Situ Yilan did not wear the academy spring clothes today, but wore a red arrow veil without fat powder, and her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, and she wore some mature red with a compelling youthful taste. She stood in the morning light and looked at Ning Que, her eyes were full of innocent joy without any impurities, especially after hearing Ning Que's words, the smile in her eyes suddenly became more prosperous.

The expressions of the academy students were very complicated, they didn't know what they should do at this time, what they should say to dilute the embarrassment and shame in their hearts. More than a dozen recommended students from the military department walked out at some point, walked in front of Ning Que, and bowed very formally with their hands, and the leader Chang Zheng looked at Ning Que's face and said, "We apologize to you." ”

Ning Que looked at them and was silent.

Chang Cheng looked at the expression on his face, and after a slight pause, he explained, "It's not because you won this competition, it's not because you entered the second floor, it's not even because you won those Xiling people on behalf of the academy. The reason for my apology is actually very simple, because I was wrong, and I should not doubt your character without first figuring out the truth. ”

Ning Que laughed and said: . We're all from the military, so there's no need to make this too complicated. Last year, you said that you would give me a chance to correct my name, and although I refused, I knew that you had good intentions after all. As for why I refused at that time, the reason is actually very simple, because I don't need to make a name for myself, and my character is never good. ”

It often turns out that a slight smile makes way for the way.

Immediately afterwards, several more academy students walked out, as if they wanted to follow this round of wind and apologize to Ning Que, Ning Que didn't see Xie Chengyun, but he saw Zhong Dajun with a somewhat embarrassed expression, and a few of the most fierce students in the middle of the exam.

He didn't want to spend his time on these small things, and he didn't want these people to say sorry lightly, and erase most of the time and stories in the past six months.

He was willing to keep this pressure in the hearts of these people all the time, and he knew that it would make these people very unhappy and very uncomfortable.

He was so happy at the thought of it.

Saying goodbye to Situ Yilan and Chu Youxian, he nodded to Chang Cheng and those recommended students from the military department, he didn't bother to look at those students in the first house, and walked side by side with Sang Sang outside the academy. Zhong Dajun clenched his fists tightly, looked at Ning Que's back walking towards the outside of the academy with an ugly expression, and shouted in displeasure: "Ning Que, if you are not willing to accept our apology, I have nothing to say." You did enter the second floor and you won the Prince of Longqing, and you used the facts to humiliate our misunderstanding of you, but the pride of the victor, does this make you intoxicated?"

Listening to the voice coming from behind, Ning Que stopped, looked back at Zhong Dajun and the so-called classmates who seemed to want to apologize, but actually looked lost and unwilling, and said: "First of all, that's not a misunderstanding, not all accusations of indifference can be explained by misunderstanding, maybe you can explain this to other people before, but this doesn't work for me, I don't accept it." ”

"And secondly, you don't deserve my humiliation...... My target is on the second floor, and even Prince Longqing is not my target, let alone you, but since this fact has humiliated you by the way, I will gladly accept this fact. And finally, about pride......

"Pride is the most precious quality of our Tang people, and my pride is not because I won today and the Prince of Longqing entered the second floor. Last year, I often proved that I wanted to be given a chance to correct my name, but I refused, and I said it was because I didn't need it, why didn't I need it?"

In the morning light, Ning Que took Sang Sang in his arms, looked proudly at the academy classmates with complicated expressions and said: "Because I have always been very proud, I didn't come to this moment before I suddenly became proud, but at that time, including you now, you didn't understand my pride, and you didn't have enough level to understand my pride." ”

After saying this word about pride, Ning Que didn't say another word, and walked directly outside the academy.

The students of the academy looked at his back like a dumb bird carved out of wood, Zhong Dajun's face turned red, and his hands were clenched very tightly, but he couldn't say a word. Chang Zheng sighed, Situ Yilan shook his head and smiled bitterly, thinking that since he thought that the other party's level was insufficient, and the other party had already fallen into the water, why did he have to slap the other party again before leaving?

Walking out of the gate of the academy, Ning Que saw two people, he saluted Professor Huang He, who was presiding over the ceremony on the second floor on his right, Professor Huang He looked at him with a smile like looking at the silver hidden under his bed, and nodded lightly with his long beard, very comforting. Ning Que didn't know the dirty old man on the left, but he guessed the identity of the other party...... He bowed more respectfully.

Master Yan Se looked at the young man in front of him, his triangular eyes were shining, how could he have those obscene meanings on weekdays, like an old grandfather who finally hugged his grandson before he died, and said with emotion: "I think you already know the final result, if you have free time in the future, follow me to learn some small skills of ghost drawing." ”

What kind of person is a rune master in the world, it is really a rare opportunity to learn runes from the other party. Ning Que had already learned the outcome of this dispute from Chen Pipi before, and after listening to Master Yan Se's words, it was difficult to suppress the excitement in his heart, and he saluted respectfully again, and said sincerely: "It is my honor to be able to learn the talisman from the master. ”

Yan Se sighed: "It looks like you have just entered the second floor of the academy, and you haven't been corrupted by the pride in it, not bad." ”

Ning Que raised his head and looked at this old Taoist who looked really indecent, and after hesitating for a moment, he finally couldn't hold back his curiosity, and asked, "Master Yan Se, I have never known you all my life, I don't know why you are so sure that I have the potential to cultivate the rune path?" Speaking of which, I shouldn't have any more doubts about being able to follow you to practice the rune path, I am just worried that I will disappoint you in the future." ”

"Disappointed? I saw the note you left at the Red Sleeve Zhaoshui Zhu'er last year, and I checked you, and I thought you couldn't practice at the time, but I was extremely disappointed. Yan Se looked at him lovingly and said, "Now that you can practice, and even enter the second floor of the academy, then how can I be disappointed?

Hearing this, Ning Que was stunned for a long time before remembering that after a bad drink in the red sleeves last year, he had gone a little juvenile madness by getting drunk, but that note didn't seem to have anything special? How could Master Yan Se see that he had the potential to cultivate the talisman just by that account book paper?

Yan Se saw his expression, and knew what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "A thin account book, Liao Liao Digital Chicken Soup, I can see that you have the potential of a rune master, but you can't see it yourself, because you are a student, and I am a rune master." ”

Ning Que understood this sentence and bowed and was taught.

"These idle rites will be discussed in the future, today you first go back to the south gate with me, there are thousands of ways, you are now just a blank piece of paper, if you want to draw a hologram of the world on it, you must start from the simplest pen to practice, this is a long road, you have to hurry. ”

Hearing Yan Se's order, Ning Que and Professor Huang He were stunned at the same time and said in unison: "So anxious?"

Master Yan Se suddenly fell silent, and the wrinkles on his face were stacked together, with both the joy and tranquility of finding the heir, and some indescribable emotion, he glanced at Professor Huang He, turned his head to look at Ning Que quietly, and said slowly: "I am very old. ”

Hearing this, Professor Huang He's expression was stunned, he bowed slightly, and stepped aside. Ning Que also heard the sadness, anxiety and anxiety in this sentence, and for some reason there was a sour feeling in his heart, and he nodded in response.

However, at this moment, a voice that was completely different from the love between the scenes came out in the oblique stab. Gonggong Lin didn't know when he appeared in the room, looked at several people and smiled: "Master Yan Se, Ning Que can't go to the south gate with you today, he has to go to a place with me." ”

Yan Se looked at the chief eunuch with a slight stunnedness, and remembered that this person said yesterday that he came to the academy on the order of His Majesty not to watch the battle, but to pick up someone, could it be that he wanted to pick up someone...... Is it Ning Que?

"Even if the palace wants to see him, it won't be too late. Yan Se said unhappily. In order to grab this student, I fought with the academy for a day and a night, and later I didn't know how to explain to my junior brother, I said, what are you anxious about. ”

That is, the only remaining rune master at the south gate of Haotian would be so unimpressed by the requirements in the palace, and dare to scold the powerful eunuch chief like this, Gonggong Lin naturally would not be angry, and responded with a smile: "Master Yan has waited hard for half a day for this student, but do you know...... His majesty had been waiting for him for half a year. ”

His Majesty had been waiting for him for half a year, and this sentence directly made these people at the gate of the academy speechless for an instant.

On the stone flat not far away, the students of the academy were still carrying out their activities, and the young students waved their sleeves and thought that what they had done was just a derivative of misunderstanding, which could be forgiven, should be forgiven, and if they were not forgiven, it must be that the other party was not graceful enough and not generous, looking at Ning Que's back, pointing and pointing at the wolf nature of Chen Qiren's pride, not changing and being rude, and now the little smug is so rampant, I will see that you can be rampant for a few days, and then began to criticize Chang Zheng, and other military department recommended students should not be inferior and self-deprecating to apologize, obviously we haven't apologized yet, you apologized first, then we didn't apologize in the end, wouldn't it seem very lost and stressed？

For Situ Yilan, the pearl of the General's Mansion, naturally no student dares to speak sourly, but it is inevitable that some sour eyes and sour light will be bet, Situ Yilan is extremely angry when he listens to these discussions, just looking at those classmates who are still secretly concerned about the movement at the entrance of the academy, controlling the volume, laughing angrily, shaking his head and being speechless.

At this moment, the entrance of the academy suddenly fell silent, and the beings could not suppress the curiosity in their hearts and looked over.

The reason why he was speechless was because he didn't know what Gonggong Lin meant by this, why did the Tang Emperor wait for Ning Que for half a year? Master Yan Se knew about that matter, and even proved it by himself, but he didn't think of going there. Professor Huang He hid in the college every day and studied hard, and he didn't care about the world. Ning Que and Sang Sang were drenched in a daze of shock, and after glancing at each other, Ning Que asked carelessly, "Gonggong Lin...... I wonder what you mean by that?"

Gonggong Lin looked at him with a smile and said, "One day last spring, did you go to the imperial study?"

Since entering the academy, Ning Que has put all his attention on climbing the building and climbing the mountain to practice, he even forgot that he still has the identity of a Tang Dynasty secret guard, and as for the matter of writing a word in the imperial study, he has long forgotten it, although the wonderful scum resentment at that time was still in his heart, but Lin Gonggong's words were like a lightning bolt that directly woke up all his memories.

Although his expression remained calm, his heart had already been shocked and trembled slightly, secretly thinking to himself that it was the palace that found out that he had trespassed into the imperial study, so he decided to ask for the guilt? It's just that his words mean far away, which is completely different from the plain ink meaning, how can the palace be sure that it is himself? And even if it is a crime, it should be a matter of the guards, where is it worth letting a big man like Gonggong Lin come out?

In the blink of an eye, Ning Que thought about a lot of things, in the rumors, His Majesty the Emperor was known for his kindness, and now he has become a disciple of the second floor of the academy, a student of Master Yan Se, I heard that Haotian Nanmen also looks down on me, so he shouldn't have to cut off his head for such a small crime, right? ”

He tried to make himself as calm and bright as possible, but anyone could hear his nervous stem.

Gonggong Lin touched his smooth chin and looked at him and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's you, that's good, it's just a big matter, before entering the palace, in order to confirm the old slave, I asked His Majesty a question." ”

"Father-in-law, please speak. Ning Que said.

Gonggong Lin looked into his eyes, smiled and asked, "Your Majesty asked you, what was the previous sentence of the flowers blooming on the other side?"

Ning Que muttered: "Huanyue is in the sea at this time." ”

"Then what are you hesitating about? Hurry up and follow the old slave into the palace......"

Gonggong Lin looked at him and smiled, "My Ning family." ”

Because of the quiet and pure Xiaotian at the entrance of the academy, I would like to say hello to everyone...... The students gathered in silence listened curiously to the moving discussion, but because they were some distance away, they could not really hear it, and only a few words could be heard that occasionally floated by.

"Master Yan Se wants to accept that lucky guy as a student, what is he doing there? Is that father-in-law from any royal mansion? What are they talking about? It seems that he is going to a certain prince's mansion?"

Jin Wucai looked at the royal carriage outside the academy with a hesitant expression, and muttered the words he heard: "Regret at this time...... His Majesty waited for half a year...... What does this mean?"

After she transported breakfast for Xie Cheng, who had stayed in the academy last night, she returned to the gate of the academy, preparing to go home with Situ Yilan.

Suddenly, her eyes welled up with incredible love and looked at Ning Que beside the carriage, and her voice trembled slightly, "Could it be ...... Could it be that the calligraphy in the imperial study was written by Ning Que?"

The sound was small but hissing into the ears of the academy students, and in an instant, there was absolute silence on the inner stone floor.

Everyone knows that Jin Wucai said that the calligraphy, that I don't know who left in the imperial study is deeply loved by the emperor, it is said that every time His Majesty is upset about state affairs, he will go to the imperial study to see the calligraphy in a daze, and everyone knows better that the emperor has invited a number of calligraphers into the palace to copy the calligraphy, and then choose the best one to give to the ministers of the court, in order to replace the past rewards that really do not have much meaning.

Even in the Tang Empire, where the folk customs are simple, His Majesty loves calligraphy, and the whole empire, especially the scholar class, loves calligraphy, and His Majesty loves calligraphy, and the ministers and scholars are naturally not willing to follow, this wind is becoming more and more popular, and finally it has become an interesting thing, and the ministers of the DPRK and China will come out to talk about this book whenever they are arguing and winning the favor.

The scholar said that His Majesty had given me the first facsimile, and the scholar said that the facsimile that His Majesty had given me was the most subtle and charming copy of the original double-hook copy, how could your facsimile be compared with the one hanging in my study?

The ministers who have seen the flowers blooming on the other side of the sky in the imperial study all agree with His Majesty's appreciation, thinking that it is indeed the most charming book in ten years, even if there is no love and blessing of His Majesty, it is also a rare masterpiece, coupled with the above interesting things, and the calligrapher has not appeared for a long time, the book post appeared in the imperial study mysteriously, which is to cover this book with a layer of mystery.

Only the mystery can be sacred, the calligraphy and the mysterious calligrapher are getting hotter and hotter, more and more curious, and today, the five words of Chang'an are really appropriate to the extreme. The academy members had also talked about this matter in their lives, and the children of the eunuchs like Jin Wucai and Miss Gao had the opportunity to see those facsimiles with their own eyes, but who would have thought ......

That person was Ning Que.

Chen Zixian looked at Ning Que who was standing next to the royal carriage, and suddenly said cowardly: "When I talked about that calligraphy post last year, I told you that Ning Que opened a small calligraphy and painting shop in Dongcheng, and that post may have been written by him. ”

No one answered his words, and there was silence on the stone floor, a silence of shock, a silence of embarrassment.

In fact, many students in Bingshe remember the discussion last year, and they also remember how cynical they were after Chen Zixian cowardly said this kind of random speculation, pointing at Ning Que's back in the corridor covering the rain, and laughing uncontrollably.

It's just that who can laugh at this moment?

The fact that Ning Que, who was regarded as a virtuous villain who was a waste of practice and abandoned the exam, successfully climbed the mountain, surpassed those classmates who did not take him seriously, and finally defeated the invincible Prince Longqing, this fact was like a thunder for the students of the academy.

The noble and high-ranking rune master did not hesitate to cry and shout that he would accept Ning Que as a student, and this matter was like a second thunder for the students of the academy.

After the two thunders, most of the people had been split into some dementia, and they just relied on the instinct of survival to forcibly grit their teeth to find the last spiritual escape channel and exit for themselves.

Just then a third thunderclap rang out.

Ning Que is the calligrapher who wrote the other side of the flower, he is about to enter the palace to face the saint, and the future he can see is already brighter and more distant than the vast majority of people present.

When the third thunder sounded, the students of the academy standing on the stone flat no longer had any reason to continue to be proud, indifferent, innocent, strong, questioning, or unwilling, they were directly split into countless silent scorched trees, with green smoke on their heads, and their clothes turned into black and crisp, and their brains had long stopped turning.

How loud you used to laugh, how hot your face is at this time;

How exaggerated the smile used to be, and now I want to dig a hole in front of me.

How he once ignored the wind wheels, and at this time he had to humiliate himself and couldn't control his gaze, looking at the royal carriage.

"I once heard Ning Que say a very new word. ”

Situ Yilan suddenly said faintly: "That word is called aesthetic fatigue, I have never understood how to judge beauty, and then how to be tired? ”

Zhu Youliang stood behind her, shook his head and said with a smile: "But I still feel very good." ”

Situ Yilan laughed, waved her fist hard, looked at the academy classmates around her, and said, "It's really cool." ”

She looked at the pale Zhong Dajun, Zhong Dajun only turned his face away in the next issue and didn't dare to look back.

She looked at the Yangguan villager next to Zhong Dajun and said, "I remember someone once said that if that character was written by Ning Que, he would be willing to kiss Ning Que's stinky feet. ”

The student was so frightened that he retreated.

Situ Yilan smiled and asked, "I can ask Ning Que to throw his shoes over, and climbed the mountain road for a day and a night, it should be very stinky."

The student screamed, and then fell straight down, stunned by the words.

The four horse-drawn carriages drove quickly on the straight and spacious streets of Chang'an City, and from time to time the shouts of the guards sounded, and the pedestrians avoided one after another, and then looked at the smoke and dust on the road and cursed. The Tang Empire has always paid attention to the rules, and for such a carriage that does not talk about giants, although it is clearly seen that it is a carriage of the palace, the people of Chang'an City are still unceremoniously.

Ning Que and Sang Sang sat in the dim carriage, a little at a loss by the luxurious decorations in the car, and looked at each other from time to time to exchange feelings.

To say that the master and servant are now also masters who have seen big scenes and large sums of money, but they are still inevitably a little nervous when they get into the royal carriage and officially enter the palace to meet His Majesty the emperor.

"Don't be nervous, Your Majesty loves the words you wrote. Gonggong Lin looked at him and said with a relieved expression.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked a little uncertainly: "Father-in-law, are you really sure that Your Majesty summoned me to the palace because he liked my words, and not because of anything else?"

Gonggong Lin was stunned, and said with a smile: "Your flower blooming on the other side of the sky has made such a big disturbance in Chang'an City, could it be that you really didn't know it all along?"

Ning Que finally put his mind at ease and said with a smile: "In addition to practicing since I was a child, I like to be promoted to an official and make a fortune the most. If I had known that His Majesty the Emperor would like my words, and I was still struggling to find grass people, I would definitely have thrown myself into the net...... No, holding the most wonderful book I have written in my life, I went straight to the imperial city, shouting that I am me, haha, I am afraid that I will be directly beaten back by the guards. ”

This is really silly and funny, Gonggong Lin smiled, and then looked at him with deep meaning and said: "If you can really go straight to the imperial city with the scroll, the Yulin Army will definitely not let you in, but how can the guards beat you?"

Ning Que chuckled in his heart.

Gonggong Lin looked at him with a smile and said: "Entering the palace privately, entering the imperial study without permission, do you think that the palace will not investigate this matter, so let Your Majesty see you? I know the identity of your secret guard, and I also know the relationship between you and Chao Xiaoshu." ”

Ning Que was silent.

Gonggong Lin sighed and said: "Although Dongcheng is bitter, and the common people rarely discuss these things, but since you run a calligraphy and painting shop, you should always know some discussions between peers, I really don't know what you are doing this year." ”

"I rarely interact with my peers, and for most of the year...... I'm busy studying. ”

Ning Que thought about the leaves, silver ingots, foot washing, pen and ink and other things in the old pen room, and smiled. Suddenly, he remembered an extremely important matter, suddenly smiled, and asked Gonggong Lin to go back to Lane 47 to take a bath.

Hearing this request, Gonggong Lin was extremely displeased, thinking that His Majesty had been waiting for you for half a year, and you were not in a hurry to thank you, but you were in a hurry to go home to wash, what did this mean? Could it be that he didn't explain the rules clearly to you before? The palace will naturally let you wash before the meeting.

However, for some reason, Ning Ran seemed extremely stubborn and insisted that he must return to Lane 47. Gonggong Lin was so annoyed by him that he had no choice, and he thought that His Majesty admired this year's young student so much, and he didn't want to be too stiff, so he agreed to his request.

Lin47 Lane in spring is particularly beautiful, and a few peach blossoms poke out of the wall of the storehouse, looking curiously at the shop on the opposite street.

Yesterday at dusk, Tang Dynasty teacher Li Qingshan and others personally came to Lane 47, in order to check Ning Que's handwriting, when everyone entered rudely, the door of the old pen shop was forcibly pushed down, and the scene looked a mess.

Ning Que looked at the open shop door, secretly said bad in his heart, jumped out of the carriage, and rushed inside.

The proprietress of the fake antique shop next to her shouted: "Don't worry, you haven't lost anything, I'll help you watch it all night." ”

Ning Que looked back at the proprietress and felt that the thick layer of fat powder on her face was unprecedentedly beautiful, so she stepped forward to give her the warmest hug, and said with great joy: "Aunt Wu, thank you so much, thank you so much!"

The owner of the fake antique shop stood at the door with a teapot, looked at this scene and said unhappily: "Thank you, don't hug it! That's my daughter-in-law!"

Ning Que laughed and said, "Of course I know if it's your daughter-in-law, or your only daughter-in-law." ”

The fake antique shop owner smiled proudly and slurped. Cha Shui said, "Then who is right?"

The proprietress was about to have a seizure, but Ning Que stopped and said with a smile: "Aunt Wu, don't worry, I have inherited your favor today, Wu Lao Er doesn't want to marry a little wife again in his life, I'll watch it for you!"

The proprietress smiled and said yes again and again.

Wu Lao Er said angrily: "Why do you little thing care about my family's family affairs!"

Ning Que was able to point to the royal carriage behind him, and asked with a smile, "Can this be managed?"

Wu Lao Er saw the emblem on the Ming Huang carriage clearly, and when he thought of the bleak life in the future, he suddenly trembled with fright.

Walking into the dim old pen house, Ning Que did not rush to let Sang Sang go to boil water and wash, but first reluctantly closed the shop door, and then stepped on the stool on the wall as fast as possible, and took down the few handwritten scrolls hanging on the wall.

He solemnly handed the scroll into Sang Sang's hand, and said with a solemn expression: "From now on, young master, any piece of paper I write, you must keep it like a big black umbrella." ”

Sang Sang opened his eyes and asked suspiciously: "The paper is in the people, and the paper is dead?"

"It's not paper. ”

Ning Que gently stroked the scroll in Sang Sang's hand, his voice trembled slightly, and he said happily: "These are all silver tickets. ”