When it was time for dinner, Li Yun asked Zhang Shu to go to the canteen to eat together. The canteen is not far from the dormitory area and is divided into two areas, the general area and the selection area, and the price of meals ranges from low to high, and there are some in the canteen. Seeing that Zhang Shu still didn't cook, Li Yun made one more dish, and when the two were eating together, Li Yun forced the dish from the bowl to Zhang Shu. Zhang Shu's face was a little red, and he ate silently.

After eating and returning to the dormitory, Li Yun said to Zhang Shu: "I see that you eat very poorly, which is not good for your physical growth!" Can you tell me about your difficulties? Zhang Shu felt Li Yun's kindness, so he said: "My family is very poor, I have been a farmer for generations, my father is unwilling to be bullied all the time, and when he sees that I am still smart, he gritted his teeth and supported me to study." Now my family is in debt to support my studies, and I can come here begging to come here, and I can't add any more burden to them! As he spoke, he began to cry.

Li Yun also sighed sadly, he said: "My family also farms and hunts, and it is not easy to make money, I know your difficulties." I see that there are work-study opportunities in the academy, you can go for it, and I can also ask Mr. Wang to help you talk about it. I still have some money, so I can lend you a little first. You can't eat too badly, so your health is poor, and your studies will also be affected! So saying, he took out five taels of silver from his chest and said, "I will lend you five taels first, and then I will give you when I run out." Zhang Shu hurriedly refused, he felt embarrassed.

Li Yun looked at him seriously and said, "The only chance you can have to change your fate is to study!" If you don't make it to school, everything will come to naught, can you accept it? Zhang Shu was stunned and looked at Li Yun blankly.

Li Yun saw that he seemed to have changed, so he said: "You came here to change your fate, do you believe that you can change your fate?" ”

Zhang Shu's eyes were red, and he said firmly: "I must change my fate!" I will definitely change my fate! ”

Li Yun said: "Okay! Then we will make a gentleman's agreement: after five years, you will pay me back ten taels of silver, and after ten years, you will pay me back twenty taels of silver, until you pay it back! Can you do it? ”

Zhang Shu roared and said, "I can definitely do it!" If I borrow you, I will pay you back double! Thank you! With that, he took the money. Li Yun saw that he had provoked a struggle, and said happily: "This is our secret!" Let's work together! ”

After this talk, the two suddenly lost their strangeness, because of their common goals and secrets, they became brothers and became friends of life and death.

At ten o'clock in the morning of the next day, it was the opening ceremony, Li Yunxian and the students of the sixth class gathered in the classroom of the sixth class, the class tutor held a short meeting, and each of the thirty people came to the stage to briefly introduce himself, except for a few people from wealthy families, most of them were children of poor families, of course, he was the only one from a family like Zhang Shu, and most of them were well-off. After the students got to know each other, the class tutor appointed a few people to serve as tutor assistants to help the tutor handle class affairs. Because Li Yun is tall and strong, he was actually selected, so naturally he will be responsible for leading everyone to do the strength work in the class in the future.

At 10 a.m., the opening ceremony was held in the school's auditorium, Ming Lun Hall. More than 30 teachers were seated on the stage, and all the students in the audience were not absent. Li Yun sat down and watched from the lookout, and in the middle sat Master Dong Shu, the dean of the academy, who was about fifty years old, not tall, with a round face and slightly chubby, and a pair of bright eyes. The two people sitting next to the dean were Provost and Provost Zhang Xi and Dean of the Institute Wang Yang, who was quite tall and had a serious expression.

At the beginning of the ceremony, Dean Dong Shu gave a speech. He coughed, and the audience fell silent. He first asked the group a question: "What is the purpose of your coming to school?" Some people replied, "The quest for knowledge is coming," and some people replied, "You can change your fate," and the answers came and went.

Dong Shu pressed his hand down, and the surroundings were quiet again, and he said: "I roughly understand, although everyone's statements are diverse, but in the final analysis, it comes down to one sentence: knowledge changes fate!" There is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book! If reading is useless, why bother! Then he changed his tone and said, "I think you are right, and you are not right!" Reading for personal development, money, fame, status, etc. This is a person's legal right, legitimate pursuit, and there is nothing wrong with it! But it's not right, because these are all pursuing personal self-interest, so if everyone is for personal self-interest, how can the way of heaven exist? Where is the righteousness? ”

Dong Shu is full of energy, and the sonic boom is all over the audience! Seeing that everyone was shocked, he continued: "What are we going to study in the academy for? I don't care what everyone thought before, but the purpose of the academy to teach you knowledge is ......" Dong Shu paused, and he said loudly and powerfully: "It is the sentence that everyone saw on the school motto tablet: Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations!" ”

"To establish a heart for heaven and earth is to live between heaven and earth, not only to follow the way of heaven and earth, the principles of nature, and inherit the way of heaven and earth; It is also necessary to use the principles of heaven and nature to serve the society and mankind! ”

"Establishing a life for the people means that we not only pursue personal selfish interests, but also pursue the interests of the people, care about their suffering, help them establish various systems and cultures, get rid of the state of ignorance and barbarism, and let them live a good life!"

"To continue learning for the sake of the saints, that is, we must learn the way of the sages and sages, believe in it, spread it, and carry it forward! So that the inheritance of the Tao will never be extinguished! ”

"To open peace for all generations is to let the country have long-term peace and stability, and the people can live a good life of peace and tranquility for generations! Realize the supreme ideal of world harmony and one family in the world! ”

Dong Shu said loudly: "This is our ideal, our ambition, and the purpose of our study!" There is no self-interest here, only righteousness! Despite the change of dynasties and the changes of society, our pursuit has always remained the same! This is the way of the sages and sages, and it is also our way! ”

All the teachers and students in the audience were in a state of excitement, and a sense of lofty mission to inherit and carry forward the way of heaven arose, as if they were shouldering the heavy responsibility of inheritance, and many people were ashamed of their personal selfishness in the past!

Dong Shu is like a great orator, seeing everyone's emotions being mobilized, he said: "The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is often cruel!" The future is bright, but the road is tortuous! Without an indomitable will, we may lose and deviate from our original intention; Without one's own understanding of the Word, preaching is empty talk! Without a wealth of knowledge to solve practical problems, serving the people will become an empty word! When a crisis strikes, when disaster strikes, how do you respond? To die? ”

Dong Shu's words pointed directly to the hearts of the people, one moment he made everyone's blood boil, and the next moment he made everyone feel cold like ice water!

Li Yun listened heartily, and the confusion in his heart seemed to be somewhat resolved. What did he learn the Tao for? A good life for yourself and your family? He's done it; For the sake of the Tao, it seems a little distant. Now he understands that he cultivates the Tao, the small one for the sake of the individual and the family, the middle one for the people of the race who depend on them as human beings, and the upper one for the natural way of heaven and earth. And these three are one, heaven and earth give birth to human beings, and human beings are composed of individuals, and finally realize the harmony and unity of heaven, earth and man, to achieve the realm of freedom, heaven and earth will exist forever, human beings will be in peace, and individuals will resonate harmoniously with human beings and nature! Human beings are both limited and infinite, and the unity of spirit and spirit reaches the infinite realm!

Dong Shu continued: "The talents we cultivate must have lofty ideals, and they must be the high-flying birds, not the sparrows under the eaves; It must be down-to-earth and have real talent and learning, rather than rhetoric and frustration. "The great task sent by heaven will surely make his mind and muscles hard, and temporary hardship is no big deal!" Born in sorrow, died in peace! Dear students, our college will provide you with a stage, how to achieve your knowledge and talents, and lay the foundation for creating a great career in the future, it depends on how you act! ”

After Dong Shu finished speaking, the audience applauded thunderously, and the hard-working heart of each student was stimulated, and a group of pillars of talent will emerge in the middle.

After the opening ceremony, each class organizes students to start selecting courses. The four compulsory courses of classics, history, literature, and law are taught by a tutor in each class. Of the four elective courses, Li Yun thought about it and chose basic and practical knowledge, and chose Zhang Xi's "Treatise on the Counties and Kingdoms of the World", Wang Yang's "Treatise on the Princes", Wei Wei's "Treatise on the Great Emperors of the Past Dynasties", and Han Tian's "Economic Theory". "The Treatise on the Counties and Kingdoms of the World" mainly talks about the geography, products, and passes of various parts of the country, "The Treatise on the Princes" mainly talks about the ideas of a hundred schools of thought in the era of the nations, "The Treatise on the Great Emperors of the Past Dynasties" mainly talks about the life, governance, and military aspects of the wise emperors of the past dynasties, and "The Economic Treatise" focuses on the people's livelihood economy, including agriculture, industry and commerce, etc.

After selecting the courses, receiving the textbooks, and waiting until the next day off for the official class, Li Yun and Zhang Shu went around the academy to understand the entire layout and determine the location of their classrooms, so as not to delay the classes.

The two of them borrowed three books from the library building with their college student IDs, and prepared to study hard and study on their own. When I was walking towards the dormitory, I suddenly heard someone shouting, "Brother Li, please stay!" As soon as Li Yun saw that it was Tao Yu, he asked Zhang Shu to go back first and walk towards Tao Yu.

I saw Tao Yu wearing a scarf on his head, wearing a white robe, a ribbon around his waist, his cheeks were icy, and his eyebrows and eyes were bright. Li Yun saw a little strange in his heart, hurriedly gathered his thoughts, and whispered, "How did you live?" Tao Yu smiled and said: "My father is the director of the school because of the donation, and there is a small courtyard here, and I usually live in the small courtyard. It's not far ahead, and I'm going to ask you to go to my place for tea! After speaking, a pair of big talking eyes looked at Li Yun eagerly, Li Yun couldn't bear to brush off the beauty's good intentions, so he said, "Okay! The two of them went to the small courtyard.

Came to the small courtyard, divided into two, larger than Wang Yang's, the front one was inhabited by servants, Li Yun saw that there were two male servants with strong figures, not weak martial arts, as if they were bodyguards. Inside, Tao Yu and the maids who served her lived, and ordinary servants could not enter. Tao Yu invited Li Yun to sit in the living room as soon as she entered, and ordered someone to boil water from a mountain spring, and she made tea herself. Li Yun saw that her ten fingers were delicate and her movements were beautiful; The eyes are like water, and the face is like hibiscus. The living room is quiet, the beauty is present, the fragrance of tea is overflowing, and it is full of a hazy atmosphere and beauty!

After a while, the tea was brewed, Tao Yu looked up and saw that Li Yun seemed to be like an old monk in a trance, and couldn't help but laugh, like the sound of a silver bottle bursting, and like the wind blowing a pool of spring water, which woke Li Yun up. Li Yun couldn't help but blush, and hurriedly took the teacup, the tea was green and bright, the tea leaves were all tender buds, slim in the teacup, the fragrance of tea wafted into the nose, quiet and elegant, like a beauty in front of you. Take a sip, it's mellow and far-reaching, almost Taoist! Li Yun seemed to know the fun of drinking tea today, and the two chatted while drinking, but they didn't realize that it was evening. Li Yun hurriedly said goodbye, Tao Yu blushed and said, "Drinking tea with Brother Li today is really a joy in life!" In the future, Brother Li is free, so he must come and sit often! Li Yun replied: "Definitely! Certain! "I don't know how to get out of the courtyard.

Walking out of a distance, looking back at the small courtyard, it seemed that Tao Yu was still at the door, Li Yun suddenly remembered Guo Chan, the Holy Maiden of Qinglian in the mountain hut, and the faces of the two of them changed in their minds, and their hearts were confused for a while.

In a trance, he didn't see that when he left the small courtyard, Shen Cong walked out of the bamboo forest next to him, looked at Li Yun's back, gritted his teeth, and his eyes flashed with hatred. Li Yun seemed to realize it later, and when he looked back, there was only the rustling sound of the wind blowing bamboo leaves, and there was no one in sight.