【Li Dingyun guides the bright road】

"Come, little sister, take my brother's hand, and my brother will take you home." Liu Bei took a quick step, greeted him with a smile, and took the little girl's hand. At this time, Liu Bei unconsciously looked at the little girl, her skin in front of her was better than snow, her eyes were like a pool of clear water, although she was still young, but when she was looking forward to it, she already had an elegant and elegant temperament, which made people feel ashamed of herself and dare not blaspheme. Suddenly, the little girl turned her head and looked at Liu Bei, and Liu Bei blushed unconsciously......

Liu Bei didn't know what it was like, but he had never experienced it before, it felt so magical and wonderful, this feeling was like being in a hazy smoke and rain, and suddenly a breeze drifted by, gently brushing his skin, making people feel comfortable; It was as if he was in a place like a hot sun, his mouth was dry, his limbs were weak, and suddenly a cold source appeared in front of him, it was so cool, so thirst-quenching, when he jumped into the source, the cold water was like a lightning, and he instantly made himself sober. After a long time, Liu Bei finally came back to his senses from this feeling, and asked hesitantly, "Little sister, what is your name and how old are you this year?" ”

I don't know if it was because of the gratitude for saving her life or the kindness she was born with, the little girl who was frightened just now smiled at Liu Bei and said, "My name is Gan'er, and I am ten years old this year." ”

Li Dingyun heard their conversation, interjected and said: "This child has a hard life, a few years ago his parents were killed by a rebellion of displaced people in Xuzhou, and now only my grandfather is a relative, and the villagers saw that she was pitiful, so they asked someone to send her to me, and since then they have been living with me, to be honest, I am now a good year, I have lived for most of my life, and I have nothing to worry about, the only thing I can't let go of is my granddaughter, I don't know where she should go after she leaves, In fact, I have always wanted to find someone to entrust her with, but I have searched and searched, and I have not found it until now. ”

After listening to Li Dingyun's narration, Liu Bei couldn't help but feel a little sad, he thought that he was already very unfortunate without his father since he was a child, but he didn't expect that there were people who were more unfortunate than himself, but who can blame all this, if you want to blame us, we should not be born in this world, at this time Liu Bei said: "Lord Li, you don't have to worry too much, your body is still strong, you must live forever, and I think Gan'er is smart and clever, and there is a grandfather like you, who will definitely be a talented and beautiful person in the future, and will definitely have a good home for her, What do you have to worry about? ”

"Haha...... I think it's okay to live a long life, but I hope that Gan'er will be able to live a peaceful and stable life like you said in the future, not seeking wealth and wealth, but only peace, and I will be satisfied with this! Li Dingyun stroked his gray beard and said.

"I don't want to live a peaceful life, it's too boring!" At this time, Gan'er listened to her grandfather's words and pouted and retorted.

"You girl, what do you know, in this world, what a happy thing it is to have a stable life!"

Different experiences, different views on things, an old man who has gone through vicissitudes, a childish girl, maybe there is no right and who is wrong on this issue, maybe Gan'er's thoughts will change in the future, maybe she will always insist on such ideas, but for Liu Bei at this time, he is obviously on Gan'er's side, just like Gan'er said, Liu Bei doesn't want to do nothing for a lifetime, what he wants is to get ahead, what he wants is to live a more dignified life.

Everyone chatted and walked, and soon arrived at Li Dingyun's house, and when they walked in, they knew that Li Da was born simple, except for piles of books in the house, two servants who took care of his daily life, and nothing else. After everyone sat down, Li Dingyun said: "If it weren't for the rescue of your little heroes today, I don't know what would have happened...... Seeing that you are brave and strategic, and you are not surprised by changes, the afterlife is really terrifying. ”

Liu Deran and Jian Yong both smiled after hearing this, and Liu Bei was naturally very happy when he heard it, but with so many people present, he didn't like to show it, and pretended to be ashamed and said: "Where is it, Lord Li really tortured us." ”

Li Dingyun then said: "You are talented, although it is commendable, but no matter how good the jade is, it must be processed after the day after tomorrow to show its true value, just like that and the Bi, before the stone carving, in the eyes of most people, he is an ordinary stone, only after later processing, it can be described as priceless!" ”

Liu Bei and the others were at a loss at this time, and they didn't know what Master Li was going to say, so they had to keep silent and continue to listen.

Li Dingyun continued: "Yupu needs to be processed, and people are not. Those who want to be clear and virtuous in the world will rule the country first; Those who want to rule their country must first gather their families; Those who want to gather their families must first cultivate their bodies; Those who want to cultivate their bodies must first correct their hearts; Those who want to correct their hearts must first be sincere; If you want to be sincere, you must first know it, and you will know it in Gewu. Character and then know, know and then sincerity, sincerity and then heart, heart and then body cultivation, body cultivation and then family Qi, family Qi and then national governance, national governance and then the world peace......"

Li Dingyun paused, stared at Liu Bei and said: "Then how to learn from things, that is, to read, reading makes people wise." To put it mildly, you are all children born at the bottom of the society, and the priority of people in the lower classes is often not spiritual improvement, but material enjoyment, which cannot be blamed on them, because they have also eaten this meal without the next meal, how can they have time to consider the spiritual improvement, so the bottom family is often the class that attaches the least importance to reading, and if you don't study, you will lose the way to be promoted, which also leads to the fact that the bottom class is the most miserable class in life. ”

Liu Bei's eyes are getting brighter and brighter at this time, how can he not think about these days, he has been trying to find someone to show him the way, and today he finally found it, so he asked excitedly: "Then Lord Li, if a person like us, if you want to achieve a career and get rid of the current situation, how should you study, Liu Bei is stupid, please show me a clear way." ”

Li Dingyun stared at Liu Bei, knowing that Liu Bei had this determination, so he said: "Reading and learning is one thing, finding a good teacher is the key, a good teacher can be said to be better than reading ten thousand books, Su Qin and Zhang Yi of the Warring States Period, they studied under Guiguzi, and then they conquered the world and conquered all countries; Li Si Hanfei, they studied under Xunzi, and the achievements of the two of them should not be underestimated, these people are talented and intelligent, everyone has the potential of thousands of miles, but if they don't develop these potentials, it can only be unknown for a lifetime, and there will never be such great achievements in the future. ”

Liu Dean was confused again at this time, and asked: "Master Li, if I can become a teacher myself after reading thousands of books, why might I find a good teacher?" ”

Li Dingyun stroked his beard, smiled slightly, and pretended to be mysterious: "This is naturally a mystery, a good teacher will give you a little pull at a critical time, and will give you guidance when you are confused, and more importantly, after you enter the society, the aura of famous teachers and students will follow you for a lifetime, and the mutual support of the same senior brothers will make you get twice the result with half the effort, which is of great benefit to people who have just stepped into the society." ”

Liu Bei couldn't hold back his mood anymore at this time, he didn't want to miss this opportunity, so he hurriedly stood up and bowed to Li Dingyun, and said pleadingly: "Lord Li, Liu Bei wants to learn from you from now on, I will definitely be down-to-earth, I hope that under your teaching, Liu Bei can learn more knowledge." After Liu Bei finished speaking, Liu Deran and Jian Yong knelt down one after another, expressing their wishes.

When Li Dingyun saw them like this, he stopped selling Guanzi: "Hahaha...... Children, rise up first, for you are old and decrepit, and you are about to die...... However, if you have this sincerity, Lao Yu can introduce you to a ......" Seeing that Liu Bei and they all got up, he continued: "This person is Lu Zhi of Zhuoren, a student of the contemporary Confucian Ma Rong, so he is familiar with both modern and ancient scriptures. He likes to study seriously, but he does not want to stick to textual exegesis. Ma Rong is a wealthy relative, and there are often many female artists singing and dancing for him. Lu Zhi studied with Ma Rong all the year round and never squinted, so he was valued by Ma Rong. He is resolute and disciplined, and has the ambition to help the world; He will not accept any state or county levy. ”

Speaking of this, Li Dingyun took a sip of water and continued: "In the first year of Jianning, Dou Wu, the father of Empress Dou, was worshiped as a general because of his meritorious contribution to the accession of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and began to control the government. It wasn't until the Jianning period that Lu Zhizhi was recruited as a doctor and began to enter the official career. Later, the barbarians of Jiujiang County in Yangzhou rebelled, and the imperial court thought that Lu Zhi had both civil and military skills, and worshiped him as the Taishou of Jiujiang County. After Lu Zhi took office, he quickly put down the rebellion. After that, Lu Zhi resigned due to health reasons and now lives in Songshan. The old man met him in Luoyang back then, and he was also a year-old friend, for the sake of my old relationship with your grandfather, and today I have the grace of saving lives, so I will introduce you to it. ”

Since Lu Zhi received the prompt from Daoist Zuo Ci, he rode back to his hometown of Zhuo County, explained to his family his experience outside and all kinds of strange things that happened, and then prepared to pack his things and go to Songshan. When the family informed Li Dingyun that he had now resigned and gone home, and had also visited his home, Lu Zhi decided to meet this year-old friend in Luoyang, after all, he was also old, and he came to visit him in person. In the process of visiting, Lu Zhi talked to him about his going to Songshan to teach, Li Dingyun felt that this was a very meaningful thing, after all, Lu Zhi is knowledgeable, both civil and military, and imparting his knowledge to others, this is not a great contribution to the society, and he also said that if there is an opportunity, he will also recommend students for him, Lu Zhi thought at the time, the master said that those students will come uninvited, since this is the case, it must be a person of fate, so he immediately accepted Li Dingyun's help.

After listening to Li Dingyun's introduction, Liu Bei suddenly had a longing for Lu Zhi, and said: "Liu Bei is willing to go, but far away from home, I have to discuss with my mother first...... But I guess my mother would agree. ”

At this time, Jian Yong hung his head and said: "I may not be able to go, now that my mother is not here, my father is sick again, I have to take care of him, and it is not realistic to stay away from home." ”

After listening to Jian Yong's words at this time, Li Dingyun sighed that filial piety is precious, so he comforted: "I miss you with filial piety, if you still look up to me as an old man, then you can follow me to study, right?" ”

Jian Yong didn't believe it after hearing this, and immediately knelt down and said gratefully: "Teacher, please accept the student Jian Yong's ......."

"Haha...... Get up, how to learn in the future, how to learn, I will tell you in the future, it's getting late today, don't let your family worry, go back early! ”

......

I haven't felt this way for a long time, at this time Liu Bei, who was walking on the way home, looked up at the sky and took a deep breath, since Liu Bei realized that his future prospects were slim, he had never been really happy, his heart's desire for future success, he could not let go, the poverty of his family, the perennial snail's residence in the countryside, made his contact with a limited number of people, not Zhang San of the village, or Wang Wu of the next village, everyone is facing the loess with their backs to the sky, everyone is an illiterate bottom character, The limitations of interpersonal relationships, Liu Bei has never been able to find a breakthrough, but today he is fortunate to be favored by God, so that he can get the help of Li Dingyun, so that he can break through the existing circle of friends from now on, go to the outside world to find another platform, to strive for more opportunities, good mood, and the pace is naturally relaxed, at this time he said to Liu Deran and Jian Yong: "The front is my home, then I will go first......"

【Su Xue's apprenticeship】

The convoy is marching mightily, this team of twenty carriages has been marching towards Songshan since the beginning of Zhongshan Kingdom, among which there are hundreds of family members, each holding a guy, constantly observing left and right, and more than ten carriages are loaded with all kinds of gold and silver treasures, jade agate, pearls and jade, except for Su Shuang and Su Xue, no one knows what their team is going to do, the team has been marching like this, at this time Su Shuang and his daughter Su Xue are sitting in one of the carriages.

Su Xue is Su Shuang's only child, he also had children before, but those who either died in infancy or died in childbirth, and when he was in his fifties, he finally had this daughter.

But Su Shuang doesn't seem to know what her daughter really likes, Su Xue is not the same as other rich ladies, she doesn't like brocade clothes and jade food, in her opinion, as long as a person is well fed and warm, this kind of material pursuit is enough, there is no need to have food and delicacies, and there is no need to be jewelry, this is too cheesy. She is fifteen years old this year, but her personality seems to be more mature than anyone else, maybe she has seen more things, maybe she is recovering from a serious illness, and her beautiful appearance reveals her cold character.

At this time, Su Shuang held his daughter's hand and said earnestly: "Xue'er, you are studying in Songshan, if you have any difficulties in life, go down the mountain to the foot of Songshan Mountain, our family opened a horse business shop to find the housekeeper and say, among the servants of our family, you will also get along with the housekeeper, so Daddy has sent him to live there for a long time for you, no matter what difficulties you have, as long as you tell him to do it, he will definitely do a good job!" ”

Su Shuang spent a lot of thought for Su Xue's study this time, not to mention that a lot of rare treasures in his team were for Lu Zhi, even he, who originally had no business premises at the foot of Songshan Mountain, resolutely bought a piece of land for business purposes, anyway, everything was based on Su Xue, and he gave his only daughter to a stranger thousands of miles away, which made no one feel at ease, especially Su Shuang, who was old and had a son, even more so, to be honest, let him send his daughter to study, He has a thousand and ten thousand reluctances in his heart, if it weren't for Xue'er's illness to be solved on Songshan Mountain, he would definitely spend money to hire a private gentleman to teach Xue'er to read and write at home, no matter what the price is, as long as Xue'er can be at home and safe, this is enough, besides, he did this before, before Xue'er was fifteen years old, Su Shuang hired a private gentleman to let Su Xue receive education.

"Daddy, Xue'er went to study, why did you go out with so much belongings, Teacher Lu Zhi must not be such a person, if he is really a greedy person, he will definitely not go to the mountains to teach!"

"Having said that, it's not strange to have many people!" Su Shuang always believed in his set of truths that money can make ghosts grind, after all, he has been in the business world for many years, he has never seen anyone, and they all say that they are indifferent to fame and fortune, but whenever he puts a lot of jewels in front of their eyes, not all of them are the same, his saliva is direct, his legs are weak, his eyes are staring at these jewels and he is speechless, he believes that this Lu Zhi is also the same guy, he has never been so big with people before, more than ten carriages of treasures, even he gave them to Lord Thorn Shi, The county guard doesn't have so much, and now he spends this money, not for the daughter in front of him, so that he can live better with Lu Zhi, be safe, don't suffer and be tired, and he will be satisfied as a father.

"Xue'er, this time you go to study, I don't know how long it will take, if your teacher allows you to go home, then you go home to see Daddy, Daddy misses you very much!" At this time, Su Shuang knew that it would not be long before the destination arrived, looking at the daughter in front of him, tears suddenly flowed from his eyes, he didn't know when his daughter's disease would be completely solved, and he didn't know when he would be able to see her when he parted with his daughter this time. He only knows that he is in his fifties this year, and he is not young, and he has been bumps and bumps in his life to this day, and he has already earned enough money, and now he only hopes to watch his daughter grow up peacefully, and then find her a good family, so that she can have a good home, and watch her live happily, which is enough.

Su Xue watched her father suddenly shed tears, her heart was sour, and tears flowed out: "Daddy, what are you crying about, Xue'er is just going to read a book, seeing you crying, Xue'er is also uncomfortable!" ”

"Daddy is not good, it's all blame Daddy, don't cry, don't cry, we're going to study, not what we're doing, cough~ Look at me really, don't cry, Xue'er doesn't cry!" Su Shuang took out a white handkerchief as he spoke, wiped the tears on his daughter's face, and then handed it to Xue'er, saying: "This handkerchief was left to me by your mother before her death, you take it today, when you are homesick, take it out and take a look!" ”

"Yes, Daddy!" Su Xue took the handkerchief and put it in her sleeve, she was wearing a cyan gauze today, with Xue'er's graceful figure, it looked full of aura.

"Daddy, will there be any other students in Teacher Lu Zhi?"

"This, Daddy doesn't know yet, but it doesn't matter, if Xue'er doesn't like it, Daddy can spend money to let Teacher Lu Zhi return them!"

"Why does Daddy always take money so seriously, always feel that others love money, money is something outside the body, never become a slave of money, use money where it is needed, this is the true meaning of using money, such as today's ordinary people live so hard, Daddy instead of spending money every day on extravagant waste, do whatever you want, it is better to donate them to the poor people, this is what we should do!"

Su Shuang saw that his daughter and his own thoughts were always opposed, and he was also a little disappointed in his heart, but after all, she was her own daughter, so what could she do, she could only slowly educate her and tell her the money values that a businessman should have.

"Master, Songshan has arrived!"

"So fast, didn't it make you walk slowly?" At this time, Su Shuangyi said angrily.

"Master, we're already very slow, no matter how slow we are, we can only climb it!"

"Master, here you are, the horse business here is almost ready." At this time, the housekeeper of the Su Mansion saw that Su Shuang had arrived, and immediately ran over with a smile, this person was a person who was about the same age as Su Shuang, but slightly older than Su Shuang, he had been in the Su Mansion longer than anyone else, and had served the Su family for two generations of masters, so the Su family attached great importance to him.

"Uncle Li, how are you?" At this time, Su Xue got out of the car and said.

"Okay, thank you for your care!"

"Lao Li, you call someone, take these boxes up the mountain, have you inquired about Lu Zhi's school?"

"I heard it, it is halfway up the Songshan Mountain, where the environment is pleasant, the scenery is beautiful, the scenery is good, I believe that the young lady will be able to live well there!"

"Well, it's good, I'm afraid it's not good, without further ado, let's go!" At this time, Su Shuang took Su Xue's hand and walked towards the mountain together.

A group of people marched along the narrow mountain road towards Lu Zhi's school, at this time, Su Xue looked at the scenery along the road, and for some reason felt extra cordial, and said in a comfortable mood: "Daddy, have I ever been here?" ”

Su Shuang was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "I haven't even been here before, how could you have been here?" ”

"But everything here, Xue'er always feels familiar, the flowers and trees here, Xue'er seems to be very familiar, you see, there is a small stream there, Xue'er has really been here, Daddy!"

"Silly girl, don't say stupid things, Daddy has never brought you here before!" Su Shuang muttered in his heart at this time, it can't be the root of the illness left by the last illness, is this brain not good, this can be done, at this time he looked at his daughter, and his heart was melancholy.

Along the way, Su Shuang was in no mood to speak, getting closer and closer to Lu Zhi's school, and Su Shuang's mood was getting heavier and heavier. Xue'er has been a different person since she arrived in Songshan, how did she become so active as soon as she got here, the Taoist chief was right, Songshan is a place of aura, and even her daughter, who has always been cold, has become cheerful.

"Ahh When Su Shuang and the others were walking along the mountain road, Xue'er suddenly clutched her chest, frowned and screamed in pain.

"What's wrong, Cher!" Xue'er's call startled Su Shuang.

"It's okay, I just feel that when I walk here, my chest hurts a lot, I don't know why, it seems to be the pain of parting!"

"Haha...... Cher is sensible, my Cher is sensible! When Su Shuang heard Xue'er say that it seemed to be the pain of parting, he immediately felt happy, his daughter was sensible, and he knew that he was reluctant to be a father, but his daughter was still intimate.

"Master, the house in front of you is the school set up by Lu Zhi!"

"Well, get someone knocking on the door!"

"Wait, Daddy, Cher will go by herself!" After speaking, Su Xue quickened her pace, walked to the door and knocked on the door.

"Tuk Tuk ...... Tuk Tuk ......"

"Here we go!" Voices came from inside the house.

"Squeak~", the door opened, and as soon as Lu Zhi opened the door, he saw a sea of people outside the door, and he was stunned, not knowing what was going on, and said at this time: "Excuse me, who are you?" ”

"Haha...... Mr. Lu Zhi, I am Su Shuang from Zhongshan, this is my daughter Su Xue, I heard that you have set up a school here to teach, I want her to study with you! ”

"Oh, I see!" At this time, Lu Zhi finally understood what Zuo Ci meant by "uninvited", and said at this time; "Okay, okay, I know, don't worry, just let her stay here, and I'll start teaching after the other students come over!"

"Oh yes, sir, the things behind me are a little bit of my Su Shuang's care, I hope you don't dislike it, open it!"

When all the boxes were opened, Su Shuang's family couldn't help but drool when they looked at each of them, Lu Zhi looked at these things in front of him, and said: "This Su Shuang is, I don't need these things, you can take them back, I'm staying in the mountains, the place is small, let me take a seat here, you can carry them back!" ”

"Hey~ This~ You see I'm all lifted up, if you don't accept it, it's so troublesome for people to carry it down!" At this time, Su Shuang listened to Lu Zhi's words, looked ignorant, and said embarrassedly.

"Seriously, studying here with me, there are rules here, I usually only eat vegetables here, and occasionally there are hunting animals, I don't need this money, if you want your daughter to stay, then you can carry it back, otherwise, you all go!"

"Hey~ Don't don't, I'll carry it back, carry it back, then, my daughter will be handed over to you, I'm causing you trouble, Xue'er, what's the matter, just go find Uncle Li!"

"Daddy, go back, I'm measured in my affairs, let's go!"

Seeing that he was about to be separated from his daughter, Su Shuang, the big man, once again shed tears in public, he walked over, hugged his daughter into his arms, and said: "Daddy is gone, take care!" ”