Chapter 6 Panlong Orphans
In the autumn of the 24th year of Hong Xiu, the Panlong Town Government School Office welcomed a new teaching department after Mr. Li left more than a year. This was of course a good thing for the people in the town. Those naughty children who had been "doing evil" in the town for more than a year because they did not have the teaching department, finally returned to the school to pick up the books. As for the upgrade of the school office to the school, most people have not yet understood the meaning. They just think that the Protestant Department, named Zhou Zhe, looks really young, not like the ones who think of the teacher, and do not look very reliable.
Ever since the Star Tide arrived eleven years ago outside the town again after a hundred and twenty years, there have been many new changes in the town.
The first point is that many new faces have been brought in one after another. Ten years ago, an old man named Li Chun came from the capital. He was in the government school and took three students away when he left office and accepted them as disciples. Later, an old monk in tattered clothes came to the gate of the town, drew a big circle with his crutch in his hand, and circled the gate of the town and the peach trees at the entrance, saying that he wanted to build a small temple in the circle, which caused the traffic in the south gate of the town to be paralyzed. The guard Guo You was so angry that he was shaking his beard at first, but later after an interview with Li Jiaosi, he agreed.
In the following two years, the Jiangnan clan and the large families that had already made their fortunes in Panlong Town also bought industries in the town. The originally remote town gradually became a sign of a major commercial town in the northwest of the empire.
However, all this has nothing to do with Zhao Wu. He is still the only postman in the military post in the small town. He raises two military horses that gradually show their old appearance. Except for the old wound on his left arm, it is even more painful when it is cloudy and rainy. The only difference is that he has a son.
In Zhao Wu's words, when he was young, he was also a handsome boy in the army. However, he was busy training and killing barbarians all year round, so he delayed the marriage of a wife. Later, he was injured and came to Panlong Town from Miyun Pass. With this thought, he was already a bachelor in his forties. Zhao Wu thought that the old Zhao family was not a famous family, and there was no need to pass on the family line. This life was like this. Until more than ten years ago, one late in the early winter night, Zhao Wu returned from Yima, and passed by the peach blossom tree when he passed by the town gate. He heard a weak cry. He went forward to check. A naked baby boy was lying under the peach tree, which was frozen and red, and was as angry as a fleece. Zhao Wu hurriedly pulled away the cotton coat on his body, wiped the snow water, rubbed the whole body repeatedly with strong wine, and struggled for half a night, and finally saved the baby's life.
In the following days, Zhao Wu asked about the entire town with his baby boy. No family had lost their children recently. They thought it might be an abandoned baby left by the business trip occasionally, so they kept it by their side. When the baby boy was picked up, he faced the distant Xifeng Mountain, so he named it Zhao Xifeng.
Zhao Wu, who had a son in his old age, was extremely fond of Zhao Xifeng and regarded him as his own. He felt that life had a new meaning at this point. He spent three months to buy a dairy sheep and raised it with two military horses. When he didn't leave the post on weekdays, he would take Zhao Xifeng to watch the sheep feeding the horses in the horse servant, tell the story of killing barbarians when he was young, or recite two Buddhist scriptures that he knew only. When he had a task, he would entrust Zhao Xifeng to Aunt Li of the wine shop, so Zhao Xifeng learned to ride a horse, drink and recite the Buddha at the age of five, and lived a peaceful and harmonious life for the elderly and the young.
If there is anything that makes Zhao Wu feel a little regretful, it is probably because his son froze his muscles and bones in the snow when he was young. He has been weak over the years and cannot bear the cold. He first had one or two years. Every winter, he would inevitably get a serious illness. When it was the coldest, he had to soak in hot water to get a normal temperature.
In recent years, Zhao Wu has been worried about Zhao Xifeng's body. Needless to say, his daily maintenance has been changed to the fifth pair of Chengdong Pharmaceutical Shop. In the past three years, he has taken Zhao Xifeng to practice the basic routine of bodybuilding in the army. So people in the town often see two figures, one big and one small, jogging under the peach tree at the entrance of the town before dawn, kicking legs, squatting horses, and punching. It was not stopped until the sun was noon, and it never stopped day after day.
A few months later, Zhao Xifeng's health gradually improved, but the residents in the town were in a miserable state.
Although Zhao Xifeng was weak since childhood, he was a person who could not be idle. He could climb up the roof and lift the roof when he learned to walk. When he was over six years old, he was riding a goat and rushing around the town market, arched over Jia Jianzi's fortune telling stall and smashed Wu's calligraphy and painting platform. So everyone discovered that Jia Jianzi was really blind, and Wu's calligraphy and painting platform that he never allowed others to touch was hidden under Wu's calligraphy and painting platform.
Later, Zhao Xifeng listened to several novels in the storyteller's office of Aunt Li's restaurant. He formed a Xifeng sect among the children of the same age, proclaiming himself the leader, and coaxing the other "school members" to give him a "three-roll" gift. Every day, adults saw their children coming home, they would be covered in dust and mud, and they hated the old Zhao family, the little devil in the world.
Now that the little devil has mastered martial arts, no one can stop him.
Since then, there have been fewer frail and sickly seedlings in the town, including a troubled general, a marshal who fights, a chicken, duck, cat, dog, bird, and beast. One of them is all in trouble. He was chased by Zhao Xifeng and had no way to go to the earth. When Zhao Xifeng caught these small animals, he did not humiliate and kill them, but grabbed them in his hands and recited Buddhist scriptures for them. This is how it is like this every day! Over time, the neighbors felt that the rooster crowing had rhythm and Zen.
Now Zhao Xifeng is ten years old, almost at the age of a legal child in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and finally handed over this little devil to the teacher for discipline.
When Zhao Xifeng was about five years old, Zhao Wu began to consider saving some money to prepare for Zhao Xifeng's entry into the official school. Fortunately, the Great Zhou Dynasty wanted to be a good soldier and saved money, so he still raised the money.
This day was the first day of the Protestant Education Department of Panlong Town, and it was also the day when new students signed up for school. Zhao Wu brought silver and money to two pots of specialty specialties of the town that he bought from Aunt Li. After thinking about it, he took two pieces of hanging meat from the eaves, and then took Zhao Xifeng toward the school office. I heard that the rules for admission this year were different from previous years. In Zhao Wu's opinion, it was just a new teacher who wanted to set a rule. It was always right to bring more gifts.
When Zhao Wu and his two walked into the side hall of the school, there were already four people in the hall. The first one was Zhou Zhe, the new teaching staff. On the left was the old monk from the small temple outside the town. On the right was five feet tall, with a red face and a curly beard, and was dressed in a precious dress. Guo You, the guard of the town, could only respect the last seat. The four of them were discussing something in a low voice, but when they saw the two of them walking in, they stopped and looked at Zhao Wu with a smile.
Zhao Wu first clasped his fists at Zhou Zhe, then turned around and bowed to Guo You. This is the foundation of the Great Zhou Shushu Teaching, which is the foundation of governing the country with etiquette. Then he said, "Mr. Zhou, this is my child, named Zhao Xifeng. I am just ten years old this year. I want my child to study, but I don't want to have any fame and fortune. I just recognize a few words. The private school teacher in our town has no ability, so I just want to send my child to the government school to develop more skills. Is it enough to be more generous than me in the future. Do you think you will arrange a seat for me?"
Guo You smiled and said, "Old Zhao is an old man in the town. He has worked diligently for more than ten years and has never made any mistakes. A few years ago, the star tide came to the world and was still the post station of Lao Zhao. It has both contributions and hard work. Wan Wang Mr. Zhou accepted this child and it is also a wish of Lao Zhao."
The old monk in Mai was also looking at Zhao Xifeng with kindness: "This child has been practicing in front of my small temple every morning for three years. He is a good boy with perseverance."
Zhao Wu smiled and clasped his fists to thank Guo You and the old monk.
Zhou Zhe smiled and said, "Since there are masters and Guo Zhenshou as guarantees, I have to give this face no matter what, but face depends on face and rules. This year, our Panlong Academy will be selected for the entrance examination. If the exam fails, it will not affect the admission. The winners selected will follow me to learn some gadgets other than reading. I wonder if this friend of the Zhao family is interested."
Everyone looked at Zhao Xifeng.
Zhao Xifeng cleared his throat in a slight voice and replied, "Then you have to teach me well." His tone was confident and confident, and he never thought that he would not be able to pass the exam.
Everyone laughed.
Zhou Zhe handed Zhao Xifeng a hand card, with an eye engraved on the front, and a blank back. After asking Zhao Xifeng to put it in close proximity, he got up to see him off.
Zhao Wu fulfilled his thoughts and took Zhao Xifeng to everyone to say goodbye to everyone one by one. When he went out, he put the meat and sour wine in the doorman.
Zhou Zhe took over the previous topic and continued to say to everyone: "It has been more than ten years since the Star Tide came to the world, and its impact on the world has gradually begun to appear. Especially here, my master has stayed in the town for many years. According to him, the concentration of the Star Yuan and the Heaven and Earth Yuanqi in the town is far greater than that in any place in the territory, and it is still gathering. If this continues for less than two years, it will catch up with the Baihai and Yunmengze and become the most suitable place for practice in the entire Middle Earth continent."
Everyone nodded in agreement. Zhou Zhe paused and continued, "However, the most change is still people. After being baptized by the star tide, Panlong Town will definitely be one of the most concentrated places for our dynasty's future cultivation geniuses, and it can even be compared to the capital. In recent years, the Jiangnan clans, the five sects of Shengjing, the Daze lineage, and even the Baihai tribes have arranged arrangements here one after another. I think it's because of this, even people like the master will come here to find their successors."
The old monk's face was calm and he returned the courtesy.
The bearded man snorted coldly: "These are nothing to do with me. What I, the Emperor Ji Sect, lacks the most is genius. I do not compete with the master. It is just that the daughter of the head has been weak since childhood and needs a place where there is plenty of spiritual energy and can be meticulous in cultivation. I would like to ask Guo Zhenzhou to make a convenient move and leave the Gulou area to me."
Guo Zhenshou smiled and twisted his beard and said, "It's easy to talk, it's easy to talk." But he thought to himself, who doesn't know that the genius genius, the daughter of the head of the Huangji Sect, is comparable to Princess Yongle twenty years ago. When it comes to being weak since childhood? As for the Drum Tower for a long time, you can take it away, so as to avoid the government repairs.
"Since that's the case, then we'll make a decision. While recruiting students, Tianqingsi will also help the master find a suitable successor. The Gulou and the government allocated it to Huangji Sect." Zhou Zhe stretched out and moved his slightly stiff neck and said, "I'll talk about the main thing. Let's talk about something else. You think the child's qualifications just now is just right. Mr. Zheng is good at looking at the qi. He helps me see it, which saves me the effort of setting questions and exams."
The bearded man called Mr. Zheng said coldly: "The meridians are usually flawless and perfect, but the essence and blood in the body are exhausted like an elderly person. It should be because of a serious illness when he was young and burned out the qi and blood. If he practiced forcibly, he would be against the will of heaven and death."
The old monk did not comment.
Zhou Zhe smiled and was silent, thinking of another person who had exhausted his essence and blood but had a bird's eye view of the world.
Guo You shook his head and said, "There are many practitioners in the world, and countless powerful people who have achieved great success because of their innate shortcomings. This depends on personal circumstances and luck. I just don't know when Mr. Zhou's exam will begin, and I haven't seen you notify me just now."
Zhou Zhe smiled and replied: "It has begun."
Zhao Wu and his two men came out of the school. Zhao Xifeng said they wanted to go to the town to make up for the body refining homework that they had owed because of registration this morning. Zhao Wu allowed him to go, and went home to cook. Thinking of the happy days, they would cook more dishes that Zhao Xifeng liked.
Chapter completed!