"There are several masters and edicts who have studied ancient texts." the maid said.
As expected of the dean's maid, she knew a lot about the affairs in the courtyard and asked quickly: "Tell me their names."
The maid named six names in a row and told some about their situations. Zhou An quickly wrote them down after hearing them.
After the maid left, Zhou An went to find Master Zheng. He was the one among the six who knew the most about ancient prose.
According to what the maid said, Master Zheng was a noble man who was very poor himself. He often used money to help poor students, so he was very popular among poor students.
While thinking about it, Zhou An avoided the students who were looking for him with portraits and came to Master Zheng's house.
When I arrived at the door of my house, the door was open, and there were five people talking inside. One of them was an old man wearing a blue master's uniform. He must be Master Zheng. He was the oldest among them.
The other four people Zhou An knew were Lian Hao, Lu Yuruo, Hua Huafei, and Dou Wenmei whom he met at the poetry meeting. Now the four of them are being reprimanded by Master Zheng.
However, the master lived in poverty. He looked inside and saw that it was just a bungalow with three rooms. There was not much furniture or decoration, only a few rough porcelain furnishings.
Seeing that they didn't notice him, Zhou An knocked on the door.
The knock on the door attracted their attention.
When the four of them, Lian Hao, saw Zhou An, their frustration at being scolded immediately disappeared. Among them, Lian Hao even said loudly: "Zhou An! Why did you come to Master Zheng's house?"
"I have something to ask Master Zheng for advice." Zhou An said with a faint smile.
"No, I heard that although you were specially recruited to Jian'an Academy by the dean, you did not come to attend the Jian'an Academy report. Why did you suddenly come to Jian'an Academy?"
"I was delayed by some things a few days ago. Today I came to the academy to register and join Jian'an Academy. Now I am here to ask Master Zheng some questions." Zhou An said as he walked into the door.
"Well, Master!" Zhou An said with a salute to Master Zheng.
"You are Zhou An!" Master Zheng looked at Zhou An and said.
Before Zhou An came, he had already put on the newly received scholar's uniform in the assigned house. Otherwise, why would he go to the master's house with weapons and military uniform? Not to mention that it would cause the master's dissatisfaction.
Are the weapons used for fighting at Master's house?
"Very good, very good. He is handsome, handsome, talented, and has the air of a great master. No wonder he has composed two peerless poems." Master Zheng said with praise.
Before Lian Hao and the others arrived, Master Zheng went to the school to get a book and saw many students holding portraits looking for someone. He went over to look at the portraits and asked again, only to realize that this person was in Master Ma's house.
He wrote a four-line poem in his school. After hearing the four-line poem, he was also very shocked.
It's just that this man left the school after saying this four-line poem. Now Ma Fuzi offered a reward for an ancient book to find this man. Now that he saw Zhou An, he began to feel very familiar, and then he remembered the original portrait.
The person on top is Zhou An.
He was very happy that the ancient county town actually produced a talent that Zhou An had not seen in a century. It seemed that the rise of the ancient county town was promising.
"Master, thank you very much." Zhou An said humbly.
"It's not a prize. You deserve it. Okay, let's not talk about it anymore. Why did you come to my place?" Master Zheng asked with a laugh.
"I have some problems with ancient characters and would like to ask for advice." Zhou An took out two pieces of paper with many ancient characters on them. These ancient characters were all part of the ancient characters that Zhou An copied from the golden wooden board.
Master Zheng took the two pieces of paper over, looked at them, and asked, "Where did you get these words?"
"This is a font I saw in a incomplete ancient book. I feel like I have never seen it before. I want to study it and understand its meaning." Zhou An said slowly: "Master, do you recognize it? What is this character?
"
"This is the ancient divine character. This kind of font is rarely seen anymore. Even if I see it, not many people will recognize it. If it weren't for the ancient county town, which has existed for a long time, I might not have recognized it." Although Master Zheng said it very easily, but
With a solemn look on his face: "Don't tell anyone about these ancient divine words you obtained, otherwise you will be in big trouble."
After speaking to Zhou An, he then said sternly to Lian Hao and the other four, "Don't talk nonsense either, otherwise you will not only be punished, but you will also be kicked out of the academy."
The four of them, Lian Hao and others, nodded in panic to express their understanding.
Hearing Master Zheng's huge reaction, Zhou An knew that the ancient divine characters were definitely not simple, and immediately asked: "What are the ancient divine characters and why is there such a big trouble?"
"Stay back, remember what I said." Master Zheng did not answer Zhou An's question, but asked Lian Hao and the others to leave.
The four people left quickly. Although they knew that the ancient divine characters were not simple, they did not dare to ask any more questions.
"The ancient divine characters are said to be the words of gods. They have been handed down from ancient times and have great opportunities. From ancient times to the present, those who have obtained the ancient divine characters have either become warriors and dominated the country, or they have become powerful officials and served the emperor proudly for the rest of their lives.
, will become the strongest person in the world." Master Zheng said:
"So as long as the news that you have obtained the ancient divine words spreads, no matter the warriors, officials, or even the current emperor will rob it, you will be in danger."
Enemy to the world!
Zhou An was trembling with fear at the thought of encountering such a situation. He was not afraid that he would be in danger. He was afraid that his family would be affected by this. It seemed that he had to arrange something for him, otherwise something like this would happen in the future.
It's too late.
But he still had another question, asking: "Is there really a god in this world?"
"There may be, or there may not be. My knowledge is limited, so I don't know clearly, but these texts have been handed down. As long as they are deciphered, there will be a big opportunity."
"What chance?"
"No one said that those who got the opportunity said that by then they had become heroes and no one could force them."
"Master Zheng, I'm afraid you are more than just a master." Zhou An heard that what Master Zheng said was not like the words of a master, but as if they were the words of a powerful warrior.
"As you can see, yes, I am not only a master of Jian'an Academy, but also a warrior, a warrior at the level of Tongmai." Master Zheng said arrogantly.
"You have already reached the level of Tongmai. Why do you still stay in Jian'an Academy and be a little master?"
"This involves the martial arts I practice, so I can't talk about it."
In fact, Master Zheng needs to suffer to practice martial arts, so he lives in a miserable house, eats hard food, and suffers hard days, so that he can master this martial art.
"Can you decipher the ancient divine characters?"
"I still need to look for some information and take a look, but even if I crack it, I'm afraid I won't be able to decipher many characters, because the ancient divine characters are too difficult, and there are very few circulated outside. It is difficult to completely decipher them.
Impossible." Although Master Zheng said this, he was still a little jealous. After all, these were ancient divine characters, and he wanted to decipher them to see what they meant.
Then Master Zheng went to another room, looked up the information, and started to decipher it. Zhou An also helped. Originally, Zhou An wanted to put the ancient divine characters here for him to decipher, but when he thought that the ancient divine characters were so
Legend, he also learned to decipher it with Master Zheng. When he encounters other ancient divine characters in the future, he might be able to use the knowledge he gained to identify some of them.
In fact, Master Zheng didn't want to snatch the Ancient God Word. He wanted to take action just now, but the moment the idea appeared, he felt a huge crisis. This crisis was passed down to him by the martial arts he practiced. This
He knew how powerful the martial arts skills were. It was obvious that he would be severely injured or die the moment he took action, so he decisively stopped and talked to Zhou An honestly. Until now, he had some cracks with Zhou An.
Ancient divine characters.
After three days of decoding day and night, they finally cracked fourteen characters. However, these fourteen characters did not form words or sentences, and they could not understand them at all. In the end, they were helpless.
"Do you want me to ask the other five masters and the teachings to see if they know these calligraphy?" Zhou An was worried that his ancient divine characters would be exposed, so he asked Master Zheng.
"Don't worry, they are just ordinary masters and teachings. Although some of them also study ancient divine characters, they don't know the inside of them. You can just ask." Master Zheng said.