CHAPTER XLIV

On the teaching platform of Yunmeng Wonderland, the disciples knelt down and bowed to Mr. and quietly walked down the steps, they didn't know why Mr. didn't leave first today, but focused on the distance and sat quietly.

Guiguzi's thoughts were full of the figure of his disciple Gongsun Ying, he could see Gongsun Ying's unhesitating royal court arguments, and he could also hear him standing in front of the people to state the new law. He saw the Qin soldiers rushing out of the valley and crossing the Great Wall, fighting with the Wei army and waving on the Gongsun Martingale chariot, and he saw the laughter of those next to him as the five chariots tore apart Gongsun Marting's body. This is the struggle of the royal court, this is the king's imperial art, and the sacrifice is always the courtier, even if it is loyal.

Relying on the merits of virtuous ministers cannot change much, they have become scapegoats for the king's mastery of power, and the unity of the army in the minds of these kings is nothing more than their own possession. Guiguzi judged and reasoned. This fortress of lust was built on the court of kings, attacking and helping each other, each unwilling to see himself lost. When something new emerges, they will attack it together, and when one of them grows, they will attack it together.

"If you want to take it, you must give it first. If you want to be weak, you must first be strong. If you want to collect it, you must first open it. Guiguzi muttered to himself. Someone should be able to do that! ”

Guiguzi watched Pang Juan come to the front and knelt on the ground.

"Disciple Pang Juan knocks to see Mr.!" Pang Juan's voice was low, he was afraid that Mr. was in a state of flux.

"Pang Juan," Guiguzi said in a calm tone. "Do you want to say goodbye to your teacher?"

"Disciple doesn't dare!" Pang Juan said nervously. He knew that his husband had read through his mind and wanted to tell the truth, but he still had the strength to spare. "The disciple has followed Mr. for three years, and I am grateful for Mr. 's teachings, and I really don't want to leave Mr. and the brothers and sisters!"

"You don't have to worry about it, and you can't be determined. Since you entered the mountain to learn art, you are destined to go down the mountain to fight the battlefield, and the martial arts of the countries have your share. Guiguzi is still calm.

"Sir, I'm saying that Pang Juan has a place to come in!" Pang Juan was a little excited. "Sir, can you tell the disciple where there is a place for the disciple?"

"Pang Juan," Guiguzi raised his eyebrows. "I have taught you three years for the teacher, what have you learned?"

Pang Juan was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Mr. taught his disciple the Tao Te Ching, martial arts and the art of war. ”

"Before and after?"

"The true scriptures are in the front, and the art of war is in the back!" Pang Juan replied fluently. "The gentleman asked the disciple such a simple question, and the disciple didn't know what it meant!"

"To teach the apprentice to the teacher, to teach the virtuous person, so the first to pass on the "Tao Te Ching". If you learn the true scriptures, you should know the principle of the road and the virtue, so that you can know where you are going and where you are going. If you cultivate peerless magic ability, you can become a genius and a great virtuous person. If he has done his best to live in the body, he can go to the immortals, and he will not be born or destroyed! "Guiguzi is a word and a board." Pang Juan, if you have the ability to do so, but you don't have the reason of the Great Dao, although you are not virtuous, although you are not virtuous, you will be killed! ”

"The disciple has written down the teachings of Mr.!" Pang Juan heard Mr. Murphy's deep and deep words, and suddenly felt a little desolate, and tears unconsciously flowed down his face. "Sir!" He choked up. "It's all because the disciples are greedy for fame, so they give birth to the heart of the mountain. Mr. is hard to repay his kindness, and the disciple knows his mistakes, so he will follow Mr. to cultivate Yunmeng, and never leave the left and right! ”

"Ridiculous!" Guiguzi's face sank. "If you want to repay the grace of your teacher, you must also wave your teacher to the nations!" He sighed softly. "Work hard for the teacher, you should know. Thou knowest the truth and morality. If you have a genius, you should achieve miracles in troubled times, and you can show the truth! ”

"Sir, the disciple is indeed confused for a while, just..."Pang Juan burst into tears.

"Ruzi's heart has fluctuated, and if you stay on the mountain, there will be no progress!" Guiguzi nodded. "It's good to go down the mountain at this time, you have a place to use, can you think about where you want to go?"

"The disciple wants to go back to Wei!" Pang Juan looked at Guiguzi without the slightest hesitation.

"Tell me why!" Guiguzi closed his eyes and listened.

"First, the disciple was originally a Wei person, second, the family was poor, so he sent the disciple with the army, hoping that the disciple could glorify the court, and third, the Wei was weak, but he could stiffen but not die, although Qin and Qi attacked, it was difficult to perish. The disciple is willing to help him attack with martial arts at this time, and he can also get private fame, and he can also get the military to worship, and realize the dream of unification of Mr. Pang Juan talked exaggeratedly, he knew his husband's dream.

After listening to Guiguzi, he knew that Pang Juan was thoughtful, and he didn't know what he could change because of a few gossips. "Since you have taken care of this matter, you will not stop your teacher. Ke Wei Shi just wants to remind that the great sages and virtuous people regard the world's avenue as their own responsibility, not a family. ”

Pang Juan understood that Mr. pointed out that he did not want to be selfish, and he also saw that Mr. really wanted to go down the mountain by himself. He felt a little disappointed, and those senior brothers, especially Sun Bin, who came with him, would learn something. "Sir! The disciple will not live up to Mr. expectations when he goes down the mountain, but the disciple is still a little poor in his studies, can Mr. teach the disciple to learn again, and he will not be ridiculed in the future! ”

Guiguzi opened his eyes, looked at Pang Juan, and smiled slightly. "Ruzi is ridiculous! You're going to have to learn too. ”

"But the disciple didn't feel that he was unlearned!" Pang Juan was a little suspicious.

"For the teacher, you have been imperceptible. In the game, what has been actually performed, if you understand it again, it is already a peerless learning. Guiguzi spoke seriously.

"Disciple knows!" Pang Juan said in a low voice. "Sir,..." Pang Juan swallowed.

"What's the doubt? Don't spit it out! Guiguzi stared at each other.

Pang Juan knew that this question would make Mr. angry, but he could consider going here, but he didn't know if he would have a chance to see him again, so he gritted his teeth and said, "The disciple should be punished!" ”

"I don't know what to punish you for being a teacher?" Guiguzi looked at him in amazement. "You are about to go down the mountain, and you can only say goodbye to the teacher as a teacher, why do you say this?"

"Sir! The disciple peeked at Mr. Le's private brother Le's secret study of the world, although he recited not a word, but it was difficult to understand the wonderful truth, can Mr. point out to the disciple? After Pang Juan finished speaking, he knelt down.

Guiguzi was startled at first, but after a long time, he regained his calm.

Pang Juan was like an ant all over his body, his heart trembled, and he might have to be instructed by Mr. How to punish it is no longer important.

"It seems that you still read too little, and you don't have the heart to experience it!" Guiguzi didn't accuse him. "Pang Juan, since you will go down the mountain, you will not be blamed as a teacher, and you should be given a favor. Remember, you need to be calm when reading this article, otherwise the truth will never be revealed! ”

"Disciple Mr. Xie instructs!" Pang Juan was a little excited. "Disciple Mr. Xie will not be punished!"

Guiguzi closed his eyes and waved his hand.

Pang Juan bowed again, stepped back one step at a time, and then turned around and walked away quickly, his eyes full of tears.

According to Mr. Sunbin's agreement, he came to Guigu Cave with a bamboo slip in his hand.

Pearls greeted her. "Sir is already waiting for you, go in!" Then led Sun Bin into the cave.

On that day, Sun Bin stood alone on the mountain peak, looking at the territory of the nations, holding branches in his hand to sketch and draw, and arranging troops. He was so engrossed in it that he didn't know that Guiguzi had arrived by his side.

He designed a formation, and there were several ways to die, but he didn't know where to set the door of life. When Mr. was teaching, he once said that the formation changes endlessly, and those who can set up the formation must stay for a lifetime. They all figured out this, and finally found the answer in the "Tao Te Ching", Mr. allusion and the reason that must be reversed.

Sun Bin chose a few places with branches, and shook his head helplessly because he was afraid that he would not be satisfied. At this moment, a branch of a tree slashed towards his steps in the array. He was shocked, and when he understood this, he also saw that the gentleman was already beside him, and he was busy kneeling and bowing. "Disciple, thank you, Mr. for the instructions, the disciple understands that the Shengmen is also the heart of the arranger!"

Guiguzi nodded and smiled. "Ruzi watched Pang Juan go down the mountain, but he still studied with a peaceful heart, and he was happy for the teacher!"

"The disciple is stupid and unskilled, how dare he slack off!" Sun Bin got up and stood aside.

"Pang Juan went down the mountain, what do you say?"

"If you succeed in learning, you will be able to make a difference! All the senior brothers were happy. "Sun Bin didn't learn bad words." It's just that everyone has more thoughts and envy. ”

"Listen to you, do you think Pang Juan has achieved something?"

"In this game of the territory of the nations, the junior brother always wins more and loses less, and he has also discussed with me many times, and the disciple really knows that he is not as good as the junior brother!"

Guiguzi smiled for a moment, then put away his smile. "The general should know the principle that the battle must be won, and how can he equate the lives of soldiers with child's play. Pang Juan has an impetuous character, and after three years of learning, he is only in the small skills of carving insects. ”

"Sun Bin is sluggish, and he also asks Mr. to teach, and the disciple knows that he is also within the small skills." Sun Bin said in a panic.

"The first saint said, great wisdom is foolish, great ingenuity is clumsy. The way of being a man is sincerity, the way of being a soldier, and the warlike way. Pang Juan is smart, competitive, seemingly talented, but ultimately mediocre. You have good intentions, no opportunism, and no belligerence, and you can become a great weapon for the sake of your teacher! ”

"The disciple is ashamed!"

"Do you remember when you and Pang Juan argued about who is the number one soldier in the world?" Guiguzi stared into the distance.

"Sir also knows about it!" Sun Bin was surprised, this was just a private matter between him and Pang Juan. "The disciple is so competitive! I said that the ancestor Sun Wu. Now that I think about it, it feels ridiculous. ”

"But you can answer correctly, including the analysis of the enemy of Yan Kingdom, and you are also happy to be a teacher." Guiguzi smiled. "As far as the teacher knows, your ancestor Sun Wuzi can be called the saint of today's soldiers, there is no one before, and no one will come after."

Sun Bin bowed. "Disciple on behalf of the ancestor Mr. Xie praise!"

"Do you know why the teacher called Sun Wuzi the saint of the world?"

"The ancestors were good at using soldiers, and they could often win more with less, and defeat the strong with the weak!"

Guiguzi shook his head. "Definitely! He was not good at fighting, but because he was good at not fighting. ”

Sun Bin was stunned. "Good at not fighting?"

"Exactly, Sun Wuzi is well versed in the way of using soldiers, which is not comparable to ordinary soldiers. Even if Wu Qi is in sight, he can only be out of sight. Guiguzi took out a roll of bamboo slips from his arms, with a solemn expression. This is "The Art of War", every time I read it, I always sigh again and again, and I am amazed! ”

"Sir!" Sun Binyuan opened his eyes and stared at the scroll. "This art of war... Isn't it lost! Is it the true work of the ancestors? ”

"Exactly." Guiguzi nodded. "You have always had good intentions, no distractions in your mind, you have been watching you for three years, you should read this book!" Guiguzi held up his hands and handed it to Sun Bin.

Sun Bin knelt down, took it with both hands, bowed to Mr., and burst into tears. "Disciple, Mr. Xie!"

"As a teacher, I am sure that this book should be the only one in the world," Guiguzi said slowly when he saw Sun Bin get up. Sun Wuzi was tired of the war, and wrote this book with his life's work, dedicated to the retirement of Queen Wu. King Wu regarded this as a treasure and locked it in Gusu Taichung. When Goujian, the king of Yue, destroyed Wu, he burned Gusutai, and the book was lost. Fortunately, when your ancestors wrote, they left a sub-volume, which was passed on to the virtuous Yin Xi, and the family teacher passed this book on to the teacher. Although the teacher taught his disciples the art of war, he was always cautious and only passed on fragments. Guiguzi stared at Sun Bin. Remember! Those who get this book will make good use of it for the benefit of the world, and if they don't use it well, it will be harmful to the world, so people with improper mental skills cannot learn it. You take it back, memorize it first, then think it carefully, and return it to me in the cave after three days! ”

"Disciple, remember the order of the gentleman!" Sun Bin bid farewell to Mr. Sun, came to the idle dwelling, closed the door, burned incense, put the ancestral spiritual seat, worshiped and worshipped, and then sat down and read.

In less than two days, Sun Bin had already written it down. On the third day, he did not miss a word and was sure that it was correct, so he rushed to Guigu Cave and returned it according to Mr. 's order.

Sun Bin entered the cave and saw Mr. sitting in front of him.

Sun Bin bowed.

"Get up!" Guiguzi's language is kind.

"Mr. Xie! Mr. gave me to read "The Art of War", and the disciple has been reading it for three days. Sun Bin respectfully put the book on the table with both hands.

"Do you know it by heart?"

"The disciple knows it by heart!"

Guiguzi unfolded the book and read it randomly: "Sun Tzu said, all the methods of military use will be ordered by the king." ”

"It is not difficult to fight for the army when the army gathers the crowd and gives up peace. Those who are in difficulty in military struggle should take detours as straight, and take adversity as benefits. Therefore, it is a detour, and the temptation is profitable, and the descendants will send it, and the ancestors will come, and those who know the right plan are also. Military contention is for profit, and military contention is dangerous. It is not enough to raise the army and compete for profit, and if the army is commissioned and strive for profit, it will be a heavy donation. Therefore, the roll of the armor and the trend, day and night are not everywhere, double the road, a hundred miles and fight for profit, then capture the three generals, the strong first, the tired later, its law eleven and come; Fifty miles and fight for profit, then the general will be on the top, and his law will be half to; Thirty miles and for profit, two-thirds to. It is the old army that will die if it has no baggage, die if it has no food, and die if it has no accumulation. Therefore, those who do not know the conspiracy of the princes cannot make friends; Those who do not know the shape of mountains and forests, dangers, and frustration cannot march; If you don't use a village guide, you can't get the location. Therefore, the soldiers are established by deception, moved by profit, and changed by dividing and making peace. Therefore, it is as fast as the wind, as slow as a forest, as invading as fire, as immobile as a mountain, as difficult as a cloud, and as moving as a thunderstorm. Plundering the countryside and dividing the people, dividing the land and profits, and suspending power. The prophet's roundabout plan wins, and the law of this military struggle is also. ”

Guiguzi motioned for Sun Bin to stop.

Guiguzi smiled and nodded. "Sun Tzu said: All armies are enemies."

"The mountains are in the valleys, the places where the life is high, the battle is not climbing, and the army of the mountains here is also. The water must be far away from the water, the guests come from the water, do not welcome it in the water, so that the half-crossing and the advantage of the attack, the one who wants to fight, does not attach to the water and welcomes the guest, depending on the high place of life, there is no water flow, and the army on the water here is also. If the army is in the repulsion, it will be carried back by the water and grass, and the army of the rebuke here is also. The flat land is easy, the right back is high, the former is dead and the latter is born, and the army of the flat land here is also. All the benefits of the four armies, the reason why the Yellow Emperor won the four emperors. Where the army is high and evil, Guiyang is low, healthy and practical, and the army is free of all diseases, it is said to be victorious. The hilly embankment must be in its sun and the right back, the benefit of this soldier, and the help of the land. The rain flows, and those who want to wade will wait for it. Where there are streams, patios, prisons, heavenly sinks, and heavenly gaps, they must be removed urgently, and do not approach them. I am far away, and the enemy is near; I welcome it, and the enemy turns its back. ”

Guiguzi gestured again. "You have such intentions, Sun Wuzi is in the spirit of the sky, you can comfort!" He stood up and walked out of the cave. "Grab the book and follow me!"

The three of them came to the outside of the cave and stood on the stone platform. Guiguzi pointed to the stone pit and faced Sun Bin beside him. "Put the book inside!"

Sun Bin gently put the book there according to the gentleman's instructions, and saw Zhu'er add dry firewood to it.

"Give him the torch!" Guiguzi watched Zhu'er hand the torch in his hand to Sun Bin. "Set it on fire!" Guiguzi's tone was serious.

"Sir! This..."Sun Bin looked at his husband and wife suspiciously.

Pearls smiled and nodded.

Guiguzi was in a heavy mood. "Burn it! It was originally your house's belongings, but now you have it in your heart, and what do you want it to do? It's also reluctant to be a teacher, but when I think about the people of future generations because of the war again, I still have a ruthless heart! ”

Sun Bin lit the dry wood with difficulty, and as the black smoke rose, there was the sound of the book cracking.

The sound touched everyone's heart.