On the second day after the Shangyuan Festival, the caravan bid farewell to the old men left behind in the village and started the journey to Luoyang, the eastern capital.

We took a shortcut to wade through the Fengshui Glacier, passed through the entire Shanglin Garden along the northeast forest horse road, and came to the territory of Weinan on the sunny slope of Weishui outside Chang'an City on the morning of the second day.

After saying goodbye to Shangguan Yanxi there, the caravan galloped along the wide and flat Qin-Han Chi Road on the south bank of the Great River, crossed Taihua and Tongguan to the east, and went straight to Luoyang.

Five days later, in the early morning, the caravan had come to the shore of Luoshui, and the ancient city built by Luoshui in front of it, with the towering and dilapidated city wall, was Luoyang, the imperial capital of thousands of years.

We did not enter the city, and continued to gallop along the official road southward for more than an hour, before the horse team slowed down and walked slowly.

"Golden City! Ique has arrived! Luoyi Academy, where Chang'an studied, is on Longmen Mountain on the left bank of Yishui! Ha ha! My little grandson is now taller again! ”

I looked at it as far as my grandfather's horsewhip pointed, but I saw a large river rushing from the south between the two mountains, and rushing north into Los Angeles.

"Grandpa, I originally thought that Chang'an was at least a month's trip to Luoyang! I knew that I would be able to arrive in three or four days, and Qin Chong and I came over to take the third brother to Chang'an for the New Year, how good would it be! ”

Looking at the pine and cypress in the distance, the clouds and mist like a fairyland of Longmen Mountain, I regretted.

Being so close to the third brother, I, as an elder brother, have spent two months in Chang'an City without coming to see him, which makes me blame myself.

"When I was studying, I was most afraid of being disturbed by trivial matters, so I sent Wuwei and Chang'an to Luoyang, which is thousands of miles away from home. Hehe, now that Wuwei's studies have been completed, Chang'an is just around the corner, and the old man is happy! ”

Grandpa didn't answer me directly, but laughed with emotion.

"Young master, I've been to see this academy! The environment is quiet, there are many children, and the meals are orderly, it is really a good place to read! Hehe! And in addition to reading the scriptures and studying here, they also have to learn piano exercises, swordsmanship, games, and court debates, and when these little babies grow up in the future, they will all be civil and military all-rounders who govern the country and the country, unlike those sour and rotten Confucian students who can only do it! You'll find out when you go up and have a look! ”

Uncle Su saw my mood and hurriedly comforted me.

"Ten years of tree people! The old man regrets that he didn't send you over for a few years! Hehe, don't blame grandpa in the future. ”

Grandpa said lamentedly, and walked away as fast as he struck.

After three years of separation, I am going to see my flesh and blood grandchildren again, and the licking of calves between grandfather and grandfather, two elders with very different styles, is beyond words.

During the period of Chang'an City a year ago, the two old men personally went to the East City and the West City to purchase a lot of gifts for Chang'an and Wuwei.

There is a clear spring coming down from the mountain in front of Longmen Mountain on the bank of Yishui, and when we arrived, dozens of young people in gray and white cotton robes, each carrying two wooden barrels with pointed bottoms, lined up to get water.

When the teenagers saw our horse team, they all looked curiously and whispered.

Then a young man dropped the barrel and ran towards us with joy.

"Grandpa! Grandfather! You're coming! I want to mess with my grandson too! ”

The young man shouted as he ran, and the pure Iloya dialect no longer had the taste of the Tocharian official dialect of the Western Regions in Khotan.

There is no need to guess that this young man is my third brother Yi Changan, this fat brother has completely changed his appearance after being away from home for six years.

If I had met him on the streets of the city or on the official roads of the deserted villages, I would definitely not have recognized him.

"Third brother! Changan! I also jumped off the horse and went to meet the third brother.

"Big brother! Ha ha! Eldest brother! You're here too! ”

My appearance gave Brother Chang'an a great surprise, and our two brothers hugged each other happily, and they didn't want to be separated for a long time.

After six years of spring and autumn, countless times in my dreams, I finally reunited with my brother in this foreign land in Middle-earth, thousands of miles away from home, and I am really happy!

"Third brother Chang'an, where did all the fat you used to have? How are the days of the academy, are the gentlemen as strict as Old Master Xin? ”

I pulled Chang'an and walked to my grandfather and asked happily.

"Returning to my brother, the academy has a degree of life, diet and daily life, practicing three times in winter and three times in summer, and the soul and mortal body are placed in the mountains and wilderness, and they go with the breeze."

Chang An bowed slightly and replied with a smile, with the appearance and style of a jade tree facing the wind and a humble gentleman.

"Chang'an, why do you speak like this now!" I was a little surprised.

"Back to my brother, Mr. said that today's chaos and strife are all caused by the collapse of Gangchang's ethics, and if you want to revive the world, you must first Zhang Wuchang! The foolish brother has made an oath in front of the altar of the saints, and in this life, it is his responsibility to preach and teach and promote Confucian jurisprudence, so he first made a word. ”

I don't understand the words and deeds of Chang'an Shizi at all.

"Third brother, your set of principles of the world should be left to the students who will teach you in the future, don't do this in front of your family, don't scare grandpa and grandfather!"

"Big brother, you also think it's awkward to be so piety! Haha, but grandpa and his old man love this! The year before last, I used our native language to communicate with him in Khotan, but I was reprimanded, saying that I had not learned the etiquette of an oriental scholar in the academy for so many years! ”

The third brother laughed and said, this kid has learned his second brother Wuwei's naughty and naughty skills.

"Really?" I was surprised.

"Little brother has no lies!" Chang'an patted his chest.

"Then you better fool these two old men as you did just now, don't let them down!" I couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"Chang'an understands!" The third brother bowed slightly.

In fact, this is not pretentious, after so many years of exposure in the Middle Earth Academy, I have seen the style of the third brother Chang'an's treatment of people and things, which is no different from ordinary scholars.

At this point, I also have a general view of the Confucianism and Taoism that prevail in Middle-earth.

Taoists are like those who end up in the south of Qingqiao Mountain, who are talented and uninhibited, but they are hidden in the mountains and fields to refine pills and cultivate immortals.

Confucianism is like Luoyi Academy, a humble gentleman, full of poetry and books, but he loves the temple and the world.

As Lao Tzu said: there is no mutual birth, difficulty and ease are mutually beneficial, long and short are dwarfed, high and low are mutually beneficial, sound and sound are harmonious, before and after, and constant.

Luoyi Academy has a rule that no more than four people are admitted to visit relatives at a time, and students in the college are not allowed to be absent from school during this period, and everything is as usual.

So after Chang'an saw his grandfather and grandfather, he hurried back to the mountain spring to draw water.

Unexpectedly, the third brother of Chang'an seems to be thin, but he can carry two wooden barrels of Qingquan to walk like flying on the mountain road, which is by no means an overnight achievement.

After the caravan settled down in the forest at the bottom of the mountain, Grandpa, Grandpa, Uncle Su, and I slowly walked up the stone steps with some gifts for Mr. Shuyuan.

But in the forest covered by pines and cypresses on the mountainside, there is a pavilion house with blue bricks and gray tiles, which is scattered among the bamboo forests and cliffs.

The sound of reading came from the courtyard one after another, and Luoyi Academy arrived.

In the open space in front of the academy, there is a bluestone stele that is very eye-catching, and the stele of the black seal script is strong and far-reaching: Zi said, believe in studiousness, and keep the good way of death. There is no one in the dangerous state, and there is no living in the chaotic state. The world is humane, and the world is hidden. The state is virtuous, poor and cheap, and shameful; There is no way, rich and noble, and shameful.

Grandpa has been a big benefactor here since his second brother Wu Wei entered the academy.

So I heard that he came up to the mountain to visit his grandson, and the respected college inspector Zou Lao Fuzi greeted him early outside the gate.

Like-minded old friends were very affectionate when they saw each other, and several old people entered the academy guest house to chat freely after greeting and introduction.

The third brother of Chang'an led me to observe all the scenes and processes of the study and life of the teachers and students of the college.

"Third brother, you have a younger sister named Gulando!"

In the afternoon of the academy, it is the time for students to practice independently, some people are jujuing, some are fencing, and more students are going down the mountain in pairs to buy pen, ink, paper and inkstones in Luoyang City.

The endless fields below the mountain are verdant and verdant, and the farmers are busy in the fields of wells.

Chang'an said that in the early spring, the new wheat is growing wildly, and these farmers are pressing the wheat seedlings green.

Among them, several large well fields on the edge of Yishui at the foot of Longmen Mountain are the private fields of their academy, and there are busy scholars and scholars studying agronomy, who have just been busy there two days ago.

It seems that the life of the college is not as bleak as I imagined, but full of free and poetic idyllic atmosphere, and there are so many classmates of the same age who are around.

No wonder Wu Wei and Chang'an have been able to persist here for so many years without thinking of returning, it turns out that these two guys with no conscience have long been happy.

The two of us brothers walked and chatted on the path of learning in the mountains and forests, and the thoughts of many years suddenly turned into laughter and laughter among our flesh and blood compatriots.

I told Chang'an's brother about the current situation at his home in Khotan, Qingfengze, and that his mother and grandmother were in good health, and at the same time introduced him to this new member of the family.

"I heard from my grandfather three years ago, hehe! I heard that it's a bit like Sister Yamika when she was a child, big brother, you still think of her from time to time, right? ”

Brother Chang'an asked with a smile, he had never seen Gu Landuo's little sister, so he didn't have much emotion.

And Yamika, who has been having fun with us for so long, Chang'an, like me, still has a deep concern for this woman from the western country of Yunhai.

"I'm going to go to Rome next year when I return to Qingfengze, and if this woman is not married, I will bring her back to Qingfengze to be your sister-in-law! What do you think? ”

I sighed and smiled, knowing that Amika was a thing of the past, but it was my long-standing wish to visit her hometown to visit this old friend and make up for this relationship.

"That's great! But the mountains are far away, will grandpa and mother let you go? "Chang'an has a happy turn to a worry.

"I've come to the most difficult business routes in the world, and Rome is so good! Don't worry, my mother will definitely let me go. Grandpa, grandpa, hehe, I'm most worried that they will go with me! ”

I confidently said that as a descendant of the merchant family, there was no reason for the elders to stop me from traveling all over the world.

"That's true, little brother, I'm here waiting for the good news of the big brother!"

"Chang'an, tell you something, about your second brother Wuwei!" I said mysteriously.

"Second brother? Isn't he still healthy? What will happen to him? Chang'an asked puzzled.