Chapter 161 From today onwards, you and I are no longer like paper
Chapter 161 From today on, you and I are no longer as dead as paper
Situ Yilan did not wear the spring clothes of the academy today, but wore a crimson arrow suit. Her makeup-free face was pretty and picturesque, and the somewhat mature crimson color actually gave her a youthful look. She stood
Looking at Ning Que in the morning light, his eyes were full of pure joy without any impurities. Especially after hearing Ning Que's words, the smile in his eyes suddenly became brighter.
The expressions of the students in the academy were very complicated. They didn't know what they should do or say at this time to dilute the embarrassment and shame in their hearts. A dozen recommended students from the military department came out at some point.
Arriving in front of Ning Que, he clasped his hands and bowed in a very formal salute. Chang Zhengming, the leader, looked at Ning Que's face and said, "We apologize to you."
Ning Que looked at them and remained silent.
Chang Zhengming looked at the expression on his face, paused briefly and explained: "It's not because you won this competition, it's not because you entered the second floor, it's not even because you represented the academy and defeated those Xiling people. I apologize.
The reason is actually very simple, because I was wrong, and I should not have doubted your character before I knew the truth."
Ning Que laughed and said: "We are all from the military, so there is no need to make this matter too complicated. Last year you said you would give me a chance to clear my name. Although I refused, I knew you had good intentions after all. As for
The reason why I refused at that time was actually very simple, because I didn’t need to clear my name, and my moral character was never good.”
Chang Zhengming smiled slightly and got out of the way.
Immediately afterwards, several more academy students came out, seeming to want to follow this trend and apologize to Ning Que. Ning Que did not see Xie Chengyun, but he saw Zhong Dajun, who looked a little embarrassed, and several students who were in the period that time.
The student from Jiashe who was the most violent in the exam turmoil.
He didn't want to waste time on these small things, and he didn't want these people to simply say sorry and erase the past half a year and the story.
He is willing to keep this pressure in these people's hearts, knowing that it will make these people very unhappy and uncomfortable.
When he thought of this, he felt very refreshed and happy.
He clasped hands to say goodbye to Situ Yilan and Chu Youxian, and nodded to Chang Zhengming and the students recommended by the military department. Without even bothering to look at the Jiashe students, he walked side by side with Sangsang outside the academy.
Zhong Dajun clenched his fists tightly and looked at Ning Que's back walking out of the academy with a sad expression. He shouted displeasedly: "Ning Que, if you are unwilling to accept our apology, I have nothing to say. You did enter the second grade.
Floor, you defeated Prince Longqing, and you used the facts to severely humiliate our misunderstanding of you, but is the pride of the winner just intoxicating to you?"
Listening to the voice coming from behind, Ning Que stopped and looked back at Zhong Dajun and the so-called classmates who looked like they wanted to apologize, but actually looked disappointed, and said: "First of all, that's not a misunderstanding, it's not all accusations of indifference.
It can all be explained by misunderstanding. Maybe you could explain it to other people in this way before, but it doesn't work for me and I don't accept it."
"Secondly, you are not worthy of my humiliation. My goal is to enter the second floor. Even Prince Longqing is not my goal, let alone you? But since this fact has humiliated you by the way, I will happily accept this fact.
.Finally about pride…”
"Pride is the most precious quality of us Tang people, and I am not proud because I defeated Prince Longqing today and entered the second floor. Last year, Chang Zhengming wanted to give me a chance to clear my name, but I refused. I said it was because I didn't
Yes, why not?”
In the morning light, Ning Que held Sangsang in his arms, proudly looked at his fellow academy classmates with complicated expressions, and said, "Because I have always been proud. It's not that I suddenly became proud at this moment. It's just that at that time."
You, including you now, don’t understand my pride, you simply don’t have enough standards to understand my pride.”
After saying this about pride, Ning Que walked directly outside the academy without saying another word.
The students in the academy looked at his back like dumb birds carved out of wood. Zhong Dajun's face turned red and he held his hands tightly, but he couldn't say a word. Chang Zhengming sighed, Situ Yilan
He shook his head and smiled bitterly, thinking that since he thought the other party was not good enough and the other party had already fallen into the water, why did he have to slap him again before leaving?
Walking out of the academy door, Ning Que saw two people. He bowed respectfully to Professor Huang He who was presiding over the ceremony on the second floor to his right. Professor Huang He looked at him with a smile as if he was looking at the silver hidden under his bed, and gently stroked his long beard.
He nodded and was very comforting. Ning Que didn't recognize the dirty old man on his left, but he guessed his identity and bowed more respectfully.
Master Yan Se looked at the clean young man in front of him. His triangular eyes were filled with sparkle. There was no trace of the usual wretchedness. He was as loving as an old grandfather who finally hugged his grandson before he died.
He said with emotion: "You must already know the final result. If you have free time in the future, you can follow me and learn some tricks of ghost painting."
What kind of person is the Talisman Master in the world? It is a rare opportunity to learn Talisman Dao from him. Ning Que had already learned about the outcome of this dispute from Chen Pipi. Listening to Master Yan Se's words, it was hard to suppress his heart.
With excitement and excitement, he bowed respectfully again and said sincerely: "It is my honor to learn the Tao of Talismans from the master."
Yan Se sighed: "It seems that you have just entered the second floor of the academy and have not been spoiled by the proud atmosphere there. Not bad."
Ning Que raised his head and looked at this old Taoist who looked really inelegant. After hesitating for a moment, he couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked: "Master Yan Se, I have never met you. I don't know why you are so sure of me."
Do you have the potential to practice Talismans? Speaking of which, I shouldn’t have any doubts about being able to follow you in practicing Talismanism. I’m just worried that I will disappoint you in the future.”
"Disappointed? I saw the note you left at Hong Xiu Shuizhu'er last year, so I checked on you. At that time, I thought you couldn't practice. I was extremely disappointed." Yan Se looked at him lovingly and said, "Now you
If you can practice and even enter the second floor of the academy, then how can I be disappointed? Unless you suddenly forget how to pick up a pen and write."
Listening to these words, Ning Que was stunned for a long time before he remembered that last year after drinking heavily in Hongxiuzhao, he had gone crazy because of his drunkenness, but there didn't seem to be anything special about the note?
How could Master Yan Se know that he had the potential to practice Talismans just based on that account book?
Looking at his expression, Yan Se knew what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "With a thin account book and Liao Liao numbers, I can see that you have the potential of a Talisman Master, but you can't see it yourself.
Because you are a student and I am a Talisman Master."
Ning Que understood this sentence and bowed to accept the instruction.
"We will discuss these leisurely rituals later. Today, you and I will go back to the South Gate Temple. There are thousands of talismans. You are just a piece of white paper. If you want to draw a complete picture of the world on it, you must start from the simplest practice of putting pen to paper.
, this is a long road, we have to hurry up."
Upon hearing Yan Se's instructions, Ning Que and Professor Huang He were stunned at the same time, and said in unison: "So anxious?"
Master Yan Se suddenly fell silent. The folded wrinkles on his face showed the joy and tranquility of finding his successor, as well as some indescribable emotions. He glanced at Professor Huang He, then turned to look at Ning Que quietly.
, said slowly: "I am very old."
After hearing these words, Professor Huang He's expression calmed down, he bowed his head slightly, and stepped aside. Ning Que also heard the sadness, anxiety and anxiety in these words, and for some reason, he felt a sadness in his heart, so he nodded in agreement.
However, at this moment, a voice that was completely different from the mood in the scene came out. Eunuch Lin did not know when he appeared in the scene. He looked at several people and smiled and said: "Master Yan Se, Ning Que can't go with you today."
South Gate, he must go to a place with me."
Yan Se was slightly startled. He looked at the eunuch chief and remembered what he said yesterday. He came to the academy on His Majesty's order not to watch the battle, but to pick up someone. Could it be that the person he wanted to pick up... was Ning?
lack?
"Even if the palace wants to see him, it won't be too late at this time." Yan Se said displeasedly: "In order to grab this student, I fought with the academy all day and night. Later, I still don't know how to explain it to my junior brother. I say you
What's the rush?"
That is to say, the only remaining Talisman Master in Haotian South Sect was so indifferent to the palace's requests and dared to scold the powerful eunuch chief. Naturally, Eunuch Lin would not be angry and responded with a smile: "
Master Yan has been waiting hard for this student for half a day, but do you know... His Majesty has been waiting for him for half a year."
His Majesty has been waiting for him for half a year. These words immediately made the people at the entrance of the academy speechless.
On the stone flat not far away, the students of the academy were still carrying out their post-activity activities. The young students waved their sleeves and thought that what they did was just a derivative of a misunderstanding. They could be forgiven, they should be forgiven, and they should not be forgiven.
Forgive me. It must be because the other person is not graceful enough. Looking at Ning Que’s back, he pointed and pointed at him, telling him how proud and rude he is. Now that he is so proud, he is so rampant. Let’s see how many days you can be rampant, and then start again.
Criticizing Chang Zhengming and other military recommended students for not being inferior and apologizing. You apologized before we even apologized. Then wouldn’t it make us feel disappointed and stressed if we failed to apologize in the end?
Naturally, no student dared to say anything sarcastic about Situ Yilan, the apple of the general's palace, but it was unavoidable to cast some harsh glances at her. Situ Yilan was very angry when she heard these comments, but she just saw that those classmates were still secretly caring.
Listening to the movement at the entrance of the academy, he controlled the volume, laughed angrily, shook his head and was speechless.
At this moment, the entrance to the academy suddenly became quiet. The students could not suppress their curiosity and looked over.
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The reason why I was speechless was because I didn’t know what Eunuch Lin meant by what he said. Why did the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty wait for Ning Que for half a year? Master Yan Se knew about that matter and even proved it himself, but he just didn’t expect it.
Go there. Professor Huang He hid in the academy every day and studied hard, not caring about worldly affairs. Ning Que and Sang Sang were confused by the shock. After looking at each other, Ning Que asked casually: "Lin Que
Father-in-law, I wonder what you mean by this?"
Eunuch Lin looked at him with a smile and said, "Did you go to the Imperial Study Room one day last spring?"
Since entering the academy, Ning Que has focused all his attention on climbing stairs and mountain climbing. He even forgot that he was a secret guard of the Tang Dynasty. As for the writing in the imperial study room, he had long forgotten about it, although at that time
The wonderful and unrestrained feeling was still in his heart, but Eunuch Lin's words were like a bolt of lightning that directly woke up all his memories.
Although his expression remained calm, his heart was already trembling slightly with shock. He secretly wondered if the palace had discovered that he had entered the imperial study without permission, so he decided to ask for a crime? It's just that the meaning of his calligraphy was far-reaching, completely different from his usual ink meaning.
How can the palace be sure that it is him? Moreover, even if he is asking for guilt, it should be a matter for the Guards Department. Why is it worth letting a big shot like Eunuch Lin take action?
In a flash, Ning Que thought about a lot of things. According to rumors, His Majesty the Emperor is famous for his kindness, and now he has become a disciple on the second floor of the academy, a student of Master Yan Se. I heard that the South Gate of Haotian also looks up to me. Such a young man.
The crime shouldn't necessarily require his own head to be chopped off, right? He weighed many issues in the blink of an eye, and finally said honestly: "Exactly."
He tried his best to appear as calm and upright as possible, but everyone could tell that his voice was dry and nervous.
Eunuch Lin touched his smooth lower jaw, looked at him and said with a smile: "It is indeed you, that's great. It's just that the matter is serious. In order to confirm before entering the palace, I asked your Majesty a question."
"Father, please speak." Ning Que said.
Eunuch Lin looked into his eyes, smiled and asked: "Your Majesty, ask you, what is the previous sentence of "flowers bloom in the other side of the sky"?
Ning Que murmured in response: "The fish is jumping into the sea right now."
"Then why are you hesitating? Hurry up and follow the old slave into the palace..."
Eunuch Lin looked at him with a smile on his face and said, "My Ning family."
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Because of the silence at the entrance of the academy, the students gathered together also became quiet, curiously listening to the discussions over there. However, because they were separated by a distance, they could not hear clearly and could only hear a few words that occasionally floated over.
"Master Yan Se wants to accept that lucky guy as his student. What is he doing standing there? Does that prince's palace belong to a certain prince's palace? What are they talking about? It seems that he is going to a certain prince's palace?" There is a student
guessed.
Jin Wucai looked at the royal carriage outside the academy, hesitant on his face, and murmured the words he heard again: "At this time, the sea...the sky on the other side? Your Majesty has been waiting for half a year...what does this mean?"
After delivering breakfast to Xie Cheng, who stayed temporarily at the academy last night, she returned to the entrance of the academy and prepared to go home with Situ Yilan. She did not hear the previous apology and pride, but heard the last conversation.
Suddenly, incredible emotions welled up in her eyes. She looked at Ning Que beside the carriage and murmured in a slightly trembling voice, "Could it be...could it be that the calligraphy in the imperial study was written by Ning Que?"
The sound was very small but clearly passed into the ears of the students in the academy, and in an instant there was absolute silence on the stone flat.
Everyone knows that the calligraphy that Jin Wucai was talking about was left in the imperial study by an unknown person and was deeply loved by His Majesty the Emperor. It is said that whenever His Majesty is worried about state affairs, he will go to the Imperial Study to read it.
The deputy calligrapher was in a daze, but what everyone knew better was that His Majesty the Emperor had invited many calligraphers to come to the palace to copy the calligraphy, and then selected the best ones to be awarded to the ministers and bachelors of the court to replace those who had no real experience in the past.
What a meaningful reward.
What the superiors do well must be followed, even in the Tang Empire with simple folk customs. Your Majesty loves calligraphy. The whole empire, especially the scholar-bureaucrat class, loves calligraphy. Your Majesty loves that calligraphy. Naturally, the ministers and scholars are not far behind.
, this trend became more and more popular, and finally it became an interesting thing. Whenever the ministers in the court argued about the dispute, they would post this letter to talk about it.
The bachelor said that your majesty gave me the first copy. The minister said that the copy your majesty gave me was the most exquisite double-hook copy with the most original charm. How can your copies be compared with the one hanging in my study?
The ministers who had seen the painting of Flowers Blooming in the Imperial Study with their own eyes agreed with His Majesty's appreciation and believed that it was indeed the most charming book in the past ten years. Even without His Majesty's blessing, it was still a rare masterpiece. In addition,
The interesting things mentioned above, as well as the calligrapher's delay in showing up, and the mysterious appearance of the calligraphy in the royal study, cast a layer of mystery on the calligraphy.
Only mystery can be sacred in the world. The calligraphy and the mysterious calligrapher are getting more and more popular and making people more and more curious. Today, the five words "Chang'an" in the calligraphy are really apt. Academy
People have talked about this matter in their daily lives, and powerful eunuchs like Jin Wucai and Miss Gao have had the opportunity to see those copies with their own eyes, but who would have thought...
That person is Ning Que.
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Chen Zixian looked at Ning Que who was standing next to the royal carriage, and suddenly said cowardly: "When I talked about that calligraphy last year, I told you that Ning Que opened a small calligraphy and painting shop in Dongcheng. That calligraphy might be
He wrote it."
No one answered his words, and there was silence on the stone flat, a shocked silence, an embarrassed silence.
In fact, there are many students in Bingshe who remember the discussion last year, and also remember how they and others ridiculed and pointed at Ning Que's back in the rain-covered corridor after Chen Zixian cowardly said such random speculation.
, laughing wildly.
But who can laugh at this moment?
Ning Que, who was regarded as a waste of spiritual practice and an unscrupulous villain who gave up taking exams due to illness, successfully climbed a mountain and surpassed those classmates who did not take him seriously, until he finally defeated the invincible Prince Longqing. This fact is for all the students in the academy,
Like a thunderbolt.
The Talisman Master, who had a high status, wanted to accept Ning Que as his student even if he was acting wildly, crying and shouting. This incident was like a second thunder to all the students in the academy.
After the two thunders, most of the people had been struck to the point of dementia. They just relied on their survival instincts and gritted their teeth to find the last mental escape channel and exit for themselves.
Just then, the third thunder sounded.
Ning Que is the calligrapher who wrote the painting Flowers Blooming on the Other Shore. He is about to enter the palace to meet the Holy Spirit. The future he can see is already brighter and more far-reaching than that of most people present.
When the third thunder sounded, the students of the academy standing on the stone platform no longer had any reason to continue to be proud, continue to be indifferent, continue to be innocent, continue to argue, continue to question, continue to be unwilling, they were directly chopped into countless pieces of silence.
The scorched trees were burning, green smoke was rising from his head, his clothes had turned into black flakes, and his brain had stopped spinning long ago.
No matter how loud you laughed before, your face will be so hot now;
I used to laugh so exaggeratedly, now I want to dig a big hole in front of me.
He had been so calm and indifferent, but now he had to humiliatingly unable to control his gaze, looking at the royal carriage.
"I once heard Ning Que say a very new word."
Situ Yilan suddenly said quietly: "That word is called aesthetic fatigue. I have never understood how to appreciate beauty, and then how to be tired? Today I finally understand the meaning of this sentence. There are so many things like shock, and it is easy to appear
It’s so numb and boring.”
Chu Youxian stood behind her, shook his head and said with a smile: "But I still feel very good."
Situ Yilan laughed, pumped her fist vigorously, looked at the college students around her, and said, "It's really cool."
She looked at the pale Zhong Dajun. Zhong Dajun subconsciously turned his face away, not daring to look back.
She looked at the fellow student from Yangguan next to Zhong Dajun and said, "I remember someone once said that if that calligraphy was written by Ning Que, he would be willing to kiss Ning Que's stinky feet."
The student was so frightened that he stepped back.
Situ Yilan smiled and asked, "I can ask Ning Que to throw his shoes over. After climbing the mountain trail for a day and a night, they must be very smelly."
The student yelled, and then fell straight down. He was so frightened that he fainted.
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The four-horse carriage drove quickly down the straight and spacious streets of Chang'an City. From time to time, the shouts of the guards were heard. Pedestrians ran away one after another, and then looked at the smoke and dust on the road and yelled curses. The Tang Empire has always paid attention to rules. For such unruly carriages, although
Even though they saw it was a carriage from the imperial palace, the people of Chang'an City were still not polite.
Ning Que and Sang Sang were sitting in the dark carriage, a little overwhelmed by the luxurious decorations in the carriage. They looked at each other from time to time to exchange feelings. To say that the master and servant had seen big scenes and large sums of money.
My Lord, it is inevitable that I will still be a little nervous when I sit in the royal carriage and formally enter the palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor.
"Don't be nervous, His Majesty loves the words you wrote." Eunuch Lin looked at him and said with relief.
As soon as they got off the mountain behind the academy, they entered the deep palace. It was really difficult for Ning Que to wake up for a while. After hesitating for a moment, he asked with some uncertainty: "Father, are you really sure that His Majesty likes my words before summoning me?"
I entered the palace because of nothing else?"
Eunuch Lin was stunned, and said at a loss of whether to laugh or cry: "Your painting of Flowers Blooming on the Other Shore has caused such a big commotion in Chang'an City. Could it be that you really didn't know about it all this time?"
Ning Que finally felt relieved and said with a smile: "Besides practicing cultivation since childhood, I have always loved getting promoted and making a fortune. If I had known that His Majesty the Emperor would like my writing and was still looking for common people, I would definitely have thrown myself into a trap... No
, I rushed straight into the imperial city with the most wonderful book I had ever written in my life, shouting that I am who I am, haha, I was just afraid that the guards would beat me back."
What he said was really silly and interesting. Eunuch Lin laughed, then looked at him with deep meaning and said: "If you can really go straight to the imperial city with the scroll in your hand, the Yulin Army will definitely not let you in, but the guards will not let you in."
Why would I hit you?"
Ning Que's heart skipped a beat.
Eunuch Lin looked at him with a smile and said: "You entered the palace privately and entered the imperial study without permission. Do you think the palace did not investigate this matter before letting His Majesty see you? I know the identity of your secret guard, and I also know the relationship between you and the imperial court."
The relationship between small trees.”
Ning Que was speechless.
Eunuch Lin sighed and said: "Although Dongcheng is quite miserable and people rarely discuss these things, since you own a calligraphy and painting shop, you should be aware of the discussions among your colleagues. I really don't know what you have been doing this year."
"I rarely interact with colleagues in the industry. As for the past six months... I have been busy studying."
Ning Que smiled as he thought about the leaves, silver ingots, foot-washing water, brushes and ink in the old pen studio. Suddenly he remembered an extremely important thing, and immediately suppressed his smile and asked Eunuch Lin to return to Alley 47.
Take a shower.
Hearing this request, Eunuch Lin was extremely unhappy. He thought that Your Majesty has been waiting for you for half a year. You are not in a hurry to thank you, but you are in a hurry to go home and take a bath. What does this mean? Could it be that I didn't explain the rules clearly to you before?
?The palace will naturally let you take a bath before your audience.
However, for some reason, Ning Que seemed particularly stubborn and insisted that he must go back to Alley 47. Eunuch Lin was so disturbed by him that he had no choice but to think that His Majesty admired this young student so much that he did not want to be too stiff.
, and agreed to his request.
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Lin 47 Lane is particularly beautiful in spring. A few peach blossoms poke out from the wall of the household warehouse, looking curiously at the shops across the street.
At dusk yesterday, Li Qingshan, the Imperial Master of the Tang Dynasty, and others came to Alley 47 in person to examine Ning Que's handwriting. At that time, everyone came in violently, and the door of the old pen shop was forcibly pushed down, leaving the scene in a mess.
Ning Que looked at the open door of the shop, thought to himself that it was bad, jumped down from the carriage, and rushed inside.
The proprietress of the fake antique shop nearby shouted: "Don't worry, you haven't lost anything. I'll look at it for you all night."
Ning Que looked back at the landlady and felt that the thick layer of makeup on her face was more beautiful than ever before. He stepped forward and gave her the warmest hug, and said happily: "Aunt Wu, thank you so much, thank you so much!"
The owner of the fake antique shop stood at the door holding a teapot, looking at this scene and said displeasedly: "Don't hug me if you want to thank me! That's my wife!"
Ning Que laughed and said, "Of course I know whether she is your wife or your only wife."
The fake antique shop owner smiled proudly, took a sip of tea, and said, "Then who can say it accurately?"
The proprietress was about to have a fit when Ning Que stopped her and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Aunt Wu, I accept your favor today. Mr. Wu will never think of marrying another wife in his life. I'll watch it for you!"
The landlady smiled happily and said yes again and again.
Wu Laoer said angrily: "Why do you, a little guy, have to take care of my family's family affairs!"
Ning Que pointed to the royal carriage behind him and asked with a smile: "Can you control this?"
Wu Laoer saw clearly the emblem on the bright yellow carriage, and when he thought about his bleak life in the future, he suddenly trembled with fear.
Walking into the dim old pen studio, Ning Que did not rush to ask Sangsang to boil water for bathing. Instead, he reluctantly closed the door of the shop, then stepped on the stool as fast as possible to the wall, and put down the painting hanging on the wall.
I took down several scrolls written by myself.
He solemnly handed the scroll into Sangsang's hands and said solemnly: "From now on, young master, any piece of paper I write on, you must keep it like a big black umbrella."
Sangsang opened his eyes and asked doubtfully: "When paper exists, people exist, but when paper dies, people die?"
"This is not paper."
Ning Que gently stroked the scroll in Sangsang's hand, and said happily with a trembling voice: "These are all banknotes."