The rain that pattered last night had stopped by the time Zhu Pingan wrapped up his writing at the end of his second Ping Wo policy.
Early in the morning, after washing Zhu Pingan pushed open the window, a fresh air, like being filtered by the water, holding I do not know whether it is the rain beads or fog beads of the haze, pouncing into the arms, sweeping away last night’s fatigue, the spirit of renewed.
Zhu Pingan from the desk will be the word posters and a volume of hand-copied books into the diagonal bag, and then from the parcel to take out his mother Chen’s oil cake, but more than two days of time, the oil cake already has a faint sour taste. However, thinking of his mother’s figure of cooking oil cakes all night long, Zhu Pingan still wrapped the remaining two oil cakes and some pickles in paper, clamped the black wooden board, and brought them downstairs together.
He asked for a bowl of porridge in the lobby and ate it all with the oil cakes and pickles.
After breakfast, Zhu Pingan crossbody schoolbag, clip the black wooden board, and as usual slowly walk towards the Qinhuai River bank.
Because of the heavy rain a few days ago, the Qinhuai River water has risen a lot, did not pass a stone step, Zhu Pingan took the bamboo tube from the schoolbag to contain the river water, and then walked to the woods where he used to practice writing and reading every day.
On the other side of the Qinhuai River, a young girl who wore a bun, dressed in an exceptionally gorgeous dress got up and opened the window, and then suddenly got excited, stretching out her slender jade hand to pull down the seventeen or eighteen young girl beside her who was combing her make-up, pointing out of the window on the other side of the Qinhuai River, saying with some excitement, “Sister, look at that figure, is it Eun Gong ah?”
The girl beside her who was £ combing her make-up heard this, put down the rouge in her hand, and was busy looking out of the window, but there were only boats coming and going in her sight, and there was no figure of anyone.
“Good sister, quickly stop lying to sister. The first two times we were mistaken. A gentleman as gentle as jade like that is not something we can presume.” The grooming maiden turned from the window with some disappointment. Counselling the maiden next to her.
“But, but sister. I seem to have really seen it just now.” The young girl with the falling horse bun puffed up her mouth.
“You said the same thing two times before,” the seventeen or eighteen year old girl snapped, before pulling the girl with the horse bun to sit in front of the dressing table and combing her up.
Fallen leaves covered the entire forest, can not see the ground, even the stone used to practice writing are also covered with fallen leaves, but the air in the forest is excellent, fresh mixed with the fragrance of the soil, refreshing the mind.
Zhu Pingan picked up a branch and swept the stone clean. Placing the black wooden board on top, he padded a thick piece of coarse cloth on the small stone on the other side, and sat on it to practise his calligraphy. Zhu Pingan’s writing now had its own style, and when put into a calligraphy competition now, it was definitely at the first prize level.
Slowly, a reddish hue appeared in the east, and the sun rose.
The sunlight shone through the gaps in the trees on Zhu Ping An who was bent over practising his calligraphy, rendering a faint golden edge to him.
“Good character, good character.”
A cold voice from his side. Startling Zhu Pingan, who was in the middle of practising his calligraphy, he looked up to see an old man dressed as a Taoist, standing beside him and commenting on the words he had written on the black wooden board. It was full of praise.
This old man although a head of white hair but the face of the rosy, ethereal, head wearing a purple sun scarf, dressed in bagua clothes. Sleeves fluttering in the breeze exudes an air of the old clergyman.
Nima, when did this old magician come?
Zhu Pingan was this old magician cold voice to the scared almost did not throw the brush in the hand out. After getting over it, he looked up and down at this old magus. Slightly skimming his lips, this old Taoist costume was quite decent.
“Sizzle,” this old Taoist made a sound after Zhu Pingan raised his head.
Are you a Taoist priest or a snake spirit? What’s the point of sizzling? Poorly!
Zhu Pingan spat in his heart, looked at the old Taoist’s astonished expression, and said, “This old Taoist won’t say, “Ninety years old, I see that you have an astonished face and a full heaven, so you must be an extraordinary person.
In the next second, the old Taoist voice rang out
“This gentleman, I think your face is quite extraordinary.”
It’s still true, how it’s been a routine for hundreds of years.
Zhu Pingan a did not hold back a smile, “Taoist master a fortune need money geometry ah? I’m afraid to let the Taoist long disappointment, the boy in the bag shy, two sleeves empty, but can not give Taoist long Gua capital.”
“Poor Taoist only ask fate, not money.”
The old Taoist looked at Zhu Pingan and shook his head, with an inscrutable look, stroked his long beard, and his godly aura radiated to the extreme.
“This gentleman does not seem to believe in the words of the poor Taoist?” The old Godly Cleric faintly asked.
Zhu Pingan got up, arched his hand, nodded with a sincere face and said, “I’m not hiding it from you, but I don’t believe in this path. I only have a few coins with me, so I’ll treat you to a morning meal. Kid still has to study to prepare for the exam, I am sorry for my rudeness.”
Zhu Pingan said and took out a dozen copper coins from his school bag and handed it to the old Taoist in front of him, signalling the old Taoist to take the money and go and have a breakfast, and not to disturb his reading.
Then, things were a bit out of Zhu Pingan’s expectation, this old Taoist was quite professional, even shook his head and refused, didn’t even look at the copper coins that Zhu Pingan handed over, and his mouth was still reciting words:
“The head of the Yang’s honour, the face of the five elements of the Zong, listed in the hundred veins of the spirit of the residence, through the five organs of the God Road, but the three talents of the image, set a body of gain and loss. The young man’s face is extraordinary, this kind of face, the poor road has only seen two people.”
The old Taoist said, but also a face of God’s stick breath stretched out two fingers.
Zhu Pingan was not at all interested in the two people that the old Taoist said, and only thought of hurrying to send this old clergyman away, so that he could read the book earlier.
“The Taoist still must not give away the information.”
If he followed common sense, Zhu Pingan would definitely ask the old Taoist who the two people were, but Zhu Pingan was only thinking about reading more at this time, and did not follow common sense at all.
Zhu Pingan’s words have been said to this extent, the old Taoist is still the old godly man’s air of lightness, did not feel embarrassed at all, “There is no harm in not believing in the poor Taoist, there is no harm in not believing in the poor Taoist. To be honest, the poor road but also some do not believe, the gentleman’s face compared to the poor road before to see those two more extraordinary.”
This old Taoist still relies on it?
Zhu Pingan looked at the booklet he was copying in his hand and was somewhat speechless.
The old Taoist noticed the booklet in Zhu Pingan’s hand, but shook his head with a smile on his face, and the moment he opened his mouth, he smelled like a god.
“This book is not worthy of Your Excellency’s face.”
Words, Zhu Pingan is more speechless, their book copying is Zhu Xi version of the four books and five classic, their own a cold door, rely on this examination it. Just now you also said that my face is extraordinary, do not rely on this examination, take what extraordinary, self-contradictory!
That is to say that this old road is not fooling themselves to buy books.
Zhu Pingan just had this thought, just saw the old Taoist do not know where to touch out two folded thick books, is very magical to hand himself.
It was really! Zhu Pingan was speechless.
“These two books are the only ones that are worthy of Your Excellency’s face.” As the old Taoist said, he placed the two said books in Zhu Pingan’s hands.
Forcibly buying and selling?
However, the next thing was out of Zhu Pingan’s expectation, before Zhu Pingan could say anything, this old Taoist placed the books in Zhu Pingan’s hands and then floated away.
“Poor Tao saw two people, one person surnamed Yan, one person surnamed Zhang name mountain has a tiger, childish tiger into the mountain forest, the gentleman is good for it!
