Dayan Capital is full of New Year's flavor, and Dashang's side is no exception. This is the most pleasant time of the year. After all, the imperial city of the Great Shang Dynasty is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and the damp and cold in winter is still quite difficult.

Finally ushered in the spring season, the people in the city took off their bloated cotton clothes and walked on the street, their faces were full of happy smiles.

On this day, many people poured into the mountain gate of Kuhai Academy, because it was the only time of the year that the academy was opened to the public. Because there are not many disciples left in the academy, they come from all over the world, and they also have to go home to reunite with their families for the New Year. Although practitioners do not talk about these things, it is not wrong to make a good start for the coming year. What's more, to be able to enter the academy, there are few people who are really from the poor families in the rivers and lakes. Their family members are prosperous, and they will definitely be in an important position in the family in the future, so naturally it is impossible for them to stay in the academy for a long time.

In the huge world, there are not many people who can really not even look at the position of the prince in the eyes of business and science. This is also the reason why his reputation can be so great, even after his defeat to Zhuge Chen.

Most of the people who climb the mountain today are young, and many of them are studying in Taixue. They traveled together, wanting to witness with their own eyes whether the sea of suffering, one of the four major academies, was a well-deserved fairyland on earth as rumored by the outside world. There are also many who are not climbing the mountain for the first time, and it is precisely because of the unforgettable scenery that drives them to revisit the old place.

These Taixue disciples did not set foot on the path of cultivation, and they naturally felt exhausted when they climbed the mountain with the physique of mortals. They simply fought against their fellow travelers in reciting poems, which could not only relieve fatigue, but also prepare them for the subsequent Taixue exam.

Everyone wants to go home for the New Year with satisfaction, but things don't work out.

Among them, there was a young man in a green shirt, who was particularly outstanding because of his outstanding appearance. Of course, what makes him more known to everyone is his talent.

There is business, there is Qiu Dao, and there is Su Wen.

This is a sentence that is widely circulated in the Dashang market, in which the upper, middle and lower are not divided into high and low, but they just represent the origin of these three people. The first two are both cultivators, but the one named Qiu Dao cannot be regarded as an orthodox practitioner.

It would be more accurate to call him a make-up person, and the word "touch-up" is quite particular. It is extremely rare to be able to produce one in a hundred years. Although the make-up person is a man, it is difficult to distinguish between male and female women, which is enough to fake the real thing. They will not easily reveal their identities in front of others, but silently steal a wisp of luck from each other, but they will also compensate for it in another way. It's just that it's hard to figure out who can make more money.

There is also a less obscure title for the make-up person, a single name and a plagiarized word, but few people can know it.

Because the makeup touchers have their own inheritance, they don't have to worry about the exercises, even if they are Jianghu people, they don't have to fight and throw food. Meditation and practice, and when you encounter a bottleneck, you will steal luck, even in the advanced realm, as long as you can persevere, you will eventually have a chance to enter it.

It stands to reason that Qiu Dao's reputation should be inconspicuous when his realm is a little low. At the very least, it will be revealed to the world when the bamboo basket magic technique is salvaged. But who told him to become a close minister of business for his own avenue. In this way, cultivators in the world can't even know his name.

However, this also makes people a little more jealous of him, and there is no need to say much about the luck of business studies. He was originally the prince of Dashang, and he was even turned into an ancient wizard by a fist intent master who died a few years ago, and the luck he had on his body was probably even better than that of the prince of the four countries. And with such a powerful help from makeup touchers, the future of business will definitely go higher. Correspondingly, Qiu Dao will also go up with it and stand in the clouds together.

There are many cultivators who are idle after eating and have nothing to do, and who have no extravagant hopes for their own realm, and always like to start with the identity of a make-up person. arranged his dirty affairs with business, but the world-famous prince didn't pay attention to it, and the makeup man was really too delicate. Whoever reads these stories by chance takes them for real.

And the handsome young man who climbed the mountain today is the last Su Wen. Although he was born in a poor family, he has a wonderful pen, and the articles written by his hand will sell at sky-high prices. And Su Wen has a gentle personality, not arrogant or impatient. Since you are not a practitioner, then there will be benefits of not being a practitioner. The current prime minister of Dashang has already closed his disciples, and after Su Wen has been training in the officialdom for decades, he can naturally sit in the position above 10,000 people under that person.

For such a person who is destined to have a bright future in the future, there will naturally be many friends around him. Su Wen has no sense of dislike in his heart for treating such a person, after all, he remembers the teacher's teachings, and it is okay not to be kind to others, but he can't be vain. This is the basis for survival above the court, after all, they are not cultivators, how can they do everything smoothly? Even if they are cultivators, they can?

Pipe dream.

There was a woman who leaned on one of Su Wen's arms like a human, and the crowd was crowded, so the young man didn't say anything. After all, the other party's family background is also very prestigious in this imperial city, and this woman is the pearl of the palm held in the palm of the hand by everyone in the family. Because of such a small thing, he really can't be offended.

The woman's appearance is not outstanding, but she is extremely beautiful, even if there is a smile on the corner of her mouth, it also brings others a sense of superiority. But every time she looked at Su Wen, the smile was full of affection.

Someone separated the crowd and walked a few quick steps forward to talk to Su Wen. In ordinary times, this famous businessman would stay in his room and read poetry and books, and it was difficult to meet him in Taixue. For many nights, it was Su Wen's husband in Taixue who brought him food. The so-called forgetting to sleep and eat is like this.

The man learned to hold his fists and gesture like a Jianghu person, but for some reason, he has been a little more chivalrous in the simple Taixue recently.

As for Su Wen, he still bowed his head slightly.

When it comes to the origin of chivalry, it's all on a little girl. Mr. Taixue was naturally very dissatisfied with this, but he couldn't say anything, that is, he could warn his students not to act like this. It's a pity that the results are very small, and I can't control it at all.

The little girl is a big business princess today, and her status is unimaginable. The royal family is favored, whether it is the prince or the businessman, they all love her for half a hundred. Even if she wants the stars in the sky, those guards in the palace will probably try their best to pick them up. The little girl is not only cute, but also unreasonable. At most, she will only sneak into the East Palace when her prince's brother is asleep, and take away the clothes that the prince needs to wear tomorrow in front of those palace maids who are speechless and dare not speak loudly.

The prince, who woke up leisurely tomorrow morning, had no choice but to find a casual suit and hurriedly go to court, which also made a lot of jokes. However, after the emperor knew that it was his daughter who did it, he would also choose to open the net.

Something like this has happened many times, and as for why the little girl didn't tease her second brother, the reason is very simple, because business studies love her the most. It's just that this is an external statement, because even if he took away Shangxue's clothes, he couldn't go, and the next day he didn't leave the palace gate, and stayed in his palace courtyard to box. Even if the bored little girl wants her second brother to play with her, she will be refused. Because he has no clothes, he can't let this dignified Prince Qizhu walk on the street naked!

Su Wen had also seen the little girl a few times, and every time he would bow to the end when the two passed by, and respectfully said to Her Royal Highness the Princess. And the little girl will also make an old-fashioned hum and run over.

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On the way to the mountain to Kuhai Academy, the man and Su Wen said: "I have heard Brother Su's name for a long time, and when I see it today, it is really extraordinary!"

Su Wen said with a wry smile: "Brother Tai is praised, just a young man, no different from ordinary people, how can it be extraordinary?"

He's always been so humble, and he's genuinely not uncomfortable. Otherwise, if Zhuge Chen stood here and said such a thing, it would always be yin and yang and make people embarrassed. Fortunately, Zhuge Chen didn't care about it at all, he was born a god king, how could he ever look at other people's faces and act.

Out of courtesy, Su Wen opened his mouth and asked, "I don't know my brother's surname?"

"Just call me Guo Yuliang. The man said slowly.

This person is not an idle person, and he is also a very famous figure in Taixue. It's just that I always feel that such a profligate person doesn't deserve his fame. The reason for this is actually only that the difference between his background and the rest of the Taixue disciples is too obvious. The surname Guo is in this imperial city, which represents the Guogong Mansion.

The people who came out of the Guo Mansion were all arrogant and domineering, but this one was not the case. It's just that the world has become accustomed to looking at people according to the ideas they believe in their hearts, and Guo Yuliang, who originally just liked to drink and visit the Qinglou, has become a wicked person who bullies men and slaves with evil slaves.

In fact, how can there be such a thing, Guo Yuliang is as good as his name, very kind. I can't see the bad of others, so I often go in and out of the Qinglou Tavern, and I also send warmth in my name. Cool text

Su Wen bowed slightly, smiled and said, "It turned out to be Brother Guo, forgive me for being clumsy." I didn't expect Brother Guo to climb the mountain to go to the Sea of Bitterness today, in that case, let's go together?"

Guo Yuliang was waiting for this sentence, he followed, and then he saw the woman next to Su Wen. Both are from the Guogong Mansion, but one family is surnamed Guo and the other is surnamed Dong, and the two have naturally met. And when he was young, he was still very bad at dealing with it, and he scolded him for a trivial matter.

He had also heard gossip about this woman surnamed Dong in the family before. He didn't care about what happened to the Dong family, what did it have to do with him? What's more, although he was not familiar with Su Wen, he knew the character of this kind of person very well. If you are tempted, the sea is dry and rotten. As for not being tempted, no matter how affectionate a woman is, she can't knock on the door of her heart.

Since ancient times, he has been a ruthless reader.

Guo Yuliang kept smacking this sentence in his mouth, and said softly in his heart: "What I said is very ruthless! What's more, I can't generalize, a reader like me is very affectionate!"

Immediately, he looked at the woman and said, "It's such a coincidence that I can meet you here, Miss Dong." ”

The woman had no intention of speaking to him, turned her head away, and turned a deaf ear.

Guo Yuliang laughed, and he didn't deliberately disgust the other party from this matter, but continued to say to Su Wen: "I heard those Taixue classmates who went to the Bitter Sea Academy in the past say that there are thousands of scenes in the Bitter Sea, but there is a White Crane Pond that I have to go. Brother Su, have you ever heard of that good story about the white crane flying around?"

Su Wen nodded, and said in a gentle voice: "Naturally, I have heard of it." ”

"I forgot, the person who flew around the white crane was Brother Su's prime minister. Guo Yuliang opened his mouth and said: "Mr. can leave such a good story, presumably the disciple will not be bad, after all, the blue is better than the blue." What's more, with Brother Su's handsome appearance, it's not impossible for the white crane to fall next to him after flying around!"

The prime minister of the year was like Su Wen today, a gentle scholar with a face like a crown of jade, and he was even better at learning in his chest. No one thought that he would sit in the prime minister's high position in the end, and it was not until the good story of the white crane flying around came that he was accepted as a disciple by the previous prime minister.

And Su Wen climbed the mountain to enter the academy today, it is naturally impossible to say that there is no such idea at all. As a mortal, how can you not have the slightest distraction?

Guo Yuliang continued: "Now in our big business, there are only three people who can get ahead with their faces. Brother Su is among them, which is already proof. ”

Among these three people, only business was removed and Zhuge Chen was added. It's just that Bai Yi doesn't like that he has such a reputation for being fatty, and after scolding the good deeds in the market, this matter will be over. After all, it is really rare for a proud son of heaven to scold people more than that shrew.

Hearing this, Su Wen frowned, a little unnatural. But he still suppressed the ripples in his heart and said, "Sir told me that there are many things that cannot be forced. As for the White Crane Pond, I will definitely go to see it. Take a walk about the truth that Mr. once did, this is the respect of the disciple. ”

Guo Yuliang laughed and didn't say anything more. Anyway, he didn't talk to Su Wen today to achieve any purpose, and as for the relationship, it was really unnecessary. Anyway, he doesn't have to rely on these connections from Taixue to make himself smooth sailing, and it is enough to have a national mansion.

The two continued to climb the mountain, and together with the crowd, they poured into the mountain gate of the Bitter Sea Academy.

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On the top of the mountains, in the hut of the master of the Bitter Sea Academy, Yan Lao made a pot of tea for himself. Lying comfortably in a rocking chair, basking in the warm spring sun.

The courtyard master walked to his side and said, "Those people in the capital have already come in, are you still relying on me and not leaving? Go out and have a look, otherwise I will have to work hard to end up with last year's affairs." ”

Yan Lao snorted coldly and said, "I have arranged everything that should be arranged." If there is still a mess here, I can only blame people for not being as good as heaven, and I can't help it. Besides, you are a group of people who have not stepped on the path of cultivation, so I can't do it myself. It's nice to lie in your room. ”

"You're pretty good at making excuses for yourself. The courtyard master cried and laughed and said: "This has not really sat in the position of the deputy courtyard master, so I want to squeeze me, the courtyard master, down." Zhuge said lightly, your ability to occupy the magpie's nest is really good!"

Yan Lao laughed and said: "It's just that the master of the courtyard said that I am a dove, why do you bury yourself as the magpie who makes wedding dresses for others? If you want me to say, let's just stay here, it's okay outside, don't worry. ”

He stretched his waist and said to himself: "I don't know how Zhuge Kid is doing in Dayan now, it's been so long, and I don't know if I'll send me a letter to greet the New Year." I'm going to have to be embarrassed to see him again. ”

The courtyard master scolded with a smile: "That's all you have to offer." ”

"No way. Yan Lao didn't scold back as usual, but just said: "As I get older, the more I don't like to fight and kill like before. What I want to do now is to be able to spend my old age in this world. It's good to see that the descendants of the temperamental family can fulfill their ambitions, and as for the rest, it's tiring to think about, and it's not interesting. ”

He got up from the chair, walked to the desk of the courtyard master, flipped through it casually, found the letter paper, picked up the brush on the pen holder and said, "Then I have to write a letter to Zhuge Chen as an elder." ”

"You're so bored. The courtyard master said with a sigh.

Who would have thought that Yan Lao laughed and said, "To be honest, are you envious." I can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour, but I didn't expect that we, the pseudo-saint realm, who are in the academy and can be compared to saints, are also such laymen. ”

Looking at Yan Lao's frowning eyes, the courtyard master scolded twice and said, "You are really an old child, a little child." ”

The owner walked to the window, watched the white cranes not far away, and said softly: "Interesting, the white cranes I have are disturbed again." ”

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A few days later, when Zhuge Chen, who had improved his condition, was sitting on the threshold of the courtyard drinking, the housekeeper walked in and handed a letter to Zhuge Chen.

Zhuge Chen opened the letter, and before he could even read the words on it, a majestic qi rushed to his face. You must know that now he has no realm, where can he bear it?

If it weren't for the fact that the head of the Wang family noticed the rapid movement here, I am afraid that Zhuge Chen would have died in an instant.

Zhuge Chen sat down in the dust, smiled bitterly at the phantom of Yan Lao who slowly condensed in front of him, and said: "Old Yan, what are you doing here, my little arms and legs can't resist your qi a few times!"

Patting the dust on his body, Zhuge Chen stood up, quite helpless.