Chapter 315: Ingenuity

Li Zhenbang pointed to a dressing table among household items, his face full of confidence.
Liu Zhengde's eyes widened instantly, looking at Li Zhenbang in disbelief. There is nothing wrong with Li Zhenbang, that is his work.
"You... how do you know this is my work?" Liu Zhengde exclaimed.
"Because you said, your skill is second only to your teacher. But in my opinion, your skill is actually not inferior to your teacher." Li Zhenbang said sincerely.
"No longer inferior to my teacher? Then why can you distinguish my work? I know, you guessed it! You found two works that are almost the same, so you gambled, and you bet That's right, isn't it?" Liu Zhengde said a little excited, he thought he had discovered the truth. To praise this young man that his skill is no less than that of the teacher, he is not prepared to care about him.
Seeing Liu Zhengde's excitement, Li Zhenbang sighed helplessly and shook his head.
"Although you have learned the skills, you have not learned the essence."
"Essence? Isn't skill the essence? The skill has reached a certain height, isn't that where the essence lies?" Liu Zhengde looked at Li Zhenbang weirdly. He felt that the young man in front of him had a problem with his brain. After a long debate, it was really out of order.
"Oh! No wonder! I'm afraid your skill can only stop here! But it doesn't matter, you can live comfortably with this skill for a lifetime." Li Zhenbang looked at Liu Zhengde with some sympathy.
"What do you mean?" Liu Zhengde looked at Li Zhenbang with some caution.
"For example, if the things made by your master can be used by His Majesty the King, then the things you make can only be used by the dukes and princes, and the things made by your brothers can be used by the nobles. Use. As for what he made..." Li Zhenbang pointed to Wu Cai who was sitting in the corner resting.
"The things he made can be used by nouveau riche and declining little nobles."
Hearing Li Zhenbang's words, Liu Zhengde felt a little more comfortable. He should be inferior to the master. Although his works are almost inaccurate, they are not true after all. It is enough to be used by the duke.
"But..." Li Zhenbang hesitated and raised a wooden jewelry box.
"The owner of this work may not be as mature as your skills now, but after a long time, his skills will be the same as yours. Even if it is worse than yours, his work can be used by His Majesty the King. ."
"What? What do you mean?" Liu Zhengde asked angrily.
In his mind, although his own works can be used by people like dukes and princes, but after Master is a hundred years later, the flag of Lu will have to be carried by himself. Then his own works can naturally replace Master's works and become His Majesty's imperial possession.
But the boy in front of him said that his work was not as good as the little disciple who was finally accepted by the master, which made him not angry.
"You didn't learn the true story of your master, but the owner of this jewelry learned it." Li Zhenbang placed the jewelry box on another dressing table, which was made by Lu Lianggong.
Liu Zhengde deliberately took out a dressing table made by himself and the dressing table made by master. The two dressing tables are exactly the same, just to confuse the audience and make Li Zhenbang unable to recognize the mistake.
"You nonsense! I have always followed Master, and when Master taught skills, I have always kept one step at a time. How could Master not give me the essence, but to the last person who started?" Liu Zhengde cried hysterically Tao.
"Do you think this looks a little awkward? No matter where you put it, it always feels like something." Li Zhenbang picked up the jewelry box, put it on the dressing table made by Liu Zhengde casually, and looked at it. With Liu Zhengde, he moved the jewelry box at random.
"But if you put the jewelry box on this dressing table, no matter where you put it, it looks so pleasing to the eye." Li Zhenbang picked up the jewelry box and threw it on the dressing table of Lu Lianggong casually.
Liu Zhengde's eyes widened. As an outstanding woodworker, he naturally felt that what Li Zhenbang said was right, and he could not refute it at all.
"Do you know why this is? Why does the same jewelry box feel so different on two identical dressers?"
Liu Zhengde looked at Li Zhenbang and shook his head blankly.
"Because of the soul, because of life, because of love! What you make is a dead thing, and what your teacher and the owner of this jewelry box make is a living thing. Your heart is all spent on researching skills, but you have ignored Life itself. Everything has spirituality, not just people, but these things. You are a good craftsman, but you lack a craftsmanship." Li Zhenbang looked at Liu Zhengde sympathetically. With Liu Zhengde's age and experience, it is almost impossible to cultivate ingenuity again.
"Ingenuity...Ingenuity..." Liu Zhengde's eyes were a little lost, and he said to himself.
Suddenly, Liu Zhengde grabbed Li Zhenbang and exclaimed excitedly: "Ingenuity! How can I get ingenuity?"
"Difficult, too difficult!" Li Zhenbang pulled away Liu Zhengde's hand and shook his head.
"Difficult...difficulty is there still hope?" Liu Zhengde suddenly raised his head, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.
"Yes, and no, it's up to you to do it."
"What do I need to do?" Liu Zhengde looked at Li Zhenbang with bright eyes.
"Let go!" Li Zhenbang said softly.
"Let it go?" Liu Zhengde looked at Li Zhenbang suspiciously.
"Let go of everything you have now, your skills, your abilities, your vision, your status, your honor and disgrace, and even your responsibilities. Put down everything you can and start again. And even then, there is no guarantee for you. I will definitely have ingenuity, because many things require not only hard work, but also talent." Li Zhenbang's voice was not loud, but Liu Zhengde's ears were like a thunderbolt in the sky, and Liu Zhengde stood on the spot.
"Oh!" A sigh came out from the crowd. At this time, the crowd discovered that Master Lu Lianggong had appeared in the crowd for some time. The crowd commotion first, and then quieted down.
"Teacher, I... is what he said true?" Liu Zhengde hurried to Lu Lianggong and fell to his knees. He hugged the teacher's leg with one hand, pointed at Li Zhenbang with one hand, and looked at Lu Lianggong with a look of desire. He still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. He hoped that the teacher would completely deny Li Zhenbang's words. However, he also knew that what Li Zhenbang said seemed to be true, and he could not find an excuse to refute.
"Zhengde, let's go back!" Lu Lianggong hesitated for a while, shook his head, his tone solemn.
"Teacher, don't I really have the opportunity to receive ingenuity?" Liu Zhengde looked at Lu Lianggong pitifully, crying.
Lu Lianggong helped Liu Zhengde up from the ground, and did not answer him, but turned to leave.
"You are Master Lu Lianggong?" Li Zhenbang hurriedly stood up and greeted him.
"You almost ruined my disciple, but you also opened his heart. Whatever he will do in the future is his own fortune. I know your intentions, but you should also know that since I have the ingenuity, Then there will be no intentions for what you say. I will speak to you with ingenuity. If you come as a guest, I will welcome you at any time." Lu Lianggong looked back at Li Zhenbang and nodded at him. Turned around and left.
"Master Lu Lianggong, then I'll be more respectful than my fate. I'll go to the mansion to harass now. You won't object?" Li Zhenbang was not upset by Lu Lianggong's words, but followed him behind.
Lu Lianggong's body stagnated, he was just a polite remark. He didn't expect Li Zhenbang to climb along the pole, and he chose the present time. He originally wanted to enlighten him after taking Liu Zhengde back.
Now this situation is a bit embarrassing for Lu Lianggong. He just said in front of so many people that he could come as a guest anytime, and he couldn't break his promise anyway.
Lu Lianggong said helplessly: "Okay! Come if you want to come! But..."
Li Zhenbang hurriedly interrupted Lu Lianggong's words, yelling dissatisfiedly: "There is nothing but you didn't say it just now. You won't regret it in front of the whole Luoye Town, right? If your reputation is so low, Then I recognize it too."
"Hmph! Okay! It's up to you! But your extravagant hopes will definitely fail!" Lu Lianggong said in a bad tone.
"If you don't talk about it, how can you know that you will fail?" Li Zhenbang's mouth was slightly tilted to one side, revealing an imperceptible smirk.
He can fail, but if he doesn’t even have a chance to talk, then it’s a real failure...
Lu Lianggong's home is simple but extremely luxurious. The reason is that there are no luxury accessories in the home, and all the furnishings are made of larch. Luxury is because all the things in the house come from his own hands, and everything is the best of the best.
"Sorry, the conditions are simple, only crude tea is the only treat." Lu Lianggong is not polite, it is indeed crude tea, not even the aroma of tea. This tea seems to be just a few leaves picked from the tree outside the house, but it is just young leaves, which should be picked in spring.
Lu Lianggong's tea is no exception. He raised his cup and took a sip of it contentedly. Obviously, this is what he usually drinks.
Li Zhenbang raised the cup, took a sip, and frowned. The taste was really not flattering. Not only did it lack the fragrance of tea, but it also smelled of grass leaves. The other three people watched their noses, their noses watched their hearts, and did not squint, and they had no intention of trying.
"Do you usually drink this?"