Outside Jiangning City, a small courtyard by the lake.
Wei Chen was following Zhuang Jun in the courtyard, making slightly weird moves one after another.
Under Zhuang Jun's guidance, Wei Chen has been practicing this guidance technique for nearly a month.
Every time Wei Chen completes a set of movements, he will feel relaxed and happy, including improved sleep quality.
Just these intuitive feelings can already prove that the value of this guidance technique is immeasurable.
According to Zhuang Jun, as long as you practice this Daoyin technique for a long time, you can enlighten the body's Qi and mobilize the vitality of the body through self-training and adjustment of the body and mind, so as to achieve the effects of curing diseases, keeping fit, and prolonging life.
Zhuang Jun is over sixty years old, but he still has a rosy complexion, strong movements, sharp ears and eyesight. He reads four to five hours a day without any signs of fatigue.
All of this is obviously the result of this unknown guidance technique.
With the vivid example of Mr. Zhuang in front of him, Wei Chen naturally spared no effort in practicing Daoyin.
Under the warm sunshine, Wei Chen followed Zhuang Jun through a set of moves, until his forehead started to sweat slightly, and then he let out a long breath.
Zhuang Jun watched Wei Chen's meticulous finishing movements from the side and nodded with satisfaction.
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Uncle Fu hurried out to check. When he opened the door, he found that it was the prefect of Jiangning, Shen Du, who was visiting.
Shen Du was dressed in casual clothes and had only two followers behind him. As soon as he entered the door, he respectfully saluted Zhuang Jun: "Teacher."
After Zhuang Jun changed his clothes and wiped his sweat, he opened his eyes and looked at Shen Du, smiling and saying: "You're just in time, let's have breakfast with me."
Now Uncle Fu served food and set the table. Each of the three of them had a bowl of sticky white porridge with tremella, yam, green vegetables and other side dishes.
Shen Du and Wei Chen sat on the stone bench next to the table, picked up their portions and ate quietly.
It wasn't until after the meal, when Uncle Fu cleared away the dishes and served tea, that the three of them spoke.
Shen Du opened the lid of the tea and smelled it, and suddenly felt the aroma of tea. He took a sip of the tea and said intoxicatedly: "It is worthy of being listed as a tribute to Yuqian Longjing. The fragrance is endless. It is really the best tea!"
"Slippery, self-proclaimed."
Zhuang Jun laughed and scolded, and said calmly: "Master Futai has so many things to do and is so busy with business, how can you come to this humble house in your spare time?"
Shen Du touched the bridge of his nose. The dignified noble of the house was actually a little shy at this moment: "The student is here to share the spoils with the teacher and the younger brother."
Divide the spoils?
Wei Chen's heart moved and he asked: "But what is the income from the directory?"
Shen Du nodded: "Half a month ago, the title list was officially published. The scholars heard that the teacher personally checked and proofread it, so they flocked to buy it. The five hundred volumes originally scheduled to be printed have been sold out by various bookstores.
At present, the bookstore is stepping up its efforts to engrave and publish the plates."
When Shen Du talked about this, he smiled and was obviously very happy.
The list of questions has always been a provincial examination, and the test is exclusive to these national talent promotion ceremonies. If a provincial examination has to issue a list of questions, it is easy to attract criticism.
When Shen Du decided to publish the list of government examination questions, it was also to resist the request of the wealthy families in Jiangning. He had no choice but to do it. Many people in Jiangning city were waiting to see the joke of Mr. Futai.
One can imagine how much pressure Shen Du is under.
At this moment, Zhuang Jun suddenly found him and said that he was willing to come forward to correct the title list for Jiangning Mansion.
Shen Du was naturally overjoyed when he heard this. Mr. Qingteng's name was almost unknown among scholars. All the books he reviewed were very popular in bookstores. If he came to read the news about the school's title list, If word spreads, it will definitely become popular before it is published.
However, although Shen Du has always regarded Zhuang Jun as his mentor and respected him, Zhuang Jun has never publicly acknowledged him as his disciple.
Not only Shen Du, Zhuang Jun lectures all over the world and has countless disciples, but he has not recognized a formal disciple so far.
In fact, the relationship between Zhuang Jun and Shen Du has always been one of Shen Du's unilateral respect and affection, while Zhuang Jun showed no sign of it.
Therefore, Shen Du was a little confused as to why the teacher suddenly came to help him.
After asking, I found out that the teacher's help came with a condition, which was to add an article called "On the Return of the Perfect Bi to Zhao" to the last chapter of the title list.
The author of this article is Wei Chen, the student Shen Du recommended to Zhuang Jun not long ago.
Upon hearing Zhuang Jun's request, Shen Du didn't hesitate at all and agreed on the spot.
Compared with the benefits brought by Mr. Qingteng’s celebrity effect, adding one more article is completely worthless.
And after Shen Du read the article "On the Return of the Perfect Jade to Zhao", he knew even more clearly that he had made a lot of money.
Not only will this article not hold you back, it will also improve the quality of the entire title list.
Sure enough, after the title list was officially published, it became a best-seller in major bookstores in Jiangning City, and the books in stock were quickly sold out.
The catalog sells well, and Shen Du, who went out of his way to come up with the catalog, is naturally proud of himself. It was originally just a last resort, but now it has become a cultural and educational achievement. How could Shen Du not be happy?
Of course, Shen Du also knew in his heart that most of the credit for the good sales of the book should go to Zhuang Jun and Wei Chen.
Needless to say, the blessings brought by Zhuang Jun's reputation, Wei Chen's refreshing "On the Return of the Perfect Jade to Zhao" also contributed greatly to the best-selling of the title list.
Shen Du even heard from people below that some scholars bought the catalog just to read the last article, "On the Return of the Perfect Bi to Zhao", while the rest of the articles were swept through.
Yesterday, even booksellers from Yangzhou Prefecture came to our door, wanting to sell this book to Yangzhou Prefecture.
When Shen Du heard the news, he immediately felt more dignified. He rushed to the lakeside courtyard early in the morning to announce the good news, and also settled the share of the polish that Wei Chen and Zhuang Jun deserved.
Facing the two hundred taels of silver wrapped in red silk, Wei Chen immediately handed over his share to Zhuang Jun in the name of filial piety to the teacher, and Zhuang Jun did not refuse and accepted it happily.
Looking at this scene, Shen Du felt a little sour in his heart.
On weekdays, he often sent money and gifts to Zhuang Jun, but Zhuang Jun never accepted them. Occasionally, he would leave some tea leaves or pens, inks, papers, and inkstones.
But Wei Chen gave two hundred taels of silver to Zhuang Jun, but Zhuang Jun didn't blink an eyelid and received it with peace of mind.
Combined with Zhuang Jun's previous use of his reputation to promote Wei Chen's article, how could Shen Du not understand the meaning behind this?
"This boy should be the successor of the teacher...
Although Wei Chen was personally introduced to Zhuang Jun by Shen Du, he still couldn't help but feel jealous and jealous.
I think that when Shen Du was young, he followed Zhuang Jun on a study tour. For more than ten years, he served him as his teacher, worked hard, and served him wholeheartedly. However, even so, he was not accepted by Zhuang Jun.
On the other hand, Wei Chen, who had only met Zhuang Jun for less than a month, suddenly became Zhuang Jun's only close disciple and was fortunate to inherit what Zhuang Jun had learned throughout his life.
The gap between people is really too big!
Of course, Shen Du only sighed with emotion for a while. When he calmed down, his mood quickly turned into sincere relief.
Zhuang Jun has lectured all over the world for decades, and there are many students like Shen Du. They have never been recognized by Zhuang Jun, but they all respect Zhuang Jun as their teacher and respect the old man who taught them from the bottom of their hearts. .
Students have always had a problem, that is, Zhuang Jun has never married, has no children, and is alone.
After Shen Du became the prefect of Jiangning, he was entrusted by his brothers to take care of Zhuang Jun.
But this is not a long-term solution after all.
The students still hope that the teacher can find a true disciple who can inherit the teacher's teachings and at the same time provide for the teacher until his death.
Now, this person finally appears.
Shen Du looked at the young man sitting upright on the stone bench, thinking of his inspiring and eloquent articles, and couldn't help but smile with joy.