Rebel

It is said that Xun Yusheng brought Gu Ao and his party to the edge of a dense bamboo forest, and the sound of bells rang in the distance, and it was heard repeatedly among the cliffs of the mountain.Xun Yusheng said to Gu Ao: "You wait here for now, I will present the letter from my junior brother to Teacher Shan Yunzi."

"Yes."

Xun Yusheng stepped on scattered stones across the trickling stream, walked around to a bamboo house, talked with the boy guarding outside, and then entered the inner room.Seeing that Xun Yusheng had left, Tian Rong took a few steps forward, approached Gu Ao and asked softly, "It's quiet here. Since it's an academy, why don't you hear the sound of reading?"

Gu Ao's eyes moved towards the direction where Xun Yusheng left, and he lowered his voice: "This must be Master's teacher. Shan Yunzi's residence is here, so it's so secluded."

Tian Rong was far away and didn't hear the conversation between Xun Yusheng and Gu Ao, so he guessed it immediately: "That lord just brought the letter from the master?"

Gu Ao nodded: "Exactly."

Tian Rong sighed: "I didn't expect there to be such twists and turns. If the lord just didn't come, we don't know how long we will be embarrassed by the evil servant at the door..."

Gu Ao laughed and said: "What we are seeking is the best knowledge in the world. How can it be so easy? The husband of the field needs to work for a year. Only hard work and sweat will yield results; now we come here and get What the farmer gets is much more precious than what the farmer gets in the field, how can it be so easy?"

Tian Rong couldn't help making a bitter face when she heard the words: "...you're still laughing, thank you for being so open-minded."

What Tian Rong didn't know was that even though Gu Ao had studied together with him since childhood, the environment they got was different.Since Tian Rong was born, his father, Mr. Tian, ​​provided him with clothing, food and schooling, but Gu Ao was not like that.

Gu Ao knew very well that Gu Ben used his mind to win even the opportunity to study from Master Tian.In these years, Gu Ao has always been under the pressure of "Because of his low status, if he does not do well, he may be expelled from the family school by Mrs. Jian", and he has long understood in his heart that "there is no need for a position, and there is a need for standing" reason.

Being embarrassed by the gatekeeper now is nothing to Gu Ao, but when the same thing happened to Tian Rong, it caused a different ripple in Tian Rong's heart. It was the first time Tian Rong felt the word 'humiliated' so deeply I realized that it was like a silent brand, hidden in Tian Rong's heart when Tian Rong didn't even notice it.

Not long after his birth, Xun Yu left the bamboo house, came to Gu Ao and said, "I have informed Shan Yunzi, and I will recommend you when my younger brother comes. Now you will live in the student's house in the back mountain. I'll take you."

"Excuse me, my lord." Gu Ao followed Xun Yusheng's steps and followed him towards the back mountain.

Xun Yusheng said with a smile, "It doesn't have to be that way, you can just call me 'Uncle Master'."

Gu Ao nodded, and then said in a polite manner: "Yes, Master."

Xun Yusheng brought Gu Ao to the students' houses, and told the servants to sweep out an empty room, and the old servant of Tian's family helped Gu Ao and Tian Rong to bring in bedding, clothes, pots and pans and other utensils. After the decoration was finished, Xun Yusheng said: "The teacher still left a bamboo house for the younger brother on the mountain. It has been many years since no one has lived in it. Go and clean it and put all the younger brother's books in it."

Gu Ao and Tian Rong did as they said, and Xun Yusheng had been waiting outside for them to finish moving.Someone saw Xun Yusheng directing the two young men to do things in such a leisurely way, and they all found it novel, and they couldn't help asking each other: "Who are those two boys, and how did they get the care of the Lord Cheng from time to time?"

The servants and servants of the children of the aristocratic family formed a group, and they all came to see them. They didn't recognize Gu Ao, Tian Rong, and they all said, "I don't know." Let alone the people in the county, those in other counties dare not tell, but we all know the princes of the various families in the county."

Seeing that Xun Yusheng was getting closer and closer with Gu Ao and Tian Rong, they dispersed in a rush. When they got closer, Xun Yusheng personally introduced them to Gu Ao and Tian Rong: "This 'Yuan Meng Yuan' is where the disciples rest. place for discussion."

Gu Ao looked around and saw that the courtyard was not as quiet as Shicai Shan Yunzi's residence, and the attic was raised upside down, with a sense of majesty and majesty. When he heard the word "Yuanmeng", he knew that he was referring to the "Meng hexagram" of Zhouyi. "At the beginning of the Chinese Yuan Dynasty, Tong Meng Zhenji's meaning was understood.It's no wonder that the place is towering. It turned out that the "Yuanmeng Courtyard" was used as a viewing platform on the mountain during the Eight Kings Rebellion, so it was built so meandering.Later, it was designated as a place for "less learning" discussion, with the earnest blessing meaning of "a young man must have a loud voice and aspirations".

After Xun Yusheng's introduction, he brought Gu Ao and Tian Rong into the Yuanmeng Courtyard.Stepping into the Qingting, the voice of reciting poems and composing Fu can be heard faintly, bypassing the stacked willows, stone chairs and tables appear one by one.I saw many elegant young men in brocade clothes, reciting poems and composing Fu around the Qushui Liucup...

Seeing this scene, Tian Rong couldn't help but hold his breath... All the people in his eyes looked very delicate, with pink lips parted and closed on their white and tender faces, flowing out gorgeous parallel sentences. The hat is inlaid with white jade and jadeite, or other precious treasures of precious stones... The satin clothes are embroidered with complicated patterns with gold threads. At first glance, they look like fairies in a fairyland.

In Tianjiazhuang, Tian Rong is still a little fair and cute, and his appearance can be regarded as cute and sweet.But now, compared with the red lips and white teeth of the teenagers here, I am simply yellow and fat... not to mention that when those teenagers opened their mouths and smiled, the white teeth that were exposed were as white as the moon... plus the light clothes Qiu, the nobleness is overwhelming, and everyone looks like Yushu Lingfeng's splendor.

Gu Ao also saw this scene in his eyes, he thought: I thought Brother Rong was delicate, but I didn't expect the young man here to look even more delicate, his skin is so tender, he might not be able to withstand the wind and sand.Such a person, even if he becomes a soldier in the future, can he really guard the frontier?

While Gu Ao was so puzzled, a young man saw Xun Yusheng and said respectfully, "It turns out that the magistrate is here. I don't know how to come to the Yuanmeng Court. What advice can I give you?"

Xun Yusheng walked up to them leading Gu Ao, and said with a smile, "Young masters, this is a disciple of my junior brother Jian Pu. His surname is Gu and his name is Ao. Please bear with us in the future."

When the leader heard it, he thought to himself, "I don't seem to have heard of a family with the surname 'Gu'." Then he looked at Gu Ao, and he understood in his heart that this Gu Ao must be from a poor family...why is he so dark? Not to mention strong, his face is still icy and cold, without any elegance?

In fact, this young man never understood that Gu Ao's figure is more than handsome for an ordinary boy, and his expression can also be called firmness, but most of the people with gold and jade since childhood have a weak style, and there is no chance to see more " Ordinary boy", so this guy recognized Gu Ao's "black and strong" in his heart, and saw that the gray cloth clothes on Gu Ao's body were not as good as those worn by his own servant, so he underestimated him even more, but Due to Jun Cheng's face, he still said politely: "Since we can come here, we are all of the same way, I'm Li Jing." Seeing Gu Ao's indifferent appearance, he added a sentence seemingly casually: "That's right. The Li family from the east of the river."

Gu Ao's expression remained unchanged, and he returned the salute: "I'm next to you, Gu Ao."

Tian Rong hid aside, observing the situation.He has been a child who never stood up because of unknown circumstances since he was a child. He keenly felt the contempt of these young people for himself and Gu Ao, so he hid in Gu Ao's shadow dormantly.Just like when Tian Song Tianbai laughed at him back then, he hid behind Gu Ao and grabbed Gu Ao's sleeve.

Xun Yusheng didn't introduce Tian Rong either, so it's not Xun Yusheng's fault.He didn't see another "disciple" mentioned by his junior in the letter, the whole article talked about Gu Ao alone, he thought Tian Rong was accompanied by Gu Ao, and now he has never spoken a word to Tian Rong.

This was exactly what Tian Rong wanted, he hid quietly and watched this scene, not missing the flash of complacency on the face of the young man who called himself "He Dong Li".

When Xun Yusheng saw the two young men talking, he felt that what Gu Ao was facing was much friendlier than what he had faced back then. At least he had introduced him to Gu Ao. Seeing that they had introduced each other, Xun Yusheng was very satisfied: "You guys get along well in the future." He added, "I still have some things to do, so let's go ahead."

After finishing speaking, Xun Yusheng bid farewell to the princes of the family and left the Yuanmeng Academy.

Gu Ao and Tian Rong were left behind and didn't know how to deal with themselves for a while. It seemed inappropriate for Xun Yusheng to say goodbye as soon as he left. After sitting for a while, he wanted to leave, but Tian Rong pulled him and whispered, "Let me see again!"

Gu Ao said: "If you want to see it, you can stay here. I will go back to the dorm to pack my things and settle down for the old man."

Seeing that Gu Ao was about to leave, Tian Rong stood up reluctantly and followed behind Gu Ao.Walking to the exit of Yuanmeng Courtyard, Gu Ao was full of worries, he almost bumped into the oncoming person without paying attention.The man took a step back and said softly, "Excuse me."

Gu Ao looked up, and saw that the man had a straight face, not as beautiful as those young people in the picture just now, but his eyes were radiant and frightening.The clothes are even more luxurious, the elegant dark patterns on the brocade clothes seem to be unassuming, but with the sunlight slightly reflecting the brilliance of the elegant patterns, so the bright embroidery changes to the dark embroidery, it seems that the exposed brilliance has been suppressed, But I don't know how much more manual work will be spent in secret.

The young man was startled when he saw Gu Ao, he curled his lips and said: "I think this is Gu Ao?"

Gu Ao didn't expect anyone here to recognize him, he couldn't help being startled, and frowned, "Are you...?"

The group of teenagers behind Gu Ao saw the person coming, and they all shouted, "Brother Liao is here!"

The young man who almost collided with Gu Ao saluted just now and said: "Master Xun is the mentor of Bucai, I met him just now, and I heard him talk about Brother Gu."

Seeing that he looked two or three years older than himself, Gu Ao still called himself "Brother", he was very embarrassed: "Thanks to Master for leading the way today."

The young man said: "Brother Gu is polite, my surname is Liao, and my name is Quji. Brother Gu is here, I think we will see each other more often in the future."

"Yes, I'll wait here for Mrs. Jane to come."

Liao Quji nodded and asked: "Are you leaving now? Why don't you have a chat with us?" He greeted the young masters and said, "Why don't you come and invite Brother Gu to the table?"

Liao Quji came to Shanyun Academy today to borrow books.

The collection of books in Shanyun Academy is so vast that even a family like the Liao family, which has been famous for generations, may not be able to match it.He is different from the students studying here, but more like a "study tour". Now that his father saw that he was over fourteen years old, he handed over a series of affairs in the county to him, and also gave him the Liao family's trilogy for military training. .

Today, Xun Yu, the governor of the county, came here before his death, just to find him to pass on the prefect's words, and he also visited Shan Yunzi on the way, hoping that Shan Yunzi could give Liao Quji some advice.But he didn't expect to meet Gu Ao and his party as soon as he arrived at the door. Xun Yusheng was dazzled by the entrustment of his junior for a while, and he forgot to find Liao Quji. Instead, Liao Quji's boy went to the library to tell Liao Quji : "I saw Master Juncheng wandering around the academy with two boys in common clothes! I don't know what I'm doing!"

Only then did Liao Quji know that his master was coming, so he heard the sound and found him. He met Master Xun in front of the Yuanmeng courtyard. , and left in a hurry.

Liao Quji still remembers Master Xun excitedly saying to him: "My junior brother Jian Pu's disciples are here! I'll take care of them, but it will take a long time. Your father is afraid that he will still wait for my return, so he will go ahead as a teacher. "

Liao Quji has an impression of the word "Jian Pu". He has also seen the "Jian family of Liaoyang" in the family tree. He also knows that there is a madman in the generation of the Jian family; Yes, Master Xun once said to him: "My junior brother Jian Pu said that he would never leave the mountain unless he found a disciple who could match you! I think he is going to die of old age in the mountain!"

Now Jian Pu not only came out, but also brought out a disciple who was said to be "comparable to himself", and Liao Quji wanted to meet him.

The people at the door almost passed by, allowing Liao Quji to see the appearance of this "disciple of Jian Pu" clearly. He saw a healthy complexion with a slight tan in the sun, showing that he is not a person who travels with a carriage, but The slightly callused hands show that this disciple is not only committed to studying, but also seems to be committed to farm work.

Looking carefully at that face, it is indeed a handsome shadow, but unfortunately it is concealed by the skin color... The way is vigorous and vigorous, showing the wildness of a mountain person... The face is even more cold and speechless, as if he is very familiar with the world Unreasonably cold and hard... When he saw himself, his eyes were looking straight at him, and he seemed to hide a sharpness like a tiger and leopard in the mountains...

Observing this, Liao Quji couldn't help but laugh—this is not a student who is "comparable to himself", this is clearly a mountain boy who does not understand etiquette.

Liao Quji smiled at the fact that he came here to see this "Gu Ao", so he simply asked him to make friends with him.

What Liao Quji didn't know was that when he was young, among the beauties selected among the nobles of the aristocratic family, many relatives and friends were born with "beautiful appearance". He was tired of aesthetics, so he didn't discover ancient Come on.Today's Gu Ao, far away from his hometown has added to his calm demeanor. If Jian Pu were to talk about it, he would have to praise him, "He is a young man, but he has a heroic and honest look; he is unparalleled in handsomeness, and he has a courageous and resolute ambition."

If you want to ask why Jian Pu and Liao Quji are so far away from being the sons of the same family, it is actually quite simple:

Because what Liao Quji saw was shape,

But what Jian Pu sees is God.