Hearing Chang Sun Chong's footsteps, Wang Ou quickly pushed Li Mu away, wiped the rouge on his mouth that was stained by Li Mu with his fingers, and rearranged his veil. When Chang Sun rushed into the room, the two of them had already sat down.
Just pretending to read the ledger.
After climbing more than a dozen steps, Changsun Chong was already exhausted and panting. He didn't care about etiquette, and slowly sat down while holding on to the table. The maid brought a cup of tea, and Changsun Chong hurriedly took it without caring.
I didn't want to burn my mouth anymore, so I took a big sip.
"You, if you have time to follow me, why not lose weight?"
Changsun Chong finally took a breath and said: "I, I follow you to learn, learn skills."
"You are not my disciple, why should I teach you?"
The eldest grandson was stunned for a moment and said: "I, I can become sworn sworn sworn friends with you! Just like Dugu Jiu!"
"Bah!" Li Mu said mercilessly: "You still dare to compete with Xiaojiu? Xiaojiu is very strong in martial arts and can protect me, what about you? Is there anything in you that deserves my high regard? Become a sworn sworn brother to me.
Beautiful thought!"
"Why don't I have any merits!" Changsun Chong suppressed his blush and said, "I have read a lot of poetry..."
"Oh, you have read a lot of poetry and books, right? How do you compare with Kong Yingda?"
Changsun Chong was choked so hard that he almost lost his breath. Changsun Chong also 'graduated' from Chongwen Hall. Although he did not become a disciple of Kong Yingda like Li Chengqian, he could still be regarded as Kong Yingda's student. How dare a student say that he has surpassed
Teacher, and he himself knows that he is not as good as Kong Yingda.
Thinking of the past between Li Mu and Kong Yingda, what else can Changsun Chong say? As Li Mu himself said, he is a genius, and Kong Yingda has suffered at his hands, so how can they compare?
But apart from reading poetry and books, what other advantages do you have? The prince of Zhao Guogong? It seems that Li Mu will not take it seriously. He is good at arithmetic? Compared with ordinary people, Changsun Chong is confident. He is proficient in nine chapters of arithmetic. Even if he takes the imperial examination, he will not be successful in arithmetic.
He was also confident that he would definitely get the first place in the arithmetic subject, but he knew that in arithmetic, he was not as good as Li Tai, and Li Tai even asked Li Mu for advice, and competing with him in arithmetic was just a par excellence.
After excluding one option after another, Changsun Chong became a little depressed. He suddenly realized that apart from being fat, he seemed to have no merit in front of Li Mu.
But the skills still need to be learned. Changsun Chong gritted his teeth and blurted out: "I will worship you as my teacher!"
"Worship me as your teacher?"
Li Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Fat man, I am really surprised by your persistence, but are you confused? We are of the same generation, and you worship me as your teacher, where do you put your father and your majesty?
?”
"Let's discuss our own affairs." Changsun Chong said, "I respect you as my teacher. It's my own business and it doesn't involve seniority."
"I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you, no..." Li Mu was about to refuse, but suddenly Wang Ou interrupted and said: "Li Mu, don't be too busy refusing."
"Ah," Li Mu was a little confused. Wang Ou spoke for Changsun Chong twice in a row, which made him a little confused. What is going on?
Wang Ou said: "I think the prince is so sincere, so don't reject him thousands of miles away. You should give him a chance."
"Yes, just accept me as your disciple. I know what you are worried about. I can swear that I will respect you as your teacher for the rest of my life and will never do anything bad to you."
"This..." Li Mu looked at Wang Ou, and Wang Ou gave him a look. Li Mu understood what Wang Ou meant. She meant that it was inconvenient now and asked him to agree first.
Li Mu sighed and said: "Okay, for the sake of Mrs. Peony, I can give you a chance. But you have to swear first. You don't have to say whether it's good or bad. You just have to swear that you won't use my teachings."
As long as your ability is against me. If you violate this oath..." Li Mu sneered, covering up his smile that was about to be suppressed, and said seriously: "If you violate your oath, the ancestral tomb will explode."
Here it is again! Changsun rushed past ten thousand grass and mud horses, thinking to himself, this person must be sick. Does he have any special ideas about other people's ancestral tombs? Why do he always look forward to the explosion of other people's ancestral tombs!
But the words have reached this point. If you don't agree, you obviously want to go against him, so he can refuse. Changsun Chong thought about it in his heart. From the current point of view, in the short term, there is really no hope of fighting with him.
The possibility of Li Mu becoming an enemy. Even if one day, what does such a childish oath mean? If it is said now, it will really explode? How ridiculous!
Thinking of this, Changsun Chong decisively knelt on the ground, faced the south, swore to the sky, and said loudly: "I, Changsun Chong, sincerely worship Zhulu Marquis Li Mu as my teacher. If one day I betray my master, I will use the skills I have learned to do it to him."
Enemies, God bless us... our ancestral graves explode, explode."
After saying that, Changsun Chong looked at Li Mu and said, "Is it okay?"
"It's not that simple."
Changsun Chong's eyes suddenly widened and he almost cursed. I even knelt on the ground and swore, what else could I do?!
Li Mu smiled and said: "Are you unconvinced or angry? It doesn't matter, it's normal. But the rules are the rules. Just now I just said that I would give you a chance, but I didn't say that I would definitely accept you as my disciple. You didn't pass my test.
How can the test be regarded as a successful apprenticeship? And even if I agree to accept you as a disciple, it is such a big thing to accept a disciple. If you don't come to the door, don't prepare the six rituals, don't be restrained, and just show your teeth and become a disciple, how can you be so good?
Something? You get up first, and talk slowly when you get up."
Changsun couldn't get up, so he faced Li Mu and said, "Tell me first, what is the test?"
"You are so persistent." Li Mu sighed, smacked his lips, thought for a moment, and said: "You also know that I don't want to accept you as my disciple. So this test must be very difficult for you. Are you sure you can
Want to challenge?"
"I'm already kneeling here, why should I retreat?"
"Okay! This mood is a bit bad for me." Li Mu slowly raised the corners of his mouth and said: "Then listen carefully, my test is... there are still more than three months before the Chinese New Year, and you will lose weight in three months.
If you can reach one hundred and fifty pounds, I will accept you as my disciple!"
Changsun Chong was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that Li Mu's request was for him to lose weight! What the hell is going on!
Li Mu spread his hands and said: "Are you surprised? I asked you to lose weight for your own good. Look at you now, you are gasping for breath after walking a few steps. How can you follow my pace and make a career?"
If you are my disciple, I will first consider your health. This is the attitude a master should have. If you are not my disciple, what does your being fat have to do with me?"
"Don't think so badly of me. I've always been very kind to my own people. If you don't believe me, why don't you go and ask?" Li Mu pulled Chang Sun Chong up, bent down to help him dust off his legs, and said, "Now
How many kilograms does it weigh?”
Changsun Chong shook his head and said: "I, I don't know, I haven't measured it."
"It's not important." Li Mu said with a smile: "As long as you can lose 150 pounds, you will pass the test. If it doesn't work, you can cut it off with a knife and you won't die."
Changsun Chong stared and said, "I can definitely lose weight! Just wait!"
"Okay, okay, wait," Li Mu said nonchalantly, pressed Changsun Chong on the stool, sat down again, and said, "Now, you can't ask questions, but as a preparatory disciple, you can look at me.
How do you deal with problems and feel the difference between you and me."
Changsun Chong remained silent. After being in contact with Li Mu in the past few days, he had become accustomed to his arrogance.
Wang Ou brought the topic back and said: "Li Mu, the fur shop is almost ready. I plan to place an advertisement in Datang Daily. How do you think it should be written?"
Changsun Chong immediately pricked up his ears. Now Datang Daily has penetrated deeply into the lives of the people in Chang'an, and its propaganda power is obvious to all. As long as something is advertised on Datang Daily, there is basically no need to worry about sales.
But if what is being sold is fur, it's another matter.
Fur is expensive. An ordinary piece of fur costs as little as fifty or sixty pieces, or as much as hundreds or thousands. It is not affordable for ordinary people. The white tiger skin Li Mu wears is priceless in the market. If it is sold at a price, it will cost at least
If you can change a house in Chang'an, what's the use of it being publicized by Datang Daily? What's the use of the people knowing the news? Can they afford it?
According to Chang Sun Chong's idea, he should open a store in Dongshi. Dongshi has a good reputation and ordinary people will not go to Dongshi for shopping. Those who can go to Dongshi are rich people. If they see furs, they may buy them.
Changsun Chong thought to himself that Li Mu was probably going to make a mistake this time. Should he remind him? The idea flashed through his mind for a moment, but he rejected it. Why did he need to remind him? Isn't he very arrogant? Look.
What to do if he is deflated!
How did Li Mu know that Changsun Chong had so many thoughts in his mind? He frowned and thought for a while, then said: "This is what the advertisement says, the title is, Zhuluhou is getting paid!"
Wang Ou didn't understand and asked, "What did you say?"
"Zhuluhou is giving out money!" Li Mu repeated, and continued: "The content is written like this. Zhuluhou felt that he had too much money and had no place to spend it, so he decided to play a game and distribute the money to everyone. Starting from tomorrow, there will be a continuous
For three days, Datang Daily will publish three crossword puzzles every day. Each crossword puzzle will lead to a clue. There are nine clues in the nine crossword puzzles. If you crack these clues, you will know the location of one or several treasures. Each hidden treasure
There are treasure spots with treasures ranging from ten to a hundred guan hidden in them. Whoever finds it belongs to whomever! In this event, the reward totals 1,000 guan. After seven days, if there are still treasures that have not been found, the remaining treasures will be given away.
The money will be used for a lottery, and the location of the lottery... is right in front of the Jingdong Fur Store!"
Wang Ou was still confused at first, but when he heard this, his eyes lit up and he praised: "This method is wonderful, so wonderful! In this way, the people will spread the word about it in order to get the reward. And noble lords,
I can’t help but be curious, so I can’t help but come to JD.com to see what’s going on... You are really amazing!”
Changsun Chong was stunned, how could he still play like this?!