Tao Ran is happy

The willows are drunk in spring, when the grass grows and the warbler flies.

Bamboo Pavilion small room.

"Rong'er, from today onwards, Zimin will do."

Sensitive and eager to learn, he is not ashamed to ask his subordinates, because he thinks it is "literature".

This is telling me to study hard and make progress every day...

still is……

Kowtowed and bowed, "Thank you master for giving me the words."

"Get up."

"promise."

Look up at Master.

Smile... Don't have any deep meaning...

Sure enough, I used this allusion because I remembered this from "The Analects" when I first asked.

old fox.

"When you're away from home, listen more and talk less, take care of yourself in everything, don't cause trouble."

Just say that you are worried and let me pay more attention to safety. Why bother to put on airs of your high school teacher so obliquely...

The corners of her lips curved slightly, "No."

Tancheng.

As they approached the city wall, the carriages and horses gradually moved slowly, which somewhat relieved the pain of bumps and bumps suffered by sitting in the carriage for a long time.

Use the handle of the fan to gently lift the curtain on the car window, but you can see that the field of vision is everywhere, the fallen leaves are flying, the road is desolate, and the scenery is also very depressed.

Frowning slightly, he looked into the distance again.

A gust of cold wind blew in through the gap, shivering slightly, and retracted the fan.

Gu Ning, who was lying on his side, put down the book in his hand, turned his head and asked, "How?"

He hugged the snoozing fox by his feet and pressed his fingers under its belly to warm it up, causing it to wag its tail.

Smoothing things over, I pondered for a while, "This year's locust plague seems to have affected this place as well."

Tancheng has already become the second-class city of Lu State, and it is close to the capital city. It is just autumn at this time, and the situation here is like this...

The city gate has been doing business since ancient times, but there is not a single peddler...

"Oh?" Gu Ning slightly straightened his body, raised the curtain on his side to look at him, frowned, and then sighed softly.

"Go in and take a look."

"it is good."

Walking to the city gate and getting off the car, when Gu Ning thanked the old farmer who was driving the car, he gave some more money, and the other party thanked him again and again.

Seeing the excited state of the thin-clothed old farmer, he couldn't help frowning again.

In the past, living in the mountains with my master, I only studied literature and etiquette, and studied state affairs. Even the farmers at the foot of the mountain were self-sufficient, and there were few disturbances.

I have never experienced the hardships of life, but now that I have lived through the world, I finally know the suffering of the people in the world during the wars and conquests of various countries.

He bent down and put the fox in his arms on the ground, and slowly stroked its head, "Go, be careful, don't be hunted."

After all, it is to visit the nobles here, so it is not easy to take it with you, you can only call it back when you leave.

Fortunately, I have been teaching well in the past few years. It should not be a problem to hide carefully in the deep mountains and old forests for a few months.

The fox licked my finger, and then rubbed around Gu Ning's feet. After he touched his head, he opened his paws and ran away towards the forest outside.

"Let's go."

"Ah."

After entering the city gate, he glanced at the guards who were not strictly guarded, turned around and quickly caught up with Gu Ning in a few steps.

Walking along the avenue in the city, the surrounding people tended to be a little bustling, Gu Ning only asked one person, and easily found Yangping Junfu.

Although the gate of the mansion can be called grand, it does not see luxury, and there are more people doing business around.

In this city, it seems to have a good reputation.

Gu Ning handed over the invitation, but did not use money to bribe.

was never hindered by reproach.

It seems that Lord Yangping can be called benevolent, and the art of royal family is also quite strict.

That being the case...how come this place is... so incomprehensible that the locust plague is so severe?

But Yue, who passed by before, did not see any irreparable shaking.

Hinata... Hinata...

This place is Tan... Then the word Yangping must be the place where this person made his fortune...

"Zhou's rites are all in Lu."

When the servants led me in respectfully, Gu Ning whispered a reminder in my ear.

In the State of Lu, respecting Confucianism and respecting Confucius, not only men need to know etiquette, but women also know how to implement etiquette meticulously.

Although it is not possible to pass down how much after these hundreds of years... but the custom will not disappear too quickly.

For a while, you need to pay more attention to your words and deeds.

I nodded, put the fan I usually played with into the skirt of my clothes, and straightened my sleeves.

"Please wait a moment, the two sons, the Patriarch will be here soon."

Leaning down together with Gu Ning, listening to him smile and say: "Brother, thank you."

"My lord, you are welcome."

As soon as Liaobai sat down, two more young maids approached and knelt down to serve tea.

"Sir, please."

"Thank you."

Sure enough, be polite and cautious.

He looked up and looked at the objects around him, most of them were elegant decorations, except for a bow on the seat, he did not see any other killing tools.

And judging from the degree of wear and tear on the bow handle, I'm afraid it's not used much.

The successful man...

Or... hide your strengths and bide your time, dormant and wait...

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a loud laugh from outside the door.

"But Mr. Shui Jing's disciple came from afar? Hinata is neglecting you."

Following the voice with a smile, he turned his head to look, and saw a man dressed in a Confucian scarf and long clothes walking towards him.

When others saw us, they bowed their hands and saluted with a smile.

Gu Ning and I stood up at the same time to return the salute.

"Gu Ning has met Yang Pingjun."

"Li Rong met Yang Ping-jun."

It is used as a gift for ordinary students traveling abroad.

It is not a ritual of seeing the Lord.

Lord Yang Ping's expression didn't change at all, he looked at us, then sat on the main seat, lowered his arms evenly, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shui Jing is a great talent, as expected, he is a young talent."

Good manners.

"Mr. Yangping's praise, thanks to Master's teaching."

Another salute, and then sat upright.

"I don't know what the two young masters are here for?"

Gu Ning smiled sideways and replied, "My junior brother and I were ordered by our teacher to meet some old friends. We passed by Tan this time, and we have heard about Lord Yangping for a long time, so we came here to visit."

I refuted my face just now, but this time I want to flatter her a little bit.

Sure enough, Mr. Yangping smiled even more, "Thanks to the two young masters for looking up to me, Yangping thank you here."

"Your Majesty Yangping is polite, I am afraid."

Although this trip is for experience, it is also to inspect the situation in various countries and to make a strategy for myself to choose a career in the future.

Although I... mainly accompany Gu Ning...

After all, if you stay in the mountains and don't know the outside world, you have to see it with your own eyes in order to have a more accurate judgment.

Just like looking for a job in modern times, the difference is that we pick people instead of the boss picking us, but as a strategist like us, as long as you are smart enough and know how to play games for ministers, it is also a job that is less risky than military generals.

But promotion also seems to be slower.

Master's great name in this country really shocked me, an ignorant and ignorant person, after being treated specially.

Because of Master, no matter who has heard about Gu Ning and I, or has old friends with Master, they all treat us with courtesy, although judging from their original intentions, they may even want to tie a rope and detain us for them I worked my ass off.

Of course, because of Master's reputation, they all have scruples now, and it seems that no one dares to touch us and hurt us.

No wonder the old man dared to let us go out without even a bodyguard.

In this way, as long as Gu Ning and I are good at observing people and things, judging the situation and making good choices, unless we ask ourselves, the future will not be too hard.

Especially with the big signboard of Master.

I was able to pick up this big pie at the beginning, and it was not in vain that I was frozen in the snow for so long.

Fortunately, very fortunately.

But now, we still need to be cautious.

Although it is possible to defect and cast another vote, this is hard work, and it is more or less a matter of a lifetime...

After all, casually betraying the Lord is not good in terms of reputation.

Seeing that Gu Ning and Yang Ping-jun deal with each other with ease, and enjoy each other, I secretly thought about it.

"How long is Yizhi going to stay with me? Zimin?" Jun Yangping asked his servants to serve tea again, looked at Gu Ning with a smile, and then at me.

Calling the word so soon?

Gu Ning is really good at it.

But... I only put my name behind because I rarely speak, and I think I am Gu Ning's vassal...

Or... lack of talent?

With a slight smile on his lips, he couldn't help but took out his fan and tapped his palms under the table.

Gu Ning was raising his glass and pursing his lips to drink lightly. Hearing Mr. Yangping's words, he glanced at me with a smile in his eyes. We have to prepare to return home, and Master is still waiting for my two brothers to go back to celebrate the New Year."

It can be regarded as a pushback, neither agreeing, but also leaving room for it.

Master, you are about to become a panacea.

"That's it..." Jun Yangping stroked his beard lightly, the disappointment in his eyes flashed away, and then he smiled as if it had never happened: "In the near future, there will be a small meeting in the Japanese government, and many talented people and students will come here to discuss and give lectures. , if Min, the son of Yi, is at leisure, why not take a look."

In the past few days... Even if there is no small meeting in the past few days, you will hold one...

After all, if you are not a blind listener, you still need to see if we have the real talent and learning, and whether it is worth your big investment...

Just at this time, a person suddenly broke in from outside and ran in loudly, "Father! Father! Did you hear that, just now, the next person has a reward for prosperity..."

"Presumptuous!" Yang Ping yelled angrily when he saw the visitor, "I didn't see that there are still guests here, so how rude is it to shout so loudly!"

The young man shrank his neck after hearing this, and turned his head to look at us... No, it was Gu Ningshi, his eyes lit up and he murmured.

"The clouds on the temples want to burn the snow on the cheeks... What a beauty..."

I couldn't hold back when I heard the words, I shook my fan and saw the gentle smile on Gu Ning's face froze for a moment, I didn't care about Yang Pingjun's livid face, I hid my face and burst out laughing.

This kid is so courageous, he actually teased Gu Ning...

The future is really... life and death are uncertain...

[Note: One of the ancient titles of "Jun" is to use the place name of the territory or the place where the family was born. 】