Shen Yun was full of smiles, and simply poked his head out of the car window and looked around.

Not far from the foot of the mountain, there is a circle of white stone walls that are nearly one zhang high and several feet wide, which are rectangular in shape, and enclose the entire mulberry mountain in it like a small city wall.

There are many exquisite small courtyards and blue brick houses on the inner side of the city wall, which should be tea farmers' homes and tea workshops, and the fragrance of roasted tea is overflowing from these buildings.

Finally arrived at the bottom of the mountain, the two got out of the carriage, and a group of people came in front of them to greet them, led by a middle-aged housekeeper who was slightly blessed, with a smile on his face, and came forward.

Bao Zhengchu greeted them, but Shen Yun turned his gaze to the halfway up the mountain, under the blue sky and white clouds, there was a huge brown-red mountain villa, the white wall was undulating like a wave, it was the summer resort.

Seeing that he was beckoning to himself, Shen Yun stepped forward quickly.

Bao Zhengchu pointed to the middle-aged man in the blue brocade robe and introduced, this is Steward Yuan.

Shen Yun hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, but Steward Yuan didn't even dare to say it, and praised a few words of dignified appearance, young heroism and the like.

Then we walked to the villa together.

Crossing the tall and spacious white marble archway, entering the gate of the city wall, walking through a short section of the square, and walking step by step towards the mountain.

The steps up the hill lead directly to the manor, the steps are not high, at most more than ten zhang, there is still a platform in the middle, of course, the original mulberry mountain is not high.

"Virtuous nephew, the patriarch prefers upright people. Walking all the way, Bao Zhengchu took the opportunity to mention.

Shen Yun smiled, nodded slightly, and silently sensed the aura around him. As soon as I came, I found that the aura on this Mulberry Mountain is actually very good, although it is not as good as the cave in the Old Demon Ridge, but it is much better than the Jade Hall.

"Whether he will accept you or not, I can't guarantee it, I really can't, go back and think about it, and find a new professor for you." ”

Shen Yunzheng looked at the greenery around him with a happy face, and when he heard this, he was moved in his heart, but he smiled in his mouth: "Uncle don't worry, if the patriarch is unwilling to accept the little nephew, the little nephew will stay and study by himself for a long time, and then ask the patriarch for advice if he doesn't understand." ”

Bao Zhengchu was slightly stunned, then laughed and said no more.

Stepping into the high gate tower on the mountainside, a faint fragrance of osmanthus comes to the nose.

It's not like Baofu in the capital, where there are maids everywhere, and only a few gardeners who prune potted plants occasionally come across.

Ponds and rockeries everywhere, strange flowers and trees, and so on, and the faint sound of flowing water, which is refreshing, in general, Shen Yun prefers the quiet and elegant here.

Walking through a pond and bamboo forest, the midday sun is shining, the pool is sparkling, and the bamboo forest is full of life.

After passing through several courtyards, you will finally come to an exquisite courtyard.

There are a few old cypress trees planted in the yard, and there is a set of stone tables and benches, on which are placed a pot of walnut cookies and a cup of steaming tea.

On a brown rattan recliner nearby, an old man with a white beard was leisurely basking in the sun.

He was very old, the skin on his face was wrinkled like old bark, and there was almost no hair on his huge head, except for a small patch of gray hair at the back of his head.

This old man was the old Yuan Wenhua of the Yuan Pavilion, and when he heard the movement, he opened his eyes and saw that it was Bao Zhengchu, so he stood up.

"The student is at the beginning, I have seen the elders!" Bao Zhengchu stepped forward quickly and saluted.

"You don't have to be polite at the beginning. The patriarch smiled, glanced at Shen Yun with his eyes, and asked with a smile, "What kind of wind blew you here?" ”

The two exchanged a few words of greeting and sat down together, with Shen Yun standing aside.

Bao Zhengchu looked emotional, pointed to Shen Yun beside him, and sighed: "I can't hide it, this is my brother's only son, and his parents died since he was a child." ”

"My righteous brother has a life-saving grace for me, and today the student brought his nephew over, hoping that the patriarch can make a little more use in his spare time, and he will be of endless use in this life. ”

"Disciple Shen Yun, knock on the master!" Shen Yun hit the snake with the stick, and immediately kowtowed and bowed.

"Haha! Slowly, slowly!"

Yuan Ge Lao and Bao Zhengchu were stunned for a moment, laughed together, and the old man shouted to stop.

"The old man hasn't said that he wants to accept it from you, don't worry. Yuan Ge Lao smiled and said in a deep voice, "Why don't you introduce yourself first." ”

"Disciple Shen Yun, fourteen years old this year......" Shen Yun just spoke.

With a "whoosh", a white shadow flashed.

Shen Yun was quite helpless, looked at the stone table with an embarrassed face, exhaled lightly, rolled his eyes and smiled: "Her name is Xue Ling, she is a little fox, she has depended on me since she was a child, except for being greedy, everything else is good!"

In fact, before going up the mountain, I shouted that Xue Ling should not come out first, I didn't want this little thing, and when I saw the food I hadn't eaten, I made the mistake of being greedy.

The Yuan Pavilion Elder had never seen Xue Ling, and looked at Xue Ling with a look of surprise.

I saw that the little fox was holding a piece of walnut cake, his small mouth moved, gnawing with relish, and his big eyes flickered, looking at the patriarch very innocently.

Yuan Ge Lao and Bao Zhengchu thought that what Shen Yun said was dependent on each other, and they grew up together since childhood, but they didn't care, who would have thought that it was really the truth.

Seeing that Xue Ling was so spiritual, the elder of the Yuan Pavilion obviously liked it very much, and slowly approached.

"Xue Ling, don't be rude to my master!" Shen Yun hurriedly ordered, but he didn't dare to let Xue Ling hurt the elder.

The little fox ate to himself with relish and turned a deaf ear. Of course, this is not the case, she is still very docile and let the patriarch touch gently.

"Haha! I see that you two masters and servants are both unforgiving. The patriarch's heart was open, and he laughed: "Since the master also shouted, the disciple also weighed, and the dim sum was not let go, I can't leave you if I don't want to." ”

Bao Zhengchu didn't expect it to go so smoothly, he was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly got up to thank him.

The patriarch waved his hand, stopped Bao Zhengchu, looked at Shen Yun and said with a smile: "I haven't finished talking just now, let's continue." ”

"Also, although the old man has a literary name, he is actually better at medicine, astrology, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, astronomy and geography, etc., I don't know what you want to learn, boy?"

Shen Yun was overjoyed, and first helped the patriarch to take a seat, regardless of whether the bluestone floor was clean or dirty, he knelt down respectfully, kowtowed nine times, and bowed to the teacher.

secretly said in his heart: "The main purpose is, of course, literacy, but you can't read all day long, and it won't be too boring to learn some miscellaneous studies." ”

So he said: "Since the disciple was six years old, he has been working in the pharmacy until now, although he can barely read a few words, but he always feels that he knows too few words and cannot read ancient books, so he hopes to know more words; ”

Hearing Shen Yun say this, Bao Zhengchu was actually not very happy, he originally hoped that Shen Yun could focus on scientific research, but thinking that the other party might have a poor foundation, it was up to him, and he could talk about anything else in the future.

"Good, good!" the patriarch nodded repeatedly, showing no dissatisfaction. Of course, if you know the true thoughts in Shen Yun's heart, I am afraid that it is inevitable to eat family law.

His eyes narrowed and he smiled slightly: "But for the teacher, I am now used to taking a walk in the morning to see this picturesque scenery, and in the future, the afternoon is the teaching time." ”

In a few words, the class time was set.

Shen Yun was busy, and Bao Zheng was quite happy when he saw that it had been done, and thanked him again on the side.

The patriarch smiled and waved his hand again and again, in fact, he was quite surprised in his heart.

This child, who looks fifteen or sixteen, is actually fourteen years old, has only worked as a pharmacy worker for a few years, and actually talks without restraint in the face of two court officials.

And that little fox gave the patriarch a more peculiar feeling.

When he approached earlier, he seemed to sense a hint of danger. Hearing Shen Yun's scolding, Xue Ling kept moving, pretending to be deaf and dumb, but the feeling of danger receded like a tide.

The little fox is full of spirit and is very cute, but its cry is not like that of a fox.

These all made the patriarch surprised and secretly surprised.

The three of them chatted for a while, and the banquet was ready, so they laughed and walked together. Xue Ling was naturally not far behind, jumping and running at the front.

Shen Yun's consciousness as a junior disciple is not lacking at all, and it is obvious that there are the results of Chen Xu's stick education.

He waited decently for the patriarch and Bao Zhengchu to sit down, and then opened the ring and personally poured tea and wine for them. It was only at the urging of the patriarch that he sat down at the bottom.

The patriarch and Bao Zhengchu looked at it and nodded secretly.

However, Xue Ling couldn't care so much, and under Shen Yun's scolding, she was willing to get off the table and squat on the chair obediently, waiting for the vegetables to be given to her.

Xue Ling flashed a pair of big eyes, looked at the old man of the Yuan Pavilion pitifully, and the old man who saw it was distressed to give her some meat first, and then he bowed his head and munched with satisfaction, and made a proud cry of "woo".

Shen Yun had no choice but to laugh and scold.

After the banquet, Bao Zhengchu called the housekeeper Yuan Laifu, and not far from the elder's attic, a small courtyard was arranged for Shen Yun to live in.

Hearing that a few maids would have to be arranged to take care of his daily life, Shen Yun hurriedly excused himself.

Living alone, how comfortable it is, with others, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to cultivate.

Bao Zheng didn't insist when he saw this, and chatted with the patriarch for a while, then said goodbye and left, and repeatedly explained to Shen Yun before leaving, to listen to the patriarch well.

Bidding farewell to Uncle Bao, Shen Yun, under the leadership of Yuan Laifu, went to visit his residence.

The courtyard is about ten zhang long and wide, and in the middle is a huge white stone flower bed, planted with a stout and short old plum. There are four fan-shaped flower beds in the four corners, paved with green turf, and a variety of red maples, full of bright trees like fire, red leaves and flowers.

The rest of the ground is paved with bluestone floors, and only in one place, like the courtyard of the patriarch, there is a set of stone tables and stone benches.

Looking at the big red delicate and small attic in front of him, Shen Yun nodded secretly, very satisfied.

Entering the attic, on the left side of the main hall is the bedroom, with a screen and wooden bed, and on the right is the study, with empty bookshelves, and a huge brown desk, which occupies a small half of the study.

Upstairs, the line of sight is better, standing on the balcony, you can overlook the mountain dozens of miles away.

At this moment, Shen Yun was on the balcony, looking ahead with deep eyes.