Chapter Twenty-Four: Mr. Teaching
Early the next morning, a carriage stopped at the gate of the manor where Du Xu was staying, and two Tsing Yi servants got out of the car.
Although the two of them are servants, they are both dressed in silk and green clothes, neatly dressed, and act with their own bearing, not like servants of large families, but like sons with good families.
The two carefully helped a gray-haired old man from the car, he was dressed in brocade clothes, and he was more generous than the rest of the staff, but from the perspective of identity, he was actually just a housekeeper.
Such subordinates, even if they are generals of the palace, can't raise them! I really don't know what kind of Zhong Ming Ding Food House sent them.
Du Xu had already packed his luggage, and was doing his morning class in the main hall at this time, the old housekeeper came to the main hall with two healthy servants, and when he heard Du Xu's chanting, he immediately stood outside the door with his hands in his sleeves and did not make a sound.
"Tao can be the way, very Tao~" Du Xu meditated cross-legged, reciting the "Tao Te Ching" in his mouth, the true qi of the whole body surged, flowing in the eight veins and twelve canons of the Qi Sutra, with the rhythm of the mouth, the true qi fluctuated regularly, Du Xu knew that there were people waiting outside the door, but he didn't take them to heart, and a few servants dressed as fox demons and roe deer demons were not worthy of his attention.
It wasn't until the sun was getting higher and higher, a few scriptures were finished, and the spirit was more than thirty-six weeks, that Du Xu finished today's morning class, cleaned up his appearance, and Shi Shiran went out to meet them.
"I'm busy reading early, so I'm neglecting a few!" Du Xu said with a calm face.
The old butler of the fox hurriedly stepped forward, without a trace of impatience on his face, "It's me who is abrupt and disturbs the child's study." ”
Du Xu waved his hand and smiled: "Where, where! ”
"My lord asked Mr. to be the West Seat, and specially sent me to welcome him and take him back to the house. These two healthy servants have the strength to do it, and if the gentleman has any instructions, let them do it, and the frame of the house is parked outside the door, and I will send the gentleman over. ”
The old housekeeper arranged things in an orderly manner, and he deserved to be the fox spirit whose wisdom was closest to human among the goblins, compared to yesterday's old tree spirit, and the roe deer spirit next to him, his brain was much more flexible.
Du Xu was also not polite, and supported two roe deer spirits dressed as green shirts and healthy servants to get his luggage, Du Xu has high requirements for the quality of life, and several bags of luggage weigh hundreds of catties. But he knew that these two roe deer spirits had at least a hundred years of cultivation, and their martial arts were no less than that of secular martial arts masters, and they still had the strength of thousands of catties in their arms.
He went to the door with the old housekeeper, and the old housekeeper asked him to get in the car, and he did it himself as a coachman, and he didn't care about the two roe deer spirits, and drove away.
Although the surface of this carriage is inconspicuous, there is a lot of things inside, and there is a thick layer of bear skin in it, and there are two small cases, there are incense burners and books on the case, and there are foot futons on the shore, which are very comfortable, and there are two bright lights hanging in the carriage, and the windows are sealed with thick curtains, but they are also very bright.
The carriage swayed, it may be that the level of the fox demon driving is good, or there is a relationship with spells, the carriage is not very bumpy, Du Xu lay on his side behind the small case, picked up the books on the shore casually, and looked at it.
This old tree spirit has a good collection of books at home, this is a Northern Song Dynasty "Rong Zhai Essays", the books are very good, maybe there are other harvests this time.
Although the window of the car was blocked by a curtain, this could not isolate Du Xu's consciousness, at first the carriage was moving along the country road normally, but when the car reached a place where no one was around, the old butler of the fox spirit who drove the car secretly puffed up a gust of black wind, rolled up the carriage and flew into the mountains dozens of miles away.
Du Xu pretended not to feel the change of the carriage, which made the old butler breathe a sigh of relief, and he was in a hurry how to explain to Du Xu the reason why the carriage stopped!
The car arrived in the mountains, walking in the woods, but all the bushes blocking the carriage, they all wanted to consciously get out of the way, Du Xu on the car silently sensed the mana fluctuations released by the old housekeeper, he was quite curious about this spell, and if he learned it, it would be much easier to walk in the mountains and forests in the future.
After walking for about half an hour, the carriage went hundreds of miles deep into the jungle, came to the manor surrounded by green hills, and stopped at the gate of the manor.
The old butler whispered to the car: "Sir, it's time to get there." There was no answer in the car for half a while, and the old butler thought to himself, if I didn't fall asleep in the car, should I call him?
At this time, a hand opened the curtain of the carriage, Du Xu poked out his head and smiled at him warmly, got up and stepped out of the carriage.
This is a pastoral field in the green mountains, on both sides are the beautiful green mountains that are half-covered and half-hidden, a beautiful river surrounds it, enclosing a flat river valley, on this mountain plain, there are neat rice fields, and there are a few farmers in the fields from time to time leisurely stationing and watching, looking at the carriage that comes with Du Xu.
"The day rises and the field is made at night, and the children of the village are in charge of their own homes. The children and grandchildren have not solved the problem of farming and weaving, and they also learn to grow melons in Sangyin. Du Xu's poems were flourishing, and he plagiarized a poem of the ancients on the spot.
Coming to this troubled world, Du Xu is accustomed to seeing the scenes of life and death, seeing a lot of deserted villages and mountains, and the displaced refugees are also used to it. Seeing this peaceful pastoral life today, I was really a little excited in my heart, and swept away the gloom in my heart before.
"Uncle, seeing this paradise today, the students can't help but sigh. In this troubled world, my husband can guarantee this piece of paradise, which is really immeasurable!" Du Xu arched his hand and said with emotion.
The old tree spirit waved his hand and sighed: "The old decay is ashamed, this is all the remnants of the ancestors, and the old decay is ashamed." ”
Next to the old tree spirit, a little girl dressed in white, only six or seven years old, jumped out from behind the old tree spirit, and the eyelashes of the two big eyes were like two small fans, fluttering fans.
"Isn't this the big brother who is studying? Ying'er ...... every day. The little girl's eyes were as bright as stars and moons, her appearance was delicate and incomparable, and she was a cute mess, muttered half a sentence, and suddenly stopped abruptly, looking at Du Xu with wide eyes.
"What a cute little Lori, I really want to adopt one and go back to ....... The cute appearance of the little girl, the lethality is too great, Du Xu was stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses, "No, this Lori can't be a little fox! ”
The two stared at each other, but Xiao Ying was not afraid, puffed out her cheeks, and said in a milky voice: "Is the eldest brother Ying'er's teacher?"
"It's so cute! I can't help it! I really want to ** her fleshy little face. "Du Xu is at war with heaven and man in his heart.
At this moment, the old tree spirit blocked the little fox behind him and said with a smile: "My little granddaughter rarely sees outsiders, and she doesn't know etiquette, so she makes Mr. laugh!"
Who wants to listen to your old man's nonsense! Get out of the way, I want to see the cute Lori who is whirring with meat! Du Xu thought angrily in his heart, but on the surface he had to make a —— appearance.
The old tree spirit reprimanded the little fox a few words, but his voice was kind like coaxing his granddaughter, the little fox stuck out his tongue, made a grimace at Du Xu, and jumped back.
The old tree spirit smiled and watched the little fox run away, and turned around to invite Du Xu to visit the library.
There is a house in the south of the manor, it looks like it has just been cleaned, it is obviously Du Xu's future teaching place, this house is wide and wide, there are probably dozens of buildings, the big building is the size of a palace, there are many tables and chairs in it, it should be a classroom, some huts next to it, Du Xu doesn't know what to do here!
Some large and small Lori Zhengtai, hiding in a hidden place and peeping carefully, are all some little rabbit spirits, fox spirits, deer spirits, etc., all pink and cute, all of them are Du Xu's future students.
Directly in front of a three-storey wooden building, the old tree spirit pushed open the door of the library, the building is full of wooden bookshelves on all sides, there are volumes of books on the shelves, all kinds, there are large books, there are small books, there are manuscripts, there are lithographs, there are woodcut books, paper is also various, there are bamboo paper, sandalwood paper, silk books, parchment rolls, and even Danshu iron coupons!
Four walls, dozens of large bookshelves, under the corners of the four walls, there are countless yellowed books stacked. There are mutilated ancient books, and there are scriptures.
The books on the third floor are conservatively estimated to be as many as 100,000 volumes.
The old tree spirit smiled and said: "These are the teaching materials for Mr. in the future, Mr. can watch it at will, the old rotten wood is prosperous, if Mr. needs anything, just ask someone to inform me." ”
"I don't know when I can start teaching, sir, I'm ready to prepare. ”
Du Xu smiled: "I'll prepare, tomorrow." ”