When the song ended, everyone within a radius of 100 meters was immersed in the sound of the piano and could not get out for a while.

Some young students wanted to immediately bow down to Shi Zhongkui and beg him to accept them as his disciples.

As the sound of the piano was accepted by the public, the rumor that Shi Zhongkui was also a master of "Shang Shu" also spread throughout the capital along with the piece of silk.

Now more and more people came to visit us.

It's a pity that no matter whether he is noble, powerful, famous or a noble daughter, Wang Buli has blocked them all.

And the more people listened to Shi Zhongkui's music, the less willing they were to force their way in.

After three days of this, around 10 o'clock every morning, the streets near the house would be crowded with curious scholars and celebrities.

Since you can't see anyone, you can come to listen to the music and play it yourself or in the hook bar, which can attract many literati.

As long as it can bring benefits, the public praise from the market will indirectly help Shi Zhongkui expand his reputation.

After another seven days, Shi Zhongkui began to wonder if Liu Xiu had left the capital when he suddenly looked to the sky with a feeling.

I saw a cloud of purple energy slowly appearing, and I immediately understood that either Wang Mang or Liu Xiu was coming.

After playing a song, he flew into the air invisibly. After a closer look, he easily saw a young man in his twenties, shaking his head regretfully with a few friends, and then crowded towards the gate of the house.

I would like to see the annotations about "Shang Shu" on the silk hanging out today.

But I didn't expect that today would be different from usual. What was written on the silk was a question.

Wang Buli shouted loudly to the scholars who showed curious expressions, "Everyone, my master is meeting friends through writing today. If anyone writes an article that suits my master's liking, please come into the room and talk about it."

And my master is doing this just to learn from each other."

Some people who were originally dissatisfied and felt that Shi Zhongkui was just trying to gain fame and reputation, then nodded with expressions of satisfaction.

But the only ones who are really willing to answer the questions are some from poor families, or even young students who are so destitute that they have no books to read.

The rich and powerful people have no shortage of scriptures and teachers, so they naturally want to let people weigh Shi Zhongkui's background first.

This is considered to be in line with Shi Zhongkui's wishes.

Liu Xiu's family was in decline, so he devoted himself to studying "Shang Shu". He immediately stared at the silk cloth like other students.

Moreover, Shi Zhongkui was very thoughtful and asked Wang Buli to put pen and ink, blank bamboo slips, and even five desks at the door of his house.

Such a thoughtful gesture instantly made these poor students feel good about him.

As expected, Liu Xiu and seven other students who were used as cover entered Shi's house.

As the leader of the Six Yuan Dynasties, Shi Zhongkui was not only very knowledgeable, but at least he was more knowledgeable than most people of this era.

After all, the further back the dynasty was, the more difficult the imperial examination was.

Just like China's college entrance examination, questions from the 1980s and 1990s are definitely not at the same level of difficulty as questions from those born two thousand years ago.

Even in the imperial examination questions after the Yuan Dynasty, the purpose of the examiners' questions was no longer to test knowledge, but to make things difficult for students.

The more remote the question, the better.

When the eight students saw that Shi Zhongkui was so young, they still had some doubts and uneasiness in their hearts. …

But it was just a morning of communication. Eight people asked questions and Shi Zhongkui answered. Soon some people fell to their knees and sincerely wanted to worship Shi Zhongkui as their teacher.

Shi Zhongkui sighed in his heart.

After answering more than thirty questions, I soon discovered that many of the eight people could not even recite the complete Analects of Confucius and Mencius.

Even if Liu Xiu went to Beijing to study for four years, he could not recite the complete "Shang Shu".

It's not that these people are stupid, but they want to learn. Even if teachers who have mastered knowledge teach, they are not disciples, and they often only teach part of it.

Of course, Shi Zhongkui also found that the Four Books and Five Classics he studied in Dazhou were quite different from the classics of this era.

If you think about it for a moment, you will know that the complete scriptures of later generations were slowly formed after countless additions and subtractions by ancestors.

But this is not a problem for Shi Zhongkui. It can be said that the capital is definitely the place with the highest concentration of scriptures.

I secretly visited various academies, schools, and aristocratic families at night. It only took about ten days. I easily used the space farm to copy and write down all kinds of complete scriptures using the method of copying with my mind.

Shi Zhongkui even discovered that even if it is the same scripture, there are actually different places on the bamboo slips handed down from different families.

In the past ten days, Liu Xiu and others had truly realized that what Shi Zhongkui had learned was simply boundless.

And he is not stingy at all. As long as you ask, he will answer.

In more than ten days, everyone has copied and written the complete "Shang Shu" and "Spring and Autumn".

At the same time, the Analects, Mencius and other classics also provide answers to questions.

As a result, the eight students spend most of their time these days just recording.

Of course, in their hearts, they already regarded Shi Zhongkui as their true mentor.

Unfortunately, Shi Zhongkui was unwilling to accept these people as his disciples.

Not to mention that the seven ordinary students were of no use to him. Although it sounded good to be Liu Xiu's imperial master, Shi Zhongkui was not willing to be tied to him.

Just being a counselor and helping Liu Xiu raise troops to conquer the world was enough to influence Liu Xiu and future emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty to turn to Taoism.

After three months of this, Shi Zhongkui also tested Liu Xiu three times.

On a snowy day, Shi Zhongkui left a military book and a jade pendant for Liu Xiu. On the pretext of traveling around, Shi Zhongkui disappeared into the capital in an ox cart driven by Wang Buli.

The book of war and the jade pendant had long been imprinted on them. From now on, if Shi Zhongkui wanted to find Liu Xiu, he would be able to appear around him at any time.

Liu Xiu, who had received the military book alone, now understood that his teacher was definitely more than just a scholar.

Thinking again, dozens of large and small peasant armies such as Red Eyebrow, Green Forest, and Tongma have risen up one after another, and a large number of powerful landowners have also taken advantage of the situation and started to act recklessly. Liu Xiu and Shi Zhongkui looked down upon Wang Mang's various actions.

I vaguely guessed that my teacher might have chosen me.

In an instant, Liu Xiu became excited.

Fortunately, he quickly thought of Shi Zhongkui's words about waiting for the opportunity, forced himself to calm down, and immediately decided to pack his bags and return home.

Although this branch of my family belongs to the distant branch, it is much stronger than fighting alone.

Moreover, there are many children in the Nanyang family, so these people are the ones who can be trusted when the army starts.

In addition, if you want to plan big things, if you can't even take control of the family, you don't have to think about fighting for the world.

After bowing politely to the disappearing ox cart, Liu Xiu carried the military instructions on his back, packed his luggage and returned to his hometown.

But what Liu Xiu didn't know was that when Shi Zhongkui saw him return to Nanyang, he also found a place in Nanyang to buy several hills and large areas of wasteland.
Chapter completed!