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The north wind howled and swayed the bare birch branches on both sides of Suzaku Street.

The fish pond in front of the Peony Pavilion of the Eight Treasures Tea House was frozen on the surface of the pond. Through the ice, you can vaguely see the koi fish playing leisurely below.

Exactly: thick ice without cracks, short days with cold light.

Lelin stood in the courtyard between the Peony Pavilion and the Hanlian Pavilion, pondering how to set up the venue for the debate.

"Is there really anything wrong with charging admission to the debate tournament?"

Chai Jue asked worriedly. Sima Guang's questioning made him feel very unhappy.

Le Lin was interrupted by him, and asked impatiently, "What's wrong?"

"Kong said to be benevolent, Meng said to take righteousness! But his righteousness is exhausted, so he is benevolent. What do you learn by reading the books of the sages?"

Chai Jue repeated what Sima Guang asked him.

Le Lin felt that this crepe words were very familiar, and now that she listened to it again, she recalled it seriously, and then she realized that it was inappropriate, and her face suddenly turned pale with shock.

She hurriedly asked, "Who is Sima Guang saying this?"

Chai Jue was more surprised than her Hague: "You don't know this?"

"Huh?"

"These words came from the mouth of your great-great-grandfather Leshan, and according to legend, he said it when he was fighting against the Khitan army of 100,000 with 20,000 troops. ”

Sima Guang used what Leshan said to question Le Lin, which is not ironic.

It's a pity that Le Lin didn't understand this deep meaning at the time.

It wasn't until she heard Chai Jue read this sentence again that she realized that she had learned this sentence.

When I was in junior high school, I learned the text "Crossing the Zero Ding Yang" by Wen Tianxiang, "Kong said to be benevolent, Meng said to take righteousness", which appeared in the tutorial book as extended reading.

After the Yuan destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang would rather die than surrender. After his death, people found this posthumous poem in his clothes: "Kong said to be benevolent, Meng said to take righteousness, only his righteousness is exhausted, so benevolence is to the end." What do you learn when you read the books of the sages? Now and in the future, you will hardly be ashamed. ”

-- Confucius taught to kill oneself in order to become benevolent, and Mencius taught to sacrifice one's life in order to obtain righteousness, as long as the morality is achieved to the extreme, then the desired benevolence can naturally be achieved to the extreme. What do you learn by studying the writings of the sages? If you can live up to your righteousness, then from now on you will have little to be ashamed of.

Why did Wen Tianxiang's last poem become from the mouth of Leshan?

The answer is imminent.

Lelin bowed her head and was silent, a thought flashed through her heart.

Chai Jue saw that "he" had a cloudy face, and thought that "he" was annoyed that Sima Guang used the famous sentence of his ancestor Leshan to ridicule "him", so he was relieved and said: "After seeing people's hearts for a long time, Sima Guang will find out that you are a little bit sooner or later." ”

"Hmm. ”

Lelin snorted noncommittally.

……

The next day, the sky was clear.

In the Chude Academy in the west of the city, students circulated a handwritten leaflet.

Because the time was too urgent, the editorial department did not have time to typeset and print, so Le Lin had to order Shao Zhong and Yu Maocai to handwrite a few leaflets, and each of the four academies distributed two copies.

Li Li sat in the corner of the hall, and when the leaflet reached him, it was already the last.

He had seen and heard the discussion of the crowd before, and he had already wondered in his heart. At this time, the leaflet was in hand, and naturally hurriedly browsed it.

"Debate tournament?"

Li Li was both surprised and curious.

Qian Xuepeng, who was sitting in front of him, turned around and asked, "Brother Zimo, are you interested in going together?"

Zimo is Li Li's cousin.

In ancient times, men were adults, so it was inconvenient to call them by their names. Therefore, another alias related to the meaning of the original name is called a character to express its virtue. Whoever calls out to each other with respect will call him his name.

When taking table words, sometimes parallel forms are used, that is, table words and names have the same meaning, or are connected. For example, Yan Hui, the word Ziyuan. Abyss, backwater also, the same meaning.

But sometimes, it is also used to take contradictory table words, that is, the table words and the name have opposite meanings. For example, Zhu Xi in the Song Dynasty, his table character is Yuan Hui. Xi is the dawn of the day, and the darkness is the night.

Li Li's table characters were taken using the latter method. His father was a poor talent, and he named him "Li" in the hope that he would be sharp and eloquent in the future. But after thinking about it, I am afraid that he will be guilty of his words, so when he was crowned, he took the word "Zimo" for him, hoping that he could understand the truth that silence is golden.

And Li Li's own personality is precisely the neutralization of his name and words, he has always been silent on weekdays, but when he wants to speak, he often hits the nail on the head.

Qian Xuepeng is Li Li's friend in the school, but the two have very different personalities. Qian Xuepeng's father, Qian Ze, served in the Criminal Department, and his mother's family was a huge rich man in Ying Tianfu. Since his mother married into the Qian Mansion, she gave birth to five daughters in a row, and it was not until she was almost thirty years old that she gave birth to such a son. And Qian Xuepeng is also because of his flamboyant personality and straightforward heart.

Li Li heard Qian Xuepeng ask like this, and then looked at the leaflet carefully, his eyes lingered on the price list, sighed faintly, and shook his head.

Qian Xuepeng saw him staring at the price list, and immediately knew that he was shy, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this money, when I was born a few days ago, my mother gave me a hundred yuan, and I bought a new wolf hair in Han Moxuan, and there are more than sixty yuan left, just enough for you and me to buy tickets for the first row." ”

Li Li thought for a while and said, "Brother Haochu, you can borrow me Wuguan, and I'll buy a ticket for the fourth row." ”

Haochu is Qian Xuepeng's expression. He listened to Li Li's words, and said aloud: "You and I are like brothers, what are you polite? Since I want to sit in the first row, I won't let you sit in the second row." ”

Qian Xuepeng has often read "The Story of the Three Kingdoms" in the "Bianjing Magazine" recently, and she will say something like "love is like a brother" and "a knife in both ribs", which makes Li Li cry and laugh.

"This favor is too heavy, Zimo doesn't dare to admit it. Li Li declined.

Qian Xuepeng called the scholar and told him to go back to his house to get the silver, and then go to the editorial office of "Bianjing Magazine" to buy a ticket, and persuaded Li Li to say: "You don't have to push, just think of me as 'investing' in you." ”

"'Investment'?" Li Li was puzzled.

"Ah, that's the word I learned in the financial management column of Bianjing Magazine. Qian Xuepeng explained: "With your qualifications, you will definitely go to high school in the future, I will first envelop you, and then when you are on the road and a person is enlightened, I will also follow the chicken dog to heaven." ”

Qian Xuepeng said this bluntly, but it was not a lie.

Li Li is gifted and intelligent, and diligent and studious. Qiu Fuzi of the academy also asserted that in the next examination, Li Li is very likely to be in the top three.

"Brother Haochu, then I'll be disrespectful," Li Li was amused by his straightforward words, and joked: "However, I will declare first, since you are an 'investment', then you may lose all your money." If my name falls to Sun Mountain in the future, I will not return these thirty times. ”

"It's okay, it's okay!" Qian Xuepeng patted him on the shoulder, and laughed loudly: If you Li Zimo really lose your name to Sun Shan, then I will also be greatly ruined, what is the difference between these thirty and thirty times?"

"Oh, why do you say that?"

"I made a bet with Fang Liqun and Zhong Pengfu, I bet that you will enter the top three in the autumn of next year. ”

"What are the stakes?"

"It's probably enough for you to sell yourself ten times in my money mansion. ”

……