Start with the gods

Chapter 39
Yujing once recalled the prosperity of the past, the home of thousands of miles of emperors.Qionglin Yudian, Chaoxuan stringed pipes, Mu Lie Shengpa.

Guo Yu didn't stay in Xiaojing Lake for long, and left directly after a brief exchange with Duan Zhengchun, and then came to Kaifeng, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, unknowingly.

Kaifeng is one of the six ancient capitals of China. As early as the Warring States period, Wei State established it as the capital of the king.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, five dynasties successively established their capitals here, namely Houliang, Houjin, Houhan, Houzhou and Song Dynasty.

"It is indeed the largest city in the world at this time, even better than what Master Zhang Zeduan described."

Guo Yu held a folding fan in his hand, and was wearing a Confucian scholar's gown, just like a young man in troubled times, wandering in the market of Kaifeng.

Unlike the previous dynasties, the Song Dynasty paid great attention to commercial activities, making it one of the important sources of fiscal revenue.

Therefore, all the Lifangs in Kaifeng City were dismantled, and the connections between various places in the venue were opened up, so that people can walk almost all over the city along the roads and rivers.

Guo Yu became interested, bought the Four Treasures of the Study, and leaned against the side of the street, so he directly painted the scene of the prosperous Song Dynasty.

"Brother, the brushwork is not bad, it looks like it came from a famous artist."

After a while, when Guo Yu finished his masterpiece, a young man in his early twenties wearing a simple soldier's robe stood beside him and praised loudly.

"Brother, I'm just laughing. I have learned some graffiti skills from my grandfather since I was a child. It's not a famous work." Guo Yu responded with a smile.

"Hey, that's wrong." The young man picked up the painting that hadn't been completely finished and shook his head in praise, "Brother, you can outline more than half of Kaifeng with just a few strokes, which makes people feel the bustling atmosphere. It's really a rare masterpiece. ah."

"My praise, my praise, I am ashamed to accept it." Guo Yu looked at the young man with a smile, "Guo Yu, may I ask what your name is?"

As early as when Guo Yu was painting, he felt a stranger approaching him, silently observing.

The young man is handsome and has an extraordinary demeanor, which makes people feel good at first glance.

"Xiaosheng Huang Chang, I have met Brother Guo." The young man bowed and saluted.

"Huang Chang..." Guo Yu lost his mind for a while, and then asked quickly: "But you work in the Imperial Academy?"

"Brother Guo, how did you know?" Huang Chang looked puzzled, "I also got a Jinshi this year, and I just joined the Imperial Academy."

"Sure enough." Guo Yu understood, "A friend of mine mentioned Brother Huang before, saying that you are a rare man of talent and virtue in the world."

"Brother, you won the prize, how can you be considered a celebrity..."

Immediately, the two seemed to meet each other as confidants, and they had a happy chat.

At the same time, Guo Yu took a chance to test it out, and found that Huang Chang had no internal energy at this time, and obviously didn't know any martial arts.

This also shows that Huang Chang did not have any martial arts when he was just a fledgling, and he obtained everything when he compiled the famous Wanshou Dao Zang.

"Brother Guo, you and I hit it off right away, why don't we have a drink and chat in the lower mansion?" Seeing that Guo Yu was completely different from the people he met in the official place, Huang Shang couldn't help but happily extended the invitation.

"Okay, Brother Huang invites you kindly, how can you not give me face?" Of course Guo Yu would not refuse.

Huang Chang's home was very close, Guo Yu didn't take a few steps, and accompanied by Huang Chang, they stepped into a small house together.

Although Huang Chang is young, he is very talkative. He already has some extraordinary experience at a young age.

And Guo Yu was a man of two generations, possessing a reserve of knowledge unimaginable by the ancients, which deeply attracted Huang Chang.

Huang Chang liked to listen to Guo Yu's anecdotes about the world, and he listened with great interest, which he had never encountered in the officialdom.

Especially about the matter of martial arts masters and chivalrous men, they asked all kinds of questions. When Guo Yu explained, his eyes were shining brightly.

"Brother Huang, from your expression, it seems that you are very interested in the martial arts." Seeing Huang Chang's appearance, Guo Yu couldn't help asking.

"Brother Guo's eyes are like torches." Huang Chang smiled awkwardly, and then sighed: "Although my younger brother came from a scholarly background, I actually don't like officialdom."

"Since I was a child, I have longed to be like those knight-errants and immortals, roaming between heaven and earth with a sword, and soothe the injustice in my heart."

"It's a pity that because of my family background, I can only apply for the imperial examination and become an official. This is still a pity."

"It turns out that brother Huang still has such ambitions."

Guo Yu originally thought that the reason why Huang Chang compiled and compiled the Wanshou Dao Zang was only ordered by the emperor to realize the Nine Yin Scriptures by chance.

Now that I heard these words, I realized that Huang Shang had already had the intention to practice Qi and martial arts, but he had not yet taken action.

"Actually, Brother Huang, I'm from a family of martial arts." Guo Yu announced his family background, and looked at Huang Chang solemnly, "If Brother Huang doesn't mind, brother here has a family tradition of cultivation, just give it to Brother Huang. "

"This is something passed down from Brother Guo's family, how can I keep it in my pocket." Huang Chang was a gentleman, and he waved his hands repeatedly to refuse.

"Brother Huang, you're welcome. My family doesn't have so many rules and customs."

Guo Yu chuckled, "Although you and I met for the first time, we got along very well, enough to be called confidantes."

"Besides, this scripture is useless in my hands, why not give it to my brother?"

"Okay, since that's the case." Seeing Guo Yu's words were sincere, Huang Chang no longer refused, "Then I will accept it brazenly."

Then, under the leadership of Huang Chang, Guo Yu came to the study room, silently wrote down the Nine Yin Manual on the spot, and handed it to Huang Chang.

Guo Yu couldn't help smiling when he saw Huang Chang looking through the scriptures happily when he got them.

The Nine Yin Scriptures were originally written by the person in front of me, and now I have given the book to him in advance, it is really a strange feeling.

Now that Huang Chang has obtained the cheat book earlier, he believes that his cultivation will far surpass that of his previous life and reach a more extraordinary level.

Huang Shang is worthy of being a future generation of grandmasters, with an extremely extraordinary mind, after simply flipping through a few pages.

So I solemnly closed it and put it away, and then accompanied Guo Yu to continue their chatting journey.

"I don't know, what kind of work does Brother Huang do in the Imperial Academy?" Seeing that the two sides were chatting a bit far away, Guo Yu brought the topic to Huang Chang.

"Brother Guo is laughing at the fact that my younger brother has just entered the Imperial Academy and is only doing proofreading and collection of some books." Huang Chang said embarrassedly.

"Are there a lot of Taoist classics among them?" Guo Yu asked again.

"Yes, there are many books in the royal collection about Taoism, but few people are usually interested in it."

Huang Shang didn't hide anything just because Guo Yu was a Jianghu person.

"Actually, there were not so many before." Huang Chang continued, "It's just that King Duan liked it very much, and sent someone to collect a lot."

"King Duan?" Guo Yu was thoughtful. If he guessed correctly, this King Duan should be the future Daoist Emperor Song Huizong Zhao Ji.

"Brother Guo is also interested in Taoist scriptures?" Huang Chang sensed what Guo Yu meant.

"Yes." Guo Yu nodded lightly, and said calmly: "What I will learn in my next life is all derived from Taoist martial arts theory, and I like to read some Taoist classics on weekdays."

"My little brother can help you with this matter."

Huang Chang was very happy to be able to bring help to Guo Yu. "My little brother is now in charge of compiling and sorting out all kinds of official collections. If brother Guo wants to watch it, he can go with me."

"Guo Mou is not an official in the court, but can he also read the official collection?" Guo Yu was overjoyed.

"Brother, don't worry, you can go with the little brother, there is no problem at all."

With a smile on his face, Huang Chang explained simply, "My little brother is now an editor at the Imperial Academy, so it's perfectly fine to bring a few people in to help, and there won't be any misunderstanding."

"And these Daoist books are rarely read on weekdays, so it is difficult to attract the attention of others."

The court of the Song Dynasty did treat scholars extremely high, which is incomparable in all dynasties.

Even if they are just ordinary people, as long as they pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi, they will be respected by everyone. From then on, they will ascend to the sky, and their status will be very different.

Even the emperor doesn't look at ease like them.

"Okay, I'm really interested in these things. It would be great if I could follow what Brother Huang said."

Guo Yu originally had this plan in mind, wanting to visit the precious royal collection of books to enrich his wisdom and experience.

Originally, he wanted to find an opportunity to sneak in with Yi Rong, but now it seems that with Huang Chang's help, he can save a lot of trouble and achieve his goal easily.

"Okay, then we'll make a deal like this." Huang Chang smiled happily, "Take a good rest tonight, and I'll take Brother Guo with me tomorrow morning."

Huang Chang understood the eagerness of scholars to see what they wanted, and of course he didn't want to delay it.

(End of this chapter)