Chapter 15: Apprenticeship

The woman said, "You have to have the three flavors of Taoism," and she said, "If you cultivate with me, you should give up the affection of your children and relatives." Are you willing to do it?"

"Reluctantly. ”

"Cultivate with me, when you abandon your family and children, and turn your back on your parents, are you willing to do it?"

"I don't have ......" Ning Caichen stopped, because he thought of Mother Ning, that kind mother.

If she cultivates the truth like this, what will she do? If she is gone, and the court takes back the field, how will she live alone? Although she is not her own son, but apart from the soul, this is her son's flesh and blood after all......

"Looks like you can't do it. You have nothing to do with immortals. The woman said.

"I ......" Ning Caichen wanted to say something, but the woman had disappeared. The strange thing is that with her disappearance, Ning Caichen not only did not have much sense of loss, but had a sense of relief.

It seems that this cultivator asked a difficult question for him. Now you don't have to choose, it's easy.

With such a relaxed mood, he returned to Li Gongfu's home.

Xu Jiaorong saw that it was him who returned, and said bluntly: "Uncle is not careful, how can so much meat be sent by one person, in case there is no trace on the way, wouldn't it be a loss?"

Ning Caichen said with a smile: "Lang Lang Qiankun, where did you get so many nights?"

"Uncle is better to be careful. If there is something, it is better to let the niece and daughter-in-law buy it. ”

"Got it. But I think Gongfu is a fast catcher after all, he dares to rely on other people's meat, and he doesn't even dare to rely on fast catches. ”

"That's just as well. Xu Jiaorong nodded.

See her, think of them. I've seen Li Gongfu, I've seen Xu Jiaorong, I've seen Xu Xian, but I haven't seen Bai Suzhen, Xiaoqing, and the bald monk Fahai...... How can I be willing to leave.

In fact, he had already seen Xiaoqing, but he didn't know it.

There are so many people, he really doesn't want to miss this "water flooding golden mountain", the battle of the White Snake Fahai.

Xu Jiaorong said at this time: "Uncle came back just in time. The Chinese master came, saying that he was going to visit his uncle. ”

"Oh?" everyone came, and he naturally wanted to see him.

An old man sat in the hall and immediately saluted when he saw Ning Caichen coming in. This old man did not wear Confucian clothes, but was more like an outsider.

After saluting, he asked, "I heard that Xianzhi is Uncle Hanwen." What does this uncle understand?"

What do you mean?

Ning Caichen was afraid that people would ask this, because he hadn't sorted out this relationship until now. It's too troublesome.

The Ning family and the Li family were originally of the same clan, but they changed their surnames due to the palace rebellion. According to this, it should be called "uncle".

However, the ancients also had close relatives marrying, and kissing and kissing said. Ning Caichen's aunt married Li Gongfu's grandfather. From this, it should be called "uncle".

It seems to be sorted out, but it is more troublesome to sort it out, because it involves the chaos of the palace. Although Ning Caichen advised Li Gongfu not to worry about them, no one would look for them for this matter, but this was just a comforting word. As a legal scholar, of course he knows how normal it is to talk in this officialdom.

This in case of a neuropathy that runs out. For example, it is not impossible to use their human heads to stammer the Zhao royal family. So this relationship cannot be said.

I didn't know how to explain it, but the old man said: "Zheng (Xuan) Confucianism said: Uncle Ji, the order of the eldest and youngest. I think Xianzhi should be his third uncle. ”

Zheng Xuan, Ning Caichen knew, because he was a great Confucian of the Three Kingdoms. In modern times, there are almost no people who do not know the Three Kingdoms. But who Zheng Ru is, he doesn't know.

"Mr. is reasonable, in terms of seniority, it is the third line. "Whether you know it or not, you have to hide it first.

Ning Caichen thought to himself: No wonder this Xu Jiaorong claimed to be his nephew and daughter-in-law as soon as she entered the door, it turned out to be you old guy.

"I don't know if Mr. is here this time, but Han Ye is disrespectful?" Whether it is this real relationship or his own "lack of learning and no skills", it is not visible. You must ask him what he is doing and send him away.

It's not that he's too careful. Instead, I learned from the memory of Yuan Ning Caichen that this literati loved to hang a book bag. Just like "Zheng Ru said: Uncle Ji, the order of the eldest and younger", he didn't know what the allusion was. And this is absolutely impossible in the world of reading.

Hearing Ning Caichen's question, he stood up and gave Ning Caichen a big salute. "Please also accept me as an apprentice. ”

What kind of situation is this? Ning Caichen was blindsided all of a sudden.

"Hurry up and excuse me! Why did the gentleman give such a big gift!"

In the Song Dynasty, it was not popular to bow down, and the kneecaps of the Chinese people at that time were still straight. A bow to the end is already a great gift. Ning Caichen naturally wanted to help him up.

"Shame!"

After getting up, he explained his intention.

It turned out that he really came to apprentice this time.

This person's surname is Huang Mingming, and he has also studied since he was a child to gain fame. But he is now over forty, and he still can't wear this Confucian robe.

Over the years, he has been thinking about the reasons why he failed the exam. When Xu Xian brought the word that Ning Caichen gave him to the school to show off, when he saw the word, and then looked at the same word that he had gnawed, he immediately understood. This is what we are talking about today.

Although they teach their children to read and write, and they learn more from teachers than others, after all, they are officials and lowly workers, and their children are not allowed to take scientific examinations.

He taught his disciples, but he couldn't participate in the scientific examination, even if he had a lot of money, he was unwilling. But whoever made him not wear Confucian clothes, no matter how much knowledge he had, no one knew, and he could not continue to teach this lowly child.

From talking to him, Ning Caichen understood why Xu Xian did not take the examiner, but became a doctor.

It's all because of this system. In this Song Dynasty, the army, fast hunting, and government service were all lowly industries, and their children were not allowed to take scientific examinations. Unless his parents no longer engage in this lowly profession, or rise up to become a high-ranking official, then they can make up for it.

Although there is also an examination for this shade supplement, it is only a formality, and it cannot be called a scientific examination.

And Xu Xian has no parents, only a brother-in-law. As a guardian, he was affected.

Fortunately, in this Song Dynasty, this was limited to one generation, and when the second generation no longer held such lowly jobs, their children could retake the examination.

This is why Xu Xian did not take the exam, but his son Xu Shilin came back with a top prize.

Seriously affected by modern times, he also regarded the arrest as a modern public security bureau, thinking that with this favor, Xu Xian didn't take the test, he must have no ability, but he didn't expect this ancient police officer to have such a low status. Even if you are low, it will affect your family.

And Yuan Ning Caichen, who only reads the books of sages and sages, doesn't care about these things outside the window. If he doesn't care, he has no way of knowing, he doesn't know, and the current Ning Caichen doesn't know.

Now that he knows, Ning Caichen feels dangerous. Fortunately, that Xu Xian did not explore knowledge with him, but just begged for words. Because I learned from Mr. that this Xu Xian's knowledge is among the best, and it is not Li Gongfu who has done the fast catch, he has the intention of recommending him to go to the scientific examination.

"It's a pity that the old man has no fame, even if he recommends it, he has to borrow a place in his school. ”

"What the old gentleman said is very true, I will wait for this to learn calligraphy. "Ning Caichen didn't dare to delay any longer. Sent him early so that he could study. The taste of this fake reading is not pleasant, and I am worried. If you can't talk about it in the future, what's the fun in life?

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