"Ah what?" Li Ranran said: "Come on, grandson, be good and call the nanny."
"Okay Ran Ran!" Liu He interrupted Li Ranran and said to Zhang Lin: "Your grandpa Jue asked me to teach you calligraphy, but have you ever practiced calligraphy or learned the basics of calligraphy?"
"Um..." Zhang Lin scratched his head and said awkwardly: "Grandpa Jue and I have learned some, but we only learned regular script. I can only read the written words, and I have not studied them systematically."
"Come here, write whatever you want and let me take a look." Liu He took out a piece of white paper and spread it on the desk. He studied the ink and said to Zhang Linda.
Zhang Lin picked up his pen and looked at the two people looking at him, feeling a little at a loss and said: "Then what should I write?"
Liu He said: "You can write any one you like, and I will take a look at your foundation, habits and style, and get some understanding, so that I can decide how to teach you."
"Okay!" Upon hearing this, Zhang Lin picked up his pen and wrote down a few characters on the white paper.
Liu He took a look and said: "The writing force of this character penetrates the paper, is vigorous and powerful, and has the strength of cursive writing.
Come over when you have time after school, and I can teach you how to write cursive.
But Mu Xiuri doesn’t have to come because I don’t have time to be at home that day, remember?”
"Okay!" Zhang Lin bowed his head after hearing this and said, "Thank you, Master Liu."
Liu He said: "I don't have time to give you advice today, so just accept it and come back tomorrow.
Also, we have separated Master Liu and his students. I am the same generation as your Grandpa Jue, so from now on I will call you Grandma Liu!"
"Ah!" Zhang Lin looked at Liu He in surprise. Don't women care about their age? Why did they let themselves be called grandma?
Zhang Lin was surprised, but Li Ranran was not angry. He threw a piece of fruit on Zhang Lin's chest and said, "What? Not happy? I can tell you, little brat, if you see us sisters in the future, you will have to call me grandma."
"Okay! Okay!" Zhang Lingan smiled and said: "Hello, grandma, it's okay, I won't bother you."
Liu He said: "Be careful on the way back!"
…
"Who is that? He's so weird."
Outside Liu He's house, Zhang Lin glanced at the door number, shook his head and left.
"Hey, you really let him go like this? No more questions?"
Li Ranran asked, lying on the chair shapelessly and looking at Liu He who came back.
"What are you asking?" Liu He smiled and said, "There will be plenty of time in the future."
"Time! Time! There is always time."
Li Ranran pursed his lips and said, "It's been more than thirty years, what progress have you made? He's guarding his Zhang family, and you're guarding your inheritance, so you can't each take a step back?"
Liu He shook his head and said: "He asked Zhang Lin to come over. I think what he is going to do is almost done."
"You can do it!" Li Ranran said disdainfully: "I don't understand, with your identity and your appearance, how many people in Chengdu are attracted to you, why do you just fall in love with that dead guy of his?"
Liu He said: "He is not a housekeeper. He also wants to leave Zhengnan Mansion, but his responsibilities do not allow him to leave. After all, King Zhengnan was a great benefactor to him back then, and one cannot repay his kindness."
Li Ranran said: "What kind of favor? Lock yourself in a third of an acre of land in Zhengnan Mansion.
And you, you say you love him, but you can't let go of your inheritance and pursue what you want?
If he doesn’t come out and you are waiting to marry into your wife, when do you think you will be married?”
"Ran Ran!" Liu He said with some displeasure: "You also know that this is the only thing left in our Liu family that can be passed down. If you say that I can't pass it on, then after I die and go down below, I will
How should I meet my parents and the ancestors of the Liu family?"
Seeing that Liu He was unhappy, Li Ranran didn't want to get involved in her affairs, so he just said: "Okay, I won't get involved in your affairs! But there is one thing you have to remember. What I just told you, you must never
Be sure not to spill the beans in front of that little brat."
Li Ranran said threateningly in his eyes: "Did you hear that?"
"I know!" Liu He smiled and said, "But I think that kid is quite smart. You can't hide it from him. He will know it sooner or later."
"Let's talk about what we said then!" Li Ranran said nonchalantly: "What matters now is my house." After saying that, he stood up and pulled Liu He and said: "Let's go and see it together. Use your eyes and give it to me."
Reference reference.”
As the two of them spoke, they went out and headed towards the newly built Liyuan Community.
…
When the lanterns are first lit, fate comes and goes.
As the best restaurant next to Rongcheng College, it is the best place for the rich and powerful children of Rongcheng College to treat guests to dinner.
"Brother Lin, Brother Zhang, am I not late?"
At the door of the restaurant, Cheng Wu saw the two people coming, so he quickly went up to salute. But anyone with a discerning eye could see that Cheng Wu was fawning over Lin Shen in his words. But for Zhang Lin, tonight's host, he was very selective.
change.
Speaking of Cheng Wu and Lin Shen, both of them came from generals.
They are also the legitimate sons of the four great generals of Bashu. Logically speaking, no one can fawn over the other.
But there are exceptions to everything.
In terms of the General's Mansion, the General's Mansion in Southern Sichuan belongs to the Zhang family of Bashu. It evolved from the Dharma Protector Army established by Zhang Daoling when he entered Shu at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to compete for resources with the witchcraft and ghost ways that were prevalent in Bashu at that time.
From the age of war to the present, its leadership has been held by direct descendants of the Zhang family for thousands of years. Standing behind him is half of the Taoist forces in the Huaxia Kingdom, and has produced one of the only two ascendants in the world today: Zhang Daoling.
The General's Mansion in Northern Sichuan is owned by the Lin family. The Lin family is also a millennium-old family, a famous wealthy family in Jiangbei. Their ancestors have produced more than ten golden elixir cultivators. Three hundred years ago, they even produced a peak Nascent Soul power. Now they follow the only transformed god in China.
The great power of the realm can garrison the continent of Astia.
The General's Mansion in East Sichuan is under the direct jurisdiction of the Huaxia Kingdom. It comprehensively manages the people's livelihood, economy, public security and security in Bashu. It is fully controlled by the Taishou Mansion.
The Western Sichuan General Mansion is a family governance that has just emerged in the past century.
In this world of high martial arts, after hundreds of years, there will always be a few civilians with extraordinary talents and sudden rise. The empire will naturally reward and win over these people, and the Cheng family falls into this category.
Cheng Yan, the current head of the Cheng family, a hundred years ago, when he was the same generation as Grandpa Zhang Lin, he broke through the Yuan Jindan, was awarded a viscount by the empire, and was appointed as the Lieutenant General of Western Sichuan. The Cheng family began to rise.
Twenty years ago, he once again broke through Yuanying, became an earl, led the general of Western Sichuan, and founded a government office. The Cheng family also officially entered the upper echelons of imperial power.
However, it is bitterly cold in western Sichuan, and the entire family's honor and disgrace are all attributed to Cheng Yan. Apart from Cheng Yan, there is only one elder in the family who is in the early stage of the golden elixir and can take action.
Therefore, Cheng Wu had to curry favor with powerful people everywhere, hoping to establish personal connections and truly integrate into the circle of powerful people as soon as possible.
After all, compared with a thousand-year-old family like Lin Shen, the Cheng family is just a child babbling, too fragile.
Seeing Cheng Wu coming and saying hello, Zhang Lin and Lin Shen greeted him and then went upstairs together.
At this time, Zhang Lin's evaluation of Cheng Wu fell off a cliff again.
Who is Cheng Yan? To put it nicely, he is a powerful person in the Nascent Soul Realm. To put it badly, he is just a lackey running for the emperor for the sake of family continuation and prosperity.
In today's world, among the eight great Nascent Souls mentioned on the surface, five are representatives of hundreds of sects. The other three are all such people. They seem to be gifted and have successfully climbed to the top among hundreds of millions of cultivators.
Nascent Soul, sits on one side.
But behind them, they either have no power, or their family background is shallow. In order to let their descendants obtain better resources, and for their own family to prosper for thousands of years, they have no choice but to serve in the military instead of being servants.
Turning to Lin Shen's family, there are several Jindans in the family who are leading troops and have great power. There is no need for their Yuan Ying ancestor to obey the emperor's instructions or even go into battle to kill the enemy. He is the core decision-making power and the person in charge of the empire.
The Lin family has been around for thousands of years, and many people are fawning over them.
But among them, Cheng Wu should not be in this category. What he had to do was to stay away from Zhang Lin and Lin Shen.
Because although the two families are old nobles of the empire and have extraordinary status and power, they are also a thorn in the emperor's side and a thorn in his flesh.
After all, no emperor wants to be surrounded by a bunch of people who do not listen to propaganda.
And Cheng Yan was the loyal pony boy whom His Majesty the Emperor ordered to fight there. Cheng Wu, as the son of Cheng Yan, did not want to deal with the people in the Prefect's Mansion and came to hang out with people like himself.
It looked like they were mixed up, but in fact it was because of the discord between the two sides. In the end, the emperor did not believe it and the family was disgusted. If Cheng Yan had any good intentions, the Cheng family would definitely be defeated by everyone, and the emperor was the one who contributed the most.
Therefore, Zhang Lin's evaluation of Cheng Wu, who came as promised, was not as good as the errand boy in this store. You see, he is very discerning.
"Today, I have to give Brother Zhang a toast!"
At the wine table, Cheng Wu raised his glass and said to Zhang Lin: "Since I entered school, I have never seen anyone who dared to offend Teacher Li. What Brother Zhang did today, I am... astonished as a man from heaven. Come and have a drink."
"What do you think will happen if he knows that you are Zhang Yu's son?"
Watching Zhang Lin and Cheng Wu clinking glasses, Lin Shen and Zhang Lin spoke through the air.
Zhang Lin said while drinking with Cheng Wu: "I don't know what will happen if he finds out, but I know what will happen if I find out."
Cheng Yan and Zhang Xi's refusal to deal with each other was well known to everyone in Rongcheng, as well as in the entire Chinese military.
The investigation of this matter can be traced back to when Cheng Yan was still a viscount and served as a lieutenant general in the army.
At that time, the Huaxia Kingdom conducted a large-scale military operation to ambush the Chijia people on the Astia continent in order to seize the mineral resources and plains in the western part of the country.
At that time, Zhang Wei, as the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army, and Cheng Yan, as one of his subordinates, also participated in that war.
At that time, in order to ambush and annihilate the main force of the Chijia people, Zhang Wei ordered Cheng Yan to lead 3,000 people to defend the northern mountain passes to block the reinforcements of the Chijia people.
In that battle, because the empire underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Chijia people, it resulted in a shortage of military power and an unfavorable war.
The reinforcements originally predicted to be allocated to Cheng Yan were transferred to the west by Zhang Wei to block the Chijia people who broke out to the west.
Because Cheng Yan repeatedly asked for help but to no avail, he was even given a death order by Zhang Xi, and he had to stop the Chijia people's military order for ten days.
In that blocking battle, the commander-in-chief Cheng Yan was almost killed and seriously injured. More than half of his clan soldiers were also killed and several talented juniors also died in the battle.
The Cheng family's current disconnected situation can be said to have been caused by that battle that year.
The only golden elixir master among the Cheng family today was only able to survive because he was still studying at Blue Star Rongcheng College when he was fifteen years old.
After the empire captured the southern part of the Chijia people and the interests were divided, Cheng Yan received no benefits except for being promoted from a thousand-man general to a Fenwei captain in the Astia continent because of his weak family power.
Even two-thirds of the loot obtained by his leader, a red-armored commander, was confiscated by Zhang Wei according to military regulations.
No one knows why Zhang Xi, who has a family rule of laughing at everyone, did this, and no one knows how Cheng Yan offended Zhang Xi to this extent.
But everyone knows that since then, Zhang Wei and Cheng Yan have been on the same page.
That's why Zhang Lincai said that if Cheng Yan knew that Cheng Wu and Zhang Xi's son were having a happy conversation at the same wine table, not to mention breaking his legs, a whipping would be inevitable.
Lin Shen said: "Then let's make some noise?"
Zhang Lin said: "People are already in such a difficult situation, so don't make things difficult for them. I have never seen such a person. It seems that we can't get together tonight. Let's get together tomorrow."
"Let's take some time in the future!" Lin Shen said: "It's useless to gather together. Once he mixes it up, the taste will be gone!"
Lin Shen said, Cheng Wu blushed and said to Zhang Lin: "But brother, Brother Cheng can handle other matters in Chengdu, but I can't help you with Teacher Li. You can solve it yourself. After all, brother, I still need to get my diploma."
"I understand, I understand!" Zhang Lin smiled and said to Cheng Wu again: "Brother Cheng, are you enjoying yourself?"
"Have fun, of course you will have fun!" Cheng Wudao said: "It has always been my wish to have a drink and chat with Brother Lin. Today, I have achieved my wish, how can I not be happy?"
Cheng Wu said, and said to Lin Shenman: "Come on, Brother Lin! You and I will drink from this cup."
Zhang Lin smiled when he saw this and said: "So Brother Cheng's wish is to have a drink with Brother Lin? Could it be that he has a crush on Brother Lin?"
"Zhang Lin, watch your mouth!" Cheng Wu was so stunned that he didn't hear clearly, but Lin Shen became angry when he heard the words, stood up and glared at Zhang Lin.
Seeing this, Zhang Lin felt in vain.
The two of them often make jokes like this, which are harmless.
Besides, Lin Shen also made fun of his grandma Li Ranran in the morning, so why is the reaction so intense now?
Zhang Lin was puzzled and Cheng Wu didn't know whether he was drunk or not. Seeing Nana sitting down, he didn't know whether to ask Zhang Lin or Lin Shen, "What's wrong? Are you still angry?"
Lin Shen glared at Cheng Wudao: "Drink yours!" After saying that, he looked at Zhang Lin with a blush and said: "It seems that I can't drink this wine today. It will be my sister Wan'er's birthday in ten days. Don't forget, there are still things at home.
, I’ll leave first.”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Lin looked at the back of Lin Shen who had left the box and said: "Don't dare to forget, I will definitely come to you when the time comes!"
"Brother Zhang, I'm too drunk, so I'll take my leave first!" Lin Sheng just ran away, and Cheng Wu stood up unsteadily to say goodbye.
Zhang Lin frowned when he saw this and said: "Brother Cheng, do you... need someone to send you away?"
"It's okay!" Cheng Wu smiled and patted Zhang Lin and said, "I brought people here, and they are waiting for me outside. Don't bother Brother Zhang. Let's get together another day and have a good drink."
"Okay!" Zhang Lin said with a smile: "Since Brother Cheng is too drunk, let's get together another day!"
After saying that, Zhang Lin called the wine waiter and asked him to send Cheng Wu out, then sat down and drank alone.
After drinking a glass of wine, Zhang Lin, who was really drunk, thought of Lin Shen just now, frowned slightly and said: "It's really...inexplicable..."
Chapter completed!