Chapter 72: Helan Rongruo
"Hearing you say this, I am more and more curious, and you can talk to me one or two, so you can be mentally prepared." Meng Yi asked affectionately.
"There's nothing to say, it's just a group of sons and daughters of princely and noble families competing in the palace and competing with each other." Hermione said.
"Listen to your tone, it seems to be disdainful."
"It's just a bunch of gentlemen joking, it's not interesting." Hermione snorted, "However, this competition is slightly different from the past, in addition to the competition between the gentlemen, it also joins the Wendou. β
It is no secret that the Xiongnu people were fierce and advocated force, and it was not a secret that everyone knew about it, but since Tou Mandanyu succeeded to the throne, he focused on the strengthening of culture.
Culture is an integral part of the military.
In the early years, Tou Mandan traveled around the world, east to East Lake, west to Yue's country, south to the Central Plains Warring States, among the countries, only the Central Plains countries made him the most emotional.
During the Warring States Period, the majestic wind was open, and the sons of hundreds of schools of thought showed their magical powers, and many people worshiped the princes as literati and strategists, and became politicians on the stage of history.
Among them, there are many powerful people such as Su Qin and LΓΌ Buwei, although they are defenseless, they can rely on their tongues to gain a foothold in the Warring States Period when princes rose together.
It is precisely because of seeing too much that Touman Shan Yu really realized the shortcomings of the Xiongnu, they did not lack brave warriors, but they lacked real literary talents, however, the Xiongnu were not as good as the Central Plains, and did not have a rich historical and cultural heritage, how difficult it is to come up with a literary master? !
"Wen Dou?"
Meng Yi was surprised, he wanted to fight both martial arts and civil fighting, which was really interesting. Meng Yi also knew that Touman was partial to literati, and it was unheard of to join Wendou in the competition.
"Just because I prefer literati, it's not a strange thing to join the literary fight." Meng Yi said.
saw Hermione shake her head and said, "No, the most important thing is that the old queen mother likes it." β
"The old lady?"
"Not only that, on the day of this competition, it is also the birthday of the old queen mother, held in the palace, in addition to the selection of talents, the most important thing is to celebrate the old queen's birthday." Hermione said, "Oh yes, the old queen is from the Central Plains, and she comes from the same place as you. β
"I'm from the Central Plains?"
Meng Yi was taken aback, as if he had heard something terrible, they all called themselves "Tuoba Yi", this name should belong to the Donghu people, how can they say that the Central Plains people are here?!
Before, Hermione had never told him that he was from the Central Plains, only that he was her former friend, and she didn't know where he came from.
Hermione almost slipped her mouth, she quickly changed her words and said: "It's just my guess, you have forgotten your past, how do I know if you are from the Central Plains?" β
"That's right." Meng Yi no longer asked, and said, "Just now you said that the old queen mother is from the Central Plains, where do you start with this?" β
"The old queen mother is a princess sent by the Qin State in the past, she married Lao Shan Yu and gave birth to a son, which is today's Tou Man Shan Yu, and later Lao Shan Yu died of illness, and the new Shan Yu succeeded to the throne." Hermione explained, "Now that the old queen mother is in her old age, time is short, and the reason for the competition is to cheer the old queen mother on her birthday. β
"The old queen mother inherited the culture of the Central Plains, preferred piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and Tou Manshan was exposed to it since childhood, advocating literature, and treating literati with special importance."
It turns out that Toumandanyu's mother is a native of the Central Plains, and under the influence of her mother, she learned about the profundity of the Central Plains culture, and then traveled around the world and truly saw the strength of the Central Plains.
After inheriting the position of Shan Yu, he worked hard to make the country prosperous, and learned that the strength of a country lies in the combination of "civil and military", and he should not be paranoid about it.
"It's a cultural fight, but I don't know what kind of cultural fighting method it is?" Meng Yi asked.
Hermione gave him a blank look and said, "Didn't I say that?" The old queen mother is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and this Wendou is to please her old man's happiness, so what do you think? β
Meng Yi understood, in fact, the main purpose of this competition is to make the old queen happy, as for the martial arts in the game, it is just an aftershow, and the right is to cheer for the old queen mother on her birthday.
"I heard that Shan Yu let you sit and watch, and give those juniors some pointers, although your kung fu is indeed good, it is also a little literary talent, I am not worried about martial arts, but this literary fight is extraordinary." Hermione said.
"What do you mean?" Meng Yi said puzzled.
"The old queen mother's birthday is a major event of the country, and now a group banquet is set up in the palace, and this time the son of King Zuo Xian returns, he will inevitably become the person who holds the moon in the stars."
"Who is he? Why have you never heard of it? Meng Yi asked.
"The son of King Zuoxian, Helan Rongruo, he studied under Qilu Xiaoshengxian Village, and now the Queen Mother's birthday, he came from a place not far away, especially to celebrate his birthday." Hermione said.
Little Sage Village, its prestige spreads far and wide, Meng Yi has heard a little, there are 3,000 Confucian scholars in the village, in addition to the farmer's family, it is the largest number of hundreds of families.
And Helan Rongruo is in the small sage village, and he is also deeply appreciated by Xun Fuzi, his literary talent is superb, which is really rare, even if the Confucian students in the Central Plains are not as good as one or two.
Hearing that he returned this time, he specially wrote a birthday message for the old queen mother.
After listening to Hermione's explanation, Meng Yi said, "What does it matter to me whether he returns or not?" β
"Don't you know, if Helan Rong is arrogant, except for Master Xun, he never looks at anyone in his eyes, and he will definitely win this Wendou, there is no doubt about it."
Meng Yi frowned, and said, "But I still don't understand, what Helan Rongruo has to do with me?" β
"How can it not be related to you? Now you are a hot figure in the royal court, and the "Three Character Classic" you wrote has become a must-read in the royal court. β
Although there is the word "Rongruo" in his name, King Zuo Xian may be to express his expectations for his heirs, which is not tolerated by the world, but Helan Rongruo is narrow-minded and can't see people better than himself.
Although over the years, he has been a teacher and his temperament has been somewhat restrained, but there is a saying? The nature of the country is easy to change and difficult to change, and this is what I am talking about.
"Don't you think he's bored to compete with someone for such a trivial matter?" Meng Yi said.
"If you know what he did as a child, you won't be bored with it, this man is very comparative, and sometimes even mad."
"Tell me about it?"
This Helan Rongruo is indeed talented in talent and learning, but he is extremely narrow-minded, he can't tolerate sand in his eyes, let alone others who are better than him, to put it bluntly, jealousy is at work.
When he was a child, Helan Rongruo developed faster, and he liked to be taller than his peers, and none of the friends around him were taller than him, so he was proud, but one day, a person taller than him appeared, and as a result, the unwilling Dutch Rongruo actually broke this person's legs and became a lame, walking hunched and limping.
Helan Rong not only felt ashamed, but said to people everywhere: "I am the highest." β
When he grew up, in the archery competition, someone had better grades than him, and Helan Rongruo cut off all their arms, so that they couldn't hold a bow for the rest of their lives.
Such evil things, Helan Rongruo did not do less.
Later, he was sent to the Central Plains to learn Confucian etiquette and morality, and if Helan Rong's character was somewhat restrained, his competitive character was also weakened a lot.
But what can be imprinted in the bones, how can it be changed at will?
Hermione said something about Helan Rongruo's perverted behavior in the past, and when he heard Meng Yi's hair standing on end, he couldn't help but shudder, and said, "It's good that I didn't know him when I was a child. β
"But you're going to get to know each other soon."
"Why?"
"You'll find out then."
Hermione smiled and said that she had deliberately concealed that Helan Rongruo liked herself, and Meng Yi was likely to be regarded as a rival by him.
"Don't talk about him, what gift are you going to give her on the old lady's birthday?" Hermione asked.
"Why do you want to give gifts?"
"Of course, every year on the birthday of the old lady, my younger generations will send carefully prepared gifts, and the old queen mother will choose her favorite gift every year, and the person who is selected as a gift will get a lot of rewards." Hermione said, "Don't digress, you haven't said what gift you're going to give?" β
"If it's a gift, how can it be easily told to people?" Meng Yi said with a smile, however, he already had a good gift in his heart, which could be delivered as soon as it was completed.
"Stingy."
Meng Yi stretched his waist, yawned and said, "It's not early, I'm tired, you should go to sleep quickly." β
After finishing speaking, Meng Yi didn't say a word, just turned around and returned to the room.
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"Young master, in two more days, you can resist the royal court, and you can finally go home."
A servant drove a carriage on the green grassland, and in the carriage, sitting was Helan Rongruo, who had rushed back to the Xiongnu from the land of Qilu.
Holland Rong Ruo was dressed in Confucian attire, and if he didn't know Ding, he thought he was from the Central Plains, not the Huns.
In the carriage, Helan Rongruo asked: "The old lady's birthday, but it can't be delayed, you should speed up, and you must rush back to the royal court within one day." β
"There are still three days before the birthday, and there is still plenty of time, why is the young master so anxious?" The servant asked.
At this time, another villain said with a smile: "You have followed the young master for so many years, our young master has a heart, return to the royal court earlier, and meet his sweetheart." β
"Huh? Does the young master have a sweetheart? How do slaves and maids not know? β
"You are stupid, a woman who can be worthy of the young master of our family, except for the first beauty of the Huns in the royal court, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find the second person."
"It turns out that the young master's sweetheart is a woman from the Zuogu Liwang family."
At this time, Helan Rongruo's voice came from inside the carriage: "Where is the nonsense, hurry up!" β
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