Chapter two hundred and fifty-five looking for the beginning
"Mr. Zou?"
Tao Sheng looked at Zhang Yu and sighed: "It turns out that Xiao Lang doesn't know his whereabouts."
He recalled for a moment and said: "Mr. Zou is a man who is well-informed and knowledgeable. He is also humble and polite. I also admire him very much. He has a lot of abilities, but many people don't know it.
You asked me where I went, but I’m not sure. I remember that the last time I saw Mr. Zou was just a few days after you followed Mr. Xun to practice Taoism.
At that time, he seemed to have received a letter, and he seemed to be leaving in a hurry to do something, and he didn't seem to be coming back in a short time, so he donated all the belongings in the house. He also donated money to the town.
He bought a batch of books and gave some books to me for safekeeping, so he met with me."
Zhang Yudao: "Book?"
Tao Sheng said: "They are all ancient books, most of them are bark books about indigenous people. I looked through them later. The words on them are like pictures. Although they are vivid, the meaning is obscure. Some are rubbings on broken slates.
Things are very scattered.”
Zhang Yu's heart moved and he said: "I wonder where these things are now?"
Tao Sheng said: "Due to the relocation of the town, I couldn't carry these things with me for a long time, so I later asked someone to transport them to Taiyang Academy in the East Courtyard and keep them there... Xiaolang, you want to find out the whereabouts of your adoptive father.
, then you might as well look through these books, maybe you can find some clues in them."
Zhang Yu thought: "Taiyang Academy?"
Tao Sheng said at this time: "Wait a minute." He turned around and went deep into the vine house. After a while, he took out a wooden box and removed the wax seal outside. He took out a folded book and said: "This is
You can take the original letter of entrustment. These things have been stored with me for decades, and it is time for them to return to their original owners."
Zhang Yu reached out and took it. He did not rush to turn it over, but bowed to Tao Sheng and said, "The student has thanked the teacher."
Tao Sheng smiled and said: "It's just a small matter, it doesn't bother anything. By the way, your adoptive father also provided financial support to many young people in the town. It is said that many young people in Dongting have received financial aid from him. The number of them
Quite a few, and I don’t know if these people have met your adoptive father. If you can’t find any clues in the collection of books, you can still ask those people.”
Zhang Yu nodded and said: "This matter is not urgent. I haven't seen the teacher for a long time. The student still wants to reminisce with the teacher. By the way, he also wants to bother the teacher. The student still remembers that the dishes and rice cooked by the teacher back then were particularly delicious."
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When he was young, his adoptive father often traveled out. Sometimes it would take him three to five days to come back, and he didn’t know what to do. He would eat at Tao Sheng’s house. Although he tasted many delicacies, only the dishes cooked at this teacher’s house were the most satisfying.
He is unforgettable.
Although monks no longer need to eat, this is just a choice in their hearts. They still identify themselves as "human beings", so they will not abandon them. Xixuan Cultivators are the group that maintains the most human temperament.
Tao Sheng laughed and said: "I didn't expect that after all these years you would still remember me singing with the singing insects in the mountains. I don't know what Tianxia is like now, and what kind of knowledge I have gained. You also and me
Let me talk it over."
While Zhang Yu was stationed here, his other clone had already landed in front of Taiyang Academy. Looking at the mysterious cicada wing patterns on the gate of Taiyang Academy, he had not expected that things would turn around.
Circle, but back to the starting point.
It should be said that when he came here to study, these books should have been stored here, but he did not know about it at the time.
But having said that, judging from the adoptive father's level, even if there was something on it, he probably couldn't understand it at his level at the time.
He stepped up the steps and walked in. It was afternoon, and it was foreseeable that there were many young students coming in and out, and occasionally one or two teachers would be seen.
He didn't show his figure, so these people couldn't see him, but they would avoid him without knowing it, but he didn't know anything about it.
The direction he was walking along was Kuiwen Hall, where the main hall of Taiyang Academy is located.
In Kuiwen Hall, Liu Guang was looking through the reviews of teachers and teachers from various continents in the academy, and also reading the essays written by these teachers and teachers.
The teachers and teachers of Taiyang Academy are now not only from Dongting, but also many from Tianxia mainland.
Dongting is a place with mountains, seas and land, spring-like weather all year round, pleasant scenery, cheap prices, rich products, and a collection of delicacies from all over the world. In addition to Tianxia scenery, there are also various indigenous cultures and a wide range of people.
It is sparse and very livable, so it attracted many local teachers to settle here and teach knowledge.
As for Dongting Fuzhou, Taiyang Academy is undoubtedly the top, both in the past and now, so there are many teachers who also hope to enter the Academy.
Liu Guang read each of these essays himself and made judgments, never relying on others.
Someone outside said: "Liu Xueling, someone is looking for him."
Liu Guang read the article intently, thinking that some teacher was looking for him, so he said: "Invite him in."
As steady footsteps sounded, Liu Guang looked up and suddenly showed a look of surprise. He couldn't help but stand up and said: "Brother Zhang?"
Zhang Yu raised his hand and saluted, saying: "Brother Liu, long time no see."
The last time he came to Taiyang Academy, he was here to teach the ancient sayings of Tianxia. However, in the past few decades, the two of them have occasionally exchanged letters, but Zhang Yu did not mention what he did specifically, and Liu Guang also knew that he
He is a Taoist and he never asks questions.
Liu Guang also bowed and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, you are a rare guest, please take a seat quickly." He invited Zhang Yu to sit aside and said: "Brother Zhang, do you have any students you value?"
Zhang Yudao: "Not really, I came here today for a private matter. My teacher at the school entrusted some books to Taiyang Academy for safekeeping for my adoptive father. Now I plan to take them back. I don't know if these books are still there.
?”
Liu Guang asked in detail and said with a smile: "The trust letter is usually only sixty years old, so nothing will be lost. In fact, these are some of the rules on the surface. Some trust letters from a hundred years ago will not be lost if they are not necessary.
I will move it deliberately, those books that Brother Zhang mentioned should be there at this moment."
There are countless books in Xuanwentang. In addition to its own collection, there are some private donations and those held in trust by others. It’s just that the books placed outside are hard to see. If it weren’t for the precious orphaned and broken copies, no one would care about them at all.
of.
Liu Guang chatted with him for a while and then said: "I'm not nervous here, so I might as well accompany Brother Zhang and take out the book."
Zhang Yu happily agreed. Although he also had the identity of being the academic order of Taiyang Academy, it would still disturb a lot of people, so it would be more convenient to let Liu Guang help.
The two of them left Kuiwen Hall and headed all the way to Wenxuan Hall. On the way, Zhang Yu asked, "Is Brother Qu still the steward of Wenxuan Hall now?"
Liu Guangdao: "Guanshi Qu? He's gone a long time ago. He went back to take care of himself."
Zhang Yu nodded slightly and said, "Brother Qu is only over eighty now, right?"
Liu Guang smiled and said: "Although Qu Guanshi is in good health, he is lazy in temperament. Now he lives in a cottage by the sea. I heard that he has found a second wife and has a son and two daughters."
Zhang Yudao: "This is also Brother Qu's past ideal."
Liu Guangdao: "Yes, ordinary people like us usually think like this, but Tianxia can also stand up if he sees enemies from inside or outside."
While the two were talking, they gradually came to the front of the Wenxuan Hall. Liu Guang said: "The current steward is also Brother Zhang's student, An Chuer. Brother Zhang still remembers it?"
Zhang Yudao: "I remember it." As a Taoist, unless he deliberately forgets it, every scene in his life can be vividly remembered in just a blink of an eye.
As the two of them walked into the Wenxuan Hall, Liu Guangzhao called someone, and after a while, a slim woman walked out.
She was overjoyed to see Zhang Yu and Liu Guang here together, and immediately gave him a Wanfu salute and said, "Sir, students are polite."
Zhang Yu took a few glances and thought it was because he regularly took pills and practiced breathing techniques. An Chuer was still the same as the last time he saw her, with bright eyes and white teeth, smooth skin, and she looked like she was at least in her early twenties.
age.
He said: "No need to be polite."
Liu Guang said from the side: "Brother Zhang is here today to check the letter of entrustment left here by an elder in the past."
An Chuer asked: "Sir, do you have any support?"
Zhang Yu took out the post from his sleeve. An Chuer checked the page number on it. He knew the situation without bothering to compare it and said: "These things are all here. Sir, do you want to take them out to read or take them away?"
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Zhang Yudao: "Let's take a look first."
An Chuer said: "Okay, sir, please come with the students."
Liu Guang no longer accompanied him at this time. He cupped his hands and said, "Brother Zhang, remember to come and sit with me before you leave."
Zhang Yu agreed and followed An Chuer into the sealed library of Wenxuan Hall. An Chuer came to a stone door facing the page number and said: "Sir, the entrusted books are all here. From the archives, there are no
No one has checked it out."
Zhang Yu nodded, this situation is also a good thing for him. Although he can trace the past, if everything is here now, it will save a lot of trouble.
An Chuer inserted a metal key into the door lock and heard the winch rattling several times before the stone door slowly moved away.
Zhang Yu glanced inside. Although the books were placed in a separate place, there were not many things. It was filled with two bookshelves. There was also a plan and two chairs here, which should be convenient.
People come to check the location.
An Chuer asked: "Sir, are these?"
Zhang Yu glanced at it for a few times and said, "That's right." With just one glance, he knew that no one had visited these books in the decades since they moved in, and some of them were books he had read when he was a child.
, you can be sure that these are the things.
An Chuer saw that he seemed to be interested in reading here, so he took out a bright pearl and placed it on the table. He touched it gently with his hand and it instantly illuminated the entire inner hall. He said, "Sir, the student is here."
Waiting outside, if you need anything, sir, you can give instructions to the students." After saying that, she bowed and left.
After Zhang Yu waited for him to leave, he walked up, glanced at him, and picked up one of the books.