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Naturally, Su Changan returned the salute in a hurry, but he thought in his heart that dealing with scholars was really tiring, and he always had to salute or something.
After returning the gift, Su Changan said with a smile: "I am a bit greedy, so I like these. I am not worthy of the gift from you two gentlemen."
Xun Kuang was a carefree person, and he considered himself an old acquaintance of Su Changan, so he was much more natural. He said, "Let's go in and sit down. We have walked around for a long time, and now we have to stand like this. We must be tired."
Upon hearing this, Su Zifeng immediately called out, "Hurry up and come in and sit down, or else our small Su Mansion cannot afford to tire out Lord Siye."
Xun Kuang said frankly: "Yes, indeed, I am not afraid of implicating you, Su Zifeng, but I am afraid of implicating Miss Chang'an."
Yuan Ruxi looked at Xun Kuang helplessly and shook his head.
Su Zifeng also knew that Xun Kuang never suffered any loss with his mouth, so he didn't say much and invited him into the hall.
In Su Changan's Yimeiyuan, the only maid is Maomao.
When she was not around, Su Changan was going to pour tea, but Yan Ruyu got there first.
After entering the hall, several people sat down. Yuan Ruxi and Xun Kuang saw Su Wan'er carefully taking out the copybook and placing it neatly on the desk.
Yuan Ruxi sighed, "Mr. Shuiyun told me something about this child today. Before, I thought she was smart, but now it seems that the Su family will have another talented girl in a few years."
Su Zifeng shook his head and said, "Just a naughty child."
Xun Kuang was about to say something.
But Yuan Ruxi suddenly said, "I forgot, I forgot, I almost forgot."
Then he looked at Su Changan and said, "Master Yao, Mr. Shuiyun has something to tell Miss Changan."
Su Changan immediately looked at Yuan Ruxi.
Yuan Ruxi said, "Master Yao asked me to tell Miss Chang'an that Wang Xiangzhi, a great calligrapher in the previous dynasty, practiced calligraphy diligently. He often wrote in the pond at home and washed his inkstone in the pond. Because of his diligence, he never neglected it, so the pond was completely filled with ink. That's how he got the name 'the saint of calligraphy'. You have such talent, so you should learn from the saint of calligraphy's diligence, and don't lose your literary talent because of the words you write."
"As for Ms. Shuiyun, she didn't tell you this story. She just asked me to tell you that she didn't like to go out in the past, so you can come to Shuiyunzhai anytime. However, she also asked me to tell you to practice calligraphy diligently."
Su Changan nodded.
But they had to pay their respects. Yuan Ruxi smiled and said, "I am just a messenger. No need to pay your respects. However, although I am not very good at writing poems, I do have some experience in calligraphy. If Miss Chang'an doesn't mind, I will write one when I go back and send it to you when the time comes."
Before Su Changan could say anything, Xun Kuang said, "If you want to come and see Miss Changan again, just tell her you want to come, don't do all these fancy things. If you really want to send her off, learn from Master Yao and Mr. Shuiyun."
After that, Xun Kuang thanked Yan Ruyu who poured the tea, and immediately looked at Su Changan and said, "Miss Changan, you don't know that many people in the Imperial College went crazy today because they knew they were going to help Master Yao and Mr. Shuiyun send calligraphy to you. They even came up with a poem-reciting couplet selection. This person is not kind. He is not as knowledgeable as others, but he can't resist the fact that he knows martial arts. He stuck a sword into the ground and said directly, 'I want to go. If you don't agree, talk to me with the sword.' He just grabbed the quota here. Tell me if this person is kind or not, it's a matter of reason between scholars, and he took out a sword to reason. Why don't you talk to Commander Yan about reason?"
Yan Ruyu was mentioned inexplicably and immediately smiled helplessly, just standing on Su Changan's side.
However, although she had never met Yuan Ruxi, she often heard her mother mention him as "a gentleman is a true gentleman, and a villain is also a true villain."
Yuan Ruxi looked at Xun Kuang and said directly, "Miss Chang'an has written a whole issue by herself. Even the Master Jijiu praised her highly. We admire her and have a crush on her. What's wrong with that? Moreover, Miss Chang'an knows that she has written a whole issue by herself. She is very modest, unlike you, Master Siye."
"Back then, you only published three articles in one issue, and then you carried that article around everywhere. When people greeted you, you would answer them irrelevantly with questions like 'How do you know that three of the articles in this issue are mine?' or 'Yes, they are mine. I am Xun Kuang, and these three poems are all mine.'"
"Master Siye, you were disliked a lot because of this matter."
Hear this
Su Changan looked at Xun Kuang, how should I put it, it was a bit exaggerated, but he understood.
Are you showing off?
Who doesn’t want to show off everywhere?
but
Xun Kuang, who was exposed, was confident and said proudly: "Why don't you post one so I can see? You haven't posted any article so far."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ruxi made a move to reach for the sword at his waist, but unfortunately the sword was not there, so he could only look at Xun Kuang and say, "If I had a sword at my waist, would you dare to talk to me like this?"
Xun Kuang immediately said: "If you have a sword on your waist, I will run away, and whoever doesn't run away will be a grandson!"
Yuan Ruxi was elegant and easy-going, but when he saw Xun Kuang with arsenic on his lips, he was so angry that he couldn't utter a word.
On the other hand, Su Zifeng kept shaking his head and smiling at Su Changan.
Su Changan watched the quarrel between these two scholars, who should be of very high status in the eyes of the scholars in the capital.
Just want to say.
Let’s fight quickly! I want to see how a swordsman fights.
……
After all, they were only there to deliver calligraphy, and they also knew that Su Changan had other things to do, so Xun Kuang and Yuan Ruxi did not sit for long. After exchanging pleasantries for a while, they left.
After the farewell
Su Zifeng watched the two men leave on foot and returned to the mansion.
Xun Kuang looked at Yuan Ruxi and asked with a smile: "What do you mean? Don't you think it's too unusual?"
Yuan Ruxi rolled his eyes at Xun Kuang and said, "Of course she is stunningly beautiful. No wonder so many students who attended the poetry gathering or just caught a glimpse of her outside the hall are so yearning for her. She is also very talented and virtuous. But... only in terms of writing..."
At this point, Yuan Ruxi frowned: "Is it really that ugly?"
Xun Kuang thought for a moment and asked, "Do you think Su Zifeng is ugly?"
Yuan Ruxi nodded without hesitation: "Ugly!"
Xun Kuang said: "It's uglier than this!"
Hearing this, Yuan Ruxi sighed: "That's too ugly!"
Xun Kuang smiled helplessly: "Of course not, otherwise would the Lord Jijiu let you come?"
Yuan Ruxi shook his head helplessly and said, "This is what I don't understand. The Lord Jijiu asked me to come and see if Miss Chang'an is interested. If possible, I will teach her calligraphy and my sword skills as well. However, I can teach her calligraphy reluctantly, but the Lord Jijiu wants me to take in a disciple because I am old?"
Xun Kuang shook his head: "Who knows what our Lord Jijiu is thinking? Maybe he just wants you, the famous 'Tu Shui Sword' in the martial arts world, to have a successor?"
After saying that, he looked at Yuan Ruxi and asked, "But, are you going to teach me or not? Tell me about it."
Yuan Ruxi frowned slightly: "Let's wait and see, don't be impatient."
Xun Kuang nodded and said, "Anyway, since I said this, I guess Miss Chang'an is quite impressed with you, so there is really no need to rush."
Yuan Ruxi's face darkened: "If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten! The battle with Commander Yan is fine, but what you said afterwards about me holding a sword to threaten the people in the academy, is that the kind of nonsense you make up?! If others heard it, wouldn't I, Yuan Ruxi, be considered a bully with force!! "
Xun Kuang immediately smiled and said, "Isn't this for your own good? Besides, if you don't make up lies, you can be called a scholar. How can a scholar not make up lies? Right!"
But just after he finished speaking, he saw Yuan Ruxi getting angry and ran away, leaving behind a sentence: "And I also said that anyone who doesn't run is a grandson!!"
Yuan Ruxi frowned, but was too lazy to chase Xun Kuang. He just turned around to look at the huge main gate of the Su Mansion.
"In terms of morality, it is indeed teachable. But..." At this point, Yuan Ruxi shook his head: "We need to wait and see."
But looking back
But he saw Xun Kuang falling to the ground and being watched by people around him.
He immediately turned around and walked in another direction, really not wanting to meet Xun Kuang.
……
As for Meiyuan
Su Changan looked at Yan Ruyu.
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Chapter 34 The knife is more handsome than the sword! !
"Teach me swordsmanship." Su Changan said.
Yan Ruyu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Su Changan: "I can't teach you."
Su Changan was a little unhappy.
But before Su Changan could speak, Yan Ruyu shook the red goose-feather knife that had been undrawn from her waist, and said, "I use a knife."
Su Changan was speechless for a moment, but he remembered that on his first day, he saw Yan Ruyu practicing with a sword in the yard, so he asked, "Don't you know how to use a sword?"
Yan Ruyu shook her head: "I wanted to learn it a while ago so I learned a little bit, but I just saw that Mr. Yuan decided to give up."
After saying that, Yan Ruyu frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "It's not that Mr. Yuan is wrong, I just feel that a knife is indeed stronger than a sword."
Su Changan was silent.
Because I don't understand.
The literal meaning is definitely understood, that is, Yan Ruyu thinks that those who play with knives are better than those who play with swords, but if you think about it carefully,
Ah!
I can't tell the difference.
Yan Ruyu looked at Su Changan in confusion, and after thinking for a while, she said, "You can understand it as edge. I haven't drawn my sword for a year and a half because I need to keep it in the scabbard to maintain its edge. So if I don't draw my sword, it won't have an edge. A sword doesn't need to be maintained. On the contrary, the sharper the edge, the better. Although Mr. Yuan didn't bring his 'Tu Shui Sword' with him today, at his current stage, he already has the edge of a sword. Although it is restrained, one can feel its sharpness."
Su Changan blinked and said, "Speak in plain language that I can understand."
Yan Ruyu pressed the hilt of the knife at her waist with her hand: "Mr. Yuan can't beat me."
Su Changan suddenly realized, and then gave him a thumbs up and said, "As expected of you who protected me, you are really amazing."
Yan Ruyu shook her head: "It has nothing to do with this. It's because of the rank. I'm rank eight and Mr. Yuan is only rank six, so he can't beat me. If the ranks are the same, I can't beat him. My mother once said that Mr. Yuan suddenly gave up swordsmanship to practice calligraphy, and then took another path of swordsmanship, honing calligraphy, using the horizontal, vertical, left and right strokes of calligraphy as swordsmanship, and honing calligraphy experience as sword tactics. The road is difficult, but if you can get through it..."
At this point, Yan Ruyu hesitated and said, "I don't know what will happen then. But Mr. Yuan's move is worthy of respect. The way of martial arts is harder to create than to learn, and it is harder than ascending to heaven. It may be like this for the rest of your life. If Mr. Yuan had not taken this path, I am afraid he would be at least at the ninth level now, or even have reached the end."
Su Changan had a lot of questions, but after thinking about it, he felt that the end was too far away from him, so he just looked at Yan Ruyu and asked, "Want to discuss something?"
Yan Ruyu looked at Su Changan and said, "Miss Changan, please give me your orders. I will do my best to do what I can."
Su Changan pursed his lips and said, "I don't think I can learn your swordsmanship. It's too advanced. So why don't you teach me the swordsmanship you said you know? You don't plan to learn it anyway, and this way I can protect myself. Otherwise, you will be so tired. And just think about me holding a sword, it looks pretty cool."
Hearing this, Yan Ruyu was stunned for a moment, then bowed to Su Changan with a fist clasped: "Miss Changan, please don't speak against your conscience."
Su Changan was shocked: "Ah?"
When did I speak against my conscience?!
Yan Ruyu stood up again and looked at Su Changan seriously: "The knife is more handsome than the sword."