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Before leaving, he told Li Junxian to go to the workshop to get the parts of the god arm crossbow.
Not long after, Li Xiao arrived at his destination.
He found that this place was still in Prince Qin's Mansion, but he had never been to this area before.
This is a large courtyard, which is more than five times the size of his courtyard.
And on the way, he also passed by gardens, school grounds and other places.
Eventually the housekeeper took him to an attic.
"Young Master Xiao, this is where you will study in the future. This old slave will come to pick you up again at noon."
The butler turned and left after speaking.
"Hope I don't waste too much of my time."
Li Xiao looked at the attic, said something to himself, and then walked in.
A maid greeted him at the door and led Li Xiao forward.
Finally came to a lobby.
There are many book cases in the lobby, neatly arranged.
And there are five people behind the desk.
Li Chengqian and Li Tai were impressively in line, still sitting at the front.
Li Xiao was relatively unfamiliar with the last four, but it seemed that they were all a few years older than him.
"Brother Xiao!"
Li Tai suddenly saw Li Xiao, and greeted him with surprise on his face.
"Fourth brother knew that you would come over sooner or later, come and sit behind fourth brother."
After finishing speaking, Li Tai took Li Xiao and walked towards the book case.
And Li Xiao clearly saw that the seat behind Li Tai was occupied.
Li Tai came to that person, and said unceremoniously: "Lao Liu, move your position, didn't you see my little brother coming?"
The man called Lao Liu was silent, picked up his things, and walked back.
Li Xiao grabbed his hand, shook his head and said, "No need, I'll just sit in the back."
After speaking, he took the initiative to sit behind the sixth child.
"Brother Xiao likes to sit here, so sit here."
Seeing this, Li Tai was not embarrassed, instead he said with a smile: "Brother Xiao, let me introduce you to the fourth brother."
"This is the sixth child, named Li Yin, he's a bore, don't bother with him, and he won't talk to you either."
"That's the fifth child, Li You, he's not a good person, don't believe anything he says."
"That's the third brother, Li Ke, who is also a nerd. He has a better relationship with the fourth brother. We can communicate more."
Li Ke?
Li Xiao's mind moved, and he looked in the direction of Li Tai's finger.
I saw a handsome and very shy young man smiling and nodding slightly towards him.
Seeing this, Li Xiao also nodded, his eyes thoughtful.
He was too familiar with the name Li Ke.
In the future, the only person who can compete with Li Chengqian is Li Ke, and the other princes are not good at it.
As we can see now, Li Chengqian's prestige has gradually influenced many generals of Tiance Mansion, while Li Ke is still a nobody.
How could he be qualified to compete with Li Chengqian for the throne?
Just when Li Xiao was thinking about it, Li Chengqian came over suddenly.
"Brother Xiao, stay safe."
"I met brother." Li Xiao said politely.
"We brothers can have more contacts."
Li Chengqian patted Li Xiao's shoulder, and then returned to his position.
Li Xiao looked at Li Chengqian's back thoughtfully.
Not long after, a white-haired old man walked in with his back bent.
"Meet the master!"
Everyone stood up and saluted, and Li Xiao also stood up.
"Sit down." The old man walked to the stage, then looked at Li Xiao, "Master Xiao, old man Lu Deming."
"Hello Mr. Lu." Li Xiao nodded.
Li Xiao has always respected scholars.
"What books have you read, Mr. Xiao?" Lu Deming asked blankly.
"Well... the recent history of the Tang Dynasty, folk records, and the rest are just miscellaneous books, so let's not talk about it." Li Xiao said truthfully.
"Haven't you read the Four Books and Five Classics?" Lu Deming frowned slightly.
"No."
"Okay, the old man knows." Lu Deming nodded.
But Li Xiao saw a trace of disgust in Lu Deming's eyes.
Afterwards, Lu Deming began to read some obscure passages, explained them one by one, and finally ordered: "This is the end of the lesson today, you guys should copy the passages that the old man read today."
After speaking, he looked at Li Xiao again: "Young Master Xiao, you are just learning to write, you should copy it one more time for practice."
"Why do you have to treat them differently?" Li Xiao frowned.
It's not that he doesn't want to, it's just that he can clearly feel that Lu Deming is deliberately targeting him.
"Young Master Xiao, the old man said that your handwriting is ugly, and you can only achieve success if you practice hard." Lu Deming said with a displeased expression.
"How do you know..."
In the middle of Li Xiao's speech, he remembered that he wrote a prescription for the old doctor before. At that time, he didn't get the god-level calligraphy, and the calligraphy was really ugly, so this matter spread.
"Master, how do you know that I haven't made any progress these days?"
"Just two days, how much progress can you make?" Lu Deming chuckled.
"Okay." Li Xiao didn't bother to talk nonsense, so he just picked up a pen and wrote.
Flowing clouds and flowing water, one stroke at a time, just like a dragon soaring into the sky, majestic.
He thought that Wang Xizhi's handwriting is the most famous in terms of calligraphy, so he is also imitating Wang Xizhi's handwriting at the moment. Although it is an imitation, it is almost the same as the real handwriting.
Soon, Li Xiao wrote.
"Master, let's see."
However, Lu Deming just glanced at it from a distance, and said lightly: "There is indeed some progress, and I will copy it again."
Chapter 23: Successful dismantling, rewarding god-level art of war!
Hearing this, Li Xiao immediately frowned.
Obviously, Lu Deming was targeting him.
It is unreasonable to directly assert without looking at it.
Li Xiao didn't bother to talk to him at all.
At this time, Lu Deming came to Li Chengqian's side, looked at Li Chengqian's handwriting, nodded and said: "Not bad, the word Dagongzi is getting more and more beautiful."
He turned his head, saw Li Xiao's reluctance, frowned and said: "Young Master Xiao, there is no limit to learning, no matter how hard you work, no matter how much you gain, you should do your best!"
The implication is to keep Li Xiao down-to-earth, only by giving can you gain, don't be lazy, you should work harder.
Li Xiao immediately sneered and said, "Master, have you ever heard a saying that a man can't be rich without windfall, and a horse can't be fat without night grass!"
The moment Lu Deming heard this, his expression changed. He opened his mouth, but hesitated for a while before saying, "Absurd! How can there be such a reason?"
"This is not what I said. Why do you think the words of the ancient sages are ridiculous? Could it be that your talent is far superior to the sages?" Li Xiao said righteously without showing any weakness.
"You...you... are like rotten wood, impossible to carve!"
Lu Deming's face was ugly, he flicked his sleeves, turned and left.
"Master, you are wrong again. As the saying goes, dead wood can also have spring again, and dead wood can also be carved with skillful hands, turning decay into magic... Don't go, let's talk again."
Li Xiao shouted with great interest, but Lu Deming left without looking back.
The scene was silent.
The rest of the people looked at Li Xiao dumbfounded, unable to speak for a long time.
Li Tai looked back first, with a look of admiration on his face, he gave Li Xiao a thumbs up.
And Li Xiao heard the familiar system sound again.
【Ding!Congratulations to the host for successfully dismantling the stage, reward the god-level art of war! 】
art of war?
Li Xiao was overjoyed and looked forward to it, but he didn't use it right away.
"Brother Xiao, when you are resting here, how about fourth brother taking you around?"
Then Li Tai walked over.
"Okay, then there will be Brother Lao."
Li Xiao nodded, he also wanted to ask something.
The two slowly left the attic and walked towards the back garden for a walk.
Li Chengqian looked at this scene with thoughtful eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
……
There is a gazebo in the garden, Li Xiao and Li Tai are sitting opposite each other, and a maid brings hot tea beside them.
Li Tai took the teapot, first poured a cup for Li Xiao, and said with a smile: "Brother Xiao, you are so powerful, even your master was pissed off by you, fourth brother really admires you!"
"Fourth brother, Lu Deming seems to be targeting me deliberately, why?" Li Xiao asked with doubts in his heart.
He originally wanted to settle down and get the affirmation of the two great scholars in the shortest possible time, so that he could deal with Li Er and gain a certain degree of freedom.
But I didn't expect that Lu Deming would target him as soon as he came up.
He feels that there is a reason for everything, and there is no gratuitous hatred.
"Brother Xiao." Li Tai looked at Li Xiao with a strange look in his eyes and said, "You have been so smart all your life, why are you so confused? Can't you understand this?"
"Don't say pull it down!"
Li Xiao rolled his eyes.
"Hehe, Brother Xiao, don't take offense, just make a joke." Li Tai smiled immediately, "It's actually very simple, did Brother Xiao praise the boss without seeing the master turn around?"
"Because of Li Chengqian?" Li Xiao frowned.
He naturally thought about the reason, but he always felt that it would not be that simple.
As a great Confucian, how could he be like those officials?
"Is that really all that is?" Li Xiao frowned.
He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell for a while.
"Then why?" Li Tai had doubts in his eyes.
"Will Lu Deming still be in class later?" Li Xiao asked.
"No, the two great Confucians give us a class every day, and it will be Kong Yingda Confucius later."
"Confucius?! He can't be a descendant of Confucius?" Li Xiao said in surprise for a moment.