[75] I treat you as a brother

"Two masters! The meal is ready!"

In the courtyard of the inner house of Kaifeng Mansion, Zhan Zhao's bedroom was quietly opened a crack.

Jiang Nian: "Master, the meal is ready, Brother Dynasty asked me to call you to eat."

Bai Yutang walked out lightly, and closed the door behind him.

"Understood." He nodded and lowered his voice, "Your mistress hasn't gotten up yet, so don't disturb him. I'll bring him the meal later."

Jiang Nian responded, and also lowered his voice: "Okay. Second Master... Oh no, why did Master get up so late today? At this time in the past, he has already woken up, is he not feeling well?"

Bai Yutang touched his nose: "I'm really unwell."

I was held down by myself for most of the night yesterday, and I didn't let him go to sleep until it was almost dawn. It's strange that he can get up!

Jiang Nian was a little worried: "Is it serious? Do you want to ask Mr. Gongsun to take a look?"

In his impression, Zhan Zhao's body was very strong, and he didn't feel sick even after taking a bath in cold water. It can be seen that the discomfort this time must be serious!

Bai Yutang folded his hands behind his back, with a serious face: "I've already checked it out for him, it's nothing serious, just sleep for a day and you'll be fine."

Jiang Nianban nodded knowingly: "Master, you still know medical skills! Can you teach your disciples if you have the opportunity?"

Bai Yutang coughed: "...Let's talk about it later."

It has been half a year since Bai Yutang accepted Jiang Nian as his apprentice.

That day he gave Jiang Nian an exam question to test his perseverance. He originally agreed to take him as an apprentice if he could carry firewood to the mountains outside Kaifeng for a round trip, but because Jiang Nian was malnourished and his physical strength could not keep up, he could not keep up. When I climbed to the top of the mountain, I was too tired to get up on the ground.

Jiang Nian's legs were exhausted due to the heavy physical load, but even so, he gritted his teeth and used his arms to climb up step by step.

Until the sun set and night fell, Jiang Nian finally exhausted his energy and fainted, but he also climbed to the top of the mountain with perseverance.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had been following him secretly, seeing his determination, so they took him back quietly, without mentioning the test, and just recognized him.

It's just that Zhan Zhao still can't agree with and accept the matter of "teacher's wife".

"Second master!" Zhan Zhao said to him seriously, "I will teach you all my abilities, so I can be considered your master—but don't call me 'Master', otherwise I will kick you out of Kaifeng. do you know?"

Jiang Nian covered his mouth and didn't dare to say anything, he could only nod repeatedly.

When Zhan Zhao let him go, Jiang Nian was cornered by Bai Yutang again.

"Call Master." Bai Yutang expressionless, "If you don't call, you won't teach, understand?"

Jiang Nian made a bitter face: "Master Ke Zhan said..."

Bai Yutang pushed his knife away with his fingers.

Jiang Nian: "Call! Call! Mistress! Mistress Zhan!"

Satisfied, Bai Yutang put away the knife and left.

After that, Jiang Nian began his difficult apprenticeship.

At the beginning, he didn't understand why the master asked him to call the second master "Master", and he was still wondering: the second master is obviously a man!I can't get along with my "mother" at all!

Later, as he spent more time with the two, his understanding of the two continued to deepen, and he finally understood the relationship between the two.

It's just that the master and the second master were too diligent. For half a year, he often saw the two masters studying the secrets of martial arts in their rooms with lights on.Most of the time in the first half of the night, they would bite their ears and discuss the theory in a low voice. In the second half of the night, the two of them would switch from theory to practice, and start to fight with real knives and guns.

Jiang Nian bumped into him once when he got up at night to take a pee. That time the two were fighting fiercely, the lights reflected the shadows of the two constantly changing moves, and there was a loud cry and moan.Jiang Nian was overwhelmed by the battle at the time, shrinking his neck while screaming for the second master.

At the same time, it was confirmed that it was true that the master said that he was better than the second master!

After breakfast, Jiang Nian helped clean up the dishes, and took his books to Gongsun's room for class.

Jiang Nian used to be poor and couldn’t afford a teacher to teach him how to read. The only knowledge he had was learned by stealing from the wall. In fact, he still longed to go to school. Now he is accepted as an apprentice by Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang. On weekdays, when Gongsun is free, he can also take him to read and read.

There are so many books in Mr. Gongsun's study!Jiang Nian had never seen so many books in his life.

When he first went to Mr. Gongsun's study room, he swallowed eagerly in front of those golden books that seemed to be shining, and Mr. Gongsun saw it.

Gongsun Ce did not laugh at his ignorance, but smiled and said to him that he can read any book he wants to read in the future, and he can lend himself all the books here.

Jiang Nian was so moved that he cried.

He thinks Mr. Gongsun is a good man!

It’s just that occasionally I would hide myself and Mr. Bao behind my back and whisper in the dark. When I spoke, they were so close together that they almost stuck together—it seemed to have been pasted a few times, but as soon as I saw him, I quickly After they separated, he didn't know if his eyes were wrong.

Sometimes Jiang Nian is also very strange, how can Mr. Gongsun and Mr. Bao have so many whispers to talk about?Could it be that the two of them, like their two masters, want to discuss the profound meaning of martial arts?

It's really confusing.

After finishing class with Mr. Gongsun, Jiang Nian packed up his books and went to the kitchen to help the cook.

When the curtain was lifted, Zhan Zhao was seen stealing food inside, holding his waist.

"Second Master." He called out and asked strangely, "It's time for lunch, why are you stealing the leftover breakfast here?"

After thinking about it, he asked again: "Where is the master? Didn't he bring you breakfast in the morning?"

Hearing him mention Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao's expression turned a little ugly: "Don't mention him——I'm hungry, when can I have lunch?"

Jiang Nian rolled up his sleeves to wash his hands, and replied, "It should be soon. If you are in a hurry, I can get you some other cushions first."

Zhan Zhao stuffed half of the dim sum in his hand into his mouth: "No more, I'll wait for the meal."

The lady in the kitchen hadn't come yet, so Jiang Nianjing helped with the dishes first.

Zhan Zhao didn't even say to leave, but stood aside, leaning on the pillar, leaning on his waist, watching him busy.

One of the two moved, the other remained silent. They didn't speak to each other, only the sound of the kitchen knife chopping vegetables echoed in the kitchen.

After the dishes were ready, Zhan Zhao helped them carry them out together. Jiang Nian didn't realize that Bai Yutang was not there until everyone sat down around the table.

"Strange, where is Master? Is he still in the room? I'll call him."

Jiang Nian got up to go to Zhan Zhao's yard, but was stopped by Zhan Zhao: "No need to go, he's not here."

"???" Jiang Nian asked strangely, "Isn't it still there just now?"

"Bai Yishi is indeed not here." Gongsun Ce covered his mouth and smiled lightly, watching the excitement, "I saw that he received a letter in the morning and left in a hurry after reading it. I don't know where he went. Office—Guard Zhan, you always know his whereabouts, and Yishi Bai is in such a hurry, where did he go to see whom?"

Zhan Zhao put on a fake smile: "Who else can make him so anxious, except his sworn brother."

Jiang Nian didn't know what sworn brotherhood was, and looked at Gongsun full of doubts.

Gongsun pretended to be stunned: "It turned out that it was Mr. Yan Chasan. Mr. Bai Yishi has always been concerned about Mr. Yan's affairs, so I don't know why he was so anxious this time?"

Zhan Zhao didn't answer, and took a sip of wine dryly.

The cold wine enters the throat, a little sour and a little bitter.

He thought angrily: who knows what happened, Bai Yutang received the letter, left with his ass on fire, and didn't mention it to him at all.He even learned that Bai Yutang had gone out from the mouth of Wang Chao, who was on duty.

Zhan Zhao suddenly lost his appetite, coupled with his physical discomfort, he didn't take a few mouthfuls of the meal.

In the afternoon, he sat in his yard, watching Jiang Nian practice.

Although Jiang Nian is not a good young man who learns martial arts, he has perseverance and determination, and he is willing to endure hardships.

He would spend three times as much time as others spent on practicing.

Therefore, although his physique is average, after half a year of training, he is still able to look decent.

After practicing the daily basic skills, Zhan Zhao stared at Jiang Nian and punched again, then threw a wooden sword that he had prepared long ago to him, and said, "You have been practicing boxing for a while, today Change your mind and teach you a style of swordsmanship."

He got out of the sheath, and demonstrated it to him in a dazzled way: "Do you understand?"

Jiang Nian scratched his head: "I understand... But Second Master, do you have back pain? Or leg pain? Why do you always feel that your gait is weird when you demonstrate?"

Zhan Zhao: "..."

Bai Yutang who killed a thousand swords!

After teaching swordsmanship, Jiang Nian went to the side to practice by himself.

Zhan Zhao sat on the steps at the door of the house, resting his chin on his hands, resting his elbows on his knees, and began to think about Bai Yutang.

What happened to Yan Chasan that made him drive away in such a hurry?

There's no danger where he's going, right?Do you need to help yourself?

It just so happens that these two days are not too busy with official business, why don't you ask Mr. Bao for two days off and go to see him?

But it seems that he is very clingy and not generous.

Or forget it, anyway, he didn't tell himself, so he just pretended not to know that he was going out.

But what if there is any danger and he can't handle it by himself?

Otherwise, go sneakily, take a look in the dark, and make sure he doesn't need help before sneaking back.

Having made up his mind, Zhan Zhao called Jiang Nian back again.

Jiang Nian: "Second Master?"

Zhan Zhao: "I'm going on a long trip tomorrow, and I'll teach you two more sword moves, and you'll practice and understand them slowly. When I'm not around, don't slacken your homework."

Jiang Nian blinked: "Is Second Master going to find Master?"

"That's right." Zhan Zhao was extremely frank, "When he comes back, don't tell him that I went to him—watch out, I'll demonstrate the second move of this set of swordsmanship!"

Jiang Nian looked carefully with his eyes wide open, hesitant to speak several times.

After the demonstration of this pose, Zhan Zhao was ready to demonstrate the third pose.

Jiang Nian finally couldn't take it anymore: "Second Master, why don't you show it after you come back, your footwork is really strange."

Zhan Zhao: "..."

Next time he wants Bai Yutang to torment him for another night, his surname will not be Zhan!

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The author has something to say:

Well, my surname is Bai, following my husband's surname.

No abuse, no illegal buildings =w=