At the foot of the west mountain of the most remote and coldest summer resort, the red maple standing in the small courtyard at the corner climbed out of the courtyard and wrapped the monument of Emperor Rong's merits on the side. The elders in the mountain village gathered around to write a congratulatory note and sent someone to send it to the Zen Meditation Temple. After Zuo Qing read it, he lifted the pen and dipped it in ink, attached a few strokes next to it, and sent Yansheng to Mofu, and Mo Fei carefully checked the sticker, and simply added a stroke to send it to the Ministry of Gifts. The Ministry of Rites accepted the congratulatory sticker with trepidation, immediately framed it, hung it under the door plaque, and sent all the manpower to dye firecrackers on the streets of Ruoshui City, and set up a stage to sing a hundred operas.

Ruoshui City suddenly seemed to have entered the New Year's Pass in advance.

Mu Shun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stroked his beard and looked up to admire the congratulatory sticker: "This is a congratulatory note that gathers the three big names of Ruoshui City, it's rare to see!" ”

Zuo Shilang squinted, as if he couldn't see the content of the congratulatory note clearly, Mu Shun said: "The post raised his head and wrote: The knot is in the human realm, and there is no noise of cars and horses." The handwriting is chic and casual, just like a swordsman in the rivers and lakes, waving a sword and dancing, as you like. ”

"Well, listening to the realm of this poem, it is true. Come to think of it, it should be Elder Zeyuan of the summer resort. ”

Mu Shun continued: "Rank and rank, secluded South Mountain. The handwriting is neat, but it is a little weak. The pen is..."He turned his head to look at Zuo Shilang and asked with bad intentions, "Can you guess who it is?" ”

He touched his chin and didn't hesitate: "Lord Mo." It is normal to have an injury in the early years, and arm weakness. ”

"This is the pen of Zuo Qing, the deputy head of Seven Senses Academy. Brother Fang, it seems that your mind reading skills are not successful. Mu Shun couldn't help but laugh at him.

Fang Chaoxing was stunned: "Is it... Haha, it seems that the lower officials made a mistake. That last sentence ......"

Mu Shun's eyes suddenly lit up at this time: "This is the inscription of Master Mo, taking a paragraph from the short song line: Singing about wine, life is geometric." For example, the morning dew is bitter in the past. Be generous and unforgettable. How to solve the worries, only Du Kang! At the end, looking at those lines, I said yes again and again.

Fang Chaoxing looked at him with disgust: "My lord is reserved!" ”

"Brother Fang, please look, this word is vigorous and powerful, the overall momentum is magnificent, tsk, the word is like its person, it is really the head of water!"

Fang Chaoxing didn't bother to discuss this with him again, so he took his hands and left alone.

October 15, early winter, it is advisable to taste wine and avoid drinking water. This is a habit passed down from the older generation, and even children will eat a few bites on this day to celebrate the holiday, so that the taverns on Ruoshui Street are doing extremely good business, and there are many drunks.

Zuo Qing opened the wine warehouse, emptied half of it, and sent it to each hall for teachers and students to taste. However, some students secretly discussed that these wines are brewed in Ruoshui Distillery, which is really ordinary and can not be more ordinary, but there are a few special pots in Zuoqing's Zen Meditation Temple, which are particularly deep, as if they are the fine wines of the Chu Kingdom, which are enjoyed by the royal family alone, and are rare in the world!

When Su Yan heard this, he deliberately got up early in the morning to prepare to go to the Zen Meditation Temple, in order to visit him to see if Zuo Qing still had a private collection.

Outside the courtyard, there was a maid guarding the door, carrying a large package, docile like a little lamb, greeting her. This maid is small and exquisite, and looks very honest, but she is a little timid, and she doesn't dare to take the initiative to speak for a long time.

Su Yan secretly observed her as she walked, "Why did the Lord in charge arrange for me?" ”

The maid owed a debt and replied: "The master in charge said that Mr. Su, you are not familiar with many places and rules when you first come here, and there will be another misunderstanding, so let the slave and maid come over, and after some time Mr. Su, you are familiar with the academy, and then transfer me back." ”

Su Yan couldn't help but sigh, it's really a good thing that doesn't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles!

The maid said again: "Originally, it was Sister Heshuang who came to serve Mr. Xuanyunxuan, but then Sister Heshuang couldn't come, so she let the slave and maid come." ”

"Can't come? Why? ”

As if she had said something wrong, she looked nervous and spoke intermittently, "Go, go to the Escape Hall." ”

Su Yan's eyebrows couldn't help but touch together, walked a little longer, and asked, "Why don't you want to come to me?" ”

She lowered her head, very annoyed that her mouth was too fast, but Mr. Su asked about this, so she could only reply truthfully: "She heard that Mr. You like to go to the Qinglou, and she is afraid that she will get into trouble in the future, and the boss will blame her." ”

Su Yan sneered, "You mean I'm going to implicate her?" Then you're not afraid? ”

The maid hurriedly stood in line and swore: "He Shuang, she is not interesting, I don't know that Mr. is bold and atmospheric, who said that women can't be the same as men, these stereotypes should have been broken a long time ago." Slaves and maids are annoyed by these, Mr. Su, don't worry, I must be your person during the time I have served you, and I will never betray you, whatever you say, you go to the Qinglou slave and maid too! ”

Su Yan couldn't help but wonder, "It's still you transparent." Suddenly he thought of something, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Gu Zhen, Mr. Su will be called a slave in the future."

Su Yan patted her shoulder and patted her chest again, "Don't worry, I won't treat you badly, I'm worried that no one will speak." ”

All the way to the Zen Meditation Temple, Ah Yan waited outside the courtyard, and Su Yan went in alone.

The courtyard was not very decorated, except for a gravel path, and was lined with peach trees, which were bare and hung with a few vines that had been moved. There is a two-story pavilion in the southeast corner of the woods, and on the second floor there are open windows, and there are scholars drying books. The door to the first floor was closed, and some ash with the glow of fire flew out of the window. Su Yan stood on tiptoe and looked at the person in the window who was half-outlined by the sun, the person holding the scroll in his hand, his eyebrows and eyes were cold, as if he was reading a book, and he seemed to be contemplating.

Su Yan shook his head and sighed: "I don't come out to appreciate the good scenery, but I pretend to be inside, I really don't know who to show it." He said and prepared to go.

The door suddenly opened from the inside, Su Yan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly withdrew his gaze, "You scared me!" ”

Zuo Qing smiled and said, "Listen to you scolding me behind your back, I won't come out to see?" He took the teacup from the boy and said, "Why are you free?" ”

Su Yan said: "It's not that Yansheng always boasts about your Zen Meditation Temple, if I don't come to take a look, I'm really sorry not to go." It's strange that this place is so familiar to me, as if I've been here before...... Well, it's called déjà vu, just like I always have an illusion of déjà vu about wine! ”

Zuo Qing leaned lazily against the door frame, his hands hidden in his wide sleeves, and he vaguely saw the pair of bony hands between the two sleeves. "Then come in and sit down for a while, and see if there's anything else you know."

"I can't guarantee the rest, but this wine, I can definitely remember where I've seen it! It's like the wine of Chu..."

"You're welcome. Anyway, I just asked the kitchen to prepare jujube cakes, and then took out the treasured wine, oh, I still have a game of chess here, the west building escaped from the battle, and I am worried that no one is playing, so you will give up your life to accompany the gentleman! ”

Su Yan lowered his head in embarrassment, stared at his toes and said, "I don't know how to play chess." ”

"Then I'll teach you."

Su Yan was stunned, and he was a little surprised.

Zuo Qing was surprised why he said such a thing, he didn't even think about it, and blurted out! He avoided Su Yan's gaze in a panic, "Actually, I'm not very good, it's mainly taught by Xilou, if you want to learn well, you still have to ask him for advice." ”

But these words were not listened to by the people in front of them. Su Yan's brows were furrowed, and his memory returned to the past uncontrollably.

She could have played chess, but since the death of the queen's aunt that year, the only opponent who played chess with her has disappeared, and she has gradually stopped playing chess. More than ten years have passed, she thought she had forgotten everything, but when Zuo Qing mentioned it again, it turned out that she had not forgotten.

But so what? He left and won't come back, her brother Wei Zhen, the Wei Zhen who only laughed for her and cried for her, would never teach her to play chess again.

Su Yan smiled faintly and suppressed thousands of thoughts in his heart: "Since you are not proficient, then I don't dare to worship the teacher...... Still, I'm going to ask the Buddha for advice, she..."

"It's fine." Zuo Qing called Yansheng and brought her a Tibetan wine, "There is only this altar, don't drink too quickly, it's easy to get drunk." ”

"Thank you."

Su Yan didn't dare to look at him, maybe because she remembered Wei Zhen, or maybe her feelings for Zuo Qing were too complicated and too weak, and she was afraid that once she broke it, they might not even be able to speak like today.

Today's teaching is a must-have lesson every day - the Book of Songs, but no one seems to like this, Jin Qi and Sun Ziliang exchanged words and said something, Qiluo and Xu Ziya invariably tilted their heads and looked out the window, Ran Ying and Luo Zhaoyi were secretly planting grass people, and Changsun Xi didn't have any hope, and he didn't contradict Amitabha. Only the eldest grandson Yue and Zhong Zhuo were left listening carefully to the class. Su Yan sighed in his heart, it turned out that the last class was so arduous! It seems that we have to find a way to make these gentlemen get serious.

Su Yan raised his voice, and the students were excited, and then continued to do their own things. The eldest grandson looked left and right in embarrassment, coughing dryly twice, trying to get everyone's attention. Su Yan suddenly became angry and slapped the table, "Your parents have been blessed by their ancestors to have this big business, you don't study hard to repay them, you don't want to forge ahead, you just know how to have fun, you are ruining the family business that your parents have worked hard to protect, and you are also abusing yourself!" Look at yourselves, all of you look like, it's like you didn't wake up in class! As a teacher, take the place of your parents and discipline well! ”

Jin Qi's eyes were stunned, "Sir, I didn't disturb the class!" ”

Sun Ziliang also hurriedly agreed.

Su Yan snorted, "As a teacher, I am not blind, I can see clearly whether I have disturbed the classroom or not!" Now all of you stand up for me, and go out and get out of the station! ”

Naturally, the students were not happy. The eldest grandson Xi looked at Ran Ying, who was also a person with good eyesight, and immediately took the case: "Mr. Su has such a big temper!" We students are all from famous families, how can we suffer such humiliation? If it reaches the ears of the lord in charge, he will definitely ask the gentleman to go and explain it well, I wonder how the gentleman will defend himself at that time, is it also such a disregard for dignity and humility? ”

Su Yan didn't expect that what he said at such a young age was all a tirade, so he couldn't help but be speechless, and refuted back: "Respect? Yes, no matter where it is, there has always been this distinction between the noble and the lowly, and the ordinary people must call themselves grass people when they see that they are officials and kings, and those who are officials and kings must also call themselves ministers when they see Your Majesty. But this distinction between dignity and humility is not an excuse to trample on and despise! The people bow their heads, they bow their heads to the Qing officials, the courtiers, and the Ming Jun, and this is not just because of humility. And as a teacher, I represent the etiquette and righteousness of Rongguo for hundreds of years, even if your parents come to see me now, you have to call me a gentleman, instead of asking me to bow to your parents in reverse, even if I go to the lord in charge, I have my reason! ”

Ran Ying snorted and said disdainfully: "We call you Mr. because it is in the way of teacher and student etiquette, but you should not use this relationship to act recklessly and arrogantly!" Even if it is the prince's master, he will not call the prince to drink, everyone, do you say yes or no? ”

At first, there was silence in the school, but gradually there was a voice of echoing. Su Yanqi's teeth itched, and he held back his anger and said: "The prince's master is respectful and polite to the prince, but that's because the prince's character cultivation is worthy of respect. And you, after claiming to be high-ranking officials and dignitaries, but you have no humility at all, and you keep talking wildly, how can people respect you? ”

"When did I speak to my husband? I'm telling the truth! Although you are a gentleman, you are from a poor background, and you are not a nobleman. And the distinction between the noble and the lowly has existed since ancient times, otherwise, wouldn't the whole world be chaotic? Mr. should be sober and find out his position! Ran Ying's remarks attracted a lot of applause, but after seeing Su Yan's fierce eyes, they all shrank back in fright.

Su Yan retorted: "Throughout the ages, how many literati and artists have been born as commoners? If you and I swapped identities now, would you still be as bold as you are today? ”

"It's a pity, I'm indeed from a noble family, why should I deceive myself, sir?"

Su Yan was unflustered: "Although I am not as good as your identity, but in the sea of learning, how can there be a distinction between dignity and inferiority?" Here, only based on knowledge, never based on origin! ”

"Good!" Sun Ziliang and Jin Qi clapped hard to cater to it.

Su Yan became more and more confident in his heart, and continued: "Confucius said: If you don't learn etiquette, you can't stand. The mean also said: benevolence is also a person, and kissing is great; The righteous should also respect the virtuous. Xunzi said again: A gentleman is a teacher and a friend and a relative! To sum up, we must learn etiquette and etiquette, we must be benevolent-oriented, our parents respect teachers, follow the sage, and if we can do this, we can be called a gentleman! Etiquette and benevolence are their own cultivation, bullying others, arrogant and rude, you can only make others hate you, maybe you will one day be able to rely on these powers to make people fearful, but that is just fear, but there is no respect at all, what is the point? Today's teacher just wants to tell you that respecting teachers and being kind to others is the character that students should have, and being a teacher does not want to be superior to others, but just wants to get along with you well, and teach you what I have learned, experienced, and perceived, and teach you how to behave in the world, not by you here! ”

After the words were settled, everyone applauded.

Ran Ying still wanted to argue, but she reluctantly closed her mouth under the burning gaze of everyone.

The eldest grandson Yue said: "The level of respect and inferiority is powerless to change, but since Mr. Su has become our husband, we have to respect her!" ”

Sun Ziliang also echoed: "That is, Mr. Su is a person from Shu Youtang, you are good, turn your elbow outward, to target your own family, when the time comes, each hall will compete, don't make people laugh!" ”

Ran Ying was so frightened that she sat back, not daring to say anything more. Seeing this, Changsun Xi had no choice but to stop fighting.

Su Yan finally lost his anger, and said to everyone kindly: "The school is a place for exchanging knowledge, and Ranying and I debate these are also a kind of exchanges, I hope that everyone will actively speak in the future and have the courage to raise objections, but I hope that everyone can see good and evil in the end, and don't fall into the ugliness of the world." ”

The eldest grandson swooped up and applauded, "Sir said it well! Everyone applauds Mr. ”

Su Yan was secretly proud, and said to the students: "Okay, since you can change your mistakes, you will definitely reward them well in the future." ”

At this time, Xu Ziya suddenly said: "There is a place in the back mountain where the sun is very good, and there must be a lot of herbs. It is said that Mr. Su's medical skills are extremely high, so it is better to lead everyone to take a long look. ”

Ran Ying looked at Changsun Xi helplessly, but was frightened back by her contemptuous look.

Sun Ziliang was startled and said, "Picking herbs? It's fun, I only picked tea or haven't picked herbs before! ”

Jin Qi hurriedly jumped up and dragged Sun Ziliang over, "Go!" Pick the medicine and go. ”