#447 - Is the progress so fast?
A quarter of an hour later, Wei Changtian and Gui Peian walked out of the quiet room.
As if it were a child's play, the deal concerning hundreds of thousands of soldiers and the land of six prefectures was settled so easily that one couldn't help but doubt whether both sides would really honor their commitments.
However, everything seemed to be so simple.
Today, Gui Peian would send a message back to Da Li to immediately gather 100,000 "Green Forest heroes" to support Yuan Prefecture, and he himself would return to the Kui Xing Academy in a few days to select some academy disciples to help Shu State "sort out government affairs".
Although it is not yet known how things will develop in the future, at least the prospects are good.
However, Wei Changtian and Gui Peian certainly still had their own thoughts and calculations.
As for what they were plotting, it was still unknown at the moment.
It can only be said that a "you are good, I am also good" situation is unlikely to occur.
Because cooperation between people may achieve "mutual benefit and win-win", but once it rises to the national level...
The winner takes all is the norm.
Shu State, Da Li, Da Ning.
Among these three, only one can be destined to laugh last.
Front Hall.
Just as Wei Changtian, who had just "taken advantage" of 100,000 reinforcements, was happily walking towards this side, Shen Ran was in a very complicated mood at the moment.
He looked at Xu Sui, who was smug on the opposite side, and only felt that his whole body was numb.
"Xu, Miss Xu, you..."
"Hmm? What's wrong with me?"
Xu Sui shook her head and said, "Young Master Shen, don't be surprised yet, I still have..."
"No need!"
Shen Ran wailed and waved his hands in a hurry: "Miss Xu, you have already written twenty or thirty poems!"
"Don't write anymore, really don't write anymore!"
"Uh, okay."
Pouting, Xu Sui shook her head regretfully: "Then let's stop here for today."
"Phew..."
Breathing a long sigh of relief, Shen Ran leaned back on the chair as if relieved of a heavy burden.
In less than half an hour, nearly thirty poems enough to be passed down for generations.
If Wei Changtian's writing nine world-renowned poems in a row at the Spring Dragon Poetry Gathering was "possessed by a poetry immortal", then Xu Sui basically belonged to "the star of literature descending to earth".
At the beginning, Shen Ran was still surprised by Xu Sui's poetic talent.
But as the latter recited more and more poems one after another, Shen Ran only suspected that he was still not awake, and finally developed a strong sense of inferiority.
He had studied the books of sages and sages since he was a child, and now he had the literary cloud goose by his side.
Shen Ran originally thought that if the talent in the world could be divided into ten measures, he would have to occupy one or two measures, at most, he would be slightly worse than Gui Peian and Wei Changtian.
As a result, Xu Sui, who was even more "vigorous", emerged now.
Could it be that this Miss Xu also has the blessing of heavenly luck?!
Looking at the painted beams and carved rafters of the hall, Shen Ran couldn't speak for a long time, feeling a bit of doubt about life.
And Xu Sui, who was sitting opposite him, finally realized that she seemed to have gone a bit too far at this time.
"That... Young Master Shen, are you okay?"
"Ah?"
Shen Ran came back to his senses, smiled wryly, and straightened his body: "I'm fine."
"Miss Xu, I wonder who your teacher is?"
"Teacher?"
Xu Sui replied a little guilty: "I have never had a teacher."
Shen Ran instantly widened his eyes: "Then, then the poetry is you..."
"Well, I figured it out myself."
Xu Sui said along, but probably felt that it was too unreasonable, so she quickly added in a low voice:
"Oh, my brother occasionally explains the mysteries to me."
"Is it Young Master Wei?"
"Yes, I only have this one brother."
"I see."
"..."
Xu Sui unceremoniously dumped half of the blame on Wei Changtian, and Shen Ran felt a little better at this time.
It turned out that Xu Sui was taught by Wei Changtian, no wonder she wrote poetry so well.
In this way, Young Master Wei should be the undisputed leader in poetry in the world.
Huh?
If this is the case, then maybe I can take Young Master Wei as my teacher...
The disciples of Kui Xing Academy firmly believe that "Among three people walking together, there must be one who can be my teacher", so most of them have more than one teacher.
After all, the path of literature involves small branches such as articles, poetry, and governance, and everyone must have their own more specialized field.
Perhaps I am not as good as you in this aspect, but I am better than you in another aspect, so it is very common to learn from each other as teachers in Kui Xing Academy.
For example, Shen Ran, in addition to Gui Peian, had actually worshiped several teachers.
And now, he has the idea of taking Wei Changtian as his teacher to learn poetry.
If you say do it, then do it. Shen Ran's enthusiasm for "learning" is unquestionable. After making up his mind, he immediately looked up and asked Xu Sui:
"Miss Xu, I intend to take your brother as my teacher, I wonder if you think Young Master Wei will agree?"
"Huh?"
Xu Sui was stunned: "You want to take my brother as your teacher?"
"Yes."
Shen Ran's expression was firm: "I just don't know if Young Master Wei is willing to accept me as a disciple, so I want to ask you for some advice."
"This..."
Xu Sui hesitated for a long time, and then replied carefully: "My brother is usually very busy, and now he is going to fight again, I think he has no time."
"And he already has a little apprentice before, and I see that he doesn't spend much time teaching the latter on weekdays..."
"So if you want to learn poetry from him... I'm afraid you won't learn anything."
Standing from Xu Sui's point of view, she certainly knew that Wei Changtian certainly had no real talent and learning, and did not have the ability to teach Shen Ran to write poetry.
Therefore, she very "intimately" wanted to politely reject this disciple for Wei Changtian.
However, Shen Ran is not the kind of person who easily gives up.
Although he understood Xu Sui's meaning, and also knew that Wei Changtian would probably not agree to him...
But such a good learning opportunity is in front of him, he always has to try it.
Or...
"Miss Xu!"
Suddenly, Shen Ran's eyes lit up, and he thought of a "second best" solution.
"I wonder if you would be willing to accept me as a disciple?"
"...Ah??"
Xu Sui was stunned immediately, her mouth wide open.
Herself? Accepting a disciple?
She subconsciously wanted to refuse, but just before the words came out, she suddenly changed her mind.
"Young Master Shen, are you serious?"
"Of course I'm serious!"
As soon as Shen Ran heard that it seemed to be promising, he immediately stood up and replied very seriously:
"Miss Xu, I have no intention of joking!"
"Is that so..."
Xu Sui pondered slightly, and then nodded with a smile: "Okay! Then I will accept you!"
"Thank you, teacher, for your accomplishment!"
"Dong!"
Shen Ran was also decisive enough. After hearing Xu Sui's agreement, he immediately shook his sleeves and knelt down, giving Xu Sui a formal apprenticeship ceremony, as if he was afraid that the latter would regret it.
The Holy Son of Kui Xing Academy actually worships a woman as his teacher.
This sounds incredible at first, but it is nothing to Shen Ran, who is "eager to learn".
In his opinion, being able to learn something is the most important thing.
Sometimes, the more teachers you worship, the more others will look up to you.
"Worship three thousand teachers in a lifetime, and eventually become a teacher of ten thousand people."
This is a saying that everyone in Kui Xing Academy knows, and it refers to Gui Peian.
And this sentence also shows from the side that even a figure like Gui Peian had worshiped many people as teachers when he was young.
So, at this moment, Shen Ran has no psychological burden to kowtow.
However, Wei Changtian, who happened to come in from outside the door and saw this scene, was dumbfounded.
What's the situation?!
Aren't these two on a blind date? Why is Shen Ran kowtowing to Xu Sui??
Could it be that they have progressed to a marriage proposal????
Damn! Is the progress so fast?!!
