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The cold wind penetrated his bones, and Yao Hongyi felt a chill between his necks. He reached out to lower the curtain, but was intimidated by the view outside the window.

The carriage was passing through a vast field. The crops had already been harvested, covered with snow and mixed with the rain that had just fallen, and shimmered with sporadic light.

At the end of the field, where they are connected, is a cloudless sky.

Vast, immense.

Pang Ji saw him looking out of the window fixedly, and couldn't help but take a closer look, and he was also stunned when he saw the scenery of the blue sky and wilderness.

"Workers, ......"

After a long while, Pang Ji suddenly called.

Yao Hongyi suddenly came back to his senses: "The disciple is here." ”

"I'm asking you a question. ”

Pang Ji's gaze did not take his eyes away, and he still looked out the window in a daze.

Yao Hongyi looked at his expression carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more suspicious he became.

What kind of eyes are that?

Confused?

Remorse......

And, fear and suddenness?

"Teacher, excuse me. ”

"You say...... Will it ......" Pang Ji frowned and looked at Yao Hongyi, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, and he took a deep breath before asking: "Could it be, we are actually on the same ball?"

"Huh?"

Yao Hongyi couldn't react, his mouth was open, and his expression was extremely funny.

He thought that Pang Ji was asking about the country's righteousness, or the secrets of the imperial court.

I never thought about it.

Could it be that we are actually on top of a ball?

What kind of whimsical question is this?

Pang Ji thought that he didn't understand, and patiently repeated: "What the teacher asked you is: Is it possible, this world is actually round?"

"The sky is round and the earth is round, this is a thing that everyone knows. ”

Yao Hongyi didn't think about it, and blurted out.

"Everyone knows it, so it must be right?"

Pang asked rhetorically.

Many years ago, he was asked by Le Song like this.

"'Yi has Taiji, is to give birth to two yi, two yi to give birth to four elephants, four elephants to give birth to gossip'," Yao Hongyi replied in an orderly manner: "At the beginning of heaven and earth, everything is chaos, it is infinite; yin and yang are combined, and the two qi of yin and yang generate all things for Taiji; the clear rises to the sky, and the turbid ones sink to the earth, which is divided into the east, south, west, and north four directions....... Heaven and earth are humble, and the universe is fixed. The humble and the lowly are in the position', the disciples thought so. ”

In ancient times, in addition to a simple explanation of the ancients' perception of the world, the "Heaven and the Circle of Places" theory evolved into the social ethics of 'governing the country and securing the country' and 'three outlines and five constants' after the expansion and extension of Confucianism in the past dynasties.

Successive kings have been happy to use the phrase 'heaven and earth are low' to prove that those who are below should obey the rule of those who are above.

Confucian-recognized classics such as "Spring and Autumn Dew" also deduce the Taoist idea of the unity of heaven and man and the induction of heaven and man from the round heavens.

The denial of the "theory that the sky is round and the place is round" also denies the ethics of the ancient monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons, and sons.

Therefore, Yao Hongyi will have a general reflex and refute without thinking.

Just like Pang many years ago.

No, he was much more excited than Yao Hongyi back then.

He slapped Le Song hard.

The strength is so great, the red palm print is like engraved on the other party's face, and it will not disappear for a long time.

Thinking of this, Pang Ji still felt a burning pain in his palm at the moment.

It was the guilt of being more than 20 years late that made his conscience ache faintly.

"Labor,"

Pang Ji's fingers trembled slightly, pointing to the distance outside the window, the end of the field, and the place where it meets the sky: "If the earth is 'square', then we shouldn't see such a line!"

Yao Hongyi's heart was shocked.

He didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't want to listen to it anymore.

Pang Ji continued to ask: "In this direction, I went to the Daimyo's Mansion. If there are no mountains and rivers, even if you can't see the Daimyo's Mansion, at least, you can see the neighboring villages until there are mountains. ”

"If the disciple has clairvoyance, he will be able to see it. It's a pity that no matter how good a person's eyesight is, there is a limit. ”

This reason flashed in Yao Hongyi's mind, like hugging driftwood for survival in the sea, he hurriedly said it, only hoping that Pang Ji would not ask any more questions.

No.

Don't ask any further.

"Even if you have a clairmile, you can see such a line. ”

Pang Ji didn't ask, but said this categorically.

"Huh?"

"Many years ago, Le Song brought a gadget called 'Clairvoyant Mirror' to his teacher," Pang Ji stretched out his hand and compared: "It's about this long, and there is a glass mirror at the beginning and end, which can see far and near." ”

"Mentor ......"

Yao Hongyi found that his voice trembled uncontrollably.

He didn't want to hear it.

Since there have been three emperors and five emperors, since there have been "Zhou Yi" and "Spring and Autumn", since there have been Taoism and Confucianism...... It's all round in the sky!

In case of...... If it's really a world of justice......

Is what "Zhou Yi" says wrong? Is "Shangshu" wrong? Is "Lü's Spring and Autumn", "Spring and Autumn Dew", and "Green Capsule Sutra" all wrong?

Are the three outlines and five constants, monarchs and ministers, father and son, and the unity of heaven and man all wrong?

If this will prove that what you have learned all your life is wrong, then why bother to study the heavens and the earth, or the heavens and the earth?

Even if it was the truth, he did not want to know it.

At this moment, Yao Hongyi realized that he also had such a cowardly, pedantic and ignorant side.

Pang Ji had no intention of exploring his thoughts, and sank into his memories, and said to himself: "In the endless grassland of Longde Mansion, I have tried...... I've tried the ...... on the endless beaches of Michigan."

He looked at Yao Hongyi, his eyes dark: "It's all like that, the line where heaven and earth meet." I can't see it, even if I use the 'clairvoyant mirror' to look into the distance, I can't see the other side, I can't see the end. ”

"This ......"

"If the ground is square and flat, you should be able to see the other side and the end!"

Pang Ji said, stretched out his hand, clenched it into a fist, and pointed to the point on the back of his hand with the other hand: "There is only one explanation, we are standing on the top of the 'ball'." ”

He raised his fist in front of Yao Hongyi's eyes: "In this way, we can explain why there is such a 'line'." Because the end is an arc, it goes down, so we can't see the end, we can't see the other side. ”

"Is it too arbitrary to draw conclusions based on this alone?" Although Yao Hongyi was shaken in his heart, he still didn't want to admit it.

"Encourage workers," Pang Ji asked him, "'If you want to be poor for a thousand miles, go to the next level', don't you think this poem is very strange?"

Yao Hongyi's eyes widened suddenly.

Yes, it's weird.

The first time he read the poem, he thought it was inappropriate.

The ground is flat, and the height of the position where a person stands should have nothing to do with how far or near he can see.

However, you can look far away when you climb high.

It's common sense.

Pang Ji said: "Only by standing on the 'ball' will it be 'wanting to be poor for thousands of miles and go to the next level'." ”

"But, Master, these two things alone...... The disciple still felt that it was too far-fetched. ”

Pang Ji's eyebrows were solemn and silent.

After a long time, he said: "There is another way to verify. If this is confirmed, the world will never object. ”

"What's the solution?"

"If, we are in a 'ball'," he repeated word for word, "then, from here to the west, all the way to the west, and finally ...... It is possible to return from the east. ”

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