"Good! Good! I've accepted it! Excuse me! Excuse me! Come on, come on! I have many things to say to you! ”

Bai Gui said, not treating Zhuangzi as a junior and son-in-law at all, he grabbed Zhuangzi's arm and pulled it to the private room next door.

"I know! You are reluctant in your heart! But I have no choice but to do it! I know your feelings, your thoughts! Alas! Come on, come on! Let's eat and talk! Hungry, right? ”

Zhuangzi passively followed the old man to the private room.

Yes! He was reluctant! But that's the end of it! What else could he do?

There is no way to marry Rong'er! Otherwise! I won't even marry Rong'er! I am a disciple of Yang Zhu, a Taoist inheritor, and my life belongs to Taoism. I can't have a family because I can't take care of them! I don't want my loved ones to be hurt because of me.

Though! I imagine that everyone else is like that, having a family and living like everyone else. But fate has arranged me like this, my fate belongs to Taoism and belongs to the people of the world! My life is no longer my own, since the day I followed the Master, since the day I chose Taoism!

Bai Xue, supported by her younger brother Bai Shan, also got up and went back to the room.

Bai Shan knew that his sister and Zhuangzi had become married, and his feelings for his sister were: both familiar and unfamiliar, and she was no longer as close as before.

To know! They grew up together. In front of his sister, he has no secrets.

He suddenly found that his sister now seems to have many secrets that have not been told to him. And also! He had a lot of things he wanted to ask his sister, but he couldn't.

"Sit, sit, sit!"

After entering the private room, Bai Gui pulled Zhuangzi to the table and asked him to sit first.

"Uncle Yue, you sit first!" Zhuang Ziqian conceded.

"Hmm!" Bai Gui snorted, no longer humble, and sat down first.

Zhuangzi sat down in an orderly manner.

Bai Gyu watched his son-in-law sit down and nodded in satisfaction.

After a while, there were "pong" footsteps outside the door, and several guards came over with plates of hot dishes with a smile.

Bai Gui waved his hand and said, "Uncle! Eat! Drink! Don't be struggling! It's a family! Don't be struggling! ”

Zhuangzi's stomach was already grunting with hunger, and when he saw the dishes served, he couldn't hold back when he smelled the aroma of the vegetables.

Out of courtesy, he didn't dare to move!

Seeing that the old man invited him to eat, he was not polite. Grab the knife from the plate, cut off a piece of lamb, and eat it. After eating the mutton, he picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of vegetables.

Seeing that the old man didn't eat, he put down his chopsticks, stopped chewing, and looked stupidly.

Seeing the old man looking at him and smiling, Zhuangzi quickly chewed a few times and swallowed the food in his mouth.

"Master Yue! Do you eat it too? ”

"I'll eat! I eat! Bai Gui agreed, and then picked up the chopsticks and ate them.

He's hungry too!

He, the initiator, like Zhuangzi, has not eaten until now. Zhuangzi did not eat and was suffering from the toss of drugs and the toss of the newlywed, while he, the old man, was experiencing spiritual torture.

For the sake of his daughter and son-in-law, he is fighting psychologically, and he doesn't know if the result will be as he expected. What if the outcome wasn't what he expected?

Psychological torture is often more difficult to persevere than a person's physical torture.

The two of them also stopped talking, and both were desperate to eat.

After a while, the dishes on the table were reduced by more than half. At this time, the stomachs of the two were temporarily resolved.

Bai Gui picked up the flask and poured a glass of wine for Zhuangzi. And then! I poured myself a glass too.

"Hmmm! Drink! Bai Gui raised his glass and invited.

Zhuangzi hurriedly picked up the wine glass, signaled, and was not polite, and slammed it down.

"Shhh Yes! After drinking the wine, Zhuangzi opened his mouth and let out a refreshing sigh. And then! Hurriedly snatched the wine jug, held it in his hand, and waited for the old man to drink the wine before pouring it for him.

"Hmm!" Bai Gui drank the wine, snorted in satisfaction, and put the wine glass there, waiting for his son-in-law to pour him wine.

Zhuangzi filled his father-in-law's glass of wine and then filled his own wine glass, then took the wine glass and invited: "I toast you!" ”

"Hmmm! Good! Bai Gui picked up his glass and drank it all.

The two of them did not distinguish each other, and they drank back and forth.

After a pot of wine, he began to speak seriously.

"You have a lot to ask me, right? Just ask! Baekyu asked.

His eyes looked directly at Zhuangzi, and when he saw Zhuangzi hesitating, he smiled.

"I know you're always doing good for me! It's my pleasure to take a fancy to me! Can me? It's true! I belong to Taoism! Maybe? My life was born for Taoism, this is my destiny! My life! ”

"Actually! I think? Bai Gui took over and said, "Since preaching is your mission in life, maybe?" Preaching in a different way will spread the word more widely. Take Confucianism, for example! The Confucian approach is very good, they seek to be a scholar, and use the power of the state to promote Confucianism and Zhou etiquette......"

Bai Gui believes that Taoists should also seek opportunities to become prominent like Confucianism. And then! Use the power in your hands to promote Taoist doctrine.

Zhuangzi retorted: "Confucius spent his whole life seeking opportunities to become a leader, but? What is the role of him when he is out? He did not succeed in popularizing his Confucianism. Opposite! Confucianism has been exploited instead. Like Zhou Li, it has become a shackle that binds others. ”

"No!" Bai Gui objected: "Under the promotion of Confucius throughout his life, it still played a great role. It can be said that the credit is indispensable! In our Great Zhou world, no matter which princes and kings are under us, the people of the world still follow the Zhou etiquette, and no one dares to openly violate the Zhou etiquette......"

Zhuangzi interrupted Lord Yue's words and waved his hand again and again.

"It's not that I dare not disobey, but!"

Zhuangzi said in an accentuated tone: "Those who violate the Zhou rites, the people of the world have no way to do it. Zhou rites and Zhou systems, etc., have become tools for the use of power. Those in power can violate the weekly etiquette, the weekly system, and so on, and they have the final say. And the people and those who have no power can only be bound by the weekly rites, the weekly system, and so on! It is okay for those in power to disobey everything, they can do whatever they want, but the people of the world can't disobey it. ”

Bai Gui couldn't refute Zhuangzi, so he had to say: "At least! Under the promotion of Confucius during his lifetime, the influence of Confucianism is increasing! In the beginning, Confucianism spread only on a small scale, only among students. Since he came out of the country in Lu, his influence has been great. At the very least, it awakens the memory of the people of the world.

Before that! In the heyday of the Great Zhou Dynasty, everyone followed the Zhou rites, which lasted for many years, and it can be said that it has always existed in the memory of modern people. That's influence! At least! During the time of Confucius, he awakened the memory of the world.

Second! He had many students, all of whom spread Confucianism through renunciation or other methods. One to ten, ten to hundred, chickens to lay eggs and chickens, thousands, this is the credit of Confucius.

So! It is very difficult for you to spread Taoism all over the world if you alone spread Taoism!

Your master Yang Zhu is an example, he has spread Taoism all his life, but he has not achieved anything! After he went into seclusion, it seemed that there were not many people spreading Taoism. You said? He's been running around all his life, what's the use? ”

Bai Gui said this, and spread his hands towards Zhuangzi.

(End of chapter)