The man in white was stunned for a moment when he heard the teacher's words, and then smiled, "Hehe, my sister turned out to be a Zhu Yingtai!" Zhang Yue's face blushed shyly when she heard this.

The young master in black next to him had always looked indifferent before, but when he heard that Zhang Yue was a woman, he glanced at Zhang Yue in a flash.

Mr. Huanchu smiled, "Okay, good boy." ”

He pointed to the man in white. "This is your third senior brother Li Dongyang."

Zhang Yue immediately smiled at the two of them, "Hello Senior Brother Li!" ”

"Hello little junior sister!" Li Dongyang smiled gently, Zhang Yue felt that this senior brother was smiling at people, as if the warm sun was shining, which was very comfortable.

Mr. Huanchu turned around and pointed at the black-clothed young man and said, "This is your fourth senior brother Yuan Mo, who has just turned thirteen years old this year, and is the closest to you. ”

"Hello Senior Brother Yuan!"

Yuan Mo nodded slightly, and snorted coldly in his nose, "En!" ”。 Zhang Yue thought to herself, this person seems to have a cold temperament, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to get along with.

Mr. Huanchu also learned some about Zhang Yue's past learning experience, and they had a good conversation. Mr. Huanchu directly proposed to let Zhang Yue live in the academy. Although Jin Cheng was reluctant, he couldn't let his niece miss such a great opportunity, so he agreed.

In order to facilitate access to the academy, Mr. Huanchu instructed Zhang Yue to still dress up in men's clothes when he was in the academy, and warned Li Dongyang and Yuan Mo beside him not to tell the identity of Zhang Yue's daughter to others in the academy. Mr. Huanchu finally scheduled to hold a formal apprenticeship ceremony two days later.

In the evening of the same day, Zhang Yue first went down the mountain with Jin Cheng and returned to his home in Zunhua County. When I saw Lu Qiaoniang, I told Zhang Yue about my apprenticeship, and Lu Qiaoniang was also very surprised, and even exaggerated Yue's good fortune! In the evening, I made several dishes that Zhang Yue loved to eat. After dinner, Lu Qiaoniang came to Zhang Yue's room, helped Zhang Yue pack her luggage, and changed out a few well-fitting men's clothes for Zhang Yue overnight. Lu Qiaoniang told Zhang Yue many times, and the two talked until late at night before going to sleep.

In the early morning of two days later, Jin Cheng led Zhang Yue, who was dressed in men's clothes, to Wuling Mountain, to Xuanwei Academy, and saw Mr. Huanchu in the main hall of the academy. Today, Mr. Huanchu is dressed differently from that day's casualness, I saw that he was wearing a Haoran scarf, wearing a white deep coat, the placket of the leader's shirt had a bright edge, a big belt was tied around his waist, his feet were plain, and his face was solemn, not like the image of the gluttonous old Confucian that day, and he sat upright.

There were four people accompanying him, two of them were Li Dongyang and Yuan Mo who had met the day before yesterday, and the other was the man in black who had intercepted him at the gate of the academy, and the remaining one person Zhang Yue had never seen, this person was in his fifties, wearing a black lacquer gauze scarf, wearing a blue robe with a collar, with a decent face, firm eyes, and a long beard, quite majestic. There were also a few disciples in dark blue clothes standing on either side.

Zhang Yue first and Mr. Huanchu officially performed the apprenticeship ceremony. After the ceremony was completed, Mr. Huanchu laughed and said loudly: "From today on, you are the fourth generation disciple of Xuanwei Academy, ranking fifth, I should have five disciples in my life, and accepting you as an apprentice today is considered a success, and I will not accept any more apprentices in the future." ”

"Now I will tell you the origin of the academy, Xuanwei Academy was founded by the ancestor Xuanwei master, and it has been in the same line, and it has been more than 150 years so far. Patriarch Xuanwei is a rare strange person in hundreds of years, he combines the Confucian idea of the mean, the Taoist idea of Wu Wei and the birth thought of the Buddha, and has his own school of doctrine. The purpose of the patriarch is to spread the truth of the world's avenues, teach people to cultivate their hearts and minds, cultivate their morals, and enable them to apply what they have learned after learning to benefit the common people. I am the third generation. You are my disciple of the mountain, you should guard the avenue of my academy, do not commit treachery, do not kill in vain, and do not betray your righteousness. Our disciples never force or demand, and after learning to become officials, they can enter the WTO as officials, do business, and also be born to give lectures, write, and even travel in seclusion. No matter what path you choose in life, you need to remember to apply what you have learned and benefit the common people. ”

Zhang Yue knelt down again, and said respectfully: "The disciple respectfully obeys the master's teachings." ”

Li Dongyang next to him said, "Master, you can give the fifth junior brother a scientific name." ”

"Ranked fifth, let's call Zhang Xiaowu."

Zhang Yue was happy in his heart, the old man's name was really arbitrary, and he hurriedly said: "Apprentice Xiaowu, thank you for the name!" ”

"Well, when your senior brothers enter my door, I will give you a gift as a token. Today you are no exception," said Mr. Huanchu, pulling out a string of crystal clear beads from his bosom.

Everyone present was taken aback when they saw it, and Zhang Yue's eyes were all strange, and the blue-robed elder next to him blurted out,

"String of Crystal Beads!? Master? You have to give this to the little junior brother - this is passed down from the ancestors..."

Zhang Yue looked at everyone's surprised expressions and looked at the string of beads curiously.

Mr. Huanchu smiled, "Hehe, it's just a string of beads, Xiao Wu, this is a gift for the teacher - the Xuanjing bead string, which is an object handed down by the ancestor of Xuanwei, made of thousands of years of Xuanjing stone, a total of 9 beads, strung by the dragon tendons, with the miraculous effect of increasing wisdom and turning evil into good fortune on the body." You can take it! As he spoke, he handed it to Zhang Yue.

When Zhang Yue heard that this thing was so precious, he hurriedly took it with both hands, and said respectfully, "Apprentice thank you master for the treasure, apprentice must take good care of this thing." ”

"Okay, Little Five, now I'll introduce you to a few senior brothers." Mr. Huan Chu pointed to the green-robed elder, "This is your senior brother Lu Danjing, he has been in the academy for more than 30 years, he is the current master of the academy, and he presides over all the affairs of the academy, I have long since stopped accepting apprentices, and most of the students of the academy worship under your senior brother or his disciples." ”

"See Senior Brother Lu!". Zhang Yue respectfully bowed to Lu Galloping.

"Hmm!" Lu Danjing replied in a low voice.

"This is your second senior brother Bai Ang, three years ago, he had joined the WTO as an official, and recently he rushed back to celebrate his birthday with his teacher."

"See Senior Brother Bai!"

"Little junior brother doesn't have to be polite." Bai Ang's face was slightly red and he waved his hand, obviously because he was slightly embarrassed by the sadness of Zhang Yue at the gate of the academy before.

Zhang Yue thought to himself, these two senior brothers are honest people.

"Li Dongyang and Yuan Mo, you have seen each other a few days ago. These brothers of yours are all knowledgeable people, and they have their own strengths, so you can ask them more in the future. Yuan Mo, you are the closest to Xiao Wu in age, and his residence will be arranged in your silent residence, and you will have to take care of him more in the future. ”

Yuan Mo was stunned for a moment, obviously a little surprised, and then muttered reluctantly, "... Master, my silent dwelling is already very crowded, and there is no place to live. ”

"Huh?! A few days ago, didn't you still say that you had too many empty rooms, and asked Dongyang to move over too? Is there no room to live in? "I was still skeptical." Well..., there's nowhere to live anyway. Yuan Mo muttered in a low voice. Zhang Yue felt quite embarrassed, this Senior Brother Yuan didn't seem to like her very much.

"Teacher, the fourth junior brother's silent residence is indeed smaller, and my Lize Xuan is more spacious than his, so let the junior brother live in." Li Dongyang took over the conversation with a smile.

"Senior brother?!" Yuan Mo raised his head sharply and looked at Li Dongyang in surprise.

When Zhang Yue heard this, he turned his head to look at Li Dongyang's smile like a spring breeze, and suddenly felt warm in his heart. blurted out,

"Teacher, the disciple is willing to go to Lize Xuan."

"Well, well, that's it. Little Wu, in the future, you will go to my residence on a single day of the lunar calendar, and I will teach you personally, and at other times, you will also go to the front yard to teach classes like other disciples. In the past few days, you should first familiarize yourself with the situation here, and in seven days, you will officially come to our institute to study. ”

"Yes, Teacher." Zhang Yue respectfully agreed. Mr. Huanchu gave a few more words and left. Jin Cheng saw that after the apprenticeship, because the county government still had official business, he also left the academy and went down the mountain in a hurry, and when he left, he told his niece a thousand times.

After Li Dongyang helped Zhang Yue stay in Lize Xuan, he personally added some necessary things for Zhang Yue. After taking care of everything, he sent Zhang Yue a few sets of brand new men's clothes.

In the evening, Li Dongyang led a person who looked like a small man into Zhang Yue's room.

"Senior brother, this person is a scholar specially sent by the family in the capital a few months ago in order to take care of my life in the academy, I have no shortage of people to serve you, you are still young, so I will give it to you."

Zhang Yue looked at the little scholar, who was the same age as himself, with long lips and white teeth, very clever, thinking that he was a girl's family, and it was inconvenient to be accompanied by this male scholar, so he was busy shirking.

"Senior Brother Dongyang, it's not good, it's not good! How to occupy your scholar. Again... It's also inconvenient..."

Li Dongyang laughed, "Senior brother doesn't need to shirk, it's very convenient!" As he spoke, he glanced at the little scholar, who took off the net cover on his head, only to see a black hair sprinkled down, and the original little scholar suddenly turned into a female doll.

"This..."Zhang Yue looked at Li Dongyang in disbelief.

"Her name is Xiaotong, because the identity of the academy woman is inconvenient, I asked him to dress up in men's clothes first, and I was thinking of sending her back to the capital in the near future, just when you came, let her accompany you. I have already told Xiaotong about your identity as a woman, and she is also very willing to follow you. ”

"Young Master Zhang, you can let Xiaotong serve you." Xiao Tong fell to his knees with a thud.

"Okay, Xiaotong, you get up." Zhang Yue hurriedly helped Xiaotong up. Left her behind.

In the first few days of coming to the academy, Li Dongyang led Zhang Yue to tour around the academy, and after a few days, everyone in the academy knew that Mr. Huanchu had taken a new teenager as an apprentice.

The scholar is a clever and articulate person. is only two years older than Zhang Yue, entrusted by Li Dongyang, taking care of Zhang Yue extra hard, every day before the teenager and after the young master around Zhang Yue, she told Zhang Yue a lot of things about the academy. It turned out that Mr. Huanchu had not accepted any more disciples in recent years, except for Zhang Yue, and he had long ignored the secular affairs of the academy, and the disciples who entered the academy were all worshiped under the door of Lu Danjing, the current head of the academy, and Lu Danjing presided over the affairs of the academy, and several of Lu's older disciples were able to help the teacher give lectures and preside over affairs. Bai Ang is over 30 years old this year, he first studied martial arts, and then learned literature from Mr. Huanchu, he joined the WTO and became an official a few years ago, and he only returns to the academy every year on the teacher's birthday or major events. Li Dongyang has just turned 20 this year, he is a member of the Beijing teacher, his family has been an official for generations, and he is known as a prodigy at the age of eight. Yuan Mo is thirteen years old this year, and his origin is not clear, but I heard that he is also a child of a rich and noble family, talented and intelligent, both civil and military, and he is very liked by Mr. Huanchu, but he has an arrogant personality, is not easy to get along with, and is not close to other disciples in the academy, and has the best relationship with Li Dongyang.

Seven days later, Zhang Yue was basically familiar with the situation of the academy, and according to the arrangement of her previous husband, she began to go to Xinjianzhai where Mr. Huanchu lived every day to listen to the teacher's teachings.

Mr. Huanchu's teaching is different from ordinary people, he is extremely freewheeling, and never reads books with Zhang Yue in the house. Sometimes I take Zhang Yue to Qingtan in the mountains to fish in the early morning, sometimes I take Zhang Yue to the forest area of the back mountain to play, and it takes a day or two before the two return to the academy; Sometimes I took Zhang Yue to the vegetable garden on the south side of the academy, turning over the soil and sowing seeds, weeding and watering. While working, he casually taught Zhang Yue to recite a large number of articles, which have vivid stories and legends, from astronomy to geography, from the past to the present. will also ask Zhang Yue to recite some ancient Chinese texts, Zhang Yue couldn't understand it, so Mr. explained to her in detail the meaning, most of which are some principles of being a person and doing things. Zhang Yue felt that the teacher was familiar with the obscure ancient Chinese and easy to understand, and it was easy to memorize it.

Zhang Yue still insisted on practicing calligraphy after entering the academy, and his husband was the world's leading calligrapher. On this day, after reading her handwriting, the husband asked: "Xiao Wu, I see that when you grow vegetables, your left arm is stronger than your right arm, and your left hand is more flexible than your right hand, why do you use your right hand to write?"

Zhang Yue replied: "Master, when the apprentice was a child, he learned calligraphy with his uncle, and he began to write with his left hand, and the uncle criticized the apprentice after discovering it, saying that God gave people the right hand, and each had its own division of labor. “

"Nonsense!! Hum! You don't have to pay attention to these pedantic words, since you are naturally strong with your left hand, you should make the most of it, and from this day on you will specialize in left-handed writing. The gentleman pondered for a moment, and then said, "You are the only one who knows how to write with your left hand, and you should use your right hand to study in the front yard on weekdays." ”

"Yes!"

Although Zhang Yue didn't understand why the master asked her to use her right hand in front of people, she still happily agreed. Because she has long wanted to write with her left hand, she always feels awkward to write with her right hand.

So far, Zhang Yue's interest in learning calligraphy has become stronger and stronger, in addition to completing the calligraphy assignment, he also likes to copy the works of various calligraphers, especially the works of Mr., often the master and apprentice are writing in their respective bookcases in the room, Zhang Yue secretly put his copy of the master's work secretly in the pile of rice paper that the master had just written, and the master found out, and was not angry, just laughed.

When the master is not teaching, Zhang Yue goes to the large study in the front yard and attends various classes of the academy teacher with other disciples. There are many kinds of courses in Xuanwei Academy. The teachers are all knowledgeable, and some of them are the top talents in several subjects.

In her spare time, Zhang Yue pondered all kinds of delicacies to eat, often went to the kitchen of the academy to ask the chef for cooking, and often asked her uncle and aunt for cooking skills when she went down the mountain to visit her uncle and aunt every month. The days have been long, and it is a good dish to cook. Mr. Huanchu was very satisfied with Zhang Yue's craftsmanship.

The masters and students of the college began to be a little jealous and alienated from the little apprentice accepted by the old master, and after a long time, they found that Zhang Yue was not very outstanding in his coursework, and even some of his coursework was surprisingly poor, such as the poetry class had never been qualified, and his overall talent was no different from ordinary people. In addition, Zhang Yue is warm and generous, and often makes delicious food to send to familiar teachers and disciples to taste, so everyone has let go of their alienation from him and is very kind to him.

In addition, among his several senior brothers, the senior brother Lu Danjing is usually very serious, and Zhang Yue is respectful every time they meet, and he doesn't dare to make any jokes.

The second senior brother Bai Ang left the academy soon after the master's birthday, and continued to be an official when he returned to his office, and his official luck was also smooth, only when he came back during the New Year's festival or the master's birthday, Bai Ang was generous, not good at words, but he was very friendly to Zhang Yue, and every time he came back, he brought her some special delicacies from Rendi, and after getting acquainted, Zhang Yue often deliberately ridiculed him. Bai Ang, who was making trouble, was always angry and blushed, but he couldn't say anything, just kept saying that he would not bring food back to Xiao Wu in the future, but next time he would still bring Zhang Yue a lot of food.

The third senior brother Li Dongyang gets along with her best, both of them live in Lize Xuan, and take the most care of him on weekdays, and Li Dongyang also has several coursework teachers in the college, Zhang Yue's favorite is Li Dongyang's poetry class, but unfortunately Zhang Yue was born with a very poor sense of rhythm, and she was very confused about the rhyme of poetry, Li Dongyang had no choice but to encourage her to memorize more poems.

Zhang Yue is also respectful of Li Dongyang as a brother, Li loves to drink tea, and he has practiced tea cooking skills with one hand, Zhang Yue also learned to cook tea with his brother in his spare time, and after a long time, the tea cooking technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, and then he made several delicious small refreshments, and even Mr. Huanchu also frequently praised it, attracting many disciples to come to Lize Xuan to drink tea and chat in the evening rest time.

The fourth senior brother Yuan Mo didn't pay much attention to Zhang Yue at first, and he always had a cold face when he met, and slowly saw that Zhang Yue got along very well with the whole academy, from the teacher to Mr. Chu, down to the academy scholars, cooks, and handymen were all very close to her, and even the original closest senior brother Li Dongyang liked her very much, and Li Zexuan was always lively at night. So, slowly, I often ran to my senior brother's Lize Xuan to listen to Zhang Yue, Li Dongyang and others drinking tea and chatting. It's just that every time I am with Zhang Yue, I am always a little awkward. When Zhang Yue first arrived at the academy, Yuan Mo was reluctant to live in the same courtyard with her, Zhang Yue knew that Yuan Mo didn't like herself, and she didn't want to have more contact, and she didn't want Yuan Mo to always borrow the opportunity to find Senior Brother Li, come over to drink the tea she cooked, and eat the snacks she made, but she was always picky about her mouth, and she no longer showed mercy, and Yuan Mo had all kinds of quarrels, back and forth, and the two had to fight every day when they met. Sometimes a fire is added.

Many years later, Zhang Yue always keeps recalling that period of youth, which was when he was the most pure and happy. What she didn't expect was that going to Xuanwei Academy to study would change the trajectory of her life.