Chapter 18 Look up at the stars and keep your feet on the ground
Xu Zhiyi picked up the bamboo piece and glanced at it, two small dimples appeared on his red cheeks, and he was full of smiles, and he was quite satisfied with his writing this time.
Xu Zhiyi handed the bamboo piece to Wu Ling and said, "This bamboo piece was originally scraped by me to make a bookmark, and now I will give it to you." ”
"Thank you!"
Wu Ling took the bookmark with both hands and glanced at the words on it curiously.
What Xu Zhiyi wrote was not the italics that children usually practice without exceeding the rules, but the unrestrained chapter grass. Just by looking at it, Wu Ling's mind couldn't help but think of a few words with strong pen power and openness. It doesn't look like it was written by someone Xu Zhiyi's age at all.
If it weren't for the fact that the bamboo pieces were too small, less than three fingers wide, so they were restricted, it was estimated that they could have written better.
In terms of skill, Wuling is ashamed of himself.
The red clothes are scorching, and the wind is blue. Jun is like the sun, and the dew is frosty.
Wu Ling laughed at himself, "This little guy doesn't have something to give to himself, but to show off his skills." ”
However, Wuling also found a problem.
Wu Ling said curiously: "Xiao Zhiyi, are you unhappy?"
Xu Zhiyi looked up at Wuling and said, "Why do you ask that?"
Wu Ling said: "Fufeng landscape is beautiful, humanities are prosperous and prosperous, a beautiful and picturesque place, every reader yearns for a place, but here you are, it is a state of the sky." It is only the people who have suffered injustice in Fufeng Town that they will describe it like this. ”
Xu Zhiyi lowered his head and looked gloomy.
She didn't expect Wu Ling to see so much from a sentence.
The brother who loves her the most has not returned from Yuanyou for three years, and her father went to the Great Iron Dynasty three months ago, and in addition to her, there is only the stepmother and the younger brother born to the stepmother.
The stepmother treats her very badly.
Everything in her house that her brother could use was taken away by her stepmother. And she can only eat every day after her stepmother and brother have finished eating.
Xu Zhiyi not only has to eat leftovers every day, but if her stepmother and younger brother eat too much and leave nothing, she will starve because she has nothing to eat.
That's why she doesn't like her home now.
But Xu Zhiyi was not too sad, because as long as the brother who loved her the most came back, everything would be better.
Xu Zhiyi squeezed out a smile, raised his head again, and said with a smile: "How can I have anything, don't I write like this to set you off better!"
Wu Ling rubbed her head and said, "It's okay in the end, if there is really something, you can tell me, I can't guarantee anything else, but there is no big problem to solve a problem for the little girl." ”
Xu Zhiyi didn't want to talk too much about this matter with Wu Ling, so he changed the topic and said: "I heard that Du Qingjiao, one of the Seven Sages of the World, came to Fufeng Town, and is going to climb the Heavenly Star Tower at sunset. Now that many people have gone to Tianxing Tower, they want to see Du Qingjiao's true face, why don't you go?"
Wu Ling said: "I only came to Fufeng Town today, that is, when I met you this morning, so I haven't heard of this matter yet. ”
The Seven Sages of the World are the seven famous people in the world, and they are modeled after the seven sages of the Wind Chime and the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Sea, and give themselves the title of a group of people.
Although the seven people are not like the Seven Sages of Zhuhai back then, each of them is famous for their piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, sword and hops, but they also have their own ability to move the world. However, compared with the seven sages of Zhuhai, each has a unique one in the world, and it involves a wide range of achievements, and the achievements of the seven sages outside the world are more in martial arts. Therefore, it is often said by some dissatisfied people to imitate the scholars of the Zhuhai Seven Sages Volunteer Team, and privately say that they are the seven reckless men in the world.
That being said, the achievements of several people in swordsmanship are still recognized. After all, two of the seven of them were among the twelve on the Sword Saint List.
Like Zhou Gongbao among the Seven Sages, he ranked sixth on the Sword Saint List.
He challenged the major masters of the Great Zhou and Northern Zhou Dynasty back then, in order to prove that the swordsmanship of the two-week swordsman was a bell-and-whistle and a vain behavior, which can be said to have influenced the swordsmanship style of the two-week swordsman, so that the two-week swordsman turned from the pursuit of beauty to the pursuit of simplification.
It is precisely because of this that in the sword list of the younger generation after that, the Great Zhou and the Northern Zhou accounted for the largest number of people.
Emperor Zhou, who is second on the sword list, is Zhou Gongbao's apprentice.
And Du Qingjiao is not simple.
More than 20 years ago, when the armies of the Wuguo and the Great Iron Dynasty clashed on the border, Du Qingjiao infiltrated the army camp of the Great Iron Dynasty alone and killed the general led by the other party.
The general who collected the border for the Great Iron Dynasty was the famous general Xiao Qian.
Because of the existence of Xiao Qian, the Wuguo army, which was five times larger than that of the Great Iron Dynasty, has never recovered the disputed area between the two countries.
Although Wu Guo has not taken back power in the disputed area now, Du Qingjiao's move has greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers of Wu State, and at the same time, it has also made the morale of the Datie Dynasty fall into decline in the disputed area between the two countries.
Xu Zhiyi said: "Then you don't go quickly, otherwise you will be too late to go, and you won't be able to see it!"
Wu Ling smiled: "Didn't you go too?"
It's rare for someone to talk and talk, Xu Zhiyi unconsciously returned to the way he was when his brother was still three years ago, innocent and carefree.
Xu Zhiyi compared his height and said: "There are so many people, I am short, and I can't see miles even if I stand on tiptoe, so it's the same whether I go or not!"
Wu Ling said: "Why don't you go together, if there are many people, I can let you ride on my shoulders then!"
Xu Zhiyi joked and said, "With your thin arms and legs, I can't see it." ”
Wu Ling took off the bookcase, then squatted down and said, "You can try it now." ”
Xu Zhiyi shook it and said, "I'm kidding you." Actually, I'm going home, my family has to worry about being late, and I still have homework to finish. And I'm not interested in the Seven Sages of the World. ”
Wu Ling waved his hand, "Okay, then I'll go!"
"Goodbye!"
Xu Zhiyi smiled and said goodbye, and then began to pack his things.
These bowls for making ink strips may have to be used by her brother until he returns, so she can't just throw them away. As for the ink strip given to her by Wu Ling, it was only enough for her to use it for a month or two at most.
Wu Ling took a few steps and looked back, only to see that the little girl had left in a hurry and walked into a stone-paved alley, leaving only a bouncing back.
"She's really an incomprehensible little girl. ”
Stopping to see Xu Zhiyi disappear, Wu Ling smiled and shook his head, in a good mood. He has no resistance to such beautiful scenes and things.
Wu Ling retracted his gaze, looked at the Tianxing Tower not far away, and walked away.
The name of Tianxinglou is an existence that can be compared with Fufeng Town in Wuguo, and it is even more popular with Wuguo people than Fufeng Town, because in addition to literati, warriors also yearn for Tianxinglou, and want to appreciate the familiar pride of the major heroes and heroes.
It can be said that Tianxing Tower is a place where everyone who comes to Fufeng Town will go.
When he came to the square in front of Tianxing Tower, Wu Ling found that it was indeed as Xu Zhiyi said, and there were people everywhere who came to see Du Qingjiao.
It was the first time Wuling had encountered such a scene.
It seems that Du Qingjiao has already gone upstairs.
Wu Ling didn't understand a little, these people were standing at the door like this, how could they see Du Qingjiao, if they wanted to see it, they could just go to the Heavenly Star Tower to see it?
Although Tianxinglou has to show some talent before going upstairs, it has a specialized test in the art industry, and the requirements for the talent displayed are not high.
Whether it is playing, playing, playing, writing, dancing and appreciating piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, sword hopping, or piano repair, chess carving, endorsement, painting, sword dancing and boxing, handstand drinking, picking dung and planting flowers.
Even if a three-year-old child comes, he can go up by reciting a poem casually.
Wu Ling was puzzled, "Could it be that the number of people in the Heavenly Star Tower is full?"
In order to protect the Heavenly Star Tower, there is a limit of one hundred people in the Heavenly Star Tower, which means that there must be no more than one hundred people in the Heavenly Star Tower.
Wu Ling didn't think much about it, he walked through the crowd to the place where the talent show was shown.
In order to enter the Tianxing Tower as soon as possible, Wu Ling planned to write.
The civil and military deacons who inspected their talents were all in Tianxing Tower at the moment, looking at Du Qingjiao who was looking at the seventh floor from afar.
Wu Ling glanced at the few characters on the table, and saw that the writing styles were very different, which should have been left by the previous few people who chose to write. If you want Wuling to describe it in one word, the words "Demons Dancing Wildly" are undoubtedly the most appropriate. It's just a ghost drawing, and it's not even as good as what Wu Zhen wrote.
It can be seen how low the threshold stone of the Star Tower is.
It can even be described as having no threshold.
However, the careful Wuling found that several people were deliberately scribbled, and it can be seen from the stroke sketch that these people have skills.
This kind of behavior made Wu Ling very puzzled.
Wu Ling shook his head, put away his thoughts, then picked up the pen, found a blank space, and wrote down seriously with a thin body that he was good at, "Look up at the starry sky and be down-to-earth." A few words.
The stars shine brightly in the Sky Star Tower.
As a junior, while looking up to the sages and heroes of all generations, we should also take our ancestors as an example, and then take every step of our own steps in a down-to-earth manner, and strive to become one of the stars and light up the way forward for future generations.
Wu Ling put down the pen and said to Master Wen: "Senior, I have already written the words, can I go up now?"
Wen Fuzi is an old man who is over the age of six, with a sloppy temperament and dark skin, looking at his appearance, he is usually beaten by the wind and rain in front of the Tianxing Tower.
Wen Fuzi came back to his senses, shook his head and said, "Not yet!"
"Why?"
Wu Ling was puzzled, pointed to the people who had just come down from Tianxing Tower, and said, "Now that there are five people coming down, it stands to reason that there are less than a hundred people in Tianxing Tower." ”
Wen Fuzi subconsciously regarded Wuling as the same as those people in the square who came to see Du Qingjiao, not to climb the Star Tower, and sighed: "I know that you young people worship Du Qingjiao, but you are not in a hurry at this time, when he comes down, you can see him as well." ”
Wu Ling said: "Senior, you misunderstood, ascending to the Star Tower is the purpose of the junior's trip." ”
When Wen Fuzi heard this, he raised his head and looked at Wu Ling.
"Red-clothed, purple gold mask?"
Today, he crossed the nine ditches to change the dragon sword, and invited a stunning young man wearing a red dress and a purple gold mask on his face, and he had heard about the "Hanging Sword Order".
It is said that when the young man recites the "Hanging Sword Order", he is like a fairy descending to earth, ethereal and beautiful.
Wen Fuzi asked, "You are the one who is reciting the sword order across the nine ditches today?"
Wu Ling nodded and said, "It's the junior!"
"It's really extraordinary!"
Wen Fuzi stroked his beard and praised it with a smile, and then said helplessly: "It's a pity that you are a step late, Du Qingjiao has already ordered, if you want to go up to the Heavenly Star Tower, you need him to come down." ”
Wu Ling frowned and said, "Senior, since ancient times, there is no rule for sealing the building except for repairs, right?
Wen Fuzi was stunned, he didn't expect that someone would dare to come out and accuse Du Qingjiao of his actions.
Wen Fuzi hurriedly reminded: "Young man, there are some things that you can just know, if you can't say them, don't say them." Otherwise, if it is heard, it will be in trouble. ”
Before, like everyone else, he wanted to see what kind of general could make the whole country of the Great Iron Dynasty mourn for half a month.
It's just that what Wen Fuzi didn't expect was that Du Qingjiao actually ordered people to close the building.
This shocking move completely subverted the image that Du Qingjiao should have in his heart. But in this way, there are still a bunch of young people who regard Du Qingjiao as a role model and worship it unusually.
What makes Wen Fuzi angry the most is Du Qingjiao's actions.
As a martial artist, before going upstairs to show the rules of talent, Du Qingjiao chose to write.
You say you write, just write.
But write a "Wuding side of the sky, the text sells for three or two dollars." "What do you mean? Mocking the world is useless, and articles can only be sold for three or two dollars?
Don't say that you're just a general, even if the imperial marshal Wu is here, you don't dare to say that, right?
And when Du Qingjiao wrote, he deliberately wrote like a ghost.
The most shameful thing is that the few young people who followed Du Qingjiao also said that Du Qingjiao wrote well, was unrestrained, and was a model for the majority of readers.
even studied Du Qingjiao on the spot and wrote.
When Wen Fuzi saw it at the time, he couldn't wait to pick up the inkstone, splash the ink on it on the faces of several people, and then scolded: shameless.
Forget it if you don't have a face, and you will be embarrassed by the reader.
There is simply no backbone that a reader should have.
It's a pity that people are soft-spoken, and after a few people are famous in Fufeng Town, Wen Fuzi didn't dare to do anything.
Wu Ling was fearless, and said with a sneer: "Even if you hear it, you haven't done anything wrong, why don't you be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door!"
Wen Fuzi persuaded: "That's what you say, but what about the villains who knock on the door who are even more unreasonable than ghosts? Ghosts may still tell you about cause and effect, will wicked people reason with you? Therefore, can you not cause trouble, or don't cause trouble." ”
This world is more terrible than ghosts, unreasonable and wicked.
It's clear that he's wrong, but he beats you in front of everyone, and you can't resist, and the key world still supports him.
Wu Ling took out a piece of jade pendant, displayed it in front of Wen Fuzi, and said, "Senior, this is the jade sword talisman of the Longquan Sword Shrine, you should be able to enter with this, right?"
Wen Fuzi was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "Young man, don't mess around!"
Wen Fuzi's heart was already happy.
Can you get in?
It's so good to get in!
Longquan Sword Shrine and Du Qingjiao are mortal enemies, and Longquan Sword Shrine is a sword-casting holy place appointed by the Wuguo Emperor, and it is deeply used by the temple one, and in terms of status, it is even no less than the Wuwang Mansion.
A few years ago, King Wu's second daughter was treated unfairly in Longquan Sword Shrine, and she made a big fuss about it, and she didn't do anything about Longquan Sword Shrine.
If the people from Longquan Sword Shrine came in the past, with the jade sword talisman, it might be redundant and unnecessary, but now that Du Qingjiao has sealed the building, and the people are still upstairs, it will be too good to enter.
Wen Fuzi had already seen that Du Qingjiao was not pleasing to the eye.
Wu Ling said with a smile: "Don't worry, senior, no matter what happens, I will bear it alone, and besides, I just went upstairs to take a look at the demeanor left by the ancient sages and heroes, and I didn't go to fight and make trouble, besides, we scholars have always been able to convince people with virtue, aren't we?"
Wen Fuzi laughed, "That's nature. ”
"Thank you, senior!"
Wu Ling bowed his hand and bowed.
The jade sword talisman was something that Zhao Jiangnan used as a mortgage before he left the Wuwang Mansion, when he had no money to repay the money. Looking at Wen Fuzi's dissatisfied tone with Du Qingjiao, Wu Ling guessed that with this thing, he would make Wen Fuzi give way.
Seeing Wuling enter the Tianxing Tower, Wen Fuzi remembered that he hadn't seen what Wuling had written.
At a glance, Wen Fuzi found the words written by Wu Ling on the paper.
"Looking up at the stars and keeping your feet on the ground?"
After pondering for a moment, Wen Fuzi laughed, "What a starry sky, down-to-earth." ”
When Wu Ling entered the Tianxing Tower just now, he was still expecting Wu Ling to make a big fuss with Du Qingjiao, the bigger the trouble, the better, but now he suddenly didn't want to do this.
A young scholar who can look up at the stars and be down-to-earth should not be disturbed by the worldly elites.