The five of them filled their stomachs and rested in the cave that night.

Ni Niang is a young woman, naturally it is inconvenient to sleep in the cave with a few big men, and after she brought Xu Gong and Liang Gang here, she never showed up again.

When he got up early the next day, Zhu Qiming lifted the curtain and looked at it, and saw the thunder rolling outside the cave, the torrential rain, and the water flowing everywhere on the cliff wall and ramp, so he knew that it was inconvenient to travel.

The environment at the entrance of the cave is somewhat special. I didn't see it when I entered the cave last night, but I saw that there were patches of smooth white stones distributed outside the cave entrance, and the raised stone wall blocked the eyes, but I was afraid that no one could see this hole at the bottom of the slope, and the people in the cave naturally couldn't see the outside world. Looking up, I saw vines hanging down green leaves and curvy filaments, covering half of the hole.

This must be a secret foothold for Yun Niang! Thinking of this, he lowered the bamboo curtain, and the light in the cave suddenly dimmed.

Ni Niang didn't show up, and everyone was a little overwhelmed, but fortunately, the daily necessities in the cave were complete and the food was sufficient, so everyone was calm as usual. Liang Gang took a few pieces of pancake, propped up an oil-paper umbrella and walked out of the cave, and went out on guard.

The four people left behind hurriedly had breakfast and sat together, enjoying the rare leisure time on the way to escape. Everyone wanted to say something, but they were afraid that they would not find a topic of common interest, so no one wanted to open their mouths first.

"The thieves have receded, it seems that this rainstorm will not stop for a while and a half, let's stay here and do nothing, I really don't know when we can leave?"

It was Xu Gong who broke the silence first. Zhu Qiming listened to the sound of the rain outside, and couldn't help but think of the collection of books in Pang Zhe's burrow, and thought that it would be good if he carried a few books into his arms when parting, anyway, the ancients said: Stealing books is not stealing!

"Alas, yesterday I should have borrowed a few books from Mr. Pang."

When he was exporting, he unknowingly replaced stealing with borrowing, and Zhu Qiming felt a little ashamed of his mischievous kung fu.

Over there, Xu Gong smiled lightly, obviously interested in Zhu Qiming's words. After all, he had studied for a few years, and he was wearing a green shirt at this time, which looked like a teacher.

"Your Highness, when I was thirteen years old, I first read the famous words of the great Confucian Zhang Zai of the Song Dynasty, well, it seems to be for heaven and earth······ What a heart······"

"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." Zhu Qiming corrected.

Xu Gong slapped his thigh, and suddenly lost his previous strict appearance, his eyes sparkled, "These are the four sentences!" At that time, when I first read Zhang Zi's four words, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night, as if I had obtained a treasure, and I felt that the past 12 years were simply living in a muddy life! ”

Thinking that Zhang Zai's famous words can best highlight the bosom of Confucianism, which can be used to inspire students all over the world and make them determined to have a grand aspiration in life, Zhu Qiming was deeply touched, and felt that reading itself is full of endless fun.

Niu San and Jiang Yi on the side looked at Xu Gong blankly with wide eyes, and their expressions faintly revealed the taste of ridicule: Xu Qianhu, you are not a small person, it is just a few words of nonsense that people can't understand, you can't eat if you're hungry, you can't wear clothes when you're cold, can you be so excited about it?

Xu Gong met Niu San and Jiang Yi's gaze, his face was slightly gloomy, revealing an angry expression, "How good it is!" Well, establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, and establish a holy ······ Following the mastery and opening peace for all generations, aren't you excited after hearing these four punch lines? ”

Niu San and Jiang Yi pouted and shook their heads, expressing puzzlement.

"Alas!" Xu Gong sighed lightly in frustration, holding the last ray of hope, and looked at Niu and Jiang again with his eyes eagerly, "Think about Fang Cai's four sentences again, think carefully!" ”

Niu San and Jiang Yi's mouths opened wide, their hands were raised very high, and they all yawned long, and when the two of them lowered their heads in a daze, the tears in their eyes were about to fall.

Xu Gong looked up at the top of the cave, his eyes were lonely and endlessly sad and angry, "There are too many mediocre people in the world, and I am ashamed of a generation of Confucians!" ”

Niu San let out a short snoring sound, making a rather strange harmony for Xu Gong's sigh.

Seeing this extremely discordant funny scene, Zhu Qiming grinned, and when he caught a glimpse of Xu Gong's helpless expression, he quickly put on a smile and put on a serious face.

Thinking that the school is completely different from the world, the vision given by the Confucian is fascinating, but the reality is extremely cruel, since Zhang Zai's witty words can't save the Great Song Dynasty, it can't be said to save the Ming Dynasty, and the evocative witty words can only make people stay at the level of appreciation forever, and if they want to put it into action, it's another scenario mode.

In the face of the complicated world, we may have to see a lot of ugly world conditions that are difficult to see, say a lot of symptomatic and exciting words that are difficult to hear, move many thoughts that are difficult to conform to the avenue, and practice many tricks that are difficult to conform to the style of a gentleman. Just like what he has experienced since his exile, if you want to be a gentleman as gentle as jade, there is only one way to die!

He shook his head, and then handed Xu Gong a reassuring look, "Xu Qianhu, let's think more about thieves, to deal with them, our scheming and fists are more effective than anything else!" ”

Niu San jumped up over there, "Thief? Where are the thieves? My Niu San's fist is hard! ”

Jiang Yi opened his eyes half-asleep, stood up straight, glanced blankly at Zhu Qiming, who was as calm as usual, and immediately returned to his seat.

Xu Gong sighed helplessly and glared at Niu San, "Didn't you hear what His Highness Fang Cai said?" Be scheming, scheming! What's the use of just having a fist! ”

The bamboo curtain swayed with the wind, a shower of rain drifted in, and after the moist wind blew, Jiang Yi raised his neck and opened his eyes wide for a moment, and his sleepiness suddenly disappeared without a trace. "Who's coming?"

Niu San grinned for a while, and blurted out the words of the squeeze: "Who is here?" The fairy sister of your dreams is here! ”

Niu San's words originally had no obvious direction, but in the current specific environment, it is easy for people to immediately think of Ni Nianglai, so there will be ambiguity. Xu Gong obviously realized this, and couldn't help but glare at Niu San and Jiang Yi again.

Zhu Qiming also thought of this layer, but did not show it on his face. "Ni Niang didn't show up, which shows that the Tartar thieves are not nearby, and our situation is quite safe."

"Your Highness is right." Xu didn't want his eyes to touch Niu and Jiang again, Xu Gong moved his seat and turned sideways to face Zhu Qiming, "Your Highness's experience after being taken captive is really full of twists and turns!" Some things have been seen with my own eyes, and unknown things have also been heard from His Highness, although His Highness is young, but he has excellent intelligence, and has competed with fierce Tartar thieves along the way, and has competed with faint officials in Baozhou, and has also competed with traitors like Fangzheng, and has also competed with cold-blooded killers, His Highness is a triumphant song all the way, to tell the truth, His Highness's actions are only afraid that even the wise men among adults can't do it! ，”

Niu San and Jiang Yi were fascinated by it at this time, and they could hear Xu Gong praising Zhu Qiming, Niu San nodded again and again with his copper bell eyes, and Jiang Yi was still stupid.

Wise man? Zhu Qiming's mind suddenly appeared Pang Zhe's figure, "Xu Qianhu thinks too highly of this seat, if he fights wits with a worldly master like Mr. Pang, I am afraid that this seat will lose and will not be able to find the north!" ”

"Eh, why should Your Highness be arrogant? How can we distinguish between superior and inferior beings by sitting on the Tao? Your Highness is young, and what you can do in the future is limitless! Besides, Mr. Pang is a noble man, how can he be an enemy of His Highness? ”

Thinking about Xu Gong's second half of the sentence is still quite reasonable, among all the people he knows, there are two people whose wisdom makes him admire him very much, one of these two is Qingsong Daochang, and the other is Pang Zhe, get along with them, and really respond to that sentence: A word with you is better than reading ten years of books!

That's right, the two of them are Gao Dexin, how can he be their enemies?

Suddenly, Zhu Qiming remembered the man in the cloak, and for some reason, he suddenly felt his scalp tighten. "Xu Qianhu, what can I do if I win the infighting in my Ming Dynasty? In the future, when he fights against the Warat Iron Cavalry, the victory at that time is worth looking forward to. ”

Xu Gong stared at it for a long time, "The Warat Iron Rider has experienced a hundred battles, and it is indeed difficult to deal with!" At the beginning, he also relied on a hidden raid to slaughter more than 20 Tartar thieves, and if he led the army to fight with the Warat Iron Cavalry, he was not sure of winning. However, the Tartar thief only has courage, with the endowment of His Highness, given time, why worry that he can't win with a strange strategy! ”

"Xu Qianhu's words are wrong!" Zhu Qiming recalled a brief conversation in Pine Castle, and he instinctively realized that the man in the cloak was a very powerful character! "There are also masters in Warat, if you talk about foresight, strategizing, looking at my Daming, I am afraid that I can't find a few people who can compete with the masters of Warat!"

Xu Gong's face gradually became solemn, "Then it will be difficult!" Since Renxuan, the Ming Dynasty's record against the Tatars is not good, and now the combat power of the Varat is better than the Tartars of the year, and the Varat controls the Tatar tribes, and the strength has doubled. ”

It's not just the north that is worried! Zhu Qiming wanted to deepen the topic, but he snorted when he heard Niu Sanzhong.

"Your Highness doesn't have to grow the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige! In terms of resourcefulness, my Niu San naturally can't be compared with His Highness, but it is more than enough to deal with the Warat people. ”

Yo, the tone is not small, I wonder if you have been tested in actual combat? Zhu Qiming smiled at Niu San with some suspicion, but did not speak.

"In the autumn of the tenth year of Xuande, I went to Datong to handle the case, and I had been to the border area, and I heard from the villagers that more than 20 Tartar thieves had infiltrated the territory of my Ming Dynasty, and only brought 12 of their subordinates, and set up an ambush on the way, and captured them alive, counting the number of people, there were 26 people, all of them rode high-headed horses, and asked, hey, they were all Warat people!"

Zhu Qiming was surprised, but when he saw Jiang Yi on the side, he smiled, and Xu Gong also shook his head vigorously.

Niu San looked a little uncomfortable, muttered dissatisfiedly, got up and walked to the bed in the cave, "It's boring, it's better to sleep!" ”

Zhu Qiming looked at Jiang Yi suspiciously, "Being able to capture twenty-six Warat people who crossed the border alive, Niu San is quite remarkable!" ”

"Hey, hey, there are sixteen of them, women and children."

"Aren't there ten more Tartars?"

"Hey, hey, people don't resist at all, and they don't run away, I heard afterwards that they came to my Daming!"