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"Master." Song You followed behind Master Meng, and when Master Meng sat down, he called out in a low voice, and Master Meng hummed, "You, do you know what's wrong?"

Song You shrank his neck, glanced timidly at Master Meng and lowered his head, "You, You know your mistake."

"Are you sure you were wrong?" Master Meng sternly said, Song You was so frightened that his knees limp on the ground and he said repeatedly, "Master, Song You was wrong."

"Where is the mistake?" Meng Fuzi asked.

"You shouldn't speak ill of Song Cheng, and you shouldn't slander Song Cheng just because of jealousy." Song You tremblingly said, Master Meng flung his sleeves and snorted, but ignored Song You, and turned to Song's father who was standing aside. : "It's my father's fault to raise or not to teach, and today's dispute between Song Cheng and Song You is the root you planted, do you know?"

Song's father had long since regretted the turmoil. Hearing Master Meng's words, he immediately bowed and said, "Song Xiang knows his mistake."

"You, sit quietly and always think about your own faults, and don't talk about others' right and wrong. This is the way of self-cultivation. A gentleman is virtuous. He can establish a country when he goes up, and settle down a family when he goes down. The master taught you to read the books of sages and sages. You haven't even learned the most basic things well. How can you be worthy of the words of the sages you have read?" Meng Master's tone gradually softened, "If you teach me to find you like this again in the future, we will cut off the title of teacher and student, and don't want to add disgrace to my old face, Master. gone."

Song You quickly bowed his head and said, "Yes, the student remembered it."

Master Meng taught Song You, and Master Xu decisively punished Song Cheng and Qi Yue to copy the book after hearing the condensed version of what Cui Pingzhi said. Master Cui just sat on the side and stroked his beard and laughed.After that, it took Song Cheng and Qi Yue seven or eight days to finish copying these books.Master Xu looked at the stack of papers they copied and asked with a smile, "Can you figure out what to do in the future?"

Song Cheng was the first to say: "From now on, you can't be so impulsive, using your tongue, being mean and sharp, it's not the right way."

Master Xu didn't speak after hearing this, and asked Qi Yue again: "What did Yue think of?"

"Only when I am strong enough can I have the right to speak, so that those wicked people will be afraid and dare not offend." Qi Yue said quietly, without any trace of the original impulse in his words. This was a decision he made after careful consideration. It's not a child's whim.

Master Xu didn't say anything, he nodded with a smile and said, "Go and play, I'll give you a holiday."

Hearing this, Qi Yue immediately took Song Cheng to the wilderness, and the two of them wandered around for a day, and they didn't arrive home until evening. When Song Cheng entered the door, he saw his teacher's wife smiling and said, "Fuzhi brought something back, I have something for you, put it in on the table, go and have a look."

Sure enough, Song Cheng saw a cloth package when he entered the door. When he opened it, he saw several pens and a short dagger. Song Cheng had never seen a dagger before, and when he saw it, he pulled it out happily, only to see the dagger flashing coldly, like a precious mirror out of a box. , Song Cheng smiled and said, "What a sharp dagger!"

Mr. Xu shook his head with a smile and said, "What kind of dagger is the child's family giving? This brat thought it was me."

"It's good for the children to be happy, you old man, what else did you say in the reply letter?" Mrs. Xu asked with a smile while serving the dishes.

Master Xu took out the letter paper, read it several times and said, "The tea business has improved, and he still wants to do the grain business, but he won't be able to do so until next year."

"Who asked this? I'm asking how is that girl from the Cheng family?" Mrs. Xu said with a smile.

"Miss from the Cheng family..." Xu Fuzi murmured, flipping through the pages of letter paper several times in his hand, and found that Xu Fu had said many things in great detail, but he didn't see a single word from the girl from the Cheng family, so he could only Put the letter paper on the table and said to Mrs. Xu, "Fuzhi didn't mention it."

Mrs. Xu spat: "This bastard, it's the first time he saw her girl, why didn't he even say a word, it's outrageous, talk to him carefully when you reply."

Master Xu nodded, moved the stool out for his wife and put it on the side of the table, saying: "Let's eat first, I'll write a letter to talk to him later."

Song Cheng ate with his head covered, and only listened to Master Xu and Mrs. Xu's conversation with his ears. Suddenly, Master Xu smiled and said to Song Cheng, "Cheng, change your clothes tomorrow morning, and I'll take you to the library."

Song Cheng looked confused, didn't he pass by the library every day when he entered the door?

"Teacher, don't we go to the library every day?" Song Cheng asked.

"It's different this time. Both Mr. Cui and your big brother Cui will come tomorrow. Master has something to tell you." Master Xu smiled, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were exposed. Seeing him so happy, Song Cheng didn't ask any more questions. , will know anyway.

Early the next morning, Mr. Cui and Cui Pingzhi woke up. Song Cheng was a little confused when he got up early, but he saw Master Xu, Mrs. Xu, Mr. Cui and Cui Pingzhi had already cleaned the library.Song Cheng suddenly felt that he was snoozing, so he walked over cautiously and said, "Master, Mrs. Cui, Brother Cui."

Master Xu smiled and said, "Are you up? Come, come, and see the real face of our library."

Hearing the words, Song Cheng walked over, and saw that the wall where the large bookcases were usually placed had been cleared out, and above it was a central hall with simple and simple artistic conception written in seal characters. Song Cheng didn't know seal characters, so he turned his head and asked, "Teacher ,What's this?"

Master Xu took the incense table from Cui Pingzhi and offered an offering: "This is the ancestor of our Liyang lineage. In the pre-Qin period, a hundred schools of thought contended, and I was the only one missing from Limen. Cheng, do you know why the master accepts you as a student?"

Song Cheng shook his head, and Mrs. Xu lit a stick of incense: "Cheng, my Liyang lineage began when Xiao Gong was in danger, and has gone through thousands of years until now. I don't specialize in Confucianism, I don't know the magic soldiers, and I don't know how to go to the mountains and fields. , not galloping in the court, but passed on from generation to generation, only to accept the world's classics, pass them on to future generations, educate the world, and leave a legacy to future generations. The first emperor sealed the book and buried Confucianism. The learning of the family is passed on.”

"Cheng has never heard of such a genre, sir, this is..." Song Cheng couldn't make the switch, could it be that this is a hidden NPC?

Xu Fuzi smiled and said: "No one has heard of my Limen. This Limen has been handed down to me for more than a thousand years. It has been passed down for thirty generations. Now I am faint and old, and the sun is fading away. God has mercy on me for meeting me. Thanks to you, great luck!"

Mr. Xu said again: "The prosperity of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. I am the only one in Liyang who is independent from the world. Therefore, the selection of each generation of Liyang disciples is quite strict. Every generation There are only three disciples in Liyang, one of them does business, one travels, one collects books, and one teacher accepts only one student in his life. Cheng, do you understand why this arrangement is made?"

Song Cheng nodded and said, "Businessmen raise funds, provide money for the other two, and maintain the lineage of Liyang. Travelers broaden their horizons, so as not to build cars behind closed doors, and close their eyes to listen. Book collectors want to collect all the classics from all over the world, pass them on to future generations, and pass them on to future generations. Ze descendants."

Mr. Xu smiled and nodded, "That's right, Cheng Huimin." Master Xu glanced at Mr. Cui and sighed, "It's just that in our generation, with a hundred years of turmoil, businessmen have nowhere to go, and we don't know if we will see each other again. "

"I am a traveler." Master Cui said with a smile, "I used to travel around the world when I was young, but now, alas, time is not forgiving."

Song Cheng felt that this world seemed to have opened the door to a new world, and he finally understood why the teacher said that Mr. Cui did not find a student to inherit the mantle. But I was so dull that I didn't realize it. Even the master asked me whether I wanted to take the imperial examination. It turned out that it was because people from Limen were not allowed to become officials.

"Cheng, the teacher is getting old, are you willing to take on this burden?" Master Xu said in a serious and earnest tone.

Song Cheng lifted the corner of his robe and knelt under the incense table and bowed his head, "Cheng is willing." Master Xu provided himself with food and clothing, and taught him knowledge. Besides, he was the only student of the teacher, and this burden was his own, and Song Cheng took it. willingly.

Master Xu smiled and turned to Mr. Cui and said with a smile: "Old Cui, there is a successor!"

Song Cheng bowed, got up and smiled at Cui Pingzhi, "Brother Cui, from now on we will be in the same sect..."

Before Song Cheng finished speaking, Cui Pingzhi waved his hands repeatedly and said, "I'm not, I'm not."

Song Cheng: ...

"Teacher, what's going on?"

Mr. Xu stroked his beard with a smile and said, "That's right. In our generation, Wu Tao, a businessman, has disappeared, and you will never see his descendants. Mr. Cui has a high vision, so he just looks at him. In short, in the end, Fuzhi went to the battlefield and went to the south of the Yangtze River, and failed to inherit his mantle. Pingzhi's temperament is calm and stable, and he is not suitable for being a traveler, so you are the only one in your generation for the time being."

only you……

Song Cheng's mind was full of Master Xu's words, no businessman, he has no money; no traveler, he has no resources, this is Chi Guoguo's polished commander!

Master Xu took the jade that was offered on the incense table and tied it around Song Cheng's waist, saying: "This is a token of the Limen. If you have the jade, the disciples of the Limen will come to see you when they see you, so that we can carry forward our Liyang tradition. Pulse. You are the only one in charge of the house, and you can settle down easily."

Song Cheng: ...

"Teacher, do you have nothing but this jade?" Song Cheng continued to ask without giving up.

"This library belongs to you! The books in it are all yours!" Master Xu smiled, seemingly quite proud, "The books here are all handed down books that I have carefully selected over the years, and they are all good things. "

Song Cheng: ...

To be honest, this Jingxiang library is a tiny place the size of a palm, less than [-] square meters, it is really not a good place to praise. Last year, Qi Yue came to smash the library every day, almost smashing down the door.

"It's not easy for Cheng to be alone in the future. Although I have strict rules for accepting disciples in Liyang, the long-term follower is not counted in it. Cheng, Mister will make Pingzhi your long-term follower!" Mr. Cui said quite straightforwardly.

"Yes, father." Cui Pingzhi responded immediately.

"How can this be done? How can you ask Brother Cui to be my long-term follower! Song Cheng is offended." Song Cheng hastily bowed and declined. Although the long-term follower is a companion, he is a servant. How can he let Cui Pingzhi be his servant?This is absolutely impossible!

"It's the elder brother who supports you. Eldest brother Cui has no skills. Wherever you go in the future, elder brother Cui will follow you. Cheng must not be alone!" Cui Pingzhi immediately said.

Mr. Cui nodded and said: "That's the reason. It's not easy for you to go alone. Pingzhi's company with you is my wish."

Song Cheng looked at Master Xu again, only to see Master Xu silently nodding to him, feeling defeated again, he immediately turned around and bowed to Mr. Cui, "Cheng is deeply impressed by the great virtue of the next generation!" Then he turned to Cui Pingzhi He bowed and said, "Thank you, Brother Cui, Gao Yi!"

Cui Pingzhi quickly helped Song Cheng up, and said with a smile, "From now on, we need to support each other."

Song Cheng smiled and nodded, "Yes!"