After listening to Song Jue's words, Shen Cha didn't know what to say. She didn't quite understand what he meant.
"What do you mean, the cabbage you raised was eaten by a pig?" She looked at Shen Haolin and Song Qiyun, who nodded in agreement with Song Jue, "Did Mr. Chige do something outrageous and was caught by his uncle?"
"It's not a sinful thing, anyway..." Song Jue secretly glanced at Wu Qingruo, who was holding a bunch of grapes to eat. When he saw that the other person's eyes were staring at the three masters and apprentices who were reminiscing about old times, Song Jue sighed helplessly, " You know, as for Uncle Ning, from birth to now, his closest relatives have been Uncle Huang and Uncle Dai Wang. They raised him as their own son. I remember my father once said in a joking tone , they remain vigilant against anyone who covets Uncle Ning."
"Chi Ge Lao is one of them?" Shen Cha didn't quite understand, "Why?"
"Uncle Ning Wang is the last disciple of Mr. Ge. He was accepted as an exception. He only took the initiative to accept this disciple because he particularly admired Uncle Wang's character. Before accepting Mr. Ning, Mr. Ge had been there for ten years. He has not had any disciples, even Yu Xiaolian, who is famous among students..." Song Jue looked at Shen Cha, "That's the one..."
"I know." Shen Cha nodded, "The one who wrote a miscellany of Journey to the West. When I was young, my mother and brother always read this to me."
"Why are you reading this?" Song Jue looked at Shen Haolin curiously, "Wouldn't it be better to read some interesting stories?"
"I also read interesting stories, but it's easier for her to fall asleep and sleep peacefully by reading this." Shen Haolin thought of Shen Cha's appearance when he was a child, and unconsciously showed a faint smile, "I don't know why, but listen I am very energetic when I am telling stories. No matter how coaxed I am, I will not fall asleep. I tell several stories in a row, and the more I tell them, the more energetic I become. But only for travel notes, not just this one by Yu Xiaolian, but for any travel notes, I can read at most two pages. Just fell asleep.”
"Why is this?" After hearing Shen Haolin's explanation, Song Jue also felt it was amazing. He looked at Shen Cha, "Don't you like travel notes?"
"I'm not very sure, I just feel like... my eyelids are twitching, and I really want to sleep." Shen Cha felt that the focus was shifting to himself, and quickly stopped them from continuing this topic, "Stop talking about me, it's all in the past. Okay, let’s continue talking about Yu Xiaolian, is he going to become Mr. Ge’s disciple?”
"Three visits to the thatched cottage can't describe his persistence. As far as I know, Mr. Ge rejected him at least seven times. Later, when he realized that he really had no hope, he left Xijing in despair. The miscellany of Journey to the West was written after leaving Xijing. Speaking of which, it is quite annoying. Just the second month after Yu Xiaolian left Xijing, the elder came to ask Uncle Ning to be his disciple, and then..."
"We firmly refused."
Wu Qingruo's voice rang in Song Jue's ears. Song Jue, who secretly spoke ill of his elders behind his back and was unfortunately caught, stuck out his tongue at his brothers and sisters, and turned back to Wu Qingruo with a very guilty and flattering smile.
"It's a fact that we don't like him. There's no need to say it secretly behind my back. There's no need." Wu Qingruo glanced at the three people who hadn't finished talking and snorted coldly, "If only he had been a little more humble and less pretentious. If he was so high-spirited, maybe we wouldn’t hate him so much.”
"Did Ge Lao collide with uncle?" Song Jue said that he knew that Prince Dai and Wu Qingruo didn't like Chi Ge Lao, but they didn't expect that they would be so disgusted. "It stands to reason that he is not such a rude person."
"It's true that he is not like this now, but he was not like this ten or twenty years ago." Seeing the eyes of several children suddenly brightening, Wu Qingruo laughed, "Since they are reminiscing about old times, in a short time If they can’t talk to us, we can also talk about their past.”
"Hmm!" The eyes of several children brightened even more, and they pricked up their ears, waiting to hear the revelation.
"For about twenty years, although Old Man Chi was not the dean of Taixue, he made the final decision on many things in Taixue. He should be regarded as a more influential person among literati. The deans of the other two academies were once the same as him. They were classmates at Taixue. They had a very good relationship and talked about almost everything. At that time, Chenchen’s mentor was appointed as the examiner for that year. He had no time to teach Chenchen again, so he recommended Mr. Chi to come over. Replace him. Old Man Chi is the director of the Hanlin Academy and also serves as the Minister of Etiquette. He usually has nothing to do, so he happened to teach Chenchen how to read. The emperor asked our opinion, and we thought this was good, so we agreed. Who would have thought , I just gave lectures all day, and then came to my house to block the door in the evening."
"Blocking the door?"
"It's said that Chenchen is talented and smart, but it's a waste if he doesn't learn anything."
"You're right, Uncle Wang is very smart." Song Jue nodded, "Is there something wrong?"
"Don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet." Wu Qingruo snorted again, "One more thing, he said that both of us are military generals, and we cannot help Chenchen in terms of knowledge, but will actually hinder him."
"Did Mr. Ge say this?" Song Jue frowned when he saw Wu Qingruo nodded slightly, "It's so rude. Who doesn't know that Uncle Wang served as an examiner twice before he was stationed at the border? And uncle , he was also recognized as a talented man when he was young. Mr. Ge came from a noble family in Beijing, how could he say such a thing?"
"Maybe it was too smooth sailing, and I was a little forgetful." Wu Qingruo raised the corners of his lips and looked at Bai Meng, who had already filled his stomach. "What kind of virtues did those Hanlin officials you saw in Jingzhao Mansion Yamen have? The old man Chi at that time was No matter what, he was just a little better than them, and he still maintained the most basic bottom line of life. He talked nonsense in front of the palace for nearly an hour. In the end, we had to close the door to keep him out. But he didn't I didn’t give up and kept coming for nearly half a month.”
"Are you going every day?"
"Yeah!" Wu Qingruo nodded, "Every day I personally take Chenchen back from the palace to the palace. In the end, we became bad guys." He smiled bitterly, "There were even days when Chenchen didn't stand He keeps telling us how good his husband is, how knowledgeable he is, and how lucky he would be to be his disciple."
"For Uncle Ning, did you give in?"
"Well, after all, Chen Chen is willing, we can't stop him from being happy, right?" Wu Qingruo nodded, "Moreover, during this process, the emperor also came forward several times to persuade us not to argue with him. However, Chen Even though Chen has become a disciple, our relationship will not change at all. Should we hate him, we will still hate him, and we will continue to hate him. No matter what he becomes, we will never forget him standing at the gate of the palace, He pointed at our noses and scolded us for being vulgar." He tugged at the corner of his mouth in disgust, looking at the three people who had finished talking about the past and were about to sit back again, "In our opinion, that is the most real him."
