The Chinese New Year is over, the capital is full of lights, and from time to time there are one or two firecrackers, and every household has pasted red Spring Festival couplets and picked up red lanterns. The courtyard of heaven and earth is no exception, on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the disciples sat in the hall and ate wildly, Mr. Shi sat in the first seat and looked at the disciples under the hall smiling happily, and the appearance of holding his beard was so amiable, and his love for the disciples could be seen from his eyes.

The second senior brother Han Yueqiu was busy with the operation, directing several subordinates to serve food non-stop, and his face was no longer cold but had a smile, the new year and new atmosphere were really different. Mr. Shi stood up, raised his wine glass and said to everyone: "Today is the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, our master and apprentice have the fate to celebrate the New Year together, you all worked hard last year, worthy of praise, so I decided to take a five-day holiday, let you have a good rest, and secondly, after Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone can go to Han Yueqiu to receive ten taels of silver as the money I give you." I hope that in the new year, you will continue to work hard to be thousands of miles away, and you can go out and play during the holidays, but you can't go far and pay attention to safety. Okay, let's keep eating. Speaking and drinking, Mr. Shi always speaks in a way on weekdays, but at this moment, he is like a parent constantly instructing the teenagers in the hall.

The young men also raised their glasses, drank them all, regardless of whether it was tea or wine, and replied, "Follow Master's teachings." Mr. Shi sat down, as if he remembered something, and said again: "After you eat for a while, the eldest and second, the third and fourth children and the fifth child will follow me to meet the guests, Qin Rufeng in the big room, Gao Huai in the second room, Lu Yunzhi's song in the third room, and the four of you will also come with you." Don't be in a hurry, you eat first. Although Qin Rufeng was not very old, he drank heartily on the table, and when he heard Mr. Shi's words, he was even more happy to raise a jar of wine and drink it wildly. And Gao Huai was bragging on the table, on the other hand, Qu Xiangtian and Lu Yunzhi were also happy, and at the same time, several roommates around him also raised their glasses to celebrate. It was a great honor to follow the five senior brothers to meet the guests, and it was rumored that all the beginner disciples who followed the master to meet the guests would definitely be ranked within the fifteenth in the future, so several people couldn't help but be overjoyed.

After dinner, several people followed Mr. Shi to Mr. Shi's residence to Yangshanzhai, where everyone had been to when they entered. Lu Yunzhi once had doubts about this name, it is not wrong for Zhai to be used to refer to houses, but it mostly refers to places such as shops, books, societies, schools, etc., and how could Master's bedroom be called this name. Mr. Shi seemed to see through Lu Yunzhi's thoughts, looked at him and smiled, and then said leisurely: "Yangshanzhai, Cheng Fangdong, you are a senior brother, tell me the original meaning of the name given to the teacher." Senior Brother Cheng Fangdong bowed slightly and replied, "Yes, Master." The disciples believe that the Master chose this place as Yangshan Zhai because every beginner disciple will learn the first lesson in this room, which is to do good deeds, so this is not only the Master's bedroom, but also the place where every disciple of the Zhongzheng lineage learns, so it is called Yangshan Zhai. "Don't look at Cheng Fangdong's chubby, loyal and honest appearance, but when he says this, he has a clear eye, it seems that he can be ranked as a senior brother, but it makes sense." Speaking well, it is not in vain to teach you the teacher, of course, it is more about your own understanding. Mr. Shi praised and said, "In fact, we are mortal people in the world, we are just ordinary people, but we will be some outliers beyond ordinary people, and we will also be born and old, sick and die, and we will be injured and die, it is as simple as that, and it is no different from the showmanship, chopping wood and cooking." It's nothing more than a unique craft, so it's impossible to survive in the world forever, but it can be passed down through the ages in the world, although it will not be recorded in historical materials, but it is enough to be worthy of the heart and die with a smile. Saying that, Mr. Shi took the lead and stepped into the house, and all the disciples also followed into the house in order of size, Lu Yunzhi was the youngest and naturally followed last, and after entering the house, he also stood in the corner.

After a loud fireworks, the Ming Shizhong in the door of the house struck three times, which indicated that Chinese New Year's Eve had passed the first day of the new year. Several court officials in court clothes and feudal kings embroidered pythons walked into the house one after another to greet Mr. Shi, who sat on the chair and replied with a habitual smile: "Tongxi." He handed over a few letters on the table to some of the people who came, and when they got them, they saluted and walked away. Suddenly, someone shouted outside the door: "Shi Fang, old man, I have come to see you." A sincere smile bloomed on Mr. Shi's face and he stood up from his chair. Lu Yunzhi could see it clearly, even if the prince and the ministers of the court came to pay respects to Mr. Shi just now, they were just smiling and not so sincere and excited. Mr. Shi walked quickly to the door and said, "Brother Yang, I am far away, please come in quickly." An ancient old man stepped into the door, although he was old, his eyes were full of wisdom, he hugged his fist at Mr. Shi and laughed and said, "Brother Shi has a good New Year." Shi Fang also returned the salute, then looked at a man in his forties behind the old man, and also arched his hand and said, "Lord Yu is also here." ”

The middle-aged man knelt down with a plop, knelt down and said, "Mr. Shi, I'm late." Mr. Shi's life-saving grace will never be forgotten by Yu Qian. "That's right, this person is the Yu Qian that Mr. Shi said in front of the Taihe Hall three months ago. Mr. Shi angrily reprimanded the emperor and Wang Zhen and asked them to release Yu Qian, and sure enough, Yu Qian was already released from prison and reinstated.

Mr. Shi hurriedly picked up Yu Qian, who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "You are the minister of the court, I am the village husband of the mountains, Ming Taizu set up an ancestral precept not to allow us to interfere in the government affairs, if it is not for this opportunity to pay New Year's greetings, how can you and I be in the same room." So you're not late at all. Yu Qian stood up, still a little excited, Mr. Shi turned to the disciples and said, "Don't you give Lord Yang a salute, Lord Yu?" Everyone saluted and said, "I've seen Lord Yang and Lord Yu." Mr. Libashi introduced: "This is Yang Shiqi, the minister of the cabinet, and this is Yu Qian, the governor. In the future, I will learn more from the two adults, do you know? All the disciples replied yes.

Yang Shiqi was happy when he heard Mr. Shi's words, and said to Mr. Shi: "Mr. Shi, you and I have known each other for more than 20 years, I admire you a lot, but it's a bit hypocritical, I didn't dare to talk to you like this in the past, but now that my limit is approaching, you still let your apprentices learn more from me, isn't this asking them to go to Huangquan Road to find me?" I'm going to talk about you. ”