The meal was enjoyed by the guests and hosts, and after Su Qian finished lunch, he announced his farewell, and Ling Hao personally got up and sent him out of the door, and returned after a full quarter of an hour.

Now that we're done eating, it's time to get down to business.

Ling Hao was naturally going to first hand over the forty-nine volumes of the Book of Rites handed over to him by Su Qian to carefully check if there were any mistakes or omissions, and at the same time, he was also thinking about what to write next.

If you have it, then write "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring".

"The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring" is one of the representative works of the Eastern Jin Dynasty writer Tao Yuanming, and it is the preface of "The Peach Blossom Spring", which is selected from the "Tao Yuanming Collection". Through the description of the peaceful, happy, free and equal life of the Peach Blossom Spring, this article shows the author's ideal of pursuing a better life and his dissatisfaction with the real life at that time.

When he was young, Tao Yuanming had the ambition of "helping the common people", but the era in which he lived was when the Jin and Song dynasties changed hands, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty was extremely corrupt, blindly surrendered to the outside world, and settled in a corner of the left corner of the river. The ruling circles live in debauchery, fight each other internally, warlords fight each other for many years, and taxes and forced labor are heavy, which deepens the exploitation and oppression of the people. In the turbulent years when the country was on the verge of collapse, Tao Yuanming's ambition could not be realized. At the same time, the Eastern Jin Dynasty inherited the old system and implemented the gate valve system to protect the privileges of the nobles and bureaucrats of the Gaomen clan, so that the intellectuals from small and medium-sized landlords did not have the opportunity to display their talents. A man like Tao Yuanming, whose ancestors and fathers have only served one term as a Taishou, and whose family background has long been ruined, is of course "difficult to pay for his ambitions". In addition, he has an upright personality, is clear and honest, and is unwilling to grovel and cling to the powerful, so he has sharp contradictions with the dirty and dark real society, and has an incompatible feeling. In the first year of Yixi (405), he firmly and resolutely resigned from the Pengze County Decree after only 81 days in office, finally broke with the ruler, and retired to the countryside for a long time.

Although Tao Yuanming is far away in the rivers and lakes, he still cares about national affairs. In June of the second year of Yuanxi (420), Liu Yu abolished Emperor Gong of Jin as the king of Lingling, and changed the name of the year to "Yongchu". The following year, Liu Yu resorted to conspiracy and suffocated Emperor Gong of Jin with a quilt. These cannot but stir up the waves of Tao Yuanming's thoughts. Starting from the inherent Confucian concept, he developed dissatisfaction with Liu Yu's regime and deepened his hatred of the real society. But he couldn't change or intervene in this situation, so he had to use his creation to express his feelings, creating a beautiful realm opposed to the dirty and dark society, in order to place his political ideals and beautiful tastes. "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring" was created in this context.

To this day, Ling Hao can still recite the main part of it in its entirety:

In the Jin Dynasty, the Wuling people fished for their business. Walk around the river, forget the distance of the road. Suddenly, the peach blossom forest, hundreds of steps between the shore, there are no miscellaneous trees in it, the fragrant grass is delicious, the fallen flowers are colorful, the fisherman is very different, go forward again, want to exhaust its forest.

When the forest runs out of water, there will be a mountain, and the mountain has a small mouth, as if there is light. Drop off the boat and enter from the mouth. At the beginning, it is extremely narrow, and only then can it be passed. After dozens of steps, it suddenly became clear.

The land is flat, the houses are like that, and there are good fields and beautiful ponds and mulberry bamboos. Qianmo traffic, chickens and dogs smell each other. Among them, the men and women are dressed like outsiders. Yellow hair hangs down and is happy. When he saw the fisherman, he was shocked and asked where he had come from. Answered. Then he had to return home, and set up wine to kill chickens for food.

When the village heard about this person, Xian came to inquire. Since Yun Xianshi avoided the chaos of the Qin Dynasty, he led his wife and people to this desperate situation, and did not come back, so he was separated from outsiders. Ask what the world is today, but I don't know if there is a Han, regardless of Wei and Jin. This person sighed for what he had said and heard. The rest of the people returned to their homes, and they all drank and ate.

Stop for a few days and resign. The Chinese said: "It is not enough for outsiders." "When you go out and get your boat, you will help you to the road, and you will do it everywhere. And the county, Yi Taishou, said so. Taishou immediately sent people to follow him, looking for what he wanted, and then he got lost and lost his way.

Nanyang Liu Ziji, a noble scholar, heard it, and happily went to it. Unsuccessfully, the search for the disease ended, and then there was no concern.

However, compared to this, Ling Hao felt that it was more practical for him to use "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring" as an introduction to compile a collection of stories, otherwise some people might suspect that he wanted to do something.

Since there is a peach blossom source, there must be a valley of the wicked, since there is a valley of the wicked, then there must be a martial arts alliance leader, and since there is a martial arts alliance leader, then there must be rivers and lakes...... Well, there is no martial arts in this world, and I can write a book about the rivers and lakes and troubled times.

Well, this book has to have a good name to have the motivation to write it, such as "Mortal Rivers and Lakes" is good......

"Childe, what else do you have to order?"

"Ah, Rong'er, come and see for me if there are any mistakes or omissions in these scrolls, I am preparing to spread these forty-nine volumes of "The Book of Rites" to the whole world, I wonder if you have any good solutions?"

"Childe, the slave is just a subordinate, where is there any good way?" Gao Rong lowered her eyebrows and looked supple as harmless to humans and animals.

She actually likes Ling Hao's tranquil personality, she is very likable, and she is not the kind of boy who likes to swagger through the market...... However, all the information he has gathered on his side shows that he is just a mediocre and incompetent kid.

But the strange thing is that when he sees the real person now, it is not at all like what is described in the intelligence, but he has stayed with Ling Hao for a long time, and he actually has a little more attachment to him in his heart, and he has not been "pampered" by Ling Hao during this time, and last time he heard and witnessed the scene between Ling Hao and Wang Xuanqing...... Somehow, I was a little lost.

She vaguely felt that this was the most terrifying thing about Ling Hao, this seemingly ordinary gentleman could invisibly lower everyone's vigilance, making everyone feel that he was not a threat to others, and then he suddenly strangled the enemy's throat and killed the other party with one blow......

The situation seemed to be gradually being controlled by Ling Hao silently, Gao Rong found that the influence of her charm methods began to gradually weaken, and Ling Hao didn't seem to be very interested in herself.

It wasn't the result she expected, but it was the result Ling Hao wanted to see.

Gao Rong is just a young girl, and her ability to have such a prominent position in the organization behind her is all the result of the support of the one in the Luoyi School Palace. Writing Zhai

And Ling Hao completely understands who set up this bureau.

Therefore, he could only have a showdown with Gao Rong in private.

"Rong'er, how long have you been following me?"

"Childe, it's been two months. ”

"These two months...... Thank you for your hard work. Ling Hao got up.

"Childe...... What does this mean?" Gao Rong was a little puzzled.

"I know that you have someone behind you, and that they sent you to blackmail me. Ling Hao gently lifted her delicate chin and said to her in an inaudible voice.

“...... When did you find out?" Gao Rong saw that she couldn't pretend anymore at this time, so she simply didn't want to pretend anymore.

"Sure enough, I was right...... Then let me guess the person behind you, you are not Gao Dailian's [son], but a young leader, who came by order from the Luoyi School Palace, yes or no?" Ling Hao immediately clenched her throat, Gao Rong didn't notice it for a while, and just wanted to mobilize qi and blood, but was interrupted by Ling Hao forcefully.

Ling Hao instantly unloaded Gao Rong's arms within a few seconds, and her legs were also a little weak at the moment, because the lion's head she ate at noon had cartilage scattered in it, and the antidote was hidden in the lychee wine.

The cartilage in this world is the same as the loss of strength, but the effect is weaker, and the effect is slower, Gao Rong took precautions, but she didn't expect Ling Hao to take advantage of the fact that she likes to eat in the kitchen and scatter the cartilage into the dishes.

"Originally, I wasn't sure if you came to me out of desperation to test me, but now it seems that ...... Not only do you know martial arts, but your body and appearance are also first-class, and doing things for others is just a pawn in the hands of others that can be sacrificed at any time, why don't you come and work for me, I will give you enough remuneration, what do you think?"

"Don't you men all talk nicely...... But why do you all like to abuse us weak women?" Gao Rong lowered her head and looked at Ling Hao with teary eyes.

"It's not that I want to deal with you with my heart, but in this world, there is no right for you women to choose, only the sad fate of being chosen and slaughtered by men...... Fortunately, I have the heart of pity and cherishing the jade, I don't want to harm your life, if you can bring everything from the truth, I can still not blame the past, if there is half a lie, it means that our fate is over...... I still won't kill you, but I will definitely report this matter directly to the top of the Academy, and I believe that they will have a proper placement method for you, and maybe give you to some old guy as a concubine, or play with it themselves...... Or play with you and kill you later, and while I'm still patient, you'd better say it now, so we don't have to be so tense. Ling Hao clapped his hands, well, it was easier than he imagined.

Maybe this girl also has a little affection for herself in her heart, right? Her resistance was not fierce, and Ling Hao didn't want to kill her, so she said a few cruel words to scare and scare her, and it worked.

"That's good...... I'll tell you......" Gao Rong's psychological defense line was already quite uncomfortable by Ling Hao, and when she heard what Ling Hao said at this moment, the result was exactly the same as what that person had ordered before...... She finally collapsed, and it turned out that people had known about it for a long time.

Now, even if you tell the secret, it doesn't matter if you die.

Two quarters of an hour later, Gao Rong confessed a series of "motives for action", she was sent to approach Ling Hao, the first point was to establish a certain degree of intimacy with Ling Hao, and then take him hostage while Ling Hao was not paying attention and take him outside the school palace.

Second, he used this as a bargaining chip to blackmail Ling Hao into negotiating between Wuchuan Town and Luoyi Xue Palace, and by the way, with the help of the army of the Zhou royal family to complete a military operation against Wuchuan Town......

As for the core motive, in addition to money or money, it's just that the group of people behind Gao Rong not only want to make a deal with Luoyi Xuegong, but also want to achieve some of their own political goals, properly "stepping on two boats", capricious.

"That's all I know...... Gao Rong said.

She was now in a dead heart, she didn't expect Ling Hao to force her to explain the details behind everything in such a way.

The man behind the scenes has said that if he fails, then don't come back to see him, and find a place to finish himself......

It seems that he can only cut himself.

Now, she only hoped that Ling Hao would be soft-hearted and not let her lose her last bit of dignity......