Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 33 Apprenticeship
In the early morning of the next day, Gu Yunji was going to formally pay homage to Xu Chengyu in the Shanchang's residence.In addition to Gu Yunji and Xu Chengyu, Cheng Yan, Su Qi, and several academy gentlemen who were friends with Xu Chengyu also came to witness.

Seeing that the two parties were ready, Chen He, who presided over the apprenticeship ceremony, cleared his throat, stepped forward and said: "The apprenticeship ceremony has officially begun, straighten your clothes, clean your hands—"

Gu Yunji tidied up his clothes according to his words, washed his hands in the basin prepared by others, and dried them with a handkerchief, and then stood still outside the main hall energetically, waiting for the next link.

"Please make a saint like—"

The attendant brought a portrait of Confucius and hung it in the middle of the main hall. Gu Yunji walked into the hall, lifted up his clothes, knelt down and kowtowed three times.It has always been necessary to bow down to the ancestors to worship teachers, and Confucius is the founder of Confucianism, so bowing to him is naturally indispensable.

Xu Chengyu came over, sat down in front of Gu Yunji, turned his head to look at Chen He, and motioned for him to continue.

Chen He then continued: "Excuse me as a great gift——"

Gu Yunji patted the dust off his clothes, respectfully bowed to Xu Chengyu three times, and then handed over the things he had prepared in advance: "This is the student's invitation post and apprentice ceremony, please accept it, teacher!"

The invitation letter and teacher apprentice ceremony are now symbolic things that go through the motions. They are not expensive things. Among them, the six teacher apprentice ceremonies have little practical effect, mainly because they have good meanings. ;Red beans-good luck; Red dates-Zaozai high school; Longan-Consummation of merit and virtue;

Xu Chengyu accepted the gift, helped Gu Yunji up with a smile, took out a jade pendant and handed it to him: "Hahaha, good! From today onwards, you and I are master and apprentice. This is a gift for you as a master, take it."

This is a Hetian jade pendant, pure in texture, and very valuable at first glance. The words "Zhi Shu" and "Ming Li" are engraved on the back. Gu Yunji did not refuse, and accepted it generously: "Student, thank you teacher!"

Seeing that he wasn't shy at all, Xu Chengyu was even more satisfied: "Well, good! This is my good disciple!"

The apprentice ceremony was completed, and everyone rushed forward to congratulate: "Congratulations to the head of the mountain, you have accepted a beloved apprentice!"

Cheng Yan also stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Mr. Gu, for successfully joining Xu Shan's sect."

After getting along these days, the two got to know each other much better. Gu Yunji was not used to him being so formal for a while, so he couldn't laugh or cry: "Just call me Yunji, why are you so distant? I heard that you got the first place in this month's exam. I haven't asked you yet." Congratulations, congratulations!"

Cheng Yan's talent is very high. In the past, he suffered from poor educational resources and late enlightenment, so he fell behind others.But in fact, he has a lot of stamina. As long as he is given a good learning environment and resource support, he will soon catch up with others and become a leader.

"You haven't congratulated me yet." Su Qi came over in a dawdly manner, "Cheng Yan is very good at No. 1, isn't he good if I got No. 20 in the exam? In order to let Mr. Xu Shan teach me fighting Cricket, I worked so hard a little bit, who knew that I got 23rd in the exam with ease."

Su Qi had a stinky face, and his tone was very proud: "Those people said I was ignorant, and I thought they were so good, but that's all! Back then, the head of the mountain asked me to take the second-to-last exam. I really underestimated me." Now, if I keep working hard for a few more months, I'm afraid Cheng Yan won't be able to secure your No. [-] position!"

Gu Yunji laughed: "Yes yes yes, congratulations to the son of the No. 20. In the past, we underestimated you!"

"Just now I said that Cheng Yan alienated you, Mr. Gu, and now you call me some kind of son, a fake compliment!" Su Qi patted Gu Yunji's shoulder pretending to be displeased, and a smile soon appeared on his face, "But I didn't Thinking about it, I have a total of two roommates, one is Xu Shanzhang's direct disciple, and the other is the first in the monthly examination of the academy, both of them have a bright future! With the two of you in the officialdom, I can walk sideways!"

Although Su Qi's words were out of tune, it could be seen that he really regarded Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan as friends.Ding Guogong always said that his son is a stubborn bull with eyes above the top, and most people don't pay attention to him, only admire those who have real skills.Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan are both extraordinary in strength and low-key. Su Qi easily develops a good impression of them. In addition, the three of them are in the same dormitory, and they don't see each other when they look up.

Cheng Yan said with a smile: "You are the son of Dingguo, even if you don't take the imperial examination, you will have a seal. The two of us still have to rely on the imperial examination to get up slowly. I am afraid that you will be a master before we get through it." You are the general of one side, and you will have to cover the two of us at that time."

The three of them laughed and played with each other for a while.

The news that the head of the mountain, Xu Chengyu, accepted Gu Yunji as a closed disciple soon spread throughout the academy. During class, the students rushed to curry favor with Gu Yunji, and surrounded his position tightly.

"I saw that Junior Brother Gu had an extraordinary bearing in the first class. I didn't expect to become the direct disciple of the head of the mountain so soon. I was not mistaken."

"Junior Brother Gu competed with that Fang Zigui in order to worship the mountain chief as his teacher, and he was convinced to lose. We have all heard about it. I think the mountain chief wanted you to be the top three in the monthly exam. Accepting you as a disciple is nothing but unnecessary, you already have this strength, why waste time."

"Senior Brother Gu, do you remember me, I sat on your left in the first class. If you become prosperous in the future, don't forget to support us fellow students!"

The corners of Gu Yunji's eyes twitched, and he said with a fake smile: "Brother Wang, you are being polite. I remember that you seem to be older than me, right? You should not call me senior brother, but junior brother."

"It's only a few months older than you, so it's okay!" The man waved his hand, "What's the difference between senior brother and junior brother, maybe in the officialdom in the future, I will call you Shangguan!"

At this time, Zhang Fu crawled out from the crowd, and said flatteringly: "I had some misunderstandings with Junior Brother Gu before, and I hope you have a lot of Junior Brother Gu, so don't take it to heart."

Zhang Fu himself was not a bad person, and he had no choice but to dirty Gu Yunji's test paper under Zhu Yuanfeng's coercion, and he was punished for this.Now that Gu Yunji has become the disciple of the head of the mountain, he will definitely not dare to provoke him in the future.

Naturally, Gu Yunji couldn't commit the crime because he had resentment towards him for this, and he didn't care when he heard the words: "It's okay, I know Senior Brother Zhang couldn't help himself at the time, and it didn't affect me in the end. As you said, it's just a misunderstanding, the past is over. .”

Zhang Fu was overjoyed immediately: "Thank you, Junior Brother Gu! Junior Brother Gu is indeed generous, and he is worthy of being the apprentice of the head of the mountain!"

At this time, a student suddenly came in from outside, and said to Gu Yunji: "Junior Brother Gu, the head of the mountain asked you to go to his private house, saying that he has something for you."

Everyone immediately showed envious expressions, and quickly moved out of the way for Gu Yunji.

"Is there something for me? What is it?" Gu Yunji was a little puzzled, and asked as he walked.

The other party shook his head: "The head of the mountain didn't tell me, anyway, you will know when you go."

(End of this chapter)