Xu Da was very interested in the more than 20 members of Wu Wangwei. He watched the whole process with great interest beside Li Rong, and asked about the details one by one. He even asked about the lunch meal in detail, looking very interested. . Zhu Su followed him, feeling as if he was welcoming a leader's inspection in future generations. I just don’t know why the Duke of Wei suddenly came here.
You can't really come here to visit, right?
After looking around, Xu Da came to the living room of Zhuangzi's mansion. Xu Yungong and Fang Xiaoru followed closely behind, and Zhu Su and Li Wenzhong drank a cup of tea with them. Xu Da then spoke: "I have heard the name of His Highness the Five Highnesses a long time ago. The poem "Linjiang Immortal" is a rough guy like me, and I was amazed when I heard it. Quanzi also greatly praised His Highness's arithmetic skills. , I don’t think His Highness is so proficient in military training methods, it’s really impressive!”
"Uncle Xu is so complimentary." Zhu Su could only say humbly. He was thinking that Xu Damo was not asking for anything, otherwise why would he suddenly praise him so generously.
Sure enough, after Xu Da took a sip of tea, he looked at Zhu Su and then at Li Wenzhong beside Zhu Su.
"I heard that your son Jiujiang, Wenzhong, is also accompanying His Highness the Fifth Prince in this village?"
"Hahaha, that's right. Quanzi Jiujiang was originally uneducated and incompetent, but these days, because of His Majesty's influence, he has become quite diligent and studious."
"This is all a great blessing to His Majesty the Fifth Prince!" He said and bowed his hand to Zhu Su, who quickly returned the favor.
"I'm afraid it's not just a matter of hearing and seeing, right? Speaking of it, His Highness the Fifth Highness teaches well." Xu Dadao said, and Li Wenzhong kept nodding. Li Jinglong is Zhu Su's junior. It is only natural that elders have the right and responsibility to educate juniors.
"Therefore, I also have a merciless request." Xu Da cleared his throat. "Quinzi Yungong has high regard for His Highness' talents."
"I wonder if I am lucky enough to receive a lesson from His Highness?"
After saying that, Xu Yungong stood up from behind Xu Da and gave Zhu Su a silent bow.
"There are others." Fang Xiaoru was not to be outdone, he also bowed and bowed to Zhu Su. "I also have the utmost respect for Your Highness's talent and learning. I hope Your Highness will not despise me and give me some pointers."
"I am willing to serve as a teacher!"
As soon as he said this, Zhu Su almost threw the teacup out of his head. Li Wenzhong also looked surprised and stared at the two young men in front of him who were bowing and saluting with wide eyes.
"This...Uncle Xu, this..." Zhu Su was at a loss. He did want to arouse these two people's interest in studying things, but he didn't want to directly accept them as apprentices! "I'm just a child's play, how can I be a teacher?"
"Besides, I'm still young..."
"So what if you are still young? People with talent and learning do not care about their age. If you don't understand your brain, even if you live a hundred years in vain, is it still the same as rotten wood and rotten grass?"
"According to the rules, he should have come to study under him. If Quan Zi was not talented enough and couldn't solve the entry puzzle given by His Highness, why would I need to show off this old face?" He said, glaring at Xu Yungong.
Xu Yungong was excited, lowered his head and became more humble. Fang Xiaoru raised his head instead: "Your Highness! I am incompetent and cannot solve the problem of using paper as a cauldron. But my desire to learn can be learned from the world!"
"The Master said: If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening. Please have mercy on me and teach me the way of studying things!" He actually knelt down and kowtowed to Zhu Su.
"This..." I didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen. I originally thought it would be good to plant a seed in the literary world, but I didn't expect to directly bring back a future assistant minister. Fang Xiaoru was obsessed with respecting the Zhou rites in history. Zhu Su thought that he was a Fangzheng gentleman who was die-hard Confucian, but he didn't expect that he would be swayed by him in just a few words?
He underestimated the intellectual curiosity of the literati of this era.
"Hahahaha, why are you hesitating, Fifth Brother? Being timid is not our trait, Old Zhu!"
"The son of the Tiande family wants to be your disciple, so just accept it. If you accept his son as your apprentice, isn't it for nothing that we will have an old boy named Tiande?"
A heroic laughter came from outside the door, and everyone turned to look, but they didn't know when Lao Zhu stood at the door. The light casual clothes he wore looked no different from ordinary people, and he actually came here incognito.
"I didn't know Your Majesty was here! May Your Majesty be blessed!" A group of people saluted quickly.
"We are all members of our family, there is no need to be formal!" Lao Zhu strode into the hall with a smile on his face and seemed to be in a good mood. Behind him, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, and Zhu Di appeared out of nowhere, and Zhu Di even winked at Zhu Su.
"Hei has lost weight, but he has become stronger!" Queen Ma said with a smile. "She looks a bit more manly!"
"How can I not lose weight after being trained by Brother Bao'er every day?" Zhu Su said with a smile.
"Lao Wu, we have watched Yungong grow up. He has always been eager to learn."
"It's not like you didn't intend to keep the knowledge you learned from a superior person to yourself. You just passed it on to him, so it's not a big deal!" Lao Zhu said.
"Huh?" Zhu Su was stunned, an expert? What expert? Only when he saw the hidden look in Lao Zhu's eyes did he understand. "Oh, since Yungong wants to learn, I must tell you everything I know."
"It's just Xiaoru... you are Master Song's student. Although I am no longer studying in the main hall, I still have a half-master friendship with Master Song."
"If you worship me as your teacher, Master Song will not look good on your face..."
"It's okay! I've already consulted Master Song!" Fang Xiaoru said quickly. "Master Song said: There is nothing wrong with choosing a wise man as your teacher. Confucius once worshiped the seven-year-old Xiang Lu as his teacher. He was sincere in his pursuit of learning and did not need to take into account so many twists and turns."
He said so, and Zhu Su had no reason to refuse. Moreover, Lao Zhu also intends to accept a disciple. Does he still have the right to refuse his biological father to become the emperor?
So Xu Yungong and Fang Xiaoru kowtowed to Zhu Su respectfully three times, and then served tea to Zhu Su in full view of the public, thus completing the apprenticeship ceremony. Then he followed Xiang Deng out and chose a room to rest.
"I didn't expect that you would let Yungong come to worship Lao Wu as your teacher. Haha Tiande, you have lowered your seniority for nothing!" As soon as the two left, Lao Zhu couldn't wait to laugh at Xu Da. "Our son has become your son's teacher. Who would have thought of this when we were herding cattle together?"
"My brother is so blessed that the fifth prince he gave birth to is so talented. That kid Yungong is so stubborn... That's all, children and grandchildren will have their own blessings." Xu Da pretended to be helpless and shook his head. Old Zhu saw that He looked even happier. The proud look on his face was beyond words.
"But Tiande, we have been brothers for decades. You don't have to be so cautious." Lao Zhu's expression turned serious after he finished laughing. "You let Yun Gong join Lao Wu's family, do you want to use this relationship to defile yourself so that you can avoid trouble for your Xu family?"
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became stagnant!
(End of chapter)
