From Suzhou to Luoyang, the eastern capital, you can go from Yangzhou to Chuzhou to Xuzhou, or from Runzhou to Haozhou to Xuzhou, and then go all the way to the west. Of course, the easier way is to take the canal from Yangzhou, from Bianshui to Bianzhou, and then by land to Luoyang. However, due to the floods of last year, this canal was too late to transport grain, and passenger transportation was naturally even more inconvenient. Therefore, Du Shiyi and Wang Rong simply took the road from Runzhou to Xuzhou, from Chuzhou, Haozhou, Xuzhou, Songzhou, Bianzhou, Zhengzhou, and finally entered the boundary of Henan Prefecture.

Although it was not on the way, there was still time, and when he arrived in Gong County, Du Shiyi decided to quietly take Wang Rong to Songshan to meet his mentor Lu Hong, who had been absent for many years. It was the beginning of May, walking outside under the sun, you could already feel the scorching heat, but the abundant vegetation in the mountains and the murmuring water were not only not hot, but you could also feel a chill on your face. Especially when stepping into the old road to the Lu's thatched cottage at the foot of the Hanging Lian Peak, Du Shiyi was surprised to find that the trail that had been much smoother than the original when he came last time had now doubled widen.

Even in this season, you can still see pedestrians coming and going on this mountain road, most of them young white-shirted scholars. Mixed in with this, Du Shiyi with Wang Rong, Chen Baoer and the three servants are inconspicuous. Thinking of the scene when she brought Yan Zhenqing here last time, Du Shiyi couldn't help but be a little leisurely, while Wang Rong, who was dressed in men's clothes, was a little apprehensive when she visited her aunt.

You must know that Du Shiyi's parents died, except for Du Sanniang's sister, Lu Hong, the teacher, should be the closest person.

Chen Baoer also looked very nervous. In the past, when he was in the countryside, he would not know who Lu Hong was, but after following Du Shiyi for all these years, he heard him say the past in the thatched hall, how did he not know that the owner of this thatched cottage was the real Yin who insisted on the official given by the Son of Heaven and taught his disciples in the mountains?

"Senior brother? Is it really a senior brother? ”

Hearing this clear voice, Wang Rong couldn't help but look up, and saw that it was a young man with a weak crown striding towards the two of them, and she hurriedly reminded Du Shiyi: "Du Lang, someone called you"

"Are you...... Is it Senior Brother Yan? ”

Seeing that Du Shiyi came back to her senses and looked at the person who came, she was overjoyed and jumped off the horse and stepped forward quickly, knowing that this must be the junior brother in the grass hall, she couldn't help but look at the other party for a while. But the people obviously didn't give her any opportunity to introduce her, but they grabbed Du Shiyi and ran, the anxious look made her wonder for a while, and after thinking about it, she hurriedly beckoned two servants to take Du Shiyi's mount, and chased after her with Bai Jiang on horseback.

Yan Zhenqing didn't notice how ridiculous it was for him to pull Du Shiyi to abandon the horse and not rely on two legs to enter the mountain, and Du Shiyi didn't feel anything wrong. It wasn't until the two of them entered the area where the thatched hall surrounded by a circle of fences was located that Du Shiyi suddenly remembered something and turned around, and saw Wang Rong and the others riding horses following closely behind, so he knocked Yan Zhenqing's head with a dumb smile.

"Senior Brother Yan, I was dragged along this way by you, and I forgot that two legs are not as good as four legs"

"Huh?" Yan Zhenqing came back to her senses at this time, and smiled a little embarrassedly, "Master Lu was still talking about Senior Brother a few days ago, and I got carried away when I saw you." Senior brother, is the third senior brother okay? ”

When Yan Zhenqing was first introduced here, this Yan Shishilang was only eleven years old, but now he is eighteen years old, and he has grown from a boy to a tall and tall young man like Du Shiyi, which can't help but make Du Shiyi feel that time flies. And Yan Zhenqing has been in the grass hall for seven years, and the disciples who come and go all recognize him, and when they saw that he was a senior brother to Du Shiyi, someone soon surrounded him curiously. And Yan Zhenqing just asked the third senior brother, and the whispering scholars around him were silent for a while.

Although Pei Ning has been in the office for several years, this iron-faced "superintendent of the imperial history" has become a legend of Lu's thatched cottage under the deliberate publicity of Lu Wangzhi and others. The hardships that I was fortunate enough to live with him for the sake of the hardships I suffered back then, all exaggerated and passed on to the juniors who came after, and when the seniors who had never seen but heard the legend passed it on to the juniors who entered the school later, they couldn't help but exaggerate the facts even more. So, today I was fortunate to meet a senior brother who might have stayed with Pei Ning, and everyone was silent.

Du Shiyi guessed that this was going on, and immediately said with a smile: "The third senior brother is very good, but now he is a tea envoy and inspects the tea administration of Jiangnan Huainan Jiannan Province, and he has to run in the south most of the time, and he is very busy. Speaking of which, he accepted a disciple in Wu County, saying that he would teach him carefully, and when he brought him back to the mountains to meet Master Lu in the future, if the other junior disciples could not compare to his disciple, I was afraid that the face of the third senior brother would definitely be extremely cold...... Well, at least a few people can freeze to death."

The monthly exam for the children who entered the room was Lu Hong's question. As for the monthly exams of other Caotang disciples, Pei Ning has always asked questions, and that one is comprehensive, which is enough to make people want to die, and even when the seniors who came back to visit the teacher after leaving spoke to the juniors in private, they kept claiming that it was more scary than the scientific exam. Therefore, a few grass hall disciples standing next to them shuddered again, and for a while, they were scattered like birds and beasts. Yan Zhenqing, who had heard of Du Shiyi's reputation outside, couldn't help but be amused by him when he saw him so ghostly.

"Senior brother, are you scaring them?"

"I don't like to be stared at like a monkey again and again. Senior Brother Yan, I brought a disciple who was accepted in Shu this time, and a friend came to visit Master Lu. ”

Yan Zhenqing glanced at the person behind Du Shiyi, and hurriedly led the way with a smile. Maybe Du Shiyi's words spread just now, maybe others didn't care about it for the time being, and then there was no one on this road, Du Shiyi smoothly took Wang Rong and Chen Bao'er to the familiar and cordial thatched cottage. When Yan Zhenqing stood in front of the door and was about to make a voice to inform him, Du Shiyi stretched out his hand to stop him, went up the bamboo staircase, knocked three times in front of the door, and an old voice immediately came from inside.

"Is it Qingchen, or is it Wangzhi? It should be Qingchen, I don't know the etiquette as much as you, so I came in with a big grin. ”

Hearing Lu Hong talking about the difference between Yan Zhenqing and Lu Wangzhi, Du Shiyi couldn't help but calm down and said in a deep voice: "Master Lu, I'm here to see you." ”

There was silence all of a sudden, and after a while, with a chaotic sound of footsteps, the wooden door was suddenly opened, and Lu Hong in the door looked at the familiar face in front of him in disbelief, and only after a long time did he show a happy smile: "Is Nineteen Lang here?" Is it really you? Let me take a good look, in the blink of an eye, it's been almost seven years."

Du Shiyi was tightly held by Lu Hong's hands, and seeing him looking at himself with a smile, he couldn't help but feel that his eyes and heart were all sour and astringent, and he couldn't help but bend his knees and kneel: "I haven't come back to visit for so many years, so I am really sorry for my teacher's concern......"

"It is my greatest pleasure that you are praised and respected."

Lu Hong interrupted Du Shiyi's words, and hurriedly tried to help Du Shiyi up, but after all, his strength had failed, so he had to let Du Shiyi solemnly kowtow to himself three times. He shook his head helplessly, and then he reached out to help Du Shiyi up, and found that many disciples outside were curiously looking over here, so he smiled and said, "Come, come into the room and talk." ”

Seeing Lu Hong turn around and enter the house, Du Shiyi beckoned Wang Rong and Chen Baoer to follow. Yan Zhenqing thought about it for a while, and finally did not enter with him, but beckoned a young disciple and said with a smile: "Senior brother, you go to find the senior brother and the second senior brother, and say that the senior brother is back." ”

The grass hall disciple was only fourteen years old, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Senior Brother Yan, which senior brother is it?" ”

"You'll know when you turn around, go find someone"

Here, Yan Zhenqing sent someone to find Lu Wangzhi and others, and over there, Du Shiyi took Wang Rong and Chen Bao'er into the house, and as soon as Lu Hong sat down, he pointed to Chen Bao'er and said: "Master Lu, this is my disciple Chen Bao'er in Shu, and I gave him the scientific name Chen Jizhen." Although he was born in the countryside, he has excellent endowments, and he will never forget it, and the most rare thing is diligence and hard work. He followed me out of Shu as a record room, and in addition to the knowledge of articles, he also learned a lot of truths that have been applied to the world. Therefore, this time I took advantage of the time to return to Luoyang to visit Songshan, and I brought him with me. ”

Lu Hong saw that Chen Baoer hurriedly stepped forward to bow and saluted, he hurriedly stretched out his hand and said, "Don't use so many courtesies, don't learn from your Master Du." Come, let me see it when you get close. ”

Although Sun Taichong personally performed the golden needle obstacle removal technique back then, Lu Hong was old after all, and his eyes were not good, so he pulled Chen Bao'er to look up and down, and saw that the person's eyes were clear and his demeanor was elegant, it was like Du Shiyi had just worshiped under his door, he couldn't help but lose his mind for a moment, and immediately said two good words: "Okay, let's follow your mentor to hone well, don't live up to his expectations." ”

"Yes, thank you for the teachings of the ancestors" Chen Bao'er saw that Lu Hongzhen was as kind as a neighbor, and her heart couldn't help but feel relaxed and admired, and when she returned to Du Shiyi's side, her eyes still kept looking at the old man.

After introducing Chen Bao'er, Du Shiyi took a light breath, then glanced at Wang Rong, and then stumbled a little and said, "Master Lu, this Lang Jun ...... No, she's my fiancée. ”

"Huh?" Lu Hong originally felt that although Wang Rong was wearing men's clothes, if he looked carefully, he always felt that there was some kind of dissonance, and he was taken aback when he heard Du Shiyi's words. Seeing that the other party stepped forward to bow deeply, the man's etiquette was skillful and elegant, and it was obvious that he was dressed for more than a day, after he stretched out his hand and helped him, he couldn't help but look at Du Shiyi with disgusted eyes and said, "Nineteen Lang, explain well, what's going on"

When Lu Wangzhi and the rest of the senior brothers who were familiar with Du Shiyi arrived, Lu Hong was already smiling, pointed at Wang Rong and said to everyone: "You all know in your hearts, this is the fiancée of Nineteen Lang." When he comes back this time, he will prepare for the marriage as soon as possible, and we will all have a number, and whether it is done in Luoyang or Chang'an, we will add joy to them."