Zhang Shiyu, the prince of Jibei, has not completely forgiven his brother-in-law, and this time he came to Siguo Valley, mainly to accompany Kou Daogu.

Fan Shu is famous for not being recruited, even the emperor asked him not to move, the two most well-known disciples, one Yin Fu has already been an official, and the other Kou Daogu has been living in seclusion, quite a legacy of the ancestors, if he can stay in Yecheng, even if he just receives a noble idle position, he can also win a lot of glory and support for the father and son of the king of Jibei.

For this reason, Zhang Shiyu must surrender his identity and accept an eccentric scholar.

After meeting for the first time, Zhang Shiyu didn't like this person very much, and the more times he met, the more he didn't like it.

Kou Daogu is too arrogant, it is a kind of arrogance in the bones, looking down on all beings, there seems to be no difference between the emperor and the people in his eyes, there is always a blank expression on his face, no matter how lively the other party is, he is indifferent, but occasionally he sneers, his eyes are like lightning, unceremoniously picking mistakes, and then retreating into a daze, which makes the other party embarrassed.

The group came to the tomb of Fan Guan, Zhang Shiyu and Kou Dao lived alone, and more than ten disciples of Fan Sect and more than ten Yecheng Rulin Qisu followed.

Zhang Shiyu, as the prince of Jibei, of course couldn't kneel down, and was about to open his mouth to praise Mr. Fan for a few words, when Kou Daogu, who was standing beside him, suddenly knelt down and cried.

This cry was without warning, Zhang Shiyu was so frightened that he almost jumped up, and finally although he stabilized his body, his face had changed, and he was embarrassed again.

The scholars behind were also shocked, the grievances between Fan Guan and Kou Daogu, the master and apprentice, had been forgotten, and they had been turned out again in the past few days, and everyone knew about it, so no one expected the apprentices to cry in public.

Since Kou Daogu knelt down, others also had to kneel, Zhang Shiyu hesitated for a while, turned sideways and stepped aside, crying and laughing in his heart, a little hoping that his brother-in-law could win and kill Kou Daogu's arrogance.

Crying and mourning is a manifestation of filial piety, and many people have cried before Fan's tomb, especially Fanmen's disciples, who have to cry a few times when they come to worship for the first time.

Kou Daogu's crying and mourning is different, neither the wail of mourning and the sorrow of a mourner, nor the deep sorrow, but the uncontrollable crying, a little crazy, like a drunk remembering something sad, like a child less than ten years old being beaten by his parents to cry wolf, like a frustrated person hiding in a secluded place to vent to his heart's content......

In short, this is a very inappropriate crying, at first there were people to cry with him, and soon others couldn't cry, and he looked at Guan Daogu who was crying on the ground in surprise, and felt faintly uneasy.

Zhang Shiyu was glad that he didn't kneel down with him, let alone cry.

An Chongqian is a native of Yecheng, among the disciples of Fanmen, he wants to do the friendship of the landlord, but he has no choice but to get up and walk forward, kneel beside his senior brother, stretch out his hand to help, and persuade: "Senior Brother Kou mourns, the master has passed away, we are ...... disciples."

Kou Daogu shook off An Chongqian's arm and said while crying: "Old Sick Fan, you died too late!" ”

Fan Guan sometimes called himself "old sick man", but his disciples never called him that, let alone the idea of "dying too late".

Everyone was shocked, and An relocated to the round field and said: "Senior Brother Kou is too sad. ”

Kou Daogu stopped crying, didn't wipe it, and let the tears stick on his face, "Seven or eight years earlier, you are like the middle of the day, you know what you should believe and learn, and your heart is undoubtedly hindered, you can die as a grandmaster and be missed, isn't it better than today?" ”

An Chongqian didn't dare to answer.

Zhang Shiyu, who was standing on the side, asked, "How is today?" ”

"Fan is no longer at the peak, abandoning the old theory, but the new theory has not been established, full of doubts and nowhere to ask, and has to hide it from outsiders, the grandmaster has become a deceptive and famous, which is regrettable."

An Chongqian must defend his master, "Senior Brother Kou's words are wrong, Master is old and strong, and he has not changed his doctrine at all, and his disciples are becoming more and more handy, and they have no doubts, and they don't need to ask, but there are many people who come to ask Master questions, and they all come and go away in a daze. ”

Kou Daogu sneered - even if it was just an observer, Zhang Shiyu was disgusted with this sneer - he didn't look at An Chongqian at all, his eyes stopped on the tombstone, "Your doubts are not real doubts, but you are short-sighted and can't see the truth, or you are not strong-minded and dare not see the truth. It has to be a real university question to have a real big doubt, which can be debated for a day and a night, or even a hundred years or a thousand years, without any results. Fan Shu is at least a person who studies university questions, and he is addicted to small arts, where do you have big doubts? ”

Offending everyone, An Chongqian's face was red, and he couldn't speak, and an old gentleman said angrily: "What a crazy offspring, what are your so-called big doubts?" Let's hear it. In terms of knowledge, I can't compare with Mr. Fan, but it is enough to answer your questions and explain. ”

Kou Daogu didn't seem to hear it, or didn't bother to argue with this person, and stretched out his hand to point to the tombstone, "Who erected the monument?" King Wu? ”

An Chongqian said: "It's a few of our fellow brothers, let's pool ...... money."

"Move it or smash it."

"Huh? Why? An Chongqian's face turned even redder.

It is said that he also burned all the articles in the valley, indicating that although he did not have great transparency when he was dying, he at least knew how to be modest, so he did not write words. Since you are disciples of Fanmen, why did you write after his death? It is also engraved on the stone, so that people can taste it, which is really unfilial. Alas, you just said that Fan Guan's disciples are handy, which is true, but the reason is not that Fan Guan's knowledge has improved, but that the selection of disciples is not as strict as before, and of course it is not tiring to teach. ”

"You...... You ......" An Chongqian was so angry that his words didn't go well, "We invited you here to take back orthodoxy from King Wu, not to insult the master and destroy orthodoxy." ”

Kou Daogu sneered again.

Yan Wei had already publicly declared that he accepted Kou Daogu's doctrine, and at this time he stepped forward from behind and said: "What Senior Brother Kou said is good, the disciples of Fan Sect are indeed inferior to one, and the further they go, the worse their understanding becomes, we can be said to be the worst batch." ”

"My comprehension is poor, but at least I know how to respect the teacher."

Kou Daogu's sneer was like a round of long-range shots before the army officially charged, and one or two of them could always land in the enemy's formation, "Hey, look at this stone tablet, you know that you only recognize the word 'respect for the teacher', and you don't know its meaning, nor do you know its way." ”

An Chongqian was so angry that he was really trembling, and Zhang Shiyu interjected: "The master fights, and one move wins." Everyone has seen Mr. Kou's ability, and Mr. An has personally learned it. Enough, there's nothing to fight for here, the real opponents are over there. ”

An Chongqian didn't dare to refute the face of the prince of Jibei, bowed down and retreated, Kou Daogu didn't care at all, "Learning is not a fight, there is only early enlightenment, late enlightenment, and no understanding, among which there is no master, and there is no one move to win, not even a victory." ”

Zhang Shiyu said with a smile: "I am a person outside the culture, I am talking nonsense, Mr. Kou doesn't have to practice with me, refute Xu Ji, only then can you be considered to have real skills." ”

"Alas, if you want to show your ability, you are not really learned."

"Yo, I'm wrong again, anyway, since Mr. Kou is here, when will he go to see Xu Ji?"

"I want him to come to me."

"This is difficult, Xu Ji claims to be practicing, he can't get up if he doesn't enlighten, and he won't leave that room. I could have sent someone to drag him out, but in that case, I wouldn't need Mr. Kou. ”

Kou Daogu took two steps, turned around and sat on the tombstone, looking at the house in the distance, "Seeking enlightenment, I can be regarded as touching the edge of the university, but I can't enter the door." Yan Wei, you go and speak for me. ”

"Yes, the disciple is willing to go." Yan Wei called himself a disciple and respected Kou Daogu very much.

An Chongqian and the others were all full of anger, if it weren't for the prince of Jibei standing nearby, he would have rushed up and pushed Kou Daogu off the tombstone.

Zhang Shiyu didn't care about these subsections, he originally just wanted to win the hearts of the scholars, and found that Kou Daogu offended more people than people to please, he had already given up this plan, and just wanted to see how this debate ended.

"Go and ask King Wu, 'Is the Tao visible?' Do you know? ’”

Yan Wei's eyes lit up, no matter what, the first question thrown by Guan Daogu was grand enough, so he took the order, took a few steps back, turned around and hurried away.

Seeing his junior brother walking away, An Chongqian couldn't help but sneer, "With such a question, why bother to ask King Wu all the way?" I can answer - it's not that I have a high level of understanding, but that the master has already explained it before his death, and his disciples all know that Mr. Kou left early, probably because he didn't hear it. ”

An Chongqian is not even called "senior brother" anymore.

Kou Daogu glanced at him, "Fan Shu teaches you according to your aptitude, seeing that your qualifications are mediocre, and I am worried that you will be confused and unable to extricate yourself, so I give a simple answer, which is actually to ask you to shut up and not think about it from now on." ”

"I haven't said the answer yet." An Chongqian was really angry, and he had to challenge it.

Zhang Shiyu and the others also hated Kou Daogu's arrogance, and hoped to see someone destroy his prestige, so they didn't stop him.

Kou Daogu raised his head slightly, "Fan Guan will inevitably say: the Tao can be seen and invisible, only it can be seen, everyone can learn, only it is invisible, no one can reach the avenue, like a high mountain, everyone can enter, take materials from it, but no one can get the whole mountain." He would also say: The Tao can be known and unknowable, for example, everyone can take a ladle of water and know its taste to quench his thirst, but no one can drink the water of a river. ”

An Chongqian stood on the spot, and the other Fan Sect disciples also looked the same as him.

There is no need to ask, Kou Daogu's answer is the same as Fan Guan.

The others weren't surprised, thinking that Fan Guan must have said something similar before, and Kou Daogu just remembered it.

An old gentleman spoke: "Your Excellency thinks that Mr. Fan is not right? ”

"Of course not, if it's just a mountain to get a material, a river to get a scoop of drink, everyone has to do it, what is the point of my generation to study knowledge? Fan Guanzhi said that it was just to gag his mouth, but he did not solve his doubts. ”

"What a big breath, if Mr. Fan is wrong, what is your answer?"

Kou Daogu sneered, "Xia Worm can't be silent, I give the answer, and you can't understand it, so why should I waste my tongue?" ”

The old gentleman who asked almost fainted, "Okay." There is no one in the world who can ask you questions? ”

"I'm here looking for an opponent. If Xu Ji answers well, I will continue, and if he does not answer the question, I will leave immediately, just like back then. ”

At that time, it was natural to refer to the sensational master-apprentice debate, Kou Daogu left the table on the seventh day, and the reasons were different, according to his own words, he actually felt that Fan Shu was not worthy of discussing with him anymore.

Everyone shook their heads, and they couldn't tell who they were looking forward to winning and who was losing.

Yan Wei ran back quickly, slowing down when he was approaching, with a happy face, obviously feeling that King Wu's answer was not satisfied.

"Xu Ji admits defeat." Yan Wei said excitedly.

This is exactly what everyone has come for, but they are all disappointed at this time.

"What did he say?" Kou Daogu asked.

"Exact words...... Xu Ji said, 'I don't know'. ”

A smile slowly appeared on Guan Daogu's face, "Well, it's not a good answer, but it can be discussed." ”