Li Si looked at Chen Zheng's letter of recommendation and said with a smile: "I thought that Brother Lu was just a businessman, but I was afraid that he was going to waste the bamboo slips that I had earned from frugality." I didn't expect Brother Lu's calligraphy to be quite disciplined, which really taught me to be impressed. ”

Chen Zheng waved his hand and smiled: "Wouldn't my calligraphy be playing with a big knife in front of Guan Gong and an axe in front of Lu Ban in front of you!" ”

"Isn't the Lu Ban mentioned by the eldest brother just like the skillful craftsmen of the Lu country back then? ! Who is Guan Gong? ”

"Huh! How can Brother Li only ask about calligraphy and not look at what I write on the bamboo slips? ”

Li Si smiled: "Brother Lu came to my house today, it seems that he didn't talk to me about hamsters and toilet rats, but he had some other intentions. I just don't know why my eldest brother introduced me to Mr. Xunzi's door? I think that Mr. Xunzi is a Confucian scholar, and now the troubled times and strife are the time when Legalism is in vogue, I am afraid that I will learn from Xunzi, and I will be bored and useless in the future! ”

"What Brother Li said is wrong! Mr. Xunzi is proficient in the doctrine of a hundred schools, and now Han Fei is studying under Xunzi, and he will be a master of Legalism in the future. After you go, it is better to ask Mr. Xunzi for the emperor's learning, and when the world is unified in the future, he will definitely make great achievements. ”

"The Emperor's Studies? Unification of the world? Li Si shook his head: "Although Zhou Tianzi is still the co-master of the world, he is already in name only. The princes of the world have been fighting and fighting for hundreds of years, and the day of unification is far away! Even if you learn the science of the emperor, where is the emperor? ”

"Brother Li, the emperor is as looming and unpredictable as a dragon, and his life, death, honor and disgrace in the world are all the work of heaven and earth, how can you and I be able to understand it?! The so-called learning into literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family. Although the elder brother writes well, he also needs to have a splendid article to match it, he is growing green and leaving a name in history, isn't it the creation that everyone in the world should envy? ! ”

A light flashed in Li Si's eyes, and a delicate face revealed a trace of restless thoughts under the reflection of the oil lamp. At this moment, Li Si's mind presents two vivid pictures of hamsters and toilet rats, the former is dignified and leisurely, and the latter is at a loss, hungry and cold, a question is torturing Li Si, how can there be absolute fairness in the world?! The so-called fairness may mean that people who are born rich may also have a day when they are hungry and cold, and people who are born poor may also have a day when they are rich and rich, that is to say, fairness is not that everyone lives the same, but everyone has the opportunity to change their fate, the rich can become poor, the expensive can become cheap, and vice versa. Perhaps, this kind of opportunity that is not completely transferred by human will is the greatest fairness in the world.

"I don't know what to do if you put the hamster in the toilet and the toilet rat in the barn?" Li Si, who had been silent for a long time, came out slowly.

"Hahahaha!" Li Mu laughed out loud after hearing this: "I said this Brother Li, do you still need to say it?!" How many majestic and invincible princes in this world will end up in prison and ruined families? And how many poor people from humble backgrounds who endured humiliation and burdens have become famous and rich for a while? Can you turn the fate of hamsters and toilet rats upside down today, when he is in high power, won't the rich and poor of the world be wantonly playing with the hands of his brother?! ”

Chen Zheng smiled at Li Mu: "Brother Li Si personally changed the position of the hamster and the toilet rat, so what's the matter?!" How different are people in the world from that hamster toilet rat?! Don't you see those insidious and cunning, unlearned and unskilled people who eat vegetarian meals and eat all day long, and those who have good hearts and outstanding talents are secretly melancholy, and their ambitions are difficult to pay? Teaching them to change places is not a good thing. Hahahaha! ”

Li Si unfolded the bamboo slip in his hand again and did not say a word for a long time.

……

The next day, Chen Zheng slept in the post house until three o'clock in the morning before opening his eyes, and hurriedly beckoned Li Mu to pack up and continue on the road.

Li Mu quipped: "Why didn't Brother Lu go to the granary official's house today?" Aren't you afraid that he will throw his eldest brother's letter of recommendation into the hearth and turn it into ashes? Hahahaha! ”

"Huh!" Chen Zheng said with a relaxed face: "He just roasted the rabbit with that letter, and I'm afraid it will inevitably take a trip to Qi State." ”

"Big brother, people live a comfortable life, why teach him what to learn from Mr. Xunzi? It's okay to say that if the sky doesn't fulfill people's wishes, then shouldn't he resent his eldest brother?! ”

"Alas!" Chen Zheng sighed: "I have no choice, who let us catch up this time?" There are many things in this world that are in the midst of it, and the body is involuntarily. A person's fate is just a drop in the ocean, a flash of light, in order for the world to no longer kill each other, bones everywhere, I don't know how many people's lives have to be sacrificed! Chen Zheng thought to himself, even if no one lit the fire in Li Si's heart, it would spontaneously ignite sooner or later.

In a society full of utilitarianism, even those who choose learning are considering learning from a practical and realistic perspective, so what else in this world is not utilitarian?! When a society only uses the level of status and the amount of money as a yardstick to measure the differences between people, then this sick society will envelop almost everyone in the pathology without knowing it.

The spread of utilitarian disease is the most terrible infectious disease in the world, it consumes a person's innate spirit and will, in the process of the spread of this disease, the brains of countless people and bloodthirsty zombies merge into a frequency, the truth, goodness and beauty that should appear in the eyes are replaced by false, evil and ugly, and what is even more terrible is that the false becomes true, the evil becomes good, the ugly becomes beautiful, and everything becomes blurred and presents another diametrically opposite clarity.

When the so-called success science of the crash course is enshrined by those who rush to it, when a person's eyes and ears are full of the so-called inspirational stories of getting rich overnight and becoming famous overnight, when a person who is self-reliant and relies on his own ability to eat is scorned and disdained by others, when a person who is genuine and honest is forced to sell fakes or even cheat others in order to survive, when all faces are tilted upwards and waists are bent hard, when countless radio signals are transmitted are all tricks and tricks. If the dust settles, in the towering high-rise buildings and gorgeous luxury cars, there will only be lost souls and pale humanity.

……

In front of the post house, Chen Zheng and his entourage were about to set off.

Chen Zheng took out two golden cakes from his body and handed them to Jing Hammer, teaching him to send them to Li Si's house, and agreed to meet outside the south gate of Shangcai City. Although the two golden cakes were for Li Si, he could only use the repair of the courtyard wall as an excuse.

Maybe Li Si is turning the hapless hamster and the toilet rat who is lucky to make the place right now?!

Chen Zheng and Li Mu each rode a horse, led the convoy behind, and slowly walked towards the south gate.

Li Mu turned his head to look at Chen Zheng: "Brother Lu, when I parted with the granary official last night, the eldest brother had a word of gift, I don't know if you still remember?" ”

Chen Zheng smiled: "I said so much last night, how can my brother only remember one sentence?" Hahahaha! ”

"I remember when my eldest brother went out, he said: body and soul, there must be one on the way. I don't know where this sentence comes from? ”

“You can either travel or read，but either your body or soul must be on the way。 Do you understand?! Young people should not be unambitious and covetous, but should look at the world and aim in all directions. If a person's talent can't support his dreams, then he should study more; If the environment can't support ambition, then more efforts should be made. If you read more, the pattern of being a person will naturally be enlarged; If you work hard enough, God will give you an unexpected surprise. In fact, as long as a young person has a good character, is diligent enough, and works hard, luck will gradually accumulate, and bad luck will slowly disperse. ”

Li Mu nodded, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a noise in front of him.

When I got closer, I saw two reward notices hanging on the city wall by the south gate of Shangcai City, and there were seven or eight Chu soldiers holding halberds standing next to the notices, and more than a dozen people were pointing in front of the notices.

Chen Zheng and Li Mu, who were riding on horses, saw it clearly, and the two pieces of linen were clearly painted with two ugly faces and roe head rat heads, one of which had the word "Wu Song" written under it, and the other had a few forks painted under it.

A soldier shouted to the onlookers: "Look carefully, these two people are important criminals who do all kinds of evil, General Jingyang said, whoever dares to hide privately will be punished, and whoever provides clues or catches these two people will be rewarded." ”

At the city gate, several soldiers were guarding the city gate and were identifying them one by one, and even the baggage and baskets carried by passers-by had to be searched, and several cattle and a few strings of copper coins were seized as suspects.

Li Mu waved his hand to the convoy to stop, and whispered to Chen Zheng: "Big brother, it seems that those people in front are coming for us." ”

Chen Zheng chuckled and said, "I thought it was the Song Dynasty!" I didn't expect the tiger on Jingyanggang to chase here. You take out our customs clearance papers, and give them some copper coins for eating and drinking, just pass. ”

Li Mu turned over and dismounted and walked over, and negotiated with a man dressed as an officer in the city gate, who took a string of copper coins into his arms, looked at the carriage behind Chen Zhenghe, and waved two soldiers over.

"Open all the boxes!" The officer shouted.

The special forces of Zhao State did not move, waiting for Chen Zheng's instructions.

"Huh? Are they all deaf or what? Say it again, open the box all! ”

Chen Zheng dismounted and arched his hand: "We are just passing merchants, and I hope it will be convenient." ”

The officer looked Chen Zheng up and down, and said disdainfully: "Look at your shabby appearance, you dare to say what kind of merchant you are." Then he pointed in the direction of the city gate: "Do you see?" We are also on official duty, and we are ordered to arrest the key criminals, and if those two key criminals slip out from under our noses, we will have to ask for food. ”

Chen Zheng took a look, yes! You have to let the golden cake manifest.

After the officer took a golden cake from Chen Zheng's hand, he immediately changed his appearance, and said with a smile: "Son, go slowly, come back next time!" Then he was suddenly stunned: "Huh? Why do I seem to have seen Childe somewhere? Why can't you remember it for a while? ”

Chen Zheng smiled: "If you are a big official of Ximen, you will definitely recognize me." ”

"Huh? How do you know that I used to guard Simon? Could it be that we've really met? ”

Chen Zheng thought to himself, are you still calling Ximen to blow snow or what?!

At this moment, Jing Hammer rode over and looked at Chen Zheng and wondered, "Why hasn't the master left yet?" What the hell is this? ”

"Can't you meet an acquaintance and talk for a while?!"

"Look, master!" The hammer suddenly pointed forward: "Why does that person look a little like his master?" ”

Chen Zheng looked at the hammer with angry eyes.

"Oh, look, it's more like a star!" The hammer pointed to another portrait: "Huh? That's a bit like Brother Li? ”

Chen Zheng was indeed anxious: "What are you talking nonsense? Are you blind?! Then he squeezed his eyes at the hammer and said, "What I taught you to give to the county keeper was delivered?" ”

"County, county, county?"

"This Ximen official is not an outsider, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Oh, yes, delivered."

"What do you have to say?"

"He, he, he said..., said..."The hammer sweated in a hurry, and he didn't say why.

"It's a shame that you've been with me for so long, and you can't even say a word."

"I, I, I'm nervous when I see someone in charge."

"Why didn't you see you nervous in Chunshenjun's mansion a few days ago?"

"I..., I..."

The officer's body has been half short since he heard the word "county guard", and when he heard the name of Chun Shenjun, his legs were weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground.

……

After leaving Shangcai City, walking among the lush fields, looking at the surrounding natural scenery full of vitality, Chen Zheng's mood could not be happy.

Li Mu on the side reminded: "Big brother, now that the Chu State is looking for you and me everywhere, if we continue to go deep into the hinterland of the Chu State, I am afraid that there will be many branches." Besides, the Qin army is already ready to go, and if we hit outside Handan City before we wait for the return, I am afraid that we will miss a major event. In my opinion, you and I have done our best to buy grain, so why don't we make a detour back to Handan via South Korea? ”

"There is still some time for the Qin army to attack Zhao, so my brother doesn't have to worry too much. I just thought that you and I had bought so little food, even if it was all shipped back, it would be a drop in the bucket, and I couldn't help but feel anxious! ”

"Sanjin was originally a family, and I will discuss it from Han Wei in the long run, or maybe we can get twice the result with half the effort?!"

Chen Zheng waved his hand: "Han Wei? As for King Han's coward and stingy ghost, I don't think it's worth expecting. As for Wei Guo, when Wuji's brother returns to Daliang, he might as well give it a try. ”

Li Mu affirmed: "Pingyuanjun's wife is Xinlingjun's own sister, and this matter will definitely be known." It's just..."

"Just what? You mean that Jin Contempt? He only cared about staring at your Zhan Lu Jian that day, where could he take care of me?! Besides, Hou Huan and I were masked that night, can he still recognize me?! When I returned, my brother only had to go back through South Korea, and I went to Daliang alone, as long as Xinlingjun was there, there would definitely be no mistakes. ”

"Big brother really has the courage!"

Chen Zheng waved his hand: "This is not forced out?!" The so-called car to the mountain before there must be a road, the boat to the bridge naturally straight. If we can buy a little food, there will be fewer people starving to death in Handan City in the future, and it is better to do our best than to regret when he looks at the starvation in Handan City. ”

After walking more than ten miles forward, the group was a little thirsty, and suddenly heard the faint sound of running water in front of them, and when they got closer, it was a meandering river flowing slowly from west to east.

The special forces of Zhao State stopped the carriage, took out sheepskin water bags and ran over, stepped on the cobblestones, walked to the river, held the river water with both hands, and drank it happily.

Chen Zheng got off his horse, raised his eyes to look at the scenery on the riverbank, and suddenly saw an old fisherman in a robe sitting by the river not far away, with a bamboo basket beside him.

Li Mu called the hammer to the front and whispered, only to see the hammer running behind the old man with a smoke, and called: "Eh, old man, where is this south?" How far is it from the city? ”

The old man was unaware of it, and there was no response.

Chen Zheng walked over, waved his hand to the hammer, stood on the side of the old man and arched his hand: "The old man has always been good?!" ”

After a pause, the old man turned his face and smiled at Chen Zheng secretly: "Come on, brother?!" ”

Chen Zheng was so shocked that he took half a step back, what do you mean by this? Do you want to roast me two skewers of kidneys by the river later?!

"Hahahaha!" The old man twisted his beard and laughed: "Master Lu, the old man has been waiting for you here for a long time." ”