“…… Fu Liezi walked against the wind, and he was good, and there were five days in ten and then reversed. He is not counted among those who are blessed. Although this is not to be done, there is still something to be treated. If the husband takes advantage of the righteousness of heaven and earth, and the argument of the six qis, and swims infinitely, he will be evil! Therefore, it is said: To man without self, God and man without merit, saint without name......"

In the main room, Meng Zhongpan sat in front of Zhuangzi, holding a bamboo slip and reciting aloud.

At this time, Zhuangzi carefully looked at the disciple in front of him.

Compared with two years ago, the disciple in front of him has become much taller and stronger, although he is not yet fifteen years old, but in the world, Zhuangzi thinks that he is heavier and older than ordinary adults.

Of course, this is also due to his teachings of Zhuang Zhou.

Among all the disciples, Zhuang Zhou's requirements for Meng Zhong were the strictest and most cautious, whenever this disciple showed some signs of going astray, he would always correct it in time, just like two years ago, Meng Zhong was complacent about using the "propositions" of famous masters to defeat his companions in the house, when Zhuang Zhou used the "chicken three claws" to persuade Meng Zhong.

But there was only one thing, even if it was him, Zhuang Zhou could not do anything, that is, the resentment in Meng Zhong's heart, about the grudge that his brother Meng Bo was killed by Teng Hu, the monarch of Teng State.

In fact, Meng Zhong never mentioned the relevant matter in Ju Nei afterwards, but Zhuangzi knew that since Meng Zhong buried his brother Meng Bo, this son began to observe the art of war of Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Sun Bin, Sima Sui Tho, Taigong Wang and others, and often exercised and practiced martial arts with Wu Ying, Meng Hu, Meng Sui, Hua Hu and others outside the house, obviously preparing to avenge his brother one day.

Zengzi also wanted to stop it, but in the end he gave up.

Because Zhuangzi knew very well that unless Meng Zhong himself looked down on this matter and let go of his hatred, no matter who he was, he would not be able to resolve the hatred in this disciple's heart.

Although it violated Zhuangzi's previous norms, he still secretly hoped that Song would attack Teng and kill Teng Hu as soon as possible.

After all, only when Teng Hu dies can Meng Zhong be completely freed from this hatred.

But what no one expected was that Zhuangzi did not expect that the small country of Teng State would block the offensive of Song State one after another, although behind this matter, there may not be no Qi State and Lu State secretly helping Teng State, but even so it cannot be denied that the Teng family did win the hearts of the people in Teng State and was supported and supported by Teng State.

"Master? Pedant? ”

Just as Zhuangzi was in a trance, he heard Meng Zhong's call.

It turned out that Meng Zhong had already recited the work "Getaway", but found that Zhuangzi was looking at him distracted, so he called softly.

Facing Meng Zhong's somewhat confused gaze, Zhuangzi nodded, took up the pen and wrote the word "Xiaoyao" on the bamboo plaque, asking Meng Zhong if he could understand the "Xiaoyao artistic conception" in "Xiaoyao".

Since the age of ten, Meng Zhong has been studying beside Zhuangzi, and has been deeply passed on by the latter, teaching the ideas of Taoism and Mingjia, which has been a full four years ago, and it is no exaggeration to say that the ideas of Taoism and Mingjia have been fully understood by Mengzhong.

But the problem is that Taoist thought is different from other academic studies, and it is one thing to understand it or not, and it is another thing to get the corresponding personal experience.

Just like this "Leisurely Journey", in fact, Zhuangzi has already pointed out the highest realm of leisure, that is, forgetting the boundaries of things and self, reaching the realm of selflessness, meritlessness, and namelessness, and swimming in infinity without anything to rely on, Meng Zhong can certainly understand the meaning, but this does not help him truly understand the essence of it.

Because he cannot reach the realm of selflessness, meritlessness, and namelessness. [PS: To be honest, the author doesn't think that anyone can achieve it, Taoist thinking is too idealistic, this is no longer to the point of teaching a saint, but to teach a higher level than a saint...... I really don't know how to describe it. 】

Meng Zhong can't do it without "selflessness" alone.

The so-called selflessness is to spiritually transcend all the limitations of nature and society, to annihilate the opposition between things and self, to dissolve oneself into the world and all things, and to achieve the state of unity with the Tao and self, and to communicate with the spirit of heaven and earth alone.

And Meng Zhong's insistence on avenging his brother Meng Bo is actually the binding of excessive family affection on him, which is "not free", and only by letting go of hatred in his heart can he get real freedom.

In fact, Meng Zhong also understands these truths, but he can't do it.

Seeing that Meng Zhong lowered his head and deliberately avoided his persuasion, Zhuangzi sighed silently.

"Let's take it one step at a time."

He thought to himself.

Before dusk that day, Meng Zhong said goodbye to Zhuangzi, Zhuang Bo and the rest of his companions in the village, and rode back to the countryside on a donkey.

Back in the countryside, back to his yard, Meng Zhong tied the donkey to the pillar in the courtyard, and then found some beans to feed the donkey that had been with him for two years.

At this time, I heard a crisp female voice in the courtyard: "Brother, is it Brother?" ”

When Meng Zhong looked up, he saw a girl of his age standing at the door of the main house, so he responded: "It's Ah Yan, ah, it's me, is my mother in the house?" ”

"Well, my mother is resting in the house, I just looked at it, and it seems that she is asleep."

The girl nodded, and ran over.

This girl is the girl who was holding her knees and shrunk in the corner when Ge took Meng Zhong to worship the clansmen two years ago.

Because of pity for her family's situation, and considering that her eldest son Meng Bo had died, and this son Meng Zhong had been absent for a long time because he was studying by Zhuangzi's side, Ge Shi asked the clan to accept this son as an adopted daughter after consulting Meng Yan's opinion.

Of course, the clan will not refuse, after all, all the clansmen of the Ge clan know that naturally they will not accept this daughter as an adopted daughter in order to swallow the fields of the Meng Yan family.

At that time, on the third day after Ge's adoption of Meng Yan, it happened that Meng Zhong went home to visit his mother, so Ge introduced Meng Yan's sister to Meng Zhong, so that the two of them would be called brother and sister in the future.

At the beginning, both Meng Zhong and Meng Yan were a little uncomfortable, but after a long time, the former estrangement naturally disappeared.

"Brother, how many days can you stay when you go home this time?"

Running to Meng Zhong and feeding the donkey Ash with the elder brother, Meng Yan asked happily.

"Two or three days." Meng Zhong said with a smile.

"It's only been two or three days...... Meng Yan pouted, and said with some dissatisfaction: "I can't stay a few more days, I still want to hear you tell me the story of Master Zhuang......

Meng Zhong smiled when he heard this, and said, "It would be good to have two or three days, after all, I am going to serve the Master." ”

"Not really!" Meng Yan corrected: "Brother, you are the disciple of the master, and everyone in the clan says so. ”

Meng Zhong shook his head.

In all fairness, what Meng Yan said was indeed the truth, after all, Zhuangzi did treat him like a child disciple - although there was no such thing as a child disciple in the world.

But so far, Zhuangzi has not recognized Meng Zhong as a disciple to the outside world, so Meng Zhong cannot consider himself a disciple of Zhuangzi.

Just when the brother and sister were chatting while feeding the donkey, a whistle came from outside the courtyard, and then a flirtatious voice greeted him: "Yo, isn't this Ah Zhong and his adoptive daughter-in-law, what's the matter, they are making love here in broad daylight?" ”

Meng Zhong was speechless and glanced in the direction where the voice came from, but saw that Meng Hu, who had been close to him since childhood, was lying on the fence of their house at the moment, looking at them with a smile.

"Don't make such jokes, Hu." Meng Zhong said hello to Meng Hu.

On the side, Meng Yan was red-faced, stomped her feet and cursed a few words like "Dead Tiger".

"Ah Zhong's adopted daughter-in-law", this is a joke in the Meng clan, the reason is that when the Ge clan adopted Meng Yan, a clansman made a kind joke to the Ge clan, saying that Meng Yan's girl is just the right age to match your Ah Zhong, could it be that Ge Shi is going to raise a daughter-in-law for your son?

Because of their close relationship with each other, Ge didn't think about it at the time, and said casually: "Yes, I look at this girl is quite smart." ”

As a result, this joke was passed on, so that sometimes Ge took Meng Yan to the fields to do farm work, and when he met the clansmen on the way, those clansmen would also casually tease: "Ge Shi, where are you going with your adopted daughter-in-law?" ”

Every time, Meng Yan was so ashamed that her face was red.

Of course, the joke is just a joke, and the clansmen forget it after laughing, after all, it's not a big deal, even if the Ge clan really takes a fancy to Meng Yan? Although the two families are from the same clan, they are separated by more than ten generations, not to mention that the Montessori still has the rule of "the same clan does not marry".

"I just heard that you're back today, so I'll take a look."

While explaining, Meng Hu pushed open the courtyard door and walked in.

I saw Meng Hu two years later, his physique was more burly, and he looked like a fierce embryo, but it was a pity that he was kicked on his calf by Meng Yan, and he held his calf and screamed in pain, which completely destroyed his momentum when he walked into the hospital.

"Brother, I'll go see if my mother is awake." Grimacing at Meng Hu, Meng Yan ran back to the main house.

"This damn girl!"

Looking at Meng Yan's departing back, Meng Hu gritted his teeth and said, "If it weren't for Ah Zhong's face, I would have beaten her a long time ago!" ”

"You're going to beat a woman?" Meng Zhong asked casually.

Hearing this, the anger on Meng Hu's face froze, he blinked his eyes and thought about it, and then changed his words: "Then don't beat it." ”

Meng Zhong shook his head speechlessly, and then asked angrily, "What are you looking for me?" ”

Hearing this, Meng Hu put away the smile on his face, lowered his voice and said to Meng Zhong: "If you don't come back today, tomorrow I will go to Zhuangziju to tell you about this matter." …… Yesterday my grandfather received a letter sent by my uncle, I secretly read it, the letter said that the king of Song had been impatient with the state of Teng for two years, ready to recruit soldiers again, to attack the state of Teng, the uncle wrote in the letter very worried, lest this war completely destroy my Mengshi clan......"

Speaking of this, he looked around, lowered his voice and said, "Tell you one more thing, don't make a noise." …… Last night the elders came to my grandfather, and the two of them were discussing in the house, and I overheard them discussing the relocation. ”

"Relocation?" Meng Zhong asked in surprise.

"Shhhh Meng Hu hurriedly made a silent gesture to Meng Zhong, and then lowered his voice and explained: "What Elder Meng said said that my Meng clan has sacrificed too many people for this war, if the King of Song still insists on raising troops to attack the countries, then we can only move our clans and defect to other countries...... I didn't dare tell anyone about this, so don't make a noise. ”

Meng Zhong frowned slightly, and was about to ask again, but saw Ge Shi walking out with Meng Yan from the direction of the main house, and said happily: "Zhong'er is here, hurry up...... Ah Hu is also here, come in, come in. ”

Seeing this, Meng Zhong and Meng Hu exchanged glances, and then both of them had smiles on their faces.

"Mother, the child has come to see you."

"Hey, Auntie, I've come to see you too."