Cui Xian is coming to Kaifeng to do something important.

So, it is impossible to leave.

Ignoring the two groups of 'fans' who were fighting in the teahouse because of him, the carriage drove along the Imperial Street all the way into Kaifeng City.

We passed by Zhouqiao Market on the way.

Cui Xian also asked the driver to help buy a small jar of iced sour plum juice, a lotus-flavored beggar's chicken, a portion of crystal pickled lotus root, and an icy bowl of stewed three fresh delicacies.

After buying food, the carriage turned several corners and entered an alley.

The servant Lao Luo had been walking out of the courtyard since early morning, standing at the door looking out eagerly.

Mr. Donglai sat in a rocking chair in the main hall with a calm demeanor, fanning himself while mocking Lao Luo: "When it's time for a person to arrive, it will arrive naturally. Look at you, you look so worthless."

Lao Luo ignored this and just said in surprise: "The young master is here!"

Main room.

Mr. Dong Lai stood up quickly and rushed out of the courtyard, but the alley was empty. Where was the "young master"?

The servant Lao Luo looked at the 'worthless' master with a subtle expression.

Mr. Donglai blushed and turned to walk to the yard angrily, muttering: "The world is becoming more corrupt and people's hearts are no longer the same! It is really abominable that a cunning servant bullies his master!"

He was complaining.

But behind him, Lao Luo said again in surprise: "Young Master, you are here? I haven't seen you for a few months. You have lost a lot of weight, but you look much more energetic!"

How outrageous!

It’s ok that you cheated me once, but you want to do it a second time!

Just when Mr. Dong Lai was about to get angry.

A familiar voice with a smile came from outside the courtyard: "Who bullied the teacher? I will help you teach him a lesson."

Mr. Dong Lai was slightly stunned.

He turned around in a hurry, looked at the thinner young disciple at the door, grinned and said, "I was just joking with Lao Luo."

"It's good that you've arrived safely, it's good that you've arrived safely! Come inside quickly, it's hot outside, don't get out in the sun."

The master and the apprentice have been together for more than five years, and this is the first time they have been separated for several months.

Mr. Dong Lai said, "Let my little eagle go out and fly."

But I will still be worried in my heart!

Cui Xian walked in with a smile, straightened his clothes, and bowed solemnly to the teacher.

The difference between 'reading thousands of books' and 'traveling thousands of miles' can now be clearly seen.

Compared to when he was in Nanyang, Cui Xian now looked particularly energetic.

Although he looked a little dusty due to the journey, his eyes were bright and he exuded an increasingly confident and carefree demeanor.

Obviously.

During this "impulsive trip", he met many people and experienced some things.

The accumulation of knowledge requires five full years of sedimentation and absorption in that small courtyard in Nanyang.

But the state of mind is different.

Go out and you will be able to grow.

Mr. Dong Lai stood where he was, and accepted the salute from his apprentice, his face filled with satisfaction.

When he saw Cui Xian carrying all kinds of food into the main hall, he couldn't stop smiling: "It's good to have a disciple who knows how to think about the teacher."

"Lao Luo's cooking is terrible, and the weather is hot. I have lost a lot of weight recently."

Lao Luo heard this:?

Why don’t you take a look at your round, rosy face first, sir?

Does it have anything to do with being thin?

But because the young master was present, the servant Lao Luo finally endured it silently.

On the dining table in the main hall.

In addition to the meals carefully prepared by Lao Luo, there were also a few dishes bought by Cui Xian, and the table was almost full.

Especially the lotus leaf beggar's chicken, which is made by stuffing mushrooms and diced bamboo shoots into the belly of a young chicken, wrapping it with fresh lotus leaf paste and then baking it.

After breaking the mud shell, the aroma of chicken and the sweet fragrance of lotus leaves spread instantly, which stimulates your appetite.

Served with a bowl of iced sour plum juice.

That comfortable feeling is absolutely amazing!

The master and his apprentice forced Lao Luo to the table, and the three of them started eating comfortably together.

After dinner.

Lao Luo went to clean up the dishes, leaving space for the two to talk.

Mr. Dong Lai leaned back in his recliner and said with a smile, "Originally, I just wanted to let you go out and gain some experience. Changing your identity will not only ensure safety, but also help you test your opponent's strengths and weaknesses."

"In the end, I still underestimated your excellence. From the auspicious event in Mengjin to saving Xiao Zhen, each of your actions was more impressive than the last."

"I even had correspondence with His Majesty."

"Don't even mention me, your master, I'm afraid he would be secretly happy for a long time after hearing what you did."

Cui Xian also laughed when he heard this: "It's all because of the good teaching of the teacher."

Tsk.

Mr. Dong Lai does not agree with this statement.

Because no one in this world knows better than him the terrifying talent of his little disciple.

But precisely because of his terrifying talent, what the little disciple is about to do, Mr. Dong Lai, has to be extremely vigilant to protect him.

Thinking of this, Mr. Dong Lai looked much more serious and asked, "After the Peony Literature Festival ended, you briefly retreated in Luoyang for a while."

"How is it, have you sorted out your thoughts?"

Cui Xian hesitated for a moment and nodded: "I have some ideas, but they are not complete. Disciples need countless debates, collisions of ideas, and argumentation. They need practice and repeated testing before they can be refined."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Dong Lai stared at his young apprentice in shock.

14 years old!

He is only 14 years old!

Other young people may still be studying hard and pursuing their dreams of passing the imperial examinations.

But Cui Xian has already planned to "establish his own school"!

Over the past five years, Mr. Dong Lai has held hundreds of debates with his young apprentice in the courtyard of Cui's house in Nanyang.

As Cui Xian's teacher, he naturally knew his apprentice's thoughts and plans.

It's really crazy and bold.

In a dynasty where Confucian classics are orthodox and the right to speak is controlled, questioning the classics and promoting new ideas and schools... are countless times more terrifying than offending the powerful people in the southeast.

However, as a teacher, Mr. Dong Lai did not say a word of dissuasion.

The wheel of history always needs "giants" to push it forward.

The progress of mankind is essentially inseparable from every epoch-making "innovation of thought".

Although doing so will bring about numerous crises and countless disasters.

Can--

Crisis and disaster are also the "tempering" that new ideas must go through before they are born!

Mr. Donglai looked at Cui Xian and said with a joking tone, "What do you think? Many years later, when people in history books comment on me, Donglai, will they sneer at me and ridicule me?"

"What level of talent does this gentleman from the East have to be qualified to be a teacher to the Saint?"