Chapter 3: Why Isn't It? (Part II)
One ye without words, the next day. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoYanran Pavilion on the outskirts of the southern city.
Although it rained lightly last night, after bathing in the afternoon sun, everything has faded to crystalline, leaving only freshness. I saw the grass and trees competing for spring, the fragrant flowers and flowers, the bees and butterflies were noisy, so it was not lively...... There is still a trace of moisture in the air, looking at the place, the distant mountains are connected, there is green water around, it is a good time to step on the spring in April......
Zhu Jue packed up early and came here half an hour earlier than the scheduled time. Young people are humble and low-key, let alone the covenant of the elderly. Zhu Jue knew this well and did not dare to slack off.
But when he got close to the pavilion, he found that Taishou and his party were already waiting for him.
"Sins and sins, yesterday I haven't thanked Fujun for the grace of his whole life, and today I am tired of waiting for Fujun for a long time, it's too late, it's really ......" Zhu Jue hurriedly took three steps and made two steps, walked to Chen Ran, and slammed to the ground. But he was bitter in his heart, and he was passive now, but don't let him use the topic to play.
"Haha, it's okay to be a little friend. I'm early. Compared with yesterday's understatement, today's Chen Ran is obviously much more enthusiastic. Quickly picked up Zhu Jue and walked into the pavilion to sit down.
"You don't have to speculate, I've always been direct. Meet today, there is really one thing to ask for. ”
"I don't know...... Dare to ask...... "It stands to reason that I was just saved by this Taishou yesterday, and in order to repay this favor, I should come down and talk about anything." But Zhu Jue has always been cautious, afraid that this Taishou will make him do something angry and resentful, violate his principles, or be beyond his ability and difficult to achieve. So let's talk about it.
"I wonder if you've ever heard of 'cultivating immortals'?"
"Immortals, I've heard of ......," Zhu Jue pondered his words, "It's just a folk legend that caught the wind and caught shadows a hundred years ago, what 'Imperial Sword Flying', 'Turning Stones into Gold', and some strange texts like "Shen Sou Ji" and "Immortal God Directory" have read some of them. It's just that the kid is still young, and he has never seen those magical spells, let alone immortals. ”
"Hehe, don't say that you haven't seen an immortal, even I haven't seen it. Seeing Zhu Jue's inquiring and puzzled expression, Chen Ran simply finished speaking: "Immortals, how can it be so easy to see." Even among those masters, there is not a single one who can become an immortal...... But although I have never seen an immortal, I know that there must be one in this world!"
"Outside of this world, there are some people who want to seek immortals and demons, do not ask about the world, and only cultivate their own bodies, just to cross the sky and dive into the sea, and be at ease. Although they have not become immortals, they have thousands of Taoism and a long lifespan, which is long different from mortals. -- for the 'monks'. Among them, there are some monks who have formed various sects in order to complement each other's resources and exchange ideas. --And my eldest brother is the elder of the outer sect of the Danhua faction in the Nanming Domain. ”
"Nanming Domain?"
"It's normal that you haven't heard of it, but in fact, the world is so vast. With the appearance of the sea, the vastness of the sky, the instantaneous, the millennium will not come. Those Great Chu and Great Zhou, compared with the Nanming Domain, are just a drop in the ocean. As for the sea as you know, it is actually just a small inner lake in the Nanming region. ”
"Isn't there still the Beiming Domain, the Dongming Domain......
"Yes, if you don't talk about that, you'll know later. Chen Ran handed one of the wooden plaques to Zhu Jue, and said to himself: "My eldest brother has been cultivating immortals since he was a child, and he has not been heard from for more than forty years, until he returned seven years ago, we learned that he has achieved success in cultivating and has become an elder of the Danhua faction, one of the four major factions in the Nanming Domain. But he didn't stay long, and only left two places for the outer disciples of the Danhua Sect for my Lingzhou Chen family. As he spoke, Chen Ran raised the wooden card in his hand.
Zhu Jue looked at the piece in his hand, only to see that the top was wide and the bottom was narrow, the wood was like jade, and he didn't know what kind of tree it was made of. Looking at the back again, there is a small black circle printed in the middle, and in the circle is the word "outside" written by Li.
Although the whole wooden sign is not big, it is antique, revealing a trace of vicissitudes......
"Every seven or eight years, the Danhua sect will open the mountain gate for a few months to select and recruit disciples, or to supplement some miscellaneous servants and collect resources. At the same time, a few sect elders will also be sent to find some young people with good qualifications in the Nanming Domain, and directly recommend them as outer disciples. And if the qualifications are not good, even the prince has no chance. These two wooden plaques are the qualifications of the official disciples of the outer sect. As long as you have this card, when it is open for selection, someone will accept the introducer. And there is no need to assess, and he is directly promoted to an outer disciple. ”
Zhu Jue was full of slander, but he still listened humbly.
"And these two wooden signs, one for my son, and the other for you. ”
At this time, Zhu Jue noticed that among the relatives who came with Taishou outside the pavilion, there was a young man in a brocade robe, who was bowing his head and unhappy, as if he was resisting the upcoming fate.
"Why give me this piece?" Zhu Jue didn't have the consciousness of being hit by the pie in the sky at all, he was secretly vigilant in his heart, and asked slowly: "Such a good thing, why don't you use it for yourself, even if you don't give it to yourself, among the descendants of the prince of the house, there must be a lot of young talents, so you don't have to be willing to go far." ”
"What ...... I" Chen Ran seemed to be a little thirsty, tasted the tea that had already been scalded on the stone table, and said in a deep voice: "Although I am older, if I am not a Taishou, and I also guard the family business of the Chen family in Lingzhou, I would also like to go." As for the nephews......"
Chen Ran gently put down the cup, and said a little helplessly: "Although I have children and nephews, I am full of ointment, and I can't even read books well, not to mention cultivating immortals?-- and cultivating immortals is the most important qualification!"
After that, he pointed to the brocade-robed young man outside the pavilion, "Even him, if it weren't for the tight war in Lingzhou and the precarious situation, I wouldn't want him to go...... I know exactly what he is capable of, rather than wasting this place and spending his years in the sect, it is better to enjoy decades of joy and wealth in the world. ”
Sure enough, it was a deep love for licking calves, Zhu Jue understood a little, and asked tentatively: "Then the other place is not indispensable, why does the prince value me so much?"
"What are you......" Chen Ran narrowed his eyes, as if recalling, "In the third year of the Great Chu Qianyuan, he was born in Zhujia Town, Tai'an County, Lingzhou Prefecture, and was an only son. Father squire, mother surnamed Liu, businesswoman. Gifted and intelligent at an early age, diligent and studious, he can be a quatrain at the age of seven, and he worked in the law and poetry at the age of eight, and the name of the prodigy runs through the five counties and is spread in Lingzhou. In the fourteenth year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, Tai'an County Township School General Examination was the first. In the fifteenth year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, he was specially recommended to enter the Lingzhou Mansion School before the age of completion, and he was the first in the entrance examination. In the sixteenth year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, the plague in the three counties of Tai'an, Qingyuan, and Kaiyuan caused the ten rooms and nine empty rooms in Zhujia Town, and the family died. In the same year, as a student, he helped the school record room, with a monthly income of 70 yuan, and the tuition fee was paid from it. In the seventeenth year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, because of the history of the scriptures, Xiaoziji, and especially good at books, he was unanimously recommended by the three main lecturers of Fuxue - if it were not for the war, Lingzhou would have sent three places to Taixue, and there would be one of yours...... Your talent, it's not too much to say that you are excellent......"
I didn't know that much myself! It seems that they didn't waste the day. Zhu Jue was secretly frightened.
After taking a sip of tea to moisten his throat, Chen Ran continued to speak: "In February of the seventeenth year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, he was forcibly conscripted into the army and entered Caoyangwei, and the three groups of thirteen soldiers in the forward battalion Luqu Ertun. A total of two major battles, seven small battles, three minor injuries, no serious injuries, and no gains. In March of the eighteenth year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, well, that is, a month ago, he was convicted with dozens of comrades, and he was convicted...... Lost city without fighting!"
This time Zhu Jue was really amazed, the two knife wounds on his back are not counted, everyone else knows, it was just a stab wound on the buttocks, he was picked up by an enemy scout with a dagger when he was alone outside the barracks. Fortunately, he was on a whim at the time, and while he was comfortable, he looked down at the scenery from his crotch and down, just to peek through the enemy who was tiptoeing behind him, but the man's dagger had already arrived, and even if he quickly dodged, he had been shallowly pierced his right thigh. Fortunately, when the scout saw that he missed the blow, he was worried about alarming the military camp next to him, so he quickly withdrew, otherwise Zhu Jueke, who didn't even put on his pants, would have completely explained. Because this matter was disgraceful, for fear of being made fun of, he didn't mention it to anyone, but he didn't expect to be shaken out today. It seems that you have to pay attention to taking a shower or something in the future.
Chen Ran ignored Zhu Jue's surprise, and continued to say: "You are young, but you have experienced ups and downs, although fate is manipulative, it is difficult to hide the glory of Puyu. Although I have not entered the immortal gate, I also know that cultivating immortals is a matter against the sky, and it cannot be obtained unless I am amazing and beautiful! Moreover, this cultivation of immortals also depends on a trace of luck. Xiaoyou, you can go through adversity several times without being discouraged, and live in the Jedi, which shows the prosperity of luck, maybe he will really be able to achieve the road one day. ”
Rao is Zhu Jue is firm mind, and he can't help but be a little fluttering, it seems that I don't go to others to cultivate immortals, maybe it's really not good!
"Qualifications are only one aspect, but more importantly - I am kind to you!"
Eh, does it matter, if you are kind to me, you will give me another benefit, Zhu Jue is a little puzzled.
"The old man has been an official for 30 years, and he has a little experience in watching people. Who will take revenge, and who is duplicitous, you can know at a glance. Although you are young and old, you are sleek, but you have your own principle bottom line in your bones, which can be called round on the outside and square on the inside. So - as long as I am gracious to you. Whatever the purpose, whether you want it or not, you will repay me in the future, or the people I have entrusted to you!"
He actually knows me better than me, am I so kind and great? Zhu Jue has a feeling of meeting a confidant.
"My son is stubborn, unlearned, unskilled, and young and unsupervised. Little friends and talents, if they go together, they will definitely be able to carry one or two. Besides, Xiaoyou has no family to tie in, and he has nowhere to go, so he has no distractions at this time, so he should go to cultivate immortals......"
"Look at it. According to you, it seems that this wooden sign can only be given to me. ”
"Not bad. ”
"Do I have to?"
"You have to do it!"
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