Chapter 21 Xunzi's Evil Theory
I have summed up my experience these days, if I have any questions, I will ask Yan Lu, he will answer patiently and uprightly, and I will never ask Zhang Liang, which sentence he said is true and which sentence is false, which is a joke often makes me confused, and makes me even more confused about the real situation.
So I also learned something about Master Xun from Yan Lu, Xunzi is an old man with a strange personality and a big temper, although Yan Lu's words are very tactful and not so direct and the words are so ugly, but I think it's almost, it's just very quirky. Even Fu Nian looked at him coldly, and he didn't bother to see it for many years, and Fu Nian never dared to ask to see him without permission. But Xunzi only praises one person, and often learns chess skills together, that is Zhang Liang.
In order to implement Zhang Liang's plan as soon as possible, he invited Xunzi out of the mountain, and early the next morning after returning from the Mojia stronghold, Zhang Liang took me to see Xunzi.
I was very worried, because Zhang Liang also asked me to do something, which made me feel like I was doing a spy, in case I was found out by Xunzi and questioned, it was really hard to imagine that a person with a big temper like Xunzi would blast me out directly, and I would probably be ruined in Xiaoshengxianzhuang.
As for why I agreed to get involved in this thankless task, it was mainly because Duanmu Rong and Gai Nie were so sad that I couldn't bear to ignore it. And why do you have to do this, Zhang Liang also explained to me a good reason, because it is difficult for others to even see Xunzi, let alone sneaky little actions, after all, Xunzi saw me for the first time and didn't know anything about my words and deeds, so he covered for me, and he would be foolproof.
Xunzi lived in seclusion in the half-bamboo garden and did not let people disturb him. Half bamboo garden is a dense bamboo forest, very remote, but I didn't think that a section of seemingly winding path after the path is suddenly open to a piece of sky, a pool of blue lake water comes into view, reflecting the lush green bamboo is beautiful, and by the lake is the chess room, Xunzi meditates all day to play chess and reads the place.
"Uncle Shi is polite. Zhang Liang stepped forward and saluted.
"Hmm~~. Xunzi sat upright in front of the desk, his eyes closed as if he was meditating on something.
"Uncle Xun, the little nephew also brought one person today. Zhang Liang looked at me and motioned for me to step forward. "This is the wife of the little nephew who has been married in his homeland, Miss Shenyun, who only met in Songhai City in the past two days, so I specially brought her to ask to see"
"Oh?" Xunzi slowly opened his eyes and looked at me.
"The little girl Shen Yun is polite, and she has seen Uncle Xun. ”
"Well, Miss Shenyun, since you have already made a marriage with the old country of Zifang, you must also be born in a famous family, right?"
"The little girl Shen Yun, the ancestor is the Prime Minister of South Korea, Shin Xiangguo. ”
"Hmm~ I see. Xunzi nodded, and immediately closed his eyes again, as if he was still in his own meditation, and did not intend to communicate with us too much.
"Uncle Xun, although Yun'er is a woman, she is also familiar with Confucianism, and she also particularly admires your old ideas, and often talks to me. ”
"Oh, what does Miss Shenyun admire the most?" Xunzi really asked me.
I expected Xunzi to ask this question, so I had already prepared the answer, and I replied respectfully: "The little girl is not talented, where can she dare to talk about it." The little girl admires the most is Uncle Xun's sexual evil. ”
"Hmm. So what do you think of 'sexual evil'?"
"'The nature of man is evil, and the good is hypocritical. Most good and valuable things are the product of human effort, just as morality and culture are also the result of human creation. Therefore, the little girl's bad opinion that the theory of sexual evil is not a denial of human nature, but an encouragement and affirmation of human nature by emphasizing the necessity of acquired moral education and emphasizing the importance of things in human beings. I silently recited this in my heart for a long time, and finally spit it out, and I was relieved. Ancient Chinese philosophy is a very obscure subject in university courses, and I didn't want it to come in handy here.
"Hmm~" Xunzi finally opened his eyes and looked at us, he paused and asked, "Then what does Miss Shenyun think of the current Legalists?"
"The so-called harsh government is fiercer than the tiger, and tyranny is more terrible than the man-eating tiger. Qin's unification of the Six Kingdoms has gone through countless wars and devastated lives, and what the people need most is rest and recuperation, rather than extreme harsh government and strict laws. The little girl agrees with Uncle Xun's concept - Longli respects the virtuous and the king, respects the law and loves the people and dominates. ”
"Hmm~~, although Miss Shenyun is a woman and very insightful, those Confucian disciples are not as good as you. Xunzi's tone softened significantly, and he was no longer as cold as he was just now.
"Uncle Xun has won the award, and the little girl doesn't dare to be it. "I bowed my head and made a gesture as humble as I could.
"Ovary, you and Miss Shenyun are married, can you have a wedding?"
"Uncle Xunzi, I haven't saluted yet. ”
"In that case, you are all of age, so let's make a wedding ceremony on a certain day. ”
Xunzi's words shocked us, and we didn't know how to refuse, Zhang Liang hesitated for a while before replying: "Uncle Xun, I'm afraid I don't have time to ...... now."
Before Zhang Liang could finish speaking, Xunzi interrupted him and admonished: "Ovary, women's names are the most precious, don't despise them, give Miss Shen a name as soon as possible, have you heard?"
"Yes...... Teacher. Zhang Liang saw that Xunzi was so solemn, so he didn't say more, and could only agree first.
"Good. Since you're here, you'll play a game of chess with me. ”
As Zhang Liang expected, Xunzi really proposed a game again, and this time Zhang Liang would deliberately make a good move to draw Xunzi's attention. When the battle was in full swing, Zhang Liang glanced at me, and I nodded helplessly, knowing that the time had come for me to act.
I pretended to admire the seal carvings inlaid on the wall, walked lightly behind Xunzi, and took out the copper coins and adhesives that I had prepared in advance. Actually, I don't really understand what this adhesive is, but anyway, I put this slimy thing on the copper coin and pressed it in the middle of the window, and it was glued. After things were done, I looked back at Xunzi and Zhang Liang, Xunzi was still bowing his head and meditating, and Zhang Liang saw that I had done it, and smiled at me.
"Ahem...... Xunzi suddenly coughed in a low voice, I was excited, hurriedly walked a few steps and stood in front of the seal carving work and pretended to appreciate it.
Xunzi suddenly turned his head, looked at me, and asked, "Miss Shenyun, what are you looking at?"
"Ah, Uncle Xun, I'm watching...... This seal carving. Is this your work, uncle?"
"Hmm. ”
"As the saying goes, words are like people, no wonder they are so vigorous, powerful, majestic, and ......magnificent," I smiled awkwardly, trying to hide my weakness.
Xunzi didn't seem to notice my abnormality, but his expression showed some sleepiness, and he turned to Zhang Liang and said: "I'm a little tired today, this game of chess will be put aside for another day." ”
"Yes, Uncle Shi. Then Yun'er and I won't disturb Uncle Shi's rest. ”
"Hmm~~~" Xunzi closed his eyes again.
Coming out of the chess room, a stone hanging in my heart finally fell to the ground, and I took a deep breath. Zhang Liangbu's trick to deceive Xunzi out of the mountain is really bold, only he has the confidence to make this kind of strange trick, which is really speechless. But fortunately, he was finally done, and then it was Senior Brother Yan Lu's turn to come out, he was really sweating for him, a righteous gentleman was forced to deceive his uncle, hey, Zhang Liang is not clearly cheating people.
"Yun'er, you were very clever just now. Zhang Liang praised with a smile.
"It's not for you! Uncle Shi coughed twice just now, which really frightened me, and I thought he found out. I grumbled out.
"Uncle Shi, this is changing the subject. ”
"Change the subject??" I wondered.
"My uncle and I deliberately played a game of chess that stuck with each other, and we were only one step away from deciding the winner, but he couldn't figure it out and didn't want to admit defeat, so he suddenly asked what you were doing. Zhang Liang smiled faintly, there seemed to be no one in his eyes who would not be seen through by him, and I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, thinking about how much he saw through me, and whether I would be turned around by him like this in the future?
"But the ovary, it's true that the copper coin hole is glued to the window, but is it really possible to successfully image the hole?" I asked, a little skeptically.
"We'll know when we come back. Now I'm going to find Tianming, can you come along?"
"Teach him to play chess? Forget it, I'd better stay away, lest you push me again, and I'll leave it to you here, I can't afford it." After speaking, I pulled my leg and was about to slip away, but I didn't think that Zhang Liang grabbed my arm again. I asked angrily, "What are you doing!?"
I saw Zhang Liang's eyes bent into two beautiful bends, and said, "Yun'er, I just want to say, you went in the wrong direction, and that is the way to go out." ”
I was embarrassed, my sense of direction was really too weak, but I still pretended to be noncommittal: "Got it, can you let go?"
"Well, I'll be waiting for you here in the future. Zhang Liang let go of his hand.
"What are you waiting for me to do, you can confirm it yourself, I'm not interested. ”
"Really not interested?"
"Yes! No interest is no interest!" I said and ran away.