Chapter 39: Demagogy
When I returned to the library, I saw An Nu standing at the door and blocking it tightly, and at the bottom of the steps was a man in a green shirt, with a long body, with his back to Mu Qing and Deng Yuanshan, and he couldn't see his face, but the voice came slowly.
"You can't go in, the master asked me to watch here, you wait, can you come back when Mr. Deng comes back?" Anu looked a little anxious.
"Little boy, it was Boss Deng who called me, can you let me go?"
The voice was very good, warm and low, like the sound of jade.
Mu Qing was stunned when he heard this, but Deng Yuanshan, who was beside him, smiled, stepped forward and laughed loudly: "Du Gongzi, Deng Mou just went out with some private matters, and I didn't want to forgive you from afar." As he spoke, he turned his head to Anu and smiled, "I will entertain this son, thank you for helping me look at the restaurant." β
Annu smiled, a little embarrassed. Deng Yuanshan knew that the two had something to say, so he didn't call them, and he took the man in the green shirt into the door first. Annu probed to the side and saw Mu Qing, jumped down the steps and ran to Mu Qing's side without saying a word, and asked, "Master, this time it's been a long time." β
"Who's that man?" Mu Qing looked curiously at the man who had already entered the library with Deng Yuanshan.
"He said his name was Duro, and Mr. Deng invited him over, and I didn't dare to let him in because I didn't know him." Anu was a little cautious.
Mu Qing patted him: "You did the right thing." β
An Nu smiled, and then walked to the library with Mu Qing: "The master can look at the list this time?" β
"Shun lì, your master is the first name again."
With the foundation of the last incident, Annu was not so excited this time, but he was still happy, and he had to do something delicious to treat his master.
The two had already arrived in the main hall of the library, and they saw Deng Yuanshan and the man talking hotly. Seeing Mu Qing coming in, he got up and introduced: "This is the Mu Qing Mu Gongzi I just told you." Then he turned his head to Mu Qing and said, "The person you asked me to find, I found it for you, this is the prince of Durodu." β
"I asked you to find it for me...... Oh, remembered. Mu Qing patted his head, and then remembered the storyteller he asked Deng Yuanshan to find a few days ago.
His eyes turned to the man in the green shirt, and Mu Qing was stunned again.
The man has a long figure, his hair is meticulously tied up, his sword eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and his demeanor is particularly beautiful, and the corners of his lips are slightly curled when he looks at Mu Qing, and he is not contaminated with a cheesy and refreshing smile at all. Bowing his hand, the jade-like voice he had just heard sounded again, full and clean, and the voice in his throat was smooth and warm without carving: "In Xia Duluo, I have seen Mu Gongzi." β
Mu Qing hurriedly returned the salute and withdrew the eyes that looked at him. He wanted charlatans who could deliver the message, and it would not be an exaggeration to call him a missionary, to put it mildly. I thought that Deng Yuanshan would be looking for a person like a Taoist priest in my memory, but I didn't expect it to be like this...... Toyojin is handsome.
The two of them sat down, Annu came up with tea, and Mu Qing looked at it coldly, that Du Luo was not only beautiful in appearance, but also elegant and gentle, compared to the children of Deng Yuanshan, he was not much more reckless. Secretly having a plan, Mu Qing smiled and asked, "I don't know what Gongzi Du does for a living?" β
"Just call me by my name." Du Luo put aside the teacup, his smile was shallow, just one look was enough to make people feel like a morning breeze, "I set up a stall on West Street to tell stories, and I can earn some money if I am not disgusted by the villagers, which is not much, but it is enough to support my family." β
"Seeing that Brother Du is also a scholar, why don't you go to the scientific examination?"
Du Luo smiled, his voice was still calm, as if he was talking about other people's affairs: "I also participated in the imperial examination, but I encountered a large area of fraud during the township examination, and the students of that class were all removed from their fame regardless of whether they were involved or not, and they were never allowed to participate in the imperial examination." β
Mu Qing's face changed: "I'm sorry." β
Duro waved his hand indifferently: "It's okay, everyone has their own life." β
Deng Yuanshan didn't listen to their conversation, but excused himself to go to the back to look at Gu Yinshu and left, and Annu also retreated, leaving only Mu Qing and Du Luo in the room.
Mu Qing stopped going around in circles and took a sip of tea: "I asked Mr. Deng to look for you because I wanted you to help me." In other words, give you a chance to grow hair, but this opportunity is a little difficult to sit up. β
"Childe, please speak." Douro's face was also straightened.
"I don't know if Brother Du knows what the biggest religion in this dynasty is?"
"It's nothing more than Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddha." After Du Luo finished speaking, he saw Mu Qing smiling meaningfully, and his voice paused, "Besides, it is the Red Lotus Sect and the likes of the Heavenly Treasure Sect, the evil sect is crooked." β
Mu Qing shrugged: "Although it is an evil sect, there are many disciples, do you know why?" β
Douro didn't want to blurt out: "It's nothing more than a demagogic method." β
"It's demagogy." Mu Qing smiled, looking at Du Luo's handsome face, and said softly, "What those sects do and say, common sense seems to be impossible, but there are countless people who bow and worship. In addition to the ignorance of human nature, there is also fear and atonement, just to find a sustenance for himself. β
"Mu Gongzi, what the hell are you doing?" Du Luo is a smart person, and he heard some joints at this moment, but the two good-looking sword eyebrows were wrinkled.
Mu Qing looked at him, his smile was still shallow: "Brother Du would rather tell a story than not forget his arrogance, he knows that he is a Duanfang person, and I naturally won't accuse you of doing those crooked things." I also read the books of the sages, and I dare not forget the words of the sages, but there are some things that I don't believe when I say them, no matter how old I am, when they see my age. So, I want Brother Du to do me a favor. β
Douro didn't speak, just looked at him.
Mu Qing didn't mind dipping his hand in the tea, turned a circle on the table, and then nodded: "I hope that Brother Du can tell some other small stories from time to time after telling the story, no more and no longer, just make up the things I told you and spread them well." It doesn't take too many people, just reach the ears of those who should hear it. β
Douro's face changed, and Junlang's face became a little stiff.
Where did he still not hear what Mu Qing meant? This is obviously for him to spread the news, if it is just an ordinary thing, but if it involves the official court, it will be a matter of losing his head.
Although he is now poor, he is not going to live on it!
"Please also ask Mu Gongzi to find someone else." Standing up suddenly, Douro strode towards the door.
But the moment he stepped out of the threshold, he heard Mu Qingshang with the young man's clear voice coming into his ears: "Brother Du's future is already like a bubble smoke, so why not gamble with the whole community?" If you win, you will have a bright future, and if you lose, it will be just a life. β
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In the end, Douro still didn't reply to Mu Qing and left.
Mu Qing was not in a hurry, and he was not in a hurry. He spoke very openly today, and he understood that he wanted to come to Douro. If this person is a person who sees and sees things, Mu Qing is not afraid that he will be disobedient as long as he smashes the silver in, but he is a splendid character who has read books and served sages, but it is difficult to do it.
Maybe it's going to be a protracted battle, but Mu Qing is patient.
Mu Qing did not go home, but stayed in Deng Yuanshan's library until dark.
"The master is really hardworking." Annu actually wanted to run home to tell Mrs. SΓΉ the good news, but Mu Qing didn't leave, and he wouldn't leave. Looking at Mu Qing, who was still reading, Anu whispered happily to Deng Yuanshan.
Deng Yuanshan pulled the corners of his lips and turned the page of the account book in his hand: "I think he is hiding from someone." Turning the page again, he pulled out one of the calculation chips in his hand, "Since he won the first place, naturally someone will come to congratulate him, and he will inevitably give a red envelope reward, which is not a small number." Look, when the wind clears, he will naturally go back. β
"Ahem." Mu Qing, who was pierced by his thoughts, coughed dryly, closed the book, and tried to make his expression more natural, "I've been bothering Mr. Deng for a long time, Annu, let's go back." β
"Why don't you come with me to the Xiangqing class to have a look?" Deng Yuanshan put the calculation chip on the table and looked at Mu Qing with a smile.
"Another day."
Mu Qing and Anu packed up their pen and paper and left, and they could vaguely see the embarrassment of Anu Muqing when he twisted his face. Deng Yuanshan's lips curled the corners of his lips, and after getting acquainted with this young man, he naturally had no scruples in his speech, and making Mu Qing look embarrassed was also Deng Yuanshan's new pleasure.
When Mu Qing went back, he saw a bright light in the courtyard, and his eyebrows were slightly raised, so he walked a few steps quickly and pushed open the courtyard door.
What I saw was a young guard carrying a lantern, and the man sitting next to him was dressed in a brocade white shirt, with a jade jade fan pinned to his waist, and he was reading the candle with a book in his hand, when he heard the voice, the man turned his head.
The merry flow when the eye waves were circling almost instantly took away all of Mu Qing's attention.
"You're coming back late." The man put down the scroll and stood up.
Mu Qing opened his mouth, but he didn't find his voice until the man walked in front of him. With a smile, he unconsciously slowed down his voice, with the joy of reunion after a long absence, and a faint still unknown love.
"Brother Li, long time no see."