Chapter 218: Apprenticeship and Exchange Conditions
After the small talk, the pottery merchant felt that he had to get down to business quickly.
The pottery merchant looked at Diao Chan, changed the subject, and said, "Cicada, where is Wang Situ?"
Tao Ying listened with goosebumps all over his body.
It's so disgusting...Cicada?
Diao Chan stretched out her hand, smiled at Tao Shangmei and said, "My foster father has accepted your brother's invitation and has been waiting for you in the study for a long time. Let's go with the little girl... Mr. Taiping."
The potter snorted and ignored the teasing tone in Diao Chan's words.
Do you dare to call me Taiping?...One day I will let you know how perverted this young master is.
Tao Ying looked on in a daze.
Is this how this couple usually flirts?
Arriving at Wang Yun's study, Tao Shang and Tao Ying took off their shoes and socks and entered, only to see Wang Yun sitting in front of the desk with his head bowed in thought... looking unkempt.
But I saw that the old man's face was very haggard, and he looked a little weaker than Huangfu Song.
At this moment, Wang Yun's head of silver hair was just casually tied up in a bun, and the rest was draped loosely on his shoulders. The old man's cheekbones were sunken, and his old eyes seemed to be red from staying up late, and they were full of blood.
It means tiredness.
Tao Shang looked at Wang Yun in surprise, not understanding how he ended up in such a situation.
Wang Situ, is this the rhythm of death?
"Wang Situ, are you trying to..."
Wang Yun raised his white eyebrows, raised his head suddenly, stared at the pottery merchant quite provocatively, and said, "What do you want?"
"Do you want to go to the West to pray to Buddha and seek scriptures?" The potter said in a tactful way.
Wang Yun frowned when he heard this.
"Although I don't understand what you mean, I can keenly feel that what you said is not a good thing."
Look at this old man, how much he can brag about himself, how he feels, and how sharp he is!
The pottery merchant said with a smile: "Wang Situ, I haven't seen you for a long time, why do you keep changing your style? It's so trendy... how long has it been since you took care of your hair? Is it so messy? It's like raising a bird."
Wang Yun said calmly: "I have old white hair on my head. Why do I take care of it?"
After that, he stretched out his hand to signal Tao Shang and Tao Ying to sit down, and said: "You boy, how long has it been since I came to visit you? Jinling City, who has only been looking after you all day long, has forgotten me a long time ago.
In the back of your head?"
The pottery merchant smiled and said: "Looking at what you said, I forget that no one will forget you. Didn't I come to visit you with a gift? By the way, I also brought you a treasure that is the most precious thing in the world!"
"Treasure?" Wang Yun was a little confused and asked curiously: "What treasure?"
The pottery merchant did not speak, but moved his gaze to Tao Ying.
Wang Yun and Diao Chan, who was standing in the hall, also followed the pottery merchant's gaze, and finally landed on Tao Ying.
For a moment, there was silence in the hall.
Tao Ying seemed to feel something was wrong. He looked around and saw several people's eyes falling on him. The child couldn't help but stupidly stretched out his nose and said strangely: "That treasure, is it me?"
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The pottery merchant ignored him, turned to look at Wang Yun, and said with a smile: "Wang Situ, what do you think of this treasure?"
Wang Yun snorted with a very arrogant expression: "No! Isn't he your brother? This can be considered a treasure? Why did you bring him to my place?"
The pottery merchant pulled Tao Ying to stand up, then pointed to the open space in front of Wang Yun's desk and whispered to Tao Ying: "Go quickly and kowtow to Lord Situ!"
"oh."
Tao Ying was very obedient. He didn't hesitate when he heard the words. He quickly rushed to Wang Yun's desk. After talking about the clothes in front of his knees, he knelt down with a "pop" and kowtowed to Wang Yun.
Wang Yun was startled when he saw this. He quickly stood up, ran to Tao Ying on tiptoes, stretched out his hand to pull Tao Ying up, who was banging and banging, and exclaimed repeatedly: "You can't do this!
You child, you are so young and immoral, what are you doing? Stand up quickly!"
After saying that, he stretched out his hand and pulled Tao Ying, who was kneeling down, from the ground.
The pottery merchant watched with cold eyes behind Tao Ying. Seeing that the time had come, he hurriedly told Tao Ying: "Second brother, hurry up and call me!"
Tao Ying took a deep breath, full of enthusiasm, and shouted to Wang Yun: "Dad!"
The potter stumbled and almost fell to his knees on the ground.
Diao Chan was in the hall, her beautiful eyes suddenly opened wide... What happened to this uncle? Did he come with me to steal his father?
Wang Yun was even more frightened and almost knocked his head back to Tao Ying.
"Child, you can't talk nonsense! If Tao Gongzu knew about this, I wouldn't be able to explain it clearly even if I had a long mouth!" Wang Yun wiped the sweat vigorously and trembled anxiously.
Tao Shang came back to his senses, stepped forward quickly, raised his foot and slapped Tao Ying on the butt, and said angrily: "Who told you to call him this... call him teacher!"
"oh!"
Tao Ying hurriedly changed his words and shouted at Wang Yun: "Teacher!"
It was only then that Wang Yun understood the pottery merchant's true intention of bringing Tao Ying, the "treasure", to him.
The old man was silent for a long time, then he stretched out his hand to help Tao Ying up, and arranged for him to sit down on the soft couch. He stumbled back to the main seat and sighed quietly.
"Good boy, for the sake of the Tao family, you really don't give up any dignity... You are thinking about me again this time, right?"
Mrs. Tao raised her hand to Wang Yun and said respectfully: "Shang Tao is overstepping his bounds. I hope Mr. Wang Situ will take care of the friendship between you and me and help my brother."
Wang Yun hummed and raised his finger to point at Diao Chan.
"You and her are very affectionate, but there doesn't seem to be much friendship between the two of us, right?"
Tao Shang said with a smile: "Wang Situ is really good at telling jokes. We can be said to be friends in times of need. Which one of us follows the other? Doesn't Situ himself know how I treat Situ?"
Wang Yun was stunned when he heard this, and then he touched the beard on his chin and thought about it carefully.
After thinking about it for a long time, Wang Yun shook his head heavily and said firmly: "To be honest, it seems that you really didn't treat me well."
The pottery merchant was anxious after hearing this. Wang Yun's words seemed to imply that he was unwilling to help.
However, when he saw the playful smile in Wang Yun's eyes, Tao Shang's heart finally fell back into his stomach.
I think too much, but Wang Yun is actually not such a narrow-minded person.
He actually still has some feelings for himself.
It can even be said that the feelings are very deep.
Of course, no matter how deep the relationship is, you still have to act coy with yourself. This is Wang Yun's habit.
After a moment of silence, he heard Wang Yun say: "Of course, even if I don't blame you, I blame Tao Gongzu. It's not that I can't help you with this favor of the Tao family. It's just a matter of recruiting a few disciples. It's not a big deal.
Besides, this child Ying'er is excellent both in terms of birth and temperament... but his brain is a bit weak."
Mrs. Tao was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly said to Tao Ying: "Thank you for the compliment, teacher!"
Tao Ying looked at the potter aggrievedly. He really couldn't understand why he wanted to thank him? Was what he said just now really considered a compliment?
"Wait a minute!" Wang Yun reached out to stop the pottery merchant from talking, and said slowly: "I haven't finished speaking yet, why are you in a hurry?"
Can the potter not be anxious? It is about Tao Ying's cultivation work, and he, as the elder brother, is more concerned about it than anyone else.
"What does Wang Situ want to do?"
Wang Yun said calmly: "If it had been someone else, maybe this matter would have ended like this, but since you are the one who brought people here to become apprentices, then I have to follow your rules. You can accept apprentices, but I have to get some luck.
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When the pottery merchant heard this, he was immediately choked up.
After a moment of silence...
"Wang Situ, the court does not advocate gambling..."
Wang Yun nodded in agreement and said cheerfully: "Things that the imperial court does not advocate, but you usually do it very happily... Stop talking nonsense! I can accept this child as a student today, but you also have to
Help me accomplish something! Just think of it as an exchange."
As soon as Wang Yun finished talking, the pottery merchant felt a little weak.
He could guess with his buttocks what Wang Yun wanted him to accomplish.
He had previously promised Diao Chan about this matter. Although he roughly knew in his mind what direction he should take, he never found a suitable opportunity.
Moreover, the affairs in Jinling City have also made me extremely busy.
Now that I have reached this moment, I cannot allow myself to continue pretending to be stupid.
"What does Wang Situ want me to do?"
Wang Yun chuckled and said slowly: "What did you promise Diao Chan?"
The pottery merchant turned to look at Diao Chan, only to see Diao Chan glance at him guiltily and quietly turn her head away.
Smelly girl, your mouth is quite quick!
Seeing that the pottery merchant didn't respond, Wang Yun said slowly: "I want you to help me get rid of the traitor Dong Zhuo!"
really……
The potter let out a long sigh.
Apart from this incident, I'm afraid there is nothing else that would torture Wang Yun to such an emaciated state.
The question is whether the old man knows that even if Dong Zhuo is eliminated, it may not be the best. When the warlords in Guanzhong were restrained by Dong Zhuo, they were still barely at peace.
But once Dong Zhuo dies, the Guanzhong warlords will be like wild dogs that have escaped from their stiffness. By then, no one can restrain them.
The problem is, if I tell Wang Yun this now, I'm afraid he won't believe it.
Taking a deep breath, Tao Shang said to Wang Yun: "It's okay to get rid of Dong Zhuo, but I need you to give me a time limit. After all, this is not a trivial matter and requires careful planning on my part."
When Wang Yun heard this, he immediately became energetic.
From what this guy said, it seems like he can really do it?!
Wang Yun couldn't contain his excitement and said tremblingly: "This is no problem. Tell me, how long do you plan to take to complete this matter?"
The pottery merchant thought carefully for a while, and then tentatively asked Wang Yundao: "What do you think about ten years?"
Wang Yun's smiling face suddenly collapsed.
After a long silence...
"You kid, are you planning to let Dong Zhuo die of old age?"
Upon hearing this, the pottery merchant reached out and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
What a mature man! Wang Yun saw through such a sophisticated plan.
As expected, the old immortals who can become Sangong are not vegetarians, and they are really not easy to fool.