Chapter 609: Kang Cheng's maidservant

It is said that Yan Xing and Chen Long took advantage of the night to meet the suspicious Zhang Ji. Zhang Ji was already suffering from gains and losses, and he didn't know how to use Yan Xing's moths to put out the fire, and seeing that Yan Xing seemed to have use value, he pretended not to know everything, and was finally confused by the bait thrown by Yan Xing.

The bait thrown by Yan Xing was the leadership of Jincheng County, which made Zhang Ji think that the family of Chen Yi, the current Taishou of Jincheng County, was of the same mind as Yan Xing, and it was possible to have a fire with Han De's 80,000 Qiang soldiers. For the ambitious Tianshui forces, if the 100,000 cavalry of Jincheng County and Han De's 80,000 Qiang soldiers fought first, it would naturally be a battle between the snipe and the fisherman, and there would be no harm in it.

Therefore, Zhang Ji not only provided a temporary hiding place for the injured Yan Xing, but also wrote a VIP invitation for Chen Long, who was incarnated as Huaiyang. Although this VIP invitation is only a few words, it is very precious to Chen Long, enabling him to have the most intimate contact with Zheng Xuanlai, a master of both scripture and metaphysics, at the closest distance, in order to achieve the ultimate goal of winning Ma Yunluo's heart.

As for Yan Xing, although he is temporarily under the heavy guard and protection of Zhang Ji's men, since Yan Xing has great use value on the surface, Zhang Ji should not go to tell Han Sui for the time being, and when Yan Xing's injuries heal, even if he forcibly escapes, it will not be a problem.

Late at night, when Chen Long returned to the greenhouse, a long team of horses entered Tianshui City neatly from the east city gate, and in the middle of the horse team was a very ordinary four-wheeled carriage, which passed through the long Tianshui main street and stopped steadily in front of the gate of the city lord's mansion.

On a tall jujube red horse next to the carriage, Zhang Ji, who looked steady, had a square face and broad cheeks, and a beard with sideburns and beard, turned over and dismounted, personally lifted the curtain of the carriage door, and helped out a gentleman of medium stature. The gentleman was dressed very plainly, and his collared Confucian clothes seemed to have been washed with a lot of water, revealing a pulp white background, and there were not a lot of patches on the neckline.

Zhang Ji made a gesture of invitation very respectfully, and the gentleman raised his eyes to look at the City Lord's Mansion and smiled: "De Rong, I'm tired, send me to the inn directly." ”

Zhang Ji hurriedly said: "Mr. Kangcheng, the boat is tired, and a dinner party has been arranged in the city lord's mansion to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Mr. Wait for a few glasses of overnight dinner, and then go to the inn to rest. ”

Zheng Xuan glanced at a few entourages on the horses behind him and smiled, "It's okay." I am not hungry, but I am sure that my servants are hungry. Zhang Ji nodded: "Mr. has always loved the servants and maids around him, and we have heard of it for a long time." Admire, admire! With that, he smiled and let go of it.

Zheng Xuan doesn't drink alcohol, but he chats casually with Zhang, and his mouth is full of classics. Zhang Ji is both civil and military, the more he listens, the more he admires in his heart, and praises with a smile: "I heard that Mr. has included the canon, collected all the people, deleted and cut the complicated, changed the publication and omitted, and chose the good and followed, even Yuan Shao, who was the third prince of the fourth world, was full of praise for you." When Zhang saw it today, he was really honest and not deceived by me. ”

Zheng Xuan's face was still calm, and he didn't seem to be excited about Zhang Ji's praise, but he was light and light, and he was obviously not a person who was greedy for vanity. But Zheng Xuan didn't pretend to be modest, but said lightly: "Jizhou Yuan Shao, Luoyang Yuan Shu, including Wenyue and De Rong, are all talented in the world, I might as well be too." ”

Zhang Ji smiled bitterly, because Zheng Xuan also praised the lord Han Sui, so it was difficult to say that Zheng Xuan was a false praise, and shook his head and said: "I, Zhang Ji, am just a small city guard, how dare I compare with the Yuan family and Han Dashuai." ”

Zheng Xuan saw that Zhang was both modest and did not refute, his clear eyes raised slightly, looked at the starry sky outside the window and said: "Everyone reflects the stars in the sky, in my opinion, there are superstars in the Xiliang region, it seems to be between Tianshui and Jincheng, its brightness flickers and darkens, shouldn't it be on the Zhang family in Tianshui?" ”

Zhang Ji was taken aback, fortunately there were only two people in the room, him and Zheng Xuan, and then he was a little happy, saying that Zheng Xuan was proficient in metaphysics, could he really have some magical powers? If Zhang Ji is promising, he will be able to destroy Han Sui and unify Xiliang in the future, and it is unknown. He muttered, "Sir, don't joke!" But I didn't know that Zheng Xuan paid the most attention to the monarch and the ministers, and the one he hated the most was the local warlords, which was just a test ear.

Sure enough, Zheng Xuan continued: "I know Derong, governing the Sanfu region, virtue and diligence are the first, this world is also talented, why be humble!" Zhang Ji was helpless, so he had to divert the topic and said: "I heard that even the maidservants in Mr.'s family are familiar with "poems" and "books", but is there really such a thing?" Sir, be sure to listen to it. ”

Zheng Xuan finally smiled and said, "The world is spreading nonsense, how can there be such a thing. Seeing that Zhang was not reluctant, he had to say: "Although I am poor, there are two maidservants in the Beihai family, both of whom have been lonely and poor since childhood, and have been serving their parents at home since childhood. My collection of books is in the study, and the two maids are cleaned every day, so the two maids can steal the books. Although the two maids are stupid, they have learned a few words with me since they were children, and they have read the "Book of Songs", which can be regarded as a small experience. One day, one of them disobeyed and touched my wrath, so I punished him by kneeling before the long steps. Seeing this, the other maidservant laughed and said casually, 'What are you doing in the mud? But it is quoted from "The Book of Songs, Shao Feng, Shi Wei", which means why are you kneeling on the ground? Unexpectedly, the maid did not show weakness, and immediately replied: "Bo Yan is angry, and he is angry", but it is quoted from "The Book of Songs, Shao Feng, Bai Zhou", which means to tell the master about things, which coincides with his anger, so he suffers. It's ridiculous. ”

Zhang Ji laughed when he heard this, and was actually surprised in his heart, thinking that this was also reasonable. Because Zheng Xuan was the most learned master of scripture at that time, the slaves and maids he selected must also be smart people. In addition, he talks about poetry and books with his classmates and disciples on weekdays, and these maidservants are naturally able to recite and understand under the influence of their ears and eyes. Zhang Ji sighed: "My Han is a country with a strong style of learning and holy virtue. However, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the warlords fought and the people of Li hung upside down, and my generation needs a person like Mr. to educate all directions! ”

When Zheng Xuan heard this, his face became serious, and he said slowly: "Heaven and man have always sensed that if the monarch's behavior is in line with the will of the gods, all kinds of Jiarui and Fu Rui will be sent down from the heavens to show prosperity; On the other hand, if the monarch is at fault, the heavens will send all kinds of calamities to warn him. From this, it is further inferred that people's life and death, high and low, rich and poor, and good and bad are all determined by the mandate of heaven, so they should obey the mandate of heaven. The gentleman belongs to the yang, the villain belongs to the yin, and the reason why the society is chaotic is the result of the excessive yin, that is, the villain is in charge. Only by achieving the unity of heaven and man can we conform to the will of heaven, grasp some objective laws to handle the major affairs of the world, and sweep out the villain in power, it is possible to incur good results and bring the imperial power of the Han Dynasty back on the right track. ”

Zhang Ji was dumbfounded and didn't know how to deal with Zheng Xuan's big set of theories, so he stammered and asked, "What Mr. Kang Cheng is referring to, who is the villain in charge in today's world?" ”

Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.