Chapter 27: Good Teachers Produce Good Students
The city's curfew had begun, and the particularly ear-catching sound of horse hooves startled the people walking on the street.
"Who dares to ride a horse in the night?"
The sound also alarmed the patrolling guards. One of them was about to draw his sword and shout to stop the attack when he was kicked by the leader.
"What are you yelling about, kid? Who are you trying to show off in front of? Can't you see that they are the Xuan Ce Army?" The leader cursed, "You want to make me lose my job, don't you?"
The new young man was stunned: "Xuan...Xuan Ce Army?"
Yes, General Cui led the Xuan Ce Army back to the capital today, and he also heard about it!
He couldn't help but ask again: "Boss, are they going out of the city? Why would the Xuan Ce Army leave the city so late at night?"
"It's your turn to ask more questions when the Xuan Ce Army is doing things!"
Then, he got kicked in the butt again.
The group of guards continued their patrol. In the residential buildings on the side of the street, the lights were sparse. Under one of the lights, a young man was looking at the letter in his hand, with a look of shock on his face for a long time: "How, how is it possible, he is not dead..."
He suppressed his shock and murmured, "That's right, I didn't do it myself that night, she might not know..."
After barely calming down, he looked around and began to think again.
…
As Yuan Xiang showed the token in his hand, the tightly closed city gate slowly opened.
A group of people and horses galloped towards Dayun Temple.
…
In Xingningfang, inside the General's Mansion, Chang Suining sneezed.
"What's wrong with the girl? Is the girl feeling unwell?" Xi'er, kneeling beside the couch, was in a panic, handing out a handkerchief and pouring water. Tears welled up in her eyes again: "It's all my fault. I didn't take good care of the girl... wuwuwu..."
Chang Suining, who was lying on the couch, silently handed back the handkerchief he had just received.
Knowing, knowing clearly that she just sneezed.
If you don't know, looking at the posture of this little maid, you would think she spit out a bowl of blood.
"Miss." At this time, another female servant, Que'er, came in, "The young master is coming."
Chang Suining nodded and motioned for someone to come in.
After a moment, Chang Sui'an strode in. When passing through the curtain, the young man suddenly slowed down his pace, trying to appear more steady.
However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he still exposed his impatience and anger: "Ningning, guess what I found out!"
After taking a bath in the afternoon, Chang Suining, who had changed back into a woman's dress, leaned back on the couch, looked at the young man who had been busy for most of the day, and said, "Brother, sit down and drink some water first, and then talk slowly. There is no hurry."
Chang Sui'an brought back a lot of news about Zhou Ding, two of which are worth mentioning.
…
Soon after Chang Sui'an left, Chang Suining asked Xi'er to turn off the lights: "Go to bed early, you need to get up early tomorrow."
Xier nodded and said "yes".
The girl will go meet Zhou Ding tomorrow, so she needs to get up early and prepare a few things.
However, the girl’s early rising was not the same as she had imagined, and it was not to prepare for meeting Zhou Ding—
The next day, before dawn, Xier, who was sleeping on the floor to keep watch, opened her eyes drowsily, only to see that her daughter had gotten up, put on the boy's robe, and was tying up her waterfall-like black hair with a ribbon.
Xier's eyes widened and she quickly stood up: "Girl, what are you doing..."
Chang Suining tied her hair neatly and said, "Follow me to the martial arts arena."
Xier opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a word for a long time. She could only nod blankly.
There is no shortage of training grounds in the mansion of the General of Cavalry.
On weekdays, all the guards in Chang Sui'an and the mansion would come here for training. And because the Chang mansion was governed by martial arts, ordinary servants would also come here at different times.
Early that morning, when Chang Sui'an, Chu Xing and others arrived, they saw two figures running around the martial arts arena.
Chang Sui'an recognized Ah Che first, then looked at the one in front of him and was shocked: "Sister?!"
His expression at this moment was not as if he had seen a ghost, but it was worse than seeing a ghost.
The young man hurried forward.
Chang Suining also saw him and slowed down, changing from running to walking.
"Ningning, what are you doing..."
Chang Sui'an hadn't finished asking his question yet, and just as he made eye contact with his sister, he saw the girl, whose hair was soaked with sweat, suddenly turned her head away, holding her chest and starting to retch.
Chang Sui'an: “?!”
The boy touched his face in panic.
My sister just glanced at him, it shouldn’t be that serious!
“Ningning…”
"Girl!" Xier ran over and patted Chang Suining's back while crying, "Girl, are you feeling unwell? It's all Xier's fault, wuwuwu..."
Chang Suining waved his hands and panted slightly, "I'm fine, I'm just a little uncomfortable with the sudden movement."
This body was far weaker than she had imagined.
She even felt that she had never been so weak before she died.
Chang Sui'an said hurriedly: "Then don't force it!"
"No, I got used to it pretty quickly."
The girl's voice was not loud but firm, as if once she had decided on something, she would do it, with determination and confidence.
This kind of self-confidence reminded Chu Xing of that day in the inn, when the girl had used the same tone and said arrogantly that she would be able to pick up "Zhan Xiu" sooner or later.
But perhaps because she was their own girl, there was only one like her in the whole mansion, and she had a connection with the person they had been loyal to in the past, so even if she spoke wildly, Chu Xing just thought it was ridiculous and cute.
He walked over and asked, "Does the girl really want to learn martial arts?"
"Yes." The girl, whose face was pale from the dry heaves just now, looked at him with clear eyes: "Uncle Chu, can you teach me?"
Chang Sui'an at the side: "?"
Was he not standing close enough? Why didn’t his sister see him?
Chu Xing was a little surprised: "The girl wants me to teach her?"
Chang Suining: "Yes, only a good teacher can produce a good student."
Chu Xing was stunned for a moment, then laughed.
What a good teacher! A good student is born.
This is not only a compliment to him, but also a compliment to himself, right? He said that the girl was very confident.
Chang Sui'an felt a pain in his knees when he heard this.
It turns out that my sister thinks that he is not a famous teacher and cannot teach a good student...
"Okay!" Chu Xing actually agreed: "If the girl really wants to learn martial arts, then come here to find me every two days, okay?"
Chang Suining: "Can't you come every day?"
When there was no war, Chu Xing should have been very free, and he also had to practice martial arts every day.
Diligence can make up for lack of talent. What she hates most is wasting time - in other words, she can't sit still.
Chu Xing: “?”
"It's not impossible." Chu Xing hesitated for a moment and said, "In that case, can the girl come here every day at noon?"
Chang Suining thought for a moment and asked, "How about the Mao hour?"
Chu Xing: “???”
It would be fine if it was early, but the girl's tone was a little like "settling for second best" and "it's not good to be too extreme"...? Chu Xing suppressed this inexplicable feeling and said, "Then the girl, come with me first."
Chang Suining nodded and followed.
"Girl, today you will first learn to stand in a stance. Standing in a stance requires that the stance is like a person, and the person is like a stance, standing upright, and being as steady as a root—" Chu Xing smiled and asked, "It is often said that if you want to get started, you must first stand in a stance for three years. Can you endure that?"
Chang Suining nodded: "I can bear it."
But she doesn't need three years.
Because she will be more hardworking than ordinary people, and she must be a "one-in-a-million genius".
"Girls must learn to lower their shoulders and elbows, hold their chests and straighten their backs, and sink their qi into their dantian—"
Not far away, watching his sister learning to stand still, Chang Sui'an felt mixed emotions: "Xi'er, don't you think... Ningning has changed too much."
Xier wiped her tears and nodded: "I feel that in the past, I always cried with you, but now you have encountered such an accident, and you have almost died, but you didn't even shed a single tear... Now I can only cry by myself, I feel very lonely."
"..." Chang Sui'an scratched his head: "This is pretty good."
Xier started crying again: "Who made the girl hurt her brain? Wuwuwu."
Chang Sui'an was a little mad because of her crying: "Stop crying, you still have to go out with Ningning today."
"That's right!" Xier quickly looked up at the sky, held back her tears, and desperately fanned her eyes with her hands.
After returning from the martial arts arena, Chang Suining took a bath, changed into a soft lotus root powder spring shirt, and told Xier that he should find a tailor to come to his house and make a few narrow robes for him to wear when practicing martial arts.
Xier agreed while thinking quietly - it takes time for a tailor to take measurements and make clothes for her. If she uses the usual tailor who only uses the best materials and workmanship, she will have to wait at least half a month.
And the girl said yesterday that in another half month, her brain would be fine...and by then the girl would be transformed back to normal, would the robe still be useful?
While Xi'er was thinking seriously, Que'er came in and said, "Girl, Qiao Jijiu and his wife are here. The general has asked someone to invite you over."
"Qiao Jijiu..." Chang Suining asked Xier on the way: "Who is this? What is his relationship with me? Why did my father ask me to go and see this person?"
A person with a broken brain would naturally feel justified in asking such a question. Xier answered in a low voice: "Qiao Jijiu is a third-rank Jijiu of the Imperial College. He has watched the girl grow up and loves her very much..."
Chang Suining reacted: "Qiao Yang?"
Xier was pleasantly surprised and said, "So the girl remembered it!"
Chang Suining's expression changed.
Of course she remembered.
She just didn't expect that this guy was so lazy and now he has become the chief academic officer of the Imperial College - will he really not mislead the students?
After some mental preparation, Chang Suining soon met this Qiao Jijiu.
"Sui Ning has suffered a lot this time..." Qiao Jijiu, who was over 40 years old, had obviously heard Chang Kuo's general explanation. At this time, his eyes were red and his hands were shaking slightly.
Seeing that the girl didn't react much, his eyes suddenly became redder, and he asked with a sob: "Sui Ning, do you really... not remember your third father?"
Chang Suining: “……?”
Three——Dad?
How come calling dad is included in the preface? Who is the second one?
Could there be four more?
"Then you should also remember your Third Mother!" Qiao Jijiu pushed out his wife Wang, who also had tears in her eyes, and said, "You love the Yulu dumplings made by your Third Mother the most!"
Chang Suining's breathing stopped.
Qiao Jijiu pushed out another person, this time a gentle and polite young man: "What about your brother? You don't even remember your brother?"
Chang Suining: “…”
There are more and more challenges to accept.
"…It's the second brother!" Chang Sui'an on the side corrected with vigilant eyes.
Ningning is the only serious brother, Qiao Yubai can only be the second brother!
Qiao Yubai, who was the same age as him but only two days younger, frowned and looked at him: "...It's already this time and you're still arguing about this?"
Is now the time to fight for status?
Chang Sui'an couldn't help but stare - he wanted to take this opportunity to make Ning Ning think that he was more sensible, right?
Three thousand words, which is also considered an extra chapter~ The last day of the month, I am asking for votes for next month, because I saw that I am ranked 115th for next month's votes. Does anyone still have votes? If you enter the top 100, you will be awarded some points for this book. What if I make it? (Thank you everyone, a book that is not on the shelf is still favored by everyone haha)
November is over. Thank you for your company in the first month of my new book. With you all here, I sometimes feel that the storms outside have temporarily stopped. This is my hometown. It is very safe and warm. I also hope that you can get a little relaxation and comfort here~ (End of this chapter)
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