Chapter 31: Simplicity
Eyes?
Guo Zi'an's hand did not relax, but tightened it even more, and at the same time, the surroundings of vigilance were silent in the dark night.
"Brother... I didn't lie to you..."Xiao Rong coughed dryly, grabbing Guo Zi'an's arm, but he didn't struggle or shout......
She really didn't lie, and the gesture of saying that I was a goddess had completely dissipated, and Guo Zi'an let go of his hand.
Xiao Rong fell back into the chair, his hand pressed against his throat and stuck out his tongue to breathe hard.
"Brother, you really know me. Without waiting for Guo Zi'an to ask, she immediately said, looking up at Guo Zi'an, "When I was at the city gate, everyone else looked at me, and you looked at me, but you looked at me differently than others, you looked at me but didn't look at me, it seems that I reminded you of something, I guess you must have been here before, and you have seen me..."
She finished in one breath, choking her tongue out and panting.
Is this so? Guo Zi'an looked at her and was skeptical.
"Brother. Xiao Rong patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, "Actually, it's that simple." If you have to think about it, I can't help it. β
Guo Zi'an said: "Then why are you deceiving people?"
Xiao Rongha smiled and said, "Brother, how can this be called a lie, I didn't say everything wrong, you recognize me." He blinked at Guo Zi'an again, "What's more, this is also a good thing for you, me, and everyone." β
Guo Zi'an frowned and looked at her.
Xiao Rong grabbed the pigtails on his head, his calves shook in the wooden basin, and his thin feet slapped the water, and said, "When I said that, everyone thinks I'm very powerful." He raised his head and grinned, "Think I'm amazing, then you will naturally be treated preferentially if you know my brother, did you get a big bargain for dinner tonight?"
Yes, the owner of the tea shed refused to accept money tonight, and said that it would be cheaper to eat by himself in the future, Guo Zi'an didn't speak, what happened to the people here?
"Not really, it's just that people here like to make a good living. Xiao Rong said with a smile, his feet stirring the water, "In order to make themselves believe that they will live a good life, they will think a lot." β
"So, you didn't take the queen's advice. Guo Zi'an said.
Xiao Rong said: "Brother, I never said that I was instructed by the queen's mother. "That's what they said." β
Guo Zi'an looked at her, this little girl..... It's really hard to know how to evaluate and describe, for example, from the time she entered the door to now, even if she choked her neck, she didn't have the slightest fear, as if she didn't care if this person came to kill her.... And did she know that she would come? She has no martial arts, why can she find herself standing by the door....
"Brother, you see, you are thinking too much. Xiao Rong grinned, "Because I heard it." Stretched out his finger and pointed to his ear, "I didn't find it in the Huangsha Road ruins before, but after I arrived in the city, I found that it was very lively, and I always heard a lot of movements that others couldn't hear." He tilted his head slightly, "For example, there is a dog walking outside the two alleys... Well, a lame dog .... There was a family quarreling, and now it is the woman crying .... Say..."
Speaking of which, he stopped and looked at Guo Zi'an and smiled.
"I can't really hear what I'm saying. β
With such a keen ear and eyes, Guo Zi'an looked a little surprised, was she born or trained in the Huangsha Road ruins all year round? This is the reason why she can perceive what ordinary people can't perceive, so it is considered to be divine power, right?
And he was extremely clever and inquisitive, and he hardly spoke since he entered the room, but she knew exactly what she meant, and answered fluently even when she didn't ask.
"What's the matter with the nosebleed?" Guo Zi'an couldn't help asking, although he repeatedly said that he didn't believe it, those stories were also imprinted in his heart.
That's how powerful people are ....
Xiao Rongxiao's eyes blinked, and said: "That person is fake death, there were children in the Huangsha Road ruins in the past, and everyone found that sometimes it was good to puncture the nose and forehead and bleed, of course, some are useless." β
It turned out to be a collision, so she dared to ..... Guo Zi'an thought flashed in his heart.
Xiao Rong pinched the pigtails of the colorful string, raised eyebrows and small eyes, and said: "What's this, I'm a child, it's not a big crime to be frightened and hit someone, can you kill me?"
Weak and terrible child, Guo Zi'an let out a breath.
"Why are you telling me this?" he said, "aren't you afraid that I'll expose you?"
Xiao Rong looked at him and shook his head, and said, "Brother won't, brother doesn't care about me, I'm harmless to my brother, and my brother won't harm me." β
Hmm?Guo Zi'an looked at her....
Xiao Rong seems to be a little helpless, this brother is too stupid.... It's so obvious, something you can think of when you think about it.
β... I said that my brother knows me, but when he sees me, I will think of another person, that person must be very important to my brother, and I said that sentence at the city gate, and my brother must be on guard in his heart..."
"Sure enough, my brother came to me, but my brother didn't have a grudge against me, he just wanted to make sure that I was not a threat, and he wouldn't threaten my brother and the people my brother cared about, so how could my brother kill me. β
"If someone wants to hurt you, it's because you're a threat, as long as people know that I don't. β
"I don't have anything in the first place, I just want to live a good life, and by the way, I want to fulfill everyone's wish to live a good life too. β
Xiao Rong wiped his little feet with a dry cloth, stepped into the cloth shoes, raised his sleeve and wiped his nose.
"I know what to do and what not to do, what I can say and what I can't say, otherwise the government would have killed me as a monster. β
Weak and terrible child, Guo Zi'an looked down on this little girl, these things are easy and simple to say, but if you can really do it, it is not so easy for adults..... He turned and walked out.
Xiao Rong called out to him: "Brother, brother." β
Guo Zi'an looked back at her.
Xiao Rong's eyes blinked and he said curiously: "Brother, how did you know me? Surely it's not like an ordinary bustle? Tell me, we are also old acquaintances, and we can help each other in the future, who is the person you are thinking of?"
Before she finished her words, Guo Zi'an had already strode out, and the wooden door closed to cover the figure and the night.
Xiao Rong pursed his lips, as if nothing had happened and no one had come, he continued to roll up his sleeves and trousers, kicked and picked up the wooden basin, kicked open the door and walked to the yard to pour water, and a soft cough came from the next room.
"Granny Gu. She put down the tub and ran over to her, shouting through the door, "Haven't you slept yet?
An old woman's voice came from the room: "Xiaorong, I'm sleeping, I'm not uncomfortable, what's the matter?"
Xiao Rong said: "It's okay, mother-in-law, I washed my feet.... I went to sleep. But the man squatted at the door and did not move, listening to the silence of the sound in the room, and then there was a low coughing sound, and the little figure squatting at the door in the dark night was like a puppy, listening with pricked ears, and the nose was tilted against the door, as if to smell something.....
The smell of death.
Granny Gu is sick and dying.
Well, Granny Gu took good care of her and made her life very good, so how to exchange Granny Gu's death for a better day?
The small figure squatted in the night, thinking seriously and intently.
Walking in the silent night of Huangsha Daocheng, Guo Zi'an looked around seriously, he had never seen the late night of Huangsha Daocheng, only the early morning, waiting for the girl sneaking late at night in the early morning, the late night of a person turned out to be like this.
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The night disperses, the morning light illuminates the mountains and forests, the fog of Liudaoquan Mountain in late autumn and early winter is rising, and the trees and grasses are covered with a layer of crystal frost, which is more and more condensed.
The spring water of the six mountains does not stop all year round, and it jumps in the mountains, but today there are no teenagers who washed with the spring water regardless of cold or heat.
The teenagers in the social science are not afraid of the cold and lazy and no longer get up early, although there are more than half of the students in the social science of Liudaoquan Mountain now, but at this time the noise is full of mountains and forests.
β... It's true that Xue Qing was attacked and killed..."
β... Although it is said that he was seriously injured, he was fortunate and his life was worry-free. β
β... That's thank goodness..."
β... It is really unreasonable for the imperial court, and Xue Qing was poisoned by this. β
β... I decided to start with a strategy to write about it..."
The news of Xue Qing's attack has reached Chang'an Mansion, since the death of Mr. Qingxia, there was an uproar again, and the foot of the emperor in the capital was attacked and killed, and the indignation and treachery were rampant and unscrupulous, fortunately, this time the imperial court was faster than the case of Mr. Qingxia, and Qin Tangong was suspended for investigation, and Li Guangyuan, the governor of Chang'an Prefecture, wrote a letter of impeachment again, and the teachers and students of Liudao Quanshan also wrote a letter to ask for their lives.
In the past few days, everyone has been talking about this matter with indignation, and some students even proposed to go to Beijing, which reminded everyone of the incident against the eunuch Liao Cheng in the first place.
"That time was because the student Zhang Bao was arrested, although Xue Qing won the champion and became an official, but he was also a student of our Liudao Quanshan Society. β
"We should do something about it too. β
This thought of doing something excited the teenagers, but fortunately it was stopped by the members of the Chichido.
"The purpose of asking for orders is to reach the heavens, this time is different from Zhang Bao's time, the court was deceived by the ministers, we have to do something to let the court know, this time the court already knows, so we can just wait and see how things progress. β
"The investigation and conviction of the case are all court officials and court laws, and we must not disturb and disturb them, so as not to be used by traitors. β
"Zhizhitang will send the news in a timely manner in the capital, everyone can rest assured that Zhang Liantang and others in the capital are no longer students, and as officials, they can participate in this case. β
appeased the turbulent students, and finally everyone decided to follow the arrangement of social studies, and wrote a 10,000-word book in the name of Liudao Quanshan Social Studies to ask for justice for Mr. Qingxia, Xue Qing, and the world's scholars.
Every student can write their own essay on it, and these days everyone is discussing and communicating, and the topics are different from strategy to question to debate, which not only does not affect the schoolwork, but many people forget to sleep and eat..... I am afraid that my article will not be written well and I will lose face.
In the morning, more and more students in the social studies gathered together, and suddenly someone ran down the mountain, panting.
"Oh no, no. He shouted, "Fuxue is not allowed to write a book of 10,000 words." β
This shout made the mountains and forests quiet for a moment, and then there was an uproar.
"Why?"
"Didn't you say yes? Why don't you allow it?"
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"That's because the previous proposal was good for social studies, and now the new social studies teaching has arrived. β
In the Zhizhi Thatched Cottage at the foot of Liudaoquan Mountain, many teenagers sat in it, looking solemn, listening to one of the teenagers speak.
"This new priest is Wang Shu of White Deer Academy. β
As soon as these words came out, the teenagers present let out a voice of surprise.
"Mr. Wang Shu Wang Zhaisheng. β
"I actually invited Mr. Saisheng. β
"Mr. Saisheng's knowledge is admirable. β
"However, he is from the Huainan school. β
A voice suddenly sounded in the midst of the surprised discussion, which made the grass hall quiet again, and everyone's eyes looked at the young man who spoke.
"We in Chang'an Mansion and we in Guanzhong, but they are all Guanzhong schools headed by Mr. Qingxia. The young man looked solemn and sat upright, "Now that Wang Zhai of the Huainan faction has been invited, isn't it dangerous?"
Although now everyone is just a young student who reads, but also has some understanding of the Taoist sect, since the Spring and Autumn Sage Hundred Schools, Confucianism and Taoism are complicated, Guan Xueshu Xue Luo Xue Huainan and so on are all unified, although the exchanges between the various factions absorb each other, but they strictly adhere to it, involving the battle of Taoism and Taoism, it can be said that you live and die.
The battle of Taoism is mainly through teaching and educating people to seize territory and determine the status, and the most important thing is that there must be a famous Confucianism in the school, such as Lin Yue Lin Qingxia, a great Confucian in Guanxue.
The Guanzhong School can have today's status in Shilin because he is not only famous for his literary style, but also for being a high-ranking official in the court.
"Now that Mr. Qingxia has passed away, Guan Xue is about to be leaderless, Xue Qing is a senior disciple of Mr. Qingxia, and he has won the champion and entered Hanlin, it must be the lineage of Guan Xue's inheritance, Mr. Wang Zhaisheng, how can he support the people he sent?" The young man said, "How can you allow the social science under his name to ask for his life?"
Wang Zhaisheng was willing to agree to come to Chang'an Mansion at this time to study society, and he must annex Guanxue and promote the Huainan School in Chang'an Mansion and even Guanzhong.
Taoism's struggle for fame and fortune is also extremely cruel and merciless.
The grass hall was quiet and heavy, and the teenagers realized at this time that Mr. Qingxia's death was not only indignant, but also what it meant in the world corporal forest.
The dispute between Shilin is also a dispute between the court and the court, and it is also a dispute over the orthodoxy of Taoism in the world.
Which school dominates in the Shilin will inevitably flourish in the court, because his disciples will enter more official careers, and after occupying official careers, they will implement their doctrines more, complement each other, and have a great momentum and a long-term inheritance.
"No, he must not be allowed to do whatever he wants in my Liudao Quanshan Society. β
The teenagers shouted indignantly.
"Get rid of him!"
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"How?"
At this time, the social studies of the professors were also indignant.
"Today's Taoist scholar is a disciple of Wang Shu. β
Mr. Zhou let out a long sigh, looked at the still green mangosteen outside the window, and said, "It's impossible to expect the officialdom to transfer him away." β
"Force him out. Mr. Yan was still concise and to the point, "Rely on academic debate." β
As soon as the words fell, someone outside hurriedly walked in, panting and said: "Everyone, Wang Shu wants to debate the Six Classics in public in the Fuxue Palace, and if he can argue with him, he will bow his head and admit defeat and never step into the pass." β
The so-called Great Confucian preaching, of course, you must have real skills to serve the public, Wang Shu naturally knows that Chang'an Mansion is the sect of Guan Middle School, so it is arrogant and humiliating to do so, and it is life and death for him to all the lives of Chang'an Mansion.
"Okay, I'll go later, I'm afraid of what he will do!" Mr. Zhou said with a fist.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"So who will argue with him first?" asked Mr. Zhou again.
As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent, and everyone either bowed their heads or looked left and right, and there were also people who tidied up their clothes.
Annoyed, this Wang Shu's name is too big, everyone is cowardly first, Mr. Zhou shook his sleeves.
"Then let's go check it out first. He said, "Look at the daring." β
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Facts have proved that the people in Guanzhong are heroic, the people who dare to see are like mountains and seas, and the people who dare to come to the stage are also one after another, which can be described as a major event in Chang'an Mansion, countless people come from all over the country, and the poetry and books of Chang'an Mansion are also in front of the Fuxue Palace to build a resting place to watch and listen.
The Liu family naturally didn't let go of such a lively scene, although the old lady Liu had never heard of it once, and the shelves had to be put out, and no grand event could not be without the faΓ§ade of the Liu family.
"That Wang Shu is old, and he can be blown down by a gust of wind, and he has lasted for six days, and he is still sitting on the high platform. β
"Yesterday, Lin Juren was so angry that the old man vomited blood, and he was carried down, and he heard that he did not eat or drink at home, and said that he had no face to face the saint and wanted to go into the mountain to cultivate. β
Hearing this, the old lady Liu turned the golden ball and laughed, and the family members who surrounded him to tell about the grand event also laughed happily, and the delicate maids standing next to him threw the big money on the plate they were holding to them, and they were immediately happy.
"But the Pei family or something just stupidly watched that old man show off his might?" said Old Lady Liu, "It's not a self-proclaimed family of poetry and books, why didn't anyone go up to debate?"
"Master, if you lose the debate, you will lose face. A family member said with a smile, "So the Pei family invited a lot of literati and Confucian scholars to come over, and they will have face if they win in the future." β
Old lady Liu snorted: "Chicken thief!" patted his stomach again, "Can you win then?"
The family members glanced at each other, shook their heads, and said, "At present, it seems that it is hanging." β
"This Wang Shu came suddenly, and the people near our Chang'an Mansion can't compare to him. β
"It will take at least half a month for celebrities from other places to get the news and rush over. β
"This king is a chicken thief, saying that the altar has only been set up for ten days, and now six days have passed. β
"After ten days of his entry into the social school, and the others come to debate with him, even if he wins, it is impossible to drive him away. β
Old lady Liu pursed her lips and said, "What's so troublesome, according to me, it's very simple to get rid of this old boy." With a wave of his big hand and a touch of the golden ball, "tie him up with a set of sacks at night, put them on the carriage, pull them away, and throw them away." β
The family members all laughed, how could it be so simple.
"Master, grandfather. A family member ran in with his sleeves flicked up, didn't care about straightening his crooked hat, and said hurriedly, "Then Wang Shu said the new rules again, saying that he would no longer debate the Six Classics, it seems that it is too difficult for everyone, and the decision is simpler, just about the Spring and Autumn Period." β
Old lady Liu snorted and said, "Then this is simple, right?"
It's not that easy.
At noon, there was silence in front of the Fuxue Palace.
The Spring and Autumn Period is something that every reader has to read, and most people take it as the imperial examination scripture, which is indeed the easiest, but....
"It's so simple, I don't know how to argue. A scholar muttered.
An old, loud voice came from the high platform.
"It's simpler, just about Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period. He said, laughing at the same time, "It shouldn't be that hard, right?"
The audience was still silent..... This is even more difficult, and the simpler it is in this world, the more difficult it is, because it is too simple, straightforward and insightful, how to argue?
In the silence, a clear male voice sounded.
"Just about Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period? I can give it a try. β
Who?
The onlookers under the high platform turned their heads to follow the sound, and saw that the crowd on the street got out of the way, and a young man stood not far away, wearing a green shirt and old robe, like a scholar, with a basket behind him.....
Probably frightened by the sudden condensation of sight, the basket suddenly made a humming piglet sound.....
Le Ting, there was a buzz in the streets.
"Who are you?" Wang Shu asked in a deep voice on the high platform, he was old and had poor eyesight, and he couldn't see clearly, but looking at the noise around him, he should be a celebrity in Chang'an Mansion, since he was a celebrity, why did he stand up until now.
Leting gave a salute and said: "Kid Leting, study in social studies." β
Student, Wang Shu stopped squinting, and said in a loud voice: "How many years have you been studying?"
Leting said: "The kid has been studying in social studies for more than six years. β
Wang Shu said: "Can you go to school?
Without waiting for Leting to answer, the high stage buzzed again, sighing, and many people hid their faces and were ashamed, this Le Ting..... Is this the time to be in the limelight? And do you have the limelight?
Le Ting's face was shameless, and he said seriously: "No." β
Wang Shu laughed and said, "Then what kind of book are you reading?" β
Of course, this book is not a book.
Leting said: "The kid is blunt, and he has only read one book in the past six years. β
The book that answered was this book.
Wang Shu's laughter stopped.