In April, the weather is getting warmer, and the camellia flowers are blooming one after another.

"I'm already able to stand up and walk, when will you be able to raise your wings and fly?" said Guan Ren in front of the court, caressing the young eagle's neck and talking to the fierce bird. Now that he is in good shape, he always wants to walk around the courtyard.

Xiao'e came back from the main mansion and brought a message for the palace elder: "Young master, the Sage Academy is about to open in a few days, and the master asks if you want to go." ”

Guan Ren patted the young eagle's head and said casually: "It's already April now, why did you start teaching so late?"

"This, Xiao'e has heard others talk about it. I heard that the mountain chief's house has been in a lot of trouble in recent months, and it was not until a few days ago that there was some relief. ”

"Oh. Guan Ren nodded: "How old is this mountain chief of the Sage Academy? How can he not even handle family affairs?

Xiao'e explained: "The mountain chief Tangtai Gong is now over the age of old, and he is not only the current head of the Shantai family, but also the city lord of our Jiancheng, and he is very prestigious. ”

Guan people's strength is very good, and he immediately remembered the old man of Lantai who Gong Lao had mentioned to him, and immediately smiled: "Is that the old man who often competes with the old man for fans?"

Xiao'e was surprised, and her pretty face flushed: "Shouldn't the young master have listened to the errand?

As soon as the words came out, Xiao'e realized that she had lost her words. According to what he said, didn't he say that his master was dissolute and immoral? At that moment, he said in a low voice: "Young master, Xiao'e said the wrong thing. ”

Guan Ren just smiled and didn't blame.

Seeing Fugui'er coming from outside the courtyard with water, Guan Ren shouted: "Fugui'er, you come, I have something to ask you." ”

Fugui'er replied and put down the bucket: "What's the matter, young master." ”

"What kind of person is that Sage Academy's mountain chief, what kind of person is it?"

"Oh, Duke Tai, everyone says that he is a righteous gentleman with a good reputation. ”

"Then fight with the old man..... Ahem, isn't it this Taigong who is not on good terms with the old man?"

Fuguier said: "The Tantai family has three brothers, and the lord is only at odds with the second master of the Tantai family. The Duke of Tantai is the boss of the long house, and he has never had a holiday with the lord. ”

Guan Ren sighed, and then it became clear. Then they chatted: "Listen to Xiao'e, the Tantai family has been making a lot of trouble recently, do you know why?"

"I heard that it was the third master of the Shantai family who forced the Tangtai Gong to step down so that he could set up his son as the new head of the family. ”

Guan Daodao: "Even if the Duke of Tantai is old, the new head of the family should be selected from the long room, how can it be his turn to have three rooms?"

Fugui said: "The Duke of Tai is an old man, and now he is only nineteen years old, and he is a pampered person who can't convince the public." The son born in the third room is much older. The book is well read, and the person is also humble, and many people praise it. Therefore, the third master of the Shantai family has always wanted to fight for his son. ”

"I see. Guan Ren suddenly remembered Yuan Xi's assassination. guessed in his heart that this matter may be related to the dispute between the two rooms of the Tantai family.

Fugui'er said: "Young master, if it's okay, I'll carry the water first." ”

"Go ahead. After lunch, let's go to the Sage Academy to have a look. ”

Xiao'e said happily: "Young master, are you going to go to school?"

"No, just see. ”

After lunch, the three of them went to the Sage Academy located on Shuxiang Street in the north of the city.

Pass by a stone bridge that divides the north and south of the city. Guan Ren and his entourage had come to the center of the bridge, and suddenly saw a carriage galloping from the opposite bridge.

"Young Master is dangerous. Xiao'e was so frightened that she hurriedly went to pull the sleeves of the people.

The carriage ran a few feet in front of the gatekeeper, and as soon as the coachman pulled the reins, the horse neighed, and stopped on all fours.

The coachman sat on the wheels of the car and pointed at the three people with a whip: "Hey, good dog is not in the way, get out of the way." ”

Guan Ren squinted and looked into the carriage.

Originally, it was difficult for outsiders to see the situation inside the car, but there were no curtains on the window of the carriage in front of them. It wasn't that the curtain was pulled to the side, but there was no curtain at all.

"How do you talk? I think you're like a 10 percent dogleg. Xiao'e is a temperamental, and she can't see her young master being humiliated, so she scolded the coachman fiercely.

Fuguier rolled up his sleeves and was about to step forward. As soon as he took two steps, he was stopped by the detainer: "What are you doing?"

Fuguier said: "Young master, he scolded you, I went over and beat him." ”

Guan Ren leaned towards the bridge: "Forget it, let's let him go back." ”

When the coachman saw the three of them leaning towards the bridge, he snorted proudly, looking like he knew you.

The carriage drove past the three of them, and Fugui'er glanced inside the carriage and saw a young man sitting on a cushion with his eyes closed. He was dressed in very simple clothes, just coarse linen clothes.

Fugui'er said: "Young master, the one sitting in the car is Taijin." ”

The three of them continued to move forward, and Guan Ren asked, "Who is Tan Tai Jin?"

"Tan Tai Jin is the son of Tan Tai Gong. This guy was really connived at and bad, and the people below scolded us, he didn't care, but he still had the heart to sleep. He deserves to be the head of the house. ”

Guan Ren patted Fugui'er on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Heh...... People are pretending to be asleep. ”

Fugui'er said: "That's even more hateful." ”

After a short time, the three of them had come to Scholar Street.

The whole street is not long, except for a college that covers a wide area, the most on the street is the bookstore, there are more than ten in total.

In front of the academy, all I saw were young people who had come to enroll.

Xiao'e said happily: "Young master, let's go in." ”

Guan Ren saw more and more that this girl was a noisy and unhappy character, and said: "Just take a look, and I don't plan to go to school." ”

Xiao'e pursed her lips, slightly disappointed.

Guan Ren pointed to the middle-aged steward in front of the academy who was in charge of registering his name, and said to Xiao'e: "See, you stay here with Fugui'er, and when the person who enrolled in the school leaves, go and leave that person, I have something to ask him." ”

"What about you, young master?"

"I'll go to the bookstore across the street to have a look, and then I'll ask Fugui'er to come and call me. ”

"Got it, young master. ”

Guan Ren walked towards a bookstore called Shi Yan Zhai.

When I entered the door, I saw a young man sitting at the counter, twenty years old, small-eyed, slightly chubby, with large sleeves and a book, holding a book and reading it intently.

Guan Ren shouted: "The shopkeeper is good." ”

The shopkeeper looked up slowly, and a pair of shrewd eyes poked out from behind the scroll.

"The Shopkeeper's ......"

"Shut up. The shopkeeper said sharply, which really startled the Guan people. He gently spread the scroll in his hand on the table, and said with an unkind face: "What are you calling Mr. Ben?"

"Is there anything wrong with calling you shopkeeper?"

"Vulgar". The shopkeeper drank and stood up: "The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper, except for the shopkeeper, can't you call Mr."

"This ......" Guan Ren was stunned for a moment, and then said unhappily: "I'm here to take care of your family's business, is there anyone like you who is so reckless with guests?"

"Hush. The shopkeeper pouted, but his tone softened a little: "Business, Mr. Ben can do it or not." But no matter whose business it is, Mr. Ben must be happy, otherwise this book ......" The shopkeeper waved his robe sleeves: "Not for sale." ”

"Huh?" Guan Ren was really about to be laughed at angrily: "Do you have a treasure? I will go to another store to buy it, will I not be able to buy it?" After saying that, he was about to leave angrily.

"Wait. The shopkeeper seemed to be retaining, but his tone was a bit rigid.

Guan Ren didn't want to entangle with him anymore, so he raised his legs and left.

"Hey, hey......." The shopkeeper hurriedly chased: "Please stay, please stay." ”

Catching up, he grabbed Guan Ren's arm and piled up with a smile on his face.

Guan was angry in his heart, and said hurriedly: "Let go, let go, let go....... Okay, okay, I'm not leaving, you can let go. ”

"Hehe......" The shopkeeper let go of his hand and smiled: "It is indeed Mr. Ben's fault, please don't be surprised if you are rude, he..... Don't be surprised. ”

"Rude? I don't have anything to say to you, so I'm gone, don't stop me. ”

"Slowly, slowly. Something to say......"

"Nothing to say, farewell. ....... Hey, hey, what are you holding me again? ”

"Hugh is angry, please listen to Mr. Ben's speech. ”

"Are you annoyed? If you don't buy it, you won't buy it, and it's useless to pester. ”

"Oh?" the shopkeeper looked surprised: "How did you know Mr. Ben's honorific name?"

Guan Ren was already annoyed: "I said brother, how can I know your brother's name when we meet for the first time? ”

"Haha, yes, Mr. Ben's name is Fan Bufan. I didn't expect it, but now it's known all over the city, alas, it's really ashamed. The shopkeeper shook his head and sighed in shame.

"Good name! Your brother is extraordinary. Okay, now I know your name, so let me go. ”

"Hey, come and don't be rude. Although you are unknown, you are nowhere near as famous as Mr. Ben. However, Mr. Ben is broad-minded, and voluntarily condescends to condescend to get acquainted with you, and let me report your name quickly. ”

"Dude, don't make trouble, if you keep entangled, it's going to be dark. ”

“......”

"If you don't let it go, I'm going to be rough. ”

“......”

"Whew...... You have a kind. It doesn't hurt to tell you, my name is Guan Ren. ”

"Ah, it turned out to be Xiao Guan. You and I are both scholars, and we are all disciples of Confucius. If you hadn't shouted at the shopkeeper when you entered the door, how could Mr. Ben be angry with you?"

Guan Ren laughed when he heard this, and the shopkeeper was arrogant and unreasonable many times, but it was for this reason. I wondered how there could be such a perverse and eccentric person in this world? I couldn't help but sigh: "You are the shopkeeper of this shop, but you don't allow people to call it that, don't you have to quarrel with people all the time? ”

As a scholar, he is full of books and has a bookish fragrance. Who are the shopkeepers? Those are the people who deal with money all the time. The hands of my generation of Confucian scholars are soaked in the fragrance of books and ink, how can I stain those copper stenches again?"

"Then you sell books and don't charge money?"

"Vulgar! The so-called subset of scriptures and histories are all the efforts of the sages, and the sages have learned from the saints, can they be sold?"

Guan Ren listened to his reasonableness, thinking that he had a villain's heart, and couldn't help but apologize: "It turns out that my brother is giving books to others, but I misunderstood." ”

"Rough.... , but also, it's not a gift of books, and some money is collected. Fan Bufan stretched out his hand and pointed to a wooden box on the counter, which was engraved with the words 'review the old and learn the new, a thousand words', and said: "Na, the money is put into the wooden box, and Mr. Ben never touches the money." ”

"Alright, Mr. Ben, you let me go. As for me, I won't go to another house to buy it, so I can take care of the business of my fellow student, how about it?"

Fan Bufan said dissatisfiedly: "What is Your Excellency Mr. Ben? In this way, you will give me as much as you can take away the books here, sir. Mr. Ben will give a book today, how about it? ”

Guan Ren was unmoved, and walked to the bookshelf to pick up the book and read it: "Since you take care of business, you must pay for it." If you don't say it, it's okay, I'll call you a nice sound, and I should make you happy. But if you open your mouth to give away a book, I won't call it. ”

Fan Bufan looked at Guan Ren for a while, and sighed: "It's quite stubborn." Mr. Ben told you, this word sir, you have decided today. ”

Guan Ren still flipped through the book: "I'm afraid of your ability to entangle people." However, since I said that I want to take care of your family's business, I will not call it, and you will be pestered in vain, and it is useless. ”

"Hahaha, joke. Fan Bufan stepped forward and pulled up the sleeves of Guan Ren's shirt and said, "Come with me." ”

Guan Ren was forcibly pulled upstairs by Fan Bufan, and the wooden ladder was trampled by the two.

"Hey, I haven't picked ...... yet"

When I went up to the second floor, thousands of scrolls of calligraphy and painting came into my eyes, and Guan Ren couldn't help but be stunned.

Fan Bufan looked at him stunned, his heart was happy, and he smiled: "What's the matter? ”

Guan Ren stared at an ancient painting of animal skin on the wall for a long time, and hurriedly approached to take a closer look.

"Is this a map?" Guan Ren exclaimed.

"Not bad. This is a map of the mountains and seas of Unai, and this is what the world looked like before the collapse of the sky. ”

"A mountain range winds half the world, a country, is so small?"

"Oh, that mountain is Kunlun Mountain, known as the ancestor of ten thousand veins, and it is unimaginably big. The country you are referring to, called the Great Hidden Country, is not big, from south to north, it is only seventy or eighty years. ”

"Seventy or eighty years?

"Hiking, one seventy or eighty years, and it's over. ”

Guan Ren was shocked: "That's a big deal!"