Chapter 7: The Phoenix and Willow Meet
Feng Qingluan was taken to the general's mansion, and the general interrogated him carefully. Feng Qingluan was articulate, and when the general saw that he was still a child, he liked it even more.
"You're going to study in Taixue, do you know where Taixue is?" The general asked.
"Although I don't understand what Taixue is, I know that there are countless subsets of scriptures and histories, as well as war books and war books, if I go there, it will be an eagle with wings spread high!" Feng Qingluan replied.
"Boy, what you said is right, you don't have to study too much, I have a lot of books here, I want you to study here to see what skills you have!" The general laughed.
Feng Qingluan couldn't understand for a while why the general would take him in here and let him study.
"We don't know each other, why did you take me in?" Feng Qingluan couldn't help but asked.
"Boy, I see that you don't blush when you talk big, I'm about to try your skills, remember, studying with me, I want you to learn real skills, if it's mediocre, then I'll cut it with a knife!" The general's face was solemn, and it was by no means a joke.
"If I'm good at reading, can you let me out?" Feng Qingluan was not afraid of the general's words, and then asked.
"That's natural, if you are well-read and have the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, I will naturally recommend you to the current saint and let you contribute to the country!" The general replied.
"I want to make a condition to you, if not, I'm afraid I won't be able to study with peace of mind!" Feng Qingluan said.
"On what terms?" The general gave him a suspicious look.
"It's that you prepare the books, I can read with peace of mind, no one should disturb me, and after half a year, you will come to see my skills!" Feng Qingluan said solemnly.
"It's simple, leave a study room for you in the backyard, you can read, I will support you with all my heart", the general agreed.
Feng Qingluan even thanked him, and the general ordered someone to clean the study and bring a room full of poetry and books.
Since then, Feng Qingluan has been studying in the study, and servants have brought three meals a day. Feng Qingluan didn't care about the general's purpose, but just studied the books carefully.
In the past two months, winter has gone to spring, and spring flowers are in full bloom in the yard.
Feng Qingluan was reading in the study, and suddenly someone said outside the door: "I didn't expect the flowers in this small garden to be so bright!" He heard the man's voice speak in a crisp and pleasant voice, a woman's voice.
"Miss, the flowers here are a must in our Tianyang City, look at these flowers, they are really fragrant and attractive!" Then another girl's voice came.
Feng Qingluan looked out through the crack in the door and saw two young women enjoying the flowers.
He knew in his heart that this must be the general's family, so he hurriedly calmed down and didn't disturb others.
The two girls admired the flowers for a while. A woman said: "Hongmei, this study has not been inhabited for a long time, why is it so clean!" ”
"Miss, I don't know, I only came here last year when I enjoyed the flowers, and it's been a year!" The one called Hongmei seems to be a maid.
"I'm tired, so I went to the study to rest for a while, I remember that there are books here, just to enjoy the flowers and read books!" Miss said.
The two of them said that, walked outside the study, pushed open the door of the study, and walked in.
Feng Qingluan had nowhere to hide, so she had to sit quietly in her chair.
The two young women also discovered Feng Qingluan, and they couldn't help but feel a little strange.
"Who are you? How can I read in my study at home? The young lady asked. The voice was soft and glutinous, Feng Qingluan was a little embarrassed, and her face was red.
"It was the general who made me study here!" Feng Qingluan replied cautiously.
"My father told you to study here? How could I not know? Are you a relative of our family? ", the young lady asked a series of rhetorical questions.
"I'm not a relative of yours, I was picked up by the general from the road, he asked me to study here, and said that he couldn't read well, so he cut me!" Feng Qingluan still replied cautiously.
Probably the young lady saw Feng Qingluan's nervousness, snorted out laughing, and said, "Don't be nervous, just answer my question well!" By the way, what's your name? ”
"My name is Feng Qingluan!" Feng Qingluan replied, he suddenly remembered that the general asked him to study here, and he didn't ask him what his name was, and similarly, he didn't know the general's name.
"Feng Qingluan, what a name!" The young lady smiled.
"Where is a good name, my grandfather has always called me like this!" Feng Qingluan looked at the young lady's bright eyes and teeth, and a panic suddenly surged in her heart.
"Feng Qingluan, should you ask our young lady's name below!" Hongmei asked mischievously.
"Okay, I asked!" Feng Qingluan said with some embarrassment.
"Little girl, what's your name?"
"No, no, you shouldn't ask that, you should say that, miss, please ask your name!" Hongmei hurriedly stopped him and didn't let him continue.
"Okay, I know, do you have to hit the ground in one fell swoop!" Feng Qingluan said.
"That's natural, and you have some courtesy!" Hongmei said.
Feng Qingluan stepped back, slammed it to the ground, and asked in a low voice, "May I ask Miss Fang's name?" ”
The young lady smiled and said, "My name is Liu Zhi'er, my father calls me Liu Hanyan, I still think Liu Zhi'er sounds good!" ”
"I think Liu Hanyan is still good-sounding and poetic!" Feng Qingluan said.
"Okay, whether it's Liu Zhi'er or Liu Hanyan, after all, it's just a name, now that we know each other, in the future, you can call me whatever you want!"
"Miss Liu, I haven't seen General Liu these days, where has he gone?" Feng Qingluan asked.
"My father is busy with official duties every day, and these days he has just pacified the rebels and pacified the people!" Liu Hanyan said.
"It seems that the general doesn't have time to teach me how to read, I've been here for more than two months, and I'm really sorry to eat your family's food for nothing!" Feng Qingluan said apologetically.
"This is simple, our young lady has a lot of knowledge, let her test you, pass our young lady's level, you will pass the general level, miss, you test him, see how his knowledge is!" Hongmei said quickly.
"That's fine, since you are studying in my house, I also want to see what you are capable of!" Liu Hanyan picked up a book on the table and said, "You memorize the second chapter of this book for me to listen to!" ”
Feng Qingluan agreed, and memorized it from beginning to end, Liu Hanyan was secretly surprised, because this ability was obscure, she had hardly read the whole article, and she couldn't imagine that Feng Qingluan could recite it from the beginning, word for word.
"Okay, it's really talented! In this case, you will talk about things, we are worried about foreign troubles in Chuxia, can you see if there is a good way to govern the country? Liu Hanyan wanted to see if the young man in front of her had real materials.
"Miss Liu, wait a minute!" Feng Qingluan said, wrote hard, and wrote an article with a pillar of incense.
Hongmei handed the article written by Feng Qingluan to Liu Hanyan, Liu Hanyan took it and took a look, not to mention how the style is, just this calligraphy of the dragon flying and phoenix dancing is admirable.
"Feng Qingluan, the article you wrote is so wonderful, you are really talented!" Liu Hanyan couldn't help but praise.
"What's the use of a good article, you can't go into battle to kill the enemy like General Liu, no matter how good the article is, it will only add to the troubles!" Feng Qingluan remembered that along the way, bandits were rampant and starving all over the field, and she couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"Feng Qingluan, where are you talking about, don't you often say that the master has a million soldiers in his heart, even if you have the skills of my father, and you can fight a few people, if you have the ability to lead thousands of troops and horses, then what a hero!" Liu Hanyan said a little hard and coughed slightly.
"That's what Miss Liu said!" Listening to Liu Hanyan's words, Feng Qingluan suddenly remembered that his grandfather asked him to come to this Chuxia country.
"Feng Qingluan, I must show my father, you have the talent to go through the heavens and the earth, and the ambition to stabilize the country, I will let him send you to the Privy Council, you learn the art of war!" Liu Hanyan said.
"Miss Liu, where do I have that ability!" Feng Qingluan's voice didn't fall, only to hear someone say aloud: "Girl, how did you get here?" ”
Obediently, it was General Liu who arrived.
Sure enough, General Liu, dressed in military uniform, walked over. "As soon as I got home, I heard your voice, girl, you didn't listen to me, and you ran to the backyard."
"Father," Liu Hanyan picked up the article written by Feng Qingluan and said: "This Feng Qingluan is not simple, there is a domineering spirit between the lines!" ”
General Liu took Feng Qingluan's article and read it again, he was born in martial arts and didn't have much research on the article, but his daughter said that this person's article was well written, so it was naturally not bad.
"Girl, if you say he writes well, he writes well, but no matter how well the article is written, he can't kill the enemy and drive away the rebels!" General Liu said.
Feng Qingluan knew that General Liu deliberately said this, and it seemed that he still wanted to hear Liu Hanyan's opinion on him.
"Father, fighting a war is not only about force, but also about strategy, and there is also a strategy for governing the country and the country!" Liu Hanyan said.
"Alright, alright, I'm tired, let's go!" General Liu said, and dragged Liu Hanyan to the front yard with one hand.
"Father, this Feng Qingluan is a talent that can be created, if he can cultivate it well, he will definitely be able to make a career!" Liu Hanyan said.
"Good daughter, what you said is right, the first time I saw him, I felt that he was not a mortal, think about it, I brought him to our house, for him to eat and drink, what are you! I'm going to see if he's really learning, and I'm going to see what his qualities are! General Liu said.
"General, I don't know if I should say something or not?" Hongmei asked.
"Stinky girl, what do you have to ask, what should you say and what you shouldn't say?" General Liu said that although he was usually majestic, he was very generous to his subordinates.
"General, I feel like you're picking a son-in-law for our young lady again!" Hongmei said with a grin.
"You talk nonsense!" Liu Hanyan's face was embarrassed, and she hurriedly said.
"Yes, I mean that!" General Liu said.