The mountains are like snails, out of the mountains and forests, among which the mist is shrouded, the green pine tops up, the one who is impressive between the heavy mountains is called Yao Mountain, there is the good name of the fairy mountain since ancient times, there are many capable people and strange people living on the mountain. There is a school next to the mountain stream waterfall called Lingyun School, and the story begins from this school.

This Lingyun School is known as the first school in the world, and Mr. Xuetang is called Liang Zhong, who has studied ancient and modern, astronomy, geography, feng shui, understanding people's hearts, familiar faces, and yin and yang.

Those who have returned from Lingyun Academy are mostly in important positions in the court, so high-ranking officials and nobles from various countries, and celebrities and laymen want to send their sons to Lingyun Academy. This Liang Zhong apprentice has strange criteria: every three years a subject, a science for three years, the age is not eighteen, the admission needs to go through Liang Zhong to understand his face, after passing the examination, the student needs to go through the academic examination, after the examination the student needs to be included in the scholarship of one hundred taels of gold, three years of semester can not go out, three years to whether the completion of the school or not need to leave the school.

There is a stone stele on the entrance hall road at the entrance of this mountain, and the stele is engraved with the words "don't ask where you come from, don't ask where you go". This is the rule of the school, all students who are enrolled in the school are not allowed to tell others where they come from and what their family positions are, and they will leave on their own at the end of the three-year period. If there is a violation of the rules of the church, they will all be sent back, and most of the apprentices are sent into it by the family who spend a lot of manpower and financial resources, and they are afraid of being sent back halfway. And all of them were personally selected by Liang Zhong, and their character and temperament are mostly above ordinary people, so since the school was established, no one has violated this school rule. Those who have one subject in three years here only know the names of their classmates, but do not know which country they come from.

The people selected by Liang Zhong are from different regions and different families in each subject, so many students are officially known to be the same family after returning to China.

On this day, Liang Zhong was sitting at the desk and explaining "The Theory of Passing Qin", talking about "One husband is difficult and seven temples are dead, and he is the one who laughs at the world, why not?" I saw a beautiful young man next to the bed at the end of the church looking out of the window in a daze. This young man's eyebrows are like ink willows, his black eyes are like phoenixes, his temples are cut, his face is as smooth as jade, the edges and corners are divided into yin, his appearance is dignified, the breeze is dignified, his name is Zhou Jingyang, and he is seventeen years old. Liang Zhong saw that he was distracted outside the window, so he said to Zhou Jingyang, what do you say? This week, Jingyang was awakened by this scolding, and immediately got up at a loss when he came back to his senses.

At this time, the young man at the front table told Qin the three words, and Jing Yang immediately reacted and replied: "Benevolence and righteousness are not applied and the offensive and defensive forces are different." Liang Zhong nodded lightly, looked at Zhou Jingyang and said: "This is Sima Qian's statement, benevolence and righteousness are important, but benevolence and righteousness are not all that wins people's hearts, and people's hearts are not necessary for victory in war, what matters is how to let others and even enemies sacrifice their lives for you, which can be willing or unavoidable." But what the teacher says is that you need to act within human nature, and you can be white." Everyone clasped their palms together and replied with a bowful reason: "The student is white." Liang Zhong continued to lecture, while Zhou Jingyang stood and listened, not daring to be distracted anymore until the end of the class.

After class, Liang Zhong called Zhou Jingyang and said, You come to the study with me, and then turned around, Jingyang followed. In the study, Liang Zhong said to Jing Yang: "Yang'er, can you finish reading the "Tianwen Xun" you gave you a few days ago?" ”

"Father-in-law, the child has finished reading it, and the details of the book have been mastered, but there is one place that is not yin." Jingyang back

"Speak and Hear for the Father"

The book says: Taiyin Yedong, you want to be fierce and strong. At the age of three, he changed his diet, and at the age of six, he was easy to change, so he was hungry at the age of three, declining at the age of six, and healthy at the age of twelve. How did this Liu An (the author of astronomical training) know that there is a famine in three years, an epidemic in six years, and a great famine in twelve years? And in recent years, I have not heard of a famine anywhere. ”

Liang Zhong frowned when he heard this, and if he thought about it, there is no more than a famine in this world every three years, this Jingyang has grown up in Lingyun Academy since he was a child, and he has never seen the suffering of the world. Then he replied, "This astronomical precept is summarized by Liu An and his disciples according to the five elements of heaven and earth, the rules of the stars and what is seen in the world, you can just know its meaning, you don't need to force it, as for why it is written like this, you will know later."

After that, I recalled the scene of Jingyang's first arrival in Yaoshan that year, and the incident was one month after the destruction of the Yan Kingdom in the third year of Changle (three years after the succession of King Zhuyou of the Great Liang) in the battle of Gaoping, and it was June, on this day, there was a child crying in the backyard of Lingyun Academy.

Liang Zhong woke up and hurriedly checked, and saw that the child under the age of five was tied with his hands and feet and fell in the courtyard, Liang Zhong was shocked, who abandoned the child here, and brought one person into the hospital without sound, and his skills were obvious. Look at the boy again, crying incessantly, and beside him stood a cloth bag, with a hundred taels of gold, a dagger, and a letter. Liang Zhong opened the letter with a solemn face, it turned out that this child was the second son of Zhou Wenzhen, a famous Yan general after the defeat of the country, this Liang Zhong traveled around the world when he was young and was invited to a banquet by the general of this Zhou, and he admired Zhou Wenzhen a lot.

The letter mentioned that the child's name was Zhou Jingyang, who was less than five years old and could recite poems and poems, and was different from ordinary people. Look at this child again, ruddy face, slim and standing, not like a three-year-old child, Liang Zhong is very fond of it, thinking that this Zhou Wenzhen has died in battle, and Gaoping and Yaoshan are far away, back then Zhou Wenzhen and I only drank in private, is this child really the son of the old man? And who sent it from thousands of miles away? Looking at the handwriting of this letter, it is indeed Zhou Wenzhen's poor handwriting. Seeing that the child was still tied hand and foot, he hurriedly untied it and asked, "What is your name, child?" ”。 The child replied, "Zhou Jingyang". And he asked, "Where are you?" Who is the father? "Houyan Gaoping, father is Zhou Wenzhen, the former general of Houyan" Liang Zhong asked with a sly smile, "Houyan has been destroyed, since he is the descendant of the deceased Yan general, he bluntly told me that his father's name is secret, and he is not afraid that I will ask for merit and reward with your head?" ”。

I saw that the child replied, "My father is so good at making friends, and he is more courteous to the wise corporal, and I am famous for the mountains and rivers, and there are countless strange flowers and plants, and the famous people of all countries are admired. When I first saw that Mr. read the letter, his facial expression changed a lot, and then asked me where I came from, I was not curious, presumably the letter had told me my true identity, Mr. was smiling when he joined the letter, and then looked at Mr. Grandiose, his face was compelling, and he was not a layman. Mr. Shi Cai Xiang had been to Yan Country and was an old acquaintance with my father and had no bad relationship, so he told Mr. of his identity."

Liang Zhong's eyes were fixed and his face was surprised, this child guessed what I knew after I asked two sentences, and he praised me with a seamless answer, I am afraid that I am not able to match this intelligence. At this time, Liang Zhong saw the dagger in the cloth bag, picked up the dagger and pulled it out, this dagger was cold in the moonlight, Liang Zhong didn't know weapons, but when he saw this dagger, he knew that it was not a vulgar thing. Turning over the dagger, its back was engraved with the word "dethroned", and at this time Liang Zhong was sure that this son was the son of Zhou Wenzhen.

When Zhou Wenzhen and Liang Zhong had a drink to discuss the future national fortune of the Houyan Kingdom, Liang Zhong wrote the word "dethroned" on the table with wine, which must be Zhou Wenzhen knew that he was about to break the country and die, and entrusted someone to send his son here before the war, although I only chatted with Zhou Wenzhen for one night, so people trusted him so much, I have a very good relationship with this son, I have no heirs, and there is no true successor to what I have learned in this life, why not pass on this lifelong study to this son. Then asked, "Zhou Jingyang, your father and I are indeed old friends, your father has died on the battlefield, in the letter written by your father, you want to worship me as your father-in-law, let me teach you to learn and write, are you willing", Xiao Jingyang thought for a moment and knelt down and said, "That is, my father ordered me to obey my orders, and the child will meet my father-in-law." Liang Zhong laughed with satisfaction, asked if he hadn't eaten, and picked up the cloth bag and carried it a little reluctantly, thinking of the person who sent this child, he climbed over the wall and crossed the courtyard without sound, and couldn't help but be afraid. When he came to the kitchen to bring out the leftovers at night, he thought that the general's son would dislike the leftovers, or that he would vomit when he was hungry, but Xiao Jingyang just thanked him and chewed slowly.

Liang Zhong thought that the general's family was really strict this week, and he loved this child even more. At this time, Liang Zhong suddenly thought of something and asked, "Who sent you here?" Xiao Jingyang put down the dishes and chopsticks and said, "A masked man in black, about five feet three inches tall. Liang Zhong asked, "Five feet and three inches?" Do people have such strength? How do you know how high it is? Why did he tie you up? Xiao Jingyang replied, "A few months ago, my father measured my height, I was less than three feet tall, and I scratched and bit him when he was running with me, so he stopped and tied him up in front of him, and he guessed that he was five feet three inches by my height." Liang Zhong listened, patted Xiao Jingyang and said, "Little clever ghost, after eating, Liang Zhong finished washing it and took it to the bedroom to live with him.

The next morning, the sun was shining, and the mist of the waterfall next to the academy was beautifully colored under the scorching sun passing through the bamboo forest. In the bedroom, Liang Zhong woke up and found that Xiao Jingyang was already in front of the desk, Liang Zhong walked in and found that he was reading "Huainanzi", so he asked, "This book is obscure, you can understand what the book says", and replied, "Don't ask for much understanding, you have nothing to do, just flip through it." Ask again, "Can you imagine the doctrine of a hundred schools of thought, which leads to the world?" He replied, "Naturally, I can't ask for it." Liang Zhong closed his eyes and thought for a moment and said, "Since I have been called my father-in-law, there will be no more concealment between you and me, I have no heirs, I think you are smart, this skill will be passed on to you, in the future, you should hang the beam and thorn the stock, the cold and heat are not easy, in the shortest time, learn my forty years of combing, are you willing to endure this hardship?" ”。 At that time, Xiao Jingyang had already knelt in front of Liang Zhong and said, "My father is deceased, thanks to my father-in-law who did not give up on and adopted me, and wants to pass on his life's teachings to me, the child will do his best to learn the skin of his father-in-law, and carry it forward with my wisdom in the future." After hearing this, Liang Zhong called Zhou Jingyang and said: "In the future, no matter what you do, you are not allowed to hide anything from your father, and you hate those who speak falsely and treacherously for your father's life."

At this time, Zhou Jingyang said with a sad face, "The father-in-law is guilty, and the child deceived you" Liang Zhong frowned and asked What was the deception. Jingyang continued, "I lied to you last night, I don't know if you have been to Yan Kingdom, and I don't know what was said in that letter, I will only deceive my father-in-law. In fact, I am not afraid to tell my father-in-law my true identity, the reason is very simple, the masked man sent me here with all kinds of pains, he definitely did not want to put me to death, just exchange me for glory and wealth, why bother, based on this, I think no matter what I say, my father-in-law will not kill me, but will only be entertained." Liang Zhong not only didn't get angry when he heard this, but also laughed, thinking in his heart, this kid is thoughtful, brave and strategic, and a person who has passed on his body, so he pretended to be angry and said, he didn't blame Zhou Jingyang anymore if he didn't allow this in the future.

Since then, although this Lingyun Academy has one subject every three years, but this Zhou Jingyang has studied four rounds on the side of the screen of Lingyun Academy, and Liang Zhong is extremely strict with Zhou Jingyang, he has been close to Liang Zhong's true biography, but he lacks Liang Zhong's experience.

"Father-in-law, father-in-law" Zhou Jingyang gently pushed Liang Zhong, and only then did he come back to his senses from the memories of the past. Looking at Zhou Jingyang, who had not been so gentle, fresh and handsome as Zhang Cheng since he was a child, Liang Zhong said, "Yang'er, do you know why your father in this subject included you in the school with everyone?" "Yang'er doesn't know" "Although you have learned ten thousand books, but you have never experienced the experience of writing books by people who write books, my father wants you to finish with the subject, go down to Yaoshan with all the students, travel the world, apply what you have learned to practice, and in the future, you will feel the pen and ink, and pass it on to future generations" "Yang'er just wants to be with his father-in-law often, and he doesn't want to experience the ups and downs of this world" "You are not a clumsy bird in the forest, and it is just time to spread your wings." "The reason why Lingyun Academy is the first academy in the world is that Liang Zhonghui has the means of recognizing people and teaching people according to their aptitude, and Liang Zhong knows that Zhou Jingyang will not be satisfied with his life, only dancing and writing and writing and writing music, but he has been writing books and composing music for a lifetime. It has the image of a dragon, and it will be earth-shattering if it is taken off in the sky, so Liang Zhong has already had the idea of letting Zhou Jingyang travel to Jiuchuan, but the time is not yet ripe.

"By the way, my father-in-law asked you to learn the art of hedgehog guarding with the Baili Yiqiu of Ruihan Pavilion on the top of the mountain?" Although Liang Zhong promised Zhou Wenzhen to keep Zhou Jingyang away from the sword and sword, but walking the rivers and lakes will inevitably encounter ruffians, so Liang Zhong asked the Ruihan Pavilion on the top of Yao Mountain to teach his guards the art of escaping, this Baili Yiqiu is the best in this, and the hedgehog guarding technique created by the ancestor of the Liuyun Sect (Yun) has not yet learned the highest level, and Baili Yiqiu has learned to the eighth layer, and no one can capture it head-on.

Zhou Jingyang replied, "Master Baili has been teaching for five years, and now the master can't catch me if he doesn't cheat." The terrain of this Yao Mountain is dangerous, and it is very feasible to climb from Lingyun Academy to the top of the mountain every day, and every time Liang Zhong goes up the mountain, he asks Zhou Jingyang to bring a full cloth of utensils to Ruihan Pavilion, so Zhou Jingyang's foot strength is not normal. With such and years of hard work, this week's Jingyang Hedgehog Shou technique may have already been better than the blue.

It is said that this hedgehog guard's technique, although it is not lethal, with its light pace and keen reaction, it can avoid the damage of the superior master, and the average thief can not get close to it, if the highest state of Xi is like a hedgehog with arch thorns without flaws, even the strongest martial arts in the world can not hurt it. It's a pity that these Baili Yiqiu and Zhou Jingyang have not been able to learn the highest level.

When Liang Zhong heard Zhou Jingyang say this, he was relieved to tell him that he should not be arrogant, and he still needed to strengthen his practice. Zhou Jingyang nodded and bowed sincerely.