Besides, Yun Meng was a little at a loss for a while when he learned that Gongsun Ziyang was Gongsun Xiu, and it took a while to recover his strength, and he still asked Yu Weng with some doubts: "Mr. Gongsun is really so young, is he an immortal?" ”

Yu Weng smiled again: "The head of the family is not a god, but a master outside the world, what the son sees is not the true face of the head of the family, but the art of disguise, and it is said that the head of the family is forty and two this year." By the way, I also have a handwritten letter from the master to Childe, please look at Childe. With that, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Yun Meng.

Yun Meng took the letter with both hands, opened it carefully, the letter was signed by Gongsun Xiu, the letter said, since the "Eight Kings Rebellion", the princes around the country have been divided, the war continues, the court was forced to move south, the people of Li are not happy, the lives are miserable, and the troubled times urgently need the talents of the world to assist the Ming Lord to recover the lost land and dominate the mountains and rivers. Fifteen years ago, Zeng was born with a vision, and the dragon star in the Eastern Canglong Seven Houses was unusually bright, indicating that the situation in the world would change greatly, and there was a great talent about to be born, and Gongsun Xiu calculated that Qingzhou was the birthplace of this genius, so he explored all the way, and after many inquiries, it was basically determined that this person was Yun Meng. Out of prudence, on the one hand, he secretly investigated, and on the other hand, he sent Yu Weng to test. In fact, what Yun Meng has encountered in the past ten years is clear to Gongsun Xiu, but even if Yun Meng is in a difficult situation, he will not intervene, he just wants Yun Meng to suffer more and grow up as soon as possible. In the process, he also gave Yun Meng hints and guidance very vaguely, and after the final test, it was proved that Yun Meng met the qualities of many talents and sages with noble conduct, uprightness, courage and resourcefulness, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, selflessness and outstanding wisdom. In a word, I didn't find the wrong person. The letter also said that although the two of them did not formally meet, they still decided to accept Yun Meng as an apprentice, and would devote all his life to cultivating Yun Meng. As for Yun Meng's eagerness to find relatives, he also knew that although Yun Meng was relieved of this matter, he only needed to study quietly in the mountains, and he would arrange a special person to handle the matter of finding relatives. At the end of the letter, he said that now is not the time for their master and apprentice to meet, and in the future, if necessary, they will contact and convey it to Weng if necessary.

Yun Meng woke up like a dream and understood everything that had happened recently, Gongsun Xiu, no, the teacher was really well-intentioned. Yu Weng said again at this time: "Childe, do you understand now?" It's just that due to the special identity of the owner, he can't meet his son for the time being. The master explained that in the future, the old man would pass on the news, and Qingyao would take care of the son's daily life, and the thatched cottage would be used as a place for practice, study and residence. ”

After that, he took off the burden he was carrying behind him, opened the bag gently, revealing a small boxy box, Yu Weng put the box on the table, and then pushed it in front of Yun Meng, and said, "Childe, the things in this box are given to you by the master." ”

Yun Meng looked at the box, the stone box is about one foot five inches long, about one foot wide, and about one foot high, touched it with his hand, the box feels cold and smooth, surrounded by two circles of circular lines, not wooden, nor metallic, but some like stones, but what kind of stone, Yun Meng does not recognize. Yun Meng looked at the stone box up and down, left and right, but he didn't find any opening and closing interfaces, and there was no lock, how could this be opened.

Yu Weng smiled beside him: "Is Childe worried about how to open this box?" ”

Yun Meng replied: "Old butler, Yun Meng is really ashamed, this stone box is completely integrated, it seems to be carved from a whole stone. But I don't know where to start. ”

Yu Weng pointed to a semicircular groove on the top of the stone box and said, "Childe, what do you think this is?" ”

Yun Meng looked closely, the semicircular groove was about the size of half an egg, and there was a small protrusion at the bottom of each of the four corners of the inner wall, Yun Meng pressed it with his fingers, it could move, it seemed to be some kind of mechanism, but something had to be used to trigger it. Then he said to Weng: "Old butler, this mechanism has been found, but it still can't be opened without a key." ”

Yu Weng smiled: "Childe, the owner of the key to open the stone box has given it to you last night, you can see if there is anything on you." ”

As soon as Yun Meng heard Yu Weng's words, he hurriedly checked his body, and suddenly found that there was an extra sachet on his waist, and when he touched the sachet again, there seemed to be a spherical thing inside. Picking off the sachet and opening the bag, a jewel the size of a chicken egg rolled out, and even though it was daytime, the orb still shone emerald green throughout. There are pieces of ice cracks on the top of the orb, looming like a fairy mountain, which is the pearl of the Penglai blue shadow night. "How can this orb be on Yun Meng, could it be that this orb is the key to this stone box?" Yun Meng muttered to himself.

"Childe guessed right, that's exactly what happened." Yu Weng said.

"Even the keys are so precious, and the contents of the stone box are even more priceless." Yun Meng said in his heart, at the same time, Yun Meng picked up the night pearl and pressed it against the groove on the stone box, pressed it down, and heard the sound of the stone box turning the wheel of "click", and then saw that the top of the stone box suddenly rose and separated from the box, Yun Meng first put away the orb, and carefully opened the box, and the inside of the box jumped into view, and there were four wooden boxes and a bag in the stone box, Yun Meng opened the bag first, there was a wooden card in the bag, and a line of small words was written on it: "Secret book, people, instruments, earth, and heaven, the cycle of cause and effect cannot be reversed." "Then open the four wooden boxes from right to left and really engrave "people", "instruments", "earth", "heaven", four wooden boxes and there is no mechanism, Yun Meng opened the four wooden boxes one by one and watched. Among them, the wooden box with the word "person" is filled with the "Neijing", "Pulse Meridian", and "A and B Meridian". The wooden box with the word "instrument" contains the "Book of Luban". The wooden box with the word "earth" is filled with "Wu Zi", "Liutao", and "Wei Yizi", and the wooden box with the word "sky" is filled with "Fan Lu".

Yun Meng was originally a book lover, and today he suddenly saw so many strange books and secret books, and he couldn't put it down, and he got carried away. Yun Meng felt as if he had forgotten something, so he looked up and wanted to ask Yu Weng, but found that Yu Weng was no longer in the room at some point, and hurriedly called Yu Weng loudly. Yu Weng came in from outside the door and said to Yun Meng: "All kinds of books in the stone box are the treasures of strange books that the master has painstakingly collected, and the master said that these strange books can help the son achieve great things. The old man went out to avoid for a while, but he also needed to avoid suspicion because of the importance of the matter. I also asked Childe to put away these precious classics and study them slowly in the future. ”

After hearing this, Yun Meng hurriedly reclassified the books and put them into the stone box. For Weng Dao: "I forgot an extremely important thing in my excitement just now. ”

Yu Weng asked, "What did Childe forget?" ”

Yun Meng said: "Although I can't see each other for some reasons, today's gift of master and apprentice is inevitable. After saying that, Yun Meng changed into clean clothes, washed his hands with a clean face, came to the courtyard, faced the direction of Jing Zhai, took off his clothes and knelt down, bowed three times, and then held fragrant tea in his hand, and said in the air: "The teacher is above, and there is a disciple Yun Meng who asks you for peace today." Although Yun Meng could not meet his teacher for the time being, serve left and right, and listen to the teachings, Yun Mengding kept in mind the teacher's entrustment day and night, and carefully studied the methods of governing people, making tools, marching, and governing government, and assisted the Ming Lord to restore the rivers and mountains of the Great Jin Dynasty on the day of completion. ”

In this way, Yun Meng became the nominal disciple of Gongsun Xiu, although it was not an ear to mention the face of the face, and the skills were passed on in person, but also provided Yun Meng with many precious classics and guided him in the direction of progress, of course, this also laid the groundwork for many things that happened later. Yun Meng has lived in the thatched house since then, because the thatched house is located in the valley and there are winding paths and paths to connect, surrounded by strange mountains and wonderful peaks, the four seasons are distinct, the vegetation is rich, the colors are colorful, there are streams and springs flowing by the side of the house, the scenery is very beautiful, Yun Meng named the thatched house "Yi", in order to describe this place is pleasant, pleasant, and pleasant. Yu Weng went to Gongsun to repair his life, occasionally contacted, came just to see, and rarely brought a message to Yun Meng, probably for fear of disturbing Yun Meng's study, Qing Yao was waiting in Yun Meng all day long, the master and servant were together, and sometimes Yun Meng was busy and did some games with Qing Yao, but he didn't feel dull.

The so-called "learning without thinking is reckless, thinking without learning is doomed." With the gradual deepening of research and the gradual maturity of Yun Meng, thinking has become the most uncontrollable thing for Yun Meng in addition to his studies, and even sometimes Yun Meng will fall into the whirlpool of thoughts and forget time, place and self. In fact, there was only one question that Yun Meng was most perplexed and pondered over and over: "Why did the teacher ask him to read these strange books in strict accordance with the order of "man", "instrument", "earth" and "heaven"? Yun Meng felt that the reason why his teacher provided him with these classics was not to make him an all-rounder, in fact, it was impossible to do. This must be to hint at Yun Meng or to let Yun Meng understand some truths through learning, and these truths will inevitably be related to Yun Meng's great ambitions. Maybe when Yun Meng can realize these truths, it will be the day he leaves the school, and it is also the day when he can meet his teacher.