Evil Master and Disciple

Qiu Changlin raised his head, glanced at Old Man Wen, and said, "Haha, old man, you are jealous, right? Did you see my last disciple Ye Feng?"

"Ugh, when did Ye Feng become your last disciple? Shameless old bastard!"

Qiu Changlin chuckled and said, "Whatever you say, Ye Feng is my disciple now, so don't even think about taking advantage of him!"

Old Man Wen came up to Qiu Changlin and said, "I came here tonight to discuss this matter with you."

Qiu Changlin certainly knew Old Man Wen’s purpose.

He asked Ye Feng to go to Jiaotai Palace yesterday just to piss off Old Man Wen.

He said, "We'll talk about my disciple Ye Feng later. Old man, how about this poem encouraging learning?"

Wen Lianggong looked down and saw that it was exactly what Qiu Changlin had written just now.

"The lights are on at midnight and the rooster crows at dawn, it is the time for men to study.

If you don’t study hard when you are young, you will regret it when you are old.

Wen Lianggong savored it for a moment, his eyes brightening slightly as he said, "What a good poem, old man! Your handwriting isn't great, but your poetry has improved. However, from what I know about you, you can't write such a good poem. Tell me the truth, was it written by Ye Feng?"

Qiu Changlin said, "So what? Ye Feng gave this poem to me. I asked the Hanlin Academy to copy it this morning. I estimate that in a few days, this poem encouraging learning will spread throughout the world.

"Old Wen, this is a poem that encourages learning. All scholars will read it, and it will be passed down from generation to generation. It is incomparable to ordinary poems and essays, hahahaha!"

"Old bastard! You're even more shameless than I thought! You actually appropriated the poem written by my disciple! You're unworthy of being a scholar!"

"Ye Feng gave it to me voluntarily, how can you say he was usurping it? Also, Ye Feng is my disciple, how could he ever be your disciple? If you keep talking nonsense, I'll slap you in the mouth with the sole of my shoe!"

Wen Lianggong was very envious, no, to be more precise, he was jealous.

As Qiu Changlin said, poems encouraging learning are not like other poems.

This poem is concise and profound in meaning, and is sure to spread throughout the world. Every educated person will recite this poem from the time they are first enlightened.

Qiu Changlin's name will be passed down forever, and may even be more famous than the Confucian saints of all ages.

"Old man, stop talking nonsense. You should know why I came to see you tonight.

I have no objection to Ye Feng learning calligraphy from you, but you also have no objection to Ye Feng learning painting from me."

Qiu Changlin asked, "Are you crazy? Why would my disciple want to learn painting from you? Ye Feng is a master of poetry and prose, so writing well would naturally be beneficial. What's the point of him learning to paint?"

"Why is it useless? Many famous paintings throughout history have poems and inscriptions. Ye Feng is good at poetry and prose, so of course he has to learn painting."

The two old men started arguing over a young Taoist disciple.

Changning, who was of extremely noble status, stood by and did not dare to intervene.

At this moment, the person for whom the two sub-saints were arguing was passing through the imperial city, waving the golden badge in his hand.

Soon, Ye Feng arrived at the gate of Hanlin Academy.

Gu Tianshi, who treated a prostitute to a meal last night, was now standing at the door.

Seeing Ye Feng coming, Gu Tianshi hurried to meet him.

"Mr. Ye, I'm so glad you're okay. I was so scared last night when you were taken away in a coma."

"Hahaha, Lao Gu, I was just pretending. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to explain it to the two tigresses in my family. Were you not hurt last night?"

Gu Tianshi shook his head and said, "Fortunately, you dragged me out of the room, otherwise I would have been buried in the rubble.

Master Ye, I really want to thank you this time."

"Thank me? I didn't pay you to have sex with me, why are you thanking me?"

"Tsk, I don't know why, but the credit for destroying the Goddess Palace stronghold last night actually fell on me. This morning, His Majesty issued an edict, promoting me two levels. My ultimate goal, which I've endured for so many years in the Hanlin Academy, was achieved overnight. Don't you think I shouldn't thank you?"

"Ah? You got a promotion? Congratulations! Since you want to thank me, then treat me to a whore some other day. This time, choose a more secluded place. Also, make sure you do your research thoroughly beforehand. Don't let something like yesterday happen again."

Gu Tianshi laughed and said, "This... I'm afraid that won't work. Today I reported what happened last night to Dean Qiu, and he gave me a severe lecture and told me not to take you to those occasions in the future, otherwise I will be dead.

Drinking flower wine is not okay, I will treat you to a drink..."

Ye Feng was speechless, thinking that this old man was in charge of everything, but he even cared about him drinking and looking for women?

He was a reasonable man and did not make things difficult for Gu Tianshi on this matter.

He nodded and said, "Okay, let's have a drink together when we have time. I'm not familiar with the capital, so find a chance for you to tell me about the capital."

The two of them walked deeper into the Hanlin Academy while talking.

When they were almost at the Saint Building, Ye Feng said, "Old Gu, it's almost the second watch. You should go off work and have a rest. I can go there by myself."

If you want to quickly get closer to a man, go get a foot massage with him.

Now Gu Tianshi is no longer as reserved in front of Ye Feng as before.

He nodded and said, "Okay, go by yourself, I'll go back first."

The two said goodbye in the corridor.

Then Ye Feng walked along the bluestone paved road towards the Sage Building.

When I arrived in front of the Saint's Building, I saw a man sitting on the stone steps.

When the other person saw someone coming, he immediately stood up, lowered his head and looked at his toes, looking very respectful.

It was Yu'er.

Yu'er knew that the Sage Building was the most important place in Confucianism, and those who could enter and exit here were all great Confucian scholars.

She lowered her head, not even daring to look at the other person.

Ye Feng was a little surprised. He didn't expect that there was a little palace maid here.

Just as he was about to push the door and walk into the Saint Building, Ye Feng suddenly turned around and came back.

He came to the little palace maid, then bent down and put his head under Yu'er's head, blinking his two big, bright eyes.

"Hey, it's really you! I was wondering why you looked so familiar! Aren't you that... that Yu'er who was with the princess? Do you still recognize me? We just met yesterday in Jiaotai Palace."

When Yu'er saw the face of the handsome young man so close to her, she suddenly reacted.

"You...why is it you! You scared me to death, I thought you were a great scholar."

"Haha, I'm much more powerful than the great scholar. Xiao Yu'er, why are you here? Your unruly princess isn't in the Sage Building, is she?"

Seeing that the person coming was not the great scholar but Ye Feng, Yu'er immediately stood up straight, and her humility was swept away. She said, "Yes, the princess and Mr. Wen are both inside. They have important matters to attend to. You wait outside!"