In the early morning of the next day, in the courtyard of the mountain chief's house, Gu Yunji wanted to formally bow to Xu Chengyu. In addition to Gu Yunji and Xu Chengyu, there were also Cheng Yan, Su Qi and Xu Chengyu's friendship with several academy gentlemen.

Seeing that the two sides were about to stop, Chen He, who was presiding over the apprenticeship ceremony, cleared his throat, stepped forward and said, "The apprenticeship ceremony has officially begun, dress properly, and clean your hands-"

Gu Yunji tidied up his clothes as he said, washed his hands in the basin prepared by others, wiped them with a handkerchief, and then stood still outside the main hall in high spirits, waiting for the next link.

"Saint please—"

The attendant brought a statue of Confucius and hung it in the main hall, Gu Yunji walked into the hall, picked up his clothes, knelt down and kowtowed three times uprightly. Confucius is the founder of Confucianism, so it is natural to bow to him.

Xu Chengyu walked over, sat down in front of Gu Yunji, turned his head to look at Chen He, and signaled that he could continue.

Chen He then continued: "Bow to the master—"

Gu Yunji patted the dust on his clothes, respectfully bowed to Xu Chengyu three times, and then handed over the things prepared in advance: "This is the student's post and apprenticeship, please accept it!" ”

The apprenticeship post and the apprenticeship ceremony are now symbolic things that go through the motions, not expensive things, among which the six apprenticeship rites have almost no practical effect, mainly meaning good, namely: celery - diligent and studious; Lotus Seed - Painstaking Teaching; Red beans - good luck; Red dates - early high school; Longan - merit is complete; and emulating the bundles of ancient apprentices - wine and meat strips and the like.

Xu Chengyu accepted the gift, helped Gu Yunji up with a smile, took out a piece of jade pendant and handed it to him: "Hahaha, good!" From today onwards, you and I will be masters and apprentices, and this is a meeting gift for you from the teacher, take it. ”

This is a Hetian jade pendant, the texture is pure, it is worth a lot of money at a glance, and the back is engraved with the words "Zhishu" and "Mingli", Gu Yunji did not shirk, and generously accepted it: "The student thanked the teacher!" ”

Seeing that he didn't squirm at all, Xu Chengyu was even more satisfied: "Well, good!" This is the old man's good disciple! ”

After the apprenticeship was completed, everyone hurriedly stepped forward to congratulate: "Congratulations to the mountain chief, you have received your beloved apprentice!" ”

Cheng Yan also stepped forward and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Gu Gongzi for successfully entering the Changmen of Xu Mountain." ”

After getting along these days, the two have become much more familiar, Gu Yunji was not used to him being so formal for a while, and couldn't cry or laugh: "Just call me Yunji, why are you so estranged?" I heard that you won the first place in the exam this month, and I haven't congratulated you yet, congratulations! ”

Cheng Yan is very talented, and he used to suffer from poor educational resources and late enlightenment, which lagged behind others. But in fact, he has a lot of stamina, as long as he is given a good learning environment and resource support, he will soon be able to catch up with others and become a leader.

"You haven't congratulated me yet." Su Qi Jiaoerlang came over locally, "Cheng Yan's first place is very powerful, isn't it good if I took the twenty-third place in the exam?" In order to let Xu Shanchang teach me to fight crickets, I worked hard so little, who knew that I would easily get twenty-three in the exam. ”

Su Qi looked stinky and proud: "Those people say that I don't learn and can't learn, I still think how powerful they are, but that's it!" At the beginning, the mountain chief asked me to take the penultimate exam, but I really underestimated me, if I take it seriously for a few more months, I am afraid that Cheng Yan will not be able to protect your first position! ”

Gu Yunji smiled: "Yes, yes, congratulations to the prince for taking the twenty-third place in the exam, we underestimated you in the past!" ”

"Just now I said that Cheng Yan told you to alienate Gu Gongzi, now call me what kind of prince, fake compliment!" Su Qi pretended to be displeased and patted Gu Yunji's shoulder, and a smile quickly appeared on his face, "But I didn't expect that I have a total of two roommates, one is a personal disciple of Xu Shanchang, and the other is the first in the monthly examination of the academy, both of them have a bright future!" In the future, there will be the two of you in the officialdom, and I will be able to walk sideways! ”

Although Su Qi's words are out of tune, it can be seen that he really regards Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan as friends. Dingguo Gong always said that his son is a bull temper with eyes above the top, and most people don't pay attention to it, but he admires people with real skills. Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan are both extraordinary, they are low-key and low-key, Su Qi is easy to have a good impression, plus the three of them are in the same dormitory, they don't see anyone who looks up and looks down, and they quickly get close after coming and going.

Cheng Yan smiled and said: "You are the prince of Dingguo, even if you don't take the imperial examination, you will have a shadow." The two of us still have to rely on the imperial examination to slowly go up, I'm afraid that before we get out, you will already be a great general on the dominant side, and you will have to cover the two of us at that time. ”

The three of them burst into laughter and frolicked with each other for a while.

The news that the mountain chief Xu Chengyu had accepted Gu Yunji as a closed disciple soon spread throughout the academy, and between classes, the students rushed to tie Gu Yunji and surrounded his position.

"In the first class of admission, I saw that Senior Brother Gu had an extraordinary bearing, but I didn't expect to become a personal disciple of the mountain chief so quickly, and I was really right."

"Senior Brother Gu worshiped the mountain chief as a teacher, and he had a fair competition with that Fang Zi, so that he lost convincingly, we have all heard about this. I think that the mountain chief asked you to take you to the top three of the monthly exam before accepting you as an apprentice, which is a superfluous move, you already have this strength, why waste time. ”

"Senior Brother Gu, remember me, I sat on your left hand side in the first class. If you are developed in the future, don't forget to bring more of us to your classmates! ”

The corners of Gu Yunji's eyes twitched, and he said with a smile: "Senior Brother Wang is polite." I think you seem to be a little older than me, right? You shouldn't call me Senior Brother, but Senior Brother. ”

"It's only a few months older than you, so it's okay!" The man waved his hand, "What's the difference between senior brother and junior brother, maybe when you get to the officialdom in the future, I will call you Shangguan!" ”

At this time, Zhang Fu shrank out of the crowd and said flatteringly: "I had some misunderstandings with Senior Brother Gu in the past, and I hope that Senior Brother Gu has a lot of adults, don't take it to heart." ”

Zhang Fu himself was not bad-eyed, and he was forced to defile Gu Yunji's scroll under Zhu Yuanfeng's coercion at that time, and he was punished for it. Now that Gu Yunji has become a disciple of the mountain chief, he will definitely not dare to provoke him in the future.

Gu Yunji naturally couldn't be guilty of resentment towards him because of this, and he didn't care when he heard this: "It's okay, I know that Senior Brother Zhang was also involuntary at that time, not to mention that it didn't affect me in the end." As you said, it's just a misunderstanding, and the past is gone. ”

Zhang Fu was immediately overjoyed: "Thank you, Senior Brother Gu!" Senior Brother Gu is really magnanimous, and he deserves to be the apprentice of the mountain chief! ”

At this time, a student suddenly came in from outside and said to Gu Yunji: "Senior Brother Gu, the mountain chief asked you to go to his private house, saying that he had something to give you." ”

Everyone suddenly showed envious looks, and hurriedly made way for Gu Yunji.

"Something for me? What is it? Gu Yunji was a little puzzled and asked as he walked.

The other party shook his head: "The mountain chief didn't tell me either, anyway, you will know when you go." ”