Shilang Mansion, East Cross Courtyard, North House.

He Shi was relieved of the needle and thread in his hand, rubbed his wrist and said, "Uncle is still talking in the study?" ”

The mother next to her said: "I was about to talk back to my grandmother, and I just went over to serve tea, and the uncle was attacking the second young master of the Shen family, and he scolded for two quarters of an hour, and now he is still reprimanding, does grandma want to solve the siege?" ”

He hesitated, and finally shook his head and said: "Uncle is a teacher, Rui Ge'er is his disciple, the teacher teaches his disciple to be righteous, where is the turn of a woman to talk a lot?" ”

The mother hesitated: "If the training is ruthless, my aunt's side will ...... After all, it's grandma's cousin......

He said: "Uncle will not behave for no reason, it must be Rui Ge'er's fault, even if his words are sharper, it is for Rui Ge'er's good ......"

Mom shut up.

In the east wing, Shen Rui's face was flushed, his head drooped, and he was embarrassed.

Wang Shouren's face was full of anger, and he held a few articles made by Shen Ruixin in his hand, and shook it up: "Full of ingenuity, I don't know if you were a little lacking last month, but how much effort you worked in it, but this month has become a perfunctory response." Which are you perfunctory? ”

"Teacher......" Shen Rui muttered, not knowing how to justify.

Wang Shouren didn't wronged him, his brain was like a paste this month, even if he picked up reading in the second half of the month, his head was empty when he was writing.

Shen Jue's death and the illness of the third master made him a little confused about the imperial examination.

He used to be vigorous, but he just took the road to the imperial examination as a task to do, but now the road ahead is not clear, and he is slacking off when reading and composing.

Wang Shouren looked "hating iron and not steel", put down Shi Wen in his hand, and said: "Look at you have been stable and old for a long time, why are you still drilling the tip of the horns now?" Birth, old age, sickness and death are all common things, why are you so discouraged? ”

Shen Rui couldn't help but tremble when he heard this.

Is he disheartened?

He thought he was just confused, and he was confused about being a justice of the peace and making it difficult to move forward on the road to official life. He is not a power-hungry person, otherwise he would not have been an ordinary person from teaching in his previous life

He knows his own weight, and it is all a matter of luck to get up to the jinshi step by step, and he doesn't even think about calling for wind and rain in the political situation. Even if he has a little affection with the future Son of Heaven, when it is really different from the monarch and the minister, the role is limited.

Is it worth studying so hard?

It is difficult to know that the capital of the Ming Dynasty is difficult to do, but the local gentry of the peace are easy to do. There is as much pressure as there are achievements, and if you don't worry about success, there will be no pressure.

Shen Rui was entangled in his heart, raised his head and said: "The teacher is the most free and easy temperament, why is he willing to be bound by his career?" ”

Wang Shouren has been reinstated at the original level, but he has changed from the head of the criminal department to the head of the military department. According to the ranking of the six parts of the criminal work of the officials, Wang Shouren praised half a step slightly. However, as the son of his squire and the second-class jinshi, he did not even enter the three departments of the household ceremony, which shows the ministers' precautions against the father and son of the Wang family.

Wang Shouren said with a straight face: "A man is alive, standing up to the sky, he must have a heart of loyalty and the idea of serving the country, otherwise even if he is full of economy, he is just a pile of carrion."

Wang Shouren said loudly, Shen Rui thought of his half of his life, and for some reason remembered the old saying "Heaven and earth descend on people". Could it be that all the tribulations are for the sake of casting a "Yangmingzi" that will last for the ages?

If it is really successful by himself, reminding the Wang family that the father and son have avoided political risks, can Wang Shouren still become the Wang Shouren of civil and martial arts in history?

When I was apprenticed, I had the intention of making use of it, and I actually learned with my own talent, so I couldn't afford the name of "the first disciple of the king".

Seeing that Shen Rui was silent and worried, Wang Shouren was puzzled: "Brother Rui, you tell the truth to your teacher, what are you worried about?" At a young age, you have seen two funerals in a year, and it is nothing that you can't get out of sadness for a while, but you shouldn't be depressed......"

Seeing Wang Shouren's face full of concern, Shen Rui couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.

Since he came to the Ming Dynasty, he has been lonely.

The noise of the young Shen Jue broke his loneliness. Shen Jue relies on him wholeheartedly, but doesn't he rely on Shen Jue?

When Shen Jue died, he felt that he was one level away from this world. Even if his nominal parents Shen Cang and Xu can't soothe his loneliness.

Seeing that it is the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, and the replacement of the old and the new is in these two years, how to deal with it when the eunuchs are wanton, Shen Rui still can't make up his mind.

As long as Shen Cang is alive, the Shen family will not be able to avoid disputes; There are also the father and son of the Wang family, when it comes to falling into the dust, where can Shen Rui, the apprentice, watch it?

Now the Ming Dynasty is already a papier-mâché lantern, and the appearance of a peaceful and prosperous era will be broken as soon as it is stabbed. There are Mongols in the north, Miao chaos in the south, and people in the hinterland of the Central Plains who rebel against Maitreya and White Lotus one after another.

Even if he knew that Liu Jin was a grasshopper after the autumn, he wouldn't be able to jump for a few years, but in the following more than ten years of Zhengde, could he really successfully become a scholar and a civil official of the peace?

Shen Rui wants to change, but he feels powerless; If you want to maintain the status quo, you know that storms are inevitable.

Thinking that Wang Shouren was not only proficient in Confucianism, but also had a lot of knowledge in Buddhism and Taoism, Shen Rui asked tentatively: "What does the teacher think of 'Zhuang Gong Mengdie,'?" ”

Wang Shouren blinked, and didn't react for a while.

Shen Rui is serious and has no intention of laughing.

Wang Shouren only felt strange in his heart: "Brother Rui is enlightened?" ”

In addition to Confucianism, Shen Rui also has a lot of things to do with Taoism, Wang Shouren knows, after all, the Five Classics of the Shen family scholars are "Zhou Yi", if you don't know anything about Taoism, you can't learn it.

Shen Rui shook his head and said, "It's not enlightenment, it's a dream of turning into a butterfly." ”

Shen Rui spoke, but his eyes looked at Wang Shouren, paying attention to his reaction.

As a modern person five hundred years later, Shen Rui's heart of defense is even heavier. Even if it was Shen Cang, the nominal closest elder, Shen Rui was just talking about the future situation in a speculative tone, but he wanted to say a few more words to Wang Shouren, who would start a sect in the future.

is really in terms of deep feelings, Wang Shouren is thicker here than Shen Cang.

Wang Shouren put away his surprised expression, and his face turned solemn.

After six years of apprenticeship, he didn't get along much time before and after, but he knew that his student was a successful student.

Shen Rui is not talking in vain, and he will not mention "Zhuang Gong Dream Butterfly" for no reason.

"Rui Ge'er dreamed of butterflies? Seeing something bad in the future, and it is related to being a teacher? Wang Shouren frowned.

If it was simply "Zhuang Gong Dream Butterfly", it would not make him worry at a young age.

It was Shen Rui who was surprised this time.

He couldn't help but wonder if he was on the top of the seven emotions, so that Wang Shouren could see through it at a glance.

Wang Shouren saw the reaction of his disciples, but said with a little pride: "When I was young, I had a period of time when I pursued the freedom of Taoism, but I never got the chance...... I remember that when I was in Donglin Zen Temple, you also listened to Zen, worthy of being my first disciple, although Confucianism is not obvious, the two doors of interpretation and Taoism can not be accomplished"

Seeing Wang Shouren's reaction, Shen Rui couldn't cry or laugh.

There are teachers who do this, even if they are eclectic, they have to prioritize them, shouldn't they reprimand themselves for not doing their jobs? Aren't you afraid that you will really go to become a Taoist priest or a monk?

"Teacher, the disciple is not joking," Shen Rui said.

Wang Shouren nodded and said, "As the teacher knows, you have always been steady and don't do anything funny." It's just that a person has a personal fate, and the teacher can't point you to anything in this, and you still need to understand yourself. ”

"Then the teacher is not curious about the things in the disciple's dream?" Shen Rui was puzzled when he saw him blocking his words.

"It's curious, it's just curious. Although you are fortunate to have a glimpse of the heavenly opportunity for a day or two, you must also remember that 'the heavenly opportunity must not be revealed, and it must not be told to the mouth, so as not to hurt the longevity and happiness.' Wang Shouren said.

When Wang Shouren met Shen Rui, Shen Rui was only a nine-year-old boy, his mother lost his father and abandoned him, and his life experience was pitiful. Wang Shouren treats this disciple as a nephew. Even if he has his own flesh and blood now, Shen Rui, the eldest disciple, is still like his family.

He believed that Shen Rui would not lie in front of him, but most of the things in this world depend on blessings and misfortunes. Although he was curious about his future situation, he didn't want to lose Shen Rui's luck and longevity.

How could Shen Rui not experience this piece of sincere care?

Shen Rui only felt that his eyes were hot: "The teacher just taught the disciple that 'the boy is alive, standing up to the heavens and the earth, and he must have a heart of loyalty and righteousness and the idea of serving the country, is it related to such a major event as the stability of the court and the happiness of the people, and the teacher also pities the disciple's selfishness, so he just asks?'" ”

Wang Shouren was dumbfounded.

After a while, Wang Shouren said in a deep voice: "Although I have the heart to make meritorious contributions and defend the country and the people for the teacher, if I want to sacrifice my disciple for this, I would rather be a deaf person without great righteousness."

"Teacher"

It is said that men have gold under their knees, not to mention Shen Rui from later generations, and they are not used to kneeling and worshipping.

But in front of Wang Shouren, who cared for him like this, Shen Rui involuntarily knelt down.

Compared with the teacher, he has the heart of a villain. Just now, before he tried it, he was still hesitating whether he would be treated as a monster because of his words, which would affect his safety. Unexpectedly, even Wang Shouren, who is dedicated to the public, cares for him wholeheartedly, and would rather be a selfish person than hurt him for justice.

It was only at this time that Shen Rui really regarded the young man in front of him as a teacher, no longer a Confucian saint on the altar, and no longer a madman with the best talent in the Ming Dynasty.

All kinds of negative emotions born of Shen Jue's death have also disappeared under the care of the teacher.

"Teacher, the partition wall has ears, please enter the secret room" Shen Rui raised his head and looked at Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren frowned and said: "Don't be stubborn and listen to the teacher's orders"

Shen Rui said: "Teacher, everything in this world has a reason to exist, and so does the disciple Mengdie. If it weren't for the heaven and earth leaking their own chances, how could the disciples have a dream butterfly? The teacher has the heart to serve the country, and the disciple also has the idea of patriotism, and asks the teacher to fulfill it."

Wang Shouren was still hesitating.

Shen Rui had already leaned over and kowtowed to the ground.

Wang Shouren was silent for a long time, bent down to help Shen Rui, looked up at his head, and said, "If God punishes you, I am willing to take it with you for the sake ......of the teacher."