Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 7 Apprenticeship
The night was as cool as water, in the backyard of the Wang family, Wang Mang was quietly looking at the full moon in the sky in the gazebo in the back garden, and suddenly remembered his parents in another world, and unexpectedly sang Su Shi's water melody song.

"When will the bright moon come? Ask the blue sky for the wine. I don't know the palace in the sky, what year it is... People have joys and sorrows, and the moon has cloudy and sunny waxes and wanes. This matter is difficult in ancient times. I hope that people will live a long time and share the joys and joys of thousands of miles."

"People have joys and sorrows, and the moon waxes and wanes. Brother Mang, are you worried about tomorrow's long journey?" I saw a pink-carved jade girl wearing a pink skirt and a ponytail on the back of her head walking out of the gazebo. came out from behind.

When Wang Mang saw the little girl, he immediately smiled and said, "It's Xiaotao, are you still awake at this late hour?"

Xiao Tao came over with a smile and said, "Didn't brother Mang sleep too?" Wang Mang touched Xiao Tao's head and said with a smile, "I can't sleep!"

Xiaotao jumped up all of a sudden: "Brother Mang, how many times have I told you, don't touch my head, it won't grow up!"

Wang Mang smiled: "Isn't it good to not grow up, so you don't have to worry about many things!" Xiao Tao suddenly blushed, and said in a low voice: "When you grow up, you can...give...Brother Mang...a daughter-in-law. "Speaking of the back is almost inaudible.

Wang Mang felt very helpless, he really treated Xiaotao as his younger sister, after all, he was in his twenties in his previous life, who would have thought that girls in ancient times were so precocious...

Wang Mang quickly changed the subject: "Oh, that, Xiaotao, is Weier asleep?" Xiaotao pouted and said, "Sleep."

Speaking of Wei'er, Wang Mang recalled a picture. It was last winter, when the snow was heavy and the wind was howling. Wei'er, who was not yet five years old at that time, was crying sadly on the street guarding an old man wrapped in a straw mat. , And it happened that Wang Mang passed by home that day and saw this scene.

Wang Mang later found out Wei'er's life experience. It turned out that Wei'er was abandoned when he was born, and the old man in the straw mat took in the newborn Wei'er. The old man's son and daughter-in-law were very dissatisfied with this, but the old man was still alive. , they can't say much.

After a few years like this, the old man passed away suddenly, and the old man's son kicked Wei'er out. Wang Mang is not a bad person, but thinking that he was a baby when he crossed over at that time, if it wasn't for the milk of the tigress and Wang San The shelter may not survive the present.

Thinking of this, Wang Mang felt compassion at that time, and he had the ability to help them, so he buried the old man and brought Wei'er back.

"Brother Mang, what are you thinking?"

Xiaotao's voice brought Wang Mang back to his senses, "Oh, it's nothing, you can't bully Wei'er after I leave, let me know if you bullied her, be careful when I come back and spank your ass."

Xiaotao refused to say: "Brother Mang is biased!"

Wang Mang shook his head helplessly, and said with a smile: "Okay, you go to bed early, I'm going to rest too, and I have to apprentice tomorrow, so don't be rude!"

"Okay then, Brother Mang, then I'll go to bed." Xiao Tao could only obey obediently, because the consequences of not listening to Brother Mang's words were very serious when she was a child, and now looking back, her little butt still hurts a little.

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In ancient times, the master-student relationship was second only to the parental relationship. The ancients treated apprenticeship very important, and the master's control over the apprentice was incomparable to modern times.

Today, the three Wang family houses were decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the whole Wang family was in a festive atmosphere.

"This one should be hung higher...it should be higher, yes... yes... that's it" Early in the morning, Wang San was directing the servants to hang the lanterns.

"Cough! Cough!"

Wang San heard the sound and saw that Yuan Tiangang had just walked into the yard, "Wang San, don't be so grand!" Yuan Tiangang said with a smile.

"Hey, old man, this is what it should be. If it weren't for the lack of time, I would have planned to make it more grand. Although Mang'er is not my own, I have always raised him as my own son. Now I want to ask you to do it for me." Teacher, how can we not be more grand!" Wang San said after seeing Yuan Tiangang.

Yuan Tiangang shook his head helplessly, and said with a smile: "Then it's up to you!"

Just as he was talking, Wang Mang came over and shouted respectfully, "Father, Master!"

Seeing this, Wang San smiled and said: "Mang'er, you have to listen to your master in the future and learn your skills. If you don't obey, I'll see how I will deal with you!"

Seeing this, Wang Mang bowed and said, "My child must remember my father's teachings and learn from the master!"

Seeing this, Yuan Tiangang said: "I think it's about the same time, let Mang'er perform the ceremony of apprenticeship, and hurry back to Kyoto later!"

Seeing this, Wang San didn't say any more. Afterwards, the group entered the main hall, and Wang Mang also respectfully performed the apprenticeship ceremony, and finally offered tea to Yuan Tiangang, and the apprenticeship was completed at this point.

"You are the third entry under my sect, and there are two senior sisters in front of you. As for the apprentice ceremony, I have nothing to give you as a teacher, so I will give you this string of jade that I have been wearing for many years!" Yuan Tiangang took off a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Wang Mang.

Wang Mang took it and said, "Thank you, Master!"

As for the first two senior sisters, since Yuan Tiangang didn't ask, Wang Mang couldn't ask more.

Not long after, Yuan Tiangang exchanged pleasantries with Wang San and the others for a while before saying goodbye, Yuan Tiangang said: "It's getting late, we should hurry back to the capital of God!"

Wang San and the others persuaded him to stay for a while and then stopped. Wang San said with a smile: "Well, old man, go all the way!"

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It didn't take long for Yuan Tiangang and Wang Mang to hit the road.

On the rugged path in the mountains, there were several carriages walking slowly. This group of people was Wang Mang and Yuan Tiangang.In one of the carriages, Wang Mang was still thinking about the reluctant eyes of the two little girls, Xiaotao and Weier, when they parted...

After a while, Wang Mang took out a thick book from the package. Looking at this book, a picture flashed in Wang Mang's mind.

Before leaving, Wang San gave Wang Mang a book, saying that it was left by his ancestors. The content of the book is now incomprehensible, so that Wang Mang can find some people to translate it when he is in the capital of God. Wang Mang feels very happy about this. I am very confused, there are still books that I don’t understand?But without thinking too much, he agreed.

At this time, I had time to look through this book. When I opened it, Wang Mang was surprised by the content of the book. The whole book was written in English. No wonder Wang San and others couldn’t understand it. Wang San said it was left by his ancestors. , Could it be that Wang San's ancestors were Westerners?

Wang Mang carefully recalled the experiences of these years, Wang San's Western ancestors, Li Shu's superb martial arts, and the mysterious identities of Tian Wang and others, all of which made Wang Mang curious about their identities.

Wang Mang happened to have studied Old English in his previous life. Although he stumbled across this book, he could probably understand the meaning of it anyway, so Wang Mang read it slowly...

(End of this chapter)