Chen Zheng looked at the old man in his sixties, but he was in good spirits and his eyes were shining, but he had never met this person, how could he say that he had been waiting for him for a long time?

Leaning over and looking into the bamboo basket, it was also empty.

"Hahahaha!" The old man looked at Chen Zheng with a suspicious face, and laughed loudly: "The Venerable Master expects that the prince will pass through here, and my master and apprentice have just come out of the mountains to live here temporarily. I thought that Gongzi was just a well-dressed and money-spendthrifty gentleman, but he was also like me and other cloth-clothed people, which is really rare, rare! ”

"Since I have never known my uncle, why can you recognize me?" Chen Zheng asked again.

"Oh~! No wonder you asked. Speaking of which, it's not difficult to recognize Childe. The old man pointed in the direction of the carriage: "You are in a hurry, but the carriage and horses are difficult to carry the load, and the horses that pull the carriage are also exhausted, and the things on the carriage must be valuable." Moreover, the people accompanying the son are all vigorous and light-footed, and they are indeed not idle people. In addition, although the son is dressed in cloth, he does not see the ordinary atmosphere of the market, and anxiety flashes between his eyebrows. In this way, who should it be if it is not Lu Gongzi? Hahahaha! ”

The more Chen Zheng listened, the more confused he became, and he couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask the old man?" ”

The old man touched his beard with one hand, and pretended to be mysterious: "Have you ever heard the allusion that three people become tigers?" ”

Throw plenty of dirt and some will be sure to stick? Chen Zheng's mind searched for a while, and vaguely remembered that during the Warring States Period, King Wei Hui wanted to send a person to accompany the prince of Wei to Zhao as a hostage, and that person was worried that someone would give him a small report and eye drops in front of King Wei Hui before leaving, so he told King Wei Hui a story about three people becoming tigers, to the effect that when one person said that there was a tiger in the bazaar, no one would believe it, and if two people said that there was a tiger, it would make people suspicious, and if all three people said that they saw a tiger in the bazaar, then the person who heard it would believe it. The person who told this story wanted to tell King Wei Hui that even if someone said bad things about him, don't take it seriously. As a result, not long after he left, people who spoke ill of Wei came one after another, stuffing the ears of King Wei Hui with donkey hair, and when that person returned from Zhao to Wei, he would never see King Wei again.

Therefore, it is good to listen to everything clearly, and it is dark to listen to it, people in this world understand the truth very well, but there are still so many people who like to listen to small reports. The more interested a leader is in small reports, the more people around him will make small reports, and the fewer and fewer people will do the right thing, just as whoever stuffs more donkey hair in his ears is his own person. In fact, the more people who speak ill of people behind their backs, the less capable they are, but the more people with real skills, the easier it is to be jealous and excluded by villains, and people with skills disdain to make small reports like villains. As a result, there are countless villains in this world who have been favored and succeeded in creating something out of nothing, adding oil and vinegar, and countless gentlemen have been injured and suffered in the vicious words and hidden arrows.

But what does the allusion of the three of them becoming tigers have to do with the old man in front of them?

"If Childe doesn't remember that the three of them became tigers, can you remember Ma Lingdao?"

Maling Road? Also potato sler! Isn't Maling Road the valley where Pang Juan died under this tree back then, how can you not remember. But even now, more than 2,000 years ago, it is all an old thing, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of this Demoiselle in front of you?

Li Mu on the side seemed to have realized after pondering for a while, and bowed his hand and said, "Does the old man have any relationship with General Pang Juan?" ”

"Hahahaha! The old man's surname is Pang Mingxuan, and the three of them are Pang Juan's nephew and the old man's father. ”

Chen Zheng thought to himself, don't you just want to tell us that you have a prominent family background! But no matter how famous those two are, not one is still pierced through the heart by random arrows, and the other is also pierced through the heart by random arrows, what is there to show.

Li Mu was surprised: "I once heard Lord Yu Qing mention that when the King of Martial Arts was alive, there was a person who fought with the King of Martial Arts on the platform, and the sentence 'Victory in a hundred battles, the good ones who are not good, and the good ones who win without fighting, the good ones who are good', but it comes from the mouth of the old man?" ”

Pang Xuan waved his hand lightly: "That's just the past, it's just a passing cloud, it's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning." ”

Li Mu seemed to be quite interested in this Pang Xuan: "Since General Pang once served under the command of King Wuling, why did he leave the Zhao State and come to the Chu State to live in seclusion?" ”

"Alas!" Pang Xuan sighed: "Since the sand dune rebellion, it is inevitable that there will be another bloody storm in the court of Zhao State. The old man saw that the villain was gaining power, and he was also disheartened, so he came to Chu to visit the famous teacher, but he didn't realize that time was like an arrow and time had passed. ”

"I don't know who the famous teacher General Pang is talking about?" Li Mu asked.

"Hahahaha! At this moment, the Venerable Master is in a grass house not far away, why doesn't Gongzi Lu go with the old man?! After Pang Xuan finished speaking, he looked at Chen Zheng's reaction with a smile.

Chen Zheng thought to himself, this Pang Xuan can compare the art of war with King Zhao Wuling, and he is an extraordinary character, so where will his teacher be? To be able to calculate that he will appear here, is it really what is the master?

When Chen Zheng was hesitating, Pang Xuan put away the fishing rod, put the bamboo basket on his shoulder, and pedaled a pair of straw sandals on his feet, and walked west along the river, singing in his mouth: The road is long, and I will go up and down to seek. Drink the surplus horses in the salty pond, and the total surplus is Fusang. Fold the wood to blow the sun, talk about the sheep with leisure...

Chen Zheng and Li Mu looked at each other for a moment, both of them were full of curiosity, so they beckoned the others to return to the carriage and followed Pang Xuan all the way along the riverbank.

The more you go forward, the more fascinating the scenery on both sides of the river, it is like the intoxicating scene of "the edge of the stream, forgetting the distance of the road, suddenly meeting the peach blossom forest, sandwiching the bank for hundreds of steps, there are no miscellaneous trees in it, the fragrant grass is delicious, and the falling flowers are colorful".

Along a winding path, through a peach blossom forest, suddenly from the front faintly heard a crying, soul-stirring guqin sound. The sound of the piano is melodious and tactful, and every fluctuating melody seems to penetrate into the soul of people, making people feel a kind of resonance of déjà vu and hatred of seeing each other.

Walking forward, I saw a clear small lotus pond, and several grass houses came into everyone's eyes.

Chen Zheng was still intoxicated by the elegant melody of the guqin, and he couldn't bear to move forward, standing there and feeling the beauty of the paradise in front of him.

The sound of the piano wafted out from the grass, and suddenly, the original childish and simple melody became high-pitched and eager, as if thousands of troops were fighting and fighting, and a sad atmosphere permeated.

Just when everyone was fascinated by the sound, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, giving people a melancholy feeling that this sound would only exist in the sky, but it would not return to the world.

Pang Xuan motioned to Chen Zheng and Li Mu: "The Venerable Master is in this grass house, please come with me." ”

Chen Zheng turned around and said a few words to Jing Hammer, and then followed Pang Xuan with Li Mu towards the grass house.

As soon as he walked outside the grass house, an old and thick voice came from inside: "Pang Zi, who is from outside?" ”

Pang Xuan put aside the fishing rod and bamboo basket, stood outside the door and arched his hand: "Honorable Master, the person from outside is none other than Lu Gongzi, who stole Lao Tzu's morality in Hangu Pass. ”

What？ Stolen? Chen Zheng was shocked in his heart, if he hadn't made a timely move, the authentic work of the Tao Te Ching would have already turned into a wisp of smoke.

"Hahahaha!" There was a burst of laughter in the grass house: "Lao Tzu's five thousand words of morality fell into the hands of this Lu Gongzi, but it was also created by chance, and it was not in vain that Guan Yinzi worked hard back then!" ”

Guan Yinzi? Could it be that he is talking about Yin Xi, the Guan Ling of Hangu Pass?

The old voice in the grass house actually chanted: "The Tao is the way, the Tao is very Tao." The name is famous, and the name is not very famous. The beginning of the nameless heaven and earth, the mother of all things. Therefore, there is often none, I want to see its wonder, and I always have, I want to see it. These two have the same name and the same name, and they are the same mysteries. Mysterious and mysterious, the door of all wonders. Alas! Nowadays, everyone in the world is confused by fame and fortune, just like a blind man who is on the edge of the abyss and does not know its danger, a moth to a fire and does not know its death, when is the grand wish of a saint? ! ”

Chen Zheng bowed to the grass house and said, "Dare to ask what the Venerable Master is called?" How did you know that I was going to pass through this place? ”

The man in the grass house ignored Chen Zheng: "Pang Zi, you hand over Guan Yinzi's book to this person to read carefully." ”

"Obey the teacher's orders." Pang Xuan walked into the grass house, and in a blink of an eye, he came to Chen Zheng with a few rolls of bamboo slips.

Chen Zheng didn't have time to think about it, and said loudly: "I have a heavy responsibility on my body this time, and I am a person who is being arrested everywhere, don't disturb the purity here, if there is nothing else, I will leave." ”

"Hahahaha!" The laughter in the grass house came again: "Those who are under the world are also the people of the world." Is this sentence from the mouth of Childe? Since Lu Gongzi can have the world in mind, how can he not tolerate my small country meadow? Gongzi is so unlearned, does he still want to pretend to write "Lu's Spring and Autumn"? ”

Chen Zheng, who had already turned around, suddenly turned around and arched his hand: "I have a lot of offense, and I hope that for the sake of my youth and ignorance, I will forgive me more." ”

Strangely, there was no sound in the cottage.

Chen Zheng took a scroll of bamboo slips from Pang Xuan's hand and opened it to look at it, only to see a dense seal script that said: The sage does not rule the world with himself, but rules the world with the world. The world is attributed to the saints, and the saints are credited to the world. Therefore, Yao Shunyu soup governs the world, and the world is said to be natural.

I took another volume and it read: It is the Tao, its origin is not present, its past is ancient, its height is not covered, its low is not loaded, its big is not outside, its small is not inside, there is nothing outside, there is no one inside, there is no self in its near, and there is no other in its distance. Inanalyticable, incompatible, indescribable, inconceivable. But it is muddy, so it is the way.

Pang Xuan said with a smile on the side: "Lu Gongzi, these volumes were written by Guan Yinzi after studying under Lao Tzu in Zhongnan Mountain, if there is anything unclear, you can ask the old man for advice, and the old man will definitely help." Since Childe is now entangled in right and wrong, why don't you stay here for a few days, and you and I can ask each other for advice, okay? ”

Chen Zheng looked at Li Mu, who was nodding, and was embarrassed for a while.

Pang Xuan said with a smile: "Childe don't have to worry too much, I will arrange Childe and his party properly." ”

Chen Zheng and Li Mu followed Pang Xuan to another grass house, only to see that it was exceptionally clean and elegant, and after the three of them sat on the ground, Chen Zheng carefully looked at the bamboo slips.

After more than an hour, Chen Zheng browsed the bamboo slips placed in front of him.

Pang Xuan smiled and said, "Does Gongzi Lu have any advice?" ”

Chen Zheng picked up a roll of bamboo slips, pointed at it with his finger and read: "The fish wants to be different from the fish, and the water jumps to the shore to die." The tiger wants to be a different group of tigers, and the mountain is captured when it enters the market. Saints are not different from others, and special things cannot be detained. Then he picked up another roll of bamboo slips and pointed at it: "If the dragon is like a dragon, if the snake is like a turtle, if the fish is like a clam, the dragon can do it." Jiao, Jiao, Jiao, not a dragon, nor a snake, nor a turtle, nor a fish or a clam. The sage dragon, the sage Jiaozhi. ”

"Does Childe know what it means?"

Chen Zheng was puzzled: "What Guan Yinzi said, how can it be the same as the fisherman's father who met Dr. Sanlu's saying that 'the saint does not stagnate in things, but can move with the world'?" ”

"Hahahaha!" Pang Xuan laughed and said, "Lu Gongzi has good eyesight! Does Childe know what a saint is? ”

"Oh~? I also hope that the old man will give advice. ”

"Alas!" Pang Xuan sighed: "Back then, Dr. Sanlu was talented, even if he was full of ambition, he was inevitably subjected to all kinds of criticism by villains, and finally ended up in the belly of a fish with no bones. Things in the world, good and evil, good and negative, black and white, beautiful and ugly, are all opposites. Good can give birth to evil, and evil can also give rise to good, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, is in line with the Tao. The saint is not stagnant in things, so he can do great good. A gentleman who is good and evil is a small good ear, not a great good. Lao Tzu said: Water is good for all things without fighting, and it is evil for everyone, so it is more than the Tao. If the water is high and does not flow, and the filth is evil and does not go, how can it be good?! The Tao is invisible, but everything is the Tao. Therefore, the saint is not conspicuous, he is not in contention, he is not happy when he is favored, and he is not surprised when he is humiliated. Lao Tzu also said: The reason why Jiang Hai can be the king of a hundred valleys is because of his goodness, so he can be the king of a hundred valleys. It is a saint who wants to go to the people, and he must say what he wants, and if he wants to go before the people, he must follow him. It is to deal with the saints and the people are not important, and the people are not harmed by the front. It is not tired of being pushed by the joy of the world. With its indisputability, the world can not compete with it. Guan Yinzi said: Don't look at the saint by your deeds, there is no trace of the way; Don't look at the saint by words, the word is speechless; Don't think that you can look at the saints, and the Tao will do nothing; Don't look at the saint by his appearance, the Tao is invisible. This so-called Tao has no trace, no words, no action, no form, and the same is true for saints. ”

"What is good that can produce evil, and that evil can also produce good?"

"Hahahaha! Give people money, what about the good? However, the recipient of the gift did not work hard, and since then he has sat on the mountain and eaten empty but has no skills, so he has to steal and rob, what about the evil? Borrowing people to use chariots and horses, what about the good? But the one who rides on it will either fall and be maimed, or fall into a deep ravine, or die at the hands of a bandit, who is evil? ”

"Then can evil beget good?"

"The rich and noble families were once poor, and the rich and noble children were once lowly, and the evil ones were not? However, there are many filial sons in the poor family, and many good and talented children in the humble family, so what is the good one? Divide the kings and ministers of other countries against each other, assassinate the loyal ministers and good generals of other countries, and the evil ones? But if another country is in chaos without a fight, and it can be destroyed without a single soldier, and the cities and towns will be spared from war, and the living beings will be spared from destruction. ”

In this way, those who originally wanted to do good deeds may do bad things with good intentions, and those who originally wanted to do bad things may make mistakes and do good things in others. One thing, which seems to be elated and dancing at the moment, may be reversed and regretted in the future. Those things that seem to be missed and unlucky at the moment may be blessed and blessed in the future. The Tao is impermanent, and the world is also impermanent! ”

"Hahahaha! The children can be taught. ”