An'er, An'er is less smart, more honest and honest. As long as An'er studies hard, the entrance examination is the only hope for the slave family. ”

"The eldest young master studies hard and understands etiquette, so the slave and maid think that there will be a success."

"I hope so," the second lady's worry about this only increased, maybe her son is the mother's heart, and she knows better than anyone what kind of temperament her child belongs to, which is because she knows her child too well, so she has this worry.

Guoan walked slowly into the hall, bowed and saluted, "Grandpa." ”

"Guoan, this is your new husband, and he will teach you to learn in the future, and come to meet Mr."

"Sir," said Kokuji, bowing to the old man. The old man stepped forward and said with a smile: "Guoan, please get up." ”

"Thank you, sir."

Guozhi turned to face Guoan and said, "Brother." ”

"Brother."

Taigong sat on the lobby and looked at the two brothers, and said with great satisfaction: "You two brothers should go out to play," and then the two brothers held hands and ran out of the hall, and the two sons smiled happily, which shows the innocence of brotherhood. Taigong looked at the two of them, and felt that these two sons were a lot more sensible, so he was much more relieved and relieved. The two brothers' performance today is a lottery for him and a lottery for this family. However, the old man also smiled with satisfaction, and the prince looked at the old man and said, "Sir, you are tired." Then he called Gou Cai and said, "Gou Cai, quickly help Mr. to his room to rest." ”

The old man stretched out his hands and said, "Let's take a look at the children's school." ”

Taigong got up and walked out of the main hall. The old man then walked out, wandering in the garden, there are many pavilions and pavilions in the park, rockery and green bamboo, its stream comes between the forests, there is a waterfall flowing straight down into the lake, the building boat travels on the Hubo, such a scene makes people incomparably intoxicated, intoxicated between the mountains and rivers. The old man stood quietly next to the old man, put one hand behind, and the other hand straightened the drooping beard, looking into the distance, and his heart was relaxed. The old man stood aside and sighed: "Sigh, there are tens of thousands of houses, mountains and rivers and bamboos, and a scene in the south of the Yangtze River; Here is a complete list, and there are no regrets in this life. The prince first asked the old man to go upstairs to the boat, and then the old man slowly walked up to the deck and went upstairs to the boat, and the prince followed up. The boat walked slowly in the vast hutong. After that, the prince and the old man entered the cabin, which had a large round window, as if it were in their own room. The old man sat by the window, looking at the scenery outside the window, and the prince looked at it, and then several maids brought pastries and offered good bamboo leaves, and said: "Sir, old man, please use it slowly." ”

"Okay, I know, you all go down," Taigong then said.

"Yes, the slave and maid are gone."

The old man looked at these maids and nodded with a smile, and the maids slowly retreated. They drank tea and ate pastries while enjoying the scenery along the coast. The boat docked on the shore, and Taigong smiled and said, "Sir, we have arrived, sir, please." ”

"No, Taigong please."

The prince and the old man walked out together, holding on to the railing. There was a house in front of him, and the two doors were opened, and they walked downstairs together and stood in front of this house, which was very simple, and the old man said, "Taigong, this is the children's school." ”

"Yes, this is the children's school, and there is no inscription plaque for the new house, please ask Mr. to inscribe."

The old man looked up at it, this school has indeed just been built, there is a huge lotus pond in front of the school, the lotus flowers in the pond are in full bloom in summer, it is quite elegant, it is a good environment for reading. The old man just nodded silently and said, "Okay." ”

Taigong stood outside the door and said, "Sir, please." ”

The old man stepped into the door, and in front of him was a huge statue of Confucius, with a pair of couplets on both sides, the upper one was "and the country Xianxiu, Anfu, and the honorable mansion," and the lower one was "the same day and the old article moral saint's family," and the horizontal criticism of "a generation of grandmasters". The old man looked at this couplet and exclaimed: "Good couplet, good word, this is the handwriting of Ji Yun, a scholar of the previous dynasty, absolutely amazing." Then he said: "Dingliu Art in Xingtan, Shaoyu Xia, Shang and Zhou; Tibetan scriptures in Lubi, switch the transmission of Min Lianluo", and then put up the pen "Xingxia Academy".

"Well, Confucius passed on his learning in Xingxia, so it was called "Xingxia Academy", and then the inscription was "Xingxia Academy" and several big golden characters were hung on the gate.

The old man looked up at the statue of Confucius, stood with Taigong, bowed deeply, lit incense and inserted it in the incense tripod, took a few steps back, and bowed with both hands.

After that, the prince asked, "Is the gentleman tired?" ”

The old man just nodded and said, "I'm old, and I'm a little tired after walking a few steps." ”

Then the princess called the maid Dongmei and said, "Quickly help Mr. go back to the room to rest." ”

"Yes."

The old man faced Taigong and said: "Time is not forgiving, Taigong also needs to rest more," and then bowed a few steps back and turned to leave.

Taigong nodded, returned the salute, and looked at the old man before he left.