Morality, just two words, few strokes, there are not many people who can afford it.

The first saint Zichou shouldered the morality of the world, and after Zichou was martyred, the word morality was shouldered by Zichou's two apprentices. Zou Gu, the first disciple of Zichou, is the sacrificial wine of Luoyi School Palace, and is the first saint in the world; Zichou's beloved disciple Meng Lan is the Taishi of Da Li.

The two of them work together to afford the word morality.

On the first day of October in the year 506 of the Great Li calendar, the beginning of winter. Yuzhou, Luoyi, Luoyi School Palace.

Meng Lan came alone, saw Zou Gu, didn't make a fuss, and didn't shout, "Hello, senior brother." ”

"Why did Meng Lan come?" Zou Gu smiled, "To save your beloved disciple? ”

Meng Lan shook his head, just glanced at Shi Yanzhou, who was cowering behind Zou Gu, and then replied: "Meng Lan is not here for him, Meng Lan is here to compete for the position of sacrificial wine, the first saint in the world, and the sacrificial wine of the school palace." ”

Hundreds of soldiers surrounded Meng Lan, and Zou Gu shouted, "Give way, please Mr. Meng come in." ”

Hundreds of soldiers guarded the swords and spears in their hands, and Meng Lan held a scroll of bamboo slips and stepped into the palace.

"It's been a long time since anyone has come to talk to me, and I'm a little lonely." Zou Gu led the way in front and said in a lonely enough tone.

Meng Lan said calmly: "Jue still talked to you last year, did you forget?" ”

Zou Gu turned to stare at Meng Lan, and said compassionately: "Meng Lan, you have changed, you don't call me senior brother anymore." ”

Meng Lan smiled and said, "Meng Lan is still Meng Lan, it is you who has changed." ”

"Go make a pot of tea," Zou Gu instructed Shi Yanzhou, "Meng Lan is from afar, thirsty." ”

Meng Lan said: "No need, I can't drink the tea you made." ”

Shi Yanzhou's face turned blue and white for a while, and Zou Gu said: "Yanzhou, if you have something to say, don't learn from Meng Lan who always hides his thoughts." ”

Shi Yanzhou exhaled, respectfully saluted Meng Lan, and then said: "Mr. Meng, thank you for Mr. Yanzhou's teaching, now I have worshiped Mr. Zou as a teacher." ”

Meng Lan picked up Shi Yanzhou and said, "You and I no longer have the status of master and apprentice, so we don't have to salute." ”

Shi Yanzhou retreated behind Zou Gu with a cold face, and Zou Gu said to him: "Yanzhou, look at it, Meng Lan likes that idiot more." ”

"Mr. Meng, I have my own troubles," Shi Yanzhou said, "I can't escape the blame for Gongzihan's death, and if I return to Lidu, I'm afraid I will already be a dead man." ”

Meng Lan didn't answer, and Zou Gu wasn't annoyed.

Shi Yanzhou continued: "Besides, Da Li's qi has been exhausted, and now in Kyushu, sooner or later, his surname will be Song. ”

"The first sentence is a lie," Meng Lan said, "and the second sentence is the truth. ”

"What about lies? What about the truth? Zou Gu smiled.

Shi Yanzhou's cheeks were a little hot.

Meng Lan didn't answer, because it was a lie; Zou Gu is not annoyed, also because it is a lie. Meng Lan replied, because it was the truth; Zou Gu is still not annoyed, also because it is the truth.

"Meng Lan, you said you want to fight with me, how to fight?" Zou Gu waved his hand and said, "Meng Lan always likes to fight with me. Back then, I was fighting for who had more poems and books in my stomach, and then I was fighting for women, and then I was fighting for an idiot, and now I have to fight with me for the words "the first saint in the world", "school palace sacrificial wine", and "morality". ”

"Competing with you for poetry and books, that's Meng Lan's thing; Competing with you for Yuwan is a gentleman's dispute; Fighting with you, you ask yourself if you have ever seen him once? With you, the first saint in the world, the school palace sacrificial wine, you can't afford the word morality. Meng Lan replied.

"You have won the battle of poetry and books; In the battle of Yuwan, you and I have lost; In the battle of idiots, the senior brother will let you take a step; But I can't afford this word morality, can Meng Lan afford it? Zou Gu asked.

"Meng Lan can try." Meng Lan and Zou Gu looked at each other, but their tones were very calm.

Jueshan, elementary school school. The young Zou Gu cut the bamboo, the young Meng Lan grinded, and the middle-aged man Chou wrote "The husband is only moral, the way of heaven is in the front, and the benevolence and righteousness are in the back." Those who have gained morality will inherit the way of heaven and win the hearts of the people; Those who lose morality will not be satisfied, and the people will not return to their hearts......"

The young Meng Lan tilted his head and looked at it, and read it out, and Zou Gu, the young man who had cut the bamboo, also came over.

"Sir, I'm going to grind, I'm not going to cut bamboo." The young man Zou Gu said with a bitter face.

"Sir, I don't cut bamboo, I want to grind." Young Meng Lan argued.

The two disciples were arguing in their ears like sparrows, and Zichou really couldn't write anymore, so he said: "Sir will test you, and whoever answers well will grind; If you don't answer well, you will be punished to cut down bamboo. ”

"Okay." The young Zou Gu and the young Meng Lan replied in unison.

"What is the meaning of the word morality?" The middle-aged man asked.

The young Zou Gu and the young Meng Lan began to quarrel and shout again, and they had to answer first.

"I'm a senior brother, I'll answer first." The young man Zou Gu said.

"Since you are a senior brother, you have to let me, this is a courtesy." Young Meng Lan didn't give an inch.

The young man Zou Gu said again: "Meng Lan has said that it is a courtesy, then you have to respect the senior brother and ask me to answer first." ”

Zichou shook his head and persuaded: "Gu, you are a senior brother, you have to let Lan." ”

The young Meng Lan arched his hand to the ugly son, and did not forget to bow his hand to the young Zou Gu, and then said: "Mr. said the word morality, the Tao is the way of heaven, and righteousness is benevolence and righteousness. The so-called Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven, so benevolence and righteousness are Li Min. The word morality is to love the Son of Heaven and the people, so that we can inherit the way of heaven and win the hearts of the people. ”

Zichou nodded with satisfaction, and asked Zou Gu to answer.

The young Zou Gu angrily picked up the knife and went to cut the bamboo.

After a few more years, both of them reached the age of crowning.

"Gu, Lan," Zichou shouted, "you two go out on a study tour today. ”

The two of them carried poetry books on their backs and bowed their hands to Zi Ugly together.

"Gu, you are a senior brother, you have to let Lan," Zichou said again, "Lan, you are a junior brother, be humble." ”

"Okay." The two spoke in unison again, and then walked out of Jueshan together.

There is a secluded place outside Jueshan called Jueshan, the two stayed in the secluded mountain for a few days, and a talented man named Zixiu who claimed to be the declining son of the Zhongshan royal family became friends, and Zixiu appreciated the remarks of the two very much, so he invited the two to stay at home. Although Zixiu is a descendant of the Zhongshan royal family, his family is wealthy and generous.

The two went happily, either talking about poetry, playing the piano, or traveling together.

"Threesome, there must be my teacher," Zixiu said, "Two high-level talents, I don't know who to learn from?" ”

"The master is ugly, and the people in the mountains and wilderness." The young man Zou Gu replied.

The young Meng Lan corrected: "My husband is talented, but he has not yet been born. ”

Zixiu smiled: "I really haven't heard of it, but maybe I really have the talent to govern the world." ”

The three of them met a boating lotus picking woman by the river, to be precise, a boating lotus picking woman named Yuwan, who looked beautiful, and the young Zou Gu and the young Meng Lan were all in love.

"That's Yuwan." Zixiu said.

So the young Zou Gu took a six-stringed piano and stroked it on the spot, Zixiu played the Xun, and the young Meng Lan sang a song. The song says:

Picking lotus and picking lotus, its leaves are fielded; It is intended to be made as lotus leaves, and Ren Qing picks them.

Picking lotus lotus, its water ripples; Meng Sheng dreams of fish, often plays lotus.

Picking lotus and picking lotus, its person Yan Yan; It is intended to be a boat, and the boat is a thousand years.

So the woman named Yuwan docked the boat and came with money.

"Can you do it?" She handed the young Meng Lan a lotus flower.

"Yes." The young Meng Lan took the lotus flower, and then the boat.

The young Zou Gu went on a study tour alone, and the young Meng Lan accompanied Yu Wan'er on a boat in the secluded Jueshan Mountain for many days, and finally one day he gave up his hand and said: "Meng Sheng is going to study abroad, and I will return." ”

Luoyi School Palace.

Meng Lan sighed: "When I return, Yuwan has already fallen into the lake and died. ”

Zou Gu sneered: "'Meng Sheng dreams of fish, often plays in the lotus. 'What Meng Lan is doing is a gentleman? ”

"I can't be a boat, I destroyed the boat, what Zou Gu is a gentleman?" Meng Lan was-for-tat.

"Zi Kuang said that Zi Xiu in the secluded area of Jueshan is the son of Mr., I don't believe it." Zou Gu said.

"Zou Gu acquiesced?" Meng Lan asked.

"Meng Lan always fights with me, since he likes to fight, then he can't fight if he destroys it." Zou Gu said with a smile.

"So Zou Gu wants to banish Jue to the Mangyuan Plain?" Meng Lan questioned again.

Zou Gu smiled: "So what? Meng Lan is even an idiot to fight with me. ”

Meng Lan also smiled: "It's a pity that you didn't fight me this time." ”

"I am a wild goose boat, and I am better than the idiot by three points in terms of poetry and literary talent; In terms of kendo attainments, he is ten times better than that idiot. Zou Gu said proudly.

"You've lost sight," Meng Lan emphasized, "it was, and it still is." ”

Shi Yanzhou held a scroll in his left hand and a sword in his right hand. Like Song Xiao, he has a sword in his left hand and poetry in his right hand; Like Jiang Jue, he has a sword in his left hand and a poetry book in his right hand.

"Yanzhou, what Meng Lan likes is still that idiot," Zou Gu shook his head and said, "Just like Mr. still prefers Meng Lan." ”

"After Zou Gu traveled to see the scenery of the world, he felt that the wine and tea were bitter and refused to listen to Mr.'s teachings," Meng Lan continued, "After Yan Zhou saw that the Song Kingdom was rich and the people were strong, did he also feel that the wine and tea were bitter and refused to listen to Mr.'s teachings?" ”

Zou Gu was speechless, and Shi Yanzhou's face was red.

"Sir said he wasn't a good teacher." Meng Lan said.

Zou Gu sneered: "Of course he is not a good teacher, he prefers Meng Lan alone." ”

"After Mr. passed away, it was not Jiahe on the outskirts of Luoyi, and he got two ears, but one grain and one barnyard grass, I don't know if I said it right or not?" Meng Lan continued to ask?

He gets two ears for Jiahe; The teacher has two sons, and he is a good teacher. This is also written by Zichou.

"But I heard that there are also one and two ears in front of the tomb of Miao Sheng, the land of the three seedlings of Chu State, I have Qian Xiu and Yan Zhou, I don't know which two disciples Meng Lan has?" Zou Gu asked.

"Zou Gu only knows that there is one grain and two ears in front of Miao Sheng's tomb, but he doesn't know that it is not one grain and two ears, but two grains together, Meng Lan is one he, and Jianghou is one he." Meng Lan replied.

"Meng Lan wants to fight with me again, and there is no evidence," Zou Gu said, "Mr. said that the first sage of the ages, Bo Qi, has a saying that there will be one grain and two ears in five hundred years. ”

"Sir also said that he deliberately said it to you," Meng Lan said with a smile, "Sir said that the first sage of the ages, Bo Qi, said that in five hundred years, there will be two grains together." ”

"He gets two ears for Jiahe; The teacher has two sons, it is for a good teacher," Meng Lan continued, "Mr. said that he is not a good teacher, and I, Meng Lan, am not a good teacher. However, the two crops are also Golden Harvest; The two divisions are a common son, and the double jade is Jue. ”