Early in the morning, the sound made by my sister-in-law made Xia Hongsheng wake up from his sleep, the sky was slightly cool and bright, and it was already time to go to the academy. Xia Hongsheng couldn't help but sigh faintly, in ancient times, primary school students had to read in the morning, and they had to get up so early, when would they be able to sleep lazy! While thinking like this, he got up and walked out, the water for washing was ready, Xia Hongsheng washed his face, and when he rinsed his mouth, he couldn't help but miss the toothbrush and toothpaste, and looked out of the door, although it was already spring, but there were no new shoots on the willow branches, and the family was extremely poor, not to mention the green salt used to wash the mouth. Thinking of green salt, Xia Hongsheng walked into the stove fire, said hello to his sister-in-law, and then carried an empty wooden barrel out, scooped a bucket of water into the wooden barrel, and then mentioned the stove fire, and found out the salt soil at home. Xia Hongsheng shook his hand and poured all the salt soil into the wooden barrel.

"Hongsheng! What are you doing?! His sister-in-law saw it and immediately shouted.

"Sister-in-law, don't panic, Hongsheng will be a real yàn, if it is done, our family will have good salt to eat." Xia Hongsheng said to his sister-in-law: "Don't pour out this bucket of salty water, it will be of great use when I come back from school!" ”

The woman didn't know what Xia Hongsheng was going to do, but in view of Xia Hongsheng's precedent of making scallion pancakes, the woman didn't care too much, urging Xia Hongsheng to hurry up and eat, she was also in a hurry to go to the market, the three hundred scallion pancakes that Yixiangju wanted were not something that could be baked in a while.

Xia Hongsheng hurriedly finished the meal in a few bites, said goodbye to his sister-in-law, and went straight to the academy. There was still some spring cold in the morning, so Xia Hongsheng simply jogged all the way, which could not only warm up, but also exercise. When I arrived at the slope of the academy, I saw a figure standing there in the distance, looking forward, and when I walked in a little more, I saw clearly that it was not my teacher. Xia Hongsheng sped up a few steps at his feet, ran to Mr., and was about to bow and say hello to Mr., but was suddenly grabbed by Mr. by his shirt and hurriedly said, "Come with me!" He dragged Xia Hongsheng and hurriedly strode towards the back mountain. Mr. pulled Xia Hongsheng all the way to the outside of the courtyard of the mountain chief of the back mountain, then he stopped and explained to Xia Hongsheng: "Jingshi, when the mountain chief asks you later, you must answer truthfully, and you must not hide it at all, do you understand?!" ”

"Students understand!" Xia Hongsheng saluted respectfully, then tidied up his clothes, walked into the courtyard, and went to the house to meet the mountain chief.

The mountain chief was sitting next to the desk, and when he saw Xia Hongsheng coming in, he picked up a few pieces of paper on the desk and asked Xia Hongsheng, "Jingshi, this article ...... Oh, it's called "Three Character Classic", who did you know about, do you know this person's name, but you can still find this person? ”

Xia Hongsheng showed a somewhat embarrassed look on his face, bowed and replied: "Good to teach the mountain chief to know, the student actually can't say it clearly, some time ago the student went to Laojun Mountain with his sister-in-law to pick up firewood, and the middle way was tired, so he lay down on a bluestone and fell asleep. In his dream, he saw an old man with white hair grazing cattle, and the students saw that he was older, so they came to help him. Afterwards, the old man said that he had a relationship with the student, so he patted the student's head with his hand and read a poem, and then the student woke up, and there were more of these things in his mind. The student sued his sister-in-law, and the sister-in-law said that it was a great opportunity, and the student was not allowed to talk to others. After the student came back, he fell seriously ill and was in a coma for a few days before he woke up, so that he missed the spring examination of the college. ”

Xia Hongsheng said to the mountain chief with a straight face, and after finishing speaking, he looked directly at the mountain chief, and the mountain chief stared at Xia Hongsheng's face for a long time, Xia Hongsheng just looked calm, and he didn't see Xia Hongsheng's expression different, so he asked again: "Oh?" It's strange to say that, by the way, you said that the old man read a poem to you in the dream, do you remember? ”

Xia Hongsheng replied respectfully: "The student naturally remembers that the white-haired old man in the dream patted the student's head and recited a poem, which was 'Bai Yujing in the sky, five cities on the twelfth floor.'" The immortals touched my top, and the hair was immortal'. ”

During the Tang Dynasty, in order to benefit their own dominance, Li Shimin's family said that their ancestor was Li Er, that is, the old man who rode the green ox, and the Taishang Laojun who was widely rumored by later generations. Therefore, Taoism flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and countless people searched the mountains, trying to find hidden immortals to learn the art of cultivating immortals and immortality. That's why Xia Hongsheng came up with such an excuse, and he bit that it was taught by the white-haired old man he dreamed of when he was dreaming, and no matter whether others believe it or not, they can't come up with any evidence, so there is no way to take Xia Hongsheng. Moreover, combined with the environment that attached importance to Taoism in the early Tang Dynasty, maybe there will be many people who believe in it.

"Bai Yujing in the sky, five cities on the twelfth floor. The immortal stroked my top, and the knot was ...... by immortality" The mountain chief muttered to himself, and looked at Xia Hongsheng again, no longer talking about the origin of the "Three Character Classic", but said: "The old man views this "Three Character Classic", which is easy to understand, short and concise, and its allusions are broad, literature and history are all connected, astronomy and geography and human ethics and righteousness, loyalty and filial piety are complete, and the three words and sentences are even more catchy to read, and it is very easy to memorize. Jingshi, the old man wants to use this scripture as a must-learn classic for enlightenment in my academy, and originally wanted to ask you who did it and ask for permission. Unexpectedly, it was entrusted by the dreams of the immortals outside the world, so the old man needs to ask you. Shizuki, can you agree? ”

"This "Three Character Classic" contains a lot of truths, and it is simple and smooth, easy to learn and understand, it is the best choice for enlightenment, naturally the more people learn, the better, and the students are at the mercy of the mountain chief." Xia Hongsheng bowed respectfully and replied loudly.

"Well, I didn't expect you to be young, but you also have such an atmospheric mind, and the old man inherited your favor. Well, from now on, you will be the old man's protégé with your Senior Brother Bai, are you willing? ”

Xia Hongsheng was taken aback, but immediately reacted, and hurriedly knelt down: "It's an honor for the students, meet Master Yan!" ”

The mountain chief's surname is Yan, and he was not Xia Hongsheng's direct teacher before, so he can only be called the mountain chief, but now he is Xia Hongsheng's teacher, so Xia Hongsheng is going to change his name to "Yan Shi".

A three-character scripture, in exchange for the identity of the protégé of the mountain chief, not only will the academy be exempted from the expenses in the future, not to mention, the status of Master Yan is very high, even if the county order of Luanzhou City is in front of the old master, he has to bend down respectfully and serve carefully. Although it is not clear what kind of character this old master is, this alone will allow him and his sister-in-law to not be bullied in their future lives. So Xia Hongsheng felt that it was worth it.

The news of Xia Hongsheng becoming a protégé of the mountain chief soon spread throughout this Luanzhou Academy, and among the many other students, there were those who doubted, those who despised it, those who guessed, and those who secretly abused and criticized. Of course, there are also people who come to congratulate and congratulate. And the one who is sincerely happy for him from the bottom of his heart is only Xu Qixian.

"Senior Brother Jingshi, I'm really happy for you for my brother, now that you have become a protégé of the mountain chief, you must be more diligent, and you must not fall into the reputation of the master and the brother!" Xu Qixian patted Xia Hongsheng's shoulder and said excitedly, as if he was the one who became the protégé of the mountain chief, he secretly glanced at Mr. in a blink of an eye, and secretly lowered his voice, and explained: "Hehe, you must squeeze that white fool down, and get out of this chest stuffiness for my brother!" ”

He was robbed of the first place by Bai Jianzhi, and he always thought that it was not that he was inferior to others, but that Bai Jianzhi was too cunning and invited someone from elsewhere to write poems, which surpassed him, otherwise with his real talent and learning, how could he Bai Jianzhi surpass himself, so he kept holding a sulk in his heart.

Xia Hongsheng squeezed his eyes at him, Xu Qixian immediately understood, and the two of them said goodbye to their master, and then withdrew from the school. Out of the school, Xia Hongsheng saw at a glance the big rooster that was tied under the locust tree, at this moment the chicken feathers on his body were about to be plucked out, the quill was used by Xia Hongsheng and Xu Qixian a few times, and was bumped into by other students, so he also learned to do some, and later someone said that the mountain chief also had a quill, so immediately more students followed suit. Now that it has only been a few days, almost every student in the academy has a quill, which makes Xia Hongsheng have to sigh at the appeal and influence of the mountain chief. Thanks to this, the big rooster that Xu Qixian asked his subordinates to bring from home was already bare at the moment, and he was not far from death.

"Senior Brother Jingshi, what a good thing it is for you to become a protégé of the mountain chief, go, today Senior Brother I will be the east, please go to Yixiangju for a meal!" Xu Qixian was happy for Xia Hongsheng, and as soon as he came out, he shouted, and deliberately amplified his voice, so that the surrounding students heard it, and frequently turned sideways, while Xu Qixian looked at the students one by one as if showing off, proud.

Xia Hongsheng looked at the bare big rooster that no one cared about, rolled his eyes, and said to Xu Qixian: "Brother Xu, why do you want to go to Yixiangju to eat, and wait for the younger brother to write a few things by hand, you send someone to buy them in the market, and the younger brother will make a delicious dish that you have never tasted." ”

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, at this time, the condiments were not complete, and many spices for seasoning had not yet been put on the table, but were occasionally scattered in spice shops or pharmacies, Xia Hongsheng went back and wrote the names of some condiments, and then handed them to Xu Qixian's family, asking him to find a few more spice shops and pharmacies, and take a look at the bazaar, buy what you can buy, and forget if you can't find it. The little guy in Tsing Yi took the order, took the piece of paper and ran out of the academy and ran to the market.

"Senior brother, what are you going to do, this mysterious god?" Xu Qixian asked curiously.

"You'll find out later." Xia Hongsheng sold a pass and didn't sue him.

Xu Qixian was about to speak, but suddenly heard a somewhat gloomy and shrill voice from the side: "Little junior brother, if you have seen it for your brother, don't come to harm!" Brother Wei heard that Master Yan actually made an exception and accepted a new protégé, so he was curious, so let's take a look at what kind of character it is. ”

Xia Hongsheng took a look and saw that the person who came had a sinister smile on his face, but he pretended to be polite, it seemed that the person who came was not good.