Gongsun Kang came to Jingzhou to visit Taoist friends, not to gather talents.

Accepting Huang Zhong is just in time, and you can't be a living Lei Feng in vain. After all, Huang Zhong is also a character who can fight with Guan Yu for three days, regardless of victory or defeat, and he will not accept nothing.

However, Jingzhou is densely populated with talents, especially all kinds of ruling talents, all kinds of big Confucianism, small Confucianism, and middle Confucianism, which are dense and endless.

It is better for these people to be the icing on the cake, and it is impossible to want them to share the ups and downs.

Therefore, Gongsun Kang deliberately avoided the bustling Xiangyang and did not enter the city at all. He went directly to Shuijing Villa, thinking that he would meet Sima Hui, the biggest behind-the-scenes boss of the Three Kingdoms.

Sima Hui, the word Decao, Yingchuan Yangzhai (now Yuzhou, Henan) people. Famous scholars in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, fine channel learning, strange doors, art of war, and scriptures. He is known as "Mr. Water Mirror".

Sima Hui is a person of elegance, extensive knowledge, and a wise man, and is the teacher of Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Liu Hui from Nanyang, Jingzhou, and Xiang Lang from Xiangyang, and is respected by the world.

Shuijingzhuang is located in the south of Nanzhang County, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, wars in Yingchuan were frequent. In order to avoid the disaster of war, Sima Hui traveled to Xiangyang City under the rule of Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

The relevant records of Nanzhang Shuijingzhuang were first found in Qianlong's "Xiangyang Mansion Chronicles". According to the record of the fourth volume of the book "Mountains and Rivers" and "Yuxi Mountain" in Nanzhang, Yuxi Mountain "has a tall and beautiful peak, there is a stream under the mountain, and the sound of the water is like a jade pendant." "There is a stone room called the White Horse Cave, which is the hidden place of Mr. Han Shuijing."

Shuijing Villa is not a very secret place, it is a village with hundreds of families, and everyone is farming. This family even includes Mr. Shuijing, Sima Hui.

Gongsun Kang sent Qin Huo and them to wait in Nanzhang County, and he and Zuo Ci turned into two Taoist priests, and only two people went to visit Mr. Shuijing.

The two walked in this mountain, but saw that the mountains were covered with clouds and mist, the mountains were beautiful, the mountains were rugged, the flowers were blooming, the scenery was pleasant, and it was beautiful; The creek is crooked, the water is murmuring, the water color is transparent and clean, and it is really a rare and good scenery.

Gongsun Kang first saw the beauty of the mountains and rocks, and when he looked closely, he found that there were some faint rules, which should have been artificially adjusted in terms of position and size; The direction of the gossip of the Nine Palaces.

Gongsun Kangyi was bold, and he didn't use his divine sense to see it, so he went straight inside.

On a small hillside, there are several old cows. Some are grazing, and the tail of the ox is flicking to chase the mosquitoes; Some were lying on the ground, their eyes half-closed, apparently sleeping.

A 6 or 7-year-old shepherd boy leans on an old cow lying on the ground, leisurely playing a bamboo flute.

Seeing two Taoists coming in from the mouth of the valley, the little shepherd boy got up, greeted him warmly, and asked, "Where are the guests going?" ”

The smiling round face of the cowherd boy and the voice of Cui Shengsheng are very impressive. Gongsun Kang said, "I'm here to meet Mr. Shuijing."

"Oh, I'll take the guest to the gentleman." The little shepherd boy volunteered.

Passing through the valley, there was a large piece of flat land, which was several miles long as far as the eye could see.

Next to the winding path, there are acres of fine fields that have been reclaimed. Some of the farmers rolled up their trouser legs and toiled in the fields.

The cowherd boy led Gongsun Kang forward, but when he passed a field, he stopped. There was an old man who was plowing the field and was supposed to be weeding.

The old man is in his 50s, his face is a little tanned, he is wearing a coarse cloth short coat, barefoot, and his trouser legs are pulled, a typical image of a rural peasant.

The little shepherd boy shouted to the old man, "Grandpa Sima, a guest has come to you." ”

The old man straightened up, glanced at Gongsun Kang and Zuo Ci, and said unhurriedly: "Okay, good." You bring the guests to my house first, and I will come when I am done with this acre of land. ”

Gongsun Kang arched his hand at the old man and said, "Don't worry, the old gentleman is slowly busy, let's go to your mansion first." ”

Far from the fields, there is a small village, and Sima Hui's home is a long distance from the houses of other farmers, independent of the stream. It is a wooden house with a thatched roof. But the courtyard is very large, and there are many houses, so I think some people who came to study also lived here.

The little shepherd boy led Gongsun Kang into the thatched house, and skillfully went to the backyard to find someone to accompany the guests, and it seemed that he often received visiting guests.

Zuo Ci asked, "That old farmer just now, could it really be Mr. Shui Jing?" ”

Gongsun Kang nodded and said, "Yes, when I heard him say yes, yes, I was sure it was him." ”

Sima Hui never said the shortcomings of others, and when he talked to others, he never asked others their likes and dislikes, and said good things. Someone in the village greeted him, and he replied, "Yes." Sima Hui is known as "Mr. Hao", and the idiom "Mr. Hao" comes from this.

The little shepherd boy found a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes to accompany him, and he took his leave.

Gongsun Kang solemnly expressed his gratitude to the little shepherd boy, and the child left happily.

The young man smiled and introduced himself, "My name is Xu Shu, and I am studying with Mr. Shuijing. Don't know the guest's name? ”

Zuo Ci was older, so naturally the young Gongsun Kang replied, he said: "My name is Sun Kang, and this is my senior brother Xuan Xuanzi. I came to visit Mr. Shui Jing. ”

Without a few words, a farmer came to the yard and drove a pig.

Xu Shu confessed and went out.

Listening to their conversation, Gongsun Kang realized that this farmer had come to return the pigs.

A few days ago, the farmer lost a pig and said that Sima Hui's pig was the one he lost. Sima Hui gave the pig to the man.

Now, this man has recovered the pig he had lost earlier, and hurried to return Sima Hui's pig.

At this time, Sima Hui happened to come back, and he was accompanied by a middle-aged farmer.

The farmer who delivered the pig kowtowed to Sima Hui and blamed himself. Sima Hui not only did not scold him, but thanked him for sending the pig back.

After sending away the farmer who was delivering the pigs, Sima Hui asked Xu Shu to drive the pigs into the pigsty by the stream, and took out the cluster foil used for cocooning to the middle-aged farmer next to him.

After these two things were dealt with and the farmers left, Sima Hui and Xu Shu walked to the thatched hut together.

Gongsun Kang and Zuo Ci were by the window, watching this happen.

The latter thing is: The silkworms raised by the middle-aged farmer should form cocoons, and there is nowhere to tuft, so he came to borrow cluster foil from Sima Hui's family. Sima Hui lent him his family's tuft foil.

Gongsun Kang smiled and whispered to Zuo Ci: "Next, it's time for Sima Hui to pretend to be forced again." ”

Sure enough, Xu Shu, who won the gold medal, said to Sima Hui: "When you lend something to others, it is a situation where others urgently need it and you are idle; And now that he and his teacher are in desperate need of tufts, why give it to others?"

Sima Hui replied: "If I have it, I will not ask others, and if I don't lend it to him, he will feel very ashamed." Where is the reason to be ashamed of possessions? ”

(End of chapter)