Chapter 13: Another Story!

"Another story?" Lu Gong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he stroked his white beard with a smile, looking quite interested.

"Yes, another story. ”

Li Yiqi nodded heavily and said solemnly: "I hope that the teacher can also keep this story secret for the students." ”

"Okay, let's hear it. Lu Gong smiled slightly.

Li Yiqi took a breath, his eyes flickered, paused, and then said slowly: "Once upon a time, there was a little ant that broke away from the ant colony, and it got lost on the way to find food, although he finally found the food, but when it returned to the ant nest, it found that its home was gone. ”

The little ant was distressed, at a loss, and had lost its home, and it didn't know where to go, when suddenly the predator who had destroyed its nest reappeared and killed the little ant. ”

Li Yiqi took a breath, his eyes flickered, and continued: "But at the moment when this little ant died, it suddenly woke up and found that it was not dead, it seemed to be just a dream, and he is now just like the beginning of that dream, preparing to set off in the ant nest to find food. ”

It knew that if it continued to follow the predetermined route, it would eventually lose its way and usher in the result of its dream. ”

So he decided to resist, but none of the ants in the nest believed what he had dreamed of, so the little ant decided to save his nest by his own strength alone......

Speaking of this, Li Yiqi paused, looked at Lu Gong, and asked respectfully, "Teacher, do you think this little ant is pitiful?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Lu Gong's old eyes, but he kept silent, just slowly stroked his long beard, bowed his head slightly, and seemed to be thinking.

After a long time, Lu Gong nodded slowly, Confucianism pays the most attention to Qi cultivation and kung fu, Taishan collapsed in front of him and his face did not change color, even if he had already guessed what his disciple wanted to express.

"Li Yi, how old are you this year?" Suddenly, a glint passed through his eyes, and Lu Gong voted Li Yiqi with a question.

Li Yiqi's face did not change, and he responded respectfully: "If you go back to the teacher, the student is exactly sixteen this year. ”

"Sixteen ......" Lu Gong's eyes narrowed slightly, nodded indifferently, sighed, and asked, "But what did Hou Ye Li tell you?"

"No, it has nothing to do with grandpa. ”

Li Yiqi shook his head very decisively, he knew that the Hou Ye Li in Lu Gong's mouth was his grandfather Li Jiu.

"Yiqi, at your age, it should be a time of hard work in the cold window, and you really shouldn't be involved in those things that intrigue between the DPRK and China......" Lu Gong shook his head and sighed, looking at Li Yiqi with deep eyes, as if he was a little disappointed.

"Teacher, don't you believe me?" Li Yiqi's face turned pale, his body trembled slightly, he knew that the teacher was afraid that he had misunderstood something.

But now he can't reveal too much, otherwise it may affect this respected elder.

"Hehe, it's not that I don't believe it. ”

Lu Gong shook his head and smiled, and then said: "My Confucianism pays attention to respecting heaven and knowing people, and heaven is humanity, and nature is human nature. Respecting heaven means following the will of heaven, not going against heaven with manpower, and knowing people means understanding human nature and people's hearts, and facing the source of human nature. ”

"The Master believed that if a person can face his true heart, he will return to his origins and even reach the state of sympathy between heaven and man, and then he is a saint. ”

"Saint?!"

Li Yiqi's face was serious, he knew that the master that Lu Gong was talking about was the Confucian ancestor Confucius Sheng.

Lu Gong looked at Li Yiqi with deep meaning, his eyes flashed with a different kind of light, and he smiled and said: "Yes, if that little ant can really see through its future in the dream realm, then its state of mind has reached the realm of sympathy between heaven and man, comparable to my Confucian sages and sages." ”

Hearing this, Li Yiqi showed a hint of embarrassment, the teacher has been immersed in Confucianism for decades, whether it is learning or cultivation, it is far from being comparable to him, and even the teacher does not dare to call himself a saint, let alone him.

"What the teacher means is that I'm afraid I'm just daydreaming, and it seems that I can't get much help from him...... In fact, if the number of wine attendants is full, I'm afraid that the teacher can't do anything. Li Yiqi sighed in his heart, feeling disappointed, but he still didn't want to give up, and he would never give up until the last moment.

"Teacher, the student has quit. Li Yiqi's eyes darkened, and he was about to get up and leave.

At this moment, Lu Gong waved him to sit down, as if he still had something to say to him.

"Li Yi, remember when you apprenticed with the old man, did the old man let you do anything?" Lu Gong looked at Li Yiqi with a smile on his face, and his old eyes revealed a trace of far-reaching gaze, as if he was recalling something.

"Teacher...... You asked me to write the first three strokes of the word 'Confucian'. Li Yiqi pondered for a moment and replied respectfully. Even if the teacher refused to help him, he still respected the other person very much.

"Yes, my Confucianism pays attention to having a heroic spirit, whether you join the army or become an official, you must look up to heaven and earth, and be worthy of your heart. Also, you have to remember that those three strokes are very important......"

Lu Gong looked at Li Yiqi with deep meaning in his eyes, and as he spoke, he handed the book "Twelve Strategies" to Li Yiqi's hand, slowly got up, and walked into the thatched house with both hands.

"Teacher......" Li Yiqi muttered, holding the book of "Twelve Strategies" with the residual warmth of Lu Gong's palm, his eyes were a little confused.

"Is this for me, teacher...... See it?" Li Yiqi's eyes moved slightly, but he was shocked in his heart, and then a wry smile appeared on his face, and he bowed down to the small thatched hut three times.

"Senior brother, you are here. ”

At this moment, a gentle voice came from outside, and Li Yiqi turned his head to look, only to see a figure coming.

"Senior brother. Li Yiqi bowed to the visitors and was respectful.

The person who came was a young man dressed in a black robe, who looked about twenty years old, with an elegant and gentle temperament, eyes like stars, and a plain smile like water, but there was a deep taste of learning.

"Senior brother, how are you doing?" the young man bowed slightly, and said with a smile.

"My body is fine, and I am worried about Senior Brother Lao. Li Yiqi said with a smile.

This young man's name is Chen Wenyuan, and like Li Yiqi, they are both disciples of Lu Gong, but the difference is that Li Yiqi is an ordinary disciple, while Chen Wenyuan is a disciple of Lu Gong, that is, the person who will inherit the mantle of Lu Gong in the future.

Once some of the learned Confucians of the Great Xia Dynasty opened the altar to give lectures, the people who listened to the lectures below could be called students, but the disciples of the descendants were different, and it was not surprising that those Confucians only accepted one person in their lives.

Lu Gong is now over seventy years old, and he is about to die, and the selection of his descendants is extremely harsh.

Li Yiqi knew that his senior brother Chen Wenyuan was such a person, in the imperial examination three years ago, he won the top three in the world in one fell swoop, second only to one of his peers, ranking among the top of the list.

For this senior brother, Li Yiqi still has respect.

"Senior brother has time to go back to the school palace today, but came to find the teacher?" Li Yiqi couldn't help asking. He knew that after Chen Wenyuan won the list that year, he joined the Hanlin Academy, and now he should only be a bachelor.

"No, I'm coming for you. ”

Chen Wenyuan shook his head and said indifferently: "Come with me, the dean is also waiting for you." ”

"Dean?"

Hearing Chen Wenyuan's words, Li Yiqi was slightly stunned, but he still followed behind the other party and left this plum blossom forest.

Li Yiqi followed behind Chen Wenyuan, bypassed the narrow verandah of the school palace, and went straight to the study of the dean of the Tianfu school palace.

"Senior brother, you go in alone, I'll go back and see the teacher. Chen Wenyuan smiled.

"Senior brother, please. ”

Li Yiqi said respectfully, and then walked to the study alone, but suddenly, at this moment, a fluttering sentence came from his ear, only two words, but it was a thousand words:

"Be careful. ”

As soon as the words came into his ears, Li Yiqi's body stiffened, and he shrank back after taking the step he had just taken.

He suddenly turned his head to look back at Chen Wenyuan, only to find that the other party had already left.

Li Yiqi's eyes flickered.

Be careful!

What do you mean?

Watch out for whom?

Li Yiqi's heart sank, and he was a little vigilant, but he looked as usual and walked towards the dean's study.

Walking into the study, Li Yiqi found that there were already several people sitting inside.

Sitting at the top was an old man with frosty white hair and a cold expression, his eyes were closed, his expression was majestic and rigid, and his face was expressionless, it was Yang Songshou, the dean of Tianfu Academy.

Although the Tianfu School Palace is named Taifu's disciple, the third prince is the prime minister of the Taihe Palace, and he does not have a lot of time to manage the students of the Teaching Palace, so the position of the dean will be held by the Taifu himself, a senior Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy, Yang Songshou is the current dynasty from the Sanpin Hanlin, and he is also the dean of the Tianfu Academy.

"Student Li Yiqi has met the dean. ”

Li Yiqi walked into the house and bowed to Yang Songshou, and at the same time, he also caught a glimpse of another person, and his heart trembled slightly.

"He's here too?"

Li Yiqi showed a hint of surprise, and then a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he sneered twice in his heart, probably understanding the meaning of the two words that Chen Wenyuan said to him.

Next to Yang Songshou, there stood a handsome young man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, the young man was handsome, much older than Li Yiqi, and Chen Wenyuan was about the same age, about twenty.

Although young, the identity of this person is not simple.

Wang Tianyu, the first person in the Tianfu Academy three years ago, the champion of the last Daxia Imperial Examination Palace, is now the same as Chen Wenyuan, serving in the Hanlin Academy.

Not only that, Wang Tianyu came out of the famous Wang clan in the capital.

Wang, one of the Li family's opponents in the court!

Wang Tianyu saw Li Yiqi, a trace of inexplicable look flashed in his eyes, with a light smile on his face, and his temperament was like a bright moon hanging high, but he didn't say a word, standing quietly behind Yang Songshou, looking very humble.

"Hmm. ”

Yang Songshou nodded, looked at the other people in the room, and said, "Li Yiqi, these people are all members of the court, you can also pay a visit." ”

"Chaozhong?"

Li Yiqi was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but look at the other people in the room.

These people all looked to be in their forties, with long beards, dressed in Great Xia court clothes, wearing a high crown that reached the sky, and their expressions were majestic and their breath was deep.

"This is Lord Xu Yanzhi, a scholar of the Fourth Rank University of the Hanlin Academy. ”

"This is Lord Lin Yuan, Ren Hanlin Academy from the third grade of Hanlin. ”

"This is Lord Sikong Peng, Ren Hanlin Academy from the third grade of Hanlin. ”

Yang Songshou introduced them one by one, Li Yiqi's expression remained unchanged, and he bowed and saluted: "Li Yiqi, who was born late, has seen all the adults." ”

Although the Li family is extremely powerful, Li Yiqi himself has no fame, nor has he ever tied his hair, and he can't be titled.

"Hmm. Those people looked at Li Yiqi and just hummed indifferently.

"These people are all great Confucians of the Hanlin Academy, what are they looking for me?" Li Yiqi lowered his head, his brows furrowed slightly, and he had some doubts in his heart.

"This ......" It was the last turn, Yang Songshou's eyes showed a trace of solemnity, and he said: "This is the counselor of the East Palace, Lord Zhang Ran." ”

Boom –

Hearing the word 'East Palace', Li Yiqi's body was shocked, and he suddenly raised his head, revealing a shocked look.

But he still reacted quickly, took a deep breath, and said respectfully, "I've seen Master Zhang." ”

The man named Zhang Ran was a thin man with fair skin, a smile on his face, and a bright eye.

He looked like he was in his early thirties, and he was not wearing court clothes, but wearing the characteristic internal prison clothes of the Great Xia Palace, and the aura on his body was different from that of the officials in the court.

Despite this, Li Yiqi still saw that the people present, including those Hanlin, were all headed by Zhang Ran, in other words, he was the one who came here today.

Zhang Ran nodded at Li Yiqi, looked at Yang Songshou, his eyes were shining, and asked with a smile: "Lord Yang, this is the most outstanding student in your Tianfu Academy?"

"Yes, Li Yiqi has been the first in my school for three consecutive years. Yang Songshou's expression was cold, but he still nodded.

"Good, good, good. Zhang Ran smiled and clapped his hands.

Zhang Ran looked at Li Yiqi, paused, and then said in a deep voice: "That's the case, just yesterday, His Majesty came to the East Palace to see His Royal Highness the Prince's studies...... Some of them were deserted, and rebuked two sentences......"

Zhang Ran smiled awkwardly, and continued: "The queen mother is anxious, the third division of the prince is old, for the future of the prince, the special Hanlin Academy has drawn up a list of companions, among them, you are the first." ”

Saying that, Zhang Ran looked at Li Yiqi with a smile and asked: "With this list, the queen mother plans to make an order, and wants to recruit you into the East Palace, Ren Hanlin Academy from the sixth grade bachelor, and the prince's companion, I don't know what you think?"

"What!"

Hearing Zhang Ran's words, Li Yiqi gasped, lowered his head, the light in his eyes flickered, and stood there motionless.

Although he showed that he was extremely calm, in fact, he had set off a storm in his heart, and his back was even a little cold.

"I don't know what you think?" Seeing that Li Yiqi was unmoved, Zhang Ran frowned slightly, and then asked.

The other people in the room, Yang Songshou and Wang Tianyu, including several great Confucian scholars of the Hanlin Academy, also changed their expressions slightly, and they were secretly shocked in their hearts.

The prince reads with you!

Although this is just a petty official who accompanies the prince to study, there are too many things involved......

Although the queen has not yet made an order, the meaning is already very clear, she wants Li Yiqi to enter the East Palace!

If Li Yiqi is just a student of the Academy, then it is nothing, after receiving the royal will, I am afraid that he will only be sincerely afraid and grateful. But Li Yiqi is not just an excellent student of the Academy, and he knows a little bit about him, and he knows that there is a behemoth of the Great Xia Dynasty behind him.

"At this time, the queen recruited this son into the palace to accompany the prince to study, is it just as simple as a companion to read?" Xu Yanzhi and Lin Yuan glanced at Li Yiqi without a trace, and they all had thoughts in their hearts.

The prince's companion is one of the closest people to the prince, and in plain words, it is - confidant.

"Is the queen mother trying to recruit the Li family for the crown prince?"

"The rumors in the DPRK and China that the battle for succession is about to arise do not seem to be false. ”

"The queen mother of the harem is a little more ruthless, and she directly cuts off the Li family's retreat, for fear that it will make the Li family dissatisfied......"

Several of the great scholars of the Hanlin Academy glanced at each other, and they all saw a trace of horror in each other's eyes, and several of them all felt that another storm was coming.

Recalling the turmoil caused by the Li family in the court a few days ago, several Confucians felt their scalps tingling, if this matter is not handled well, I am afraid it will be ...... Several people were shocked in their hearts, and then their eyes fell on the white-clothed young man in the house, all wanting to see how this descendant of the Li family would make a choice.

"Agreed, I will enter the East Palace, and even the Li family forces behind me will be marked with the words 'East Palace'. ”

"Refusal, sweeping the face of the queen's mother, if someone secretly nails the reputation of a prince who has already taken refuge in other princes, this nature seems to be even more serious. ”

"And ......"

Compared with those great Confucians, Li Yiqi's expression changed, and many deeper thoughts flashed in his eyes.

"Li Yiqi, what do you think?" Zhang Ran frowned deeply and asked for the third time.

There was already a hint of displeasure in Zhang Ran's tone, on weekdays, he passed the decree for the East Palace, which minister was not sincere and fearful, and did not dare to slack off, where was there that he did not get a response to three consecutive questions.

"Lord Zhang, this is a big matter, why don't you let him go back and think about it?" The old man's voice sounded in the room, and everyone turned their eyes over, all of them surprised.

The person who spoke was none other than Yang Songshou, the dean of Tianfu Academy.

Yang Songshou's lips squirmed, there was no expression on his face, and he said in a deep voice: "This son is the most outstanding student in my palace, a year later, the disciple who is expected to win the imperial examination, the disciple who is expected to win the championship, will become the prince's companion, and he will not be able to participate in the imperial examination after a year, and I hope that Zhang Daren Haihan." ”