It is said that after Ning Xiaochuan left that day, Gao Yuan and Gao Ling argued for a long time, and finally broke up unhappily.

This is not surprising for the two brothers, after all, he has not been at odds for a day or two.

After returning to the palace, Gao Yuan informed the national teacher Qin Wanzuka of what happened, and Qin Wanzuka frowned when he heard it.

"Ning Xiaochuan's move is a bit interesting, killing two birds with one stone, not only testing your identity, but also successfully getting rid of the entanglement of the second prince, it is a good move."

"Grandpa, Ning Xiaochuan's trick can be regarded as a conspiracy, let me know that this is calculating me, but I still have to go."

Gao Yuan also snorted coldly: "If I don't go, it's my problem, then he has an excuse to keep rejecting my solicitation, which is definitely not good news for me."

If I go, I will not only be able to help him out, but also inadvertently increase his trust and affection for me, in short, I can only choose the second one anyway. ”

"You can see that this proves that you're not stupid."

Qin Wanzun spoke again: "But this is not an opportunity for you, your choice is very correct, this time he not only offended the second prince, but also owed you a big favor, you can owe anything in this world, but you can't owe favors, this thing is too difficult to repay." ”

Gao Yuan nodded, "Grandpa, I understand what you mean." ”

"It's good to understand, make good use of this favor." Qin Wanzuka nodded and said, then turned around and left.

"It's not too early, let's rest early."

"Congratulations to grandpa."

After Qin Wanzun left, Gao Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief, this favor is indeed difficult to return, Ning Xiaochuan, how will you pay it back?

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Dabong Qingzhou.

Qingzhou is located in the east of Dafeng, with Jingzhou in the north and Yangzhou in the south, Luzhou and Zhongzhou in the west, and the East China Sea in the east.

When it comes to Qingzhou, many people will think of Confucianism, Confucianism originated in the land of Qifu in Qingzhou, and has been spread for more than 700 years, with disciples all over the world, and there are many Confucian schools, but the Confucian line is called Confucian orthodoxy.

The ancestor of the Kong family is the first person in martial arts six hundred years ago - Kong Xiang, who entered the realm of gods at the age of not being confused and called himself a Confucian sage.

In the following 600 years, Confucius and Kong Ling, two great geniuses, were all Confucian saints.

Three hundred years ago, Emperor Fuwu personally gave a plaque of "Confucian orthodoxy", and then invited Confucius to enter the country in the name of the royal family to supervise the teaching, respecting the way of Confucianism as the head of a hundred schools, and setting off a trend of learning Confucianism in the country until today.

The Kong family is located in Qiancheng Mountain, Qingzhou, a radius of 300 miles from Qiancheng Mountain, which is owned by the Confucian family, Qiancheng Mountain is also known as the Confucian Holy Mountain, and there are no less than 10,000 disciples of the Kong family.

But most of the disciples are outer disciples can only learn Confucian fur, if you want to learn the real Confucian internal skills and exercises, you must go through the experience of hitting the mountain gate, the mountain gate has a total of three layers, through the three layers you can enter the inner door, become an inner disciple.

Only by becoming an inner disciple can one be favored by an elder and become a descendant disciple.

The mountain of Qiancheng is beautiful, the stream is murmuring, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and the scenery is unique.

As soon as spring arrives, the begonia flowers bloom in the mountains, the landscape is extremely beautiful, there have been poems: since farewell to the former city begonias, the first will be drunk and answer the spring breeze.

At this time, on the top of Qiancheng Mountain, a man in a green shirt is kneeling in front of a courtyard, surrounded by the fragrance of begonia flowers, mixed with bamboo leaves dancing lightly, which is refreshing, but the man has no intention of appreciating such a beautiful scenery, but closes his eyes lightly and kneels on the ground.

A little while, a woman wearing a light blue dress carried a large handful of begonia flowers humming a small tune and walked over, the woman was walking, suddenly looked up at the man kneeling in front of her door, couldn't help but sneer, hid the begonia flowers behind her, carefully leaned behind the man, and gently stepped on the bluestone floor, for fear of being discovered by the man.

Just as the woman walked behind the man, about to scare the man, the man suddenly spoke, "Xiaoying, how old are you, and you are still so playful." ”

The woman pouted helplessly, walked out from behind the man, stomped her feet and sulked, "It's not interesting to play with you at all." ”

"Then don't play."

"You ......" The woman turned around and looked at the man with an angry face, but unfortunately the man closed his eyes and didn't notice the woman in front of him with big eyes and a bulging face.

"Brother Song, you have been here for half a year, and you have knelt here no less than five times, our Confucian family has rules, if you want to learn Confucian classics, you must be a Confucian clan or a descendant disciple, you are not even a disciple of the outer sect, my father will not agree to accept you as an apprentice."

The woman was half-kneeling on the ground, looking at the man with some distress.

After hearing this, the man slowly opened his eyes and breathed a long sigh of relief, "The so-called sincerity is the golden stone for opening, Confucianism has Confucian rules, I understand, I don't learn Confucian practice cheats, nor do I learn Confucius's inner strength, I only learn Confucian articles and classics, Mr. Kong loves talents, I believe Mr. Kong will agree." ”

The woman put the begonia flowers aside and continued: "Brother Song, just for those books and classics, you have been kneeling for so long, is it worth it?" ”

The man looked at the woman and nodded heavily, "It's worth it, the Confucian classics are all-encompassing, profound and rich in content, and thought-provoking."

"On Confucianism", "The Mean" and "Self-cultivation" are the dreams of students all over the world, if you can worship Mr. Kong as a teacher and learn Confucian classics, then I will live up to this life. ”

That's right, at this time, the one who knelt down to seek a teacher was Ning Xiaochuan's third brother, Ning Song, the only one among the five sons of the Ning family who likes literary classics, has profound attainments in poetry and literature, has been familiar with hundreds of classics since childhood, and has dabbled in many aspects of scriptures, history books, and arithmetic.

Kong Ying looked at Ning Song and said helplessly: "You and Mrs. Ning will go back in a few days, what if my father still doesn't agree?" ”

"Hey......"

Ning Song sighed and got up directly, which startled Kong Ying.

"If Mr. Kong still insists on not accepting me as an apprentice after today, it means that I really can't enter the eyes of Mr. and have no fate with this Confucian classic, and I won't bother Mr. again in the future, making Mr. embarrassed."

Kong Ying looked at the courtyard door, looked at Ning Song with some apologies and said, "Brother Song, I'm sorry, my father doesn't listen to me, I really can't help much." ”

Ning Song smiled lightly, and the smile made people feel like a spring breeze.

That sentence is like a jade, the son is unparalleled in the world, it feels like it was specially written for Ning Song, his demeanor is elegant, his conversation is extraordinary, and the kind of humility and gentleness from the inside out makes people feel more comfortable.

"Xiaoying, you didn't make a mistake, there is no need to apologize to me, even if Mr. doesn't take me as an apprentice, I won't blame you, we are still friends."

After listening to this, Kong Ying smiled happily again, revealing two little tiger teeth, "Thank you, Brother Song, by the way, I just picked some begonia flowers on the mountain, and I am going to send them to Madame, do you want to come with me." ”

Ning Song looked at the courtyard gate and said helplessly: "It's getting late today, so I won't bother Mr. anymore, but Xiaoying, you have arrived at the door, isn't it a little inappropriate not to go home." ”

After hearing this, Kong Ying took Ning Song's arm and walked out, "It's okay, I can see my father at any time, but Mrs. is different, Mrs. will leave in a few days, and I can't see you if you want to." ”

Ning Song was helpless and took Kong Ying to the small courtyard where he and Mrs. Ning lived.

Some bamboos and peonies were planted in the yard, Mrs. Ning liked bamboo, and planted a bamboo forest in Ningfu, even if it was in Qiancheng Mountain, it was still the case, planted a courtyard of bamboo, the wind blew the bamboo forest, curling shuttle, and there was a faint fragrance in the air.

Mrs. Ning sat upright in the bamboo pavilion, holding "Opening Words" in her hand, reading with relish, this is a very classic Confucian reading, up to the emperor and hundreds of officials, down to the ordinary people, will take it out from time to time to read it.

The article is easy to understand, the story is interesting and intriguing, it is said that every time you read it, you will have a new feeling, there is a pot of incense on the stone table in front of you, and the maid behind you is helping Mrs. Ning rub her shoulders.

Mrs. Ning has a dignified posture and a solemn demeanor, her long hair is coiled behind her head, and although there are a few wrinkles on her forehead, she still gives people a luxurious and glamorous feeling.

"Mother, the child is back." Ning Song pushed open the door and said towards the bamboo pavilion.

"Mrs. Ning, I've come to see you." However, Kong Ying, the girl, didn't recognize her life, and ran directly to Mrs. Ning's side in a hurry, smiling and revealing two little tiger teeth.

"Song'er is back, this ...... Why did you bring Xiaoying back, and you didn't prepare anything for Xiaoying for your mother. ”

Mrs. Ning put down the reading materials in her hand and looked at Kong Ying with a happy face, she has been in Chengshan for half a year, if you want to say who Mrs. Ning is most impressed by, it is Kong Ying, this lively and cute little girl who smiles every time she sees it makes Mrs. Ning look at it and like it.

Who called his five stupid boys and a girl in his family, they all said that their daughter was their parents' little padded jacket, and this Mrs. Ning lacked a padded jacket.

"Madame doesn't need to prepare, I'm very happy to see you."

After speaking, she took out the begonia flowers in her hand, "Madam, look, this is the begonia flower I specially picked for you, it is fragrant." ”

Mrs. Ning smiled and took the nose of the begonia flower and sniffed it, the fragrance of the flowers overflowed, "It's really fragrant, silly girl, don't stand, come, sit down and say." ”

"Okay." Kong Ying sat down with joy and accompanied Mrs. Ning to say this and that, while Ning Song, the person who was ignored, could only shake his head helplessly and stand behind Mrs. Ning.

Seeing that Ning Song had been standing, Kong Ying said with some reluctance: "Madam, why don't you let Brother Song sit for a while, he has been kneeling in front of my house for a day." ”

Mrs. Ning looked at Ning Song and said, "Xiaoying asks you to sit, you can sit down." ”

"Yes." Ning Song sat aside with his hands arched, his legs could be regarded as free, and he couldn't help but show a relaxed expression.

"Song'er, this kid is brainless, you have to worship Mr. Kong as a teacher, you are not a Confucian disciple and the second is not a descendant of the Confucian family, how can Mr. Kong accept you as an apprentice, don't you make Mr. Kong embarrassed?" Mrs. Ning said helplessly.

"Madam, don't say that, Brother Song is also to learn more." Kong Ying stood up to help Ning Song and said.

Ning Song took Kong Ying's hand and said helplessly: "You can also help him speak." ”

Ning Song arched his hand, "Mother, today is the last time, if Mr. Kong doesn't agree tomorrow, the child will die and go home with you." ”

Hearing the word "go home", Kong Ying suddenly chuckled in her heart, yes, Mrs. Ning and they have been here for more than half a year, it's time to go back.