Chapter 6 Seven Years in the Mountains
It only takes one day in the mountains, and it has been a thousand years on earth.
Spring goes and autumn comes, cold comes and heat goes, and six years pass by quickly. It is already the late autumn of the 27th year of Liang Li. During these six years, wars and chaos are constantly occurring. Even so, Qingshan Academy still maintains a rare tranquility in the chaotic world.
"Hold the knife horizontally, then find the dividing line between the fish belly, cut it quickly, remove the internal organs, and stab it two times on the ridge of the fish, and then..." Pangkui gently pinched it with his hand and pulled out a complete fish bone. "How is it, have you learned it?" Pangkui said to Du Shaoyin with his fish bones.
"Master Pangkui, I haven't fallen behind yet. Come on, let me try it!" Du Shaoyin is no longer the fat boy he used to be. Although he is like Pangkui, he is also obsessed with cooking skills, but unlike Pangkui, Du Shaoyin has a white face and a well-proportioned figure. His father originally intended to hope that his son would enter the academy and learn skills with the six teachers, but unexpectedly, the cooking skills that were not listed as the most outstanding, and the dishes he made were also full of color, fragrance, taste and shape, and he was expected to become the second in Fatkui.
"Okay, try it for me." Seeing that there are successors in my cooking skills, Pang Kui was very attentive to teach him.
Du Shaoyin is learning the latest fish-slashing knife method from Pang Kui at the Festival Courtyard.
"Moyan, hurry up. You can't speak anymore after you are so behind, haha!" Yan Keran rode Jue Yun, galloping hard while not forgetting to turn back and laugh at Xiao Moyan.
"What arrogance! In terms of speed, my Jingfan is not inferior to your Jueyun at all!" Xiao Moyan continued to quarrel while chasing him: "Besides, Jueyun is not as good as Jingfan for endurance!"
"Let's do this, it's not the difference between horses, but the difference between riders!" Yan Keran could still make faces leisurely on the running horse's back, which shows her superb riding skills.
"Let you see and avoid being so arrogant! Drive!"
The "enemy" of Xiao Moyan and Yan Keran have now grown into handsome young men. Both have beautiful faces, tall figures and similar personalities. In the eyes of outsiders, they are both full of spirit, lively and active, and loyal, but in the eyes of each other, they look down on each other and cannot be at peace without arguing for a day. At this time, the two enemies are competing in riding skills on the racecourse.
In the northeast corner of Yao Pavilion, Chu Hanqian was playing the seven-stringed lyre, smiling like a flower; on the stage, Qi Wantong had already become a graceful beauty, dancing with graceful dances, and a song that crossed the wool was not inferior to Chu Hanqian back then.
"It's really beautiful, even better than me." Chu Hanqian clapped and stood up with a smile. "It's said that the best is better than the blue, I think it's like you."
"Senior sister, what are you saying? Wantong has only been studying for six years, how can she have as many as her sixteen years of skill?" Qi Wantong sorted out her slightly messy clothes and said modestly.
"Some things are talent, not all in acquired learning. In my opinion, it won't take long to take your dance posture to be a rare opponent on our beam." Chu Hanqian walked up to hold Qi Wantong's hand with both hands, looking at her eyes meaningfully, "Dance posture is pleasing to others, but difficult to keep people. It is just a means after all."
Qi Wantong didn't understand why Chu Hanqian suddenly said this, but for a moment she didn't know how to answer, so she could only flash her bright eyes.
"You will understand in the future." Chu Hanqian smiled sly. Even Qi Wantong, who was no longer inferior to her, couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
"Next, we start practicing the piano skills." Chu Hanqian stroked the six-stringed piano.
"This is white seeds, this is wood fragrance. They are all very common herbs, but if they boil water together, the soup will be filled with a breathtaking aroma. If salt is added to the soup, it will become a poison. If you take it for a long time, blood spots will appear all over your body until the blood color fades away and dies." Yin Li said and handed the two herbs to Bai Luoyao.
Although Bai Luoyao's beauty is not as beautiful as Qi Wantong, his delicate facial features seem to have been carefully crafted. What she is better than Qi Wantong is her grand personality. She took the herbs handed over by Yin Li and looked at them carefully. "I really didn't expect that such an ordinary herb would be such a powerful poison after a little preparation. I'm afraid my father didn't know about these." She approached and smelled the herbs.
"Yes, I didn't know it either. This was told by the seniors of the academy. It was discovered by the predecessors after several attempts. How could they say that medical skills are profound?" Yin Li and Bai Luoyao stood together, not like masters and apprentices at all, but more like sisters.
"Luo Yao only heard of Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs, but never thought that Luo Yao really admired the seniors of the academy!"
"Luo Yao, with your background in the medical family, learning these should be more beneficial than others. If you have completed your studies, I can rest assured. After all, I have not let the medical skills of the academy be broken in my hands," Yin Li packed up the various herbs in the house and said with relief.
"Sister Yin Li, how can you only have medical skills? You still have to be kind. Isn't this what you said? Physical diseases are easy to cure, but the disputes in the world are hard to explain." Bai Luoyao looked at Yin Li's back and felt very touched.
"That's right" Yin Li turned around, "so we're waiting for you to treat."
"The enemy has 100,000 people, and our side is only 30,000, which is absolutely weak in terms of military strength. However, our advantage is the terrain. We are very familiar with the terrain. The water saving is extremely high in midsummer, while the plains on both sides of the water have a drop of one meter. Our army can occupy a plain with a high terrain and dig a deep ditch to lead the water to the enemy. What is this strategy?" Duan Lang looked at Helianping and asked. Duan Lang was as famous as his name. He was elegant and handsome.
"At first glance, the plan is indeed feasible, but it is difficult to implement it in actual implementation." Su Qian said his opinion first, "You see, there is indeed a gap between the two plains, but if you really want to dig a canal, it is a time-consuming and labor-consuming project. As far as I know, the soil of the Si Shuishuiyuan is red soil, which is relatively hard, and digging a canal will take a lot of effort. If it is discovered by the enemy, I am afraid that the effort will be in vain."
Helianping nodded and signaled Su Qian to continue. Su Qian was thinner and shorter than Duan Lang, but the businessman's shrewd mind and sharp eyes allowed him to see what he had never seen and what he had never thought about.
"Our army can pretend to be defeated, then retreat and retreat to the foot of Minshan Mountain. The Minshan Mountain is majestic and has high mountains and dense forests. It is very suitable for concealment. The most distinctive thing is that the Minshan Mountain Road is very narrow, and it is barely enough to allow one person to pass through." Su Qian continued to analyze his ideas.
"Oh, I understand. You want to lure the enemy deeper and then catch them all in one go!" Duan Lang suddenly realized.
"That's right!" Su Qian smiled affirmatively.
"Very good, your ideas are good. I am very satisfied that you can understand your own weaknesses and find advantages that can be exploited!" Helianping did not hide his praise for the two.
At this time, there were swords and sword shadows on the school martial arts field. The sound of cold weapons hitting the sounds of dinging and banging cold weapons were endless. Two agile figures were attacking, dodging, and taking out swords, and moving forward and retreating freely. If someone was watching the battle, he would definitely shout aloud, but Chen Ming, who was standing aside, looked indifferent and stared at the two of them.
"Why, a man has such a little strength?"
"Hmph, I'm trying to get you three points because I think you are a woman."
"Who wants you to give in!" This sentence seemed to anger the woman. After turning around with a cool and quick stab at the man's lower plate with a sword.
With a sound of the ground, the man blocked the woman's sword with the knife in his hand.
"Since that's the case, I'll do my best!" The man shouted, took two steps back, jumped up in the air, slashed in the air, and the blade was sharp. But the woman was calm and did not panic. She retreated, squatted down and led the sword to block it, and she barely blocked the knife outside the attack range.
These two are Huo Qing and Ling Feiyan, who practice martial arts hard. After all, Huo Qing was born in a farm family. After six years of training, he is now the strongest among all people. He knows that he is not talented, so he is also the hardest among all people. Ling Feiyan, who never likes to make red makeup, tied up her hair, tight-fitting and short-skinned, dressed in a manly outfit, and his eyebrows are full of heroic spirit.
"Huo Qing is very powerful, attacking very quickly, and attacking strongly. However, he ignores the superiors and ignores the superiors, and only knows to attack fiercely and lacks defense. Fei Yan's judgment is accurate and can make a big move and use force to fight. However, his moves are fancy. You must know that the enemy is not here to appreciate your martial arts." Chen Ming's voice was plain, but he pointed out the flaws of the two incisively.
The melodious sound of flutes echoed above the Lake of Lanyue. What's strange is that birds are falling and stopping beside a woman in green, and it seems to be attracted by the sound of flute. However, the woman in green doesn't look at it, closed her eyes on her own, completely immersed in the music, dancing with the sound of the flute from time to time, and a beautiful scenery.
"Well, you're blowing well." Ye Kai held a grass in the corner of his mouth and clapped casually, but the person was lying in the rain pavilion, half-closing his eyes lazily.
The sound of the flute suddenly stopped, followed by a rude question: "It's just good? This is just the beginning, let's see it!" The woman in green inserted the flute in her hand into her waist, turned to look at the many birds, and started to scream. The birds seemed to understand her "words", and they actually responded in a chirping manner, which was very noisy for a moment.
"It's so noisy, I didn't teach you to chat with the bird!" Ye pretended to be unhappy.
The woman in green ignored it and continued to imitate the birds' chirping. Ye Kai was about to attack, but suddenly the woman in green raised her hand. All the birds spread their wings and flew up at the same time. First, they all gathered in a mess in the air. Then, under the command of the woman in green, they began to "dance": the birds lined up in two neat rows in the air, and then began to rotate continuously in a spiral shape, like a dragon sucking water on the lake surface of Lanyue Lake, attracting many students in the academy to come. Everyone was stunned by the scene. Even Ye Kai was shocked by this scene.
"Sister Ke'er is so awesome!"
"Yes, it's amazing!"
The crowd was filled with praise, and the woman in green was filled with joy. With a long whistle, all the birds immediately dispersed and flew away.
Zhao Keer had two braids combed on her chest. Six years did not take away her cuteness. Instead, she was integrated into the years and decorated her more lovely.
"How is it? It's even better!" Zhao Ke'er jumped to the Luoyu Pavilion with his hands, looking at Ye Kai with pride.
Ye Kai had already sat up at this time and replied lazily: "It's amazing, the best beast master in the academy. If you go to the capital to set up a juggling stall, you will be able to earn money." After saying that, she smiled maliciously.
"You!" Zhao Ke'er's face turned red with anger. She raised her hand and was about to hit someone. Ye Kai thrust a carp and turned over and flashed to the corridor outside the pavilion. She smiled and said, "A gentleman should not act!"
"I won't bother you, I'll go find Sister Qian and have a good chat with her!" Zhao Ke'er turned around and was about to leave. Ye Kai's fatal point was Chu Hanqian. He hurriedly changed his appearance as a prodigal son just now, jumped in front of Zhao Ke'er, and begged softly: "Okay, no matter how you say we are masters and apprentices, I'm your senior brother, if you have some things, don't bother Han Qian."
Zhao Keer stroked her braid with a very embarrassed expression, "I don't know what to say, but what not to say, why don't I go and ask Sister Qian first?" After that, he ran away.
"Okay, Zhao Ke'er, I want to run!" Ye Kai raised his legs and ran out.
The breeze blew by the windowsill, lifting up a corner of the rice paper on the desk. A man lifted up his sleeves, gently dipped the pen in his hand into the ink in the inkstone, and after thinking for a moment, he wrote on the paper:
Chu Tian looked at the lonely sail far away
How many mist and rains?
Can't see enough, drunk on Qingshan
Dreams of life, joy and joy
Falling in love, separation is slow
When the man wrote this, he seemed to be infected by the artistic conception of the poem. He stopped writing and didn't know how to continue.
"Even if you are reluctant to leave, what should come will always come." Chu Kuang had already walked into the house at some point. "Qingyuan, you are the most talented among everyone. Do you hope that the day will come later?"
"In the seven years of the mountain, the relationship has become deep. How can one break it by saying that it can be broken?" Mu Qingyuan is no longer the dull boy at the time. The six years of Qingshan Academy have accumulated a stronger atmosphere of bookishness, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is a famous talent among the thirteen people.
"No need to break. Although it is separation, it is also time to come out of the mountain after learning. It is time to have your own achievements." Chu Kuang's words were firm.
Mu Qingyuan put down the pen in his hand, walked to the window, and looked at the panoramic view of the academy, without saying anything.
Looking back at the yard, Xuan Shaoning was also standing by the window, but he was not enjoying the scenery, but studying the contents of the books in his hand. The setting sun shines on the setting sun reflect his angular side face and slender and symmetrical body.
"The strongest combat effectiveness of our Daliang is the Xuanjia Army under the command of King Yu. There are 50,000 people, and each soldier can fight against two. Among them, Han Dao is the van, all of which are cavalry, holding spears and iron shields; Tun Company is a combination of chariots, and one person drives a car, two people assassinate left and right, and there is an archer in the middle; Rust Claw is a cavalry, all proficient in cavalry, holding a crossbow, and shooting from a distance; all golden armor is infantry, and the main force of combat." The low voice steadily passed through the pavilion and was clearly transmitted into Xuan Shaoning's ears.
"You actually know so much about the situation of the Xuanjia Army!" Xuan Shaoning was very surprised and asked the rows of bookshelf.
"The highest floor of the Shujianyuan displays war books. The "Liang Guo Scroll" in it records in detail the origin, internal composition, and combat strategies of Xuanjia." Shi Gong Zhengyuan walked out of the shadow of the bookshelf, holding the war books in his hand. Even the shadows could not completely cover Shi Gong Zhengyuan's handsome face, thin figure, and pale skin made him look weak.
"Senior Brother Chu has always said that you are the most talented among us and the most thoughtful. He is right." Xuan Shaoning left the window and walked to Shi Gong Zhengyuan to take the book in his hand.
"We have only been half a year since we left the academy." Shi Gong Zhengyuan's long eyelashes covered his eyes, making people unable to see the emotions in his eyes.
Xuan Shaoning closed the "Liang Guo Volume" that he originally wanted to open and sighed: "Seven years are so rare. Once he devoted himself to the troubled times, what will happen to his fate?"
"What we have learned is applied. The Master has always said that we should come out to show our skills when we have learned them. Do you still remember the academy's motto?" Shi Gong Zhengyuan looked at Xuan Shaoning with a rigorous expression and looked eagerly at him.
To be virtuous in your heart, to be ambitious in your heart,
Defend the people with swords and protect the country with body.
The two of them said in unison.
When the snowflakes gently fell on Xuan Shaoning's palm, a familiar cold feeling slowly penetrated and flowed through his blood vessels throughout his body. It announced the arrival of Liangli's 28 years. It was another year of snow. This New Year, the students stayed in the academy because they knew that the time of parting was coming.
On the third day of the New Year, the road from Xiangge to Shangde Hall was full of deep and shallow footprints. Once again, the young men who used to do their homework almost every day for the past seven years were extremely familiar with each other. Unlike the past, they are already adults today, dressed brightly, calmly, and have a variety of demeanors, and have become a rare scenic spot in Qingshan Academy.
When he opened the door and walked into the hall, Master Baishi was still standing on the steps, his hair and beard were white, but his face was rosy and energetic, exactly the same as when he first met. Seven years did not make him vicissitudes a little. Heng Sanyi followed Master Baishi as always, and the six teachers were also on the side.
This scene was very similar to the situation when he first entered the academy. Xuan Shaoning suddenly felt a little dazed. Is it just a dream these seven years, and I am still the little beggar at the time? But when he looked at his clothes and looked at his classmates, it was no longer what he was like back then. Yes, this was not a dream! When Xuan Shaoning thought of this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"I remember when I first met you, you were still young men who were ignorant of the world. Now I am already old and seven years old. I am really old, but you have all grown up!" Master Shiraishi smiled and laughed at himself, unable to hide his joy in his words.
"How could it be? The Master is just like seven years ago. Time just allows us to grow up, but it does not make Master grow old!" Su Qian said very comfortably.
"My words are so loud! If you want to say these sweet words, you still have to listen to Su Qian." Master Baishi jokingly stroked the beautiful beard that was long enough to his chest.
"Teacher, are you praising me or Su Qian?" Xiao Moyan asked slyly. Thinking about it carefully, "too much talk" may not be a bad thing, and "sweet words" may not be a good thing. This question shows that Xiao Moyan is very careful.
"Haha, it's worthy of Mo Yan!" Master Shiraishi seemed to have agreed.
"I have said goodbye to six disciples here in this life. Among them, there are many civil servants with great ministers, and military generals who gallop on the battlefield, shining the lintel of Qingshan Academy! Except for a few people..." Master Shiraishi paused for a moment when he said this.
"When you first entered the academy, I said that what you learned here was not only skills, but also virtue. Today I still said that after leaving the academy, I will not ask you for high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but only ask you not to forget your original intentions and live up to your country!" Master Shiraishi said in his past gentle words, with a loud voice and a serious expression.
Don't forget your original intention, live up to your country
Just a short horoscope, how easy it is to say, how many people can really do it?
"Today, I want you to speak the proverbs of Qingshan Academy again!" Bai Shi's voice was loud and his lingering sound was enough to surround the beam.
To be virtuous in your heart, to be ambitious in your heart,
Defend the people with swords and protect the country with body.
Thirteen people shouted in unison, and everyone's eyes were moist.
Chapter completed!