Worshipping two Confucians as teachers in a daze, Yang Zheng wondered if it was the benefits that God gave him because he was too difficult to mix, Ruyi stayed in Yanlai Lou for a while, she said that these two people are Confucians, which should be right, and he doesn't have to do anything now, just wait for the apprentice.

Early the next morning, Cao Min sent Qin'er to pick her up in a carriage, and the two of them will not go out together now, trying to avoid letting more people know about them, on a festival like Shangyuan, the two of them should have gone together to enjoy the lanterns and visit the temple fair, but they even had to be sneaky on a date.

Although Cao Min hopes to be with Ai Lang in his heart, he also knows that now is not the time, so even on a day like the Shangyuan Festival, he can only ask Qin'er to come and pick up people.

The two sat in the attic on the highest floor of Yuchun Tower and talked, looking at the beautiful lanterns on both sides of the Bianhe River in the distance, Yang Zheng said with emotion: "Sure enough, it is the largest city in the world, and it deserves its name!" ”

"Originally, how could there be any false rumors", Cao Min glanced at Yang Zheng and said in a coquettish voice.

"Hehe, Min'er, do you know Dugu Xun and Jia Siquan?"

Yang Zheng took a sip of wine embarrassedly and asked.

"I know, the two of them used to be very famous, but the official family recruited them a few times, and neither of them was willing to enter the court as officials, and there has been little news of them in recent years, what are you asking for?"

Cao Min asked suspiciously.

"This, I worshipped two teachers, and I called these two names..."

Yang Zheng said embarrassedly.

"Yang Lang, have you drunk too much? Today's wine, I specially asked Lao Cao to send low-alcohol wine? ”

Cao Min stretched out his little hand and shook it curiously in front of Yang Zheng.

"Alas, it's true!"

Yang Zheng reached out and grabbed Cao Min's little hand and said helplessly.

"Really?" Cao Min was skeptical, and his face was a little incredulous.

"Really..."

"Wow, Yang Lang, why did you only tell me about such a big thing now? When did you worship the teacher? When does the apprenticeship take place? ”

Cao Min excitedly stood up and rubbed his handkerchief, and asked repeatedly.

Yang told her what happened last night.

"I haven't apprenticed yet..., although your two teachers are not formal, they still have to prepare what they should prepare, how are you preparing?" Cao Min walked around the table, saw Yang Zheng at a loss, and asked, "You don't know what to prepare, right?" ”

"I don't know", Yang Zheng said honestly.

"Yang Lang, you are really, I'll go and let Lao Cao prepare..."

Cao Min looked at Yang Zheng speechlessly, and said resignedly, but his tone was indescribably happy, and he went downstairs to find Lao Cao with his skirt.

On the third day after the Lantern Festival, a person who looked like a family came to Yang Mansion with Dugu Xun's handwriting.

Dugu Xun and Jia Siquan put the apprenticeship ceremony seven days later, and asked Yang Zheng to prepare, and then their old friends would come to watch the ceremony, so that Yang Zheng would not have stage fright or anything.

After the time was determined, Cao Min personally helped to prepare the things to be used for apprenticeship, in addition to the traditional bundle, Cao Min also carefully prepared some celebrity calligraphy and paintings as gifts.

Early in the morning of the twenty-first day of the first month, Yang Zheng took the temporary guard and family Ding Huyanshan to drive a carriage with gifts to Dugu Xun's house in Baihua Lane, Dongcheng.

Dongcheng Baihua Lane is very ordinary in Kaifeng, Dugu Mansion is also an ordinary three-entry quadrangle, Dugu Xun and Jia Siquan personally stood at the door to greet guests, after Yang Zheng arrived, he consciously followed behind the two to greet guests.

"Haha, old ghost Dugu, old ghost Jia, who made you two make an exception?" After the sun rose, an old man with thinning hair came to the courtyard with two young disciples and said in surprise.

"This is, the descendant of the Yang family of Tianbo Mansion, the inferior Yang Zheng"

Dugu Xun pointed to Yang Zheng behind him.

"The late Yang Zheng greeted the seniors", the inferior Yang Zheng had to bow down.

"Haha, a talent, not bad, this is a piece of writing written by the old man in his spare time, don't let the old ghost Jia go away, haha..." The old man took a scroll from the young man behind him and handed it to Yang Zheng, ignoring Jia Siquan's white eyes and walking in.

"Look at what you see, who is rare..."

Jia Siquan saw Dugu Xun looking at himself inexplicably, and said angrily, he really likes this character, but he can't rob his disciple's things.

"Zheng'er, this character was inadvertently written in cursive by Cheng Li once after he was drunk, this is his most satisfactory work so far, I don't know if I can write it in the future, you have to keep it," Dugu Xun ignored Jia Siquan and said solemnly to Yang Zheng.

"The disciple knows, but the disciple has no suitable place to keep this painting, so it is better to ask Mr. to help the disciple keep it for a period of time..."

Yang Zheng sincerely handed the scroll to Jia Siquan.

"Well, the son can be taught..."

Jia Siquan was relieved, took the scroll with peace of mind, and returned it to Yang Zheng when he had played enough.

After Cheng Lilai came, the guests came one after another, all of them were old men in their fifties and sixties, with one or two personal disciples, and the gifts were very grand, basically all of them were calligraphy and paintings, some of them were their own, some of them collected their predecessors, and some of them gave a set of precious books, which made Dugu Xun and Jia Siquan envious.

When it was close to noon, all the invited guests had already arrived, except for the younger generation, there were only more than 20 people, all of whom were close friends of the two.

The apprenticeship ceremony was held at noon, and a friend of Dugu Xun served as the master of ceremonies, and the variety of etiquette made Yang Zheng sigh again that it was really a state of etiquette.

"Zheng'er, we discussed it, and I hope you can carry forward your knowledge," At the end of the ceremony, Yang Zheng knelt in front of the two of them, and Dugu Xun said with a serious face.

"Thank you for the words given by the teacher, and the disciples must remember the teachings of the teacher."

Yang Zheng said respectfully.

"Licheng!"

After the apprenticeship was finished, it was normal meal time, the food was handled by the steward of the restaurant with the chef, and the wine was provided by Yang Zheng on his own initiative.

Eating with Cao Min is happy, the gentle and lovely Cao Min will silently serve him comfortably, and eating with a group of old men is painful.

These old men often test him when they eat, and they answer well, two cups, and if they answer badly, four cups, when they answer to the highlights, the old man will happily drink two cups, and Yang Zheng also has to drink two cups with him.

Table by table, the two teachers were already overwhelmed by the wine, so Yang Zheng could only obey it, and Yang Zhengqiang, who was already drunk, held on until everyone saluted again, and the time was almost evening.

Seeing that the time was about the same, Dugu Xun waved his hand, asking people to hurry up and get dinner, and then leave the old friends for dinner, chatting while eating, I haven't seen you for a long time, everyone has a lot to say.

"Why was I so stupid in the first place, and let Min'er send all the high wine..."

This was Yang Zheng's thought when he was still a little sober, and he didn't know anything about the future, only that he kept pouring cups of wine into his mouth.

All the guests praised Dugu Xun and Jia Siquan for accepting a good disciple, not to mention the others, people are really sincere, others toast a sip, he is a glass, those who come do not refuse, and the wine is dry.

Two days later, when Yang Zheng, who woke up, knew about it, he couldn't wait to give himself a few mouths.